List of Famous people who died at 69

Louis-Joseph-Lucien Cardin, was a Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician.

Dr. Lawrence Sidney Thompson (1916–1986) worked at the University of Kentucky as the Director of Libraries and as a faculty member in the classics department. He wrote extensively on the processes of printing and publication. Dr. Thompson also researched processes for cataloging materials, frequently corresponding with European colleagues.

Bryan Johnson was an English singer and actor.

Herb Andress, born Herbert Andreas Greunz, was an Austrian film and television actor, known particularly for his roles in the Rainer Werner Fassbinder film Lili Marleen (1981) and the same director's TV series Eight Hours Don't Make a Day (1972).

Maurice Le Roux or Leroux was a French composer and conductor. He studied composition at the Paris Conservatory and was a student of Olivier Messiaen. His work includes 19 original film scores and a number of television scores and orchestrations.¹

Cláudio Franco de Sá Santoro was an internationally renowned Brazilian composer, conductor and violinist.

Sverre Kjelsberg was a Norwegian singer, guitarist, bassist, composer, and lyricist. He was a member of the band The Pussycats from 1964. He and Mattis Hætta represented Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 1980 with the entry Sámiid Ædnan, which was composed by Kjelsberg and Ragnar Olsen.