The following is a list of notable deaths in September 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.

September 1999

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Hubert Bobo Hubert Lee Bobo (July 2, 1934 – September 1, 1999) was an American football linebacker. He played college football at Ohio State, and played professionally in the American Football League (AFL) for the Los Angeles Chargers in 1960 and for the ...

, 65, American gridiron football player. *

Boots Poffenberger Cletus Elwood "Boots" Poffenberger (July 1, 1915 – September 1, 1999) was an American Major League Baseball pitcher for the Detroit Tigers (1937–1939) and Brooklyn Dodgers (1939). Promising rookie year in 1937 Born in Williamsport, Maryland ...

, 84, American

Major League Baseball Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball organization and the oldest major professional sports league in the world. MLB is composed of 30 total teams, divided equally between the National League (NL) and the American League (AL), ...

player. *

S. Srinivasan Suryanarayanan Srinivasan (1941–1999) was an Indian aeronautical engineer and the Director of the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC), known for his pioneering work in rocket science. He also served as the director of Satish Dhawan Space Centre ...

, 58, Indian aeronautical engineer. * W. Richard Stevens, 48, American author of

computer science Computer science is the study of computation, automation, and information. Computer science spans theoretical disciplines (such as algorithms, theory of computation, information theory, and automation) to practical disciplines (includi ...

books. *

Doreen Valiente Doreen Edith Dominy Valiente (4 January 1922 – 1 September 1999) was an English Wiccan who was responsible for writing much of the early religious liturgy within the tradition of Gardnerian Wicca. An author and poet, she also published five b ...

, 77, English

wicca Wicca () is a modern Pagan religion. Scholars of religion categorise it as both a new religious movement and as part of the occultist stream of Western esotericism. It was developed in England during the first half of the 20th century and w ...

n, pancreatic cancer.

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Romolo Carboni Romolo Carboni (9 May 1911 – 2 September 1999) was an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who devoted his entire career to the diplomatic service of the Holy See. He became an archbishop in 1953 and served as an Apostolic Nuncio from 1953 to ...

, 88, Italian prelate of the

Catholic Church The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.3 billion baptized Catholics worldwide . It is among the world's oldest and largest international institutions, and has played a ...

. * Virginia Gutiérrez de Pineda, 77, Colombian anthropologist. *

Margherita Guarducci Margherita Guarducci (20 December 1902, in Florence – 2 September 1999, in Rome) was an Italian archaeologist, classical scholar, and epigrapher. She was a major figure in several crucial moments of the 20th century academic community. A student ...

, 96, Italian archaeologist, classical scholar, and

epigrapher Epigraphy () is the study of inscriptions, or epigraphs, as writing; it is the science of identifying graphemes, clarifying their meanings, classifying their uses according to dates and cultural contexts, and drawing conclusions about the wr ...

. *

Philip Francis Murphy Philip Francis Murphy (March 25, 1933 – September 2, 1999) was an American clergyman of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Baltimore from 1976 until his death in 1999. Early life and education ...

, 66, American clergyman of the Roman Catholic Church, cancer. * Lajos Szűcs, 53, Hungarian Olympic weightlifter.

3

Frans Cools Frans Cools (17 February 1918 – 3 September 1999) was a Belgian cyclist. He competed in three events at the 1936 Summer Olympics The 1936 Summer Olympics (German: ''Olympische Sommerspiele 1936''), officially known as the Games of t ...

, 81, Belgian cyclist. * Paul Lucien Dessau, 89, British painter. *

Abdul Cader Shahul Hameed Abdul Cader Shahul Hameed (10 April 1927 – 3 September 1999) was a Sri Lankan diplomat and prominent political figure. He served as Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sri Lanka from 1977 to 1989; and from 1993 to 1994. In the intervening period he ...

, 72, Sri Lankan diplomat and political figure. * George Hunt, 83, American rower and Olympic gold medalist. * Franz Pleyer, 88, Austrian-French football player.

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Emilio Aldecoa Emilio Aldecoa Gómez (30 November 1922 – 4 September 1999) was a Spanish professional footballer who played in the English and Spanish football leagues and later managed in Spain and England. He made one appearance for the Spain national team ...

, 76, Spanish football player. *

Georg Gawliczek Georg Gawliczek (2 February 1919 – 4 September 1999) was a German football manager and former player. References * 1919 births 1999 deaths People from Opava District German footballers Association football wingers MSV Dui ...

, 80, German football manager and player. * Charles Lee, 75, English cricket player. * Shlomo Morag, 73, Israeli professor of

Hebrew Hebrew (; ; ) is a Northwest Semitic language of the Afroasiatic language family. Historically, it is one of the spoken languages of the Israelites and their longest-surviving descendants, the Jews and Samaritans. It was largely preserved ...

. * Orlando Pereira, 50, Brazilian football player and manager. *

Klement Slavický Klement Slavický (September 22, 1910, Tovačov, Moravia – September 4, 1999, Prague, Czech Republic) was a Czech composer of modern classical music. Biography Slavicky studied under Karel Boleslav Jirák and Josef Suk. He was inspired by Mo ...

, 88, Czech composer of modern classical music.

5

Alan Clark Alan Kenneth Mackenzie Clark (13 April 1928 – 5 September 1999) was a British Conservative Member of Parliament (MP), author and diarist. He served as a junior minister in Margaret Thatcher's governments at the Departments of Employment, Tr ...

, 71, British

Conservative Conservatism is a cultural, social, and political philosophy that seeks to promote and to preserve traditional institutions, practices, and values. The central tenets of conservatism may vary in relation to the culture and civilization in ...

politician,

Member of Parliament A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, this term refers only to members of the lower house since upper house members o ...

(1974–1999), and military historian, brain cancer. * Allen Funt, 84, American television personality ('' Candid Camera''), stroke. *

Bryce Mackasey Bryce Stuart Mackasey, (August 25, 1921 – September 5, 1999) was a Canadian Member of Parliament, Cabinet minister, and Ambassador to Portugal. Born in Quebec City, Quebec, he was elected as a Liberal candidate in the riding of Verdun i ...

, 78, Canadian politician and ambassador to Portugal. * Charles Onyeama, 82, Nigerian jurist and judge. *

Walther Reyer Walther Reyer (4 September 1922 – 5 September 1999) was an Austrian actor. He appeared in more than 50 films and television shows between 1954 and 1997. Filmography References External links

* 1922 births 1999 deaths Austrian ...

