Notable Deaths on January 18

Q: Who died on January 18?

Notable people who died on January 18 include: Publius Clodius Pulcher, Leo I, Odilo, Khumarawayh ibn Ahmad ibn Tulun, Tamar of Georgia (born 1160).

Q: What is Robert B. Parker known for?

Robert B. Parker, American author and academic (born 1932)

114 people 52 BC – 2025

January 18 has seen 114 notable figures pass away throughout recorded history — from 52 BC – 2025. Below are the most significant names who died on this date.

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2010 — Robert B. Parker

American author and academic (born 1932)

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His most famous works include the 40 novels written about the fictional private detective Spenser

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In the mid-1980s, based on the character of detective Spenser, ABC television network developed the television series Spenser: For Hire

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Robert Brown Parker was an American writer, primarily of fiction within the mystery/detective genre

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His works incorporate encyclopedic knowledge of the Boston metropolitan area

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The Spenser novels have been cited as reviving and changing the detective genre by critics and bestselling authors, including Robert Crais, Harlan Coben, and Dennis Lehane.

Publius Clodius Pulcher

Roman politician (born 93 BC)

Publius Clodius Pulcher was a Roman politician and demagogue. A noted opponent of Cicero, he was responsible during his plebeian tribunate in 58 BC for a massive expansion of the Roman grain dole as well as Cicero's…

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Leo I

Byzantine emperor (born 401)

Leo I, also known as the Thracian, was Eastern Roman emperor from 457 to 474. He was a native of Dacia Aureliana near historic Thrace. He is sometimes surnamed with the epithet the Great, probably to distinguish him…

474

Odilo

duke of Bavaria

Odilo, also Oatilo or Uatilo of the Agilolfing dynasty was Duke of Bavaria from 737 until his death in 748. He had the Lex Baiuvariorum compilation edited, the first ancient Germanic law collection of the Bavarians.

748

Khumarawayh ibn Ahmad ibn Tulun

ruler of the Tulunids, murdered (born 864)

Abu 'l-Jaysh Khumārawayh ibn Aḥmad ibn Ṭūlūn was a son of the founder of the Tulunid dynasty, Ahmad ibn Tulun. His father, the autonomous ruler of Egypt and Syria, designated him as his successor. When Ibn Tulun died in…

896

Tamar of Georgia (born 1160)

Tamar the Great reigned as the Queen of Georgia from 1184 to 1213, presiding over the apex of the Georgian Golden Age. A member of the Bagrationi dynasty, her position as the first woman to rule Georgia in her own right…

1213

King Henry I of Cyprus (born 1217)

Henry I, called the Fat, was the king of Cyprus from 1218 until his death. Noted for his obesity, Henry was a pliant king who relied heavily on his kin from the powerful Ibelin family.

1253

Saint Margaret of Hungary (born 1242)

Margaret of Hungary, OP was a Dominican nun and the daughter of King Béla IV of Hungary and Maria Laskarina. She was the younger sister of Kinga of Poland (Kunegunda) and Yolanda of Poland and, through her father, the…

1271

Robert FitzWalter

1st Baron FitzWalter, English baron (born 1247)

Robert FitzWalter, 1st Baron FitzWalter was an English landowner, soldier, administrator and politician.

1326

Maria of Portugal

infanta (born 1313)

Maria of Portugal was a Portuguese princess who became Queen of Castile upon her marriage to Alfonso XI in 1328. She was the eldest daughter of King Afonso IV of Portugal and his wife Beatrice of Castile.

1357

Peter I of Portugal (born 1320)

Peter I, known as Peter the Justicier, was King of Portugal from 1357 until his death in 1367.

