Famous Deaths on July 14

• 664 Deusdedit of Canterbury, Archbishop of Canterbury (655-664), 1st Anglo-Saxon Archbishop of Canterbury
• 937 Arnulf ‘the Bad’, Duke of Bavaria (fought back Hungarian invaders)
• 1223 King Philip II of France (1180-1223), dies at 57

• 1262 Richard de Clare, 6th Earl of Gloucester, 5th Earl of Hertford, 2nd Lord of Glamorgan, and 8th Lord of Clare, dies at 39
• 1298 Jacob de Voragine, Italian bishop and writer (Golden Legend), dies
• 1486 Margaret of Denmark, Queen of Scotland as wife of James III, daughter of Christian I, dies of an illness at 30
• 1575 Richard Taverner, English Bible translator (Taverner’s Bible), dies at 70
• 1614 Camillus de Lellis, Italian Roman Catholic saint (founder of the Ministers of the Sick), dies at 64
• 1671 Méric Casaubon, French-English classical scholar (1st to translate Marcus Aurelius into English), dies at 71

• 1723 Claude Fleury, French priest and historian, dies at 82
• 1742 Richard Bentley, English classical scholar who started the 1st written examinations in the West at Cambridge, dies at 80
• 1744 Immanuel J. Pyra, German poet (Temple of True Poetry), dies at 28
• 1762 Cornelis Hop, Amsterdams regent and diplomat, dies at 77
• 1766 František Maxmilián Kaňka, Czech architect and builder, dies at 91
• 1770 David ‘t Kindt, Flemish architect (Mammelokker, Ghent), dies at 71
• 1774 James O’Hara, 2nd Baron Tyrawley and Kilmaine, British field marshal (b. 1682)
• 1779 George Ross, American judge and US Founding Father (signed US Declaration of Independence), dies at 49
• 1780 Charles Batteux, French philosopher, dies at 67
• 1788 Johann Gottfried Müthel, German keyboard virtuoso and composer, dies at 60
• 1789 Bernard-René de Launay, French governor of the Bastille prison, murdered during the storming of the Bastille (b.1740)
• 1789 Jacques de Flesselles, French provost, shot and killed in the early days of the French Revolution at 58
• 1790 Ernst Gideon von Laudon, Baltic German-born Austrian military officer and opponent of Frederick the Great, dies at 73
• 1793 Jacques Cathelineau, French royalist, dies in battle at 44
• 1803 Esteban Salas y Castro, Cuban composer, dies at 77
• 1812 Christian G. Heyne, German scholar and archaeologist, dies at 82
• 1816 Francisco de Miranda, Venezuela freedom fighter, dies at 66
• 1817 Madame de Staël [Anne Louise Germaine de Staël-Holstein], French-Swiss author (De l’Allemagne), dies at 51
• 1827 Augustin-Jean Fresnel, French physicist and optics pioneer (proved wave theory of light correct, invented catadioptric Fresnel lens), dies of tuberculosis at 39
• 1830 Anthony van Haersolte, Dutch politician and member of Napoleonic Batavian Republic executive body, dies at 73
• 1834 Edmond Charles Genêt, French ambassador to the United States during the French Revolution (b. 1763)
• 1850 August Neander [David Mendel], German theologian, dies at 61
• 1873 Ferdinand David, German violinist and composer (Hohe Schule des Violinspiels), dies at 63
• 1876 Thomas Hazlehurst, English Methodist chapel builder, dies at 60

• 1887 Alfred Krupp, German steel merchant and largest arms manufacturer of his day, dies at 75
• 1895 Alexander Ewing, Scottish composer (Jerusalem the Golden), dies at 65
• 1897 John Franklin Farnsworth, American politician and Brigadier General (Union Army), dies at 77
• 1902 William Still, African-American abolitionist, businessman and conductor of the Underground Railroad, dies at 80

