Deaths in December 1999

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The following is a list of notable deaths in December 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.

December 1999[]

1[]

  • Gene Baker, 74, American baseball player.
  • Stephen Brooks, 57, American film and television actor, heart attack.
  • Fritz Fischer, 91, German historian.[1]
  • Santidev Ghosh, 89, Indian author, singer, actor and dancer.
  • Marilyn Harris, 75, American child actress.
  • Jaakko Jalas, 79, Finnish botanist.
  • Victor Perlo, 87, American Marxist economist.[2]
  • Alexander Tatarenko, 74, Soviet Russian painter and art teacher.

2[]

  • Joey Adams, 88, American comedian, vaudevillian, radio host, nightclub performer and author.[3]
  • Mike Budnick, 80, American baseball player.
  • Charlie Byrd, 74, American jazz guitarist, lung cancer.[4]
  • Matt Cohen, 56, Canadian writer, lung cancer.
  • Daniel J. Elazar, 65, American professor of political science.
  • Richard Latter, 76, American theoretical physicist.

3[]

  • Eckart Afheldt, 78, German general in the Bundeswehr.
  • John Archer, 84, American film and television actor, lung cancer.[5]
  • Anne Francine, 82, American actress and cabaret singer.[6]
  • Conrad Hunte, 67, Barbadian cricketer.
  • Scatman John, 57, American jazz musician and poet, lung cancer.[7]
  • Gordon Jones, 86, Australian rules footballer.
  • Madeline Kahn, 57, American Tony Award-winning film, television and stage actress (Young Frankenstein, Blazing Saddles, Clue), ovarian cancer.[8]
  • Rokanuzzaman Khan, 74, Bangladeshi journalist and literature.
  • Edmond Safra, 67, Lebanese Brazilian banker.[9]
  • Jarl Wahlström, 81, Finnish salvationist, 12th General of the Salvation Army.
  • Irina Zhdanovich, 93, Belarusian actress and theatre director.

4[]

  • Rose Bird, 63, American first female justice, breast cancer.[10]
  • Sylvester Clarke, 44, West Indian cricketer, heart attack.
  • Alonzo Hanagan, 87, American photographer.
  • Bert Hoffmeister, 92, Canadian Army officer, businessman, and conservationist.
  • Nilde Iotti, 79, Italian politician of the Communist Party.
  • Barry Mahon, 78, American film director, cinematographer and producer.[11]
  • Daishōhō Masami, 32, Japanese sumo wrestler, pancreatic cancer.
  • Luděk Pešek, 80, Swiss artist and novelist.
  • John Douglas Pringle, 87, Australian journalist.[12]
  • Leighton Durham Reynolds, 69, British academic.
  • Nélida Roca, 70, Argentinian showbusiness diva and sex symbol, heart attack.
  • John Olubi Sodipo, 64, Nigerian philosopher.
  • Edward Vesala, 54, Finnish avant-garde jazz drummer, congestive heart failure.

5[]

  • Ellwood Madill, 84, Canadian politician.
  • Edvin Biuković, 30, Croatian comics artist, brain tumor.
  • Ted Cooper, 79, American television scenic designer.
  • Nathan Jacobson, 89, Polish-born American mathematician.[13]
  • Bobby Marchan, 69, American singer-songwriter, liver cancer.[14]
  • Masaru Sato, 71, Japanese composer of film scores.
  • Kendall Taylor, 94, British pianist.

6[]

  • Alexander Baron, 82, British author and screenwriter.
  • Sender Garlin, 97, American journalist pamphleteer, and writer.
  • Gwyn Jones, 92, Welsh novelist and story writer.
  • Martha Sharp, 94, American Unitarian.
  • Robert A. Swanson, American venture capitalist.[15]

7[]

8[]

  • Ronnie Clayton, 76, British boxer.
  • Rupert Hart-Davis, 92, English publisher.
  • Wally Hebert, 92, American baseball player.
  • Everett Carll Ladd, 62, American political scientist, heart failure.[17]
  • David Martin Long, 46, American murderer, execution by lethal injection.[18]
  • Pupella Maggio, 89, Italian film actress.
  • Hossein Makki, Iranian politician, orator and historian.
  • Kjell Moe, 90, Norwegian footballer.

