In the year 1979
565 Notable deaths
Shirley Mason
Actress (1900-1979).
Born June 6th, 1900 in Brooklyn.
Died July 27th, 1979 at 79 years old in Los Angeles (cancer).
Aleksei N. Leontiev
Russian psychologist.
Born February 18th, 1903 in Moscow.
Died January 21st, 1979 at 75 years old in Moscow (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Pavlo Shandruk
Ukrainian general.
Born February 28th, 1889 in Borsuky.
Died February 15th, 1979 at 89 years old in Trenton.
Nasser Moghadam
Last chief of the iranian savak (1921-1979).
Born June 24th, 1921 in Tehran.
Died April 11th, 1979 at 57 years old in Tehran (ballistic trauma).
Ludwig Renn
German writer (1889-1979).
Born April 22nd, 1889 in Dresden. [ref]
Died July 21st, 1979 at 90 years old in Berlin. [ref]
Maurizio Arena
Italian actor (1933–1979).
Born December 26th, 1933 in Rome. [ref]
Died November 21st, 1979 at 45 years old in Rome (cardiac arrest, Renal colic). [ref]
Consuelo de Saint Exupéry
Salvadoran-french writer and artist (1901-1979).
Born April 10th, 1901 in Armenia. [ref]
Died May 28th, 1979 at 78 years old in Grasse (asthma).
Wilbur Ware
American jazz musician (1923-1979).
Born September 8th, 1923 in Chicago.
Died September 9th, 1979 at 56 years old in Philadelphia (pulmonary emphysema). [ref]
Deaths 281 to 290 of 565
Those men who, in war, seek to preserve their lives at any rate commonly die with shame and ignominy, while those who look upon death as common to all, and unavoidable, and are only solicitous to die with honour, oftener arrive at old age and, while they live, live happier. Xenophon