Deaths in 2019
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The following is a list of deaths that should be noted in August 2019. For deaths that should be noted before the month that the world is in, please see "Months". Names under each date are noted in the order of the alphabet by last name or pseudonym. Deaths of non-humans are noted here also if it is worth noting.
Each listing of a death must have a source. If no reference is included, the death notice will be removed. The following are the requirements of adding a name to the list in its order: name, age, where they came from, what the person is known for, cause of death (if known) and a source.
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August[change | change source]
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D. A. Pennebaker
1925 – 2019
1925 – 2019
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Harley Race
1943 – 2019
1943 – 2019
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Thomas Remengesau Sr.
1929 – 2019
1929 – 2019
Nuon Chea
1926 – 2019
1926 – 2019
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Toni Morrison
1931 – 2019
1931 – 2019
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Sushma Swaraj
1952 – 2019
1952 – 2019
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David Berman
1967 – 2019
1967 – 2019
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Kary Mullis
1944 – 2019
1944 – 2019
Paul Findley
1921 – 2019
1921 – 2019
Jeffrey Epstein
1953 – 2019
1953 – 2019
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Jim Forbes
1923 – 2019
1923 – 2019
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Piero Tosi
1927 – 2019
1927 – 2019
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Christina
1947 – 2019
1947 – 2019
Peter Fonda
1940 – 2019
1940 – 2019
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- Gordon Brand Jnr, 60, Scottish golfer.[1]
- Puși Dinulescu, 76, Romanian novelist (Îngerul contabil) and movie director (Întâlnirea din Pământuri), heart attack.[2]
- Ian Gibbons, 67, English keyboardist (The Kinks), bladder cancer.[3]
- Sadou Hayatou, 77, Cameroonian politician, Prime Minister (1991–1992).[4]
- Saoirse Kennedy Hill, 22, American essayist and activist, granddaughter of Robert F. Kennedy, suspected drug overdose.[5]
- Annemarie Huber-Hotz, 70, Swiss politician, Federal Chancellor (2000–2007) and President of the Swiss Red Cross (since 2011), heart attack.[6]
- D. A. Pennebaker, 94, American documentary filmmaker (Dont Look Back, Monterey Pop, Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars).[7]
- Milovan Minja Prelević, 49, Montenegrin football player (Budućnost, OFK Beograd) and manager (Hangzhou Wuyue Qiantang).[8]
- Harley Race, 76, American Hall of Fame professional wrestler (AWA, CSW) and trainer (Harley Race's Wrestling Academy), lung cancer.[9]
- Anders P. Ravn, 71, Danish computer scientist.[10]
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- Vahakn Dadrian, 93, Armenian-American sociologist and historian.[11]
- Deepak Obhrai, 69, Canadian politician, MP (since 1997), liver cancer.[12]
- Schoschana Rabinovici, 86, French-born Lithuanian-Israeli Holocaust survivor and writer.[13]
- Jocelyne Roy-Vienneau, 63, Canadian politician, Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick (since 2014), cancer.[14]
- Alexandra Strelchenko, 82, Russian folk singer, People's Artist of the RSFSR (1984).[15]
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- Miklós Ambrus, 86, Hungarian water polo player, Olympic champion (1964).[16]
