Deaths March 14 | History by KabAstro

Frederick Henry (1584-1647)

Prince of Orange and stadtholder of Holland, Zeeland, Utrecht, Guelders, and Overijssel (1625-47), dies at 63

1648 Ferdinando Fairfax, 2nd Lord Fairfax of Cameron, English general, dies at 63
1680 René Le Bossu, French critic (b. 1631)
1696 Jean Domat, French jurist, dies at 70
1698 Claes Rålamb, Swedish statesman, dies at 75
1748 George Wade, British military leader (b. 1673)
1757 John Byng, English admiral executed by firing squad at 52 for neglecting his duty in defence of Minorca, dies at 53
1760 Anton Filtz [Fils], German composer, dies at 26
1768 Vigilio Blasio Faitello, Italian composer, dies at 58
1780 Roque Joaquín de Alcubierre, Spanish military engineer and archaeologist who rediscovered the ruins of Pompeii and Herculaneum, dies at 77
1791 Johann Salomo Semler, German historian and Bible commentator (b. 1725)
1801 Christian Friedrich Penzel, German musician and composer, dies at 63
1803 Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock, German poet (Der Messias), dies at 78
1805 Stanisław Szczęsny Potocki, Russian general (b. 1753)

Augustus FitzRoy (1735-1811)

3rd Duke of Grafton, British Prime Minister (1768-70), dies at 75

1823 Charles François Dumouriez, French general during the Revolutionary Wars, dies at 84
1860 Louis-Antoine Jullien, French conductor, dies at 47
1861 Louis Niedermeyer, Swiss-French composer, dies at 58
1874 Johann Heinrich von Mädler, German astronomer (published the most complete map of the Moon of the time, Mappa Selenographica, 4 vol. with Wilhelm Beer), dies at 79

Karl Marx (1818-1883)

German philosopher (Communist Manifesto, Das Kapital), dies of bronchitis and pleurisy at 64

1884 Quintino Sella, Italian statesman (b. 1827)
1899 Emile Erckmann, French writer (Waterloo), dies at 76
1902 Daniel H. Reynolds, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), dies at 69
1903 Jan Hendrik Weissenbruch, Dutch landscape painter, dies at 88
1908 Lester A. Pelton, American inventor (water wheel for hydroelectricity), dies at 78 [1]
1918 Lucretia Garfield, First Lady of the United States as the wife of James A. Garfield (1881), dies at 85
1919 Roger Atkinson Pryor, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), dies at 90
1925 Walter Camp, American, father of American football, dies at 65
1932 Frederick Jackson Turner, American historian (known for his "frontier thesis"), dies at 70

George Eastman (1854-1932)

American inventor (Kodak camera) and founder of the Eastman Kodak Company, commits suicide by shooting himself in the heart at 77

1933 Balto, Siberian husky dog who led the sled team delivering diphtheria antitoxin from to Nenana, Alaska to Nome, Alaska in 1925, dies at 14
1943 Pieter Cornelis Boutens, Dutch poet, classicist, and mystic (Voices, Carmina), dies at 73
1944 Pavel Chesnokov, Russian-Soviet composer, dies at 66
1949 John Callan O'Laughlin, American political and military figure and journalist (b. 1873)
1953 Klement Gottwald, Czech Communist politician, Premier and President of Czechoslovakia, dies at 56
1954 Fred Herd, Scottish golfer (US Open 1898), dies at 80
1954 Ludomir Michał Rogowski, Polish composer, dies at 72
1957 Evagoras Pallikarides, Cypriot freedom fighter (b. 1938)
1958 Eugeen Van de Velde, Flemish musicologist, choir director, and composer (In Tempore Belli), dies at 64
1961 Akiba Rubinstein, Polish chess player (openings theorist), dies at 80
1965 Marion Jones, American tennis player (US Nat C'ship 1899, 1902), dies at 85
1967 Paul Faucher, French author and pioneering children's publisher (Père Castor), dies at 68
1968 Erwin Panofsky, German-American Jewish art historian and iconologist (Early Netherlandish Painting), dies at 75
1969 Ben Shahn, Lithuanian-American painter (1964 Arts & Letters), dies at 70
1969 Heinie Zimmerman, American baseball player (Chicago Cubs, NY Giants,1912-batted .372 with 14 HRs), dies at 82
1970 Fritz Perls, German-American psychiatrist and psychotherapist (father of Gestalt therapy), dies at 76
1972 Len Ford, American AAFC and NFL two-way end, 1948-58 (Cleveland Browns, and 2 other teams; 3 x NFL Champion, 4 X Pro Bowl), dies following a hear attack at 46
1973 Howard Aiken, American computing pioneer (Harvard Mark I computer), dies at 73
1973 Murat B. "Chic" Young, US comic strip artist (Blondie), dies at 72
1973 Rafael Godoy, Colombian composer, dies at 65
1974 Alex Pompez, American Baseball HOF executive (owner NgL Cuban Stars [East] 1923-28; NY Cubans 1935-51), dies at 83

