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
Most notably...
82,859 Notable deaths
John Wyndham
English science fiction author (1903-1969).
Born July 10th, 1903 in Birmingham. [ref]
Died March 11th, 1969 at 65 years old in London. [ref]
Jim Simons
American mathematician and hedge fund manager (1938–2024).
Born April 25th, 1938 in Newton.
Died May 10th, 2024 at 86 years old in New York City. [ref]
Karel Čapek
Czech writer (1890–1938).
Born January 9th, 1890 in Malé Svatoňovice. [ref]
Died December 25th, 1938 at 48 years old in Vinohrady (pneumonia). [ref]
Melvin Mouron Belli
American lawyer (1907-1996).
Born July 29th, 1907 in Sonora.
Died July 9th, 1996 at 88 years old in San Francisco (pancreatic cancer).
Joseph Wiseman
Canadian actor (1918–2009).
Born May 15th, 1918 in Montreal.
Died October 19th, 2009 at 91 years old in New York City. [ref]
John Haigh
English serial killer (1909-1949).
Born July 24th, 1909 in Stamford.
Died August 10th, 1949 at 40 years old in HM Prison Wandsworth (gallows).
George Tiller
American physician from wichita, kansas murdered by anti-abortion extremist (1941-2009).
Born August 8th, 1941 in Wichita.
Died May 31st, 2009 at 67 years old in Wichita (gunshot wound).
Princess Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Saxe-coburgen and gothan and swedish royal.
Born January 18th, 1908 in Friedenstein Castle.
Died November 28th, 1972 at 64 years old in Stockholm (colorectal cancer).
Eleanor Marx
English-born activist and daughter of karl marx (1855–1898).
Born January 16th, 1855 in Soho.
Died March 31st, 1898 at 43 years old in Sydenham (poison).
Willie McCovey
American baseball player (1938–2018).
Born January 10th, 1938 in Mobile.
Died October 31st, 2018 at 80 years old in Stanford University Medical Center (infectious disease).
Deaths 8111 to 8120 of 82859
It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives. The act of dying is not of importance, it lasts so short a time. Samuel Johnson