Most notably...

65,743 Notable deaths

John Jacob Astor IV

American businessman, real estate builder, investor, inventor, writer, lieutenant colonel (1864-1912).

Born July 13th, 1864 in Rhinebeck.

Died April 15th, 1912 at 47 years old in North Atlantic Ocean (drowning).

Burgess Meredith

American actor (1907–1997).

Born November 16th, 1907 in Cleveland.

Died September 9th, 1997 at 89 years old in Malibu (melanoma).

Dean Arnold Corll

American serial killer (1939–1973).

Born December 24th, 1939 in Fort Wayne.

Died August 8th, 1973 at 33 years old in Pasadena (gunshot wound, exsanguination).

Paula Yates

British television presenter and writer.

Born April 24th, 1959 in Colwyn Bay.

Died September 17th, 2000 at 41 years old in London (drug overdose).

Stephen "tWitch" Boss

American actor.

Born September 29th, 1982 in Montgomery.

Died December 13th, 2022 at 40 years old in Los Angeles (gunshot wound). [ref]

Lili Elbe

Danish painter and transgender woman (1882–1931).

Born December 28th, 1882 in Vejle.

Died September 13th, 1931 at 48 years old in Dresden (complication).

Bill Walton

American basketball player and sportscaster (1952–2024).

Born November 5th, 1952 in La Mesa.

Died May 27th, 2024 at 71 years old in San Diego (cancer). [ref]

Ennio Morricone

Italian composer, orchestrator and conductor (1928–2020).

Born November 10th, 1928 in Rome.

Died July 6th, 2020 at 91 years old in Rome (femoral fracture). [ref]

Gabriel García Márquez

Colombian writer and nobel laureate (1927–2014).

Born March 6th, 1927 in Aracataca.

Died April 17th, 2014 at 87 years old in Mexico City (pneumonia, lymphoma). [ref]

Ned Kelly

Australian bushranger (1854–1880).

Born December 28th, 1854 in Victoria.

Died November 11th, 1880 at 25 years old in Melbourne (hanging).

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Death never takes the wise man by surprise, he is always ready to go. Jean de La Fontaine