Notable Deaths on August 13

Q: Who died on August 13?

Notable people who died on August 13 include: Radegund, Wen, Fabia Eudokia, Maximus the Confessor, Takechi.

Q: What is Eduardo Campos known for?

Eduardo Campos, Brazilian politician, 14th Brazilian Minister of Science and Technology (born 1965)

2014 — Eduardo Campos

Brazilian politician, 14th Brazilian Minister of Science and Technology (born 1965)

August 13 has seen 105 notable figures pass away throughout recorded history — from 587 – 2024. Below are the most significant names who died on this date.

By thisDay.info Editorial Team · August 13 — Wikipedia

Notable Deaths 105 people 587 – 2024

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Campos became a federal congressman in Brazil and got Pernambuco federal money for a shipyard, railways and an oil refinery

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In his 2014 campaign for president of Brazil he criticized the incumbent and her Workers' Party and positioned himself as the business-friendly leader of the Brazilian Socialist Party

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He died on 13 August 2014, three days after his 49th birthday, when his plane crashed in poor weather in the city of Santos.

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Eduardo Henrique Accioly Campos was a Brazilian congressman and governor

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Born and raised in Recife, in the Northeast Brazil, he graduated in Economics from the Recife's Federal University of Pernambuco

Radegund

Frankish princess and saint (born 520)

Radegund was a Thuringian princess and Frankish queen, who founded the Abbey of the Holy Cross at Poitiers. She is the patroness saint of several churches in France and England and of Jesus College, Cambridge.

587

Wen

emperor of the Sui Dynasty (born 541)

Emperor Wen of Sui, personal name Yang Jian (楊堅), childhood name Naluoyan (那羅延), Xianbei name Puliuru Jian (普六茹堅), was the founding emperor of the Sui dynasty of China. As a Buddhist, he encouraged the spread of…

604

Fabia Eudokia

Byzantine empress (born 580)

Eudokia or Eudocia, originally named Fabia, was a Greek woman who became Eastern Roman empress as the first wife of Heraclius from 610 to her death. She was a daughter of Rogas, a landowner in the Exarchate of Africa,…

612

Maximus the Confessor

Byzantine theologian

Maximus the Confessor, also spelled Maximos, otherwise known as Maximus the Theologian and Maximus of Constantinople, was a Christian monk, theologian, and scholar.

662

Takechi

Japanese prince

Prince Takechi was a member of the royal family in Japan during the Asuka period.

696

Zwentibold

king of Lotharingia (born 870)

Zwentibold, a member of the Carolingian dynasty, was the illegitimate son of Emperor Arnulf. In 895, his father granted him the Kingdom of Lotharingia, which he ruled until his death.

900

Al-Muktafi

Abbasid caliph

Abū Muḥammad ʿAlī ibn Aḥmad ibn Ṭalḥa ibn Jaʿfar ibn Muḥammad ibn Hārūn al-Muktafī bi'Llāh, better known by his regnal name al-Muktafī bi-Llāh, was the caliph of the Abbasid Caliphate from 902 to 908. More liberal and…

908

Gyeongjong

king of Goryeo (Korea) (born 955)

Gyeongjong, personal name Wang Chu, was the fifth ruler of the Goryeo dynasty of Korea. He was the eldest son of King Gwangjong, and was confirmed as Crown Prince in the year of his birth. He was also the maternal and…

981

Irene of Hungary

Byzantine empress (born 1088)

Irene of Hungary was the Byzantine empress by marriage to John II Komnenos. The Byzantine Empire was at its height during this period, and her husband, John II, has been regarded as the greatest of the Komnenian…

1134

Nawrūz

Mongol emir

Nawrūz was a son of governor Arghun Aqa and a powerful 13th-century Oirat emir who played an important role in the politics of the Mongol Ilkhanate.

1297

Pietro Gradenigo

doge of Venice

Pietro Gradenigo was the 49th Doge of Venice, reigning from 1289 until his death.

1311

Eleanor of Aragon

queen of Castile (born 1358)

Eleanor of Aragon was the daughter of King Peter IV of Aragon and Eleanor of Sicily. She was a member of the House of Barcelona and Queen of Castile by her marriage.

1382

Filippo Maria Visconti

duke of Milan (born 1392)

Filippo Maria Visconti was the Duke of Milan from 1412 until his death in 1447.

