List of pneumonia victims

In alphabetical order, this is a list of famous people who died of pneumonia. Also known as pneumonic individuals.

Name	Profession	Date of Death	Notes
George Allen	Football coach	1990-12-31	Died at age 72. His death may have been indirectly caused by a Gatorade shower following a season-ending victory.
Melanie Appleby	Singer/Dancer/Model	1990-01-18	Died at age 23. One-half of the famous British sister duo Mel and Kim. Appleby was diagnosed with spinal cancer in 1987 and died from pneumonia due to her immune system being weakened by chemotherapy treatments. Interred at St Marylebone Cemetery in East Finchley, London.
Fred Astaire (born Frederic Austerlitz)	Actor/Singer/Dancer	1987-06-22	Died at age 88 in Los Angeles, California. Interred at Oakwood Memorial Park, Chatsworth, CA (the same cemetery where long time dance partner, Ginger Rogers was also laid to rest)
Raymond Barbieri	Musician	1997-09-11	More commonly known as "Raybeez", Singer of influential New York Hardcore band Warzone. He was receiving treatment that many fans and friends have claimed was shamefully inadequate in a Veterans Health Administration facility when the illness damaged his liver and took his life at the age of 35.
Jim Backus	Actor	1989-07-03	Played millionaire Thurston Howell, III on the TV show Gilligan's Island; died at St. John's Hospital, Santa Monica CA.
James Matthew Barrie	Scottish novelist and dramatist, author of "Peter Pan"	1937-06-19	Buried at Kirriemuir next to his parents and two of his siblings.
Barney Battles, Sr.	Scottish footballer	1905-02-17	Died at the age of 30.
Jean-Dominique Bauby	French journalist and author and editor of the French fashion magazine ELLE	1997-03-09	Died at age 45. On December 8, 1995 at the age of 43, Bauby suffered a massive stroke. When he woke up twenty days later, he found he was entirely speechless; he could only blink his left eyelid. This rare condition is called Locked-in syndrome, a condition wherein the mental facilities remain intact but most of the body is paralyzed. Despite his condition, he wrote the book The Diving Bell and the Butterfly by blinking when the correct letter was reached by a person slowly reciting the alphabet over and over again. Bauby had to compose and edit the book entirely in his head, and convey it one letter at a time. The book was published in France on March 7, 1997. Bauby died just two days after the publication of his book. He is buried in a family grave at Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris, France.
Jeremy Beadle	British television presenter and prankster	2008-01-30	Died at the age of 59, leaving behind his partner Sue and two daughters. He was best known for his hidden camera show "Beadle's About", and "You've Been Framed".
Christian Brando	Actor, Son of Marlon Brando	2008-01-26	Died at the age of 49. He was convicted of voluntary manslaughter in the death of the boyfriend of his half-sister Cheyenne.
Charles Bronson (born Charles Buchinski)	Actor	2003-08-30	Died at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.
James Brown	Singer	2006-12-25	"The Godfather of Soul", died at age 73 in Atlanta, Georgia, hospitalized the previous day with "severe pneumonia".
Chris Candido	Professional Wrestler	2005-05-28	Died while in surgery to drain his lungs.
Herbert Chapman	Association football player and manager	1934-01-06	Died aged 55 after attending a football match in the rain whilst nursing a cold.
Calamity Jane (born Martha Jane Canary-Burke)	Sharpshooter, Wild West Show Entertainer	1903-08-01	In accord with Jane's dying wishes, she was buried next to Wild Bill Hickok.
Dick Curtis	Actor	1952-01-02	Died at age 49. Character actor best known for his villainous roles in Three Stooges films such as Crash Goes the Hash and Yes, We Have No Bonanza.
Simone de Beauvoir	French writer and philosopher	1986-04-14	Died at age 78. Also known for a lifelong relationship with Jean-Paul Sartre.
Nicole DeHuff	Actress	2005-02-16	Died at age 30. DeHuff had visited a hospital twice shortly before her death, but was sent home both times.
Guillaume Depardieu	French Actor	2008-10-13	Died at age 37 from pneumonia contracted on set in Romania.
