561 – Pelagius I, Italian Pope (556-61), dies
1825 – Raphaelle Peale, American painter (After the Rain, 1823), dies at 51
1936 – Ruben Liljefors, Swedish composer, dies at 64
1984 – Shalva Mikhailovich Mshvelidze, Russian composer, dies at 79
1993 – Richard Sale, American pulp writer and director (Oscar, Torpedo Run), dies at 80
1997 – Robert H. Dicke, American physicist (b. 1916)
2007 – Thomas Eagleton, American politician (38th Lieutenant Governor of Missouri), dies at 77
2009 – John Cephas, American Piedmont blues guitarist (b. 1930)
2011 – Johnny Preston, American pop singer (Running Bear), dies at 71
2022 – Maryan Wisniewski, French soccer striker (33 caps; Lens, Sampdoria, Saint-Étienne, Sochaux, Grenoble), dies at 85
Category: Famous Deaths
Famous Deaths for 3rd March 2023
1792 – Robert Adam, Scottish architect and designer (Adelphi Terrace, London), dies at 63
1822 – Franz Adam Veichtner, German violinist and composer, dies at 81
1928 – Jan [Jean] T Toorop, Dutch graphic artist (3 Brides), dies at 69
1934 – Norman O’Neill, English theatrical composer (Mary Rose) and conductor, dies from injuries sustained after being struck by a package delivery tricycle at 58
1974 – Frank Wilcox, American actor (Beverly Hillbillies), dies from a heart attack at 66
1977 – Percy Marmont, British actor (Secret Agent, Lisbon, Captain Apache), dies at 93
1993 – Carlos Montoya, American flamenco guitarist (Suite Flamenco 1966), dies at 89
1994 – Karel Kryl, Czechoslovak folk singer, dies at 49
1995 – Howard Hunter, US leader of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (1994-95), dies at 87
2022 – Tim Considine, American actor (Spin and Marty; My Three Sons, 1960-65 – “Mike”), and photographer, dies at 81
Famous Deaths for 2nd March 2023
855 – Lothair, King of the Franks and Holy Roman Emperor (b. 795)
1758 – Johann Baptist Zimmermann, German painter and stucco worker, buried at 78
1868 – Carl Eberwein, German composer and violinist, dies at 81
1887 – Wilhelm Troszel, Polish operatic bass, composer, and voice teacher, dies at 63
1942 – Charlie Christian, American jazz and swing guitarist (Benny Goodman Sextet), dies of tuberculosis at 25
1950 – Rosli Dhobi, pro-Indonesian Malay student, hanged in Kuching for the assassination of Duncan Stewart, British Governor of Sarawak
1981 – Tony Gulotta, American auto racer (Indianapolis 500 1927 3rd), dies at 78
1995 – Hugo Cole, British composer and critic, dies at 77
2007 – Thomas S. Kleppe, U.S. politician (b. 1919)
2015 – Bettina Graziani [Simone Bodin] French model, one of the first supermodels, Givenchy muse, dies at 89
Famous Deaths for 1st March 2023
1546 – George Wishart, Scottish religious reformer, martyred at 33
1773 – Jan Wagenaar, Dutch historian, dies at 63
1804 – Wolfgang Nicolaus Haueisen, German composer, dies at 63
1884 – Isaac Todhunter, English mathematician, dies at 63
1914 – Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th Earl of Minto, dies at 63
1970 – Ed Hoornik, Dutch writer and poet (Na jaren), dies at 59
1980 – Wilhelmina Cooper, Dutch-American model and founder of Wilhelmina Models, dies at 40
1993 – Luis Kutner, American co-founder (Amnesty International), dies at 84
1994 – Manmohan Desai, Indian filmmaker (Amar Akbar Anthony, Suhaag), dies at 57
2013 – Sammy Guillen, West Indian cricket wicket-keeper (5 Tests West Indies and 3 Tests New Zealand), dies at 88
Famous Deaths for 28th February 2023
1936 – Pedro Muñoz Seca, Spanish comic playwright (Don Mendo’s Vengence), executed by the Spanish Republican army at 55
1959 – Maxwell Anderson, American dramatist (Key Largo, Bath Seed), dies of a stroke at 70
1961 – Joris Vriamont, Flemish writer and music publisher, dies at 64
1966 – Charles A Bassett II, astronaut, dies at 34, in a crash of T-38 jet
1985 – David Byron [Garrick], British vocalist and songwriter (Uriah Heep), dies of alcohol-related complications at 38
1999 – Christine Glanville, British Puppeteer (. 1924)
2004 – Andres Nuiamäe, Estonian soldier (b. 1982)
2004 – Gene Allison, American RandB singer (“You Can Make It If You Try”), dies at 69
2007 – Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. American historian (1946 Pulitzer-Age of Jackson), dies at 89
2016 – Frank Kelly, Irish stage and screen actor (Father Ted), dies at 77
Famous Deaths for 27th February 2023
1797 – Benvenuto Robbio San Raffaele, Italian composer, dies at 61