, 77, Austrian actor. * Ivor Roberts, 74, British actor and a television continuity announcer. * Leonid Sedov, 91, Soviet and Russian mathematician. *

Geraldo de Proença Sigaud Geraldo de Proença Sigaud, S.V.D. (September 26, 1909 – September 5, 1999) was a Brazilian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Jacarezinho from 1947 to 1960, and as Archbishop of Diamantina from 1960 to 1980. Bio ...

, 89, Brazilian prelate of the

Roman Catholic Church The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.3 billion baptized Catholics worldwide . It is among the world's oldest and largest international institutions, and has played a ...

. *

Katie Webster Katie Webster (January 11, 1936 – September 5, 1999), born Kathryn Jewel Thorne, was an American boogie-woogie pianist. Career Webster was initially best known as a session musician behind Louisiana musicians on the Excello and Goldband rec ...

, 63, American

boogie-woogie Boogie-woogie is a genre of blues music that became popular during the late 1920s, developed in African-American communities since 1870s.Paul, Elliot, ''That Crazy American Music'' (1957), Chapter 10, p. 229. It was eventually extended from pi ...

pianist, heart failure.

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* Arnold Fishkind, 80, American

jazz Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues and ragtime. Since the 1920s Jazz Age, it has been recognized as a m ...

bassist. *

René Lecavalier René Lecavalier, OC, CQ (July 5, 1918 – September 6, 1999) was a Canadian French-language radio show host and sportscaster on SRC in Quebec. During his career in radio Lecavalier won several Radiomonde Trophies. He was also the first co ...

, 81, Canadian French-language radio show host and sportscaster. * Steve Little, 43, American football player, accident. *

Tamás Mendelényi Tamás Mendelényi (2 May 1936 – 6 September 1999) was a Hungarian fencer. He won a gold medal in the team sabre event at the 1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Summer Olympics ( it, Giochi Olimpici estivi del 1960), officially known as the ...

, 63, Hungarian fencer and Olympic champion.

7

Thierry Claveyrolat Thierry Claveyrolat (31 March 1959 – 7 September 1999) was a French road bicycle racer. He was King of the Mountains in the 1990 Tour de France. Racing career Claveyrolat grew up in the shadow of the Alps in the Isère region near Grenoble ...

, 40, French road bicycle racer, suicide. *

Hugo del Vecchio Hugo del Vecchio (22 February 1928 – 7 September 1999) was an Argentine basketball player who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), officially known as ...

, 71, Argentine basketball player. *

Bjarne Iversen Bjarne Iversen (October 2, 1912 – September 7, 1999) was a Norwegian cross-country skier who competed in the 1930s. He won a silver medal in the 4 × 10 km relay at the 1936 Winter Olympics The 1936 Winter Olympics, officially know ...

, 86, Norwegian cross-country skier. * Robert Simon, 45, American outlaw biker and convicted murderer, homicide. * E.G. van de Stadt, 89, Dutch yacht designer.

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Birgit Cullberg Birgit Ragnhild Cullberg (3 August 1908 – 8 September 1999) was a Swedish choreographer. Her father Carl Cullberg was a bank director and her mother was Elna Westerström. Cullberg was born in Nyköping and was married from 1942 to 1949 to act ...

, 91, Swedish choreographer. * Mark Gardner, 43, American convicted murderer,

execution by lethal injection Lethal injection is the practice of injecting one or more drugs into a person (typically a barbiturate, Neuromuscular-blocking drug, paralytic, and potassium chloride, potassium solution) for the express purpose of causing rapid death. The main ...

. *

Lagumot Harris Lagumot Gagiemem Nimidere Harris (23 December 1938 – 8 September 1999) was a political figure from the Pacific nation of the Republic of Nauru, and served as its President. He was a cousin of René Harris. First term as President of Nauru ...

, 60, President of the Republic of Nauru. *

Brian Hildebrand Brian Curtis Hildebrand (January 21, 1962 – September 8, 1999) was an American professional wrestling manager, wrestler and referee who sometimes went by the name of Mark Curtis. Although trained in brawling, technical, and high-flying wrestli ...

, 37, American professional wrestler, wrestling manager and referee, stomach and bowel cancer. *

Moondog Louis Thomas Hardin (May 26, 1916 – September 8, 1999), known professionally as Moondog, was an American composer, musician, performer, music theoretician, poet and inventor of musical instruments. Largely self-taught as a composer, his ...

, 83, American musician, composer, theoretician and poet, heart failure. * Lev Razgon, 91, Soviet and Russian journalist, writer and human rights activist. * Vladimir Samoylov, 75, Soviet and Russian film and theater actor. *

Herbert Stein Herbert Stein (August 27, 1916 – September 8, 1999) was an American economist, a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, and a member of the board of contributors of ''The Wall Street Journal''. He was the chairman of the Council ...

, 83, American economist. *

Alan Willett Alan Willett (June 27, 1947 – September 8, 1999) was executed at age 52 for the 1993 murders of his 13-year-old son, Eric, and his mentally disabled brother, Roger Willett, in Johnson County, Arkansas. Willett's daughter Ruby Ann Willett and an ...

, 52, American convicted murderer, execution by lethal injection.

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* Abdel Latif Boghdadi, 81, Egyptian politician, air force officer and judge, cancer. *

Chili Bouchier Chili Bouchier (born Dorothy Irene Boucher; 12 September 1909 – 9 September 1999) was an English film actress who achieved success during the silent film era, and went on to many screen appearances with the advent of sound films, before progre ...

, 89, English film actress. *

Jogesh Das Jogesh Das ( as, যোগেশ দাস; 1 April 1927 – 9 September 1999) was an Indian short-story writer and novelist from Assam. He was born in 1927. He won the Sahitya Akademi Award for his book ''Prithivir Oxukh''. He was also associate ...

, 72, Indian short-story writer and novelist. *

Arie de Vroet Arie de Vroet () (9 November 1918 – 9 September 1999) was a Dutch footballer who was active as a left winger. De Vroet made his debut at Feijenoord and also played for Le Havre AC and FC Rouen. He also represented the Netherlands at the 1 ...

