List of Famous people who died at 79

Olin J. Eggen

First Name Olin
Last Name Eggen
Born on July 9, 1919
Died on October 2, 1998 (aged 79)

Olin Jeuck Eggen was an American astronomer.

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Stefan Wyszyński

First Name Stefan
Last Name Wyszyński
Born on August 3, 1901
Died on May 28, 1981 (aged 79)

Stefan Wyszyński was a Polish prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as the bishop of Lublin from 1946 to 1948, archbishop of Warsaw and archbishop of Gniezno from 1948 to 1981. He was created a cardinal on 12 January 1953 by Pope Pius XII. He assumed the title of Primate of Poland.

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Helmut Faissner

First Name Helmut
Born on May 5, 1928
Died on August 2, 2007 (aged 79)
Born in Germany, Bavaria
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Heinz Stiller

First Name Heinz
Last Name Stiller
Born on November 1, 1932
Died on August 5, 2012 (aged 79)
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Lucius Thompson-McCausland

First Name Lucius
Born on December 12, 1904
Died on February 16, 1984 (aged 79)

Lucius Perronet Thompson-McCausland was a British economist who took part in the Bretton Woods conference and was a Treasury advisor during the sterling crisis in the 1960s.

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Hans Frank

First Name Hans
Last Name Frank
Born on June 22, 1939
Died on March 18, 2019 (aged 79)
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Yury Kovelenov

Юрий Петрович Ковеленов
First Name Yury
Born on August 29, 1939
Died on November 25, 2018 (aged 79)
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Emil Staiger

First Name Emil
Died on April 28, 1987 (aged 17)

Emil Staiger was a Swiss historian, writer, Germanist and Professor of German Studies at the University of Zurich.

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Stephen Wurm

First Name Stephen
Last Name Wurm
Born on August 19, 1922
Died on October 24, 2001 (aged 79)
Born in Hungary

Stephen Adolphe Wurm was a Hungarian-born Australian linguist.

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Benjamin Bathurst, 2nd Viscount Bledisloe

First Name Benjamin
Last Name Bledisloe
Born on October 2, 1899
Died on September 17, 1979 (aged 79)

Benjamin Ludlow Bathurst, 2nd Viscount Bledisloe, QC was a British barrister.

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