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

American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Foggy Mountain Boys and Nashville Grass) Lester Flatt died 11. May 1979. (born 1914)

Romanian singer Ileana Sărăroiu died 12. May 1979. (born 1936)

Dominican-English author Jean Rhys died 14. May 1979. (born 1890)

American union leader and activist A. Philip Randolph died 16. May 1979. (born 1889)

Ceylon Tamil geographer and academic S. Selvanayagam died 23. May 1979. (born 1932)

English organist, composer, and educator Ernest Bullock died 24. May 1979. (born 1890)

Czech-Israeli scientist, mystic, and author Itzhak Bentov died 25. May 1979. (born 1923)

American murderer John Spenkelink died 25. May 1979. (born 1949)

Irish-American actor George Brent died 26. May 1979. (born 1899)

Canadian-American actress, producer, and screenwriter, co-founded United Artists Mary Pickford died 29. May 1979. (born 1892)

Jr., American lawyer and judge John H. Wood died 29. May 1979. (born 1916)

German physician, Nobel Prize laureate Werner Forssmann died 1. June 1979. (born 1904)

American actor Jim Hutton died 2. June 1979. (born 1934)

American actor and singer Jack Haley died 6. June 1979. (born 1898)

American Ku Klux Klan leader and author Asa Earl Carter died 7. June 1979. (born 1925)

Canadian ice hockey player and civil servant Cyclone Taylor died 9. June 1979. (born 1884)

Trinidadian-American author Alice Dalgliesh died 11. June 1979. (born 1893)

American actor, director, and producer John Wayne died 11. June 1979. (born 1907)

American actress Darla Hood died 13. June 1979. (born 1931)

Egyptian-Italian singer-songwriter and pianist (I Ribelli and Area) Demetrio Stratos died 13. June 1979. (born 1945)