In the year 2014
1,132 Notable deaths
Elena Baltacha
British tennis player (1983-2014).
Born August 14th, 1983 in Kyiv.
Died May 4th, 2014 at 30 years old in Ipswich (liver cancer).
Gordon Willis
American cinematographer and film director (1931-2014).
Born May 28th, 1931 in Astoria.
Died May 18th, 2014 at 82 years old in North Falmouth (cancer). [ref]
Andrea de Cesaris
Italian racing driver (1959-2014).
Died October 5th, 2014 at 55 years old in Rome (motorcycle accident). [ref]
Francis Matthews
British actor.
Born September 2nd, 1927 in York.
Died June 14th, 2014 at 86 years old in London.
John Holt
Jamaican reggae singer (1947–2014).
Born July 11th, 1947 in Kingston. [ref]
Died October 19th, 2014 at 67 years old in London (colorectal cancer). [ref]
Gottfried John
German actor (1942-2014).
Born August 29th, 1942 in Berlin. [ref]
Died September 1st, 2014 at 72 years old in Utting (cancer). [ref]
U. Srinivas
Indian musician (1969–2014).
Born February 28th, 1969 in Palakollu.
Died September 19th, 2014 at 45 years old in Chennai (organ dysfunction).
Ameyo Adadevoh
Nigerian physician.
Born October 27th, 1956 in Lagos.
Died August 19th, 2014 at 57 years old in Lagos (Ebola hemorrhagic fever). [ref]
Udo Jürgens
Austrian singer and composer (1934–2014).
Born September 30th, 1934 in Klagenfurt am Wörthersee. [ref]
Died December 21st, 2014 at 80 years old in Münsterlingen (heart failure). [ref]
Kent Haruf
American novelist.
Born February 24th, 1943 in Pueblo.
Died November 30th, 2014 at 71 years old in Salida (interstitial lung disease).
Deaths 241 to 250 of 1132
That’s what literature is. It’s the people who went before us, tapping out messages from the past, from beyond the grave, trying to tell us about life and death! Listen to them! Connie Willis