Kresnik died on 27 July 2019 at the age of 79, a coronary heart attack. at Klagenfurt. He had worked on even at a ripe old age, so he presented the revival of his piece "Macbeth" from 1988 with the ensemble TANZLIN.Z, which opened Vienna International Dance Festival "ImPulsTanz" 2019 on 11 July 2019. And he had been honoured the same day with the Golden Medal of Merit of the State of Vienna by the City Councillor for Art and Science. Kresnik had given his personal archive with 40 years of dance history as early as August 2008 to the Academy of Arts, Berlin.