In the year 2014
1,224 Notable deaths
Levente Lengyel
Hungarian chess player (1933–2014).
Born June 13th, 1933 in Debrecen.
Died August 18th, 2014 at 81 years old in Budapest.
Enyu Valchev
Olympic wrestler (1936-2014).
Born January 4th, 1936 in Polski Gradets.
Died February 15th, 2014 at 78 years old in Sofia (myocardial infarction).
Bob Kenney
Basketball player (1931-2014).
Born June 23rd, 1931 in Arkansas City.
Died October 27th, 2014 at 83 years old in Scottsdale.
Hardo Aasmäe
Estonian politician, geographer, and encyclopedist (1951-2014).
Born February 11th, 1951 in Tallinn.
Died December 29th, 2014 at 63 years old in Tallinn.
Gina Pellón
Cuban artist (1926–2014).
Born December 26th, 1926 in Cumanayagua.
Died March 27th, 2014 at 87 years old in Issy-les-Moulineaux.
John McCormack
Scottish boxer (1935-2014).
Born January 9th, 1935 in Glasgow.
Died May 23rd, 2014 at 79 years old in Paisley. [ref]
Maria Luisa Spaziani
Italian poet (1922–2014).
Born December 7th, 1924 in Turin.
Died June 30th, 2014 at 89 years old in Rome. [ref]
Brita Koivunen
Finnish schlager singer (1931–2014).
Born August 31st, 1931 in Helsinki.
Died April 12th, 2014 at 82 years old in Helsinki (cancer).
Ja'afar Tuqan
Jordanian palestinian architect (1938–2014).
Born January 19th, 1938 in Jerusalem.
Died November 25th, 2014 at 76 years old in Amman. [ref]
Helen Johns
American swimmer, olympic gold medalist, former world record-holder (1914-2014).
Born September 25th, 1914 in Boston.
Died July 23rd, 2014 at 99 years old in Sumter.
José Aguilar
Cuban boxer.
Born December 19th, 1959 in Guantánamo.
Died April 4th, 2014 at 54 years old in Guantánamo (cerebral infarction).
Josep Maria Castellet
Spanish writer, poet, literacy critic, publisher and editor (1926-2014).
Born December 15th, 1926 in Barcelona.
Died January 9th, 2014 at 87 years old in Barcelona (pneumonia).
Włodzimierz Kotoński
Polish composer (1925–2014).
Born August 23rd, 1925 in Warsaw.
Died September 4th, 2014 at 89 years old in Warsaw.
Pyotr Zayev
Soviet boxer.
Born July 29th, 1953 in Lipetsk.
Died November 29th, 2014 at 61 years old in Lipetsk (cerebrovascular disease).
Gundi Busch
German figure skater (1935–2014).
Born April 29th, 1935 in Milan.
Died January 31st, 2014 at 78 years old in Stockholm.
Menis Koumandareas
Greek writer (1931–2014).
Born January 4th, 1931 in Athens.
Died December 5th, 2014 at 83 years old in Athens.
Radomir Vukčević
Footballer (1944-2014).
Born September 15th, 1944 in Knin. [ref]
Died November 28th, 2014 at 70 years old in Split.
Marek Galiński
Polish cyclist.
Born August 1st, 1974 in Opoczno.
Died March 17th, 2014 at 39 years old in Jędrzejów (traffic collision).
Ana Karić
Croatian actress (1941-2014).
Born May 13th, 1941 in Perušić.
Died October 9th, 2014 at 73 years old in Zagreb.
Boswell Williams
Saint lucian politician (1926–2014).
Born May 16th, 1926 in Vieux Fort.
Died July 20th, 2014 at 88 years old in Castries.
Feridun Buğeker
Turkish association football player (1933–2014).
Born April 5th, 1933 in Istanbul.
Died October 6th, 2014 at 81 years old in Istanbul.
Hansi Knoteck
Austrian film actress (1914-2014).
Born March 2nd, 1914 in Vienna.
Died February 23rd, 2014 at 99 years old in Eggstätt.
Violetta Ferrari
Hungarian actress (1930–2014).
Born April 25th, 1930 in Hódmezővásárhely. [ref]
Died January 23rd, 2014 at 83 years old in Budapest. [ref]
Miloslava Rezková
Czechoslovak high jumper (1950–2014).
Born July 22nd, 1950 in Prague.
Died October 19th, 2014 at 64 years old in Prague. [ref]
Mithat Bayrak
Turkish wrestler (1929–2014).
Born March 3rd, 1929 in Adapazarı.
Died April 20th, 2014 at 85 years old in Dortmund. [ref]
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Because I have loved life, I shall have no sorrow to die. Amelia Burr