List of Famous people who died in 2019
Simon P. Norton
Simon Phillips Norton was a mathematician in Cambridge, England, who worked on finite simple groups.
Mikhail Biryukov
Mikhail Sergeyevich Biryukov was a Russian junior tennis player. His highest ATP singles ranking was 292. After his retirement from professional tennis at age 22, he served as a coach of under 16 player Alexey Zakharov.
Billy McKee
Billy McKee was an Irish republican and a founding member and leader of the Provisional Irish Republican Army.
Miguel Ángel Falasca
Miguel Ángel Falasca Fernández was an Argentine volleyball player of Spanish citizenship and coach, member of the Spain men's national volleyball team in 1993–2009, participant of the Olympic Games, 2007 European Champion, medallist of the European League, three–time Spanish Champion and three–time Polish Champion.
Werner Heiduczek
Werner Heiduczek was a German writer. His works have been translated into more than 20 languages and name as author - depending on the language region – Verner Gajduček, Verners Heidučeks or Verneris Heidućekas.
Saphira Indah
Saphira Indah Julianti was an Indonesian actress. In 2003 she started her career in the Indonesian film industry with the film Eiffel... I'm in Love.
Héctor Rivoira
Héctor Oscar Rivoira was an Argentine football manager and player who worked as the manager of Atlético Tucumán.
Norma Tanega
Norma Cecilia Tanega was an American folk and pop singer-songwriter, painter, and experimental musician. In the 1960s, she had a hit with the single "Walkin' My Cat Named Dog" and wrote songs for Dusty Springfield and other prominent musicians. In later decades, Tanega worked mostly as a percussionist, playing various styles of music in the bands Baboonz, hybridVigor, and Ceramic Ensemble. She is also known for "You're Dead", the theme song of the film What We Do in the Shadows and the TV series of the same name.
Wolfgang Rindler
Wolfgang Rindler was a physicist working in the field of general relativity where he is known for introducing the term "event horizon", Rindler coordinates, and for the use of spinors in general relativity. An honorary member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences and foreign member of the Accademia delle Scienze di Torino, he was also a prolific textbook author.
Michael Edwardes
Sir Michael Owen Edwardes was a British-South African business executive who held chairmanships at several companies including motor manufacturer British Leyland.