Bernard Edwards	Musician	1996-04-18	Bassist for the disco group Chic and producer for songs by Diana Ross, Rod Stewart and Sister Sledge died in Tokyo at age 43.
Blake Edwards	Director	2010-12-15	Producer of Peter Sellers Pink Panther movies.
Donald Paige Frary	Professor, Author	1919-04-08	Died at age 25 while attending the Paris Peace Conference, 1919.
Arthur Gamgee	Physiologist	1909-05-29	Born on 11 October 1841. Died at age 67 during a visit to Paris.
Nathan Goodell	Politician	1883-06-02	Died at age 84
Frank Gorshin	Actor, Impressionist	2005-05-17	The show biz veteran best known as The Riddler to TV's Batman and as Bele on Star Trek also succumbed to lung cancer and emphysema.
William Henry Harrison	9th U.S. President	1841-05-04	Died at age 68, one month after taking office.
Jim Henson	Puppeteer/film producer	1990-05-16	Creator of the Muppets and founder of The Jim Henson Company; died at age 53 in New York City.
Christopher Hitchens	Writer/Journalist	2011-12-15	Prolific intellectual writer and speaker; author of God Is Not Great; anti-theist; was diagnosed with metastasized Esophageal cancer in 2010.
Bob Hope	Actor	2003-07-27	Best remembered for his work with the US Armed Forces and his numerous USO tours entertaining American military personnel. He died at the age of 100.
Rochelle Hudson	Actress	1972-01-17	Best remembered as: Natalie Wood's mother in Rebel Without A Cause (1955); Richard Cromwell's love interest in the Will Rogers showcase Life Begins at 40 (1935); and the daughter of carnival barker W.C. Fields in Poppy (1936).
Geronimo	Leader of the Chiricahua Apache	1909-02-17	He fought against Mexico and the United States and their expansion into Apache tribal lands for several decades. Died at the age of 79.
Josef Issels	Doctor	1998-02-11	Holistic doctor who treated Bob Marley in Bavaria; died in California.
Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson	Confederate Lieutenant General	1863-05-10	Famous Confederate general; shot in friendly fire incident during the Battle of Chancellorsville on May 2; caught pneumonia during recovery, died eight days later from complications.
Trish Keenan	Singer	2011-01-14	Lead singer of the band Broadcast; died of pneumonia relating to complications from H1N1.
Kim Mu-saeng	Actor	2005-04-16	Died Age 62
Bert Lahr	Actor	1967-12-04	Died in New York City at age 72.
Jack LaLanne	Fitness Expert	2011-01-23	Died of respiratory failure due to pneumonia at his home in Morro Bay, California.
Shari Lewis	ventriloquist and puppeteer	1999-03-02	Diagnosed with uterine cancer as well, the combination proved to be fatal. Died at age 65 at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.
Franz Liszt	Musician	1886-07-31	Died in Bayreuth aged 74 after contracting pneumonia during a festival held there in honour of Richard Wagner.
Bernie Mac	Comedian	2008-08-09	He suffered from sarcoidosis, an inflammatory lung disease that produces tiny lumps of cells in the body's organs, but was reported that the pneumonia was not related to the disease. He died in a Chicago area hospital at the age of 50.
Marie-Thérèse Charlotte de France	Princess	1851-10-19	Died at age 72. She was the eldest child of King Louis XVI of France and his wife, Queen Marie Antoinette.
John Martyn	Musician	2009-01-29	The British innovative and influential folk, rock, jazz musician died in Ireland of double pneumonia.
Freddie Mercury	Musician	1991-11-24	A little over 24 hours after issuing a statement to the press he died at his home in Kensington, London, England at the age of 45. The official cause of death was bronchial pneumonia resulting from AIDS.
Léon Minkus	Famous Czech composer of ballet music for the Russian Imperial Ballet	1917-12-07	Died at age 91 in Vienna, Austria.
Brittany Murphy	Actress, singer and voice artist	2009-12-20	Died at age 32 when she was subsequently transported to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, after 911 was called after she collapsed in her bathroom, where she was pronounced dead on arrival after going into full cardiac arrest. The primary cause of Murphy's death was pneumonia, with secondary factors of iron-deficiency anemia and multiple drug intoxication.