, 80, Dutch football player and manager. * Tony Duquette, 85, American artist,

Parkinson's disease Parkinson's disease (PD), or simply Parkinson's, is a long-term degenerative disorder of the central nervous system that mainly affects the motor system. The symptoms usually emerge slowly, and as the disease worsens, non-motor symptoms becom ...

. *

Catfish Hunter James Augustus Hunter (April 8, 1946 – September 9, 1999), nicknamed "Catfish", was a professional baseball player in Major League Baseball (MLB). From to , he was a pitcher for the Kansas City/Oakland Athletics and New York Yankees. Hunter wa ...

, 53, American baseball player and member of the

MLB Hall of Fame The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum is a history museum and hall of fame in Cooperstown, New York, operated by private interests. It serves as the central point of the history of baseball in the United States and displays baseball-re ...

, ALS. * Mahmoud Karim, 83, Egyptian squash player. *

Marco Papa Marco Papa (16 March 1958 in Perugia, Umbria, Italy, – 9 September 1999 near Adro Italy) was a Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. His most successful year was in 1990 File:1990 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1990 FIFA World Cup i ...

, 41, Italian motorcycle racer, traffic collision. *

Chan Parker Chan Woods (born Beverly Delores Berg, also known as Chan Richardson; 29 June 1925 – 9 September 1999), was a common-law wife of jazz musician Charlie Parker. She later married musician Phil Woods. She was born in New York City to an inter-r ...

, 74, American writer and wife of

musician

Charlie Parker Charles Parker Jr. (August 29, 1920 – March 12, 1955), nicknamed "Bird" or "Yardbird", was an American jazz saxophonist, band leader and composer. Parker was a highly influential soloist and leading figure in the development of bebop, a form ...

. *

Ruth Roman Ruth Roman (born Norma Roman; December 22, 1922 – September 9, 1999) was an American actress of film, stage, and television. After playing stage roles on the east coast, Roman relocated to Hollywood to pursue a career in films. She appeare ...

, 76, American actress. * Fons van der Stee, 71, Dutch politician.

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* Michèle Fabien, 54, Belgian writer and playwright, cerebral hemorrhage. *

Beau Jocque Beau Jocque (born Andrus Espre; November 1, 1953 – September 10, 1999) was a Louisiana French Creole zydeco musician and songwriter active in the 1990s. Beau Jocque is known for his gruff vocals, his fusion of many musical styles into zyde ...

, 45, Louisiana French Creole

zydeco Zydeco ( or , french: Zarico) is a music genre that evolved in southwest Louisiana by French Creole speakers which blends blues, rhythm and blues, and music indigenous to the Louisiana Creoles and the Native American people of Louisiana. Al ...

musician and songwriter, heart failure. *

Alfredo Kraus Alfredo Kraus Trujillo (; 24 November 192710 September 1999) was a distinguished Spanish tenor from the Canary islands (known professionally as Alfredo Kraus), particularly known for the artistry he brought to opera's bel canto roles. He wa ...

, 71, Spanish

tenor A tenor is a type of classical male singing voice whose vocal range lies between the countertenor and baritone voice types. It is the highest male chest voice type. The tenor's vocal range extends up to C5. The low extreme for tenors is wide ...

. *

Jean Messagier Jean Messagier (Paris, 13 July 1920 – Montbéliard, 10 September 1999) was a French painter, sculptor, printmaker and poet. Jean Messagier had his first solo exhibition in Paris at Galerie Arc-en-Ciel in 1947. From 1945 to 1949 the artist worke ...

, 79, French painter, sculptor, printmaker and poet. * M. C. Richards, 83, American poet, potter, and writer. * Margaret Stuart, 65, New Zealand sprinter and Olympian. *

Cleveland Williams Cleveland "Big Cat" Williams (June 30, 1933 – September 10, 1999) was an American professional boxer. A poll in '' The Ring'' magazine rated him as one of the finest boxers never to win a title. Early life Born in Griffin, Georgia, Williams sta ...

, 66, American heavyweight boxer, killed in a

hit and run In traffic laws, a hit and run or a hit-and-run is the act of causing a traffic collision and not stopping afterwards. It is considered a supplemental crime in most jurisdictions. Additional obligation In many jurisdictions, there may be a ...

accident.

11

Mohammed Aly Fahmy Mohammed Aly Fahmy (11 October 1920 – 11 September 1999) was an Egyptian field marshal, known as the "Father of the Egyptian Air Defense". Early life, education and early career Fahmy was born in Cairo in 1920. He received a degree in engineer ...

, 78, Egyptian field marshal,. *

Belkis Ayón Belkis Ayón (23 January 1967 – 11 September 1999) was a Cuban printmaker who specialized in the technique of collography. Ayón created large, highly-detailed allegorical collagraphs based on Abakuá, a secret, all-male Afro-Cuban society. He ...

, 32, Cuban printmaker, suicide. * Gonzalo Rodríguez Bongoll, 28, Uruguayan racing driver, racing accident. * Johny Jaminet, 69, Luxembourgian football player. *

David Karp David Karp (born July 6, 1986) is an American webmaster, entrepreneur, and blogger, best known as the founder and former CEO of the short-form blogging platform Tumblr. Karp began his career, without having received a high school diploma, as ...

, 77, American novelist and television writer, pulmonary emphysema. *

Bobby Limb Robert "Bobby" Limb AO, OBE (10 November 1924 – 11 September 1999) was an Australian-born entertainment pioneer, comedian, band leader and musician and legend of radio, television and theatre of the 1960s and 1970s, he also founded the film a ...

, 74, Australian entertainer and radio personality, cancer. *

Francisco José Pérez Francisco José Pérez Pérez (8 September 1920 – 11 September 1999) was a Spanish/Cuban chess player. Born in Vigo, Spain, he won the Spanish Chess Championship in 1948, 1954, and 1960. He played for Spain in the Chess Olympiads of 1958 an ...

, 79, Spanish-Cuban

chess Chess is a board game for two players, called White and Black, each controlling an army of chess pieces in their color, with the objective to checkmate the opponent's king. It is sometimes called international chess or Western chess to dist ...

player. *

Jacob Rabinow Jacob Rabinow (January 8, 1910 – September 11, 1999) was an engineer and inventor. He earned a total of 229 U.S. patents on a variety of mechanical, optical and electrical devices. Biography Rabinow was born in Kharkiv, Ukraine, on January 8, 1 ...

