Who from the world of celebrities left us in 2019? These are the dead stars of 2019 who will be missed the most!
Which famous personalities said goodbye to this world in 2019?
Dead celebrities 2019
Matti Nykänen, February 4, 2019
The Finnish ski jumper competed from 1981 to 1991 - during which time he won 5 Olympic medals (including 4 gold), 9 World Championship medals (including 5 gold) and 22 Finnish Championship medals (including 14 gold). Nykänen is considered to be the greatest ski jumper of all time and is the only jumper to have won every major event in the discipline, and together with Yvonne van Gennip is the most decorated athlete at the Olympics. He later devoted himself to a singing career, which unfortunately was not so successful.
Albert Finney, February 7, 2019
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Finney was a stage and film actor, best known for his roles in films such as Scrooge, Annie, Erin Brokovich, The Bourne Ultimatum, The Bourne Legacy and Bond's Skyfall. He received numerous awards for his performances, such as BAFTA, Golden Globe, Emmy and SAG, and was nominated for an Oscar five times.
Karl Lagerfeld, February 19, 2019
The world-famous fashion designer died at the age of 85. Between 1955 and 1982 he was the creative director of the Fendi brand, from 1983 he was the creative director of the Chanel fashion house, and in 2006 he also founded his own Karl Lagerfeld brand. He was recognizable by his white hair in a ponytail, black sunglasses, fingerless gloves and a high white collar with a black tie.
Keith Flint March 4, 2019
Vocalist of the English electronic group The Prodigy, who became famous in the 90s with hits such as Firestarter and Breathe. He also later became the frontman of his band Flint and owned the motor racing company Team Traction Control.
Luke Perry March 4, 2019
The star of the popular series Beverly Hills 90210 and later also the series Riverdale died of an ischemic stroke. His last role was in Tarantino's latest film Once upon a time in Hollywood, where he played western actor Wayne Maudner.
Peter Mayhew, April 30, 2019
The actor who played the popular Chewbacca in all Star Wars from 1977 to 2015. The last film in the series – The Rise of Skywalker – was dedicated to him.
Grumpy Cat May 7, 2019
The most popular grumpy cat in the world - Grumpy Cat, who delighted the world with her unusually serious but endearing expression, died at the age of seven. She even appeared in Grumpy Cat's Worst Christmas Ever in 2014 due to her popularity.
Doris Day May 13, 2019
Undoubtedly one of the major film and singing icons who became famous during the golden age of Hollywood films and who is best known for the films she made with Rock Hudson. Her singing talent can also be seen in many films - she is probably best remembered for the song Que Sera, Sera in Hitchcock's film The Man Who Knew Too Much.
Ieoh Ming Pei, May 16, 2019
The Chinese-American architect is probably best remembered for the glass pyramid outside the Louvre in Paris. In 1955, he founded his own office, and his first high-profile work was the Mesa Laboratory in Colorado, and he was also selected as the architect for the John F. Kennedy Library in Massachusetts. He returned to China for the first time in 1975, where he built, among other things, the hotel in Xiangshan Park in Beijing and the Bank of China high-rise in Hong Kong. In 1983, he received the Pritzker Prize, the highest honor in the field of architecture.
Niki Lauda, May 20, 2019
Austrian F1 racer who won the world championship title three times (1975, 1977 and 1984). He is the only F1 champion to have won the title as a Ferrari and McLaren driver. He later became an aviation entrepreneur and founded three airlines - Lauda Air, Niki and Lauda. Among other things, he worked as a GrandPrix expert for German television.
João Gilberto, July 6, 2019
The Brazilian singer and songwriter died at the age of 88. He was a pioneer in the music genre of bossa nova in the late 50s of the last century and is often called the "father of bossa nova" and in Brazil "O Mito" (legend). He also sang with his wife Astrud in the unabridged version of the famous song The Girl from Ipanema.
Cameron Boyce July 6, 2019
The actor, known for the Disney series Jessie and films such as Descendants, Grown Ups and Eagle Eye, died at the age of just 18.
Gloria Vanderbilt, June 17, 2019
A member of a wealthy American family, she was an artist, author, actress and fashion designer. In the 1930s, she was the "subject" of a court battle for custody and control of her trust fund between her mother and her paternal aunt, which attracted a lot of media attention. Later, Gloria worked in fashion design, perfumery and home product design. Above all, she became famous as one of the first designers of jeans.
Peter Lindbergh, September 3, 2019
The German fashion photographer shot the cover of January 1990 Vogue with the most famous models of the time - Linda Evangelista, Naomi Campbell, Cindy Crawford, Tatjana Patitz and Christy Turlington - symbolically ushering in the era of supermodels. He shot the Pirelli calendar twice, made album covers (eg Tina Turner's Foreign Affair album, Sheryl Crow's The Globe Sessions album, Beyoncé's I am… Sasha Fierce album), and also directed.
Jacques Chirac, 26 September 2019
The former French president (1995-2007) died at the age of 86. In his first term, he advocated a more socially responsible economy, but his austerity measures faced resistance from the unions, which reduced his popularity for a while, but he recovered and was re-elected president in 2002. He will be remembered for opposing the US invasion of Iraq, acknowledging the role of the Vichy government (France's collaborationist government during World War II) in deporting Jews, and shortening the French presidential term from seven to five years.
Robert Foster October 11, 2019
Robert was one of the most popular character actors, best known for films such as Mullholland Drive and Descendants and the series Last Man Standing. He also appeared in the film sequel to the Breaking Bad series - El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie, which was released on Netflix on the day of his death.
Marie Fredriksson, December 9, 2019
Singer of the Swedish duo Roxette, who achieved a breakthrough with the soundtrack for the film Pretty Woman in 1990. The group's best-known hits are The Look, Listen to Your Heart, Dangerous, It Must Have Been Love, Joyride and Fading Like a Flower (Every Time You Leave).
In Slovenia, the composer and the conductor said goodbye this year Urban Coder (January 9), singer Barbara Šerbec – Šerbi (February 15), female doctor Mojca Senčar (May 26), art historian Lojze Gostiša (June 1), film critic, producer and porn director Max Modic (June 9), ski jumper Marjan Pečar (August 2), an actor Milan Štefe (August 25), painter Modic's victory (August 26), mountaineer and extreme alpine skier Davo Karničar (September 16), art historian Stane Bernik (December 11) and others.
