List of Famous people who died at 59

Andrew Meredith Paulson was an American entrepreneur. Born in Champaign, Illinois, he was the son of noted American professor Ronald Paulson.

Yury Savenko was a Russian politician. He served as the Mayor of Kaliningrad from 1998 to 2007 and was a member of the State Duma from 2007 to 2011.

Tino Schirinzi, was an Italian actor and stage director.

William Hal Ashby was an American film director and editor associated with the New Hollywood wave of filmmaking.

Enzo Tortora was an Italian TV host on national RAI television, who was unjustly convicted of being a member of the Camorra and drug trafficking in 1985, and sentenced to 10 years in jail. He was acquitted of all charges by the Cassation Court in 1987.

Frank Forrester Church III was an American lawyer and politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as a United States Senator from Idaho from 1957 to 1981. He is known for heading the Church Committee, which investigated abuses within the United States Intelligence Community.

Preeti Ganguly was an Indian actress who played several comic roles in Bollywood in the 1970s and 1980s. She was the daughter of veteran Indian actor Ashok Kumar, and part of the Ganguly family. She is best known for her comic role as Freni Sethna, the die-hard Amitabh Bachchan fan in Basu Chatterjee's Khatta Meetha (1978).