List of Famous people who died at 79
Margaret Millar
Margaret Ellis Millar was an American-Canadian mystery and suspense writer.
Tatyana Pavlovna Ehrenfest
Tatyana Pavlovna Ehrenfest, later van Aardenne-Ehrenfest, was a Dutch mathematician. She was the daughter of Paul Ehrenfest (1880–1933) and Tatyana Alexeyevna Afanasyeva (1876–1964).
Richard Trench, 6th Earl of Clancarty
Ikkō Shimizu
John Scott, 5th Earl of Eldon
Harry Houghton
Harry Frederick Houghton was a British naval officer and a spy for the People's Republic of Poland and the Soviet Union during the Cold War. He was a member of the Portland Spy Ring.
Zsigmond Fülöp
Zsigmond Fülöp was a Hungarian actor. He was best known for acting in Édes Anna, a film that was entered into the 1959 Cannes Film Festival. He was married to Ági Margitai.
Renzo Ricci
Renzo Ricci was an Italian stage and film actor. He was also a noted theatre director. Ricci played the title role in Roberto Rossellini's 1961 film Garibaldi.
Oleg Kerensky
Oleg Aleksandrovich Kerensky CBE FRS, was a Russian civil engineer, one of the foremost bridge designers of his time.
Roy Walford
Roy Lee Walford, M. D. was a professor of pathology at University of California, Los Angeles School of Medicine, a leading advocate of calorie restriction for life extension and health improvement, and a crew member of Biosphere 2.