Celebrity Deaths in 1979
143 notable figures died in 1979. Listed below in order of date of death.
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Carol Holloway
1892 – 1979 · Actresses Jan 1 -
Celia Adler
1889 – 1979 · Actresses Jan 1 -
Conrad Nicholson Hilton, Sr
1887 – 1979 Jan 1 -
Gretchen Hartman
1897 – 1979 · Actresses Jan 1 -
Morris David Erby
1926 – 1979 · Actors Jan 1 -
Peter Butterworth
1919 – 1979 · Actors Jan 1 -
Ted Cassidy
1932 – 1979 · Actors Jan 1 -
Thomas DeSimone
1950 – 1979 · Criminals, Eccentrics and Oddities Jan 1 -
William “Billy” Bletcher
1894 – 1979 · Actors Jan 1 -
Billy Bletcher
1894 – 1979 · Actors Jan 5 -
Sara Dougherty Carter
1898 – 1979 · Country Music, Singer, Song Writers Jan 8 -
Paul Meurisse
1912 – 1979 · Actors Jan 19 -
Robertson Hare
1891 – 1979 · Actors Jan 25 -
Nelson Rockefeller
1908 – 1979 · Business Magnates, Politicians, US Presidents and Vice Presidents Jan 26 -
George Edward Gordon Catlin
1896 – 1979 · Authors and Writers Feb 2 -
Jody Gilbert
1916 – 1979 · Actresses Feb 2 -
Louise Allbritton
1920 – 1979 · Actresses Feb 2 -
Sid Vicious
1957 – 1979 · Musicians and Composers Feb 2 -
Josef Mengele
1911 – 1979 · Criminals, Eccentrics and Oddities Feb 7 -
Warren Giles
1896 – 1979 · Baseball Feb 7 -
Dennis Gabor
1900 – 1979 · Scientists and Inventors Feb 9 -
Jean Renoir
1894 – 1979 · Authors and Writers, Celebrities, Film Director Feb 12 -
William Gargan
1905 – 1979 · Actors Feb 17 -
Jane Hylton
1927 – 1979 · Actresses Feb 28 -
Dolores Costello
1903 – 1979 · Actresses Mar 1 -
Alan Crofoot
1929 – 1979 · Actors Mar 3 -
Gladys McConnell
1905 – 1979 · Actresses Mar 3 -
John Harvey Bailey
1887 – 1979 · Criminals, Eccentrics and Oddities Mar 3 -
Marie Maroldo
1901 – 1979 · Actresses Mar 3 -
Marjorie Daw
1902 – 1979 · Actresses Mar 3 -
Minerva Pious
1903 – 1979 · Actresses Mar 3 -
Philip Hilaire Bourneuf
1908 – 1979 · Actors Mar 3 -
Richard Beckinsale
1947 – 1979 · Actors Mar 3 -
Wilna “Willie” Hervey
1894 – 1979 · Actresses Mar 3 -
Wilna Hervey
1894 – 1979 · Actresses Mar 6 -
Barbara Mullen
1914 – 1979 · Actresses Mar 9 -
Lucien Andriot
1892 – 1979 · Director, Producer Mar 19 -
Ben Lyon
1901 – 1979 · Actors Mar 22 -
Barbara Luddy
1908 – 1979 · Actresses, Radio Performers Apr 1 -
Edgar Buchanan
1903 – 1979 · Actors Apr 4 -
Herbert Dunn
1891 – 1979 · Actors Apr 4 -
William Barrymore
1899 – 1979 · Actors Apr 4 -
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
1928 – 1979 · Politicians Apr 4 -
Nadine Dennis
1896 – 1979 · Actresses Apr 10 -
John Carroll
1906 – 1979 · Actors Apr 24 -
Fred Coe
1914 – 1979 · Director, Movie/TV Producer, Producer, TV Director Apr 29 -
Giulio Natta
1903 – 1979 · Scientists and Inventors May 2 -
Dora Mavor Moore
1888 – 1979 · Actresses May 5 -
Ita Tamara Djordjevic Rina
1907 – 1979 · Actresses May 5 -
Jan Arvan
1913 – 1979 · Actors May 5 -
Mary Pickford
1892 – 1979 · Actresses May 5 -
Pietro Lazzari
1895 – 1979 · Artists and Architects May 5 -
Rosemary La Planche
1923 – 1979 · Actresses May 5 -
Barbara Hutton
1912 – 1979 · Socialite May 11 -
Lester Flatt
1914 – 1979 · Bluegrass Music May 11 -
Robert Florey
1900 – 1979 · Actors May 16 -
George Brent
1904 – 1979 · Actors May 26 -
Jim Hutton
1934 – 1979 · Actors Jun 2 -
Heinz Erhardt
1909 – 1979 · Actors Jun 5 -
Clarence Sinclair Bull
1896 – 1979 · Artists and Architects Jun 6 -
Colin Reith Coote
1893 – 1979 · Authors and Writers Jun 6 -
George Cisar
1912 – 1979 · Actors Jun 6 -
Hope Summers
1896 – 1979 · Actresses Jun 6 -
Jack Haley
1897 – 1979 · Actors, Entertainers, Singer Jun 6 -
Robert Samuel Carson
1909 – 1979 · Actors Jun 6 -
John Wayne
1907 – 1979 · Actors, Celebrities, Film Director Jun 11 -
Darla Hood
1931 – 1979 · Actresses Jun 13 -
Laurie Bird
1953 – 1979 · Actresses Jun 15 -
Nick Grinde
1893 – 1979 · Director, Film Director Jun 19 -
Emory Parnell
