The following is a list of notable deaths in November 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.
November 1979
1 Cees Bolding, 82, Dutch painter. Walter Buchheim, 75, East German politician and trade unionist. Bob Clayton, 57, American game show host and announcer, cardiac arrest. James H. Cummings, 88, American politician, member of the Tennessee House of Representatives (1929–1949, 1953–1973). Anna de Villiers, 78, South African writer and educator. Bernie Digris, 60, American football player.Digris Rudi Dobermann, 76, German Olympic long jumper (1928). Mamie Eisenhower, 82, American socialite, first lady of the United States (1953–1961), complications from a stroke.Mamie Eisenhower Dies in Sleep At 82 in Hospital in Washington Zenjirō Horikiri, 95, Japanese politician. Kensuke Horinouchi, 93, Japanese diplomat. Mario Leite Neto, 48, Brazilian Olympic equestrian (1960). Morton Masius, 96, German-American chemist. José Alonso Nieves, 35, Puerto Rican Olympic boxer (1964). Albert Préjean, 85, French actor and singer. Dominique Rustichelli, 45, French footballer. Neal Storter, 89, American football player, pneumonia.CAPT. STORTER PIONEER DIES OF PNEUMONIA Saro Urzì, 66, Italian actor. Philip van Pallandt, 89, Dutch scouting leader.
2 Johnny Bakke, 70, Norwegian politician. George Brodrick, 2nd Earl of Midleton, 91, English hereditary peer. Fritz Gromotka, 64, German flying ace. Henri Hay De Slade, 86, French flying ace. Ernst Kals, 74, German U-boat captain. Sir T. D. Kendrick, 84, British archaeologist and art historian. Jacques Mesrine, 42, French career criminal, shot.France's Top Criminal Is Trapped and Killed By 80 Paris Policemen Arnaldo Rodríguez Lazo, 78, Chilean politician. Gaston Ruter, 81, French entomologist. Sewell Stokes, 76, English playwright and novelist. Joseph Wawrykow, 71, Canadian politician. 3 Oskar Angelus, 86, Estonian politician and Nazi collaborator. Raffaele Bendandi, 86, Italian seismologist. Paolo Carlini, 57, Italian actor. Tom Green, 70, Australian footballer. Bertha Hardegger, 76, Swiss physician and missionary. Hugh P. Harris, 70, American general, cancer.Gen. Hugh Harris Dies Joseph Gaither Pratt, 69, American parapsychologist, heart attack.Dr. J.G.Pratt, Parapsychologist At the U. of Va. Gene Tracy, 52, American comedian and recording artist, heart attack.
4 Morris Chalfen, 72, American basketball executive and impresario.MORRIS CHALFEN, 72, IMPRESARIO, IS DEAD Jeanne D'Autremont, 80, French chess player. Arthur Randolph Kelly, 79, American archaeologist. Yuri Krylov, 49, Soviet Olympic ice hockey player (1956). Johnny Priest, 88, American baseball player. Yank Terry, 68, American baseball player. Robert Hardin Williams, 70, American endocrinologist.
5 Al Capp, 70, American cartoonist (Li'l Abner).A1 Capp, Creator of Li‘1 Abner, Is Dead at 70 Marcel Cariven, 85, French conductor. Ali Danaeifard, 58, Iranian football player and manager. K. B. Desai, 82, Indian politician and physician. Zaki Harari, 53, Egyptian Olympic basketball player (1952). Prince Johannes of Liechtenstein, 80, Liechtensteiner royal.Member of royalty dies here at age 80 Andy McCall, 68, Scottish football player and manager. Dwight F. McKinney, 90, American magazine editor. Amedeo Nazzari, 71, Italian actor. Richard E. Nugent, 76, American general.Richard Nugent Busso Peus, 71, German politician. Andrey Abraham Potter, 97, Russian-born American engineer and academic administrator.Dean Andrey A. Potter Of Purdue Dead At 97 Lisa Regnell, 92, Swedish Olympic diver (1912). Jean Rigal, 88, French footballer.