, 89, Engineer and inventor. *

Janet Adam Smith Janet Buchanan Adam Smith OBE (9 December 1905 – 11 September 1999) was a writer, editor, literary journalist and champion of Scottish literature. She was active from the 1930s through to the end of the century and noted for her elegant prose, ...

, 93, Scottish writer, editor and literary journalist. *

Momčilo Đujić Momčilo Đujić ( sh-Cyrl, Момчилo Ђујић, ; 27 February 1907 – 11 September 1999) was a Serbian Orthodox priest and Chetnik . He led a significant proportion of the Chetniks within the northern Dalmatia and western Bosnia r ...

, 92, Serbian Orthodox priest and Chetnik commander during World War II.

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* Alfred Leo Abramowicz, 80, American prelate in the

. *

Laurette Luez Laurette Luez (born Loretta Mary Luiz; August 19, 1928 – September 12, 1999) was an American supporting actress and successful commercial model who appeared in films and on television during a 20-year career. She was a widely known Hollywood ce ...

, 71, American actress and model. * Bill Quackenbush, 77, Canadian ice hockey player ( Detroit Red Wings,

Boston Bruins The Boston Bruins are a professional ice hockey team based in Boston. The Bruins compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Atlantic Division in the Eastern Conference. The team has been in existence since 1924, making t ...

), pneumonia. *

Allen Stack Allen McIntyre Stack (January 23, 1928 – September 12, 1999) was an American competition swimmer, Olympic champion, and former world record-holder. Stack won the gold medal in the men's 100-meter backstroke at the 1948 Summer Olympics in ...

, 71, American swimmer and Olympic champion.

13

* Goro Adachi, 86, Japanese ski jumper and Olympian. * Roland Blanche, 55, French actor, heart attack. *

Benjamin Bloom Benjamin Samuel Bloom (February 21, 1913 – September 13, 1999) was an American educational psychologist who made contributions to the classification of educational objectives and to the theory of mastery learning. He is particularly noted ...

, 86, American educational psychologist. *

Harry Crane Harry Crane (April 23, 1914 – September 13, 1999) was an American comedy writer who helped to create the concept for ''The Honeymooners'' and its signature characters.Miriam Davenport, 84, American painter and sculptor, cancer. *

Erik Diesen Erik Tangevald Diesen (8 October 1922 – 13 September 1999) was a Norwegian revue writer and radio and television personality. Personal life He was a son of Thorstein Diesen, Jr. (1894–1962) and Ragna Marie Tangevald (1891–1945), grandnep ...

, 76, Norwegian revue writer and radio and television personality. *

Bill Lohrman William Leroy Lohrman (May 22, 1913 – September 13, 1999) was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. He pitched in 198 games from 1934 to 1944. Bill played for the Giants, Dodgers, Cardinals, Phillies, and Reds. Bill was born and raised Brookly ...

, 86, American baseball player. * Vladimir Pogačić, 79, Yugoslav film director.

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Joel Beck Joel Beck (May 7, 1943 – September 14, 1999) was a San Francisco Bay Area artist and cartoonist. His comic book, ''Lenny of Laredo'', one of the earliest underground comic books of the 1960s, was the first underground comic book published o ...

, 56, American artist and cartoonist, complications from alcoholism. *

Jehan Buhan Jehan is a male given name. It is the old orthography of Jean in Old French, and is rarely given anymore. It is also a variant of the Persian name Jahan in some South Asian languages. People with the given name Jehan * Jehan Adam (15th century ...

, 87, French fencer, Olympic champion. *

Charles Crichton Charles Ainslie Crichton (6 August 1910 – 14 September 1999) was an English film director and film editor, editor. Born in Wallasey, Cheshire, he became best known for directing many comedies produced at Ealing Studios and had a 40-ye ...

, 89, English film and television director ('' A Fish Called Wanda'', ''

The Lavender Hill Mob ''The Lavender Hill Mob'' is a 1951 comedy film from Ealing Studios, written by T. E. B. Clarke, directed by Charles Crichton, starring Alec Guinness and Stanley Holloway and featuring Sid James and Alfie Bass. The title refers to Lavend ...

'', '' Space: 1999''). * Miguel Angel Cuello, 53, Argentinian boxer. *

Chuck Higgins Charles Williams Higgins (April 17, 1924 – September 14, 1999) was an American saxophonist. Higgins relocated from his birthplace of Gary, Indiana to Los Angeles in his teens, where he played trumpet and went to school at the Los Angeles Con ...

, 75, American saxophonist, lung cancer.

15

Larry Gene Ashbrook On September 15, 1999, a mass shooting occurred at Wedgwood Baptist Church in Fort Worth, Texas. 47-year-old Larry Gene Ashbrook entered during a See You at the Pole Rally featuring a concert by the Christian rock group Forty Days, where he kille ...

, 47, American mass murderer, suicide. *

Stewart Bovell Sir William Stewart Bovell (19 December 1906 – 15 September 1999) was an Australian politician who was a member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly for the electorates of Sussex and Vasse between 1947 and 1971. Bovell served as a m ...

, 92, Australian politician. *

Renato Constantino Renato Constantino (March 10, 1919 – September 15, 1999) was a Filipino historian known for being part of the leftist tradition of Philippine historiography. Apart from being a historian, Constantino was also engaged in foreign service, working ...

, 80, Filipino historian. *

Lila Leeds Lila Leeds (born Lila Lee Wilkinson, January 28, 1928 – September 15, 1999) was an American film actress. Early life and career Born in Iola, Kansas, Leeds's mother located to Clovis, New Mexico where Lila lived during her teens. Lila wor ...

, 71, American film actress, heart attack. *

Michel Pinseau Michel Pinseau (1926 – 15 September 1999) was a French architect. He is known for his conception of the second tallest minaret in the world, Hassan II Mosque in Casablanca, Morocco. Career Michel Pinseau graduated from École Nationale Supéri ...

, 73, French architect. * Jack Hardiman Scott, 79, British journalist and broadcaster. *

Petr Shelokhonov Petr Illarionovich Shelokhonov, ( pl, Piotr Szełochonow, russian: Пётр Илларио́нович Шелохо́нов, be, Пятро Ларывонавіч Шэлахонаў, uk, Петро Іларіонович Шелохонов; in ...

