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).
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).
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).
Died February 6th, 2019 at 91 years old in Göttingen. [ref]
Deaths 476 to 500 of 1323
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