Notable Deaths on October 25

Q: Who died on October 25?

Notable people who died on October 25 include: Pope Boniface V, Rudolph I, Magnus the Good, Enguerrand II, Stephen.

Q: What is Emanuel Steward known for?

Emanuel Steward, American boxer, trainer, and sportscaster (born 1944)

2012 — Emanuel Steward

American boxer, trainer, and sportscaster (born 1944)

October 25 has seen 126 notable figures pass away throughout recorded history — from 625 – 2025. Below are the most significant names who died on this date.

By thisDay.info Editorial Team · October 25 — Wikipedia

Notable Deaths 126 people 625 – 2025

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Emanuel "Manny" Steward was an American boxer, trainer, and commentator for HBO Boxing

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Emanuel trained over two dozen boxers who turned out to be champions in the course of his career

Pope Boniface V

Pope Boniface V was the bishop of Rome from 23 December 619 to his death on 25 October 625. He did much for the Christianisation of Anglo-Saxon England, and enacted the decree by which churches became places of…

625

Rudolph I

king of Burgundy (born 859)

Rudolph I was King of Upper Burgundy from his election in 888 until his death.

912

Magnus the Good

Norwegian king (born 1024)

Magnus Olafsson, better known as Magnus the Good, was King of Norway from 1035 and King of Denmark from 1042 until his death in 1047.

1047

Enguerrand II

Count of Ponthieu

Enguerrand II was the son of Hugh II count of Ponthieu. He assumed the county upon the death of his father on November 20, 1052.

1053

Stephen

King of England

Stephen, often referred to as Stephen of Blois, was King of England from 22 December 1135 to his death in 1154. He was Count of Boulogne jure uxoris from 1125 until 1147 and Duke of Normandy from 1135 until 1144. His…

1154

John of Salisbury

French bishop (born c. 1120)

John of Salisbury, who described himself as Johannes Parvus, was an English author, philosopher, educationalist, diplomat and bishop of Chartres. The historian Hans Liebeschuetz described him as one of the most notable…

1180

Conrad of Wittelsbach

German cardinal (born 1120)

Conrad of Wittelsbach was the Archbishop of Mainz and Archchancellor of Germany from 20 June 1161 to 1165 and again from 1183 to his death. He was also a cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church.

1200

Gilbert de Clare

5th Earl of Gloucester, English soldier (born 1180)

Gilbert de Clare, 4th Earl of Hertford, 5th Earl of Gloucester, 1st Lord of Glamorgan, 7th Lord of Clare was the son of Richard de Clare, 3rd Earl of Hertford (c. 1153–1217), from whom he inherited the Clare estates. He…

1230

Robert Burnell

Lord Chancellor of England

Robert Burnell was an English bishop who served as Lord Chancellor of England from 1274 to 1292. A native of Shropshire, he served as a minor royal official before entering into the service of Prince Edward, the future…

1292

James III of Majorca (born 1315)

James III, known as James the Rash, was King of Majorca from 1324 to 1344. He was the son of Ferdinand of Majorca and Isabella of Sabran.

1349

Beatrice of Castile

queen consort of Portugal (born 1293)

Beatrice of Castile or Beatriz was an infanta of Castile, daughter of Sancho IV and María de Molina. She was Queen of Portugal from the accession of her husband, Afonso IV, in 1325 until his death on 28 May 1357.

1359

Geoffrey Chaucer

English philosopher, poet, and author (born c. 1343)

Geoffrey Chaucer was an English poet, writer and civil servant best known for The Canterbury Tales. He has been called the 'father of English literature', or alternatively, the 'father of English poetry'. He was the…

1400

Charles I of Albret

Charles I d'Albret was the Lord of Albret from 1401 to 1415 and the Constable of France from 1402 until 1411, and again from 1413 until 1415. He was also the co-commander of the French army at the Battle of Agincourt…

1415

Philip II

Count of Nevers (born 1389)

Phillip II, Count of Nevers was the youngest son of Philip the Bold and Margaret III of Flanders.

