List of Famous people who died in 1979

1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982

Johanne Grieg Cederblad

First Name Johanne

Died on December 1, 1979 (aged 9)

Born in Norway, Vestland

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Franz-Lorenz von Thadden

First Name Franz-Lorenz

Born on May 6, 1924

Died on April 23, 1979 (aged 54)

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Percy Bernard, 5th Earl of Bandon

First Name Percy

Last Name Bandon

Born on August 30, 1904

Died on February 8, 1979 (aged 74)

Air Chief Marshal Percy Ronald Gardner Bernard, 5th Earl of Bandon, was an Anglo-Irish aristocrat who served as a senior commander in the Royal Air Force in the mid-20th century. He was a squadron, station and group commander during the Second World War, and the fifth Commandant of the Royal Observer Corps after the war. He was awarded the American Distinguished Flying Cross and Bronze Star Medal in 1946.

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Sir Richard Proby, 1st Baronet

First Name Sir

Born on July 21, 1886

Died on January 15, 1979 (aged 92)

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Gordon Edward Irby

First Name Gordon

Last Name Irby

Born on January 1, 1922

Died on January 1, 1979 (aged 57)

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Evelyn Dennison Hone

First Name Evelyn

Last Name Hone

Born on December 13, 1911

Died on September 1, 1979 (aged 67)

Born in Zimbabwe, Harare Province

Sir Evelyn Dennison Hone was the last Governor of Northern Rhodesia, from 1959 until it gained its independence as Zambia in 1964.

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Robert Philip Wyndham Adeane

First Name Robert

Last Name Adeane

Born on November 3, 1905

Died on May 21, 1979 (aged 73)

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Hellmuth Hase

First Name Hellmuth

Born on January 30, 1891

Died on October 18, 1979 (aged 88)

Born in Germany, Saxony

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Alexandre Parodi

Alexandre Maurice Marie Parodi

First Name Alexandre

Last Name Parodi

Born on June 1, 1901

Died on March 15, 1979 (aged 77)

Born in France, Île-de-France, Paris

Alexandre Parodi was a French diplomat and the first ambassador of France to the United Nations.

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Per Hækkerup

First Name Per

Born on December 25, 1915

Died on March 13, 1979 (aged 63)

Born in Kingdom of Denmark, Denmark, Region Zealand

Per Hækkerup was a Danish Social Democratic politician, who served as Foreign Minister of Denmark from 1962 to 1966.

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