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In the year 1979
557 Notable deaths
Alexander Alexandrovich Morozov
Soviet engineer and tank designer (1904–1979).
Born October 29th, 1904 in Bezhitsa.
Died June 14th, 1979 at 74 years old in Kharkiv.
Santos Urdinarán
Uruguayan footballer (1900-1979).
Born March 30th, 1900 in Montevideo.
Died July 14th, 1979 at 79 years old in Montevideo.
Moose Goheen
American ice hockey player.
Born February 8th, 1894 in White Bear Lake.
Died November 13th, 1979 at 85 years old in Saint Paul.
Klaus Egge
Norwegian composer and music critic.
Born July 19th, 1906 in Gransherad. [ref]
Died March 7th, 1979 at 72 years old in Oslo.
Ivan Stranski
Bulgarian chemist.
Born January 2nd, 1897 in Sofia.
Died June 19th, 1979 at 82 years old in Sofia.
Ivan Chistyakov
Soviet colonel general (1900–1979).
Born September 27th, 1900.
Died March 7th, 1979 at 78 years old in Moscow.
Predrag Đajić
Bosnian footballer.
Born May 1st, 1922 in Sarajevo.
Died May 13th, 1979 at 57 years old in Warsaw.
Heinrich Behnke
German mathematician (1898–1979).
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]
Deaths 411 to 420 of 557
When people don’t express themselves, they die one piece at a time. Laurie Halse Anderson