List of Famous people who died at 79

Sarah Jeanette Jackson, née Sherman was a Canadian artist. Jackson first became known for her sculptures and drawings, and then for her photocopy and digital art. She was an early user of the photocopier to make art, and used this practice to embrace mail art.

Anselmo Müller was the Roman Catholic bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Januária, Brazil.

Gita Dey was an Indian actress in Bengali cinema, theatre and Bengali folk theater. She became a stage artist at the age of 6 years. She came to the film industry in 1943. Her first film release was Ahuti (1941) as a child actress. She acted in over two hundred Bengali language films and over two thousand stage shows. She acted in the movie Teen Kanya under the direction of Satyajit Ray and Rittik Ghatak's Meghe Dhaka Tara, Subarnarekha, Komal Gandhar, Kato Ajanare. She also acted in Hindi movies such as Parineeta (2005) with Vidya Balan and Sanjay Dutt and other movies. She was associated with All India Radio for a long time doing Shruti Natok. She received the Presidential Award for Lifetime Achievement from Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam and many other awards during her lifetime.

Carl William Raisch, was an American dancer, actor, stuntman, and acting coach. He was best known as the One-Armed Man pursued by Richard Kimble on the 1963–1967 TV series The Fugitive.

Hubert John Edward Dominic Howard was an English intelligence officer who lived in Italy.

Gary Brian Kibbe was an American cinematographer. He was born in Los Angeles, California.