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ADESANMI, Pius Adebola Oota Nigerian writer, critic and academic. Died 10 March 2019
ADHIKARI, Bharat Mohan Nepalese politician. Died 2 March 2019
ADLER, Warren American writer and playwright. Died 15 April 2019
AK'ABAL, Humberto Guatemalan poet and writer. Died 28 January 2019
ALBORCH BATALLER, Maria del Carmen Spanish politician. Died 24 October 2018
ALEXANDER, Meena American (born Indian) poet, writer and academic. Died 21 November 2018
ALLEN, Paul Gardner American business executive. Died 15 October 2018
ANDRIESSEN, Franciscus H.J.J. Dutch economist and politician. Died 22 March 2019
ANÉMONE French actress. Died 30 April 2019
ANTONIOU, Theodore Greek composer. Died 26 December 2018
ARENS, Moshe Israeli aeronautics engineer, politician, academic and diplomatist. Died 7 January 2019
ARZALLUZ ANTÍA, Xabier Spanish politician and lawyer. Died 28 February 2019
ASHDOWN OF NORTON SUB-HAMDON, Baron (Life Peer), created 2001, of Norton Sub-Hamdon in the County of Somerset British politician. Died 22 December 2018
ATIYAH, Sir Michael Francis British mathematician and academic. Died 11 January 2019
ATHILL, Diana British writer and editor. Died 23 January 2019
BAI, Hua Chinese poet. Died 15 January 2019
BAILEY, Roy British folk singer, musician (guitar) and academic. Died 20 November 2018
BAKER, Richard Douglas James British broadcaster and author. Died 17 November 2018
BALESTRINI, Nanni Italian poet, author and artist. Died 20 May 2019
BALLARD, Kaye American actress and singer. Died 21 January 2019
BARING, Arnulf Martin German academic. 2 March 2019
BAYH, Birch Evans (Evan), III American lawyer, politician and broadcaster. Died 14 March 2019
BECKETT, Wendy British art writer and nun. Died 26 December 2018
BELINGA-EBOUTOU Martin Cameroonian diplomatist, government official and international organization official. Died 8 May 2019
BERTOLUCCI, Bernardo Italian film director and screenwriter. Died 26 November 2018
BETANCUR, CUARTAS Belisario Colombian politician, lawyer and former head of state. Died 7 December 2018
BÍLÁ, Vĕra Czech singer. Died 12 March 2019
BLACK, Jake, (The Very Reverend Dr D. Wayne Love) British vocalist. Died 21 May 2019
BOTHA, Roelof Frederik (Pik) South African politician. Died 12 October 2018
BRENNER, Sydney British scientist and academic. Died 5 April 2019
BROECKER, Wallace (Wally) Smith American geophysicist and academic. Died 18 February 2019
BROWN, Harold American physicist, academic and government official. Died 4 January 2019
BULDAKOV, Aleksey Ivanovich Russian actor. Died 3 April 2019
BUSH, George Herbert Walker American politician and former head of state. Died 30 November 2018
BYSTRITSKAYA, Elina Avraamovna Russian actress. Died 26 April 2019
CABALLÉ, Montserrat Spanish singer (soprano). Died 6 October 2018
CARVALHO, Beth Brazilian singer, musician (guitar) and composer. Died 30 April 2019
CHANNING, Carol American actress. Died 15 January 2019
CHILADZE, Tamaz Georgian writer. Died 28 September 2018
CHO, Yang-ho South Korean business executive. Died 7 April 2019
CHUNG, Sze-yuen Chinese ̸ British business executive. Died 14 November 2018
CLARK, Roy Linwood American singer, songwriter and musician (guitar, banjo, mandolin). Died 15 November 2018
COLOTKA, Peter Slovak politician and lawyer. Died 21 April 2019
CONLEY, Earl Thomas American country singer, songwriter and musician. Died 10 April 2019
CORTEZ, Alberto Argentine singer and composer. Died 4 April 2019
DABWIDO, Sprent Jared Nauruan politician and head of state. Died 8 May 2019
DALMIA, Vishnu Hari Indian business executive. Died 16 January 2019
DANELIYA, Georgiy Nikolayevich Georgian film director. Died 4 April 2019
DANNEELS, HE Cardinal Godfried Belgian ecclesiastic. Died 14 March 2019
DAVIS, David Brion American academic and writer. Died 14 April 2019
DAY, Doris American actress and singer. Died 13 May 2019
DEL PASO, Fernando Mexican writer, poet and artist. Died 14 November 2018
