WHO ALL DIED IN 1979.
See all who died in 1979.

American poet Allen Tate died 9. February 1979. (born 1899)

Yugoslav economist and politician Edvard Kardelj died 10. February 1979. (born 1910)

French actor, director, screenwriter, and producer Jean Renoir died 12. February 1979. (born 1894)

American diplomat, United States Ambassador to Afghanistan Adolph Dubs died 14. February 1979. (born 1920)

Iranian general Nematollah Nassiri died 16. February 1979. (born 1911)

Ceylon Tamil civil servant K. Alvapillai died 17. February 1979. (born 1905)

Finnish painter Sigrid Schauman died 22. February 1979. (born 1877)

Canadian politician, 25th Premier of British Columbia W. A. C. Bennett died 23. February 1979. (born 1900)

German author and poet Paul Alverdes died 28. February 1979. (born 1897)

Iraqi-Kurdistan politician Mustafa Barzani died 1. March 1979. (born 1903)

English yodeler Harry Hopkinson died 4. March 1979. (born 1902)

American actress and pilot Gladys McConnell died 4. March 1979. (born 1905)

English singer and keyboard player (Spooky Tooth, Boxer, Patto, and Timebox) Mike Patto died 4. March 1979. (born 1942)

1st Baron Sinclair of Cleeve, English businessman and public servant Robert Sinclair died 4. March 1979. (born 1893)

American mountaineer Willi Unsoeld died 4. March 1979. (born 1926)

Iranian general Nader Jahanbani died 12. March 1979. (born 1928)

Canadian politician Jean-Guy Cardinal died 16. March 1979. (born 1925)

French gymnast Lucien Démanet died 16. March 1979. (born 1874)

French economist and politician Jean Monnet died 16. March 1979. (born 1888)