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In the year 1979
545 Notable deaths
Predrag Đajić
Bosnian footballer.
Born May 1st, 1922 in Sarajevo.
Died May 13th, 1979 at 57 years old in Warsaw.
Heinrich Behnke
German mathematician.
Born October 9th, 1898 in Hamburg.
Died October 10th, 1979 at 81 years old in Münster.
Leandro Remondini
Italian footballer and manager (1917-1979).
Born November 17th, 1917 in Verona.
Died January 9th, 1979 at 61 years old in Milan (myocardial infarction).
Nicolas Born
German writer.
Born December 31st, 1937 in Duisburg. [ref]
Died December 7th, 1979 at 41 years old in Breese (cancer). [ref]
Emiliyan Stanev
Bulgarian writer (1907-1979).
Born February 28th, 1907 in Veliko Tarnovo. [ref]
Died March 15th, 1979 at 72 years old in Sofia. [ref]
Heinz Pollay
German dressage horse rider.
Born February 4th, 1908 in Koszalin.
Died May 14th, 1979 at 71 years old in Munich.
Khan Shushinski
Azerbaijani singer (1901-1979).
Born August 20th, 1901 in Shusha.
Died March 18th, 1979 at 77 years old in Baku.
Ethel Smith
Canadian sprinter (1907-1979).
Born July 5th, 1907 in Toronto.
Died December 31st, 1979 at 72 years old in Toronto.
David Armitage Bannerman
British ornithologist.
Born November 27th, 1886 in Manchester. [ref]
Died April 6th, 1979 at 92 years old [ref]
Alessandro Frigerio
Swiss footballer (1914-1979).
Born November 15th, 1914 in Tumaco.
Died January 10th, 1979 at 64 years old
Deaths 411 to 420 of 545
Man always thinks about the past before he dies, as if he were frantically searching for proof that he truly lived. Jet Black