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In the year 2014
1,144 Notable deaths
Robin Williams
American actor and comedian (1951–2014).
Born July 21st, 1951 in Chicago. [ref]
Died August 11th, 2014 at 63 years old in Tiburon (hanging). [ref]
Philip Seymour Hoffman
American actor (1967-2014).
Born July 23rd, 1967 in Fairport. [ref]
Died February 2nd, 2014 at 46 years old in Manhattan. [ref]
Shirley Temple
American actress and diplomat (1928–2014).
Born April 23rd, 1928 in Santa Monica. [ref]
Died February 10th, 2014 at 85 years old in Woodside (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease).
Lauren Bacall
American actress (1924–2014).
Born September 16th, 1924 in The Bronx.
Died August 12th, 2014 at 89 years old in Manhattan (stroke). [ref]
Richard Attenborough
English actor, film director and producer (1923-2014).
Born August 29th, 1923 in Cambridge. [ref]
Died August 24th, 2014 at 90 years old in Greater London (heart failure). [ref]
Maya Angelou
American poet, author, and civil rights activist (1928–2014).
Born April 4th, 1928 in St. Louis. [ref]
Died May 28th, 2014 at 86 years old in Winston-Salem (disease). [ref]
Harold Ramis
American actor, comedian, and filmmaker (1944–2014).
Born November 21st, 1944 in Chicago.
Died February 24th, 2014 at 69 years old in Chicago (vasculitis).
James Garner
American film and television actor (1928–2014).
Born April 7th, 1928 in Norman.
Died July 19th, 2014 at 86 years old in Brentwood (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Mickey Rooney
American actor (1920–2014).
Born September 23rd, 1920 in Brooklyn.
Died April 6th, 2014 at 93 years old in Studio City (disease). [ref]
Joan Rivers
American comedian, actress, and television host (1933–2014).
Born June 8th, 1933 in New York City, Brooklyn.
Died September 4th, 2014 at 81 years old in Mount Sinai Hospital (cardiac arrest, cerebral hypoxia). [ref]
Joe Cocker
English musician (1944–2014).
Born May 20th, 1944 in Sheffield. [ref]
Died December 22nd, 2014 at 70 years old in Colorado, Crawford (lung cancer). [ref]
Eli Wallach
American actor (1915–2014).
Born December 7th, 1915 in Red Hook.
Died June 24th, 2014 at 98 years old in Manhattan.
Rik Mayall
English actor, comedian and writer (1958–2014).
Born March 7th, 1958 in Harlow.
Died June 9th, 2014 at 56 years old in Barnes (myocardial infarction). [ref]
The Ultimate Warrior
American professional wrestler and bodybuilder (1959-2014).
Born June 16th, 1959 in Crawfordsville.
Died April 8th, 2014 at 54 years old in Scottsdale (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Robert Hansen
American serial killer (1939–2014).
Born February 15th, 1939 in Estherville.
Died August 21st, 2014 at 75 years old in Alaska Regional Hospital (disease). [ref]
Louis Zamperini
Italian-american middle distance runner and world war ii veteran.
Born January 26th, 1917 in Olean.
Died July 2nd, 2014 at 97 years old in Los Angeles (pneumonia). [ref]
Gabriel García Márquez
Colombian writer and nobel laureate (1927–2014).
Born March 6th, 1927 in Aracataca.
Died April 17th, 2014 at 87 years old in Mexico City (pneumonia, lymphoma). [ref]
Edward Herrmann
American actor, director (1943-2014).
Born July 21st, 1943 in Washington, D.C.. [ref]
Died December 31st, 2014 at 71 years old in Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (brain cancer). [ref]
Casey Kasem
American voice actor (1932-2014).
Born April 27th, 1932 in Detroit. [ref]
Died June 15th, 2014 at 82 years old in Gig Harbor (sepsis). [ref]
Bob Hoskins
English actor (1942–2014).
Born October 26th, 1942 in Bury St Edmunds.
Died April 29th, 2014 at 71 years old in Bury St Edmunds (pneumonia). [ref]
Richard Kiel
American actor (1939–2014).
Born September 13th, 1939 in Detroit.
Died September 10th, 2014 at 74 years old in Fresno (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Peaches Geldof
British journalist, television presenter and model (1989–2014).
Born March 13th, 1989 in Westminster.
Died April 7th, 2014 at 25 years old in Wrotham (opioid overdose).
Pete Seeger
American folk singer (1919-2014).
Born May 3rd, 1919 in New York City. [ref]
Died January 27th, 2014 at 94 years old in Manhattan. [ref]
Hiroo Onoda
Imperial japanese army intelligence officer (1922-2014).
Born March 19th, 1922 in Kainan.
Died January 16th, 2014 at 91 years old in Tokyo (heart failure).
Rubin Carter
American boxer (1937-2014).
Born May 6th, 1937 in Clifton.
Died April 20th, 2014 at 76 years old in Toronto (prostate cancer).
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