The following is a list of notable deaths in May 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.
May 1999
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* Eddie Chamblee, 79, American tenor, alto saxophonist and vocalist.
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Alish Lambaranski
Alish Jamil oglu Lambaranski (Azeri: ''Əliş Cəmil oğlu Ləmbəranski;'' May 10, 1914 – May 1, 1999) was a Soviet and Azerbaijani statesman and mayor of Baku.
Biography
Alish Lemberanskiy was born on May 10, 1914, in Lemberan village of ...
, 84, Soviet and Azerbaijani statesman.
* Jos LeDuc, 54, Canadian professional wrestler, lung infection.
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Osman Ahmed Osman
Osman Ahmed Osman ( ar, عثمان أحمد عثمان) (April 6, 1917 – May 1, 1999) was an Egyptian engineer, contractor, entrepreneur, and politician. Known commonly as el-mo'alim ("the boss"), Osman founded the Arab Contractors (th ...
Brian Shawe-Taylor
Brian Newton Shawe-Taylor (28 January 1915 – 1 May 1999) was a British racing driver. He participated in 3 World Championship Grands Prix and numerous non-Championship Formula One races. He scored no World Championship points.
Shawe-Taylor ...
, 84, British racing driver.
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* Thomas C. Cochran, 97, American economic historian and author.
* Bill Davidson, 64, American football player and coach and college athletics administrator.
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Igor M. Diakonoff
Igor Mikhailovich Diakonoff (occasionally spelled Diakonov, russian: link=no, И́горь Миха́йлович Дья́конов; 12 January 1915 – 2 May 1999) was a Russian historian, linguist, and translator and a renowned expert on th ...
, 84, Russian historian, linguist and translator.
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Ernest A. Gross
Ernest A. Gross (September 23, 1906 – May 2, 1999) was a United States diplomat and lawyer who headed the U.S. delegation to the United Nations in the lead-up to the Korean War.
Biography
Ernest A. Gross was born in Brooklyn on September 23, ...
, 92, American diplomat and lawyer.
* Douglas Harkness, 96, Canadian politician, teacher and farmer.
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Robert Arthur Humphreys
Robert Arthur Humphreys (1907–1999), known as Robin Humphreys, was a British historian, the first professor of Latin American studies in the United Kingdom, and the founder of the Institute of Latin American Studies at University College Londo ...
, 91, British historian and professor of Latin American studies.
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Tibor Kalman
Tibor George Kalman (July 6, 1949 – May 2, 1999) was an American graphic designer of Hungarian origin, well known for his work as editor-in-chief of ''Colors'' magazine.
Early life
Kalman was born on July 6, 1949, in Budapest, to parents Ma ...
, 49, American graphic designer,
non-Hodgkins lymphoma
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL), also known as non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, is a group of blood cancers that includes all types of lymphomas except Hodgkin lymphomas. Symptoms include enlarged lymph nodes, fever, night sweats, weight loss, and tiredness. ...
Oliver!
''Oliver!'' is a coming-of-age stage musical, with book, music and lyrics by Lionel Bart. The musical is based upon the 1838 novel '' Oliver Twist'' by Charles Dickens.
It premiered at the Wimbledon Theatre, southwest London in 1960 before op ...
Włodzimierz Sokorski
Włodzimierz Sokorski (2 July 1908, Oleksandrivsk – 2 May 1999, Warsaw) was a Polish communist official, writer, military journalist and a brigadier general in the People's Republic of Poland. He was the Minister of Culture and Art responsible ...
, 90, Polish communist politician, writer, and brigadier general.
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Anahit Tsitsikian
Anahit Tsitsikian ( hy, Անահիտ Ցիցիկյան; born Leningrad, August 26, 1926; death Yerevan, May 2, 1999) was an Armenian female violinist. She toured around the world through more than 100 cities during the Soviet times; she taught ...
, 72, Armenian female violinist.
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* Joe Adcock, 71, American baseball player and manager,
Alzheimer's disease
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegeneration, neurodegenerative disease that usually starts slowly and progressively worsens. It is the cause of 60–70% of cases of dementia. The most common early symptom is difficulty in short-term me ...
Detroit Red Wings
The Detroit Red Wings (colloquially referred to as the Wings) are a professional ice hockey team based in Detroit. The Red Wings compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Atlantic Division (NHL), Atlantic Division in the East ...
Godfrey Evans
Thomas Godfrey Evans (18 August 1920 – 3 May 1999) was an English cricketer who played for Kent and England. Described by ''Wisden'' as 'arguably the best wicket-keeper the game has ever seen', Evans collected 219 dismissals in 91 Test match ...
Manny Babbitt
Manuel Pina "Manny" Babbitt (May 3, 1949 – May 4, 1999) was a U.S. Marine veteran of the Vietnam War who was convicted of the murder of a 78-year-old woman, Leah Schendel, during a burglary in Sacramento, California in 1980.U.S. Marine veteran of the Vietnam War and convicted murderer, execution by lethal injection.
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Albert Fearnley
Albert Fearnley (10 March 1924 – 4 May 1999) was an English rugby league footballer who played in the 1950s, and coached in the 1960s and 1950s. Fearnley started his career at Rochdale Hornets and went on to play for Oldham ( Heritage № 552) ...
, 75, English rugby league football player, and coach.
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Wilfried Geeroms
Wilfried Geeroms (14 July 1941 – 4 May 1999) was a Belgian hurdler. He competed in the 400 metres hurdles at the 1964 Summer Olympics and the 1968 Summer Olympics
The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), of ...
, 57, Belgian Olympic hurdler, cancer.
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Jean Marius René Guibé
Jean Marius René Guibé was a French naturalist, especially a herpetologist. He was born on 18 February 1910 in Paris and died on 4 May 1999 in Caen. He was professor at the Paris National Museum of Natural History.
