List of Famous people who died in 2019
Serikbolsyn Abdildin
Serikbolsyn Abdildauly Abdildin was a Kazakh economist, politician, First Secretary of the Communist Party from 1996 to 2010, member of the Mazhilis from 1999 to 2004 and a candidate in the 1999 presidential election.
Carlo Croccolo
Carlo Croccolo was an Italian actor, voice actor, director and screenwriter.
Juanjo Domínguez
Juanjo Domínguez was a classical guitarist and important interpreter of Argentine music, especially tango. In 2005, he was awarded the Konex Award for best instrumental single artist of popular music.
Charles Foster
Charles Wayne Foster was an American hurdler. He finished in fourth place, just off the podium at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal while setting his lifetime personal best of 13.41. In 1974 he was the number one ranked hurdler in the world, number 2 in 1975 and in the top ten from 1973 until 1979.
Karl Grob
Karl Grob was a Swiss professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Grob is considered to be a legend for Zürich, as he was there for 20 years and helped the team win a total of five Swiss Super Leagues and four Swiss Cups.
Andy Scherrer
Andy Scherrer was a Swiss musician who played piano and saxophone.
Remo Bodei
Remo Bodei was an Italian philosopher. He was a Professor of the history of philosophy at the UCLA University, Los Angeles California, and also had taught at the University of Pisa and Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa.
Amelia Vargas
Amelia Vargas was a Cuban actress and dancer. She mainly worked in Argentina. She starred in the 1950 film Arroz con leche under director Carlos Schlieper.
D. M. Jayaratne
Dissanayaka Mudiyanselage Jayaratne, known as D. M. "Di Mu" Jayaratne, was a veteran Sri Lankan politician who was Prime Minister of Sri Lanka from 2010 to 2015. A founding member of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party, Jayaratne was first elected to parliament in 1970. He was sworn in as Prime Minister on 21 April 2010.
José Rodrigues Neto
José Rodrigues Neto was a Brazilian football fullback and manager.