Deaths in 1979
See also Births in 1979
- Conrad Hilton died 3 January 1979
- Ted Cassidy died 16 January 1979
- Nelson Rockefeller died 26 January 1979
- Sid Vicious died 2 February 1979
- Dolores Costello died 1 March 1979
- Barbara Hutton died 11 May 1979
- Mary Pickford died 29 May 1979
- Jim Hutton died 2 June 1979
- Jack Haley died 6 June 1979
- John Wayne died 11 June 1979
- Minnie Riperton died 12 July 1979
- Vivian Vance died 17 August 1979
- Sally Rand died 31 August 1979
- Jean Seberg died 8 September 1979
- Merle Oberon died 23 November 1979
- Joyce Grenfell died 30 November 1979
- Joan Blondell died 25 December 1979
