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In the year 1979
544 Notable deaths
Charles Ehresmann
French mathematician (1905-1979).
Born April 19th, 1905 in Strasbourg. [ref]
Died September 22nd, 1979 at 74 years old in Amiens. [ref]
Marjorie Daw
American film actress of the silent era (1902-1979).
Born January 19th, 1902 in Colorado Springs. [ref]
Died March 18th, 1979 at 77 years old in Huntington Beach (disease). [ref]
Volodymyr Ivasyuk
Ukrainian composer and poet (1949-1979).
Born March 4th, 1949 in Kitsman.
Died May 18th, 1979 at 30 years old in Lviv (hanging). [ref]
Saro Urzì
Italian film director and actor (1913–1979).
Born February 24th, 1913 in Catania.
Died November 1st, 1979 at 66 years old in San Giuseppe Vesuviano.
Stuart Heisler
American film and television director.
Born December 5th, 1896 in Los Angeles. [ref]
Died August 21st, 1979 at 82 years old in Los Angeles. [ref]
Carlo Schmid
German academic and politician of the social-democratic spd (1896-1979).
Born December 3rd, 1896 in Perpignan. [ref]
Died December 11th, 1979 at 83 years old in Bad Honnef. [ref]
Paul Paray
French conductor (1886-1979).
Born May 24th, 1886 in Le Tréport. [ref]
Died October 10th, 1979 at 93 years old in Monte Carlo. [ref]
Asja Lācis
Latvian actor and theatre director.
Born October 19th, 1891 in Ķempji Parish, Līgatne. [ref]
Died November 21st, 1979 at 88 years old in Riga. [ref]
Roman Ghirshman
French archaeologist (1895-1979).
Born October 3rd, 1895 in Kharkiv. [ref]
Died September 5th, 1979 at 83 years old in Budapest. [ref]
Rafael Filiberto Bonnelly
President of the dominican republic (1904-1979).
Born August 22nd, 1904 in Santiago de los Caballeros.
Died December 28th, 1979 at 75 years old in Santo Domingo (cancer).
Deaths 301 to 310 of 544
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