Famous Deaths In 1979
Sunday, 24 November 2024
Dec 04 In the year 1979 robert Karnes, actor (Max-The Lawless Years), dies at 62
Dec 07 On this day in history cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, 1st woman full prof at Harvard U, dies
Dec 09 On this day in history fulton J Sheen, archbishop/religious broadcaster, dies in NYC at 84
Dec 10 On this day in history ann Dvorak, actress (G Men, Life of Her Own, Scarface), dies at 67
Dec 11 On this day in history claire Carleton, NYC, actress (Alice-Cimarron City), dies at 66
Dec 13 Jon Hall, actor (Ramor of the Jungle), dies at 66 in the year 1979.
Dec 14 Nirode Ranjan Chowdhury, cricketer (2 Tests for India, avg 205), dies on this day in history.
Dec 15 Bern Hoffman, actor (Major Dell Conway), dies at 66 on this day in history.
Dec 21 Bill Anderson, cricketer (Test for NZ 1946, scored five & one), dies on this day in history.
Dec 22 In the year 1979 darryl F Zanuck, film producer (20th Century Fox), dies at 77
Dec 23 In the year 1979 death of peggy Guggenheim, American art collector (b. 1898)
Dec 24 In the year 1979 dirk Uipko Stikker, Dutch CEO (Heineken)/sect-gen NATO, dies at 82
Dec 25 In the year 1979 joan Blondell, actress (Real McCoys), dies at 70
Dec 27 In the year 1979 death of hafizullah Amin, president of Afghanistan (1979), murdered
Dec 30 Richard Rodgers, composer (Rogers & Hammerstein), dies at 77 in the year 1979.