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In the year 2014
1,023 Notable deaths
Pete Seeger
American folk singer (1919-2014).
Born May 3rd, 1919 in New York City. [ref]
Died January 27th, 2014 at 94 years old in Manhattan. [ref]
Alfredo Di Stéfano
Argentine-spanish association football player (1926-2014).
Born July 4th, 1926 in Buenos Aires. [ref]
Died July 7th, 2014 at 88 years old in Madrid (myocardial infarction). [ref]
H. R. Giger
Swiss surrealist painter, sculptor, set designer (1940-2014).
Born February 5th, 1940 in Chur. [ref]
Died May 12th, 2014 at 74 years old in Zürich. [ref]
Phillip Hughes
Australian cricketer (1988-2014).
Born November 30th, 1988 in Macksville.
Died November 27th, 2014 at 25 years old in Sydney (cricket ball, cerebral hemorrhage).
James Foley
American journalist.
Born October 18th, 1973 in Rochester. [ref]
Died August 19th, 2014 at 40 years old in Raqqa (decapitation). [ref]
James Brady
White house press secretary under ronald reagan (1940-2014).
Born August 29th, 1940 in Centralia.
Died August 4th, 2014 at 73 years old in Alexandria (ballistic trauma).
Roger Lloyd-Pack
British actor (1944-2014).
Born February 8th, 1944 in Islington.
Died January 15th, 2014 at 69 years old in Kentish Town (pancreatic cancer).
Jack Bruce
Scottish musician, bassist of cream (1943-2014).
Born May 14th, 1943 in Bishopbriggs. [ref]
Died October 25th, 2014 at 71 years old in Suffolk (liver cancer). [ref]
Ralph Waite
American actor (1928-2014).
Born June 22nd, 1928 in White Plains.
Died February 13th, 2014 at 85 years old in Palm Desert.
Tony Gwynn
American professional baseball right fielder; 1960-2014.
Born May 9th, 1960 in Los Angeles.
Died June 16th, 2014 at 54 years old in Poway (salivary gland neoplasm, salivary gland cancer).
Deaths 31 to 40 of 1023
Our dead are never dead to us, until we have forgotten them. George Eliot