List of Famous people who died at 59

Jim Fritzell was an American television and film screenwriter.

Jack Brooks was an English-American lyricist.

Hari Rhodes was an American author and actor whose career spanned three decades beginning around 1960.

Gérard Buhr (1928–1988) was a French film and television actor.

Armando Peverelli was an Italian racing cyclist. He rode in the 1949 Tour de France.

Enrico Bartoletti was an Italian Roman Catholic archbishop who served on the Italian Episcopal Conference and also as the Archbishop of Lucca. Bartoletti was renowned for his personal holiness and for his political tact which he delivered while serving on the Italian Episcopal Conference. Bartoletti also worked to defend the lives of the Jewish people during World War II and contributed to DELASEM.

Lawrence Kohlberg was an American psychologist best known for his theory of stages of moral development.

Dick Todd was a Canadian pop singer, most active from the 1930s to 1950s. He was nicknamed the Canadian Crosby, due to his supposed vocal similarity to Bing Crosby, and was born in Montreal.

Prunella Jane Ransome was an English actress, primarily active on television and films.