1727 – Catharine I of Russia [Marta Samuilovna], wife of Peter the Great, dies at about 42
1891 – Thomas Hare, English barrister and political reformer, dies at 85
1949 – Arthur L Ochse, South African cricket fast bowler (3 Tests, 10 wickets, BB 4–79; Eastern Province), dies at 49
1972 – Deniz Gezmiş, Turkish Left-wing Political Activist (b. 1947)
1987 – William J. Casey, American head of the CIA during the Iran-contra scandal (1981-87), dies of aspiration pneumonia at 73
2007 – Enéas Carneiro, Brazilian politician (b. 1938)
2015 – Jim [James] Wright, American politician (D-Texas) (Speaker of the House 1987-1989), dies at 92
2018 – Brad Steiger, American author and paranormal researcher, dies at 82
2021 – Kentaro Miura, Japanese manga author (Berserk), dies at 54
2021 – Carlos Timoteo Griguol, Argentine soccer midfielder (Atlanta, Rosario Central) and manager (Ferro Carril Oeste, Real Betis, River Plate), dies from COVID-19 at 84
Category: Famous Deaths
Famous Deaths for 5th May 2023
311 – Galerius, Emperor of Rome (305-311) ended persecution of Christianity in the East, dies of disease
1219 – King Leo II of Armenia (b. 1150)
1309 – Charles II, the Lame, King of Naples (1285-1309), dies
1971 – Violet Jessop, Titanic survivor (b. 1887)
1985 – Sir Donald Bailey, British civil engineer (b. 1901)
1993 – Lenore Kingston Jenson, dies of cancer at 79
2003 – Walter Sisulu, South African activist (b. 1912)
2018 – Rosemarie Schruder, German writer, dies at 89
2018 – Ermanno Olmi, Italian film director (The Tree of Wooden Clogs), dies at 86
2020 – Hillard “Sweet Pea” Atkinson, American RandB singer (Was (Not Was)), dies of a heart attack at 74
Famous Deaths for 4th May 2023
1684 – John Nevison, English highwayman (b. 1639)
1824 – Joseph Joubert, French essayist and moralist (b. 1754)
1855 – Camille Pleyel, Austrian piano builder, and composer, dies at 66
1919 – Milan Rastislav Štefánik, Slovak politician, French general and astronomer (b. 1880)
1945 – Fedor von Bock, German field marshal (commander in the German occupation of Austria, invasions of Poland, France, and Russia during WWII), dies at 64
1953 – T. Tertius Noble, English composer, dies at 85
1981 – Paul Green, American novelist and playwright (In Abraham’s Bosom), dies at 87
2009 – Jane Randolph, American actress (Cat People, Railroaded!), dies of complications after hip surgery at 93
2018 – Renate Dorrelstein, Dutch writer and journalist, dies of cancer at 64
2022 – Harm Ottenbros, Dutch bicycle racer (World C’ships gold men’s road race 1969), dies at 78
Famous Deaths for 3rd May 2023
1654 – François de Kinschot, Dutch jurist and chancellor of Brabant, dies at 77
1679 – James Sharp, English archbishop (assassinated) (b. 1613)
1942 – Thorvald Stauning, Prime Minister of Denmark (1924-26, 1929-42), dies at 68
1994 – Haty Tegelaar-Boonacker, Dutch politician and 2nd chamber member (CDA), dies at 63
1999 – Steve Chiasson, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1967)
2000 – Yoshinao Nakada, Japanese composer, dies at 76
2002 – Barbara Castle, British politician (b. 1910)
2016 – Thomas W. Libous, American politician (Senate-R-New York 1989-2015) brought down by scandal, dies of cancer at 63
2018 – Dan Grimm, American football player (Green Bay Packers, Atlanta Falcons), dies of Parkinson’s disease and dementia at 77
2018 – David Pines, American physicist, dies at 93
Famous Deaths for 2nd May 2023
1567 – Marin Drzic, Croatian playwright (Dundo Maroje), dies
1627 – Lodovico Grossi da Viadana, Italian composer (b. 1560)
1980 – Alioune Diop, Senegalese writer and editor (Présence africaine), dies at 70
1985 – Larry Clinton, American trumpeter and bandleader, dies at 75
1997 – Paulo Freire, Brazilian educator and philosopher (critical pedagogy), dies at 75
2009 – Marilyn French, American author (The Women’s Room), dies at 79
2015 – Guy Carawan, American folk singer and folklorist (We Shall Overcome), dies at 87
2017 – (Mary) Norma Procter, British contralto singer, dies of Parkinson’s Disease at 89
2018 – Kottayam Pushpanath, Indian author, dies at 80
2022 – Yuri Vasenin, Russian soccer midfielder (9 caps USSR; FC Zorya Voroshylovhrad), dies at 73
Famous Deaths for 1st May 2023
1447 – Louis VII, Duke of Bavaria (1413-43), dies at around 79
1863 – Edward D. Tracy, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), dies in battle at 29
