Louis Althusser
1990
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Who Died Today
Every calendar date is somebody's last one. Here are the best-known names whose final entry in the ledger was written on today's date — in some year or other. Morty rebuilds this list every morning.
Today is
and the ledger is open
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On this date, we lost…
Compiled from Wikipedia's public “On this day” records for October 22, built 2026-10-22.
Recently confirmed deaths
Separate from the calendar list above: the most recent names added to ExpireOnDate's own records, each one checked against published obituaries and reporting before it went in. This block is written into the page at build time and needs no JavaScript.
Brenda Fricker
Actress, My Left Foot
☠️ · aged 81
Died in Dublin after a period of ill health.
Hal Williams
Actor, 227 & Sanford and Son
☠️ · aged 91
Natural causes at home in Rancho Mirage, California.
Sam Neill
Actor, Jurassic Park
☠️ · aged 78
Died suddenly in Sydney, having been declared cancer-free months earlier.
Bonnie Tyler
Singer
☠️ · aged 75
Complications after emergency intestinal surgery, in hospital in Portugal.
LeRoy Irvin
NFL cornerback, LA Rams
☠️ · aged 68
Throat cancer.
Victor Willis
Village People frontman
☠️ · aged 74
A short but aggressive illness.
Joby Baker
Actor
☠️ · aged 92
Natural causes in Yonkers, New York.
Daveigh Chase
Actress, The Ring & Lilo & Stitch
☠️ · aged 35
Complications from AIDS.
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How Morty picks the names
💀 The method, such as it is
Hundreds of people with Wikipedia articles died on today's date across recorded history. Most of them you have never heard of, and that is no reflection on them — it's a reflection on how few names any of us carry around.
So the list is ranked by how many language editions of Wikipedia bothered to write about the person. Someone with an article in ninety languages is known on every continent. Someone with three is known to specialists. It's a crude measure of fame, but it's an honest one, and it doesn't care what happens to be trending this week.
🔮 Myth vs. Morty
Myth: "Some dates are unlucky." They aren't. Roughly 170,000 people die every day, spread more or less evenly across the calendar. If today looks crowded with famous names, that's because every day is crowded with famous names once you've had a few thousand years to fill the diary.
Morty has worked every date on the calendar. He reports no favourites and no days off.
A note on tone: the site is a joke; the people on this list are not. You'll find the year they died and what they were known for, and nothing about how it happened — that's not what this page is for. Every entry links back to Wikipedia if you want the full story.
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About this daily list
This page brings together two different views of the calendar: people who died on this month and day in an earlier year, and recent deaths recorded in our own directory. An anniversary entry does not mean that somebody died today in the current year. Check the year beside each name before drawing that conclusion or sharing an entry.
The anniversary list uses the saved calendar records described below. It is rendered into the page during the daily build, so readers can browse the names and dates with JavaScript switched off. When live updates are available, the browser may refresh the list for your local date. Around midnight, your local calendar date can differ from the date used by the latest build.
A short directory entry is a starting point for further reading. It cannot provide the context of a full obituary, and the absence of a name does not establish that a person is alive or dead. The selection is neither a complete register of deaths nor a measure of a person’s importance.
For longer stories, visit the news archive. For a wider selection of names and dates, browse the celebrity directory. If you spot a date error, a mistaken identity or a missing attribution, use the contact page and include the entry and a reliable reference so the record can be checked.