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Every effort possible is used to maintain the accuracy of information cited on the pages of this site. Numerous sources are used to collect news of deaths and are cross-checked to confirm details. Factual errors are sometimes repeated across several news platforms. When contradictions occur, data presented within [square braces] indicate possible conflicts of information.
The resources listed below are generally regarded as being those of record. Some sites require free registration.
canada | united states | united kingdom | web sites and forums | lives over 100 years | other death web sites
News media - Canada
- 630 CHED - Edmonton
- Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
- Edmonton Journal
- Edmonton Sun
- Globe and Mail
- Toronto Star
News media - United States
- Boston Globe
- Chicago Suntimes
- Chicago Tribune
- Detroit Free Press
- Hollywood Reporter
- Los Angeles Times
- Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune
- New York Times
- San Francisco Gate
- Seattle Times
- Washington Post
- Yahoo News
News media - United Kingdom
Web sites and forums
- alt.obituaries at Google Groups
- Celebrity Obits at VoyForums
- The Dead Rock Stars Club
- The Deathwatch Archives
- Film Buff Online
- The Gerontology Research Group
- Internet Movie Database 2006 | 2005 | 2004
- Legacy.com
- Life In Legacy
- Topix.net
- Variety
- Wikipedia - Recent Deaths
En francais
Lives over 100 years
- Guinness World Records
The Age and Youth entry from the keepers of world records. - Noted Nonagenarians And Centenarians
A site listing those living in their nineties and hundreds, and some supercentenarians (the age of 110 or more). - The Oldest Human Beings
Statistics provided by Louis Epstein. - Supercentenarian
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. - Validated Living Supercentenarians
From the Gerontology Research Group, a current list of persons alive over the age of 110.
Other death web sites
- BBC Radio 4's Last Word
It's one thing to read about lives but it's quite another to hear about them. Matthew Bannister presents interviews with people who knew the lives celebrated. - Blog Of Death
Jade Walker writes thoughtful insights into lives that don't often make the front pages. - Cinematical
Compiled by nearly two dozen cineastes. - Dead Or Alive?
Dead Or Alive? helps answer the question whether a certain celebrity is still walking among us - over 7000 names listed. - Dead People Server
Extending back to 1981, the DPS lists the passings of interesting celebrities ("celebrity means lots of people have heard of them" the site's guidelines suggests). - Entertainment Insiders
Rusty White runs perhaps the best site on the net covering deaths in the world of movies and television. - FiftiesWeb: Dead People - Gone But Not Forgotten
Covering well-known folks from 2000 onwards - also lists stage and real names of both the living and the dead. - Find A Death
Scott Michaels runs this site (and Hollywood's Dearly Departed History Tour) that features tributes to the well-known and the unknown. - Find A Grave
A thorough index to gravesites of thousands of famous people from around the world. - Fuller Up
Gordon Polatnick's Dead Musician Directory. While not updated in a while, its best feature (searchable by cause of death) makes for highly interesting reading. - GoodBye! The Journal of Contemporary Obituaries
As dead as the people he lists (last updated in 2002), Stephen Miller's site offers nostalgia and trivia in spades. Miller now edits obits for the New York Sun. - Hollywood Underground
Lists the burial sites of Hollywood's most famous stars, moguls and eccentrics. - Jazzhouse.org
Their Last Post is a database of jazz people who have gone on. - Our Daily Dead
Cutting and pasting from sites across the U.S., this blog/web site serves up quick snapshots of the recently departed. Note: W3C-sensitive browsers may encounter some quirky layout problems but their subject selection earns a Last Link thumbs up. - PlaneCrashInfo.com
A specialised page featuring Famous People Who Died in Aviation Accidents - Who's Alive and Who's Dead
Features persons grouped by the accomplishments for which they are best known. - World BASE Fatality List
Nick Di Giovanni covers deaths in the extreme sport of BASE (building, antennae, span, earth) jumping. - The WOW Report - Recently Dead
Stephen Saban's wild, wacky and urban record of celebrity passings.
Worth an occasional peek