, 70, Russian actor, director, filmmaker and socialite. * Bill Westwood, 73, British Anglican bishop. *

Abdolhossein Zarrinkoob Abdolhossein Zarrinkoub ( Luri/ Persian: , also Romanized as ''Zarrinkoob'', ''Zarrinkub'', ) (March 17, 1923 – September 15, 1999) was a scholar and professor of Iranian literature, history of literature, Persian culture and history. He was ...

, 76, Iranian scholar.

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* Paul Gregory, 91, American baseball player. *

Viktar Hanchar Viktar Hanchar, or Viktar Hančar ( be, Віктар Ганчар, russian: Виктор Гончар, Viktor Gonchar, September 7, 1957 – September 16, 1999?) was a Belarusian politician who disappeared and was presumably murdered in 1999. He w ...

, 42, Belarusian politician, kidnapped and murdered by the Lukashenko regime. * Endre Rozsda, 85, Hungarian-French painter. * Utaemon Ichikawa, 92, Japanese film actor.

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Leonard Carlitz Leonard Carlitz (December 26, 1907 – September 17, 1999) was an American mathematician. Carlitz supervised 44 doctorates at Duke University and published over 770 papers. Chronology * 1907 Born Philadelphia, PA, USA * 1927 BA, University ...

, 91, American mathematician. *

Riccardo Cucciolla Riccardo Cucciolla (5 September 1924 – 17 September 1999) was an Italian actor and voice actor. He appeared in 60 films between 1953 and 1999. He won the Best Actor Award at the 1971 Cannes Film Festival for the film '' Sacco & Vanzetti' ...

, 75, Italian actor and voice actor. *

Rajeshwar Dayal Rajeshwar Dayal (1909–1999) was an Indian diplomat, writer, Ambassador of India to the former state of Yugoslavia and the Head of the United Nations Operation in the Congo. Born on 12 August 1909, Dayal was one of the earlier officers of the I ...

, 90, Indian diplomat and writer, stroke. * Liane Collot d’Herbois, 91, British painter and painting therapist. * Ellen Frank, 95, German film and television actress. * Joan Gardner, 84, British actress. * Hasrat Jaipuri, 77, Indian poet. * Harold Johnson, 79, American basketball player. * Gary Koshnitsky, 91, Australian

master. * François Müller, 72, Luxembourgian football player. *

Henri Storck Henri Storck (5 September 1907 – 17 September 1999) was a Belgian writer, filmmaker and documentarist. In 1933, he directed, with Joris Ivens, ''Misère au Borinage'', a film about the miners in the Borinage area. In 1938, with Andre Thirifays ...

, 92, Belgian author, filmmaker and documentarist. * Rathvon M. Tompkins, 87,

United States Marine Corps The United States Marine Corps (USMC), also referred to as the United States Marines, is the maritime land force service branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for conducting expeditionary and amphibious operations through combi ...

major general, stroke. *

Frankie Vaughan Frankie Vaughan (born Frank Fruim Abelson; 3 February 1928 – 17 September 1999) was an English singer and actor who recorded more than 80 easy listening and traditional pop singles in his lifetime. He was known as "Mr. Moonlight" after his ...

, 71, British singer, heart failure.

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* Leo Amberg, 87, Swiss professional road bicycle racer. * Philip N. Krasne, 94, American motion picture and television producer. *

Harold F. Kress Harold Frank Kress (June 26, 1913 – September 18, 1999) was an American film editor with more than fifty feature film credits; he also directed several feature films in the early 1950s. He won the Academy Award for Best Film Editing for '' How ...

, 86, American film editor. *

Gérard Landry Landry Fernand Charles Marrier de Lagatinerie (16 October 1912 – 18 September 1999), known professionally as Gérard Landry, was an Argentinian actor. He began acting in 1932 with his first movie ''Mirages de Paris'', acted for over fifty ...

, Argentinian actor. * Noel Pope, 91, New Zealand rower and Olympian. * Viktor Safronov, 81, Soviet astronomer. *

Leo Valiani Leo Valiani (''Weiczen Leó''; 9 February 1909 – 18 September 1999) was an Italian historian, politician and journalist. Early life Valiani was born in ''Fiume'' (now Rijeka), on the Adriatic Sea (then in Hungarian part of Austria-Hunga ...

, 90, Italian historian, politician and journalist. * Leszek Wodzyński, 53, Polish hurdler and Olympian.

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Ed Cobb Edward C. "Ed" Cobb (February 25, 1938 – September 19, 1999) was an American musician, songwriter, and record producer, most notably during the 1950s and 1960s. He is best known for writing the song " Tainted Love" for Gloria Jones, which lat ...

, 61, American musician, songwriter, and record producer,

leukemia Leukemia ( also spelled leukaemia and pronounced ) is a group of blood cancers that usually begin in the bone marrow and result in high numbers of abnormal blood cells. These blood cells are not fully developed and are called ''blasts'' or ...

. * Livio Isotti, 72, Italian road bicycle racer. *

Pavle Ivić Pavle Ivić ( sr-cyr, Павле Ивић, ; 1 December 1924 – 19 September 1999) was a Serbian South Slavic dialectologist and phonologist. Biography Both his field work and his synthesizing studies were extensive and authoritative. A few of ...

, 74, Serbian Slavic dialectologist and

phonologist Phonology is the branch of linguistics that studies how languages or dialects systematically organize their sounds or, for sign languages, their constituent parts of signs. The term can also refer specifically to the sound or sign system of a ...

. *

Bua Kitiyakara , birth_date = , birth_place = Bangkok, Siam , death_date = , death_place = Bangkok, Thailand , nationality = , known_for = , employer = , occupation = , height = , term = , parents = , spouse = , ...

, 89, Thai actress and wife of prince

Nakkhatra Mangala Prince Nakkhatra Mangala, 2nd Prince of Chanthaburi ( th, พระวรวงศ์เธอ พระองค์เจ้านักขัตรมงคล กรมหมื่นจันทบุรีสุรนาถ; ; 4 January 1898 ...

