1010 – Ansfried, 9th bishop of Utrecht (995-1010)/saint, dies at about 69
1679 – James Sharp, English archbishop (assassinated) (b. 1613)
1703 – Eglon van de Down, still-life painter, dies
1969 – Karl Freund, German cinematographer and film director (Dracula, I love Lucy, The Mummy), dies at 79
1987 – Dalida [Yolande Christina Gigliotti], French-Italian actress (The Sixth Day), singer (Bambino), and Miss Egypt 1954, commits suicide at 54
2000 – John Joseph Cardinal O’Connor, Catholic Archbishop of New York (b. 1920)
2008 – Uroš Krek, Slovenian composer, dies at 85
2011 – Sergo Kotrikadze, Georgian footballer (b. 1936)
2018 – Bob Prewitt, American college basketball coach (SMU Mustangs), dies at 93
2018 – Joe Scannella, American football coach (Oakland Raiders, Montreal Alouettes, Cleveland Browns), dies at 89
Category: Famous Deaths
Famous Deaths for 2nd May 2024
1973 – Alan Carney [David Boughal], American actor (Zombies on Broadway, Take it from Me), dies at 61
1990 – William Levi Dawson, American composer, choirmaster, and musicologist, dies at 90
1990 – William L. Dawson, American choir director, composer (Negro Folk Symphony), educator, and musicologist, dies at 90
1991 – Ronald McKie, Australian author (The Mango Tree), dies at 81
1992 – Margareth Wallmann, Austrian opera director, dies at 88
1997 – Queen Mother Moore, African-American civil rights activist and humanitarian, dies at 98
2015 – Ruth Rendell, English thriller writer (Inspector Wexford novels), dies at 85
2018 – Gord Brown, Canadian politician (MP, 2004–2018), dies of a heart attack at 57
2018 – Herman Krebbers, Dutch violinist, concert master, and music teacher, dies at 94
2021 – Tommy West [Picardo], American record producer (Jim Croce; Anne Murray), and singer-songwriter, dies of complications from Parkinson’s disease at 78
Famous Deaths for 1st May 2024
1277 – Stefanus IV Uros I de Great, King of Serbia (1243-76), dies
1813 – Jean-Baptiste Bessières, French marshal (killed in combat) (b. 1768)
1979 – Taisto Mäki, Finnish athlete (WR 2 miles, 5,000m and 10,000m simultaneously 1939-42), dies at 68
1984 – Jüri Lossmann, Estonian athlete (Olympic silver marathon 1920), dies at 93
1986 – Hylda Baker, English comedy actress (b. 1905)
1991 – Richard Thorpe, American director (Jailhouse Rock, Night Must Fall), dies at 95
1994 – Imre Gyöngyössy, Hungarian filmmaker (The Revolt of Job), dies of a heart attack at 64
2008 – Anthony Mamo, Malta’s first President (b. 1909)
2018 – Robert B. Kennedy, American politician (Massachusetts House of Representatives, 1975–1979), dies at 78
2022 – Régine [Zylberberg], French singer and nightclub owner, dies at 92
Famous Deaths for 30th April 2024
1660 – Peter Scriverius, Dutch lawyer and historian, dies at 84
1758 – François d’Agiçncourt, French composer (b. 1684)
1865 – Robert Fitzroy, English admiral and scientist, dies at 59
1982 – Taisen Deshimaru, Japanese founder of several Zen centers in France, dies at 67
1994 – Richard Scarry, American children’s book writer and illustrator (What Do People Do All Day?), dies at 74
2003 – Mark Berger, University of Kentucky professor (b. 1955)
2007 – Kevin Mitchell, American football player (b. 1971)
2009 – Ron Richards, British record producer (Gerry and The Pacemakers; The Hollies), dies at 80
2010 – Gerry Ryan, Irish radio broadcaster (b. 1956)
2023 – Jock Zonfrillo, Scottish chef (Masterchef Australia judge), dies at 46
Famous Deaths for 29th April 2024
1768 – Georg Brandt, Swedish chemist and minerologist, dies at 73
1943 – Sidney Keyes, English poet (Foreign Gate), dies fighting during WWII at 20
1951 – Jules Verstraete [Julien Gustave de Graef], Flemish actor (rubber, The Three Wishes), dies at 67
1959 – Kenneth Anderson, British general (Operation Torch – North Africa), dies at 67
1964 – Albert Saverys, Flemish painter, dies at 77
2011 – David Mason, British orchestral, solo and session trumpet player (The Beatles “Penny Lane”), dies of leukemia at 85
2014 – Bob Hoskins, English actor (Who Framed Roger Rabbit), dies from pneumonia at 71
2020 – Denis Goldberg, South African anti-apartheid activist (convicted alongside Mandela), dies at 87
2021 – Courtney Hall, American NFL center (San Diego Chargers), dies at 52
2021 – Zhang Enhua, Chinese soccer defender (65 caps; Dalian Wanda FC, Grimsby Town), dies from cardiac arrest at 48
Famous Deaths for 28th April 2024
1498 – Henry Percy, 4th Earl of Northumberland, English politician, dies at 40
