1249 Count Raymond VII of Toulouse (b. 1197) 1259 Ezzeline III da Romano, Italian ruler of Verona, Vicenza and Padua (considered a "cruel monster"), dies at about 65 1404 William of Wykeham, chancellor/Bishop of Winchester, dies 1557 Go-Nara, 105th Emperor of Japan (1526-57) during the Sengoku period, dies at 62 1566 Marcus A Vida [Marcus Hieronymus], Italian humanist/poet/bishop, dies 1590 Pope Urban VII, Roman head of the Catholic Church and shortest recognized ruler of the Papal States, dies at 69 1612 Piotr Skarga, Polish theology/PM (Sanctity of Life), dies at 76 1615 Arbella Stuart, English great-great-granddaughter of King Henry VII and possible heir to the throne, dies imprisoned in the Tower of London at 39 or 40 1617 John Ernest of Nassau-Siegen, German general (Dutch States army, Venetian forces), dies of dysentery at 35 1651 Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria, dies at 78 1660 Vincent de Paul, French Roman Catholic Saint, dies at 79 1674 Robert Arnauld d'andilly, French literary figure, financier and translator, dies at 85 1674 Thomas Traherne, English poet and mystic (Roman Forgeries), dies 1700 Innocent XII [Antonio Pignatelli], Pope (1691-1700), dies at 85 1719 George Smalridge, British Bishop of Bristol (Sixty Sermons Preach'd on Several Occasions), dies at 56 [1] [2] 1730 Laurence Eusden, English poet, Poet Laureate (1718-30), dies at 42 1735 Peter Artedi, Swedish biologist ("father of ichthyology" study of fish), accidentally falls into a canal and drowns at 30 1737 John Sidney, 6th Earl of Leicester, English privy councillor, dies at 57 1742 Hugh Boulter, English Church of Ireland Archbishop of Armagh, dies at 70 1760 Maria Amalia of Saxony, Queen consort of Spain (1759-60) and Naples and Italy (1738-59) as wife of Charles III, dies at 35 1783 Étienne Bézout, French mathematician best known for his theorem involving polynomial equations, dies at 53 1784 Boniface Stoeckl, German composer, dies at 38 1808 Gaétan Vestris, French ballet dancer, dies at 79 1821 Luis Brión, Curacaos military officer who fought in the Venezuelan War of Independence, dies at 39 1831 Henry van Wine, archivist/founder General Rijksarchief, dies at 91 1831 Ioannis Kapodistrias, Greek diplomat, first head of state of independent Greece (1828-31) and founding father of modern Greece, assassinated at 55 1831 Joannis Capodistrias, Greek governor of Troezen, murdered at 55 1832 Karl Christian Friedrich Krause, German philosopher (panentheism), and writer, dies of apoplexy at 51 1833 Ram Mohan Roy, Hindu reformer who helped found Brahmo Sabha, a social-religious reform movement, dies at 61 1844 Charles Nodier, French writer (History du chien the Brisquet), dies at 63 English artist and explorer who with John Lloyd Stephens drew and publicized ruins of the Maya, drowns at 55 in the sinking of the steamship Arctic while crossing the Atlantic 1868 Alexander Walewski, French earl and Foreign Minister, dies at 58 1870 Henry TP Comstock, Canadian silver prospector, dies at 50 1876 Braxton Bragg, American General (Confederate Army), dies at 59 1886 John Esten Cooke, American novelist (The Virginia Comedians) and Confederate States Army, dies at 55 1891 Ivan Goncharov, Russian novelist (Oblomov), dies at 79 1899 Henry Heth, American Major General in the Confederate Army (accidently started Battle of Gettysburg), dies at 73 1903 Alson Sherman, American politician (8th Mayor of Chicago 1844-45), dies at 92 1911 Auguste Michel-Lévy, French geologist and petrologist, dies at 67 1915 Conrad T van Deventer, Dutch jurist/MP (liberal), dies at 57 1915 Kaspar C E Ritter von Zumbusch, German/Austrian sculptor, dies at 84 1915 Remy de Gourmont, French poet, dies at 57 1916 Emile A G Verhaeren, Belgian writer (Les Heures du Soir), dies at 61 French impressionist painter , sculptor and