- Jean-Claude Bouttier, 74, French boxer and actor (Les Uns et les Autres).[17]
- Cliff Branch, 71, American football player (Oakland Raiders).[18]
- Sir Brian Lochore, 78, New Zealand Hall of Fame rugby union player and coach (national team, Wairarapa-Bush), bowel cancer.[19]
- Thomas Remengesau Sr., 89, Palauan politician, President (1988–1989) and Vice President (1985–1988).[20]
- John Philip Saklil, 59, Indonesian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Timika (since 2003).[21]
- Mike Troy, 78, American swimmer, Olympic champion (1960), world-record holder – 200m butterfly (1959–1960).[22]
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- Ernie Bowman, 84, American baseball player (San Francisco Giants).[23]
- Connor Stephen Betts, 24, American mass murderer, perpetrator of the Dayton shooting, shot.[24]
- Nuon Chea, 93, Cambodian politician, Acting Prime Minister (1976) and chief ideologist of Khmer Rouge.[25]
- André Goosse, 93, Belgian grammarian (Le Bon Usage).[26]
- Stu Rosen, 80, American voice director (Hulk Hogan's Rock 'n' Wrestling, The Legend of Prince Valiant) and actor (Fraggle Rock: The Animated Series), cancer.[27]
- Willi Tokarev, 84, Russian-American singer-songwriter ("Murmanchanochka"), cancer.[28]
- Bob Wilber, 91, American jazz clarinetist and bandleader.[29]
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- Josef Kadraba, 85, Czech footballer (Sparta Prague, Slavia Prague, national team).[30]
- Bjorg Lambrecht, 22, Belgian racing cyclist, race crash.[31]
- Asif Mohseni, 84, Afghani religious leader (marja') and politician, founder of the Islamic Movement of Afghanistan.[32]
- Toni Morrison, 88, American writer (The Bluest Eye, Song of Solomon, Beloved), Pulitzer Prize for Fiction winner (1988) and Nobel Prize in Literature winner (1993), problems caused by pneumonia.[33]
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- Alejandro Serrano, 86, Ecuadorian politician, Vice President (2005–2007), problems caused by surgery.[34]
- Sushma Swaraj, 67, Indian politician, MP (1996–1999, 2009–2019), Chief Minister of Delhi (1998) and Minister of External Affairs (2014–2019), heart attack.[35]
- Maimun Zubair, 90, Indonesian Nahdlatul Ulama Islamic cleric and politician, member of the People's Consultative Assembly (1987–1999).[36]
7[change | change source]
- David Berman, 52, American singer-songwriter (The Silver Jews, Purple Mountains) and poet (Actual Air), suicide by hanging.[37]
- Kary Mullis, 74, American biochemist, creator of the polymerase chain reaction and Nobel Prize in Chemistry winner (1993), pneumonia.[38]
- Rostislav Rybakov, 81, Russian writer, President of the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences (2006–2008).[39]
- Fabio Zerpa, 90, Uruguayan parapsychologist, ufologist and journalist (El Quinto Hombre).[40]
8[change | change source]
- Ernie Colón, 88, American comic book artist (Arak, Casper the Friendly Ghost, Richie Rich), cancer.[41]
- Stanisław Konturek, 87, Polish physiologist and gastroenterologist, member of the Polish Academy of Sciences (since 1986).[42]
- Manfred Max-Neef, 86, Chilean economist (Fundamental human needs) and politician, Right Livelihood Award winner (1983) and presidential candidate (1993).[43]
- Jean-Pierre Mocky, 86, French movie director (Les Dragueurs, The Miracle), screenwriter and actor (The Abandoned).[44]
- Dave Parks, 77, American football player (New Orleans Saints, San Francisco 49ers, Houston Oilers) and businessman.[45]
