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In the year 2019
1,323 Notable deaths
Bob Rule
American basketball player (1944–2019).
Born June 29th, 1944 in Riverside.
Died September 5th, 2019 at 75 years old in Riverside. [ref]
Doris Merrick
American actress and model (1919-2019).
Born June 6th, 1919 in Chicago. [ref]
Died November 30th, 2019 at 100 years old in Yuma. [ref]
Harry Kupfer
German opera director (1935–2019).
Born August 12th, 1935 in Berlin. [ref]
Died December 30th, 2019 at 84 years old in Berlin (disease). [ref]
Charles Gérard
French actor and film director (1922–2019).
Born December 1st, 1922 in Istanbul.
Died September 19th, 2019 at 96 years old in Versailles. [ref]
Ira Gitler
American sports journalist and music critic (1928-2019).
Born December 18th, 1928 in Brooklyn.
Died February 23rd, 2019 at 90 years old in New York City.
Elaine Feinstein
Poet, novelist, short-story writer, playwright, biographer and translator (1930-2019).
Born October 24th, 1930 in Bootle.
Died September 23rd, 2019 at 88 years old in London. [ref]
Prosper Grech
Maltese cardinal (1925-2019).
Born December 24th, 1925 in Birgu.
Died December 30th, 2019 at 94 years old in Rome. [ref]
Andrea Pollack
East german swimmer.
Born May 8th, 1961 in Schwerin.
Died March 11th, 2019 at 57 years old in Berlin (pancreatic cancer).
Harry Joseph Flynn
Roman catholic archbishop (1933–2019).
Born May 2nd, 1933 in Schenectady.
Died September 22nd, 2019 at 86 years old in Saint Paul (cancer). [ref]
Enriqueta Basilio
Mexican athlete (1948–2019).
Born July 15th, 1948 in Mexicali.
Died October 26th, 2019 at 71 years old in Mexico City (pneumonia). [ref]
Jan Ruff O'Herne
Dutch-australian human rights activist campaigning against war rape.
Born January 18th, 1923 in Bandung.
Died August 19th, 2019 at 96 years old in Adelaide. [ref]
Atli Eðvaldsson
Icelandic association football player and coach (1957–2019).
Born March 3rd, 1957 in Reykjavík.
Died September 2nd, 2019 at 62 years old in Reykjavík (pancreatic cancer). [ref]
Pino Caruso
Italian actor (1934–2019).
Born October 12th, 1934 in Palermo.
Died March 7th, 2019 at 84 years old in Rome (Parkinson's disease). [ref]
Don Bragg
American athletics competitor (1935–2019).
Born May 15th, 1935 in Penns Grove.
Died February 16th, 2019 at 83 years old in Oakley (disease). [ref]
Nanni Galli
Italian racing driver.
Born October 2nd, 1940 in Bologna.
Died October 12th, 2019 at 79 years old in Prato. [ref]
Penny Whetton
Australian climatologist, trans activist.
Born January 5th, 1958 in Melbourne.
Died September 11th, 2019 at 61 years old in Sisters Beach. [ref]
Meir Shamgar
Israeli judge and former attorney general of israel (1925–2019).
Born August 13th, 1925 in Gdańsk.
Died October 18th, 2019 at 94 years old in Tel Aviv. [ref]
Katherine MacLean
American science fiction author (1925-2019).
Born January 22nd, 1925 in Glen Ridge.
Died September 1st, 2019 at 94 years old [ref]
Mary L. Good
American chemist (1931–2019).
Born June 20th, 1931 in Grapevine.
Died November 20th, 2019 at 88 years old in Little Rock. [ref]
José Terrón
Spanish actor (1939-2019).
Born July 5th, 1939 in Madrid.
Died May 12th, 2019 at 79 years old in Benidorm. [ref]
Mario Monje
Bolivian politician (1929-2019).
Born March 29th, 1929 in Irupana.
Died January 15th, 2019 at 89 years old in Moscow. [ref]
Rafael Sánchez Ferlosio
Writer from spain (1927-2019).
Born December 4th, 1927 in Rome.
Died April 1st, 2019 at 91 years old in Madrid. [ref]
Nanni Balestrini
Italian poet, author and artist (1935–2019).
Died May 20th, 2019 at 83 years old in Rome.
Žarko Varajić
Basketball player (1951–2019).
Born December 26th, 1951 in Nikšić.
Died June 23rd, 2019 at 67 years old in Belgrade. [ref]
Michael E. Krauss
American linguist (1934-2019).
Born August 15th, 1934 in Cleveland.
Died August 11th, 2019 at 84 years old in Needham.
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