In the year 1999
658 Notable deaths
Fulvio Tomizza
Italian writer (1935–1999).
Born January 26th, 1935 in Juricani.
Died May 21st, 1999 at 64 years old in Trieste.
Jaroslav Foglar
Czech comics screenwriter and writer (1907-1999).
Born July 6th, 1907 in Prague. [ref]
Died January 23rd, 1999 at 91 years old in Prague. [ref]
Maria Stader
Swiss operatic soprano (1911–1999).
Born November 5th, 1911 in Budapest.
Died April 28th, 1999 at 87 years old in Zurich.
Aleksander Gieysztor
Historian.
Born July 17th, 1916 in Moscow. [ref]
Died February 9th, 1999 at 82 years old in Warsaw. [ref]
Roland Blanche
French actor (1943–1999).
Born December 31st, 1943 in Choisy-le-Roi.
Died September 13th, 1999 at 55 years old in Thiais (myocardial infarction).
Guido Pontecorvo
Italian geneticist (1907–1999).
Born November 29th, 1907 in Pisa.
Died September 25th, 1999 at 91 years old in Pisa.
Marcel Landowski
French composer.
Born February 18th, 1915 in Pont-l'Abbé. [ref]
Died December 23rd, 1999 at 84 years old in Paris. [ref]
Marie Kraja
Albanian opera singer (1911–1999).
Born September 24th, 1911 in Zadar. [ref]
Died November 21st, 1999 at 88 years old in Tirana. [ref]
Alfred Bickel
Swiss footballer (1918-1999).
Born May 12th, 1918 in Eppstein.
Died August 18th, 1999 at 81 years old in Zürich.
Necil Kazım Akses
Turkish classical composer.
Born May 6th, 1908 in Istanbul. [ref]
Died February 16th, 1999 at 90 years old in Ankara. [ref]
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Death is nothing, but to live defeated is to die every day. Napoleon Bonaparte