In the year 1999
756 Notable deaths
Franco Gasparri
Italian actor (1948–1999).
Born October 31st, 1948 in Senigallia.
Died March 28th, 1999 at 50 years old in Rome.
Can Yücel
Turkish poet (1926–1999).
Born August 21st, 1926 in Istanbul.
Died August 12th, 1999 at 72 years old in İzmir (cancer).
Karekin I
Catholicoi of armenia (1932–1999).
Born August 27th, 1932 in Kesab.
Died June 29th, 1999 at 66 years old in Vagharshapat (cancer).
Piet Blom
Dutch architect (1934–1999).
Born February 8th, 1934 in Amsterdam. [ref]
Died June 8th, 1999 at 65 years old in Denmark. [ref]
Bidu Sayão
Brazilian opera singer (1902–1999).
Born May 11th, 1902 in Itaguaí.
Died March 13th, 1999 at 96 years old in Maine.
Robert Kramer
American director, actor and screenwriter (1939-1999).
Born June 22nd, 1939 in New York City.
Died November 10th, 1999 at 60 years old in Rouen (meningitis).
Hanoch Levin
Israeli dramatist, theater director, author and poet (1943–1999).
Born December 18th, 1943 in Tel Aviv. [ref]
Died August 18th, 1999 at 55 years old in Tel Aviv (prostate cancer).
Philip Klutznick
American politician (1907–1999).
Born July 9th, 1907 in Kansas City.
Died August 14th, 1999 at 92 years old in Chicago (Alzheimer's disease).
John Bromwich
Australian tennis player (1918–1999).
Born November 14th, 1918 in Kogarah.
Died October 21st, 1999 at 80 years old in Geelong.
Hajime Nakamura
Japanese philosopher (1912-1999).
Born November 28th, 1912 in Matsue.
Died October 10th, 1999 at 86 years old
Ri Jong-ok
North korean politician (1916-1999).
Born January 10th, 1916 in Kimchaek.
Died September 23rd, 1999 at 83 years old in Pyongyang.
Bill Talbert
Us tennis player (1918–1999).
Born September 4th, 1918 in Cincinnati.
Died February 28th, 1999 at 80 years old in New York City.
András Hegedüs
Hungarian politician (1922-1999).
Born October 31st, 1922 in Szilsárkány.
Died October 23rd, 1999 at 76 years old in Budapest. [ref]
Alfred Raoul
President of congo-brazzaville from 1968 to 1969.
Born December 15th, 1938 in Pointe-Noire.
Died July 16th, 1999 at 60 years old in 20th arrondissement of Paris.
Arthur Edward Ellis
English association football referee (1914–1999).
Born July 8th, 1914 in Halifax.
Died May 23rd, 1999 at 84 years old in Brighouse (cancer).
Edward Abraham
English biochemist instrumental in the development of the first antibiotics penicillin and cephalosporin.
Born June 10th, 1913 in Shirley.
Died May 8th, 1999 at 85 years old in Oxford (stroke).
Viktar Hanchar
Belarusian legal scholar (1958–1999).
Born September 7th, 1958 in Radzičava.
Died September 16th, 1999 at 41 years old in Minsk.
Mario Soldati
Italian film director and writer (1906-1999).
Born November 17th, 1906 in Turin.
Died June 19th, 1999 at 92 years old in Tellaro.
André Martinet
French linguist (1908-1999).
Born April 12th, 1908 in Saint-Alban-des-Villards.
Died July 16th, 1999 at 91 years old in Châtenay-Malabry.
Paul Oskar Kristeller
German-american philosopher and art historian (1905-1999).
Born May 22nd, 1905 in Berlin.
Died June 7th, 1999 at 94 years old in New York City.
Édouard Boubat
French photographer (1923–1999).
Born September 13th, 1923 in 11th arrondissement of Paris.
Died June 30th, 1999 at 75 years old in 15th arrondissement of Paris (leukemia).
Joseph Burg
Israeli politician (1909-1999).
Born January 31st, 1909 in Dresden. [ref]
Died October 15th, 1999 at 90 years old in Jerusalem.
Frank Lubin
American-lithuanian basketball player (1910–1999).
Born January 7th, 1910 in Los Angeles.
Died July 8th, 1999 at 89 years old in Glendale.
Rolf Liebermann
Swiss composer (1910-1999).
Born September 14th, 1910 in Zurich.
Died January 2nd, 1999 at 88 years old in Paris.
Sathyavani Muthu
Indian politician and an influential dalit leader.
Born February 15th, 1923.
Died November 11th, 1999 at 76 years old
Deaths 376 to 400 of 756
It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live. Marcus Aurelius