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
Male notables
10 Notable deaths
Stonewall Jackson
General of the confederate army in the american civil war.
Born January 21st, 1824 in Clarksburg.
Died May 10th, 1863 at 39 years old in Guinea (pneumonia).
Clement Attlee
Prime minister of the united kingdom from 1945 to 1951 (1883–1967).
Born January 3rd, 1883 in Putney.
Died October 8th, 1967 at 84 years old in Westminster Hospital (pneumonia).
Rich Piana
American bodybuilder and internet personality/entrepreneur (1970–2017).
Born September 26th, 1970 in Los Angeles.
Died August 25th, 2017 at 46 years old in Clearwater. [ref]
Joe Strummer
British singer, musician and songwriter (1952–2002).
Born August 21st, 1952 in Ankara.
Died December 22nd, 2002 at 50 years old in Broomfield (congenital heart disease).
Terry Pratchett
English fantasy author (1948–2015).
Born April 28th, 1948 in Beaconsfield.
Died March 12th, 2015 at 66 years old in Broad Chalke (Alzheimer's disease, posterior cortical atrophy). [ref]
Sun Yat-sen
Chinese politician, physician, and revolutionary (1866–1925).
Born November 12th, 1866 in Cuiheng. [ref]
Died March 12th, 1925 at 58 years old in Peking Union Medical College Hospital (liver cancer). [ref]
Groucho Marx
American comedian (1890–1977).
Born October 2nd, 1890 in Manhattan.
Died August 19th, 1977 at 86 years old in Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (pneumonia). [ref]
Shammi Kapoor
Indian actor (1930-2011).
Born October 21st, 1930 in Mumbai.
Died August 14th, 2011 at 80 years old in Mumbai (kidney failure). [ref]
Edmund Hillary
New zealand mountaineer and philanthropist (1919–2008).
Born July 20th, 1919 in Auckland.
Died January 11th, 2008 at 88 years old in Auckland (myocardial infarction). [ref]
William S. Burroughs
American novelist, short story writer, essayist, painter, and spoken word performer (1914–1997).
Born February 5th, 1914 in St. Louis.
Died August 11th, 1997 at 83 years old in Lawrence (myocardial infarction).
Deaths 891 to 900 of 69106
For life and death are one, even as the river and the sea are one. Kahlil Gibran