The frogs '' Boophis guibei ...
Mahendra Narayan Nidhi
Mahendra Narayan Nidhi (24 February 1922 – 4 May 1999) was a Nepali politician, democracy fighter, and Gandhian leader. He was the Minister of water resources and local development in the Interim government led by Krishna Prasad Bhattarai afte ...
, 77, Nepali politician and
Gandhian The followers of Mahatma Gandhi, the greatest figure of the Indian independence movement, are called Gandhians.
Gandhi's legacy includes a wide range of ideas ranging from his dream of ideal India (or ''Rama Rajya)'', economics, environmentalism, ...
leader.
* John Salmon, 88, New Zealand photographer, conservationist, and author.
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Henry Tiller
Henry Tiller (14 June 1914 – 4 May 1999) was a Norwegian boxer who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.
Amateur career
Tiller's career started in 1931, when he became Norwegian amateur junior lightweight champion at the age of 17. He ...
, 84, Norwegian boxer and Olympic medalist.
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Vasilis Diamantopoulos
Vasilis Diamantopoulos ( el, Βασίλης Διαμαντόπουλος; 15 November 1920 – 5 May 1999) was a Greek actor. He was one of the founders of the Modern Theater and was the first actor to appear live on Greek television in the si ...
, 78, Greek actor, heart attack.
* John Howard, 86, British Army officer during World War II.
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Américo Paredes
Américo Paredes (September 3, 1915 – May 5, 1999) was an American author born in Brownsville, Texas who authored several texts focusing on the border life that existed between the United States and Mexico, particularly around the Rio Grande ...
, 83, American author.
* Rodrigo Ruiz, 76, Mexican football player.
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Fehmi Agani
Fehmi Agani (23 January 1932 – 6 May 1999) was a sociologist and politician in Kosovo who was considered to be the leading thinker and political strategist of the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) in the 1990s. He represented the LDK in internat ...
Keizo Hasegawa
was a Japanese track and field athlete. He competed in the men's triple jump at the 1952 Summer Olympics
The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), officially known as the Games of the XV Oly ...
, 76, Japanese track and field athlete and Olympian.
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Kaii Higashiyama
was a Japanese writer and artist particularly renowned for his Nihonga style paintings. As one of the most popular artists in post-war Japan, Higashiyama was awarded the Japan Art Academy Prize in 1956 and the Order of Culture in 1969.
Biograph ...
, 90, Japanese writer and artist.
* Sven Meyer, 21, German figure skater, suicide by gunshot.
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Johnny Morris Johnny or Johnnie Morris may refer to:
* Johnnie Morris (actor) (1887–1969), American comedian and actor
*Johnny Morris (television presenter) (1916–1999), British television presenter
*Johnny Morris (footballer) (1923–2011), English football ...
, 82, British television presenter.
* Maria Laura Rocca, 81, Italian actress and writer.
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Mark Tuinei
Mark Pulemau Tuinei (March 31, 1960 – May 6, 1999) was an American football offensive tackle in the National Football League (NFL) for the Dallas Cowboys. Known as a "gentle giant", his career lasted for 15 years (1983–1997) and his ability ...
, 39, American football player, drug overdose.
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Randi Anda
Randi Anda (née Friestad; 29 December 1898, Egersund – 7 May 1999) was a Norwegian politician for the Christian Democratic Party.
She served as a deputy representative to the Parliament of Norway from Rogaland during the terms 1954–57, 1958 ...
, 100, Norwegian politician.
* Chen Yanyan, 83, Chinese actress and film producer.
* Joseph Gray, 79, Irish-born English Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Shrewsbury.
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Leon Hess
Leon Hess (March 14, 1914 – May 7, 1999) was an American businessman, the founder of the Hess Corporation and the owner of the New York Jets. Hess built an oil terminal in New Jersey after the Great Depression, building his first refinery i ...
, 85, American businessman and owner of the
New York Jets
The New York Jets are a professional American football team based in the New York metropolitan area. The Jets compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's American Football Conference (AFC) East division. The J ...
Edward Abraham
Sir Edward Penley Abraham, (10 June 1913 – 8 May 1999) was an English biochemist instrumental in the development of the first antibiotics penicillin and cephalosporin.
Early life and education
Abraham was born on 10 June 1913 at 47 South V ...
, 85, English biochemist, stroke.
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Dirk Bogarde
Sir Dirk Bogarde (born Derek Jules Gaspard Ulric Niven van den Bogaerde; 28 March 1921 – 8 May 1999) was an English actor, novelist and screenwriter. Initially a matinée idol in films such as ''Doctor in the House'' (1954) for the Rank Organ ...
Soeman Hs
Soeman Hasibuan (EYD, Perfected Spelling: Suman Hasibuan; 4 April 1904 – 8 May 1999) better known by his pen name Soeman Hs, was an Indonesian author recognized for pioneering detective fiction and short story writing in Indonesian litera ...
, 95, Indonesian author.
* John Kotz, 80, American collegiate basketball player and early professional.
* Michael Nightingale, 76, English actor.
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Alan Paterson
Alan Sinclair Paterson (11 June 1928 – 8 May 1999) was a British track and field athlete who competed in the high jump. He was one of Europe's best high jumpers during the immediate post-World War II period. He was the champion at the Eur ...
, 70, English high jumper and Olympian.
* Sally Payne, 86, American actress, stroke.
* Dana Plato, 34, American actress ('' Diff'rent Strokes''), suicide by drug overdose.
* Leon Thomas, 61, American jazz and blues vocalist, heart failure.
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Harry Blech
Hirsch "Harry" Blech (June 1909 – 9 May 1999) was a British violinist and conductor. He founded the London Mozart Players in 1949, and was known also as a conductor of studio recordings for HMV and Decca Records.