1415

Frederick I

Count of Vaudémont (born 1371)

Frederick I, or Ferry I of Lorraine was a Count of Vaudémont.

1415

Jean I

Duke of Alençon (born 1385)

Jean I of Alençon, known as the Wise, was a French nobleman, killed at the Battle of Agincourt.

1415

Anthony

Duke of Brabant (born 1384)

Anthony, Duke of Brabant, also known as Antoine de Brabant, Antoine de Bourgogne, and Anthony of Burgundy, was Count of Rethel (1402–1406), Duke of Brabant, Lothier and Limburg (1406–1415), and Co-Duke of Luxemburg…

1415

Michael de la Pole

3rd Earl of Suffolk, English soldier (born 1394)

Michael de la Pole, 3rd Earl of Suffolk was an English nobleman, the eldest son of Michael de la Pole, 2nd Earl of Suffolk and Katherine de Stafford.

1415

Edward of Norwich

2nd Duke of York, English politician (born 1373)

Edward, 2nd Duke of York,, known as the Earl of Rutland between 1390 and 1397 and again between 1399 and 1402 and as the Duke of Aumale between 1397 and 1399, was an English nobleman, military commander and magnate. He…

1415

Dafydd Gam

Welsh nobleman (born c. 1380)

Dafydd ap Llewelyn ap Hywel, better known as Dafydd Gam, anglicized to David or Davy Gam, was a Welsh warrior, a prominent opponent of Owain Glyndŵr. He died at the Battle of Agincourt fighting for Henry V, King of…

1415

Catherine of Bosnia (born 1425)

Catherine of Bosnia was Queen of Bosnia as the wife of King Thomas, the penultimate Bosnian sovereign. She was born into the powerful House of Kosača, staunch supporters of the Bosnian Church. Her marriage in 1446 was…

1478

Thaddeus McCarthy

Irish bishop (born 1455)

Tadhg Mac Cárthaigh c. 1455 – 25 October 1492, was an Irish ecclesiastic. He was a bishop who never ruled his see, even though he was appointed to two of them: Bishop of Ross, Ireland in 1482 and Bishop of Cork and…

1492

John II of Portugal (born 1455)

John II, called the Perfect Prince, was King of Portugal from 1481 until his death in 1495, and also for a brief time in 1477. He is known for reestablishing the power of the Portuguese monarchy, reinvigorating the…

1495

William Elphinstone

Scottish bishop and academic, founded University of Aberdeen (born 1431)

William Elphinstone was a Scottish statesman, Bishop of Aberdeen and founder of the University of Aberdeen.

1514

William Cavendish

English courtier and civil servant (born 1505)

Sir William Cavendish MP was an English politician, knight and courtier. Cavendish held public office and accumulated a considerable fortune, and became one of Thomas Cromwell's "visitors of the monasteries" during the…

1557

Evangelista Torricelli

Italian physicist and mathematician (born 1608)

Evangelista Torricelli was an Italian physicist and mathematician, and a student of Benedetto Castelli. He is best known for his invention of the barometer, but is also known for his advances in optics and work on the…

1647

Saint Job of Pochayiv

Ukrainian Orthodox Christian saint (born 1551)

Job of Pochayev, to the world Ivan Zalizo, in Great Schema John was an Eastern Orthodox monk and saint.

1651

William Scroggs

English judge and politician, Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales (born 1623)

Sir William Scroggs was Lord Chief Justice of England from 1678 to 1681. He is best remembered for presiding over the Popish Plot trials, where he was accused of showing bias against the accused.

1683

Giovanni Girolamo Saccheri

Italian priest, mathematician, and philosopher (born 1667)

Giovanni Girolamo Saccheri was an Italian Jesuit priest, scholastic philosopher, and mathematician. He is considered the forerunner of non-Euclidean geometry.

