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In the year 1979
542 Notable deaths
Peter Butterworth
English actor (1919-1979).
Born February 4th, 1919 in Bramhall.
Died January 16th, 1979 at 59 years old in Coventry (myocardial infarction).
Elizabeth Bishop
American poet.
Born February 8th, 1911 in Worcester.
Died October 6th, 1979 at 68 years old in Boston (intracranial aneurysm).
George Brent
Irish-american actor (1899-1979).
Born March 15th, 1904 in Shannonbridge. [ref]
Died May 26th, 1979 at 75 years old in Solana Beach (pulmonary emphysema). [ref]
Darryl F. Zanuck
American film producer.
Born September 5th, 1902 in Wahoo. [ref]
Died December 22nd, 1979 at 77 years old in Palm Springs (cancer). [ref]
Nino Rota
Italian composer.
Born December 3rd, 1911 in Milan. [ref]
Died April 10th, 1979 at 67 years old in Rome (coronary thrombosis). [ref]
Ali Hassan Salameh
Palestinian leader (1941-1979).
Died January 22nd, 1979 at 37 years old in Beirut.
Cecilia Payne Gaposchkin
British-born american astronomer.
Born May 10th, 1900 in Wendover. [ref]
Died December 7th, 1979 at 79 years old in Cambridge (cancer). [ref]
Airey Neave
British politician (1916-1979).
Born January 23rd, 1916 in Knightsbridge.
Died March 30th, 1979 at 63 years old in Westminster Hospital (car bomb).
Francisco Macías Nguema
Equatorialguinean politician, 1st and former president of equatorial guinea (1924-1979).
Born January 1st, 1924 in Mongomo.
Died September 29th, 1979 at 55 years old in Black Beach (ballistic trauma). [ref]
Hafizullah Amin
2nd general secretary of the people's democratic party of afghanistan.
Born August 1st, 1929 in Paghman.
Died December 27th, 1979 at 50 years old in Tajbeg Palace (ballistic trauma).
Deaths 51 to 60 of 542
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