Browse Historical Figures
Taylor Hawkins
"Not Recorded"
Died: 3/25/2022
Cause: Drug overdose
Traci Braxton
"Not Recorded"
Died: 3/12/2022
Cause: Esophageal cancer
Cheslie Kryst
"Not Recorded"
Died: 5/2/2021
Cause: Suicide by jumping from a building
Michael Collins
"Not Recorded"
Died: 4/28/2021
Cause: Cancer
Rush Limbaugh
"Not Recorded"
Died: 2/17/2021
Cause: Lung cancer
Carman Licciardello
"Not Recorded"
Died: 2/16/2021
Cause: Carman Licciardello died from complications resulting from surgery to repair a hiatal hernia.
Chick Corea
"Not Recorded"
Died: 2/11/2021
Cause: Cancer
Larry Flynt
"Not Recorded"
Died: 2/10/2021
Cause: Heart failure
Maradona
"Not Recorded"
Died: 11/25/2020
Cause: Heart attack
Chadwick Boseman
"Not Recorded"
Died: 8/28/2020
Cause: Colon cancer
Kelly Preston
"Not Recorded"
Died: 7/12/2020
Cause: Breast Cancer
Caroline Flack
"Not Recorded"
Died: 2/15/2020
Cause: #ERROR!
Jessi Combs
"Not Recorded"
Died: 8/27/2019
Cause: High-speed crash during a land-speed record attempt
Gary Bowles
"Not Recorded"
Died: 8/22/2019
Cause: Execution by lethal injection
Gary Ray Bowles
"Not Recorded"
Died: 8/22/2019
Cause: Execution by lethal injection
Etika
"Not Recorded"
Died: 6/25/2019
Cause: Suicide
Bobby Joe Long
"Not Recorded"
Died: 5/23/2019
Cause: Lethal injection
Luke Perry
"Not Recorded"
Died: 3/4/2019
Cause: Stroke
R. Lee Ermey
"Not Recorded"
Died: 4/15/2018
Cause: Pneumonia
Stephen Hawking
"Not Recorded"
Died: 3/14/2018
Cause: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)
Billy Graham
"Not Recorded"
Died: 2/21/2018
Cause: Pneumonia
Fredo Santana
"Not Recorded"
Died: 1/19/2018
Cause: Cardiovascular disease (due to idiopathic epilepsy)
Dolores Oriordan
"Not Recorded"
Died: 1/15/2018
Cause: Drowning due to alcohol intoxication
R.c. Sproul
"Not Recorded"
Died: 12/14/2017
Cause: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Rc Sproul
"Not Recorded"
Died: 12/14/2017
Cause: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
David Cassidy
"So much wasted time"
Died: 11/21/2017
Cause: Liver failure
Ian Brady
"Not Recorded"
Died: 5/15/2017
Cause: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and bronchial pneumonia
Chuck Berry
"Not Recorded"
Died: 3/18/2017
Cause: Cardiac arrest
Shawty Lo
"Not Recorded"
Died: 9/21/2016
Cause: Car accident
Gene Wilder
"Not Recorded"
Died: 8/29/2016
Cause: Alzheimer's disease
Christina Grimmie
"Not Recorded"
Died: 6/10/2016
Cause: Gunshot wounds (homicide)
Muhammad Ali
"Not Recorded"
Died: 6/3/2016
Cause: Septic shock due to unspecified natural causes
Johan Cruyff
"Not Recorded"
Died: 3/24/2016
Cause: Lung Cancer
Oscar Ray Bolin
"Not Recorded"
Died: 1/7/2016
Cause: Execution by lethal injection
Kelly Gissendaner
"The amazing thing about grace is that it makes life not fair."
Died: 9/30/2015
Cause: Lethal injection
Dex Osama
"Not Recorded"
Died: 9/7/2015
Cause: Gunshot wounds
Bobbi Kristina Brown
"Not Recorded"
Died: 7/26/2015
Cause: Lobar pneumonia due to Hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy and water immersion combined with mixed drug intoxication
Satoru Iwata
"On my business card, I am a corporate president. In my mind, I am a game developer. But in my heart, I am a gamer."
Died: 7/11/2015
Cause: Bile duct cancer
Joan Rivers
"Not Recorded"
Died: 9/4/2014
Cause: Cardiac arrest due to complications from a medical procedure
Clayton Lockett
"Not Recorded"
Died: 4/29/2014
Cause: Execution by lethal injection complications
James Gandolfini
"Not Recorded"
Died: 6/19/2013
Cause: Heart attack
Tim Samaras
"Not Recorded"
Died: 5/31/2013
Cause: Tornado
Jenni Rivera
"Not Recorded"
Died: 12/9/2012
Cause: Plane crash
Neil Armstrong
"Not Recorded"
Died: 8/25/2012
Cause: Complications resulting from coronary artery bypass surgery
Whitney Houston
"Not Recorded"
Died: 2/11/2012
Cause: Accidental drowning due to drug intoxication and heart disease
Dan Wheldon
"Not Recorded"
Died: 10/16/2011
Cause: Car crash during a motor race
Steve Jobs
"Oh wow. Oh wow. Oh wow."
Died: 10/5/2011
Cause: Pancreatic cancer
Andy Whitfield
"Not Recorded"
Died: 9/11/2011
Cause: Non-Hodgkin lymphoma
Amy Winehouse
"Not Recorded"
Died: 7/23/2011
Cause: Alcohol poisoning
Osama Bin Laden
"Not Recorded"
Died: 5/2/2011
Cause: Shot by U.S. Navy SEALs
Rue Mcclanahan
"Not Recorded"
Died: 6/3/2010
Cause: Brain Hemorrhage
Susan Atkins
"Not Recorded"
Died: 9/17/2009
Cause: Brain cancer
Michael Jackson
"Not Recorded"
Died: 6/25/2009
Cause: Cardiac arrest caused by acute propofol and benzodiazepine intoxication
Wayne Allwine
"Not Recorded"
Died: 5/18/2009
Cause: Acute diabetes complications
Eartha Kitt
"Not Recorded"
Died: 12/25/2008
Cause: Colon cancer
Richard Wright
"Not Recorded"
Died: 9/15/2008
Cause: Cancer
Tim Mclean
"Not Recorded"
Died: 7/30/2008
Cause: Stabbing
Saddam Hussein
"Not Recorded"
Died: 12/30/2006
Cause: Execution by hanging
James Brown
"Not Recorded"
Died: 12/25/2006
Cause: Congestive heart failure resulting from complications of pneumonia
Sean Bell Shooting
"Not Recorded"
Died: 11/25/2006
Cause: Gunshot wounds
Steve Irwin
"Not Recorded"
Died: 9/4/2006
Cause: Stingray injury to the heart
Syd Barrett
"Not Recorded"
Died: 7/7/2006
Cause: Pancreatic cancer
Michael P Murphy
"Not Recorded"
Died: 6/28/2005
Cause: Killed in action during the War in Afghanistan
Sister Lucia
"Not Recorded"
Died: 2/13/2005
Cause: Natural causes associated with old age
Pat Tillman
"Not Recorded"
Died: 4/22/2004
Cause: Friendly fire in Afghanistan
Rachel Corrie
"I think it's a good idea for us all to drop everything and devote our lives to making this stop."
Died: 3/16/2003
Cause: Crushed by an Israeli military bulldozer
Myra Hindley
"Not Recorded"
Died: 11/15/2002
Cause: Respiratory failure due to bronchial pneumonia
Aileen Wuornos
"I'd just like to say I'm sailing with the rock, and I'll be back like Independence Day, with Jesus, June 6th. Like the movie, big mother ship and all. I'll be back."
Died: 10/9/2002
Cause: Lethal injection
Robbin Crosby
"Not Recorded"
Died: 6/6/2002
Cause: AIDS-related complications
Ziad Jarrah
"Not Recorded"
Died: 9/11/2001
Cause: Plane crash (September 11 attacks)
Mohamed Atta
"Not Recorded"
Died: 9/11/2001
Cause: Plane crash (September 11 attacks)
Aaliyah
"Not Recorded"
Died: 8/25/2001
Cause: Plane crash
Dale Earnhardt
"Not Recorded"
Died: 2/18/2001
Cause: Car crash during a race
Cassie Bernall
"Not Recorded"
Died: 4/20/1999
Cause: Shot during the Columbine High School massacre
Rachel Joy Scott
"Not Recorded"
Died: 4/20/1999
Cause: Gunshot wounds (killed in the Columbine High School massacre)
Stanley Kubrick
"Not Recorded"
Died: 3/7/1999
Cause: Heart attack
Frank Sinatra
"I'm losing."