1733

Antoine Augustin Calmet

French monk and theologian (born 1672)

Antoine Augustin Calmet was a French Benedictine abbot.

1757

George II of Great Britain (born 1683)

George II was King of Great Britain and Ireland, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (Hanover) and a prince-elector of the Holy Roman Empire from 11 June 1727 (O.S.) until his death in 1760.

1760

Henry Knox

American general and politician, 2nd United States Secretary of War (born 1750)

Henry Knox was an American military officer, politician, bookseller, and a Founding Father of the United States. Knox, born in Boston, became a senior general of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War,…

1806

Philippe Pinel

French physician and psychiatrist (born 1745)

Philippe Pinel was a French physician, precursor of psychiatry and incidentally a zoologist. He was instrumental in the development of a more humane psychological approach to the custody and care of psychiatric…

1826

Abbas Mirza

Persian prince (born 1789)

Abbas Mirza was the Qajar crown prince of Iran during the reign of his father Fath-Ali Shah Qajar. As governor of the vulnerable Azerbaijan province, he played a crucial part in the two wars against the Russian Empire,…

1833

John C. Clark

American lawyer and politician (born 1793)

John Chamberlain Clark was an American lawyer and politician who served four terms as a United States representative from New York from 1827 to 1829 and from 1837 to 1843.

1852

Émile Augier

French playwright (born 1820)

Guillaume Victor Émile Augier was a French dramatist. He was the thirteenth member to occupy seat 1 of the Académie française on 31 March 1857.

1889

Charles Hallé

German-English pianist and conductor (born 1819)

Sir Charles Hallé was a Prussian and later British pianist and conductor, best known for founding the Hallé Orchestra in Manchester.

1895

Frank Norris

American journalist and novelist (born 1870)

Benjamin Franklin Norris Jr. was an American journalist and novelist during the Progressive Era, whose fiction was predominantly in the naturalist genre. His notable works include McTeague: A Story of San Francisco…

1902

Willie Anderson

Scottish-American golfer (born 1878)

William Law Anderson was a Scottish-American golfer who became the first man to win four U.S. Opens, with victories in 1901, 1903, 1904, and 1905. Although Bobby Jones, Ben Hogan, and Jack Nicklaus equalled his total of…

1910

William Merritt Chase

American painter and educator (born 1849)

William Merritt Chase was an American painter, known as an exponent of Impressionism and as a teacher. He is also responsible for establishing the Chase School, which later became the Parsons School of Design.

1916

William Kidston

Scottish-Australian politician, 17th Premier of Queensland (born 1849)

William Kidston was an Australian bookseller, politician and Premier of Queensland, from January 1906 to November 1907 and again from February 1908 to February 1911.

1919

Alexander of Greece (born 1893)

Alexander was King of Greece from 11 June 1917 until his death on 25 October 1920.

1920

Terence MacSwiney

Irish playwright, politician, Lord Mayor of Cork died on hunger strike (born 1879)

Terence James MacSwiney was an Irish playwright, author and politician. He was elected as Sinn Féin Lord Mayor of Cork during the Irish War of Independence in 1920. He was arrested by the British Government on charges…

1920

Joe Murphy

(Irish-American), died on hunger strike during the 1920 Cork hunger strike (born 1895)

Joseph Patrick Murphy was an Irish militant and Republican activist who was one of 22 Irish Republicans who died on hunger strike in the 20th century. He was an officer in the Irish Republican Army who died as a result…

1920

Bat Masterson

American lawman, buffalo hunter, and sport writer (born 1853)

Bartholemew William Barclay "Bat" Masterson was a U.S. Army scout, lawman, professional gambler, and journalist known for his exploits in the late 19th and early 20th-century American Old West. He was born to a…

1921

Ziya Gökalp

Turkish sociologist, poet, and activist (born 1876)

Mehmet Ziya Gökalp was a Turkish sociologist, writer, poet, and politician. After the 1908 Young Turk Revolution that reinstated constitutionalism in the Ottoman Empire, he adopted the pen name Gökalp, which he retained…

1924

Alfonsina Storni

Swiss-Argentinian poet and author (born 1892)

Alfonsina Carolina Storni was a Swiss-Argentine poet and playwright of the modernist period.

