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In the year 1979
565 Notable deaths
Mino Pecorelli
Italian journalist (1928–1979).
Born September 14th, 1928 in Sessano del Molise.
Died March 20th, 1979 at 50 years old in Rome.
Amedeo Nazzari
Italian actor (1907–1979).
Born December 10th, 1907 in Cagliari.
Died November 7th, 1979 at 71 years old in Rome (kidney failure).
Helmut Hasse
German mathematician.
Born August 25th, 1898 in Kassel.
Died December 26th, 1979 at 81 years old in Ahrensburg.
Juana de Ibarbourou
Uruguayan writer.
Born March 8th, 1892 in Melo. [ref]
Died July 15th, 1979 at 87 years old in Montevideo (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Walter Gerlach
German physicist (1889-1979).
Born August 1st, 1889 in Wiesbaden. [ref]
Died August 10th, 1979 at 90 years old in Munich. [ref]
Floyd Henry Allport
American psychologist (1890-1979).
Born August 22nd, 1890 in Milwaukee.
Died October 15th, 1979 at 89 years old in Los Altos.
Waldemar de Brito
Brazilian footballer (1913-1979).
Born May 17th, 1913 in São Paulo.
Died February 21st, 1979 at 65 years old in São Paulo.
Paolo Carlini
Actor (1922-1979).
Born January 6th, 1922 in Santarcangelo di Romagna.
Died November 3rd, 1979 at 57 years old in Rome (thrombosis).
Issa Pliyev
Soviet general (1903–1979).
Born November 25th, 1903 in Batako.
Died February 6th, 1979 at 75 years old in Moscow.
Anatoly Kuznetsov
Soviet writer (1929-1979).
Born August 18th, 1929 in Kyiv.
Died June 13th, 1979 at 49 years old in London (myocardial infarction).
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