Life
Harry Blech was born in ...
, 89, British violinist and conductor.
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Shirley Dinsdale
Shirley Dinsdale Layburn (October 31, 1926 – May 9, 1999), better known by her maiden name of Shirley Dinsdale, was an American ventriloquist and television and radio personality of the 1940s and early 1950s.
She is best remembered for her dumm ...
, 72, American ventriloquist and television and radio personality, cancer.
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Derek Fatchett
Derek John Fatchett (22 August 1945 – 9 May 1999) was a British politician. He became Member of Parliament for Leeds Central in 1983 and was a member of the Labour Party. He was Minister of State for Foreign Affairs (Deputy Foreign Secretary) ...
, 53, British politician, heart attack.
* Jürgen Fuchs, 48, East German writer and dissident, leukemia.
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Jim Hunt
James Baxter Hunt Jr. (born May 16, 1937) is an American politician and retired attorney who was the List of governors of North Carolina, 69th and 71st Governor of North Carolina (1977–1985, and 1993–2001). He is the longest-serving governo ...
, 95, American athletic trainer.
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Božidar Kantušer
Božidar Kantušer (Bozidar Kantuser) (December 5, 1921, Pavlovski Vrh, Slovenia – May 9, 1999, Paris) was a Slovene composer of classical music. He was a Slovenian citizen and an American citizen.
Kantušer is the author of symphonic music, ...
Wynona Lipman
Evelyn Wynona Lipman ( Moore; 1923 – May 9, 1999) was an American Democratic Party politician who represented the 29th Legislative District in the New Jersey Senate. Lipman became the first African-American woman to be elected to the Sen ...
, American politician, cancer.
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Ivan M. Niven
Ivan Morton Niven (October 25, 1915 May 9, 1999) was a Canadian-American mathematician, specializing in number theory and known for his work on Waring's problem. He worked for many years as a professor at the University of Oregon, and was presiden ...
Karamshi Jethabhai Somaiya
Karamshi Jethabhai Somaiya (16 May 1902 - 9 May 1999) was an Indian educationist who founded educational institutes in Maharashtra state in India. He was awarded the Padma Bhushan for his service to society in 2000. The Somaiya Vidyavihar educa ...
, 96, Indian educationist.
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Ole Søltoft
Ole Søltoft (8 January 1941 – 9 May 1999 in Kolding) was a Danish actor who became an icon of the 1970s wave of Danish erotic feature film comedies. For over a decade he starred or co-starred in nearly all notable films in this genre and became ...
, 58, Danish actor.
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Hans Granlid
Hans Granlid (22 December 1926 – 10 May 1999) was a Swedish novelist and literary researcher. Among his novels are ''Nertrappning'' from 1969, and ''Hotellsaga'' from 1972. He was awarded the Dobloug Prize The Dobloug Prize ( sv, Doblougska ...
, 72, Swedish novelist and literary researcher.
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Anésia Pinheiro Machado
Anésia Pinheiro Machado (June 1902 or 5 June 1904, in Itapetininga – 10 May 1999) was the second licensed female pilot in Brazil ( Teresa De Marzo being the first.) She made her first solo flight on March 17, 1922. In April 1922 she received Bre ...
Carl Powis
Carl Edgar Powis (January 11, 1928 – May 10, 1999) was an American professional baseball player. Nicknamed "Jug," Powis played right field for the Baltimore Orioles of Major League Baseball during the first three weeks of the 1957 season. In 1 ...
Eqbal Ahmad
Eqbal Ahmad (1933 – 11 May 1999) was a Pakistani political scientist, writer and academic known for his anti-war activism, his support for resistance movements globally and academic contributions to the study of Near East. Born in Bihar, ...
, 65, Pakistani political scientist, writer and pacifist, heart failure.
* Josef Dostál, 95, Czech botanist,
pteridologist #REDIRECTFern
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Ferns
Pteridologist #REDIRECTFern
A fern (Polypodiopsida or Polypodiophyta ) is a member of a group of vascular plants (plants with xylem and phloem) that reproduce via spores and have neither seeds nor flowers. The ...
, conservationist and climber.
* Elaine Fifield, 68, Australian ballerina.
* Werner Fuchs, 50, German football player, heart attack.
* George Hunter, 60, Scottish motorcycle speedway rider.
* Birdy Sweeney, 67, Irish actor and comedian.
* Robert Thomas, 72, Welsh sculptor.
Matt Houston
''Matt Houston'' was an American crime drama television series starring Lee Horsley as the title character, a wealthy oilman who decides to hold a side job as a private investigator. Created by Lawrence Gordon and produced by Aaron Spelling, i ...
Saul Steinberg
Saul Steinberg (June 15, 1914 – May 12, 1999) was a Romanian-American artist, best known for his work for ''The New Yorker'', most notably ''View of the World from 9th Avenue''. He described himself as "a writer who draws".
Biography
Ste ...
, 84, Romanian-American cartoonist and illustrator.
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Jerzy Stroba
Jerzy Stroba (1919–1999) was a Polish Roman Catholic bishop.
He was born on 17 December 1919 in świętochłowice, Poland.
He became Auxiliary Bishop of Ggorzowski from 1958 to 1972, Bishop of Szczecin– Kamień in 1972–1978, Archbisho ...
Daniel Frank Walls
Daniel Frank Walls Fellow of the Royal Society, FRS (13 September 1942 – 12 May 1999) was a New Zealand theoretical physicist specialising in quantum optics.
Education
Walls gained a BSc in physics and mathematics and a first class honours M ...
Abd al-Aziz Ibn Baz
Sheikh Abd al Aziz ibn Abdullah ibn Baz ( ar, عبد العزيز بن عبد الله بن باز, ʿAbd al ʿAzīz bin ʿAbdullāh bin Bāz, 21 November 1912 – 13 May 1999) was a Saudi Arabian Islamic scholar who served as the Grand Mufti of S ...
