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In the year 1979
542 Notable deaths
Louis Chiron
Monegasque racing driver.
Born August 3rd, 1899 in Monaco.
Died June 22nd, 1979 at 79 years old in Monte Carlo.
Ahmad Zahir
Afghan singer (1946-1979).
Born June 14th, 1946 in Kabul.
Died June 14th, 1979 at 33 years old in Salang Tunnel (traffic collision).
Dennis Gabor
Nobel prize-winning physicist and inventor of holography.
Born June 5th, 1900 in Budapest. [ref]
Died February 9th, 1979 at 78 years old in London. [ref]
Celia Lovsky
Austrian actress (1897-1979).
Born February 21st, 1897 in Vienna.
Died October 12th, 1979 at 82 years old in Los Angeles (disease).
Mustafa Barzani
Kurdish nationalist.
Born March 14th, 1903 in Barzan. [ref]
Died March 1st, 1979 at 75 years old in Washington, D.C. (lung cancer).
Jon Hall
American actor (1915-1979).
Born February 23rd, 1915 in Fresno. [ref]
Died December 13th, 1979 at 64 years old in North Hollywood (ballistic trauma). [ref]
Reginald Maudling
British politician (1917-1979).
Born March 7th, 1917 in London.
Died February 14th, 1979 at 61 years old in Hampstead (liver cirrhosis, kidney failure).
Edward Akufo-Addo
Second president of the republic of ghana (1906-1979).
Born June 26th, 1906 in Dodowa.
Died July 17th, 1979 at 73 years old in Accra (heart failure).
Robert Burns Woodward
American chemist.
Born April 10th, 1917 in Boston. [ref]
Died July 8th, 1979 at 62 years old in Cambridge (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Kurt Kasznar
Stage, film, and television actor (1913-1979).
Born August 12th, 1913 in Vienna.
Died August 6th, 1979 at 65 years old in Santa Monica (cancer).
Deaths 101 to 110 of 542
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