In the year 1979
544 Notable deaths
Agop Dilaçar
Turkish linguist (1895-1979).
Born May 22nd, 1895 in Istanbul.
Died September 12th, 1979 at 84 years old in Istanbul.
Wilhelm Oxenius
German military officer (1912-1979).
Born September 9th, 1912 in Kassel.
Died August 13th, 1979 at 66 years old in West Germany.
Leonid Bykov
Ukrainian soviet actor, film director and screenwriter (1928-1979).
Born December 12th, 1928 in Cherkaske.
Died April 11th, 1979 at 50 years old in Vyshhorod Raion (traffic collision).
Dirk Stikker
Politician and badminton player (1897-1979).
Born February 5th, 1897 in Winschoten. [ref]
Died December 23rd, 1979 at 82 years old in Wassenaar. [ref]
Hans Freiherr von Funck
German general (1891-1979).
Born December 23rd, 1891 in Aachen.
Died February 14th, 1979 at 87 years old in Viersen.
Lesley Selander
American film director.
Born May 26th, 1900 in Los Angeles. [ref]
Died December 5th, 1979 at 79 years old in Los Alamitos. [ref]
Friedrich Ebert Jr.
German politician (1894-1979).
Born September 12th, 1894 in Bremen.
Died December 4th, 1979 at 85 years old in East Berlin.
Guiomar Novaes
Brazilian pianist (1895-1979).
Born February 28th, 1895 in São João da Boa Vista.
Died March 7th, 1979 at 84 years old in São Paulo.
Taisto Mäki
Finnish.
Born December 2nd, 1910 in Rekola.
Died May 1st, 1979 at 68 years old in Helsinki.
Deaths 291 to 300 of 544
Cowards die many times before their deaths; The valiant never taste of death but once. William Shakespeare