Famous Deaths on August 14

• 582 Tiberius II Constantine, Byzantine Emperor (578-582)
• 1040 King Duncan I of Scotland, killed in battle at ca. 39 years
• 1167 Rainald of Dassel, Archbishop of Cologne, Chancellor of the Holy Roman Empire under Frederick I, dies of malaria on campaign in Rome

• 1204 Minamoto no Yoriie, 2nd Japanese shōgun of the Kamakura shogunate (1202-3), dies at 21
• 1390 John FitzAlan, 2nd Baron Arundel, English nobleman and soldier, dies at 26

• 1573 Saitō Tatsuoki, Japanese warlord (b. 1548)
• 1587 Gugliemo Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua and Montferrat (1550-87), dies at 49
• 1652 Abraham Elsevier, Dutch book publisher, dies at 60
• 1691 Richard Talbot, 1st Earl of Tyrconnel, Irish rebel (b. 1630)
• 1704 Roland Laporte, French Protestant leader (b. 1675)
• 1727 William Croft, English composer and organist, dies at 48
• 1754 Maria Anna of Austria, Archduchess of Austria and Queen consort of Portugal, dies at 70
• 1763 Giovanni Battista Somis, Italian Baroque violinist and composer, dies at 76
• 1774 Johann Jakob Reiske, German scholar and physician, dies at 57
• 1784 Nathaniel Hone, Irish-born portrait and miniature painter, dies at 66
• 1785 John William Fletcher, Swiss-English Methodist preacher and evangelist, dies at 55
• 1788 Thomas Sheridan, Irish actor, biographer and lexicographer (Intelligencer), dies at approximately 69
• 1794 George Colman the Elder, English playwright, dies at 62
• 1833 Luigi Cagnola, architect, dies
• 1834 Friedrich Christian Ruppe, German-Dutch composer and violinist, brother of Christian Friedrich Ruppe, dies at 63
• 1844 Henry Francis Cary, translator (Dante), dies
• 1852 Margaret Taylor, wife of Zachary Taylor and 1st lady of the United States (1849-50), dies at 63
• 1856 Constant Prévost, French geologist, dies at 69
• 1856 William Buckland, dean (Westminster)/geologist, dies
• 1858 George Combe, phrenologist, dies
• 1858 Tokugawa Iesada, 13th Japanese shōgun of the Tokugawa shogunate (1853-8), dies at 34
• 1860 André Marie Constant Duméril, French zoologist (Zoologie analytique), dies at 86
• 1863 Colin Campbell, British officer (Cawnpore), dies at 70
• 1867 Nicola Benvenuti, Italian composer, dies at 84

• 1874 Jonathan Clarkson Gibbs, American politician (Secretary of State and Superintendent of Public Instruction of Florida) and Presbyterian minister, dies at 52
• 1884 Arnoldus Pannevis, Dutch-born South African linguist (tried to get Afrikaans recognized as separate language), dies at 46
• 1887 Richard Jefferies, English naturalist and essayist, dies of tuberculosis at 38

• 1890 Fr. Michael J. McGivney, Irish-American Catholic priest, and founder the Knights of Columbus fraternal organization, dies of pneumonia at 38
• 1891 Johnny Mullagh, Australian cricket all-rounder (Aboriginal tour of England 1868), dies at 50
• 1891 Sarah Childress Polk, Wife of the 11th President of the United States, James K. Polk (1845-1849), dies at 87
• 1905 Mohammed Abdoe, Egyptian writing expert (Al’Oerwah al-Woethka), dies
• 1905 Simeon Solomon, English Pre-Raphaelite painter, dies at 64
• 1913 Josephine Cochrane, American inventor (automatic dishwasher), dies of a stroke at 74
• 1922 Alfred Charles William Harmsworth, British influential journalist and newspaper publisher (started The Daily Mail, Daily Mirror), dies at 57
• 1923 Jacob Theodoor Cremer, Dutch tobacco magnate and administrator for the Deli Company in Sumatra, dies at 76
• 1926 John H. Moffitt, American politician, Medal of Honor for actions at Battle of Gaines’s Mill during Civil War, dies at 83
• 1928 Klabund [Alfred Henschke], German writer (Spuk, Rasputin), dies at 37
• 1936 Rainey Bethea, American murderer, hanged in Owensboro, Kentucky, last US public hanging
• 1937 Herman [H. C.] McNeile ([pen name Sapper], British soldier and writer (Bulldog Drummond), dies of cancer at 48
• 1938 Hugh Trumble, Australian cricket spin bowler and captain (32 Tests, 141 wickets; 2 x Test hat-tricks), dies of a heart attack at 71
• 1938 Jim Kelly, Australian cricketer (36 Tests for Aust 1896-1905, stumped 20), dies at 71
• 1938 Landon Ronald, British composer, pianist and teacher (Guildhall School of Music), dies at 65
• 1941 Josef Jakobs, German spy, executed in the Tower of London

