List of Famous people who died at 79
Rodney Palmer
Rodney Howell Palmer was an English cricketer. A right-handed batsman and right-arm fast bowler, he played for Hampshire County Cricket Club between 1930 and 1933. He also played first-class cricket for Cambridge University and minor counties cricket for Berkshire in addition to representing the Egypt national cricket team.
Angier Biddle Duke
Angier Biddle Duke was an diplomat who served as Chief of Protocol of the United States in the 1960s. Prior to that, at the age of 36, he became the youngest American ambassador in history when he was appointed to be the U.S. Ambassador to El Salvador.
Anthony Gilbey
Richard Arthur Cole-Hamilton
Pierre Encrevé
Roger Alexander Howard
Charles Wynne-Finch
Cecilia Storck Botez
Barbara Suzanne Lyle
Joshua Logan
Joshua Lockwood Logan III was an American director, writer, and actor. He shared a Pulitzer Prize for co-writing the musical South Pacific and was involved in writing other musicals.