. *

Kjell Kristiansen Kjell Kristiansen (19 March 1925 – 19 September 1999) was a Norwegian footballer. He played in 26 matches for the Norway national football team from 1952 to 1959. He was also named in Norway's squads for the 1952 Summer Olympics and the ...

, 74, Norwegian football player.

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Erland Almqvist Erland H. L. Almqvist (2 September 1912 – 20 September 1999) was a Swedish sailor who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics. He was born in Stockholm. In 1952 he won the silver medal as crew member of the Swedish boat ''Tornado'' in the Dr ...

, 87, Swedish sailor and Olympic silver medalist. *

Raisa Gorbacheva Raisa Maximovna Gorbacheva (russian: link=no, Раи́са Макси́мовна Горбачёва Romanized ''Raisa Maksimovna Gorbachyova'', , Титаренко; 5 January 1932 – 20 September 1999) was a Soviet-Russian activist and phi ...

, 67, Russian activist,

. *

Taheyya Kariokka Taheyya Kariokka ( ar, تحية كاريوكا) also Tahiya Carioca (born Badaweya Mohamed Kareem Ali Elnedany), (February 22, 1915 – September 20, 1999) was an Egyptian belly dancer and film actress. Early life Born in the Egyptia ...

, 84, Egyptian

belly dancer Belly dance (Egyptian Arabic: رقص بلدي, translated: Dance of the Country/Folk Dance, romanized: Raks/Raas Baladi) is a dance that originates in Egypt. It features movements of the hips and torso. It has evolved to take many different f ...

and film actress, pneumonia. * Robert Lebel, 93, Canadian ice hockey administrator. *

Karl Heinrich Menges Karl Heinrich Menges (April 22, 1908 – September 20, 1999) was a German linguist known for his advocacy of the Altaic hypothesis. He was a faculty member at Columbia University in New York and subsequently at the University of Vienna. Menges ...

, 91, German

linguist Linguistics is the scientific study of human language. It is called a scientific study because it entails a comprehensive, systematic, objective, and precise analysis of all aspects of language, particularly its nature and structure. Linguis ...

. *

Willy Millowitsch Willy Millowitsch (, ; 8 January 1909 – 20 September 1999) was a German stage and TV actor and the director of the ''Volkstheater Millowitsch'' in Cologne. Early life Millowitsch was born in Cologne, Rhine Province. His parents were Peter ...

, 90, German actor and director, heart failure. * T. R. Rajakumari, 77, Indian film actress, singer and dancer.

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Georgia Louise Harris Brown Georgia Louise Harris Brown (June 12, 1918 – September 21, 1999), is considered to be the second African American woman to become a licensed architect in the United States. She was also the first black woman to earn a degree in architecture from ...

, 81, American architect. *

Robert Galbraith Heath Robert Galbraith Heath (May 9, 1915 – September 21, 1999) was an American psychiatrist. He followed the theory of biological psychiatry that organic defects were the sole source of mental illness, and that consequently mental problems were tre ...

, 84, American psychiatrist. *

Benny Kalama Benjamin Kapena Kalama (1916 – 1999) was an American singer with a honey-voiced falsetto. He is credited with discovering and nurturing Alfred Apaka, and was part of several groups. Until the day Apaka died, Kalama was coaching and arranging m ...

, 83, American singer and arranger. *

Sander Thoenes Sander Thoenes (November 7, 1968 – September 21, 1999) was a Dutch journalist who was killed, near Dili in East Timor, by soldiers of the Indonesian army. He was shot when their paths crossed on a road as the Indonesians withdrew from the terr ...

, 30, Dutch journalist, shot in

East Timor East Timor (), also known as Timor-Leste (), officially the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, is an island country in Southeast Asia. It comprises the eastern half of the island of Timor, the exclave of Oecusse on the island's north-west ...

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* Doris Allen, 63, American politician, colorectal cancer. *

Noriko Awaya was a Japanese female soprano chanteuse and popular music (''ryūkōka'') singer. She was dubbed the "Queen of Blues" in Japan. Life and career Awaya was born as in Aomori, Aomori Prefecture, Japan. She was the oldest daughter of a wealthy ...

, 92, Japanese soprano chanteuse and ''

ryūkōka is a Japanese musical genre. The term originally denoted any kind of "popular music" in Japanese, and is the sinic reading of ''hayariuta'', used for commercial music of Edo Period. Therefore, ''imayō'', which was promoted by Emperor Go-Shirak ...

'' singer. *

Clive Jenkins David Clive Jenkins (2 May 1926 – 22 September 1999) was a British trade union leader. "Organising the middle classes", his stated recreation in '' Who's Who'', sums up both his sense of humour and his achievements in the British trade union m ...

, 73, British trade union leader. * Tomoo Kudaka, 36, Japanese football player, stomach cancer. *

Paul Magès Paul Ernest Mary Magès (1908–1999) is known for his invention of the first self-leveling automobile suspension, known as hydro-pneumatic suspension. This system replaced conventional steel springs with an adaptive system of hydraulic struts, r ...

, 91, French inventor. *

Jeanine Rueff Jeanine Rueff (5 February 1922 – c. September 1999) was a French composer and music educator. Biography Rueff was born in Paris and studied at the Conservatoire de Paris with Tony Aubin, Henri Challan, Jean and Noël Gallon, and Henri Busser. ...

, 77, French composer and music educator. *

Sal Salvador Sal Salvador (November 21, 1925 – September 22, 1999) was an American bebop jazz guitarist and a prominent music educator. He was born in Monson, Massachusetts, United States, and began his professional career in New York City. He eventually m ...

, 73, American

bebop Bebop or bop is a style of jazz developed in the early-to-mid-1940s in the United States. The style features compositions characterized by a fast tempo, complex chord progressions with rapid chord changes and numerous changes of key, instrumen ...

guitarist. *

George C. Scott George Campbell Scott (October 18, 1927 – September 22, 1999) was an American actor, director, and producer who had a celebrated career on both stage and screen. With a gruff demeanor and commanding presence, Scott became known for his port ...

, 71, American actor (''

Patton George Smith Patton Jr. (November 11, 1885 – December 21, 1945) was a general in the United States Army who commanded the Seventh United States Army in the Mediterranean Theater of World War II, and the Third United States Army in Franc ...

'', ''

Dr. Strangelove ''Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb'', known simply and more commonly as ''Dr. Strangelove'', is a 1964 black comedy film that satirizes the Cold War fears of a nuclear conflict between the Soviet Union and t ...

