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March 19th
139 Notable deaths
Nasir Hussain
Indian film director.
Born February 3rd, 1931 in Bhopal.
Died March 19th, 2002 at 71 years old in Mumbai (cardiovascular disease).
Willem de Kooning
Dutch painter (1904-1997).
Born April 24th, 1904 in Rotterdam. [ref]
Died March 19th, 1997 at 92 years old in Long Island, East Hampton (Alzheimer's disease). [ref]
Harry Reems
American pornographic actor (1947–2013).
Born August 27th, 1947 in The Bronx. [ref]
Died March 19th, 2013 at 65 years old in Salt Lake City (pancreatic cancer). [ref]
Louis de Broglie
Nobel laureate credited to pioneer the discovery of wave character of matter.
Born August 15th, 1892 in Dieppe.
Died March 19th, 1987 at 94 years old in Louveciennes.
Paul Kossoff
English guitarist.
Born September 14th, 1950 in Hampstead. [ref]
Died March 19th, 1976 at 25 years old in Los Angeles. [ref]
Paul Scofield
English actor (1922-2008).
Born January 21st, 1922 in West Sussex. [ref]
Died March 19th, 2008 at 86 years old in Sussex (leukemia). [ref]
Peter Whittingham
English footballer (1984–2020).
Born September 8th, 1984 in Nuneaton.
Died March 19th, 2020 at 35 years old in University Hospital of Wales (head injury). [ref]
E. M. S. Namboodiripad
Indian communist politician and theorist and first chief minister of kerala state (1909-1998).
Born June 13th, 1909 in Perintalmanna.
Died March 19th, 1998 at 88 years old in Thiruvananthapuram.
Edward Platt
Actor (1916-1974).
Born February 14th, 1916 in Staten Island.
Died March 19th, 1974 at 58 years old in Santa Monica.
Jimmy Breslin
A writer.
Born October 17th, 1928 in Jamaica. [ref]
Died March 19th, 2017 at 88 years old in Manhattan (pneumonia). [ref]
Deaths 11 to 20 of 139
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