List of Famous people who died at 79
Sir Charles Ian Russell, 3rd Bt.
Richard Stewart Boddington
Robert Parrish
Robert R. Parrish was an American film director, editor, writer, and child actor. He received an Academy Award for Film Editing for his contribution to Body and Soul (1947).
Antony Tudor
Antony Tudor was an English ballet choreographer, teacher and dancer.
Charles Jocelyn Forestier-Walker
Gordon Frederick Seale
Augustine Christopher Caradoc Courtauld
Zhelyu Zhelev
Zhelyu Mitev Zhelev was a Bulgarian politician and former dissident who served as the first non-Communist President of Bulgaria from 1990 to 1997. Zhelev was one of the most prominent figures of the 1989 Bulgarian Revolution, which ended the 35 year rule of President Todor Zhivkov. A member of the Union of Democratic Forces, he was elected as President by the 7th Grand National Assembly. Two years later, he won Bulgaria's first direct presidential elections. He lost his party's nomination for his 1996 reelection campaign after losing a tough primary race to Petar Stoyanov.
Hans Viktor Howaldt
Roddy Connolly
Roderick James Connolly was a socialist politician in Ireland. He was also known as 'Rory Connolly'.