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Events on Friday 23 November 1979 1
1917 – 1979Merle Oberon (1917-1979)Died 23 November 1979, aged 62Merle Oberon, an Academy Award-nominated actress best known for Wuthering Heights, died of a stroke in Malibu, California. Born in Bombay, she concealed her mixed-race heritage for much of her Hollywood career to work in a racially restrictive studio system. She died on 23 November 1979.