9 Publius Quinctilius Varus, Roman viceroy of Syria, suicide at 59 668 Constans II, Emperor of Byzantium (641-668), known as "the Bearded", assassinated in his bath at 37 (some sources cite July 15) [1] 866 Robert the Strong, Margrave of Neustria 921 Ludmilla, wife of 1st christian Bohemian king Borijov I/saint, dies 928 Louis III, the Blind Proveneaals king of Lombardije/Germany, dies at 48 1231 Louis I, Duke of Bavaria (1183-1231), founded city of Landshut, murdered at 57 1352 Ewostatewos, Ethiopian monk and religious leader (b. 1273) 1500 John Morton, English Archbishop of Canterbury (1486-1500) (b. c. 1420) 1525 Jan de Bakker [Johannes Pistorius], Roman Catholic priest who was the first preacher in Northern Netherlands to be put to death as a direct result of his Protestant beliefs, burned at the stake at 26 1559 Isabella Jagiełło, Queen consort and regent of Hungary, dies of a long illness at 40 1596 Leonhard Rauwolf, German physician and botanist (b. 1535 or 1540) 1598 Hidejoshi [Hijoshi], Japanese general strategist and kampaku, dies 1613 Thomas Overbury, English poet (A Wife) and essayist, dies at 32 1643 Richard Boyle, Irish politician, 1st Earl of Cork, dies at 76 1649 John Floyd, English Jesuit preacher (b. 1572) 1654 Cornelis Bicker, Dutch merchant, mayor of Amsterdam, dies at 61 1700 André Le Nôtre, French landscape architect (gardens of the Palace of Versailles) and principal gardener of King Louis XIV of France, dies at 87 [1] 1701 Edmé Boursault, French writer (b. 1638) 1707 George Stepney, English poet and diplomat, dies at about 44 1747 Johann Gotthilf Ziegler, German baroque composer and organist, dies at 59 1750 Charles Theodore Pachelbel, German-American composer (son of Johann Pachelbel), one of the first European composers to emigrate to America, dies at 59 1794 Abraham Clark, American patriot and signer of the Declaration of Independence, dies at 68 1803 Gian Francesco Albani, Italian Catholic cardinal, dies at 83 British statesman and first railway casualty, dies after being struck by a train at 60 1835 Sarah Knox Taylor, wife of Jefferson Davis, dies from yellow fever (or malaria) at 21 1840 Franz Pecháček, Austrian-German composer, dies at 47 1841 Alessandro Rolla, Italian violin and viola player and composer, teacher of Niccolò Paganini, dies at 84 1842 Francisco Morazán, 2nd President of The Federal Republic of Central America, dies at 50 1842 Pierre Baillot, French violinist and composer, dies at 70 British engineer (SS Great Britain, Great Western Railway), dies of a stroke at 53 1864 John Hanning Speke, British explorer, the first European to reach Lake Victoria in east Africa, dies at 37 1874 Benjamin Robbins Curtis, American attorney and Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, dies at 64 1875 Louise Farrenc (née Dumont), French pianist, composer and only female professor at the Paris Conservatory during the 19th century, dies at 71 1880 William Hauser, American minister and composer, dies at 67 1883 Joseph Plateau, Belgian physicist (Plateau's Law), dies at 81 1885 Juliusz Zarębski, Polish pianist, composer, and pedagogue, dies of tuberculosis at 31 1885 Jumbo, P. T. Barnum's circus elephant, dies after being hit by a train 1893 Thomas Hawksley, English civil engineer (Nottingham Gas Light and Coke Company; Nottingham Waterworks Company), dies at 86 1895 Jan Kleczyński Sr., Polish pianist and composer, dies at 58 1896 Joseph Robert Davis, American