List of Famous people who died in 1979

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Wolfgang Penz

First Name Wolfgang

Last Name Penz

Born on March 21, 1950

Died on August 21, 1979 (aged 29)

Born in Germany, Saxony

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Mary Freya Haigh

First Name Mary

Last Name Haigh

Died on January 1, 1979 (aged 9)

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Ivan Wyschnegradsky

First Name Ivan

Last Name Wyschnegradsky

Born on May 4, 1893

Died on September 29, 1979 (aged 86)

Born in Russia

Ivan Alexandrovich Wyschnegradsky, also transliterated as Vïshnegradsky, Wyshnegradsky, Wischnegradsky, Vishnegradsky, or Wishnegradsky was a Russian composer primarily known for his microtonal compositions, including the quarter tone scale. He also used scales of up to 72 divisions.

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Fritz Koenecke

First Name Fritz

Last Name Koenecke

Born on January 16, 1899

Died on March 26, 1979 (aged 80)

Born in Germany, Lower Saxony

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James Orr MacAndrew

First Name James

Last Name MacAndrew

Born on June 22, 1899

Died on July 11, 1979 (aged 80)

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Michel Loève

First Name Michel

Last Name Loève

Born on January 22, 1907

Died on February 17, 1979 (aged 72)

Born in Israel, Tel Aviv District, Tel Aviv

Michel Loève was a French-American probabilist and mathematical statistician, of Jewish origin. He is known in mathematical statistics and probability theory for the Karhunen–Loève theorem and Karhunen–Loève transform.

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Felix Aylmer

First Name Felix

Last Name Aylmer

Born on February 21, 1889

Died on September 2, 1979 (aged 90)

Born in United Kingdom, England

Actor

Sir Felix Edward Aylmer Jones, OBE, known as Felix Aylmer, was an English stage actor who also appeared in the cinema and on television. Aylmer made appearances in films with comedians such as Will Hay and George Formby.

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Sturm Kegel

First Name Sturm

Last Name Kegel

Born on December 17, 1892

Died on January 13, 1979 (aged 86)

Born in Germany, Hesse, Kassel

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Denzil Crispin Johnson-Ferguson

First Name Denzil

Born on January 7, 1955

Died on January 6, 1979 (aged 23)

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Audrey Courage

First Name Audrey

Born on November 30, 1905

Died on January 1, 1979 (aged 73)

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