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2029 - 2020

Famous deaths on March 4th for the celebrities who died in the years 2029 - 2020

2023

  • Phil Batt

    American soldier and politician, 29th governor of idaho (d. 2023)

2022

  • Warnie Shane Warne

    Australian cricketing great known for his exceptional spin bowling.

  • Shane Warne

    Legendary Australian cricketer known for his exceptional spin bowling skills.

  • Rod Marsh

    Australian cricketer and coach (b. 1947)

2020

  • Javier Pérez de Cuéllar

    Peruvian politician and diplomat, 135th prime minister of peru (d. 2020)

2019 - 2010

Famous deaths on March 4th for the celebrities who died in the years 2019 - 2010

2019

  • Luke Perry
    Luke Perry

    Luke perry was an american actor best known for his role as dylan mckay on the tv series beverly hills, 90210.

  • Keith Flint

    English singer-songwriter and guitarist (the prodigy and flint).

  • Klaus Kinkel

    Klaus Kinkel was a German politician who served as the Vice Chancellor of Germany and Minister of Foreign Affairs.

  • Ted Lindsay

    Hall of Fame NHL player known for his toughness and scoring ability.

  • Luke Perry

    Known for his role in Beverly Hills, 90210.

2018

  • Davide Astori

    Italian professional footballer known for his time with Fiorentina and the Italian national team.

2017

  • Clayton Yeutter

    Clayton Yeutter was an American politician who served as the United States Secretary of Agriculture.

2016

  • Bud Collins

    Bud Collins was an American tennis journalist, historian, and broadcaster who covered the sport for over 50 years.

  • Eldene Bartley

    Renowned chemist known for groundbreaking research in organic chemistry.

  • Alastor Reynolds

    An acclaimed science fiction writer known for his innovative storytelling and world-building.

  • Zhou Xiaoyan

    Chinese soprano and educator (b. 1917)

  • Pat Conroy

    American author (b. 1945)

2015

  • Dušan Bilandžić

    Croatian historian and politician (b. 1924)

  • Ray Hatton

    English-american runner, author, and academic (b. 1932)

2014

  • Wu Tianming

    Chinese director and producer (b. 1939)

  • Mark Freidkin

    Russian author and poet (b. 1953)

  • Jack Kinzler

    American engineer (b. 1920)

  • Elaine Kellett-Bowman

    English lawyer and politician (b. 1923)

2013

  • Mickey Moore

    Canadian-american actor and director (b. 1914)

  • Lillian Cahn

    Hungarian-born american businesswoman, co-founded coach, inc. (d. 2013)

  • Toren Smith

    Canadian businessman, founded studio proteus (b. 1960)

2012

  • Paul McBride

    Scottish lawyer and politician (b. 1965)

  • Don Mincher

    American baseball player (b. 1938)

2011

  • Simon van der Meer

    Dutch-swiss physicist and academic, nobel prize laureate (b. 1925)

  • Krishna Prasad Bhattarai

    Nepalese journalist and politician, 29th prime minister of nepal (b. 1924)

  • Alenush Terian

    Iranian astronomer, physicist (born 1920).

  • Ed Manning

    American basketball coach and player (born 1943).

  • Vivienne Harris

    English journalist and publisher, co-founded the jewish telegraph (b. 1921)

2010

  • Nan Martin

    Esteemed actress known for her roles in classic films and television shows.

  • Raimund Abraham

    Austrian architect and educator, designed the austrian cultural forum new york (b. 1933)

  • Vladislav Ardzinba

    Abkhazian historian and politician, 1st president of abkhazia (b. 1945)

  • Johnny Alf

    Brazilian composer and singer (born 1929).

  • Angelo Poffo

    American professional wrestler (born in 1925).

2009 - 2000

Famous deaths on March 4th for the celebrities who died in the years 2009 - 2000

2009

  • Yvon Cormier

    Canadian professional wrestler (born in 1938).

  • Horton Foote

    American screenwriter, playwright, and author (d. 2009).

  • George McAfee

    American football player (b. 1918)

  • Patricia De Martelaere

    Belgian philosopher, author, and academic (d. 2009)

  • Triztan Vindtorn

    Norwegian poet and performer (born 1942).

2008

  • Idelia Glaser

    Renowned for her work on galaxy formation and evolution.

  • Gary Gygax

    American creator of role-playing games (dungeons & dragons), (d. 2008).

  • Coral Aitken

    British author known for her children's books.

