258 Cyprian, Bishop of Carthage, Christian writer and saint, is beheaded in Carthage during persecutions by the Emperor Valerian at 58 407 John Chrysostom 'golden-mouthed', Early Church father, famous preacher and saint (Patriarch of Constantinople 398-403), dies in exile at about 60 585 Bidatsu, 30th Emperor of Japan (572-85), dies at 46 or 47 (b. circa 538) [dates disputed] 775 Constantine V Copronymus, Emperor of Byzantium (720-75), dies at 57 786 Al-Hadi, 4th Abbasid caliph (785-86), won Battle of Fakhkh, dies at 22 820 Li Jong, Chinese official and governor of the Tang Dynasty dies 891 Stephen V [VI], Italian Pope (885-91), dies 1146 Imad ad-Din Zengi, governor of Basra, murdered 1164 Sutoku, 75th Emperor of Japan (1123-42), dies at 45 1214 Albert Avogadro, Italian patriarch of Jerusalem (b. 1149) Italian poet and author (Dante's Inferno, Divina Commedia), dies from malaria at 56 1404 Albert IV, Duke of Austria, dies at 26 1435 John Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Bedford, English prince, general (Hundred Years' War) and statesman, dies at 46 1495 Elizabeth Tudor, English princess, the second daughter and fourth child of Henry VII of England and Elizabeth of York, dies at 3 1523 Adrian VI [Adriaan F Bieyens], only Dutch Pope (1522-23) and last non-Italian pope for 455 years, dies in office at 64 1538 Henry III of Nassau-Breda, Dutch Stadholder of Holland and Zeeland (1515-1521), dies at 55 1605 Jan Tarnowski, Archbishop of Kraków (b. 1550) 1637 Pierre Vernier, French mathematician and inventor of the vernier caliper used for taking accurate measurements, dies at 57 1638 John Harvard, British clergyman and benefactor of Harvard College, dies at 30 1645 Heinrich Steuccius, German composer, dies at 65 1646 Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex, English Parliamentarian and Chief Commander of the Parliamentarian army during the English Civil War, dies of a stroke at 55 1693 Aert Jansse van Nes, Dutch naval commander, dies at 67 1712 Giovanni Domenico Cassini, Italian French mathmetician and astronomer (discovered four moons of Saturn), dies at 87 1715 Dom Pérignon, French-Benedictine monk who helped improve the quality of champagne, dies at 76 or 77 1743 Johann Michael Müller, German organist and composer, dies at 59 1743 Nicolas Lancret, French Rococo painter, dies at 53 1749 Richard Temple, 1st Viscount Cobham, English soldier and politician, dies at 73 1759 Louis-Joseph de Montcalm, French military commander who led French forces in North America during the Seven Years' War, dies fighting Battle of the Plains of Abraham at 47 [1] 1763 Johann Philipp Sack, German composer, dies at 40 1782 Nicholas Cooke, American mariner, slave trader, and politician (1st Governor of Rhode Island, 1776-78), dies at 65 1788 John Penn, American attorney (signed US Declaration of Independence), dies at 47 1788 Theodore-Jean Tarade, French composer, dies at 56 1807 George Townshend, 1st Marquess Townshend, British soldier and field marshal who served at Culloden, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, dies at 83 1819 Erik Acharius, Swedish botanist (lichens), dies at 61 3rd US Vice President (D-R: 1801-05) who killed Alexander Hamilton in a pistol duel, dies at 80 1836 Vincenzo Lavigna, Italian composer, dies at 60 1844 Oliver Holden, American composer, dies at 78 1st major American novelist (The Last of the Mohicans), dies of dropsy at 61 Duke of Wellington and British Prime Minister (Tory: 1828-30), dies at 83 1852 Augustus Pugin, English architect known for his Gothic Revival style (interior of the Palace of Westminster), dies at 40 1860 Miloš Obrenović, Serbian Prince and revolutionary leader of the Second Serbian Uprising, dies at 80 1861 Fortunato Santini, Italian priest and composer, dies at 83 1862 Jesse Lee Reno, Union general-major (Reno Nevada), dies at 39 1862 Samuel Garland Jr, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), dies in battle at 31 1876 Robert B. Rhett, American Confederate politician, a "Fire-Eater" who pushed for