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Eric Pohlmann
1913–1979
voice actor, stage actor, film actor
Official cause
myocardial infarction
Zuheir Mohsen
1936–1979
politician
Official cause
gunshot wound
Edward Stachura
1937–1979
poet, translator, singer-songwriter
Official cause
hanging to death
Joseph Kessel
1898–1979
war correspondent, journalist, screenwriter
Official cause
aneurysm
Chris Taylor
1950–1979
professional wrestler, actor, amateur wrestler
Official cause
myocardial infarction
Madeleine Orr
1914–1979
actor, television actor
Official cause
cancer
Károly Pius Koller
1901–1979
cell biologist, monk
Official cause
myocardial infarction
Lowell George
1945–1979
musician, singer, composer
Official cause
heart failure
Blas de Otero
1916–1979
poet, writer
Official cause
pulmonary edema
Bruce Barclay
1922–1979
politician
Official cause
cancer
Ilse Braun
1909–1979
secretary
Official cause
cancer
Akwasi Afrifa
1936–1979
politician, military personnel, minister
Official cause
gunshot wound
Fred Akuffo
1937–1979
politician, military personnel, soldier
Official cause
gunshot wound
John Wayne
1907–1979
film actor, actor, film director
Official cause
stomach cancer
Gilda de Abreu
1904–1979
film director, film actor, screenwriter
Official cause
disease
Arno Schmidt
1914–1979
linguist, translator, writer
Official cause
stroke
Jim Hutton
1934–1979
actor, television actor, film actor
Official cause
cancer; liver cancer
John Barry
1935–1979
writer, screenwriter, production designer
Official cause
meningitis
Werner Forssmann
1904–1979
military physician, surgeon, urologist
Official cause
myocardial infarction
Jack Mulhall
1887–1979
film actor, actor
Official cause
myocardial infarction
Mary Pickford
1892–1979
film producer, film actor, film director
Official cause
stroke
Joyce Winifred Vickery
1908–1979
botanist, botanical collector, agrostologist
Official cause
cancer
Consuelo de Saint Exupéry
1901–1979
writer, journalist, painter
Official cause
asthma
George Brent
1904–1979
actor, stage actor, television actor
Official cause
pulmonary emphysema