Flashcards: Deaths from falls

Ruslana Sergeyevna Korshunova (Russian: Руслана Серге́евна Коршунова; 2 July 1987 – 28 June 2008) was a Kazakhstani model of Russian descent.

Daniel Eugene Osman (February 11, 1963 – November 23, 1998) was an American extreme sport practitioner, known for the dangerous sports of free-soloing, rock climbing without ropes or other safety gear.

Samuel Kamau Wanjiru (10 November 1986 – 15 May 2011) was a Kenyan athlete who specialised in long-distance running.

Claudia Heill (24 January 1982 – 31 March 2011) was an Austrian judoka best known for winning the silver medal in the half-middleweight (63 kg) division at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

William Joseph Coyne (August 24, 1936 – November 3, 2013) was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

Yelena Miroshina (Russian: Елена Мирошина, June 5, 1974 - December 18, 1995) was a Russian diver, best known for twice winning the gold medal at the European Championships in the women's 10 m platform.

Daniel Patrick Harrington Jr.

Poppy Cannon (August 2, 1905 - April 1975) was at various times the food editor of the Ladies Home Journal and House Beautiful, and the author of several 1950s cookbooks.

Joseph "Reddy" Mack (born Joseph McNamara May 2, 1866 – December 30, 1916) played professional baseball from 1885 to 1890, mainly as a second baseman.

Angad Paul (6 June 1970 – 8 November 2015) was a British businessman and film producer.

Andrew Edward Faulkner was an American politician and businessman who served as a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1947 until his death in 1951.

Marcelino Antonio "Miko" Carag Sotto III (May 10, 1982 – December 29, 2003) was a Filipino matinee idol, actor, and teen star, and son of singer/actress/radio commentator/TV host Ali Sotto.

Richard Percy Jones (February 25, 1927 – July 7, 2014), known as Dick Jones or Dickie Jones, was an American actor and singer who achieved success as a child performer and as a young adult, especially in B-Westerns.

David Tait (5 October 1987 – 12 December 2012) was a professional rugby union player for Sale Sharks in the Guinness Premiership.

Jonathan Kemp (August 2, 1959 – April 16, 2015) was a Bahamian singer, songwriter, and record producer.

Agneta Marianne Frieberg (2 June 1945 – 10 May 1971) was a Swedish fashion, commercial, and runway model and activist who was known during the 1960s and early 70s.

Amy Vanderbilt (July 22, 1908 – December 27, 1974) was an American authority on etiquette.

Godfrey Gummer Goodwin (January 11, 1873 – February 16, 1933) was a Representative from Minnesota.

Anne Nicol Gaylor (November 25, 1926 – June 14, 2015) was an American atheist and reproductive rights advocate.

Major-General Sir William Henry Birkbeck KCB CMG (8 April 1863 – 16 April 1929) was a British Army officer and administrator.

Bernardo da Costa Sassetti Pais (24 June 1970 – 10 May 2012) was a Portuguese jazz pianist and film composer.

For the American ice hockey player, see Jeff Corey (ice hockey).

Mitr Chaibancha (Thai มิตร ชัยบัญชา (Pronunciation), January 28, 1934 in Phetchaburi, Thailand - October 8, 1970) was a Thai film actor who made 266 films from 1956 to 1970.

Albert Martin Bolton, Sr.

Truman Linden Chiles (March 22, 1933 – May 15, 2013) was an American character actor known for his recurring roles on three network television series: Steve Kirk on NBC's Convoy, Henry DeWitt on NBC's Banacek, and Paul Hunter on NBC's James at 15.

Irving David "Irv" Rubin (April 12, 1945 – November 13, 2002) was chairman of the Jewish Defense League (JDL) from 1985 to 2002.

Céline Émilie Seurre, known as Cécile Sorel or the Comtesse de Ségur, by marriage (7 September 1873, Paris – 3 September 1966, Trouville-sur-Mer) was a French comic actress.

William Allan Dyer Jr.

P. Shanmugham (March 25, 1927 – February 2, 2013) (Born to Panchanatha Mudaliyar - Gowri) was the Chief Minister of the Union Territory of Puducherry.

