In the year 2019

1,323 Notable deaths

Le Duc Anh

4th president of vietnam (1920-2019).

Born December 1st, 1920 in Huế. [ref]

Died April 22nd, 2019 at 98 years old in Hanoi (stroke). [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).

Joe Armstrong

British computer scientist (1950-2019).

Born December 27th, 1950 in London.

Died April 20th, 2019 at 68 years old in Stockholm. [ref]

Isaac Promise

Nigerian footballer (1987-2019).

Born December 2nd, 1987 in Zaria. [ref]

Died October 2nd, 2019 at 31 years old in Austin (myocardial infarction). [ref]

Walter Munk

American oceanographer (1917–2019).

Born October 19th, 1917 in Vienna.

Died February 8th, 2019 at 101 years old in La Jolla.

Pal Benko

Hungarian-american chess player.

Born July 15th, 1928 in Amiens.

Died August 26th, 2019 at 91 years old in Budapest. [ref]

Robert Ryman

American artist (1930-2019).

Born May 30th, 1930 in Nashville.

Died February 8th, 2019 at 88 years old in Greenwich Village.

Bjorg Lambrecht

Belgian competitive cyclist.

Born April 2nd, 1997 in Ghent. [ref]

Died August 5th, 2019 at 22 years old in Rybnik (major trauma). [ref]

Paul Greengard

American neuroscientist (1925-2019).

Born December 11th, 1925 in New York City.

Died April 13th, 2019 at 93 years old in Manhattan. [ref]

Barbara Perry

American actress (1921-2019).

Born June 22nd, 1921.

Died May 5th, 2019 at 97 years old in Los Angeles. [ref]

Yoshiji Kigami

Animator, animation director.

Born December 28th, 1957 in Osaka Prefecture. [ref]

Died July 18th, 2019 at 61 years old in Kyoto.

Giya Kancheli

Soviet and georgian composer (1935-2019).

Born August 10th, 1935 in Tbilisi.

Died October 2nd, 2019 at 84 years old in Tbilisi. [ref]

Pim Verbeek

Dutch association football player and manager.

Born March 12th, 1956 in Rotterdam.

Died November 28th, 2019 at 63 years old in Amsterdam (cancer). [ref]

Mutaib bin Abdulaziz Al Saud

Saudi royal (1929–2019).

Born January 1st, 1929 in Riyadh.

Died December 2nd, 2019 at 90 years old in Riyadh. [ref]

Moshe Arens

Israeli diplomat, member of knesset, and professor of aeronautics (1925-2019).

Born December 27th, 1925 in Kaunas. [ref]

Died January 7th, 2019 at 93 years old in Savyon. [ref]

Nasrallah Peter Sfeir

Lebanese catholic cardinal (1920-2019).

Born May 15th, 1920 in Rayfoun. [ref]

Died May 12th, 2019 at 98 years old in Beirut (pneumonitis). [ref]

Margaret Fulton

Australian food writer (1924-2019).

Born October 6th, 1924 in Nairn.

Died July 24th, 2019 at 94 years old in Southern Highlands. [ref]

Antoine Gizenga

Congolese prime minister, candidate for president (1925 – 2019).

Born October 5th, 1925 in Mushiko.

Died February 24th, 2019 at 93 years old in Kinshasa.

Ágnes Heller

Hungarian philosopher and academic.

Born May 12th, 1929 in Budapest.

Died July 19th, 2019 at 90 years old in Balatonalmádi (drowning). [ref]

Nechama Rivlin

First lady of israel (2014-2019).

Born June 5th, 1945 in Herut.

Died June 4th, 2019 at 73 years old in Rabin Medical Center (surgical complications).

Johnny Neumann

American basketball player-coach.

Born September 11th, 1951 in Memphis.

Died April 23rd, 2019 at 67 years old in Oxford (cancer).

John Carl Buechler

American director (1952-2019).

Born June 18th, 1952 in Belleville. [ref]

Died March 17th, 2019 at 66 years old in Los Angeles (prostate cancer). [ref]

Paul Findley

American politician (1921-2019).

Born June 23rd, 1921 in Jacksonville.

Died August 9th, 2019 at 98 years old in Jacksonville. [ref]

Manfred Eigen

German biophysical chemist (1927-2019).

Born May 9th, 1927 in Bochum.

Died February 6th, 2019 at 91 years old in Göttingen. [ref]

David Hurst

German actor (1926-2019).

Born May 8th, 1926 in Berlin.

Died September 15th, 2019 at 93 years old in Berlin.

Deaths 476 to 500 of 1323

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It is the fate — the genetic and neural fate — of every human being to be a unique individual, to find his own path, to live his own life, to die his own death. Oliver Sacks