1865 – Samuel Cunard, Canadian-British shipping magnate and founder (1st regular Atlantic steamship line), dies at 77
1964 – Rolf de Maré, Swedish art collector and museum director, dies at 75
1983 – Ron James, Australian cricketer (NSW’s Sheffield Shield captain 1949-50), dies at 62
1984 – Glen H. Taylor, American senator, dies at 80
2002 – Alexander Lebed, Russian general, dies at 52
2002 – Lou Thesz, American professional wrestler, dies at 86
2016 – Conrad Burns, American politician (Senate-R-Montana 1989-2007), dies at 81
2021 – Michael Collins, American Major General USAF and astronaut (Gemini 10, Apollo 11), dies of cancer at 90
2023 – Taini Jamison (née Royal), New Zealand netball coach (New Zealand 1967-71; World C’ship 1967), dies at 95
Famous Deaths for 27th April 2024
630 – King Ardashir III of Persia, Sasanian shah of Iran, dies at 9
1813 – Zebulon Pike, American brigadier general and explorer (Pike’s Peak), dies in battle at 34
1927 – Albert J. Beveridge, American politician and historian (Progressive leader, Senator Indiana 1899-1911), dies at 64
1975 – Nicholas Soussanin, Russian-American actor (Last Command, Captain Fury), dies at 86
1979 – Alfred Kantorowicz, German-Jewish historian and journalist (Spanish Diary), dies at 79
1990 – Bella Spewack, Hungarian-American playwright (Kiss Me Kate), dies at 91
1992 – Sol K. Bright, Hawaiian steel-guitar player, singer (Hollywaiians), and songwriter (“Hawaiian Cowboy”), dies at 72
2005 – Red Horner, Canadian Hockey HOF defenceman (Stanley Cup 1932 Toronto Maple Leafs), dies at 95
2012 – Bill “Moose” Skowron, American baseball first baseman (8 × MLB All-Star; World Series 1956, 58, 61, 62 NY Yankees, 1963 LA Dodgers), dies from lung cancer at 81
2015 – Suzanne Crough, American child actress (The Partridge Family), dies at 52
Famous Deaths for 26th April 2024
1784 – (Honora) “Nano” Nagle, Irish Catholic educator and religious order founder (Sisters of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, aka Presentation Sisters), dies of tuberculosis at about 66.
1827 – Bernardo Ottani, Italian composer, dies at 90
1951 – Arnold Sommerfeld, German physicist, dies at 82
1970 – Paul Celan, Romanian-born writer, dies at 49
1976 – Neil McCallum, British-Canadian actor (Pete-Saber of London), dies at 45
1976 – Sid James [Solomon Joel Cohen], South African-born British character and comedy actor (Hancock’s Half Hour, Carry On), dies from a heart attack at 62
1980 – Cicely Courtneidge, Australian-born British actress (Double Exposure), dies at 87
1981 – Jim Davis, American actor (Dallas – “Jack Ewing”), dies at 65
1997 – John Beal [James Andrew Bliedung], American actor (10 Who Dare, I Am the Law, Les Misérables), dies at 87
1997 – Gene Ames, American singer (Ames Brothers), dies of cancer at 73
Famous Deaths for 25th April 2024
1800 – William Cowper, English pre-romantic poet (Olney Hymns), dies at 68
1905 – Jacob Olie, Dutch photographer, dies at about 70
1915 – Frederick William Seward, United States Assistant Secretary of State (b. 1830)
1925 – George Stephănescu, Romanian composer, dies at 81
1937 – Michał Drzymała, Polish peasant rebel (Drzymała’s wagon), dies at 79
1976 – Alexander Brailowsky, Russian-French pianist (Chopin specialist), dies at 80
1994 – Talaat Yassin Hamman, militant Muslim leader, shot dead at 32
2000 – Neils Viggo Bentzon, Danish pianist and composer (The Tempered Piano), dies at 80
2003 – Samson Kitur, Kenyan athlete (b. 1966)
2019 – Manuel Lujan Jr., American politician (Rep-R-NM, 1969-89), dies at 90
Famous Deaths for 24th April 2024
1622 – Fidelis of Sigmaringen, Swiss friar, martyr, and saint, dies at 44
1852 – Vasily Zhukovsky, Russian poet (b. 1783)
1924 – George Street, English cricket wicket-keeper (1 Test, 1 dismissal; Surrey CCC, MCC), dies in a road accident at 34
1942 – Leonid Kulik, Russian mineralogist who led the first research expedition to study the Tunguska meteor site, the largest impact event in recorded history, dies of typhus in a Nazi prison camp at 58
1960 – Max von Laue, German physicist who discovered the diffraction of X-rays by crystals, dies at 80
2004 – Winson Hudson, American civil rights activist (rural Mississippi), dies at 87
2004 – Estée Lauder [Josephine Esther Mentzer], American entrepreneur (Estée Lauder cosmetics), dies of cardiopulmonary arrest at 97
2005 – Fei Xiaotong, Chinese sociologist (b. 1910)
2005 – Ezer Weizman, President of Israel (b. 1924)
2009 – Rev. Timothy Wright, American gospel singer (Been There Done That), and pastor, dies from injuries sustained in a car crash at 61