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

English author J. G. Farrell died 11. August 1979. (born 1935)

German biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate Ernst Boris Chain died 12. August 1979. (born 1906)

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

American roller coaster designer John C. Allen died 17. August 1979. (born 1907)

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

American singer-songwriter (The Rock and Roll Trio) Dorsey Burnette died 19. August 1979. (born 1932)

English porn actress and model Mary Millington died 19. August 1979. (born 1945)

Romanian-American rabbi and scholar Joel Teitelbaum died 19. August 1979. (born 1887)

Belgian painter and poet Christian Dotremont died 20. August 1979. (born 1922)

Italian footballer and manager Giuseppe Meazza died 21. August 1979. (born 1910)

American author and poet James T. Farrell died 22. August 1979. (born 1904)

German pilot Hanna Reitsch died 24. August 1979. (born 1912)

Russian monk and mystic Sampson Sievers died 24. August 1979. (born 1898)

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

Finnish author Mika Waltari died 26. August 1979. (born 1908)

1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, English admiral and politician, 44th Governor-General of India Louis Mountbatten died 27. August 1979. (born 1900)

American author Gertrude Chandler Warner died 29. August 1979. (born 1890)

American actress Jean Seberg died 30. August 1979. (born 1938)

American actress and dancer Sally Rand died 31. August 1979. (born 1904)

England cricketer Tiger Smith died 31. August 1979. (born 1886)