9[]

10[]

  • Antonio Blanco, 87, Spanish and American painter, heart and kidney disease.
  • Rick Danko, 56, Canadian musician, member of The Band, heart failure.[20]
  • Ed Dorn, 70, American poet, pancreatic cancer.[21]
  • Lex Goudsmit, 86, Dutch actor, stroke.
  • Shirley Hemphill, 52, American stand-up comedian and actress, renal failure.
  • Cornelia James, 82, British glovemaker and businesswoman.[22]
  • Jean-Claude Michel, 74, French actor and voice actor.
  • Mike Randall, 80, British journalist and editor.
  • Franjo Tuđman, 77, Croatian politician, President of Croatia (since 1990), cancer.[23]
  • Pietro De Vico, 88, Italian film actor.

11[]

  • Charles Earland, 58, American jazz organist, heart failure.[24]
  • Ed Jones, 87, American politician.
  • Eiichi Miyazato, 77, Japanese master of Goju-ryu karate.
  • Jack Oldfield, 100, British landowner and politician.
  • Joseph Roos, 91, American journalist, publicist and Hollywood story editor.[25]
  • Hans K. Ziegler, 88, German American communication satellites engineer.

12[]

  • Huelet Benner, 82, American multi-discipline pistol shooter.[26]
  • Paul Cadmus, 94, American artist.[27]
  • Gordon Chater, 77, English Australian comedian and actor.
  • Stane Dolanc, 74, Yugoslav communist politician, cerebral stroke.[28]
  • Joseph Heller, 76, American novelist (Catch-22), heart attack.[29]
  • John W. R. Taylor, 77, British aviation expert.[30]

13[]

  • Peter Adams, 61, New Zealand-born Australian actor.
  • Jill Craigie, 88, English documentary film director, screenwriter and feminist, heart failure.[31]
  • Nina Graboi, 81, Austrian-American artist, writer and philosopher.[32]
  • Tarmo Uusivirta, 42, Finnish professional boxer, suicide.
  • Robert Wagenhoffer, 39, American figure skater, complications of AIDS.
  • Lady Mary Whitley, 75, British noblewoman.

14[]

  • Sven Berlin, 88, English painter, writer and sculptor.[33]
  • Douglas Leigh, 92, American advertising executive.[34]
  • Walt Levinsky, 70, American big band and orchestral player, composer, arranger and bandleader, brain tumour.
  • J. W. Lockett, 62, American football player.
  • Héctor Martínez, 60, Cuban baseball player.[35]
  • Joseph K. Taussig Jr., 79, United States Navy officer during and after World War II, embolism.

15[]

16[]

  • Henry Helstoski, 74, American politician.[36]
  • Dorit Kreysler, 90, Austrian film actress.
  • Jorge Tuero, Venezuelan television actor and comedian, killed during the Vargas tragedy.

17[]

  • Rex Allen, 78, American actor and singer-songwriter, road accident.[37]
  • Ken W. Clawson, 63, American journalist and spokesman for U.S. President Richard Nixon, heart attack.[38]
  • Jürgen Moser, 71, German-American mathematician.
  • Văn Phụng, Vietnamese songwriter.
  • Tyron Silvapulle, Sri Lankan pilot, killed in action.
  • Grover Washington Jr., 56, American jazz saxophonist, heart attack.[39]
  • C. Vann Woodward, 91, American historian and Pulitzer prize winner.[40]

18[]

  • Þór Beck, 59, Icelandic footballer.
  • Robert Bresson, 98, French film director.[41]
  • Robert Dougall, 86, English broadcaster and ornithologist.[42]
  • Joe Higgs, 59, Jamaican reggae musician, cancer.[43]
  • Bertha Swirles, 96, British physicist.
  • Logan Wright, 66, American pediatric psychologist, heart attack.

