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In the year 1999
655 Notable deaths
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]
Ali Sayad Shirazi
Iranian general.
Born June 13th, 1944 in Kabud Gonbad Rural District.
Died April 10th, 1999 at 54 years old in Tehran.
Elizabeth Gray Vining
American writer.
Born October 6th, 1902 in Philadelphia.
Died November 27th, 1999 at 97 years old in Kennett Square.
Harry Callahan
American photographer (1912-1999).
Born October 22nd, 1912 in Detroit.
Died March 15th, 1999 at 86 years old in Atlanta.
Rex Gildo
German singer (1936-1999).
Born July 2nd, 1936 in Straubing. [ref]
Died October 26th, 1999 at 63 years old in Munich (falling). [ref]
Lajos Tichy
Hungarian footballer (1935-1999).
Born March 21st, 1935 in Budapest.
Died January 6th, 1999 at 63 years old in Budapest.
Marcelo Fernan
Chief justice of the philippines from 1988 to 1991.
Born October 24th, 1927 in Cebu City.
Died July 11th, 1999 at 71 years old in Manila.
W. Richard Stevens
American writer (1951–1999).
Born February 5th, 1951 in Zambia.
Died September 1st, 1999 at 48 years old in Tucson.
Abraham Polonsky
American politician (1910-1999).
Born December 5th, 1910 in New York City.
Died October 26th, 1999 at 88 years old in Beverly Hills.
Melba Liston
American jazz trombonist, musical arranger, and composer (1926–1999).
Born January 13th, 1926 in Kansas City.
Died April 23rd, 1999 at 73 years old in Los Angeles.
Deaths 271 to 280 of 655
Let children walk with Nature, let them see the beautiful blendings and communions of death and life, their joyous inseparable unity, as taught in woods and meadows, plains and mountains and streams of our blessed star, and they will learn that death is stingless indeed, and as beautiful as life. John Muir