In the year 1999
621 Notable deaths
Gertrude B. Elion
American biochemist and pharmacologist.
Born January 23rd, 1918 in New York City. [ref]
Died February 21st, 1999 at 81 years old in Chapel Hill. [ref]
Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai
Novelist and short story writer of malayalam language.
Born April 17th, 1912 in Thakazhy. [ref]
Died April 10th, 1999 at 86 years old in Alappuzha. [ref]
Henri d’Orléans
Head of the house of orléans (1940-1999).
Born July 5th, 1908 in Le Nouvion-en-Thiérache. [ref]
Died June 19th, 1999 at 90 years old in Cherisy (prostate cancer). [ref]
Lili St. Cyr
American model and burlesque performer (1918-1999).
Born June 3rd, 1918 in Minneapolis.
Died January 29th, 1999 at 80 years old in Los Angeles.
Barış Manço
Turkish musician.
Born January 2nd, 1943 in Istanbul.
Died February 1st, 1999 at 56 years old in Kadıköy (myocardial infarction).
John Chafee
United states senator (1922–1999).
Born October 22nd, 1922 in Providence.
Died October 24th, 1999 at 77 years old in Bethesda.
Lois Hamilton
American model, actress, artist, author, and aviator (1952–1999).
Born October 14th, 1943 in Philadelphia.
Died December 23rd, 1999 at 56 years old in Rio de Janeiro (drug overdose).
Hillary Brooke
American film actress (1914–1999).
Born September 8th, 1914 in Astoria. [ref]
Died May 25th, 1999 at 84 years old in Bonsall. [ref]
Wassily Leontief
Russian economist (1906-1999).
Born August 5th, 1906 in Munich, Saint Petersburg. [ref]
Died February 5th, 1999 at 92 years old in New York City. [ref]
Milt Jackson
American musician.
Born January 1st, 1923 in Detroit. [ref]
Died October 9th, 1999 at 76 years old in New York City, Manhattan (liver cancer). [ref]
Deaths 131 to 140 of 621
For life be, after all, only a waitin’ for somethin’ else than what we’re doin’; and death be all that we can rightly depend on. Bram Stoker