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In the year 2019
1,323 Notable deaths
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]
Abdul Hamid
Pakistani field hockey player (1927–2019).
Born January 7th, 1927 in Bannu.
Died July 11th, 2019 at 92 years old in Rawalpindi. [ref]
Frans Andriessen
Dutch politician and businessman (1929–2019).
Born April 2nd, 1929 in Utrecht.
Died March 22nd, 2019 at 89 years old in De Bilt. [ref]
Ella Vogelaar
Dutch politician, trade unionist and social worker (1949-2019).
Born December 23rd, 1949 in Steenbergen.
Died October 7th, 2019 at 69 years old in Utrecht. [ref]
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