Explore notable deaths.

Robert Harold Nimmo

1893–1966

military personnel

Official cause

myocardial infarction

Seiko Fujita

1898–1966

ninja, warrior

Official cause

liver cirrhosis

Sammy Younge Jr.

1944–1966

activist, student

Official cause

shooting

Ady Berber

1913–1966

actor, film actor

Official cause

cancer

Marguerite Higgins

1920–1966

journalist, writer, newspaperperson

Official cause

leishmaniasis

Gordon Hopkirk

1884–1966

actor

Official cause

traffic collision

Kōsaku Yamada

1886–1965

conductor, composer, musicologist

Official cause

myocardial infarction

Edgar Ende

1901–1965

painter, draftsperson, illustrator

Official cause

myocardial infarction

Carlos Muñoz Horz

1912–1965

lawyer

Official cause

cancer

William M. Branham

1909–1965

preacher, faith healer, evangelist

Official cause

traffic collision

Charles Victor

1896–1965

actor, television actor

Official cause

disease

Thomas D. White

1901–1965

military officer

Official cause

leukemia

Richard Dimbleby

1913–1965

journalist, television presenter

Official cause

testicular cancer

Lauri Viita

1916–1965

poet, writer

Official cause

traffic collision

Kodendera Subayya Thimayya

1906–1965

military personnel

Official cause

myocardial infarction

Gussie Mueller

1890–1965

jazz musician, composer, songwriter

Official cause

disease

Dawn Powell

1896–1965

writer, journalist, novelist

Official cause

colorectal cancer

Roger Allen LaPorte

1943–1965

Official cause

self-immolation

Patrick Muir Renison

1911–1965

Official cause

disease

Dorothy Kilgallen

1913–1965

actor, television presenter, journalist

Official cause

drug overdose

Norman Morrison

1933–1965

peace activist

Official cause

self-immolation

Rasuna Said

1910–1965

politician

Official cause

breast cancer

Rita Johnson

1913–1965

actor, stage actor, film actor

Official cause

disease

Mario Méndez Montenegro

1910–1965

politician

Official cause

gunshot wound