In the year 2019
1,323 Notable deaths
John Mbiti
Kenyan philosopher (1931–2019).
Born November 30th, 1931 in Kenya Colony.
Died October 5th, 2019 at 87 years old in Burgdorf.
Fernando J. Corbató
American computer scientist (1926–2019).
Born July 1st, 1926 in Oakland.
Died July 12th, 2019 at 93 years old in Newburyport (diabetes). [ref]
Alberto Cortez
Argentine singer (1940-2019).
Born March 11th, 1940 in Rancul, Rancul Department.
Died April 4th, 2019 at 79 years old in Madrid, Móstoles.
Nadia Toffa
Italian journalist (1979–2019).
Born June 10th, 1979 in Brescia. [ref]
Died August 13th, 2019 at 40 years old in Brescia (brain cancer). [ref]
Harry Hughes
American politician (1926-2019).
Born November 13th, 1926 in Easton. [ref]
Died March 13th, 2019 at 92 years old in Denton (pneumonia). [ref]
Justin Raimondo
American activist.
Born November 18th, 1951 in White Plains.
Died June 27th, 2019 at 67 years old in Sebastopol (cancer).
Don Alden Adams
American watch tower society president (1925–2019).
Born January 16th, 1925 in Oak Park.
Died December 30th, 2019 at 94 years old [ref]
Roger Béteille
French aeronautical engineer (1921-2019).
Born August 21st, 1921 in Vors.
Died June 14th, 2019 at 97 years old [ref]
Tim Sullivan
American film director, producer, actor, and screenwriter.
Born July 2nd, 1964 in Plainfield.
Died May 18th, 2019 at 54 years old [ref]
Georgiy Daneliya
Soviet film director and screenwriter (1930–2019).
Born August 25th, 1930 in Tbilisi.
Died April 4th, 2019 at 88 years old in Moscow (heart failure).
Chuck Peddle
American electrical engineer (1937-2019).
Born November 25th, 1937 in Bangor. [ref]
Died December 15th, 2019 at 82 years old in Santa Cruz (pancreatic cancer). [ref]
Wataru Misaka
American basketball player (1923–2019).
Born December 21st, 1923 in Ogden. [ref]
Died November 20th, 2019 at 95 years old in Salt Lake City. [ref]
Negasso Gidada
Ethiopian president (1943-2019).
Born September 3rd, 1943 in Dembi Dollo.
Died April 27th, 2019 at 75 years old in Frankfurt (disease). [ref]
Valery Bykovsky
Soviet cosmonaut (1934-2019).
Born August 2nd, 1934 in Pavlovsky Posad.
Died March 27th, 2019 at 84 years old in Leonikha. [ref]
Phillip E. Johnson
American legal academic (1940-2019).
Born June 18th, 1940 in Aurora.
Died November 2nd, 2019 at 79 years old in Berkeley. [ref]
Unita Blackwell
American civil rights activist (1933–2019).
Born March 18th, 1933 in Coahoma County, Lula. [ref]
Died May 13th, 2019 at 86 years old in Biloxi (dementia). [ref]
Harold Mabern
American pianist (1936-2019).
Born March 20th, 1936 in Memphis.
Died September 17th, 2019 at 83 years old [ref]
Wallace Broecker
American geochronologist and oceanographer (1931–2019).
Born November 29th, 1931 in Chicago. [ref]
Died February 18th, 2019 at 87 years old in Manhattan (congestive heart failure). [ref]
Roger Etchegaray
French cardinal (1922–2019).
Born September 25th, 1922 in Espelette. [ref]
Died September 4th, 2019 at 96 years old in Cambo-les-Bains. [ref]
Klaus Kinkel
Chairman of the fdp (1936-2019).
Born December 17th, 1936 in Metzingen.
Died March 4th, 2019 at 82 years old in Sankt Augustin. [ref]
Okwui Enwezor
Nigerian-american curator (1963-2019).
Born October 23rd, 1963 in Calabar.
Died March 15th, 2019 at 55 years old in Munich (multiple myeloma). [ref]
William Levada
American catholic cardinal (1936–2019).
Born June 15th, 1936 in Long Beach.
Died September 26th, 2019 at 83 years old in Rome.
Barbara Hammer
American filmmaker (1939-2019).
Born May 15th, 1939 in Hollywood. [ref]
Died March 16th, 2019 at 79 years old in Manhattan (ovarian cancer). [ref]
Godfried Danneels
Belgian cardinal of the roman catholic church (1933-2019).
Born June 4th, 1933 in Kanegem.
Died March 14th, 2019 at 85 years old in Mechelen. [ref]
Nathan Glazer
American sociologist (1923–2019).
Born February 25th, 1923 in New York City.
Died January 19th, 2019 at 95 years old in Cambridge. [ref]
Deaths 526 to 550 of 1323
No one really knows why they are alive until they know what they’d die for. Martin Luther King Jr.