, 88, Saudi Arabian Islamic scholar.
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Roy Crowson
Roy Albert Crowson (22 November 1914 in Hadlow, Kent – 13 May 1999) was an English biologist who specialised in the taxonomy of beetles.
He lectured at the Zoology Department of the University of Glasgow from 1949. He collected beetles and the ...
, 84, English biologist.
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Meg Greenfield
Mary Ellen Greenfield (December 27, 1930 – May 13, 1999), known as Meg Greenfield, was an American editorial writer who worked for the ''Washington Post'' and ''Newsweek''. She was also a Washington, D.C. insider, known for her wit. Greenfield ...
, 68, American editorial writer, cancer.
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Motohiko Hino
Motohiko "Toko" Hino (January 3, 1946 in Tokyo – May 13, 1999) was a Japanese jazz drummer.
Hino's father, who was a dancer and musician, taught Hino and his brother, Terumasa Hino, tap dancing as children.jazz drummer, liver failure.
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Giuseppe Petrilli
Giuseppe Petrilli (1913? – 13 May 1999?) was an Italian professor and European Commissioner.
He was a non-politician appointed as the first Italian European Commissioner on the Hallstein Commission
The Hallstein Commission is the European ...
, 86, Italian professor and European Commissioner.
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Gene Sarazen
Gene Sarazen (; born Eugenio Saraceni, February 27, 1902 – May 13, 1999) was an American professional golfer, one of the world's top players in the 1920s and 1930s, and the winner of seven major championships. He is one of five players (along ...
, 97, American golf player, complications of pneumonia.
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John Whiting
John Robert Whiting (15 November 1917 – 16 June 1963) was an English actor, dramatist and critic.
Life and career
Born in Salisbury, he was educated at Taunton School, "the particular hellish life which is the English public school" as he ...
, 90, American sociologist and anthropologist.
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Manuel del Cabral
Manuel del Cabral (7 March 1907, in Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic – 14 May 1999, in Santo Domingo) was a Dominican poet, writer, and diplomat. The son of Mario Fermín Cabral y Báez, an influential senator during the "Era of ...
Joseph F. Smith
Joseph Fielding Smith Sr. (November 13, 1838 – November 19, 1918) was an American religious leader who served as the sixth president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). He was the nephew of Joseph Smith, the founde ...
, 79, American politician.
* William Tucker, 38, American guitarist, suicide by drug overdose and throat-cutting.
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Grete Weil
Grete Weil (18 July 1906 – 14 May 1999) was a German writer.Monacensia Literaturarchiv und Bibliothek.Grete Weil" ''Literaturportal Bayern''.
Biography
She was born Margarete Elisabeth Dispeker, the daughter of a prominent lawyer in Munich. She ...
Jerry Wunderlich
Jerry Wunderlich (August 18, 1925 – May 14, 1999) was an American set decorator. He was nominated for two Academy Awards in the category Best Art Direction.
Selected filmography
Wunderlich was nominated for two Academy Awards for Best Ar ...
Nitya Chaitanya Yati
Nitya Chaitanya Yati (2 November 1924 – 14 May 1999) was an Indian philosopher, psychologist, author and poet, best known for his commentaries on Advaita Vedanta as well as his literary criticisms. He was a disciple of Nataraja Guru, the succe ...
, 74, Indian philosopher, psychologist, author and poet.
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Valeh Barshadly
Valeh Barshadly Eyyub oglu ( az, Valeh Bərşadlı Eyyub oğlu; July 6, 1927 – May 15, 1999) also spelled as Valeh Barshadli, was the first Minister of Defense of Azerbaijan after restoration of its independence in 1991.
Early life
Barshadly w ...
, 71, Azerbaijani Minister of Defense.
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Lily Fayol
Lily Fayol (12 June 1914, Allevard, Isère, 15 May 1999, Saint-Raphaël, Var) was a French singer.
The artistic career of Lily Fayol began shortly before World War II. Acquainted with talent manager Johnny Stark she had a series of hits from ...
Kenneth Riches
Kenneth Riches (20 September 1908 – 15 May 1999) was an Anglican bishop during the second half of the 20th century. He served as the bishop of Dorchester from 1952 to 1957, and as the Bishop of Lincoln from 1957 to 1974. He was also the pr ...
, 90, British
Anglican
Anglicanism is a Western Christian tradition that has developed from the practices, liturgy, and identity of the Church of England following the English Reformation, in the context of the Protestant Reformation in Europe. It is one of th ...
bishop.
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Bob Wilson Bob Wilson may refer to:
Association footballers
*Bob Wilson (footballer, born 1867) (1867–?), Irish international footballer of the 1880s
* Bob Wilson (footballer, born September 1898) 1920s, Scottish footballer with Third Lanark and Fall R ...
Saint-Josse-ten-Noode
Saint-Josse-ten-Noode () or Sint-Joost-ten-Node (), often simply called Saint-Josse or Sint-Joost, is one of the 19 municipalities of the Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium. Located in the north-eastern part of the region, it is bordered by the Ci ...
(1953–1999), cancer.
* Minder Coleman, 95, American artist.
* Cam Fraser, 67, Canadian football player.
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Bobby Goldman
Robert "Bobby", "Bob" Goldman (November 10, 1938 – May 16, 1999) was an American bridge player, teacher and writer. He won three Bermuda Bowls (1970, 1971, 1979), Olympiad Mixed Teams 1972, and 20 North American Bridge Championships. He authored ...
, 60, American bridge player, writer, and official.
* George Hill Hodel, 91, American physician and suspect in several murders.
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Andy Norval
Andrew McLaren Norval (26 April 1912 – 16 May 1999) was an Australian professional rugby league footballer, a national and state representative lock-forward whose club career was with Sydney's Eastern Suburbs club.
