In the year 1999
756 Notable deaths
Rudolf Kárpáti
Hungarian fencer (1920-1999).
Born July 17th, 1920 in Budapest.
Died February 1st, 1999 at 78 years old in Budapest.
Ramón Rubial
Spanish politician (1906–1999).
Born October 28th, 1906 in Erandio.
Died May 24th, 1999 at 92 years old in Bilbao (heart failure).
Yury Vasilyevich Malyshev
Soviet cosmonaut (1941-1999).
Born August 27th, 1941 in Nikolayevsk.
Died November 8th, 1999 at 58 years old in Zvyozdny gorodok.
Heinrich Schmid
Swiss linguist (1921-1999).
Born April 6th, 1921 in Zurich.
Died February 23rd, 1999 at 77 years old in Zurich.
Leyla Badirbeyli
Azerbaijani actress (1920–1999).
Born January 8th, 1920 in Baku.
Died November 23rd, 1999 at 79 years old in Baku.
Emil Andres
American open-wheel racing driver.
Born July 22nd, 1911 in Tinley Park.
Died July 20th, 1999 at 87 years old in South Holland.
Anahit Tsitsikian
Armenian violinist, musicologist, teacher (1926–1999).
Born August 26th, 1926 in Saint Petersburg.
Died May 2nd, 1999 at 72 years old in Yerevan.
Sophie Lihau-N'Kanza
Congolese politician (1940-1999).
Born February 8th, 1940 in Kinshasa.
Died April 2nd, 1999 at 59 years old in Kinshasa.
Ernesto Melo Antunes
Portuguese politician (1933-1999).
Born October 2nd, 1933 in Lisbon.
Died August 10th, 1999 at 65 years old in Sintra.
Birgit Cullberg
Swedish ballet choreographer (1908-1999).
Born August 3rd, 1908 in Nikolai church parish. [ref]
Died September 9th, 1999 at 91 years old in Stockholm. [ref]
Jeanne-Marie Darré
French pianist (1905–1999).
Born July 30th, 1905 in Givet.
Died January 26th, 1999 at 93 years old in Le Port-Marly.
Emilio Aldecoa
Footballer (1922-1999).
Born November 30th, 1922 in Bilbao.
Died September 4th, 1999 at 76 years old in Lloret de Mar.
Ara Harutyunyan
Soviet sculptor and artist (1928-1999).
Born March 28th, 1928 in Yerevan.
Died February 28th, 1999 at 70 years old in Yerevan.
Giovan Battista Carpi
Italian comic book writer and illustrator (1927–1999).
Born November 16th, 1927 in Genoa.
Died March 8th, 1999 at 71 years old in Genoa.
Martin Hellberg
German film director, screenwriter, film and stage actor (1905–1999).
Born January 31st, 1905 in Dresden.
Died October 31st, 1999 at 94 years old in Bad Berka.
Fritzi Burger
Austrian figure skater.
Born June 6th, 1910 in Vienna. [ref]
Died February 16th, 1999 at 88 years old in Bad Gastein. [ref]
Fakir Baykurt
Turkish writer and teacher (1929–1999).
Born June 15th, 1929 in Burdur.
Died November 11th, 1999 at 70 years old in Essen.
Leo Valiani
(1909-1999) historian, politician, anti-fascist.
Born February 9th, 1909 in Rijeka.
Died September 18th, 1999 at 90 years old in Milan.
Jean Coulomb
French mathematician and geophysicist (1904–1999).
Born November 7th, 1904 in Blida.
Died February 26th, 1999 at 94 years old in Versailles.
Olga Orozco
Argentine writer (1920-1999).
Born March 17th, 1920 in Toay.
Died August 15th, 1999 at 79 years old in Buenos Aires (cardiovascular disease).
Franz Peter Wirth
Film director (1919–1999).
Born September 22nd, 1919 in Munich.
Died October 17th, 1999 at 80 years old in Berg.
Władysław Hasior
Polish artist (1928-1999).
Born May 14th, 1928 in Nowy Sącz.
Died July 14th, 1999 at 71 years old in Kraków.
Sid Patterson
Australian racing cyclist (1927-1999).
Born August 14th, 1927 in Melbourne.
Died November 29th, 1999 at 72 years old in Sydney (liver cancer).
Liselott Linsenhoff
German equestrian and entrepreneur (1927–1999).
Born August 25th, 1927 in Frankfurt.
Died August 4th, 1999 at 71 years old in Antibes.
Rut Bryk
Finnish ceramist (1916–1999).
Born October 18th, 1916 in Stockholm.
Died November 14th, 1999 at 83 years old in Helsinki.
Deaths 551 to 575 of 756
When people don’t express themselves, they die one piece at a time. Laurie Halse Anderson