1938

Thomas Waddell

Irish-Australian politician, 15th Premier of New South Wales (born 1854)

Thomas Waddell, an Australian politician, was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1887 to 1917, was briefly the premier of New South Wales during 1904, and was a member of the New South Wales…

1940

Franz von Werra

Swiss-German captain and pilot (born 1914)

Franz Xaver Freiherr von Werra was a German World War II fighter pilot and flying ace who was shot down over Britain and captured. He was the only Axis prisoner of war to escape from Canadian custody and return to…

1941

Robert Ley

German politician (born 1890)

Robert Ley was a German Nazi politician and head of the German Labour Front during its entire existence, from 1933 to 1945. He also held many other high positions in the Nazi Party, including Gauleiter, Reichsleiter and…

1945

Mary Acworth Orr Evershed

English astronomer and Dante scholar (born 1867)

Mary Acworth Evershed was a British astronomer and scholar. Her work on Dante Alighieri was written under the pen name M.A. Orr.

1949

Holger Pedersen

Danish linguist and academic (born 1867)

Holger Pedersen was a Danish linguist who made significant contributions to language science and wrote about thirty authoritative works concerning several languages. He was born in Gelballe, Denmark, and died in…

1953

Purshottam Narayan Gadgil

Indian jeweller and namesake of P. N. Gadgil Jewellers (born 1874)

P. N. Gadgil Jewellers Limited, also known as Purshottam Narayan Gadgil Jewellers, is an Indian jewellery company founded by Ganesh Gadgil in Sangli in 1832. It is one of the oldest jewellery companies in India, known…

1954

Sadako Sasaki

Japanese girl (born 1943)

Sadako Sasaki was a Japanese girl who became a victim of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima by the United States. She was two years of age when the bombs were dropped and was severely irradiated. She survived for another…

1955

Risto Ryti

Finnish lawyer, politician and Governor of the Bank of Finland; 5th President of Finland (born 1889)

Risto Heikki Ryti was a Finnish politician who served as the president of Finland from 1940 to 1944. Ryti started his career as a politician in the field of economics and as a political background figure during the…

1956

Albert Anastasia

Italian-American mob boss (born 1902)

Umberto "Albert" Anastasia was an Italian-American mobster, hitman and crime boss. One of the founders of the modern American Mafia, and a co-founder and later boss of the Murder, Inc. organization, Anastasia eventually…

1957

Edward Plunkett

18th Baron of Dunsany, English-Irish author, poet, and playwright (born 1878)

Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett, 18th Baron Dunsany, commonly known as Lord Dunsany, was an Anglo-Irish writer and dramatist. He published more than 90 books during his lifetime, and his output consisted of hundreds…

1957

Harry Ferguson

Irish-English engineer, founded the Ferguson Company (born 1884)

Henry George Ferguson was an Irish mechanic and inventor who is noted for his role in the development of the modern agricultural tractor and its three-point linkage system, for being the first person in Ireland to build…

1960

Roger Désormière

French conductor and composer (born 1898)

Roger Désormière was a French conductor. He was an enthusiastic champion of contemporary composers, but also conducted performances of early eighteenth century French music.

1963

Margaret Ayer Barnes

American author and playwright (born 1886)

Margaret Ayer Barnes was an American playwright, novelist, and short-story writer. Her 1930 novel Years of Grace was awarded the Pulitzer Prize.

1967

Ellinor Aiki

Estonian painter (born 1893)

Ellinor Aiki was an Estonian painter who is possibly best recalled for her works in later life of vibrant and colorful, heavily textured portraits, landscapes and compositions interspersed with whimsical motifs.

