The following is a list of notable deaths in September 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.
September 1979
1 Chang Wei-han, 92, Taiwanese politician, pneumonia. Mick Cronin, 68, Australian footballer. Indira Devi of Kapurthala, 67, Indian radio presenter and royal. Vincent Drouin, 47, Canadian politician, MP (1962–1965), seaplane crash.Ecrasement dans le Nord: 5 morts Arthur Edwards, 77, Australian rugby player. Buck Ewing, 76, American baseball player. Doris Kenyon, 81, American actress, cardiac arrest.Doris Kenyon Sills Dies; Actress On and Off Screen John McKnight, 73, American politician, member of the Nebraska Legislature (1947–1952).Services Scheduled Friday For Ex-Sen. John McKnight Stanley R. Mullard, 95, English businessman. Brownie Pūriri, 55, New Zealand public servant and politician. Aaron Rosenberg, 67, American film producer and football player.USC ALL-AMERICAN ROSENBERG DIES Keith Russell, 63, British-Ugandan Anglican prelate. Sir Eric Sachs, 81, British jurist.Sir Eric Sachs dies at 81
2 Sir Felix Aylmer, 90, English actor.Sir Felix Aylmer dies aged 90 Ewan Davies, 92, Welsh rugby player. Jacques Février, 79, French pianist, injuries sustained in a traffic collision.Mort du pianiste Jacques Fevrier Mike Peppe, 81, American swim coach, cancer.EX-COACH DIES Otto P. Weyland, 76, American general, stroke.Gen. O. P. Weyland Dies, Former Air Chief in Asia
3 David V. Anderson, 79, American politician. Geoffrey Barkas, 83, English filmmaker. Homer E. Capehart, 82, American politician, member of the U.S. Senate (1945–1963), complications from a fall.Homer E. Capehart Is Dead at 82; Was 3‐Term Senator From Indiana William Eddie, 87, Scottish cricketer. Nikolai Gusarov, 61, Soviet flying ace. James Higgs-Walker, 87, English cricketer. Philip Hope-Wallace, 67, English music and theatre critic.Philip Hope-Wallace Lim Cheng Hoe, 67, Singaporean painter, stomach cancer. Kay Lund, 67, German tennis player. John L. McMillan, 81, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1939–1973), prostate cancer.John McMillan Dies, Opposed Home Rule as Congressman Hugh Morrison, 60, Scottish-New Zealand weightlifter and coach. Wincenty Okołowicz, 73, Polish geographer. Juan Pablo Pérez Alfonzo, 75, Venezuelan politician and diplomat, developer of OPEC, pancreatic cancer.Juan Pérez Alfonso, Venezuelan, Regarded as Founder of OPEC Gordon Rawcliffe, 69, British electrical engineer, heart attack. Lo Tui, 71, Estonian actress, director and costume designer. Simeon Yankov, 80, Bulgarian footballer.
4 Archibald S. Alexander, 72, American civil servant and politician.Archibald Alexander, 72 Sir Richard Anderson, 72, British general. Guy Bolton, 94, British-American playwright.Guy Bolton, One of the Originators Of the Broadway Musical, 96, Dies Canuplin, 75, Filipino actor and magician. Sefton Delmer, 75, British journalist.Sefton Delmer, Reporter Witnessed Hitler 's Rise Francisco Gibert, 79, Spanish Olympic water polo player (1920, 1924). Wallace Le Patourel, 63, British soldier. Ernest Peppiatt, 62, British Olympic weightlifter (1948). Turkey Stearnes, 78, American baseball player, complications from stomach surgery.Negro League star Turkey Stearnes, 78 Frank William Towey Jr., 83, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1937–1939).
5 John Bradburne, 58, English Roman Catholic priest and poet, shot.Mystery of blood from coffin Joseph T. Coleman, 66, American football player and coach, heart attack.Ex-OHS coach Joe Coleman dies Alberto di Jorio, 95, Italian Roman Catholic cardinal.Alberto Di Jorio, Oldest Cardinal, Dies at 95 at His Home in Rome Roman Ghirshman, 83, Russian-born French archaeologist, stroke. Georg Gruber, 75, Austrian-South African musicologist. Kostas Koligiannis, 70, Greek politician. Nora Platiel, 83, German politician. Pierre Pouyade, 68, French general and flying ace, cancer. Ray Rosbrook, 69, Australian basketball coach.ROSBROOK, Ray Norman Bruno Sander, 95, Austrian geologist. Nat Simon, 70, American composer ("Istanbul (Not Constantinople)", "The Old Lamp-Lighter"). Sōfū Teshigahara, 78, Japanese floral designer. Hermann von Wissmann, 84, German-Austrian explorer and geographer.
