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42 BC

Marcus Junius Brutus

Brutus killed himself with the same dagger he'd used to stab Caesar. His army had lost at Philippi. His co-conspirator Cassius was already dead. He asked a friend to hold the blade while he ran onto it. He'd killed Caesar to save the Republic. The Republic died anyway. So did he.

42 BC

Marcus Junius Brutus the Younger

Brutus killed himself after losing the Battle of Philippi. He'd assassinated Caesar two years earlier to save the Republic. Marc Antony and Octavian hunted him across Greece. He ran onto his own sword at 43. Rome became an empire anyway. He died for a republic that was already gone.

Medieval 25

525

Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius

Boethius was translating Aristotle when the emperor accused him of treason. He'd been the most powerful senator in Rome, trying to preserve Greek philosophy as the empire collapsed. They imprisoned him in Pavia. While waiting for execution, he wrote The Consolation of Philosophy without any books, from memory. It became medieval Europe's most-read text after the Bible.

877

Patriarch Ignatius of Constantinople

Ignatius of Constantinople was made patriarch, deposed, exiled, reinstated, and deposed again over theological disputes about who could be admitted to communion. He spent twenty-three years in and out of power. He died in office at eighty. The church canonized him. The arguments never ended.

877

Ignatios of Constantinople

Ignatios of Constantinople was patriarch twice, deposed twice, and feuded with Photios for decades. Their rivalry split the Byzantine church. He was exiled to an island monastery, then restored, then exiled again. He died in office the second time, at 80. The church made him a saint anyway.

891

Yazaman al-Khadim

Yazaman al-Khadim rose from enslaved soldier to military governor under the Abbasid Caliphate, commanding armies across the Middle East. He controlled provinces and collected taxes for the caliph. When he died in 891, the caliphate lost one of its most effective administrators. The Arab world had built an empire on men who'd started in chains.

902

Ibrahim II of Ifriqiya

Ibrahim II led the Aghlabid conquest of Sicily, then abdicated in 902 to become a monk. He died three months later in southern Italy, still wearing his monastic robes. He'd ruled for eleven years, expanded an empire, then walked away from it all for prayer. The crown didn't follow him.

930

Daigo

Emperor Daigo ruled Japan for 33 years and tried to take back power from the Fujiwara clan that controlled the throne. He cut them out of appointments, promoted scholars over aristocrats, and compiled the Kokin Wakashū, Japan's second imperial poetry anthology. He died in 930. The Fujiwara took back control within a decade. The poetry lasted.

945

Hyejong of Goryeo

Hyejong ruled Goryeo for just two years before dying at 33. His reign was so brief and uneventful that Korean histories barely mention him. He left no heirs. His cousin took the throne. Sometimes a king is just a placeholder between the names people remember.

949

Yōzei

Yōzei became emperor of Japan at age nine. He was deposed at 16 for erratic behavior, possibly mental illness. He lived another 62 years in quiet exile. He died at 80 in 949, having outlived nearly everyone who removed him. He's remembered as the emperor who lost his mind.

1038

Abū Nuʿaim, arabischer Theologe und Hadith-Sammler

1046

Uta de Ballenstedt, aristocrata alemã (n.

Uta de Ballenstedt, aristocrata alemã (n. 1000).

1095

Heinrich II., erster Pfalzgraf bei Rhein

1134

Abu al-Salt

Abu al-Salt was a polymath in Islamic Spain who wrote on medicine, astronomy, music, and philosophy. He built a water clock and designed ships. He was imprisoned in Egypt for failing to raise a sunken vessel. He died in 1134. His treatise on musical theory influenced Europe for centuries.

1157

Sweyn III

Sweyn III ruled Denmark for three years during a civil war with two other claimants. He controlled Scania, the southern tip of what's now Sweden. His rival Valdemar captured him in 1157 and had him killed at a peace banquet. Medieval Danish succession was settled with swords, not votes. Sweyn lost.

1168

Ulrich V. von Pfannberg, Vogt von Obernburg, Marschall von Österreich und Hauptmann in Kärnten

1425

Jordan Pleskow, Bürgermeister von Lübeck

1456

John of Capistrano

John of Capistrano preached across Europe at 70, recruiting 70,000 peasants to fight the Ottoman siege of Belgrade in 1456. They won. He died of plague three months later. He'd been a lawyer before becoming a Franciscan friar at 30. The Catholic Church made him a saint. The Ottomans called him a fanatic. Both were right.

1468

Bianca Maria Visconti, Herzogin von Mailand

1497

Johannes Martini, franko-flämischer Sänger und Komponist

1497

Anna, Äbtissin des Damenstifts Buchau

1500s 8

1540

Stephan Kempe, lutherischer Theologe und Reformator

1542

Johannes Zwick, deutscher Theologe, Jurist, Reformator und Kirchenliederdichter

1546

Peter Flötner, deutscher Baumeister, Bildhauer, Gold- und Silberschmied, Grafiker, Medailleur und Bildschnitzer

1550

Tiedemann Giese

Tiedemann Giese hid the manuscript of 'De revolutionibus' in his house. Copernicus was his friend. Giese begged him to publish it. Copernicus refused for years — too dangerous. Giese finally convinced him when Copernicus was dying. The book came out in 1543. Giese spent the rest of his life defending it. The Church banned it seventy years later.

1581

Michael Neander

Michael Neander wrote textbooks on mathematics and astronomy in Latin. He taught in Germany. He calculated calendar reforms. He died at 52. His books were used in universities for decades. Almost nobody remembers him now. Textbook writers rarely get remembered.

1588

João Martins Ricalde, almirante português (n.

João Martins Ricalde, almirante português (n. c. 1526).

1590

Bernardino de Sahagún, spanischer Franziskaner und Ethnologe

1595

Luis Gonzaga-Nevers, aristócrata italiano (n.

Luis Gonzaga-Nevers, aristócrata italiano (n. 1539).

1600s 13

1614

Pancraz Krüger, deutscher Humanist und Pädagoge

1616

Leonhard Hutter

Leonhard Hutter wrote a Lutheran theology textbook in 1610 that was used for 200 years. It defined orthodoxy, settled disputes, and trained generations of pastors in what they were supposed to believe. He died at 53. His book kept teaching long after anyone remembered who wrote it.

1616

Richard Hakluyt, englischer Geograph und Schriftsteller

1618

Georg Stobäus von Palmburg, Bischof von Lavant

1619

Nicholas Yonge, cantante y editor de música británico (n.

Nicholas Yonge, cantante y editor de música británico (n. c. 1560).

1628

Wilhelm Rinck von Baldenstein, Bischof von Basel

1632

Giovanni Battista Crespi dit "le Cerano", peintre italien du début du XVIIe siècle (° 23 décembre 1573).

1635

Wilhelm Schickard, deutscher Astronom und Mathematiker

1638

Johann Ernst, Herzog von Sachsen-Eisenach

1656

Erik Axelsson Oxenstierna, schwedischer Staatsmann und Reichskanzler

1668

Giovanni Rovetta, venezianischer Komponist und Sänger

1688

Charles du Fresne

Charles du Fresne spent 40 years compiling a dictionary of Medieval Latin that's still used today. He worked as a lawyer, collected manuscripts, and wrote history. His Glossarium mediae et infimae Latinitatis runs to ten volumes. He gave scholars the tools to read a thousand years of texts nobody could understand.