- Fabrizio Saccomanni, 76, Italian politician and economist, Minister of Economy and Finance (2013–2014) and Director General of the Bank of Italy (2006–2013), heart attack.[46]
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- Paul Findley, 98, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Illinois's 20th congressional district (1961–1983).[47]
- Altair Gomes de Figueiredo, 81, Brazilian footballer (Fluminense, national team) and manager.[48]
- Fahrudin Jusufi, 79, Yugoslavian footballer (Partizan, Eintracht Frankfurt, national team) and manager.[49]
- Oscar Malbernat, 75, Argentine footballer (Estudiantes, national team) and manager (Audax Italiano), kidney failure.[50]
10[change | change source]
- Jeffrey Epstein, 66, American financier (Bear Stearns), philanthropist (Jeffrey Epstein VI Foundation) and convicted sex offender, suicide by hanging.[51]
- Jim Forbes, 95, Australian politician, MP (1956–1975), Minister for the Army (1963–1966), Navy (1963–1964), Health (1966–1971) and Immigration (1971–1972).[52]
- Cándido Sibilio, 60, Dominican-born Spanish Olympic basketball player (1980), problems caused by diabetes.[53]
- Piero Tosi, 92, Italian costume designer (Senso, Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow, The Night Porter), Honorary Oscar winner (2013).[54]
11[change | change source]
- Bluey Adams, 84, Australian football player (Melbourne), cancer.[55]
- Darryl Drake, 62, American football player (Washington Redskins) and wide receiver coach (Chicago Bears, Arizona Cardinals).[56]
- Michael E. Krauss, 84, American linguist, founder of the Alaska Native Language Center.[57]
- Ningali Lawford, 52, Australian actress (Bran Nue Dae, Last Cab to Darwin), asthma attack.[58]
- Barbara March, 65, Canadian actress (Star Trek), cancer.[59]
- Walter Martínez, 37, Honduran footballer (Victoria, Beijing Guoan, national team), heart attack.[60]
- J. Neil Schulman, 66, American novelist (Alongside Night, The Rainbow Cadenza), pulmonary embolism.[61]
12[change | change source]
- DJ Arafat, 33, Ivorian disc jockey and musician, motorcycle crash.[62]
- José Luis Brown, 62, Argentinian footballer (Estudiantes de la Plata, national team) and manager (Ferro Oeste), World Cup winner (1986), problems caused by Alzheimer's disease.[63]
- Florin Halagian, 80, Romanian football player (Dinamo București) and manager (Argeș Pitești, national team).[64]
- Reuven Hammer, 86, American-Israeli conservative rabbi and journalist (The Jerusalem Post), brain cancer.[65]
- Lu Yonggen, 88, Chinese agronomist and plant geneticist, President of South China Agricultural University (1983–1995) and member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (since 1993).[66]
- Jim Marsh, 73, American basketball player (Portland Trail Blazers) and broadcaster (Seattle SuperSonics), Parkinson's disease.[67]
- Paule Marshall, 90, American writer (Brown Girl, Brownstones, Praisesong for the Widow), dementia.[68]
- Hussein Salem, 85, Egyptian-Spanish businessman, co-owner of East Mediterranean Gas Company.[69]
- Jan Simonsen, 66, Norwegian politician, MP (1989–2005), cancer.[70]
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- Cecilia Caballero Blanco, 105, Colombian socialite, First Lady (1974–1978).[71]
- Nadia Toffa, 40, Italian journalist and television presenter (Le Iene), brain cancer.[72]
14[change | change source]
- Graham Farmer, 84, Australian footballer (East Perth, Geelong) and manager (West Perth), Alzheimer's disease.[73]
- Karim Olowu, 95, Nigerian Olympic sprinter and long jumper (1952, 1956), Commonwealth Games silver medalist (1954).[74]