Career
Born in South ...
, 87, Australian rugby player.
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Lembit Oll
Lembit Oll (23 April 1966 – 16 May 1999) was an Estonian chess grandmaster.
Chess career
Born in Kohtla-Järve on 23 April 1966, Oll became Estonian Chess Champion in 1982 and U20 Soviet Chess Champion in 1984. FIDE awarded him the interna ...
, 33, Estonian chess grandmaster, suicide by jumping.
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James Broughton
James Broughton (November 10, 1913 – May 17, 1999) was an American poet and poetic filmmaker. He was part of the San Francisco Renaissance, a precursor to the Beat poets. He was an early bard of the Radical Faeries, as well as a member of ...
, 85, American poet, playwright and filmmaker, heart failure.
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Bruce Fairbairn
Bruce Earl Fairbairn (December 30, 1949 – May 17, 1999) was a Canadian record producer. He was active as a producer from 1976 to 1999, and is considered one of the best of his era. His most successful productions are ''Slippery When Wet'' an ...
, 49, Canadian musician and record producer.
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Božidar Finka
Božidar Finka (19 December 1925 – 17 May 1999) was a Croatian linguist, lexicographer and member of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts
Life and education
Božidar Finka was born in Sali on 19 December 1925. In 1947 he finished high sch ...
, 73, Croatian linguist and lexicographer.
* Henry Jones, 86, American actor, complications from a fall.
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Thelma Kalama
Thelma H. Kalama (March 24, 1931 – May 17, 1999), later known by her married name Thelma Aiu, was an American competition swimmer and Olympic champion. She competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, where she won a gold medal in the wome ...
, 68, American Olympic swimmer.
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Ed Rimkus
Edward William Rimkus (August 10, 1913 in Schenectady, New York – May 17, 1999 in Long Beach, California) was an American of Lithuanian descent bobsledder who competed in the late 1940s and early 1950s. He won a gold medal in the four-men ...
Dias Gomes
Alfredo de Freitas Dias Gomes () (19 October 1922 – 18 May 1999) was a Brazilian playwright.
He was born on October 19, 1922 in Salvador, Bahia. He started writing plays at age 15 and later wrote soap operas. He wrote the first ever colo ...
, 76, Brazilian playwright, traffic collision.
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Hank Herring
Horace H. "Hank" Herring (June 19, 1922 – May 18, 1999) was an American boxer. Herring was the Welterweight Silver Medalist at the 1948 London Olympic Games. Herring lost in the final to Július Torma of Czechoslovakia.
Early life and militar ...
, 76, American boxer.
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Miguel Pedro Mundo
Miguel Pedro Mundo (July 25, 1937 – May 18, 1999) was an American-born bishop of the Catholic Church in Brazil. In the Diocese of Jataí, he served as Auxiliary Bishop from 1978 to 1999, then Bishop of Jataí for the last three months of his li ...
Augustus Pablo
Horace Swaby (21 June 1953 – 18 May 1999),Thompson, Dave (2002) ''Reggae & Caribbean Music'', Backbeat Books, , p. 200-202 known as Augustus Pablo, was a Jamaican roots reggae and dub record producer and a multi-instrumentalist, active f ...
, 44, Jamaican record producer and musician, respiratory failure.
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Freddy Randall
Frederick James 'Freddy' Randall (6 May 1921 – 18 May 1999) was an English jazz trumpeter and bandleader born in Clapton, East London.
Biography
Born in Clapton, East London at the age of just 18 Randall led the St. Louis Four in 1939, ...
Betty Robinson
Elizabeth R. Schwartz (née Robinson; August 23, 1911 – May 18, 1999) was an American athlete and winner of the first Olympic 100 metres for women.
Early life
Robinson was born in Riverdale, Illinois. She was a student at Thornton Township H ...
, 87, American athlete and winner of the first Olympic 100 m,
Alzheimer's disease
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegeneration, neurodegenerative disease that usually starts slowly and progressively worsens. It is the cause of 60–70% of cases of dementia. The most common early symptom is difficulty in short-term me ...
Rebecca Elson
Rebecca Anne Wood Elson (2 January 1960 – 19 May 1999) was a Canadian–American astronomer and writer.
Early life and education
Rebecca "Becky" Anne Wood Elson was born in Montreal, Quebec, to Jeanne Bridgman, ''née'' Hickey and John ...
, 39, Canadian–American astronomer and writer, cancer.
* Larry Markes, 77, American comedian, singer and screenwriter.
* John McSweeney, Jr., 83, American film editor.
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Vera Scarth-Johnson
Vera Scarth-Johnson (1912 – 19 May 1999) was a noted botanist and botanical illustrator who is also remembered for her continual efforts to teach others to treasure the flora and environment of Australia and, in particular, the botanically r ...
, 87, British-Australian botanist and botanical illustrator.
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Xhafer Spahiu
Xhafer Spahiu (June 5, 1923 – May 19, 1999) was a former Albanian politician of the Albanian Party of Labour (PPSh). He was the only Kosovar Albanian of the higher ranks of the Communist Albania leadership after 1948.
Life
Spahiu was born in Gj ...
, 75, Albanian politician.
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Alister Williamson
Alister Williamson (17 June 1918 – 19 May 1999) was an Australian-born character actor, who appeared in many British films and television series of the 1960s and 1970s. A big, craggy-faced man, he would usually be found playing gruff police ins ...
, 80, Australian-British actor.
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William Alfred
William Alfred (August 16, 1922 – May 20, 1999) was an American playwright, poet, and professor of English literature at Harvard University.
Biography
Alfred was born into an Irish family in Brooklyn, New York. His father was a bricklayer and ...
, 76, American playwright, poet, and academic.