• 1907 William Perkin, English chemist and inventor (discovered aniline dyes), dies at 69
• 1908 William Mason, American concert pianist and composer, dies at 79
• 1917 Octave Lapize, French cyclist (Tour de France 1910), dies when shot down as WWI fighter pilot at 29
• 1918 Quentin Roosevelt, youngest son of United States President Theodore Roosevelt, killed in aerial combat over France on Bastille Day at 20
• 1923 Louis Ganne, French conductor and operetta composer (Les saltimbanques (The Acrobats)), dies at 61
• 1925 Pancho Villa [Francisco Guilledo], Filipino world boxing champion, dies at 23
• 1930 William Hare Ashley, South African cricketer (Test South Africa, 7 wkts), dies at 68
• 1938 Robert Poore, British cricket batsman (3 Tests for South Africa in 1895-96 series), dies at 72
• 1939 Alphonse Mucha, Czech Nouveau painter and artist, dies at 78
• 1940 Bill Howell, Australian cricket medium pace bowler (18 Tests, 49 wickets, BB 5/81; NSWCA), dies at 70
• 1942 Neel Doff, Dutch-born Belgian writer (Days of Hunger and Distress), writing in French, dies at 84
• 1943 Johannes “Frits” Bakker Sr, Dutch actor, dies at 74
• 1949 Frank Hearne, English cricket batsman (2 Tests England, 4 South Africa; Kent, Western Province), dies at 90
• 1950 Āpirana Ngata, Māori New Zealand politician and lawyer known for promoting and protecting Māori culture and language, dies at 76
• 1951 Sammy Jones, Australian cricket batsman (12 Tests; NSW, Queensland, Auckland), dies at 89
• 1953 Richard von Mises, Austrian scientist and mathematician (probability theory), dies at 70
• 1954 Jacinto Benavente y Martinez, Spanish playwright (Nobel Prize for Literature 1922), dies at 87 [1]
• 1954 Jackie Saunders, American silent screen actress (b. 1892)
• 1956 Jaroslav Řídký, Czech composer, dies at 58
• 1958 ‘Abd al-Ilah, crown prince of Iraq, assassinated at Baghdad during the revolution at 44
• 1958 Faisal II, King of Iraq (1939-58), son of Ghasi I, assassinated during the revolution at Baghdad at 23
• 1958 René Guillou, French organist and composer (L’Autre mère), dies at 55
• 1959 Grock [Adrien Wettach], Swiss clown and circus director, dies at 79
• 1960 Maurice de Broglie, French physicist (studied X-ray diffraction and spectroscopy), dies at 85

• 1966 Julie Manet, French painter and model for the Impressionists, daughter of Berthe Morisot, dies at 87
• 1967 Tudor Arghezi [Ion Nae Theodorescu], Romanian poet and children’s author, dies at 87
• 1968 Konstantin Georgiyevich Paustovsky, Russian writer (Kara-Bugaz), dies at 76
• 1968 Westbrook Van Voorhis, American announcer (March of Time), dies at 64
• 1970 Preston Foster, American actor (Waterfront, Gunslinger), dies at 69
• 1974 Carl Spaatz, American World War II general and 1st Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force, dies at 83
• 1974 Henri Smajda, Tunisian French publisher (Combat), commits suicide at 77
• 1975 Madan Mohan [Kohli], Indian singer, music director, and Hindi film score composer, dies of cirrhosis of the liver at 51
• 1975 [Arthur] Zutty Singleton, American jazz drummer (Louis Armstrong’s Hot Five), dies at 77
• 1979 George De Witt, American TV host (Name that Tune), dies at 56
• 1980 Felix Berezin, Russian physicist and mathematician (Berezin integral), dies at 49
• 1982 George Tremblay, Canadian-American composer, dies at 71
• 1983 Arnout Colnot, Dutch painter and graphic artist, dies at 96
• 1983 Jack MacBryan, English cricket batsman (1 Test; Cambridge University CC, Somerset CCC) and field hockey player (Olympic gold GB & Ireland 1920), dies at 90
• 1984 Al Schacht [Clown prince of baseball], American baseball player, dies at 91
• 1984 Ernest Tidyman, American author and screenwriter (Shaft; The French Connection), dies at 56
• 1984 Kenny Delmar, American comedian (School House), dies at 74
• 1984 Philippe Wynne, American soul singer (“I’ll Be Around”), dies of a heart attack at 43
• 1984 Siegfried Köhler, German composer (Tausend Sterne sind ein Dom), dies at 57
• 1986 Raymond Loewy, French-American industrial designer, dies at 92
• 1988 Whitey Witt, American baseball player (NY Yankees, 1922-25), dies at 92
• 1989 Frank Bell, British language educator and founder of The Bell Educational Trust, dies at 72 [1] [2]
• 1989 Herman D. Koppel, Danish pianist and composer, dies at 89
• 1990 Dallas Alinder, American actor, dies at 58
• 1990 Philip Leacock, English director and producer, dies of collapsed lungs at 73
• 1993 Robert Strong, American actor, dies at 87
• 1994 Patrick Crommelynck, Belgian pianist (Duo Crommelynck), commits suicide at about 49
• 1994 Robert Jungk, Austrian writer, journalist and peace campaigner (The Nuclear State), dies at 81
• 1994 Taeko Kuwata, Japanese Belgian pianist (Duo Crommelynck), commits suicide at about 47
• 1994 William D. Revelli, American bandleader, dies at 92
• 1995 Michael Naylor, English insurance broker (Endsleigh Insurance), dies at 59
• 1996 Jeff Krosnoff, American CART driver, killed in a racing accident at 31
• 1996 Kenneth Bainbridge, American physicist (measurements of mass differences between nuclear isotopes), dies at 91
• 1996 Kim Besly, British peace activist (Greenham Common), dies at 69
• 1998 Beryl Bryden, British jazz and blues singer, and washboard player, dies at 78
• 1998 Richard “Dick” McDonald, American fast food pioneer, co-founder of McDonald’s, dies from heart failure at 89
• 1998 Robert A. W. Lowndes, American sci-fi author and editor of “Future Science Fiction”, dies at 81
• 1999 Gar Samuelson, American drummer (Megadeth), dies of liver failure at 41
• 2000 Meredith MacRae, American actress (Petticoat Junction. 1966-70- “Billie Jo”; My Three Sons, 1964-66 – “Sally”), and talk show host, dies of brain cancer at 55
• 2000 René Ríos Boettiger, Chilean cartoonist (b. 1911)
• 2000 William Roscoe Estep, American Baptist historian (b. 1920)
• 2002 Carlos Fariñas, Cuban avant-garde composer, dies at 67
• 2002 Joaquín Balaguer, Dominican politician (President Dominican Republic 1960-62, 1966-78, 1986-96), dies at 95
• 2003 Éva Janikovszky, Hungarian novelist (b. 1926)
• 2004 Frank Austin, English footballer, dies at 71