• 1941 Paul Sabatier, French chemist (Nobel 1912 – improving the hydrogenation of organic species in the presence of metals), dies at 86
• 1943 Joe Kelley, American Baseball HOF left fielder (NL stolen base leader 1896 Baltimore Orioles) and manager (Cincinnati Reds, Boston Doves), dies at 71
• 1949 Husni al-Barazi, premier of Syria, shot to death
• 1949 Husni el-Zaim, president/dictator of Syria, shot to death

• 1952 C. Howard Crane, American architect (Fox Theatres; Detroit Olympia Stadium; Detroit Opera House; LeVeque Tower (Columbus, Ohio); Earls Court Exhibition Centre (London, England)), dies at 67

• 1955 Fiske Kimball, American architect and art historian, dies at 66
• 1955 Herbert Putnam, American Librarian of Congress, dies at 93

• 1956 Konstantin von Neurath, German politician and convicted Nazi war criminal (Foreign Minister 1932-38), dies at 83
• 1958 “Big” Bill Broonzy, American blues singer and guitarist (Blues by Broonzy), dies of cancer at 65
• 1958 Gladys Presley, mother of Elvis, dies at 46

• 1958 Konstantin von Neurath, German diplomat (b.1873)
• 1958 Mary Ritter Beard, American historian, dies at 82
• 1960 Fred Clarke, American Baseball Hall of Fame outfielder and manager (Louisville Colonels, Pittsburgh Pirates; World Series 1909 [PP]), dies at 87
• 1961 Clarke Ashton Smith, American sci-fi author (Lost Worlds), dies at 68
• 1961 Guido Alberto Fano, Italian composer and pianist, dies at 86
• 1961 Henri-Edouard-Prosper Breuil, priest/archaeologist, dies
• 1962 June Richmond, American jazz singer (Jimmy Dorsey; Cab Calloway; Andy Kirk – “Hey Lawdy Mama”), dies of a heart attack at 47 [1]

• 1963 Clyde Hurley, American session and big band jazz trumpeter (Glenn Miller – “Tuxedo Junction”; “In The Mood”), dies of heart failure at 46
• 1964 Johnny Burnette, American rockabilly singer-songwriter and guitarist (‘Train Kept A-Rollin'”; “You’re Sixteen”), drowns in nighttime boating mishap at 30
• 1965 Jan van Nijlen, Flemish poet and author (Walk at Dawn), dies at 80
• 1966 Duke Slater, American College/Pro Football HOF tackle (Uni of Iowa; 5 × First-team All-Pro; Milwaukee Badgers, Rock Island Independents, Chicago Cardinals), dies of stomach cancer at 67
• 1966 Tip Snooke, South African cricket all-rounder and captain (26 Tests 1905-23, 35 wickets), dies at 85
• 1967 Bob Anderson, British motorcycle road racer and racing driver, dies at 36 after sliding off the track while testing at Silverstone in wet conditions
• 1969 Leonard Woolf, English author and husband of Virginia Woolf, dies at 88
• 1969 Sigrid Gurie, Norwegian American actress (Algiers, Sofia, Refugee), dies from a blood clot at 58
• 1970 Vano Muradeli, Soviet Georgian composer (The Great Friendship; Our Leader), and pedagogue, dies at 62
• 1972 Jules Romains, French novelist, playwright and poet (Men of Good Will), dies at 86
• 1972 Oscar Levant, American actor (An American in Paris, Dance of Life), dies at 65
• 1972 Pierre Brasseur [Espinasse], French actor (Eyes Without a Face, Children of Paradise), dies from a heart attack at 66
• 1974 Raymond Budd, South African trade unionist
• 1975 Joris Baers, Belgian priest and librarian (founded magazine Boekengids), dies at 87
• 1977 Alexander Luria, Russian neuropsychologist (Higher Cortical Functions in Man), dies at 75
• 1978 (Giuseppe) “Joe” Venuti, American jazz musician and pioneer violinist considered the “father of jazz violin”, dies of cancer at 74
• 1978 Nicolas Bentley, British writer and illustrator, dies at 71
• 1980 Dorothy Stratten [Hoogstraten], Canadian playmate (August, 1979), model and actress (Galixina), murdered by estranged husband and manager Paul Snider at 20
• 1981 Karl Böhm, Austrian conductor, dies at 87
• 1981 lDudley Nourse, South African cricket batsman and captain (34 Tests, 9 x 100s, HS 231; Nata), dies at 70
• 1982 Patrick Magee [McGee], Northern Irish actor and director (A Clockwork Orange, Barry Lyndon), dies from a heart attack at 60
• 1982 Thruston B. Morton, American republican politician (Sen-Ky, 1957-69), dies at 74
• 1983 Alceu Amoroso Lima, Brazilian essayist, activist and founder of the Brazilian Christian Democracy, dies at 89
• 1984 (John) “Bobo” Jenkins, American blues singer-songwriter (Democrat Blues), dies at 68
• 1984 J. B. Priestly, English novelist and scriptwriter (The Good Companions, An Inspector Calls), dies at 89
• 1984 John Boynton Priestley, English, stagewriter (Magicians), dies at 89
• 1984 Peter Wishart, English composer, dies at 63
• 1985 (Edith) “Gale” Sondergaard, American Academy Award-winning stage and screen actress (Anthony Adverse; The Letter), dies of cerebral thrombosis at 86