Susan Hayward (1917-1975)

American actress (Young & Willing), dies of brain cancer at 56

1976 Alberta Franklin, American silent screen actress, dies at 79
1976 Busby Berkeley [Enos], American film choreographer (42nd Street) and director (Strike Up The Band: They Made Me A Criminal), dies at 80
1976 Martha Saalfeldt German writer and poet, dies at 78

Fannie Lou Hamer (1917-1977)

American civil rights activist (Freedom Summer, Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee), dies of breast cancer at 59 [1]

1977 Gyula David, Hungarian composer (Viola Concerto) and violinist, dies at 63
1980 Allard Lowenstein, American writer (A Brutal Mandate), politician (US Representative from New York, 1969-71), and human rights activist, shot to death in his office by an associate at 51
1980 Mohammad Hatta, Indonesian politician (b. 1902)
1981 Ken Barrington, English cricketer (82 Tests for England, 6806 runs), dies of a heart attack at 50
1982 Kirill Molchanov, Russian-Soviet composer, dies at 59
1983 Maurice Ronet, French film actor, director, and writer (Frantic, Sphinx, Circle of Love), dies of cancer at 55
1984 Aurelio Peccei, Italian industrialist and chairman (Club of Rome), dies at 75
1986 Benno Ammann, Swiss composer (Missa Defensor Pacis) and conductor, dies at 81
1986 Edith Atwater, American actress (Phyllis-Love on a Rooftop), dies at 74
1986 Huw Wheldon, Welsh broadcaster (BBC), dies at 69
1986 Jozef Kresanek, Slovak composer, dies at 73
1988 Willi Apel, German-American musicologist (Harvard Dictionary of Music), dies at 94
1989 Edward Abbey American environmental author (The Monkey Wrench Gang), dies after surgery at 62
1989 Zita of Bourbon-Parma, Empress of Austria and Queen of Hungary, dies at 96
1991 Doc Pomus [Jerome Solon Felder], American blues singer and songwriter ("Save the Last Dance For Me"; "His Latest Flame"; "Viva Las Vegas"), dies of ling cancer at 65
1991 Howard Ashman, American playwright and lyricist (Little Shop of Horrors; The Little Mermaid), dies of AIDS-related complications at 40
1991 Jef Houthuys, Belgian union leader (ACV, 1968-87), dies at 68
1991 Margery Sharp, English children's author (The Rescuers), dies at 86
1991 Robert Maroff, American actor (Taxi Driver), dies at 57
1992 C. V. Wood Jr., American theme park developer (Disneyland), dies of cancer at 71
1992 Jean Poiret [Jean-Gustave Poiré], French actor, director, and screenwriter (La Cage Aux Folles), dies at 65
1992 Ralph James, American actor (Orson-Mork & Mindy), dies at 67
1992 Steven Brian Pennell, 1st person to be executed in Delaware in 45 years, dies at 34
1994 Abdelkader Alloula, Algerian playwright, assassinated by GIA terrorists (b. 1939)
1994 Jadwiga Szajna-Lewandowska, Polish pianist, composer, and pedagogue, dies at 82
1994 Sally Mary Caroline Belfrage, American writer and journalist, dies at 57
1995 Gerard Victory, Irish composer, dies at 73
1995 Jo van Marle, Dutch football official (Chairman of the KNVB, 1980-93), dies at 70

John Peters Humphrey (1905-1995)

Canadian jurist and human rights advocate (Universal Declaration on Human Rights), dies at 89