6 Ronald Binge, 69, British composer, liver cancer. Joachim Jeremias, 78, German theologian. Dimitrios Koukoulitsios, 19, Greek footballer, traffic collision. Emil Krieger, 76, German sculptor. Dimitrios Mousiaris, 20, Greek footballer, traffic collision. Steve Sullivan, 82, American boxer. Gertrude L. Warren, 94, American youth development activist (4-H).Gertrude Warren Dies: 'Mother of 4-H'
7 Alan Browning, 53, English actor, liver disease.HUSBAND OF PAT PHOENIX DEAD Robert Carr, 62, English rugby player. Fu Ying, 77, Chinese chemist. Léon Laleau, 87, Haitian writer and diplomat. Janardan Navle, 76, Indian cricketer. I. A. Richards, 86, English literary critic.I. A. Richards, Author, Teacher And Literary Critic, Is Dead at 86 Sam Rowbotham, 66, English footballer. Sir Kenneth Wheare, 72, Australian political scientist and academic administrator. Percy Wilson, 80, American baseball player.
8 Dora Bianka, 82–83, Polish painter. Princess Hilda of Luxembourg, 82, Luxembourgian royal. Rick Joseph, 40, Dominican baseball player, complications from diabetes. Bill Mahon, 69, Australian rugby player. Eberhard Schymik, 45, German footballer, cardiac arrest. Vidoe Smilevski, 64, Macedonian politician, president (1950–1951, 1963–1969, since 1974), heart attack.УМРО ВИДОЕ СМИЛЕВСНИ Billy Taylor, 36, Canadian ice hockey player, heart disease. Mario Tozzi, 83, Italian painter.
9 C. Canby Balderston, 82, American economist, heart disease.C. C. Balderston Dies at 82 Max Carriker, 58, American politician, member of the Texas House of Representatives (1959–1965). Joaquín Fernández Fernández, 87, Chilean diplomat and politician. Marianne Kreidl, 94, Czech-American chemist. Roy E. Larsen, 80, American publishing executive (Time Inc.).Roy E. Larsen, 80, Key Executive At Time Inc. for 56 Years, Is Dead André Meyer, 81, French-American banker, heart disease.Andre Meyer, N.Y. Investment Banker, Philanthropist, Dies Norrie Paramor, 65, British record producer and composer.Norrie Paramor dies at 65 Joel Sayre, 78, American journalist and screenwriter, heart failure.Joel Sayre, Correspondent, Novelist and Screenwriter Mahmoud Taleghani, 68, Iranian ayatollah and revolutionary.Iran Says a Key Religious Leader, Ayatollah Taleghani, Dies in Sleep Ronnie Taylor, 58, English screenwriter. Ali-Naqi Vaziri, 92, Iranian composer. Colette Vivier, 81, French author. Wilbur Ware, 56, American jazz bassist, emphysema.Wilbur Ware, Bassist, 56, Dies; Toured With Many Stars of Jazz
10 Franklin Adreon, 76, American film and television producer. Eduardo Astengo, 70, Peruvian footballer. Babe Bagby, 67, American baseball player. Gilbert Cook, 68, English cricketer and rugby player. Stanley Engelhart, 69, English Olympic runner (1932). Charles Fauvel, 74, French aircraft designer, plane crash. Stanislav Lyudkevych, 100, Soviet composer. Walter Massop, 71, Dutch Olympic wrestler (1928). Solon Michaelides, 73, Greek composer and musicologist. Agostinho Neto, 56, Angolan politician, president (since 1975), pancreatic cancer.Agostinho Neto, 56, Angola's Leader, Diesin’ Moscow After Surgery Ādolfs Sīmanis, 70, Latvian footballer. Victor Wood, 93, Canadian curler.
11 Ignacio Agirrezabala, 70, Spanish footballer. Laurie Banfield, 89, English footballer. Walter Bennett, 73, Australian rugby player. W. S. Bristowe, 78, English arachnologist. Jesus Crespo, 80, Portuguese footballer. Henry B. Hucles, 81, American college sports coach.HUCLES—Henry B., Jr. Aleksei Kapler, 75, Soviet filmmaker.Soviet artist dies Stephen Hemsley Longrigg, 86, British businessman and historian. Bert Pratten, 87, Australian cricketer. Xanti Schawinsky, 75, Swiss painter and theatre designer. James Tringrove, 71, Australian cricketer.