  • Leonard Rosenman

    American composer and conductor (b. 1924)

  • George Walter

    Former prime minister of antigua and barbuda, born 1928

2007

  • Tadeusz Nalepa

    Polish singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1934)

  • Thomas Eagleton

    American lawyer and politician, 38th lieutenant governor of missouri (b. 1929)

  • Ian Wooldridge

    English journalist (b. 1932)

  • Jorge Kolle Cueto

    Bolivian politician

  • Richard Joseph

    British games composer (born 1954).

2006

  • Edgar Valter

    Estonian illustrator and author (d. 2006).

  • John Reynolds Gardiner

    American author and engineer (b. 1944)

2005

  • Nicola Calipari

    Italian secret agent (born 1953).

  • Carlos Sherman

    Uruguayan-belarusian author and activist (b. 1934)

  • Yuriy Kravchenko

    Ukrainian police officer and politician (b. 1951)

  • Una Hale

    Australian soprano (born 1922)

  • Yuriy Kravchenko

    Ukrainian statesman (born 1951)

2004

  • Claude Nougaro

    French singer, songwriter, painter, and poet.

  • Marlin Maddoux

    Known for hosting the Christian radio program 'Point of View.'

  • Fernando Lazaro Carreter

    Spanish journalist and linguist. (born 1923)

  • George Pake

    American physicist (born in 1924)

2003

  • Sébastien Japrisot

    French author, screenwriter, and director (b. 1931)

  • Jaba Ioseliani

    Georgian playwright, academic, and politician (b. 1926)

  • Sebastien Japrisot

    French screenwriter, author and film director (born 1931).

2002

  • Velibor Vasović

    Serbian footballer and manager (b. 1939)

  • Elyne Mitchell

    Australian skier and author (b. 1913)

  • Ugnė Karvelis

    Lithuanian author and translator (b. 1935)

  • Ugne Karvelis

    Lithuanian translator and writer (born 1935).

  • Shirley Ann Russell

    Award-winning british costume designer (born 1935)

2001

  • Jean René Bazaine

    French painter and author (b. 1904)

  • Jim Rhodes

    American businessman and politician, 61st governor of ohio (b. 1909)

  • Gerardo Barbero

    Argentinian chess player and coach (d. 2001)

  • Harold Stassen

    American educator and politician, 25th governor of minnesota (b. 1907)

  • Fred Lasswell

    American cartoonist (b. 1916)

2000

  • Hermann Brück

    German-scottish physicist and astronomer (b. 1905)

  • Ta-You Wu

    Chinese-born nuclear and theoretical physicist (born in 1907)

  • Michael Noonan

    Irish politician and farmer 25th minister for defence for ireland (d.2013)

  • Alphons Silbermann

    German jewish sociologist, musicologist, entrepreneur, and publicist (born 1909).

  • Kyi Kyi Htay

    Born 1924, four-time myanmar academy award winner as a film actress, singer and opera performer (born 19924)

1999 - 1990

Famous deaths on March 4th for the celebrities who died in the years 1999 - 1990

1999

  • Del Close

    Del Close was an influential American actor and improvisation instructor.

  • Miłosz Magin

    Polish pianist and composer (b. 1929)

  • Harry Blackmun

    Associate justice of u.s. supreme court (born 1908)

  • Karel van het Reve

    Dutch translator, writer and literary historian (born in 1921)

  • Fritz Honegger

    Swiss politician and lawyer (d. 1999).

1998

  • Ivan Dougherty

    Major general of the australian world war ii army (born in 1907)

  • Jules Fontaine Sambwa

    Zairean politician and economist (born in 1940).

  • Donald Rodney

    British artist (born 1961).

1997

  • Joe Baker-Cresswell

    Officer of the english royal navy (born 1901).

  • Robert H. Dicke

    American physicist and astronomer (b. 1916)

  • Edouard Klabinski

    Polish professional racing cyclist (born 1920).

1996

  • Jerauld R. de Haas

    Dutch physicist known for his work on magnetism and superconductivity.

  • Minnie Pearl

    American entertainer and philanthropist (d. 1996)

  • John Sauer

    American football player, coach, and sportscaster (b. 1925)

  • Johnny Sauer

    American football broadcaster, coach, and player (born 1925).

  • Minnie Pearl
    Minnie Pearl

    American country comedian (grand ole opry) dies at the age of 84 (born 1912).

1995

  • Eden Ahbez

    Composer of the song 'Nature Boy' made famous by Nat King Cole.

  • Matt Urban

    American colonel, medal of honor recipient (b. 1919)

  • Iftekhar

    Bollywood character actor (born?)