1969

Ülo Sooster

Estonian painter (born 1924)

Ülo Ilmar Sooster was an Estonian nonconformist painter.

1970

Mikhail Yangel

Soviet missile designer (born 1911)

Mikhail Kuzmich Yangel, was a Soviet engineer born in Irkutsk who was the leading designer in the missile program of the former Soviet Union.

1971

Johnny Mantz

American race car driver (born 1918)

Johnny Mantz was an American racecar driver.

1972

Abebe Bikila

Ethiopian runner (born 1932)

Shambel Abebe Bikila was an Ethiopian marathon runner who was a back-to-back Olympic marathon champion. He was the first Ethiopian Olympic gold medalist, winning his first gold medal at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome…

1973

Cleo Moore

American actress (born 1928)

Cleo Una Moore was an American actress, usually featured in the role of a blonde bombshell in Hollywood films of the 1950s, including seven films with Hugo Haas. She also became a well-known pin-up girl.

1973

Robert Scholl

German accountant and politician (born 1891)

Robert Scholl was a Württembergian politician and father of Hans and Sophie Scholl. Robert Scholl was a critic of the Nazi Party before, during and after the Nazi regime, and was twice sent to prison for his criticism…

1973

Vladimir Herzog

Brazilian journalist and activist (born 1937)

Vladimir Herzog, known by the nickname Vlado among his family and friends, was a Brazilian journalist, university professor and playwright of Croatian-Jewish origin and born in today's Croatia. He also developed a taste…

1975

Raymond Queneau

French poet and author (born 1903)

Raymond Auguste Queneau was a French novelist, poet, critic, editor and co-founder and president of Oulipo, notable for his wit and cynical humour.

1976

Félix Gouin

French politician (born 1884)

Félix Gouin was a French Socialist politician who was a member of the French Section of the Workers' International (SFIO).

1977

Gerald Templer

English field marshal and politician, British High Commissioner in Malaya (born 1898)

Field Marshal Sir Gerald Walter Robert Templer was a senior British Army officer. He fought in both the world wars and was involved in the British response to the 1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine. As Chief of the…

1979

Virgil Fox

American organist and educator (born 1912)

Virgil Keel Fox was an American organist, known especially for his years as organist at Riverside Church in New York City, from 1946 to 1965, and his flamboyant "Heavy Organ" concerts of the music of Bach in the 1970s,…

1980

Víctor Galíndez

Argentine boxer (born 1948)

Víctor Emilio Galíndez Torre was an Argentine boxer who was the third Latin American to win the world Light Heavyweight championship, after Puerto Rico's José Torres and Venezuela's Vicente Rondon.

1980

Sahir Ludhianvi

Indian poet and songwriter (born 1921)

Abdul Hayee, popularly known by his pen name (takhallus) Sahir Ludhianvi, was an Indian poet who wrote primarily in Urdu in addition to Hindi. He is regarded as one of the greatest film lyricists and poets of 20th…

1980

Bill Eckersley

English footballer (born 1925)

William Eckersley was an English footballer. He played as a fullback, spending his entire playing career at Blackburn Rovers.

1982

Arvid Wallman

Swedish diver (born 1901)

Arvid Håkan Herbert Carlsson "Fågeln" Wallman was a Swedish diver. He competed in the plain high diving event at the 1920 and 1924 Summer Olympics and finished in first and eighth place, respectively. After graduating…

1982

Gary Holton

English singer-songwriter (born 1952)

Gary Frederick Holton was an English singer-songwriter, musician and actor. He was the frontman of the band Heavy Metal Kids (1972–1977), worked with Casino Steel (1981–1984), and played the part of Wayne in the UK…

1985

Forrest Tucker

American actor (born 1919)

Forrest Meredith Tucker was an American actor in movies and television who appeared in nearly a hundred films. Tucker worked in vaudeville as a straight man at the age of fifteen. While he was on a trip to California,…

1986

Mary McCarthy

American novelist and critic (born 1912)

Mary Therese McCarthy was an American novelist, critic and political activist, best known for her novel The Group, her marriage to critic Edmund Wilson, her intimate friendship with her colleague Hannah Arendt and her…

1989

Alberto da Costa Pereira

Portuguese footballer (born 1929)

Alberto da Costa Pereira was a Portuguese footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

1990

Bill Graham

German-American concert promoter (born 1931)

Bill Graham was a German-born American impresario and rock concert promoter.

