Famous People Who Died in 2019

Deaths 1 - 200 of 502

Jan 12 Bob Kuechenberg, American football guard (6 x Pro Bowl; Super Bowl 1972, 73 Miami Dolphins; First-team All-Pro 1975, 78), dies of a heart attack at 71
Jan 12 Bonnie Guitar [Buckingham], American guitarist, singer and record executive (Dark Moon), dies at 95

Mel Stottlemyre (1941-2019)

Jan 13 American baseball pitcher (5 x MLB All Star; NY Yankees) and coach (5 x World Series; NY Mets, NY Yankees), dies of cancer at 77

Jan 15 Carol Channing, American comic actress, and singer (Gentlemen Prefer Blondes; Hello Dolly), dies at 97
Jan 15 Steve Madaio, American session and touring trumpet player (Paul Butterfield; Stevie Wonder; Rolling Stones), dies of a heart attack at 70
Jan 16 Hugh Lewin, South African anti-apartheid activist and writer (Bandiet: Seven Years in a South African Prison), dies at 79

John C. Bogle (1929-2019)

Jan 16 American investor and business magnate (founder and chief executive of The Vanguard Group), dies at 89

Jan 16 Rita Vidaurri, American Ranchera singer, dies at 94
Jan 17 Lajos Papp, Hungarian composer (Otoño (Autumn)), and educator, dies at 83
Jan 17 Reggie Young, American session guitarist (The Memphis Boys), dies of heart failure at 82 [1]
Jan 17 Windsor Davies, British actor (It Ain't Half Hot Mum), dies at 88
Jan 18 Glen Wood, American auto racer, team owner (Wood Bros Racing), dies at 93
Jan 19 Henry Sy Sr., Chinese Malay businessman 'Philippines Retail King', dies at 94
Jan 19 Mario Bertoncini, Italian composer, dies at 86
Jan 19 Ted McKenna, Scottish drummer (The Sensational Alex Harvey Band; Rory Gallagher), dies from surgery complication at 68
Jan 20 Dumisani Kumalo, South African anti-apartheid activist and UN ambassador, dies at 71
Jan 20 Mithra Wettimuny, Sri Lankan cricket batsman (2 Tests), dies at 67
Jan 20 Muriel Pavlow, British actress (Murder, She Said, Reach for the Sky), dies at 97
Jan 21 Harris Wofford, American politician (Sen-D-Pennsylvania 1991-94), head of AmeriCorps, dies at 92
Jan 21 Kaye Ballard, American stage and screen actress, comedienne, and singer (Mothers-in-Law - "Kaye"), dies at 93
Jan 21 Maxine Brown, American country music singer (Browns), dies at 87
Jan 21 Russell Baker, American columnist, author and humorist (NY Times), dies at 93
Jan 22 Charles Vandenhove, Belgian architect (Standard-Omnisporthal, Luik), dies at 91
Jan 23 Diana Athill, English writer and editor (Stet), dies at 101
Jan 23 Jonas Mekas, American avant garde filmmaker and film critic, dies at 96
Jan 23 Norman Orentreich, American dermatologist known as "the father of modern hair transplantation", dies at 96
Jan 23 Oliver Mtukudzi, Zimbabwean Afro-Jazz and 'tuku' singer-songwriter and guitarist (Sarawoga; Tolerance; Tuku Music), dies of diabetes complications at 66 [1]
Jan 25 Donald N. Langenberg, American physicist, dies at 86
Jan 25 Florence Knoll Bassett, American furniture designer (Knoll), dies at 101
Jan 25 Meshulam Riklis, Turkish-born Israeli businessman and husband of Pia Zadora, dies at 95
Jan 26 Michel Legrand, French composer, film score arranger and jazz musician (Summer of '42; "Windmills of Your Mind"), dies at 86
Jan 26 Wilma Lipp, Austrian soprano (Vienna Opera, 1945-81; Mozart's Die Zauberflöte - "Queen of the Night"), dies at 93
Jan 27 Peter Magowan, American businessman, MLB owner (SF Giants), dies of liver cancer at 76
Jan 28 Kim Bok-dong, Korean sex slave activist, dies at 92
Jan 29 Andy Hebenton, Canadian ice hockey right wing (record 630 consecutive games; NY Rangers, Boston Bruins), dies at 89
Jan 29 James Ingram, American R&B singer-songwriter and musician ("Somewhere Out There"; "Just Once"), dies of brain cancer at 66
Jan 30 Bernard Nevill, British textile designer, dies at 88
Feb 1 Clive Swift, British stage, wireless, and screen actor (Frenzy; A Passage to India; Keeping Up Appearances), dies at 82
Feb 1 Wade Wilson, American NFL quarterback, 1981-1998 (Dallas Cowboys - Super Bowl 1995, Minnesota Vikings - Pro Bowl 1988, and 3 other teams), dies of complications from Type 1 diabetes on his 60th birthday
Feb 3 Bob Friend, American baseball pitcher (4 x MLB All Star; World Series 1960 Pittsburgh Pirates; MLB wins leader 1958), dies from cardiac arrest at 88
Feb 3 Carmen Duncan, Australian actress (Another World), dies at 76

