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This is a list of people who died in the last 5 days with an article at the English Wikipedia. For people without an English Wikipedia page see: Wikipedia:Database reports/Recent deaths (red links). Generally updated at least daily, last time: 10:53, 25 December 2024 (UTC).
These are a series of incomplete lists of unusual deaths, unique or extremely rare circumstances of death recorded throughout history, noted as being unusual by multiple sources. The death of Aeschylus , killed by a tortoise dropped onto his head by an eagle , illustrated in the 15th-century Florentine Picture-Chronicle by Baccio Baldini [ 1 ]
Pope John Paul II was the subject of three premature obituaries.. A prematurely reported obituary is an obituary of someone who was still alive at the time of publication. . Examples include that of inventor and philanthropist Alfred Nobel, whose premature obituary condemning him as a "merchant of death" for creating military explosives may have prompted him to create the Nobel Prize; [1 ...
Mike Downey, 72, American newspaper columnist (Chicago Tribune, Detroit Free Press, Los Angeles Times), heart attack. [273] Neil Goldschmidt, 83, American politician, governor of Oregon (1987–1991), U.S. secretary of transportation (1979–1981), heart failure. [274] Sir Peter Hall, 85, British diplomat, complications from Parkinson's disease ...
American obituary for WWI death Traditional street obituary notes in Bulgaria. An obituary (obit for short) is an article about a recently deceased person. [1] Newspapers often publish obituaries as news articles. Although obituaries tend to focus on positive aspects of the subject's life, this is not always the case. [2]
Ryerson Index (1803– ) Free index only for death notices and obituaries; University of Sydney student newspaper, Honi Soit (1929–1990) Pay: The Age (1990–present) Sydney Morning Herald (1955–1995) Via the Google newspaper archives: The digital searchability is a major issue. Nevertheless, some issues of some papers may only be available ...
Welcome to Wikipedia:Deceased Wikipedians. This is a memorial listing of English-language Wikipedians who have died. (Deceased Wikipedians who contributed in other languages are documented on their respective language wikis.) People in this list have changed English Wikipedia for the better in some way.
Alan Richard White (9 October 1922 – 23 February 1992) was an analytic philosopher who worked mainly in epistemology, the philosophy of mind, and, latterly, legal philosophy. Peter Hacker notes that he was "the most skillful developer of Rylean ... ideas in philosophical psychology" and that "if anyone surpassed Austin in subtlety and ...