1447

Gerard David

Flemish painter (born 1460)

Gerard David was an Early Netherlandish painter and manuscript illuminator known for his brilliant use of color. Only a bare outline of his life survives, although some facts are known. He may have been the Meester…

1523

Giambologna

Italian sculptor (born 1529)

Giambologna, also known as Jean de Boulogne (French), Jehan Boulongne (Flemish) and Giovanni da Bologna (Italian), was the last significant Italian Renaissance sculptor, with a large workshop producing large and small…

1608

Johann Jakob Grynaeus

Swiss clergyman and theologian (born 1540)

Johann Jakob Grynaeus or Gryner was a Swiss Protestant divine.

1617

Jeremy Taylor

Irish bishop and saint (born 1613)

Jeremy Taylor (1613–1667) was an English cleric in the Church of England who achieved fame as an author during the Protectorate of Oliver Cromwell. He is sometimes known as the "Shakespeare of Divines" for his poetic…

1667

Louis Maimbourg

French priest and historian (born 1610)

Louis Maimbourg was a French Jesuit and historian.

1686

Jacques Lelong

French priest and author (born 1665)

Jacques Lelong was a French bibliographer born in Paris. He joined the Knights of Malta at the age of ten, but later joined the Oratorians.

1721

John Cruger

Danish-American businessman and politician, 39th Mayor of New York City (born 1678)

John Cruger was an immigrant to colonial New York with an uncertain place of birth, but his family was originally Danish. In New York from at least 1696, he became a prosperous merchant and established a successful…

1744

Johann Elias Schlegel

German poet and critic (born 1719)

Johann Elias Schlegel was a German critic and dramatic poet.

1749

Margaret Fownes-Luttrell

English painter (born 1726)

Margaret Fownes-Luttrell was a British heiress, the wife of Henry Fownes Luttrell. She was the heiress of Dunster Castle, under the stipulation in her father's will that her husband should take the additional surname of…

1766

Ahilyabai Holkar

Queen of Indore (born 1725)

Ahilyabai Holkar, also spelled Ahalya Bai, Rajmata Ahilyabai Holkar was the Holkar Queen of the Malwa kingdom. She was later ruling queen of Indore within the Maratha Empire. She established Maheshwar as the seat of the…

1795

René Laennec

French physician, invented the stethoscope (born 1781)

René-Théophile-Hyacinthe Laennec was a French medical doctor and musician. His skill at carving his own wooden flutes led him to invent the stethoscope in 1816, while working at the Hôpital Necker. He pioneered its use…

1826

Eugène Delacroix

French painter and lithographer (born 1798)

Ferdinand Victor Eugène Delacroix was a French Romantic artist who was regarded as the leader of the French Romantic school.

1863

Ignaz Semmelweis

Hungarian physician and obstetrician (born 1818)

Ignaz Philipp Semmelweis was a Hungarian medical doctor and scientist of German descent who was an early pioneer of antiseptic procedures and was described as the "saviour of mothers". Postpartum infection, also known…

1865

Collis Potter Huntington

American railway magnate (born 1821)

Collis Potter Huntington was an American industrialist and railway magnate. He was one of the Big Four tycoons of western railroading who invested in Theodore Judah's idea to build the Central Pacific Railroad as part…

1900

Florence Nightingale

Italian-English nurse and theologian (born 1820)

Florence Nightingale was an English social reformer, statistician and the founder of modern nursing. Nightingale came to prominence while serving as a manager and trainer of nurses during the Crimean War, in which she…

1910

Jules Massenet

French composer (born 1842)

Jules Émile Frédéric Massenet was a French composer of the Romantic era best known for his operas, of which he wrote more than thirty. The two most frequently staged are Manon (1884) and Werther (1892). He also composed…

1912

Eduard Buchner

German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1860)

Eduard Buchner was a German chemist and expert on fermentation, awarded the 1907 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work on fermentation.

1917

Mary Hunter Austin

American author and playwright (born 1868)

Mary Hunter Austin was an American writer. One of the early nature writers of the American Southwest, her classic The Land of Little Rain (1903) describes the fauna, flora, and people of the region between the High…

1934

Sigizmund Levanevsky

Soviet aircraft pilot of Polish origin (born 1902)

Sigizmund Aleksandrovich Levanevsky was a Soviet pioneer of long-range flight who was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union in 1934 for his role in the SS Chelyuskin rescue.

1937

H. G. Wells

English novelist, historian, and critic (born 1866)

Herbert George Wells was an English writer, prolific in many genres. He wrote more than forty novels and dozens of short stories. His non-fiction output included works of social commentary, politics, history, popular…

1946

Demetrius Constantine Dounis

Greek violinist and mandolin player (born 1886)

Demetrius Constantine Dounis, also known as D. C. Dounis, was an influential teacher of violin and string instrument technique, as well as violinist, violist, and mandolin player.