1943 – Kostis Palamas, Greek poet, twice nominated for the Nobel prize (b. 1859)
1968 – Johannes Tralow, German writer (Ottoman tetralogy), dies at 85
1986 – Jacques “Jake the Snake” Plante, Canadian Ice Hockey goalie who was the first to wear a goaltender mask, dies of stomach cancer at 57
1989 – Konrad Lorenz, Austrian zoologist and ethologist (Man and His Ideas, Nobel Prize 1973), dies at 85
1991 – Hein van Royen, Dutch director of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra (1974-91), dies at 52
1995 – Bernard Cornfield, financier, dies at 67
1996 – Pat Smythe, English equestrian rider (Olympic bronze team jumps 1956; author children’s books), dies from heart disease at 67
2004 – Paul Sweezy, American Marxist economist and editor (Monthly Review), dies at 93
2010 – Madeleine Ferron, French Canadian writer, dies at 87
Famous Deaths for 26th February 2023
1324 – Dino Compagni, Italian silk seller, poet and chronicler, dies
1552 – Heinrich Faber, German singer, music theorist, and composer, dies at about 52
1901 – Hsu Cheng-yu, during Boxer Rebellion in China, beheaded
1918 – Pedro Miguel Marques y Garcia, Spanish violinist and composer, dies at 74
1941 – Jan Keizer, Zaanse February striker, shot to death
1947 – Ben Webster, British actor (Old Curiosity Shop), dies at 82
1966 – Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, Indian independence activist and writer (The Indian War of Independence), dies at 82
2005 – Jef Raskin, American computer scientist (b. 1943)
2012 – Rolf “Hazy” Osterwald, Swiss jazz bandleader, trumpeter, and vibraphonist, dies at 90
2021 – Aleksandr Klepikov, Russian rower (Olympic gold Soviet Union coxed four 1976), dies at 70
Famous Deaths for 25th February 2023
1247 – Hendrik IV, duke of Limburg/earl of Bergen (1226-47), dies
1798 – Louis-Jules Mancini-Mazarini, Duc de Nivernais, French diplomat and writer (b. 1716)
1850 – Daoguang, 8th Emperor of Qing Dynasty, dies at 67
1852 – Thomas Moore, Irish poet and musician, dies at 72
1914 – John Tenniel, British illustrator (Alice in Wonderland), dies at 93
1967 – Walter “Fats” Pichon American jazz pianist, singer, and big bandleader, dies at 60
1970 – Mark Rothko [Marcus Rothkovich], Latvian-American abstract expressionist (Green on Blue), takes his own life at 66
1995 – Terence Weil, British cellist (English Chamber Orchestra; Melos Ensemble), dies at 73
2012 – Louisiana Red [Iverson Minter], American blues guitarist, and singer-songwriter (“Sweet Blood Call”), dies of a stroke at 79
2017 – Boaz Vaadia, Israeli-born sculptor who worked in America, dies of cancer at 65
Famous Deaths for 24th February 2023
1907 – Otto Goldschmidt, German composer, dies at 77
1933 – Spottiswoode Aitken, Scottish actor (The Birth of a Nation, The Avenging Conscience), dies at 65
1984 – Uwe Johnson, writer, dies at 59
1991 – Jean Rogers, actress (Flash Gordon, Hot Cargo), dies at 74
1991 – Marcella Markham, dies of breast cancer at 68
1994 – Jean Sablon, French pop singer-songwriter, dies at 87
2002 – Leo Ornstein, Russian-American composer and pianist, (born about 1893)
2006 – Don Knotts, American actor (Andy Griffth Show, 3’s Company), died of lung cancer at 81
2008 – Larry Norman, American musician and pioneer of Christian rock music (“Why Should the Devil Have All the Good Music?”), dies at 60
2014 – Harold Ramis, American actor and director, dies from vasculitis at 69
Famous Deaths for 23rd February 2023
1934 – Augusto Sandino, Nicaraguan patriot, assassinated by the National Guard at 38
1970 – Hirsch Jacobs, American thoroughbred horse trainer and owner (b. 1904)
1976 – John Forest “Fuzzy” Knight, American stage and screen actor, noted as sidekick in Westerns (Oklahoma Annie; Cowboy and the Lady), dies at 74
1980 – Robert Vandekerckhove, Belgian politician, dies at 62
1987 – Esmond Knight, British actor (Hamlet, Sleeping Murder), dies from a heart attack at 80
2003 – Robert K. Merton, American sociologist (b. 1910)
2003 – Howard “Howie” Epstein, American bass guitarist (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, 1982-2002), dies from an overdose at 47
2007 – John Ritchie, British footballer (b. 1941)
2016 – Lennie Baker, American rock saxophonist musician (Sha Na Na, 1970-99), dies at 69
2020 – Stefan Florenski, Polish soccer defender (11 caps; Górnik Zabrze), dies at 86