List of Famous people who died at 77

Cary Odell was an American art director. He was nominated for three Academy Awards in the category Best Art Direction. He was employed for several decades by Columbia Pictures. He was born in Indiana and died in San Luis Obispo, California.

Ángel Álvarez was a prolific Spanish film actor.

Andrés Gómez Domínguez was a Mexican basketball player who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics. Born in Guadalajara, Jalisco, he was part of the Mexican basketball team, which won the bronze medal. He played one match.

Lauri ("Lassi") Rikhard Parkkinen was a Finnish speed skater. Lassi Parkkinen was born in Varkaus, an industrial town in the southeast of Finland. He made his debut at the World Allround Championships in 1938, finishing ninth. He also participated the next year, 1939, in what would turn out to be the last World Championships before World War II, but his results on the first three distances were not good enough to qualify for the final distance. Due to the war, it took eight years before the World Championships were held again. At these first World Championships since World War II, Parkkinen was crowned the 1947 World Champion. His success continued the next year at the 1948 Winter Olympics of St. Moritz, when he won Olympic silver on the 10,000 m.

Md. Sirajul Islam was a Bangladesh Awami League politician. He was elected a member of parliament from Sylhet-12 in 1973 and 1979. He was an organizer of the Liberation War of Bangladesh.

Hilary Baumann Hacker was the Roman Catholic Bishop of Bismarck from 1957 to 1982.