  • Eden Ahbez [Alexander Aberle]

    Pre-rock american pop music's unique composer (b. 1908)

1994

  • John Candy
    John Candy

    American comedian and actor, he is extremely overweight with the appearance of a sweet, wicked child. his starring roles in hollywood's most successful comedies, such as "uncle buck" or "cool runnings," were a result of his manic bon-homie.

  • Paul Solomon

    American psychic. he was a former baptist minister and left the church to offer psychic and life readings in accordance with the cayce work. with his dedicated followers, he founded a new age community of virginia. solomon speaks at workshops and lectures on psychic and occult topics.

  • Tressa Bissell

    American author known for her novels and short stories.

  • Webb Weaver

    Former MLB pitcher who played for the Philadelphia Athletics and Boston Red Sox.

  • George Edward Hughes

    Irish-new zealand philosopher and logician (d. 1994)

1993

  • Tomislav Ivčić

    Croatian singer-songwriter and politician (b. 1953)

  • Nicholas Ridley

    Baron ridley of liddesdale, english lieutenant and politician, secretary of state for business, innovation and skills (d. 1993)

  • Art Hodes

    Russ / us jazz / blues pianist / editor (jazz record)

  • Izaak Kolthoff

    Dutch chemist and academic (b. 1894)

  • Nicholas Ridley

    British politician. he was a member of the parliament who was elected at general election 6/11/1987. on march 4, 1993, he died from lung cancer near cheltenham in england.

1992

  • Nestor Almendros

    Spanish/us cameraman (kramer against kramer), is killed at the age of 61.

  • Pare Lorentz

    American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1905)

  • Art Babbitt

    American animator and director (b. 1907)

  • Christian K Nelson

    Inventor (eskimo pie), dies at age 98.

  • Pare Lorentz

    American filmmaker (born in 1905)

1991

  • Dacie Arden

    Renowned hematologist known for her work on blood disorders.

  • Godfrey Bryan

    English cricketer (born 1902)

  • Vance Colvig

    Actor (uhf, barfly, my chauffeur), dies at 72

  • Kenneth Lindsay

    British labour party politician (born in 1897).

1990

  • Mead Schaeffer

    American swimmer who won multiple Olympic medals.

  • Hank Gathers

    American basketball player (born 1967).

  • Harry Worthington

    American track and field athlete (born in 1891)

1989 - 1980

Famous deaths on March 4th for the celebrities who died in the years 1989 - 1980

1989

  • Tiny Grimes

    American jazz and r&b guitarist (born 1916).

1988

  • Beatriz Guido

    Argentine screenwriter and novelist (born 1924)

1987

  • Seibo Kitamura

    Japanese sculptor (d. 1987).

1986

  • Henri Knap

    Dutch journalist and writer, author of a column in the "amsterdam diary" about the social pages.

  • Ding Ling

    Chinese feminist and socialist realist author (b. 1904)

  • Albert L. Lehninger

    American biochemist and academic (b. 1917)

  • Elizabeth Smart

    American kidnapping victim, activist, and journalist

  • Richard Manuel

    Canadian rock singer/pianist (the band) commits suicide at 40 years old (born 1943).

1984

  • Jewel Carmen

    American actress (born 1897).

  • Martin Hurlimann

    Swiss photographer (born 1897).

  • Shalva Mikhaylovich Mshvelidze

    Composer dies at 79

  • Ernest Buckler

    Canadian novelist (born in 1908)

  • Geoffrey Lumsden

    British actor (born 1914).

1982

  • Dorothy Eden

    New zealand-born english novelist (born 1912)

1981

  • Torin Thatcher

    English actor (d. 1981).

  • Karl-Jesko von Puttkamer

    German admiral (b. 1900)

  • Yip Harburg

    American lyricist (born 1896)

  • Odette Barencey

    French actress in film (born 1893)

  • Torin Thatcher

    Actor (houdini. isranbul. lady godiva).

1980

  • Alan Hardaker

    English lieutenant and businessman (b. 1912)

  • Alfred Ple

    Olympic french rower (born in 1888).

  • J F A McManus

    Canadian pathologist (born 1911).

  • Johannes Martin Bijvoet

    Dutch crystallographer and chemist (born 1892)

  • Alex Vetchinsky

    British film designer (born 1904)

1979 - 1970

Famous deaths on March 4th for the celebrities who died in the years 1979 - 1970

1979

  • Willi Unsoeld

    American educator and mountaineer (d. 1979).

