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Lists of deaths by year. This is a list of lists of deaths of notable people, organised by year. New deaths articles are added to their respective month (e.g., Deaths in October 2024) and then linked here.
"After I am dead, [11]: 108 you will find Calais written upon my heart." [11]: 108 [17] — Mary I of England (17 November 1558). French forces had captured Calais from England earlier that year. "Nothing else but heaven." [11]: 111 [17] [94] — Philip Melanchthon, German Lutheran reformer (19 April 1560), when asked if he wanted anything ...
Quite often the prewritten obituary's subject outlives its author. One example is The New York Times' obituary of Taylor, written by the newspaper's theater critic Mel Gussow, who died in 2005. [7] The 2023 obituary of Henry Kissinger featured reporting by Michael T. Kaufman, who died almost 14 years earlier in 2010. [8]
Last words are the final utterances before death. The meaning is sometimes expanded to somewhat earlier utterances. Last words of famous or infamous people are sometimes recorded (although not always accurately), which then became a historical and literary trope. According to Karl Guthke, last words as recorded in public documents are often ...
“Famous Last Words” is based on the Danish TV format “Det Sidste Ord,” which has earned acclaim for the sensitive touch that comes with giving living notables (such as musicians, athletes ...
Many of this year's deaths were quite unexpected, like that of "Riverdale" and "90210" actor Luke Perry, who suffered a stroke at age 52. PHOTOS: Celebrities who died in 2019.
The 27 Club is an informal list consisting mostly of popular musicians, [2][3][4][5][6] often expanded by artists, actors, and other celebrities who died at age 27. Although the claim of a "statistical spike" for the death of musicians at that age has been refuted by scientific research, it remains a common cultural conception that the ...
Wikipedia coverage of death. Editors of the online encyclopedia Wikipedia tend to update Wikipedia articles with information about deaths quickly after people die. [3][4] Web developer and Wikipedia editor Hay Kranen coined the term "deaditor" to refer to these editors. [5] Articles about people often have large spikes in views just after they die.