In the year 2014

1,107 Notable deaths

Sam Hall

Diver and olympic medalist from the usa.

Born March 10th, 1937 in Dayton.

Died August 11th, 2014 at 77 years old [ref]

Toaripi Lauti

First prime minister of tuvalu (1928-2014).

Born November 28th, 1928 in Territory of Papua, Gulf Province.

Died May 25th, 2014 at 85 years old in Funafuti.

Gerald Neugebauer

American astronomer.

Born September 3rd, 1932 in Göttingen.

Died September 26th, 2014 at 82 years old in Tucson.

Petr Hapka

Czech composer and singer (1944–2014).

Born May 13th, 1944 in Prague. [ref]

Died November 25th, 2014 at 70 years old in Okoř. [ref]

Gerd Bonk

German weightlifter.

Born August 26th, 1951 in Limbach.

Died October 20th, 2014 at 63 years old in Greiz.

Rachid Solh

Lebanese politician.

Born June 22nd, 1926 in Lebanon.

Died June 27th, 2014 at 88 years old in Beirut (disease).

Francesco Marchisano

Catholic cardinal.

Born June 25th, 1929 in Racconigi.

Died July 27th, 2014 at 85 years old in Rome.

Anna Pollatou

Greek rhythmic gymnast (1983–2014).

Born October 8th, 1983 in Cephalonia.

Died May 17th, 2014 at 30 years old in Andravida-Kyllini Municipality (traffic collision).

Željko Šturanović

Prime minister of montenegro (1960-2014).

Born January 31st, 1960 in Nikšić.

Died June 30th, 2014 at 54 years old in Villejuif (lung cancer).

Jan Hoet

Belgian museum director (1936-2014).

Born June 23rd, 1936 in Leuven. [ref]

Died February 27th, 2014 at 77 years old in Ghent (myocardial infarction). [ref]

Deaths 731 to 740 of 1107

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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