List of Famous people who died at 79

Bernard Solomon Kotzin, known as Stubby Kaye, was an American actor, comedian, vaudevillian, and singer, known for his appearances on Broadway and in film musicals.

Etsuko Inada was a Japanese figure skater who mostly competed in singles. She was a seven-time Japanese national champion and represented Japan at the 1936 Winter Olympics at the age of 12.

Thomas Gordon Towers, was a Canadian politician, Member of Parliament (MP) and the 13th lieutenant governor of Alberta.

Alberto Burri was an Italian visual artist, painter, sculptor and physician based in Città di Castello. He is associated with the matterism of the European informal art movement and described his style as a polymaterialist. He had connections with Lucio Fontana's spatialism and, with Antoni Tàpies, an influence on the revival of the art of post-war assembly in America as in Europe.

Lucille Bremer was an American film actress and dancer.

Mario José Serra was a prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as auxiliary bishop of Buenos Aires from 1975 till 2002.

Philip Stone was an English actor, well known for portraying film characters such as "Pa", the father of Alex DeLarge, in A Clockwork Orange; General Alfred Jodl in Hitler: The Last Ten Days; Delbert Grady in The Shining; and Captain Phillip Blumburtt in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. Stone's final film role was as the Bishop in The Baby of Mâcon.