DE MICHELIS, Gianni Italian chemist, academic and politician. Died 11 May 2019
DEMUS, Jörg Austrian concert pianist. Died 16 April 2019
DEVESHWAR, Yogesh Chander Indian business executive. Died 11 May 2019
DICHIERA, David American arts organization executive. Died 18 September 2018
DO, Muoi Vietnamese politician. Died 1 October 2018
DRAGON, Daryl American musician (keyboards) and songwriter. Died 2 January 2019
DWURNIK, Edward Polish painter and illustrator. Died 28 October 2018
EMERICK, Geoff British engineer and producer. Died 2 October 2018
EIGEN, Manfred German physical chemist and academic. Died 6 February 2019
FARBERMAN, Harold American conductor, composer and percussionist. Died 24 November 2018
FARHI, (Musa) Moris British (born Turkish) novelist and poet. Died 5 March 2019
FERLOSIO, Rafael Sanchez Spanish/Italian writer. Died 1 April 2019
FERNANDES, George Indian trade union official, politician and journalist. Died 29 January 2019
FILEVA, Natalia Valerevna Russian business executive. Died 31 March 2019
FLINT, Keith British singer. Died 4 March 2019
FRÉRE, Baron Albert Pol Oscar Ghislain Belgian business executive. Died 3 December 2018
GANZ, Bruno Swiss film actor. Died 15 February 2019
GARCÍA PÉREZ, Alan Gabriel Ludwig Peruvian politician and head of state. Died 17 April 2019
GEORGIEVSKI, Ljubiša Macedonian diplomatist, politician, writer and director. Died 6 December 2018
GIACCONI, Riccardo American (born Italian) astrophysicist and academic. Died 9 December 2018
GIDADA, Negaso Ethiopian politician and head of state. Died 27 April 2019
GIRI, Tulsi Nepalese politician (retd). Died 18 December 2018
GIZENGA, Antoine, (Fundji) Democratic Republic of the Congo politician. Died 24 February 2019
GLADILIN, Anatoliy Tikhonovich Russian writer. Died 24 October 2018
GLAUBER, Roy J. American physicist and academic. Died 26 December 2018
GOLDMAN, William American author and screenwriter. Died 16 November 2018
GRAY, Francine du Plessix American writer and critic. Died 13 January 2019
GREENGARD, Paul American neuroscientist, biochemist and academic. Died 13 April 2019
GOULANDRIS, Niki Greek ecologist and women's organization executive. Died 9 February 2019
GUILLOU, Jean French organist, composer and pianist. Died 26 January 2019
HARKIANAKIS, Stylianos Australian ecclesiastic. Died 25 March 2019
HARPER, Heather (Mary) British singer (soprano). Died 22 April 2019
HART, Freddie American country singer, songwriter and musician (guitar). Died 27 October 2018
HASSELMO Nils, (Nicholas Hazel) American (born Swedish) university president and association executive. Died 23 January 2019
HAWKE, Robert (Bob) James Lee Australian politician and trade union official. Died 16 May 2019
HERNÁNDEZ COLÓN, Rafael Puerto Rican lawyer and politician. Died 2 May 2019
HODGES, Charles (Chas) Nicholas British musician, songwriter, singer and author. Died 22 September 2018
HOLLINGS, Ernest (Fritz) American lawyer and politician. Died 6 April 2019
HO, Tao Chinese architect, urban planner and artist. Died 29 March 2019
HUNT, Caroline Rose American business executive. Died 13 November 2018
HURFORD, Peter John British organist. Died 3 March 2019
ISHMAEL, Mohammed Ali Odeen Guyanese diplomatist. Died 5 January 2019
ISLAM, Syed Ashraful Bangladeshi politician and business executive. Died 3 January 2019
JEAN BENOÎT GUILLAUME MARIE ROBERT LOUIS ANTOINE ADOLPHE MARC D'AVIANO, HRH, Grand Duke of Luxembourg Died 23 April 2019
JIN Yong Chinese writer and journalist. Died 30 October 2018
JOUBERT, John Pierre Herman British composer and academic. Died 7 January 2019
KALPOKAS, Donald Masike'Vanua Ni-Vanuatu politician and diplomatist. Died 20 March 2019
KAO, Charles K. American (b. Chinese) electrical engineer and academic. Died 23 September 2018
KARIM-LAMRANI, Mohammed Moroccan business executive and fmr politician. Died 20 September 2018
KATZER, Georg German composer. Died 7 May 2019
KEENE, Donald Japanese (born American) academic, writer and translator. Died 24 February 2019
