Deaths July 14 | History by KabAstro

Johan Willem Friso (1687-1711)

Dutch Prince of Orange (1702-11), Prince of Nassau-Dietz (1696-1702), drowns in an overturned ferry during heavy weather at 23

1723 Claude Fleury, French priest and historian, dies at 82
1742 Richard Bentley, English classical scholar who started the 1st written examinations in the West at Cambridge, dies at 80
1744 Immanuel J. Pyra, German poet (Temple of True Poetry), dies at 28
1762 Cornelis Hop, Amsterdams regent and diplomat, dies at 77
1766 František Maxmilián Kaňka, Czech architect and builder, dies at 91
1770 David 't Kindt, Flemish architect (Mammelokker, Ghent), dies at 71
1774 James O'Hara, 2nd Baron Tyrawley and Kilmaine, British field marshal (b. 1682)
1779 George Ross, American judge and US Founding Father (signed US Declaration of Independence), dies at 49
1780 Charles Batteux, French philosopher, dies at 67
1788 Johann Gottfried Müthel, German keyboard virtuoso and composer, dies at 60
1789 Bernard-René de Launay, French governor of the Bastille prison, murdered during the storming of the Bastille (b.1740)
1789 Jacques de Flesselles, French provost, shot and killed in the early days of the French Revolution at 58
1790 Ernst Gideon Freiherr von Laudon, Austrian field marshal, dies at 73
1793 Jacques Cathelineau, French royalist, dies in battle at 44
1803 Esteban Salas y Castro, Cuban composer, dies at 77
1812 Christian G. Heyne, German scholar and archaeologist, dies at 82
1816 Francisco de Miranda, Venezuela freedom fighter, dies at 66
1817 Madame de Staël [Anne Louise Germaine de Staël-Holstein], French-Swiss author (De l’Allemagne), dies at 51
1827 Augustin-Jean Fresnel, French physicist and optics pioneer (proved wave theory of light correct, invented catadioptric Fresnel lens), dies of tuberculosis at 39
1830 Anthony van Haersolte, Dutch politician and member of Executing Regime, dies at 73
1834 Edmond Charles Genêt, French ambassador to the United States during the French Revolution (b. 1763)
1850 August Neander, German theologian (b. 1789)
1873 Ferdinand David, German violinist and composer (Hohe Schule des Violinspiels), dies at 63
1876 Thomas Hazlehurst, English Methodist chapel builder, dies at 60

Billy the Kid (1859-1881)

American frontier outlaw and gunfighter of the Wild West, shot by sheriff Pat Garrett and dies of gunshot wounds at 21

1887 Alfred Krupp, German steel merchant and largest arms manufacturer of his day, dies at 75
1895 Alexander Ewing, Scottish composer (Jerusalem the Golden), dies at 65
1897 John Franklin Farnsworth, American politician and Brigadier General (Union Army), dies at 77
1902 William Still, African-American abolitionist, businessman and conductor of the Underground Railroad, dies at 80

Paul Kruger (1825-1904)

3rd President of South African Republic (1883-1900) and face of Boer resistance during the Second Boer War, dies of pneumonia at 78