succession, dies at 75 [1] 1879 Bernhard von Cotta, German geologist, dies at 70 1886 Hubert Reis, German composer, dies at 84 1887 Friedrich Theodor Vischer, German philosopher and writer (Auch einer), dies at 80 1895 Alfred Verwee, Flemish painter, dies at 57 1898 Paulus Adrianus Daum, Dutch writer, founder and editor (Batavian Newspaper), dies at 48 1898 William Seward Burroughs, American inventor of the first workable adding machine and the electric alarm clock, dies at 43 1899 Henry Bliss, American real estate agent, dies from injuries after being struck by a taxicab in NYC at 69 25th US President (Republican: 1897-1901), dies in Buffalo at 58, after being shot 8 days earlier by anarchist Leon Czolgosz 1902 Reinhold Finsterbusch, German singer, organist, composer, and choral director (Jesu Tod und Begräbnis), dies at 76 Italian-French explorer of the Congo (Brazzaville named after him), dies at 53 1909 Charles Follen McKim, American Beaux-Arts architect (Boston Public Library, Morgan Library), dies at 62 [1] 1916 Josiah Royce, American philosopher (Conception of Immortality), dies at 60 1916 Pierre Duhem, French naturalist, philosopher and historian, dies at 55 1926 Johan Louis Emil Dreyer, Danish-British astronomer (New General Catalogue of Nebulae and Clusters of Stars), dies at 74 1927 Hugo Ball, German playwright and social critic (co-founder Flametti, Dada), dies of cancer at 41 American free form/interpretative dancer , dies at 50 due to her scarf becoming entangled in her car's wheel 1932 Jean Cras, French pianist, career naval officer, and composer (Polyphème; Harp Quintet), dies of cancer at 53 1936 Irving Thalberg, American film producer (MGM), dies of pneumonia at 37 1936 Ossip Gabrilovich Russian-American pianist, conductor (Detroit Symphony, 1918-36), and composer, dies of stomach cancer at 58 Czech philosopher and 1st President of Czechoslovakia (1918-35), dies at 87 1940 Emile Argand, Swiss geologist (Dekbladen Theory), dies at 61 1942 Ezra Seymour Gosney, American philanthropist and eugenicist, dies at 86 1951 Fritz Busch, German conductor, dies at 61 1952 Alexander Xaver Gwerder, Swiss writer, commits suicide at 29 1955 Franz Carl Weiskopf, German Czech writer, dies at 55 1959 Wayne Morris, American actor and decorated WWII pilot (Paths of Glory, The Bushwackers), dies from a heart attack at 45 1960 M. Karagatsis, Greek author (b. 1908) 1962 Marcel Delannoy, French composer, dies at 64 1964 Mary Howe, American composer and pianist (Sand), dies at 82 1965 J. W. Hearne, English cricket all-rounder (24 Tests, 30 wickets, 1 x 100; Middlesex), dies at 74 1965 Lydia Mei, Estonian artist who specialized in watercolors and still lifes, dies at 69 1966 Gertrude Berg, American actress (Molly Goldberg-Goldbergs), dies at 66 1966 Hiram Wesley Evans, American member of the Ku Klux Klan, dies at 84 1966 Nikolai Cherkasov, Russian actor (Ivan the Terrible), dies at 63 1969 James Anderson, American actor (To Kill a Mockingbird), dies of a heart attack at 48 1970 Rudolph Carnap, German philosopher and mathematician, dies at 79 1971 Bill Copson, cricketer (England pace bowler before & after WW2), dies 1974 Barbara Jo Allen, [Henshell] American actress (Vera Vague; Sleeping Beauty; Follow the Leader), dies at 68 1974 Pieter Jakob Albert Adriani, Dutch tax law expert and first director of the International Tax Documentation Bureau, dies at 95 [1] 1974 Warren Hull, American actor (Strike it Rich, Who in the World), dies from heart failure at 71 1975 Walter Herbert [Seligmann], German-American conductor, impresario (Houston Grand Opera, 1955- 72; San Diego Opera, 1965-77), and world champion bridge player, dies at 77 1979 Raymond Loucheur, French composer, dies at 80 1981 (Walter) "Furry" Lewis, American country blues guitarist and songwriter, dies of a heart attack at 88 (or 82) [year of birth disputed]