Died: 5/14/1998
Cause: Heart attack
Princess Diana
"Not Recorded"
Died: 8/31/1997
Cause: Car crash due to reckless driving and paparazzi chase
Larry Gene Bell
"Not Recorded"
Died: 10/4/1996
Cause: Execution by electric chair
Tupac
"Not Recorded"
Died: 9/13/1996
Cause: Gunshot wounds (homicide)
Madalyn Murray Ohair
"Not Recorded"
Died: 9/29/1995
Cause: Murder
Jackie Kennedy
"Not Recorded"
Died: 5/19/1994
Cause: Non-Hodgkin lymphoma
Lonnie Frisbee
"Not Recorded"
Died: 3/12/1993
Cause: AIDS-related complications
Andre The Giant
"Not Recorded"
Died: 1/27/1993
Cause: Congestive heart failure
Sam Walton
"I blew it."
Died: 4/5/1992
Cause: Blood cancer (multiple myeloma)
Eric Carr
"Not Recorded"
Died: 11/24/1991
Cause: Heart cancer
Pee Wee Gaskins
"Not Recorded"
Died: 9/6/1991
Cause: Execution by electric chair
Ryan White
"Not Recorded"
Died: 4/8/1990
Cause: AIDS-related complications
Huey P Newton
"Not Recorded"
Died: 8/22/1989
Cause: Gunshot wounds
Salvador Dali
"Not Recorded"
Died: 1/23/1989
Cause: Heart failure
Arthur Sackler
"Not Recorded"
Died: 5/26/1987
Cause: Heart Attack
Budd Dwyer
"Please, please leave the room if this will...if this will affect you."
Died: 1/22/1987
Cause: Suicide by gunshot
Neerja Bhanot
"Not Recorded"
Died: 9/5/1986
Cause: Gunshot wounds (killed during a hijacking incident)
Velma Barfield
"I just want to say that I am sorry for all the hurt that I have caused. I know that everybody has gone through a lot of pain, all the families connected, and I am sorry. I want to thank everybody who have been supporting me all these years."
Died: 11/2/1984
Cause: Lethal injection
Andy Kaufman
"Not Recorded"
Died: 5/16/1984
Cause: Lung Cancer
Jim Jones
"Not Recorded"
Died: 11/18/1978
Cause: Suicide by cyanide poisoning
Terry Kath
"Not Recorded"
Died: 1/23/1978
Cause: Accidental self-inflicted gunshot wound
Groucho Marx
"Not Recorded"
Died: 8/19/1977
Cause: Pneumonia
Picasso
"Drink to me, drink to my health, you know I can't drink any more."
Died: 4/8/1973
Cause: Heart failure
Louis Armstrong
"Not Recorded"
Died: 7/6/1971
Cause: Heart attack
Coco Chanel
"Not Recorded"
Died: 1/10/1971
Cause: Chanel died of a heart attack.
Judy Garland
"Not Recorded"
Died: 6/22/1969
Cause: Barbiturate overdose
Thomas Merton
"Not Recorded"
Died: 12/10/1968
Cause: Accidental electrocution
Bobby Kennedy
"Is everyone else alright?"
Died: 6/6/1968
Cause: Assassination (Gunshot wounds)
Donald Campbell
"Not Recorded"
Died: 1/4/1967
Cause: Water speed record attempt accident
Malcolm X
"Not Recorded"
Died: 2/21/1965
Cause: Assassination (Gunshot wounds)
Sam Cooke
"Lady, you shot me."
Died: 12/11/1964
Cause: Gunshot wound
Jfk
"No, you certainly can't."
Died: 11/22/1963
Cause: Assassination (gunshot wound)
John F Kennedy
"Not Recorded"
Died: 11/22/1963
Cause: Assassination (gunshot wounds)
Medgar Evers
"Turn me loose."
Died: 6/12/1963
Cause: Assassination (Gunshot)
Adolf Eichmann
"Long live Germany. Long live Argentina. Long live Austria. These are the three countries I have served and I shall not forget them. I had to obey the rules of war and my flag. I am ready."
Died: 5/31/1962
Cause: Execution by hanging
Eichmann
"Long live Germany. Long live Argentina. Long live Austria. These are the three countries with which I have been most connected and which I will not forget. I greet my wife, my family and my friends. I am ready. We'll meet again soon, as is the way of all flesh."
Died: 5/31/1962
Cause: Execution by hanging
Lou Costello
"Not Recorded"
Died: 3/3/1959
Cause: Heart attack
Humphrey Bogart
"I should never have switched from Scotch to Martinis."
Died: 1/14/1957
Cause: Esophageal cancer
Jim Elliot
"He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose."
Died: 1/8/1956
Cause: Speared to death by members of the Huaorani tribe in Ecuador.
Emmett Till
"Not Recorded"
Died: 8/28/1955
Cause: Lynching (Beaten and shot)
Einstein
"Not Recorded"
Died: 4/18/1955
Cause: Abdominal aortic aneurysm
Lavrentiy Beria
"Not Recorded"
Died: 12/23/1953
Cause: Execution by firing squad
Paramahansa Yogananda
"Where is my Bagavad Gita?"
Died: 3/7/1952
Cause: Heart Failure
Martha Beck Killer
"Not Recorded"
Died: 3/31/1951
Cause: Execution by electric chair
Aleister Crowley
"I am perplexed. Sometimes I hate myself."
Died: 12/1/1947
Cause: Chronic bronchitis
Henry Ford
"Not Recorded"
Died: 4/7/1947
Cause: Cerebral Hemorrhage
Joachim Von Ribbentrop
"God protect Germany. God have mercy on my soul. My final wish is that Germany should recover her unity and that, for the sake of peace, there should be understanding between East and West. I wish peace to the world."
Died: 10/16/1946
Cause: Execution by hanging
Marcel Petiot
"Not Recorded"
Died: 5/25/1946
Cause: Execution by guillotine
John Basilone
"Not Recorded"
Died: 2/19/1945
Cause: Killed in action during World War II
Anne Frank
"Not Recorded"
Died: February 1945
Cause: Typhus in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp
Eddie Slovik
"They're not shooting me for deserting the United States Army, thousands of guys have done that. They just need to make an example out of somebody and I'm it because I'm an ex-con. I used to steal things when I was a kid, and that's what they are shooting me for. They're shooting me for the bread and chewing gum I stole when I was 12 years old."
Died: 1/31/1945
Cause: Execution by firing squad
Claus Von Stauffenberg
"Es lebe das heilige Deutschland!"
Died: 7/20/1944
Cause: Execution by firing squad
William James Sidis
"Not Recorded"
Died: 7/17/1944
Cause: Cerebral hemorrhage
George Stinney
"Not Recorded"
Died: 6/16/1944
Cause: Execution by electric chair
George Stinney Jr
"Not Recorded"
Died: 6/16/1944
Cause: Execution by electric chair
James Joyce
"Not Recorded"
Died: 1/13/1941
Cause: Perforated Duodenal Ulcer
Ataturk
"Not Recorded"
Died: 11/10/1938
Cause: Cirrhosis of the liver
Albert Fish
"I don't even know why I'm here."
Died: 1/16/1936
Cause: Execution by electric chair
Pretty Boy Floyd
"I don't want to die. I'm not a criminal."
Died: 10/22/1934
Cause: Gunshot wounds (killed by law enforcement officers)
John Dillinger
"Not Recorded"
Died: 7/22/1934
Cause: Gunshot wounds
Mata Hari
"Death is nothing, nor life either, for that matter. To die, to sleep, to pass into nothingness, what does it matter? Everything is an illusion."
Died: 10/15/1917
Cause: Execution by firing squad (Espionage conviction)
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
"Not Recorded"
Died: 6/28/1914
Cause: Assassination
Franz Ferdinand
"Sophie dear! Don't die! Stay alive for our children!"
Died: 6/28/1914
Cause: Assassination
Jp Morgan
"Not Recorded"
Died: 3/31/1913
Cause: Pneumonia and Paralysis
Benjamin Guggenheim
"We've dressed up in our best and are prepared to go down like gentlemen."
Died: 4/15/1912
Cause: Sinking of the Titanic
Thomas Andrews
"Not Recorded"
Died: 4/15/1912
Cause: Drowning (sinking of the RMS Titanic)
Wallace Hartley
"Not Recorded"
Died: 4/15/1912
Cause: Drowning (Sinking of the Titanic)
Ida Straus
"We have been living together for many years. Where you go, I go."
Died: 4/15/1912
Cause: Drowning (sank with the Titanic)
Captain Edward Smith
"Be British, boys, be British!"
Died: 4/15/1912
Cause: Drowning (sank with the Titanic)
Breaker Morant
"Shoot straight, you bastards! Don't make a mess of it!"
