List of Famous people who died at 59

Marco Onorato was an Italian cinematographer.

David Michael Riley was an American musician who was the bassist in the punk rock band Big Black from 1985 until the band's dissolution in 1987. Riley moved to Chicago in 1982 from Detroit, where he had worked as a recording engineer. He played on Big Black's two studio albums, Atomizer (1986) and Songs About Fucking (1987), as well as their Headache EP (1987), several singles, and two live albums. After Big Black, Riley recorded tracks with several other artists before being incapacitated by a stroke in 1993, losing the ability to walk. He became a blogger, and published a book in 2006 titled Blurry and Disconnected: Tales of Sink-or-Swim Nihilism. He died in late 2019 from squamous cell carcinoma.

Vladimir Alekseyevich Fomichyov was a Russian professional footballer.

Princess Fadia Farouk was born at the Abdeen Palace in Cairo, as the youngest daughter of the late King Farouk of Egypt and his first wife, the former Queen Farida. After her father was deposed during the Egyptian Revolution of 1952, the Princess lived in Italy for two years. She and her sisters were then sent to live in Switzerland, to attend boarding school. There, the Princess studied painting, became an accomplished equestrian and met her future husband.

David A. Prior was an American director, screenwriter, producer and co-founder of the Action International Pictures (AIP). Prior started his career with the horror film Sledgehammer (1983), and the action film Killzone (1985), both of them with his brother Ted in lead roles. Shortly after he went into a partnership with veteran producer David Winters, and started directing film many of them with his brother as the star, some of these cult classics includes Deadly Prey, Aerobicide, and Mankillers.