List of Famous people who died at 59

John Fitzgerald Blake was an American college and professional football coach. He played college football as a nose guard for the Oklahoma Sooners. He served as the head coach of the Sooners from 1996 to 1998.

Teruo Nakamura was a Taiwanese-Japanese soldier of the Imperial Japanese Army who fought for Japan in World War II and did not surrender until 1974. He was the last known Japanese holdout to surrender after the end of hostilities in 1945.

Tariq bin Taimur was a member of the Omani royal family who became president of the Council of Ministers of Oman.

David Samuel Peckinpah was an American film director and screenwriter who achieved prominence following the release of the Western epic The Wild Bunch (1969). He was known for the visually innovative and explicit depiction of action and violence as well as his revisionist approach to the Western genre.

Jeffrey Gordon Adachi was an American attorney, pension reform advocate, and politician who served as the Public Defender of San Francisco.

Robert Kenneth Hoffman was an American businessperson and philanthropist, most notable for co-founding the influential humor magazine National Lampoon.

Manjula Vijayakumar was a South Indian actress. She acted in more than 100 films in South Indian languages like Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam.

Klaus Wennemann was a German television and film actor.

Jheryl Busby was an American recording company executive who was the former President and Chief Executive Officer of Motown Records.

Steven John Folkes was an Australian professional rugby league footballer and coach of the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs in the National Rugby League. He represented both New South Wales and Australia