Page 7: Famous Deaths Happened In 1979
Thursday, 16 October 2025
Dec 04 On this day in history robert Karnes, actor (Max-The Lawless Years), dies at 62
Dec 07 In the year 1979 cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, 1st woman full prof at Harvard U, dies
Dec 09 In the year 1979 fulton J Sheen, archbishop/religious broadcaster, dies in NYC at 84
Dec 10 Ann Dvorak, actress (G Men, Life of Her Own, Scarface), dies at 67 in the year 1979.
Dec 11 In the year 1979 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 On this day in history bern Hoffman, actor (Major Dell Conway), dies at 66
Dec 21 On this day in history bill Anderson, cricketer (Test for NZ 1946, scored five & one), dies
Dec 22 On this day in history darryl F Zanuck, film producer (20th Century Fox), dies at 77
Dec 23 Peggy Guggenheim, American art collector (b. 1898) died in the year 1979.
Dec 24 Dirk Uipko Stikker, Dutch CEO (Heineken)/sect-gen NATO, dies at 82 on this day in history.
Dec 25 Joan Blondell, actress (Real McCoys), dies at 70 on this day in history.
Dec 27 In the year 1979 death of hafizullah Amin, president of Afghanistan (1979), murdered
Dec 30 On this day in history richard Rodgers, composer (Rogers & Hammerstein), dies at 77