Famous Deaths Happened In 1979
Saturday, 29 November 2025
Jan 03 In the year 1979 conrad Hilton, US founder (Hilton Hotels), dies at 91 


Jan 04 On this day in history charles Mingus, jazz bassist, dies of heart attack 


Jan 05 On this day in history charles Mingus, US jazz bassist/composer/orchestra leader, dies at 56 


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 On this day in history jack Soo, actor (Nick Yemana-Barney Miller, Green Berets), dies at 63 


Jan 13 In the year 1979 death of donny Hathaway, Chicago Ill, rocker (Ghetto), commits suicide at 33 


Jan 14 Thomas DeSimone, gangster associate of the Lucchese crime family (b. 1950) died on this day in history. 


Jan 16 Fred Elizalde, composer, dies at 71 on this day in history. 


Jan 18 In the year 1979 cyril Mockridge, composer, dies at 82 


Jan 19 Paul Meurisse, actor (Diabolique, Truth, Suspects, Monocle), dies on this day in history. 


Jan 20 Gustav Winckler, Danish singer (b. 1925) died in the year 1979. 


Jan 22 Ali Hassan Salameh, [Abu Hassan], killed by car bomb; believed to have helped mastermind massacre of 1972 Munich Olympics athletes died in the year 1979. 


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


Jan 25 On this day in history 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 On this day in history death of qalander Ba Ba Auliya, Sufi master (b. 1898) 


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


Feb 01 Mort Marshall, actor (Cully-Dumplings), dies at 60 in the year 1979. 


Feb 02 Jim Burke, cricketer (Australian opener), commits suicide died in the year 1979. 


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 Alain Teister, Dutch sculptor/writer, dies at 47 on this day in history. 


Feb 07 Josef Mengele, concentration camp doctor, drowns died on this day in history. 


Feb 08 In the year 1979 nikolay Semyonovich Tikhonov, Russian poet, dies at 82 


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


Feb 12 In the year 1979 jean Renoir, French writer/director (Human Beast), dies at 84 


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


Feb 14 In the year 1979 death of adolph Dubs, US ambassador to Afghanistan, murdered 


Feb 15 Alex Bradford, actor/composer (Your Arms too Short...), dies at 51 in the year 1979. 


Feb 16 In the year 1979 louise Allbritton, actress (Celia-Stage Door), dies at 58 


Feb 17 On this day in history william Gargan, actor (Rain, Bells of St Mary), dies at 73 


Feb 21 In the year 1979 glendon Gibbs, cricketer (Test Cricket WI v Australia 1955), dies 


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


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