1954

Francis J. McCormick

American football, basketball player, and coach (born 1903)

Francis J. "Mickey" McCormick was an American football and basketball player and coach. He served as the head football coach at St. Norbert College from 1934 to 1942 and at Carroll College—now known as Carroll…

1958

Louis Bastien

French cyclist and fencer (born 1881)

Eugène Louis Bastien was a French racing cyclist and fencer who competed in the late 19th century and early 20th century. He participated in Cycling at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris and won the gold medal in the…

1963

Hayato Ikeda

Japanese lawyer and politician, 58th Prime Minister of Japan (born 1899)

Hayato Ikeda was a Japanese politician who served as prime minister of Japan from 1960 to 1964. He is best known for his Income Doubling Plan, which promised to double the size of Japan's economy in 10 years, and for…

1965

W. O. Bentley

English race car driver and engineer, founded Bentley Motors Limited (born 1888)

Walter Owen Bentley, was an English engineer who founded Bentley in London. He was a motorcycle and car racer as a young man. After making a name for himself as a designer of aircraft and automobile engines, Bentley…

1971

Ida McNeil

American broadcaster and designer of the flag of South Dakota (born 1888)

Ida McNeil was an American broadcaster and the designer of the first state flag of South Dakota. She and her husband, Dana McNeil, founded KGFX, in Pierre, South Dakota, one of the first radio stations in South Dakota,…

1974

Murilo Mendes

Brazilian poet and telegrapher (born 1901)

Murilo Monteiro Mendes was a Brazilian Modernist poet, considered to be one of the forerunners of the Surrealist movement in Brazil.

1975

Lonnie Mayne

American wrestler (born 1944)

Ronald Doyle "Lonnie" Mayne was an American professional wrestler in the 1960s and 1970s who frequently went by the name Moondog Mayne. He wrestled in various National Wrestling Alliance territories, as well as the…

1978

Andrew Dasburg

American painter and sculptor (born 1887)

Andrew Michael Dasburg was an American modernist painter and "one of America's leading early exponents of cubism". Born in Paris and raised in New York City, he trained at the Art Students League of New York before…

1979

Tigran Petrosian

Georgian-Armenian chess player (born 1929)

Tigran Vardani Petrosian was a Soviet-Armenian chess grandmaster. The ninth World Chess Champion from 1963 to 1969, he was nicknamed "Iron Tigran" due to his almost-impenetrable defensive playing style, which emphasized…

1984

Helen Mack

American actress (born 1913)

Helen Mack was an American actress. She started her career as a child actress in silent films, moving to Broadway plays and touring one of the vaudeville circuits. Her greater success as an actress was as a leading lady…

1986

Tim Richmond

American race car driver (born 1955)

Timothy Lee Richmond was an American race car driver from Ashland, Ohio. He competed in IndyCar racing before transferring to NASCAR's Winston Cup Series. Richmond was one of the first drivers to change from open wheel…

1989

Larkin I. Smith

American police officer and politician (born 1944)

Larkin Irvin Smith was an American congressman from Mississippi serving for seven months until he was killed in a plane crash in Perry County, Mississippi in 1989.

1989

James Roosevelt

American general and politician (born 1907)

James Roosevelt II was an American businessman, Marine officer, activist, and Democratic Party politician. The eldest son of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Eleanor Roosevelt, he served as an official Secretary to…

1991

Alison Hargreaves

English mountaineer (born 1963)

Alison Jane Hargreaves was a British mountaineer. Her accomplishments included scaling Mount Everest alone, without supplementary oxygen or support from a Sherpa team, in 1995. She soloed all the great north faces of…

1995

Jan Křesadlo

Czech-English psychologist and author (born 1926)

Václav Jaroslav Karel Pinkava, better known by his pen name Jan Křesadlo, was a Czech psychologist who was also a prizewinning novelist and poet.

1995

Mickey Mantle

American baseball player and sportscaster (born 1931)

Mickey Charles Mantle, nicknamed "the Mick" and "the Commerce Comet", was an American professional baseball player who played his entire Major League Baseball (MLB) career (1951–1968) with the New York Yankees,…

1995

António de Spínola

Portuguese general and politician, 14th President of Portugal (born 1910)

António Sebastião Ribeiro de Spínola was a Portuguese military officer, author and conservative politician. During the Estado Novo regime he became one of Portugal's most senior military commanders, leading military…

1996

Nino Ferrer

Italian-French singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1934)

Nino Agostino Arturo Maria Ferrari, known as Nino Ferrer, was an Italian-born French singer-songwriter and author.