- Héctor Rivoira, 59, Argentine football player (Almirante Brown) and manager (Quilmes, Atlético Tucumán), colorectal cancer.[75]
- Gjergj Xhuvani, 55, Albanian movie director (Slogans, East, West, East: The Final Sprint) screenwriter and producer, suspected heart attack.[76]
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- Eddie Marlin, 89, American professional wrestler (NWA) and promoter, multiple organ failure.[77]
- Qin Hanzhang, 111, Chinese engineer and food scientist, heart attack.[78]
- Antonio Rastrelli, 91, Italian politician, MP (1979–1995) and President of Campania (1995–1999).[79]
- Vidya Sinha, 71, Indian actress (Rajnigandha, Chhoti Si Baat, Qubool Hai), respiratory failure caused by heart and lung disease.[80]
- Glenn Tasker, 67, Australian sports administrator, President of the Australian Paralympic Committee (2013–2018), problems caused by cardiac arrest.[81]
- Wrestling Pro, 81, American professional wrestler (NWA).[82]
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- Princess Christina, 72, Dutch royal, sister of Queen Beatrix, bone cancer.[83]
- Peter Fonda, 79, American actor and screenwriter (Easy Rider, Ulee's Gold, 3:10 to Yuma), Golden Globe winner (1997, 1999), respiratory failure caused by lung cancer.[84]
- Felice Gimondi, 76, Italian racing cyclist, Grand Tour winner (1965, 1967, 1968), heart attack.[85]
- Faisal Masud, 64, Pakistani physician and educator, Vice-Chancellor of King Edward Medical University (2013–2017), cardiac arrest.[86]
- José Nápoles, 79, Cuban-born Mexican Hall of Fame boxer, world welterweight champion (1969–1970, 1971–1975).[87]
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- ↑ Former Ryder Cup player Brand Jr. dies at age 60
- ↑ Dramaturgul şi regizorul Puşi Dinulescu a murit la vârsta de 76 de ani (in Romanian)
- ↑ Ex-Kinks keyboardist Ian Gibbons dead at age 67
- ↑ Décès de Sadou Hayatou, ancien Premier Ministre du Cameroun (in French)
- ↑ Saoirse Kennedy Hill's Death Adds to Family's Tragic History
- ↑ È morta Annemarie Huber-Hotz (in Italian)
- ↑ D.A. Pennebaker, Master Director of Documentaries, Dies at 94
- ↑ Iznenada preminuo trener Milovan Prelević (in Croatian)
- ↑ Hall of fame wrestling legend Harley Race, an eight-time NWA champion, dies at 76
- ↑ Anders Peter Ravn (in Danish)
- ↑ Breaking News: The dean of Armenian Genocide studies, Prof. Dr. Vahakn Dadrian has just passed away
- ↑ Conservative MP Deepak Obhra dies of cancer
- ↑ Zum Tod von Schoschana Rabinovici (in German)
- ↑ New Brunswick's lieutenant-governor dies after battle with cancer
- ↑ Умерла певица Александра Стрельченко (in Russian)
- ↑ Meghalt Ambrus Miklós olimpiai bajnok vízilabdázó (in Hungarian)
- ↑ Jean-Claude Bouttier est mort à 74 ans (in French)
- ↑ Former Raiders receiver Cliff Branch dies at 71
- ↑ Former All Blacks captain and coach Sir Brian Lochore dies following cancer battle
- ↑ Former Palau president dies at age 89
- ↑ Uskup Timika John Saklil meninggal dunia (in Indonesian)
- ↑ 1960 US Olympic Gold Medalist Mike Troy Dies at 78
- ↑ Former Major League player Bowman dead at 84
- ↑ Dayton shooting: What we know about the gunman
- ↑ Nuon Chea, ideologue of Cambodia's Khmer Rouge, dies at 93
- ↑ Le grammairien belge André Goosse est décédé à l’âge de 93 ans (French)
- ↑ Stu Rosen Dies: Emmy Winning 'Dusty's Treehouse' Creator, 'Fraggle Rock' Voice Actor Was 80
- ↑ Willy Tokarev dies after long illness
- ↑ Jazz Revival Clarinetist Bob Wilber has Died