  • Harry Hopkinson

    British yodeler (born 1902)

  • Gladys McConnell
    Gladys McConnell

    American actress and aviatrix (born in 1905)

  • Robert John Sinclair

    1st baron sinclair, of cleeve, british businessman & public servant (born in 1893)

  • Mike Patto

    (michael thomas mccarthy), english singer and front man for the bow street runners, (born 1942).

1978

  • Wesley Bolin

    American businessman and politician, 15th governor of arizona (b. 1909)

  • Joe Marsala

    American clarinet player and songwriter (b. 1907)

  • John Meighan

    Irish clann na talmhan politician (born 1891)

  • Wesley Bolin

    Former governor of the u.s. state arizona (born in 1909)

1977

  • Count Lutz Schwerin von Krosigk

    German journalist who later became a politician and served as Chancellor of Germany.

  • Nancy Tyson Burbidge

    Australian botanist and curator (b. 1912)

  • Andrés Caicedo

    Colombian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1951)

  • Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk

    German jurist and politician, german minister for foreign affairs (b. 1887)

  • William Paul

    American lawyer and politician (b. 1885)

1976

  • Azzam Pasha

    A prominent Arab nationalist who served as the first Secretary-General of the Arab League from 1945 to 1952.

  • John Marvin Jones

    American judge and politician (b. 1882)

  • Walter H. Schottky

    Swiss-german physicist and engineer (b. 1886)

  • Nikolai Semashko

    Soviet sports administrator (born in 1907)

  • John Marvin Jones

    Texan member of united states house of representatives, chief judge of the us federal court of claims (born 1882)

1974

  • Quanta Bose

    Quanta Bose was an Indian physicist who made significant contributions to the field of quantum mechanics, including the discovery of the Bose-Einstein condensate.

  • Adolph Gottlieb

    Adolph Gottlieb was an American abstract expressionist painter known for his iconic artworks.

1973

  • Samuel Tolansky

    British scientist and expert in spectroscopy (born 1907).

1972

  • Charles Biro

    American illustrator and author (d. 1972).

  • Harold Barrowclough

    New zealand general, lawyer, and politician, 8th chief justice of new zealand (b. 1894)

1969 - 1960

Famous deaths on March 4th for the celebrities who died in the years 1969 - 1960

1969

  • Nicholas Schenck

    Russian-born film empresario (born 1881)

1968

  • Alexandre Cellier

    Composer dies at 84

1967

  • Maveryk Blackwood

    Maveryk Blackwood was a prolific inventor who held over 100 patents, including several groundbreaking innovations in the field of renewable energy.

  • Vladan Desnica

    Croatian and serbian writer (born in 1905)

  • Michel Plancherel

    Swiss mathematician (born 1885)

1966

  • Janis Medins

    Composer dies at 75

1963

  • William Carlos Williams

    American poet, short story writer, and essayist (b. 1883)

  • William Carlos Williams

    American physician/poet dies at the age of 79.

1962

  • Sherwin Williams

    Sherwin Williams was an American businessman who founded the Sherwin-Williams Company.

  • George Mogridge

    Major league baseball pitcher (born in 1889).

  • Cairine R Wilson

    First canadian woman senator (appointed), is killed at age 77.

1960

  • Herbert O'Conor

    American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 51st governor of maryland (b. 1896)

  • Leonard Warren

    American opera singer. he was a baritone and was a prominent artist with the metropolitan opera in manhattan, new york city.

  • Herbert O'Conor

    51st governor of maryland (born 1896).

1959 - 1950

Famous deaths on March 4th for the celebrities who died in the years 1959 - 1950

1959

  • Maxey Long

    American athlete (born 1878).

1954

  • Noel Gay

    English composer and songwriter (b. 1898)

  • Georg Gohler

    Composer dies at 79

  • Noel Gay [Richard Moxon Armitage]

    Komponist, who dies at 55

1953

  • Sergei S Prokoviev

    Russian composer peter & the wolf, dies at 61

1952

  • Sircharles Sherrington

    Pioneering work on the functions of neurons in the nervous system.

  • Howard Chandler Christy

    Howard Chandler Christy was an American painter known for his portraits and illustrations, particularly his depictions of the American military.

  • Charles Scott Sherrington

    English neurophysiologist and pathologist, nobel prize laureate (b. 1857)

1950

  • Adam Rainer

    The only person in recorded history to be both a dwarf (born 1899),

1949 - 1940

Famous deaths on March 4th for the celebrities who died in the years 1949 - 1940

1949

  • Clarence Kingsbury

    British track cyclist (born in 1882)

1948

  • Antonin Artaud
    Antonin Artaud

    French poet, theoretician, and playwright. his ideals were poe and baudelaire. he started a magazine with his friends at the age of 14. he founded theatre of life/theater of cruelty as an adult. artaud suffered from mental and physical hardships all his life. artaud nearly died of meningitis when he was five years old. he suffered from severe headaches and …

  • Antonin Artaud

    A seminal figure in the European avant-garde theatre, known for his surrealist theories and his 'Theatre of Cruelty' concept.