6 James Berry, 73, British-born New Zealand artist. Harry Dansey, 59, New Zealand journalist and politician. Dulcify, 4, New Zealand Thoroughbred racehorse, euthanized.Dulcify destroyed after Cup accident Chick Evans, 89, American golfer.CHARLES EVANS DIES; WAS NOTED GOLFER Louisa Fast, 101, American suffragist. Carlisle Jarvis, 72, Australian footballer. Luis Mayanés, 54, Chilean footballer. Hugh Ottaway, 54, British music critic. Cecil Purdy, 73, Australian chess player and writer.Australia loses top chess man Alexander Weinstein, 82, Russian-born German-American mathematician, complications from surgery.Alexander Weinstein, 82, Research Mathematician
7 Herbert Adolfsson, 73, Swedish Olympic high jumper (1928). Betty Harvie Anderson, 66, British politician, MP (1959–1979), asthma attack.Ex-MP Betty dies Joseph Delteil, 70, French speleologist. Sarah Webster Fabio, 51, American poet and literary critic, colon cancer. Gyula Germanus, 95, Hungarian writer and Islamic scholar. Harald Gundersen, 74, Norwegian footballer. Katarina Jakobsson, 29, Swedish murder victim, drowned. Frank O'Connor, 82, American actor and painter.Charles Francis O'Connor, Artist, Husband of the Writer Ayn Rand Christine Renard, 50, French science fiction author. Badri Narain Sinha, 49, Indian police officer. Leon G. Small, 76, Canadian politician.LEON G. SMALL Francis Spear, 76, English stained glass artist.
8 Edward Ardizzone, 79, British artist and illustrator, heart attack.Edward Ardizzone, Artist, Dead James L. Baldwin, 58, American general. Wilfred Bion, 82, English psychoanalyst.Exterior Yvonne de Gaulle, 79, French socialite, spouse of the president (1959–1969).Yvonne de Gaulle, Widow of French Leader, Dead John Joe Hayes, 84, Irish hurler. J. Thomas Heistand, 84, American Episcopalian prelate. Louis L. Manderino, 49, American judge, cardiac arrest.Court Justice Louis Manderino Dead At 49 Benedict Obidinma Odinamadu, 52, Nigerian civil servant. Jaime Rest, 52, Argentine writer and literary critic. Rudolf Rominger, 71, Swiss alpine skier. Arkhip Ruchkin, 81, Soviet general. Sydney Tafler, 63, English actor. Samuel Tequi, 80, French racing cyclist. William John Vickers, 81, British physician. Faiz Muhammad Zikeria, 86–87, Afghan diplomat and politician, stroke.Faiz Muhammad Zikria, Former Afghan Minister
9 Connie Alexander, 81, British mountaineer and youth hostel advocate.Obituary: Mrs E. C. Williams Tammy Alexander, 16, American murder victim, shot. Juan Greene, 61, Irish physician and farmer. Betzy Holter, 86, Norwegian actress. Hassan Latif, 62–63, Pakistani composer. Robert Barr MacGregor, 83, British physician, traffic collision. Hisa Sawada, 81, Japanese politician. Beverley Shenstone, 73, Canadian aerodynamicist. Louise Thaden, 73, American aviator, heart attack.Louise Thaden
10 Harry Hart, 74, South African Olympic athlete (1932). Elsie W. Helmrich, 93, American literary scholar.Elsie W. Helmrich Erwin Kramer, 77, East German politician. Amina Pirani Maggi, 87, Italian actress. Mahmud Al-Nashaf, 73, Israeli politician, MK (1959–1961). Alf Rolfsen, 84, Norwegian muralist. Friedrich Torberg, 71, Austrian writer.Friedrich Torberg
11 George Howie, 78, Ottoman-born American racing driver. Roland Johansson, 70, Swedish Olympic swimmer (1928). Esmond Ray Long, 89, American pathologist.Esmond R. Long dies Sir Lance Mallalieu, 74, British politician, MP (1931–1935, 1948–1974). Carl D. Olds, 67, New Zealand-born American mathematician. Thomas G. Pullen, 81, American academic administrator. Álvaro Ribeiro, 78, Brazilian Olympic sprinter (1924). Tom Ruddy, 77, English footballer. Dimitri Tiomkin, 85, Russian-American film composer and conductor, complications from a fall.DIMITRI TIOMKIN DIES; WROTE FILM SCORES Jakov Xoxa, 56, Albanian writer.
12 Arthur Bagot, 91, Australian naval officer. Leopold Conville, 83, British soldier. Charles Eaton, 83, Australian air force officer.EATON Everett Eischeid, 67, American football and basketball coach.Area deaths Sir William Wyndham Green, 92, British general. Willem Nieuwenkamp, 76, Dutch geologist. Nikolai Onoprienko, 67, Soviet soldier. Pythagoras Papastamatiou, 49, Greek lyricist and playwright, heart attack. Lotte Wolf-Matthäus, 71, German singer.
