List of Famous people who died at 79

John Furia Jr. was an American television writer, whose credits included Bonanza, Hawaii Five-O, The Twilight Zone, Kung Fu, The Waltons and Dr. Kildare.

Howard Kanovitz was a pioneering painter in the Photorealist and Hyperrealist Movements, which emerged in the 1960s and 1970s in response to the abstract art movement.

Sima Milovanov was a Serbian footballer who was part of Yugoslavia national football team at the 1954 FIFA World Cup. He later became a manager with Cyprus.

Henry Cravatte was a Luxembourgish politician.

Sérgio Campos Trindade was a Brazilian chemical engineer and researcher, specialist in renewable energies and consultant in sustainable business. Trindade was the coordinating lead author for a chapter of an Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report, Methodological and Technical Issues in Technology Transfer (2000); the IPCC as an organization won the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize as a result of its contributors' work.

Lucien Vlaemynck was a Belgian professional road bicycle racer. Vlaemynck rode his only Tour de France in 1939, when he finished third overall. He also finished in third place in the 1946 Paris–Roubaix.

José María Caffarel Fábregas was a Spanish film actor. He appeared in more than 170 films between 1957 and 1998. He was born in Barcelona and died in Madrid, Spain.

Lawrence Patrick Henry was a South African Roman Catholic archbishop.