artist (The Bellelli Family), dies at 83 1919 Adelina Patti, Italian soprano (Lucio), dies at 76 1921 Engelbert Humperdinck, German opera composer (Hansel and Gretel), dies at 67 1927 Stephán G. Stephansson, Icelandic poet who lived in Canada, dies at 73 [1] 1935 Alan Gray, British composer, dies at 79 1938 Elmer Feldcamp, American big band baritone vocalist, saxophone, and clarinet player (Freddy Martin Orchestra), dies of heart failure at 36 1940 Julius Wagner-Jauregg, Austrian psychiatrist (1st psychiatrist to win Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine 1927 for malaria inoculation for dementia paralytica), dies at 83 1940 Walter Benjamin, German Jewish philosopher, cultural critic, and essayist (The Work of Art in the Age of Its Technical Reproducibility), dies of morphine overdose to avoid capture by the Gestapo at 48 1942 Douglas Munro, American military mariner (only WWII US Coast Guard member awarded Medal of Honor), dies in battle near Guadalcanal Island at 22 1943 Wacław Gieburowski, Polish Catholic priest, choral conductor, composer, and musicologist, dies at 65 1943 Willoughby Hamilton, Irish tennis player (Wimbledon 1890) and soccer player (1 cap v Wales 1885), dies at 78 1944 Aimee Semple McPherson, Canadian-American evangelist (Pentecostal), dies at 53 1944 Aristide Maillol, French painter and sculptor (Seated Woman), dies in car crash at 82 1944 Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky, Russian photographer and chemist, dies at 81 1948 Frank Cellier, British actor (Quiet Wedding;, Big Blockade), dies from ill health at 64 1953 Jules-Marie Canneel, Flemish painter and caricaturist (Rocks of Oran), dies at 72 1954 Maximilian von Weichs, German aristocrat and army officer (WWII Field Marshal; WWI Cavalryman), dies at 72 1955 Henri Liebrecht, Belgian playwright and journalist, dies at 71 American all-round athlete (10 LPGA majors, Olympic gold medals 80m hurdles, javelin 1932), dies of colon cancer at 45 1956 Gerald Finzi, British composer (Dies natalis), dies of disseminated shingles, complicated by encephalitis at 55 1956 Milburn G. Apt, American test pilot, 1st person to exceed Mach 3, killed in a X-2 rocket plane reaching 3370 kph, dies in the crash at 32 1960 Sylvia Pankhurst, English feminist, suffragette, artist, and writer, dies at 78 1961 Hilda Doolittle, American poetess (Bid Me to Live), dies at 75 1962 Francisco Brochado da Rocha, Brazilian professor and politician (Prime Minister of Brazil 1962), dies at 52 1963 Andy Coakley, American baseball pitcher (Philadelphia A's, Cincinnati Reds) and coach (Williams College 1911–13, Columbia University 1915–18), dies at 80 American silent screen actress (It, Saturday Night Kid), dies at 60 1965 Harry Reser, American banjo player and bandleader (Sammy Kaye Show), dies at 69 1967 Felix Yussupov, Russian aristocrat, dies at 80 1969 Violet Farebrother, English actress (Downhill, Easy Virtue), dies at 81 1972 S. R. Ranganathan, Indian mathematician (b. 1892) 1974 Silvio Frondizi, Argentine lawyer, assassinated by the Triple A(b. 1907) 1975 Jack Lang, Australian politician (b. 1876) 1975 Mark Frechette, actor (Zabriskie Point, Uomini Contro), dies at 27 1976 Miloš Sokola, Czech violinist and composer, dies at 63 Scottish golfer (PGA C'ship 1920, British Open 1921), dies at 93 1977 Willis Bouchey, American character actor (The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance), dies at 70 1979 Gracie Fields, British music hall and vaudeville performer, and actress (Queen of Hearts), dies at 81

