List of Famous people who died in 2019
Ariel Hollinshead
Ariel Cahill Hollinshead was an American cancer researcher and professor who spent her career at George Washington University. She was a pioneer in discovering tumor antigens and developing them as cancer vaccines.
Jack Coghill
John Bruce "Jack" Coghill was a politician and businessman who was the lieutenant governor of Alaska from 1990 to 1994 under Governor Walter Hickel. Both were members of the Alaskan Independence Party.
Verena Wagner Lafferentz
Verena Wagner Lafferentz was the fourth child and younger daughter of Winifred and Siegfried Wagner, and the youngest granddaughter of German composer Richard Wagner. She was also a great-granddaughter of the composer Franz Liszt.
Dmitri Nabokov
Dmitri Viktorovich Nabokov was a Russian professional ice hockey forward.
Oscar Malbernat
Oscar Miguel Cacho Malbernat Candela was an Argentine footballer, who was the captain of Estudiantes de La Plata between 1967 and 1972, when the team won a local championship in 1967, three consecutive Copa Libertadores titles and one Intercontinental Cup (1968), where he marked Manchester United's George Best. During one of the 1970 Intercontinental Cup games, he ripped off Joop van Daele's glasses and trampled on them claiming that he was "not allowed to play with glasses".
Claudio Rodríguez
Claudio Rodríguez was a Spanish voice actor.
Victor Sheymov
Victor Ivanovich Sheymov was a Russian computer security expert, author and patent holder of computer security innovations. A former intelligence official with the rank of major in the Soviet KGB, Sheymov defected to the United States in May 1980, choosing to come out of hiding a decade later.
Sandrine Daudet
Sandrine Daudet was a French short track speed skater. She competed at the 1992 Winter Olympics and the 1994 Winter Olympics.
Dominique Noguez
Dominique Noguez, was a French writer. He won the Prix Femina in 1997, for Amour noir. He taught the history of film at the Sorbonne. He was an early defender of Michel Houellebecq.
Anatoliy Nogovitsyn
Anatoliy Alekseevich Nogovitsyn was a Russian military official. He served as the Deputy Chief of General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. Holding the rank of Colonel General, he was known for being the primary spokesman of the Russian Armed Forces during 2008 South Ossetia War and for warning Poland about the possibility of a nuclear strike on 15 August 2008 after an agreement reached between the United States of America and Poland on 14 August 2008 about hosting part of a US missile defense shield in Poland. President Dmitry Medvedev later played down the nuclear attack threats against Poland.