1998

Edward Ginzton

Ukrainian-American physicist and academic (born 1915)

Edward Leonard Ginzton was a Ukrainian-American engineer.

1998

Julien Green

American author (born 1900)

Julien Green, often Julian Green, was an American writer who lived most of his life in France and wrote mostly in French and only occasionally in English. Over a long and prolific career, he authored novels and essays,…

1998

Rafael Robles

Dominican-American baseball player (born 1947)

Rafael Orlando Robles Natera was a shortstop in Major League Baseball. He was born in San Pedro de Macorís, Dominican Republic. He was signed by the San Francisco Giants as an amateur free agent before the 1967 season,…

1998

Ignatz Bubis

German Jewish religious leader (born 1927)

Ignatz Bubis, German Jewish leader, was the influential chairman of the Central Council of Jews in Germany from 1992 to 1999. In this capacity he led a public campaign against German antisemitism. Bubis's high-profile…

1999

Jaime Garzón

Colombian journalist and lawyer (born 1960)

Jaime Hernando Garzón Forero was a Colombian comedian, journalist, politician, and peace activist. He was popular on Colombian television during the 1990s for his unique political satire. In addition to his work on…

1999

Nazia Hassan

Pakistani singer-songwriter (born 1965)

Nazia Hassan was a Pakistani-English singer, songwriter, and philanthropist. Regarded as the "Queen of South Asian Pop,” she is considered one of the most influential musical figures in Pakistan history who completely…

2000

Otto Stuppacher

Austrian race car driver (born 1947)

Otto Leopold Stuppacher was a racing driver from Vienna, Austria. He competed in hill-climbs and sports car racing before entering 3 Formula One Grands Prix with the ÖASC Racing Team in 1976, with a Tyrrell 007. He was…

2001

Jim Hughes

American baseball player and manager (born 1923)

James Robert Hughes was an American professional baseball player. The right-handed pitcher appeared in all or part of six seasons (1952–1957) in Major League Baseball with the Brooklyn Dodgers, Chicago Cubs and Chicago…

2001

Betty Cavanna

American author (born 1909)

Betty Cavanna was the author of popular teen romance novels, mysteries, and children's books for 45 years. She also wrote under the names Elizabeth Headley and Betsy Allen. She was nominated for the Edgar Award for Best…

2001

Ed Townsend

American singer-songwriter and producer (born 1929)

Edward Benjamin Townsend was an American singer, songwriter, and record producer. He performed and composed "For Your Love", a rhythm and blues doo-wop classic, and co-wrote "Let's Get It On" with Marvin Gaye.

2003

Julia Child

American chef, author, and television host (born 1912)

Julia Carolyn Child was an American chef, author, and television personality. She is recognized for having brought French cuisine to the American public with her debut cookbook, Mastering the Art of French Cooking, and…

2004

Akku Yadav

Indian gangster and serial rapist (born 1971 or 1972)

Bharat Kalicharan Yadav, also known as Akku Yadav, was an Indian gangster, robber, home invader, kidnapper, serial rapist, serial killer, and extortionist. Akku grew up in the Kasturba Nagar slum, which is located in…

2004

Miguel Arraes

Brazilian lawyer and politician (born 1916)

Miguel Arraes de Alencar was a Brazilian lawyer and politician. He was mayor of Recife, State Deputy, Federal Deputy and three times Governor of Pernambuco.

2005

David Lange

New Zealand lawyer and politician, 32nd Prime Minister of New Zealand (born 1942)

David Russell Lange was a New Zealand politician who served as the 32nd prime minister of New Zealand from 1984 to 1989. A member of the New Zealand Labour Party, Lange was also the minister of Education and the…

2005

Tony Jay

English actor and singer (born 1933)

Tony Jay was a British actor. A former member of the Royal Shakespeare Company, he was known for his voice work in radio, animation, film, and video games. Jay was particularly noted for his distinctive raspy baritone…

2006

Jon Nödtveidt

Swedish musician (born 1975)

Jon Andreas Nödtveidt was a Swedish musician best known as the founder, vocalist and lead guitarist of the melodic black/death metal band Dissection. With the band, he released the seminal and influential extreme metal…

