Deaths
- 1066 – Harold Godwinson, English king (b. 1022)
- 1092 – Nizam al-Mulk, Persian scholar and politician (b. 1018)
- 1256 – Kujo Yoritsugu, Japanese shogun (b. 1239)
- 1318 – Edward Bruce, Irish king (b. 1280)
- 1552 – Oswald Myconius, Swiss religious reformer (b. 1488)
- 1565 – Thomas Chaloner, English statesman and poet (b. 1521)
- 1568 – Jacques Arcadelt, Flemish composer (b. 1507)
- 1610 – Amago Yoshihisa, Japanese samurai and warlord (b. 1540)
- 1619 – Samuel Daniel, English poet (b. 1562)
- 1637 – Gabriello Chiabrera, Italian poet (b. 1552)
- 1660 – Thomas Harrison, English soldier (b. 1606)
- 1669 – Antonio Cesti, Italian composer (b. 1623)
- 1703 – Thomas Hansen Kingo, Danish poet (b. 1634)
- 1711 – Tewoflos, Ethiopian emperor (b. 1708)
- 1758 – James Francis Edward Keith, Scottish-Prussian soldier and field marshal (b. 1696)
- 1792 – Sophie Charlotte Ackermann, German actress (b. 1714)
- 1831 – Jean-Louis Pons, French astronomer (b. 1761)
- 1880 – Victorio, Mexican tribal chief (b. 1825)
- 1911 – John Marshall Harlan, American lawyer and politician (b. 1833)
- 1923 – Marcellus Emants, Dutch author (b. 1848)
- 1929 – Henri Berger, German composer and bandleader (b. 1844)
- 1930 – Samuel van Houten, Dutch politician (b. 1837)
- 1944 – Erwin Rommel, German field marshal (b. 1891)
- 1953 – Émile Sarrade, French rugby player (b. 1877)
- 1958 – Douglas Mawson, Australian explorer (b. 1882)
- 1959 – Errol Flynn, Australian actor (b. 1909)
- 1960 – Abram Ioffe, Russian physicist (b. 1880)
- 1961 – Paul Ramadier, French politician, Prime Minister of France (b. 1888)
- 1961 – Harriet Shaw Weaver, English journalist and activist (b. 1876)
- 1965 – William Hogenson, American sprinter (b. 1884)
- 1965 – Randall Jarrell, American poet and author (b. 1914)
- 1967 – Marcel Aymé, French author and playwright (b. 1902)
- 1969 – Haguroyama Masaji, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 36th Yokozuna (b. 1914)
- 1973 – Edmund A. Chester, American broadcaster and journalist (b. 1897)
- 1973 – Ahmed Hamdi, Egyptian engineer and general (b. 1929)
- 1976 – Edith Evans, English actress (b. 1888)
- 1977 – Bing Crosby, American singer and actor (The Rhythm Boys) (b. 1903)
- 1983 – Johannes O., Dutch murderer (b. 1916)
- 1983 – Willard Price, Canadian-American author and historian (b. 1887)
- 1984 – Martin Ryle, English astronomer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1918)
- 1985 – Emil Gilels, Soviet pianist (b. 1916)
- 1986 – Keenan Wynn, American actor (b. 1916)
- 1989 – Michael Carmine, American actor (b.1959)
- 1990 – Leonard Bernstein, American composer, conductor, and pianist (b. 1918)
- 1997 – Harold Robbins, American author (b. 1915)
- 1998 – Cleveland Amory, American author and activist (b. 1917)
- 1998 – Frankie Yankovic, American accordion player (b. 1916)
- 1999 – Julius Nyerere, Tanzanian politician, 1st President of Tanzania (b. 1922)
- 2000 – Art Coulter, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1909)
- 2000 – Tony Roper, American race car driver (b. 1964)
- 2002 – Norbert Schultze, German composer (b. 1911)
- 2003 – Patrick Dalzel-Job, English soldier and author (b. 1913)
- 2004 – Vlassis Bonatsos, Greek actor and singer (b. 1949)
- 2005 – Jody Dobrowski, English murder victim (b. 1981)
- 2006 – Jared Anderson, American bass player (Morbid Angel and Hate Eternal) (b. 1975)
- 2006 – Chun Wei Cheung, Dutch rower (b. 1972)
- 2006 – Freddy Fender, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Texas Tornados and Los Super Seven) (b. 1937)
- 2006 – Maurice Grosse, English paranormal investigator (b. 1919)
- 2006 – Nancy Lynn, American pilot (b. 1956)
- 2006 – Klaas Runia, Dutch theologian and journalist (b. 1926)
- 2006 – Gerry Studds, American politician (b. 1937)
- 2007 – Judy Crichton, American television producer (b. 1929)
- 2007 – Big Moe, American rapper (b. 1974)
- 2007 – Raymond Pellegrin, French actor (b. 1925)
- 2008 – Richard Cooey, American murderer (b. 1967)
- 2008 – Robert Furman, American engineer and intelligence officer (b. 1915)
- 2009 – Lou Albano, American wrestler, manager, and actor (b. 1933)
- 2009 – Martyn Sanderson, New Zealand actor (b. 1938)
- 2009 – Collin Wilcox, American actress (b. 1935)
- 2010 – Simon MacCorkindale, English actor, director, and producer (b. 1952)
- 2010 – Benoît Mandelbrot, Polish-American mathematician (b. 1924)
- 2011 – Abdulrahman al-Aulaqi, American son of Anwar al-Aulaqi (b. 1995)
- 2011 – Reg Alcock, Canadian politician (b. 1948)
- 2012 – Kyle Bennett, American bicycle motocross racer (b. 1979)
- 2012 – John Clive, English actor and author (b. 1933)
- 2012 – Max Fatchen, Australian journalist and author (b. 1920)
- 2012 – James R. Grover, Jr., American politician (b. 1919)
- 2012 – Odorico Leovigildo Sáiz Pérez, Spanish bishop (b. 1912)
- 2012 – Arlen Specter, American politician (b. 1930)
- 2012 – Marc Swayze, American writer and illustrator (b. 1913)
- 2012 – Gart Westerhout, Dutch-American astronomer (b. 1927)
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“On almost the incendiary eve
Of deaths and entrances ...”
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“As deaths have accumulated I have begun to think of life and death as a set of balance scales. When one is young, the scale is heavily tipped toward the living. With the first death, the first consciousness of death, the counter scale begins to fall. Death by death, the scales shift weight until what was unthinkable becomes merely a matter of gravity and the fall into death becomes an easy step.”
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