Famous Deaths In 1979
Monday, 29 May 2023
Jan 03 Conrad Hilton, US founder (Hilton Hotels), dies at 91 on this day in history.
Jan 04 Charles Mingus, jazz bassist, dies of heart attack in the year 1979.
Jan 05 Charles Mingus, US jazz bassist/composer/orchestra leader, dies at 56 on this day in history.
Jan 07 On this day in history zbigniew Turski, composer, dies at 70
Jan 09 Avery Claflin, composer, dies at 80 in the year 1979.
Jan 11 Jack Soo, actor (Nick Yemana-Barney Miller, Green Berets), dies at 63 on this day in history.
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 In the year 1979 fred Elizalde, composer, dies at 71
Jan 18 Cyril Mockridge, composer, dies at 82 in the year 1979.
Jan 19 In the year 1979 paul Meurisse, actor (Diabolique, Truth, Suspects, Monocle), dies
Jan 20 In the year 1979 death of 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 died on this day in history.
Jan 24 In the year 1979 jerry Damon, comedian (That Was The Week That Was), dies at 51
Jan 25 In the year 1979 j Robertson Hare, actor (Fighting Stock), dies at 87
Jan 26 In the year 1979 nelson Rockefeller, former VP & (4X Gov-R-NY), dies at 70
Jan 27 Qalander Ba Ba Auliya, Sufi master (b. 1898) died in the year 1979.
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 On this day in history death of jim Burke, cricketer (Australian opener), commits suicide
Feb 03 In the year 1979 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 On this day in history alain Teister, Dutch sculptor/writer, dies at 47
Feb 07 Josef Mengele, concentration camp doctor, drowns died in the year 1979.
Feb 08 Nikolay Semyonovich Tikhonov, Russian poet, dies at 82 in the year 1979.
Feb 09 In the year 1979 c I J Smith, cricket all-rounder (5 Tests for England 1935-37), dies
Feb 12 On this day in history jean Renoir, French writer/director (Human Beast), dies at 84
Feb 13 In the year 1979 jean Renoir, actor/director (Rules of the Game), dies at 84
Feb 14 Adolph Dubs, US ambassador to Afghanistan, murdered died on this day in history.
Feb 15 Alex Bradford, actor/composer (Your Arms too Short...), dies at 51 on this day in history.
Feb 16 In the year 1979 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 in the year 1979.
Feb 23 In the year 1979 death of w.A.C. Bennett, Canadian politician (b. 1900)