'', ''

The Hustler ''The Hustler'' is a 1961 American sports romantic drama film directed by Robert Rossen from Walter Tevis's 1959 novel of the same name, adapted by Rossen and Sidney Carroll. It tells the story of small-time pool hustler "Fast Eddie" Felson a ...

''),

Oscar Oscar, OSCAR, or The Oscar may refer to: People * Oscar (given name), an Irish- and English-language name also used in other languages; the article includes the names Oskar, Oskari, Oszkár, Óscar, and other forms. * Oscar (Irish mythology) ...

winner ( 1971),

abdominal aortic aneurysm Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is a localized enlargement of the abdominal aorta such that the diameter is greater than 3 cm or more than 50% larger than normal. They usually cause no symptoms, except during rupture. Occasionally, abdominal, ...

. * Chester Starr, 84, American historian. *

Vasili Trofimov Vasili Dmitriyevich Trofimov (russian: Василий Дмитриевич Трофимов; born 7 January 1919; died 22 September 1999) was a Soviet football player. Playing career The USSR champion in three sports: football (1940, 1945, 1949 ...

, 80, Soviet football player.

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Ivan Goff Ivan Goff (17 April 1910 – 23 September 1999) was an Australian screenwriter, best known for his collaborations with Ben Roberts including ''White Heat'' (1949), '' Man of a Thousand Faces'' (1957), '' Legend of the Lone Ranger'' (1981), and ...

, 89, Australian screenwriter, Alzheimer's disease. * Sir Piers Jacob, 63,

Financial Secretary of Hong Kong The Financial Secretary () is the title held by the Hong Kong government minister who is responsible for all economic and financial matters (“Department of Finance” per Article 60 of the Basic Law). The position is among the three most sen ...

(1986 – 1991). *

Ri Jong-ok Ri Jong-ok (10 January 1916 – 23 September 1999) was a North Korean politician who served as the Premier of North Korea from 1977 to 1984. He was elected to the Presidium at the 6th WPK Congress in 1980. He was appointed as Vice President o ...

, 83, Premier of North Korea ( 1977 – 1984). * Werner Vycichl, 90, Austro-Hungarian philologist, linguist, and academic.

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* Robert Bend, 85, Canadian politician. *

Ester Boserup Ester Boserup (18 May 1910 – 24 September 1999) was a Danish economist. She studied economic and agricultural development, worked at the United Nations as well as other international organizations, and wrote seminal books on agrarian change ...

, 89, Danish and French economist. *

Rowena Mary Bruce Rowena Mary Bruce (15 May 1919 – 24 September 1999), née Dew, was an English chess player who held the title of Woman International Master (WIM, 1951). She was an eleven-time winner of the British Women's Chess Championship (1937, 1950, 1951, ...

, 80, English chess player. * Judith Exner, 65, American socialite and mistress of

John F. Kennedy John Fitzgerald Kennedy (May 29, 1917 – November 22, 1963), often referred to by his initials JFK and the nickname Jack, was an American politician who served as the 35th president of the United States from 1961 until his assassination ...

breast cancer Breast cancer is cancer that develops from breast tissue. Signs of breast cancer may include a lump in the breast, a change in breast shape, dimpling of the skin, milk rejection, fluid coming from the nipple, a newly inverted nipple, or a r ...

. * Jack Kiefer, 59, American golfer, cancer. * Anneli Cahn Lax, 77, American mathematician. *

Tarmo Manni Tarmo Manni (30 July 1921, in Saarijärvi – 24 September 1999, in Helsinki) was a Finnish actor. He worked for the Finnish National Theatre 41 years of his 44-year career and appeared in 65 films between 1944 and 2000. Manni was known as a fla ...

, 78, Finnish actor. *

Billy Pricer Billy Carol Pricer (September 3, 1934 – September 24, 1999) was a professional American football player who played running back A running back (RB) is a member of the offensive backfield in gridiron football. The primary roles of a runn ...

, 65, American gridiron football player.

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Marion Zimmer Bradley Marion Eleanor Zimmer Bradley (June 3, 1930 – September 25, 1999) was an American author of fantasy, historical fantasy, science fiction, and science fantasy novels, and is best known for the Arthurian fiction novel ''The Mists of Avalon'' an ...

, 69, American author of fantasy and science fiction, heart attack. *

Teodor Kocerka Teodor Kocerka (6 August 1927 – 25 September 1999) was a Polish rower who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics, those of 1956, and those of 1960.https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ko/teodor-kocerka-1.html profile He was bor ...

, 72, Polish rower and Olympic medalist. *

Des O'Neil Sir Desmond Henry O'Neil (27 September 1920 – 25 September 1999) was an Australian politician who was a Liberal Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia from 1959 to 1980. He was a minister in the governments of Sir Dav ...

, 78, Australian politician,

Deputy Premier of Western Australia The deputy premier of Western Australia is a role in the Government of Western Australia assigned to a responsible Minister in the Australian state of Western Australia. It has second ranking behind the premier of Western Australia in Cabinet, ...

. (1975 – 1980). *

Guido Pontecorvo Guido Pellegrino Arrigo Pontecorvo FRS FRSE (29 November 1907 – 25 September 1999) was an Italian-born Scottish geneticist. Life Guido Pontecorvo was born on 29 November 1907 in Pisa into a family of wealthy Italian industrialists. He was on ...

, 91, Italian-Scottish geneticist. *

Anna Shchetinina Anna Ivanovna Shchetinina (russian: Анна Ивановна Щетинина; 26 February 1908 – 25 September 1999) was a Soviet merchant marine sailor who became the world's first woman to serve as a captain of an ocean-going vessel. Shche ...

, 91, Soviet merchant marine sailor. * Ding Sheng, 85, Chinese general and politician.

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* Enzo Carli, 89, Italian art historian and art critic. * Malky McDonald, 85, Scottish football player and manager. *

Bernadette O'Farrell Bernadette O'Farrell (30 January 1924 – 26 September 1999) was an Irish actress. She was born in Birr, County Offaly, Irish Free State. She was married to the film writer, director and producer Frank Launder from 1950 until his death in 1997 ...