1892 – 1979 · Actors Jun 22 -
Dave Fleischer
1894 – 1979 · Film Director Jun 25 -
Malcolm Hulke
1924 – 1979 · Authors and Writers Jul 6 -
Anthony Eustrel
1902 – 1979 · Actors Jul 7 -
Beppie Nooij
1919 – 1979 · Actresses Jul 7 -
Kathleen Case
1933 – 1979 · Actresses Jul 7 -
Michael Wilding
1912 – 1979 · Actors Jul 8 -
Cornelia Otis Skinner
1899 – 1979 · Actresses, Authors and Writers Jul 9 -
Corinne Griffith
1894 – 1979 · Actresses Jul 13 -
Billy McCrary
1946 – 1979 · Miscellaneous Jul 14 -
Sándor Kocsis
1929 – 1979 · Athletes, Soccer Jul 22 -
Eric Pohlmann
1913 – 1979 · Actors Jul 25 -
Virginia Brissac
1883 – 1979 · Actresses Jul 26 -
Shirley Mason
1900 – 1979 · Actresses Jul 27 -
George Seaton
1911 – 1979 · Director, Film Director, Movie/TV Producer, Producer Jul 28 -
Thurman Munson
1947 – 1979 · Athletes, Sports Figures Aug 2 -
Bertil Ohlin
1899 – 1979 · Politicians Aug 3 -
Kurt Kasznar
1913 – 1979 · Actors Aug 6 -
Felix Aylmer
1889 – 1979 · Actors Aug 8 -
Jean Seberg
1938 – 1979 · Actresses Aug 8 -
Mary Marquet
1895 – 1979 · Actresses Aug 8 -
Samuel I. Newhouse
1895 – 1979 · Business Magnates Aug 8 -
Dick Foran
1910 – 1979 · Actors Aug 10 -
Vivian Vance
1909 – 1979 · Actresses Aug 17 -
Mary Millington
1945 – 1979 · Model, Sex Goddess Aug 19 -
Giuseppe Meazza
1910 – 1979 · Athletes, Soccer Aug 21 -
Richard Hearne
1908 – 1979 · Actors Aug 23 -
Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma
1900 – 1979 · Politicians Aug 27 -
Sally Rand
1904 – 1979 · Actresses Aug 31 -
Doris Kenyon
1897 – 1979 · Actresses Sep 1 -
Tammy Vincent
1962 – 1979 · Victims of crime and disaster Sep 1 -
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Carl A. Grubert, Jr
1911 – 1979 · Artists and Architects Sep 9 -
Gracie Fields
1899 – 1979 · Actresses Sep 9 -
Laly Soldevila
1933 – 1979 · Actresses Sep 9 -
Norrie Paramor
1914 – 1979 · Musicians and Composers Sep 9 -
Agostinho Neto
1922 – 1979 · Politicians Sep 10 -
Gio Ponti
1891 – 1979 · Artists and Architects Sep 16 -
Ludvík Svoboda
1895 – 1979 · Politicians Sep 20 -
Paul Dubov
1918 – 1979 · Actors Sep 20 -
Frederick Piper
1902 – 1979 · Actors Sep 22 -
Catherine Lacey
1904 – 1979 · Actresses Sep 23 -
Carl Laemmle
1908 – 1979 · Producer, Relatives Of Notable Sep 24 -
Catherine Hessling
1900 – 1979 · Actresses Sep 28 -
Francisco Macías Nguema Biyoko
1924 – 1979 · Politicians Sep 29 -
Emmaline Henry
1928 – 1979 · Actresses Oct 8 -
Claudia Jennings
1949 – 1979 · Actresses Oct 10 -
Dorothy Arzner
1897 – 1979 · Entertainers Oct 10 -
Edvin Adolphson
1893 – 1979 · Actors Oct 10 -
Eleanor Robson Belmont
1879 – 1979 · Actresses Oct 10 -
Elizabeth Bishop
1911 – 1979 · Authors and Writers Oct 10 -
Jean Huntley
1893 – 1979 · Actresses Oct 10 -
Lasse Dahlquist
1910 – 1979 · Actors Oct 10 -
Celia Lovsky
1897 – 1979 · Actresses Oct 12 -
Clarence Muse
1889 – 1979 · Actors, Director Oct 13 -
Park Chung-hee
1917 – 1979 · Politicians Oct 26 -
Bob Clayton
1922 – 1979 · Entertainers Nov 1 -
Mamie Eisenhower
1896 – 1979 · Politicians, US First Ladies Nov 1 -
Amedeo Nazzari
1907 – 1979 · Actors Nov 5 -
Sydney Tafler
1916 – 1979 · Actors Nov 8 -
Al Gerald “Al Capp” Capp
1909 – 1979 · Authors and Writers Nov 11 -
Anders Ek
1916 – 1979 · Actors Nov 11 -
Don Post
1902 – 1979 · Business Magnates Nov 11 -
Peter Kiewit
1900 – 1979 Nov 11 -
Joyce Grenfell
1910 – 1979 · Actresses Nov 30 -
Zeppo Marx
1901 – 1979 · Actors Nov 30 -
Ann Dvorak
1911 – 1979 · Actresses Dec 10 -
Claire Carleton
1913 – 1979 · Actresses Dec 11 -
Clara Endresse
1898 – 1979 · Actresses Dec 12 -
Eduardo Blanco Amor
1897 – 1979 · Authors and Writers Dec 12 -
Hilo Hattie
1901 – 1979 · Actresses Dec 12 -
Jon Hall
1915 – 1979 · Actors Dec 12 -
Mari Andriessen
1897 – 1979 · Artists and Architects Dec 12 -
Ernest Schoedsack
1893 – 1979 · Director, Film Director Dec 23 -
Lee Bowman
1914 – 1979 · Actors Dec 25