1692

Alexander von Spaen, kurbrandenburgischer Generalfeldmarschall

1700s 17

1703

Hannah Twynnoy, englische Bardame, von einem Tiger getötet

1714

Philip Wilhelm von Hornick, österreichischer Nationalökonom, Merkantilist und Kameralist

1718

Johann Caspar Posner, deutscher Physiker und Rhetoriker

1721

Samuel Frisching, Schultheiss der Stadt und Republik Bern

1730

Anne Oldfield

Anne Oldfield was buried in Westminster Abbey wearing a fine Brussels lace shroud and a holland shift with tucker and double ruffles — her will specified the outfit. She'd been the most celebrated actress of her generation and wanted to look good for eternity. She's still there, dressed exactly as she ordered.

1733

Francisco Fernández de la Cueva Enríquez, spanischer Kolonialverwalter und Vizekönig von Neuspanien

1745

Johann Alexander Döderlein, Weißenburger Gelehrter

1764

Emmanuel-Auguste de Cahideuc

Emmanuel-Auguste de Cahideuc commanded French fleets in three wars, fought the British in North America and Europe. He died at 81 after a career of raids and blockades that changed nothing. His title was longer than his legacy. He's remembered mainly because his name is impossible to pronounce.

1764

Pierre-Charles Roy, französischer Librettist

1769

François de Roches, Schweizer evangelischer Geistlicher und Hochschullehrer

1774

Michel Benoist

Michel Benoist designed fountains for the Qianlong Emperor in Beijing. He was a Jesuit missionary who'd come to save souls and ended up drawing hydraulic systems. He built European-style palaces in the Forbidden City. He calculated eclipses for the imperial court. The French priest became the Chinese emperor's engineer and never converted anyone.

1779

Franz Fridolin Weber, deutscher Bassist, Souffleur und Notenkopist

1780

María Andresa Casamayor y de la Coma, matemática y escritora española (n.

María Andresa Casamayor y de la Coma, matemática y escritora española (n. 1720).

1782

Joseph Riepel, deutscher Musiktheoretiker, Violinist und Komponist

1787

Pasquale Cafaro, italienischer Komponist

1799

William Paca, Delegierter von Maryland im Kontinentalkongress

1799

József Graf Batthyány, ungarischer Prälat

1800s 33

1801

Johann Gottlieb Naumann, deutscher Komponist

1803

Edmund Pendleton, Delegierter für Virginia im Kontinentalkongress

1811

Leonard Meister, Schweizer Lehrer, Politiker und evangelischer Geistlicher

1823

Marcos Coelho Neto, brasilianischer Komponist

1833

John Whitelocke, general británico (n.

John Whitelocke, general británico (n. 1757).

1836

Heinrich Behrmann, deutsch-dänischer Pädagoge, Sachbuchautor und Privatgelehrter

1841

Leonid von Optina, Mönch, Seelsorger und Heiliger der russisch-orthodoxen Kirche

1842

Wilhelm Gesenius, deutscher Theologe und Historiker

1849

Franz Brunsvik, ungarischer Adliger, Violoncellist und Theaterunternehmer

1850

Karl Christoph Schmieder, deutscher Wissenschaftshistoriker, Gymnasialprofessor und Autor

1851

Manuel Eduardo de Gorostiza, dramaturgo, periodista y diplomático mexicano (n.

Manuel Eduardo de Gorostiza, dramaturgo, periodista y diplomático mexicano (n. 1789).

1852

Georg August Wallin

Georg August Wallin disguised himself as a Muslim scholar and walked across Arabia for four years. He spoke Arabic so fluently Bedouins thought he was Egyptian. He mapped regions no European had seen. He returned to Finland with notebooks full of ethnographic observations. He died at 41 before publishing most of them.

1855

François André Michaux, französischer Botaniker

1857

Friedrich Kammerer, deutscher Ingenieur, Erfinder und Konstrukteur

1861

José María Linares, bolivianischer Politiker

1861

Jorge Córdova, bolivianischer Offizier und Politiker

1867

Franz Bopp

Franz Bopp proved that Sanskrit, Greek, Latin, and Persian all came from the same ancient language. Nobody believed him at first. He spent 40 years comparing verb conjugations across dozens of languages. His 1816 book invented comparative linguistics. He died having shown that language has a family tree.

1868

Mariquita Sánchez de Thompson, patriota argentina (n.

Mariquita Sánchez de Thompson, patriota argentina (n. 1786).

1869

Edward Smith-Stanley

Edward Smith-Stanley served as Prime Minister three times, leading minority governments that lasted months, not years. He opposed expanding voting rights, lost, and resigned. Twice. He was Prime Minister for a total of three years across 22 years of trying. Losing repeatedly while technically winning is its own skill.

1871

Guillaume de Felice, Schweizer evangelischer Geistlicher und Hochschullehrer

1872

Théophile Gautier

Théophile Gautier wrote that art should serve no purpose, coining "art for art's sake" in the 1830s. He wrote poetry, novels, and ballet scenarios — Giselle was his story. He supported himself with theater criticism he considered hack work. He died owing money, having spent 40 years arguing that beauty needed no justification while writing reviews to pay rent.

1874

Abraham Geiger, rabino y teólogo alemán (n.

Abraham Geiger, rabino y teólogo alemán (n. 1810).

1884

Heinrich Schaper, deutscher Orgelbauer

1885

Charles S. West

Charles S. West served as Texas Secretary of State and district judge, holding office during Reconstruction when federal troops occupied the state. He was a Confederate veteran who swore loyalty oaths to the Union to keep his position. He practiced law in Austin until his death at 56. Survival required flexibility. Texas remembers the Confederacy, not the oaths.

1886

Madame Leménil, actrice française (° 1805).

1886

Friedrich Ferdinand von Beust, homme politique autrichien (° 13 janvier 1809).

1888

Robert Justus Kleberg, deutsch-US-amerikanischer Farmer, Soldat und Beamter

1892

Emin Pasha, explorador alemán (n.

Emin Pasha, explorador alemán (n. 1840).

1893

Alexander Battenberg

Alexander Battenberg was elected Prince of Bulgaria at 22 by a congress he didn't attend. He was a German prince who spoke no Bulgarian. He fought a war with Serbia, survived a coup, and abdicated after seven years when Russia demanded it. He married an opera singer and died at 36 in Austria. Bulgaria's prince was a temp job.

1893

Alexander of Battenberg

Alexander of Battenberg became prince of Bulgaria at twenty-two and was forced to abdicate at twenty-nine after Russian pressure. He lived in exile for six years and died of peritonitis at thirty-six. He ruled for seven years. He spent longer being forgotten.

1894

Cirilo Villaverde, escritor cubano (n.

Cirilo Villaverde, escritor cubano (n. 1812).

1896

Columbus Delano, US-amerikanischer Politiker

1897

Friederike Amalie Agnes, Prinzessin von Anhalt-Dessau und Herzogin von Sachsen-Altenburg

1900s 126

1901

Georg von Siemens, deutscher Bankier

1903

August Nagel, deutscher Professor für Geodäsie

1904

Jean-Edouard Barde, Schweizer evangelischer Geistlicher und Hochschullehrer

1904

Epitacio Huerta, militar y político mexicano (n.

Epitacio Huerta, militar y político mexicano (n. 1827).

1905

Émile Oustalet, zoologiste français (° 24 août 1844).

1910

Ferdinand Lachner, tschechischer Geiger und Musikpädagoge

1910

Chulalongkorn

Chulalongkorn abolished slavery in Siam over 21 years, buying out slaveholders gradually to avoid rebellion. He modernized the government, built railways, and kept Siam independent while Britain and France carved up Southeast Asia. He died at 57. Thailand never became a colony.

1913

Miguel Navarro Cañizares, pintor español (n.

Miguel Navarro Cañizares, pintor español (n. 1834).

1914

José Evaristo Uriburu, abogado y político argentino, presidente entre 1895 y 1898 (n.

