Deaths January 30 | History by KabAstro

Charles I (1600-1649)

King of England, Scotland, and Ireland (1625-49), beheaded for treason by Parliament at 48

1652 Georges de la Tour, French painter of candlelit scenes, dies during an epidemic at 58
1703 Kiva Yoshinaka, Japanese retainer for the Shogun, murdered in the revenge of the 47 rōnin
1716 Marie Casimire Louise de la Grange d'Arquien, Queen of Poland (1676-96), dies at 74
1730 Peter II Alexeyevich, Tsar of Russia (1727-30), dies of smallpox at 14
1774 František Tůma, Czech composer, dies at 69
1774 Jean-Pierre Guignon [Giovanni Pietro Ghignone], Italian-French violinist and composer, dies at 71

Bonnie Prince Charlie (1720-1788)

English pretender to throne (Jacobite rebellion), dies of a stroke at 67

1797 Johann Abraham Sixt, German organist, harpsichord player, and composer, dies at 40
1816 Reinier Vinkeles, Dutch engraver and art collector, dies at 74
1827 Johann Philipp Christian Schulz, German composer, dies at 53

Betsy Ross (1752-1836)

American seamstress widely credited with making the first American flag, dies at 84

1838 Osceola, chief of Seminole indians, dies in jail
1840 Juan Galindo, Irish-Honduran soldier, diplomat for Federal Republic of Central America and early Maya archaeologist, killed in battle at about 38
1846 Joseph Carpue, English surgeon who pioneered early plastic surgery in England, dies at 81
1847 Virginia Clemm Poe, American wife of writer Edgar Allan Poe, dies of tuberculosis at 24 [1]
1858 Coenraad Jacob Temminck, Dutch zoologist (b. 1778)
1860 Francesco Antonio Norberto Pinto, Portuguese violinist, hornist and composer (Adoração ao Sol), dies at 44
1867 Emperor Kōmei of Japan (1846-67), dies of smallpox at 35
1869 William Carleton, Irish writer and novelist (Traits and Stories of the Irish Peasantry), dies at 74
1881 Jaak Nikolaas Lemmens, Flemish composer, dies at 58
1888 Asa Gray, American botanist (Flora of North America), dies at 77

Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria (1858-1889)

Crown Prince of Austria and heir apparent to the Imperial throne of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, dies at 30 in a suicide pact with his mistress, Mary Freiin von Vetsera, at the Mayerling hunting lodge

1890 Karl Merz, German-American composer (Brainard's Musical World), dies at 53
1900 Vittorio Bersezio [Carlo Nugelli], Italian playwright, dies at 71
1909 Martha Finley, American children's book author (Elsie Dinsmore series), dies at 80
1910 Granville Woods, American inventor, 1st post civil war African American mechanical and electrical engineer, invented telegraph for railways, dies at 53 [1]
1919 Sam Steele, Canadian soldier, dies from influenza at 71
1925 Jakab Gyula Major, Hungarian pianist and composer, dies at 66
1925 John Mellaerts, Flemish social worker (Boerenbond), dies at 79
1926 Barbara La Marr [Reatha Watson], American vaudeville and silent film actress (The White Moth), and screenwriter, dies from pulmonary tuberculosis and nephritis at 29
1927 Friedrich Ernst Koch, German composer, dies at 64
1928 Johannes Fibiger, Danish physician (1926 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine, whose research proved to be a mistake), dies at 60
1928 Karl Bleibtreu, German author (Revolution of Literature), dies at 69
1934 Frank Nelson Doubleday, American publisher (founder of Doubleday & Co), dies at 72
1943 Attila Petschauer, Hungarian fencer (Olympic gold 1928, 32), dies at 38
1945 Gottlieb Haberlandt, Austrian botanist, dies at 90
1945 William Busch, British composer, dies at 43
1947 Frederick F. Blackman, English botanist, dies at 80
1948 Herb Pennock, American Baseball HOF pitcher (6 × World Series; Philadelphia A's, Boston Red Sox, NY Yankees), dies at 53

Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948)

Indian independence activist and spiritual leader, assassinated in New Delhi by Hindu extremists at 78

Orville Wright (1871-1948)

American aviator (Wright Brothers), dies at 76

Ferdinand Porsche (1875-1951)