1899 – Ludwig Büchner, German philosopher and physician, dies at 75
1924 – August Cuppens, Flemish author (Limburgs Driemanschap), dies at 62
1928 – Ebenezer Howard, English founder of the garden city movement and author (To-Morrow: A Peaceful Path to Real Reform), dies at 78
1957 – Grant Mitchell, American actor (Great Lie, Laura, Cairo, Conflict), dies at 82
1996 – Asher Wallfish, journalist, dies at 67
2006 – Johnny Paris, American saxophonist (Johnny and the Hurricanes) (b. 1940)
2011 – Ted Lowe, English snooker commentator (Pot Black, BBC), dies at 90
2017 – Mike Lowry, American politician (Rep-D-WA, 1979-89, Governor of Washington 1993-97), dies at 78
Famous Deaths for 30th April 2023
1328 – Meister Eckhard, German theologist and mystic, dies at about 78
1793 – Lorenzo Fago, Italian composer and teacher, dies at 88
1893 – Gyula Beliczay, Hungarian composer and teacher, dies at 57
1943 – Otto Jespersen, Danish linguist, dies at 82
1943 – Etty Hillesum, Dutch diarist, dies in Auschwitz
1966 – Richard Fariña, American folk singer-songwriter (“Birmingham Sunday”), and novelist (“Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me”), dies in a motorcycle crash on his 29th birthday
1993 – Dave Waymer, American NFL safety (NO Saints), dies of a heart attack at 34
1997 – Henry Picard, American golfer (Masters 1938, PGA 1939), dies at 90
2019 – Mike Doyle, American surfer (World C’ship 1964 runner-up; World Tandem Champion 1965, 67), dies of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis at 78
2020 – Chuni Goswami, Indian soccer striker and captain (30 caps; Mohun Bagan) and cricket all-rounder (captain Bengal), dies from cardiac arrest at 82
Famous Deaths for 29th April 2023
1499 – John IV, Dutch army leader, Earl of Egmond, dies
1743 – Charles-Irénée Castel de Saint-Pierre, French writer (b. 1658)
1776 – Edward Wortley Montagu, English traveler and writer (b. 1713)
1920 – William Henry Seward, Jr., Union Brigadier General in the American Civil War (b. 1839)
1944 – Bernardino Machado, President of Portugal (1915–17, 1925–26), dies at 93
1947 – Irving Fisher, ‘America’s greatest economist’ (Fisher’s Theory of Interest, Monetarism), dies at 80
1973 – Manfred Gurlitt, German composer, dies at 82
1993 – Mick Ronson, English rock guitarist (David Bowie’s Spiders From Mars), and producer (Mott the Hoople; Lou Reed), dies of liver cancer at 46
2007 – Milt Bocek, American baseball player (Chicago White Sox), dies at 94
2021 – Billie Hayes [Brosch], American stage, film, and television actress Li’l Abner – “Mammy Yokum”; Witchiepoo), dies at 96
Famous Deaths for 28th April 2023
1754 – Giovanni Battista Piazzetta, Italian Rococo painter of religious subjects and genre scenes (Fortune Teller), dies at 72
1813 – Mikhail Kutuzov, Russian field marshal (Battle of Borodino), dies at 67
1883 – William M. Browne, American Confederate politician and Brigadier General, dies at 59
1945 – Hans Bloesch, Swiss author, dies at 67
1973 – Jacques Maritain, French Catholic philosopher (exponent of St Thomas), dies at 90
1981 – Cliff Battles, American College/Pro Football HOF halfback (West Virginia Wesleyan College; 3 x First-Team All-Pro; NFL rushing yards leader 1932, 37; Boston Braves/Redskins, Washington Redskins), dies at 70
1992 – Iceberg Slim [Robert Beck], African-American writer, dies at 73
1996 – Julio Cesar Mendez Montenegro, Guatemalan politician, dies at 80
1999 – Alf Ramsey, English football manager, dies at 79
2009 – Valeria Peter Predescu, Romanian singer, dies of a heart attack at 62
Famous Deaths for 27th April 2023
1656 – Jan van Goyen, Dutch landscape painter, dies at 60
1695 – Juana Inés de la Cruz, Mexican philosopher and poet, and nun, dies at 44
1871 – Sigismond Fortune Francois Thalberg, Austrian composer, dies at 59
1893 – John Murray Corse, American politician and Brevet Major General (Union Army), dies on his 58th birthday
1969 – René Barrientos, President of Bolivia, dies at 49
1991 – Marcus Heeresma, Dutch author (Anna, Son of a Whore), dies at 55
1996 – Joan Sterndale-Bennett, British actress (Brighton Rock, Those Fantastic Flying Fools), dies at 82
2002 – George Alec Effinger, American author, dies at 55
2009 – Woo Seung-yeon, South Korean actress and model, dies at 25
2018 – Paul Junger Witt, American TV and film producer (Brian’s Song; Soap; The Golden Girls; Dead Poets Society), dies of cancer at 77