1979 Jimmy McCulloch, Scottish songwriter and guitarist (Wings), dies at 26 1981 Coenraad van Emde Boas, Dutch sexologist, dies at 77 1981 Robert Montgomery, American actor and director (Robert Montgomery Presents, Earl of Chicago, Yellow Jack), dies at 77 1982 Ralph Baldwin, Canadian harness driver and trainer (11 major world records; Hambletonian Stakes 1963, 73), dies at 66 1982 Saad Sayd [Abu Walid], Palestinian commandant in Lebanon, dies 1983 Wilfred Burchett, Australian communist and writer (Catapult to Freedom), dies at 72 1984 John Facenda, American broadcast journalist and sportscaster (WCAU-Philadelphia; NFL Films programs), dies of cancer at 72 1985 Lloyd Nolan, American actor (A Tree Grows in Brooklyn; Peyton Place), dies of lung cancer at 83 1986 Cliff Burton, American rock bassist (Metallica), dies in bus crash at 24 1988 William V. Shannon, American journalist and ambassador to Ireland (1977-81), dies at 61 1990 Matvey Isaakovich Blanter, Russian-Soviet composer of popular songs and film music ("Katyusha"), dies at 87 1991 Huib Orizand, Dutch actor (Paul Vlanderen), dies 1991 Oona O'Neill, Lady Chaplin, Bermudian-born British actress, daughter of Eugene O'Neill, and wife of Charlie Chaplin, dies of cancer at 66 1991 Roy Fuller, English poet and novelist (Lost Season), dies at 79 1991 Stefan Kisielewski, Polish composer (Symphony in a Square; Meetings in a Desert), writer, and libertarian-conservative political activist (Unita Polityki Realnej), dies at 80 1992 Keith Prentice, American actor (Boys in the Band), dies of cancer at 52 1992 Ray Gill, American actor (Prelude to a Kiss), dies of AIDS at 42 1992 Wim Van Exter, founder Unity Profession Central (1944), dies 1993 Andrei Solovyiov, Russian photographer, dies in battle at 38 American air force general who conducted the raid on Tokyo in 1942, dies at 96 1994 Gerald Bledsoe, American broadcaster (Soul Alive, WWRL), dies of a heart attack at 51 1994 Guiseppe Martelli, Italian physicist, dies at 71 1994 Ruth Niehaus, German actress (Studentin Helene Willfüer, Love's Carnival), dies at 69 1995 Alison Steele [Ceil Loman], American radio DJ known as "The Nightbird" (WNEW-FM; WXRK-FM), dies of stomach cancer at 58 1995 Christopher Shaw, British composer, chiefly of choral music (Peter and the Lame Man), dies at 71 1995 Sasha Argov [Alexander Abramovich], Israeli composer, dies at 80 1996 Mohammad Najibullah, President of Afghanistan (1987-92), executed at 49 1997 Walter Trampler, American violist (Beaux Arts Trio), dies at 82 1998 Doak Walker, American College and Pro Football Hall of Fame halfback (Heisman Trophy 1948; Pro Bowl 1950-51, 53–55; First-team All-Pro 1950–51, 53–54; Detroit Lions), dies from ski accident injuries at 71 2001 Herman Berlinski, Polish-American organist, composer and choral conductor (The Tetragrammaton), dies at 91 [1] 2003 Donald O'Connor, American dancer and actor (Singin' in the Rain), dies at 78 2003 Paul Burlison, American rockabilly musician (The Rock N Roll Trio), dies at 74 2004 John E. Mack, American psychiatrist and author (b. 1929) 2004 Louis Satterfield [also known as Lui-Lui, Ealee, and Sat], American trombone player (The Pharaohs, Earth, Wind & Fire, Phenix Horns), dies at 67 2005 Ronald Golias, Brazilian comedian and actor (A Família Trapo), dies at 76 2007 Dale Houston, American swamp-pop singer (Dale & Grace - "I'm Leaving It Up to You", "Stop and Think It Over"), dies of heart failure at 67 2007 Kenji Nagai, Japanese photojournalist (b. 1957) 2008 Krystyna Moszumanska-Nazar, Polish pianist, composer (Polish Madonnas; Fantasy for Marimba), and educator, dies at 84 2008 Mahendra Kapoor, Indian playback singer, dies at 74 2009 Donald Fisher, American businessman (co-founder of The Gap), dies of cancer at 81 2009 Ivan Dykhovichnyy, Russian screenwriter and director (The Black Monk, Moscow Parade), dies of cancer at 61 American political columnist (NY Times) and speech writer (Nixon), dies of pancreatic cancer at 79 2010 Balaji Sadasivan, Singaporean politician and neurosurgeon (b. 1955) American Pro Football HOF quarterback/placekicker (AFL C'ship 