- ↑ Fotbalový svět opustil Josef Kadraba, vicemistr světa z Chile 1962 (in Czech)
- ↑ Bjorg Lambrecht dies at age 22
- ↑ Well-Known Cleric Sheikh Asif Mohseni Passes Away
- ↑ Beloved Author Toni Morrison Has Died at 88
- ↑ Falleció el exvicepresidente Alejandro Serrano Aguilar (in Spanish)
- ↑ BJP Leader And Former Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj Dies At 67
- ↑ Senior NU cleric Maimun Zubair passes away
- ↑ David Berman (Silver Jews, Purple Mountains) Dead at 52
- ↑ Dreher High School grad who revolutionized DNA has died
- ↑ Ушёл из жизни Ростислав Борисович Рыбаков (Russian)
- ↑ Murió Fabio Zerpa (in Spanish)
- ↑ Comic Book Creator Ernie Colón Dies at 88
- ↑ Nie żyje prof. Konturek, wybitny fizjolog i gastroenterolog (in Polish)
- ↑ Fallece el destacado ecologista Manfred Max Neef (in Spanish)
- ↑ Le réalisateur Jean-Pierre Mocky est mort (in French)
- ↑ Former NFL player and CFB HOFer Dave Parks passes away
- ↑ Morto Saccomanni, presidente di Unicredit (in Italian)
- ↑ Former US Rep. Paul Findley of Illinois dies at age 98
- ↑ Campeão do mundo em 62, 'melhor marcador de Garrincha' e ídolo do Fluminense, Altair morre aos 81 (in Portuguese)
- ↑ Preminuo Fahrudin Jusufi, legendarni član "Partizanovih beba" (in Cree)
- ↑ Murió Cacho Malbernat, una gloria con el estilo de la mejor época de Estudiantes (in Spanish)
- ↑ Jeffrey Epstein Dead in Suicide at Manhattan Jail, Officials Say
- ↑ Forbes, Alexander James CMG, MC
- ↑ Fallece el exjugador de baloncesto 'Chicho' Sibilo (in Spanish)
- ↑ Morto il costumista Piero Tosi (in Italian)
- ↑ Man behind game’s ‘:9#5 brutal collision’ loses battle with cancer
- ↑ Pittsburgh Steelers wide receivers coach Darryl Drake dies at 62
- ↑ Celebrated linguist of Alaska Native Languages Michael Krauss dies
- ↑ Broome actress Ningali Lawford-Wolf dies in UK
- ↑ Barbara March, TNG, DS9's Klingon Lursa, passes away
- ↑ Falleció el ex seleccionado hondureño Walter Pery Martínez (in Spanish)
- ↑ J. Neil Schulman (1953-2019)
- ↑ DJ Arafat: Top Ivory Coast singer dies in road accident
- ↑ Adiós al Tata Brown, un campeón del mundo (Spanish)
- ↑ Doliu în fotbalul românesc! A murit Florin Halagian! (Romanian)
- ↑ Beacon of Masorti Judaism, Rabbi Reuven Hammer, dies at 86
- ↑ 卢永根院士逝世 生于香港曾获感动中国2017年度人物 (in Chinese)
- ↑ Former Sonics broadcaster, Seattle youth-basketball legend Jim Marsh dies at 73
- ↑ Paule Marshall, novelist of diverse influences, dead at 90
- ↑ Mubarak’s era business tycoon Hussein Salem dies in Madrid
- ↑ Jan Simonsen er død (66) (in Norwegian)
- ↑ Falleció la exprimera dama Cecilia Caballero de López (in Spanish)
- ↑ È morta Nadia Toffa
- ↑ Aussie rules great Graham ‘Polly’ Farmer dies aged 84 at Fiona Stanley Hospital
- ↑ Nigeria: First Nigerian Commonwealth Games Medalist, Kab Olowu, Dies At 95
- ↑ Murió Héctor "Chulo" Rivoira, histórico entrenador del ascenso (in Spanish)
- ↑ Ndahet nga jeta regjisori i njohur shqiptar Gjergj Xhuvani (in Albanian)
- ↑ Eddie Marlin dead at 89
- ↑ 酒业泰斗秦含章逝世 享年112岁 (Chinese)
- ↑ Centrodestra, morto a 91 anni Antonio Rastrelli (in Italian)
- ↑ Veteran actress Vidya Sinha dies at 71
- ↑ Paralympics Australia deeply saddened by the loss of Glenn Tasker
- ↑ "Wrestling Pro", who entertained fans for decades, has died
- ↑ Prinses Christina (72) overleden aan gevolgen van botkanker
- ↑ Peter Fonda, 'Easy Rider' Architect and Counter-Cultural Icon, Dies at 79
- ↑ Addio a Felice Gimondi: l'ex corridore è morto a 76 anni (Italian)
- ↑ Prof Dr Faisal Masood dies of cardiac arrest
- ↑ Welterweight legend Napoles dies at age 79