2006

Kermit L. Hall

American legal historian and university president (born 1944)

Kermit Lance Hall was a noted legal historian and university president. He served from 1994 to 1998 on the Assassination Records Review Board to review and release to the public documents related to the assassination of…

2006

Brian Adams

American wrestler (born 1964)

Brian Keith Adams was an American professional wrestler. Adams is known for his time with the World Wrestling Federation (WWF), under the name Crush, and for World Championship Wrestling (WCW) under his real name Brian…

2007

Brooke Astor

American philanthropist and socialite (born 1902)

Roberta Brooke Astor was an American philanthropist, socialite, and writer. She served as the chairwoman of the Vincent Astor Foundation, established by her third husband, Vincent Astor, who was a member of the Astor…

2007

Phil Rizzuto

American baseball player and sportscaster (born 1917)

Philip Francis Rizzuto, nicknamed "the Scooter", was an American Major League Baseball (MLB) shortstop. He spent his entire 13-year baseball career with the New York Yankees (1941–1956), and was elected to the National…

2007

Henri Cartan

French mathematician and academic (born 1904)

Henri Paul Cartan was a French mathematician who made substantial contributions to algebraic topology.

2008

Bill Gwatney

American politician (born 1959)

William Alan "Bill" Gwatney was an American politician who served as the State Chair of the Democratic Party of Arkansas. He had previously served as a State Senator for ten years and as the financial chair of Mike…

2008

Jack Weil

American businessman (born 1901)

Jack Arnold Weil was the founder and CEO of the Denver-based Western clothing manufacturer Rockmount Ranch Wear and was believed to be the oldest working CEO in the United States.

2008

Lavelle Felton

American basketball player (born 1980)

Lavelle R Felton was an American professional basketball player. In 2009, he was killed in an unsolved shooting.

2009

Panagiotis Bachramis

Greek footballer (born 1976)

Panagiotis Bachramis was a Greek professional footballer who played as midfielder. On 13 August 2010, he was killed when a speedboat struck him while he was snorkeling near the beach in Kyparissia.

2010

Lance Cade

American wrestler (born 1981)

Lance Kurtis McNaught was an American professional wrestler. He was best known for his time in World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) where he performed under the ring names Garrison Cade and Lance Cade.

2010

Edwin Newman

American journalist and author (born 1919)

Edwin Harold Newman was an American newscaster, journalist, and author. After beginning his career with the wire services and serving in the U.S. Navy during World War II, Newman worked in radio for CBS News. He is…

2010

Tareque Masud

Bangladeshi director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1957)

Tareque Masud was a Bangladeshi independent film director, film producer, screenwriter and lyricist. He first found success with the films Muktir Gaan (1995) and Matir Moina (2002), for which he won three international…

2011

Mishuk Munier

Bangladeshi journalist and cinematographer (born 1959)

Ashfaque Munier was a Bangladeshi media specialist and broadcast journalist. He was known for his photography direction and for being the cofounder of the global news channel The Real News Network. He was one of three…

2011

Hugo Adam Bedau

American philosopher and academic (born 1926)

Hugo Adam Bedau was the Austin B. Fletcher Professor of Philosophy, Emeritus, at Tufts University. He is best known for his work on capital punishment.

2012

Helen Gurley Brown

American journalist and author (born 1922)

Helen Gurley Brown was an American author, publisher, and businesswoman. She was the editor-in-chief of Cosmopolitan magazine for 32 years.

2012

Ray Jordon

Australian cricketer and coach (born 1937)

Raymond Clarence "Slug" Jordon was an Australian first-class cricketer who represented Victoria in the Sheffield Shield and toured with the Australian national cricket team. He was also a successful Australian rules…

2012

Johnny Pesky

American baseball player and manager (born 1919)

John Michael Pesky, nicknamed "the Needle" and "Mr. Red Sox", was an American professional baseball player, manager and coach in Major League Baseball (MLB). He was a shortstop and third baseman during a ten-year major…

2012

Joan Roberts

American actress and singer (born 1917)

Joan Roberts was an American actress, most famous for creating the role of Laurey in the original Broadway production of Oklahoma! in 1943.

2012

Lothar Bisky

German politician (born 1941)

Lothar Bisky was a German politician. He was the chairman of the Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS), the successor of East Germany's Socialist Unity Party (SED). In June 2007, he became co-chairman of The Left party,…

2013

Aaron Selber

Jr., American businessman and philanthropist (born 1927)

Aaron Rosenbaum Selber Jr. was an American businessman, the last president of the former Selber Bros. department store chain, and a philanthropist from Shreveport, the largest city in the northern portion of the U.S.…

2013

Jean Vincent

French footballer and manager (born 1930)

Jean Vincent was a French international footballer and manager who played as a left winger.