Died: 27 February 1902
Cause: Execution by firing squad
Dwight L Moody
"Earth recedes. Heaven opens before me."
Died: 12/22/1899
Cause: Heart failure
John Wesley Hardin
"Not Recorded"
Died: 8/19/1895
Cause: Gunshot wounds
Andrew Johnson
"Oh, do not cry. Be good children, and we will all meet in heaven."
Died: 7/31/1875
Cause: Stroke
Millard Fillmore
"The nourishment is palatable."
Died: 3/8/1874
Cause: Stroke
General John Sedgwick
"They couldn't hit an elephant at this distance."
Died: 5/9/1864
Cause: Shot by enemy sniper during the American Civil War
Marie Antoinette
"Pardon me sir, I meant not to do it."
Died: 10/16/1793
Cause: Execution by guillotine
Marie Antoinettes
"Pardon me sir, I meant not to do it."
Died: 10/16/1793
Cause: Guillotined during the French Revolution
Benjamin Franklin
"A dying man can do nothing easy."
Died: 4/17/1790
Cause: Pleural effusion
Michelangelo
"I'm not in the least bit tired."
Died: 3/18/1564
Cause: Fever following a slow decline in health
Martin Luther
"We are beggars; this is true."
Died: 2/18/1546
Cause: Suspected stroke or heart attack
Leonardo Da Vinci
"I have offended God and mankind because my work did not reach the quality it should have."
Died: 5/2/1519
Cause: Probable stroke
Steve Mcqueen
"Not Recorded"
Died: #ERROR!
Cause: Pleural mesothelioma (a type of cancer)
Betty White
"Not Recorded"
Died: 1/13/2022
Cause: Natural causes
Lil Loaded
"Not Recorded"
Died: 5/31/2021
Cause: Suicide
Dustin Diamond
"Not Recorded"
Died: 2/1/2021
Cause: Lung cancer
Larry King
"Not Recorded"
Died: 1/23/2021
Cause: Sepsis
Sean Connery
"Not Recorded"
Died: 10/31/2020
Cause: Pneumonia and heart failure
Eddie Van Halen
"Not Recorded"
Died: 10/6/2020
Cause: Throat cancer
Colby Cave
"Not Recorded"
Died: 4/11/2020
Cause: Brain bleed (due to a colloid cyst that led to a brain hemorrhage)
Bill Withers
"Not Recorded"
Died: 4/3/2020
Cause: Heart complications
Pop Smoke
"Not Recorded"
Died: 2/19/2020
Cause: Gunshot wound (Homicide)
Robert Conrad
"Not Recorded"
Died: 2/8/2020
Cause: Heart Failure
Reinhard Bonnke
"Not Recorded"
Died: 12/7/2019
Cause: Pulmonary fibrosis
Cameron Boyce
"Not Recorded"
Died: 7/6/2019
Cause: Epilepsy
Beth Chapman
"Not Recorded"
Died: 6/26/2019
Cause: Throat cancer
Nipsey Hussle
"Not Recorded"
Died: 3/31/2019
Cause: Gunshot wounds
Stephen Hillenburg
"Not Recorded"
Died: 11/26/2018
Cause: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)
Stefan Karl Stefansson
"Not Recorded"
Died: 8/21/2018
Cause: Bile duct cancer
Lil Peep
"Not Recorded"
Died: 11/15/2017
Cause: Accidental drug overdose
Rich Piana
"Not Recorded"
Died: 8/25/2017
Cause: Heart attack due to drug overdose
Debbie Reynolds
"I want to be with Carrie"
Died: 12/28/2016
Cause: Stroke
Lemmy Kilmister
"Not Recorded"
Died: 12/28/2015
Cause: Prostate cancer, cardiac arrhythmia and congestive heart failure
Tamir Rice
"Not Recorded"
Died: 11/23/2014
Cause: Gunshot by police
Paul Walker
"Not Recorded"
Died: 11/30/2013
Cause: Car accident
Paul Walkers
"Not Recorded"
Died: 11/30/2013
Cause: Car accident
Lou Reed
"Not Recorded"
Died: 10/27/2013
Cause: Liver disease
Dallas Willard
"Not Recorded"
Died: 5/8/2013
Cause: Cancer
Dietrich Fischer-dieskau
"Not Recorded"
Died: 5/18/2012
Cause: Kidney failure
Ronnie James Dio
"Not Recorded"
Died: 5/16/2010
Cause: Stomach cancer
Brittany Murphy
"Not Recorded"
Died: 12/20/2009
Cause: Pneumonia and anemia, combined with multiple drug intoxication.
Donda West
"Not Recorded"
Died: 11/10/2007
Cause: Coronary artery disease and multiple post-operative factors due to or as a consequence of liposuction and mammoplasty.
Chris Benoit
"Not Recorded"
Died: 6/24/2007
Cause: Suicide by hanging
Eddie Guerrero
"Not Recorded"
Died: 11/13/2005
Cause: Acute heart failure due to underlying atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease
Joe Ranft
"Not Recorded"
Died: 8/16/2005
Cause: Car accident
Luther Vandross
"Not Recorded"
Died: 7/1/2005
Cause: Diabetes and stroke
John Ritter
"Not Recorded"
Died: 9/11/2003
Cause: Aortic dissection
Layne Staley
"Not Recorded"
Died: 4/5/2002
Cause: Drug overdose
Tom Burnett
"We're going to do something."
Died: 9/11/2001
Cause: Plane crash (September 11 attacks)
Mary Kay Bergman
"Not Recorded"
Died: 11/11/1999
Cause: Suicide
Deforest Kelley
"Not Recorded"
Died: 6/11/1999
Cause: Stomach cancer
Karla Faye Tucker
"I am going to be face to face with Jesus now. I love you all very much. I will see you all when you get there. I will wait for you."
Died: 2/3/1998
Cause: Lethal injection
Charles Bukowski
"Not Recorded"
Died: 3/9/1994
Cause: Leukemia
Sam Kinison
"Why now? Why?"
Died: 4/10/1992
Cause: Car accident
Bette Davis
"She did it the hard way."
Died: 10/6/1989
Cause: Breast cancer
Ted Bundy
"I'd like you to give my love to my family and friends."
Died: 1/24/1989
Cause: Execution by electric chair
Andy Gibb
"Not Recorded"
Died: 3/10/1988
Cause: Myocarditis (heart inflammation) exacerbated by years of substance abuse
Marvin Gaye
"Mother, I'm going to get my things and get out of this house. Father hates me and I'm never coming back."
Died: 4/1/1984
Cause: Gunshot wounds
John Lennon
"I'm shot"
Died: 12/8/1980
Cause: Assassination (Gunshot wounds)
Bon Scott
"Not Recorded"
Died: 2/19/1980
Cause: Acute alcohol poisoning
Keith Moon
"Not Recorded"
Died: 9/7/1978
Cause: Drug overdose
Elvis Presley
"Not Recorded"
Died: 8/16/1977
Cause: Heart attack
Elvis
"I'm going to the bathroom to read."
Died: 8/16/1977
Cause: Heart attack
Gary Gilmore
"Let's do it."
Died: 1/17/1977
Cause: Execution by firing squad
Bud Abbott
"Not Recorded"
Died: 4/24/1974
Cause: Cancer
Bobby Darin
"Not Recorded"
Died: 12/20/1973
Cause: Sepsis from a surgical complication
Babe Ruth
"I'm going over the valley."
Died: 8/16/1948
Cause: Cancer (specifically, nasopharyngeal carcinoma)
Fdr
"I have a terrific headache."
Died: 4/12/1945
Cause: Cerebral hemorrhage
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
"This is the end...For me the beginning of life."
Died: 4/9/1945
Cause: Execution by hanging
Xxxtentacion
"Not Recorded"
Died: #ERROR!
Cause: Gunshot wounds (homicide)
Young Dolph
"Not Recorded"
Died: 11/17/2021
Cause: Gunshot wounds
Joey Jordison
"Not Recorded"
Died: 7/26/2021
Cause: Transverse myelitis
Gwen Shamblin
"Not Recorded"
Died: 5/29/2021
Cause: Plane crash
Dmx
"Not Recorded"
Died: 4/9/2021
Cause: Heart attack due to drug overdose
Cepillín
"Not Recorded"
Died: 3/8/2021
Cause: Heart attack and spinal surgery complications
Dustin Higgs
"I'd like to say I am an innocent man. I am not responsible for the deaths. I did not order the murders."
