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...
83,007 Notable deaths
Bobby Darin
American singer and actor (1936–1973).
Born May 14th, 1936 in East Harlem.
Died December 20th, 1973 at 37 years old in Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (sepsis, surgical complications, congestive heart failure).
J. D. Salinger
American author (1919–2010).
Born January 1st, 1919 in New York City. [ref]
Died January 27th, 2010 at 91 years old in Cornish. [ref]
Ella Fitzgerald
American jazz singer (1917–1996).
Born April 25th, 1918 in Newport News.
Died August 15th, 1996 at 78 years old in Beverly Hills (stroke).
Frank Lucas
American mobster (1930-2019).
Born September 9th, 1930 in La Grange. [ref]
Died May 30th, 2019 at 88 years old in Cedar Grove. [ref]
Garry Shandling
American comedian (1949–2016).
Born November 29th, 1949 in Chicago.
Died March 24th, 2016 at 66 years old in Los Angeles (thrombosis).
Roy Scheider
American actor (1932–2008).
Born November 10th, 1932 in Orange.
Died February 10th, 2008 at 75 years old in Little Rock (cancer, staphylococcal infection, multiple myeloma). [ref]
Louis Pasteur
French chemist and microbiologist (1822-1895).
Born December 27th, 1822 in Dole. [ref]
Died September 28th, 1895 at 72 years old in Castle of Villeneuve-l'Étang (cardiac arrest). [ref]
John Prine
American singer-songwriter (1946-2020).
Born October 10th, 1946 in Maywood.
Died April 7th, 2020 at 73 years old in Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville (COVID-19). [ref]
Henrietta Lacks
American woman whose cancer cells are the source of the hela cell line (1920–1951).
Born August 1st, 1920 in Roanoke.
Died October 4th, 1951 at 31 years old in Baltimore (Povilla, cervical adenocarcinoma).
Burt Bacharach
American pianist, composer, producer (1928–2023).
Born May 12th, 1928 in Kansas City.
Died February 8th, 2023 at 94 years old in Los Angeles. [ref]
Deaths 921 to 930 of 83007
We are born from a quiet sleep, and we die to a calm awakening. Zhuangzi