List of Famous people who died at 78

Apolo Robin Nsibambi was a Ugandan academic and politician who served as the 8th Prime Minister of Uganda from 5 April 1999 until 24 May 2011, when Amama Mbabazi succeeded him.

Henry Richard "Huntz" Hall was an American radio, stage, and movie performer who appeared in the popular "Dead End Kids" movies, including Angels with Dirty Faces (1938), and in the later "Bowery Boys" movies, during the late 1930s to the late 1950s.

Yaddanapudi Sulochana Rani was a popular Indian Telugu novelist. She had a strong fan following since the 1970s and early 1980s, especially among women. Several of her stories were made into films and television serials.

Frank Gilbert Crichlow was a British community activist and civil rights campaigner, who became known in 1960s London as a godfather of black radicalism. He was a central figure in the Notting Hill Carnival. His restaurant, The Mangrove, served for many years as the base from which activists, musicians, and artists organised the event.

Sayyid Wali Rahmani was an Indian Sunni Islamic Scholar, academician and founder of Rahmani30. He served as a Member of the Bihar Legislative Council from 1974 to 1996.

Leroy Nicholas Barnes was an American crime boss, active in New York City during the 1970s.

Erich Kellerhals was a German billionaire, co-founder of Media-Saturn-Holding GmbH, owner of Media Markt.

Diogo Pinto de Freitas do Amaral, known as Freitas do Amaral, was a Portuguese politician and law professor. He was Minister of Foreign Affairs from 10 January 1980 to 12 January 1981 and from 12 March 2005 to 3 July 2006. He also served briefly as Prime Minister in an interim capacity in the early 1980s.

Kenneth William Catchpole was an Australian rugby union footballer. A state and national representative half-back, he played twenty-seven matches for Australia, thirteen as captain. Catchpole rose through the ranks at the Randwick club as a young man, before making his debut for New South Wales at only 19 years of age, then captaining Australia at age 21. He is considered one of Australia's greatest rugby scrumhalves.

Connie Hines was an American actress best known for playing Alan Young's wife, Carol Post, on the 1960s sitcom Mister Ed.