, 75, Irish actress. *

Donald Sanders Donald Gilbert Sanders (April 26, 1930 – September 26, 1999) was an American lawyer and a key figure in the Watergate investigation. As deputy minority counsel of the Senate Committee, he discovered the existence of President Richard Nixon's ...

, 69, American lawyer and a key figure in the Watergate investigation, cancer.

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Philip Haddon-Cave Sir Charles Philip Haddon-Cave, , (; 6 July 1925 – 27 September 1999) was a British colonial administrator. He was the Financial Secretary of Hong Kong from 1971 to 1981 and the Chief Secretary of Hong Kong from 1981 to 1985. During his ten ...

, 74, British colonial administrator, heart attack. *

Herbert Heilpern Herbert Heilpern (1919–1999) was a European born athlete and active builder of American soccer. He was inducted into the National Soccer Hall of Fame in 1988. Heilpern was born in Austria. After escaping Nazi occupied Europe, he played amat ...

, 80, Austria-American

association football Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...

executive. * Billy Mould, 79, English footballer. * Monique Rolland, 85, French film actress. * Krishna Pal Singh, 77, Indian activist and politician. *

Grant Warwick Grant David "Knobby" Warwick was a professional ice hockey right winger who played 9 seasons in the National Hockey League. He won the Calder Memorial Trophy in 1942. Grant is the brother of Bill Warwick. Playing career NHL career Born in Regi ...

, 77, professional ice hockey player.

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Franco Caracciolo Franco Caracciolo (29 March 1920 – 28 September 1999) was an Italian conductor. Life He was born in Bari in 1920. He studied piano and composing at the Conservatoire of S. Pietro a Majella in Naples, and conducting at the Accademia di San ...

, 79, Italian conductor. *

Arumugam Ponnu Rajah Arumugam Ponnu Rajah (7 July 1911 – 28 September 1999), also known as A. P. Rajah, was a Singaporean judge, diplomat and politician who served as Speaker of the Parliament of Singapore between 1964 and 1966. Rajah also served as Singapore ...

, 88, Singaporean judge, diplomat and politician. *

Escott Reid Escott Graves Meredith Reid, CC (January 21, 1905 – September 28, 1999), was a Canadian diplomat who helped shape the United Nations and NATO, author, international public servant and academic administrator. Early life and education Born i ...

, 94, Canadian diplomat. * Marilyn Silverstone, 70, English photojournalist and ordained

buddhist Buddhism ( , ), also known as Buddha Dharma and Dharmavinaya (), is an Indian religion or philosophical tradition based on teachings attributed to the Buddha. It originated in northern India as a -movement in the 5th century BCE, and ...

nun, cancer.

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* Arnold Earley, 66, American baseball player. *

Walter Joyce Walter Joyce (10 September 1937 – 29 September 1999) was an English professional footballer and manager who played as a wing half, born in Oldham, Lancashire. His son, Warren Joyce, also played for Burnley Burnley () is a town and the ...

, 62, English football player and manager. * Gé Korsten, 71, South African opera tenor and actor, suicide. *

Yevhen Lapinsky Yevhen Valentinovich Lapinsky ( uk, Євген Валентинович Лапинський, 23 March 1942 – 29 September 1999), also known as Yevgeny Lapinsky, was a Ukrainian former volleyball player who competed for the Soviet Union in the ...

, 57, Ukrainian volleyball player and Olympic champion. *

Gustavo Leigh Air General Gustavo Leigh Guzmán (September 19, 1920 – September 29, 1999) was a Chilean general, who represented the Air Force in the 1973 Chilean coup d'état and, for a time, in the ruling junta that followed. Leigh was forced out of th ...

, 79, Chilean general, cardiovascular ailments. * Jean-Louis Millette, 64, Canadian French-speaking actor and writer. *

Edward William O'Rourke Edward William O'Rourke (October 31, 1917 – September 29, 1999) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as the sixth bishop of the Diocese of Peoria in Illinois from 1971 to 1990. Biography Early life One of eleven ...

, 81, American

Roman Catholic Roman or Romans most often refers to: *Rome, the capital city of Italy * Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD * Roman people, the people of ancient Rome *'' Epistle to the Romans'', shortened to ''Romans'', a let ...

bishop. *

Armando Velasco Armando Velasco (18 January 1918 – 29 September 1999) was an Ecuadorian-born Mexican actor who worked on the Golden Age of Mexican cinema, on films such as '' The Saint Who Forged a Country'' (1942), '' Historia de un gran amor'' (1942), and ...

, 81, Ecuadorian-Mexican actor.

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* Avni Akyol, 68, Turkish politician, heart attack. *

Nikolay Annenkov Nikolay Aleksandrovich Annenkov (russian: Никола́й Алекса́ндрович А́нненков; , Kalugino, Tambov Governorate – 30 September 1999, Moscow) was the longest-lived People's Artist of the USSR before Igor Moisey ...

, 100, Soviet and Russian actor. * Edward C. Banfield, 82, American

political scientist Political science is the scientific study of politics. It is a social science dealing with systems of governance and power, and the analysis of political activities, political thought, political behavior, and associated constitutions and la ...

. * Osvaldo Alfredo da Silva, 75, Brazilian football player. * Tommy Gale, 65, American

NASCAR The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing, LLC (NASCAR) is an American auto racing sanctioning and operating company that is best known for stock car racing. The privately owned company was founded by Bill France Sr. in 1948, and ...

race car driver. * Thomas Holland, 91, English prelate of the

. * Bruce K. Holloway, 87,

American Air Force The United States Air Force (USAF) is the air service branch of the United States Armed Forces, and is one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. Originally created on 1 August 1907, as a part of the United States Army Signal ...

general, heart failure. * Dmitry Likhachov, 92, Russian medievalist, linguist and

concentration camp Internment is the imprisonment of people, commonly in large groups, without charges or intent to file charges. The term is especially used for the confinement "of enemy citizens in wartime or of terrorism suspects". Thus, while it can simpl ...

survivor. * John Merriman, 63, British long-distance runner and Olympian. *

Anna Mae Winburn Anna Mae Winburn ''(née'' Darden; August 13, 1913 – September 30, 1999) was an influential American vocalist and jazz bandleader who flourished beginning in the mid-1930s. An African American, she is best known for having directed the Interna ...

, 86, American vocalist and

bandleader.

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