In the year 1979

599 Notable deaths

Virginia Brissac

American actress (1883-1979).

Born June 11th, 1883 in San Jose. [ref]

Died July 26th, 1979 at 96 years old in Santa Fe. [ref]

Karl Bodenschatz

German general (1890–1979).

Born December 10th, 1890 in Rehau.

Died August 25th, 1979 at 88 years old in Erlangen.

Walter Gerlach

German physicist (1889-1979).

Born August 1st, 1889 in Wiesbaden. [ref]

Died August 10th, 1979 at 90 years old in Munich. [ref]

Vsevolod Bobrov

Soviet football, bandy, and ice hockey player (1922–1979).

Born December 1st, 1922 in Morshansk.

Died July 1st, 1979 at 56 years old in Moscow.

Jocelyne LaGarde

French polynesian actor (1924-1979).

Born April 24th, 1924 in Papeete. [ref]

Died September 12th, 1979 at 55 years old in Papeete.

Maurice Challe

French general.

Born September 5th, 1905 in Le Pontet. [ref]

Died January 18th, 1979 at 73 years old in 16th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]

Frederick Stafford

Austrian actor (1928–1979).

Born March 11th, 1928 in Czechoslovakia, Piešťany.

Died July 28th, 1979 at 51 years old in Lugano.

Dick Huemer

American animator, screenwriter (1898–1979).

Born January 2nd, 1898 in New York City.

Died November 30th, 1979 at 81 years old in Burbank.

Mino Pecorelli

Italian journalist (1928–1979).

Born September 14th, 1928 in Sessano del Molise.

Died March 20th, 1979 at 50 years old in Rome.

Charles W. Morris

American philosopher (1903-1979).

Born May 23rd, 1903 in Denver. [ref]

Died January 15th, 1979 at 75 years old in Gainesville. [ref]

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There is only one god and his name is Death, and there is only one thing we say to Death: ‘Not today’. Syrio Forel