José Evaristo Uriburu, abogado y político argentino, presidente entre 1895 y 1898 (n. 1831).

1914

Siegfried Sudhaus, deutscher Altphilologe und Papyrologe

1915

W. G. Grace

W.G. Grace played first-class cricket for 44 years and scored 54,000 runs. He had a beard down to his chest and weighed 280 pounds at his peak. He was a doctor who barely practiced medicine because he was always playing cricket. He once refused to leave the crease after being bowled out, telling the umpire the crowd had come to see him bat. English cricket was one enormous man for half a century.

1916

Richard McFadden

Richard McFadden played professional football in Scotland before World War I. He enlisted in the Highland Light Infantry. He died at the Somme in 1916 at 27. He's one of hundreds of footballers who traded cleats for trenches and never came home.

1916

جون هاريسون ميلز، رسام ورجل أعمال أمريكي.

1916

Otto Bauer, Politiker

1917

Eugène Grasset

Eugène Grasset designed the first Art Nouveau posters in Paris in the 1880s. His work for Sarah Bernhardt's plays covered the city's walls. He also designed fonts, postage stamps, and stained glass. Swiss by birth, he made Paris look like itself. The Metro signs and café posters owe him their curves.

1920

فرصت الشيرازي، كاتب وخطاط وشاعر إيراني.

1921

John Boyd Dunlop

John Boyd Dunlop invented the pneumatic tire in 1887 to make his son's tricycle more comfortable. He was a veterinarian in Belfast. He patented it, founded a company, then discovered someone else had patented it 40 years earlier. He lost the patent rights. The company kept his name. Dunlop tires are everywhere, named for a man who didn't legally invent them.

1924

Arthur Osann, deutscher Jurist und Politiker

1926

Satyro Bilhar, brasilianischer Sänger, Gitarrist und Komponist

1928

François-Alphonse Aulard, historiador francés (n.

François-Alphonse Aulard, historiador francés (n. 1849).

1930

Vicente Casanova y Marzol, arzobispo español de la Iglesia católica (n.

Vicente Casanova y Marzol, arzobispo español de la Iglesia católica (n. 1854).

1930

Giuseppe Aiello, italo-US-amerikanischer Mobster

1933

William N. Doak, US-amerikanischer Politiker

1934

William Brennaugh

William Brennaugh won four Mann Cup championships playing lacrosse in Canada. He was a goaltender who played before protective masks existed. He took shots to the face for 20 years. He died in 1934, having helped establish lacrosse as Canada's national summer sport.

1935

Charles Demuth

Charles Demuth painted "I Saw the Figure 5 in Gold" in 1928, inspired by a William Carlos Williams poem about a fire truck. He was diabetic in the 1920s, before insulin was widely available. He painted between hospital stays, creating precise, geometric images of industrial America. He died at 51 from complications of diabetes, having helped invent American modernism while slowly dying from a treatable disease.

1935

Johannes Eduard Franz Bölsche, deutscher Musiker und Komponist

1938

Jean-Guy Gautier

Jean-Guy Gautier played rugby for France in the 1890s when the sport was still finding its rules. He died at 63. The game he played had different scoring, different formations, different everything. The name stayed the same. Nothing else did.

1939

Zane Grey

Zane Grey was a dentist in New York until he sold his first Western novel at 33. He wrote 90 books, mostly Westerns set in landscapes he explored obsessively. He fished for marlin, hunted in Arizona, and wrote 20 hours straight. He died of a heart attack at 67, having invented the Western formula and written it until it became cliché.

1940

Ignacio Antinori, italo-amerikanischer Mobster

1940

George B. Cortelyou, US-amerikanischer Politiker

1940

Max Askanazy, Schweizer Pathologe und Onkologe

1942

Ralph Rainger

Ralph Rainger wrote "Thanks for the Memory" with Leo Robin in 1938 — Bob Hope's theme song for 50 years. He'd been a lawyer before switching to songwriting. He wrote for Bing Crosby and Dorothy Lamour. He died in a plane crash in 1942, flying back from entertaining troops. A lawyer turned songwriter killed in wartime, his melody playing at every Hope appearance for half a century.

1942

Sidiki Boubakari, résistant français, compagnon de la Libération (° vers 1911-1912).

1943

Wakashima Gonshirō

Wakashima Gonshirō became Yokozuna in 1936 at age 60 — except he didn't. He'd held the rank decades earlier, in 1903, then retired. The confusion comes from how sumo recorded its history. He died in 1943, during wartime, when sumo tournaments were suspended. The ring he'd dominated was silent.

1944

Hana Brady

Hana Brady was 13 when she died at Auschwitz in 1944. Her brother George survived. Fifty years later, a Japanese teacher requested an artifact for a Holocaust education program. They sent Hana's suitcase. The teacher tracked down George. He told Hana's story. A suitcase became a book, translated into 40 languages. Her name outlasted the camp.

1944

Krystana Iwanowa Janewa, bulgarische Widerstandskämpferin

1944

Charles Glover Barkla

Charles Barkla discovered that every element has its own X-ray signature. He fired radiation through different metals and measured what came out the other side. Each one had a unique fingerprint. He won the Nobel in 1917. His method is still how airport scanners identify materials without opening bags.

1946

Kurt Daluege, deutscher SS-Oberst-Gruppenführer, Chef der Ordnungspolizei und Kriegsverbrecher

1947

Franz Josef Koch, deutscher Lehrer und Autor

1948

Carl Bailey, US-amerikanischer Politiker

1948

Eugeniusz Morawski-Dąbrowa, polnischer Komponist

1950

Margaret Watts, britische Schriftstellerin und Schwester von Agatha Christie

1950

Al Jolson

Al Jolson died in 1950 entertaining troops in Korea at age 64. He'd insisted on going despite his age and bad health. He'd been the biggest star in America in the 1920s, then watched his career fade as new performers emerged. He went back to what he knew: performing for soldiers. He collapsed after a show and died hours later.

1951

Fritz Tarnow, deutscher Gewerkschafter und Reichstagsabgeordneter

1953

Adrien de Noailles

Adrien de Noailles was born into one of France's oldest noble families and died in a car accident at 84. His father was a duke. His ancestors included marshals and cardinals. He lived through two world wars and the end of French aristocracy as a political force. The family château still stands.

1953

Adrien-Maurice-Victurnien-Mathieu

Adrien-Maurice-Victurnien-Mathieu de Noailles was the 8th duc de Noailles. His family had been prominent for centuries. He lived through two world wars. He died at 84. The title died with him. French nobility became a museum piece in his lifetime.

1957

Christian Dior

Christian Dior launched the New Look in February 1947 — padded hips, nipped waist, calf-length skirts — after years of wartime austerity had left women's fashion flat and austere. Women wept in the showroom. Feminist protesters outside called it regressive. The fashion press called it genius. Within a year it had restructured the global apparel industry. Dior died of a heart attack in October 1957 while playing cards in Montecatini, Italy. He was 52. His assistant, a 21-year-old named Yves Saint Laurent, took over the house.

1958

Erich Köhler, deutscher Politiker

1959

Gerda Lundequist

Gerda Lundequist was Sweden's most celebrated stage actress. She performed at the Royal Dramatic Theatre for over 40 years. She made a few films. Ingmar Bergman cast her in Wild Strawberries when she was 86. She died two years later, having acted until she couldn't anymore.

1959

George Bouzianis

George Bouzianis studied in Munich and Paris but spent World War II trapped in Greece during occupation. He painted portraits of starving Athenians during the famine that killed 300,000. His colors got darker, his brushstrokes more violent. After liberation he never left Greece again. The war stayed in his canvases.

