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
You can now subscribe to our newsletter to enjoy personalized deathpulse updates delivered to your inbox!
Looking to doomscroll? Check out all the death that came in 2025.
Karel Boleslav Jirák
Czech conductor, music educator and composer (1891–1972).
Born January 28th, 1891 in Prague. [ref]
Died January 30th, 1972 at 81 years old in Chicago. [ref]
Occupations
bandleader, composer, conductor, music theorist, opinion journalist, pedagogue, teacher, university teacher, writer
Wikipedia
I’m the one that’s got to die when it’s time for me to die, so let me live my life the way I want to. Jimi Hendrix