1991

Roger Miller

American singer-songwriter and actor (born 1936)

Roger Dean Miller Sr. was an American singer-songwriter, widely known for his honky-tonk-influenced novelty songs and his chart-topping country hits "King of the Road", "Dang Me", and "England Swings".

1992

Richard Pousette-Dart

American painter and educator (born 1916)

Richard Warren Pousette-Dart was an American abstract expressionist artist most recognized as a founder of the New York School of painting. His artistic output also includes drawing, sculpture, and fine-art photography.

1992

Danny Chan

Hong Kong singer-songwriter, producer, and actor (born 1958)

Danny Chan Pak-Keung was a Hong Kong singer, songwriter and actor. One of the first Cantopop idols in Hong Kong, he gained fame alongside performers Alan Tam, Anita Mui, and Leslie Cheung, who were collectively known as…

1993

Vincent Price

American actor (born 1911)

Vincent Leonard Price Jr. was an American actor, known to film audiences for his work in the horror genre, mostly portraying villains. He appeared on stage, television, and radio, and in more than 100 films. Price has…

1993

Kara Hultgreen

American lieutenant and pilot (born 1965)

Kara Spears Hultgreen was an American naval aviator who served as a lieutenant in the United States Navy and was the first female carrier-based fighter pilot in the U.S. Navy. She was also the first female fighter pilot…

1994

Mildred Natwick

American actress (born 1905)

Mildred Natwick was an American actress. She won a Primetime Emmy Award and was nominated for an Academy Award and two Tony Awards.

1994

Viveca Lindfors

Swedish actress (born 1920)

Elsa Viveca Torstensdotter Lindfors was a Swedish-American stage, film, and television actress. She won an Emmy Award and a Silver Bear for Best Actress.

1995

Bobby Riggs

American tennis player (born 1918)

Robert Larimore Riggs was an American tennis champion who was the world No. 1 amateur in 1939 and world No. 1 professional in 1946 and 1947. He played his first professional tennis match on December 26, 1941.

1995

Leonard Boyle

Irish and Canadian palaeographer and medievalist (born 1923)

Leonard Eugene Boyle was an Irish and Canadian scholar in medieval studies and palaeography.

1999

Payne Stewart

American golfer (born 1957)

William Payne Stewart was an American professional golfer who won 11 PGA Tour events, including three major championships, the last of which came just a few months before his death in an airplane accident at the age of…

1999

Mochitsura Hashimoto

Japanese commander (born 1909)

Mochitsura Hashimoto was a Japanese officer and a submarine commander in the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. He was captain of the submarine I-58, which sank the American heavy cruiser USS Indianapolis in…

2000

Richard Harris

Irish actor and singer (born 1930)

Richard St John Francis Harris was an Irish actor and singer. Having studied at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, he rose to prominence as an icon of the British New Wave. He received numerous accolades…

2002

René Thom

French mathematician and biologist (born 1923)

René Frédéric Thom was a French mathematician, who received the Fields Medal in 1958.