1962

Henry D. Hatfield, US-amerikanischer Politiker

1962

Jack Scales, britischer Automobilrennfahrer

1962

Sukarjo Wirjopranoto, homme politique indonésien (° 5 juin 1903).

1963

Nerses W. Akinian, armenischer Kirchenhistoriker, Philologe und Armenistiker

1964

Frank Luther Mott

Frank Luther Mott won the Pulitzer Prize for a five-volume history of American magazines. He spent 30 years researching every periodical published in the U.S. from 1741 to 1930. He cataloged 7,500 magazines. He died having created the only comprehensive record of how Americans read.

1964

Axel Ivers, deutscher Schauspieler, Theaterregisseur, Hörspielsprecher, Bühnenautor und Übersetzer

1967

Jindřich Jindřich, tschechischer Komponist, Pianist und Ethnograph

1967

Gottlieb Heinrich Heer, Schweizer Schriftsteller und Journalist

1967

André Mouëzy-Éon, scénariste français (° 9 juin 1880).

1968

Enrico Marone Cinzano, italienischer Unternehmer und Fußballfunktionär

1969

Tommy Edwards

Tommy Edwards recorded "It's All in the Game" in 1958. The melody was written in 1911 by Charles Dawes, who became U.S. Vice President. Edwards' version hit number one, making it the only chart-topper ever composed by a VP. He never had another hit. One song, one footnote, one strange piece of trivia.

1969

Mongi Slim, tunesischer Politiker

1969

Robert Dussaut, französischer Komponist und Musiktheoretiker

1971

Herbert Böhme, deutscher Lyriker, Schriftsteller und Publizist

1972

Dave Simmonds, britischer Motorradrennfahrer

1973

Ralph Mulford, US-amerikanischer Automobilrennfahrer und Unternehmer

1973

Nellie Sengupta, femme politique indienne d'origine britannique (° 12 janvier 1886).

1974

Menyhért Lengyel, escritor y guionista húngaro (n.

Menyhért Lengyel, escritor y guionista húngaro (n. 1880).

1974

Alexander Orlow, russischer bzw.

Alexander Orlow, russischer bzw. sowjetischer Balletttänzer, Schauspieler und Estradakünstler

1975

Marjorie Maynard British artist and farmer

Marjorie Maynard was a British artist who gave up painting to run a farm during World War II and never fully returned to her easel. She exhibited at the Royal Academy before the war, then spent 40 years raising livestock. She died in 1975. War turned an artist into a farmer. Peace didn't turn her back.

1975

Raymonde Canolle, athlète française (° 9 août 1904).

1976

Vera Guilaroff, kanadische Pianistin und Komponistin

1978

Román Románov, aristócrata ruso (n.

Román Románov, aristócrata ruso (n. 1896).

1978

Kate Diehn-Bitt, deutsche Malerin

1978

Maybelle Carter

Maybelle Carter invented the guitar style that became country music. She played melody on bass strings, rhythm on treble — the Carter scratch. She taught it to her daughters. They became the Carter Family. June married Johnny Cash. Maybelle played on his show into her 60s. Every country guitarist since learned from her.

1979

Carlo Abarth, italienischer Motorradrennfahrer und Unternehmer

1979

Antonio Caggiano, cardenal argentino (n.

Antonio Caggiano, cardenal argentino (n. 1889).

1980

Tibor Rosenbaum

Tibor Rosenbaum founded Banque de Crédit International in Geneva and used it to secretly fund Mossad operations and arms purchases for Israel. He was a rabbi who ran a spy bank. When it collapsed in 1974, it took $200 million with it. He died quietly in 1980, his ledgers still classified.

1980

Rudolf Donnerhack, deutscher Maler und Museumsdirektor

1980

Lucien Cordier, spéléologue français (° 3 février 1922).

1980

Mariano Suárez Veintimilla, político ecuatoriano (n.

Mariano Suárez Veintimilla, político ecuatoriano (n. 1897).

1980

Jaime Arrese, político español (n.

Jaime Arrese, político español (n. 1936).

1981

Reginald Butler, britischer Bildhauer

1983

Jessica Savitch

Jessica Savitch was NBC's first female anchor of weekend news, hired at 33. She struggled with drug addiction and bad relationships while maintaining perfect delivery on camera. She died at 36 when her car plunged into a canal, drowning with her boyfriend and his dog. 15 months earlier she'd appeared on air visibly impaired. The anchor who looked flawless was falling apart.

1984

Josef Augstein, deutscher Jurist

1984

James Petrillo

James Petrillo ran the musicians' union for 40 years and banned all recording from 1942 to 1944 to protect musicians' jobs. Record companies caved. He did it again in 1948. He fought jukeboxes, fought radio, fought anyone who played music without paying live musicians. He lost every long-term battle but won enough short ones to matter.

1984

Oskar Werner

Oskar Werner learned English by watching American films in Vienna after the war. His accent never left. He was nominated for an Oscar for 'Ship of Fools.' He fought with directors, walked off sets, and said Hollywood destroyed art. He died at 61, mostly forgotten. The actor who hated movies left 60 of them behind.

1985

Mario Prassinos, griechisch-französischer Maler

1985

Bernhard Bauknecht, deutscher Politiker

1986

Edward Adelbert Doisy

Edward Doisy isolated vitamin K in 1939, which stops people from bleeding to death. He won the Nobel Prize in 1943. During the war, his lab mass-produced it for wounded soldiers. After the war, he kept working on hormones and antibiotics. He died in 1986 at 92. Every newborn in America now gets a vitamin K shot at birth.

1987

Karlfranz Schmidt-Wittmack, deutscher Politiker

1987

Della H. Raney, enfermera afroamericana (n.

Della H. Raney, enfermera afroamericana (n. 1912).

1987

Alejandro Scopelli, argentinisch-italienischer Fußballspieler und -trainer

1988

Karl Augustin-Hartmann, schweizerischer Druckereiunternehmer und Verleger

1988

Valter Åhlén, schwedischer Eishockeyspieler

1988

Asashio Tarō III

Asashio Tarō III became sumo's 46th yokozuna in 1959 after winning five tournaments in a year. He was 5'11" and 330 pounds. He retired in 1962 after injuring his knee. He trained 10 more wrestlers who became yokozuna. No other stable master has produced more than four.

1989

Henken Widengren, schwedischer Unternehmer und Automobilrennfahrer

1989

Armida

Armida was born in Mexico, moved to Hollywood, and became a star in Spanish-language films during the 1930s. She married a millionaire, divorced him, married a Navy officer, outlived him, and spent her last decades in San Diego running a dance studio. She taught salsa to retirees for 30 years, having once been famous in two countries. The students never knew. She didn't tell them.

1990

Louis Althusser

Louis Althusser strangled his wife Hélène in 1980 while massaging her neck. He was having a psychotic episode. He called the doctor himself. He was declared mentally unfit for trial, spent three years in psychiatric hospitals. He'd written influential Marxist theory for decades. He published his autobiography in 1992. He died in 1990, mostly forgotten.

1990

Louis Althusser, filósofo marxista francés (n.

Louis Althusser, filósofo marxista francés (n. 1918).

1990

Thomas Williams

Thomas Williams wrote novels about small-town New Hampshire and won the National Book Award in 1975 for The Hair of Harold Roux. He taught creative writing at the University of New Hampshire for thirty years. He published seven novels. He died at sixty-four. His students became the writers he taught them to be.

1992

Ewa Bonacka, polnische Schauspielerin und Regisseurin

1992

Wilfried Haslauer sen., österreichischer Jurist und Politiker

1994

Daniel Tinayre, cineasta argentino (n.