Bruce Paltrow	T.V. and film producer	2002-10-03	The father of actress Gwyneth Paltrow, and husband of actress Blythe Danner, died from complications of oral cancer and pneumonia. He was best known for his work on The White Shadow, St. Elsewhere, and Duets.
Alexandros Papadiamantis	Greek writer	1911-10-03	A very influential writer of the 19th century who never married and was referred to as the worldly monk.
House Peters Jr.	Actor, best known for Mr. Clean ad	2008-10-01	Died in Motion Picture and Television Fund Hospital at the age of 92.
Charles Nelson Reilly	American actor, comedian, director	2007-05-25	Died at 76 in Beverly Hills, California.
George Peppard	American actor	1994-05-08	Heavy smoker most of his life contributed to his condition, but official cause of death was pneumonia.
Luciano Pavarotti	Italian tenor	2007-09-06	Pavarotti died in Modena, Italy of pneumonia resulting from pancreatic cancer.
Ferenc Puskás	Hungarian footballer and manager	2006-11-17	He scored a remarkable 84 goals in 85 international matches for Hungary and 514 goals in 529 matches in the Hungarian and Spanish leagues. Died at the age of 79.
Carlos Eugenio Restrepo Restrepo	Colombian President, journalist	1937-07-06	President of Colombia from 1910 to 1914. He was born in Medellín, Antioquia, he was a lawyer, professor and journalist, and also served as Ambassador to the Holy See. He died in Medellín alongside his family.
Ed Roberts	Inventor	2010-04-01	Died at the age of 68. Credited as the "father of the personal computer" by inventing the Altair 8800, a machine that sparked the home computer era, kicking starting the careers of Microsoft founders Bill Gates and Paul Allen.
Oral Roberts	Evangelist	2009-12-15	Died at the age of 91.
Carl Schlechter	Chessmaster	1918-12-27	Drew a match for the world chess championship vs. Emanuel Lasker. Pneumonia was brought on by privations following World War I; according to some sources, death was due to starvation.
Chuck Schuldiner	Band Leader for death metal band Death	2001-12-13	Schuldiner was diagnosed with brain cancer and received a chemotherapy drug to help with his therapy. As a side effect, the drug weakened Chuck. He died the same year he was diagnosed with cancer.
Will Shade	Musician	1966-09-18	Died at age 68 at John Gaston Hospital and was buried in Shelby County Cemetery in Memphis, Tennessee.
Beatrice Straight	Actress	2001-04-07	Died in Los Angeles at age 86.
Johann Strauss II	Composer	1899-06-03	Died at age 73 in Vienna.
Irving Thalberg	MGM's "Boy Wonder" Movie Producer of the 1920s and 1930s	1936-09-14	Afflicted with a weak heart, he died at his home on Palisades Beach Road in Santa Monica with his wife, actress Norma Shearer at his side.
Leo Tolstoy	Russian novelist	1910-11-20	Died at Astapovo Railway Station, during an attempt to satisfy his wanderlust.
Paul Tsongas	Greek-American US Senator and a one-time candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination	1997-01-18	Died at the age of 55.
Harriet Tubman	Slave who escaped to freedom	1913-03-10
Lawrence Welk	Big band leader	1992-03-17	Died at his home in Santa Monica. Buried at Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City, CA.
Billy Wilder	Writer and director	2002-03-27	Died at age 95 at his home in Beverly Hills.
Chris Wood	Rock musician	1983-07-12	Died at age 39 in Birmingham, England.
Jyoti Basu	Politician, CPIM, West Bengal	1914-07-08	Died at age 96 in Kolkata, India.
John Forsythe	actor	2010-04-01	Died at age 92
Allen Collins	Musician	1990-01-23	Died at age 37. Lynyrd Skynyrd guitar player. Was paralyzed in 1986
Leslie Nielsen	Actor/Comedian	2010-11-28	Died at the age of 84.

External links

• World Pneumonia Day