Matti Nykänen (1963-2019)

Feb 3 Finnish ski jumper (4 Olympic gold 1984, 88), dies of diabetes complications at 55

Feb 4 Zbigniew Penherski, Polish composer (Little Music for the End of Century), dies at 84
Feb 5 Dakshayani 'Gaja Muthassi, elephant 'granny' Indian elephant, oldest in captivity, dies in Kerala at 88
Feb 5 Guy Webster, American celebrity portrait photographer, album cover artist (The Byrds; The Mamas & the Papas; Taj Mahal; Rolling Stones), and educator, dies of liver cancer and diabetes complications at 79
Feb 6 Rosamunde Pilcher, English novelist (The Shell Seekers), dies at 94

Albert Finney (1936-2019)

Feb 7 English actor (The Dresser, Under the Volcano), dies at 82

Frank Robinson (1935-2019)

Feb 7 American Baseball Hall of Fame outfielder, manager (14 x MLB All-Star; NL MVP 1961; AL MVP 1966; World Series 1966, 70; Baltimore Orioles), dies of bone cancer at 83

Feb 7 John Dingell, American politician (D-Michigan, 1955-2015), dies at 92
Feb 10 Jan-Michael Vincent, actor (Hooper, Tribes, Buster & Billie), dies of cardiac arrest at 74
Feb 12 Gordon Banks, English soccer goalkeeper (World Cup 1966, 73 England caps), dies of kidney cancer at 81
Feb 12 Lyndon LaRouche, American political activist (National Caucus of Labor Committees), dies at 96
Feb 12 W. E. B. Griffin [William Edmund Butterworth], American best-selling author (Clandestine Operations, The Lieutenants), dies at 89
Feb 15 Gene Littler, American golfer (1961 US Open, 29 PGA Tour titles), dies at 88
Feb 15 Kofi Burbridge, American blues-rock keyboardist and flute player (Derek Trucks Band, 1999-2019; Tedeschi Trucks Band, 2010-2019), dies of heart issues at 57
Feb 16 Don Bragg, American pole vaulter (Olympic gold 1960), dies of a stroke at 83
Feb 16 Ken Nordine, American voice-over and recording artist (World Jazz), dies at 98
Feb 16 Theodore Isaac Rubin, American psychiatrist and author credited with popularising psychotherapy, dies at 95
Feb 17 Ethel Ennis, American jazz singer (If Women Ruled The World), dies of a stroke at 86 [1]
Feb 18 Bob Van Der Veken, Belgian actor (Alle maten), dies at 90
Feb 18 Kelly Seymour, South African cricket spin bowler (7 Tests, 9 wickets; Western Province), dies at 83
Feb 19 Don Newcombe, American baseball pitcher (4 x MLB All Star; World Series 1955 Brooklyn Dodgers; NL MVP & Cy Young Award 1956), dies at 92
Feb 19 Karl Lagerfeld, German fashion designer (Fendi, Chanel), dies at 85 (age disputed)
Feb 20 Dominick Argento, American composer (Colonel Jonathan the Saint), dies at 91
Feb 20 William Broomfield, American politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Michigan), dies at 96
Feb 21 Peter Michael Braun, German composer, dies at 82
