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In the year 1999
655 Notable deaths
George Mosse
American historian.
Born September 20th, 1918 in Berlin.
Died January 22nd, 1999 at 80 years old in Madison.
Gerhard Herzberg
German-canadian physicist and physical chemist (1904-1999).
Born December 25th, 1904 in Hamburg.
Died March 3rd, 1999 at 94 years old in Ottawa.
Akhtar Hameed Khan
Development activist, social scientist.
Died October 9th, 1999 at 85 years old in Indianapolis (myocardial infarction).
Roderick Chisholm
American philosopher and logician (1916–1999).
Born November 27th, 1916 in Bristol County.
Died January 19th, 1999 at 82 years old in Providence. [ref]
Daniel Nathans
American microbiologist.
Born October 30th, 1928 in Wilmington.
Died November 16th, 1999 at 71 years old in Baltimore.
Taheyya Kariokka
Egyptian dancer.
Born February 22nd, 1915 in Ismailia.
Died September 20th, 1999 at 84 years old in Cairo (pneumonia).
Davor Dujmović
Bosnia and herzegovina actor (1969–1999).
Born September 20th, 1969 in Serbia, Sarajevo.
Died May 31st, 1999 at 29 years old in Novo Mesto (hanging).
Harry Edison
American trumpeter (1915-1999).
Born October 10th, 1915 in Columbus.
Died July 27th, 1999 at 83 years old in Columbus.
Viacheslav Chornovil
Ukrainian activist and politician (1937–1999).
Born December 24th, 1937 in Yerky.
Died March 29th, 1999 at 61 years old in Ivankiv (traffic collision). [ref]
Vivian Fuchs
British explorer.
Born February 11th, 1908 in Isle of Wight. [ref]
Died November 11th, 1999 at 91 years old in Cambridge. [ref]
Deaths 261 to 270 of 655
Cowards die many times before their deaths; The valiant never taste of death but once. William Shakespeare