Famous Deaths on January 4

September 24, 2024

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Deaths 1 - 200 of 233

1765 Joseph Franz Xaver Dominik Stalder, Swiss composer, dies at 39
1773 Anton Losenko, Russian Neoclassical painter, dies at 36
1778 Charles D J Eisen, French engraver/painter, dies at 57
1782 Ange-Jacques Gabriel, French court architect (Palace de la Concorde), dies at 83
1786 Mozes Mendelssohn, German Jewish enlightenment philosopher (Haksalah), dies at 56
1789 Thomas Nelson, American member of Continental Congress (signer of Declaration of Independence), plantation owner and Virginia militia general, dies at 50
1793 Bengt Lidner, Swedish poet (Medea, Yttersa Domen), dies at 35
1804 Charlotte Lennox, English novelist (The Female Quixote), dies
1809 Bartolomeo Giacometti, composer, dies at 67

1st American Catholic saint (canonized 1975), dies in Maryland at 46

1825 Ferdinand I, King of Sicily/Naples (Ferdinand IV), dies at 73
1831 Nikola P Neofit Rilski, Bulgaria abbot/poet, dies at 37
1843 Petronella Moens, Frisian author and feminist, dies at 80
1854 Thomas Campbell, Irish-American clergyman (founder of Disciples of Christ movement in America), dies at 90
1863 William Dunn Moseley, American politician, 1st Governor of Florida under statehood, dies at 67
1864 Mateo Ferrer, composer, dies at 75
1874 Thomas Gregson, Premier of Tasmania (b. 1798)

American shipping and railroad magnate (New York Central Railroad), dies at 82

1880 Anselm Feuerbach, German painter, dies at 50

British-American scientist, chemist, and early photographer, dies at 70

1883 Antoine Eugène Alfred Chanzy, French general (b. 1823)
1883 Nicolás Ledesma, Spanish organist and composer, dies at 91
1885 Iosif Kotek, Russian composer and violinist, dies at 29
1886 Ernest Panckoucke, French publisher (Horace), dies at 77
1891 Antoine Labelle, Quebec catholic priest (b. 1833)
1891 Charles Keene, English artist and illustrator (worked in black and white), dies at 67
1891 Joe Hunter, English cricket wicket-keeper (5 Tests, 11 dismissals; Yorkshire CCC), dies at 35
1895 Manuel Pavía y Rodríguez de Alburquerque, Spanish general, dies at 66
1896 Joseph Hubert Reinkens, German Old Catholic bishop (b. 1821)
1898 Frantisek Pivoda, Czech composer, dies at 73
1898 Johnson Hagood, American politician (Governor of South Carolina 1880-82) and Brigadier General (Confederate Army), dies at 68
1902 Jacobus ".Koot" Opperman, South African Boer general, killed in Battle of Onverwacht, South Africa at 40
1903 Geo[rge J H] Poggenbeek, Dutch surrealist painter, dies at 49
1903 Gulstan Ropert, French Roman Catholic prelate, dies at 63
1903 Topsy the elephant (b. circa 1875)
1908 Anthony Winkler Prins, Dutch writer, encyclopedist (Winker Prins Encyclopedia), and Mennote preacher, dies at 70
1910 Leon Delagrange, French aviation pioneer, dies
1913 Alfred von Schlieffen, Prussian fieldmarshal (Schlieffen Plan), dies at 79
1914 Silas Weir Mitchell, American physician (discovered causalgia, erythromelalgia) and author (Roland Blake, Hugh Wynne), dies at 84
1919 Georg von Hertling, Chancellor of Germany (1917-18), dies at 75
1920 Benito Pérez Galdós, Spanish novelist (Episodios Nacionales), dies at 76
1922 Eliza Ann Gardner, African-American abolitionist and religious leader, dies at 90
1924 Alfred Grünfeld, Austrian pianist, composer (b. 1852)
1926 Margherita of Savoy, Queen consort of the Kingdom of Italy by marriage to Umberto I (1878-1900), dies at 74
1930 Albert Löfgren, Swedish clarinetist and composer (Slåttergille Rhapsody), dies at 57
1931 Arthemus "Art" Acord, American silent film actor and rodeo champion (Arizona Kid, Hard Fists), commits suicide by poison at 40
1931 Roger Connor, American Baseball Hall of Fame 1st baseman (career HR record 138 stood for 23 years; NL batting champion 1885; NL RBI leader 1889; NY Giants), dies of a stomach illness at 73
1940 Konrad Weiss, German writer and poet (Tantum dic verbo - Heart of Words), dies at 59
1941 Henri Bergson, French philosopher (Le Rire, Nobel Prize for Literature 1927), dies at 81
1942 Léon Jessel, German light classical and operetta composer (The Parade of the Tin Soldiers; Schwarzwaldmädel (The Black Forest Girl)), dies of injuries sustained during Gestapo interrogation at 70
1943 Marina Raskova, Russian navigator, dies in airplane crash at 30
1944 Henri "Hans" Flu, Indonesian/Dutch family doctor/antifascist, murder
1944 Kaj Munk [Harald Leininger], anti-fascist writer (Kaj Munk), dies
1947 Forrest Reid, Irish author and literary critic (Young Tom, Apostate), dies at 71
1952 Constant Permeke, Flemish painter, sculptor (De Zaaier; Niobe) and representative of Flemish Expressionism, dies at 65
1953 Arthur Hoyt, American actor and director (Gold Dust Gertie, Goldie Get Along), dies at 79
1953 Prince Yasuhito Chichibu, brother of Emperor Showa, dies at 50
1955 Dominicus Johner, German composer, dies at 80
1955 Francois Rasse, Belgian composer, dies at 81
1955 G. G. van der Hoeven, Dutch editor-in-chief (NRC newspaper), dies at 82
1955 Jan Derk Domela Nieuwenhuis Nyegaard, Dutch vicar (Young Flanders), dies at 84
1956 Alexandr Tikhonovich Grechaninov, composer, dies at 91
1957 Theodor Korner von Siegringen, 5th President of Austria (1951-57), dies at 84
1958 John Anderson, 1st Viscount Waverley, British civil servant, politician and Chancellor of the Exchequer (1943-45), dies at 75