Feb 21 Peter Tork [Thorkelson], American rock and folk musician and actor (The Monkees), dies from complications of adenoid cystic carcinoma at 77
Feb 21 Stanley Donen, American film director and producer (Singin' in the Rain, Bedazzled, Damn Yankees), dies at 94
Feb 23 Dorothy Masuka, Zimbabwe-born South African jazz singer and activist, dies from complications of a stroke at 83
Feb 23 Katherine Helmond, American actress and director (Soap, Mona-Who's the Boss), dies at 89
Feb 24 Li Xueqin, Chinese eminent historian, archaeologist, and palaeographer, dies at 85
Feb 24 Malcolm "Mac" Wiseman, American bluegrass singer, dies at 93
Feb 24 Margaret Scott, South-African ballet dancer and founder (Australian Ballet School), dies at 96
Feb 25 Hans Kox, Dutch composer (Dorian Gray; Symphony No. 4 - "Tasmanian"), and educator, dies at 88
Feb 25 Mark Hollis, British synth-pop musician (Talk Talk), dies at 64
Feb 26 (Clifford) "Andy" Anderson, British session and touring drummer (Steve Hillage; The Cure, 1983-84), dies of cancer at 68
Feb 26 Charles McCarry, American author and former CIA spy (The Tears of Autumn), dies of a cerebral haemorrhage at 88
Feb 27 Bill Playle, New Zealand cricket batsman (8 Tests), dies at 80
Feb 27 Doug Sandom, British drummer (The Who, 1962-64), dies at 89
Feb 27 France-Albert René, 2nd President of Seychelles (1977-2004), dies at 83
Feb 27 Nathaniel Taylor, American actor (Rollo-Sanford & Sons), dies at 80
Feb 28 André Previn [Andreas Priwin], German-American conductor (London Symphony, 1968-79; Pittsburgh Symphony, 1975-85), film score composer (My Fair Lady), and jazz pianist, dies at 89-ish
Mar 1 Eusebio Pedroza, Panamanian boxer (WBA featherweight champion 1978-85), dies of pancreatic cancer at 62
Mar 1 Kevin Roche, Irish architect (Pritzker Prize - 1982), dies at 96
Mar 1 Mike Willesee, Australian television presenter (This Day Tonight), dies at 76
Mar 1 Zhores Alferov, Soviet/Russian physicist (2000 Nobel Prize in Physics), dies at 88
Mar 3 Bobbi Fiedler, American politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California), dies at 81
Mar 3 Peter Hurford, British organist, composer and choral conductor (St. Albans Cathedral), dies at 88
Mar 4 Juan Corona, Mexican born American serial killer, dies in prison at 85

Keith Flint (1969-2019)

Mar 4 English singer, musician and dancer (Prodigy), found dead after committing suicide at 49

Mar 4 King Kong Bundy [Christopher Pallies], American pro wrestler (WWF), dies at 61

Luke Perry (1966-2019)

Mar 4 American actor (Beverly Hills 90210, Riverdale), dies after a stroke at 52

Ted Lindsay (1925-2019)

Mar 4 Canadian Hockey Hall of Fame left wing (Art Ross Trophy 1950, NHL Players Association pioneer), dies at 93

