Notable deaths on May 19

Congolese politician and military officer (1983–2024)

President of Iran from 2021 to 2024

Iranian politician (1964–2024)

English musician (1964–2023)

American writer and entertainer (1941–2021)

Chinese linguist (1933–2018)

Iraqi Kurdish politician

Soviet Air Defence Forces officer (1939–2017)

British actor (1919–2016)

Canadian-American reporter and correspondent (1931–2016)

American record company executive (1935–2015)

Second Lady of the United States from 1974 to 1977

Professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (1945–2015)

Canadian politician and lawyer

American historian (1932–2014)

Australian racing driver and motorsport executive (1926–2014)

American novelist and poet (1930–2014)

British motorcycle racer

American historian and pastor

Polish boxer (1934–2014)

American judge

Canadian politician (1940–2013)

English-Canadian pianist and composer (born 1932)

American basketball player (1937–2012)