Daniel Tinayre, cineasta argentino (n. 1910).

1994

Robert Lansing

Robert Lansing changed his name from Robert Brown because there were already three Robert Browns in the Screen Actors Guild. He played tough guys on television for 40 years. He was in 'Star Trek,' '12 O'Clock High,' and 'The Equalizer.' Nobody ever knew his real name. The actor who became someone else stayed that way.

1994

Theodor Veiter, deutsch-österreichischer Völkerrechtler

1994

Enrique Beltrán, biólogo mexicano (n.

Enrique Beltrán, biólogo mexicano (n. 1903).

1995

Vicente de Espona, pintor y escultor español (n.

Vicente de Espona, pintor y escultor español (n. 1918).

1995

Kiko Ledgard, presentador de televisión peruano-español (n.

Kiko Ledgard, presentador de televisión peruano-español (n. 1918).

1996

Alexander Kelly, schottischer Pianist und Musikpädagoge

1996

Paul Antier, homme politique français (° 20 mai 1905).

1996

Bob Grim

Bob Grim won Rookie of the Year in 1954, went 20-6 for the Yankees. He threw a one-hitter in his first start. Then his arm went dead. Bone chips, surgery, four teams in five years. He retired at 32. One perfect season, then a decade of trying to find it again.

1996

Harold Hughes, US-amerikanischer Politiker

1996

Michel Kelber, directeur de la photographie français (° 9 avril 1908).

1997

Bert Haanstra

Bert Haanstra made documentaries about glass blowing, dike building, and the Dutch countryside that won an Oscar and a Cannes Grand Prix. His films had almost no narration. He let images tell the story. He showed the Netherlands to itself and made it look beautiful and strange.

1997

Luther George Simjian (Լյութեր Ջորջ Սիմջյան), inventeur arménien (° 28 janvier 1905).

1997

Pinchas Lapide, jüdischer Religionswissenschaftler und israelischer Diplomat

1998

Barnett Slepian

Barnett Slepian was an obstetrician who performed abortions. He was shot through his kitchen window by a sniper. He was 52. He'd been threatened for years. He kept working. James Kopp was convicted of the murder. Slepian bled to death in front of his family.

1998

Eric Ambler

Eric Ambler wrote spy novels where the heroes were ordinary people—engineers, journalists, teachers—caught in plots they didn't understand. No James Bond gadgets. No heroics. Just scared people trying to survive. He invented the modern thriller in six books before World War II, then spent 30 years writing screenplays in Hollywood. Graham Greene called him the best.

1998

Roger Ébrard, footballeur français (° 1898).

1998

Christopher Gable, acteur et réalisateur britannique (° 13 mars 1940).

1998

Andrea Wolf, deutsche linksradikale Aktivistin

1998

Vilson Pedro Kleinübing, homme politique brésilien (° 9 septembre 1944).

1998

Margaret Marley Modlin, peintre surréaliste, sculptrice et photographe américaine (° 5 janvier 1927).

1998

Zangeres zonder Naam (Mary Servaes dite), chanteuse néerlandaise (° 5 août 1919).

1999

Eric Reece

Eric Reece was Premier of Tasmania for 12 years and built more dams than any Australian politician before or since. He flooded Lake Pedder over protests from conservationists. The environmental movement in Australia traces its birth to opposition against him. He never apologized.

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2000

Yokozuna

Rodney Anoa'i wrestled as Yokozuna at 589 pounds, becoming the only wrestler of Samoan descent to win the WWF Championship. He held the title twice, main-evented WrestleMania, and defined an era. He died in a Liverpool hotel room at 34, found by his manager. His heart couldn't carry the weight his character required.

2000

Rodney Anoa'i aka Yokozuna

2001

Linden Travers, actriz británica (n.

Linden Travers, actriz británica (n. 1913)

2001

Josh Kirby

Josh Kirby painted the covers for Terry Pratchett's Discworld novels for 20 years. He created 26 covers featuring wizards, witches, and Death riding a white horse. Pratchett said Kirby's art never quite matched the books — and that's why it worked. Kirby died having given Discworld its face.

2001

Ken Aston, englischer Fußballschiedsrichter

2001

Daniel Wildenstein

Daniel Wildenstein inherited an art empire, owned 40 Monets, and was accused of hiding 30 more to avoid French inheritance taxes. His family fought in court for years after his death. The paintings were worth $600 million. He'd spent his life buying and selling beauty, and his heirs spent years fighting over it.

2001

Gerd Mehl, deutscher Journalist

2001

Ronald William Kirby

Ronald William Kirby was a British artist who painted landscapes and seascapes. He exhibited regularly. He sold work. He died at 73. Almost nobody outside regional galleries knows his name. Most artists don't become famous. They just paint.

2001

Joachim Werzlau, deutscher Komponist

2002

Marianne Hoppe, deutsche Schauspielerin

2002

Adolph Green

Adolph Green wrote On the Town, Singin' in the Rain, and The Band Wagon with Betty Comden, a 60-year partnership that produced the best movie musicals ever made. They wrote together in the same room, finishing each other's lines. She died seven years after him. Sixty years, hundreds of songs, always together, never married — the longest creative partnership in Broadway history.

2002

Nathan Juran, cineasta estadunidense (n.

Nathan Juran, cineasta estadunidense (n. 1907).

2003

Jacques Lebrun, présentateur québécois de bulletins météo (° 1928).

2003

Soong May-ling

Soong May-ling married Chiang Kai-shek on one condition: he'd study Christianity. She spoke perfect English, Mandarin, and could work a room in Washington better than most senators. She addressed Congress in 1943—the second woman ever to do so. She lived in New York after fleeing China, painting landscapes and refusing interviews for 50 years. She died at 105, having outlived the entire Chinese Civil War and everyone who fought in it.

2003

Lloyd Arthur Eshbach, US-amerikanischer Schriftsteller und Herausgeber

2003

Tony Capstick

Tony Capstick recorded 'The Sheffield Grinder' in 1981 as a joke. It sold 250,000 copies. He was a folk singer who told stories between songs that were longer than the songs. He worked as a teacher, a steelworker, and a comedian. He died at 59. The folk singer who accidentally had a hit never had another one.

2004

Robert Merrill

Robert Merrill sang at the Met for 31 seasons, performing 769 times. He was supposed to debut in 1945 but his mother refused to let him — she wanted him to wait for a bigger role. He debuted later that year anyway. He sang the national anthem at Yankee Stadium and appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show. A baritone who became a household name by never leaving New York.

2004

George Silk, photographe de guerre américano-néo-zélandais (° 17 novembre 1916).

2004

Bill Nicholson

Bill Nicholson managed Tottenham to the first Double—league and FA Cup—of the 20th century in 1961. He signed for Spurs as a player in 1938 for £2,000 and never left. He managed them for 16 years, won eight trophies, then scouted for them until he was 85. One club, 66 years.

2004

Christian Büttrich, deutscher Germanist und Bibliothekar

2004

Friedel Neuber, deutscher Bankier und Politiker

2005

Stella Obasanjo

Stella Obasanjo died from complications following elective liposuction surgery in Spain, a tragedy that ignited a fierce national debate across Nigeria regarding the safety of medical tourism. Her sudden passing prompted the Nigerian government to launch a formal investigation into the clinic, ultimately exposing the lethal risks associated with unregulated cosmetic procedures abroad for the country's political elite.

2005

John Muth

John Muth developed the theory of rational expectations. It revolutionized economics. It argued people use all available information when making decisions. It changed how economists model behavior. He won no Nobel Prize. He taught at Indiana University. He died at 75. Other economists got famous using his ideas.

