Deaths in July 1979

The following is a list of notable deaths in July 1979. Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence: Name, age, country of citizenship at birth, subsequent country of citizenship (if applicable), reason for notability, cause of death (if known), and reference.

July 1979

1 Eduard Bargheer, 77, German painter. Vsevolod Bobrov, 56, Soviet ice hockey player and footballer. Bernard George Ellis, 88, British soldier. Lee Jackson, 57, American blues musician, shot. Huang Minlon, 80, Chinese pharmaceutical chemist. Bob McDonald, 83, Australian footballer. Douglas McKenzie, 73, Australian cricketer. Angus McLean, 53, British football player and manager. Shūzō Takiguchi, 75, Japanese poet and artist Richard Ward, 64, American actor, heart attack.RICHARD WARD DIES; STAGE AND TV ACTOR

2 Bao Huiseng, 84, Chinese politician. Carlyle S. Beals, 80, Canadian astronomer.Canadian astronomer dies Joan Craven, 81, English photographer. Anthony Eustrel, 76, English actor. Sir Ian Freeland, 66, British general. Henry Goodwin, 69, American jazz trumpeter. Thomas Hewlett, Baron Hewlett, 55, British businessman and life peer. Anton Kaltenberger, 75, Austrian Olympic bobsledder (1936). Gedalia Schorr, 68, Polish-American rabbi, heart attack.Gedalia Schorr, Dean Of Yeshiva University Larisa Shepitko, 41, Soviet filmmaker (The Ascent), traffic collision.On This Day: Larisa Shepitko Ed Stauffer, 81, American baseball player.Charles Edward Stauffer, 81, Star Player For Kids And Kubs

3 Michel Dard, 70–71, French novelist. Louis Durey, 91, French composer.LA BOITE A ECHOS Franklin M. Jahnke, 79, American politician, member of the Wisconsin State Assembly (1957–1969). Léon Rigon, 93, French Olympic equestrian (1924). Charlotte Tiedemann, 60, German singer and actress.

4 Rose Haas Alschuler, 91, American educator. Max Beier, 76, Austrian arachnologist.Professor Dr Max Beier, 1903-1979 Wal Campbell, 72, Australian journalist. John Davies, 63, British businessman and politician, MP (1970–1978), brain cancer.John Davies, 63, Ex-Cabinet Aide . And a Leader of Britain's Tories Frank H. Ellis, 85, Canadian aviator. Marion Greeves, 84, British politician. Roelof Hordijk, 62, Dutch Olympic fencer (1948). Patrick Kerrigan, 51, Irish politician, TD (since 1977).Death of Member. - Expression of Sympathy. Tadeusz Kilanowicz, 39, Polish ice hockey player. Theodora Kroeber, 82, American anthropologist and writer, cancer.Theodora Kroeber-Quinn Waldron Lavers, 68, Canadian politician. Lee Wai Tong, 73, Hong Kong football player and executive. Emzy Harvey Lynch, 83, American football and basketball coach. Mihri Pektaş, 83–84, Turkish politician and educator. Aurel Rădulescu, 25, Romanian footballer, fall. Marjorie Rhodes, 82, English actress. Mendy Rudolph, 53, American basketball referee, heart attack.MENDY RUDOLPH, 53, DIES Florimond Vanhalme, 84, Belgian footballer.

5 Joseph Borkin, 67, American lawyer and writer.Joseph Borkin, Antitrust Lawyer, Author Dies Émile Dewoitine, 86, French aviation executive.Emile Dewoitine Bill Henderson, 78, American basketball coach.Ex-Baylor coach dies Rolf Holmberg, 64, Norwegian footballer. Judson Laire, 76, American actor (Mama).Judson Laire, 76, Actor Of Stage, Screen and TV Li Shu-hua, 88, Chinese-American politician and biophysicist, heart attack.Dr. Shu Hua Li, 89, an Educator And Physicist on Columbia Staff P. S. Namboodiri, 63–64, Indian politician. Michael Parsons, 6th Earl of Rosse, 72, British hereditary peer. J. Barton Payne, 56, American theologian, climbing accident.Creve Couer Professor Killed In Japan Climb Clifford Benjamin Peterson, 74, Canadian politician.Kuroki pioneer dies at age 74 Gilbert Stead, 91, British physicist. Jopie Waalberg, 59, Dutch Olympic swimmer (1936). Sir Geoffrey Wallinger, 76, British diplomat. Ernst Woermann, 91, German diplomat and Nazi official.

