In the year 1979
557 Notable deaths
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 (1895–1979).
Born September 25th, 1895 in Birmingham.
Died May 8th, 1979 at 83 years old in London.
Armi Ratia
Finnish designer and businessperson.
Born July 13th, 1912 in Pälkjärvi.
Died October 3rd, 1979 at 67 years old in Helsinki.
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]
Deaths 291 to 300 of 557
For life be, after all, only a waitin’ for somethin’ else than what we’re doin’; and death be all that we can rightly depend on. Bram Stoker