13 Josef Altstötter, 87, German judge and Nazi official. Alphons Barb, 78, Austrian archaeologist and museum curator. Freda Betti, 55, French singer. Francisco Accioly Rodrigues da Costa Filho, 59, Brazilian politician and lawyer. Dick Eason, 65, Australian footballer. Moose Goheen, 85, American ice hockey player.FRANCIS (MOOSE) GOHEEN Alejandro González, 72, Uruguayan Olympic basketball player (1936). Ernest N. Harmon, 85, American general.Maj. Gen. Ernest N. Harmon, 85 Richard William Hunt, 71, English historian. John Kelly, 57, English cricketer. Tony Poncet, 60, Spanish-born French singer, cancer. Dimitris Psathas, 71–72, Greek playwright and satirist. Peter Rajkovich, 68, American football player. Erminio Sertorelli, 78, Italian Olympic skier (1932). Nils Thomas, 90, Norwegian Olympic sailor (1920). Frank Wallace, 57, American soccer player Daniel Zion, 96, Greek-born Israeli rabbi and political activist.
14 Amelia Best, 79, Australian politician. François Brient, 78, French racing cyclist. Grahame Budge, 59, Canadian-Scottish rugby player. Oliver Garrett, 84, American police officer. Abram Harrison, 81, Canadian politician. Leo Maguire, 59, Australian footballer. Clifford Smallwood, 64, Canadian politician, MP (1958–1968).
15 Ken Ash, 78, American baseball player. Barney Battles Jr., 74, Scottish footballer. Marthe Dupont, 87, Belgian tennis player. Bill Farrimond, 76, English cricketer. Lorenzo Gotuzzo, 58–59, Chilean public accountant and government official. Jed Harris, 79, Austrian-born American theatre producer.Jed Harris, Broadway Producer And Director for 30 Years, Dead; ‘Broadway’ Was His First Hit Sir Brian Kimmins, 80, British general. Ed Klieman, 61, American baseball player.Edward Klieman Camille Laurens, 73, French politician. Hawea Mataira, 68, New Zealand rugby player. Patrick McGilligan, 90, Irish politician, TD (1923–1965). Sydor Rey, 71, Polish poet and novelist. Swami Satprakashananda, 91, Indian philosopher and religious scholar. Hugo Vondřejc, 69, Czech Olympic water polo player (1936).
16 Bert Baston, 84, American football player.Albert (Bert) Baston, 'U' Grid Star, is Dead Rachel Yanait Ben-Zvi, 93, Russian-Israeli author and educator. William Drummond Bone, 71, Scottish painter. Jack Butterfield, 50, American baseball coach and executive, traffic collision.Standout Maine Coach Killed in Auto Crash Cliff Carter, 80, American baseball player. Edna Clarke Hall, 100, English artist and illustrator. Joseph Iglehart, 88, American financier and baseball executive, traffic collision.Ex-Yank exec dies George Korenistov, 79, Polish Orthodox prelate. Gunnar Lemvigh, 70, Danish actor. Roy Markham, 63, British plant virologist, stomach cancer. William Peare, 74, Irish cricketer. Juan Puentes, 75, Chilean politician. Ichirō Saitō, 70, Japanese film composer. Erhard Siedel, 84, German actor. Gwen Thiele, 61, Australian tennis player. Giuseppe Valentini, 79, Italian Albanologist and priest.
17 Chu Yo-han, 78, South Korean poet and politician. Anders Ek, 63, Swedish actor. Sixto Escobar, 66, Puerto Rican boxer, complications from diabetes.Sixto Escobar Dead at 69 John Glascock, 28, British musician (Jethro Tull), congenital heart defect. Gottfred Hoem, 79, Norwegian politician. Martti Liuttula, 85, Finnish Olympic sport shooter (1924). Don Post, 77, American businessman. Muhammad Najati Sidqi, 74, Palestinian political activist, trade unionist and writer. Naum Sluszny, 65, Swiss-Belgian pianist. Immanuel Velikovsky, 84, Russian-American psychoanalyst and writer.Immanuel Velikovsky, Who Wrote ‘Worlds in Collision,’ Is Dead at 84 Harold M. Wheller, 97, Australian Methodist priest. Gilbert Woo, 67, Chinese-American newspaper editor.
18 Charles Lodge Adamson, 73, English cricketer. Henk Bos, 78, Dutch painter. James Marshall Carter, 75, American judge, stroke.Judge James M. Carter; Ex‐Civil Rights Lawyer