In the year 1999
756 Notable deaths
Mary Kay Bergman
American voice actress.
Born June 5th, 1961 in Los Angeles.
Died November 11th, 1999 at 38 years old in West Los Angeles.
Victor Mature
American actor (1913–1999).
Born January 29th, 1913 in Louisville.
Died August 4th, 1999 at 86 years old in Rancho Santa Fe (leukemia).
Dirk Bogarde
British actor (1921–1999).
Born March 28th, 1921 in West Hampstead.
Died May 8th, 1999 at 78 years old in Chelsea (myocardial infarction).
Rajendra Kumar
Indian actor (1929–1999).
Born July 20th, 1929 in Sialkot.
Died July 29th, 1999 at 70 years old in Mumbai (cancer).
Rory Calhoun
American actor (1922–1999).
Born August 8th, 1922 in Los Angeles.
Died April 28th, 1999 at 76 years old in Burbank (diabetes).
Rick Danko
Canadian singer, songwriter, and musician (1943–1999).
Born December 29th, 1943 in Ontario.
Died December 10th, 1999 at 55 years old in New York City (heart failure).
Bill Bowerman
American runner, track and field coach, and businessman (1911–1999).
Born February 19th, 1911 in Portland.
Died December 25th, 1999 at 88 years old in Fossil. [ref]
Ellen Corby
American actress (1911-1999).
Born June 3rd, 1911 in Racine.
Died April 14th, 1999 at 87 years old in Woodland Hills (stroke).
Gary M. Heidnik
American serial killer (1943–1999).
Born November 22nd, 1943 in Eastlake.
Died July 6th, 1999 at 55 years old in Centre County (lethal injection).
Anthony Newley
British actor and musician (1931–1999).
Born September 24th, 1931 in London.
Died April 14th, 1999 at 67 years old in Jensen Beach (kidney cancer).
Gene Siskel
American film critic (1946–1999).
Born January 26th, 1946 in Chicago.
Died February 20th, 1999 at 53 years old in Evanston (brain cancer).
Mel Tormé
American recording artist (1925–1999).
Born September 13th, 1925 in Chicago.
Died June 5th, 1999 at 73 years old in Los Angeles (stroke).
Desmond Llewelyn
British actor (1914-1999).
Born September 12th, 1914 in Newport.
Died December 19th, 1999 at 85 years old in East Sussex (traffic collision, car collision).
Julius Nyerere
Tanzanian politician and writer, first prime minister and president of tanzania (1922–1999).
Born April 13th, 1922 in Butiama.
Died October 14th, 1999 at 77 years old in London (leukemia).
Sylvia Sidney
American actress (1910–1999).
Born August 8th, 1910 in The Bronx.
Died July 1st, 1999 at 88 years old in New York City (esophageal cancer).
Gorilla Monsoon
American professional wrestler (1937-1999).
Born June 4th, 1937 in Rochester.
Died October 6th, 1999 at 62 years old in Willingboro (heart failure).
Cassie Bernall
Victim of the columbine high school massacre (1981–1999).
Born November 6th, 1981 in Wheat Ridge.
Died April 20th, 1999 at 17 years old in Columbine (gunshot wound).
Hoyt Axton
American musician (1938–1999).
Born March 25th, 1938 in Duncan.
Died October 26th, 1999 at 61 years old in Helena (myocardial infarction).
Iron Eyes Cody
American actor (1904–1999).
Born April 3rd, 1907 in Vermilion Parish.
Died January 4th, 1999 at 91 years old in Los Angeles.
Altina Schinasi
American sculptor and filmmaker (1907–1999).
Born August 4th, 1907 in New York City.
Died August 19th, 1999 at 92 years old in Santa Fe. [ref]
Bobby Troup
American actor, jazz pianist, singer and songwriter (1918-1999).
Born October 18th, 1918 in Harrisburg.
Died February 7th, 1999 at 80 years old in Los Angeles (myocardial infarction).
Brion James
American actor (1945–1999).
Born February 20th, 1945 in Redlands.
Died August 7th, 1999 at 54 years old in Malibu (myocardial infarction).
David Strickland
American actor (1969–1999).
Born October 14th, 1969 in Glen Cove.
Died March 22nd, 1999 at 29 years old in Las Vegas (hanging to death).
Iris Murdoch
Irish-born british writer and philosopher (1919–1999).
Born July 15th, 1919 in Dublin.
Died February 8th, 1999 at 79 years old in Oxford (Alzheimer's disease). [ref]
Shankar Dayal Sharma
President of india from 1992 to 1997.
Born August 19th, 1918 in Bhopal.
Died December 26th, 1999 at 81 years old in New Delhi (myocardial infarction).
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