Famous Deaths In 1979
Tuesday, 29 October 2024
Jan 03 On this day in history 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 Zbigniew Turski, composer, dies at 70 in the year 1979.
Jan 09 Avery Claflin, composer, dies at 80 in the year 1979.
Jan 11 Jack Soo, actor (Nick Yemana-Barney Miller, Green Berets), dies at 63 in the year 1979.
Jan 13 Donny Hathaway, Chicago Ill, rocker (Ghetto), commits suicide at 33 died in the year 1979.
Jan 14 In the year 1979 death of thomas DeSimone, gangster associate of the Lucchese crime family (b. 1950)
Jan 16 On this day in history fred Elizalde, composer, dies at 71
Jan 18 In the year 1979 cyril Mockridge, composer, dies at 82
Jan 19 Paul Meurisse, actor (Diabolique, Truth, Suspects, Monocle), dies in the year 1979.
Jan 20 In the year 1979 death of gustav Winckler, Danish singer (b. 1925)
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 J Robertson Hare, actor (Fighting Stock), dies at 87 in the year 1979.
Jan 26 On this day in history nelson Rockefeller, former VP & (4X Gov-R-NY), dies at 70
Jan 27 Qalander Ba Ba Auliya, Sufi master (b. 1898) died on this day in history.
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 on this day in history.
Feb 02 In the year 1979 death of jim Burke, cricketer (Australian opener), commits suicide
Feb 03 On this day in history jody Gilbert, actress (Willard, Shaggy, Blonde Dynamite), dies
Feb 05 Eddie Paynter, cricketer (20 Tests for England, avg 59.23), dies on this day in history.
Feb 06 On this day in history alain Teister, Dutch sculptor/writer, dies at 47
Feb 07 Josef Mengele, concentration camp doctor, drowns died on this day in history.
Feb 08 On this day in history 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 On this day in history jean Renoir, French writer/director (Human Beast), dies at 84
Feb 13 In the year 1979 jean Renoir, actor/director (Rules of the Game), dies at 84
Feb 14 Adolph Dubs, US ambassador to Afghanistan, murdered died in the year 1979.
Feb 15 Alex Bradford, actor/composer (Your Arms too Short...), dies at 51 on this day in history.
Feb 16 Louise Allbritton, actress (Celia-Stage Door), dies at 58 in the year 1979.
Feb 17 In the year 1979 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 W.A.C. Bennett, Canadian politician (b. 1900) died on this day in history.