List of Famous people who died at 79

Sverre Stenersen was a Norwegian Nordic combined skier who dominated the event throughout the 1950s. His biggest triumphs were winning individual gold medals at the 1954 World Championships and 1956 Olympics. He also won a bronze at the 1952 Olympics and a silver at the 1958 World Championships. Stenersen won the Nordic combined event at the national championships in 1954–58 and at the Holmenkollen ski festival in 1955, 1956 and 1959. In 1955 he received the Holmenkollen medal, shared with King Haakon VII, Hallgeir Brenden, and Veikko Hakulinen.

Marvin Camras was an electrical engineer and inventor who was widely influential in the field of magnetic recording.

Lewis Williams Douglas was an American politician, diplomat, businessman and academic.

Marshall Hall, Jr. was an American mathematician who made significant contributions to group theory and combinatorics.

Birgitte Federspiel was a Danish film, theater and TV actress. She won two Bodil Awards for best actress in 1955 (Ordet) and 1959.

Alexander Abusch. He was a German journalist, non-fiction writer, and politician.

Zohar Manna was an Israeli-American computer scientist who was a professor of computer science at Stanford University.

Roger D. Moore was the 1973 recipient of the Grace Murray Hopper Award from the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). It was given: "For their work in the design and implementation of APL\360, setting new standards in simplicity, efficiency, reliability and response time for interactive systems."

Charles Clarence Beck was an American cartoonist and comic book artist, best known for his work on Captain Marvel at Fawcett Comics and DC Comics.