Died: 1/16/2021
Cause: Lethal injection
Mf Doom
"Not Recorded"
Died: 12/31/2020
Cause: Unknown (presumed natural causes)
King Von
"Not Recorded"
Died: 11/6/2020
Cause: Gunshot wounds (homicide)
Justin Townes Earle
"Not Recorded"
Died: 8/23/2020
Cause: Drug overdose
Fbg Duck
"Not Recorded"
Died: 8/4/2020
Cause: Gunshot wounds
Dustin Honken
"Not Recorded"
Died: 7/17/2020
Cause: Lethal Injection
George Floyd
"I can't breathe."
Died: 5/25/2020
Cause: Cardiopulmonary arrest due to law enforcement subdual, restraint, and neck compression (asphyxiation)
Ravi Zacharias
"Not Recorded"
Died: 5/19/2020
Cause: Cancer
Little Richard
"Not Recorded"
Died: 5/9/2020
Cause: Bone cancer
Gianna Bryant
"Not Recorded"
Died: 1/26/2020
Cause: Helicopter crash
Kobe Bryant
"Not Recorded"
Died: 1/26/2020
Cause: Helicopter crash
Ram Dass
"Not Recorded"
Died: 12/22/2019
Cause: Natural causes
Elijah Mcclain
"Not Recorded"
Died: 8/30/2019
Cause: Cardiac arrest following ketamine sedation after being detained by police.
Opportunity Rover
"My battery is low and it's getting dark."
Died: 2/13/2019
Cause: Loss of power due to a severe dust storm on Mars.
Stan Lee
"Not Recorded"
Died: 11/12/2018
Cause: Pneumonia
Totalbiscuit
"Not Recorded"
Died: 5/24/2018
Cause: Colorectal cancer
Carlton Gary
"Not Recorded"
Died: 3/15/2018
Cause: Execution by lethal injection
John Dunsworth
"Not Recorded"
Died: 10/16/2017
Cause: Complications from an unexpected illness
Otto Warmbier
"Not Recorded"
Died: 6/19/2017
Cause: Brain damage due to oxygen deprivation
Don Rickles
"Not Recorded"
Died: 4/6/2017
Cause: Kidney Failure
Wayne Dyer
"Not Recorded"
Died: 8/30/2015
Cause: Heart attack
Andreas Lubitz
"Not Recorded"
Died: 3/26/2015
Cause: Suicide by plane crash
Robin Williams
"Not Recorded"
Died: 8/11/2014
Cause: Suicide by hanging
Christopher Hitchens
"Not Recorded"
Died: 12/15/2011
Cause: Esophageal cancer
Gaddafi
"Do not shoot!"
Died: 10/20/2011
Cause: Killed in a civil war conflict
Corey Haim
"Not Recorded"
Died: 3/10/2010
Cause: Pneumonia
Patrick Swayze
"Not Recorded"
Died: 9/14/2009
Cause: Pancreatic cancer
Farrah Fawcett
"Not Recorded"
Died: 6/25/2009
Cause: Anal cancer
Popcorn Sutton
"Not Recorded"
Died: 3/16/2009
Cause: Suicide by carbon monoxide poisoning
Pat Morita
"Not Recorded"
Died: 11/24/2005
Cause: Kidney failure
Peter Jennings
"Not Recorded"
Died: 8/7/2005
Cause: Lung Cancer
Dimebag Darrell
"Not Recorded"
Died: 12/8/2004
Cause: Homicide (gunshot wounds)
Jonathan Brandis
"Not Recorded"
Died: 11/12/2003
Cause: Suicide by hanging
Napoleon Beazley
"Not Recorded"
Died: 5/28/2002
Cause: Execution by lethal injection
Waylon Jennings
"Not Recorded"
Died: 2/13/2002
Cause: Diabetic complications
Daniel Pearl
"My father's Jewish, my mother's Jewish, I'm Jewish."
Died: 2/1/2002
Cause: Beheading (kidnapping and murder by terrorists)
Leroy Homer
"Not Recorded"
Died: 9/11/2001
Cause: Plane crash during the September 11 attacks
Timothy Mcveigh
"I am the master of my fate: I am the captain of my soul."
Died: 6/11/2001
Cause: Execution by lethal injection
Charles Templeton
"Not Recorded"
Died: 6/7/2001
Cause: Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease
Charles Schulz
"Not Recorded"
Died: 2/12/2000
Cause: Colon cancer
Jim Varney
"Not Recorded"
Died: 2/10/2000
Cause: Lung Cancer
Scatman John
"Not Recorded"
Died: 12/3/1999
Cause: Lung Cancer
Isaiah Shoels
"Not Recorded"
Died: 4/20/1999
Cause: Gunshot wounds (killed during the Columbine High School massacre)
James Earl Ray
"Not Recorded"
Died: 4/23/1998
Cause: Hepatitis C and liver failure
John Denver
"Not Recorded"
Died: 10/12/1997
Cause: Plane Crash
Mother Teresa
"I can't breathe."
Died: 9/5/1997
Cause: Heart Failure
Rob Hall
"Sleep well, my sweetheart. Please don't worry too much."
Died: 5/11/1996
Cause: Hypothermia and altitude sickness during the 1996 Mount Everest disaster.
Jessica Dubroff
"Not Recorded"
Died: 4/11/1996
Cause: Plane crash
William Bonin
"Not Recorded"
Died: 2/23/1996
Cause: Lethal injection
Amber Hagerman
"Not Recorded"
Died: 1/13/1996
Cause: Murder
Sergei Grinkov
"Not Recorded"
Died: 11/20/1995
Cause: Heart attack
Yitzhak Rabin
"Goodbye, friends"
Died: 11/4/1995
Cause: Assassination
Jerry Garcia
"Not Recorded"
Died: 8/9/1995
Cause: Heart attack
Ayrton Senna
"Not Recorded"
Died: 5/1/1994
Cause: Car crash during a race
Bill Hicks
"I left in love, in laughter, and in truth, and wherever truth, love and laughter abide, I am there in spirit."
Died: 2/26/1994
Cause: Pancreatic Cancer
Dr Seuss
"Not Recorded"
Died: 9/24/1991
Cause: Cancer
Jeremy Wade Delle
"Not Recorded"
Died: 1/8/1991
Cause: Suicide by gunshot
Lane Frost
"Not Recorded"
Died: 7/30/1989
Cause: Gored by a bull during a rodeo event
Gilda Radner
"Not Recorded"
Died: 5/20/1989
Cause: Ovarian cancer
Jackie Gleason
"Not Recorded"
Died: 6/24/1987
Cause: Colon cancer and liver cancer
Fred Astaire
"Not Recorded"
Died: 6/22/1987
Cause: Pneumonia
Cary Grant
"Not Recorded"
Died: 11/29/1986
Cause: Stroke
Cliff Burton
"Not Recorded"
Died: 9/27/1986
Cause: Bus accident
Omayra Sánchez
"Not Recorded"
Died: 11/16/1985
Cause: Volcanic eruption (Nevado del Ruiz volcano)
John Belushi
"Not Recorded"
Died: 3/5/1982
Cause: Combined drug intoxication
Bob Marley
"Money can't buy life."
Died: 5/11/1981
Cause: Melanoma (Skin Cancer)
Bobby Sands
"I am standing on the threshold of another trembling world. May God have mercy on my soul."
Died: 5/5/1981
Cause: Hunger strike
Ian Curtis
"Not Recorded"
Died: 5/18/1980
Cause: Suicide by hanging
John Waynes
"Not Recorded"
Died: 6/11/1979
Cause: Stomach Cancer
John Wayne
"Of course I know who you are. You're my girl. I love you."
Died: 6/11/1979
Cause: Stomach cancer
Solomon Mahlangu
"My blood will nourish the tree that will bear the fruits of freedom. Tell my people that I love them. They must continue the fight."
Died: 4/6/1979
Cause: Execution by hanging
Hamida Djandoubi
"Not Recorded"
Died: 9/10/1977
Cause: Execution by guillotine
Lyndon B Johnson
"Not Recorded"
Died: 1/22/1973
Cause: Heart attack
Watchman Nee
"Not Recorded"
Died: 5/30/1972
Cause: Overwork and maltreatment in prison
Jim Morrison
"Not Recorded"
Died: 7/3/1971
Cause: Heart failure
Janis Joplin
"Not Recorded"
Died: 10/4/1970
Cause: Drug overdose
Mlk
"Not Recorded"
Died: 4/4/1968
Cause: Assassination (gunshot wound)
Martin Luther King Jr
"Not Recorded"
Died: 4/4/1968
Cause: Assassination (Gunshot wound)
Richard Hickock
"Not Recorded"
Died: 4/14/1965
Cause: Execution by hanging
Robert Frost
"Not Recorded"
Died: 1/29/1963
Cause: Complications from surgery
James Dean
"That guy's got to stop… He'll see us."
