List of Famous people who died at 77

William Tapley Bennett Jr. was an American diplomat who served as Ambassador to the Dominican Republic during the 1965 civil war and who recommended that President Johnson intervene with United States troops.

Gilbert "Gil" Cates was an American film director and television producer, director of the Geffen Playhouse, Also was a Member of Cates/Doty Productions and founding dean of the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television. Cates is most known for having produced the Academy Awards telecast a record 14 times between 1990 and 2008.

Frank Braña was a Spanish character actor.

René de la Croix de Castries was a French historian and a member of the House of Castries. He was the sixteenth member elected to occupy seat 2 of the Académie française in 1972.

Salvador Botella Rodrigo was a Spanish road bicycle racer, who competed as a professional from 1953 to 1962. He won the Volta a Catalunya in 1953 and 1959. He participated in 19 Grand Tours, including eight editions of the Vuelta a España, seven of the Giro d'Italia, and four of the Tour de France. He won the Points classification in 1958 Vuelta a España.

Helena Rasiowa was a Polish mathematician. She worked in the foundations of mathematics and algebraic logic.