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In the year 2014
1,224 Notable deaths
Ian Paisley
Politician and former church minister (1926-2014).
Born April 6th, 1926 in Armagh.
Died September 12th, 2014 at 88 years old in Belfast (cardiomyopathy).
Meshach Taylor
American actor (1947–2014).
Born April 11th, 1947 in Boston.
Died June 28th, 2014 at 67 years old in Altadena (colorectal cancer).
Mary Soames
British aristocrat (1922–2014); daughter of winston churchill and clementine hozier.
Born September 15th, 1922 in Chartwell.
Died May 31st, 2014 at 91 years old in London (disease).
Tommy Ramone
Hungarian-american drummer (1949–2014).
Born January 29th, 1952 in Budapest.
Died July 11th, 2014 at 62 years old in Ridgewood (cholangiocarcinoma). [ref]
Masaru Emoto
Japanese writer.
Born July 22nd, 1943 in Yokohama.
Died October 17th, 2014 at 71 years old in Japan (pneumonia).
B. K. S. Iyengar
Indian yoga teacher and scholar (1918–2014).
Born December 14th, 1918 in Bellur.
Died August 20th, 2014 at 95 years old in Pune (heart failure). [ref]
Mary Ann Mobley
American actress, television personality, and miss america 1959 (1937-2014).
Born February 17th, 1937 in Biloxi.
Died December 9th, 2014 at 77 years old in Beverly Hills (breast cancer).
Roma Dasgupta
Indian actress (1931–2014).
Born April 6th, 1931 in Pabna. [ref]
Died January 17th, 2014 at 82 years old in Kolkata (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Efrem Zimbalist Jr.
American actor (1918–2014).
Born November 30th, 1918 in New York City.
Died May 2nd, 2014 at 95 years old in Solvang (myocardial infarction).
Hal Finney
American software developer (1956-2014).
Born May 4th, 1956 in Coalinga.
Died August 28th, 2014 at 58 years old in Phoenix (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis).
Simone Battle
American singer and actress (1989-2014).
Born June 17th, 1989 in Los Angeles.
Died September 5th, 2014 at 25 years old in Los Angeles (hanging).
Tommy Lynn Sells
American serial killer.
Born June 28th, 1964 in Kingsport.
Died April 3rd, 2014 at 49 years old in Huntsville Unit in Texas (lethal injection).
Jay Adams
American skateboarder (1961–2014).
Born February 3rd, 1961 in Los Angeles.
Died August 15th, 2014 at 53 years old in Puerto Escondido (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Uday Kiran
Indian film actor (1998–2014).
Born January 26th, 1980 in Hyderabad.
Died January 6th, 2014 at 33 years old in Hyderabad (hanging to death).
Sadashiv Amrapurkar
Indian actor (1950–2014).
Born May 11th, 1950 in Ahilyanagar.
Died November 3rd, 2014 at 64 years old in Mumbai (infectious disease).
Polly Bergen
American actress, singer, entrepreneur (1930-2014).
Born July 14th, 1930 in Knoxville.
Died September 20th, 2014 at 84 years old in Southbury (heart failure).
P. D. James
English crime writer (1920-2014).
Born August 3rd, 1920 in Oxford. [ref]
Died November 27th, 2014 at 94 years old in Oxford.
Nanda
Indian actress (1939–2014).
Born January 8th, 1941 in Kolhapur.
Died March 25th, 2014 at 73 years old in Mumbai (myocardial infarction).
Mandy Rice-Davies
British actress (1944-2014).
Born October 1st, 1944 in Mere.
Died December 18th, 2014 at 70 years old in London (cancer).
Ken Weatherwax
American actor (1955-2014).
Born September 29th, 1955 in Los Angeles.
Died December 7th, 2014 at 59 years old in West Hills (myocardial infarction).
Óscar de la Renta
Dominican clothing designer (1932-2014).
Born July 22nd, 1932 in Santo Domingo. [ref]
Died October 20th, 2014 at 82 years old in Kent (cancer). [ref]
Lynsey de Paul
English singer-songwriter (1948–2014).
Born June 11th, 1950 in Southwark. [ref]
Died October 1st, 2014 at 64 years old in Mill Hill (cerebral hemorrhage). [ref]
Alexander Shulgin
American medicinal chemist, biochemist, pharmacologist, psychopharmacologist, and author (1925–2014).
Born June 17th, 1925 in Berkeley.
Died June 2nd, 2014 at 88 years old in Berkeley (liver cancer).
Mae Young
American professional wrestler (1923–2014).
Born March 12th, 1923 in Sand Springs.
Died January 14th, 2014 at 90 years old in Columbia (myocardial infarction).
Geoffrey Holder
Trinidadian-american actor and dancer (1930-2014).
Born August 1st, 1930 in Port of Spain.
Died October 5th, 2014 at 84 years old in Manhattan (pneumonia).
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