KINKEL, Klaus German politician and lawyer. Died 4 March 2019
KOK, Willem (Wim) Dutch politician. Died 20 October 2018
KOPELSON, Arnold American lawyer and film producer. Died 8 October 2018
KUBUABOLA, Ratu Jone Yavala Fijian politician. Died 16 September 2018
KŪÇŪK, İrsen Turkish-Cypriot politician. Died 10 March 2019
KUMALO, Dumisani Shadrack South African journalist and diplomatist. Died 20 January 2019
KUTZ, Kazimierz Polish film and theatre director and politician. Died 18 December 2018
LABRIE, Fernand Canadian endocrinologist, physician and academic. Died 17 January 2019
LAGERFELD, Karl-Otto German fashion designer. Died 19 February 2019
LANE, Patrick Canadian writer. Died 7 March 2019
LANZMANN, Claude American historian, academic, editor and political commentator. Died 30 September 2018
LEBED, Aleksey Ivanovich Russian politician. Died 27 April 2019
LEDERMAN, Leon M. American physicist and academic. Died 3 October 2018
LEE, Stan American comic book writer and film producer. Died 12 November 2018
LÊ, Gen. Đưc Anh Vietnamese army officer and head of state. Died 22 April 2019
LEIBINGER, Berthold German business executive and philanthropist. Died 16 October 2018
LEONARD, Tom Scottish writer and poet. Died 21 December 2018
LEVY, Andrea British writer. Died 14 February 2019
LI, Rui Chinese party official. Died 16 February 2019
LINDQVIST, Sven Swedish writer. Died 14 May 2019
LOCKWOOD, Baroness (Life Peer), created 1978, of Dewsbury in West Yorkshire, Betty Lockwood British politician. Died 29 April 2019
LOULY, Lt-Col Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Ahmed Mauritanian army officer, politician and head of state. Died 16 March 2019
LUKACS, John Adalbert American academic and historian. Died 6 May 2019
LUKYANOV, Anatoliy Ivanovich Russian politician and poet. Died 9 January 2019
MACDONALD, Donald Stovel Canadian politician and lawyer. Died 14 October 2018
MAGOWAN, Peter Alden American business executive. Died 27 January 2019
MARKOVIĆ, Mirjana Serbian politician and academic. Died 14 April 2019
MARSHALL, (Carole) Penny American actress and director. Died 17 December 2018
MEDELCI, Mourad Algerian government official. Died 28 January 2019
MEDOFF, Mark Howard American dramatist, screenwriter, director and academic. Died 23 April 2019
MERWIN W(illiam) S(tanley) American poet, dramatist, writer and translator. Died 15 March 2019
MITCHELL, Arthur American dancer, choreographer and artistic director. Died 19 September 2018
MONORY, Jacques French painter. Died 17 October 2018
MOJADDEDI, Sibghatullah Afghan religious leader and politician. Died 11 February 2019
MOORE OF LOWER MARSH, Baron (Life Peer), created 1992, of Lower Marsh in the London Borough of Lambeth (John Edward Michael Moore), British politician. Died 20 May 2019
MOUREAUX, Philippe Belgian politician. Died 15 December 2018
MROUDJAÉ, Ali Comoran politician. Died 2 May 2019
MSIMANG, Mendi South African diplomatist, civil servant and business executive. Died 3 December 2018
MURRAY, Leslie (Les) Allan Australian poet. Died 29 April 2019
OKARA, Gabriel Imomotimi Dbaingbain Nigerian writer, poet and publishing director. Died 25 March 2019
MTUKUDZI, Oliver `Tuku' Zimbabwean singer, musician (guitar) and songwriter. Died 23 January 2019
MUNGOSHI, Charles Muzuva Zimbabwean writer, poet and playwright. Died 16 February 2019
MWAPE, Lupando Augustine Festus K. Zambian engineer, politician and diplomatist. Died 21 January 2019
NANTERME, Pierre French business executive. Died 31 January 2019
NKETIA, Joseph Hanson Kwabena Ghanaian composer, academic and writer. Died 13 March 2019
NORTON, Augustus Richard American academic and writer. Died 20 February 2019
NOVOZHILOV, Genrikh Vasilievich Russian mechanical engineer and aircraft designer. Died 28 April 2019
O'CONNELL, Maurice Irish central banker and civil servant. Died 1 April 2019
OLIVER, Mary American poet and academic. Died 17 January 2019
Ó SÚILLEABHÁIN, Mícheál Irish musician (piano), composer, educator and musicologist. Died 7 November 2018
