List of Famous people who died at 79

Jerzy Stroba (1919–1999) was a Polish Roman Catholic bishop.

Umberto Mozzoni was an Argentine Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Apostolic Nuncio to Brazil from 1969 to 1973, and was made a cardinal in 1973.

Jonas Černius was a Lithuanian general and Prime Minister. When Lithuania declared independence in 1918, he joined the army as a volunteer and participated in the Freedom Wars. He was one of the first graduates from the War School of Kaunas, but he continued to study military engineering in Brussels (1929) and Paris (1932).

Georges Dargaud was a French publisher of comics, most famously Tintin magazine, Asterix, and Lucky Luke, through his Dargaud company.

Theodore J. Pahle (1899–1979) was an American cinematographer who worked in the film industries of several countries. He is also known as Ted Pahle.