1437 – Catherine of Valois, Queen of Henry V of England, dies at 35
1907 – Josef Foerster, Czech composer, and music teacher, dies at 73
1914 – Stephane Raoul Pugno, composer, dies at 62
1920 – Zygmunt Janiszewski, Polish mathematician, dies at 31
1980 – Amos Milburn, American RandB singer and pianist, dies at 52
1986 – Jens Bjerre, Danish composer, dies at 82
1994 – Heather Sears, British actress (b. 1935)
2004 – Des Corcoran, Premier of South Australia (b. 1928)
2008 – Werner Dollinger, German politician and economist (b. 1918)
2010 – Professor Sir Ian Brownlie, International law specialist
Category: Famous Deaths
Famous Deaths for 2nd January 2023
1801 – Johann Kaspar Lavater, Swiss writer, philosopher, founder of physiognomics, dies at 59
1913 – Léon Teisserenc de Bort, French meteorologist (discovered the stratosphere), dies at 57
1963 – Jack Carson, Canadian-American actor (Star is Born, Mildred Pierce), dies at 52
1987 – Jean de Gribaldy, French road cyclist and team director (Frimatic – Viva, Miko, Sem – France Loire), dies at 64
1988 – E.B. Ford, British ecological geneticist, dies at 86
1996 – Karl Targownik, Hungarian psychiatrist and Holocaust survivor, dies at 80
2013 – Margaret A. Brewer, American soldier and first female general officer in US Marine Corps, dies at 82
2013 – Ned Wertimer, American actor (The Jeffersons), dies from complications from a fall at 89
2019 – Daryl Dragon, American keyboardist (Captain and Tennille – “Love Will Keep Us Together”), dies of kidney failure at 76
2019 – Julia Grant [prev George Roberts], transgender activist featured in “A Change of Sex”, dies at 64
Famous Deaths for 1st January 2023
1748 – Johann Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician, dies at 80
1753 – Louis-Maurice de La Pierre, French composer, dies at 55
1881 – Louis Auguste Blanqui, French political activist, dies at 75
1940 – Panuganti Lakshminarasimha Rao, Indian writer and essayist, dies at 74
2003 – Cyril Shaps, British actor, producer and voice artist (The Pianist), dies at 79
2003 – Joe Foss, American fighter ace, football executive (Medal of Honor-1943; first commissioner American Football League) and politician, dies at 87
2005 – Eugene J. Martin, American painter and artist, dies at 66
2006 – Dawn Lake, Australian TV comedienne, dies at 78
2013 – Christopher Martin-Jenkins, British cricket journalist and broadcaster (President MCC; BBC Radio), dies of cancer at 67
2018 – Robert Mann, American composer and violinist (String Quartet 1952), dies at 97
Famous Deaths for 31st December 2022
1575 – Pierino Belli, Italian soldier and jurist (b. 1502)
1640 – John Francis Regis, French priest and Roman Catholic saint, dies of pneumonia at 43
1652 – Frances Cecil, 2nd wife of English earl of Shaftesbury, dies
1877 – Gustave Courbet, French realist painter (Demoiselles the la Seine), dies at 58
1910 – Archibald Hoxsey, American pioneer aviator (worked for the Wright brothers), dies at 26
1977 – Sabah III Al-Salim Al-Sabah, ruler of Kuwait (b. 1924)
1985 – Sam Spiegel, American film producer (On the Waterfront, The Bridge on the River Kwai), dies at 84
2000 – José Greco, Italian-born American flamenco dancer and choreographer, dies of heart failure at 82
2003 – Paula Raymond, American actress and model (The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms), dies at 79
2005 – Enrico di Giuseppe, American tenor, dies of cancer at 73
Famous Deaths for 30th December 2022
1591 – Pope Innocent IX [Giovanni Antonio Facchinetti], 230th Catholic pope (1591), dies at 72
1828 – Waldemar Thrane, Norwegian composer, dies at 38
1968 – Trygve Lie, Norwegian politician and 1st Secretary-General of the United Nations (1946-52), dies at 72
1989 – Madoline Thomas, actress (Girl in the Canal), dies
1995 – Doris Grau, American script supervisor, actress and voice artist (Point Blank, King Kong), dies from respiratory failure at 71
1996 – (Marvin John) “Jack” Nance, American stage and screen actor (Eraserhead; Twin Peaks), dies at 53
1997 – Shinichi Hoshi, Japanese novelist (b. 1926)
2005 – Rona Jaffe, American novelist (Mazes and Monsters), dies at 74
2014 – Erik Hansen, Danish canoeist (Olympic gold K-1 1000m 1960; World C’ship gold 1963), dies at 74
2014 – Yolande Donlan, British-American actress (Jigsaw, Expresso Bongo, Penny Princess), dies at 94
Famous Deaths for 29th December 2022
1170 – Thomas Becket, English Archbishop of Canterbury (1162-70), assassinated by 4 knights of King Henry II at 52
1785 – Johann Heinrich Rolle, composer, dies at 69
1933 – Joh Georghe Duca, premier of Romania, murdered
1958 – Doris Humphrey, American dancer and choreographer (Dances of Women), dies at 63
1975 – Euell Gibbons, American outdoorsman and proponent of natural diets (b. 1911).
