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HomePage 7: Famous Deaths Happened In 1979
Monday, 15 December 2025
Dec 04 Robert Karnes, actor (Max-The Lawless Years), dies at 62 on this day in history. 
Dec 07 In the year 1979 cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, 1st woman full prof at Harvard U, dies
Dec 09 Fulton J Sheen, archbishop/religious broadcaster, dies in NYC at 84 on this day in history.
Dec 10 Ann Dvorak, actress (G Men, Life of Her Own, Scarface), dies at 67 on this day in history.
Dec 11 In the year 1979 claire Carleton, NYC, actress (Alice-Cimarron City), dies at 66
Dec 13 In the year 1979 jon Hall, actor (Ramor of the Jungle), dies at 66
Dec 14 On this day in history nirode Ranjan Chowdhury, cricketer (2 Tests for India, avg 205), dies
Dec 15 On this day in history bern Hoffman, actor (Major Dell Conway), dies at 66
Dec 21 In the year 1979 bill Anderson, cricketer (Test for NZ 1946, scored five & one), dies
Dec 22 In the year 1979 darryl F Zanuck, film producer (20th Century Fox), dies at 77
Dec 23 In the year 1979 death of peggy Guggenheim, American art collector (b. 1898)
Dec 24 Dirk Uipko Stikker, Dutch CEO (Heineken)/sect-gen NATO, dies at 82 on this day in history.
Dec 25 On this day in history joan Blondell, actress (Real McCoys), dies at 70
Dec 27 Hafizullah Amin, president of Afghanistan (1979), murdered died in the year 1979.
Dec 30 Richard Rodgers, composer (Rogers & Hammerstein), dies at 77 in the year 1979.
