Page 7: Famous Deaths Happened In 1979
Sunday, 23 March 2025
Dec 04 In the year 1979 robert Karnes, actor (Max-The Lawless Years), dies at 62
Dec 07 Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, 1st woman full prof at Harvard U, dies on this day in history.
Dec 09 Fulton J Sheen, archbishop/religious broadcaster, dies in NYC at 84 on this day in history.
Dec 10 In the year 1979 ann Dvorak, actress (G Men, Life of Her Own, Scarface), dies at 67
Dec 11 Claire Carleton, NYC, actress (Alice-Cimarron City), dies at 66 on this day in history.
Dec 13 In the year 1979 jon Hall, actor (Ramor of the Jungle), dies at 66
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 In the year 1979 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 on this day in history.
Dec 24 On this day in history dirk Uipko Stikker, Dutch CEO (Heineken)/sect-gen NATO, dies at 82
Dec 25 In the year 1979 joan Blondell, actress (Real McCoys), dies at 70
Dec 27 Hafizullah Amin, president of Afghanistan (1979), murdered died in the year 1979.
Dec 30 In the year 1979 richard Rodgers, composer (Rogers & Hammerstein), dies at 77