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In the year 2019
1,325 Notable deaths
Florence Knoll
American architect (1917-2019).
Born May 24th, 1917 in Saginaw.
Died January 25th, 2019 at 101 years old in Coral Gables. [ref]
Michael Howard
English military historian (1922–2019).
Born November 29th, 1922 in Ashmore.
Died November 30th, 2019 at 97 years old in Swindon. [ref]
Jack Garfein
American director and teacher (1930-2019).
Born July 2nd, 1930 in Mukachevo.
Died December 30th, 2019 at 89 years old in United States (leukemia). [ref]
Elwyn Ralph Berlekamp
American mathematician (1940-2019).
Born September 6th, 1940 in Dover.
Died April 9th, 2019 at 78 years old in Piedmont (pulmonary fibrosis).
Norodom Buppha Devi
Princess of cambodia (1943-2019).
Born January 8th, 1943 in Phnom Penh.
Died November 18th, 2019 at 76 years old in Bangkok. [ref]
Stewart Adams
British chemist known for inventing ibuprofen.
Born April 16th, 1923 in Byfield.
Died January 30th, 2019 at 95 years old in Nottingham (pneumonia). [ref]
Yukiya Amano
Director general/international atomic energy agency (1947-2019).
Born May 9th, 1947 in Yugawara.
Died July 18th, 2019 at 72 years old in Vienna. [ref]
Dragoslav Šekularac
Serbian footballer (1937-2019).
Born November 8th, 1937 in Štip.
Died January 5th, 2019 at 81 years old in Belgrade (Alzheimer's disease). [ref]
Abdul Baset Al-Sarout
Syrian footballer/ rebel, (1992-2019).
Born January 1st, 1992 in Homs.
Died June 8th, 2019 at 27 years old in Idlib (died of wounds).
Al Alvarez
English poet, novelist, essayist and critic (1929-2019).
Born August 5th, 1929 in London.
Died September 23rd, 2019 at 90 years old in London (pneumonia). [ref]
José Nápoles
Cuban-mexican boxer (1940-2019).
Born April 13th, 1940 in Santiago de Cuba.
Died August 16th, 2019 at 79 years old in Mexico City (disease). [ref]
Meera Sanyal
Leading indian banker, independent candidate for south mumbai, president indian liberal group (1961-2019).
Born April 15th, 1961 in Kochi.
Died January 11th, 2019 at 57 years old in Mumbai (cancer).
Mitchell Feigenbaum
American mathematical physicist (1944–2019).
Born December 19th, 1944 in Philadelphia.
Died June 30th, 2019 at 74 years old in New York City (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Kylie Rae Harris
American country singer-songwriter (1989-2019).
Died September 4th, 2019 at 30 years old in Taos (car collision). [ref]
Stefano Delle Chiaie
Italian activist (1936–2019).
Born September 13th, 1936 in Caserta.
Died September 10th, 2019 at 82 years old in Rome. [ref]
Prince Georg, 3rd Duke of Hohenberg
Austrian noble and diplomat (1929-2019).
Born April 25th, 1929 in Artstetten Castle.
Died July 25th, 2019 at 90 years old [ref]
Kevin Roche
Irish-born american architect (1922-2019).
Born June 14th, 1922 in Dublin. [ref]
Died March 1st, 2019 at 96 years old in Guilford. [ref]
Jean-Pierre Marielle
French actor (1932–2019).
Born April 12th, 1932 in 13th arrondissement of Paris.
Died April 24th, 2019 at 87 years old in Saint-Cloud (disease). [ref]
Sidney Rittenberg
American academic (1921-2019).
Born August 14th, 1921 in Charleston.
Died August 24th, 2019 at 98 years old in Scottsdale. [ref]
Sara Danius
Swedish academic.
Born April 5th, 1962 in Täby. [ref]
Died October 12th, 2019 at 57 years old in Stockholm (cancer, breast cancer). [ref]
Ellen Tauscher
American politician (1951-2019).
Born November 15th, 1951 in Newark.
Died April 29th, 2019 at 67 years old in Stanford (pneumonia). [ref]
David Held
British political scientist and sociologist (1951–2019).
Born August 27th, 1951 in London.
Died March 2nd, 2019 at 67 years old in Durham.
Gorō Shimura
Japanese mathematician (1930-2019).
Born February 23rd, 1930 in Hamamatsu.
Died May 3rd, 2019 at 89 years old in Princeton.
Yulia Nachalova
Soviet and russian singer, actress and television presenter (1981–2019).
Born January 31st, 1981 in Voronezh.
Died March 16th, 2019 at 38 years old in Moscow (heart failure, sepsis, cerebral edema).
Hirokazu Kanazawa
Martial artist (1931–2019).
Born May 3rd, 1931 in Iwate Prefecture.
Died December 8th, 2019 at 88 years old [ref]
Deaths 451 to 475 of 1325
A word is dead when it is said, some say. I say it just begins to live that day. Emily Dickinson