Died: 9/30/1955
Cause: Car accident
Hank Williams
"Not Recorded"
Died: 1/1/1953
Cause: Heart failure
Lena Baker
"What I done, I did in self-defense, or I would have been killed myself. Where I was I could not overcome it. God has forgiven me. I have nothing against anyone. I picked cotton for Mr. Ponder. He was as good to me as he could be. I am ready to go. I am one in the number. I am ready to meet my God. I am sorry for what I done and I know God has forgiven me."
Died: 3/5/1945
Cause: Electric chair execution
Lepke Buchalter
"Not Recorded"
Died: 3/4/1944
Cause: Execution by electric chair
Sophie Scholl
"Such a fine, sunny day, and I have to go... What does my death matter, if through us, thousands of people are awakened and stirred to action?"
Died: 2/22/1943
Cause: Execution by guillotine
Nikola Tesla
"Not Recorded"
Died: 1/7/1943
Cause: Coronary thrombosis
Robert Johnson
"Not Recorded"
Died: 8/16/1938
Cause: Suspected poisoning
Carl Panzram
"Hurry it up, you Hoosier bastard! I could kill a dozen men while you're screwing around!"
Died: 9/5/1930
Cause: Execution by hanging
Harry Houdini
"Rosabelle, believe."
Died: 10/31/1926
Cause: Peritonitis following a ruptured appendix
Bessie Coleman
"Not Recorded"
Died: 4/30/1926
Cause: Plane crash
Floyd Collins
"Moma, I guess I won't be out for breakfast."
Died: 2/13/1925
Cause: Hypothermia and starvation after being trapped in a cave
Pancho Villa
"Don't let it end like this. Tell them I said something."
Died: 7/20/1923
Cause: Assassination (gunshot wounds)
Edith Cavell
"Standing as I do in view of God and eternity, I realize that patriotism is not enough. I must have no hatred or bitterness towards anyone."
Died: 10/12/1915
Cause: Execution by firing squad
Joshua Chamberlain
"Not Recorded"
Died: 2/24/1914
Cause: Complications from wounds received during the American Civil War
Clara Barton
"Not Recorded"
Died: 4/12/1912
Cause: Pneumonia
Franz Reichelt
"Not Recorded"
Died: 2/4/1912
Cause: Impact from fall after a failed parachute jump.
Tom Horn
"I have lived about fifteen ordinary lives. I have had enough of it. It is no good. I am ready to die."
Died: 11/20/1903
Cause: Hanging (Execution)
Calamity Jane
"Not Recorded"
Died: 8/1/1903
Cause: Pneumonia and inflammation of the bowels
William Mckinley
"Goodbye, all, goodbye. It is God's way. His will be done."
Died: 9/14/1901
Cause: Assassination (gunshot wounds)
Oscar Wildes
"My wallpaper and I are fighting a duel to the death. One or the other of us has to go."
Died: 11/30/1900
Cause: Meningitis
Oscar Wilde
"Not Recorded"
Died: 11/30/1900
Cause: Meningitis
Billy The Kid
"Not Recorded"
Died: 7/14/1881
Cause: Gunshot wound
Henry Wirz
"I know what orders are, Major. I am being hanged for obeying them."
Died: 11/10/1865
Cause: Execution by hanging
Lincoln
"Not Recorded"
Died: 4/15/1865
Cause: Assassination (Gunshot wound)
Chopin
"Not Recorded"
Died: 10/17/1849
Cause: Tuberculosis
Thomas Jefferson
"Is it the Fourth?"
Died: 7/4/1826
Cause: Thomas Jefferson died of uremia following a urinary tract infection.
Napoleon Bonaparte
"France, army, head of the army, Joséphine."
Died: 5/5/1821
Cause: Stomach cancer
Napoleon
"France, the army, the head of the army, Joséphine."
Died: 5/5/1821
Cause: Stomach cancer
Thomas Paine
"My only regret is that I have but one life to lose for my country."
Died: 6/8/1809
Cause: Thomas Paine died from natural causes, likely due to poor health and old age, on June 8, 1809.
Voltaire
""This is no time to make new enemies." (When asked on his deathbed to renounce Satan)"
Died: 5/30/1778
Cause: Kidney disease
John Madden
"John Madden is still alive."
Died: John Madden is still alive as of the last update.
Cause: John Madden passed away from natural causes on December 28, 2021.
Norm Macdonald
"Not Recorded"
Died: 9/14/2021
Cause: Leukemia
Sarah Harding
"Not Recorded"
Died: 9/5/2021
Cause: Breast cancer
Phil Valentine
"Not Recorded"
Died: 8/21/2021
Cause: COVID-19
Vicente Fernandez
"Not Recorded"
Died: August 13, 2021.
Cause: As of my knowledge cutoff in October 2021, Vicente Fernandez is still alive. Please check the most recent sources for updated information.
B.j. Thomas
"Not Recorded"
Died: 5/29/2021
Cause: Lung Cancer
Ronald Defeo
"Not Recorded"
Died: 3/12/2021
Cause: Gunshot wounds (homicide)
Samuel Little
"Not Recorded"
Died: 12/30/2020
Cause: Diabetes and Heart disease
John Lewis
"Not Recorded"
Died: 7/17/2020
Cause: Pancreatic cancer
Neil Peart
"Not Recorded"
Died: 1/7/2020
Cause: Glioblastoma (a type of brain cancer)
Sulli
"Not Recorded"
Died: 10/14/2019
Cause: Suicide
Scott Dozier
"Not Recorded"
Died: 1/5/2019
Cause: Suicide by hanging
Jamal Khashoggi
"Not Recorded"
Died: 10/2/2018
Cause: Assassination
Anthony Shore
"Not Recorded"
Died: 1/18/2018
Cause: Execution by lethal injection
Jonghyun
"I pray you aren't hurting."
Died: 12/18/2017
Cause: Suicide by carbon monoxide poisoning
Charles Manson
"Not Recorded"
Died: 11/19/2017
Cause: Natural causes (specifically, cardiac arrest resulting from respiratory failure and colon cancer)
Joe Metheny
"Not Recorded"
Died: 8/5/2017
Cause: Heart attack
Mother Angelica
"Jesus, I love you!"
Died: 3/27/2016
Cause: Complications from a stroke
Alan Rickman
"Not Recorded"
Died: 1/14/2016
Cause: Pancreatic cancer
David Bowie
"Not Recorded"
Died: 1/10/2016
Cause: Liver cancer
Christopher Lee
"Not Recorded"
Died: 6/7/2015
Cause: Heart failure and respiratory problems
Steven Sotloff
"Not Recorded"
Died: 9/2/2014
Cause: Beheading by ISIS
Richard Ramirez
"Big deal. Death always went with the territory. See you in Disneyland."
Died: 6/7/2013
Cause: B-cell lymphoma (a type of cancer)
Ronnie Lee Gardner
"I do not know what to say. I am so sorry for the things I have done. I wish I could take it back."
Died: 6/18/2010
Cause: Execution by firing squad
Bernie Mac
"Not Recorded"
Died: 8/9/2008
Cause: Pneumonia
Lucky Dube
"Not Recorded"
Died: 10/18/2007
Cause: Murder
Richard Kuklinski
"Not Recorded"
Died: 3/5/2006
Cause: Natural causes (specifically, heart failure)
Don Knotts
"Not Recorded"
Died: 2/24/2006
Cause: Lung Cancer
Ahmed Deedat
"Not Recorded"
Died: 8/8/2005
Cause: Kidney failure
Bob Hope
"Surprise me."
Died: 7/27/2003
Cause: Pneumonia
Fred Rogers
"Not Recorded"
Died: 2/27/2003
Cause: Stomach cancer
Princess Margaret
"Not Recorded"
Died: 2/9/2002
Cause: Stroke
Todd Beamer
"Let's roll."
Died: 9/11/2001
Cause: Plane crash (September 11 attacks)
Wanda Jean Allen
"Not Recorded"
Died: 1/11/2001
Cause: Lethal injection (execution)
Terence Mckenna
"Not Recorded"
Died: 4/3/2000
Cause: Brain tumor
Michelle Thomas
"Not Recorded"
Died: 12/23/1998
Cause: Stomach Cancer
Jeanne Calment
"Not Recorded"
Died: 8/4/1997
Cause: Natural causes
Selena
"Not Recorded"
Died: 3/31/1995
Cause: Gunshot wound
Selena Quintanilla
"Not Recorded"
Died: 3/31/1995
Cause: Gunshot wound (homicide)
Kurt Cobain
"It's better to burn out than to fade away."
Died: 4/5/1994
Cause: Suicide by gunshot
Kurt Cobains
"I can't go on. Feeling very suicidal. I love you... I love you."