1981 Yasuji Kiyose, Japanese composer, dies at 81 1982 Bechir Gemayel, President-elect of Lebanon (8/23-9/14, 1982), assassinated by a bomb at 34 1982 Christian Ferras, French violinist and conductor, dies at 49 American actress (Rear Window) and Princess of Monaco, dies in a car crash at 52 1982 John Gardner, American writer (Life & Times of Chaucer High), dies in a motorcycle accident at 49 1982 Pablo Garrido, Chilean composer and ethnomusicologist, dies at 77 American actress (Sunrise), dies from a traffic accident at 77 1988 Louis Quinn, actor (Unholy Rollers), dies at 73 of cancer 1988 Melle Weersma, Dutch jazz arranger and composer ("Penny Serenade"), dies at 80 1989 Eddie McLeod, New Zealand cricketer (one Test for NZ), dies at 88 1989 [Dámaso] Pérez Prado, Cuban bandleader and musician, dies of a stroke at 71 1990 Wime de Craene, Flemish singer and composer, dies at 40 1991 Julie Bovasso, American actress (Willie & Phil, Just Me & You), dies of cancer at 61 1991 Russell Lynes, American art historian, photographer, author and managing editor of Harper's Magazine, dies at 80 1992 David Jones, actor, commits suicide (had terminal cancer) at 76 1992 Paul Joseph James Martin, Canadian politician, often called the 'Father of Medicare' as Minister of National Health and Welfare, dies at 89 1992 S A Banerjee, cricketer (1 Test for India 1948, no runs, 5 wkts), dies 1992 Theodore S. Weiss, American politician (Rep-D-NY, 1977-92), dies at 64 1993 Peter Tranchell, British composer (The Mayor of Casterbridge; The Mating Season), and educator (Cambridge University, 1950-89), dies at 71 1994 David van Cup, sculptor/painter, dies at 57 1995 Eiji Okada, Japanese actor (Hiroshima mon amour, The Ugly American), dies of heart failure at 75 1995 Maurice K. Goddard, American state government official (b. 1912) 1996 Clive Beadon, British RAF Wing Commander and pilot (WWII), dies at 77 1996 Joe Elsby Martin, boxing coach, dies at 80 1996 Juliet Prowse, English-South African stage and screen actress and dancer (Mona McCluskey), dies of pancreatic cancer. at 59 1998 (Laten) Johnny Adams, American blues, jazz and gospel singer (Reconsider Me), dies of prostate cancer at 66 1999 André Kostolany, Hungarian stock market expert and speculator, dies at 93 [1] [2] 1999 Attila Bozay, Hungarian composer, dies at 60 1999 Charles Crichton, British film director (The Lavender Hill Mob; A Fish Called Wanda), dies at 89 1999 Hans Melchior Brugk, German composer, dies at 89 2000 Beah Richards, American actress, poet, playwright and author (Roots, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner), dies at 80 2000 Frederick Erroll, 1st Baron Erroll of Hale, British Conservative politician, dies at 86 2000 Jerzy Giedroyc, Polish writer and political activist, dies at 94 2001 Barbara Mary Ansell, UK founder of paediatric rheumatology, dies at 78 2001 Stelios Kazantzidis, Greek singer, dies at 70 2002 Jim Barnes, American basketball center (Olympic gold 1964; #1 NBA draft pick 1964; NBA C'ship 1969 Boston Celtics), dies of a stroke at 61 2002 LaWanda Page [Alberta Peal], American actress (Sanford & Son - "Aunt Esther"), dies of complications from diabetes at 81 2002 Roberto Cavanagh, Argentine polo player (Olympic gold 1936), dies at 87 2003 John Serry, Sr., American classical, jazz, and bolero accordionist, arranger, composer, organist, and educator, dies at 88 2003 Yetunde Price, half-sister of Venus and Serena Williams (b. 1972) 2004 Mamoru Takuma, Japanese mass murderer (Ikeda school massacre) and rapist, executed at 40 2005 Mike Elliott, American jazz and session guitarist, and audio engineer, dies at 65 2005 Robert Wise, American Academy Award-winning film director (The Day the Earth Stood Still; West Side Story; The Sound Of Music), dies of heart failure at 91 2005 Vladimir Volkoff, French writer (b. 1932) 2005 William Berenberg, American physician (b. 1915) 2006 Esme Melville, Australian actress (b. 1918) 2006 Miklós "Mickey" Hargitay, Hungarian-American actor, bodybuilder and the 1955 Mr. Universe, dies from multiple myeloma at 80 2007 Jacques Martin, French TV host (Le Petit Rapporteur), dies at 74 2008 Domagoj Kapeć, Croatian hockeyplayer (b. 1989) 2008 Ştefan Iordache, Romanian