List of Famous people who died at 78

Kuniyoshi Kaneko was a Japanese painter, illustrator and photographer perhaps best known for his paintings and drawings of women in bondage such as his illustrations for a Japanese edition of Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland. The musical performer Momus released a song about his work entitled "The Cabinet of Kuniyoshi Kaneko". In 1991 Kaneko provided the artwork for Alice: An Interactive Museum click-and-go adventure game. In 1992 his work was included in Adam and Eve an exhibition at the Saitama Kenritsu Kindai Bijutsukan in Saitama. Kuniyoshi died of heart failure on March 17, 2015 at the age of 78.

Mou Tun-fei was a Chinese filmmaker known for directing the infamous 1988 film Men Behind the Sun.

Alan Tindal Lennox-Boyd, 1st Viscount Boyd of Merton, CH, PC, DL, was a British Conservative politician.

Vladimír Weiss was a Czechoslovak football defender and coach. He won the Olympic silver medal for Czechoslovakia at the 1964 Summer Olympics.

Enio Girolami, sometimes credited as Thomas Moore, was an Italian film and television actor.

Henry Adrian Garrett Jr., nicknamed "Pat" and "Smokey", was an American professional baseball player and coach. A utility man in Major League Baseball, he appeared in 163 total games during eight seasons between 1966 and 1976 for the Atlanta Braves, Chicago Cubs, Oakland Athletics and California Angels. He batted left-handed, threw right-handed, and was listed at 6 feet 3 inches (1.91 m) tall and 185 pounds (84 kg).

Hisayuki Machii , nicknamed the "Ginza Tiger" , was the founder of one of Japan's most notorious yakuza gangs, the Tosei-Kai.