Died: 4/5/1994
Cause: Suicide by gunshot
Audrey Hepburn
"I love you, darling"
Died: 1/20/1993
Cause: Appendiceal cancer
Jacob Wetterling
"Not Recorded"
Died: 10/22/1989
Cause: Homicide
Indira Gandhi
"Not Recorded"
Died: 10/31/1984
Cause: Assassination (gunshot wounds)
Richard Burton
"Not Recorded"
Died: 8/5/1984
Cause: Cerebral hemorrhage
Frederick Valentich
"Not Recorded"
Died: 10/21/1978
Cause: Presumed fatal aircraft accident
Matthew Garber
"Not Recorded"
Died: 6/13/1977
Cause: Hepatitis and pancreatitis
Christine Chubbuck
"In keeping with Channel 40's policy of bringing you the latest in 'blood and guts', and in living color, you are going to see another first—attempted suicide."
Died: 7/15/1974
Cause: Suicide by gunshot
Brian Piccolo
"Not Recorded"
Died: 6/16/1970
Cause: Embryonal cell carcinoma (a form of testicular cancer)
Padre Pio
"Jesus, Mary"
Died: 9/23/1968
Cause: Myocardial infarction (heart attack)
Che Guevara
"Shoot, coward, you are only going to kill a man."
Died: 10/9/1967
Cause: Execution by Bolivian military forces
Patsy Cline
"Not Recorded"
Died: 3/5/1963
Cause: Plane crash
Marilyn Monroe
"Not Recorded"
Died: 8/5/1962
Cause: Probable drug overdose
Billie Holiday
"Not Recorded"
Died: 7/17/1959
Cause: Cirrhosis of the liver
Ritchie Valens
"Not Recorded"
Died: 2/3/1959
Cause: Plane crash
Oliver Hardy
"Not Recorded"
Died: 8/7/1957
Cause: Cerebral thrombosis (stroke) and pneumonia
Sadako Sasaki
"Not Recorded"
Died: 10/25/1955
Cause: Leukemia due to radiation from the atomic bombing of Hiroshima.
Ethel Rosenberg
"Not Recorded"
Died: 6/19/1953
Cause: Execution by electric chair
King George Vi
"Not Recorded"
Died: 2/6/1952
Cause: Lung cancer
George Washington Carver
"Not Recorded"
Died: 1/5/1943
Cause: Complications from a fall
George Gershwin
"Not Recorded"
Died: 7/11/1937
Cause: Brain Tumor
Fred Noonan
"Not Recorded"
Died: 7/2/1937
Cause: Presumed plane crash (official cause of death remains undetermined due to disappearance)
Dutch Schultz
"A boy has never wept nor dashed a thousand kim."
Died: 10/24/1935
Cause: Gunshot wounds
Avicii
"Not Recorded"
Died: #ERROR!
Cause: Suicide
Halyna Hutchins
"Not Recorded"
Died: 10/21/2021
Cause: Accidental shooting on a film set
Sean Lock
"Not Recorded"
Died: 18 August 2021
Cause: Cancer
Prince Philip
"Not Recorded"
Died: 4/9/2021
Cause: Old age, specifically, he died of "old age" according to the death certificate. He had been suffering from a pre-existing heart condition.
Alex Trebek
"Not Recorded"
Died: 11/8/2020
Cause: Pancreatic cancer
Steve Cash
"Not Recorded"
Died: 4/16/2020
Cause: Suicide
Robert Fratta
"Not Recorded"
Died: 11/20/2019
Cause: Execution by lethal injection
John Allen Chau
"Not Recorded"
Died: 11/17/2018
Cause: Arrow wounds (killed by the Sentinelese tribe)
Myles Munroe
"Not Recorded"
Died: 11/9/2014
Cause: Plane crash
James Foley
"Not Recorded"
Died: 8/19/2014
Cause: Beheading by ISIS
George Rivas
"Yes, sir. I've made my peace."
Died: 2/29/2012
Cause: Lethal injection
Natasha Richardson
"Not Recorded"
Died: 3/18/2009
Cause: Epidural hematoma due to a skiing accident
Puskas
"Not Recorded"
Died: 11/17/2006
Cause: Pancreatic cancer
Patsy Ramsey
"Not Recorded"
Died: 6/24/2006
Cause: Ovarian cancer
Tookie Williams
"Not Recorded"
Died: 12/13/2005
Cause: Lethal injection (execution)
Miki Matsubara
"Not Recorded"
Died: 10/7/2004
Cause: Cervical cancer
John Gotti
"Not Recorded"
Died: 6/10/2002
Cause: Throat cancer
Jfk Jr
"Not Recorded"
Died: 7/16/1999
Cause: Plane crash
Amadou Diallo
"Not Recorded"
Died: 2/4/1999
Cause: Gunshot wounds (killed by police)
Roy Rogers
"Not Recorded"
Died: 7/3/1998
Cause: Congestive heart failure
Linda Mccartney
"Not Recorded"
Died: 4/17/1998
Cause: Breast Cancer
Anton Lavey
"Not Recorded"
Died: 10/29/1997
Cause: Pulmonary edema
Biggie Smalls
"Not Recorded"
Died: 3/9/1997
Cause: Gunshot wounds (homicide)
Chris Mccandless
"Not Recorded"
Died: 8/18/1992
Cause: Starvation and possible poisoning from eating wild plants.
Roald Dahl
"It's just that I will miss you all so much"
Died: 23 November 1990
Cause: Myelodysplastic syndrome, a type of blood disease.
Roald Dahls
"Not Recorded"
Died: 23 November 1990
Cause: Myelodysplastic syndrome, a type of blood disease.
Junko Furuta
"Not Recorded"
Died: 1/4/1989
Cause: Torture and murder
Thurman Munson
"Not Recorded"
Died: 8/2/1979
Cause: Plane crash
Winston Churchill
"I'm bored with it all."
Died: 1/24/1965
Cause: Stroke
Adrian Carton De Wiart
"Not Recorded"
Died: 26 June 1963
Cause: Natural causes
Dylan Thomas
"I've had 18 straight whiskies. I think that's the record."
Died: 11/9/1953
Cause: Pneumonia and alcohol poisoning
Hitlers
"Not Recorded"
Died: 4/30/1945
Cause: Suicide by gunshot and cyanide poisoning
King George V
"Bugger Bognor."
Died: 1/20/1936
Cause: Bronchitis, influenza and a series of heart attacks
Thomas Edison
"It's very beautiful over there."
Died: 10/18/1931
Cause: Diabetes complications
Robert Falcon Scott
"I do not think we can hope for any better things now. We shall stick it out to the end, but we are getting weaker, of course, and the end cannot be far. It seems a pity, but I do not think I can write more. R. Scott. Last entry. For God's sake look after our people."
Died: 3/29/1912
Cause: Exposure to extreme cold and malnutrition during the Terra Nova Expedition in Antarctica
Henrik Ibsen
"On the contrary!"
Died: 5/23/1906
Cause: Stroke
Charles Spurgeon
"Not Recorded"
Died: 1/31/1892
Cause: Bright's disease (a historical classification of kidney diseases)
Emily Dickinson
"I must go in, the fog is rising."
Died: 5/15/1886
Cause: Kidney disease
Charles Darwin
"I am not the least afraid to die."
Died: 4/19/1882
Cause: Heart failure
Stonewall Jackson
"Let us cross over the river and rest under the shade of the trees."
Died: 5/10/1863
Cause: Pneumonia following an accidental shooting during the American Civil War.
Thoreau
"Moose... Indian..."
Died: 5/6/1862
Cause: Tuberculosis
Poe
"Lord help my poor soul."
Died: 10/7/1849
Cause: Alcoholism and possible drug overdose
James Polk
"I love you, Sarah. For all eternity, I love you."
Died: 6/15/1849
Cause: Cholera
Joseph Smith
"Oh Lord, my God!"
Died: 12/27/1844
Cause: Assassination (gunshot wounds)
John Adams
"Thomas Jefferson survives."
Died: 7/4/1826
Cause: Heart failure
Abigail Adams
"Do not grieve, my friend, my dearest friend. I am ready to go. And John, it will not be long."
Died: 10/28/1818
Cause: Typhoid fever
Horatio Nelson
"Thank God I have done my duty."
Died: 10/21/1805
Cause: Gunshot wound during the Battle of Trafalgar
Alexander Hamilton
"I have a tender reliance on the mercy of the Almighty, through the merits of the Lord Jesus Christ. I am a sinner. I look to Him for mercy; pray for me."
Died: 7/12/1804
Cause: Gunshot wound from a duel with Aaron Burr.
Mozart
"The taste of death is upon my lips...I feel something, that is not of this earth."