1981 – Miroslav Krleža, Croatian writer (b. 1893)
1996 – Oswald Szemerényi, Hungarian linguist, dies at 83
1998 – Donald “Don” Taylor, American director and actor (Father’s Little Dividend, Escape from the Planet of the Apes), dies of hear failure at 78
2005 – Gerda Boyesen, Norwegian-born body psychotherapist (b. 1922)
2020 – John Paul Jr., American auto racer (IMSA GT C’ship 1982; 24 Hours of Daytona 1982, 92; 12 Hours of Sebring 1982), dies from Huntington’s disease at 60
Famous Deaths for 28th December 2022
1367 – Ashikaga Yoshiakira, Japanese shogun (2nd shōgun of the Ashikaga shogunate), dies at 37
1862 – Joaquim Casimiro Jr., Portuguese composer, dies at 54
1891 – Alfred Cellier, British conductor (Glibert and Sullivan) and composer (Dorothy), dies at 47
1918 – George H White, last post Reconstruction congressman (Penn), dies
1919 – Johannes Rydberg, Swedish physicist (Rydberg formula), dies at 65
1985 – Benny Morton, American jazz trombonist (Teddy Wilson Sextet), dies at 78
1991 – Jacques Aubuchon, actor (Hoax, Thunder Road), dies of heart failure
1999 – Clayton Moore, American actor (The Lone Ranger), dies at 85
2003 – Benjamin T. Hacker, American naval aviator (first Naval Flight Officer (NFO) to achieve Flag rank), dies at 68
2021 – Nikolay Shirshov, Uzbekistani soccer defensive midfielder (64 caps; FC Pakhtakor Tashkent, FC Rostov), dies at 47
Famous Deaths for 27th December 2022
1065 – Ferdinand I, the Great, king of Castile, dies
1631 – John Pijnas, Dutch painter, buried at about 47
1737 – William Bowyer, English printer (b. 1663)
1812 – Shneur Zalman of Liadi, Lithuanian rabbi and founder of Chabad Hasidism (b. 1745)
1880 – Alessandro Nini, Italian composer, dies at 75
1991 – Edward M Love, American Broadaway dancer and choreographer, dies of AIDS at 43
2002 – George Roy Hill, American film director (b. 1922)
2003 – Ivan Calderón, Puerto Rican baseball outfielder (MLB All Star 1991; Chicago White Sox, Montreal Expos), dies from multiple firearm wounds at 41
2006 – Marmaduke Hussey, Baron Hussey of North Bradley and Chairman of the Board of Governors of BBC (1986-96), dies at 83
2019 – (Beryl) “Jack” Sheldon, American jazz trumpeter (Merv Griffin), singer (Schoolhouse Rock), and actor (Run Buddy Run), dies at 88
Famous Deaths for 26th December 2022
1624 – Simon Marius, astronomer, dies in Bavaria at 54
1658 – Simon Guillain, French sculptor (Castle of Blois/Sorbonne), dies at 78
1780 – John Fothergill, English physician, dies at 68
1963 – “Gorgeous George” Wagner, wrestler, dies
1974 – Robert Levine Sanders, American composer, dies at 68
1984 – Tebbs Lloyd Johnson, English race walker (Olympic bronze 50k 1952; oldest Olympic medal-winning athlete; 48 years and 115 days), dies at 84
1988 – Pablo Sorozábal, Spanish composer, dies at 91
1994 – Robert Emhardt, American actor (Another World, Underworld USA, Mooncussers), dies at 80
1999 – Curtis Mayfield, American singer-songwriter and soul musician (“Freddie’s Dead”; “Superfly”), dies from complications of type 2 diabetes at 57
2006 – Enrique Antonio “Tony” Silvester, Panamanian-American RandB singer-songwriter (The Main Ingredient – “Everybody Plays the Fool”), dies at 65
Famous Deaths for 25th December 2022
1880 – Fridolin Anderwert, Swiss Federal Councillor, dies at 52
1950 – Neil Francis Hawkins, British fascist (b. 1903)
1954 – Johnny Ace, American rhythm and blues singer, accidentally shoots himself in the head at 25
1957 – Frederick Law Olmsted Jr, US landscape architect and advocate for wildlife conservation, dies at 87
1972 – C. Rajagopalachari, India’s freedom fighter and the first Governor General of independent India, dies at 94
1996 – Rupert John, gov-gen of Grenadines (1970-76), dies
1997 – Anatoli Boukreev, mountaineer, dies at 39
2004 – Gennadi Strekalov, Russian cosmonaut (Soyuz T-3, T-8, T-11, TM-21), dies at 64
2007 – Mighty King Kong, Kenyan reggae musician. (b. 1973)
2009 – Vic Chesnutt, American singer-songwriter, dies of an overdose of muscle relaxants at 46