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In the year 2014

1,105 Notable deaths

Björn Waldegård

Swedish rally driver, first winner of the world rally championship for drivers.

Born November 12th, 1943 in Solna Municipality. [ref]

Died August 29th, 2014 at 70 years old in Sweden (cancer). [ref]

Bo Callaway

American politician and businessman (1927–2014).

Born April 2nd, 1927 in LaGrange.

Died March 15th, 2014 at 86 years old in Columbus (cerebral hemorrhage).

Zbigniew Pietrzykowski

Polish boxer (1934-2014).

Born October 4th, 1934 in Bestwinka.

Died May 19th, 2014 at 79 years old in Bielsko-Biała.

Ichirō Nagai

Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator.

Born May 10th, 1931 in Ikeda.

Died January 27th, 2014 at 82 years old in Naka-ku (coronary artery disease).

Frans Brüggen

Dutch conductor, recorder player and baroque flautist (1934–2014).

Born October 30th, 1934 in Amsterdam.

Died August 13th, 2014 at 79 years old in Amsterdam.

Armando Peraza

Cuban percussionist (1924-2014).

Born May 30th, 1924 in Havana.

Died April 14th, 2014 at 89 years old in San Francisco (pneumonia).

Harold W. Kuhn

American mathematician.

Born July 29th, 1925 in Santa Monica.

Died July 2nd, 2014 at 88 years old in New York City.

Albert Ebossé Bodjongo

Cameroonian footballer (1989-2014).

Born October 6th, 1989 in Douala.

Died August 23rd, 2014 at 24 years old in Tizi Ouzou.

V. K. Murthy

Indian cinematographer (1923–2014).

Born November 26th, 1923 in Mysore.

Died April 7th, 2014 at 90 years old in Bengaluru (disease).

María José Alvarado

Honduran beauty queen; miss honduras world.

Born July 19th, 1995 in Santa Bárbara.

Died November 13th, 2014 at 19 years old in Cablotales.

Deaths 461 to 470 of 1105

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Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can. But life leaps over oblivion lightly, losing only a thing or two of no importance, and gloom is just a passing shadow of a cloud. Yann Martel