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In the year 2014
1,144 Notable deaths
Kent Haruf
American novelist.
Born February 24th, 1943 in Pueblo.
Died November 30th, 2014 at 71 years old in Salida (interstitial lung disease).
Dennis Frederiksen
American musician.
Born May 15th, 1951 in Grand Rapids. [ref]
Died January 18th, 2014 at 62 years old in Mound (liver cancer). [ref]
Angus Lennie
Scottish actor (1930-2014).
Born April 18th, 1930 in Glasgow.
Died September 14th, 2014 at 84 years old in London (disease).
Anna-Teresa Tymieniecka
American philosopher (1923–2014).
Born February 23rd, 1923 in Marianowo, Gmina Szydłowo.
Died June 7th, 2014 at 91 years old in Pomfret (disease).
Stefan Gierasch
American actor (1926–2014).
Born February 5th, 1926 in New York City.
Died September 6th, 2014 at 88 years old in Santa Monica.
Dick Wagner
American guitarist (1942–2014).
Born December 14th, 1942 in Oelwein.
Died July 30th, 2014 at 71 years old in Phoenix (respiratory failure).
Võ Thị Thắng
Vietnamese revolutionary.
Born January 10th, 1945 in Tân Bửu.
Died August 22nd, 2014 at 69 years old in Ho Chi Minh City.
Raphael Ravenscroft
British musician, composer and author.
Born June 4th, 1954 in Stoke-on-Trent.
Died October 19th, 2014 at 60 years old in Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital (myocardial infarction).
Isabelle Collin Dufresne
French-american artist and author.
Born September 6th, 1935 in La Tronche. [ref]
Died June 14th, 2014 at 78 years old in New York City (cancer). [ref]
Mary Anderson
American actress (1918–2014).
Born April 3rd, 1918 in Birmingham. [ref]
Died April 6th, 2014 at 96 years old in Burbank.
David Easton
Canadian academic (1917-2014).
Born June 24th, 1917 in Toronto.
Died July 19th, 2014 at 97 years old [ref]
Scott Asheton
American drummer (1949-2014).
Born August 16th, 1949 in Washington, D.C..
Died March 15th, 2014 at 64 years old in Ann Arbor.
Yoshiko Yamaguchi
Japanese singer and actress (1920-2014).
Born February 12th, 1920 in Dengta.
Died September 7th, 2014 at 94 years old in Chiyoda (heart failure).
Andrew V. McLaglen
American film and television director (1920-2014).
Born July 28th, 1920 in London. [ref]
Died August 30th, 2014 at 94 years old in Friday Harbor.
Larry D. Mann
Canadian actor (1922-2014).
Born December 18th, 1922 in Toronto.
Died January 6th, 2014 at 91 years old in Los Angeles (Alzheimer's disease).
Rosemary Murphy
German-american actress (1925–2014).
Born January 13th, 1925 in Munich.
Died July 5th, 2014 at 89 years old in New York City (esophageal cancer).
Jim Flaherty
Canadian politician (1949–2014).
Born December 30th, 1949 in Lachine.
Died April 10th, 2014 at 64 years old in Ottawa (myocardial infarction).
Warren Bennis
American leadership expert.
Born March 8th, 1925 in New York City. [ref]
Died July 31st, 2014 at 89 years old in Los Angeles.
Norman Bridwell
American author (1928-2014).
Born February 15th, 1928 in Kokomo.
Died December 12th, 2014 at 86 years old in Oak Bluffs (heart failure).
V. R. Krishna Iyer
Indian judge (1915–2014).
Born November 15th, 1914 in Palakkad.
Died December 4th, 2014 at 100 years old in Kochi (heart failure).
Karpal Singh
Malaysian politician and lawyer.
Born June 28th, 1940 in Georgetown.
Died April 17th, 2014 at 73 years old in Perak (traffic collision).
Bipan Chandra
Indian historian.
Born May 27th, 1928 in Kangra. [ref]
Died August 30th, 2014 at 86 years old in Gurugram.
Barbara Murray
British screen actress (1929-2014).
Born September 27th, 1929 in London.
Died May 20th, 2014 at 84 years old in Alicante (myocardial infarction).
Sarah Danielle Madison
American actress (1974 - 2014).
Born September 6th, 1974 in Springfield.
Died September 27th, 2014 at 40 years old in Wisconsin (myocardial infarction).
Arthur Rankin Jr.
American director (1924-2014).
Born July 19th, 1924 in New York City, Baltimore. [ref]
Died January 30th, 2014 at 89 years old in Harrington Sound, Bermuda.
Deaths 251 to 275 of 1144
Death: something like birth, a natural mystery, elements that split and recombine. Not an embarrassing thing. Not an offense to reason, or our nature. Marcus Aurelius