Friday 14th of June 1907 (-) — Architect and engineer William Jenney dies of unknown causes
Monday 13th of January 1919 (+) — Actor Robert Stack is born
Thursday 6th of August 1925 (+) — Victim of The Manson Family Leno LaBianca is born
Monday 2nd of September 1929 (-) — Expressionist film director Paul Leni dies from blood poisoning due to a neglected ulcerated tooth
Wednesday 21st of January 1931 (-) — Actress and stage performer Alma Rubens dies of lobar pneumonia and bronchitis
Wednesday 10th of August 1932 (-) — German Shepherd dog movie star Rin Tin Tin dies in the arms of Jean Harlow who lived on the same street
Thursday 5th of March 1936 (+) — Actor Dean Stockwell is born
Sunday 8th of August 1937 (+) — Actor Dustin Hoffman is born
Saturday 2nd of January 1937 (-) — Actor Ross Alexander commits suicide by a shot in the head
It has been reported that Alexander used the same gun his wife Aleta Freel shot herself with 13 months earlier when she found out about his homosexuality.
Thursday 23rd of June 1938 (+) — Victim of Harvey Glatman aka The Pin-Up Killer Judy Dull is born
Sunday 10th of November 1940 (x) — Film director and animator Walt Disney signs an agreement with the FBI to report on subversive activities in Hollywood
Tuesday 9th of December 1941 (+) — Actor Beau Bridges is born
Thursday 14th of August 1941 (+) — Singer-songwriter and musician David Crosby is born
Tuesday 2nd of March 1943 (-) — Actor Tyler Brooke commits suicide by carbon monoxide poisoning
Sunday 28th of November 1943 (+) — Singer-songwriter Randy Newman is born
Friday 9th of February 1945 (+) — Actress and political activist Mia Farrow is born
Saturday 5th of January 1946 (+) — Actress Diane Keaton is born
Saturday 13th of July 1946 (+) — Stand-up comedian and actor Cheech Marin is born
Wednesday 3rd of December 1947 (+) — Leading member of the 'Manson Family' Patricia Krenwinkel is born
Tuesday 19th of April 1949 (+) — Truck driver Larry Walters is born
Friday 30th of September 1949 (+) — Victim of Edmund Kemper aka The Co-ed Killer Rosalind Thorpe is born
Friday 13th of July 1951 (-) — Composer Arnold Schönberg dies of heart failure
Schönberg had spent the whole day in bed suffering from triskaidekaphobia. On his seventy-sixth birthday, his friend, mentor and fellow composer Oskar Adler wrote Schönberg a note warning him that the year was a critical one: 7 + 6 = 13. This stunned and depressed the composer, for up to that point he had only been wary of multiples of 13 and never considered adding the digits of his age.
Friday 8th of February 1952 (+) — Victim of Edmund Kemper aka The Co-ed Killer Alice Liu is born
Monday 11th of October 1954 (+) — Manager of The Doors Danny Sugerman is born
Thursday 16th of August 1956 (-) — Actor Bela Lugosi dies of a heart attack
Per request of his son George and fifth wife Hope Lininger, Lugosi was buried wearing one of the Dracula Cape costumes.
Saturday 29th of December 1956 (+) — Victim of Randy Kraft aka The Scorecard Killer Michael Inderbieten is born
Tuesday 5th of June 1956 (x) — Singer and actor Elvis Presley scandalizes the audience with suggestive hip movements for the first time during his performance of 'Hound Dog' on the Milton Berle Show on NBC television
Presley’s performance included exaggerated gyrations that drove the girls in the audience wild and enraged parents and prudes across the country.