19[]

  • Francis Greenlief, 78, major general in the United States Army, cancer.
  • Brendan Hansen, 77, Australian politician.
  • Ross Hutchinson, 85, Australian rules footballer, coach and politician.
  • Desmond Llewelyn, 85, British film actor, played Q in the James Bond film series, road accident.[44]

20[]

21[]

  • John Arnatt, 82, British actor.
  • Nancy Atkinson, 89, Australian bacteriologist.
  • Michael P. Malone, 59, American historian, cardiomyopathy.[48]
  • Eddie McGirt, 79, American football coach.
  • Sergey Nagovitsyn, 31, Russian singer and composer, brain haemorrhage.
  • Bernard Smith, 92, American literary editor, film producer and literary critic.[49]
  • Frank Stanley, 77, American cinematographer.
  • Jalil Ziapour, 79, Iranian painter and academic.

22[]

  • Per Aabel, 97, Norwegian actor, artist, dancer and choreographer.
  • Howard H. Cooksey, 78, United States Army Lieutenant General, heart disease.[50]
  • Monette Cummings, 85, American writer of pulp fiction.
  • Hans Frankenthal, 73, German Holocaust survivor.
  • Suvi Raj Grubb, 82, Indian record producer.
  • Tamara Lees, 75, English film actress.
  • Louis Pohl, 84, American painter, illustrator, art teacher, printmaker and cartoonist.
  • Benny Quick, 55, German pop and Schlager singer, suicide.
  • Roland Stone, 58, American rhythm and blues and pop singer.[51]

23[]

  • Martin Charteris, Baron Charteris of Amisfield, 86, British Army officer and courtier of Queen Elizabeth II.
  • Ronald Strutt, 4th Baron Belper, 87, British hereditary peer, British Army officer, and equestrian.
  • Joe Calvert, British footballer.
  • John Paton Davies Jr., 91, American diplomat and Medal of Freedom recipient.[52]
  • Wallace Diestelmeyer, 73, Canadian figure skater.
  • Lois Hamilton, 56, American model, actress and author, suicide.
  • Eirene White, Baroness White, 90, British politician and journalist.[53]

24[]

25[]

  • Andrew Collins, 27, English cricketer.
  • Peter Jeffrey, 70, English actor, prostate cancer.[58]
  • Michael Bamidele Otiko, 65, Nigerian politician and educator.
  • Alfonso Lastras Ramírez, 75, Mexican lawyer and politician.

26[]

  • Ola Skjåk Bræk, 87, Norwegian banker and politician.
  • Curtis Mayfield, 57, American R&B, soul and funk singer-songwriter and record producer, diabetes complications.[59]
  • Shankar Dayal Sharma, 81, 9th president of India.[60]

27[]

  • Leslie Brown, 87, British Anglican prelate.
  • Bernard Chacksfield, 86, British Royal Air Force officer.
  • Pierre Clémenti, 57, French actor, liver cancer.[61]
  • Leonard Goldenson, 94, American T.V. and radio executive.[62]
  • Michael McDowell, 49, American novelist and screenwriter, AIDS-related illness.[63]
  • Horst Matthai Quelle, 87, German philosopher.
  • George Warwick Smith, 83, Australian public servant.

28[]

  • Josephine Barnes, 87, English obstetrician and gynaecologist.
  • Donald Cotton, 71, British writer for radio and television.
  • John Geoghegan, American publisher, brain aneurysm.
  • Kenneth Hudson, 83, British journalist and broadcaster.
  • Larry Dale Lee, 41, American financial and economic journalist, knife wounds.[64]
  • Harry Monty, 95, Polish-American actor and stuntperson.
  • Clayton Moore, 85, American actor.[65]
  • Herbert Reiner Jr., 83, American diplomat.
  • J. Stuart Wetmore, 84, American bishop.[66]

29[]

  • Colin Fairservice, 90, English professional cricketer.
  • Edward Hollamby, 78, English architect and town planner, heart disease.[67]
  • Sir Leon Radzinowicz, 93, Polish-born British criminologist.[68]
  • José Cláudio dos Reis, 60, Brazilian sports administrator.
  • Charles F. Spalding, 81, American heir, political advisor and investment banker, myeloma.
  • Gerard Veringa, 75, Dutch politician.[69]
  • Jerzy Waldorff, 89, Polish baron, TV personality and writer.

