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In the year 1999
657 Notable deaths
Alfred Raoul
President of congo-brazzaville from 1968 to 1969.
Born December 15th, 1938 in Pointe-Noire.
Died July 16th, 1999 at 60 years old in 20th arrondissement of Paris.
Arthur Edward Ellis
English association football referee.
Born July 8th, 1914 in Halifax.
Died May 23rd, 1999 at 84 years old in Brighouse (cancer).
Mohammad Mohammad Sadeq al-Sadr
Iraqi twelver shi'a cleric (1943-1999).
Born March 23rd, 1943 in Kadhimiya.
Died February 19th, 1999 at 55 years old in Najaf.
Mario Soldati
Italian film director and writer (1906-1999).
Born November 17th, 1906 in Turin.
Died June 19th, 1999 at 92 years old in Tellaro.
André Martinet
French linguist (1908-1999).
Born April 12th, 1908 in Saint-Alban-des-Villards. [ref]
Died July 16th, 1999 at 91 years old in Châtenay-Malabry. [ref]
Paul Oskar Kristeller
German-american philosopher and art historian.
Born May 22nd, 1905 in Berlin. [ref]
Died June 7th, 1999 at 94 years old in New York City.
Édouard Boubat
French photographer (1923–1999).
Born September 13th, 1923 in 11th arrondissement of Paris.
Died June 30th, 1999 at 75 years old in 15th arrondissement of Paris (leukemia).
Joseph Burg
Israeli politician (1909-1999).
Born January 31st, 1909 in Dresden. [ref]
Died October 15th, 1999 at 90 years old in Jerusalem.
Frank Lubin
American-lithuanian basketball player (1910–1999).
Born January 7th, 1910 in Los Angeles.
Died July 8th, 1999 at 89 years old in Glendale.
Rolf Liebermann
Swiss composer (1910-1999).
Born September 14th, 1910 in Zurich.
Died January 2nd, 1999 at 88 years old in Paris.
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I discovered to my joy, that it is life, not death, that has no limits. Gabriel García Márquez