aide-de-camp and nephew to Confederate President Jefferson Davis, dies at 71 Boer leader and general in the South African War (1899–1902), shot and killed by police after refusing to stop at a checkpoint at 66 1916 Isidore Legouix, French composer, dies at 82 1920 Raimundo Madrazo y Garreta, Spanish Realistic painter, dies at 79 1921 Roman von Ungern-Sternberg 'the mad Baron', Baltic-German baron and anti-communist Russian general, executed by the Russian Red Army at 35 1923 Sayed Darwish, Egyptian singer-songwriter and "father of Egyptian popular music" (Ana Haweet), dies at 31 1924 Anthony Johnson Showalter, American gospel composer, dies at 66 American Baseball HOF first baseman (World Series 1907, 1908; 2 x NL stolen base leader; NL runs leader 1906 Chicago Orphans/Cubs) and manager (Chicago Cubs, NY Yankees, Boston RS), dies at 47 1925 Leonard Borwick, English concert pianist, dies at 57 1927 Herman Gorter, Dutch socialist and poet (May, Tiny Hero's Poem), dies at 62 1930 Milton Sills, American actor (The Sea Hawk), dies from a heart attack at 48 1932 Charles H. Gabriel, American gospel composer, dies at 76 1934 David Vaughan Thomas, Welsh musician and composer, dies at 61 1935 Silas K. Hocking, British novelist and Methodist preacher (Her Benny), dies at 85 1937 Clifford Heatherley, English actor (For Love or Money, Cash), dies at 48 American novelist (Look Homeward Angel), dies of tuberculosis at 37 1940 Dick Ket, Dutch painter and cartoonist, dies at 37 1942 Jack Singer, American war reporter, dies aboard USS Wasp 1945 André Tardieu, French politician, Prime Minister of France (1929-30, 1932), dies at 68 1945 Anton von Webern, Austrian composer, dies at 61 after being shot by an American soldier on patrol 1947 Richard Le Gallienne, English writer (had affair with Oscar Wilde, father of actress Eva Le Gallienne), dies at 81 1950 Vojtěch Říhovský, Czech composer, dies at 79 1951 Jacinto Guerrero, Spanish musician and composer, dies at 56 1953 Jacques Thibaud, French violinist, dies at 72 1956 Henry Clough-Leiter, American organist, choirmaster, and composer (Pensive Monody; The Christ of the Andes), dies at 82 1958 (George) "Snuffy" Stirnweiss, American MLB baseball second baseman, 1943-52, 2X All-Star. AL Batting Title, 3X World Series (New York Yankees and 2 other teams), dies in a train wreck in Bayonne, New Jersey at 39 1963 Fred Hillebrand, American actor (Martin Kane, Moon Over Manhattan), dies at 69 1964 Robert Dower, South African cricketer (1 Test South Africa v England 1898, scored 0 & 9), dies at 88 1965 Steve Brown, American jazz musician, dies at 75 1967 Eva McKenzie, American actress (Virtuous Husband), dies at 78 1967 Hans Haug, Swiss classical composer, dies at 67 1972 Ásgeir Ásgeirsson, Icelandic politician and the second President of Iceland (1952-68), dies at 78 1972 Geoffrey Fisher, Baron Fisher of Lambeth, Archbishop of Canterbury (1945-61), dies at 85 1972 Ulvi Cemal Erkin, Turkish pianist, composer - one of "The Turkish Five" (Köçekçe - Dance Rhapsody for Orchestra), and pedagogue, dies from a stroke at 66 1973 Gustav VI Adolf, King of Sweden (1950-73), dies at 90 1973 Victor Jara, Chilean folk singer-songwriter, and political activist, killed by Augusto Pinochet's military interrogators at 40 1978 Robert Cliche, French Canadian politician and judge (b. 1921) 1978 Willy Messerschmitt, German aircraft builder, dies at 80 1979 Caro van Eyck [Gerarda Taytelbaum], Dutch actress (De stille Kracht, Medea), dies at 63 1979 Tommy Leonetti [Tomaso Lionetti], American singer ("Free"), songwriter ("My City of Sydney"), and actor (Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.), dies of cancer at 50 1980 Bill Evans, American jazz pianist ("Peace Piece"; "Waltz For Debbie"), dies of a bleeding ulcer at 51 1981 (Charles) "Chick" Bullock, American jazz and dance band vocalist (Chick Bullock and His Levee Loungers), dies at 82 1981 Rafael Mendez, Mexican trumpet virtuoso, dies of a heart attack at 75 1981 Sara Haden, American actress (A Family Affair), dies at 83 1982 Sadegh Ghotbzadeh, Iran's former foreign minister, executed in Iran 1983 Johnny Hartman, American jazz ballad singer (John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman - "My One And Only Love"), dies of lung cancer at 60 1983 LeRoy Prinz, choreographer, dies at 88 1983 Prince Far I [Michael Williams], Jamaican reggae deejay, producer and Rastafarian, killed during a robberya t his home at 38-ish 1983 Willie Bobo [Correa], American jazz percussionist and songwriter ("Evil Ways"), dies of cancer at 49 1984 Jack Ikin, English cricketer (England opener 1946-55), dies at 66 1985 (Charles) "Cootie" Williams, American jazz, jump-blues, and R&B trumpeter (Duke Ellington Orchestra, 1929-40 & 1962-74), dies of kidney problems at 74

1986 Virginia Gregg, American radio and screen actress, singer and double bassist, dies of lung cancer at 70 1987 Jacoba Tadema Sporry, Dutch author (The Story of Egypt), dies at 75 1987 Steven Tuomi, murder victim of Jeffery Dahmer (b. 1963) 1989 Harry Cave, New Zealand cricketer (New Zealand captain 1955-56), dies at 66 1989 Jan DeGaetani, American contemporary classical concert mezzo-soprano, dies of leukemia at 56 1989 Robert Penn Warren, American poet and novelist (All the King's Men, Pulitzer 1946), dies at 84 1990 Valentin Ignatyevich Filatyev, Soviet-Russian 'lost' cosmonaut who was dismissed for disciplinary reasons, dies at 60 1991 (Forrest) "Smokey" Burgess, American MLB baseball player (Pittsburgh Pirates), dies at 64 1991 Andre Baruch, Radio/TV announcer dies at 83 1991 John Hoyt [Hoysradt], American stage and screen actor (Mercury theatre; Gimme a Break!; Tom, Dick & Mary), and comedian, dies of lung cancer at 85 1991 Sulkhan Tsintsadze, Georgian composer, dies at 66 1992 Walter B. Jones Sr., American Democratic party politician (US Representative from North Carolina, 1966-92), dies at 79 1993 (Nii Moi) "Speedy" Acquaye, Ghanaian drummer, percussionist and fire-eater (Tubby Hayes; Georgie Fame and the Blue Flames; Ginger Baker's Airforce), dies of cancer at 62 1993 Ethan Allen, American baseball center fielder (inventor Cadaco-Ellis board game All Star Baseball; Yale University), dies at 89 1993 Frits Noske, Dutch musicologist (Tie Musikwerk), dies at 72 1993 Herman Meyer, Germanist (Deutsche Dichtung), dies at 82 1994 (Frank) Haywood Henry, American jazz and session baritone saxophone player, dies at 81 1994 Earl George, American composer and pedagogue, dies at 70 1994 Mark Stevens, American actor (Big Town, Martin Kane, Private Eye), dies of cancer at 77 1994 Michael Joyce, Irish stage manager and theatre director, dies at 48 1995 Gunnar Nordahl, Swedish soccer striker (33 caps; AC Milan; Olympic gold 1948), dies at 73 1995 Marguerite Fawdry, English museum curator (started Pollocks Toy Museum), dies at 83 1995 Michio Watanabe, Japanese