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In the year 1999
690 Notable deaths
Benjamin Bloom
American psychologist (1913–1999).
Born February 21st, 1913 in Lansford.
Died September 13th, 1999 at 86 years old in Chicago.
Guy Mitchell
American pop singer (1927-1999).
Born February 22nd, 1927 in Detroit.
Died July 1st, 1999 at 72 years old in Las Vegas (surgical complications).
Edward Dmytryk
American film director (1908-1999).
Born September 4th, 1908 in Grand Forks.
Died July 1st, 1999 at 90 years old in Encino (kidney failure).
Zoë Lund
American performer and writer (1962–1999).
Born February 9th, 1962 in New York City.
Died April 16th, 1999 at 37 years old in Paris (drug overdose).
Mary Ainsworth
American-canadian psychologist & scholar.
Born December 1st, 1913 in Glendale.
Died March 21st, 1999 at 85 years old in Charlottesville.
Albert Popwell
American actor (1926-1999).
Born July 15th, 1926 in New York City.
Died April 9th, 1999 at 72 years old in Los Angeles.
Willie Whitelaw
British conservative politician, former home secretary and leader of the house of lords (1918-1999).
Born June 28th, 1918 in Nairn.
Died July 1st, 1999 at 81 years old in Penrith.
Kirk Alyn
American actor (1910-1999).
Born October 8th, 1910 in Oxford.
Died March 14th, 1999 at 88 years old in The Woodlands.
Amália Rodrigues
Portuguese recording artist, fado singer, actress (1920-1999).
Born July 23rd, 1920 in Fundão. [ref]
Died October 6th, 1999 at 79 years old in Lisbon (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Rex Allen
American film actor, singer and songwriter (1920–1999).
Born December 31st, 1920 in Willcox.
Died December 17th, 1999 at 78 years old in Tucson (myocardial infarction).
Lili St. Cyr
American model and burlesque performer (1918-1999).
Born June 3rd, 1918 in Minneapolis.
Died January 29th, 1999 at 80 years old in Los Angeles.
Yuri Knorozov
Soviet and russian mesoamericanist (1922-1999).
Born November 19th, 1922 in Kharkiv.
Died March 30th, 1999 at 76 years old in Saint Petersburg (pneumonia).
M. N. Srinivas
Indian anthropologist.
Born November 16th, 1916 in Mysore. [ref]
Died November 30th, 1999 at 83 years old [ref]
Fabrizio De André
Italian singer-songwriter (1940-1999).
Born February 18th, 1940 in Genoa.
Died January 11th, 1999 at 58 years old in Milan (lung cancer).
Hillary Brooke
American film actress (1914–1999).
Born September 8th, 1914 in Astoria. [ref]
Died May 25th, 1999 at 84 years old in Bonsall. [ref]
Lois Hamilton
American model, actress, artist, author, and aviator (1952–1999).
Born October 14th, 1943 in Philadelphia.
Died December 23rd, 1999 at 56 years old in Rio de Janeiro (drug overdose).
Candy Candido
American actor (1913–1999).
Born December 25th, 1913 in New Orleans.
Died May 19th, 1999 at 85 years old in Burbank.
Jerzy Grotowski
Polish theatre director.
Born August 11th, 1933 in Rzeszów. [ref]
Died January 14th, 1999 at 65 years old in Pontedera. [ref]
Ted Arison
Israeli billionaire businessman and philanthropist (1924-1999).
Born February 24th, 1924 in Zichron Yaakov.
Died October 1st, 1999 at 75 years old in Tel-Aviv (myocardial infarction).
Abul Hasan Ali Hasani Nadwi
Indian islamic scholar, thinker, author, orator and critic of arab nationalist (1913–1999).
Born December 5th, 1913 in Raebareli.
Died December 31st, 1999 at 86 years old in Raebareli. [ref]
Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa
1st emir of bahrain.
Died March 6th, 1999 at 65 years old in Manama (myocardial infarction).
Gertrude B. Elion
American biochemist and pharmacologist (1918–1999).
Born January 23rd, 1918 in New York.
Died February 21st, 1999 at 81 years old in Chapel Hill.
Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai
Novelist and short story writer of malayalam language (1912–1999).
Born April 17th, 1912 in Thakazhy.
Died April 10th, 1999 at 86 years old in Alappuzha.
Douglas Seale
British actor (1913–1999).
Born October 28th, 1913 in London.
Died June 13th, 1999 at 85 years old in New York City (pneumonia).
Roy Chiao
Chinese actor (1927-1999).
Born March 16th, 1927 in Shanghai.
Died April 15th, 1999 at 72 years old in Seattle.
Deaths 126 to 150 of 690
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