List of Famous people who died at 79

Stanislav Iosifovich Rostotsky was a Soviet film director and screenwriter, the recipient of the two USSR State Prizes and a Lenin Prize. He was named People's Artist of the USSR in 1974.

Guillermo Enrique Morales Portillo was a Venezuelan singer. Better known as Memo Morales, he was also dubbed as El Gitano Maracucho.

Philippe Moureaux was a Belgian politician, senator, mayor of Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, and professor of economic history at the Université Libre de Bruxelles. He held the honorary title of Minister of State and was a member of the Order of Leopold II and the Order of Leopold.

Margitta Gummel was a German Olympic gold medal-winning shot putter. She competed for the Unified German team in the 1964 Summer Olympics, East Germany in the 1968 Summer Olympics, and East Germany again at the 1972 Summer Olympics. She had a long rivalry with Nadezhda Chizhova of the Soviet Union.

Ali Neffati was a Tunisian cyclist who was professional between 1913 and 1930. He is known for being the first African to participate in the Tour de France, when he participated in the 1913 edition. He also was in the 1914 Tour de France, but didn't finish either of them. In the 1914 Tour, he was hit by a car from the organization, and could not continue.

General Mehmet Yaşar Büyükanıt was the 25th Chief of the Turkish General Staff of the Turkish Armed Forces, from 28 August 2006 to 28 August 2008.

Friedrich Karl Flick was a German-Austrian industrialist and billionaire.

Hans Carl Artmann, also known as Ib Hansen, was an Austrian-born poet and writer, most popular for his early poems written in Viennese, which however, never after were to be the focus of his oeuvre.

Pyotr Stepanovich Deynekin was a Russian military general. He was born in Morozovsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union. In 1997, he was awarded the Hero of the Russian Federation. Deynekin's rank was General of the army.

Viviane Romance was a French actress.