politician, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister (1991-93, dies at 72 1995 Sam McCluskie, Scottish politician and trade unionist (leader of the seamens' union), dies at 63 1996 Brother Eugene Gerard Salois, teacher, dies at 76 1996 George Scheuer, Austrian writer and journalist, dies at 80 1996 Joan Perry [Elizabeth Rosiland Miller], American film actress, model, and singer (Hands of a Stranger), dies at 85 1996 Peter Michael Grayson, British showman, dies at 70 2000 Vincent Canby, American movie critic (NY Times), dies at 76 2001 Fred de Cordova, American film and TV producer (Tonight Show), dies at 90 2003 Garner Ted Armstrong, American television evangelist (The World of Tomorrow), dies of complications of pneumonia at 73 2003 Jack Brymer, British classical clarinetist (Royal Philharmonic; BBC Symphony; London Symphony), and teacher, dies at 88 2003 Josef Hirsal, Czech novelist (b. 1920) American punk rock guitarist and songwriter ( Ramones - "I Wanna Be Sedated"), dies of prostate cancer at 55 2004 Walter Stewart, Canadian writer and journalist, dies at 73 2005 Sidney Luft, American film producer (A Star is Born, French Leave), dies at 89 2006 Oriana Fallaci, Italian journalist and writer, dies at 77 2006 Pablo Santos, Mexican actor (b. 1987) 2006 Raymond Baxter, British television presenter (b. 1922) 2007 Aldemaro Romero, Venezuelan pianist, composer, arranger, and orchestral conductor, dies at 79 2007 Brett Somers [Audrey Johnston], Canadian-American actress (The Odd Couple - "Blanche Madison"), and TV personality (Match Game), dies of cancer at 83 2007 Colin McRae, Scottish rally driver (World Rally Championship 1995), dies following a helicopter crash at 39 2007 Gordon "Specs" Powell, American jazz and studio drummer and percussionist (Red Norvo; Teddy Wilson; CBS Orchestra, 1943-72), dies of kidney disease at 85 2008 Richard Wright, British progressive rock keyboardist, arranger, composer, and occasional vocalist (Pink Floyd - "Time"; "Echoes"; "The Art Of Conversation"), dies of cancer at 65 2009 Trevor Rhone, Jamaican director, screenwriter and playwright (Smile Orange, The Harder They Come), dies of a heart attack at 69 2009 [Francis] Troy Kennedy Martin, Scottish-British screenwriter (The Italian Job; Z Cars), dies of cancer at 77 2010 Arrow [Alphonsus Cassell], Montserratian soca singer-songwriter ("Hot, Hot, Hot"), dies of cerebral cancer at 60 2010 Guido Turchi, Italian composer (Invettiva), dies at 93 2011 Frances Bay, Canadian-American character actress (Twin Peaks - "Mrs. Tremond"), dies of pneumonia at 92 2012 George Hurst, British conductor (BBC Northern Orchestra. 1958-68; Bournemouth Sinfonietta. 1968-74), and educator, dies at 86 2012 James "Sugar Boy" Crawford, American R&B singer, pianist, and songwriter ("Jock-A-Mo" aka "Iko Iko"), dies at 77 2013 Frances Bairstow, American labor relations arbitrator, dies at 93 2013 Jackie Lomax, British singer-songwriter (Is This What You Want?; Sour Milk Sea)), dies at 69 2014 Nicholas Romanov, French-born pretender to the Russian throne, dies at 91 2016 Rose Mofford, American politician, 1st female Governor of Arizona (1988-1991), dies at 94 American actor (Lucky; Alien; Cool Hand Luke; The Godfather Part II ), musician, and singer , dies at 91 2018 Dudley Sutton, British stage and screen actor (Leather Boys; Brimstone & Treacle; Lovejoy - "Tinker Dill"), dies of cancer at 85 2018 Jeff Lowe, American mountain climber (co-founder Lowe Alpine), dies