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.
Lawrence Ferlinghetti
American artist, writer and activist (1919-2021).
Born March 24th, 1919 in Yonkers.
Died February 22nd, 2021 at 101 years old in San Francisco (interstitial lung disease). [ref]
Occupations
activist shareholder, bookseller, journalist, military officer, painter, peace activist, playwright, poet, publisher, translator, writer
Wikipedia
Neither fire nor wind, birth nor death can erase our good deeds. Buddha