Bob Marley, a Jamaican reggae musician, dies of brain and lung cancer at the age of 36 in 1981.
Robert Nesta Marley OM was a Jamaican singer, songwriter, and musician who lived from 6 February 1945 to 11 May 1981. His musical career was marked by fusing eleme...
Roger Moore, a British actor, died in 2017 at the age of 89.
At the age of eight, he had a foreskin infection and underwent circumcision, as well as removal of his appendix, tonsils, and adenoids. Moore was diagnosed with pr...
Sunil Dutt, an Indian actor, producer, director, and politician, died in 2005.
Sunil Dutt was born on June 6, 1926 as Balraj Dutt into a family that had survived India's Partition. He began his career as a radio programme host and celebri...
In 1964, Courteney Cox, an American Actress famed for playing Monica on sitcom Friends was born in Alabama
Courteney Cox was born on June 15, 1964, in Birmingham, Alabama, to a prosperous Southern family. She is the daughter of Courteney and businessman Richard Lewis Co...
In the year 2009, Michael Jackson died of Cardiac Arrest
Michael Jackson, who has been performing since the age of five, is one of the most famous vocalists in history. Thriller, his 1983 record, sold forty million copie...
E. B. White, an American novelist, died in 1985 at the age of 86.
Throughout his life, White produced several poems and articles; a compilation of his writings was published in 1977. White's wife died the next year. The loss ...
Aditya Biria, India's first worldwide industrialist, dies of cancer at the age of 51 in 1995.
Aditya Birla was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 1993, shifting the group's responsibilities to his wife and son. He was admitted to Johns Hopkins Hospital i...
Samuel Adams, American revolutionary (Boston Massacre-Tea Party) and statesman, dies at the age of 81 in 1803.
Samuel Adams, an American Founding Father, participated in the Boston Tea Party and signed the Declaration of Independence. When official American political partie...
Kumaraswami Kamaraj, an Indian political leader and the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu in 1975
In 1976, Kamaraj was posthumously given India's highest civilian honor, the Bharat Ratna. Chennai Airport's domestic terminal is known as the "Kamaraj...
Janet Leigh, also known as Jeanetta Morrison, an American actress, died in 2004 at the age of 77.
Janet Leigh, Tony Curtis' wife, is most known for her shower scene as Marion Crane in Alfred Hitchcock's classic thriller 'Psycho.' Leigh died at h...
In 2011, Jagjit Singh, an Indian musician and ghazal maestro, was awarded the Padma Bhushan.
Jagjit Singh was a well-known Indian singer, songwriter, and guitarist known as the "Ghazal King." He was a young prodigy in music, born into a middle-cl...
Christopher Reeve, an American actor, died in 2004 at the age of 52 as a result of an allergic reaction to an antibiotic.
In the film and its sequels, Christopher Reeve played Superman. Following a spinal cord accident, he established a charity to assist other paraplegics. Before star...
John Denver, an American country music singer (Country Boy), died in an aircraft disaster in 1997 at the age of 53.
John Denver was a folk music singer-songwriter best known for his songs "Take Me Home, Country Roads" and "Rocky Mountain High." Denver receive...
Kishore Kumar, an Indian singer and actor, died in 1987 at the age of 58.
Kishore died of a heart attack on October 13, 1987, which also happened to be his elder brother Ashok Kumar's birthday. The entire country was stunned by his s...
Yash Chopra, an Indian director, died in 2012 at the age of 80 from dengue fever and multiple organ failure.
YashChopra was diagnosed with dengue fever on October 13, 2012, and was admitted to the Lilavatai Hospital in Bandra, Mumbai. On October 21, 2012, at the age of 80...
Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson (Katy Perry), American Pop Singer born on October 25,1894.
On October 25th, one of the mos famous American Pop singer Katy Perry with an original name of Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson born in the year 1984. She grabbed the att...
In 1926, magician Harry Houdini [Erich Weisz] dies in Detroit from gangrene and peritonitis caused by a burst appendix.
Harry Houdini, one of the most famous magicians of all time died on October 31 in the year 1926 because of peritonitis in detroit. He is best known for his sensati...
In 1984, Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi is killed at her residence in New Delhi by her bodyguards Satwant Singh and Beant Singh.
Indira Gandhi, India's prime minister, is killed by two of her own bodyguards in New Delhi. Sikhs Beant Singh and Satwant Singh opened fire on Gandhi as she he...
Today, in 1950, Irish dramatist George Bernard Shaw dies at the age of 94.
In 1876, he relocated to London, where he continued to write but struggled financially. In 1895, he was hired as a theatrical critic for the Saturday Review and be...
Sanjeev Kumar aka Harihar Jariwala, an Indian Bollywood actor, died of a heart attack in 1985 at the age of 47.
Sanjeev Kumar, a talented Bollywood actor, was born in 1938 as Harihar Jariwala in a Gujrati family. He was definitely a multitalented actor, since he played a var...
Steve McQueen, the American actor known as "The King of Cool" during the 1960s, dies of a heart attack following surgery at the age of 50 in 1980.
Steve McQueen was a renowned and successful film actor during the 1960s and 1970s. He appeared in films such as 'The Great Escape,' 'Bullitt,' and ...
John Milton, the English poet and puritan best known for Paradise Lost, dies at the age of 65 in 1674.
John Milton is most known for his epic poem Paradise Lost, which is often recognized as the finest epic poem ever written in English. It established his status as ...
Saeed Jaffrey, an Indian actor (The Chess Players, Gandhi), died in 2015 at the age of 86.
On November 15, 86-year-old Bollywood actor Saeed Jaffrey, who appeared in films such as A Passage to India and Gandhi, died. Jaffrey appeared in over 150 films, i...
Soumitra Chatterjee, an Indian actor, playwright, and poet, dies of COVID complications at the age of 85 in 2020.
Soumitra Chatterjee, a legendary Indian actor best known for his collaborations with Oscar-winning director Satyajit Ray, died on November 15 from Covid complicati...
Roald Dahl, a British novelist and Spy, died in 1990 at the age of 74.
Roald Dahl was a British writer who died on November 23, 1990, in Oxford, England. He was a popular author of inventive, irreverent children's books. C.S. Fore...
1991 Freddie Mercury, originally Farrokh Bulsara, is a British singer-songwriter and member of the band Queen who died of AIDS at the age of 45.
Freddie's battle with AIDS ended on November 24th, 1991, when he died little over 24 hours after publicly announcing his diagnosis. The passing of rock's m...
George H. W. Bush, the 41st President of the United States and the 43rd Vice President of the United States, died in 2018 at the age of 94.
George H. W. Bush, the 41st president of the United States, died at his Houston home on November 30, 2018, after a struggle with vascular Parkinson's disease. ...
2017 Shashi Kapoor [Balbir Raj Kapoor], a well-known Indian Bollywood actor, dies at the age of 79 from a chest illness.
Shashi Kapoor (born Balbir Raj Kapoor; 18 March 1938 – 4 December 2017) was a Hindi cinema actor and producer. He was nominated for four National Film Awards...
Ashok Kumar, an Indian actor, died from persistent asthma at the age of 90 in 2001.
Ashok Kumar died on December 10, 2001, at the age of 90, at his home in Chembur, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. He died as a result of heart failure. Kumudlal Ganguly...
M.S. (Madurai Shanmukhavadivu) Subbulakshmi, the first Indian vocalist to be given the Bharat Ratna, died in 2004 at the age of 88.
Madurai Shanmukhavadivu Subbulakshmi is a name that has become synonymous with Carnatic music. This immaculate vocalist, whose voice had almost heavenly power, is ...
