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In the year 1979
565 Notable deaths
Tapio Rautavaara
Finnish athletics competitor, recording artist; singer and film actor.
Born March 8th, 1915 in Pirkkala. [ref]
Died September 25th, 1979 at 64 years old in Oulunkylä (cerebral hemorrhage). [ref]
Louis Paul Boon
Belgian writer (1912-1979).
Born March 15th, 1912 in Aalst. [ref]
Died May 10th, 1979 at 67 years old in Erembodegem. [ref]
George Dunning
Animator (1920-1979).
Born November 17th, 1920 in Toronto.
Died February 15th, 1979 at 58 years old in London.
Kurt Jooss
German dancer, choreographer and influential art dance educator (1901-1979).
Born January 12th, 1901 in Wasseralfingen.
Died May 22nd, 1979 at 78 years old in Heilbronn.
Hassan Pakravan
Iranian politician (1911-1979).
Born August 4th, 1911 in Tehran.
Died April 11th, 1979 at 67 years old in Tehran (ballistic trauma).
Joachim Jeremias
German theologian (1900–1979).
Born September 20th, 1900 in Dresden.
Died September 6th, 1979 at 78 years old in Tübingen.
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).
Deaths 261 to 270 of 565
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