Monday 15th of April 1957 (x) — Serial killer Angelo Buono marries Mary Catherine Castillo
Sunday 11th of May 1958 (+) — Only child of actor Marlon Brando and Anna Kashfi Christian Brando is born
Thursday 31st of December 1959 (+) — Actor Val Kilmer is born
Saturday 13th of May 1961 (-) — Actor Gary Cooper dies of cancer
Saturday 6th of October 1962 (x) — Stand-up comedian, social critic and satirist Lenny Bruce is arrested for possession of narcotics
Monday 19th of November 1962 (+) — Actress Jodie Foster is born
Saturday 23rd of June 1962 (+) — Victim of Kenneth Bianchi and Angelo Buono aka The Hillside Stranglers Judy Miller is born
Friday 22nd of November 1963 (-) — Writer Aldous Huxley dies of an overdose of LSD
On his deathbed, suffering from laryngeal cancer and unable to speak, Huxley made a written request to his wife Laura for "LSD, 100 µg, intramuscular". According to her account of his death in 'This Timeless Moment', she obliged with an injection at 11:45 am and a second dose a few hours later. Huxley died at 5:20 pm.
Monday 28th of September 1964 (-) — Comedian and actor Harpo Marx dies of heart failure
Marx died one day after undergoing heart surgery.
Friday 13th of November 1964 (-) — Victim of Vaughn Greenwood aka The Skid Row Slasher David Russell is stabbed to death by Vaughn Greenwood aka The Skid Row Slasher
Saturday 14th of November 1964 (-) — Victim of Vaughn Greenwood aka The Skid Row Slasher Benjamin Hornberg is stabbed to death by Vaughn Greenwood aka The Skid Row Slasher
Tuesday 23rd of May 1967 (-) — Actress Kitty Ting Hao commits suicide due to depressive moods
Sunday 20th of September 1970 (+) — Bank robber Larry Phillips is born
Sunday 29th of March 1970 (x) — Criminal hippy gang the Manson Family members Susan Atkins, Leslie Van Houten, Patricia Krenwinkel and leader Charles Manson are sentenced to death
Wednesday 8th of July 1970 (+) — Singer-songwriter and musician Beck Hansen is born
Thursday 21st of October 1971 (x) — Leading member of the 'Manson Family' Tex Watson is sentenced to die in the Gas Chamber for the Tate-LaBianca murders
Monday 19th of April 1971 (x) — Family leader Charles Manson is sentenced to death for the Tate/LaBianca murders
Along with Manson, Susan Atkins, Patricia Krenwinkel and Leslie Van Houten were also sentenced to death.
Monday 2nd of July 1973 (-) — Actress, dancer, singer and sex symbol Betty Grable dies of lung cancer
Thursday 31st of January 1974 (-) — Film producer Samuel Goldwyn dies of natural causes
Sunday 1st of December 1974 (-) — Victim of Vaughn Greenwood aka The Skid Row Slasher Charles Jackson is stabbed to death by Vaughn Greenwood aka The Skid Row Slasher
Sunday 8th of December 1974 (-) — Victim of Vaughn Greenwood aka The Skid Row Slasher Moses Yakanac is stabbed to death by Vaughn Greenwood aka The Skid Row Slasher
Wednesday 11th of December 1974 (-) — Victim of Vaughn Greenwood aka The Skid Row Slasher Arthur Dahlstedt is stabbed to death by Vaughn Greenwood aka The Skid Row Slasher
Sunday 22nd of December 1974 (-) — Victim of Vaughn Greenwood aka The Skid Row Slasher David Perez is stabbed to death by Vaughn Greenwood aka The Skid Row Slasher
Sunday 29th of June 1975 (-) — Musician Tim Buckley dies of a heroin and alcohol overdose
Wednesday 24th of December 1975 (-) — Composer Bernard Herrmann dies of cardiovascular disease
Herrmann's last work he completed the day before his death was his sombre score for 'Taxi Driver'.
