Welcome! Check out today's deaths, recent deaths, or our deaths stats.
Feeling experimental? Head on over to our newest (and darkest) feature: Next-2-Die™ predictions
Deaths by...
255 Notable deaths
by kidney failure
James A. Michener
American author (1907-1997).
Born February 3rd, 1907 in Doylestown.
Died October 16th, 1997 at 90 years old in Austin (kidney failure).
Pat Buttram
American actor.
Born June 19th, 1915 in Addison.
Died January 8th, 1994 at 78 years old in Los Angeles (kidney failure).
Robert Aldrich
American film director, screenwriter and producer.
Born August 9th, 1918 in Cranston. [ref]
Died December 5th, 1983 at 65 years old in Los Angeles (kidney failure).
Hrishikesh Mukherjee
Indian film director (1922–2006).
Born September 30th, 1922 in Kolkata.
Died August 27th, 2006 at 83 years old in Mumbai (kidney failure). [ref]
Nasser El Sonbaty
German egyptian bodybuilder (1965-2013).
Born October 15th, 1965 in Stuttgart.
Died March 20th, 2013 at 47 years old in Cairo (kidney failure).
Peter Marshall
American game show host, performer, singer (1926–2024).
Born March 30th, 1926 in Huntington.
Died August 15th, 2024 at 98 years old in Los Angeles (kidney failure). [ref]
Heydar Aliyev
Soviet and azerbaijani politician (1923–2003).
Born May 10th, 1923 in Nakhchivan.
Died December 12th, 2003 at 80 years old in Cleveland (kidney failure).
Stuart Hall
Jamaican-born british sociologist and cultural theorist.
Born February 3rd, 1932 in Kingston.
Died February 10th, 2014 at 82 years old in London (kidney failure).
William S. Paley
American television executive and art collector (1901-1990).
Born September 28th, 1901 in New York City.
Died October 26th, 1990 at 89 years old in New York City (kidney failure).
Ian Abercrombie
British actor (1934–2012).
Born September 11th, 1934 in Grays.
Died January 26th, 2012 at 77 years old in Hollywood (kidney failure). [ref]
Deaths 61 to 70 of 255
Want more? View other causes of notable deaths.
No one really knows why they are alive until they know what they’d die for. Martin Luther King Jr.