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In the year 2019
1,325 Notable deaths
Alicia Alonso
Cuban prima ballerina assoluta and choreographer (1920-2019).
Born December 21st, 1920 in Havana. [ref]
Died October 17th, 2019 at 98 years old in Havana. [ref]
Larry Taylor
American bassist (1942–2019).
Born June 26th, 1942 in New York City.
Died August 19th, 2019 at 77 years old in Los Angeles (lung cancer). [ref]
Fritz Hollings
Politician from the united states (1922-2019).
Born January 1st, 1922 in Charleston.
Died April 6th, 2019 at 97 years old in Isle of Palms. [ref]
Sheila Mercier
British actress (1919-2019).
Born January 1st, 1919 in Kingston upon Hull.
Died December 13th, 2019 at 100 years old in London. [ref]
Tony Buzan
English author and educational consultant (1942–2019).
Born June 2nd, 1942 in London.
Died April 13th, 2019 at 76 years old in Oxford (myocardial infarction). [ref]
DJ Arafat
Ivorian musician, singer and record producer (1986-2019).
Born January 26th, 1986 in Yopougon. [ref]
Died August 12th, 2019 at 33 years old in Abidjan (traffic collision). [ref]
Muriel Pavlow
British actress (1921-2019).
Died January 19th, 2019 at 97 years old in London (disease). [ref]
Dave Bartholomew
American musician, bandleader, composer, arranger, and record producer (1918–2019).
Born December 24th, 1918 in Edgard.
Died June 23rd, 2019 at 100 years old in Metairie (heart failure). [ref]
Bad Azz
American rapper (1975–2019).
Born November 27th, 1975 in Hawaiian Gardens.
Died November 11th, 2019 at 43 years old in Riverside. [ref]
Peggy Stewart
American actress (1923–2019).
Born June 5th, 1923 in West Palm Beach.
Died May 29th, 2019 at 95 years old in Valencia. [ref]
Susan Bernard
American actress (1948-2019).
Born February 11th, 1948 in Los Angeles.
Died June 21st, 2019 at 71 years old in Los Angeles (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Fazle Hasan Abed
Bangladeshi social worker and the founder of brac.
Born April 27th, 1936 in Baniachang Upazila.
Died December 20th, 2019 at 83 years old in Dhaka (brain cancer). [ref]
Rudolf von Ribbentrop
German ss officer (1921–2019).
Born May 11th, 1921 in Wiesbaden.
Died May 20th, 2019 at 98 years old in Ratingen. [ref]
Yury Luzhkov
Russian politician (1936–2019).
Born September 21st, 1936 in Moscow.
Died December 10th, 2019 at 83 years old in Munich (surgical complications). [ref]
Ismail Petra of Kelantan
Sultan of kelantan (1949-2019).
Born November 11th, 1949 in Kota Bharu.
Died September 28th, 2019 at 69 years old in Kota Bharu.
Christopher C. Kraft
American aerospace engineer (1924–2019).
Born February 28th, 1924 in Phoebus.
Died July 22nd, 2019 at 95 years old in Houston. [ref]
Andrew G. Vajna
Hungarian film producer (1944–2019).
Born August 1st, 1944 in Budapest. [ref]
Died January 20th, 2019 at 74 years old in Budapest (disease). [ref]
Sid Sheinberg
American lawyer and entertainment executive (1935-2019).
Born January 14th, 1935 in Corpus Christi.
Died March 7th, 2019 at 84 years old in Beverly Hills.
Owen K. Garriott
American electrical engineer and astronaut (1930-2019).
Born November 22nd, 1930 in Enid.
Died April 15th, 2019 at 88 years old in Huntsville. [ref]
Johanna Lindsey
American writer (1952 – 2019).
Born March 10th, 1952 in Frankfurt.
Died October 27th, 2019 at 67 years old in Nashua (lung cancer). [ref]
W. S. Merwin
American poet (1927–2019).
Born September 30th, 1927 in New York City.
Died March 15th, 2019 at 91 years old in Haiku (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Raymond Poulidor
French cyclist (1936–2019).
Born April 15th, 1936 in Masbaraud-Mérignat. [ref]
Died November 13th, 2019 at 83 years old in Saint-Léonard-de-Noblat (pulmonary edema). [ref]
Shriram Lagoo
Indian actor.
Born November 16th, 1927 in Satara district.
Died December 17th, 2019 at 92 years old in Pune (cardiac arrest). [ref]
Annalise Braakensiek
Australian model and actress.
Born December 9th, 1972 in Sydney.
Died January 6th, 2019 at 46 years old in Potts Point (angina pectoris). [ref]
Alvin Sargent
American screenwriter (1927–2019).
Born April 12th, 1927 in Philadelphia.
Died May 9th, 2019 at 92 years old in Seattle. [ref]
Deaths 326 to 350 of 1325
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