Thursday 9th of January 1975 (-) — Victim of Vaughn Greenwood aka The Skid Row Slasher Casimir Strawinski is stabbed to death by Vaughn Greenwood aka The Skid Row Slasher
Friday 17th of January 1975 (-) — Victim of Vaughn Greenwood aka The Skid Row Slasher Robert Shannahan is stabbed to death by Vaughn Greenwood aka The Skid Row Slasher
Wednesday 29th of January 1975 (-) — Victim of Vaughn Greenwood aka The Skid Row Slasher George Frias is stabbed to death by Vaughn Greenwood aka The Skid Row Slasher
Friday 31st of January 1975 (-) — Victim of Vaughn Greenwood aka The Skid Row Slasher Clyde Hays is stabbed to death by Vaughn Greenwood aka The Skid Row Slasher
Monday 3rd of February 1975 (x) — Serial killer Vaughn Greenwood is arrested
Friday 14th of January 1977 (-) — Writer Anaïs Nin dies of cancer
Friday 11th of March 1977 (x) — Film director Roman Polanski is arrested and charged with furnishing Quaaludes to a minor, child-molesting, unlawful sexual intercourse, rape by the use of drugs, oral copulation and sodomy of 13-year-old Samantha Geirner
Wednesday 19th of January 1977 (x) — Serial killer Vaughn Greenwood is sentenced to life imprisonment
Greenwood was convicted of nine counts of murder. Greenwood's victims had their throats cut from ear to ear. There was evidence that the killer drank the blood of the victims. Greenwood left cups of blood and rings of salt around the corpses. The judge recommended that Greenwood never be released because "His presence in any community would constitute a menace."
Wednesday 29th of March 1978 (x) — Serial killer Angelo Buono marries 21-year-old Tai-Fun Fanny Leung
Wednesday 1st of February 1978 (x) — Film director Roman Polanski skips bail and flees the country after pleading guilty to charges of engaging in sex with 13-year-old Samantha Geimer during a photo shoot for French Vogue magazine in March 1977
Thursday 10th of April 1980 (-) — Victim of William Bonin aka The Freeway Killer Steven Wood is sodomised, beaten and strangled by William Bonin aka The Freeway Killer
Tuesday 8th of December 1981 (x) — Serial killer William Bonin is beaten up by Hillside Strangler Angelo Buono and murderer John W. Stinson in a holding cell during his trial
Thursday 12th of August 1982 (-) — Actor Henry Fonda dies of heart failure
Friday 12th of March 1982 (x) — Serial killer William Bonin is convicted to death for 10 murders throughout Los Angeles County
Monday 5th of December 1983 (-) — Film director Robert Aldrich dies of kidney failure
Friday 6th of July 1984 (x) — Serial killer David Carpenter is sentenced to death
Thursday 10th of October 1985 (-) — Actor and film director Orson Welles dies of a heart attack
Monday 22nd of June 1987 (-) — Stage dancer, singer and actor Fred Astaire dies of pneumonia
Tuesday 3rd of March 1987 (-) — Actor, singer, dancer, comedian and musician Danny Kaye dies of internal bleeding and complications of hepatitis C
Friday 3rd of February 1989 (-) — Actor and film director John Cassavetes dies of cirrhosis of the liver
Tuesday 2nd of July 1991 (-) — Actress Lee Remick dies of kidney and liver cancer
Saturday 4th of December 1993 (-) — Musician and composer Frank Zappa dies of prostate cancer
Tuesday 14th of June 1994 (-) — Composer Henry Mancini dies of pancreatic cancer
Friday 23rd of September 1994 (-) — Writer Robert Bloch dies of cancer
Sunday 6th of February 1994 (-) — Actor Joseph Cotten dies of pneumonia and complications of throat cancer
Friday 11th of February 1994 (-) — Actor and producer William Conrad dies of congestive heart failure
Sunday 8th of May 1994 (-) — Actor George Peppard dies of lung cancer and pneumonia
Friday 29th of December 1995 (-) — Actress Lita Grey dies of cancer
Friday 31st of May 1996 (-) — Psychologist and writer Timothy Leary dies of prostate cancer
Leary's death was videotaped for posterity at his request, capturing his final words. His last word, according to his son Zach was "beautiful."