1907 William Perkin, English chemist and inventor (discovered aniline dyes), dies at 69
1908 William Mason, American concert pianist and composer, dies at 79
1917 Octave Lapize, French cyclist (Tour de France 1910), dies when shot down as WWI fighter pilot at 29
1918 Quentin Roosevelt, youngest son of United States President Theodore Roosevelt, killed in aerial combat over France on Bastille Day at 20
1923 Louis Ganne, French conductor and operetta composer (Les saltimbanques (The Acrobats)), dies at 61
1925 Pancho Villa [Francisco Guilledo], Filipino world boxing champion, dies at 23
1930 William Hare Ashley, South African cricketer (Test South Africa, 7 wkts), dies at 68
1938 Robert Poore, British cricket batsman (3 Tests for South Africa in 1895-96 series), dies at 72
1939 Alphonse Mucha, Czech Nouveau painter and artist, dies at 78
1940 Bill Howell, Australian cricket medium pace bowler (18 Tests, 49 wickets, BB 5/81; NSWCA), dies at 70
1942 Neel Doff, Dutch-born Belgian writer (Days of Hunger and Distress), writing in French, dies at 84
1943 Johannes "Frits" Bakker Sr, Dutch actor, dies at 74
1949 Frank Hearne, English cricket batsman (2 Tests England, 4 South Africa; Kent, Western Province), dies at 90
1950 Āpirana Ngata, Māori New Zealand politician and lawyer known for promoting and protecting Māori culture and language, dies at 76
1951 Sammy Jones, Australian cricket batsman (12 Tests; NSW, Queensland, Auckland), dies at 89
1953 Richard von Mises, Austrian scientist and mathematician (probability theory), dies at 70
1954 Jacinto Benavente y Martinez, Spanish playwright (Nobel Prize for Literature 1922), dies at 87 [1]
1954 Jackie Saunders, American silent screen actress (b. 1892)
1956 Jaroslav Řídký, Czech composer, dies at 58
1958 'Abd al-Ilah, crown prince of Iraq, assassinated at Baghdad during the revolution at 44
1958 Faisal II, King of Iraq (1939-58), son of Ghasi I, assassinated during the revolution at Baghdad at 23
1958 René Guillou, French organist and composer (L'Autre mère), dies at 55
1959 Grock [Adrien Wettach], Swiss clown and circus director, dies at 79
1960 Maurice de Broglie, French physicist (studied X-ray diffraction and spectroscopy), dies at 85

Adlai Stevenson II (1900-1965)

American politician (US Ambassador to UN, 1961-65; Governor of Illinois, 1949-53; Democratic presidential candidate, 1952 & 1956), dies at 65

1966 Julie Manet, French painter (b. 1878)
1967 Tudor Arghezi, Romanian writer (b. 1880)
1968 Konstantin Georgiyevich Paustovsky, Russian writer (Kara-Bugaz), dies at 76
1968 Westbrook Van Voorhis, American announcer (March of Time), dies at 64
1970 Preston Foster, American actor (Waterfront, Gunslinger), dies at 69
1974 Carl Spaatz, American World War II general and 1st Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force, dies at 83
1974 Henri Smajda, Tunisian French publisher (Combat), commits suicide at 77
1975 Madan Mohan, India Hindi Film Melodious Music director, dies at 51
1975 [Arthur] Zutty Singleton, American jazz drummer (Louis Armstrong's Hot Five), dies at 77
1979 George De Witt, American TV host (Name that Tune), dies at 56
1980 Felix Berezin, Russian physicist and mathematician (Berezin integral), dies at 49
1982 George Tremblay, Canadian-American composer, dies at 71
1983 Arnout Colnot, Dutch painter and graphic artist, dies at 96
1983 Jack MacBryan, English cricket batsman (1 Test; Cambridge University CC, Somerset CCC) and field hockey player (Olympic gold GB & Ireland 1920), dies at 90
1984 Al Schacht [Clown prince of baseball], American baseball player, dies at 91
1984 Ernest Tidyman, American author and screenwriter (Shaft; The French Connection), dies at 56
1984 Kenny Delmar, American comedian (School House), dies at 74
1984 Philippe Wynne, American soul singer ("I'll Be Around"), dies of a heart attack at 43
1984 Siegfried Köhler, German composer (Tausend Sterne sind ein Dom), dies at 57
1986 Raymond Loewy, French-American industrial designer, dies at 92
1988 Whitey Witt, American baseball player (NY Yankees, 1922-25), dies at 92
1989 Frank Bell, British educator and founder of The Bell Educational Trust Limited, dies at 72
1989 Herman D. Koppel, Danish pianist and composer, dies at 89
1990 Dallas Alinder, American actor, dies at 58
1990 Philip Leacock, English director and producer, dies of collapsed lungs at 73
1993 Robert Strong, American actor, dies at 87
1994 Patrick Crommelynck, Belgian pianist (Duo Crommelynck), commits suicide at about 49
1994 Robert Jungk, Austrian journalist and philosopher (Nuclear State), dies at 81
1994 Taeko Kuwata, Japanese Belgian pianist (Duo Crommelynck), commits suicide at about 47
1994 William D. Revelli, American bandleader, dies at 92
1995 Michael Naylor, English insurance broker (Endsleigh Insurance), dies at 59
1996 Jeff Krosnoff, American CART driver, killed in a racing accident at 31
1996 Kenneth Bainbridge, American physicist (measurements of mass differences between nuclear isotopes), dies at 91
1996 Kim Besly, British Peace activist (Greenham Common), dies at 69
1998 Beryl Bryden, British jazz and blues singer, and washboard player, dies at 78
1998 Richard McDonald, American fast food pioneer (McDonalds), dies at 89
1998 Robert A. W. Lowndes, American sci-fi author (Puzzle Planet), dies at 81
1999 Gar Samuelson, American drummer (Megadeth), dies of liver failure at 41
2000 Meredith MacRae, American actress (Petticoat Junction. 1966-70- "Billie Jo"; My Three Sons, 1964-66 - "Sally"), and talk show host, dies of brain cancer at 55
2000 René Ríos Boettiger, Chilean cartoonist (b. 1911)
2000 William Roscoe Estep, American Baptist historian (b. 1920)
2002 Carlos Fariñas, Cuban avant-garde composer, dies at 67
2002 Joaquín Balaguer, Dominican politician (President Dominican Republic 1960-62, 1966-78, 1986-96), dies at 95
2003 Éva Janikovszky, Hungarian novelist (b. 1926)
2003 François-Albert Angers, French Canadian economist (b. 1909)