1367

Jobst of Moravia

ruler of Moravia, King of the Romans

Jobst of Moravia, a member of the House of Luxembourg, was Margrave of Moravia from 1375, Duke of Luxembourg and Elector of Brandenburg from 1388 as well as elected King of Germany from 1410 until his death. Jobst was…

1411

Edmund Mortimer

5th Earl of March, English politician (born 1391)

Edmund Mortimer, 5th Earl of March, 7th Earl of Ulster, was an English nobleman and a potential claimant to the throne of England. A great-great-grandson of King Edward III of England, he was heir presumptive to King…

1425

Henry II

Count of Nassau-Siegen (1442–1451) (born 1414)

Count Henry II of Nassau-Siegen, de:Heinrich II. Graf von Nassau-Siegen, official titles: Graf zu Nassau, Vianden und Diez, Herr zu Breda, was since 1442 Count of Nassau-Siegen, of Vianden and of half Diez. He descended…

1451

Emperor Go-Hanazono of Japan (born 1419)

Emperor Go-Hanazono was the 102nd emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. His reign spanned the years from 1428 through 1464.

1471

Louis IX

Duke of Bavaria (born 1417)

Louis IX was Duke of Bavaria-Landshut from 1450. He was a son of Henry XVI the Rich and Margaret of Austria. Louis was the founder of the University of Ingolstadt.

1479

Pietro Bembo

Italian cardinal and scholar (born 1470)

Pietro Bembo, O.S.I.H. was a Venetian scholar, poet, and literary theorist who also was a member of the Knights Hospitaller and a cardinal of the Catholic Church. As an intellectual of the Italian Renaissance, Pietro…

1547

Margaret of Parma (born 1522)

Margaret was Duchess of Parma from 1547 to 1586 as the wife of Duke Ottavio Farnese and Governor of the Habsburg Netherlands from 1559 to 1567 and from 1578 to 1582. She was the illegitimate daughter of Charles V, Holy…

1586

Magnus Heinason

Faroese naval hero (born 1545)

Magnus Heinason was a Faroese naval hero, trader and privateer.

1589

Jan van Riebeeck

Dutch politician, founded Cape Town (born 1619)

Johan Anthoniszoon van Riebeeck was a Dutch merchant and colonial administrator who served as the first Commander of the Cape from 1652 to 1662.

1677

Francis George of Schönborn-Buchheim

Archbishop-Elector of Trier (born 1682)

Franz Georg von Schönborn was a German nobleman who served as Archbishop and Elector of Trier from 1729 until his death in 1756. He was also Prince-Bishop of Worms and Prince-Provost of Ellwangen from 1732.

1756

Jeanne Quinault

French actress and playwright (born 1699)

Jeanne-Françoise Quinault was a French actress, playwright and salon hostess. She was born in Strasbourg and died in Paris.

1783

Ippolit Bogdanovich

Russian poet and academic (born 1743)

Ippolit Fyodorovich Bogdanovich was a Russian classicist and rococo author of light poetry, best known for his long poem Dushenka (1778).

1803

Panoutsos Notaras

Greek politician (born 1752)

Panoutsos Notaras was a Greek revolutionary and politician who was a leading figure of the Greek War of Independence, serving several times as president of the Greek national assemblies and legislative bodies.

1849

John Tyler

American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 10th President of the United States (born 1790)

John Tyler was the tenth president of the United States, serving from 1841 to 1845, after briefly holding office as the tenth vice president in 1841. He was elected vice president on the 1840 Whig ticket with William…

1862

Edward Bulwer-Lytton

English author, poet, playwright, and politician, Secretary of State for the Colonies (born 1803)

Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton was an English writer and politician. He served as a Whig member of Parliament from 1831 to 1841 and a Conservative from 1851 to 1866. He was Secretary of State…

1873

Antoine César Becquerel

French physicist and academic (born 1788)

Antoine César Becquerel was a French scientist and a pioneer in the study of electric and luminescent phenomena.

1878

Baldassare Verazzi

Italian painter (born 1819)

Baldassare Verazzi was an Italian painter.

1886

Anton Anderledy

Swiss religious leader, 23rd Superior General of the Society of Jesus (born 1819)

Anton Maria Anderledy was a Swiss Jesuit, elected the twenty-third Superior General of the Society of Jesus.

1892

Charles Floquet

French lawyer and politician, 55th Prime Minister of France (born 1828)

Charles Thomas Floquet was a French lawyer and statesman.

