Deaths January 29 | History by KabAstro

George III (1738-1820)

King of Great Britain and Ireland and King/Elector of Hanover (1760-1820), dies after years of mental illness at 81

1824 Louise of Stolberg-Gedern, Countess of Albany, wife of Bonnie Prince Charlie, dies at 71
1829 Paul-François-Jean-Nicolas, French politician of the French Revolution, dies at 73
1841 Juan Lovera, Venezuelan artist, dies at 64
1859 Seth Thomas, American manufacturer and pioneer in the mass production of clocks, dies at 73
1859 William Cranch Bond, American astronomer (codiscovered Hyperion), dies at 69
1870 Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany, dies at 72
1871 Philippe-Joseph Aubert de Gaspé, French Canadian writer (Les Anciens Canadiens), dies at 84
1879 Antonio Benedetto Antonucci, Italian cardinal and diplomat, dies at 80
1888 Edward Lear, English poet and author (famous for his nonsense poems - The Owl and the Pussycat), dies at 75
1897 John E. Smith, American Brevet Major General (Union Army), dies at 80
1899 Alfred Sisley, French impressionist painter, dies at 59
1899 Robert Fruin, Dutch historian (80 year war), dies at 75
1906 Christian IX, King of Denmark (1893-1906), dies at 87
1910 Édouard Rod, French-Swiss writer (Mishel' Tes'e), dies at 52
1912 Hermann Bang, Danish writer, dies at 54
1917 Evelyn Baring, 1st Earl of Cromer, British diplomat (Consul-General in Egypt, 1883-1907), and writer, dies at 75

Douglas Haig (1861-1928)

British fieldmarshal (Sudan, WWI) nicknamed "Butcher Haig" due to mass casualties under his command during the Battle of the Somme, dies from a heart attack at 66

1929 La Goulue [Louise Weber], French can-can dancer (Moulin Rouge), known as the Queen of Montmartre, dies at 62
1933 Sara Teasdale, American lyric poet (Pulitzer Prize 1918 "Love Songs"), commits suicide at 48
1934 Fritz Haber, German physicist and chemist (1918 Nobel Prize for Chemistry 1918 for process to synthesize ammonia), dies at 65
1941 Ioannis Metaxas, Greek military officer, politician, and dictator 1936-41), dies of throat cancer at 69
1942 Bion J. Arnold, American electrical engineer and inventor (railroad electrification), dies at 80
1942 Ladislao Zavertal, Czech-Italian conductor and composer, dies at 92
1944 William Allen White, American journalist (Emporia Gazette), dies at 75
1946 Harry Hopkins, American statesman and presidential advisor (US Secretary of Commerce, Loan & Lease law), dies at 55
1946 Sidney Jones, British conductor and composer (The Geisha, A Gaiety Girl), dies at 84
1947 Fred Barratt, English cricket fast bowler (5 Tests, 5 wickets; Nottinghamshire CCC), dies at 52
1948 Tomislav II of Croatia, 4th Duke of Aosta, Italian aristocrat (b. 1900)
1950 Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Emir of Kuwait (b. 1885)
1951 James Bridie [Osborne Henry Mavor], Scottish dramatist, dies at 63
1955 Hans Hedtoft, 14th Prime Minister of Denmark (1947-50, 53-55), dies at 51

H. L. Mencken (1880-1956)

American newspaperman and critic (Prejudices, Smart Set), dies at 75

1960 Louis Jean Heydt, American character actor (Waterfront; Gone With The Wind; The Great McGinty), dies from a heart attack at 56
1962 Friedrich-Max "Fritz" Kreisler, Austrian-American violinist and composer (Alt-Wiener Tanzweisen), dies at 86

Robert Frost (1874-1963)

