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In the year 2019

1,172 Notable deaths

Peter Schreier

German tenor and conductor (1935-2019).

Born July 29th, 1935 in Meissen.

Died December 25th, 2019 at 84 years old in Dresden (disease). [ref]

Wim Crouwel

Dutch graphic designer (1928-2019).

Born November 21st, 1928 in Groningen. [ref]

Died September 19th, 2019 at 90 years old in Amsterdam. [ref]

Michael Wolf

German artist and photographer (1954-2019).

Born July 30th, 1954 in Munich. [ref]

Died April 25th, 2019 at 64 years old in Cheung Chau. [ref]

James L. Holloway III

American admiral (1922-2019).

Born February 23rd, 1922 in Charleston.

Died November 26th, 2019 at 97 years old in Alexandria. [ref]

Theo Adam

German bass-baritone opera singer.

Born August 1st, 1926 in Dresden.

Died January 10th, 2019 at 92 years old in Dresden.

Kornel Morawiecki

Polish politician (1941-2019).

Born May 3rd, 1941 in Warsaw.

Died September 30th, 2019 at 78 years old in Warsaw (cancer).

Jan Olszewski

Polish lawyer and politician (1930-2019).

Born August 20th, 1930 in Warsaw.

Died February 7th, 2019 at 88 years old in Warsaw. [ref]

Georgiy Daneliya

Soviet film director, screenwriter (1930-2019).

Born August 25th, 1930 in Tbilisi.

Died April 4th, 2019 at 88 years old in Moscow (heart failure).

Sven Lindqvist

Swedish writer.

Born March 28th, 1932 in Stockholm. [ref]

Died May 14th, 2019 at 87 years old in Stockholm (disease). [ref]

Robert Freeman

British photographer (1936-2019).

Born December 5th, 1936 in London. [ref]

Died November 7th, 2019 at 82 years old in London. [ref]

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