List of Famous people who died at 79

Jacob Marschak was an American economist.

John Fellows Akers was an American businessman. He was president (1983-1989), chief executive officer (1985-1993) and chairman (1986-1993) of International Business Machines Corporation (IBM).

Phyllis Kirk was an American actress.

John Beradino was an American infielder in Major League Baseball and an actor. Known as Johnny Berardino during his baseball career, he was also credited during his acting career as John Berardino, John Baradino, John Barardino or John Barradino.

Louis Jean Dufaux was the Roman Catholic bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Grenoble-Vienne, France.

Ugo Carrega was an Italian artist and poet. Carrega was one of the main exponents of visual poetry, although he preferred the term "New Writing", an experimental form of writing that combines signs of different extraction. Carrega was active mainly in Milan, where he founded the cultural centers Centro Suolo (1969), Centro Tool (1971), Mercato del Sale (1974) and Euforia Costante (1993). He also founded and directed the art magazines Tool (1965), Bollettino Tool (1968), aaa (1969) and Bollettino da dentro (1972).

Claire Merritt Hodgson Ruth, born Clara Mae Merritt, was a native of Athens, Georgia, United States, who is most famous for having been the second wife of Babe Ruth.

Andrea Mugione was an Italian Catholic bishop. He has previously served as Bishop of Cassano all'Jonio from 1988 to 1998, Archbishop of Crotone-Santa Severina from 1998 to 2006, and Metropolitan Archbishop of Benevento from 2006 to 2016.