Quote Authors Who Died in 1979

A. Philip Randolph

American Activist

Apr 15, 1889 - May 16, 1979

Al Capp

American Cartoonist

Sep 28, 1909 - Nov 5, 1979

Allen Tate

American Poet

Nov 19, 1899 - Feb 9, 1979

Bertil Ohlin

Swedish Economist

Apr 23, 1899 - Aug 3, 1979

Charles Mingus

American Musician

Apr 22, 1922 - Jan 5, 1979

Conrad Hilton

American Businessman

Dec 25, 1887 - Jan 3, 1979

Cornelia Otis Skinner

American Actress

May 30, 1899 - Jul 9, 1979

Daniel Starch

American Psychologist

1883 - 1979

Darryl F. Zanuck

American Director

Sep 5, 1902 - Dec 22, 1979

Eleanor Robson Belmont

English Actress

Dec 13, 1879 - Oct 24, 1979

Elizabeth Bishop

American Poet

Feb 8, 1911 - Oct 6, 1979

Emmett Kelly

American Entertainer

Dec 9, 1898 - Mar 28, 1979

Fulton J. Sheen

American Clergyman

May 8, 1895 - Dec 9, 1979

George Seaton

American Playwright

Apr 17, 1911 - Jul 28, 1979

Giulio Natta

Italian Scientist

Feb 26, 1903 - May 2, 1979

Herbert Marcuse

German Philosopher

Jul 19, 1898 - Jul 29, 1979

Ida Pauline Rolf

American Scientist

May 19, 1896 - Mar 19, 1979

Immanuel Velikovsky

Historian

Jun 10, 1895 - Nov 17, 1979

J. B. Morton

English Writer

Jun 7, 1893 - May 10, 1979

James J. Gibson

American Psychologist

Jan 27, 1904 - Dec 11, 1979

James T. Farrell

American Novelist

Feb 27, 1904 - Aug 22, 1979

Jean Monnet

French Politician

Nov 9, 1888 - Mar 16, 1979

Jean Renoir

French Director

Sep 15, 1894 - Feb 12, 1979

Jean Rhys

English Novelist

Aug 24, 1894 - May 14, 1979

Jean Seberg

American Actress

Nov 13, 1938 - Aug 30, 1979

Jean Stafford

American Writer

Jul 1, 1915 - Mar 26, 1979