Famous Deaths In 1979

Jan 03 In the year 1979 conrad Hilton, US founder (Hilton Hotels), dies at 91  

Jan 04 In the year 1979 charles Mingus, jazz bassist, dies of heart attack  

Jan 05 Charles Mingus, US jazz bassist/composer/orchestra leader, dies at 56 on this day in history.  

Jan 07 Zbigniew Turski, composer, dies at 70 on this day in history.  

Jan 09 In the year 1979 avery Claflin, composer, dies at 80  

Jan 11 In the year 1979 jack Soo, actor (Nick Yemana-Barney Miller, Green Berets), dies at 63  

Jan 13 Donny Hathaway, Chicago Ill, rocker (Ghetto), commits suicide at 33 died on this day in history.  

Jan 14 On this day in history death of thomas DeSimone, gangster associate of the Lucchese crime family (b. 1950)  

Jan 16 Fred Elizalde, composer, dies at 71 in the year 1979.  

Jan 18 Cyril Mockridge, composer, dies at 82 in the year 1979.  

Jan 19 On this day in history paul Meurisse, actor (Diabolique, Truth, Suspects, Monocle), dies  

Jan 20 In the year 1979 death of gustav Winckler, Danish singer (b. 1925)  

Jan 22 On this day in history death of ali Hassan Salameh, [Abu Hassan], killed by car bomb; believed to have helped mastermind massacre of 1972 Munich Olympics athletes  

Jan 24 Jerry Damon, comedian (That Was The Week That Was), dies at 51 in the year 1979.  

Jan 25 J Robertson Hare, actor (Fighting Stock), dies at 87 in the year 1979.  

Jan 26 Nelson Rockefeller, former VP & (4X Gov-R-NY), dies at 70 in the year 1979.  

Jan 27 Qalander Ba Ba Auliya, Sufi master (b. 1898) died on this day in history.  

Jan 28 On this day in history death of eileen Shanahan, Irish Poet (b. 1901)  

Feb 01 In the year 1979 mort Marshall, actor (Cully-Dumplings), dies at 60  

Feb 02 Jim Burke, cricketer (Australian opener), commits suicide died on this day in history.  

Feb 03 On this day in history jody Gilbert, actress (Willard, Shaggy, Blonde Dynamite), dies  

Feb 05 In the year 1979 eddie Paynter, cricketer (20 Tests for England, avg 59.23), dies  

Feb 06 In the year 1979 alain Teister, Dutch sculptor/writer, dies at 47  

Feb 07 On this day in history death of josef Mengele, concentration camp doctor, drowns  

Feb 08 On this day in history nikolay Semyonovich Tikhonov, Russian poet, dies at 82  

Feb 09 C I J Smith, cricket all-rounder (5 Tests for England 1935-37), dies on this day in history.  

Feb 12 Jean Renoir, French writer/director (Human Beast), dies at 84 on this day in history.  

Feb 13 Jean Renoir, actor/director (Rules of the Game), dies at 84 on this day in history.  

Feb 14 Adolph Dubs, US ambassador to Afghanistan, murdered died on this day in history.  

Feb 15 On this day in history alex Bradford, actor/composer (Your Arms too Short...), dies at 51  

Feb 16 On this day in history louise Allbritton, actress (Celia-Stage Door), dies at 58  

Feb 17 William Gargan, actor (Rain, Bells of St Mary), dies at 73 in the year 1979.  

Feb 21 Glendon Gibbs, cricketer (Test Cricket WI v Australia 1955), dies on this day in history.  

Feb 23 In the year 1979 death of w.A.C. Bennett, Canadian politician (b. 1900)  

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Apr 02 On this day in history birth of jesse Carmichael, American musician (Maroon 5)  

Apr 21 In the year 1979 birth of james McAvoy, Scottish actor  

Apr 28 In the year 1979 birth of bahram Radan, Iranian actor  

Apr 30 Gerardo Torrado, Mexican footballer was born in the year 1979.  

May 07 In the year 1979 birth of katie Douglas, American basketball player  

May 19 On this day in history birth of barbara Nedeljakova, Slovak actress  

May 19 In the year 1979 birth of diego Forlán, Uruguayan footballer  

May 19 On this day in history birth of andrea Pirlo, Italian footballer