30[]

  • Tom Aherne, 80, Irish footballer and hurler.
  • Clint Albright, 73, Canadian ice hockey player.
  • Arthur Bassett, 85, Welsh rugby player.
  • Gordon Brown, 67, Scottish footballer.
  • Lynne Mapp Drexler, 71, American abstract and representational artist, cancer.[70]
  • Sarah Knauss, 119, American supercentenarian, oldest person in the world and oldest-ever US citizen.[71]
  • Fritz Leonhardt, 90, German structural engineer.
  • Terry Rosen, 60, American jazz guitarist, concert promoter, and radio DJ, accidental suicide.
  • Donald Eugene Webb, 68, American criminal, stroke.[72]
  • La Vern E. Weber, 76, United States Army officer, domestic accident.

31[]

References[]

  1. ^ Strandmann, Hartmut Pogge von (December 13, 1999). "Obituary: Professor Fritz Fischer". The Independent. Retrieved March 24, 2019.
  2. ^ Joseph B. Treaster, "Victor Perlo, 87, Economist For Communist Party in US," New York Times, December 10, 1999.
  3. ^ "Borscht Belt Comic Joey Adams Dies". The Washington Post. December 3, 1999. Retrieved May 19, 2019.
  4. ^ Salon.com. "Jazz guitarist Charlie Byrd dies at 74". Archived from the original on October 8, 2008. Retrieved 2007-06-07.
  5. ^ Vallance, Tom (December 14, 1999). "Obituary: John Archer". The Independent. London. Retrieved June 17, 2012.
  6. ^ "Anne Francine, 82, Actress and Cabaret Singer". The New York Times. December 7, 1999. p. C 31. Retrieved November 24, 2020.
  7. ^ "Boyzone's Stephen thanks fans". BBC News. December 7, 1999. Retrieved June 17, 2012.
  8. ^ Honan, William H. (December 4, 1999). "Madeline Kahn, Comedian Of Film Fame, Dies at 57". The New York Times. p. A 15. Retrieved June 17, 2012.
  9. ^ Tagliabue, John (December 4, 1999). "E. J. Safra, 67, Banker and Philanthropist". The New York Times. p. A 8. Retrieved November 24, 2020.
  10. ^ Todd S. Purdum (December 6, 1999). "Rose Bird, Once California's Chief Justice, Is Dead at 63". The New York Times. p. B 18. Retrieved August 3, 2021.
  11. ^ Obituaries: Barry Mahon, 78: December 4, 1999Lentz, Harris, III. Classic Images [Muscatine, Iowa] 01 Feb 2000: 52.
  12. ^ Milliken, Robert (December 11, 1999). "Obituary: John Douglas Pringle". Independent. Retrieved March 24, 2019.
  13. ^ Sara Robinson (December 9, 1999). "Nathan Jacobson Dies at 89; A Leader in Abstract Algebra". The New York Times. p. B 15. Retrieved August 3, 2021.
  14. ^ Obituary: Bobby Marchan
  15. ^ "Robert Swanson, 52, alumnus who launched biotechnology industry". news.mit.edu. Retrieved March 24, 2019.
  16. ^ "Jazz great Baker dies". BBC News. December 9, 1999. Retrieved April 2, 2013.
  17. ^ Veilleux, Richard (December 13, 1999). "Everett Ladd, Renowned Political Scientist, Dies". University of Connecticut Advance. Retrieved March 24, 2019.
  18. ^ Graczyk, Michael (December 8, 1999). "David Long executed in Texas". AP News Archive. Retrieved March 24, 2019.
  19. ^ Richard Goldstein (December 13, 1999). "Whitey Kurowski, 81, Dies; Beat Yankees in World Series". The New York Times. p. B 15. Retrieved November 24, 2020.
  20. ^ "Rick Danko Authorized Biography". Theband.hiof.no. December 10, 1999. Retrieved March 24, 2019.
  21. ^ "Edward Dorn, 70, Writer on the American West". The New York Times. December 21, 1999. p. C 23. Retrieved November 24, 2020.
  22. ^ Stapleton, Gwen (December 20, 1999). "Obituary: Cornelia James". The Independent. Retrieved March 24, 2019.