2005

William Hootkins

William Hootkins played Porkins in 'Star Wars' — the pilot who dies in the Death Star trench. That's what everyone remembered. He appeared in 'Raiders of the Lost Ark,' 'Batman,' and 50 other films. He worked constantly for 30 years. He was Porkins forever.

2006

Egon Piechaczek, polnischer Fußballspieler und -trainer

2006

Lebo Mathosa

Lebo Mathosa wore LED lights in her hair and platform boots to perform kwaito music in South Africa. She was 29, at the peak of her career, when her car hit a barrier on the N3 highway. She died instantly. Her funeral drew 10,000 people. South African pop stopped for a week. She'd spent a decade making people dance, then vanished on a Tuesday afternoon because of a tire blowout.

2006

Eugène N'Jo Léa, footballeur camerounais (° 15 juillet 1931).

2006

Kurt Anliker, Schweizer klassischer Philologe

2007

George L. Hersey, US-amerikanischer Kunst- und Architekturhistoriker

2007

John Ilhan

John Ilhan arrived in Australia speaking no English, built Crazy John's into a $350 million mobile phone empire. He sold it at 40, planned to focus on charity. He died of a heart attack four months later. He'd worked 25 years to retire, got sixteen weeks.

2007

Lim Goh Tong

Lim Goh Tong was a Malaysian businessman who built a casino resort on a mountain. Genting Highlands. He started construction in 1965. He was 46. He spent four years building a road up the mountain. The resort made him a billionaire. He died at 90, still running the company.

2007

David George Kendall, mathématicien britannique (° 15 janvier 1918).

2008

Gianluigi Braschi, producteur italien de cinéma (° 1923).

2008

Yann de L'Écotais, journaliste et écrivain français (° 14 novembre 1940).

2008

Kevin Finnegan

Kevin Finnegan fought for the British middleweight title five times. He lost all five. He fought 54 professional bouts. He beat future world champions. He never won a major title himself. He died at 60. Boxing is full of great fighters who never became champions.

2008

Rolf Andresen, deutscher Sportfunktionär

2008

Oszkár Csuvik, jogador húngaro de polo aquático (n.

Oszkár Csuvik, jogador húngaro de polo aquático (n. 1925).

2008

Angelika Anders-von Ahlften, deutsche Biophysikerin

2009

Lou Jacobi

Lou Jacobi played the cross-dressing Albin in the original Broadway production of "Torch Song Trilogy" at age 69. He'd been a character actor for decades, but that role earned him a Tony nomination. He worked until he was 95. He made growing old look like the best part of the career.

2009

María del Socorro Blanc Ruiz, abogada y política mexicana (n.

María del Socorro Blanc Ruiz, abogada y política mexicana (n. 1919).

2009

Paul Carpita, réalisateur français (° 12 novembre 1922).

2009

Walther Fürst, deutscher Jurist

2009

Richard Kittler, österreichischer Komponist

2009

Jack Poole, empresário canadense (n.

Jack Poole, empresário canadense (n. 1933).

2009

Ferdinand Dux, deutscher Schauspieler

2010

David Thompson, abogado, político y primer ministro barbadense entre 2008 y 2010 (n.

David Thompson, abogado, político y primer ministro barbadense entre 2008 y 2010 (n. 1961).

2010

Fran Crippen

Fran Crippen was swimming in the World Cup open water race in the United Arab Emirates when he didn't finish. The water temperature was 87 degrees. He was 26, an Olympic swimmer, in perfect condition. He died of hyperthermia during the race. They changed the rules after that.

2010

Stanley Tanger

Stanley Tanger built his first outlet mall in 1981 in a Pennsylvania town of 3,000 people. He convinced designer brands to sell directly to consumers at discount. He opened 39 more malls in 20 states. His company is worth $3.7 billion. His malls are always at least 30 miles from major cities.

2010

Francis Giraud, médecin, professeur d'université et homme politique français (° 4 juillet 1932).

2010

Emma de Sigaldi, escultora y bailarina alemana residente en Mónaco (n.

Emma de Sigaldi, escultora y bailarina alemana residente en Mónaco (n. 1910).

2010

Vince Banonis, US-amerikanischer American-Football-Spieler

2011

Karl Heinz Spilker, deutscher Politiker

2011

Marco Simoncelli

Marco Simoncelli crashed during the Malaysian Grand Prix when his bike slid out in a turn. He was twenty-four. He tried to regain control and was hit by two other riders. He died from injuries on the track. The race was stopped. His number, 58, was retired. The corner wasn't renamed.

2011

Antoñete (Antonio Chenel Albaladejo dit), matador espagnol (° 24 juin 1932).

2011

Marius « Jean » Amadou, humoriste, journaliste, satiriste, écrivain, chroniqueur radio, chansonnier français (° 1er o…

Marius « Jean » Amadou, humoriste, journaliste, satiriste, écrivain, chroniqueur radio, chansonnier français (° 1er octobre 1929).

2011

Herbert A. Hauptman

Herbert Hauptman couldn't get funding for his math research, so he worked at a Naval Research Lab for twenty years. He was trying to solve a problem everyone said was impossible: determining molecular structure from X-ray data without knowing the structure first. He used probability theory. It worked. He won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1985 for math that chemists didn't believe in.

2011

John McCarthy

John McCarthy coined the term "artificial intelligence" in 1955. He invented Lisp, the programming language that powered early AI research. He spent 60 years trying to make machines think. He died believing he'd failed. ChatGPT runs on ideas he published in 1959.

2011

John McCarthy, US-amerikanischer Logiker und Informatiker

2012

Michael Marra

Michael Marra wrote songs that other Scottish musicians called the best in the country. He never had a hit. He worked as a milkman while writing music. His song "Frida Kahlo's Visit to the Taybridge Bar" became a cult classic decades after he recorded it. He died before fame found him.

2012

Luis de Llano Palmer, productor mexicano (n.

Luis de Llano Palmer, productor mexicano (n. 1918).

2012

Wilhelm Brasse

Wilhelm Brasse was forced to photograph prisoners at Auschwitz. He took 40,000 to 50,000 identification photos of people who were about to die. The Nazis ordered him to destroy the negatives before liberation. He refused. He hid thousands. He died having preserved the faces they tried to erase.

2012

William Joel Blass

William Joel Blass served in the Illinois House of Representatives for sixteen years. He practiced law for over fifty years. He was ninety-five when he died. He lived through two world wars and saw eighteen presidents. The legislation he passed is still on the books.

2012

Roland de la Poype

Roland de la Poype flew 700 combat missions for France during World War II, was shot down seven times, and recorded sixteen confirmed kills. He survived. He became a businessman after the war and founded a plastics company. He died at ninety-two. The planes he flew are in museums. The company's still operating.

2012

Sunil Gangopadhyay

Sunil Gangopadhyay wrote 200 books in Bengali. He created Kakababu, a detective character who appeared in 35 novels and became a cultural icon in West Bengal. He wrote poetry, historical fiction, and literary criticism. He died having shaped Bengali literature for 50 years. Most of the world never read him.

2013

Bill Mazer

Bill Mazer answered 18,000 sports trivia questions on his radio call-in show without notes or research staff. He broadcast in New York for fifty years. He was ninety-two when he died. He knew batting averages from 1947 and draft picks from 1962. The answers died with him.

2013

Suleiman Arabiyat

Suleiman Arabiyat led Jordan's Islamic Action Front while his daughter became one of the kingdom's most vocal women's rights activists. He served in parliament, pushed for political reform, and opposed the peace treaty with Israel from inside the system. His family still argues about whether compromise or confrontation works better. Both approaches came from the same dinner table.

