List of Famous people who died at 79

Mariolina De Fano was an Italian actress.

Evert (Eef) Brouwers was a Dutch journalist, director-general and spokesman.

Vladimir Vasilyevich Kadannikov was a Russian businessman and politician who served as a Deputy Prime Minister of Russia (1996–97) in charge of economic policy, briefly replacing Anatoly Chubais, under President Boris Yeltsin.

Air Vice Marshal Francis Masson (Frank) Bladin, was a senior commander in the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF). Born in rural Victoria, he graduated from the Royal Military College, Duntroon, in 1920. Bladin transferred from the Army to the Air Force in 1923, and learned to fly at RAAF Point Cook, Victoria. He held training appointments before taking command of No. 1 Squadron in 1934. Quiet but authoritative, he was nicknamed "Dad" in tribute to the concern he displayed for the welfare of his personnel.

Carl Lutz was a Swiss diplomat. He served as the Swiss Vice-Consul in Budapest, Hungary, from 1942 until the end of World War II. He is credited with saving over 62,000 Jews, the largest rescue operation of Jews of the Second World War.

Christian d'Oriola was a French fencer. He was a cousin of the Olympic equestrian Pierre Jonquères d'Oriola.

Evelyn Künneke was a German singer and stage, television and film actress. She was the daughter of the famous composer Eduard Künneke.

Valerio Zanone was an Italian politician, who was secretary and president of the Italian Liberal Party. He was also a senator of the Democratic Party. He has been mayor of Turin from 1990 to 1992.

Le Sony'r Ra, better known as Sun Ra, was an American jazz composer, bandleader, piano and synthesizer player, and poet known for his experimental music, "cosmic" philosophy, prolific output, and theatrical performances. For much of his career, Ra led "The Arkestra," an ensemble with an ever-changing name and flexible line-up.

Erich Bauer, sometimes referred to as "Gasmeister", was a low-level commander in the SS of Nazi Germany and a Holocaust perpetrator. He participated in Action T4 program and later in Operation Reinhard, serving as a gas chamber operator at Sobibór extermination camp.