French playwright (Les Justes - The Just Assassins), novelist (L'Étranger - The Stranger), and philosopher (Nobel Prize for Literature 1957), dies in an auto accident at 46

1961 Barry Fitzgerald, Irish actor (Academy Award, Going My Way), dies at 72

1962 Hans Lammers, German SS officer and Nazi politician, dies at 82
1964 (Arthur) "Artie" Bernstein, American jazz and session double bassist (The Dorsey Brothers), dies at 54
1964 Ralph Dumke, American actor (Movieland Quiz), dies at 64

American-born British poet (The Waste Land) and Nobel laureate (1948), dies in London at 76

1966 Marcel Tabuteau, French-American oboist (Philadelphia Orchestra, 1915-54), dies at 78
1967 Donald Campbell, English boat and land racer (world land speed & water speed records 1964; only person to complete in same year), dies in record attempt at 45
1968 Joseph Pholien, Belgian politician (Prime Minister of Belgium 1950-52), dies at 83
1969 Daisy and Violet Hilton, British conjoined twins, die at 60
1969 Julian Myrick, American tennis promoter (West Side Tennis Club & Forest Hills Stadium), dies at 88
1969 Montague Fawcett Phillips, British composer, dies at 83
1969 Paul Chambers, American jazz bassist (Miles Davis Quintet, 1955-63; Wynton Kelly Trio, 1963-68), dies of tuberculosis at 33
1970 Jean-Étienne Valluy, French general (Director of Colonial Forces in Indochina), dies at 70
1971 Arthur Ford, American clairaudient (b. 1896)
1972 Carl-Olof Anderberg, Swedish composer, dies at 57
1974 Karel Janeček, Czech composer, dies at 70
1975 Carlo Levi, Italian writer (Parole Sono Pietre), dies at 72
1976 Jan Cammans, Flemish actor (Brothers Karamazov), dies at 84
1981 Ruth Lowe, Canadian pianist and composer ("I'll Never Smile Again"), dies at 66
1985 Brian Gwynne Horrocks, English Army Lt-General, author (A Full Life; Corps Commander), and film consultant (A Bridge Too Far), dies at 89
1985 Lovro von Matačić, Croatian conductor and composer (Bruckner Medal), dies at 86
1986 Christopher Isherwood, English novelist (Lions & Shadows), dies at 81
1986 Phil Lynott, Irish rock musician (Thin Lizzy), dies of an overdose at 36 [1]
1987 Frederik van Heek, Dutch sociologist, dies at 79
1987 Jack Martin, cricketer (Eng pace bowler, 1-111 & 0-18 in Test), dies
1987 Peggy Bacon, American author and illustrator (Off With Their Heads), dies at 91
1988 Lily Laskine, French harpist, dies at 94
1988 Predrag Milošević, Serbian pianist, conductor, composer (Simfonijeta), and pedagogue, dies at 83
1990 Alberto Lleras Camargo, president of Colombia (1945-46, 58-62), dies
1990 Harold Edgerton, American electrical engineer and photographer who created high-speed photography techniques, dies at 86
1990 Robert Adams, American sci-fi author (Castaways in Time), dies at 57
1990 Sir Henry Bolte, Premier of Victoria 1955-1972 (b. 1908)
1991 Berry Kroeger, actor (Demon Seed), dies of kidney failure at 78
1991 Harry Krimer, French actor (Napoleon, Les vagabonds magnifiques, La course du flambeau), committed suicide at 94
1991 Leo Wright, American jazz saxophone and flute player (Dizzy Gillespie; "Blues Shout"; "I Left My Heart In San Francisco"), dies of a heart attack at 57
1991 Poon Lim, Chinese sailor who survived 133 days adrift at sea, dies at 72
1991 Richard Maibaum, American screenwriter (Goldfinger), dies at 81
1992 Earl Colbert, American character actor, dies at 74
