List of Famous people who died in 2019
Phillip Carl Jablonski
Phillip Carl Jablonski was an American serial killer convicted of killing five women in California and Utah between 1978 and 1991.
Vijaya Bapineedu
Gutta Bapineedu Chowdary, also known as Vijaya Bapineedu, was a magazine editor turned Indian film screenwriter and director, known for his works predominantly in Telugu Cinema. He directed several block buster action films such as Maga Maharaju, Gang Leader, and Magadheerudu.
Vonda N. McIntyre
Vonda Neel McIntyre was an American science fiction writer and biologist.
Mary Warnock, Baroness Warnock
Helen Mary Warnock, Baroness Warnock, was an English philosopher of morality, education, and mind, and a writer on existentialism. She is best known for chairing an inquiry whose report formed the basis of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990. She served as Mistress of Girton College, Cambridge from 1984 to 1991.
Randy Colley
Randy Colley was an American professional wrestler better known as Moondog Rex.
Gabriela Moser
Gabriela Moser was an Austrian politician who was a member of the National Council for more than 20 years.
Martí Galindo i Girol
Martí Galindo i Girol was a Spanish theatre actor, who became especially known as a collaborator of the television program Crónicas marcianas, where he participated from 1997 to 2002.
Ernst-Wolfgang Böckenförde
Ernst-Wolfgang Böckenförde was a German legal scholar and a judge on Germany's Federal Constitutional Court. He was a professor at the University of Freiburg and the author of more than 20 books and 80 articles dealing with legal and constitutional theory, as well as political theory, political philosophy and Catholic political thought. Böckenförde was considered a member of the Ritter School.
Elwyn Ralph Berlekamp
Elwyn Ralph Berlekamp was an American mathematician known for his work in computer science, coding theory and combinatorial game theory. He was a professor emeritus of mathematics and EECS at the University of California, Berkeley.
Sakahoko Nobushige
Sakahoko Nobushige was a Japanese sumo wrestler. The son of Tsurugamine, he made his professional debut in 1978, reaching the top makuuchi division in 1982. His highest rank was sekiwake. He won nine special prizes and seven gold stars for defeating yokozuna. He retired in 1992 and became the head coach of Izutsu stable in 1994, succeeding his father. He oversaw Kakuryū's promotion to the yokozuna rank in 2014 but also saw the size of his stable decline. He was a deputy director of the Japan Sumo Association and a judge of tournament bouts. He died of pancreatic cancer in 2019. He was the elder brother of fellow top division sumo wrestler Terao Tsunefumi.