Famous Deaths Happened In 1979

Jan 03 Conrad hilton: Us founder (hilton hotels),  

Jan 04 Charles mingus: Jazz bassist,  

Jan 05 Charles mingus: Us jazz bassist/composer/orchestra leader,  

Jan 07 Zbigniew turski: Composer,  

Jan 09 Avery claflin: Composer,  

Jan 11 Jack soo: Actor (nick yemana-barney miller, green berets),  

Jan 13 Donny hathaway: Chicago ill, rocker (ghetto), commits suicide at 33  

Jan 14 Thomas desimone: Gangster associate of the lucchese crime family (b. 1950)  

Jan 16 Fred elizalde: Composer,  

Jan 18 Cyril mockridge: Composer,  

Jan 19 Paul meurisse: Actor (diabolique, truth, suspects, monocle),  

Jan 20 Gustav winckler: Danish singer (b. 1925)  

Jan 22 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),  

Jan 25 J robertson hare: Actor (fighting stock),  

Jan 26 Nelson rockefeller: Former vp & (4x gov-r-ny),  

Jan 27 Qalander ba ba auliya: Sufi master (b. 1898)  

Jan 28 Eileen shanahan: Irish poet (b. 1901)  

Feb 01 Mort marshall: Actor (cully-dumplings),  

Feb 02 Jim burke: Cricketer (australian opener), commits suicide  

Feb 03 Jody gilbert: Actress (willard, shaggy, blonde dynamite),  

Feb 05 Eddie paynter: Cricketer (20 tests for england, avg 59.23),  

Feb 06 Alain teister: Dutch sculptor/writer,  

Feb 07 Josef mengele: Concentration camp doctor, drowns  

Feb 08 Nikolay semyonovich tikhonov: Russian poet,  

Feb 09 C i j smith: Cricket all-rounder (5 tests for england 1935-37),  

Feb 12 Jean renoir: French writer/director (human beast),  

Feb 13 Jean renoir: Actor/director (rules of the game),  

Feb 14 Adolph dubs: Us ambassador to afghanistan, murdered  

Feb 15 Alex bradford: Actor/composer (your arms too short...),  

Feb 16 Louise allbritton: Actress (celia-stage door),  

Feb 17 William gargan: Actor (rain, bells of st mary),  

Feb 21 Glendon gibbs: Cricketer (test cricket wi v australia 1955),  

Feb 23 W.a.c. bennett: Canadian politician (b. 1900)  

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Apr 02 Jesse carmichael: American musician (maroon 5)  

Apr 21 James mcavoy: Scottish actor  

Apr 28 Bahram radan: Iranian actor  

Apr 30 Gerardo torrado: Mexican footballer  

May 07 Katie douglas: American basketball player  

May 19 Barbara nedeljakova: Slovak actress  

May 19 Diego forlán: Uruguayan footballer  

May 19 Andrea pirlo: Italian footballer