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In the year 1979
565 Notable deaths
Viktoria Savs
Austrian military personnel.
Born June 27th, 1899 in Bad Reichenhall. [ref]
Died December 31st, 1979 at 80 years old in Salzburg.
Charlotte Mineau
Actress (1886-1979).
Born March 24th, 1886 in Escanaba. [ref]
Died October 12th, 1979 at 93 years old in Los Angeles. [ref]
Ed Souza
American soccer player (1921-1979).
Born September 22nd, 1921 in Fall River.
Died May 19th, 1979 at 57 years old in Rhode Island.
Leonard Mociulschi
Romanian general.
Born March 25th, 1889 in Siminicea.
Died April 15th, 1979 at 90 years old in Bucharest.
Mikhail An
Soviet football player (1952–1979).
Born November 19th, 1952 in Tashkent Region.
Died August 11th, 1979 at 26 years old in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.
Alberto Ruz Lhuillier
Mexican mesoamericanist.
Born January 27th, 1906 in 8th arrondissement of Paris.
Died August 25th, 1979 at 73 years old in Montreal.
Karl Anton
Czech director and scriptwriter (1898-1979).
Born October 25th, 1898 in Brno, Prague. [ref]
Died April 13th, 1979 at 80 years old in Berlin. [ref]
Elka de Levie
Dutch gymnast (1905–1979).
Born November 21st, 1905 in Amsterdam.
Died December 29th, 1979 at 74 years old in Amsterdam. [ref]
Gilbert Cesbron
French writer.
Born January 13th, 1913 in 17th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Died August 13th, 1979 at 66 years old in 6th arrondissement of Paris (cancer). [ref]
Deaths 391 to 400 of 565
You’ll drift apart, it’s true, but you’ll be out in the open, part of everything alive again. Philip Pullman