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November 3 – In Greensboro, North Carolina, five members of the Communist Workers Party are shot to death and seven are wounded by a group of Klansmen and neo-Nazis, during a "Death to the Klan" rally.
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Это 1979 год нашей эры, 9 год 8-го десятилетия xx века 2-го тысячелетия, 10 год 1970-х годов. Он закончился 45 лет назад.
This is a list of lists of deaths of notable people, organised by year. New deaths articles are added to their respective month (e.g., Deaths in May 2024) and then linked here.
- Ted Cassidy (1932-1979) Jan 16 American actor (Lurch-Addams Family), dies at 46. Jan 18 Cyril Mockridge, British composer for film and television (Miracle On 34th Street; The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance), dies at 82.
- Nelson Rockefeller (1908-1979) Jan 26 American politician (Vice President: 1974-1977; Governor of New York (R), 1959-73), dies of a heart attack at 70. Jan 27 Qalander Baba Auliya, Indian Sufi master (Azeemiyya order), dies at about 81.
- Sid Vicious (1957-1979) Feb 2 English musician and bassist (Sex Pistols), dies of a heroin overdose at 21. Feb 3 Jody Gilbert, American actress (Willard, Shaggy, Blonde Dynamite), dies at 62.
- Dennis Gabor (1900-1979) Feb 9 Hungarian-British engineer and physicist (invented holography, Nobel Prize 1971), dies at 79. Feb 9 Jim Smith, English cricket all-rounder (5 Tests for England 1935-37), dies at 72.
This category has articles on people who died in the year 1979. See also: 1979 births
Nov 30, 2018 · Died: September 26. Discover the most famous people who died in 1979. The list includes people like John Wayne, Josef Mengele, Dhyan Chand, Sid Vicious, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and many more.