1896

Prince John of the United Kingdom

Youngest son of George V and Mary of Teck (born 1905)

Prince John of the United Kingdom was the fifth son and youngest of the six children of King George V and Queen Mary. At the time of his birth, his father was heir apparent to John's grandfather Edward VII. In 1910,…

1919

Wallace Reid

American actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1891)

William Wallace Halleck Reid was an American actor in silent film, referred to as "the screen's most perfect lover". He also had a brief career as a racing driver.

1923

Harry Coulby

American businessman (born 1865)

Harry Coulby was an American businessman known as the "Czar of the Great Lakes" for his expertise in managing the Great Lakes shipping fleet of Pickands Mather & Company and the Pittsburgh Steamship Company. After…

1929

Joseph Devlin

Northern Irish political leader of the Nationalist Party (Northern Ireland) (born 1871)

Joseph Devlin was an Irish journalist and influential nationalist politician. He was a Member of Parliament (MP) for the Irish Parliamentary Party in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom. Later Devlin was an MP…

1934

Hermanus Brockmann

Dutch rower (born 1871)

Hermanus Gerardus "Herman" Brockmann was a Dutch coxswain who competed in the 1900 Summer Olympics.

1936

Rudyard Kipling

English author and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1865)

Joseph Rudyard Kipling was an English journalist, novelist, poet and short-story writer. He was born in British India, which inspired much of his work.

1936

Kazimierz Przerwa-Tetmajer

Polish author, poet, and playwright (born 1865)

Kazimierz Przerwa-Tetmajer was a Polish Goral poet, novelist, playwright, journalist and writer. He was a member of the Young Poland movement.

1940

Amy Carmichael

Irish missionary and humanitarian (born 1867)

Amy Beatrice Carmichael was an Irish Christian missionary in India who opened an orphanage and founded a mission in Dohnavur. She served in India for 55 years and wrote 35 books about her work as a missionary.

1951

Curly Howard

American actor (born 1903)

Jerome Howard, better known by his stage name Curly Howard, was an American comedian and actor. He was a member of The Three Stooges comedy team, which also featured his elder brothers Moe and Shemp Howard, as well as…

1952

Sydney Greenstreet

English-American actor (born 1879)

Sydney Hughes Greenstreet was a British and American character actor. While he did not begin his career in films until the age of 61, he had a run of significant motion pictures in a Hollywood career lasting through the…

1954

Saadat Hasan Manto

Pakistani author and screenwriter (born 1912)

Saadat Hasan Manto NI was a Pakistani writer, playwright and novelist from Punjab, who is regarded as the greatest short-story author in Urdu literature. He was active from 1933 during British rule till his death in…

1955

Makbule Atadan

Turkish lawyer and politician (born 1885)

Makbule Atadan was the sister of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder of the Republic of Turkey. She was the only surviving sister of Atatürk, while the other four siblings died at early ages.

1956

Konstantin Päts

Estonian journalist, lawyer, and politician, 1st President of Estonia (born 1874)

Konstantin Päts was an Estonian statesman and the country's president from 1938 to 1940. Päts was one of the most influential politicians of the independent democratic Republic of Estonia, and during the two decades…

1956

Hugh Gaitskell

English academic and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (born 1906)

Hugh Todd Naylor Gaitskell was a British politician who was Leader of the Labour Party and Leader of the Opposition from 1955 until his death in 1963. An economics lecturer and wartime civil servant, he was elected to…

1963

Kathleen Norris

American journalist and author (born 1880)

Kathleen Thompson Norris was an American novelist and newspaper columnist. She was one of the most widely read and highest paid female writers in the United States for nearly fifty years, from 1911 to 1959. Norris was a…

1966

Goose Tatum

American basketball player and soldier (born 1921)

Reece "Goose" Tatum was an American Negro league baseball and basketball player. In 1942, he was signed to the Harlem Globetrotters and had an 11-year career with the team. He later formed his own team known as the…

1967

Hans Freyer

German sociologist and philosopher (born 1887)

Johannes "Hans" Freyer was a German sociologist and philosopher of the conservative revolutionary movement.

