In the year 1999
658 Notable deaths
Nikolay Latyshev
Russian footballer, referee (1913-1999).
Born November 22nd, 1913 in Moscow.
Died February 18th, 1999 at 85 years old in Moscow.
Germán Arciniegas
Colombian essayist and historian (1900-1999).
Born December 6th, 1900 in Bogotá.
Died November 29th, 1999 at 98 years old in Bogotá (pneumonia).
Rudolf Kárpáti
Hungarian fencer (1920-1999).
Born July 17th, 1920 in Budapest.
Died February 1st, 1999 at 78 years old in Budapest.
Ramón Rubial
Spanish politician (1906–1999).
Born October 28th, 1906 in Erandio.
Died May 24th, 1999 at 92 years old in Bilbao (heart failure).
Heinrich Schmid
Swiss linguist (1921-1999).
Born April 6th, 1921 in Zürich.
Died February 23rd, 1999 at 77 years old in Zürich.
Birgit Cullberg
Swedish ballet choreographer (1908-1999).
Born August 3rd, 1908 in Nikolai church parish. [ref]
Died September 9th, 1999 at 91 years old in Stockholm. [ref]
Pelageya Polubarinova-Kochina
Russian mathematician.
Born May 13th, 1899 in Astrakhan. [ref]
Died July 3rd, 1999 at 100 years old in Moscow.
Leyla Badirbeyli
Azerbaijani actress (1920–1999).
Born January 8th, 1920 in Baku.
Died November 23rd, 1999 at 79 years old in Baku.
Martin Hellberg
German film director, screenwriter, film and stage actor (1905–1999).
Born January 31st, 1905 in Dresden.
Died October 31st, 1999 at 94 years old in Bad Berka.
Ernesto Melo Antunes
Portuguese politician (1933-1999).
Born October 2nd, 1933 in Lisbon.
Died August 10th, 1999 at 65 years old in Sintra.
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Death is not the biggest fear we have; our biggest fear is taking the risk to be alive – the risk to be alive and express what we really are. Miguel Angel Ruiz