List of Famous people who died at 78

José Paulo de Andrade was a Brazilian journalist. He was born in São Paulo, Brazil. He was also a radio personality and television presenter. He presented the radio programs O Pulo do Gato and Jornal da Bandeirantes Gente from Rádio Bandeirantes São Paulo.

Akio Morita was a Japanese businessman and co-founder of Sony along with Masaru Ibuka.

Bruno Apitz was a German writer and a survivor of the Buchenwald concentration camp.

Fritz Wiedemann was a German soldier and Nazi Party activist. He was for a time the personal adjutant to Adolf Hitler, having served with him in World War I.

Metin Toker was a Turkish journalist and writer.

Gustav Torgny Lindgren was a Swedish writer.

Salvador Vives Gómez was a Spanish actor and voice actor.

Betty Elizalde was an Argentine journalist and broadcaster. She won the Konex Award in 1981.

Vengalil Krishna Kurup Krishna Menon was an Indian politician, non-career diplomat and nationalist. He was described by some as the second most powerful man in India, after his ally, the first Prime Minister of India, Jawaharlal Nehru. He wrote the first draft of the Preamble to the Constitution of India, initiated the idea of the Constituent Assembly of India and is considered the architect, and to have coined the name, of the Non-Aligned Movement.

Madalena Lucília Iglésias do Vale de Oliveira was a Portuguese actress and singer. She represented Portugal at the Eurovision Song Contest 1966, with the song "Ele e ela".