1969

David O. McKay

American religious leader, 9th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (born 1873)

David Oman McKay was an American religious leader and educator who served as the ninth president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1951 until his death in 1970. Ordained an apostle and member of…

1970

Virgil Finlay

American illustrator (born 1914)

Virgil Finlay was an American pulp fantasy, science fiction and horror illustrator. He has been called "part of the pulp magazine history ... one of the foremost contributors of original and imaginative art work for the…

1971

Irina Nikolaevna Levchenko

Russian tank commander (born 1924)

Irina Nikolaevna Levchenko was a combat medic turned tank officer in the Red Army during World War II who was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union in 1965; she was also the first Soviet woman awarded the Florence…

1973

Gertrude Olmstead

American actress (born 1897)

Gertrude Olmstead was an American actress of the silent era. She appeared in 56 films between 1920 and 1929. Her last name was sometimes seen as Olmsted.

1975

Hasan Askari

Pakistani philosopher and author (born 1919)

Muhammad Hasan Askari (1919 – 18 January 1978) was a Pakistani scholar, literary critic, writer and linguist of modern Urdu language. Initially "Westernized", he translated western literary, philosophical and…

1978

Cecil Beaton

English fashion designer and photographer (born 1904)

Sir Cecil Walter Hardy Beaton was a British photographer, designer, and diarist. Renowned for his elegant and often theatrical style, Beaton's work appeared in leading publications such as Vogue and Harper's Bazaar. He…

1980

Panteleimon Ponomarenko

Belarusian general and politician (born 1902)

Panteleimon Kondratyevich Ponomarenko was a Soviet statesman and politician and one of the leaders of Soviet partisan resistance in Belarus. He served as an administrator at various positions within the Soviet…

1984

Vassilis Tsitsanis

Greek singer-songwriter and bouzouki player (born 1915)

Vassilis Tsitsanis was a Greek songwriter and bouzouki player. He became one of the leading Greek composers of his time and is widely regarded as one of the founders of modern Rebetiko and Laiko music. Tsitsanis wrote…

1984

Bruce Chatwin

English-French author (born 1940)

Charles Bruce Chatwin was an English travel writer, novelist and journalist. His first book, In Patagonia (1977), established Chatwin as a travel writer, although he considered himself instead a storyteller, interested…

1989

Melanie Appleby

English singer (born 1966)

Melanie Susan "Mel" Appleby was an English singer and half of the 1980s duo Mel and Kim. They had a number one hit on the UK Singles Chart in March 1987, with the song "Respectable".

1990

Rusty Hamer

American actor (born 1947)

Russell Craig "Rusty" Hamer was an American stage, film, and television actor. He portrayed Rusty Williams, the wisecracking son of entertainer Danny Williams, on the ABC/CBS situation comedy Make Room for Daddy, from…

1990

Dionysios Zakythinos

Greek historian, academic, and politician (born 1905)

Dionysios A. Zakythinos or Zakythenos was a leading Greek Byzantinist.

1993

Adolf Butenandt

German biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1903)

Adolf Friedrich Johann Butenandt was a German biochemist. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1939 for his "work on sex hormones." He initially rejected the award in accordance with government policy, but…

1995

Ron Luciano

American baseball player and umpire (born 1937)

Ronald Michael Luciano was an American professional baseball umpire who worked in Major League Baseball's American League from 1969 to 1979. He was known for his flamboyant style, clever aphorisms, and a series of…

1995

N. T. Rama Rao

Indian actor, director, producer, and politician, 10th Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh (born 1923)

Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao, often referred to by his initials NTR, was an Indian actor, film director, film producer, screenwriter, film editor, philanthropist, and politician who served as the Chief Minister of Andhra…

1996

Paul Tsongas

American lawyer and politician (born 1941)

Paul Efthemios Tsongas was an American politician who represented Massachusetts in the United States Senate from 1979 until 1985 and in the United States House of Representatives from 1975 until 1979. A member of the…

1997

Dan Georgiadis

Greek footballer and manager (born 1922)

Giannis "Dan" Georgiadis was a Greek football player and manager.