• 1988 Robert Calvert, South African-British writer and musician (Hawkwind), dies of a heart attack at 43
• 1988 Roy Buchanan, American blues guitarist, takes his own life after being arrested for public drunkenness at 48
• 1990 Chester Zardis, American jazz ‘slap-style’ double-bassist, dies at 90
• 1991 Douglas Kiker, American newscaster (NBC-TV), dies of a heart attack at 61
• 1992 Alexander Rosemeier, Indonesian-Dutch painter, dies at 104
• 1992 Flora Benson, American wife of Ezra Taft Benson, President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, dies at 91

• 1992 Marion Ames, American advocate for court reform, dies at 74
• 1992 Norah Phillips, Baroness Phillips, British politician (1st female Whip – UK House of Lords), dies at 82
• 1992 Tony Williams, American singer (The Platters, 1953-59 – “Only You”; “Great Pretender”), dies at 64
• 1994 Alice Childress, American playwright, actress and writer, dies at 77
• 1994 Bill Cowley, creator (Lyke Wake Walk), dies at 78
• 1994 Elias Canetti, Bulgarian-British author (Crowds and Power) and winner of the 1981 Nobel Prize for Literature, dies at 89
• 1994 Joan Harrison, English screenwriter and producer who often worked with Alfred Hitchcock (Rebecca, They Won’t Believe Me), dies at 83
• 1994 Patrick Meehan, Scottish petty criminal, wrongly convicted of murder and later given a royal pardon, dies of throat cancer at 67 [1]
• 1994 Tom Greenshields, English sculptor, dies at 79
• 1995 Joseph Fattorini, businessman, dies at 82
• 1996 Camilla Horn, actress (Rebus, Vertigine, Matinee Idol), dies at 93
• 1996 Sergiu Celibidache, Romanian conductor (Berlin Philharmonic, 1945-57; Munich Philharmonic, 1979-96), and educator, dies at 84
• 1996 Uzo Egonu, Nigerian-British visual artist, painter, and print maker, dies at 64
• 1999 Harold “Pee Wee” Reese, American Baseball HOF shortstop (10 x MLB All-Star; World Series 1955, 59 Brooklyn/LA Dodgers), dies of cancer 81
• 1999 Lane Kirkland, American labour union leader (President AFL-CIO 1979-95), dies at 77
• 1999 Pat Mullin, American baseball outfielder (MLB All Star 1947-48; Detroit Tigers), dies at 81
• 2000 Alain Fournier, French-born computer graphics researcher (b. 1943)
• 2000 Cuan McCarthy, South African cricketer (36 Test wkts for South Africa, 1 career no-ball), dies at 71
• 2000 John Milford, American actor (Command & Conquer: Red Alert, Homefront), dies at 72