PARBO, Sir Arvi Hillar Australian mining engineer. Died 1 May 2019
PARRIKAR, Manohar Indian politician. Died 17 March 2019
PEI, I(eoh) M(ing) American architect. Died 16 May 2019
PÉREZ-LLORCA, José Pedro Spanish lawyer and politician. Died 6 March 2019
PETKOFF MALEC, Teodoro Venezuelan politician, journalist and economist. Died 31 October 2018
PIAT, Jean French actor and writer. Died 18 September 2018
PIERONEK, Most Rev. Tadeusz Polish ecclesiastic and professor of theology and canon law. Died 27 December 2018
PIHL, Jüri Estonian lawyer and politician. Died 3 February 2019
PILCHER, Rosamunde British writer. Died 6 February 2019
PLUMLY, Stanley Ross American poet and academic. Died 11 April 2019
PONOMARENKO, Ivan Ukrainian singer (baritone). Died 11 April 2019
POWERS, William C., Jr American lawyer, university administrator and academic. Died 10 March 2019
PREVIN, André George American conductor, pianist and composer. Died 28 February 2019
RAMAZANI BAYA, Raymond Democratic Republic of the Congo politician and diplomatist. Died 1 January 2019
REED, Leslie (Les) David British composer, songwriter, arranger, conductor and musician. Died 15 April 2019
RENÉ, (France) Albert Seychelles politician. Died 27 February 2019
REYES LÓPEZ, Juan Francisco Guatemalan politician and business executive. Died 10 January 2019
RIVLIN, Alice Mitchell American economist and government official. Died 14 May 2019
ROSE, Sir Clive (Martin) British diplomatist. Died 17 April 2019
RUBADIRI, (James) David Malawi diplomatist, academic, author and poet. Died 15 September 2018
RUBALCABA, Alfredo Pérez Spanish chemist, academic and politician. Died 10 May 2019
RYAN, Richie Irish politician and lawyer. Died 17 March 2019
SEBASTIÁN AGUILAR, HE Cardinal Fernando Spanish ecclesiastic. Died 24 January 2019
SCHNEEMANN, Carolee American artist. Died 6 March 2019
SCOTT, Dame Margaret Australian ballet director. Died 24 February 2019
SEN, Mrinal Indian film director. Died 30 December 2018
SHIH, Chi-Yang Taiwanese politician. Died 5 May 2019
SIDHU, Shivinder Singh Indian civil servant and government official. Died 25 October 2018
STEITZ, Thomas A. American molecular biologist and academic. Died 9 October 2018
THOULESS, David James American (born British) physicist and academic. Died 6 April 2019
TIMERMAN, Héctor Marcos Argentine diplomatist, journalist and politician. Died 30 December 2018
TOMUR, Dawamat Chinese party official. Died 19 December 2018
TRAN, Dai Quang Vietnamese party official, politician and head of state. Died 21 September 2018
TRUMPINGTON, Baroness (Life Peer), created 1980, of Sandwich in the County of Kent British politician. Died 26 November 2018
TYRRELL, John British musicologist and academic. Died 4 October 2018
ULLMANN, Agnès French (born Romanian) microbiologist and academic. Died 25 February 2019
VARDA, Agnès French film writer, film director and photographer. Died 29 March 2019
YASUOKA, Okiharu Japanese politician. Died 19 April 2019
YU, Min Chinese nuclear physicist. Died 16 January 2019
WALD, Patricia McGowan American lawyer and judge. Died 12 January 2019
WANG, Charles B. Chinese computer executive and philanthropist. Died 21 October 2018
WANG, Gen. Ruilin Chinese army officer and party official. Died 8 December 2018
WARNOCK, Baroness (Life Peer), (Helen) Mary Warnock British philosopher and university administrator. Died 20 March 2019
WILSON, Hon. Michael H. Canadian banking executive, diplomatist and politician. Died 10 February 2019
WINBECK, Heinz German composer and teacher. Died 26 March 2019
WOFFORD, Harris Llewellyn American writer, attorney and politician. Died 21 January 2019
WOLDE-GIORGIS, Girma Ethiopian fmr head of state. Died 15 December 2018
WOUK, Herman American writer and dramatist. Died 17 May 2019
XIAO, Yang Chinese judge, party and government official. Died 19 April 2019
ZAKAI, Mira Israeli singer (contralto) and voice teacher. Died 20 May 2019

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