1998

Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky

Austrian architect (born 1897)

Margarete "Grete" Schütte-Lihotzky was an Austrian architect and a communist activist in the Austrian resistance to Nazism. She is mostly remembered today for designing what is known as the Frankfurt kitchen.

2000

Laurent-Désiré Kabila

President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (born 1939)

Laurent-Désiré Kabila usually known as Laurent Kabila or Kabila the Father, was a Congolese rebel and politician who served as the third president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo from 1997 until his…

2001

Ed Farhat

American wrestler and trainer (born 1924)

Edward George Farhat was an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name The Sheik. In wrestling, Farhat, whose career debuted in 1947, is credited as one of the originators of the hardcore style, is…

2003

Harivansh Rai Bachchan

Indian poet and author (born 1907)

Harivansh Rai Bachchan was an Indian poet and writer of the Nayi Kavita literary movement of early 20th century Hindi literature. He was also a poet of the Hindi Kavi Sammelan. Bachchan is best known for his early work…

2003

Galina Gavrilovna Korchuganova

Russian-born Soviet test pilot and aerobatics champion (born 1935)

Galina Gavrilovna Korchuganova was a Soviet test pilot and aerobatics champion. After graduating from studies in aviation technology in 1959, Korchuganova made a name for herself as a pilot in aerobatics competitions,…

2004

Lamont Bentley

American actor and rapper (born 1973)

Lamont Bentley was an American actor and rapper best known for his role as Hakeem Campbell on the UPN sitcom Moesha. Bentley was also known for his role as Crazy K in the 1995 horror film Tales from the Hood and C-Money…

2005

Jan Twardowski

Polish priest and poet (born 1915)

Jan Jakub Twardowski was a Polish poet and Catholic priest. He was a chief Polish representative of contemporary religious lyrics. He wrote short, simple, often humorous poems that frequently included colloquialisms.…

2006

Brent Liles

American bass player (born 1963)

Brent Harold Liles was an American musician who was the bassist for Social Distortion from 1981–1984 and later was the bassist for Agent Orange from 1988 – 1992.

2007

Georgia Frontiere

American businesswoman and philanthropist (born 1927)

Georgia Frontiere was an American businesswoman and entertainer. She was the majority owner and chairperson of the Los Angeles/St. Louis Rams NFL team.

2008

Frank Lewin

American composer and theorist (born 1925)

Frank Lewin was an American composer and teacher.

2008

Lois Nettleton

American actress (born 1927)

Lois June Nettleton was an American film, stage, radio and television actress. She received three Primetime Emmy Award nominations and won two Daytime Emmy Awards.

2008

John Stroger

American politician (born 1929)

John H. Stroger Jr. was an American politician who served from 1994 until 2006 as the first African-American president of the Cook County Board of Commissioners. A member of the Democratic Party. Stroger also served as…

2008

Tony Hart

English painter and television host (born 1925)

Norman Antony Hart was an English artist best known for his work in educating children in art through his role as a children's television presenter.

2009

Nora Kovach

Hungarian-American ballerina (born 1931)

Nora Kovach was a Hungarian ballerina who defected in 1953 together with her husband and fellow ballet dancer Istvan Rabovsky, the first highly publicized defection of individuals in the field of dance to the West from…

2009

Danai Stratigopoulou

Greek singer-songwriter (born 1913)

Danai Stratigopoulou was a Greek singer, writer, and university academic. She acquired recognition in the literary world for translating the works of the Chilean nobel laureate Pablo Neruda into the Greek language.

2009

Grigore Vieru

Romanian poet and author (born 1935)

Grigore Vieru was a Moldovan poet, writer and unionist advocate, known for his poems and books for children. His poetry is characterized by vivid natural scenery, patriotism, as well as a venerated image of the sacred…

2009

Kate McGarrigle

Canadian musician and singer-songwriter (born 1946)

Kate McGarrigle was a Canadian folk music singer-songwriter, who wrote and performed as a duo with her sister Anna McGarrigle.