American poet (New Hampshire, 4 Pulitzers), dies at 88

1964 Alan Ladd, American actor (Shane, Carpetbaggers), dies from an overdose at 50
1965 Jack Hylton, English orchestra leader and impresario (Crazy Passage Show), dies at 72
1965 John Larkin, American actor (Saints & Sinners, The Satan Bug, 12 O'Clock High), dies of a heart attack at 52
1965 Michał Spisak, Polish composer (Hymne Olympique), dies at 50
1966 Josef Winckler, German dentist and writer (Tolle Bomberg), dies at 84
1966 Pierre Mercure, Canadian composer, dies in an accident at 38
1967 Włodzimierz Poźniak, Polish composer, dies at 62
1968 Laxmidas Purshottamdas Jai, Indian cricket batsman (1 Test; captain Bombay in inaugural Ranji Trophy win 1935), dies at 66
1970 B. H. Liddell Hart, English military historian and publicist (The Rommel Papers), dies at 74
1973 Johannes Paul Thilman, German composer, dies at 67
1973 Ludwig Stössel, Austrian actor (Man With a Camera, The Pride of the Yankees), dies at 89
1974 H. E. Bates [Herbert Ernest Bates ], English writer (Love for Lydia, The Darling Buds of May), dies at 68
1976 Jesse Fuller, American one-man blues band ("San Francisco Bay Blues"), dies of heart disease at 80
1976 Michael Gwynn, English actor (Dunkirk, Barabbas, Cleopatra), dies of a heart attack at 59
1977 Buster Nupen, South African cricket all-rounder (17 Tests, 50 wickets; one eye only), dies at 75
1977 Freddie Prinze, American comedian and actor (Chico & the Man), commits suicide by shooting himself in the head at 22
1978 Tim McCoy, American actor (Arizona Bound) and soldier, dies at 86
1980 Antonio Molina, Filipino composer, conductor and music administrator (Ana Maria, Hatinggabi), dies at 85

Jimmy Durante (1893-1980)

American actor, comedian and singer known as "the schnozzola" (The Durante-Moore Show, Jimmy Durante Show), dies of pneumonia at 86

