Page 7: Famous Deaths Happened In 1979
Tuesday, 21 January 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 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 Bill Anderson, cricketer (Test for NZ 1946, scored five & one), dies on this day in history.
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 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 Richard Rodgers, composer (Rogers & Hammerstein), dies at 77 in the year 1979.