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In the year 1999
621 Notable deaths
Hermine Braunsteiner
Austrian concentration camp guard.
Born July 16th, 1919 in Vienna.
Died April 19th, 1999 at 79 years old in Bochum.
Michel Petrucciani
French jazz pianist.
Born December 28th, 1962 in Orange. [ref]
Died January 6th, 1999 at 36 years old in New York City. [ref]
Jay Pritzker
American businessman; uncle of j.b. pritzker.
Born August 26th, 1922 in Chicago.
Died January 23rd, 1999 at 76 years old in Chicago.
John Archer
American actor (1915-1999).
Born May 8th, 1915 in Osceola.
Died December 5th, 1999 at 84 years old in Redmond (lung cancer). [ref]
Doug Sahm
American musician, singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist (1941–1999).
Born November 6th, 1941 in San Antonio.
Died November 18th, 1999 at 58 years old in Taos (myocardial infarction).
Al Hirt
American trumpeter and bandleader (1922–1999).
Born November 7th, 1922 in New Orleans.
Died April 27th, 1999 at 76 years old in New Orleans (liver disease).
Garson Kanin
American film and theatre director, playwright, screenwriter (1912-1999).
Born November 24th, 1912 in Rochester.
Died November 24th, 1999 at 87 years old in New York City.
Skip Spence
Canadian-born american musician.
Born April 18th, 1946 in Windsor.
Died April 16th, 1999 at 52 years old in Santa Cruz (lung cancer).
Benjamin Bloom
American psychologist.
Born February 21st, 1913 in Lansford.
Died September 13th, 1999 at 86 years old in Chicago.
Mary Ainsworth
American-canadian psychologist & scholar.
Born December 1st, 1913 in Glendale.
Died March 21st, 1999 at 85 years old in Charlottesville.
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