List of pneumonia victims
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This is a list of people who died of fatal pneumonia.
| Name | Profession | Date of Death | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fred Astaire (Born Frederic Austerlitz) | Actor/Singer/Dancer | June 22, 1987 | 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) |
| Jim Backus | Actor | July 3, 1989 | Millionaire Thurston J. Howell III on Gilligan's Island; died at St. John's Hospital, Santa Monica CA. |
| Charles Bronson (born Charles Buchinski) | Actor | August 30, 2003 | Died at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. |
| James Brown | Singer | December 25, 2006 | Died at age 73 in Atlanta, Georgia, hospitalized the previous day with "severe pneumonia". |
| Calamity Jane (born Martha Jane Canary-Burke) | Sharpshooter, Wild West Show Entertainer | August 1, 1903 | In accord with Jane's dying wishes, she was buried next to Wild Bill Hickok. |
| Nicole DeHuff | Actress | February 16, 2005 | Died at age 31. DeHuff had visited a hospital twice shortly before her death, but was sent home both times. |
| Donald Paige Frary | Professor, Author | April 8, 1919 | Died at age 25 while attending the Paris Peace Conference, 1919. |
| Frank Gorshin | Actor, Impressionist | May 17, 2005 | 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 | April 4, 1841 | Died one month after taking office. He caught a cold giving his inaugural address in wet weather. |
| Jim Henson | Puppeteer/film producer | May 16, 1990 | Creator of the Muppets and founder of The Jim Henson Company; died at age 53 in New York City. |
| Josef Issels | Doctor | February 11, 1998 | Holistic doctor that treated Bob Marley in Bavaria; died in California. |
| Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson | Confederate Lieutenant General | May 10, 1863 | 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. |
| Bert Lahr | Actor | December 4, 1967 | Died in New York City at age 72. |
| Franz Liszt | Musician | July 31, 1886 | Died in Bayreuth aged 74 after contracting pneumonia during a festival held there in honour of Richard Wagner. |
| Freddie Mercury | Musician | November 24, 1991 | 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 | December 7, 1917 | Died at age 91 in Vienna, Austria |
| Will Shade | Musician | September 18, 1966 | Died at age 68 at John Gaston Hospital and was buried in Shelby County Cemetery in Memphis, Tennessee. |
| Travis Bursik | Musician | January 20, 2007 | Died at the age 25 at St. Joes Hospital and was buried in Ypsilanti Private Cemetery in Ypsilanti, Michigan. |
| Leo Tolstoy | Russian novelist | November 20, 1910 | Died at Astapovo Railway Station, during an attempt to satisfy his wanderlust. |
| Lawrence Welk | Big band leader | March 17, 1992 | Died at his home in Santa Monica. Buried at Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City, CA. |
| Billy Wilder | Writer and director | March 27, 2002 | Died at age 95 at his home in Beverly Hills. |
