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List of notable deaths in a month
The following is a list of notable deaths in July 1999 .
Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence:
Name, age, country of citizenship at birth, subsequent country of citizenship (if applicable), reason for notability, cause of death (if known), and reference. July 1999 1 Dennis Brown , 42, Jamaican reggae singer, pneumothorax .[1] Edward Dmytryk , 90, Canadian-born Canadian film director, heart and kidney failure.[2] Forrest Mars , 95, American businessman and candy magnate.[3] Guy Mitchell , 72, American traditional pop singer and actor, complications of surgery.[4] Jack Moroney , 81, Australian cricket player.[5] Ernst Nievergelt , 89, Swiss cyclist and Olympic medalist.[6] Joshua Nkomo , 82, Zimbabwean politician, prostate cancer.[7] Sylvia Sidney , 88, American film actress (Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams , Beetlejuice , An Early Frost ), oesophageal cancer .[8] Roman Tmetuchl , 73, Palauan political leader.Stig Westerberg , 80, Swedish conductor and pianist.[9] Willie Whitelaw , 81, British politician.[10] 2 Viktor Chebrikov , 76, Soviet head of the KGB (1982–1988).[11] George Deiderich , 63, American football player.George Druxman , 69, Canadian football player.Xavier Gélin , 53, French actor and film producer, cancer.[12] Jack Plumley , 88, British Anglican priest, egyptologist and academic.[13] Mario Puzo , 78, American novelist (The Godfather ) and screenwriter (Superman , The Cotton Club ), Oscar winner (1973 , 1975 ), heart failure.[14] Asoka Weeraratna , 80, Sri Lankan (Sinhala) Buddhist missionary.3 Reg Bishop , 86, Australian politician.Ricky Byrdsong , 43, American basketball coach and killing spree victim, shot.[15] Yueh Feng , 90, Chinese film director and screenwriter.Ibragim Gasanbekov , 29, Azerbaijani football player, traffic collision.[16] Mimi Nelson , 76, Swedish film actress.Pelageya Polubarinova-Kochina , 100, Soviet and Russian mathematician.Paulo Porto , 81, Brazilian actor, film producer, director and screenwriter.Mark Sandman , 46, American musician (Morphine ), heart attack.[17] Jack Vincent , 95, English ornithologist .4 Ronny Graham , 79, American actor, theater director, and writer, liver disease .[18] Ruby Johnson , 63, American soul singer.[19] Mark O'Brien , 49, American journalist, poet, and advocate for the disabled.[20] Jack Watson , 84, English actor, leukemia .[21] 5 Len Butterfield , 85, New Zealand cricket player.[22] Jean-Pierre Darras , 71, French actor, cancer.[23] Joan Kemp-Welch , 92, British stage and film actress.[24] C. Walton Lillehei , 80, American surgeon and open-heart surgery pioneer.[25] Harald Philipp , 78, German film director, screenwriter and actor.[26] Roberta Sherwood , 86, American singer.[27] Thea Tewi , 97, German-American sculptor and lingerie designer.6 Bernardo Gandulla , 83, Argentine football player and coach.[28] Gary M. Heidnik , 55, American convicted murderer, execution by lethal injection .[29] M. L. Jaisimha , 60, Indian cricket player, lung cancer.[30] Pisith Pilika , 34, Cambodian ballet dancer and actress, shot.Joaquín Rodrigo , 97, Spanish composer and pianist.[31] Sherley Anne Williams , 54, American novelist, poet and professor.[32] Barry Winchell , 21, United States Army infantry soldier, murdered.7 Emilio Sánchez Font , 78, Cuban-American artist.[33] James Gahagan , American abstract expressionist painter.[34] Brima Kamara , 27, Sierra Leonean football player.[35] Ryu Mitsuse , 71, Japanese novelist, science fiction writer, and essayist.