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Deaths by drowning in the United States

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The list Deaths by drowning in the United States includes Randy California, Charles "Speedy" Atkins, William Jefferson Blythe, Jr., John Ake and Charlie Howard (murder victim). The list consists of 257 members and 4 sublists.

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United States
Country primarily located in North America
  • 1.

    Jeff Buckley
    Singer-songwriter and guitarist
    Jeff Buckley
    Overview: Jeffrey Scott Buckley (November 17, 1966 – May 29, 1997), raised as Scott Moorhead, was an American singer, songwriter and guitarist. After a decade as a session guitarist in Los Angeles, Buckley amassed ...
    Date of birth: 17 November 1966
    Date of death: 29 May 1997
    Age: 30 (age at death)
    Nationality: American
    Occupation: Musician
    Gender: Male
    Height: 5' 8" (173 cm)
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    20th-century male singers 5,297T
    Guitarists from New York 239T
    Guitarists from California 583T
  • 2.

    Jessica Savitch
    American television news reporter (1947–1983)
    Jessica Savitch
    Overview: Jessica Beth Savitch (February 1, 1947 – October 23, 1983) was an American television news presenter and correspondent, best known for being the weekend anchor of NBC Nightly News and daily presenter ...
    Date of birth: 1 February 1947
    Date of death: 23 October 1983
    Age: 36 (age at death)
    Nationality: American
    Occupation: TV News
    Gender: Female
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    Atlantic City High School alumni 42T
    20th-century American women 4,137T
    20th-century American journalists 2,165T
  • 3.

    Olivier Chandon De Brailles
    French racing driver
    Olivier Chandon De Brailles
    Overview: Olivier Chandon (17 September 1955 – 2 March 1983), also called Olivier Chandon de Brailles, Oliver Chandon de Briailles, and Olivier Chandon Debrailles, was a French race car driver, heir to the Moët ...
    Date of birth: 17 September 1955
    Date of death: 2 March 1983
    Age: 27 (age at death)
    Nationality: French
    Occupation: Auto Racing
    Gender: Female
    Height: 5' 9" (175 cm)
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    French racing drivers 471T
    Racing drivers who died while racing 445T
    Alumni of Institut Le Rosey 107T
  • 4.

    Mary Mara
    American actress (1960–2022)
    Mary Mara
    Overview: Mary Mara (September 21, 1960 – June 26, 2022) was an American television and film actress from Syracuse, New York, known for her main role as Inspector Bryn Carson on Nash Bridges and appearances on ...
    Date of birth: 21 September 1960
    Date of death: 26 June 2022
    Age: 61 (age at death)
    Nationality: American
    Occupation: Actress
    Gender: Female
    Height: 5' 6" (168 cm)
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    2022 deaths 3,498T
    Actresses from Syracuse, New York 13T
    Actresses from New York 490T
  • 5.

    Alfred Daniel Williams King
    American Baptist minister (1930–1969)
    Alfred Daniel Williams King
    Overview: Alfred Daniel Williams King Sr. (July 30, 1930 – July 21, 1969) was an American Baptist minister and civil rights activist. He was the younger brother of Martin Luther King Jr.
    Date of birth: 30 July 1930
    Date of death: 21 July 1969
    Age: 38 (age at death)
    Nationality: American
    Occupation: Activist
    Gender: Male
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    20th-century Baptist ministers from the United States 178T
    Burials at South-View Cemetery 39T
    Clergy from Atlanta 14T
  • 6.

    Louis Nix III
    American football player (1991–2021)
    Louis Nix III
    Overview: Louis Anthony Nix III (July 31, 1991 – February 27, 2021) was an American football nose tackle. He was drafted by the Houston Texans in the third round of the 2014 NFL Draft. He played college football ...
    Date of birth: 31 July 1991
    Date of death: 27 February 2021
    Age: 29 (age at death)
    Nationality: American
    Occupation: Football (American)
    Gender: Male
    Height: 6' 2" (188 cm)
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    Players of American football from Jacksonville, Florida 198T
    William M. Raines High School alumni 23T
    2021 deaths 13,778T
  • 7.

    Randy California
    American guitarist
    Randy California
    Overview: Randy Craig Wolfe (February 20, 1951 – January 2, 1997), known as Randy California, was an American guitarist, singer and songwriter and one of the original members of the rock group Spirit, formed in ...
    Date of birth: 20 February 1951
    Date of death: 2 January 1997
    Age: 45 (age at death)
    Nationality: American
    Occupation: Musician
    Gender: Male
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    20th-century male singers 5,297T
    Guitarists from Los Angeles 274T
    Guitarists from California 583T
  • 8.

    Norm Cash
    American baseball player
    Norm Cash
    Overview: Norman Dalton Cash (November 10, 1933 – October 11, 1986) was an American Major League Baseball first baseman who spent almost his entire career with the Detroit Tigers. An outstanding power hitter, his ...
    Date of birth: 10 November 1934
    Date of death: 12 October 1986
    Age: 51 (age at death)
    Nationality: American
    Occupation: Baseball
    Gender: Male
    Height: 6' (183 cm)
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    Angelo State Rams baseball players 3T
    Rapiños de Occidente players 40T
    Indios de Oriente players 22T
  • 9.

