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In the year 1979
557 Notable deaths
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 (1891–1979).
Born October 19th, 1891 in Ķempji Parish, Līgatne.
Died November 21st, 1979 at 88 years old in Riga.
Roman Ghirshman
French archaeologist (1895-1979).
Born October 15th, 1895 in Kharkiv.
Died September 5th, 1979 at 83 years old in Budapest.
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).
František Kriegel
Czech politician and doctor (1908-1979).
Born April 10th, 1908 in Ivano-Frankivsk. [ref]
Died December 3rd, 1979 at 71 years old in Prague (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Émile Dewoitine
French businessman (1892-1979).
Born September 26th, 1892 in Crépy. [ref]
Died July 5th, 1979 at 86 years old in Toulouse (disease). [ref]
Bruno Coquatrix
Owner and manager of the music hall paris olympia.
Born August 4th, 1910 in Ronchin.
Died April 1st, 1979 at 68 years old in 9th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Carl Miller
American film actor, born august 9, 1893.
Born August 9th, 1894 in Wichita County. [ref]
Died January 22nd, 1979 at 84 years old in Honolulu.
Gabrielle Dorziat
French actress (1880-1979).
Born January 15th, 1880 in Épernay.
Died December 2nd, 1979 at 99 years old in Biarritz. [ref]
Walther Müller
German physicist.
Born September 6th, 1905 in Hanover.
Died December 4th, 1979 at 74 years old in Walnut Creek.
Deaths 311 to 320 of 557
It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live. Marcus Aurelius