List of Famous people who died at 79

Walter Lee Barnes was an American football player and actor. He played professional football as a guard in the National Football League (NFL) for the Philadelphia Eagles and college football at Louisiana State University. Barnes was an actor in both American and European films. He appeared in several films with John Wayne, Lex Barker, and Clint Eastwood.

Prosper Depredomme was a Belgian racing cyclist. He rode in the 1947 Tour de France. He won Liège–Bastogne–Liège in 1946 and 1950.

Hans Schuberth was a German politician who from 1949 to 1953 was the first Federal Minister for Post and Telecommunications in Konrad Adenauer's first cabinet.

Constantin Dăscălescu was a Romanian communist politician who served as Prime Minister of Romania during the communist rule of Nicolae Ceaușescu until the Romanian Revolution.

Sebastiano Baggio was an Italian cardinal, often thought to be a likely candidate for election to the Papacy, and the President of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State in 1984 and the prefect of the Sacred Congregation for Bishops in 1973.