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Death of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
Death of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, ISIS founder and self-proclaimed caliph, killed October 26, 2019, when he detonated a suicide vest during a US Delta Force raid on his compound in Barisha, Idlib, Syria; ISIS confirmed the death and named Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi successor.
Death of Abu Sa'id and collapse of the Ilkhanate
The death of Abu Sa'id Bahadur Khan, ninth Ilkhan and son of Oljeitu, in 1335 ended effective Ilkhanid rule in Iran, producing succession wars and successor states like the Jalayirids.
Death of Abu Sa'id and collapse of unified Ilkhanid rule
The death of Abu Sa'id Bahadur Khan (مرگ ابوسعید) in 1335, the last effective Ilkhan of Iran, ended unified Ilkhanid rule and brought rival claimants.
Death of Adolf Hitler
Death of Adolf Hitler: the Nazi dictator's suicide by gunshot on April 30, 1945 in the Berlin Führerbunker beside his wife Eva Braun, one day after their marriage, the burning of the bodies, Dönitz's succession, and the forensic identification of his remains.
Death of Adud al-Dawla and the Buyid partition
The death of Adud al-Dawla (وفاة عضد الدولة) in Baghdad in 983, without a named successor, split the unified Buyid amirate among his warring sons.
Death of Alan Kurdi
Alan Kurdi (initially reported as Aylan), three-year-old Syrian Kurdish refugee who drowned 2 September 2015 off Bodrum, Turkey; photographed by Nilüfer Demir, his image went viral and briefly shifted refugee policy and media framing.
Death of Alexander the Great
Death of Alexander the Great: his June 323 BC death in Babylon after a two-week febrile illness, the ancient Styx poison rumor, and modern malaria, typhoid, pancreatitis, and poisoning theories.
Death of Alexis Martínez
Death of Alexis Martínez, Spanish orca trainer (Alexis Martínez Hernández) killed 24 December 2009 by the SeaWorld-loaned orca Keto at Loro Parque, Tenerife; autopsy showed compression fractures and bite marks, two months before Dawn Brancheau's death.
Death of Ali al-Sulayhi
The death of Ali al-Sulayhi was the killing of the founder of Yemen's Sulayhid dynasty and his brother in a 1067 ambush by the Najahids of Zabid.
Death of Amber Thurman
Amber Nicole Thurman, a 28-year-old Georgia medical assistant, died in August 2022 after a 20-hour hospital delay of a D&C for sepsis from abortion pills; the state committee ruled her death preventable under Georgia's six-week abortion ban.
Death of Ana Clara Benevides
Death of Ana Clara Benevides Machado, 23, Brazilian psychology student who died of heat exhaustion at Taylor Swift's Eras Tour show in Rio de Janeiro on November 17, 2023, prompting investigations of organizer T4F and Brazilian water-access laws.
Death of Arina Glazunova
Arina Glazunova (Арина Глазунова), Russian TikTok influencer and PR manager, died 27 September 2024 after falling into an unguarded Soviet-era Tbilisi underpass with a 30 cm parapet while filming a video; the viral footage prompted safety barriers and debate.
Death of Ayrton Senna
Death of Ayrton Senna: the Brazilian three-time F1 champion, aged 34, died 1 May 1994 of head injuries after crashing his Williams at Tamburello, Imola, during the San Marino Grand Prix, one day after Roland Ratzenberger's fatal qualifying crash; the deaths drove major FIA safety reforms.
Death of Azaria Chamberlain
Death of Azaria Chamberlain: nine-week-old Australian baby taken by a dingo from her family's tent at Uluru on 17 August 1980; her mother Lindy Chamberlain was wrongfully convicted of murder in 1982 and exonerated in 1988, with a dingo finding only in 2012.
Death of Bahadur Shah at Diu
The death of Bahadur Shah at Diu (بہادر شاہ کی موت) was the 1537 killing of Bahadur Shah, sultan of Gujarat, by the Portuguese, with disputed circumstances.
Death of Benito Mussolini
Death of Benito Mussolini: the fascist dictator, captured at Dongo on 27 April 1945, was shot with Clara Petacci at Giulino di Mezzegra on 28 April, probably by Walter Audisio ('Colonnello Valerio'), and displayed hanging in Milan's Piazzale Loreto.
Death of Blair Peach
Death of Blair Peach: New Zealand-born teacher and anti-fascist activist, 33, killed by a head blow at the 23 April 1979 Southall anti-National Front demonstration; 2010 Cass report concluded a Metropolitan Police Special Patrol Group officer struck the fatal blow; no one was prosecuted.
Death of Bolívar
The Death of Bolívar (Muerte de Simón Bolívar) was the death of Simón Bolívar, the Liberator of northern South America, on 17 December 1830 near Santa Marta, Colombia.
Death of Brian Sicknick
Death of Brian Sicknick: Capitol Police officer Brian D. Sicknick died January 7, 2021, after the January 6 Capitol attack; the D.C. medical examiner ruled natural causes, two brain-stem strokes, with no evidence of blunt trauma or chemical-irritant reaction.
Death of Brian Wells
Death of Brian Wells: 2003 collar-bomb killing of Erie, Pennsylvania pizza deliveryman Brian Douglas Wells, who robbed a PNC Bank with a bomb locked to his neck; the device detonated in police custody, later tied to the Diehl-Armstrong conspiracy.
Death of Caylee Anthony
Death of Caylee Anthony, the 2008 unsolved death of an Orlando two-year-old found decomposed near her home; mother Casey Anthony was acquitted of murder in 2011; ruled homicide by undetermined means.
Death of Celine Cremer
Celine Cremer (Céline Cremer), 31, Belgian tourist who died by accident in June 2023 after becoming lost walking to Philosopher Falls, Tasmania; coroner Madeleine Wilson ruled out third-party involvement, a private search found her remains.
Death of Chen Sheng
The Death of Chen Sheng (陈胜败亡) was the killing of the first rebel against the Qin dynasty by his charioteer Zhuang Jia at Xiachengfu, after six months as king.
Death of Christoph Bulwin
Death of Christoph Bulwin: the unresolved 2011 Regenschirmmord (umbrella murder) case, in which a Hannover software engineer was stabbed with a syringe, poisoned with dimethylmercury, and died in May 2012.
Death of Cleopatra
Death of Cleopatra: the suicide of Cleopatra VII, last Ptolemaic pharaoh of Egypt, in August 30 BC after Octavian's victory. Ancient accounts credit an asp bite or poison; her tomb has never been found.
Death of Colin Scott
The death of Colin Nathaniel Scott occurred in 2016, when the 23-year-old slipped into a boiling, acidic hot spring in Yellowstone National Park, and his body dissolved.
Death of Conrad Roy
Death of Conrad Roy: Fairhaven, Massachusetts 18-year-old who died by carbon monoxide suicide in July 2014 after girlfriend Michelle Carter urged him on by text and phone; her 2017 involuntary manslaughter conviction was upheld in 2019.
Death of Crown Prince Sado
The death of Crown Prince Sado (사도세자 사망 사건), also called the Imo Incident, was the 1762 killing of Joseon's crown prince by his own father, King Yeongjo.
Death of Crown Prince Yiwen (Zhu Biao)
The death of Crown Prince Yiwen (懿文太子之死) was the death in 1392 of Zhu Biao, eldest son and heir apparent of the Ming founder, which reopened the succession question.
Death of Dag Hammarskjöld
The death of Dag Hammarskjöld occurred in September 1961 when his plane crashed near Ndola, Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia), killing the UN Secretary-General and 14 others.