List of Famous people who died at 51

Carles Capdevila i Plandiura was a Catalan journalist and writer, director of the newspaper Ara for its first five years and from 28 November 2015 onwards founding director. He presented and directed the programmes Eduqueu les criatures in Catalunya Ràdio and Qui els va parir in TV3. He was deputy director of the program Malalts de tele. He directed the section Alguna pregunta més?, within El matí de Catalunya Ràdio. He received the humor and satire award 'Premi Pere Quart d'humor i sàtira' in 1999 for the book Criatura i companyia and in 2016 the National Prize for Communication. He died from colorectal cancer on 1 June 2017.

Ines Paulke was a German pop singer. She worked as a pop singer for the bands Motiv and Danzu before becoming a solo artist. Paulske won several prizes and was voted singer of the year for 1987. She released her CD record, Die Farbe meiner Tränen, in 1988, which saw her voted the recipient of the most successful record of the year award known as the Goldene Amiga. Paule took up performing in cabaret, musicals and theatre after the Berlin Wall fell.

Norman Eric Kirk was a New Zealand politician who served as the 29th Prime Minister of New Zealand from 1972 until his sudden death in 1974.

Dennis Cordell-Lavarack, known as Denny Cordell, was an English record producer. He is notable for his mid 1960s and early 1970s productions of hit singles for The Moody Blues, Leon Russell, The Move, Procol Harum, Joe Cocker and Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers.

James Isaac was an American film director and visual effects supervisor.

Andrea Neumann was a German visual artist and educator. She is one of the most important artists of the Saarland region. She is known for her abstract paintings.

Dragan Maksimović was a Serbian actor.