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In the year 1979
597 Notable deaths
Wilfred Bion
British psychoanalyst & psychiatrist.
Born September 8th, 1897 in Mathura. [ref]
Died November 8th, 1979 at 82 years old in Oxford (leukemia). [ref]
Mustafa Barzani
Kurdish nationalist (1903–1979).
Born March 14th, 1903 in Barzan. [ref]
Died March 1st, 1979 at 75 years old in Washington, D.C. (lung cancer).
Louis Chiron
Monegasque racing driver.
Born August 3rd, 1899 in Monaco.
Died June 22nd, 1979 at 79 years old in Monte Carlo.
Olive Morris
British community leader and black feminist activist (1952-1979).
Born June 26th, 1952 in Saint Catherine Parish.
Died July 12th, 1979 at 27 years old in St Thomas' Hospital (non-Hodgkin lymphoma).
Celia Lovsky
Austrian actress (1897-1979).
Born February 21st, 1897 in Vienna.
Died October 12th, 1979 at 82 years old in Los Angeles (disease).
Jon Hall
American actor (1915-1979).
Born February 23rd, 1915 in Fresno. [ref]
Died December 13th, 1979 at 64 years old in North Hollywood (gunshot wound). [ref]
Adolph Dubs
United states ambassador to afghanistan (1920-1979).
Born August 4th, 1920 in Chicago.
Died February 14th, 1979 at 58 years old in Kabul.
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).
June Miller
Muse, dancer (1902–1979).
Born January 12th, 1902 in Bukovina.
Died February 1st, 1979 at 77 years old in Phoenix.
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]
Deaths 101 to 110 of 597
They say you die twice. One time when you stop breathing and a second time, a bit later on, when somebody says your name for the last time. Banksy