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In the year 1979
542 Notable deaths
Grant Green
American jazz guitarist and composer.
Born June 6th, 1935 in St. Louis.
Died January 31st, 1979 at 43 years old in New York City (myocardial infarction).
Sándor Kocsis
Hungarian footballer.
Born September 21st, 1929 in Budapest. [ref]
Died July 22nd, 1979 at 49 years old in Barcelona.
I. A. Richards
English literary critic and rhetorician.
Born February 26th, 1893 in Sandbach.
Died September 7th, 1979 at 86 years old in Cambridge. [ref]
Stan Kenton
American pianist, composer, arranger and band leader (1911-1979).
Born December 15th, 1911 in Wichita. [ref]
Died August 25th, 1979 at 67 years old in Los Angeles (stroke). [ref]
Gustavo Díaz-Ordaz Bolaños
Dictator of mexico (1911-1979).
Born March 12th, 1911 in San Miguel ocotenco puebla.
Died July 15th, 1979 at 68 years old in Mexico City (colorectal cancer).
Immanuel Velikovsky
Russian, israeli and american author, known for his fringe catastrophist theories, widely considered as pseudoscientific by mainstream scholars.
Born June 10th, 1895 in Vitebsk.
Died November 17th, 1979 at 84 years old in Princeton. [ref]
Dimitri Tiomkin
Ukrainian-born american film composer.
Born May 22nd, 1899 in Kremenchuk.
Died November 11th, 1979 at 80 years old in London (hip fracture).
Michael Wilding
English television and film actor (1912-1979).
Born July 23rd, 1912 in Leigh-on-Sea. [ref]
Died July 8th, 1979 at 66 years old in London (fall).
Emmaline Henry
American actress (1928-1979).
Born November 1st, 1928 in Philadelphia.
Died October 8th, 1979 at 50 years old in Palm Springs (brain cancer).
Rudi Dutschke
German student activist.
Born March 7th, 1940 in Schönefeld. [ref]
Died December 24th, 1979 at 39 years old in Aarhus (drowning). [ref]
Deaths 81 to 90 of 542
To the well-organized mind, death is but the next great adventure. J.K. Rowling