1992 Teddy Grace [Stella Crowson], American jazz and blues singer, dies at 86 [1]
1992 William Walker, American film stuntman and actor (Our Man Flint), dies at 74
1993 Charles Bridgford, Australian politician
1993 Daniel H Craven, South African rugby coach, dies
1993 Joe Keenan, actor (Conviction of Kitty Dodd), dies of cancer at 69
1994 Jim Booth, New Zealand producer (Heavenly Creatures), dies at 48
1994 Michiel P "Michael" Gorsira, Gov of Curacao (1951-67), dies at 80
1994 R. D. Burman, Indian film score composer (1942: A Love Story), dies at 54
1995 Brooks Stevens, American automotive designer (1949 Hydra-Glide Harley; 1963 Jeep Wagoneer), dies at 84
1995 Dorothy Granger, American actress (Hog Wild, Dentist), dies at about 80
1995 Eduardo Mata, Mexican conductor (Improvisaciones), dies in air crash at 52
1995 Leonard Hirsch, British violinist and conductor (BBC Empire Orchestra), dies at 92
1995 Robert Clifford Latham, English Pepys scholar, dies at 82
1995 Sol Tax, American anthropologist (founded the journal Current Anthropology), dies at 87
1996 Ramon Vinay, Chilean operatic tenor, dies at 83
1997 Harry B Helmsley, American billionaire real estate developer (purchased Empire State Building, 1961), dies at 87
1998 John Gary [Strader], American pop and easy listening singer ("Cold"), dies of cancer at 65
1998 Mae Questel, American vaudeville, screen and voice actress (Olive Oyl; Betty Boop), dies from complications of Alzheimer's disease at 89
1999 Allen Sapp, American composer (Imaginary Creatures), and pedagogue, dies of heart failure at 76
1999 Iron Eyes Cody [Espera Oscar de Corti], Italian-American actor (Keep America Beautiful, Black Gold, Ernest Goes to Camp), dies at 91
1999 Maqsood Ahmed, Pakistani cricket all-rounder who played 16 tests (2 x 50, 3 wickets; Karachi Blues, Rawalpindi) and broadcaster (PTV, BBC, Radio Pakistan), dies at 73
2000 Tom Fears, American College and Pro Football Hall of Fame defensive end and coach (NFL champion 1951; First-team All-Pro, NFL receiving yards leader 1950; LA Rams), dies at 77
2001 Les Brown, American big band bandleader (His Band of Renown - "Sentimental Journey"), dies at 88
2003 Conrad Hall, Tahitian-American cinematographer, dies at 76
2003 Sabine Ulibarri, Mexican American writer (b. 1919)
2003 Yfrah Neaman, Israeli-British concert violinist, and pedagogue, dies of cancer at 79
2004 Brian Gibson (director), English film director (b. 1944)
2004 Jake Hess, American singer (b. 1927)
2004 Jeff Nuttall, English writer (b. 1933)
2004 Joan Aiken, English writer of children's books (The Whispering Mountain), dies at 79
2004 John Toland, American political writer (Rising Sun, Pulitzer 1971), dies at 91
2005 Alton Tobey, American artist, dies at 90
2005 Bud Poile, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1924)
2005 Frank Harary, American mathematician (b. 1921)
2005 Guy Davenport, American author, artist, and scholar (b. 1927)
2005 Humphrey Carpenter, English author (b. 1946)
2005 Robert Christiani, West Indian cricket batsman (22 Tests, 1 x 100, 4 x 50, HS 107; British Guiana), dies at 84
2005 Robert Heilbroner, American economist and historian of economic thought (The Worldly Philosophers: The Lives, Times and Ideas of the Great Economic Thinkers), dies at 85
2006 Irving Layton, Romanian-Canadian poet (A Red Carpet for the Sun), dies at 93
2006 Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates (1971-79) and Ruler of Dubai (1990-2006), dies of a heart attack at 62