Cicely Saunders (1918-2005)

English Nurse, physician and writer who founded the first modern hospice, dies of cancer at 87

2005 Dorothy Bolden, American civil and women's rights activist, and founder of the National Domestic Worker's Union of America, dies at 81
2005 Joe Harnell, American musician, composer and arranger, dies at 80
2007 John Ferguson Sr, Canadian hockey player, dies at 68
2008 Bryan Cowgill, British broadcasting executive (BBC, 1963-77; Thames Television, 1977-85), dies at 81
2008 Henki Kolstad, Norwegian actor (b. 1915)
2008 Hugh Lloyd, British actor (Hugh and I, Punch & Judy Man), dies at 85
2009 Phyllis Gotlieb, Canadian sci-fi novelist (Sunburst), dies at 83
2009 Zbigniew Zapasiewicz, Polish actor (b. 1934)
2010 Bengt Emil Johnson, Swedish author and composer, dies at 73
2010 Charles Mackerras, Australian conductor, dies of cancer at 84
2010 Gene Ludwig, American jazz and R&B Hammond B-3 organist (Sonny Stitt, Arthur Prysock), dies at 72
2010 Mădălina Manole, Romanian pop recording artist (b. 1967)
2012 Sixten Jernberg, Swedish skier, dies at 83
2013 Matt Batts, American MLB player, dies at 91
2014 Alice Coachman, American athlete (Olympic gold high jump 1948), dies of cardiac arrest at 90
2017 Maryam Mirzakhani, Iranian mathematician, dies of breast cancer at 40
2017 Prunella Briance, English charity founder (National Childbirth Trust), dies at 91 [1]
2019 Pernell Whitaker, American boxer (Olympic gold 1984, 4-division world champion), dies when hit by a vehicle at 55
2020 Ron de Lugo, American politician (1st delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives from U.S. Virgin Islands' 1981-95), dies at 89
2021 Jeff Labar, American glam rock guitarist (Cinderella, 1985-2014 - "Nobody's Fool"; "Don't Know What You Got (Till It's Gone)"), dies at 58
2022 Erica Pedretti (née Schefter), Moravian-Swiss writer (Engste Heimat), and sculptor, dies at 92
2022 Ivana Trump (née Zelníčková), Czech-American model and ex-wife of Donald Trump (1st Wives Club), dies after a fall inside her Manhattan apartment at 73
2022 Ken Kennedy, Irish rugby union hooker (45 Tests Ireland, 4 British & Irish Lions; London Irish RFC), dies at 81
2022 Pleun Strik, Dutch soccer defender (8 caps, FIFA World Cup 1974 runner-up; PSV Eindhoven 270 games), dies at 78
2022 William Hart, American soul singer and songwriter (4 Gents; Delfonics - "Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time)"; "La-La Means I Love You"), dies of surgery complications at 77
2023 Nick Benedict, American actor (Days of Our Lives, 1993-2001 - "Curtis"; The Pistol: Birth of a Legend; All My Children - "Phillip"), dies from complications of spinal surgery on his 77th birthday