In the year 1999
677 Notable deaths
Georges Aeby
Swiss footballer (1913–1999).
Born September 21st, 1913 in Fribourg.
Died December 15th, 1999 at 86 years old
Wallace Diestelmeyer
Figure skater (1926-1999).
Born July 14th, 1926 in Kitchener.
Died December 23rd, 1999 at 73 years old in Oakville.
Al Bates
American long jumper.
Born April 24th, 1905 in Philadelphia.
Died June 9th, 1999 at 94 years old in Philadelphia.
Erwin Blask
Athletics competitor (1910–1999).
Born March 20th, 1910 in Wydminy.
Died February 6th, 1999 at 88 years old in Frankfurt.
Thelma Kalama
American swimmer (1931–1999).
Born March 24th, 1931 in Honolulu.
Died May 17th, 1999 at 68 years old in Honolulu.
Violet Rose Olney
British athlete.
Born May 22nd, 1911 in London Borough of Southwark.
Died January 3rd, 1999 at 87 years old in Addlestone. [ref]
Tamara Konstantinova
Russian aircraft pilot (1919–1999).
Born November 7th, 1919.
Died July 28th, 1999 at 79 years old in Voronezh.
Solomiia Pavlychko
Ukrainian literary critic and philosopher (1958–1999).
Born December 15th, 1958 in Lviv.
Died December 31st, 1999 at 41 years old in Kyiv (carbon monoxide poisoning).
Regina Ghazaryan
Armenian painter (1915–1999).
Born April 17th, 1915 in Yerevan.
Died November 6th, 1999 at 84 years old in Yerevan.
Bernardin Mungul Diaka
Prime minister of the democratic republic of the congo (1933-1999).
Born November 12th, 1933 in Bandundu Province.
Died June 3rd, 1999 at 65 years old in Kinshasa.
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Death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be because death is very likely the single best invention of life. It is life’s change agent, it clears out the old to make way for the new. Steve Jobs