In the year 1999
677 Notable deaths
Horst Frank
German actor (1929-1999).
Born May 28th, 1929 in Lübeck. [ref]
Died May 25th, 1999 at 69 years old in Heidelberg (stroke). [ref]
František Vláčil
Czech film director and scriptwriter (1924–1999).
Born February 19th, 1924 in Český Těšín. [ref]
Died January 28th, 1999 at 74 years old in Prague. [ref]
Bai Guang
Chinese actor and singer (1921-1999).
Born June 27th, 1921 in Beijing.
Died August 27th, 1999 at 78 years old in Kuala Lumpur (colorectal cancer).
Jaime Sabines
Mexican poet.
Born March 25th, 1926 in Tuxtla Gutiérrez. [ref]
Died March 19th, 1999 at 72 years old in Mexico City. [ref]
Reiner Klimke
German equestrian (1936–1999).
Born January 14th, 1936 in Münster.
Died August 17th, 1999 at 63 years old in Münster (myocardial infarction).
Maxim Munzuk
Soviet and russian actor (1910-1999).
Born September 15th, 1910.
Died July 28th, 1999 at 88 years old in Kyzyl.
Gonzalo Torrente Ballester
Spanish galician writer.
Born June 13th, 1910 in Serantes. [ref]
Died January 27th, 1999 at 88 years old in Salamanca. [ref]
Oscar Cullmann
French theologian (1902-1999).
Born February 25th, 1902 in Strasbourg.
Died January 16th, 1999 at 96 years old in Chamonix-Mont-Blanc.
Willy Millowitsch
German actor and director (1909–1999).
Born January 8th, 1909 in Cologne.
Died September 20th, 1999 at 90 years old in Cologne (heart failure).
Deaths 341 to 350 of 677
When we finally know we are dying, and all other sentient beings are dying with us, we start to have a burning, almost heartbreaking sense of the fragility and preciousness of each moment and each being, and from this can grow a deep, clear, limitless compassion for all beings. Sogyal Rinpoche