Died: 12/5/1791
Cause: Rheumatic fever
Amelia Earhart
"Not Recorded"
Died: Disappeared July 2, 1937; declared dead in absentia January 5, 1939
Cause: Disappearance, presumed plane crash (official cause of death remains undetermined due to lack of physical evidence)
Kenny Rogers
"Not Recorded"
Died: 3/20/2020
Cause: Natural causes
Juice Wrld
"Not Recorded"
Died: 12/8/2019
Cause: Seizure induced by acute oxycodone and codeine intoxication
Ivan Milat
"Not Recorded"
Died: 10/27/2019
Cause: Stomach and esophageal cancer
Doris Day
"Not Recorded"
Died: 5/13/2019
Cause: Pneumonia
Mac Miller
"Not Recorded"
Died: 9/7/2018
Cause: Accidental drug overdose
Aretha Franklin
"Not Recorded"
Died: 8/16/2018
Cause: Pancreatic cancer
Koko The Gorilla
"Not Recorded"
Died: 6/19/2018
Cause: Sleep-related causes (Old Age)
Anthony Bourdain
"Not Recorded"
Died: 6/8/2018
Cause: Suicide
Dennis Nilsen
"Not Recorded"
Died: 12 May 2018
Cause: Complications following a surgery
Walter Leroy Moody
"Not Recorded"
Died: 4/19/2018
Cause: Execution by lethal injection
Gord Downie
"Not Recorded"
Died: 10/17/2017
Cause: Glioblastoma (brain cancer)
Tom Petty
"Not Recorded"
Died: 10/2/2017
Cause: Cardiac arrest
Hugh Hefner
"Not Recorded"
Died: 9/27/2017
Cause: Natural causes
Nabeel Qureshi
"Not Recorded"
Died: 9/16/2017
Cause: Stomach cancer
Chris Cornell
"Not Recorded"
Died: 5/18/2017
Cause: Suicide by hanging
Auntie Fee
"Not Recorded"
Died: 3/14/2017
Cause: Heart Attack
George Michael
"Not Recorded"
Died: 12/25/2016
Cause: Dilated cardiomyopathy and myocarditis
Dylan Rieder
"Not Recorded"
Died: 10/12/2016
Cause: Leukemia
Jeff Kuss
"Not Recorded"
Died: 6/2/2016
Cause: Airplane crash
Merle Haggard
"Not Recorded"
Died: 4/6/2016
Cause: Pneumonia
Joey Feek
"Not Recorded"
Died: 3/4/2016
Cause: Cervical cancer
Derrick Todd Lee
"Not Recorded"
Died: 1/21/2016
Cause: Heart disease
Leonard Nimoy
"A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory."
Died: 2/27/2015
Cause: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
John Paul Jackson
"Not Recorded"
Died: 2/18/2015
Cause: Cancer
Nelson Mandela
"Not Recorded"
Died: 12/5/2013
Cause: Respiratory infection
La Capone
"Not Recorded"
Died: 9/26/2013
Cause: Gunshot wounds
Talia Castellano
"Not Recorded"
Died: 7/16/2013
Cause: Neuroblastoma cancer
Zach Sobiech
"Not Recorded"
Died: 5/20/2013
Cause: Osteosarcoma (a type of bone cancer)
Ray Manzarek
"Not Recorded"
Died: 5/20/2013
Cause: Bile duct cancer
George Jones
"Not Recorded"
Died: 4/26/2013
Cause: Hypoxic respiratory failure
Ajmal Kasab
"Not Recorded"
Died: 11/21/2012
Cause: Execution by hanging
Andy Griffith
"Not Recorded"
Died: 7/3/2012
Cause: Heart attack
Adam Yauch
"Not Recorded"
Died: 5/4/2012
Cause: Cancer
Edd Gould
"Not Recorded"
Died: 3/25/2012
Cause: Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
Jimmy Savile
"Not Recorded"
Died: 10/29/2011
Cause: Natural causes
Troy Davis
"The incident that night was not my fault, I did not have a gun. ... For those about to take my life, may God have mercy on your souls. May God bless your souls."
Died: 9/21/2011
Cause: Lethal injection
Jerry Reed
"Not Recorded"
Died: 9/1/2008
Cause: Emphysema
Tsutomu Miyazaki
"Not Recorded"
Died: 6/17/2008
Cause: Execution by hanging
Heath Ledger
"Not Recorded"
Died: 1/22/2008
Cause: Accidental drug overdose
Bobby Fischer
"Not Recorded"
Died: 1/17/2008
Cause: Renal failure
Dan Fogelberg
"Not Recorded"
Died: 12/16/2007
Cause: Prostate cancer
Anna Nicole Smith
"Not Recorded"
Died: 2/8/2007
Cause: Drug overdose
Alexander Litvinenko
"The howling of wolves, the noise of snowstorm, and the deathly silence of the boundless Siberian taiga. I know that the Russian authorities are behind my death, but they cannot break my spirit."
Died: 11/23/2006
Cause: Polonium-210 radiation poisoning
George Best
"Not Recorded"
Died: 11/25/2005
Cause: Alcohol-related health issues
Rosa Parks
"Not Recorded"
Died: 10/24/2005
Cause: Natural causes
Hunter S Thompson
"Relax, this won't hurt."
Died: 2/20/2005
Cause: Suicide
Johnny Carson
"I'm so proud of you. I love you so much."
Died: 1/23/2005
Cause: Emphysema
Theo Van Gogh
"Not Recorded"
Died: 11/2/2004
Cause: Assassination (stabbed and shot)
Rodney Dangerfield
"Not Recorded"
Died: 10/5/2004
Cause: Surgical complications
Marlon Brando
"Not Recorded"
Died: 7/1/2004
Cause: Respiratory failure from pulmonary fibrosis
Ronald Reagan
"I know in my heart that man is good, that what is right will always eventually triumph and there is purpose and worth to each and every life."
Died: 6/5/2004
Cause: Alzheimer's disease and pneumonia
Cameron Todd Willingham
"The only statement I want to make is that I am an innocent man convicted of a crime I did not commit. I have been persecuted for twelve years for something I did not do. From God's dust I came and to dust I will return, so the Earth shall become my throne."
Died: 2/17/2004
Cause: Execution by lethal injection
Todd Willingham
"The only statement I want to make is that I am an innocent man convicted of a crime I did not commit. I have been persecuted for twelve years for something I did not do. From God's dust I came and to dust I will return, so the Earth shall become my throne."
Died: 2/17/2004
Cause: Execution by lethal injection
Kenneth Hagin
"Not Recorded"
Died: 9/19/2003
Cause: Cardiac arrest
Johnny Cash
"Not Recorded"
Died: 9/12/2003
Cause: Diabetes-related complications
Idi Amin
"Not Recorded"
Died: 8/16/2003
Cause: Kidney failure
June Carter Cash
"Not Recorded"
Died: 5/15/2003
Cause: Complications from heart surgery
Mr Rogers
"Not Recorded"
Died: 2/27/2003
Cause: Stomach Cancer
Chuck Schuldiner
"Not Recorded"
Died: 12/13/2001
Cause: Brain cancer
George Harrison
"Love one another"
Died: 11/29/2001
Cause: Lung cancer
Rick Rescorla
"Not Recorded"
Died: 9/11/2001
Cause: #ERROR!
Wilt Chamberlain
"Not Recorded"
Died: 10/12/1999
Cause: Congestive heart failure
Gary Heidnik
"Not Recorded"
Died: 7/6/1999
Cause: Lethal injection
Owen Hart
"Not Recorded"
Died: 5/23/1999
Cause: Accidental fall during a stunt performance
Joe Dimaggio
"I'll finally get to see Marilyn."
Died: 3/8/1999
Cause: Lung cancer
Chris Farley
"Not Recorded"
Died: 12/18/1997
Cause: Drug overdose
Carl Sagan
"Not Recorded"
Died: 12/20/1996
Cause: Pneumonia, a complication of myelodysplasia, a type of bone marrow disease.
Tiny Tim
"Not Recorded"
Died: 11/30/1996
Cause: Acute myocardial infarction (heart attack)
Timothy Leary
"Why not?"
Died: 5/31/1996
Cause: Prostate Cancer
Bob Ross
"Not Recorded"
Died: 7/4/1995
Cause: Lymphoma
Eazy E
"Not Recorded"
Died: 3/26/1995
Cause: AIDS-related complications
Jeffrey Dahmer
"I don't care if I live or die. Go ahead and kill me."
Died: 11/28/1994
Cause: Homicide (Bludgeoned to death by a fellow prison inmate)
Raul Julia
"Not Recorded"
Died: 10/24/1994
Cause: Stroke
John Wayne Gacy
"Kiss my ass."
