Death And Legacy

Status Updates

Hugh Marston Hefner died on September 27, 2017, at age 91. His death followed a period of declining health after earlier recovery from critical illnesses. Cause of death was res...

Biography & History

John Wesley, the Anglican cleric and theologian who founded Methodism, died on March 2, 1791, at the age of 87. His death occurred at his London home after a short illness, and...

Celebrity Profiles

Lucille Ball, the pioneering comedian and television star, died on April 26, 1989. In her final days, she was surrounded by family at UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles after he...

Art & History

Peter Paul Rubens died on 30 May 1640 in Antwerp, then part of the Spanish Netherlands, at the age of 62. The proximate cause was gout compounded by other age-related illnesses...

Celebrity Profiles

After his death in September 1996, Tupac Shakur was cremated, and his ashes were handled according to his family's wishes. This overview explains the timeline, the decisions beh...