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Renato Gei
Renato Gei (; 1 February 1921 – 20 May 1999) was an Italian association football manager and footballer who played as a forward. On 25 November 1951, he represented the Italy national football team
The Italy national football team ( i ...
, 78, Italian football player and manager.
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James E. Hill
General James Erskine Hill (October 1, 1921 – May 20, 1999) was a World War II flying ace, United States Air Force general, and commander in chief of the North American Air Defense Command and the U.S. Air Force Aerospace Defense Command, with ...
, 77, United States Air Force general and World War II flying ace, cancer.
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Robert Rhodes James
Sir Robert Vidal Rhodes James (10 April 1933 – 20 May 1999) was a British historian, and Conservative Party (UK), Conservative Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament.
Born in India, he was educated in England and attended ...
, 66, British politician.
* Carlos Quirino, 89, Filipino biographer and historian.
*
Colette Ripert
Colette Ripert (17 January 1930 – 20 May 1930 ) was a French actress.
Selected filmography
* '' Les jeux sont faits'' (1947)
* '' Eternal Conflict'' (1948)
* ''Keep an Eye on Amelia'' (1949)
* ''The Girl from Maxim's'' (1950)
* '' I Had S ...
Jozef Cleber
Jozef "Jos" Cleber (; 2 June 1916, Maastricht – 21 May 1999, Hilversum) was a Dutch trombonist, violinist, conductor, composer, arranger, and producer.
He wrote numerous arrangements (notably to ''Heel de wereld'', the Dutch Eurovision Son ...
, 82, Dutch trombonist, violinist, and composer.
*
Colin Hayes
Colin Sidney Hayes (16 February 1924 – 21 May 1999) was an Australian champion trainer of thoroughbred racehorses based in Adelaide, South Australia.
During his career he trained 5,333 winners including 524 individual Group or Listed winne ...
Norman Rossington
Norman Rossington (24 December 1928 – 21 May 1999) was an English actor best remembered for his roles in ''The Army Game'', the ''Carry On'' films and the Beatles' film '' A Hard Day's Night''.
Early life
Born in Liverpool, Lancashire, ...
Fulvio Tomizza
Fulvio Tomizza (26 January 1935 – 21 May 1999) was an Italian writer. He was born in Giurizzani di Materada in Istria, to a middle-class family. His mother was Margherita Frank Trento, born into a poor family of Slavic extraction. His father, ...
, 64, Italian writer.
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* Milton Banana, 64, Brazilian bossa nova and jazz drummer.
* Loleh Bellon, 74, French stage and film actress and playwright.
*
Mark Edward Bradley
Mark Edward Bradley Jr. (December 10, 1907 – May 22, 1999) was a United States Air Force general and a pioneering aviator. He served as commander of the U.S. Air Force Logistics Command.
Early life
On December 10, 1907, Bradley was born ...
Rubén W. Cavallotti
Rubén W. Cavallotti (Montevideo, 1924 - Buenos Aires, 1999) was a Uruguayan-born film director from Argentina.
Filmography
* '' Cinco gallinas y el cielo'' - 1957
* '' Prisoner 1040 (Procesado 1040)'' - 1958
* '' Gringalet'' - 1959
* ''Luna Park' ...
, 74, Uruguayan-Argentine film director.
*
Duilio Coletti
Duilio Coletti (28 December 1906 – 22 May 1999) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. He directed 29 films between 1934 and 1977.
Career
Born in Penne, Abruzzo, he took a degree in medicine and surgery and practiced the profession ...
, 92, Italian film director and screenwriter, heart attack.
*
Alfred Kubel
Alfred Kubel (25 May 1909 in Braunschweig – 22 May 1999 in Bad Pyrmont) was a German politician; in his later career, he was a member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD).
In 1928, after attending Middle School, Kubel became an indu ...
, 90, American politician.
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* Arthur Edward Ellis, 84, English football referee, cancer.
* Owen Hart, 34, Canadian professional wrestler ( WWF), injuries sustained from fall.
*
John T. Hayward
John Tucker "Chick" Hayward (15 November 1908 – 23 May 1999) was an American naval aviator during World War II. He helped develop one of the two atomic bombs that was dropped on Japan in the closing days of the war. Later, he was a pioneer ...
, 90, American
naval aviator
Naval aviation is the application of military air power by navies, whether from warships that embark aircraft, or land bases.
Naval aviation is typically projected to a position nearer the target by way of an aircraft carrier. Carrier-based a ...
during World War II, cancer.
*
Asa Singh Mastana
Asa Singh Mastana (1926–1999) was a Punjabi musician and singer best known for lending his voice to the hit Bollywood film ''Heer'', and singing ''jugni'' and ''Heer''-genre of folk songs, which recount the tales of Heer Ranjha by poet Waris S ...
, 71, Indian musician and singer.
* John Prentice, 78, American cartoonist (''
Rip Kirby
''Rip Kirby'' is an American comic strip created by Alex Raymond and Ward Greene featuring the adventures of private detective Rip Kirby. The strip ran from 1946 to 1999 and was in the hands of artist John Prentice for more than 40 years.
Pub ...
'').
*
Albert Charles Smith
Albert Charles Smith (April 5, 1906 – May 23, 1999) was an American botanist who served as director of the National Museum of Natural History and Arnold Arboretum and was the former president of the American Society of Plant Taxonomists.
Life
S ...
, 93, American botanist.
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Irene Bache
Irene Mary Bache (23 March 1901 – 24 May 1999) was a British artist. Although born in London, and widely travelled, Bache lived and established her career in Wales, in and around Swansea.
Biography
Bache was born in Brockley in south London ...
, 98, British artist.
*
Guru Hanuman
Guru Hanuman actual name Vijay Pal Yadav (1901–1999) was a legendary wrestling coach of India who coached many medal-winning wrestlers. He was awarded the prestigious Dronacharya Award in 1987, the highest recognition for a sports coach in In ...