Died: 5/10/1994
Cause: Execution by lethal injection
Richard Nixon
"Not Recorded"
Died: 4/22/1994
Cause: Stroke
John Candy
"Not Recorded"
Died: 3/4/1994
Cause: Heart Attack
Frank Zappa
"Not Recorded"
Died: 12/4/1993
Cause: Prostate cancer
Pablo Escobar
"Not Recorded"
Died: 12/2/1993
Cause: Gunshot wounds in a shootout with Colombian National Police.
Euronymous
"Not Recorded"
Died: 8/10/1993
Cause: Stabbed to death
David Bohm
"Not Recorded"
Died: 10/27/1992
Cause: Heart attack
Freddie Mercury
"Not Recorded"
Died: 11/24/1991
Cause: AIDS-related pneumonia
Michael Landon
"Not Recorded"
Died: 7/1/1991
Cause: Pancreatic cancer
Hank Gathers
"Not Recorded"
Died: 3/4/1990
Cause: Cardiac arrest
Mel Blanc
"That's all folks!"
Died: 7/28/1989
Cause: Heart disease and emphysema
Lucille Ball
"My Florida water."
Died: 4/26/1989
Cause: Abdominal aortic aneurysm
Heather Orourke
"Not Recorded"
Died: 2/1/1988
Cause: Cardiac arrest caused by septic shock due to intestinal stenosis.
Buddy Rich
"I gotta go. I'm losing it."
Died: 4/2/1987
Cause: Heart failure
Truman Capote
"Not Recorded"
Died: 8/25/1984
Cause: Liver disease complicated by phlebitis and multiple drug intoxication
Vic Morrow
"Not Recorded"
Died: 7/26/1982
Cause: Helicopter crash on a film set
Cassie Gaines
"Not Recorded"
Died: 10/20/1977
Cause: Plane crash
Ronnie Van Zant
"Not Recorded"
Died: 10/20/1977
Cause: Plane crash
Bing Crosby
"That was a great game of golf, fellers."
Died: 10/14/1977
Cause: Heart attack
Steve Biko
"Not Recorded"
Died: 9/12/1977
Cause: Brain injuries sustained from police brutality
Wernher Von Braun
"Not Recorded"
Died: 6/16/1977
Cause: Pancreatic cancer
Dean Martin
"Not Recorded"
Died: #ERROR!
Cause: Acute respiratory failure resulting from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and emphysema.
Duke Ellington
"Music is how I live, why I live and how I will be remembered."
Died: 5/24/1974
Cause: Lung cancer and pneumonia
Bruce Lee
"Not Recorded"
Died: 7/20/1973
Cause: Cerebral edema (brain swelling)
Jackie Robinson
"Not Recorded"
Died: 10/24/1972
Cause: Heart disease
Jimi Hendrix
"Not Recorded"
Died: 9/18/1970
Cause: Asphyxia due to drug overdose
Sharon Tate
"Not Recorded"
Died: 8/9/1969
Cause: Murdered by the Manson Family
Abigail Folger
"Not Recorded"
Died: 8/9/1969
Cause: Stabbed to death (Charles Manson cult murder)
Vladimir Komarov
"Not Recorded"
Died: 4/24/1967
Cause: Spacecraft crash
Oppenheimer
"Not Recorded"
Died: 2/18/1967
Cause: Throat cancer
Walt Disney
"Not Recorded"
Died: 12/15/1966
Cause: Lung Cancer
Stan Laurel
"I'd rather be skiing."
Died: 2/23/1965
Cause: Pneumonia
Nat King Cole
"Not Recorded"
Died: 2/15/1965
Cause: Lung Cancer
Lee Harvey Oswald
"Not Recorded"
Died: 11/24/1963
Cause: Gunshot wound (homicide)
Cs Lewis
"Not Recorded"
Died: 11/22/1963
Cause: Renal failure
Eleanor Roosevelt
"Not Recorded"
Died: 11/7/1962
Cause: Tuberculosis and heart failure
Ernest Hemingway
"Not Recorded"
Died: 7/2/1961
Cause: Suicide
Charles Starkweather
"Not Recorded"
Died: 6/25/1959
Cause: Execution by electric chair
Charles Joughin
"Not Recorded"
Died: 12/9/1956
Cause: Natural causes
Albert Einstein
"Not Recorded"
Died: 4/18/1955
Cause: Abdominal aortic aneurysm
Witold Pilecki
"Long live free Poland."
Died: 5/25/1948
Cause: Execution by firing squad
Ghandis
""Hey Ram" (Oh God)"
Died: 1/30/1948
Cause: Assassination
Bugsy Siegel
"Not Recorded"
Died: 6/20/1947
Cause: Gunshot wounds (Homicide)
Amon Goeth
"Not Recorded"
Died: 9/13/1946
Cause: Execution by hanging
Hitler
"Not Recorded"
Died: 4/30/1945
Cause: Suicide by gunshot and cyanide poisoning
Rachmaninoff
"Not Recorded"
Died: 3/28/1943
Cause: Pneumonia and Melanoma (skin cancer)
Reinhard Heydrich
"Not Recorded"
Died: 6/4/1942
Cause: Assassination (injuries from a grenade attack)
Lou Gehrig
"Not Recorded"
Died: 6/2/1941
Cause: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)
Eugen Weidmann
"Not Recorded"
Died: 6/17/1939
Cause: Execution by guillotine
Joe Arridy
"Not Recorded"
Died: 1/6/1939
Cause: Execution by lethal gas
J Bruce Ismay
"Not Recorded"
Died: 10/17/1937
Cause: Stroke
Jean Harlow
"Not Recorded"
Died: 6/7/1937
Cause: Kidney failure
John D Rockefeller
"Oh, Lord, Thy will be done."
Died: 5/23/1937
Cause: Arteriosclerosis
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
"Not Recorded"
Died: 4/3/1936
Cause: Execution by electrocution
Huey Long
"God, don't let me die. I have so much left to do."
Died: 9/10/1935
Cause: Assassination (Gunshot wound)
Florenz Ziegfeld
"Not Recorded"
Died: 7/22/1932
Cause: Lung disease
Anna Pavlova
"Not Recorded"
Died: 1/23/1931
Cause: Pleural tuberculosis
Vladimir Lenin
"Not Recorded"
Died: 1/21/1924
Cause: Stroke
Theodore Roosevelt
"Not Recorded"
Died: 1/6/1919
Cause: Coronary embolism (blood clot in the heart)
Mark Twain
"Death, the only immortal who treats us all alike, whose pity and whose peace and whose refuge are for all -- the soiled and the pure, the rich and the poor, the loved and the unloved."
Died: 4/21/1910
Cause: Heart attack
Leon Czolgosz
"I killed the President because he was the enemy of the good people – the good working people. I am not sorry for my crime."
Died: 10/29/1901
Cause: Execution by electric chair
Jose Rizal
"It is finished."
Died: 12/30/1896
Cause: Execution by firing squad
H.h. Holmes
"Not Recorded"
Died: 5/7/1896
Cause: Execution by hanging
Doc Holiday
"This is funny."
Died: 11/8/1887
Cause: Tuberculosis
Ulysses S Grant
"Water."
Died: 7/23/1885
Cause: Throat cancer
James Garfield
"My work is done. Why wait?"
Died: 9/19/1881
Cause: Assassination (gunshot wounds)
Maximilian I Of Mexico
"Mexicans, may my blood be the last that you spill! Long live Mexico! Long live independence!"
Died: 6/19/1867
Cause: Execution by firing squad
Lewis Powell
"Not Recorded"
Died: 7/7/1865
Cause: Execution by hanging
John Wilkes Booth
"Useless, useless."
Died: 4/26/1865
Cause: Gunshot wound
Zachary Taylor
"I regret nothing, but I am sorry to leave my friends."
Died: 7/9/1850
Cause: Stomach disease, suspected to be gastroenteritis or cholera.
William Henry Harrison
"Sir, I wish you to understand the true principles of the government. I wish them carried out. I ask nothing more."
Died: 4/4/1841
Cause: Pneumonia and pleurisy
Beethoven
"I shall hear in Heaven."
Died: 3/26/1827
Cause: Liver disease
Meriwether Lewis
"I am no coward, but I am so strong. So hard to die."
Died: 10/11/1809
Cause: Suicide (gunshot wounds)
George Washington
"Tis well."
Died: 12/14/1799
Cause: Epiglottitis (throat infection)
Patrick Henry
"I wish you to understand the true principles of the government. I wish them carried out. I ask nothing more."
Died: 6/6/1799
Cause: Stomach cancer
Thomas Cranmer
"Lord Jesus, receive my spirit... I see the heavens open and Jesus standing at the right hand of God."
Died: 3/21/1556
Cause: Execution by burning