Mar 5 Jacques Loussier, French pianist and composer who created jazz arrangements of Bach and other classical music, dies at 84
Mar 7 Dan Jenkins, American author, sportswriter (Sports Illustrated), dies at 90
Mar 7 Kelly Catlin, American road cyclist (Olympic silver 2016, World C'ship gold 2016-18), dies from suicide at 23
Mar 8 Michael Gielen, Austrian conductor (Frankfurt Opera, 1967-87); Cincinnati Symphony, 1980-86); Southwest German Radio Symphony, 1986-99), and composer, dies at 91
Mar 9 Harry Howell, Canadian Hockey Hall of Fame defenseman (NY Rangers 1952-69), dies of dementia at 86
Mar 10 Asa Brebner, American guitarist and singer-songwriter (Modern Lovers; The Chartbusters), dies at 65
Mar 10 Josef Feistmantl, Austrian luger (Olympic gold men's doubles 1964; World C'ship gold singles 1969), dies at 80
Mar 11 Hal Blaine [Harold Belsky], American pop and rock session drummer (The Wrecking Crew), dies at 90
Mar 11 Willie Ellison, American NFL running back. 1967-74 (Pro Bowl 1971; Los Angeles Rams, Kansas City Chiefs), dies at 73
Mar 12 Alan Moss, English cricket fast bowler (9 Tests, 21 wickets; Middlesex CCC), dies at 88
Mar 14 Charles Whiting, English Formula 1 Race Director (Safety Delegate, Starter, head F1 Technical Dep't), dies of a pulmonary embolism at 66
Mar 14 Jake Phelps, American skateboarder, journalist (editor Thrasher magazine), dies at 56
Mar 15 Alec Coppen, British pioneering psychiatrist (serotonin theory of depression), dies at 96
Mar 15 David White, American singer and songwriter (Danny And The Juniors - "At The Hop": Leslie Gore - "You Don't Own Me"), dies of cancer at 79 [1]
Mar 15 Lam Jones, American athlete (Olympic gold 4 x 100m relay 1976) and NFL wide receiver (NY Jets 1980-86), dies of myeloma at 60
Mar 15 W. S. Merwin, American poet (17th United States Poet Laureate), dies at 91
Mar 16 Dick Dale [Richard Anthony Mansour], American guitarist, dies at 81
Mar 16 Richard Erdman, American actor (Stalag 17, Anything Goes), dies at 93
Mar 17 Barbara Benary, American composer (Gamelon Son Of Lion), dies at 73
Mar 17 [Zephire] Andre Williams, American R&B musician ("Jailbait"; "Shake a Tail Feather"), dies at 82
Mar 20 Randy Jackson, American MLB baseball third baseman, 1950-59, 2X All-Star (Chicago Cubs; Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodger; Cleveland Indians), dies of pneumonia at 93
Mar 22 Carlo Franci, Italian composer and conductor, dies at 91 [1]
Mar 22 Frans Andriessen, Dutch politician (KVP/CDA; European Commissioner, 1981-93), dies at 89
Mar 22 Jim Moody, American economist and politician (Rep-D-WI, 1983-93), dies at 83
Mar 22 Scott Walker [Noel Scott Engel], American-born British singer-songwriter and composer (The Walker Brothers - The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine (Anymore)), dies of cancer at 76
Mar 22 Victor Hochhauser, British impresario (Israeli Philharmonic Orchestra), dies at 95
Mar 25 Cal Ramsey, American basketball broadcaster, small forward (NY Knicks), dies of cardiac arrest at 81
Mar 25 Lisle Atkinson, American jazz double-bassist (Nina Simone; Betty Carter; Neo-Bass Ensemble), dies at 78
Mar 26 Heinz Winbeck, German composer, conductor and teacher, dies at 73
Mar 26 Ranking Roger [Roger Charlery], British rock vocalist (The Beat, General Public), dies of cancer at 56
