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Conway is perhaps best known as a regular cast member (1975–1978) on the TV comedy-variety series The Carol Burnett Show where he portrayed his recurrent iconic characters Mister Tudball and the Oldest Man.
Notable Deaths on May 14
2019 — Tim Conway
American actor, writer, and comedian (born 1933)
May 14 has 113 recorded notable deaths across history, from 649 to 2026. This focused page highlights 20 people with the strongest available profile context.
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Notable Deaths
113 source records
649 – 2026
Today in history
Major events on May 14
See what else happened on this day in history.
- 1948 Israel is declared to be an independent state and a provisional government is established. Immediately after the declaration, Israel is attacked by the neighboring Arab states, triggering the 1948 Arab–Israeli War. Source
- 1961 Civil rights movement: A white mob twice attacks a Freedom Riders bus near Anniston, Alabama, before fire-bombing the bus and attacking the civil rights protesters who flee the burning vehicle. Source
- 2010 Space Shuttle Atlantis launches on the STS-132 mission to deliver the first shuttle-launched Russian ISS component — Rassvet. This was originally slated to be the final launch of Atlantis, before Congress approved STS-135. Source
- 1955 Cold War: Eight Communist bloc countries, including the Soviet Union, sign a mutual defense treaty called the Warsaw Pact. Source
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Later in his career, Stack was known for his deadpan comedy roles that lampooned his dramatic on-screen persona, most notably as Captain Rex Kramer in Airplane!
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A member of the Democratic Party, Perkins was the first woman ever to serve in a presidential cabinet.
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"Lolcats" and parodies created from the photograph by Reddit users became popular.
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Husband E. Kimmel was removed from that command after the attack, in December 1941, and was reverted to his permanent two-star rank of rear admiral due to no longer holding a four-star assignment.
More major people who died on May 14
Notable people are ranked by substantive profile depth and public notability.
2003
Robert Stack
American actor and producer (born 1919)
Robert Stack was an American actor and television host. Known for his deep voice and commanding presence, he appeared in over 40 feature films.
1965
Frances Perkins
American workers-rights advocate, U.S. Secretary of Labor (born 1880)
Frances Perkins was an American workers-rights advocate who served as the fourth United States secretary of labor from 1933 to 1945, the longest serving in that position.
2019
Grumpy Cat
American cat and internet meme celebrity (born 2012)
Tardar Sauce, nicknamed Grumpy Cat, was an American internet celebrity cat. She was known for her permanently "grumpy" facial appearance, which was caused by an underbite and feline dwarfism.
1968
Husband E. Kimmel
American admiral (born 1882)
Husband Edward Kimmel was a United States Navy four-star admiral who was the commander in chief of the United States Pacific Fleet (CINCPACFLT) during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
964
Pope John XII (born 927)
Pope John XII, born Octavian, was the bishop of Rome and ruler of the Papal States from 16 December 955 to his death in 964.
1912
August Strindberg
Swedish playwright, novelist, poet, essayist (born 1849)
Johan August Strindberg was a Swedish playwright, novelist, poet, essayist, and painter.
1998
Marjory Stoneman Douglas
American journalist and environmentalist (born 1890)
Marjory Stoneman Douglas was an American journalist, author, women's suffrage advocate, and conservationist known for her staunch defense of the Everglades against efforts to drain it and reclaim land for development.
1918
James Gordon Bennett
Jr., American journalist and publisher (born 1841)
James Gordon Bennett Jr. was an American publisher. He was the publisher of the New York Herald, founded by his father, James Gordon Bennett Sr. (1795–1872), who emigrated from Scotland.
1994
Cihat Arman
Turkish footballer and manager (born 1915)
Cihat Arman was a Turkish football goalkeeper and manager. He represented Turkey at the 1936 Summer Olympics and the 1948 Summer Olympics.
1987
Vitomil Zupan
Slovenian poet and playwright (born 1914)
Vitomil Zupan was a post-World War II modernist Slovene writer and Gonars concentration camp survivor.
2014
Emanuel Raymond Lewis
American librarian and author (born 1928)
Emanuel Raymond Lewis was the longest-serving and final House Librarian for the United States House of Representatives Library in the U.S. Capitol Building.
1610
Henry IV of France (born 1553)
Henry IV, also known by the epithets Good King Henry or Henry the Great, was King of Navarre from 1572 and King of France from 1589 to 1610.
1906
Carl Schurz
German-American general, journalist, and politician, 13th United States Secretary of the Interior (born 1829)
Carl Christian Schurz was a German-American revolutionary and an American statesman, journalist, and reformer.
1847
Fanny Hensel
German pianist and composer (born 1805)
Fanny Cäcilie Hensel née Mendelssohn was a German composer and pianist of the early Romantic era, also known as Fanny Mendelssohn Bartholdy.
1987
Rita Hayworth
American actress and dancer (born 1918)
Rita Hayworth was an American actress, dancer, and pin-up girl. She achieved fame in the 1940s as one of the top stars of the Golden Age of Hollywood, and appeared in 61 films over 38 years.
1878
Ōkubo Toshimichi
Japanese samurai and politician (born 1830)
Ōkubo Toshimichi was a Japanese statesman and samurai of the Satsuma Domain.
2018
Tom Wolfe
American author (born 1931)
Thomas Kennerly Wolfe Jr. was an American author and journalist widely known for his association with New Journalism, a style of news writing and journalism developed in the 1960s and 1970s that incorporated literary…
1980
Hugh Griffith
Welsh actor (born 1912)
Hugh Emrys Griffith was a Welsh actor. Described by BFI's Screenonline as a "wild-eyed, formidable character player", Griffith appeared in more than 100 theatre, film, and television productions in a career that spanned…
1945
Heber J. Grant
American religious leader, 7th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (born 1856)
Heber Jeddy Grant was an American religious leader who served as the seventh president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.