1605 – Clement VIII [Ippolito Aldofireini], Italian Pope (1592-1605), dies at 69
1726 – Evelyn Pierrepont, 1st Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull, English politician
1950 – Roman Shukhevych, Ukrainian nationalist and military leader, dies at 42
1967 – Mohammad Mosaddegh, Prime Minister of Iran (1951-53) who was overthrown in a coup d’état aided by the CIA and the British SIS, dies at 84
1982 – John Belushi, American comedian (SNL, 1975-80), actor (Animal House), and singer (The Blues Brothers), dies of a drug overdose at 33
1984 – Michael Sklar, American comedian (Laugh-In; Sha Na Na), dies at 39
1995 – (Victor) “Vivian” Stanshall, British singer and comic songwriter (Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band – “I’m The Urban Spaceman”; Magical Mystery Tour), dies in a fire at his home, at 51
1996 – Nicolás Cotoner, 23rd Marquess of Mondéjar, Spanish nobleman and military officer, dies at 90
2018 – Kjerstin Dellert, Swedish opera singer, dies at 92
2021 – Michael Stanley [Gee], American rocker (Michael Stanley Band- “My Town”), dies of lung cancer at 72
Category: Famous Deaths
Famous Deaths for 4th March 2024
1733 – Claude de Forbin, French naval commander, dies at 76
1903 – Joseph Henry Shorthouse, English writer (John Inglesant), dies at 68
1976 – Walter H. Schottky, German physicist (Thermodynamik), dies at 89
1978 – Wesley Bolin, former Governor of the U.S. State of Arizona (b. 1909)
1990 – Hank Gathers, American basketball player (b. 1967)
2004 – Stephen Sprouse, American fashion designer (b. 1953)
2006 – Jan Felderhof, Dutch violinist and composer, dies at 98
2010 – Raimund Abraham, Austrian architect (b. 1933)
2011 – Johnny Preston, American pop singer (Running Bear), dies at 71
2011 – Vivienne Harris, British businesswoman and newspaper publisher (b.c. 1921)
Famous Deaths for 3rd March 2024
1855 – Robert Mills, American engineer and architect (Washington Monument on the National Mall), dies at 73
1953 – James J. Jeffries, American heavyweight boxer, dies at 77
1961 – Paul Wittgenstein, Austrian-born left-handed pianist, dies at 72
1983 – Hergé [Georges Prosper Remi], Belgian comic book creator (The Adventures of Tintin), dies at 75
1988 – Sewall Wright, US geneticist (evolution model), dies at 98
1991 – Arthur Murray [Moses Teichman], American ballroom dancer and businessman (Arthur Murray Dance Party), dies at 95 of pneumonia
1995 – Gilbert Gadoffre, French scholar (Professor of French) and Wartime resister, dies at 84
1996 – Meyer Schapiro, Lithuanian-born American art historian, dies at 91
2007 – Osvaldo Cavandoli, Italian cartoonist and creator of “La Linea” animated cartoons, dies at 87
2016 – Martin Crowe, New Zealand cricketer and batsman, dies of cancer at 53
Famous Deaths for 2nd March 2024
1835 – Francis II, last Holy Roman Emperor (1792-1806), Emperor of Austria (1804-35) dies at 67
1882 – Louis Kufferath, German-Belgian composer, dies at 70
1967 – José Martínez Ruiz, Spanish poet and writer (b. 1873)
1981 – Tony Gulotta, American auto racer (Indianapolis 500 1927 3rd), dies at 78
1992 – Sandy Dennis, American Tony and Academy Award-winning stage and screen actress (Any Wednesday; Who’s Afraid of Virginia Wolfe?; The Out-of-Towners), dies of ovarian cancer at 54
1998 – Henry Steele Commager, American historian (Atlas of Civil War), dies at 95
2001 – John Diamond, British journalist, dies of cancer at 47
2012 – Nydia Ecury, celebrated Afro-Dutch writer, translator and actress (Kantika pa Mama Tera), dies at 86
2013 – Robert Feenstra, Dutch law historian, dies at 92
2023 – Rafael Viñoly, Uruguayan-American architect (20 Fenchurch Street (London); Kimmel Center (Philadelphia); Booth School of Business (Chicago)), dies of an aneurysm at 78
Famous Deaths for 1st March 2024
1244 – Gruffydd ap Llywelyn Fawr, son of Welsh leader Llywelyn the Great, dies trying to escape from the Tower of London (b. 1200)
1929 – Royal H. Weller, American politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York), dies at 47
1956 – Henriette Renié, French harp prodigy, composer, and teacher, dies at 80
1976 – Jean Martinon, French conductor and composer, dies at 66
1994 – Timothy Andrew James Souster, British composer, dies at 51
1994 – Eliseo Diego, Cuban poet, dies at 74
2007 – Joel Brodsky, American photographer, credited with photographing over 400 album covers, dies of a heart attack at 67
2010 – Kristian Digby, British television presenter and director, dies at 32
2016 – Jim Kimsey, American co-founder of AOL, dies at 76
2020 – Stefan Lindqvist, Swedish soccer midfielder (5 caps; IFK Göteborg), dies from Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis at 52
Famous Deaths for 29th February 2024
