In the year 2019
1,326 Notable deaths
Hubert Hahne
Racecar driver (1935–2019).
Born March 28th, 1935 in Moers.
Died April 24th, 2019 at 84 years old in Düsseldorf (dementia). [ref]
Vilhjálmur Einarsson
Icelandic athlete (1934-2019).
Born June 5th, 1934 in Reyðarfjörður.
Died December 28th, 2019 at 85 years old in Reykjavík. [ref]
Aquilino Pimentel, Jr.
President of the senate of the philippines from 2000 to 2001.
Born December 11th, 1933 in Claveria.
Died October 20th, 2019 at 85 years old in Manila (pneumonia). [ref]
Sadou Hayatou
Prime minister of cameroon (1942-2019).
Born February 15th, 1942 in Garoua.
Died August 1st, 2019 at 77 years old in Geneva. [ref]
Anne Grete Preus
Norwegian musician (1957-2019).
Born May 22nd, 1957 in Haugesund hospital.
Died August 25th, 2019 at 62 years old (kidney neoplasm). [ref]
Murad Madalsi
Algerian politician (1943-2019).
Born April 30th, 1943 in Tlemcen.
Died January 28th, 2019 at 75 years old in Algiers (cerebral hemorrhage). [ref]
Sasson Somekh
Iraqi-israeli arabist and translator.
Born September 21st, 1933 in Baghdad.
Died August 18th, 2019 at 85 years old in Tel Aviv. [ref]
Albert Razin
Russian ethnographer and udmurt language activist.
Born June 12th, 1940 in Kuzyumovo.
Died September 10th, 2019 at 79 years old in Izhevsk (self-immolation). [ref]
Molara Ogundipe
Nigerian writer.
Born December 27th, 1940 in Lagos. [ref]
Died June 18th, 2019 at 78 years old in Ijebu Igbo. [ref]
Shahla Riahi
Iranian actress (1926–2019).
Born February 7th, 1927 in Tehran.
Died December 31st, 2019 at 92 years old in Tehran (Alzheimer's disease, dementia). [ref]
Vyacheslav Ovchinnikov
Soviet and russian composer, conductor (1936–2019).
Born May 29th, 1936 in Voronezh.
Died February 4th, 2019 at 82 years old in Moscow. [ref]
Louis-Christophe Zaleski-Zamenhof
Polish-french engineer and esperantist.
Born January 23rd, 1925 in Warsaw.
Died October 9th, 2019 at 94 years old in Antony. [ref]
Peter Mikkelsen
Danish football referee (1960-2019).
Born May 1st, 1960 in Copenhagen.
Died January 30th, 2019 at 58 years old (cancer). [ref]
Humphrey Mijnals
Dutch-surinamese footballer (1930-2019).
Born December 21st, 1930 in Moengo.
Died July 27th, 2019 at 88 years old in Utrecht. [ref]
Alessandra Panaro
Italian actress (1939–2019).
Born December 14th, 1939 in Rome.
Died May 1st, 2019 at 79 years old in Geneva. [ref]
Vicente Álvarez Areces
Politician (1943–2019).
Born August 4th, 1943 in Gijón.
Died January 17th, 2019 at 75 years old in Gijón (cerebral infarction).
Martin Böttcher
German composer (1927-2019).
Born June 17th, 1927 in Berlin.
Died April 19th, 2019 at 91 years old in Westerrönfeld (cancer). [ref]
Claude Goretta
Swiss film director (1929–2019).
Born June 23rd, 1929 in Geneva.
Died February 20th, 2019 at 89 years old in Geneva. [ref]
Egon Zimmermann
Austrian alpine skier (1939–2019).
Born February 8th, 1939 in Lech.
Died August 23rd, 2019 at 80 years old in Lech (multiple sclerosis). [ref]
Imata Kabua
Former president of the marshall islands (1943-2019).
Born May 20th, 1943 in Kwajalein Atoll. [ref]
Died September 18th, 2019 at 76 years old in Honolulu.
Lho Shin-yong
South korean politician (1930-2019).
Born February 28th, 1930 in Kangso.
Died October 21st, 2019 at 89 years old in Seoul.
Gunder Bengtsson
Swedish football manager (1946-2019).
Born February 2nd, 1946 in Torsby.
Died August 2nd, 2019 at 73 years old in Härjedalen Municipality. [ref]
Anke Fuchs
German politician (1937–2019).
Born July 5th, 1937 in Hamburg.
Died October 14th, 2019 at 82 years old in Wilhelmshaven. [ref]
Matti Ahde
Finnish politician (1945-2019).
Born December 23rd, 1945 in Oulu.
Died December 20th, 2019 at 73 years old in Helsinki (pancreatic cancer). [ref]
Deaths 876 to 900 of 1326
Let children walk with Nature, let them see the beautiful blendings and communions of death and life, their joyous inseparable unity, as taught in woods and meadows, plains and mountains and streams of our blessed star, and they will learn that death is stingless indeed, and as beautiful as life. John Muir