1981 (William Randolph) "Cozy" Cole, American jazz drummer ("Topsy I"; "Topsy II"), and educator, dies of cancer at 71
1984 Edzard Schaper, German author (Der Henker 'The Hangman'; The Fourth King) who wrote about Estonia and Christianity and was sentenced to death by both the Soviet Union and Germany, dies at 76
1984 Frances Goodrich, American actress and dramatist (Diary of Anne Frank), dies at 93 of lung cancer
1986 Leif Erickson, American actor (Invaders from Mars, On the Waterfront), dies at 74
1987 Ivo Lhotka-Kalinski, Yugoslav composer, dies at 73
1988 Bantcho Bantchevsky, Bulgarian-American singer, commits suicide during a performance of at the Metropolitan Opera at 81
1988 James R. Killian Jr., 10th president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1948-59), dies at 83
1988 Rogier van Otterloo, Dutch composer and conductor, dies at 46
1989 Halina Konopacka, Polish discus thrower (Olympic gold 1928), dies at 88
1991 John Graham, Jr. American architect (Space Needle - Seattle), dies of heart disease at 82
1991 Yasushi Inoue, Japanese writer (The Bullfight), dies at 83
1992 Willie Dixon, American blues musician ("Backdoor Man"), dies at 76
1993 Hank Werba [Herman Werblowski], American journalist (Variety), dies at 79
1993 Michel Renault, French ballet dancer (Giselle), dies at 65
1994 Nick Cravat [Nicholas Cuccia], American actor (Twilight Zone - "Gremlin" in "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet" episode), dies of lung cancer at 82
1994 Ulrike Maier, Austrian alpine skier (World C'ship gold Super-G 1989, 91), dies of a broken neck from accident during World Cup event in Germany at 26
1994 Yevgeny Leonov, Russian actor (Gentlemen of Fortune; Mimino), dies at 67
1995 Chris de Marigny, British dance administrator, dies at 52
1995 Dickie Burnell, British rower (Olympic gold double sculls 1948), dies at 77
1995 Guy Clutton-Brock, English social worker (declared a national hero in Zimbabwe), dies at 88
1995 Kuldar Sink, Estonian composer, dies at 52
1995 Ray Cecil, British architect, dies at 69
1996 Jack Sutherland, Scottish journalist, dies at 79
1996 John Terence Reese, British bridge master, dies at 82
1997 Eric Schneider, American murderer of 2 teachers, executed in MO at 35
1997 Louis Pauwels, French writer and editor, dies at 76
1997 Osvaldo Soriano, Argentine writer and journalist, dies of cancer at 54
1998 Joseph Alioto, American politician (Mayor of San Francisco 1968-76), dies at 81
1999 Lili St. Cyr [Marie Van Schaack], American dancer and strip tease performer, dies at 80
2002 Dick 'Night Train' Lane, American Pro Football HOF cornerback (7 x Pro Bowl; 7 x First-team All-Pro; LA Rams, Chicago Cardinals, Detroit Lions), dies at 74
2002 Harold Russell, Canadian actor (Best Years of Our Life, Dogtown), dies from a heart attack at 88
2002 James Marjoribanks, British ambassador to the European Economic Community, dies at 90
2003 Frank Moss, American politician (Senator (D) Utah 1959-77), dies at 91
2004 Janet Frame, New Zealand writer (An Angel at My Table, Care, Owls Do Cry), dies at 79
2004 M. M. Kaye, British writer (The Far Pavilions), dies at 95
2004 Otto Wilhelm Fischer, Austrian actor (Helden, Ich suche dich), dies of kidney disease at 88
2004 Serafim Tulikov, Russian composer (March of the Soviet Youth), dies at 89
2005 Ephraim Kishon, Israeli author, dramatist, screenwriter, and Oscar-nominated film director, dies at 80
2005 Eric Griffiths, Welsh guitarist (The Quarrymen), dies of cancer at 64
2005 Yutaka Makino, Japanese composer, dies at 74
2006 Nam June Paik, Korean avant-garde composer, and video artist (Medium is the Medium; hommage à john cage), dies at 73
2007 Barbaro, American thoroughbred racehorse (b. 2003)
2007 Dia Abdul Zahra Kadim, Iraqi extremist leader (b. 1970)
2008 Margaret Truman, American presidential daughter, singer and writer (Murder at FBI), dies at 83
2008 Philippe Khorsand, French actor (b. 1948)
2008 Raymond Jacobs, American Marine Corp sergeant (one of the WWII Iwo Jima flag planters), and news journalist, dies at 82
2009 (Bennie Ross) "Hank" Crawford, American saxophonist, arranger and songwriter (Help Me Make It Through the Night), dies of complications from a stroke at 74
2009 Alfred Mabbs, British Archivist (Public Records Office), dies at 87
2009 Bill Frindall, English cricket scorer and statistician (BBC, "the Bearded Wonder"), dies from Legionnaires' disease at 69
2009 Hélio Gracie, Brazilian martial artist, co-founder and 'Godfather' of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, dies at 95
2009 John Martyn [Iain McGeachy], British folk-rock-blues singer-songwriter, and guitarist ("May You Never"), dies due to acute respiratory distress syndrome at 60

Tom Brookshier (1931-2010)

American football defensive end (Philadelphia Eagles) and broadcaster (CBS), dies of cancer at 78

