List of Famous people who died at 79

Yılmaz Gökdel was a Turkish football midfielder and later manager. He was capped 5 times for Turkey, and also managed the national team.

John David Crow Sr. was an American football player, coach, and college athletics administrator. He won the Heisman Trophy in 1957 as a halfback for the Texas A&M Aggies. After college, he played professional football in the National Football League (NFL) for the Chicago / St. Louis Cardinals and the San Francisco 49ers from 1958 to 1968.

Waldon O. Watson was an American sound engineer. He was nominated for six Academy Awards in the category Sound Recording. He worked on nearly 150 films between 1948 and 1973.

Mathias Kappil was an Indian clergyman and bishop for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Punalur. He became ordained in 1954. He was appointed bishop in 1985. He died on 24 February 2007, at the age of 79.

Ali Khan Mansur was a Prime Minister of Iran.

Fritz Schwegler was a German painter, graphic artist, sculptor and musician.

Robert Sour was a lyricist and composer, and the president of Broadcast Music Incorporated (BMI).