2013

Wes Bialosuknia

Wes Bialosuknia played one season in the NBA. He averaged 2.7 points per game for the Oakland Oaks in the ABA, then retired. He spent 40 years teaching high school and coaching basketball in Connecticut. He died having touched more lives as a teacher than he ever did as a player.

2013

Anthony Caro

Anthony Caro welded his first abstract sculpture at 39 after meeting Henry Moore, who told him to stop making figurative work. He put steel beams directly on the floor with no pedestals — sculptures you could walk around and through. Museums hated it. He kept building. By the time he died, his steel pieces filled sculpture parks on three continents. He'd made metal conversational.

2013

Niall Donohue

Niall Donohue played hurling for Kilkenny and won an All-Ireland minor championship in 2008. He was twenty-two when he died. He'd struggled with depression. His teammates wore black armbands. The game continued. His club retired his jersey number.

2013

Gypie Mayo

Gypie Mayo defined the jagged, high-energy sound of pub rock as the lead guitarist for Dr. Feelgood, most notably on their breakthrough live album Stupidity. His aggressive, minimalist style later propelled The Yardbirds through a decade-long revival, cementing his reputation as a master of the telecaster who prioritized raw, rhythmic punch over technical excess.

2013

Esteban Siller, actor mexicano de doblaje (n.

Esteban Siller, actor mexicano de doblaje (n. 1931).[cita requerida]

2014

Tullio Regge

Tullio Regge discovered Regge calculus—a way to approximate Einstein's equations using triangles instead of smooth curves. It made general relativity calculable on early computers. He also found Regge trajectories in particle physics, explaining how particles spin. Two separate fields, same mathematical insight. He saw patterns nobody else could see.

2014

Joan Quigley

Joan Quigley was Nancy Reagan's astrologer and secretly influenced the timing of presidential speeches, press conferences, and travel plans throughout the 1980s. She charged $3,000 per month. She died at 87. The Cold War ended on a schedule she approved. Nobody knew until years later.

2014

Alvin Stardust

Alvin Stardust had a number one hit in 1973 with "My Coo Ca Choo." He wore black leather and gloves with a single ring over the glove. He was 31 but looked dangerous. He'd already had a failed career under a different name in the 1960s. He reinvented himself and it worked.

2014

Ghulam Azam

Ghulam Azam was convicted at 91 of crimes against humanity during Bangladesh's 1971 independence war. He'd led Jamaat-e-Islami, which opposed secession and collaborated with Pakistani forces. The tribunal sentenced him to 90 years. He died in prison hospital after serving one year. He'd spent four decades denying the genocide happened.

2014

John Bramlett

John Bramlett played linebacker for five NFL teams in six years. He was known for hitting harder than anyone on the field. He battled addiction after football, got sober, and spent 30 years counseling other former players. He died having saved more lives after his career than during it.

2014

Bernard Mayes

Bernard Mayes was born in England, became a priest, left the church, moved to America, and hosted public radio programs in San Francisco for decades. He also taught journalism at Berkeley. He died at 85. His voice was on the radio for 40 years. His sermons lasted three.

2015

Paride Tumburus, futbolista italiano (n.

Paride Tumburus, futbolista italiano (n. 1939).

2015

Fred Sands

Fred Sands sold real estate and used the money to start a museum. He co-founded LA's Museum of Contemporary Art in 1979, convincing developers and collectors to fund what didn't exist yet: a permanent home for art made after 1940. The museum opened in temporary quarters in 1983. Today it holds 7,000 works. He turned commissions into Rothkos.

2015

Leon Bibb

Leon Bibb sang folk music for 70 years. He performed with Pete Seeger, moved to Canada during the blacklist era, and kept singing into his 90s. He died at 93, still touring.

2015

Jim Roberts

Jim Roberts won five Stanley Cups with the Montreal Canadiens and never scored more than 11 goals in a season. He was a defensive forward who shut down the other team's best player. He coached after retiring and scouted for the Blues. He won five championships by preventing goals, not scoring them. Defense aged better than glory.

2015

Roger De Clerck

Roger De Clerck built a Belgian business empire in textiles and manufacturing. He was born in 1924, survived the war, and spent 50 years expanding his companies. He died at 91, his factories still running.

2016

Pete Burns

Pete Burns had over 300 cosmetic surgeries. His lips, his cheeks, his entire face reconstructed dozens of times. He sang 'You Spin Me Round' in 1984, then spent 30 years transforming himself. He died at 57 from cardiac arrest after another procedure.

2016

Jack Chick

Jack Chick drew religious comics warning about everything—evolution, Catholicism, Halloween, Dungeons & Dragons. He published over 200 tracts, printed in 100 languages, billions of copies. He never appeared in public. He died at 92, still anonymous.

2016

William Löfqvist, hockeyeur sur glace suédois (° 12 avril 1947).

2016

Ricardo Lindo Fuentes, salvadorianischer Lyriker, Erzähler, Dramatiker und Essayist

2016

خليفة بن حمد آل ثاني، أمير قطر السادس.

2016

Tom Hayden, político y activista estadounidense (n.

Tom Hayden, político y activista estadounidense (n. 1939).

2016

Wim van der Voort

Wim van der Voort won bronze in speed skating at the 1948 Olympics. He was 25, representing the Netherlands in St. Moritz. He died at 93, having spent most of his life off the ice.

2017

Walter Lassally

Walter Lassally shot 'Zorba the Greek' in black and white so stark it looked like Greek sunlight had a texture. He won an Oscar for it. He worked with Tony Richardson and James Ivory for 50 years. He died in 2017 at 90, having filmed on every continent but Antarctica.

2017

Paul J. Weitz, astronaute américain (° 25 juillet 1932).

2017

Paul J. Weitz

Paul Weitz commanded Skylab 2 in 1973, America's first space station mission. He spent 28 days in orbit, then flew the Space Shuttle ten years later. He was 85 when he died, having flown in two different eras of spaceflight.

2018

Todd Reid

Todd Reid reached the Australian Open semifinals at 19. He was ranked 32nd in the world. Then injuries destroyed his body. He retired at 24. He struggled with depression and painkillers. He died in 2018 at 34. Tennis took everything and gave nothing back.

2018

Laetitia Boehm, deutsche Historikerin

2019

Antonio Caride, actor de cine, teatro y televisión argentino (n.

Antonio Caride, actor de cine, teatro y televisión argentino (n. 1948).

2020

Jane di Castro, cantora e artista performática brasileira (n.

Jane di Castro, cantora e artista performática brasileira (n. 1947).

2020

Jerry Jeff Walker

Jerry Jeff Walker wrote "Mr. Bojangles" in a New Orleans jail cell in 1968 after meeting a street dancer. The song made him famous, but he never wrote another hit that big. He moved to Texas and spent 50 years playing honky-tonks and dance halls, recording 30 albums that sold modestly. He invented the Texas country outlaw sound that others made millions from. He died at 78, still touring.

2021

Mick Allan, australischer Ruderer

2021

Abdelbaki Hermassi, Alexandre Rogojkine, Cyrille Tahay, Sirkka Turkka.

2021

Fabrizio Calvi, journaliste d'investigation, écrivain et cinéaste documentariste français (° 27 mai 1954).

2021

Marcel Bluwal, réalisateur français de télévision, de théâtre et de cinéma (° 26 mai 1925).

2021

Galina Beloserowa, sowjetische Schauspielerin

2022

Adriano Moreira

Adriano Moreira shaped the final decades of the Portuguese Empire as Minister of the Overseas Provinces, attempting to modernize colonial administration while resisting the inevitable tide of decolonization. His death at 100 closed the chapter on a political career that spanned from the Salazar dictatorship to the democratic leadership of the CDS party.