2010

Sargent Shriver

American politician and diplomat, 21st United States Ambassador to France (born 1915)

Robert Sargent Shriver Jr. was an American diplomat, politician, and activist. He was a member of the Shriver family by birth, and a member of the Kennedy family through his marriage to Eunice Kennedy. Shriver was the…

2011

Anthony Gonsalves

Indian composer and educator (born 1927)

Anthony Prabhu Gonsalves was an Indian musical composer, music arranger and teacher. He was popularised as a lead character in the 1977 hit, Amar Akbar Anthony, played by Amitabh Bachchan, was named after him,…

2012

Georg Lassen

German captain (born 1915)

Georg Lassen was a German U-boat commander during World War II. He was a Watch Officer on U-29 at the outbreak of the war and later the skipper of the U-160 and recipient of the Knight’s Cross.

2012

Yuri Rasovsky

American playwright and producer, founded The National Radio Theater of Chicago (born 1944)

Yuri Rasovsky was an American writer and producer working in radio drama in the United States.

2012

Sean Fallon

Irish footballer and manager (born 1922)

Sean Fallon was an Irish professional footballer. At his death, he was the oldest surviving person to have played for the Republic of Ireland national football team.

2013

Jim Horning

American computer scientist and academic (born 1942)

James Jay Horning was an American computer scientist and ACM Fellow.

2013

Jon Mannah

Australian rugby league player (born 1989)

Jonathan Mannah was an Australian professional rugby league footballer. He played as a prop for the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks (2009–2011) and the Parramatta Eels (2012) in the National Rugby League (NRL). Since 2013,…

2013

Lewis Marnell

Australian skateboarder (born 1982)

Lewis Kristian Marnell was a professional skateboarder from Melbourne, Australia who was Slam Magazine's 2008 "Skater of the Year". Marnell died in January 2013, following complications related to type 1 (juvenile)…

2013

Ron Nachman

Israeli lawyer and politician (born 1942)

Ron Nachman was an Israeli politician and former Knesset member for the Likud. The founder of Ariel, one of the largest Israeli settlements in the West Bank, he was its mayor from 1985 until his death in 2013.

2013

Kathryn Abbe

American photographer and author (born 1919)

Kathryn Abbe was an American photographer.

2014

Michael Botmang

Nigerian politician, 17th Governor of Plateau State (born 1938)

Chief Michael Botmang was a Nigerian politician who served as the governor of Plateau State from 2006 to 2007, following the impeachment of Joshua Dariye. He served as deputy governor of Plateau State from 1999 to 2004;…

2014

Dennis Frederiksen

American singer-songwriter (born 1951)

Dennis Hardy "Fergie" Frederiksen was an American rock singer best known as the former lead singer of Trillion, Angel, LeRoux and Toto, as well as providing backing vocals for Survivor. He contributed to hit singles in…

2014

Andy Graver

English footballer (born 1927)

Andrew Martin Graver was an English footballer who scored 158 goals from 323 games playing in the Football League for Newcastle United, Lincoln City, Leicester City and Stoke City.

2014

Sarah Marshall

English actress (born 1933)

Sarah Lynne Marshall was a British actress. She received a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for her performance in Goodbye Charlie.

2014

Eugenio Cruz Vargas

Chilean poet and painter (born 1923)

Eugenio Cruz Vargas was a notable Chilean poet and painter. His art was developed under the naturalistic landscape and abstraction, and his collection of poems under the concepts of surrealism and culminate in the…

2014

Alberto Nisman

Argentinian lawyer and prosecutor (born 1963)

Natalio Alberto Nisman was an Argentine lawyer who worked as a federal prosecutor, noted for being the chief investigator of the 1994 car bombing of a Jewish center in Buenos Aires, which killed 85 people, the deadliest…

2015

Christine Valmy

Romanian cosmetologist and author (born 1926)

Christine Valmy was a Romanian-American esthetician, consultant, and entrepreneur known as a pioneer in the fields of skin care and esthetics in the United States. Valmy founded the first esthetician school in the…

2015

Piet van der Sanden

Dutch journalist and politician (born 1924)

Petrus Joannes Antonius "Piet" van der Sanden was a Dutch politician and journalist. He was a member of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands between 1971 and 1972 and again from 1973 to 1989 for the Catholic…

2015

Tony Verna

American director and producer, invented instant replay (born 1933)

Anthony F. Verna was a producer of television sports and entertainment blockbusters.

