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In the year 1979
565 Notable deaths
Gabrielle Dorziat
French actress (1880-1979).
Born January 15th, 1880 in Épernay.
Died December 2nd, 1979 at 99 years old in Biarritz. [ref]
Johann Nikuradse
German physicist (1894–1979).
Born November 20th, 1894 in Samtredia.
Died July 18th, 1979 at 84 years old in Göttingen.
Walther Müller
German physicist.
Born September 6th, 1905 in Hanover.
Died December 4th, 1979 at 74 years old in Walnut Creek.
Giacomo Lauri-Volpi
Italian opera singer (1892-1979).
Born December 11th, 1892 in Lanuvio.
Died March 17th, 1979 at 86 years old in Valencia, Burjassot.
Aleksei Makarovich Smirnov
Soviet actor.
Born February 28th, 1920 in Danilov.
Died May 7th, 1979 at 59 years old in Saint Petersburg.
Milo Butler
Bahamian politician (1906-1979).
Born August 11th, 1906 in Nassau.
Died January 22nd, 1979 at 72 years old in Nassau.
Edward Stachura
Polish poet, writer and translator.
Born August 18th, 1937 in Charvieu. [ref]
Died July 24th, 1979 at 41 years old in Warsaw (hanging). [ref]
John F. Seitz
American cinematographer and inventor (1892-1979).
Born June 23rd, 1892 in Chicago.
Died February 27th, 1979 at 86 years old in Woodland Hills.
Jerzy Petersburski
Polish actor and musician (1895-1979).
Born April 20th, 1895 in Warsaw.
Died October 7th, 1979 at 84 years old in Warsaw.
Feodor Felix Konrad Lynen
German biochemist, nobel laureate.
Born April 6th, 1911 in Munich.
Died August 6th, 1979 at 68 years old in Munich.
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When people don’t express themselves, they die one piece at a time. Laurie Halse Anderson