In the year 2019
1,245 Notable deaths
Ric Ocasek
American musician (1944–2019).
Born March 23rd, 1944 in Baltimore. [ref]
Died September 15th, 2019 at 75 years old in Manhattan (heart disease). [ref]
Arun Jaitley
Indian politician and attorney (1952–2019).
Born December 28th, 1952 in New Delhi.
Died August 24th, 2019 at 66 years old in All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi (cancer). [ref]
John Singleton
American film director, screenwriter, and producer (1968–2019).
Born January 6th, 1968 in Los Angeles. [ref]
Died April 29th, 2019 at 51 years old in Los Angeles (stroke, arterial hypertension, cerebral hemorrhage). [ref]
Diahann Carroll
American actress, singer, model and activist (1935-2019).
Born July 17th, 1935 in The Bronx.
Died October 4th, 2019 at 84 years old in Los Angeles (cancer). [ref]
Valerie Harper
American actress (1939-2019).
Born August 22nd, 1939 in Suffern.
Died August 30th, 2019 at 80 years old in Los Angeles (meningeal carcinomatosis). [ref]
Lee Iacocca
American businessman (1924–2019).
Born October 15th, 1924 in Allentown.
Died July 2nd, 2019 at 94 years old in Bel Air (Parkinson's disease). [ref]
Bob Einstein
American comedian, actor (1942–2019).
Born November 20th, 1942 in Los Angeles.
Died January 2nd, 2019 at 76 years old in Indian Wells (leukemia). [ref]
Ginger Baker
English drummer (1939–2019).
Born August 19th, 1939 in Lewisham.
Died October 6th, 2019 at 80 years old in Canterbury. [ref]
Peter Mayhew
British-american actor.
Born May 19th, 1944 in Barnes.
Died April 30th, 2019 at 74 years old in Boyd (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Lee Radziwill
American socialite (1933–2019).
Born March 3rd, 1933 in Doctors Hospital.
Died February 15th, 2019 at 85 years old in New York City. [ref]
Marie Fredriksson
Swedish singer, songwriter, pianist and painter (1958–2019).
Born May 30th, 1958 in Össjö församling.
Died December 9th, 2019 at 61 years old in Danderyd (brain cancer). [ref]
Bobby Joe Long
American serial killer and rapist (1953-2019).
Born October 14th, 1953 in Kenova.
Died May 23rd, 2019 at 65 years old in Florida State Prison (lethal injection).
Peter Tork
American musician and actor (1942–2019).
Born February 13th, 1942 in Washington, D.C..
Died February 21st, 2019 at 77 years old in Mansfield (adenoid cystic carcinoma). [ref]
René Auberjonois
American actor.
Born June 1st, 1940 in New York City.
Died December 8th, 2019 at 79 years old in Los Angeles (lung cancer). [ref]
Emiliano Sala
Argentine association football player (1990-2019).
Born October 31st, 1990 in Cululú.
Died January 21st, 2019 at 28 years old in English Channel (aircraft crash). [ref]
Eddie Money
American musician and singer-songwriter (1949–2019).
Born March 21st, 1949 in Brooklyn.
Died September 13th, 2019 at 70 years old in Los Angeles (esophageal cancer). [ref]
John Witherspoon
American actor (1942–2019).
Born January 27th, 1942 in Detroit.
Died October 29th, 2019 at 77 years old in Sherman Oaks (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Ram Dass
American spiritual teacher, author and psychologist.
Born April 6th, 1931 in Boston.
Died December 22nd, 2019 at 88 years old in Maui. [ref]
Goo Hara
South korean pop singer (1991–2019).
Born January 3rd, 1991 in Gwangju. [ref]
Died November 24th, 2019 at 28 years old in Seoul. [ref]
Elijah Cummings
American politician (1951-2019).
Born January 18th, 1951 in Baltimore.
Died October 17th, 2019 at 68 years old in Baltimore.
Ashley Massaro
American professional wrestler, reality television contestant and model (1979-2019).
Born May 26th, 1979 in New York City.
Died May 16th, 2019 at 39 years old in Smithtown (hanging). [ref]
Jessi Combs
American racing driver (1980-2019).
Born July 27th, 1980 in Rapid City.
Died August 27th, 2019 at 39 years old in Alvord Desert (car collision). [ref]
Carol Channing
American actress (1921–2019).
Born January 31st, 1921 in Seattle.
Died January 15th, 2019 at 97 years old in Rancho Mirage (cerebrovascular disease). [ref]
David H. Koch
American billionaire heir and businessman.
Born May 3rd, 1940 in Wichita. [ref]
Died August 23rd, 2019 at 79 years old in Southampton (prostate cancer). [ref]
Barron Hilton
American hotelier (1927-2019).
Born October 23rd, 1927 in Dallas.
Died September 19th, 2019 at 91 years old in Los Angeles. [ref]
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It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live. Marcus Aurelius