[36] Richard Müller , 95, German chemist.Julie Campbell Tatham , 91, American writer of children's novels.8 Ángel Lulio Cabrera , 90, Argentinian botanist .Adolf Christian , 65, Austrian bicycle racer.[37] Mavis Thorpe Clark , 90, Australian novelist and writer for children.Pete Conrad , 69, American astronaut , motorcycle accident.[38] Allen Lee Davis , 54, American murderer, execution by electric chair.[39] Frank Lubin , 89, Lithuanian-American basketball player.[40] Malcolm Mackay , 79, Australian politician, traffic collision.Robert Morrison , 90, American attorney and politician.Elemér Terták , 80, Hungarian figure skater and Olympian.[41] Shafik Wazzan , 74, Lebanese politician.Mehdi Haeri Yazdi , 76, Iranian philosopher and Shia Islamic cleric.[42] 9 Karl Adam , 75, German football player.[43] Robert de Cotret , 55, Canadian politician.James L. Farmer, Jr. , 79, American civil rights activist, complications from diabetes .[44] Bill Hindman , 76, American actor (Porky's ).Esme Mackinnon , 85, British alpine skier and world champion downhill and slalom .Samuel Sanders , 62, American classical pianist.[45] 10 11 Burton Dreben , 71, American philosopher.[48] Marcelo Fernan , 72, Filipino lawyer and politician, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines .Helen Forrest , 82, American singer of traditional pop and swing music , heart failure.[49] Everett Greenbaum , 79, American television and film writer and actor.[50] Henry Kimbro , 87, American Negro league baseball player.[51] Lasse Lindroth , 26, Iranian-Swedish comedian, actor and writer, car accident.Roaring Lion , 91, Trinidad and Tobago calypso singer and composer.John Henry Sharpe , 77, Bermudian politician, Premier (1975-1975) .12 Bill Flett , 55, Canadian hockey player, liver failure.[52] Alex Gordon , 82, Welsh architect.Harvey Jackins , 83, American founder and principal theorist of Re-evaluation Counseling .[53] Rajendra Kumar , 69, Indian film actor, cancer.Mircea Nedelciu , 48, Romanian short-story writer, novelist and essayist, Hodgkin's disease .Kazimierz Ostrowski , 82, Polish painter.Bill Owen , 85, British actor and songwriter, pancreatic cancer.[54] Jan Panenka , 77, Czech pianist.Zita Szeleczky , 84, Hungarian actress.Cornelius Wiebe , 106, Canadian physician and politician.13 Donald D. Engen , 75, American naval officer, administrator of the FAA , and museum director, aviation accident.[55] Muhammetnazar Gapurow , 77, First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Turkmen SSR (1969 – 1985).Yevgeny Goryansky , 70, Russian football player and football coach.[56] Herta Heuwer , 86, German chef and inventor of the currywurst .Josef Moc , 91, Czechoslovak basketball player.14 Maria Banuș , 85, Romanian poet, essayist, and prose writer.[57] Hugh Gallarneau , 82, American gridiron football player (Chicago Bears ).[58] Gene Hart , 68, American sportscaster for the Philadelphia Flyers , kidney and liver failure.Władysław Hasior , 71, Polish sculptor.[59] Abdul Ahad Karzai , 77, Afghan politician, homicide.Umyar Mavlikhanov , 61, Soviet fencer and Olympic champion.[60] Gar Samuelson , 41, American drummer (Megadeth ), liver failure .Trudi Schoop , 95, Swiss-American dance therapy pioneer.[61] John R. Steelman , 99, American academic and first White House Chief of Staff .[62] Pietro Tarchini , 77, Swiss professional cyclist.[63] Sal Trapani , 72, American comic-book artist.Sadao Yamahana , 63, Japanese politician.15 Sir Richard Thompson, 1st Baronet , 86, British politician.George Brown , 79, American politician, complications following heart surgery.