German automotive engineer (Volkswagen Beetle; Mercedes-Benz SS) and founder of the Porsche car company, dies at 75

1956 Gerrit Mannoury, Dutch mathematician and philosopher, dies at 88
1956 Jane Seymour [Marjorie S. Fitz-patrick], Canadian-American actress (Tom, Dick and Harry, Young Mr Bobbin), dies at 62
1957 Grigore Gafencu, Romanian minister of Foreign Affairs (1938-39), dies at 65
1958 Earnest Heinrich Heinkel, German aeronautical engineer (1st rocket-powered aircraft), dies at 70
1958 Jean Crotti, Swiss-French artist, dies at 79
1961 Maud Wagner, first known American tattoo artist and circus performer, dies at about 83
1962 Manuel de Abreu, Brazilian physician (b. 1894)
1963 Francis Poulenc, French pianist and composer (Concert champêtre; Les Biches), dies of a heart attack at 64
1963 Sir Pelham Warner, English cricket batsman, tour manager and administrator (15 Tests; MCC chairman of selectors), dies at 89
1964 Berthold Altaner, German church historian, dies at 80
1965 Vic Jackson, Australian cricketer (NS, Leicestershire off-spinner), dies in a car crash at 48
1967 (Raymond) Lee Morgan, American actor (Dungeons of Harrow; The Last of the Fast Guns), dies of heart disease at 64
1968 Tsugouharu Foujita, Japanese-French painter and printmaker, dies at 81

Allen Dulles (1893-1969)

American Central Intelligence Agency director (1953-1961), dies of influenza complicated by pneumonia at 75

1969 Dominique Pire, Belgian Dominican friar (1958 Nobel Peace Prize for aiding WW II refugees), dies of surgical complications at 58
1970 Malcolm Keen, British actor (The Lodger, The Manxman, The Murder Party), dies at 82
1972 Karel Boleslav Jirak, Czech composer and pedagogue, dies at 81
1973 Jack MacGowran, Irish actor (King Lear, The Quiet Man, The Exorcist), dies of influenza at 54
1974 Bill Whitty, Australian cricketer (left-arm bowler 1909-12), dies at 87
1975 Boris Blacher, German composer (Purloined Letter), dies at 72
1976 Beau De Glen "Mance" Lipscomb, American blues singer and guitarist ("Shine On, Harvest Moon"), dies of a stroke at 80
1976 Percy Tyson "Plum" Lewis, South African cricketer (pair in only Test for South Africa), dies at 91
1980 Professor Longhair [Henry Roeland Byrd], American boogie-woogie, New Orleans R&B, and mambo pianist and singer ("Tipitina": "Go To The Mardis Gras"), dies from a heart attack at 61
1982 Félix Labisse, French painter (libidoscaphes), dies at 76
1982 Riccardo Nielsen, Italian composer (99th Psalm; La via di Colombo), dies at 73
1982 Stanley Holloway, English comedian (My Fair Lady, Our Man Higgins), dies at 91

Lightnin Hopkins (1912-1982)

American blues musician (Ball of Twine), dies of esophageal cancer at 69

1983 Alan Cunningham, British general and last High Commissioner of Palestine (1945-48), dies at 95
1983 Joan Valerie, American actress (Pier 13), dies of pneumonia at 71
1983 Mack Reynolds, American sci-fi author (Earth War), dies at 65
1984 Luke Kelly, Irish folk music singer and banjo player (The Dubliners), dies at 43
1985 Ken Mayers, American actor (Little Big Man, Dick Tracey, Space Patrol), dies at 66
1986 Ticker Freeman, American pianist (Dinah Shore Show), and songwriter ("Baby Don't Be Mad at Me") dies at 74
1987 Angelo Rutherford, American actor (Willie-Gentle Ben), dies at 32
1987 Ken Drake, American actor (Crime & Punishment USA), dies at 65
1988 Corry [Cornelia Diderika] Vonk, Dutch cabaret performer, dies at 85
1989 Ruth Shaw Wylie, American composer (Spring Madness; Psychogram; Nova), and educator (Wayne State University, 1949-69), dies at 72
1991 Clifton C. Edom, American photojournalism educator (b. 1907)

John Bardeen (1908-1991)