Mar 27 Bruce Yardley, Australian cricket spin bowler and coach (33 Tests, 126 wickets; coach Sri Lanka), dies from cancer at 71
Mar 27 Joe Bellino, American College Football Hall of Fame halfback (Heisman Trophy 1960, Navy), dies of stomach cancer at 81
Mar 27 Valery Bykovsky, Soviet cosmonaut (Vostok 5, Soyuz 22, 31), dies at 84
Mar 29 Agnès Varda, Belgium-born French director “mother of the French New Wave” (Vagabond), dies at 90
Mar 31 Nipsey Hussle [Ermias Asghedom], American rapper and activist, shot and killed at 33
Apr 1 Michel Sénéchal, French operatic tenor, and educator, dies at 91
Apr 4 Myer "Whitey" Skoog, American basketball guard (NBA C'ship 1952, 53, 54 Minneapolis Lakers), dies at 92
Apr 5 Sydney Brenner, South African biologist known for his contributions on the genetic code and molecular biology (Nobel Laureate 2002), dies at 92
Apr 6 Ernest "Fritz" Hollings, American Democratic Senator from South Carolina (1966-2005) and Governor of South Carolina (1959-63), dies at 97
Apr 6 Richard Green, American sexologist, lawyer, and author who advocated for gay and transexual rights, dies of oesophageal cancer at 82
Apr 7 Joe Miceli, American drummer (John Fred and His Playboy Band - "Judy in Disguise (With Glasses)"),dies at 74
Apr 7 Seymour Cassel, American actor (Faces, Plain Clothes, Valentino), dies at 84
Apr 9 Marilynn Smith, American golfer, co-founder LPGA (Titleholders Championship 1963-64), dies at 89
Apr 10 Earl Thomas Conley, American singer-songwriter with 18 No. 1 country hits ("Once In A Blue Moon"; "Angel In Disguise"), dies from cerebral atrophy at 77
Apr 11 Frances Swem Anderson, American technologist (nuclear medicine), dies at 105
Apr 11 Monkey Punch [Kazuhiko Kato], Japanese manga cartoonist (Lupin III), dies of pneumonia at 81
Apr 12 Forrest Gregg, American Pro Football HOF tackle (9 x Pro Bowl; 7 × First-team All-Pro; Green Bay Packers) and coach (Cleveland Browns, Toronto Argonauts, Cincinnati Bengals, GB Packers), dies of Parkinson's disease at 85
Apr 12 Georgia Engel, American actress (The Mary Tyler Moore Show, 1972-77 - "Georgette"; Hot In Cleveland, 2011-15 -"Mamie-Sue"), dies at 70
Apr 12 Tommy Smith, English soccer defender (1 cap; Football League Div 1 1966, 73, 76, 77; FA Cup 1965, 74; European Cup 1977; Liverpool 467 games), dies at 74
Apr 13 Lydia Wideman, Finnish cross country skier (first female cross-country Olympic medalist, gold 10k 1952), dies at 98
Apr 14 Birgitta "Bibi" Andersson, Swedish actress (Persona, Wild Strawberries), dies at 83
Apr 14 John MacLeod, American basketball coach (NBA Phoenix Suns 1973-87), dies of Alzheimer's disease at 81
Apr 15 Don Perry, Canadian NHL coach (LA Kings 1982-84), dies at 89
Apr 15 Joe Terry (Terranova), American Doo-wop singer (Danny & The Juniors - "At The Hop"), dies at 78
Apr 15 Les Reed, British songwriter ("It's Not Unusual"; "There's A Kind Of Hush"; "Here It Comes Again"), dies at 83
Apr 15 Owen Kay Garriott, American electrical engineer and NASA astronaut (Skylab 3, STS 9), dies at 88
Apr 16 Fay McKenzie, American actress and singer (The Party, Sierra Sue), dies at 101
Apr 16 Jörg Wolfgang Demus, Austrian classical pianist and composer, dies at 90
Apr 17 Alan García, President of Peru (Peruvian Aprista Party: 1985-90, 2006-11), commits suicide by shooting himself as police try to arrest him on corruption charges at 69

