In the year 1979
544 Notable deaths
Joachim Jeremias
German theologian.
Born September 20th, 1900 in Dresden. [ref]
Died September 6th, 1979 at 78 years old in Tübingen. [ref]
Beatrice Hicks
Engineer from the united states.
Born January 2nd, 1919 in Orange.
Died October 21st, 1979 at 60 years old in Princeton.
Gabriel Ramanantsoa
President of madagascar (1906-1978).
Born April 13th, 1906 in Antananarivo.
Died May 9th, 1979 at 73 years old in Paris.
John Slessor
Senior commander in the royal air force.
Born June 3rd, 1897 in Ranikhet.
Died July 12th, 1979 at 82 years old in RAF Wroughton.
Dewey F. Bartlett
(1919-1979) us politician.
Born March 28th, 1919 in Marietta.
Died March 1st, 1979 at 59 years old in Tulsa (lung cancer).
Walter Legge
English classical music producer.
Born June 1st, 1906 in London. [ref]
Died March 22nd, 1979 at 72 years old in Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat. [ref]
Paul Dessau
German composer and conductor (1894-1979).
Born December 19th, 1894 in Hamburg. [ref]
Died June 28th, 1979 at 84 years old in Königs Wusterhausen. [ref]
Vagif Mustafazadeh
Azerbaijani musician (1940-1979).
Born March 16th, 1940 in Baku.
Died December 16th, 1979 at 39 years old in Tashkent (myocardial infarction).
Ivan Wyschnegradsky
Russian composer.
Born May 16th, 1893 in Saint Petersburg. [ref]
Died September 29th, 1979 at 86 years old in Paris.
Deaths 261 to 270 of 544
Whatever you want to do, do it now. There are only so many tomorrows. Michael Landon