Page 7: Famous Deaths Happened In 1979
Tuesday, 11 March 2025
Dec 04 On this day in history robert Karnes, actor (Max-The Lawless Years), dies at 62
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 in the year 1979.
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 Jon Hall, actor (Ramor of the Jungle), dies at 66 on this day in history.
Dec 14 Nirode Ranjan Chowdhury, cricketer (2 Tests for India, avg 205), dies on this day in history.
Dec 15 Bern Hoffman, actor (Major Dell Conway), dies at 66 on this day in history.
Dec 21 Bill Anderson, cricketer (Test for NZ 1946, scored five & one), dies in the year 1979.
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 In the year 1979 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 In the year 1979 death of hafizullah Amin, president of Afghanistan (1979), murdered
Dec 30 In the year 1979 richard Rodgers, composer (Rogers & Hammerstein), dies at 77