Editing 1979 (section)

=== March ===
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* [[March 1]]
** [[Mustafa Barzani]], Iraqi Kurdish politician (b. [[1903]])
** [[Dolores Costello]], American actress (b. [[1903]])
* [[March 13]] – [[Tudor Owen (actor)|Tudor Owen]], Welsh-American actor (b. [[1898]])<ref>[https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/Tudor-Owen/ Tudor Owen]</ref>
* [[March 15]] – [[Léonide Massine]], Russian dancer and choreographer (b. [[1896]])
* [[March 16]] – [[Jean Monnet]], French political economist, diplomat and a [[Founding fathers of the European Union|founding father of the European Union]] (b. [[1888]])<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Jean-Monnet|title=Jean Monnet &#124; European Union founder, diplomat, statesman &#124; Britannica|website=Encyclopædia Britannica|date=November 5, 2023 }}</ref>
* [[March 19]] – [[Richard Beckinsale]], British actor (b. [[1947]])
* [[March 22]] – [[Ben Lyon]], American actor (b. [[1901]])
* [[March 24]] – [[Yvonne Mitchell]], English actress (b. [[1915]])
* [[March 26]] – [[Jean Stafford]], American writer (b. [[1915]])
* [[March 28]] – [[Emmett Kelly]], American circus clown (b. [[1898]])<ref>[https://www.britannica.com/biography/Emmett-Kelly Emmett Kelly American clown]</ref>
* [[March 29]] 
** [[Yahya Petra of Kelantan]], [[Sultan of Kelantan]] and 6th [[King of Malaysia]] (b. [[1917]])
** [[Milena Rudnytska]], Ukrainian educator, women's activist, politician and writer (b. [[1892]])<ref>[https://www.encyclopediaofukraine.com/display.asp?linkpath=pages%5CR%5CU%5CRudnytskaMilena.htm Rudnytska, Milena]</ref>
* [[March 30]]
** [[Airey Neave]], British politician (assassinated) (b. [[1916]])
** [[José María Velasco Ibarra]], Ecuadorian politician, 24th [[President of Ecuador]] (b. [[1893]])