2006 Robert Howard White, Mayor of Papatoetoe, New Zealand (b. 1914)
2007 Ben Gannon, Australian theatre film and television producer (b. 1952)
2007 Gáspár Nagy, Hungarian poet and writer (b. 1949)
2007 Gren, Welsh newspaper cartoonist (b. 1934)
2007 Helen Hill, American independent filmmaker (b. 1970)
2007 Jan Schröder, Dutch cyclist (b. 1941)
2007 Marais Viljoen, former State President of South Africa (b. 1915)
2007 Osman Waqialla, Sudanese artist and calligrapher (b. 1925)
2007 Sandro Salvadore, Italian footballer (b. 1939)
2007 Sir Lewis Hodges, British Air Chief Marshal (b. 1918)
2007 Steve Krantz, American film and TV producer (Fritz the Cat) (b. 1923)
2008 Jimmy Nah, Singapore celebrity (b. 1968)
2008 John O'Donohue, Irish poet (Anam Cara; Benedictus), philosopher, theologian, and one-time priest, dies at 52
2008 Joyce Carlson, American artist (b. 1923)
2008 Mort Garson, Canadian-American composer ("Our Day Will Come") and Moog synthesizer pioneer, dies of renal failure at 83
2008 Xavier Chamorro Cardenal, Nicaraguan journalist and newspaper editor (La Prensa; El Nuevo Diario), dies of heart disease at 75
2009 Giselle Salandy, Trinidad & Tobago female boxer (b. 1987)
2010 Casey Johnson, American heiress and socialite (b. 1979)
2010 Donal Donnelly, Irish actor (The Godfather: Part III, Dead), dies of cancer at 78
2010 Johan Ferrier, Surinamian politician (b. 1910)
2010 Rory Markas, American sportscaster (Los Angeles Angels, 2002-09), dies of a heart attack at 54
2010 Sandro, Argentine songwriter (b. 1945)
2010 Tsutomu Yamaguchi, Japanese Businessman, and Survivor of Hiroshima and Nagasaki Atomic Bombings (b. 1916)
2011 Coen Moulijn, Dutch soccer winger (38 caps; Feyenoord 487 games, European Cup 1970), dies from a cerebral infarction at 73
2011 Dick King-Smith, English writer whose "The Sheep-Pig" was the basis of the film "Babe," dies at 88
2011 Gerry Rafferty, Scottish guitarist and vocalist (Steeler's Wheel - "Stuck In The Niddle"; solo - "Baker Street"), dies at 63
2011 Miick Karn [Andonis Michaelides], Cypriot-British new wave and art rock fretless bassist, and singer-songwriter (Japan), dies of cancer at 52
2012 Eve Arnold, American photojournalist (Marilyn Monroe), dies at 99
2012 Gatewood Galbraith [Louis], lawyer, American political activist, iconic Kentucky political figure, dies from pneumonia at 64
2012 Harry Fowler, British actor (Great: Isambard Kingdom Brunel), dies at 85
2012 James Crow, American geneticist, dies at 95
2012 Rod Robbie, Canadian architect and planner (Roger's Centre/Sky Dome, Toronto), dies at 83
2012 Ruben Ayala, American politician (California State Senator 1974-1998), dies of natural cause at 89
2013 Derek Kevan, English soccer striker (14 caps; WBA 262 games, Manchester City), dies at 77
2013 Geoffrey de Bellaigue, French-British art curator (The Royal Collection, 1972-88), dies at 81
2013 Sammy Johns, American country artist, dies at 66
2013 Tony Lip [Frank Anthony Vallelonga], American author and actor (Sopranos, Donnie Brasco, Good Fellas), dies at 82
2013 Yevgeny Pepelyaev, Soviet fighter pilot, dies at 94
2015 Barbara Tizard, British educator and author, dies at 88
2015 Stu Miller, American MLB baseball pitcher, 1952-68 (St. Louis Cardinals; New York/San Francisco Giants, and 3 other teams, dies at 87

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