2011 Bruce Jackson, Australian audio engineer specializing in live concert mixing (Elvis Presley, 1973-77; Bruce Springsteen, 1978-88; Barbra Streisand, 1993-2007; Fleetwood Mac, 1997), dies as pilot in crash of private plane at 61
2011 Emanuel Vardi, Israeli-American viola virtuoso and conductor (South Dakota Symphony 1978-82), dies at 95 [1]
2011 Milton Babbitt, American mathematician, composer of serial and electronic music (Correspondences), and teacher (Princeton; Juilliard), dies at 94
2012 Camilla Williams, American operatic soprano, dies at 92
2012 François Migault, French auto racer (24 Hours of Le Mans 1976 runner-up; 16 F1 GP), dies from cancer at 67
2012 Goody Petronelli, American boxing trainer and manager, dies at 88
2012 Oscar Luigi Scalfaro, Italian President (1992-99), dies at 93
2013 Frank Hahn, British economist, dies at 87
2014 Ashutosh Maharaj, Indian spiritual leader and founder of the Divine Light Awakening Mission, claims 30 million followers, dies at 68
2014 Ildefonso P. Santos Jr., Filipino landscape architect (National Artist of the Philippines in Architecture, 2006), dies of heart failure at 84
2015 Colleen McCullough, Australian author (Tim, Indecent Obsession, The Thorn Birds), dies at 77
2015 Kel Nagle, Australian golfer (British Open 1960), dies at 94
2015 Paul Panhuysen, Dutch composer, visual and sound artist, dies at 80
2015 Rodney "Rod" McKuen, American poet, singer-songwriter and actor (Jean, Alone, Beatsville), dies at 81
2016 Alden Ashforth, American composer and professor of ethnomusicology, dies at 82
2016 Aurèle Nicolet, Swiss flautist (Berlin Philharmonic), and educator, dies at 90
2016 Jacques Rivette, French New Wave film director (The Beautiful Troublemaker), dies at 87
2019 Andy Hebenton, Canadian ice hockey right wing (record 630 consecutive games; NY Rangers, Boston Bruins), dies at 89
2019 James Ingram, American R&B singer-songwriter and musician ("Somewhere Out There"; "Just Once"), dies of brain cancer at 66
2020 Christoph Meckel, German writer, and graphic artist, dies at 84
2020 Irina Laricheva, Russian trap shooter (World C'ships x 6 gold individual, team, double trap), dies at 55
2020 Keith Nelson, New Zealand soccer striker (20 caps; Mount Wellington), dies at 72
2020 Larry Eisenhauer, American football defensive end (AFL All-Star 1962, 63, 64, 66; Boston Patriots), dies at 79
2021 Grady Gaines, American jazz, blues, and R&B tenor saxophonist (Little Richard; Sam Cooke, James Brown, Jackie Wilson), dies at 86
2021 Hilton Valentine, British rock guitarist (Animals - "House of the Rising Sun"), dies at 77
2021 Jeremy Lubbock, British Grammy Award-winning pianist, arranger, and music producer (Joni Mitchell; Minnie Riperton; Chicago, Celine Dion), dies at 89
2021 John Chaney, American Basketball Hall of Fame college coach (Cheyney University, Temple University), dies at 89
2021 Peter Klatzow, South African pianist, composer (Inyanga; Still-life with Moonbeams), and educator, dies at 76
2021 Yvon Douis, French soccer striker (20 caps; Lille, Le Havre, Monaco, Cannes), dies from COVID-19 at 85
2022 Des Drummond, Jamaican rugby league winner (24 Tests Great Britain, 4 England; Leigh RLFC, Warrington RLFC), dies at 63
2022 Howard Hesseman, American comic actor (WKRP in Cincinnati - "Dr. Johnny Fever"; Head of the Class), dies of colon surgery complications at 81 [1]
2022 Ralph Mellanby, Canadian sportscaster / television producer (EP Hockey Night in Canada 1966-85; 5 x Emmy Awards various Olympic Games), dies at 87
2022 Rashid Byramji, Indian thoroughbred trainer (3,170 winners/230 classics; Elusive Pimpernel 22/23 starts; Squanderer 18/19 starts; Indian Derby x 10), dies at 88
2022 Sam Lay, American drummer and vocalist (Original Thunderbirds; Howlin' Wolf; Bob Dyan; Paul Butterfield), dies of heart issues at 86
2023 Barrett Strong, American R&B vocalist ("Money (That's What I Want)"), piano player, and songwriter ("I Heard It Through the Grapevine"; "Just My Imagination";"Papa Was A Rollin' Stone"; "War"), dies at 81 [1]
2023 Krister Kristensson, Swedish soccer defender (38 caps; Malmö FF, Trelleborgs FF) and manager (Trelleborgs FF, Lunds BK, Höllvikens GIF), dies at 80
2023 Kyle Smaine, American freestyle skier (World C'ship gold halfpipe 2015), dies in an avalanche at 31
2024 Arne Hegerfors, Swedish sports presenter-journalist (Sveriges Television, Canal Plus), dies from lung and pancreatic cancer at 81
2024 Héctor Sanabria, Mexican soccer defender (7 caps; UNAM Pumas 1965-78) and manager (UNAM Pumas, CD Toluca, CD Veracruz), dies at 78
2024 Sandra Milo [Salvatrice Greco], Italian actress (8½; Juliet of the Spirits), and television personality, dies at 90