2013

Frans Brüggen

Dutch flute player and conductor (born 1934)

Franciscus ("Frans") Jozef Brüggen was a Dutch conductor, recorder player and baroque flautist.

2014

Martino Finotto

Italian race car driver (born 1933)

Martino Finotto was an Italian racing driver, mainly known for his success in touring car and sports car racing.

2014

Süleyman Seba

Turkish footballer and manager (born 1926)

Süleyman Seba was a Turkish football player of Abkhazian origin and was the longest presiding chairman of the Istanbul-based multisports club Beşiktaş. He was also an intelligence officer for National Intelligence…

2014

Watban Ibrahim al-Tikriti

Iraqi politician, Iraqi Minister of Interior (born 1952)

Watban Ibrahim al-Nasiri was an Iraqi politician and former interior minister of Iraq. He was the half-brother of Saddam Hussein and the brother of Barzan al-Tikriti. He was taken into coalition custody on April 13,…

2015

Bob Fillion

Canadian ice hockey player and manager (born 1920)

Joseph Louis Robert Edgar Fillion was a Canadian professional ice hockey player who played seven seasons for the Montreal Canadiens of the National Hockey League (NHL) between 1943 and 1950. He was a member of two…

2015

Om Prakash Munjal

Indian businessman and philanthropist, co-founded Hero Cycles (born 1928)

Om Prakash Munjal was an Indian businessman, poet and philanthropist. He was the founder and chairman of Hero Cycles, the world's largest integrated bicycle manufacturing company by volume and Hero Motors, an Indian…

2015

Kenny Baker

English actor and musician (born 1934)

Kenneth George "Kenny" Baker was a British actor, comedian and musician. He portrayed the character R2-D2 in the Star Wars franchise and also appeared in The Elephant Man, Time Bandits, Willow, Flash Gordon, Amadeus and…

2016

Pramukh Swami Maharaj

Indian Hindu leader (born 1921)

Pramukh Swami Maharaj was the guru and Pramukh, or president, of the Bochasanwasi Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha (BAPS), a major branch of the Swaminarayan Sampradaya, a Hindu denomination. BAPS regards him as…

2016

Jim Neidhart

American wrestler (born 1955)

James Henry Neidhart was an American professional wrestler known for his appearances in the 1980s and 1990s in the World Wrestling Federation as Jim "the Anvil" Neidhart, where he was a two-time WWF Tag Team Champion…

2018

Nanci Griffith

American singer-songwriter (born 1953)

Nanci Caroline Griffith was an American singer, guitarist, and songwriter. She often appeared on the PBS music program Austin City Limits, starting in 1985 during season 10. Griffith's career spanned a variety of…

2021

Richard Alatorre

American politician (born 1943)

Richard Alatorre was an American politician who was a member of the California State Assembly from 1973 to 1985 and the Los Angeles City Council from 1985 to 1999, the second Latino to serve on the council in the 20th…

2024

Wally Amos

American entrepreneur, founder of Famous Amos (born 1936)

Wallace Amos Jr. was an American writer and businessman. He was the founder of the Famous Amos chocolate chip cookie, the Cookie Kahuna, and Aunt Della's Cookies gourmet cookie brands, and was the host of the adult…

2024

Sergio Donati

Italian screenwriter (born 1933)

Sergio Donati was an Italian screenwriter. He wrote for more than 70 films beginning in 1952. He was born in Rome, Italy. He started as a writer and had some of his books optioned for film. He is well known for his…

2024

Greg Kihn

American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1949)

Gregory Stanley Kihn was an American rock musician, radio personality, and novelist. He founded and led the Greg Kihn Band and he wrote several popular horror novels. He is best known for the hits "The Breakup Song " in…

2024

Frank Selvy

American basketball player and coach (born 1932)

Franklin Delano Selvy was an American National Basketball Association (NBA) player who was best known for holding the record for the most points (100) in a Division I college basketball game. Born in Corbin, Kentucky,…

2024

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Eduardo Campos — Brazilian economist and politician (1965–2014)

FeaturedEduardo Campos

Death year2014

Known forBorn and raised in Recife, in the Northeast Brazil, he graduated in Economics from the Recife's Federal University of Pernambuco

Deaths on this date105 (587 – 2024)

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