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In the year 1999
621 Notable deaths
Nicholas Metropolis
Greek american physicist.
Born June 11th, 1915 in Chicago.
Died October 17th, 1999 at 84 years old in Los Alamos.
Gian-Carlo Rota
American mathematician and philosopher (1932-1999).
Born April 27th, 1932 in Vigevano.
Died April 18th, 1999 at 66 years old in Cambridge.
Sufia Kamal
Bangladeshi writer.
Born June 20th, 1911 in Barishal.
Died November 20th, 1999 at 88 years old in Dhaka.
Henry Way Kendall
American particle physicist who won the nobel prize in physics.
Born December 9th, 1926 in Boston.
Died February 15th, 1999 at 72 years old in Wakulla County (drowning, asphyxia from cave diving).
Ella Mae Morse
American popular music singer (1924-1999).
Born September 12th, 1924 in Mansfield.
Died October 16th, 1999 at 75 years old in Bullhead City (respiratory failure).
Aldo van Eyck
Dutch architect (1918-1999).
Born March 16th, 1918 in Driebergen. [ref]
Died January 14th, 1999 at 80 years old in Amsterdam. [ref]
Pierre Bézier
French mathematician (1910–1999).
Born September 1st, 1910 in 14th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Died November 25th, 1999 at 89 years old in Bures-sur-Yvette. [ref]
Gerhard Herzberg
German-canadian physicist and physical chemist (1904-1999).
Born December 25th, 1904 in Hamburg. [ref]
Died March 3rd, 1999 at 94 years old in Ottawa. [ref]
Pierre Clémenti
French actor (1942–1999).
Born September 28th, 1942 in Paris.
Died December 27th, 1999 at 57 years old in Paris (cancer, liver cancer).
W. Richard Stevens
American writer.
Born February 5th, 1951 in Zambia.
Died September 1st, 1999 at 48 years old in Tucson.
Deaths 251 to 260 of 621
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