  23. ^ "Croats mourn Croatian president". BBC News. December 11, 1999. Retrieved March 24, 2019.
  24. ^ "Charles Earland, 58, Soul-Jazz Organist And Saxophonist". The New York Times. December 15, 1999. p. B 13. Retrieved November 24, 2020.
  25. ^ Oliver, Myrna (December 21, 1999). "Joseph Roos; Fought for Ethnic, Religious Fairness". Los Angeles Times. p. 47. Retrieved March 24, 2019.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: location (link)
  26. ^ "Huelet Benner". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on October 20, 2014. Retrieved March 24, 2019.
  27. ^ Holland Cotter (December 15, 1999). "Paul Cadmus Dies at 94; Virtuosic American Painter". The New York Times. p. B 14. Retrieved November 24, 2020.
  28. ^ "Stane Dolanc, 74, a Onetime Tito Deputy". The New York Times. December 15, 1999. p. B 14. Retrieved November 24, 2020.
  29. ^ "Heller's legacy will be 'Catch-22' ideas". CNN.com. Retrieved March 24, 2019.
  30. ^ Nick Ravo (December 26, 1999). "John Taylor, 77, Top Editor for 'Jane's All the World's Aircraft'". The New York Times. p. 1 43. Retrieved November 24, 2020.
  31. ^ Tom Vallance Obituary:Jill Craigie, The Independent, 15 December 1999, retrieved 24 March 2019
  32. ^ Corral, Valerie (Spring 2000). "In Memoriam: Nina Graboi December 8, 1918 - December 13, 1999". Bulletin of the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies. Vol. 10, no. 1. MAPS. p. 20. Retrieved March 24, 2019.
  33. ^ Peter Davies, Obituary: Sven Berlin, The Independent, 17 December 1999, retrieved March 24, 2019
  34. ^ Douglas Martin (December 16, 1999). "Douglas Leigh, The Man Who Lit Up Broadway, Dies at 92". The New York Times. p. B 13. Retrieved November 24, 2020.
  35. ^ "Hector Martinez". retrosheet.org. Retrieved March 24, 2019.
  36. ^ Lawrence Kestenbaum. "Henry Helstoski Biography". The Political Graveyard. Retrieved March 24, 2019.
  37. ^ Vallance, Tom (December 23, 1999). "Obituary: Rex Allen". The Independent.
  38. ^ David Stout (December 20, 1999). "Ken W. Clawson, 63, Director Of Communications for Nixon". The New York Times. p. B 11. Retrieved November 24, 2020.
  39. ^ "Biography Grover Washington, Jr". allmusic.com. Retrieved March 24, 2019.
  40. ^ Richard Severo (December 19, 1999). "C. Vann Woodward, Historian Who Wrote Extensively About the South, Dies at 91". The New York Times. p. 1 66. Retrieved November 24, 2020.
  41. ^ Alan Riding (December 22, 1999). "Robert Bresson, Film Director, Dies at 98". The New York Times. p. C 27. Retrieved November 24, 2020.
  42. ^ Miall, Leonard (December 21, 1999). "Obituary: Robert Dougall". The Independent. London. Retrieved March 24, 2019.
  43. ^ Jon Pareles (December 22, 1999). "Joe Higgs, 59, Reggae Performer; Taught a Generation of Singers". The New York Times. p. C 26. Retrieved November 2, 2020.
  44. ^ "Desmond Llewelyn, Actor In Bond Films, Dies at 85". The New York Times. December 20, 1999. Retrieved June 17, 2012.
  45. ^ "The Spokesman-Review - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com. Retrieved March 24, 2019.
  46. ^ Rick Lyman (December 30, 1999). "Irving Rapper, 101, Film Director, Dies". The New York Times. p. B 9. Retrieved November 24, 2020.
  47. ^ Neil Strauss (December 21, 1999). "Hank Snow, Country Singer, Is Dead at 85". The New York Times. p. C 22. Retrieved June 17, 2012.
  48. ^ "Obituary for Michael P. Malone." Bozeman Daily Chronicle. December 21, 1999. Accessed 2019-03-24.