Tuesday 3rd of November 1998 (-) — Comic book artist Bob Kane dies of natural causes
Saturday 3rd of October 1998 (-) — Actor Roddy McDowall dies of lung cancer
Monday 27th of April 1998 (-) — Writer Carlos Castaneda dies of hepatocellular cancer
Tuesday 27th of April 1999 (-) — Mass murderer Lorenzo Alvarado commits suicide by a shot in the head
Alvarado shot dead his 40-year-old father, his 36-year-old stepmother and his 5-year-old stepbrother.
Wednesday 26th of January 2000 (-) — Science fiction writer Alfred Elton van Vogt dies of Alzheimer's disease
Wednesday 27th of June 2001 (-) — Actor Jack Lemmon dies of colon cancer and metastatic cancer of the bladder
Thursday 29th of November 2001 (-) — Guitarist and singer-songwriter George Harrison dies of lung cancer
Tuesday 9th of July 2002 (-) — Actor Rod Steiger dies of pneumonia and kidney failure as a result of complications from surgery for a gall bladder tumor
Monday 12th of May 2003 (-) — Actor Gregory Peck dies of bronchopneumonia
Wednesday 15th of September 2004 (-) — Musician Johnny Ramone dies of prostate cancer
Sunday 3rd of October 2004 (-) — Actress Janet Leigh dies of a heart attack
Leigh suffered from vasculitis and peripheral neuropathy which caused her right hand to become gangrenous.
Wednesday 5th of January 2005 (-) — Manager of The Doors Danny Sugerman dies of lung cancer
Monday 10th of January 2005 (-) — Only child of actor Marlon Brando and Anna Kashfi Christian Brando is charged with spousal abuse of 48-year-old Deborah Presley
Brando pleaded no contest to the charges. Their marriage lasted a short time and was annulled in June 2005.
Sunday 14th of January 2007 (-) — Actress Darlene Conley dies of stomach cancer
Sunday 21st of October 2007 (-) — Artist R. B. Kitaj commits suicide by suffocation with a plastic bag
Wednesday 26th of September 2007 (x) — A mistrial is declared in the case against Record producer and songwriter Phil Spector for the murder of 40-year-old nightclub hostess and B movie-actress Lana Clarkson
Thursday 11th of December 2008 (-) — Pin-up model Bettie Page dies of a heart attack
Page was taken to hospital on 6 December and also suffered from pneumonia. Her family eventually agreed to discontinue life support.
Wednesday 1st of July 2009 (-) — Actor Karl Malden dies of natural causes
Tuesday 5th of June 2012 (-) — Science fiction writer Ray Bradbury dies of unknown causes
Wednesday 11th of April 2012 (x) — Family leader Charles Manson is denied parole for the twelfth time
Sunday 6th of April 2014 (-) — Vaudeville performer and actor Mickey Rooney dies of natural causes
Saturday 6th of June 2015 (-) — Attorney and writer Vincent Bugliosi dies of cancer
Monday 27th of June 2016 (-) — Writer and futurist Alvin Toffler dies of natural causes
Friday 9th of June 2017 (-) — Actor Adam West dies of leukemia
Friday 16th of August 2019 (-) — Actor Peter Fonda dies of respiratory failure caused by lung cancer
Thursday 6th of January 2022 (-) — Film director Peter Bogdanovich dies of
Wednesday 8th of February 2023 (-) — Singer-songwriter and composer Burt Bacharach dies of natural causes
Wednesday 15th of February 2023 (-) — Actress Raquel Welch dies of a brief illness
Thursday 16th of January 2025 (-) — Film director David Lynch dies of emphysema
Lynch evacuated his Los Angeles home due to the Southern California wildfires. Deadline Hollywood reported that these events preceded a terminal decline in Lynch's health.
Tuesday 1st of April 2025 (-) — Actor Val Kilmer dies of pneumonia