[64] Simon Ramsay, 16th Earl of Dalhousie , 84, British land owner, politician and colonial governor.[65] Horacio Podestá , 87, Argentine rower and Olympic medalist.[66] Dick Richardson , 65, Welsh heavyweight boxer, cancer.Kamalendumati Shah , Indian politician and social worker, brain cancer .16 Ross H. Arnett, Jr. , 80, American entomologist.Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy , 33, American socialite and wife of John F. Kennedy Jr. , plane crash .[67] John F. Kennedy Jr. , 38, American journalist, lawyer, and son of John F. Kennedy and Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis , plane crash.[68] Alan Macnaughton , 95, Canadian parliamentarian and Speaker of the House .André Martinet , 91, French linguist.[69] Franco Montoro , 83, Brazilian politician and lawyer.[70] Hamid Nitgi , 78, Iranian poet, writer and author.Alfred Raoul , 60, Congolese politician, Prime Minister (1968-1969) .[71] Whit Wyatt , 91, American baseball player, pneumonia .[72] Hiromi Yanagihara , 19, Japanese singer and actress, heart failure.17 Rajendra Kumari Bajpai , 74, Indian politician.Arthur Hoag , 78, American astronomer .Daniel H. H. Ingalls, Sr. , 83, American professor of Sanskrit .[73] Donal McCann , 56, Irish actor, pancreatic cancer .[74] Kevin Newman , 65, Australian soldier and politician, systemic lupus erythematosus.[75] Kevin Wilkinson , 41, English drummer, suicide.Patricia Zipprodt , 74, American costume designer , cancer.[76] 18 Meir Ariel , 57, Israeli singer-songwriter, boutonneuse fever.[77] Rubén Bernuncio , 23, Argentine football player, renal failure following motorcycle accident.Donald Eugene Chambers , 68, American marine and founder of the Bandidos Motorcycle Club .Jatin Kanakia , 46, Indian actor.Pandi Raidhi , 68, Albanian film and theatre actor.Laurie Scott , 82, English footballer.[78] Tody Smith , 50, American gridiron football player.[79] 19 Donna Allen , 78, American pioneer feminist, civil rights activist, historian and economist.[80] Jesús Codina , 60, Spanish basketball player and coach.[81] Cavernario Galindo , 75, Mexican luchador and film actor.Ludwik Gross , 94, Polish-American virologist, stomach cancer .[82] José Luis Madrid , 66, Spanish screenwriter, producer and film director.Hans Maldonado , 41, Ecuadorian football player.Jerold Wells , 90, English actor.Doreen Yarwood , 81, English historian and architecture critic.20 21 Kurt Burris , 67, American gridiron football player.Peter Carter , 69, British children's author.[85] Jun Etō , 66, Japanese literary critic, suicide.[86] David Ogilvy , 88, British advertising tycoon, the "Father of Advertising".[87] Kim Pyong-sik , 80, North Korean politician.22 Gennadiy Agapov , 65, Soviet and Russian race walker and Olympian.[88] Abelardo Díaz Alfaro , 82, Puerto Rican author.[89] Howard Arkley , 48, Australian artist, accidental overdose.[90] Claudio Rodríguez García , 65, Spanish poet.[91] Hakim Abdul Hameed , 90, Indian physician and university chancellor.Mary Kerridge , 85, English actress and theatre director.Lauro Ortega Martínez , 89, Mexican politician and veterinarian.Ladislav Slovák , 79, Slovak conductor.Arun Thapa , Nepali singer and songwriter, lung and liver ailment.23 Hassan II , 70, Moroccan monarch, King of Morocco (since 1961), heart attack.[92] Josef Holub , 69, Czech botanist and pteridologist , heart attack.Frank Minis Johnson , 80, United States district judge , pneumonia .[93] Kelvin Lancaster , 74, Australian mathematical economist.[94] Paul Lucier , 68, Canadian businessman and politician, bone cancer.Emma Tenayuca , 82, Mexican American labor leader, and educator, Alzheimer's disease .