Namık Uğurlu (30 April 1976 – 18 October 2015), or Ankaralı Namık, was a Turkish singer.

Daniel Waldo (September 10, 1762 – July 30, 1864) was an American clergyman.

Col. Frank Allen Kurtz, Jr.

George Henry William Jerram (15 August 1904 – 20 May 1948) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Geelong and North Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Lee Stephen Tillotson (December 8, 1874 – July 18, 1957) was a Vermont military officer and attorney who served as Adjutant General of the Vermont National Guard.

Pencho Georgiev (Bulgarian: Пенчо Георгиев; 1 February 1900, Vratsa - 2 April 1940, Sofia) was a Bulgarian painter, scenographer and illustrator; especially of children's books.

Prathivadi Bhayankara Sreenivas (22 September 1930 – 14 April 2013) was a veteran playback singer from India.

William Monroe Trotter (sometimes just Monroe Trotter, April 7, 1872 – April 7, 1934) was a newspaper editor and real estate businessman based in Boston, Massachusetts, and an activist for African-American civil rights.

Funmilayo Ransome Kuti, MON (25 October 1900 Abeokuta, Nigeria - 13 April 1978 Lagos, Nigeria), born Francis Abigail Olufunmilayo Thomas to Daniel Olumeyuwa Thomas and Lucretia Phyllis Omoyeni Adeosolu, was a teacher, political campaigner, women's rights activist and traditional aristocrat.

Ashraf Marwan (Arabic: أشرف مروان) (2 February 1944 – 27 June 2007) was an Egyptian billionaire and the husband of Mona Gamal Abdel Nasser, daughter of former Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser.

Anny Ahlers (December 21, 1907 – March 14, 1933) was a German actress and singer.

Helen Linda Smith (3 January 1956 – 20 May 1979) was a British nurse who died in allegedly suspicious circumstances in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, after apparently falling from a balcony during a party.

Henry Waters Taft (May 27, 1859 – August 11, 1945) was an American lawyer and author.

Namuggala Kagali was Kabaka of the Kingdom of Buganda, between 1741 and 1750.

Isobel Marion Dorothea Mackellar (better known as Dorothea Mackellar), OBE (1 July 1885 – 14 January 1968) was an Australian poet and fiction writer.

Donald William Strauch, Jr.

Luke Joseph Scarpa (October 4, 1928 – April 3, 2012) was an American professional wrestler who was best known by the ring name Chief Jay Strongbow.

Hester Lynch Thrale (born Hester Lynch Salusbury and became after her second marriage Hester Lynch Piozzi, 27 January 1741 [NS] – 2 May 1821) was a British diarist, author, and patron of the arts.

Steven Charles Kanumba (8 January 1984 – 7 April 2012) was a Tanzanian actor and director.

Margaret Skeete née Seward (October 27, 1878 – May 7, 1994) was an American supercentenarian and, from 1993 to 1994, the oldest living person in the United States.

Monroe Salisbury (May 8, 1876 – August 7, 1935) was an American actor.

Edmund Beckett, 1st Baron Grimthorpe, QC (12 May 1816 – 29 April 1905), known previously as Sir Edmund Beckett, 5th Baronet and Edmund Beckett Denison, was a "lawyer, mechanician and controversialist" as well as a noted horologist and architect.

Christopher Chisholm Barry (20 September 1925 – 7 February 2014) was a British television director best known for his work on the science-fiction series Doctor Who.

Ruth Minnie Mumford CBE (29 September 1919 – 18 March 2008), better known by her pen name Ruth Dallas, was a New Zealand poet and children's author.

David Geddes Hartwell (July 10, 1941– January 20, 2016) was an American critic, publisher, and editor of thousands of science fiction and fantasy novels.

Niels Christian Hertzberg (16 January 1941 - 1 March 2013) was the Norwegian sports official.

Güzin Dino (1910 – May 30, 2013) was a Turkish literary scholar, linguist, translator and writer.

Sampson Salter Blowers (March 10, 1742 – October 25, 1842) was a noted North American lawyer, Loyalist and jurist from Nova Scotia who, along with Chief Justice Thomas Andrew Lumisden Strange, waged "judicial war" in his efforts to free Black Nova Scotian slaves from their owners.