• 2005 Dorothy Bolden, American civil and women’s rights activist, and founder of the National Domestic Worker’s Union of America, dies at 81
• 2005 Joe Harnell, American musician, composer and arranger, dies at 80
• 2007 John Ferguson Sr, Canadian hockey player, dies at 68
• 2008 Bryan Cowgill, British broadcasting executive (BBC, 1963-77; Thames Television, 1977-85), dies at 81
• 2008 Henki Kolstad, Norwegian actor (b. 1915)
• 2008 Hugh Lloyd, British actor (Hugh and I, Punch & Judy Man), dies at 85
• 2009 Phyllis Gotlieb, Canadian sci-fi novelist (Sunburst), dies at 83
• 2009 Zbigniew Zapasiewicz, Polish actor (b. 1934)
• 2010 Bengt Emil Johnson, Swedish author and composer, dies at 73
• 2010 Charles Mackerras, Australian conductor, dies of cancer at 84
• 2010 Gene Ludwig, American jazz and R&B Hammond B-3 organist (Sonny Stitt, Arthur Prysock), dies at 72
• 2010 Mădălina Manole, Romanian pop recording artist (b. 1967)
• 2012 Sixten Jernberg, Swedish skier, dies at 83
• 2013 Matt Batts, American MLB player, dies at 91
• 2014 Alice Coachman, American athlete (Olympic gold high jump 1948), dies of cardiac arrest at 90
• 2017 Maryam Mirzakhani, Iranian mathematician, dies of breast cancer at 40
• 2017 Prunella Briance, English charity founder (National Childbirth Trust), dies at 91 [1]
• 2019 Pernell Whitaker, American boxer (Olympic gold 1984, 4-division world champion), dies when hit by a vehicle at 55
• 2020 Ron de Lugo, American politician (1st delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives from U.S. Virgin Islands’ 1981-95), dies at 89
• 2021 Jeff Labar, American glam rock guitarist (Cinderella, 1985-2014 – “Nobody’s Fool”; “Don’t Know What You Got (Till It’s Gone)”), dies at 58
• 2021 Robby Steinhardt, American rock violinist and singer (Kansas – “Carry On Wayward Son”), dies of acute pancreatitus at 71 [1]
• 2022 Erica Pedretti (née Schefter), Moravian-Swiss writer (Engste Heimat), and sculptor, dies at 92
• 2022 Ivana Trump (née Zelníčková), Czech-American model and ex-wife of Donald Trump (1st Wives Club), dies after a fall inside her Manhattan apartment at 73
• 2022 Ken Kennedy, Irish rugby union hooker (45 Tests Ireland, 4 British & Irish Lions; London Irish RFC), dies at 81
• 2022 Pleun Strik, Dutch soccer defender (8 caps, FIFA World Cup 1974 runner-up; PSV Eindhoven 270 games), dies at 78
• 2022 William Hart, American soul singer and songwriter (4 Gents; Delfonics – “Didn’t I (Blow Your Mind This Time)”; “La-La Means I Love You”), dies of surgery complications at 77
• 2023 Nick Benedict, American actor (Days of Our Lives, 1993-2001 – “Curtis”; The Pistol: Birth of a Legend; All My Children – “Phillip”), dies from complications of spinal surgery on his 77th birthday
• 2024 Jacoby Jones, American football wide receiver (Super Bowl XLVII, First-team All-Pro, Pro Bowl 2012 Baltimore Ravens), dies at 40
• 2024 Sarah Gibson, American pianist and contemporary classical composer (“warp & weft”), dies of colon cancer at 38

July 14 Highlights