6 Antonio María Barbieri, 86, Uruguayan Roman Catholic cardinal, complications from Parkinson's disease.Cardinal Barbieri Luisa Guidotti Mistrali, 47, Italian missionary, shot.DR. LUISA MISTRALI GUIDOTTI Malcolm Hulke, 54, British screenwriter (Doctor Who), cancer.Malcolm Hulke George Lesnea, 77, Romanian poet and translator. Van McCoy, 39, American musician ("The Hustle"), heart attack.Van McCoy, 39, Composer of 'The Hustle,' Dies Márcia Mendes, 34, Brazilian journalist and actress. Jim Morden, 79, Australian footballer. Marino Moretti, 93, Italian poet and author.Marino Moretti Ernst Palandt, 72, German organ builder. Elizabeth Ryan, 87, American-British tennis player.Elizabeth Ryan Dies

7 Lydia Kaʻonohiponiponiokalani Aholo, 101, American linguist and educator.The Collection on Lydia Kaonohiponiponiokalani Aholo Billy Dean Anderson, 44, American career criminal, shot.FBI shoots, kills man on its 'most wanted' list Hélène Cazès-Benatar, 80, Moroccan lawyer and human rights activist. Dalton Conyngham, 82, South African cricketer. Michael Fearnley, 42, English cricketer. John Hore, 71, New Zealand rugby player. David Karr, 61, American journalist, businessman and Soviet spy, heart attack.David Karr Friedrich Knauer, 82, German chemist. Børge Larsen, 68, Danish Olympic runner (1936). Josef Machaň, 73, Czech Olympic long jumper (1924). Friedrich Mauz, 79, German psychiatrist. Sir Cameron Nicholson, 81, British general. Robert Opel, 39, American photographer, shot.Oscars Streaker Slain by 2 Gunmen Earl S. Piper, 74, American general. Ahmad Qandil, 68, Saudi Arabian poet. Edwin Rich, 74, English historian. Emilio Solanet, 92, Argentine veterinarian. Sara Mildred Strauss, 82, American dancer and choreographer.MRS. SARA MILDRED STRAUSS NEWMAN Morris Talpalar, 79, American sociologist.

8 Hans Fuglsang-Damgaard, 88, Danish Lutheran prelate. Joe W. Kelly, 69, American general.4-Star General Whose Parents Lived Here Dies John Reed King, 64, American game show host, heart attack.John Reed King, a Host On Radio and Early TV Kyar Ba Nyein, 55, Burmese Olympic boxer (1952), colorectal cancer. Charles Kynard, 46, American jazz musician, heart attack.Charles Kynard Tommaso Landolfi, 70, Italian novelist. Margarita Miranda Bordoy, 59–60, Spanish sporting director. Shin'ichirō Tomonaga, 73, Japanese physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (1965), throat cancer.Shinichiro Tomonaga, Nobel Winner Michael Wilding, 66, English actor (Under Capricorn), fall.Michael Wilding Is Dead at 66; Briton Starred on Stage and Screen Guy Wilson, 71, English rugby player. Herman Witkin, 62, American psychologist.Dr. Herman Witkin; Pioneered in Studies Of Learning Process Robert Burns Woodward, 62, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (1965), heart attack.Robert B. Woodward Dead at 62; Harvard Chemist Won Nobel Prize Margareta Xenopol, 87, Romanian singer, pianist and composer.

9 Aksel Berg, 85, Soviet naval admiral and radio engineer. James C. Dempsey, 70, American naval admiral, heart failure.ADM. J.C. DEMPSEY, SUBMARINE SKIPPER A. P. Elkin, 88, Australian anthropologist.A. P. Elkin, minister, fighter for Aborigines Noemi Gabrielli, 77, Italian art historian. Betty Evans Grayson, 53, American softball player, breast cancer.Betty Grayson dies Robert König, 94, Austrian mathematician. Alexander Hugh McDonald, 71, New Zealand-British historian.Alexander Hugh McDonald, 1908–1979 Roddy McMillan, 56, Scottish actor and playwright, heart attack.Roddy-the lad o' pairts Cornelia Otis Skinner, 80, American writer and actress, stroke.Cornelia Otis Skinner, Actress and Author, Dies Louise Kidder Sparrow, 95, American sculptor and poet, heart attack.Louise Sparrow, 95, Sculptor, Author, Poet Don Stewart, 65, Australian footballer.

