List of Famous people who died in 1979

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Peter Voß

First Name Peter

Last Name Voß

Born on June 29, 1891

Died on January 9, 1979 (aged 87)

Born in Germany, Schleswig-Holstein

Actor

Peter Voß was a German film actor.

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Arthur Hilton

First Name Arthur

Last Name Hilton

Born on April 5, 1897

Died on October 15, 1979 (aged 82)

Born in United Kingdom, England

Filmmaker

Arthur Hilton was a British-born film editor.

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Marie Bertha Wentworth Till

First Name Marie

Last Name Till

Born on July 27, 1887

Died on January 1, 1979 (aged 91)

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Olive Prudence Self

First Name Olive

Last Name Self

Born on November 27, 1895

Died on January 1, 1979 (aged 83)

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Nicola Bonev

First Name Nicola

Last Name Bonev

Died on June 18, 1979 (aged 9)

Born in Bulgaria, Stara Zagora Province

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Virginia Brissac

First Name Virginia

Last Name Brissac

Born on June 11, 1883

Died on July 26, 1979 (aged 96)

Born in United States of America, California

Virginia Brissac was a popular American stage actress who headlined theatre companies from Vancouver to San Diego during the heyday of West Coast Stock in the early 1900s. An ingénue and leading lady known for her natural style and charm on stage, Brissac played with equal success in both comedies and dramas and went on to have a long second career as a character actress in film and television.

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Billy Bletcher

First Name Billy

Last Name Bletcher

Born on September 24, 1894

Died on January 5, 1979 (aged 84)

Born in United States of America, Pennsylvania

Actor

William Bletcher was an American actor and voice actor. He is mostly well known for his role as the voice of Pete in the Mickey Mouse short films from 1932 to 1954.

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Johann Nikuradse

First Name Johann

Last Name Nikuradse

Born on November 20, 1894

Died on July 18, 1979 (aged 84)

Born in Georgia, Imereti

Johann Nikuradse was a Georgia-born German engineer and physicist. His brother, Alexander Nikuradse, was also a Germany-based physicist and geopolitician known for his ties with Alfred Rosenberg and for his role in saving many Georgians during World War II.

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Mario Vellani Marchi

First Name Mario

Last Name Marchi

Died on October 24, 1979 (aged 9)

Born in Italy, Emilia-Romagna

Mario Vellani Marchi was an Italian painter and scenic designer.

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Franz Buxbaum

First Name Franz

Last Name Buxbaum

Born on February 25, 1900

Died on February 7, 1979 (aged 78)

Born in Austria, Upper Austria

Franz Buxbaum was an Austrian botanist, specialising in cacti. Neobuxbaumia is named after him.

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