List of Famous people who died at 79

Catherine Brieger Stern ( was a German psychologist and educator. Born under the name Käthe Brieger, she developed sets of mathematical manipulatives similar to Cuisenaire rods for children to use in building up their number sense and knowledge of arithmetic. Her book, Children Discover Arithmetic was used by others to work on the problems that children face when learning arithmetic.

Hubert Jozef ("Hub") van Doorne was the founder of Van Doorne's Aanhangwagenfabriek and of Van Doorne's Automobielfabriek known as DAF, together with his brother Willem (Wim) van Doorne.

Hendrik "Henk" Johan Lubert Vonhoff was a Dutch politician of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) and teacher.

Fermo Mino Martinazzoli was an Italian lawyer, politician and former Minister. He was the last secretary of the Christian Democracy party and the first secretary of the Italian People's Party founded in 1994.

André Parrot was a French archaeologist specializing in the ancient Near East. He led excavations in Lebanon, Iraq and Syria, and is best known for his work at Mari, Syria, where he led important excavations from 1933 to 1975.

Edward Warren Miney and Lorraine Rita Warren were American paranormal investigators and authors associated with prominent cases of alleged hauntings. Edward was a self-taught and self-professed demonologist, author, and lecturer. Lorraine professed to be clairvoyant and a light trance medium who worked closely with her husband.

Anthony David Arnold William Forbes was the joint senior partner in the stockbroking firm of Cazenove. He was responsible, with his partners, for finding buyers for many of the public assets privatised by the British government during the 1980s.

Peter Geoffrey Francis Jones was an English actor, screenwriter and broadcaster.