, 98, Indian wrestling coach, car crash.
*
T. N. Gopinathan Nair
T. N. Gopinathan Nair (24 April 1918 – 24 May 1999), was an Indian dramatist, novelist, poet, screenwriter and biographer of Malayalam language. One of the prolific among Malayalam playwrights, Nair published 39 plays, besides his four novels ...
, 81, Indian dramatist, novelist, poet and screenwriter.
*
Ramón Rubial
Ramón Rubial Cavia (28 October 1906 – 24 May 1999) was a Spanish socialist leader. He was a main leader of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party in the Basque Country and in Spain.
Revolutionary action
Born in Erandio, Biscay, Rubial was a m ...
, 92, Spanish socialist leader.
* Arnaldo Silva, 55, Portuguese football player.
Horst Frank
Horst Frank (28 May 1929 – 25 May 1999) was a German film actor. He appeared in more than 100 films between 1955 and 1999. He was born in Lübeck, Germany and died in Heidelberg, Germany.
Selected filmography
* ''Der Stern von Afrika'' (19 ...
, 69, German film actor, stroke.
*
René Gallice
René Alexis Martial Gallice (13 April 1919 – 25 May 1999) was a French footballer who played as a midfielder
A midfielder is an outfield position in association football.
Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking ...
, 80, French football player.
*
Paul Moss
Paul Raymond Moss is the general manager of Media Prima network's media portal and a judge in 8TV's '' One in a Million'' singing contest.
Moss was the AS A&R director of record company Positive Tone from its inception in 1994 until last year. ...
, 90, American gridiron football player.
*
Bal Dattatreya Tilak
Bal Dattatreya Tilak (26 September 1918 – 25 May 1999) was an Indian chemical engineer and a director of the National Chemical Laboratory.
He was awarded the Padma Bhushan, the third-highest civilian honour of the Government of India
...
, 80, Indian chemical engineer.
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William Cutolo
William Cutolo (June 6, 1949 – May 26, 1999), also known as "Billy Fingers" and "Wild Bill", was a Brooklyn mobster in the Colombo crime family who rose to the position of under boss and was heavily involved in labor racketeering. Cutolo pl ...
Belli Lalitha
Belli Lalitha (29 April 1974 – 26 May 1999) was an Indian folk singer and founder of Telangana Kala Samithi who was murdered in 1999.
Life
She was born in Nancharpet, Atmakur Mandali, Nalgonda district in a Telugu-speaking Kuruma family. She ha ...
, 25, Indian folk singer, homicide.
* Felipe Rodríguez, 73, Puerto Rican singer of
bolero
Bolero is a genre of song which originated in eastern Cuba in the late 19th century as part of the trova tradition. Unrelated to the older Spanish dance of the same name, bolero is characterized by sophisticated lyrics dealing with love. It has ...
s, fall.
* Paul Sacher, 93, Swiss conductor, patron and impresario.
*
Waldo Semon
Waldo Lonsbury Semon (September 10, 1898 – May 26, 1999) was an American inventor born in Demopolis, Alabama. He is credited with inventing methods for making polyvinyl chloride useful.
Biography
He was born on September 10, 1898.
Semon ...
, 100, American inventor.
* Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn, 89, Austrian political scientist and journalist.
* Jack Wells, 88, Canadian radio and television broadcaster.
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* Alice Adams, 72, American short story writer and novelist.
*
Zach de Beer
Zacharias Johannes "Zach" de Beer (born Cape Town, South Africa, 11 October 1928 – 27 May 1999) was a liberal Afrikaner South African politician and businessman. He was the last leader of the liberal Progressive Federal Party and then the co-l ...
, 70, South African politician and businessman, stroke.
*
Francine Everett
Francine Everett (born Franciene Williamson; April 13, 1915 – May 27, 1999) was an American actress and singer.
Everett is best known for her performances in race films, independently produced motion pictures with all-black casts that we ...
, 84, American actress and singer.
*
Timo Lampén
Timo Lampén (5 September 1934 – 27 May 1999) was a Finnish basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1964 Summer Olympics.
References
1934 births
1999 deaths
Finnish men's basketball players
Olympic basketba ...
, 64, Finnish basketball player.
* William T. Moore, 81, American attorney and politician.
*
Leah Ray
Leah Ray Hubbard (February 16, 1915 – May 27, 1999) was an American singer and actress born in Norfolk, Virginia. She sang with major dance bands and acted in more than a dozen motion pictures.
Big-band vocalist
Soon after Ray moved to Califor ...
, 84, American singer and actress.
* James Rowland, 76, Australian air chief marshal.
* Violet Webb, 84, English track and field athlete and Olympic medalist.
Peter Bostock
The Ven Peter Geoffrey Bostock (24 December 1911 – 28 May 1999) was an Anglican Archdeacon in the second half of the Twentieth century.
He was educated at Charterhouse and The Queen's College, Oxford. After a period of study at Wycliffe Hall, ...
, 87, British
Anglican
Anglicanism is a Western Christian tradition that has developed from the practices, liturgy, and identity of the Church of England following the English Reformation, in the context of the Protestant Reformation in Europe. It is one of th ...
priest.
* Henry Carlsson, 81, Swedish football player and manager.
*
Florence MacMichael
Florence MacMichael (April 26, 1919 – May 28, 1999) was an American character actress of stage, film and television, best known for playing Winnie Kirkwood in the television series ''Mister Ed''.
Early life and education
MacMichael was born ...
, 80, American character actress.
*
Raphael Recanati
Raphael Recanati (1924–1999) was a Greek-born Israeli-American businessman, banker, and philanthropist. He was the founder and chairman of the Overseas Shipholding Group. He was the chairman of the Israel Discount Bank from 1982 to 1986.
