List of Famous people who died at 78

Terry O. Morse was an American film director and editor. He is perhaps best known for directing the American scenes in Godzilla, King of the Monsters!, the "Americanized" version of the 1954 Japanese Godzilla film from Toho. The film went on to long-lasting success with regular showings at drive-in theatres, repertory theatres and on television. Its popularity completely obscured the original film which remained virtually unknown in the United States for several decades after its release.

Alec Mango was an English actor. He is best known for portraying El Supremo in the 1951 Captain Horatio Hornblower, he also appeared in South of Algiers (1953), The Strange World of Planet X (1958), The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (1958), Danger Man (1961), and Frankenstein Created Woman (1967). He also appeared in the TV series, The Adventures of Robin Hood.

Teoman Koman was a Turkish general who retired in 1997. He was General Commander of the Gendarmerie of Turkey and previously head of the National Intelligence Organization and Deputy Secretary-General of the National Security Council.

Edith Schönert-Geiß was a German numismatist, who specialised in the classical coinage of Thrace and was instrumental in the post-war re-establishment of the Corpus Nummorum.

Michael Patrick Driscoll was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He was the seventh Bishop of Boise. He retired on August 8, 2014.

Bruce Alonzo Goff was an American architect, distinguished by his organic, eclectic, and often flamboyant designs for houses and other buildings in Oklahoma and elsewhere.

Mariano Martín Alonso was a Spanish footballer who played as a striker.