actor (b. 1941) 2009 Bobby Graham [Neate], British session drummer (Them; Kinks; Petula Clark, dies of stomach cancer at 69 [1] 2009 Darren Sutherland, Irish boxer (b. 1982) 2009 Henry Gibson, American actor and comedian (Nashville, Laugh-In's poet), dies at 73 2009 Jody Powell, American press secretary to Jimmy Carter, dies of a heart attack at 65 2009 Keith Floyd, English celebrity cook and restaurateur (Floyd on Fish), dies of a heart attack at 65 American actor (Ghost), dancer (Dirty Dancing), and songwriter, dies of pancreatic cancer at 57 2011 Rudolf Mössbauer, German physicist (1961 Nobel Prize in Physics for discovery of 'recoilless nuclear resonance fluorescence'), dies at 82 2012 Louis Simpson, Jamaican-American poet (Good News of Death), dies from Alzheimer's disease at 89 2013 Rock Casares, American football player, dies at 82 2013 Stefan Wewerka, German architect and sculptor, dies at 84 2015 Fred DeLuca, American co-founder of the Subway chain, dies of cancer at 65 2016 Don Buchla, American engineer, and musical instrument designer (Buchla modular synthesizer), dies of cancer at 79 2017 Basi, world's oldest giant panda in captivity, dies in Fuzhou, China, at 37 2019 John Ralston, American College Football Hall of Fame linebacker, coach and executive (Cal, Stanford, Denver Broncos), dies at 92 2020 Al Kasha, American Academy-Award winning songwriter ("The Morning After", "We May Never Love Like This Again" - both with Joel Hitschorn), and record producer, dies at 83 2020 André Guesdon, French soccer defender (Monaco, Nice) and manager (Viry-Châtillon, Angers, Brest), dies at 71 2020 Anne Stevenson, British-American author and poet (Bitter Fame, Correspondences), dies of heart failure at 87 2021 Norm MacDonald, Canadian stand-up comedian, writer, and actor (Saturday Night Live, 1993-98; Dirty Work; The Norm Show), dies of cancer at 61 2021 Yuriy Sedykh, Russian athlete (Olympic gold hammer throw 1976, 80 Soviet Union; WR 86.74m), dies at 66 2022 Bill Pearl, American bodybuilder (5 x Mr. Universe), dies from Parkinson's disease at 91 2022 Don Tregonning, Australian tennis player and coach, dies at 93 2022 Géza Csapó, Hungarian sprint canoeist (6 x World C'ship gold; Olympic silver K-1 1000m 1976, bronze 1972), dies at 71 2022 Henry Silva, American character actor (Ocean's 11; The Manchurian Candidate; Sharky's Machine), dies at 95 2022 Irene Papas [neé Lelekou], Greek actress (Zorba the Greek; Attila The Hun; The Guns of Navarone), dies at 96 2023 Bjarni Felixson, Icelandic soccer defender (6 caps; Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur) and broadcaster (RÚV), dies at 86 2023 Joy Hall, British cellist (London Symphony; Delmé String Quartet; The Beatles - “Strawberry Fields Forever”), dies at 102 2023 Michael McGrath, American Tony Award-winning stage actor and singer (Spamalot; Nice Work If You Can Get It), dies at 65 2023 Roy Roper, New Zealand rugby union three-quarter (5 Tests; Taranaki RU), dies at 100 2024 Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, Prime Minister of Kuwait (2011-19), dies at 82 2024 Otis Davis, American athlete (Olympic gold 400m WR 44.9, 4x400m relay WR 3:02.2 1960), dies at 92 2025 Eddie Giacomin, Canadian Hockey HOF goaltender (5 x NHL All Star; Vezina Trophy 1971; NY Rangers, Detroit Red Wings) and broadcaster, dies at 86 2025 Jim Edgar, American politician and Governor of Illinois (1991-99), dies of cancer at 79 2025 Lestine 'Tess' Johnston, American diplomat, preservationist and co-founder of Historic Shanghai, dies of complications of Covid-19 at 93 2025 Melvin Taub, American wordplay enthusiast and creator of Puns and Anagrams puzzles for The New York Times, dies at 97 [1] 2025 Pat Crowley, American actress (Money from Home, There's Always Tomorrow, Please Don't Eat the Daisies), dies at 91 [1] 2025 Ricky Hatton, English boxer (IBF super lightweight champion 2005–06, 07; WBA welterweight champion 2006), dies at 46 Famous Deaths Calendar Search the largest and most accurate independent site for today in history.