1995 William Fowler, American nuclear scientist and astrophysicist (Nobel Prize in Physics, 1983), dies at 83
1996 Dewi Bebb, Welsh rugby union winger (34 Tests Wales, 8 British & Irish Lions; Swansea RFC) and journalist, dies at 57
1996 Nico Kiasashvii, Professor of English Literature, dies at 69
1997 Fred Zinnemann Austrian-American director (From Here to Eternity, Julia), dies of a heart attack at 89
1997 John Curtis Jr, American executive (Luby's Cafe), commits suicide at 49
1997 Jurek Becker, Polish-born German writer (Jacob the Liar), dies at 59
1997 Lucy Kroll, American talent agent, dies at 87
1999 Kirk Alyn [John Feggo Jr], American actor (Superman), dies of Alzheimer's disease at 88
2002 Cherry Wilder [Cherry Barbara Grimm], New Zealand sci-fi author (Nearest Fire), dies at 71
2003 Jack Goldstein, Canadian-born artist (b. 1945)
2003 Jean-Luc Lagardère, French publisher (b. 1928)
2004 Genevieve [Ginette Auger], French actress and singer (The Jack Paar Show), dies of a stroke at 83
2006 Ann Calvello, American roller derby queen, dies at 76
2006 Lennart Meri, Estonian politician, writer and director (President of Estonia 1992-2001), dies at 76
2007 Gareth Hunt, English actor (b. 1943)
2007 Lucie Aubrac, French history teacher and member of the French Resistance (b. 1912)
2008 Chiara Lubich, Italian Catholic activist and leader and foundress of the Focolare (b. 1920)
2008 Melville "Mel" Brandt, American actor and NBC staff announcer (Faraway Hill), dies at 88
2008 Taslim Arif, Pakistan cricket wicket-keeper (6 Tests; top score 210no v Aust 1980), dies of lung infection at 53
2009 Alain Bashung, French singer, songwriter, comedian and actor, dies of cancer at 61
2009 Altovise Davis [née Gore], American entertainer, best known as Sammy Davis Jr.'s third wife, dies from stroke complications at 65
2010 (Donald) "Der" Scutt, American architect (Grand Hyatt; One Astor Place; Trump Tower), dies of liver failure at 75
2010 Peter Graves [Aurness], American actor (Mission Impossible, Airplane!, Stalag 17), dies from a heart attack at 83
2011 Ronnie Hammond, American rock singer (Atlanta Rhythm Section, 1972–83 & 1988–2001 - "So In To You"), dies of heart failure at 60
2012 Censu Tabone, President of Malta (1989-94), dies at 98
2012 Pierre Schoendoerffer, French Academy Award-winning director and screenwriter (The Anderson Platoon), dies from surgical complications at 83
2013 Jack Greene, American country artist, dies from complications from Alzheimer's disease at 83
2013 Mirja Hietamies, Finnish skier, dies at 82
2014 Tony Benn, British politcian, Minister of Technology and President of the Stop the War Coalition, dies aged 88
2014 Werner Rackwitz, German opera director and musicologist (Handel-Renaissance), dies at 84
2015 Valentin Rasputin, Russian writer (To Live and Remember), dies at 77
2016 Peter Maxwell Davies, British composer (Prolation, Taverner), dies at 81
2018 Adrián Lamo, American threat analyst and hacker (NYT, Yahoo!, Microsoft) who reported Chelsea Manning to the FBI, dies at 37
2018 Emily Nasrallah, Lebanese writer and women's rights activist (Birds of September, A Cat’s Diary), dies at 86
2018 Jim Bowen, British TV game show host (Bullseye) and comedian, dies at 80
2018 Marielle Franco, Brazilian politician and human rights activist, assassinated at 38

Stephen Hawking (1942-2018)

English physicist (Black Holes & Baby Universes), dies at 76

2019 Birch Bayh, American politician and US Senator from Indiana (Democrat: 1963-81) who wrote two amendments to the US constitution (25th and 26th), dies of pneumonia at 91
2019 Charles Whiting, English Formula 1 Race Director (Safety Delegate, Starter, head F1 Technical Dep't), dies of a pulmonary embolism at 66
2019 Jake Phelps, American skateboarder, journalist (editor Thrasher magazine), dies at 56
2020 Genesis P-Orridge [Neil Megson], British avant-garde rock singer-songwriter, and performance artist (Throbbing Gristle; Psychic TV), dies of leukemia at 70
2020 Phil Phillips [Baptiste], American singer-songwriter (Sea of Love), dies at 94
2021 Henry Darrow [Enrique Delgado], American stage and screen character actor (The High Chaparral; Harry O; The New Dick Van Dyke Show), dies at 87
2022 Razor Ramon [Scott Hall], American pro wrestler (9 x WCW World Tag Team Champion; WWE HOF 2014), dies from a heart attack at 63
2023 Bobby Caldwell, American jazz and pop singer ("What You Won't Do for Love"), and songwriter ("The Next Time I Fall"), dies from long term adverse reaction to antibiotics at 71
2023 Jim Ferree, American golfer (1 x PGA Tour win; 2 x Senior PGA Tour wins), dies at 91
2024 Byron Janis [né Yanks], American concert pianist (debut with NBC Symphony Orchestra at age 15), dies at 95 [1]
2024 Léon Semmeling, Belgian soccer midfielder who played 35 internationals; Standard Liège 449 games, dies at 84
2024 Mal Lucas, Welsh soccer right-half who played 4 internationals; Leyton Orient FC, Norwich City FC, Torquay United FC, dies at 85
2024 Walter Blum, American HOF jockey who won 4,382 races and was the US Champion Jockey by wins in 1963-64, dies from lung cancer at 89