American physicist, electrical engineer and co-inventor of the transistor (Nobel 1956, 1972), dies of heart disease at 82

1991 John McIntire, American actor (Naked City, Wagon Train, Virginian), dies of emphysema at 83
1992 Sid Vincent, British trade union leader, dies at 70
1993 Taikichiro Mori, Japanese real estate developer, dies at 88
1994 Bahjat Talhouni, Prime Minister of Jordan (1960-62, 64-65, 67-69, 69-70), dies
1994 Byron "Wild Child" Gipson, American blues singer ("Sittin' Here Cryin'"), dies at 64
1994 Ernestine "Tiny" Davis, American jazz vocalist and trumpeter (International Sweethearts of Rhythm), dies at 86
1994 Finn Arnestad, Norwegian contemporary classical composer (Ritagliata), dies at 78
1994 Jan Schaefer, Dutch undersecretary of Housing (PvdA), dies at 53
1995 George James, American jazz saxophonist, dies at 88
1995 George Poyser, English soccer defender (Brentford) and manager (Notts County, Manchester City), dies at 84
1995 Gerald Durrell, British naturalist, zoologist and author (My Family and Other Animals), dies at 70
1996 Bob Thiele, American radio broadcaster, and record producer (John Coltrane; B.B. King), dies of kidney failure at 73
1996 Guy Doleman, actor (Deadly Bees, Idol, Thunderball), dies at 72
1997 Frank Tejeda, American politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Texas), dies at 51
1997 Héctor Campos Parsi, Puerto Rican classical music composer, dies at 75
1998 Richard Cassilly, American tenor, dies at 70
1998 Ricky Lee Sanderson, American murderer, stabbed 16-year old girl in NC, executed at 38
1999 (Henry) "Huntz" Hall, American radio, stage, and screen actor (Dead End Kids: The Bowery Boys; Gas Pump Girls), dies from congestive heart failure at 78
1999 Ed Herlihy, American broadcaster (b. 1909)
2001 Jean-Pierre Aumont, French actor (Lili, Cat & Mouse, Happy Hooker), dies at 90
2001 Johnnie Johnson, British fighter pilot (b. 1915)
2001 Joseph Ransohoff, American neurosurgeon and pioneer in the modern neurosurgery, dies at 85
2002 Carlo Karges, German guitarist and songwriter (Nena - "99 Luftballons"), dies of liver failure at 50
2002 Ellis Larkins, American classically trained (1st Black student at Peabody Institute) jazz pianist (Ruby Braff), and accompanist (Ella Fitzgerald; Eartha Kitt, Mildred Bailey), dies at 79
2002 Herbert Maxwell Strong, American physicist and inventor (1st to synthesize diamonds as part of Project Superpressure), dies at 93 [1]
2002 Ingeborg "Inge" Morath, Austrian-born Magnum photographer and wife of Arthur Miller, dies at 78
2002 Louis Salica, American boxer (NBA World Bantamweight title 1935, 40; Olympic bronze flyweight 1932), dies at 89
2003 Joan Franks Williams, American contemporary classical composer, and promoter (founder of New Dimensions in Music (NDM)), dies of complications from Parkinson's disease at 72
2005 Martyn Bennett [-Knight], Canadian-Scottish celtic-fusion piper, pianist, and composer, dies of cancer at 33
2005 Wes Wehmiller, American touring and session bass guitarist (Duran Duran; Missing Persons), dies of thyroid cancer at 33
2006 Coretta Scott King, American activist and wife of Martin Luther King Jr., dies of ovarian cancer at 78

Wendy Wasserstein (1950-2006)

American playwright (The Heidi Chronicles), dies of cancer at 55

2007 Max Lanier, American baseball pitcher (MLB All Star 1943-44; World Series 1942, 44; St. Louis Cardinals), dies at 91
2007 Nikos Kourkoulos, Greek actor and artistic director (b. 1934)

Sidney Sheldon (1917-2007)

American novelist and playwright (Master of the Game, Bloodline, The Bachelor and the Bobby Soxer), dies of pneumonia at 89

