List of Famous people who died in 2019

Richard Stone

First Name Richard
Last Name Stone
Born on September 22, 1928
Died on July 28, 2019 (aged 90)

Richard Bernard Stone was an American politician who served as a Democratic United States Senator from Florida from 1975 to 1980 and later served as Ambassador at Large to Central America and Ambassador to Denmark.

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Max Azria

First Name Max
Last Name Azria
Born on January 1, 1949
Died on May 6, 2019 (aged 70)

Max Azria was a Tunisia-born fashion designer who founded the contemporary women's clothing brand BCBGMAXAZRIA. Azria was also the designer, chairman and CEO of the BCBG Max Azria Group, a global fashion house that encompassed over 20 brands. Azria left BCBG in 2016. BCBG Max Azria filed for bankruptcy in 2017 and was sold to Marquee Brands and Global Brands Group.

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Til Gardeniers-Berendsen

First Name Til
Born on February 18, 1925
Died on October 22, 2019 (aged 94)

Mathilde Hubertine Maria Francisca "Til" Gardeniers-Berendsen was a Dutch politician of the defunct Catholic People's Party (KVP) and later the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) party and nonprofit director.

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Anner Bylsma

First Name Anner
Born on February 17, 1934
Died on July 25, 2019 (aged 85)

Anner Bylsma was a Dutch cellist who played on both modern and period instruments in a historically informed style. He took an interest in music from an early age. He studied with Carel van Leeuwen Boomkamp at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague and won the Prix d'excellence in 1957.

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Wim Crouwel

First Name Wim
Born on November 21, 1928
Died on September 19, 2019 (aged 90)

Willem Hendrik "Wim" Crouwel was a Dutch graphic designer, type designer, and typographer.

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Tokitsunada Hironori

First Name Tokitsunada
Born on August 2, 1969
Died on February 14, 2019 (aged 49)

Tokitsunada Hironori was a sumo wrestler from Waki, Tokushima, Japan. He made his professional debut in March 1985, and reached the top division in May 1992. His highest rank was maegashira 4. He retired in September 1999 and remained in the Sumo Association as jun-toshiyori. He had to leave the Sumo Association in September 2001, having failed to acquire a permanent toshiyori. He was the first jun-toshiyori wrestler to be forced to leave sumo in this way. However he later worked in a private capacity as a coach at Arashio stable. He also ran a chanko restaurant named Tokitsunada in Tokyo.

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Maurice Pon

Maurice Marie Jean Pon
First Name Maurice
Last Name Pon
Born on October 26, 1921
Died on April 3, 2019 (aged 97)

Maurice Marie Jean Pon was a French lyricist who mainly worked with Henri Salvador.

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Martin Weitzman

Meyer Levinger
First Name Martin
Last Name Weitzman
Born on April 1, 1942
Died on August 27, 2019 (aged 77)

Martin Lawrence "Marty" Weitzman was an economist and a Professor of Economics at Harvard University. He was among the most influential economists in the world according to IDEAS/RePEc. His latest research was largely focused on environmental economics, specifically climate change and the economics of catastrophes.

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Claes Andersson

Claes-Johan Rudolf Andersson
First Name Claes
Last Name Andersson
Born on May 30, 1937
Died on July 24, 2019 (aged 82)
Born in Finland, Uusimaa

Claes-Johan Rudolf Andersson was a Swedish-speaking Finnish psychiatrist, author, poet, jazz musician, politician and member of the Finnish Parliament, representing the Left Alliance and the Finnish People's Democratic League. He was a member of the Finnish Parliament from 1987 to 1999 and from 2007 to 2008, and served as the Minister of Culture in the Lipponen I Cabinet.

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Volker Hinz

First Name Volker
Last Name Hinz
Born on June 19, 1947
Died on October 18, 2019 (aged 72)
Born in Germany

Volker Hinz ) was a German photographer. Early in his career he became known for his political reportage and travel stories; now his portraits of artists, authors, fashion designers, sports men and politicians are better known.

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