List of Famous people who died in 1979
George Vivian Maitland-Heriot
John Cromwell
John Cromwell, was an American film and stage director and actor. His films spanned the early days of sound to 1950s film noir, when his directing career was cut short by the Hollywood blacklist.
Sir Richard Powell, 3rd Baronet
Andrew George Hughes-Onslow
Charles MacAndrew, 1st Baron MacAndrew
Charles Glen MacAndrew, 1st Baron MacAndrew, was a Scottish Unionist politician.
George Halas, Jr.
George Stanley Halas Jr. was an American football executive who is one of four presidents in the history of the Chicago Bears franchise of the National Football League (NFL). He was the son of Bears founder and NFL co-founder George Halas and Minnie Bushing. He went to the Loyola University Chicago Quinlan School of Business. George Jr. joined the Bears' front office in 1950. He became treasurer in 1953 and president of the club in 1963. He also nominally served as general manager until 1974, though his father continued to have the final say on football matters during this time.