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In the year 1979
556 Notable deaths
Harry Meyen
German actor (1924-1979).
Born August 31st, 1924 in Hamburg.
Died April 15th, 1979 at 54 years old in Hamburg (hanging).
Sergei Pankejeff
Ukrainian-born russian aristocrat and analysand of sigmund freud.
Born December 24th, 1886 in Kakhovka.
Died May 7th, 1979 at 92 years old in Vienna.
Larisa Shepitko
Soviet film director and screenwriter.
Born January 6th, 1938 in Bakhmut.
Died July 2nd, 1979 at 41 years old in Tver Oblast (traffic collision). [ref]
Léonide Massine
Ballet dancer.
Born August 9th, 1896 in Moscow. [ref]
Died March 15th, 1979 at 82 years old in Borken, Cologne (disease).
Dave Fleischer
American animation film director and film producer (1894-1979).
Born July 14th, 1894 in New York City. [ref]
Died June 25th, 1979 at 84 years old in Hollywood, Woodland Hills. [ref]
Nikos Poulantzas
Greek-french philosopher.
Born September 21st, 1936 in Athens.
Died October 3rd, 1979 at 43 years old in 13th arrondissement of Paris (suicide by jumping from height).
Jackie Brenston
American r&b singer, saxophonist, songwriter.
Born August 15th, 1930 in Clarksdale. [ref]
Died December 15th, 1979 at 49 years old in Memphis (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Habib Elghanian
Iranian jewish businessman.
Born April 5th, 1909 in Tehran.
Died May 9th, 1979 at 70 years old in Tehran (ballistic trauma).
Catherine Hessling
French actress (1900-1979).
Born June 22nd, 1900 in Moronvilliers. [ref]
Died September 28th, 1979 at 79 years old in La Celle-Saint-Cloud. [ref]
Sin-Itiro Tomonaga
Japanese physicist (1906-1979).
Born March 31st, 1906 in Tokyo.
Died July 8th, 1979 at 73 years old in Tokyo (head and neck cancer).
Deaths 151 to 160 of 556
Good men must die, but death cannot kill their names. Unknown