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In the year 2019
1,234 Notable deaths
James Le Mesurier
Founder of mayday rescue, white helmets.
Born May 25th, 1971 in Singapore. [ref]
Died November 11th, 2019 at 48 years old in Istanbul (fall). [ref]
Branko Lustig
Croatian film producer (1932-2019).
Born June 10th, 1932 in Osijek.
Died November 14th, 2019 at 87 years old in Zagreb (heart failure). [ref]
Nikolai Kardashev
Soviet and russian astronomer.
Born April 25th, 1932 in Moscow.
Died August 3rd, 2019 at 87 years old in Moscow. [ref]
Zhores Alferov
Soviet-russian physicist (1930–2019).
Born March 15th, 1930 in Vitebsk.
Died March 1st, 2019 at 88 years old in Saint Petersburg (malignant hypertension). [ref]
Paul Raymond
British rock musician (1945–2019).
Born October 16th, 1945 in St Albans.
Died April 13th, 2019 at 73 years old (myocardial infarction).
Sigmund Jähn
East german cosmonaut (1937–2019).
Born February 13th, 1937 in Morgenröthe-Rautenkranz. [ref]
Died September 21st, 2019 at 82 years old [ref]
Machiko Kyō
Japanese actress (1924-2019).
Born March 25th, 1924 in Osaka.
Died May 12th, 2019 at 95 years old in Tokyo (myocardial infarction).
Eric Haydock
British musician (1943-2019).
Born February 3rd, 1943 in Burnley.
Died January 5th, 2019 at 75 years old [ref]
Genevieve Waite
South african singer and actress.
Born February 19th, 1948 in Cape Town.
Died May 18th, 2019 at 71 years old in Los Angeles. [ref]
Donald Keene
Japanese/american academic (1922-2019).
Born June 18th, 1922 in New York City.
Died February 24th, 2019 at 96 years old in Tokyo (heart failure). [ref]
Deaths 381 to 390 of 1234
Our dead are never dead to us, until we have forgotten them. George Eliot