Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In 1979
Wednesday, 17 December 2025
Feb 28 Jane Hylton, English actress (Adv of Sir Lancelot), dies at 52 on this day in history. 


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


Mar 02 On this day in history edith Craig, actress (Harmony Lane, Smashing Rackets), dies at 71 


Mar 04 In the year 1979 death of willi Unsoeld, American mountain climber (b. 1926) 


Mar 05 Vicente Ascone, composer, dies at 81 on this day in history. 


Mar 06 On this day in history charles Wagenheim, actor (Halligan-Gunsmoke), dies at 83 


Mar 07 On this day in history guiomar Novaes, pianist (Brazilian Order of Merit), dies at 84 


Mar 09 In the year 1979 barbara Mullen, actress (Talk of a Million), dies at 64 


Mar 11 In the year 1979 victor Kilian, actor (Gentleman's Agreement), dies at 88 


Mar 16 In the year 1979 jean Monnet, French economist/CEO (ECSC), dies at 90 


Mar 17 On this day in history 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 On this day in history ben Lyon, actor (I Cover the Waterfront, Indiscreet), dies at 78 


Mar 23 On this day in history philip Bourneuf, actor (Big Night, Frankenstein), dies at 71 


Mar 24 Yvonne Mitchell, writer, dies at 53 on this day in history. 


Mar 25 On this day in history death of ... Sykes, British ambassador in The Hague, murdered 


Mar 26 In the year 1979 jean Stafford, US author (Boston Adventure), dies at 63 


Mar 27 Ronald Adam, actor (Phantom Shot), dies at 82 on this day in history. 


Mar 28 Emmett Kelly, circus clown (Weary Willy), dies at 80 in the year 1979. 


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


Mar 30 In the year 1979 death of airey Neave, British MP (Conservatives), killed by terrorist bomb 


Apr 01 In the year 1979 marinus Peijnenburg, Dutch politician, dies at 51 


Apr 02 On this day in history carroll D Rosenbloom, LA Rams president, dies at 72 


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 on this day in history. 


Apr 06 M Marie Widlow, softball pitcher (Hall of Fame 1957), dies at 61 in the year 1979. 


Apr 07 On this day in history bruno Apitz, writer, dies at 78 


Apr 09 On this day in history staats Cotsworth, dies at 71 


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


Apr 20 In the year 1979 peter Donald, host (Masquerade Party), dies at 60 


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


Apr 24 In the year 1979 john Carroll, actor (Hired Wife, Fiesta, Geraldine), dies at 72 


Apr 28 On this day in history 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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