of pneumonia at 67 2019 Leah Bracknell, British actress (Zoe Tate in "Emmerdale"), dies of cancer at 55 2019 Mike Stefanik, American auto racer (9 NASCAR Modified Championships), dies in a plane crash at 61 2019 Phyllis Newman, American Tony Award-winning actress (Subways Are for Sleeping: Coming of Age), and singer, dies of lung disease at 86 2019 Ric Ocasek [Otcasek], American rock singer-songwriter (The Cars - "Best Friend's Girl"; "Shake It Up"; "You Are The Girl"), found dead at 75 2020 Caroline Kaart (neé Raitt), Scottish-Dutch alto singer, TV and radio presenter, dies at 88 2020 Jan Krenz, Polish conductor and composer, dies at 94 [1] 2020 Moussa Traoré, Mali soldier, politician and dictator, President of Mali (1968-91), dies at 83 2020 Paul Mefano, French composer, conductor (Ensemble 2e2m), educator, and new music advocate, dies at 83 2020 Sadashiv Patil, Indian cricket fast bowler (1 Test, 2 wickets; Maharashtra), dies at 86 2020 Wang Zhiliang, Chinese table tennis player and coach (World Table Tennis C'ships gold, doubles 1963), dies from a stroke at 79 2021 Bill Sudakis, American MLB baseball infielder (Los Angeles Dodgers, and five other teams), dies at 75 2021 Lou Angotti, Canadian ice hockey right wing (Chicago Black Hawks) and coach (St. Louis Blues, Pittsburgh Penguins), dies at 83 2021 Norman Bailey, British operatic bass-baritone (Flying Dutchman), dies at 88 2021 Robert Fyfe, Scottish actor (Last of the Summer Wine, Cloud Atlas), dies of kidney disease at 90 2022 Eddie Butler, Welsh rugby union #8 (16 caps; Cambridge University RFC, Pontypool RFC), journalist (The Observer Sport, The Guardian) and broadcaster (BBC), dies at 65 2022 John Stearns, American MLB baseball catcher (All-Star 1977, 1979, 1980, 1982; New York Mets), dies of prostate cancer at 71 2022 Martin Sinnatt, British army Major-General (Korean War), and administrator (Secretary and CEO of the Kennel Club, 1984-93), dies at 94 2023 Billy Miller, American actor (The Young and the Restless, General Hospital), dies at 43 2023 Burhan Sargun, Turkish soccer forward (8 caps, 7 goals; Fenerbahçe SK), dies at 94 Colombian figurative artist and sculptor known for depicting people in exaggerated large sizes, dies of pneumonia at 91 [1] 2024 Gheorghe Mulțescu, Romanian soccer midfielder (16 caps; Jiul Petroșani 239 games) and manager (Dinamo București, Samsunspor), dies at 72 2024 Tito Jackson, American singer (Jackson 5 - "ABC"; "Never Can Say Goodbye"), dies of a heart attack at 70 2025 Ian Judge, British opera and theatre director known for his work with the Royal Shakespeare Company (Troilus and Cressida 1995), dies at 79 2025 James Grashow, American sculptor and woodcut artist (The Cathedral), dies of cancer at 83 [1] 2025 Marilyn Knowlden, American child actress (A Woman Rebels, David Copperfield), dies at 99 2025 Nicholas Grimshaw, British architect best known for designing the Eden Project, dies at 85 2025 Richard Moe, American political advisor and president of the National Trust for Historic Preservation (1993-2009), dies of complications of Parkinson's disease at 88 2025 Thomas Perry, American novelist (The Butcher’s Boy, The Old Man), dies of an aortic dissection at 78 2025 Toby Talbot, American writer and movie theatre owner (Lincoln Plaza Cinemas, 1981-2018), dies of complications of Guillain-Barré syndrome at 96 [1] Famous Deaths Calendar Search the largest and most accurate independent site for today in history.