1852 – John Landseer, English printer and engraver (Royal Academy), dies (birth date unknown 1763-69)
1880 – Sir James Wilson, Premier of Tasmania (b. 1812, also on 29 February)
1956 – Elpidio Quirino, 6th President of the Philippines (1949-53), dies at 65
1964 – Frank Albertson, American actor (Psycho, It’s a Wonderful Life, Alice Adams), dies in his sleep at 55
1968 – Tore Ørjasæter, Norwegian poet (b. 1886)
1996 – Wes Farrell, American songwriter (The Partridge Family), dies of cancer at 56
1996 – Duncan Stuart Wilson Fighter pilot-MacDonald, dies at 83
1996 – Joe Minogue, British journalist (Guardian), dies at 72
2000 – Dennis Danell, American punk rock guitarist (Social Distortion), dies of heart failure at 38
2016 – Aron Burton, American electric and Chicago blues bass guitarist, singer, and songwriter, dies of heart disease and diabetes at 77
Famous Deaths for 28th February 2024
1572 – Aegidius Tschudi, Swiss historian (b. 1505)
1973 – (Pablo) “Tito” Rodríguez, Puerto Rican timbalero, singer, bandleader (“Inolvidable”), and television host, dies of leukemia at 50
1973 – Cecil Kellaway, South African-American stage and screen character actor (Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner; The Luck of the Irish), dies at 82
1985 – Charita Bauer, American actress (The Guiding Light, Aldrich Family), dies following long illness at 62
1990 – Fabia Drake, actress (Nice Girl Like Me), dies at 86
1993 – Joyce Carey, British actress (Brief Encounter, The Cedar Tree), dies at 94
1994 – (Elbert) “Skippy” Williams, American jazz tenor saxophonist and musical arranger, dies at 77
2008 – Mike Smith, British rock singer and keyboardist (Dave Clark Five – “Glad All Over”), dies of pneumonia at 64
2015 – Anthony Mason, American NBA forward (NY Knicks, Charlotte Hornets), dies at 48 of a heart attack
2020 – Freeman Dyson, American physicist (known for his work in quantum electrodynamics, solid-state physics, astronomy and nuclear engineering), dies at 96
Famous Deaths for 27th February 2024
1666 – Luisa de Guzmán, Queen of Portugal (1640-56), dies at 52
1706 – John Evelyn, English writer and diarist (Life of Mrs Godolphin), dies at 85
1805 – Stefan Paluselli, Austrian choirmaster, composer, and monk, dies at 57
1852 – Joseph Drechsler, Czech composer, dies at 69
1942 – Martha McChesney Berry, American educator who founded Berry School for Children, dies at 75
1961 – Platt Adams, American field athlete (Olympic gold standing high jump 1912), dies at 75
1973 – Lucijan Marija Skerjanc, Yugoslav conductor and composer, dies at 72
1985 – Ray Ellington [Henry Pitts Brown], British jazz drummer, singer and bandleader (The Goon Show), dies of cancer at 68
1990 – Nahum Norbert Glatzer, Jewish-American scholar (b. 1903)
2019 – France-Albert René, 2nd President of Seychelles (1977-2004), dies at 83
Famous Deaths for 26th February 2024
1608 – John Still, English Bishop of Bath and Wells, dies at about 64
1823 – John Philip Kemble, British actor and director (Drury Lane, Covent Garden), dies at 66
1871 – Sophia Hawthorne, American writer, painter and illustrator, dies at 61
1906 – Manuel Fernandez Caballero, Spanish composer, dies at 70
1947 – Kálmán Tihanyi, Hungarian physicist and engineer (invented cathode ray tube for television), dies at 49
1963 – Artturi Leinonen, Finnish journalist and writer (Kati), dies at 74
2002 – Lawrence Tierney, American actor (Abduction, Dillinger, Reservoir Dogs), dies of pneumonia at 82
2005 – Ian Colquhoun, New Zealand cricket wicket-keeper (2 Tests, 4 dismissals), dies at 80
2017 – Robert Allworth, Australian composer (A Different Time, A Different Place), dies at 74
2023 – Fred Shabel, American basketball coach (Connecticut Huskies 1963-67) and executive (AD University of Pennsylvania 1967-75; Comcast Spectacor), dies at 90
Famous Deaths for 25th February 2024
1805 – Thomas Pownall, British colonial statesman (b. 1722)
1902 – Carl Ignaz Franz Umlauf, Austrian zither player and composer, dies at 77
1906 – Anton Arensky, Russian composer and conductor, dies of tuberculosis at 44
1966 – James D. Norris, American sports businessman (Chicago Black Hawks), dies at 59
1983 – John Cowles Sr, American newspaper and magazine publisher (Minneapolis Star, Harper’s Magazine), dies at 84
1988 – Amapola Del Vando, actress (Cowboy), dies at 78
1998 – Luigi Veronesi, Italian abstract artist (Campo Grafico), dies at 90
2003 – Tom O’Higgins, Irish Chief Justice (b. 1916)
2006 – Darren McGavin [Richardson], American actor (Murphy Brown, The Night Stalker, A Christmas Story), dies of cardiovascular disease at 83
2023 – Fred Miller, American football defensive tackle (Super Bowl 1970 Baltimore Colts; Pro Bowl 1967, 68, 69), dies at 82