In the year 1979
544 Notable deaths
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]
Lothar Wolleh
German photographer.
Born January 20th, 1930 in Berlin. [ref]
Died September 28th, 1979 at 49 years old in London (asthma). [ref]
Sabu Martinez
American musician.
Born July 14th, 1930 in New York City. [ref]
Died January 13th, 1979 at 48 years old in Stockholm (gastrointestinal system disease). [ref]
Ettore Manni
Italian actor (1927-1979).
Born May 6th, 1927 in Rome. [ref]
Died July 27th, 1979 at 52 years old in Rome. [ref]
Victor Saville
English film director, producer and screenwriter.
Born September 25th, 1895 in Birmingham.
Died May 8th, 1979 at 83 years old in London. [ref]
Armi Ratia
Finnish designer and businessperson.
Born July 13th, 1912 in Pälkjärvi.
Died October 3rd, 1979 at 67 years old in Helsinki.
Alexander Alexandrovich Morozov
Soviet engineer and tank designer.
Born October 29th, 1904 in Bezhitsa.
Died June 14th, 1979 at 74 years old in Kharkiv.
Deaths 281 to 290 of 544
It is nothing to die. It is frightful not to live. Victor Hugo