Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In 1979

Feb 28 Jane Hylton, English actress (Adv of Sir Lancelot), dies at 52 in the year 1979.  

Mar 01 Dolores Costello, actress (Noah's Ark, Expensive Women), dies at 73 on this day in history.  

Mar 02 In the year 1979 edith Craig, actress (Harmony Lane, Smashing Rackets), dies at 71  

Mar 04 On this day in history death of willi Unsoeld, American mountain climber (b. 1926)  

Mar 05 On this day in history vicente Ascone, composer, dies at 81  

Mar 06 Charles Wagenheim, actor (Halligan-Gunsmoke), dies at 83 in the year 1979.  

Mar 07 Guiomar Novaes, pianist (Brazilian Order of Merit), dies at 84 on this day in history.  

Mar 09 On this day in history barbara Mullen, actress (Talk of a Million), dies at 64  

Mar 11 On this day in history victor Kilian, actor (Gentleman's Agreement), dies at 88  

Mar 16 Jean Monnet, French economist/CEO (ECSC), dies at 90 on this day in history.  

Mar 17 In the year 1979 merv Inverarity, cricketer (father of John WA player 1925-40), dies  

Mar 19 On this day in history al Hodge, actor (Capt Video), dies at 65  

Mar 22 In the year 1979 ben Lyon, actor (I Cover the Waterfront, Indiscreet), dies at 78  

Mar 23 Philip Bourneuf, actor (Big Night, Frankenstein), dies at 71 on this day in history.  

Mar 24 Yvonne Mitchell, writer, dies at 53 in the year 1979.  

Mar 25 ... Sykes, British ambassador in The Hague, murdered died on this day in history.  

Mar 26 Jean Stafford, US author (Boston Adventure), dies at 63 on this day in history.  

Mar 27 Ronald Adam, actor (Phantom Shot), dies at 82 in the year 1979.  

Mar 28 Emmett Kelly, circus clown (Weary Willy), dies at 80 on this day in history.  

Mar 29 Melville Cooper, TV panelist (I Got a Secret), dies at 82 on this day in history.  

Mar 30 Airey Neave, British MP (Conservatives), killed by terrorist bomb died in the year 1979.  

Apr 01 Marinus Peijnenburg, Dutch politician, dies at 51 in the year 1979.  

Apr 02 Carroll D Rosenbloom, LA Rams president, dies at 72 on this day in history.  

Apr 04 Edgar Buchanan, actor (Uncle Joe-Petticoat Junction), dies at 77 on this day in history.  

Apr 05 Eugène Gabritschevsky, Russian biologist and artist (b. 1893) died in the year 1979.  

Apr 06 On this day in history m Marie Widlow, softball pitcher (Hall of Fame 1957), dies at 61  

Apr 07 Bruno Apitz, writer, dies at 78 in the year 1979.  

Apr 09 Staats Cotsworth, dies at 71 on this day in history.  

Apr 10 On this day in history henriette P "Hetty" Beck, actress (Dodendans), dies at 91  

Apr 20 Peter Donald, host (Masquerade Party), dies at 60 in the year 1979.  

Apr 23 On this day in history death of blair Peach, New Zealand-born anti-fascist (b. 1946)  

Apr 24 John Carroll, actor (Hired Wife, Fiesta, Geraldine), dies at 72 in the year 1979.  

Apr 28 In the year 1979 feliks Roderyk Labunski, composer, dies at 86  

Apr 29 In the year 1979 julia A Perry, US composer/conductor (Soul Symphony), dies at 55  

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Apr 02 In the year 1979 birth of jesse Carmichael, American musician (Maroon 5)  

Apr 21 On this day in history birth of james McAvoy, Scottish actor  

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

Apr 30 In the year 1979 birth of gerardo Torrado, Mexican footballer  

May 07 On this day in history birth of katie Douglas, American basketball player  

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

May 19 Diego Forlán, Uruguayan footballer was born on this day in history.  

May 19 In the year 1979 birth of andrea Pirlo, Italian footballer