2015

Johnny Bach

American basketball player and coach (born 1924)

John William Bach was an American professional basketball player and coach. A swingman, Bach played college basketball at Fordham University and Brown University. He was selected by the Boston Celtics in the 1948…

2016

Glenn Frey

American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (born 1948)

Glenn Lewis Frey was an American musician. He was a founding member of the rock band Eagles, for whom he was the co-lead singer and frontman, roles he came to share with fellow member Don Henley, with whom he wrote most…

2016

T. S. Sinnathuray

Judge of the High Court of Singapore (born 1930)

Thirugnana Sampanthar Sinnathuray, known professionally as T. S. Sinnathuray and to his friends as Sam Sinnathuray, was a judge of the High Court of Singapore. Educated at University College London and called to the bar…

2016

Michel Tournier

French journalist and author (born 1924)

Michel Tournier was a French writer. He won awards such as the Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française in 1967 for Friday, or, The Other Island and the Prix Goncourt for The Erl-King in 1970. His inspirations…

2016

Peter Abrahams

South African-Jamaican writer (born 1919)

Peter Henry Abrahams Deras, commonly known as Peter Abrahams, was a South African-born novelist, journalist and political commentator who in 1956 settled in Jamaica, where he lived for the rest of his life. His death at…

2017

Rachael Heyhoe Flint

Baroness Heyhoe Flint, English cricketer, businesswoman and philanthropist (born 1939)

Rachael Heyhoe Flint, Baroness Heyhoe Flint, was an English cricketer, businesswoman, and philanthropist. She was best known for being captain of England from 1966 to 1978, and was unbeaten in six Test series: in total,…

2017

Roberta Peters

American coloratura soprano (born 1930)

Roberta Peters was an American coloratura soprano.

2017

John Coughlin

American figure skater (born 1985)

John Patrick Coughlin was an American pair skater. With Caydee Denney, he was the 2012 Four Continents silver medalist and 2012 U.S. national champion. With previous partner Caitlin Yankowskas, he was the 2011 U.S.…

2019

Lamia Al-Gailani Werr

Iraqi archaeologist (born 1938)

Lamia Al-Gailani Werr was an Iraqi archaeologist specialising in ancient Mesopotamian antiquities.

2019

Francisco Gento

Spanish football player (born 1933)

Francisco "Paco" Gento López was a Spanish footballer who played as an outside left. A fast runner, Gento was referred to as the "Gale of the Cantabrian Sea" in reference to his speed down the wing. He was voted by…

2022

Yvette Mimieux

American actress (born 1942)

Yvette Carmen Mimieux was an American film and television actress who was a major star of the 1960s and 1970s. Her breakout role was in The Time Machine (1960). She was nominated for three Golden Globe Awards during her…

2022

André Leon Talley

American fashion journalist (born 1948)

André Leon Talley was an American fashion journalist, stylist, creative director, author, and editor-at-large of Vogue magazine. He was the magazine's fashion news director from 1983 to 1987, its first African-American…

2022

David Crosby

American singer-songwriter (born 1941)

David Van Cortlandt Crosby was an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist. He first found fame as a member of the Byrds, with whom he helped pioneer the genres of folk rock and psychedelia in the mid-1960s, and later…

2023

Claire van Kampen

English director and composer (born 1953)

Claire Louise van Kampen, Lady Rylance was an English director, composer, and playwright. She was the founding director of music at Shakespeare's Globe Theatre from 1997 to 2015, first as assistant to her husband, actor…

2025

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Robert B. Parker — American crime writer (1932–2010)

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Known forHis most famous works include the 40 novels written about the fictional private detective Spenser

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