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In the year 1999
756 Notable deaths
Jaime Garzon Forero
Colombian comedian, journalist, politician, and peace activist (1960-1999).
Born October 24th, 1960 in Bogotá.
Died August 13th, 1999 at 38 years old in Bogotá (gunshot wound).
Harvey Postlethwaite
British engineer and technical director.
Born March 4th, 1944 in Barnet.
Died April 15th, 1999 at 55 years old in Barcelona (myocardial infarction).
Minoru Chiaki
Japanese actor (1917–1999).
Born July 28th, 1917 in Bifuka.
Died November 1st, 1999 at 82 years old in Fuchū.
Mimi Pollak
Swedish actress (1903–1999).
Born April 9th, 1903 in Karlstad church parish. [ref]
Died August 11th, 1999 at 96 years old in Stockholm.
David A. Huffman
American computer scientist (1925–1999).
Born August 9th, 1925 in Alliance.
Died October 7th, 1999 at 74 years old in Santa Cruz (cancer).
Leo Castelli
Trieste-born american art dealer (1907–1999).
Born September 4th, 1907 in Trieste.
Died August 21st, 1999 at 91 years old in New York City.
Clifton Fadiman
American author, editor, and radio and tv personality (1904–1999).
Born May 15th, 1904 in Brooklyn.
Died June 20th, 1999 at 95 years old in Florida (pancreatic cancer).
Jaki Byard
American musician (1922-1999).
Born June 15th, 1922 in Worcester.
Died February 11th, 1999 at 76 years old in Boston.
Rafael Alberti
Spanish poet (1902–1999).
Born December 16th, 1902 in El Puerto de Santa María.
Died October 28th, 1999 at 96 years old in El Puerto de Santa María, Cádiz.
Alfredo Kraus
Spanish tenor (1927–1999).
Born November 24th, 1927 in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.
Died September 10th, 1999 at 71 years old in Madrid (pancreatic cancer).
Arthur Leonard Schawlow
American physicist.
Born May 5th, 1921 in Mount Vernon.
Died April 28th, 1999 at 77 years old in Palo Alto.
John Berry
American film director (1917-1999).
Born September 6th, 1917 in The Bronx.
Died November 29th, 1999 at 82 years old in Paris.
Christopher Cockerell
English engineer (1910–1999).
Born June 4th, 1910 in Cambridge.
Died June 1st, 1999 at 88 years old in Sutton Scotney.
Henry Way Kendall
American particle physicist who won the nobel prize in physics.
Born December 9th, 1926 in Boston.
Died February 15th, 1999 at 72 years old in Wakulla County (drowning, asphyxia from cave diving).
Mark Weiser
American computer scientist (1952-1999).
Born July 23rd, 1952 in Harvey.
Died April 27th, 1999 at 46 years old
Arthur Boyd
Australian painter (1920-1999).
Born July 24th, 1920 in Murrumbeena.
Died April 24th, 1999 at 78 years old in Melbourne.
Phedon Gizikis
Greek politician ,former president of the hellenic republic (1917–1999).
Born June 16th, 1917 in Volos.
Died July 26th, 1999 at 82 years old in Athens.
Willie Whitelaw
British politician (1918–1999).
Born June 28th, 1918 in Edinburgh.
Died July 1st, 1999 at 81 years old in Penrith.
Eddie Dean
American actor, singer-songwriter, musician and singer (1907–1999).
Died March 4th, 1999 at 91 years old in Los Angeles (pulmonary emphysema).
Gian-Carlo Rota
American mathematician and philosopher (1932-1999).
Born April 27th, 1932 in Vigevano.
Died April 18th, 1999 at 66 years old in Cambridge.
Nicholas Metropolis
Greek american physicist (1915–1999).
Born June 11th, 1915 in Chicago.
Died October 17th, 1999 at 84 years old in Los Alamos.
Nathalie Sarraute
French lawyer and writer.
Born July 18th, 1902 in Ivanovo.
Died October 19th, 1999 at 97 years old in 16th arrondissement of Paris.
Pierre Clémenti
French actor (1942–1999).
Born September 28th, 1942 in Paris.
Died December 27th, 1999 at 57 years old in Paris (cancer, liver cancer).
Sufia Kamal
Bangladeshi writer.
Born June 20th, 1911 in Barishal.
Died November 20th, 1999 at 88 years old in Dhaka. [ref]
Aleksandr Demyanenko
Soviet and russian actor (1937–1999).
Born May 30th, 1937 in Yekaterinburg.
Died August 22nd, 1999 at 62 years old in Saint Petersburg (heart failure).
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Our dead are never dead to us, until we have forgotten them. George Eliot