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In the year 1979
542 Notable deaths
Talcott Parsons
American sociologist.
Born December 13th, 1902 in Colorado Springs.
Died May 8th, 1979 at 76 years old in Munich.
Hanna Reitsch
German aviator.
Born March 29th, 1914 in Jelenia Góra. [ref]
Died August 24th, 1979 at 65 years old in Frankfurt am Main (myocardial infarction).
Jean Renoir
French film director and screenwriter (1894–1979).
Born September 15th, 1894 in 18th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Died February 12th, 1979 at 84 years old in Beverly Hills. [ref]
Philippe Cousteau
French documentary filmmaker; son of jacques-yves cousteau.
Born December 30th, 1940 in Toulon. [ref]
Died June 28th, 1979 at 38 years old in Alverca do Ribatejo. [ref]
A. Philip Randolph
Black american civil rights activist, labor unionist, politician (1889-1979).
Born April 15th, 1889 in Crescent City. [ref]
Died May 16th, 1979 at 90 years old in Manhattan. [ref]
Rachele Mussolini
Mistress, wife, and widow of italian dictator benito mussolini.
Born April 11th, 1890 in Predappio. [ref]
Died October 30th, 1979 at 89 years old in Forlì. [ref]
John Diefenbaker
13th prime minister of canada (1895-1979).
Born September 18th, 1895 in Neustadt.
Died August 16th, 1979 at 83 years old in Ottawa (myocardial infarction).
Gracie Fields
British actress, singer and comedian (1898–1979).
Born January 9th, 1898 in Rochdale. [ref]
Died September 27th, 1979 at 81 years old in Capri (pneumonia). [ref]
Jimmy McCulloch
Scottish musician (1953–1979).
Born June 4th, 1953 in Dumbarton. [ref]
Died September 27th, 1979 at 26 years old in Maida Vale (drug overdose).
Nicholas Ray
American film director (1911-1979).
Born August 7th, 1911 in La Crosse. [ref]
Died June 16th, 1979 at 67 years old in New York City (lung cancer). [ref]
Deaths 41 to 50 of 542
Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can. But life leaps over oblivion lightly, losing only a thing or two of no importance, and gloom is just a passing shadow of a cloud. Yann Martel