2022

Libor Pešek, chef d'orchestre tchèque (° 22 juin 1933).

2023

Bishan Singh Bedi

Bishan Singh Bedi bowled left-arm spin without ever trying a faster ball or a googly. He took 266 Test wickets with just flight and turn. He wore a patka on the field, a Sikh turban that became his signature. He captained India 22 times. Spin bowling is about deception, but Bedi was pure.

2023

István Láng, ungarischer Komponist

2023

Lutz Riemann, deutscher Schauspieler

2023

Tom Walker, joueur de baseball américain (° 7 novembre 1948).

2023

Joëlle Robin, actrice française (° 19 décembre 1923).

2023

Bernard Morel, sabreur français (° 30 mars 1925).

2023

Yves Beaumier, philosophe et un homme politique canadien (° 3 décembre 1942).

2023

Robert Ayres, physicien et économiste américain (° 29 juin 1932).

2023

Aira Samulin

Aira Samulin opened Finland's first dance school for ordinary people in 1947. She taught ballroom and folk dance for 60 years. She ran the school until she was 90. She died in 2023 at 96, having taught three generations of Finns how to move together.

2024

Gustavo Adolfo Espina Salguero, homme d'État guatémaltèque (° 26 novembre 1946).

2024

Hama Amadou, homme politique nigérien (° 1950).

2024

Geoff Capes

Geoff Capes threw the shot put 21.68 meters and represented Britain in two Olympics. Then he became the World's Strongest Man twice. He was 6'5" and 375 pounds. He also bred budgerigars and won national bird competitions. He died in 2024, having been strong and gentle in equal measure.

2024

Gary Indiana

Gary Indiana wrote "Three Month Fever," a book about Andrew Cunanan's murder spree, before the trial even ended. He covered the Menendez brothers, Phil Spector, and every tabloid horror of the '90s. He turned true crime into literature before podcasts made it a genre. He wrote what everyone else just gawked at.

2024

Jack Jones

Jack Jones won two Grammys and sang the theme for The Love Boat. His father was also a singer. He had six wives and recorded 60 albums over 60 years. His voice was everywhere in the 1960s—smooth, romantic, on every variety show. He died at 86, having outlived the era when crooners could be stars by three decades.

2024

Wolfram von Stauffenberg, deutscher Schauspieler, Hörspielsprecher und Boxer

2024

Hugo Weckx, homme politique belge (° 9 janvier 1935).

2025

June Lockhart

June Lockhart played mothers on "Lassie" and "Lost in Space," becoming America's TV mom for two generations. She worked in Hollywood for 75 years, from 1930s films to 2000s guest spots. She died in 2025 at 99, having outlived most of her co-stars by decades. She played maternal. She survived like iron.

2025

Deaths

Marcus Junius Brutus

Marcus Junius Brutus the Younger

Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius

Patriarch Ignatius of Constantinople

Ignatios of Constantinople

Yazaman al-Khadim

Ibrahim II of Ifriqiya

Daigo

Hyejong of Goryeo

Yōzei

Abū Nuʿaim, arabischer Theologe und Hadith-Sammler

Uta de Ballenstedt, aristocrata alemã (n.

Heinrich II., erster Pfalzgraf bei Rhein

Abu al-Salt

Sweyn III

Máel Coluim, schottischer Adeliger

Hillin von Fallemanien, deutscher Geistlicher, Erzbischof von Trier

Heinrich von Köln, deutscher Prediger und Dominikanerprior

Johannes Bonus, italienischer Einsiedler

Otto von Rietberg, deutscher Geistlicher, Bischof von Paderborn

Nikolaus von Lyra, französischer Theologe

Ulrich V. von Pfannberg, Vogt von Obernburg, Marschall von Österreich und Hauptmann in Kärnten

Jordan Pleskow, Bürgermeister von Lübeck

John of Capistrano

Bianca Maria Visconti, Herzogin von Mailand

Johannes Martini, franko-flämischer Sänger und Komponist

Anna, Äbtissin des Damenstifts Buchau

Stephan Kempe, lutherischer Theologe und Reformator

Johannes Zwick, deutscher Theologe, Jurist, Reformator und Kirchenliederdichter

Peter Flötner, deutscher Baumeister, Bildhauer, Gold- und Silberschmied, Grafiker, Medailleur und Bildschnitzer

Tiedemann Giese

Michael Neander

João Martins Ricalde, almirante português (n.

Bernardino de Sahagún, spanischer Franziskaner und Ethnologe

Luis Gonzaga-Nevers, aristócrata italiano (n.

Pancraz Krüger, deutscher Humanist und Pädagoge

Leonhard Hutter

Richard Hakluyt, englischer Geograph und Schriftsteller

Georg Stobäus von Palmburg, Bischof von Lavant

Nicholas Yonge, cantante y editor de música británico (n.

Wilhelm Rinck von Baldenstein, Bischof von Basel

Giovanni Battista Crespi dit "le Cerano", peintre italien du début du XVIIe siècle (° 23 décembre 1573).

Wilhelm Schickard, deutscher Astronom und Mathematiker

Johann Ernst, Herzog von Sachsen-Eisenach

Erik Axelsson Oxenstierna, schwedischer Staatsmann und Reichskanzler

Giovanni Rovetta, venezianischer Komponist und Sänger

Charles du Fresne

Alexander von Spaen, kurbrandenburgischer Generalfeldmarschall

Hannah Twynnoy, englische Bardame, von einem Tiger getötet

Philip Wilhelm von Hornick, österreichischer Nationalökonom, Merkantilist und Kameralist

Johann Caspar Posner, deutscher Physiker und Rhetoriker

Samuel Frisching, Schultheiss der Stadt und Republik Bern

Anne Oldfield

Francisco Fernández de la Cueva Enríquez, spanischer Kolonialverwalter und Vizekönig von Neuspanien

Johann Alexander Döderlein, Weißenburger Gelehrter

Emmanuel-Auguste de Cahideuc

Pierre-Charles Roy, französischer Librettist

François de Roches, Schweizer evangelischer Geistlicher und Hochschullehrer

Michel Benoist

Franz Fridolin Weber, deutscher Bassist, Souffleur und Notenkopist

María Andresa Casamayor y de la Coma, matemática y escritora española (n.

Joseph Riepel, deutscher Musiktheoretiker, Violinist und Komponist

Pasquale Cafaro, italienischer Komponist

William Paca, Delegierter von Maryland im Kontinentalkongress

József Graf Batthyány, ungarischer Prälat

Johann Gottlieb Naumann, deutscher Komponist

Edmund Pendleton, Delegierter für Virginia im Kontinentalkongress

Leonard Meister, Schweizer Lehrer, Politiker und evangelischer Geistlicher

Marcos Coelho Neto, brasilianischer Komponist

John Whitelocke, general británico (n.

Heinrich Behrmann, deutsch-dänischer Pädagoge, Sachbuchautor und Privatgelehrter

Leonid von Optina, Mönch, Seelsorger und Heiliger der russisch-orthodoxen Kirche

Wilhelm Gesenius, deutscher Theologe und Historiker

Franz Brunsvik, ungarischer Adliger, Violoncellist und Theaterunternehmer

Karl Christoph Schmieder, deutscher Wissenschaftshistoriker, Gymnasialprofessor und Autor

Manuel Eduardo de Gorostiza, dramaturgo, periodista y diplomático mexicano (n.

Georg August Wallin

François André Michaux, französischer Botaniker

Friedrich Kammerer, deutscher Ingenieur, Erfinder und Konstrukteur