WHO ALL DIED FROM APRIL TO DECEMBER 1979
Find out who all died from April to December 1979

English composer Ronald Binge died 6. September 1979. (born 1910)

American pianist, composer, and bandleader Stan Kenton died 25. August 1979. (born 1911)

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

Ghanaian general, 6th Head of state of Ghana Ignatius Kutu Acheampong died 16. June 1979. (born 1931)

English actress, theatre director and author Beatrix Lehmann died 31. July 1979. (born 1903)

Indian politician Jayaprakash Narayan died 8. October 1979. (born 1902)

American football player J. V. Cain died 22. July 1979. (born 1951)

Canadian lawyer and politician, 13th Prime Minister of Canada John Diefenbaker died 16. August 1979. (born 1895)

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

American playwright and composer Richard Rodgers died 30. December 1979. (born 1902)

Afghan journalist and politician, 3rd President of Afghanistan Nur Muhammad Taraki died 14. September 1979. (born 1917)

American wife of Dwight D. Eisenhower, 41st First Lady of the United States Mamie Eisenhower died 1. November 1979. (born 1896)

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

Greek playwright and academic Dimitris Psathas died 13. November 1979. (born 1907)

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

Latvian-American photographer Philippe Halsman died 25. June 1979. (born 1906)

American actress and singer Vivian Vance died 17. August 1979. (born 1909)

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

English author Nicholas Monsarrat died 8. August 1979. (born 1910)

Japanese physicist, Nobel Prize laureate Sin-Itiro Tomonaga died 8. July 1979. (born 1906)