1960, 61 [MVP], 67; First-team All-AFL 1961; 4 × AFL All-Star; Chicago Bears, Houston Oilers, Oakland Raiders), dies at 83 2011 Dave Hill, American golfer (Vardon Trophy 1969; US Open 1970 runner-up; 13 x PGA Tour titles), dies of emphysema at 74 2011 Johnnie Wright, American country music singer (Johnnie & Jack - "Oh Baby Mine (I Get So Lonely)"; solo - "Hello Vietnam"), dies at 97 2011 Johnny "Country" Mathis, American country music songwriter and singer, dies of stroke complications at 80 2011 Wilson Greatbatch, American engineer and inventor (cardiac pacemaker), dies at 92 [1] 2012 Eddie Bert, American bebop jazz trombonist, dies at 90 2012 Herbert Lom, Czech-born British actor (Pink Panther, Dorian Gray), dies at 95 2012 R. B. Greaves, American singer, dies from prostate cancer at 68 2013 Jay Robinson, American actor (Born Again, Malibu Bikini Shop), dies at 83 2013 John de Mol, Dutch pop vocalist, songwriter, and producer, dies at 81 2013 Phyllis Davis, American actress (Love American Style, Vega$), dies at 73 2014 Anna Davies, Italian philologist and Professor of Comparative Philology (Oxford U), dies at 77 2014 Gaby Aghion [Gabrielle Hanoka], French fashion designer and the founder of Chloé, dies at 93 2014 James A Traficant Jr, American politician (Rep-D-OH, 1985-2002), dies at 73 2015 Frank Tyson, England Test cricket fast bowler/broadcaster (17 Tests, 76 wickets @ 18.56), dies at 85 2015 John Guillermin, British film director (The Towering Inferno, Death on the Nile), dies at 89 2015 Wilton Felder, American jazz-fusion saxophonist and bassist (The Crusaders), dies from multiple myeloma at 75 2016 Charles L. Schultze, American economist and chief economic advisor to President Jimmy Carter, dies at 91 2016 Randy Duncan Jr., American College Football HOF quarterback (University of Iowa; #1 pick 1959 NFL Draft by GB Packers), dies from brain cancer at 79 2017 Anne Jeffreys [Annie Carmichael], American singer and actress (Dick Tracy; Topper; General Hospital), dies at 94 American magazine publisher and businessman (Playboy), dies of natural causes at 91 2017 Zuzana Ruzickova, Czech harpsichordist and Holocaust survivor, dies of pneumonia at 90 2018 Marty Balin [Buchwald], American singer (Jefferson Airplane/Starship), dies at 76 2019 Bob Etsy, American songwriter, producer, and arranger, dies of metastatic cancer at 72 2020 Yūko Takeuchi, Japanese actress (Miss Sherlock), dies at 40 2020 Yuri Orlov, Russian physicist, human rights activist and co-founder of the Moscow Helsinki Group, dies at 96 2021 Roger Hunt, British soccer forward (34 caps; FIFA World Cup 1966; Liverpool 404 games, 244 goals; Bolton Wanderers), dies at 83 2022 Bruno Bolchi, Italian soccer midfielder (4 caps; Inter, Verona, Atalanta, Torino) and manager (AC Cesena, Bari, Messina, Genoa), dies at 82 2023 Bob Sheridan, American boxing and MMA broadcaster (WGBS "Rumble in the Jungle", "Thrilla in Manila"; bodogFIGHT), dies at 79 2023 Jim Forrest, Scottish soccer striker (5 caps; Rangers, Preston NE, Aberdeen, Hong Kong Rangers), dies at 79 2023 John Tembo, Malawian politician (President of the Malawi Congress Party), dies at 91 Irish-English stage and screen actor (The Singing Detective; Albus Dumbledore in the Harry Potter film series), dies of pneumonia at 82 [1] leader of the Lebanese terrorist group Hizbollah, killed in an Israeli airstrike at 64 [1] British Tony, Emmy, Oscar, and BAFTA Award-winning stage and screen actress (The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie; A Room with a View; Downton Abbey; Harry Potter films), dies at 89 [1] [2] 2025 Russell M. Nelson, American surgeon and the 17th President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (2018-25), dies at 101 [1] Famous Deaths Calendar Search the largest and most accurate independent site for today in history.