List of Famous people who died in 1999
Henry Earl Singleton
Henry Earl Singleton was an American electrical engineer, business executive, and rancher/land owner. Singleton made significant contributions to aircraft inertial guidance and was elected to the National Academy of Engineering. He co-founded Teledyne, Inc., one of America's most successful conglomerates and was its chief executive officer for three decades. Late in life, Singleton became one of largest holders of ranchland in the United States.
Sulo Nurmela
Sulo Nurmela was a Finnish cross-country skier. He won a gold medal at the 1936 Winter Olympics in the 4 × 10 km relay and served as the Finnish flag bearer at those games.
Cris Miró
Cris Miró was an Argentine entertainer and media personality who had a brief but influential career as a top-billing vedette in Buenos Aires' revue theatre scene during the mid-to-late 1990s. Miró began her acting career in the early 1990s in fringe theatre plays and later rose to fame as a vedette at the Teatro Maipo in 1995. For years, she hid her HIV positive status from the press until her death on 1 June 1999, due to AIDS-related lymphoma.
Henk Chin A Sen
Hendrick Rudolf "Henk" Chin A Sen was a Surinamese politician who served as the President of Suriname from 15 August 1980 until 4 February 1982.
Jerzy Stroba
Jerzy Stroba (1919–1999) was a Polish Roman Catholic bishop.
Peter Seeberg
Peter Seeberg was a Danish modernist novelist and playwright, inspired by the French existentialists. He made his literary debut in 1956 with the novel Bipersonerne. He was born in Skrydstrup in Haderslev Municipality
Jesse Stone
Jesse Albert Stone was an American rhythm and blues musician and songwriter whose influence spanned a wide range of genres. He also used the pseudonyms Charles Calhoun and Chuck Calhoun. His best-known composition as Calhoun was "Shake, Rattle and Roll".
Sandro Scarchilli
Sandro Scarchilli was an Italian film actor who appeared in several films in the late 1960s and 1970s.
Bernard Smith
Bernard Smith was an American literary editor, film producer, and literary critic. He is best remembered for his work at the Knopf publishing house, where he edited B. Traven, Raymond Chandler, and Dashiell Hammett, and Langston Hughes.
Sergio Montanari
Sergio Montanari was an Italian film editor who was born in Rome and died ibidem. He began his career as assistant editor in the late 1950s in films such as Song of Naples and The Sword and the Cross and In more than thirty years of his career he has worked on the participated in over 150 productions.