[95] Dmitri Tertyshny , 22, Russian ice hockey defenseman, boating accident.[96] Stanley Tretick , 78, American photojournalist.[97] 24 Alexander Abian , 76, Iranian-born Armenian-American mathematician.[98] Le Quang Dao , 77, Vietnamese politician.Eva de Vitray-Meyerovitch , 89, French scientist, translator and writer.[99] Demetrius DuBose , 28, American football player, shot by police.[100] Albert Leake , 69, English footballer.Bijaya Malla , 74, Nepalese poet, novelist and playwright.Don Martin , 79, American basketball player and coach.[101] Rona McKenzie , 76, New Zealand cricket player.[102] Henk Pellikaan , 88, Dutch football player.[103] 25 Martin Agronsky , 84, American journalist and television host, congestive heart failure.[104] Princess Iskander , 82, last member of the Russian House of Romanov .Pentti Lammio , 79, Finnish speed skater and Olympic medalsit.[105] Raul Manglapus , 80, Filipino politician, throat cancer .[106] 26 Walter Jackson Bate , 81, American literary critic and biographer.[107] Béla Bay , 92, Hungarian Olympic épée and foil fencer.[108] Philippa Gail , 56, British actress, cancer.[109] Phedon Gizikis , 82, Greek army general and president under the Junta .[110] Alan Karcher , 56, American politician.[111] Qian Linzhao , 92, Chinese physicist.Joseph Morvan , 74, French road bicycle racer.[112] Paul Rickards , 73, American gridiron football player.[113] John W. N. Watkins , 74, English philosopher and professor of Economics, heart attack.27 Aleksandr Aleksandrov , 86, Soviet/Russian mathematician, physicist and philosopher.[114] Ronald Backus , 77, British sailor and Olympic medalist.[115] Matjaž Cvikl , 32, Slovenian football player, cancer.Louis Déprez , 78, French racing cyclist.[116] Harry Edison , 83, American jazz trumpeter.[117] Amaryllis Fleming , 73, British cello performer and teacher.[118] Elías Jácome , 53, Ecuadorian football referee.Armand Le Moal , 85, French racing cyclist.[119] Mahlathini , 61, South African mbaqanga singer, complications of diabetes .Malachi Martin , 78, Irish-American Catholic priest and novelist, fall.[120] Michael Winkelman , 53, American child actor (The Real McCoys ).28 Doris Carter , 87, Australian military officer, public servant, and Olympic athlete.[121] Trygve Haavelmo , 87, Norwegian economist.[122] Maxim Munzuk , 89, Tuvan actor.[123] Francisco Risiglione , 82, Argentine boxer and Olympic medalist.[124] Carlos Romero , 71, Uruguayan football player.[125] Gerd Springer , 72, Austrian football player and coach.Puey Ungpakorn , 83, Thai economist.[126] S. Howard Woodson , 83, American pastor, civil rights leader and politician.[127] 29 Anita Carter , 66, American singer and member of the Carter family , complications of rheumatoid arthritis .[128] Martti Kosma , 72, Finnish football player and manager.[129] Anatoliy Solovyanenko , 66, Soviet operatic tenor, heart attack.André Soubiran , 89, French physician and novelist.[130] Neelan Tiruchelvam , 55, Sri Lankan Tamil lawyer, academic and politician, assassinated.Kunio Tsuji , 73, Japanese author, novelist, and scholar.30 Ko Tai Chuen , 74, Singaporean basketball player and Olympian.[131] George Moorse , 63, American-German film director, heart attack.[132] Hermann Panzo , 41, French athlete, stroke.[133] Linus Suryadi AG , 48, Indonesian writer and poet.31 Mirza Adeeb , 85, Pakistani writer of drama and short stories.[134] Marinus Kok , 83, Dutch prelate of the Catholic Church .[135] Rex Pilbeam , 91, Australian politician.Henry W. Sawyer , 80, American lawyer, civil rights activist and politician, lung cancer .Elena Zareschi , 83, Italian actress.References