A walk down memory lane: The ones we lost in 2019
Michel Legrand
French film composer Michel Legrand, who won three Oscars and scored such classics as "Yentl" (1983), died aged 86.
Luke Perry
US actor Luke Perry died after a stroke at the age of 52. At the time, he was pursuing an acclaimed role on American series ''Riverdale''.
Alan Garcia
Ex-Peruvian president Alan Garcia, 69, killed himself as the police were about to arrest him on bribery charges that he denied.
Beji Caid Essebsi
The world's oldest president, Tunisian Beji Caid Essebsi, died aged 92, just ahead of the end of his first mandate.
Toni Morrison
Author Toni Morrison, the first African-American to win the Nobel Prize for Literature, died aged 88.
Jessye Norman
Celebrated American opera singer Jessye Norman died in hospital aged 74. She famously stated that "pigeonholes are for pigeons” and that she was "attracted to the unusual".
Jeffrey Epstein
US financier Jeffrey Epstein, 66, was found dead in jail from an apparent suicide while awaiting trial on charges of trafficking girls for sex.
Marieke Vervoort
Belgian Paralympic champion Marieke Vervoort, suffering from a degenerative muscle disease, ended her life through euthanasia aged 40.
Bob Willis
Former England cricket captain regarded as one of the finest fast bowlers of his generation. He captained England in 18 Tests and 29 ODIs. He took 325 wickets in 90 Tests from 1971 to 1984.
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