12 Les Clark, 71, American animator (Cinderella, Pinocchio, Lady and the Tramp), lung cancer.Les Clark, Animator of Mickey Mouse, Snow White Edward Dearman, 75, English tennis player. Agop Dilâçar, 84, Turkish linguist. Homer Maxwell Keever, 74, American historian. Jocelyne LaGarde, 55, French Polynesian actress (Hawaii), complications from diabetes.Jocelyne Lagarde Stanley Levison, 67, American businessman and civil rights activist, cancer.New York Lawyer Had a Key Role in S.C.L.C. Efforts to Further Civil Rights Movement Josef Müller, 81, German politician. Sara Mustonen, 16, Finnish skier, fall. Denis Smith, 72, English cricketer. Laly Soldevila, 46, Spanish actress. Carl Theodor Sørensen, 86, Danish landscape architect.
13 Queen Damit of Brunei, 55, Bruneian royal, queen consort (1950–1967).H.H's MOTHER PASSES AWAY Gino de Giorgi, 65, Italian naval admiral. Solomon Lutnick, 51, American historian.Solomon Lutnick, Professor Oscar Masotta, 49, Argentine psychoanalyst and translator. Joseph Solvinto, 77, French Olympic boxer (1920). Sir Raymond Streat, 82, British businessman. Hap Ward, 93, American baseball player.
14 I. A. Cader, 62, Sri Lankan politician and jurist, MP (1960–1965, 1970–1977). Panchito Cao, 58, Argentine clarinetist and composer. Pastora Imperio, 92, Spanish flamenco dancer.Fallecio Pastora Imperio P. J. Keenan, 66, American politician, member of the Montana Senate (1967–1974), heart attack.The three remaining members... Semage Salman Kulatileke, 72, Sri Lankan politician, MP (1970–1972). O'Donell Lorenzo, 69, Spanish footballer. Raymond Loucheur, 80, French composer. Rod McLean, 63, Australian footballer. Ivan Palmaw, 82, Russian-American architect. Pál Pátzay, 82, Hungarian sculptor. Henry Theak, 70, Australian cricketer.
15 Bill Ashdown, 80, English cricketer. José M. Cabanillas, 77, American naval admiral. Max Christiansen-Clausen, 80, German radio operator. Robert L. Fortes, 37, American politician, member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives (since 1975), heart attack. Don Carlin Gunawardena, 80, Sri Lankan botanist. Albert E. Kahn, 67, English-born American journalist and author, heart attack.Albert E. Kahn, a Writer Critical Of Government in McCarthy Era Tommy Leonetti, 50, American singer and songwriter, cancer.Tommy Leonetti, 50, a Singer On ‘Your Hit Parade’ in 1957‐58 John A. Macready, 91, American aviator. Poul Müller, 69, Danish actor. Abe Murdock, 86, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1933–1941) and Senate (1941–1947), respiratory failure.Abe Murdock, 86, Dies Filippo Sgarlata, 77, Tunisian-born Italian sculptor. Caro van Eyck, 63, Dutch actress.Actrice Caro van Eyck was een grootse tragédienne
16 Vincent John Baldwin, 72, American Roman Catholic prelate.The Most Rev. Vincent J. Baldwin Elizabeth Coxhead, 70, English novelist, suicide. Charlie Deal, 87, American baseball player.Last 'Miracle Brave' Dies Mohammad Nur Ahmad Etemadi, 58, Afghan politician, prime minister (1967–1971), executed. Robert Freeth, 93, Australian Anglican prelate. Marion Cameron Gray, 77, Scottish mathematician. Nat Hickey, 77, Croatian-born American basketball player and coach. Rolly Huard, 77, Canadian ice hockey player. Peveril Meigs, 76, American geographer. Tomás Navarro Tomás, 95, Spanish linguist. Enoch Olinga, 53, Ugandan Baháʼí leader, shot.KAMPALA Gio Ponti, 87, Italian architect and furniture designer.Gio Ponti, Architect, Innovative Designer Of Articles for Home Rob Slotemaker, 50, Dutch racing driver, racing collision.Slotemaker Dies In Crash
17 Benjamin Bathurst, 2nd Viscount Bledisloe, 79, British barrister and hereditary peer, member of the House of Lords (since 1958). Edgar Chester-Master, 91, English cricketer.