• 2002 Dave Williams, American rock singer (Drowning Pool), dies of heart failure due to undiagnosed hypertrophic cardiomyopathy at 30
• 2002 Larry Rivers [Grossberg], American painter (Godfather of Pop Art), dies at 78
• 2002 Peter R. Hunt, British film director (On Her Majesty’s Secret Service), dies of heart failure at 77
• 2003 Helmut Rahn, German footballer who scored the winning goal in the final of the 1954 World Cup, dies at 73
• 2004 Czesław Miłosz, Polish-American writer (Bells in Winter, Nobel 1980), dies at 93
• 2004 Eric Petrie, New Zealand cricket wicketkeeper (14 Tests, 25 dismissals, 1 x 50; Auckland, Northern Districts), dies at 77
• 2004 William David Ford, American politician (Rep-D-Michigan, 1965-95), dies at 77
• 2005 Christmas Tinto, South African ANC and UDF leader, dies at 79
• 2005 Coo Coo Marlin, American NASCAR race car driver, dies at 73
• 2006 Bruno Kirby, American actor (When Harry Met Sally, City Slickers), dies of leukaemia at 57
• 2007 Tikhon Nikolayevich Khrennikov, Soviet composer and leader of the Union of Soviet Composer, dies at 94
• 2008 Lita Roza, British singer (“How Much is That Doggie in the Window”), dies at 82
• 2010 Abbey Lincoln [Anna Wooldridge], African-American jazz vocalist, songwriter, actress (Nothing But a Man), and civil rights activist, dies at 80
• 2010 Herman Leonard, American photographer (b. 1923)
• 2010 Tahar Wattar, Algerian novelist (b. 1936)
• 2010 Terje Stigen, Norwegian author (Det siste paradiset), dies at 88
• 2011 Shammi Kapoor, Indian actor and director known as the “Elvis Presley of India” (Amaran, Brahmachari, Vidhaata), dies of chronic renal failure at 79
• 2012 Phyllis Thaxter, American actress (Nora, Fort Worth), dies from Alzheimer’s disease at 92
• 2012 Ron Palillo, American actor (Arnold Horshack-Welcome Back Kotter), dies from a heart attack at 63
• 2013 Allen Lanier, American rock keyboardist, guitarist and vocalist (Blue Oyster Cult), dies from complications from COPD at 67
• 2013 Lisa Robin Kelly, American actress (Laurie Forman in “That ’70s Show”), dies at 43
• 2015 Gordon “Jazz” Summers, British music manager (Wham; Snow Patrol), dies at 71
• 2015 Karen Stives, American equestrian rider (Olympic gold team, silver individual 1984), dies at 64
• 2015 [Donald William] Bob Johnston, American music producer (Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash), dies at 83
• 2016 Hermann Kant, German writer, dies at 90
• 2016 Neil Black, British oboist, and educator, dies at 84
• 2016 Philip “Fyvush” Finkel, American actor (Boston Public, Picket Fences), dies at 93
• 2017 Frank Broyles, American collegiate athlete, and administrator (University of Arkansas Athletic Director, 1974-2007), dies at 92
• 2018 Jill Janus, American heavy metal singer (Huntress), commits suicide at 43
• 2019 (Graham) “Polly” Farmer, Australian rules footballer. 1953-71 (East Perth, Geelong, West Perth), dies at 84
• 2019 Ivo Malec, Croat-French composer (Miniatures pour Lewis Carroll; Lumina), dies at 94
• 2020 Angela Buxton, English tennis player (French C’ships, Wimbledon women’s doubles 1956 [with Althea Gibson]), dies at 85
• 2020 Arthur Docters van Leeuwen, Dutch politician, jurist and first chair of the Authority for Financial Markets (1999-2007), dies from a heart attack at 75
• 2020 Herb Orvis, American College Football Hall of Fame defensive tackle (University of Colorado; NFL: Detroit Lions, Baltimore Colts), dies at 73
• 2020 James R. Thompson, American politician, (longest serving Governor of Illinois, 1977-91), dies at 84
• 2020 Julian Bream, English classical guitarist and lutenist, dies at 87
• 2020 Thomas Forsyth, Scottish soccer defender (22 caps; Motherwell, Rangers), dies at 71
• 2021 Hugh Wood, British composer (Song Cycle to Poems of Pablo Neruda), dies at 89
• 2021 Igor Oistrakh, Soviet-Russian concert violinist (Wieniawski Competition, 1952), and educator (Moscow Conservatory, Brussels Royal Conservatory), dies at 90
• 2021 R. Murray Schafer, Canadian composer (Patria), music educator, and environmentalist, dies of complications Alzheimer’s disease at 88
• 2022 Arne Legernes, Norwegian soccer midfielder (41 caps; Molde FC, Larvik Turn), dies at 91
• 2023 Agustín González Acilu, Spanish composer (Prince of Viana Prize), and educator, dies at 94
• 2023 Bobby Baun, Canadian NHL hockey defenseman, 1956-73 (Toronto Maple Leafs, and 2 other teams), dies at 86
• 2023 Boris Dubrovsky, Russian rower (Olympic gold double sculls [Oleg Tyurin] 1964), dies at 83
• 2024 Gena Rowlands, American actress (The Notebook; Night on Earth; The Betty Ford Story; Peyton Place), dies at 94 [1]
• 2024 Milan Špinka, Czech speedway rider (World Ice Speedway C’ship 1974; 10 caps Czechoslovakia), dies at 73
• 2024 Peter Marshall [Ralph Pierre LaCock], American TV game show host (Hollywood Squares), and stage actor and singer, dies of kidney failure at 98 [1]

August 14 Highlights