In the year 2019
1,235 Notable deaths
Eduard Punset
Spanish lawyer, economist, writer and scientific popularizer, sophist.
Born November 9th, 1936 in Barcelona. [ref]
Died May 22nd, 2019 at 82 years old in Barcelona (lung cancer). [ref]
Pierre Ndaye Mulamba
Dr congolese footballer (1948–2019).
Born November 4th, 1948 in Kananga.
Died January 26th, 2019 at 70 years old in Johannesburg. [ref]
Sergei Yursky
Soviet and russian stage and film actor, theatre director and screenwriter (1935-2019).
Born March 16th, 1935 in Saint Petersburg.
Died February 8th, 2019 at 83 years old in Moscow (cardiac arrest). [ref]
Bernard Lietaer
Belgian economist (1942-2019).
Born February 7th, 1942 in Lauwe.
Died February 4th, 2019 at 76 years old in Hoyerhagen. [ref]
Friedrich Achleitner
Austrian poet and architectural critic (1930-2019).
Born May 23rd, 1930 in Schalchen. [ref]
Died March 27th, 2019 at 88 years old in Vienna. [ref]
Wolfgang Rindler
Austrian physicist.
Born May 18th, 1924 in Vienna.
Died February 8th, 2019 at 94 years old (pneumonia).
Gianni De Michelis
Italian politician (1940–2019).
Born November 26th, 1940 in Venice.
Died May 11th, 2019 at 78 years old in Venice (Parkinson's disease). [ref]
Galina Volchek
Soviet and russian theater and film director, actress and teacher (1933–2019).
Born December 19th, 1933 in Moscow.
Died December 26th, 2019 at 86 years old in Moscow (pneumonia). [ref]
Yaşar Büyükanıt
Turkish general (1940-2019).
Born September 1st, 1940 in Eyüpsultan.
Died November 21st, 2019 at 79 years old in Sarıyer (heart failure).
Mike Troy
American swimmer (1940–2019).
Born October 3rd, 1940 in Indianapolis.
Died August 2nd, 2019 at 78 years old in Arizona. [ref]
Deaths 691 to 700 of 1235
When we finally know we are dying, and all other sentient beings are dying with us, we start to have a burning, almost heartbreaking sense of the fragility and preciousness of each moment and each being, and from this can grow a deep, clear, limitless compassion for all beings. Sogyal Rinpoche