1946

  • Bror von Blixen-Finecke

    Swedish hunter and author (d. 1946).

1945

  • Michall Kleofas

    Known for contributions to quantum mechanics.

  • Mark Sandrich

    American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1900)

  • Lucille La Verne

    American actress (born in 1872)

  • Mark Sandrich

    American film producer, writer and director (born 1900).

1944

  • Nixon Waterman

    American poet known for his inspirational and patriotic poems.

  • Louis Buchalter

    American mob boss (b. 1897)

  • Louis Capone

    New york organized crime figure (born 1896) (executed)

  • René Lefebvre

    French businessman (b. 1879)

  • Fannie Barrier Williams

    American educator and activist (b. 1855)

1943

  • Hulbert James

    American politician who served as the Governor of Florida.

  • Pieter C Boutens

    Dutch poet beatrijs dies at 73

  • Nikolaos "Sokrates" Politis

    Greek foreign minister, dies at age 71.

1942

  • Yuliya Lazarevna Veysberg

    Composer dies at 62

1941

  • Ludwig Quidde

    German activist and politician, nobel prize laureate (b. 1858)

  • Ludwig Quidde

    German pacifist, winner of the nobel peace prize (born in 1858).

  • Edoardo Mascheroni

    Composer dies at 81

1940

  • Hamlin Garland

    American novelist and essayist known for his works depicting the hardships of farm life in the Midwest.

1939 - 1930

Famous deaths on March 4th for the celebrities who died in the years 1939 - 1930

1938

  • George Foster Peabody

    American banker and philanthropist (b. 1852)

  • Jack Taylor

    Referee and english footballer (d. 2012).

  • George Foster Peabody

    American politician (born 1852)

1937

  • Dandy Walker

    American author and humorist best known for his humorous stories and essays.

1936

  • Ruben Mattias Liljefors

    Composer dies at 64

1933

  • Willie Walker

    At 36 years old, dupree blues, a us jazz singer/guitarist, has died.

1929 - 1920

Famous deaths on March 4th for the celebrities who died in the years 1929 - 1920

1928

  • Eaton Rapids

    Played in Major League Baseball in the late 19th century

1927

  • Ira Remsen

    Known for his work on the structure of saccharin and for being the second president of Johns Hopkins University.

1925

  • Moritz Moszkowski

    Polish composer and pianist known for his piano compositions and salon music.

  • John Montgomery Ward

    American baseball player and manager (b. 1860)

  • James Ward

    English psychologist and philosopher (b. 1843)

  • James Ward

    English philosopher and psychologist (born in 1843)

  • John Montgomery Ward

    American baseball player (born in 1860).

1922

  • Bert Williams

    Bert Williams was a pioneering African-American entertainer and one of the preeminent comedians of his era.

1921

  • Severus Roe

    Renowned landscape artist known for his vivid use of color.

1919 - 1910

Famous deaths on March 4th for the celebrities who died in the years 1919 - 1910

1916

  • Franz Marc

    German expressionist painter, marc, who visited paris in 1903-06, was deeply impressed by van gogh’s work. marc expressed his pantheistic belief in harmony between man, nature and the world shortly after his visits. in works like "the blue horse," the "red horses" 1911, and "destinies" 1913, he used color symbolically. kandinsky believed that art had a spiritual and mystical aspect. …

  • Franz Marc German painter/co-founder (Blaue Reiter)

    At the age of 36, they were killed.

1915

  • William Willett

    British summer time was founded by an english inventor (d. 1915).

1910

  • Knut Angstrom

    Swedish physicist (born 1857)

1909 - 1900

Famous deaths on March 4th for the celebrities who died in the years 1909 - 1900

1906

  • John Schofield

    American general and politician, 28th united states secretary of war (b. 1831)

  • John McAllister Schofield

    Former u.s. secretary of war and commanding general u.s. army (born in 1831).

1904

  • Delavan Blood

    Delavan Blood was a politician who served in various government positions.

1903

  • Joseph Henry Shorthouse

    English author (b. 1834)

  • Joseph Henry Shorthouse

    English novelist (born 1834)

  • Joseph H Shorthouse English writer (John Inglesant)

    At the age of 68, he dies.

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