2002

Paul Wellstone

American academic and politician (born 1944)

Paul David Wellstone was an American academic, author, and politician. He represented Minnesota in the United States Senate from 1991 until he was killed in a plane crash near Eveleth, Minnesota, in 2002, sixteen days…

2002

Pandurang Shastri Athavale

Indian spiritual leader and philosopher (born 1920)

Pandurang Shastri Athavale, also known as Dada /Dadaji, was an Indian activist, philosopher, spiritual leader, social revolutionary, and religion reformist, who founded the Swadhyaya Parivar in 1954. Swadhyaya is a…

2003

Veikko Hakulinen

Finnish skier and technician (born 1925)

Veikko Johannes Hakulinen was a Finnish cross-country skier, triple champion in both the Olympics and World Championships. He also competed in biathlon, orienteering, ski-orienteering, cross-country running, and rowing…

2003

John Peel

English radio host and producer (born 1939)

John Robert Parker Ravenscroft, better known as John Peel, was an English radio presenter and journalist. He was the longest-serving of the original disc jockeys on BBC Radio 1, broadcasting regularly from 1967 until…

2004

Lisa Blount

American actress (born 1957)

Lisa Suzanne Blount was an American actress and film producer. She was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year for her performance in An Officer and a Gentleman (1982), and later won an Academy…

2010

Gregory Isaacs

Jamaican-English singer-songwriter (born 1951)

Gregory Anthony Isaacs OD was a Jamaican reggae musician. Milo Miles, writing in The New York Times, described Isaacs as "the most exquisite vocalist in reggae".

2010

Vesna Parun

Croatian poet and author (born 1922)

Vesna Parun was a Croatian poet.

2010

Jacques Barzun

French-American historian and author (born 1907)

Jacques Martin Barzun was a French-born American historian known for his studies of the history of ideas and cultural history. He wrote about a wide range of subjects, including baseball, mystery novels, and classical…

2012

Jaspal Bhatti

Indian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1955)

Jaspal Singh Bhatti was an Indian television personality known for his satirical take on the problems of the common man. He was most well known for his television series Flop Show, Full Tension and mini capsules Ulta…

2012

John Connelly

English footballer (born 1938)

John Michael Connelly was an English footballer. He played as an outside forward and was capped 20 times for his country.

2012

Ron Ackland

New Zealand rugby player and coach (born 1934)

Ronald Charles Ackland was a New Zealand professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, and coached in the 1960s and 1970s, who represented New Zealand in the 1957 and 1960 World Cups,…

2013

Arthur Danto

American philosopher and critic (born 1924)

Arthur Coleman Danto was an American art critic, philosopher, and professor at Columbia University. He was best known for having been a long-time art critic for The Nation and for his work in philosophical aesthetics…

2013

Nicholas Hunt

Welsh-English admiral (born 1930)

Admiral Sir Nicholas John Streynsham Hunt was a senior Royal Navy officer. He was Commander-in-Chief Fleet from 1985 to 1987.

2013

Hal Needham

American actor, stuntman, director, and screenwriter (born 1931)

Hal Brett Needham was an American stuntman, film director, actor, writer, and NASCAR team owner. He is best known for his frequent collaborations with actor Burt Reynolds, usually in films involving fast cars, such as…

2013

Paul Reichmann

Austrian-Canadian businessman, founded Olympia and York (born 1930)

Paul Reichmann was a Canadian businessman and member of the Reichmann family. He is best known for his leadership of the Olympia & York real estate development company.

2013

Bill Sharman

American basketball player and coach (born 1926)

William Walton Sharman was an American professional basketball player and coach. He is mostly known for his time with the Boston Celtics in the 1950s, partnering with Bob Cousy in what was then considered the greatest…

2013

Marcia Wallace

American actress and comedian (born 1942)

Marcia Karen Wallace was an American actress and comedian, primarily known for her roles on sitcoms. She is best known for her roles as receptionist Carol Kester on the 1970s sitcom The Bob Newhart Show, Mrs. Carruthers…

2013

Jack Bruce

Scottish singer-songwriter and bass player (born 1943)

John Symon Asher Bruce was a Scottish musician. He gained popularity as the primary lead vocalist and ‍bassist ‍of rock band Cream. After the group disbanded in 1968, he pursued a solo career and also played with…

2014

Carlos Morales Troncoso

Dominican lawyer and politician, 34th Vice President of the Dominican Republic (born 1940)

Carlos Morales Troncoso was a Dominican chemical engineer, businessman, and politician. Before entering public life, Morales Troncoso built a distinguished career as an executive in the sugar industry, rising to lead…

2014

David Cesarani

English historian and author (born 1956)

David Ian Cesarani was a British historian who specialised in Jewish history, especially the Holocaust. He also wrote several biographies, including Arthur Koestler: The Homeless Mind (1998).