  49. ^ Oliver, Myrna (January 2, 2000). "Bernard Smith; Book Editor, Film Producer". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved March 24, 2019.
  50. ^ "H.H. Cooksey". The Washington Post. December 25, 1999. Retrieved March 24, 2019.
  51. ^ "Roland Stone". Rockabilly.nl. Retrieved April 6, 2019.
  52. ^ Kaufman, Michael T. (December 24, 1999). "John Paton Davies, Diplomat Who Ran Afoul of McCarthy Over China, Dies at 91". The New York Times. Retrieved March 24, 2019.
  53. ^ Lena Jeger (December 27, 1999). "Baroness White of Rhymney". The Guardian. Retrieved May 19, 2019.
  54. ^ Richard Goldstein (December 27, 1999). "Bill Bowerman, 88, Nike Co-Founder, Dies". The New York Times. p. A 20. Retrieved November 24, 2020.
  55. ^ "Biography of Figueiredo". archontology.org. Retrieved March 24, 2019.
  56. ^ Julia Preston (December 30, 1999). "Tito Guizar, 91, Mexico's Singing Cowboy of Stage and Screen". The New York Times. p. B 9. Retrieved November 24, 2020.
  57. ^ Saxon, Wolfgang. "Joseph McGahn, 82, Pioneer Of Casinos in Atlantic City", The New York Times, December 28, 1999. Accessed March 24, 2019.
  58. ^ "Actor Peter Jeffrey dies". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved March 24, 2019.
  59. ^ Oldfield, Mike; Laing, Dave (December 28, 1999). "Curtis Mayfield". The Guardian. London. Retrieved June 17, 2012.
  60. ^ Eric Pace (January 3, 2000). "Shankar Dayal Sharma, 81, Former President of India". The New York Times. p. A 17. Retrieved November 24, 2020.
  61. ^ Jesse McKinley (January 16, 2000). "Pierre Clementi, 57, Who Exuded Menace and Sex Appeal in Films". The New York Times. p. 1 37. Retrieved November 24, 2020.
  62. ^ "Leonard H. Goldenson". latimes.com. Retrieved March 24, 2019.
  63. ^ Fowler, Christopher (June 7, 2009). "Forgotten authors No. 36: Michael McDowell". The Independent. Retrieved March 24, 2019.
  64. ^ "Larry Lee - killed". cpj.org. Retrieved March 24, 2019.
  65. ^ Goldstein, Richard (December 29, 1999). "Clayton Moore, Television's Lone Ranger And a Persistent Masked Man, Dies at 85". The New York Times. Retrieved March 24, 2019.
  66. ^ Wolfgang Saxon (January 9, 2000). "James S. Wetmore, 84, Long-Serving Episcopal Suffragan Bishop". The New York Times. p. 1 30. Retrieved November 24, 2020.
  67. ^ Glancey, Jonathan (January 24, 2000). "Obituary: Edward Hollamby". The Guardian.
  68. ^ "Jerzy Waldorff" (in Polish). Społeczny Komitet Opieki nad Starymi Powązkami, Warsaw. Archived from the original on January 27, 2012. Retrieved March 24, 2019.
  69. ^ "Dr. G.H. (Gerard) Veringa". parlement.com. Retrieved March 24, 2019.
  70. ^ Lynne D. Hultberg. Social Security Death Index, Master File. Social Security Administration.
  71. ^ "World's oldest person misses millennium". Supercentenarian.com. December 31, 1999. Retrieved June 17, 2012.
  72. ^ "Fugitive Donald Eugene Webb, died 1999, Found Buried in Wife's Backyard - HistoricalCrimeDetective.com". www.historicalcrimedetective.com. Retrieved March 24, 2019.
  73. ^ "Lord Hughes of Hawkhill". The Herald. Herald Scotland. January 4, 2000. Retrieved March 24, 2019.
  74. ^ "BIOGRAPHY OF SAYYID ABUL HASAN ALI NADWI" (PDF). abulhasanalinadwi.org. Retrieved March 24, 2019.
  75. ^ Lewis, Neil A. (January 1, 2000). "Elliot Richardson Dies at 79; Stood Up to Nixon and Resigned In 'Saturday Night Massacre'". The New York Times. Retrieved January 7, 2013.
Retrieved from ""