2008 Gunnar Reynir Sveinsson, Icelandic classical, choral, and jazz composer (Samstæður; Fyrir þitt friðarorð - For Your Peace), dies at 79
2008 Jeremy Beadle, British television host (Beadle's About), dies of pneumonia at 59
2008 Marcial Maciel, Mexican Catholic priest (founded the Legion of Christ and the Regnum Christi), dies at 79
2008 Roland Selmeczi, Hungarian stage and screen actor, and film dubber, dies in a car crash at 38
2009 Hans Beck, German inventor, "The Father of Playmobil", dies at 79

Ingemar Johansson (1932-2009)

Swedish boxer (world heavyweight champion 1959-60; Olympic silver heavyweight 1952), dies at 76

2011 John Barry [Prendergast], English film score composer (James Bond films; Born Free), dies at 77
2012 Frederick Treves, English actor, dies at 86
2012 Mary Grierson, Welsh botanical artist, dies at 99
2013 Patty Andrews, American pop and swing jazz singer (The Andrews Sisters - "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy"; "Rum and Coca-Cola"), dies at 94
2013 Thorkell Sigurbjörnsson, Icelandic composer, dies at 74
2014 Arthur Rankin, Jr, American director, producer, and screenwriter (Rankin/Bass Productions -The Year Without A Santa Claus; Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer; Frosty The Snowman), dies at 89

Carl Djerassi (1923-2015)

Austrian-born American chemist and father of the contraceptive pill, dies at 91

2015 Ezra Sims, American composer of microtonal music, dies at 88
2015 Geraldine McEwan, British actress (Agatha Christie's Miss Marple), dies at 82
2015 Than Wyenn, American character actor (Being There, Splash, Imitation of Life), dies at 95
2015 Zhelyu Zhelev, Bulgarian dissident and politician (Bulgarian President, 1990-97), dies at 79
2016 Frank Finlay, British actor (Bouquet of Barbed Wire), dies at 89
2016 Ken Sailors, professional basketball player (popularized and may have invented the jump shot), dies at 95
2017 Harold Rosen, American engineer (created geosynchronous communications satellite), dies at 90 [1]
2018 Mark Salling, American actor and musician (Glee), commits suicide at 35
2019 Bernard Nevill, British textile designer, dies at 88
2019 Glen Dale [Richard Garforth], British rock guitarist (The Fortunes, 1963-66 - "You've Got Your Troubles"; "Here It Comes Again"), dies at 79
2019 Stewart Adams, English pharmacologist (developed Ibuprofen), dies at 95 [1]
2020 Fred Silverman, American broadcasting executive and producer (ABC, NBC and CBS), dies at 82
2020 John Andretti, American auto racer (NASCAR Cup Series: 2 wins, 37 top tens, 4 poles), dies from colon cancer at 56
2020 Jörn Donner, Finnish director (Anna, Tenderness), dies at 86
2022 Hargus “Pig” Robbins, American Nashville session piano player (Patsy Cline; Charlie Rich; Roger Miller; Bob Dylan; Ween), dies at 84 [1]
2022 Jon Appleton, American electronic and electro-acoustic music composer, educator and co-developer of the Synclavier, dies at 83
2022 Norma Waterson, British folk music revivalist, and singer-songwriter, dies at 82
2023 Bobby Beathard, American Pro Football Hall of Fame executive (GM Washington Redskins Super Bowl 1982, 87; San Diego Chargers), dies from Alzheimer's disease at 86

Bobby Hull (1939-2023)

Canadian Hockey Hall of Fame left wing (Stanley Cup 1961 Chicago Black Hawks; 3 x Art Ross Trophy; 2 x Hart Memorial Trophy; Winnipeg Jets), dies at 84

2023 Charly Loubet, French soccer striker (35 caps; AS Cannes, OGC Nice, Marseille), dies at 77
2023 Gerald Mortag, German track cyclist (3 x World C'ship gold GDR 4000m team pursuit 1977, 78, 79; Olympic silver 1980), dies at 64
2024 Abe Terry, English rugby league front rower (11 Tests; Challenge Cup 1961 St. Helens RLFC [216 games]), dies at 89
2024 Chita Rivera, American Tony Award-winning dancer, singer, and actress (West Side Story; Bye Bye Birdie; Sweet Charity; Chicago), dies at 91 [1] [2]
2024 John Dodds, Australian Grand Prix motorcycle road racer (250cc world championship 1973 3rd; 4 x GP wins, 21 x podiums; European Formula 750 1974), dies at 80