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In the year 1979
600 Notable deaths
Georgy Beriev
Soviet aerospace engineer (1903–1979).
Born February 13th, 1903 in Tbilisi.
Died July 12th, 1979 at 76 years old in Moscow.
Eileen Bennett Whittingstall
British tennis player.
Born July 16th, 1907 in Paddington.
Died August 18th, 1979 at 72 years old
Mohamed Akid
Tunisian association football player (1949-1979).
Died April 12th, 1979 at 29 years old in Riyadh (2014 Colchester murders).
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 (1889–1979).
Born March 25th, 1889 in Siminicea.
Died April 15th, 1979 at 90 years old in Brașov.
Nikolai Tikhonov
Soviet writer (1896–1979).
Born December 4th, 1896 in Saint Petersburg.
Died February 8th, 1979 at 82 years old in Moscow.
Charles L. Stevenson
American analytic philosopher (1908-1979).
Born June 27th, 1908 in Cincinnati.
Died March 14th, 1979 at 70 years old in Bennington.
Alberto Ruz Lhuillier
Mexican mesoamericanist (1906–1979).
Born January 27th, 1906 in 8th arrondissement of Paris.
Died August 25th, 1979 at 73 years old in Montreal.
Edvin Adolphson
Swedish actor and director (1893-1979).
Born February 25th, 1893 in Norrköping.
Died October 31st, 1979 at 86 years old in Solna Municipality.
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When we finally know we are dying, and all other sentient beings are dying with us, we start to have a burning, almost heartbreaking sense of the fragility and preciousness of each moment and each being, and from this can grow a deep, clear, limitless compassion for all beings. Sogyal Rinpoche