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In the year 2019
1,116 Notable deaths
Stewart Adams
British chemist known for inventing ibuprofen.
Born April 16th, 1923 in Byfield.
Died January 30th, 2019 at 95 years old in Nottingham (pneumonia). [ref]
Eric Haydock
British musician (1943-2019).
Born February 3rd, 1943 in Burnley.
Died January 5th, 2019 at 75 years old [ref]
Binyavanga Wainaina
Kenyan writer.
Born January 18th, 1971 in Nakuru.
Died May 21st, 2019 at 48 years old in Nairobi (stroke). [ref]
Momir Bulatović
Former president of montenegro (1956-2019).
Born September 21st, 1956 in Belgrade.
Died June 30th, 2019 at 62 years old in Podgorica (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Robert K. Massie
American historian.
Born January 5th, 1929 in Lexington.
Died December 2nd, 2019 at 90 years old in Irvington (Alzheimer's disease). [ref]
Tetsu Nakamura
Japanese-afghan physician (1946-2019).
Born September 15th, 1946 in Fukuoka.
Died December 4th, 2019 at 73 years old in Jalalabad (ballistic trauma). [ref]
Lennart Johansson
Industrialist, swedish football administrator, president of uefa (1990 - 2007).
Born November 5th, 1929 in Bromma city district. [ref]
Died June 4th, 2019 at 89 years old in Stockholm. [ref]
Rafael Hernández Colón
Puerto rican politician (1936-2019).
Born October 24th, 1936 in Ponce.
Died May 2nd, 2019 at 82 years old in San Juan (leukemia).
John Lukacs
American historian.
Born January 31st, 1924 in Budapest.
Died May 6th, 2019 at 95 years old in Phoenixville. [ref]
Sara Danius
Swedish academic.
Born April 5th, 1962 in Täby. [ref]
Died October 12th, 2019 at 57 years old in Stockholm (breast cancer). [ref]
Deaths 391 to 400 of 1116
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