2015

Lisa Jardine

English historian, author, and academic (born 1944)

Lisa Anne Jardine was a British historian of the early modern period.

2015

Cecil Lolo

South African footballer (born 1988)

Cecil Sonwabile Lolo was a South African professional footballer, who played as a defender and midfielder for Ajax Cape Town.

2015

Flip Saunders

American basketball player and coach (born 1955)

Philip Daniel "Flip" Saunders was an American basketball player and coach. During his career, he coached the La Crosse Catbirds, Minnesota Timberwolves, Detroit Pistons, and Washington Wizards.

2015

Carlos Alberto Torres

Brazilian football player and manager (born 1944)

Carlos Alberto "Capita" Torres, also known as "O Capitão do Tri", was a Brazilian football player and manager who played as an attacking right-sided full-back or wing-back. A technically gifted defender with good ball…

2016

Bob Hoover

USAF, Test, and Airshow pilot (born 1922)

Robert Anderson Hoover was an American fighter pilot, test pilot, flight instructor, and record-setting air show aviator.

2016

Thomas Keating

American Trappist monk and a principal developer of Centering Prayer (born 1923)

Thomas Keating, O.C.S.O. was an American Trappist priest known as one of the principal developers of centering prayer, a contemplative method that emerged from St. Joseph's Abbey in Spencer, Massachusetts.

2018

Dilip Parikh

Indian politician (born 1937)

Dilip Ramanbhai Parikh was an Indian politician and industrialist. He was the 13th Chief Minister of Gujarat from 28 October 1997 to 4 March 1998. Dilip Parekh is also the most recent non BJP Chief Minister of Gujarat…

2019

Phil Lesh

American bassist (born 1940)

Philip Chapman Lesh was an American musician and a founding member of the Grateful Dead, with whom he developed a unique style of improvised six-string bass guitar. He was their bassist throughout their 30-year career.

2024

Kim Soo-mi

South Korean actress (born 1949)

Kim Soo-mi was a South Korean actress who had a prolific career in film and television.

2024

Satish Shah

Indian actor and comedian (born 1951)

Satish Ravilal Shah was an Indian actor and comedian, best known for his iconic comic roles in films such as Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro (1983), Main Hoon Na (2004), Kal Ho Naa Ho (2003), Fanaa (2006), and Om Shanti Om (2007)…

2025

Rolf Dupuy

anarchist and historian of the anarchist movement in France and Spain (born 1946)

Rolf Dupuy, his real name being Daniel Dupuy, was a French educator for the blind, librarian, anarchist and historian of the anarchist movement in France and Spain.

2025

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Emanuel Steward — American boxer, trainer, and commentator

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Death year2012

Known forKnown as "the godfather of Detroit boxing," Steward trained 41 world champion fighters throughout his career, most notably Thomas Hearns, through the famous Kronk Gym and later heavyweights Lennox Lewis and Wladimir Klitschko

Deaths on this date126 (625 – 2025)

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A mass shooting occurs in two locations in Lewiston, Maine. 18 people are killed and 13 more injured. Wikipedia →

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Mount Merapi in Indonesia begins a month-long series of violent eruptions that kill 353 people and cause the evacuation of another 350,000 people. Wikipedia →

2010

A magnitude 7.8 earthquake strikes off Indonesia's Mentawai Islands, triggering a tsunami that kills at least 400 people. Wikipedia →

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