Biogra ...
Lady Rowlands
Lady Rowlands (born Mary Allen Neal; April 12, 1904 – May 28, 1999) was an American film actress. Most of her work came in the films of John Cassavetes, who was married to her daughter, the Academy Award-nominated and four-time Emmy Award- ...
, 95, American film actress.
* Petrus Van Theemsche, 83, Belgian racing cyclist.
*
B. Vittalacharya
B. Vittalacharya (28 January 1920 – 28 May 1999) was an Indian film director and producer known for his works in Telugu and Kannada cinema. He was known as ''Janapada Brahma'' in the Telugu film industry. Vittalacharya formed his film prod ...
, 79, Indian film director and producer.
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Joe Busch
Joe 'Chimpy' Busch (4 June 1907 – 29 May 1999) was an Australian rugby league footballer who played in the 1920s and 1930s. A state and national representative , his club career was played with Sydney-based teams Eastern Suburbs and Balmain ...
, 91, Australian rugby player.
*
João Carlos de Oliveira
João Carlos de Oliveira, also known as "João do Pulo" (May 28, 1954May 29, 1999) was a Brazilian athlete who competed in the triple jump and the long jump.
Born in Pindamonhangaba, São Paulo De Oliveira won two Olympic bronze medals. His perso ...
, 45, Brazilian athlete, complications of alcoholism.
*
Bernard Lajarrige
Bernard La Jarrige (25 February 1912 – 29 May 1999) was a French film and television actor.Paietta p.17 His name is sometimes written as Bernard Lajarrige.
Selected filmography
* '' Orage'' (1938) - Un copain (uncredited)
* ''La cité des lumi ...
, 87, French film and television actor.
*
Mattia Moreni
Mattia Bruno Moreni (1920–1999) was an Italian sculptor and painter. He worked within the Arte Informale art movement. Moreni was a member of (English: ''Group of Eight''), which included Afro Basaldella, Renato Birolli, Antonio Corpora, Ennio ...
, 78, Italian sculptor and painter.
*
Richard Ray
Richard Belmont Ray (February 2, 1927 – May 29, 1999) was an American politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives for Georgia's 3rd congressional district from 1983 to 1993.
Early life
Ray was born in Fo ...
Sonia Chadwick Hawkes
Sonia Chadwick Hawkes, (5 November 1933 – 30 May 1999) was a leading specialist in early Anglo-Saxon archaeology, described as a "discerning systematiser of the great array of Anglo-Saxon grave furnishings". She led major excavations on Anglo ...
, 67, English archaeologist, cancer.
* William R. Lawley Jr., 78, United States Army Air Forces officer and recipient of the Medal of Honor.
*
Kalju Lepik
Kalju Lepik (7 October 1920, in Koeru Parish – 30 May 1999, in Tallinn) was an Estonian poet who lived as an exile for most of his life.
Kalju Lepik published his first poems in 1939 in Tartu students' journals Iloli and Tuleviku Rajad ('The ...
, 78, Estonian poet.
*
Paul S. Newman
Paul S. Newman (April 29, 1924 – May 30, 1999) was an American writer of comic books, comic strips, and books, whose career spanned the 1940s to the 1990s. Credited in the '' Guinness Book of World Records'' as the most prolific comic-book wr ...
, 75, American writer of comic books and strips, heart attack.
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Emilio Baldonedo
Emilio Baldonedo (23 June 1916 – 31 May 1999) was an Argentine footballer and football manager. He played the best part of his career for Club Atlético Huracán in Argentina and went on to become the manager of a number of teams in the Argentin ...
, 82, Argentine football player and manager.
* Inayat Hussain Bhatti, 71, Pakistani actor, script writer, social worker and columnist.
* Don Biederman, 59, Canadian stock car racer, brain aneurysm.
*
Nicolas Bréhal
Nicolas Bréhal (Gérald Solnitzki) (6 December 1952 Paris – 31 May 1999 Levallois-Perret) was a French novelist and literary critic.
He was literary director at the ''Mercure de France'' and literary critic at ''Le Monde'' and ''Le Figaro''.
...
, 46, French novelist and literary critic.
*
Davor Dujmović
Davor Dujmović (20 September 1969 – 31 May 1999) was a Yugoslavian actor best known for his memorable roles in Emir Kusturica's movies as Mirza in ''When Father Was Away on Business'', Perhan in ''Time of the Gypsies'' and Bata in ''Undergroun ...
, 29, Bosnian Serb actor, suicide by hanging.
*
Willibald Hahn
Willibald Hahn (31 January 1910 – 31 May 1999) was an Austrian footballer and football manager.
Career
Hahn played for Florisdorfer AC, Austria Wien, SC de la Bastiedienne Bordeaux, Favoritner Sportclub, Favoritner AC and Admira Wien.
Coac ...
, 89, Austrian football player and manager.
* Anatoli Ivanov, 71, Soviet and Russian writer.
*
Auguste Le Breton
Auguste Le Breton (born Auguste Monfort 18 February 1913 – 31 May 1999) was a French novelist who wrote primarily about the criminal underworld. His novels were adapted into several notable films of the 1950s, such as ''Rififi'', ''Razzia su ...
Radomir Lukić Radomir Lukić ( sr, Радомир Лукић; August 31, 1914 – May 31, 1999) was a prolific Serbian jurist, a scholar of philosophy and sociology of law. He was born in Miloševac near Velika Plana, Serbia, where he was also buried.
Biograph ...
Virendra Kumar Sakhlecha
Virendra Kumar Sakhlecha (4 March 1930 – 31 May 1999) was an Indian politician who served as the 10th Chief Minister Of Madhya Pradesh from 18 January 1978 to 19 January 1980. He was a leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He hailed from Mandsa ...