Hisdates•ComPage 7: Famous Deaths Happened In 1979
Thursday, 13 March 2025
Dec 04 Robert Karnes, actor (Max-The Lawless Years), dies at 62 on this day in history. 
Dec 07 On this day in history 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 In the year 1979 ann Dvorak, actress (G Men, Life of Her Own, Scarface), dies at 67
Dec 11 On this day in history claire Carleton, NYC, actress (Alice-Cimarron City), dies at 66
Dec 13 On this day in history jon Hall, actor (Ramor of the Jungle), dies at 66
Dec 14 In the year 1979 nirode Ranjan Chowdhury, cricketer (2 Tests for India, avg 205), dies
Dec 15 In the year 1979 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 Darryl F Zanuck, film producer (20th Century Fox), dies at 77 in the year 1979.
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 in the year 1979.
Dec 25 Joan Blondell, actress (Real McCoys), dies at 70 in the year 1979.
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.