Lorraine Warren (1927-2019)

Apr 18 American paranormal investigator (Amityville haunting), dies in her sleep at 92

Apr 18 Lyra McKee, Northern Irish journalist, shot by the New IRA in a terrorist attack at 29
Apr 18 Mark Medoff, American playwright, director, actor and professor (Children of a Lesser God), dies at 79
Apr 19 Bob Efford, British jazz and session baritone saxophonist and reed player, dies at 91
Apr 19 Martin Böttcher, German composer and conductor, dies at 91
Apr 22 Billy McNeill MBE, Scottish soccer defender (29 caps; Celtic) and manager (Celtic, Manchester City, Aston Villa), dies from dementia at 79
Apr 22 Dave Samuels, American vibraphonist (Spyro Gyra-Morning Dance), dies at 70
Apr 22 Heather Harper, Northern Irish operatic soprano (Britten's War Requiem), dies at 88
Apr 23 Henry W. Bloch, American businessman (co-founder of H&R Block) and philanthropist, dies at 96
Apr 23 Jean [Jean Benoît Guillaume Robert Antoine Louis Marie Adolphe Marc d'Aviano], Grand Duke of Luxembourg (1964-2000), dies at 98
Apr 23 Johan Witteveen, Dutch economist, Minister of Finance (1963–65; 1967–71) and managing director of the IMF (1973-78), dies at 97
Apr 24 Dick Rivers [Hervé Forneri], French rock and roll singer and actor, dies from cancer on his 74th birthday

John Havlicek (1940-2019)

Apr 25 American College/Basketball Hall of Fame small forward (8 x NBA C'ship Boston Celtics; 13 x NBA All Star; 4 x All-NBA First Team), dies of Parkinson's disease at 79

Apr 25 Manuel Lujan Jr., American politician (Rep-R-NM, 1969-89), dies at 90
Apr 26 David McNee, Scottish law enforcement officer (City of Glasgow/Strathclyde Police Chief Constable, 1971-77; Metropolitan Police Commissioner, 1977-82), dies at 94
Apr 29 Gino Marchetti, Pro Football Hall of Fame defensive end (Pro Bowl x 11), dies of pneumonia at 93
Apr 29 John Singleton, American director and screenwriter (Boyz in the Hood), dies of a stroke at 51
Apr 30 (Rowland) "Boon" Gould, British rock guitarist (Level 42, 1979-87 - "Hot Water"), takes his own life at 64
Apr 30 Mike Doyle, American surfer (World C'ship 1964 runner-up; World Tandem Champion 1965, 67), dies of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis at 78
Apr 30 Peter Mayhew, British American actor (Chewbacca in Star Wars), dies at 74
May 2 Red Kelly, Canadian Hockey Hall of Fame center, coach; politician (Toronto Maple Leafs), dies at 91
May 4 (James) "J.R." Cobb American guitarist and songwriter (Classics IV - "Spooky"; Atlanta Rhythm Section - "Champagne Jam"), dies of a heart attack at 76
May 6 Seymour Nurse, West Indian cricket batsman (29 Tests @ 47.60, 6 x 100; TS 258; Barbados), dies at 85
May 7 Georg Katzer, German composer (electro-acoustic music), dies at 84
May 7 Jean Vanier, Canadian philosopher and disabilities advocate, dies at 90
May 9 Freddie Starr, English comedian & singer (The Freddie Starr Showcase), dies at 76
May 11 Harold Lederman, American boxing judge & analyst (HBO), dies of cancer at 79

Doris Day (1922-2019)

May 13 American singer ("Sentimental Journey; "Que Sera, Sera"), actress known as the "girl next door" (Pillow Talk; The Man Who Knew Too Much), and animal rights activist, dies of pneumonia at 97

May 13 Jerome Callet, American musician and designer of brass instruments, dies at 89
May 14 (Thomas) "Tim" Conway, American Emmy Award-winning comic actor and screenwriter (McHale's Navy; The Carol Burnett Show, 1975-78; The Apple Dumpling Gang), dies from complications of normal pressure hydrocephalus at 85
May 14 Grumpy Cat [Tardar Sauce], American cat internet celebrity, dies following complications from urinary tract infection at 7