10 Gérard Barras, 42, Swiss Olympic pole vaulter (1960). Adrianus Djajasepoetra, 85, Indonesian Roman Catholic prelate. Harald Færstad, 89, Norwegian Olympic gymnast (1920). Arthur Fiedler, 84, American conductor (Boston Pops), heart attack.Arthur Fiedler, 84, Conductor Of Boston Pops 50 Years, Dies Kathryn E. Granahan, 84, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1956–1963).Kathryn O'Day Granahan Dies; A Former Head of U.S. Treasury Mamie Odessa Hale, 68, American public health official. John D. Lavelle, 62, American general, heart attack.GEN. JOHN LAVALLE, VIETNAM FIGURE, DIES Dave Magnier, 63, Irish footballer. Graham Beresford Parkinson, 82, New Zealand general. Hoël Pattisson, 73, English cricketer. Modesto Rodas Alvarado, 58, Honduran politician, cardiac arrest.Muere lider del Partido Liberal hondureno Leonard Squirrell, 85, English artist. Sam Taub, 92, American journalist and radio broadcaster.Sports Brief

11 Giorgio Ambrosoli, 45, Italian lawyer, shot.Lawyer Murdered Harold Hunter Armstrong, 95, American novelist. Walter Arnold, 69, German sculptor. David M. Bosworth, 82, American surgeon and medical educator.Dr. David Bosworth, Surgeon Well Known For Orthopedic Work Robert Harold Compton, 92, English-South African botanist. James Underwood Crockett, 63, American gardener, author and television personality (The Victory Garden), cancer.James Underwood Crockett, 63, Host of a Gardening Show on TV Hermann Glockner, 82, German philosopher. Jean Gutweniger, 86, Swiss Olympic gymnast (1924). Fat Kitching, 66, Australian footballer. John Lacey, 77, American woodcarver.John Lacey Sr. Dies in Phoenix In 78th Year Ivan Morozov, 74, Soviet general. Narasimharaju, 55, Indian actor. Theodor Rossiwall, 63, Austrian flying ace. Sigvard Thurneman, 70, Swedish gangster (Sala gang). Claude Wagner, 54, Canadian politician, MP (1972–1978), cancer.Wagner dead at age 54

12 Georgy Beriev, 76, Soviet Georgian general. Juan Alberto Castro, 45, Argentine footballer. Carmine Galante, 69, American mobster (Bonanno crime family), shot.Mafia Boss Galante Shot To Death Fred Lane, 86–87, French-born English jockey. Andy Laurie, 47, Australian rugby player. Tom Lovelace, 81, American baseball player. Jim Luken, 57, American politician, mayor of Cincinnati (1976–1977), member of the Ohio House of Representatives (1973–1975), cancer.Jim Luken Dies In Cincinnati Olive Morris, 27, Jamaican-born British feminist and Black nationalist, non-Hodgkin lymphoma.Overlooked No More: How Olive Morris Fought for Black Women's Rights in Britain Minnie Riperton, 31, American singer ("Lovin' You"), breast cancer.Minnie Riperton, 31; Soul Singer Lectured Nationally on Cancer Dick Robertson, 79, American singer and songwriter. Sir John Slessor, 82, British air marshal.RAF wartime chief dies Kalervo Tuukkanen, 69, Finnish composer. Geoff Weber, 64, Australian footballer.

13 Ralph Buckley, 72, American football player.Ralph J. Buckley dies; was state police captain Ceil Chapman, 67, American fashion designer, lung cancer.CElL CHAPMAN DIES; DESIGNER OF GOWNS Lubbertus Götzen, 84, Dutch politician. Corinne Griffith, 84, American actress (The Divine Lady) and film producer, heart attack.CORINNE GRIFFITH, SILENT MOVIE STAR Mervyn Griffith-Jones, 70, British jurist. Amedeo Grillo, 78, Italian Olympic boxer (1924). Ilmari Haimi, 71, Finnish Olympic equestrian (1952). Bob Lane, 32, Australian footballer and police officer, shot.Lump sum, pension for widow Joseph Lookstein, 76, Russian-born American rabbi, complications from a stroke.Joseph H. Lookstein Dead at 76; A Rabbi and Orthodox Educator John MacDermott, Baron MacDermott, 83, Northern Irish politician and jurist. Atholstan Mahoney, 70, New Zealand rugby player. Ludwig Merwart, 65, Austrian artist. Juraj Neidhardt, 77, Yugoslav architect. Lesley Riddle, 74, American country musician. Robert Speck, 70, Romanian Olympic handball player (1936).

14 Walter Christopherson, 81, New Zealand cricketer. George DeWitt, 56, American singer and game show host (Name That Tune), heart attack.George DeWitt, 56, a Comedian; Host of ‘Name That Tune’ in 50's Francis Dry, 87, New Zealand geneticist. Pedro Flores, 85, Puerto Rican composer.El sepello de Pedro Flores, hoy