List of Famous people who died in 1979

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Arthur May

First Name Arthur

Last Name May

Born on July 2, 1903

Died on February 8, 1979 (aged 75)

Born in Suriname, Paramaribo District

Arthur Johan May was a Surinamese and Dutch civil servant, and served as acting Prime Minister of Suriname in 1969.

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Hans Putz junior

First Name Hans

Last Name Junior

Born on November 12, 1961

Died on June 19, 1979 (aged 17)

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Abuna Theophilos

First Name Abuna

Born on April 24, 1910

Died on August 14, 1979 (aged 69)

Abune Theophilos, also known as Abune Tewophilos, was the second Patriarch of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahido Church. He officially succeeded Abuna Basilios in 1971, having assumed the role of acting patriarch upon Abuna Basilios' death in 1970.

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Hachibee Hiratsuka

First Name Hachibee

Born on September 22, 1913

Died on October 30, 1979 (aged 66)

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Michel Ardan

Khatchik Hovsep Kazazian

First Name Michel

Last Name Ardan

Born on September 20, 1920

Died on May 9, 1979 (aged 58)

Born in Istanbul Province, Istanbul

Actor

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Fekry Abaza

First Name Fekry

Born on January 1, 1896

Died on February 1, 1979 (aged 83)

Fekry Pasha Abaza was an Egyptian journalist and democratic political activist.

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Sardar Mohamad Latifur Rahman

First Name Sardar

Born on December 24, 1900

Died on November 30, 1979 (aged 78)

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Petrus Johannes Waardenburg

First Name Petrus

Last Name Waardenburg

Born on June 3, 1886

Died on September 23, 1979 (aged 93)

Petrus Johannes Waardenburg was a Dutch ophthalmologist, geneticist, and pioneer in the application of genetics to ophthalmology. Waardenburg syndrome is named after him.

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Uria Simango

First Name Uria

Last Name Simango

Born on March 5, 1926

Died on January 1, 1979 (aged 52)

Born in Mozambique

Uria Timoteo Simango was a Mozambican Presbyterian minister and prominent leader of the Mozambique Liberation Front (FRELIMO) during the liberation struggle against Portuguese colonial rule. His precise date of death is unknown as he was extrajudicially executed by the post-independence government of Samora Machel.

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Celal Atik

First Name Celal

Last Name Atik

Born on January 1, 1917

Died on April 27, 1979 (aged 62)

Celal Atik was a Turkish wrestler and coach. He competed both in Greco-Roman and freestyle wrestling, but had his best achievements in the freestyle, winning gold medals at the 1948 Olympics, 1951 World and 1946 and 1949 European championships.

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