Famous Deaths for February 1979
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| 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 |
| 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
| 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | |||
◀ 1978 1979 1980 ▶ | ||||||
Months in 1979: January March April May June July August September October November December
Deaths 1 - 26 of 26
1st - Mort Marshall, actor (Cully-Dumplings), dies at 60
2nd - Jim Burke, cricketer (Australian opener), commits suicide
2nd - Sid Vicious, [John Simon Ritchie], bassist (Sex Pistols), OD's at 31
3rd - Jody Gilbert, actress (Willard, Shaggy, Blonde Dynamite), dies
5th - Eddie Paynter, cricketer (20 Tests for England, avg 59.23), dies
6th - Alain Teister, Dutch sculptor/writer, dies at 47
6th - Arthur van Schendel, Dutch art historian, dies at 68
7th - Josef Mengele, concentration camp doctor, drowns
8th - Nikolay Semyonovich Tikhonov, Russian poet, dies at 82
9th - C I J Smith, cricket all-rounder (5 Tests for England 1935-37), dies
9th - Dennis Gabor, Hungarian physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1900)
12th - Jean Renoir, French writer/director (Human Beast), dies at 84
13th - Jean Renoir, actor/director (Rules of the Game), dies at 84
14th - Adolph Dubs, US ambassador to Afghanistan, murdered
15th - Alex Bradford, actor/composer (Your Arms too Short...), dies at 51
15th - Mehdi Rahimi, Iran general/milt governor of Teheran, executed
16th - Louise Allbritton, actress (Celia-Stage Door), dies at 58
16th - Nematullah Nassiri, Iran general/head of Savak, executed
16th - William Gargan, actor (New Adventures of Martin Kane), dies at 73
Musician Sid Vicious (2nd)
17th - William Gargan, actor (Rain, Bells of St Mary), dies at 73
21st - Glendon Gibbs, cricketer (Test Cricket WI v Australia 1955), dies
21st - Ray Whitley, composer, dies
23rd - W.A.C. Bennett, Canadian politician (b. 1900)
28th - Jane Hylton, English actress (Adv of Sir Lancelot), dies at 52
28th - Mr Ed, talking horse, dies
28th - Paul Alverdes, German writer (b. 1897)
