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The following notable deaths in the United States occurred in 2024.Names are reported under the date of death, in alphabetical order as set out in WP:NAMESORT.A typical entry reports information in the following sequence: Name, age, country of citizenship at birth and subsequent nationality (if applicable), what subject was noted for, year of birth (if known), and reference.
Rick Barnes was the first coach in Clemson history to take the Tigers to the NCAA Tournament three consecutive years. Barnes coached Clemson into post-season play every year of his tenure and to the NCAA in 1996, 1997, and 1998. The Tigers' top season was his third year, when he coached the Tigers to a 16–1 start and a #2 national ranking.
The 1983 Wisconsin Act 74, effective July 1, 1984, created a drinking age of 19. Meeting in special session at the call of the governor, the legislature enacted 1985 Wisconsin Act 337, which raised the drinking age to 21 and brought the state into compliance with the NMDA (National Minimum Drinking Age) on September 1, 1986. [18]
He claimed that the agreement between his stepmother and Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania, borough officials was made against the wishes of other family members, who want him buried in Native American land. [ 158 ] [ 159 ] Jack Thorpe died at 73 on February 22, 2011.
Roger Williams was born in London, and many historians cite 1603 as the probable year of his birth. [6] His birth records were destroyed when St. Sepulchre church burned during the Great Fire of London, [7] and his entry in American National Biography notes that Williams gave contradictory information about his age throughout his life. [8]
The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania predates the United States Supreme Court by more than 100 years. Interpreting the Pennsylvania Constitution, it was one of the first appellate courts in the United States to claim the power to declare laws made by an elected legislative body unconstitutional (Respublica v. Duquet, 2 Yeates 493 (1799)).
The trial started on June 11, 2012, at the Centre County Courthouse in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, [109] [110] and ended on June 22, when the jury found Sandusky guilty on 45 counts. [111] [112] On October 9, 2012, Sandusky was sentenced to 30–60 years in prison. [113]
Shapiro was born on June 20, 1973, in Kansas City, Missouri. [7] He spent a few years of his childhood on a U.S. Navy base where his father, Steven Shapiro, served as a medical officer, [8] before the family moved to Dresher, Pennsylvania, a community in Upper Dublin Township in Montgomery County. [9]