# Notable deaths on your birthday **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 22, 2018, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notable-deaths-on-your-birthday/812901 "2018-04-22T14:45:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2018, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notable-deaths-on-your-birthday/812901/21 "2018-04-22T20:50:47Z")
Jim Henson Sammy Davis, Jr. Andy Kaufman Ronnie James Dio And on the same day that I was born, Eliot Ness. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2018, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notable-deaths-on-your-birthday/812901/22 "2018-04-22T22:33:43Z")
[The Stock Market died on my birthday.](https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/stock-market-crashes) ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2018, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notable-deaths-on-your-birthday/812901/23 "2018-04-22T22:58:08Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > Andy Kaufman I got news for ya. ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2018, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notable-deaths-on-your-birthday/812901/24 "2018-04-22T23:30:33Z")
William Shakespeare. It was also his birthday. And yes, that’s tomorrow for the both of us ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2018, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notable-deaths-on-your-birthday/812901/25 "2018-04-23T00:07:19Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > I got news for ya. 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2018, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notable-deaths-on-your-birthday/812901/26 "2018-04-23T00:15:32Z")
Gary Cooper Dan Blocker Chet Baker (jazz trumpet) Dr. Joyce Brothers ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2018, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notable-deaths-on-your-birthday/812901/27 "2018-04-23T00:17:29Z")
> [@Sir\_T-Cups](#): > > William Shakespeare. It was also his birthday. > > And yes, that’s tomorrow for the both of us Really? And how did that affect you at the time? ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2018, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notable-deaths-on-your-birthday/812901/28 "2018-04-23T01:22:31Z")
Hans Christian Andersen Jeanne Calment (the world’s oldest person) Lorenzo Music (the voice of Garfield and Carlton the Doorman) ETA: I just noticed the section in the OP saying that they’re asking for notable deaths that affected me personally…In that case, I’m not sure there have been any… ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2018, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notable-deaths-on-your-birthday/812901/29 "2018-04-23T02:07:30Z")
ValuJet 592 crashed killing everyone aboard. Watching the news of that on every TV at the restaurant made for an unhappy birthday dinner. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2018, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notable-deaths-on-your-birthday/812901/30 "2018-04-23T03:15:09Z")
A bunch of folks, but the only one that I think stands out is 1999 Desmond Llewelyn, Welsh actor, dies at 85 He was Q in many, many of the James Bond movies. “Oh, do grow up, 007!” ---
**Author:** ![pohjonen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pohjonen/32/423_2.png) [@pohjonen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pohjonen)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2018, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notable-deaths-on-your-birthday/812901/31 "2018-04-23T03:30:50Z")
General George Armstrong Custer and his merry band of cavalry met their demise on my birthday. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2018, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notable-deaths-on-your-birthday/812901/32 "2018-04-23T03:32:07Z")
Flora Disney, on the exact day, same year. She was Walt’s mom, and there have been surprisingly few others more famous than that. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2018, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notable-deaths-on-your-birthday/812901/33 "2018-04-23T04:17:50Z")
The very same day I was born, my great-grandmother’s older sister died. Back during Prohibition she ran a speakeasy in her basement to make ends meet after her husband died. > [@Sir\_T-Cups](#): > > William Shakespeare. It was also his birthday. > > And yes, that’s tomorrow for the both of us > [@pohjonen](#): > > General George Armstrong Custer and his merry band of cavalry met their demise on my birthday. Wow, you people must be REALLY old: > [@](#): > > I’m not talking about historic deaths-- like your birthday falls on the day Hitler or Joan of Arc died. I’m talking memorable deaths during your lifetime, that happened to fall on your birthday. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![pohjonen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pohjonen/32/423_2.png) [@pohjonen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pohjonen)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2018, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notable-deaths-on-your-birthday/812901/34 "2018-04-23T04:21:27Z")
I might be a hundred and forty one. Y’all have never seen me, so you don’t know. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2018, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notable-deaths-on-your-birthday/812901/35 "2018-04-23T04:47:18Z")
Well, historically speaking, my birthday coincides with the dropping of the A-bomb on Hiroshima and the countless Japanese deaths that resulted from that. During my lifetime, the only notable person that died on my birthday was Rick James, bitch. Reminding us all, that “cocaine is a helluva drug”. Indeed. ---
**Author:** ![nelliebly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nelliebly/32/5422_2.png) [@nelliebly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nelliebly)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2018, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notable-deaths-on-your-birthday/812901/36 "2018-04-23T07:31:46Z")
Jim Croce on my 17th birthday. I was a fan, and it was a shock. That’s nothing compared to Mean Mr. Mustard’s birthday losses, though. Sorry, man. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2018, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notable-deaths-on-your-birthday/812901/37 "2018-04-23T07:42:35Z")
Two that I recall noting … Robin Williams and Herb Brooks. Both unnatural deaths. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2018, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notable-deaths-on-your-birthday/812901/38 "2018-04-23T07:46:36Z")
… although I do recall finding out about their deaths a day \*after \*my birthday. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2018, 9:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notable-deaths-on-your-birthday/812901/39 "2018-04-23T09:29:33Z")
Douglas Adams - I am a big fan, so that wasn’t nice. ---
**Author:** ![Aspidistra](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspidistra/32/3894_2.png) [@Aspidistra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspidistra)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2018, 10:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notable-deaths-on-your-birthday/812901/40 "2018-04-23T10:26:09Z")
The Kent State victims died on my actual day of birth. Four days later my dad was one of [100,000 people](http://www.abc.net.au/archives/80days/stories/2012/01/19/3411534.htm) protesting the same war in my own home town (my mother was, obviously, a little more pre-occupied at the time) and while I can’t say the shootings really affected me personally, I’ve certainly always felt a bit of a connection to the victims. No-one particularly significant to me has died on my birthday within my actual memory [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notable-deaths-on-your-birthday/812901.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notable-deaths-on-your-birthday/812901.md?page=3)