Famous People Who Died in 1999

• Bowles, Paul

  Author of The Sheltering Sky

• Chamberlain, Wilt

  The NBA legend who scored 100 points in a game in 1962

• DiMaggio, Joe

  "Joltin' Joe," legendary Yankee center fielder

• Ehrlichman, John

  Nixon aide convicted in the Watergate scandal

• Fadiman, Clifton

  Host of the radio quiz show Information Please

• Heller, Joseph

  The author of Catch-22

• Hussein, King

  The ruler of Jordan from 1953-1999

• Kelley, DeForest

  Dr. McCoy on the TV series Star Trek

• Kennedy, Carolyn Bessette

  Wife of John F. Kennedy Jr.

• Kennedy, John Jr.

  JFK's son who also died young

• Kubrick, Stanley

  The director of 2001: A Space Odyssey

• Llewelyn, Desmond

  "Q" in the James Bond film series

• Mayfield, Curtis

  The funky and soulful composer for the film Superfly

• Murdoch, Iris

  Alzheimer's stricken author of The Sea, The Sea

• Rayburn, Gene

  Host of TV's Match Game

• Scott, George C.

  The star of the Oscar-winning 1970 film Patton

• Silverstein, Shel

  Author of Where the Sidewalk Ends

• Springfield, Dusty

  Husky-voiced soul singer of the 1960s

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