    James Murray
    American movie actor
    James Murray
    Overview: James T. Murray (February 9, 1901 – July 11, 1936) was an American film actor best known for starring in the 1928 film The Crowd.
    Date of birth: 9 February 1901
    Date of death: 11 July 1936
    Age: 35 (age at death)
    Nationality: American
    Occupation: Actor
    Gender: Male
    Height: 6' (183 cm)
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    American male silent film actors 1,200T
    Male actors from New York City 1,913T
    20th-century American male actors 8,672T
  • 10.
    Owen Davis Jr.
    Overview: Owen Gould Davis Jr. (October 6, 1907 – May 21, 1949) was an American actor, known primarily for his work in film. He also performed in the theatre, making his Broadway debut in the play Carry On (1928) ...
    Date of birth: 6 October 1907
    Date of death: 21 May 1949
    Age: 41 (age at death)
    Nationality: American
    Occupation: Actor
    Gender: Male
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    20th-century American male actors 9,135T
    American male stage actors 3,501T
    American male film actors 12,487T
  • 11.

    K-Swift
    American DJ and rapper (1978-2008)
    K-Swift
    Overview: Khia Danielle Edgerton (October 19, 1978 – July 21, 2008), better known by the stage name K-Swift, was an American DJ, MC, radio personality and entrepreneur.
    Date of birth: 19 October 1978
    Date of death: 21 July 2008
    Age: 29 (age at death)
    Nationality: American
    Occupation: Rapper
    Gender: Female
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    Hip hop female DJs 4T
    American female DJs 13T
    21st-century African-American women 90T
  • 12.

    Barry Cowsill
    American musician
    Barry Cowsill
    Overview: Barry Cowsill (September 14, 1954 – c. September 2, 2005) was an American musician and member of the musical group the Cowsills.
    Date of birth: 14 September 1954
    Date of death: 1 September 2005
    Age: 50 (age at death)
    Nationality: American
    Occupation: Musician
    Gender: Male
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    Missing person cases in Louisiana 3T
    The Cowsills members 4T
    20th-century male singers 5,297T
  • 13.

    Kate Fleming
    American actress
    Kate Fleming
    Overview: Kathryn Ann Fleming (October 6, 1965 – December 14, 2006) was an American actress, voice actress, artist, singer, and award-winning audiobook narrator and producer. She was the owner and executive producer ...
    Date of birth: 6 October 1965
    Date of death: 14 December 2006
    Age: 41 (age at death)
    Nationality: American
    Occupation: Entertainer
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    LGBT people from Virginia 91T
    LGBT people from Washington (state) 91T
    Actresses from Seattle, Washington 76T
  • 14.

    Joe Delaney
    Player of American football
    Joe Delaney
    Overview: Joe Alton Delaney (/dᵻˈleɪni/; October 30, 1958 – June 29, 1983) was an American football running back who played two seasons in the National Football League (NFL). In his two seasons with the Kansas ...
    Date of birth: 30 October 1958
    Date of death: 29 June 1983
    Age: 24 (age at death)
    Nationality: American
    Occupation: Football (American)
    Gender: Male
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    Sportspeople from Ruston, Louisiana 46T
    African-American players of American football 3,100T
    People from Haughton, Louisiana 11T
  • 15.

    Mary Jo Kopechne
    American teacher, secretary, and campaign specialist (1940–1969)
    Mary Jo Kopechne
    Overview: Mary Jo Kopechne (July 26, 1940 – July 18 or 19, 1969) was an American secretary, one of the campaign workers for Robert F. Kennedy's 1968 presidential campaign, a close team known as the Boiler Room Girls ...
    Date of birth: 26 July 1940
    Date of death: 18 July 1969
    Age: 28 (age at death)
    Nationality: American
    Occupation: Victim
    Gender: Female
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    People from Georgetown (Washington, D.C.) 88T
    Catholics from New Jersey 156T
    Catholics from Pennsylvania 199T
  • 16.
    Michael Showers
    Overview: Michael Showers (March 14, 1966 – August 22, 2011) was an American actor who was best known for his role as Captain John Guidry on the television series Treme.
    Date of birth: 14 March 1966
    Date of death: 22 August 2011
    Age: 45 (age at death)
    Nationality: American
    Occupation: Actor
    Gender: Male
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    Male actors from Louisiana 55T
    21st-century American male actors 5,075T
    American male television actors 9,851T
  • 17.

    Maeve Kennedy McKean
    American attorney and health official (1979–2020)
    Maeve Kennedy McKean
    Overview: Maeve Fahey Kennedy McKean (née Townsend; November 1, 1979 – April 2, 2020) was an American public health official, human rights attorney, and academic. A member of the Kennedy family, she was the daughter ...
    Date of birth: 1 November 1979
    Date of death: 2 April 2020
    Age: 40 (age at death)
    Nationality: American
    Occupation: Attorney
    Gender: Female
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    21st-century American women lawyers 366T
    2020 deaths 12,027T
    Missing person cases in Maryland 8T
  • 18.

    Riley Fox murder
    American murder victim
    Riley Fox murder
    Overview: Riley Fox (March 31, 2001 – June 6, 2004) was a 3-year-old girl from Wilmington, Illinois, who was murdered on June 6, 2004. After Riley's father was initially accused and then cleared by DNA evidence ...
    Date of birth: 31 March 2001
    Date of death: 6 June 2004
    Age: 3 (age at death)
    Nationality: American
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    Incidents of violence against girls 236T
    Violence against children 236T
    Women murder victims 442T
  • 19.

    Charles "Speedy" Atkins
    Embalming subject (1875–1928)
    Charles
    Overview: Charles Henry "Speedy" Atkins (1875–1928) was an American tobacco worker in Paducah, Kentucky. A pauper at death, he drowned in the Ohio River. The city turned over his body for a pauper's burial to his ...
    Date of birth: 1875
    Date of death: 27 May 1928
    Age: 52 (age at death)
    Nationality: American
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    Accidental deaths in Kentucky 21T
    1928 deaths 2,663T
    Mummies 59T
  • 20.

    Ryan Mallett
    American football player (1988–2023)
    Ryan Mallett
    Overview: Ryan Mallett (June 5, 1988 — June 27, 2023) was an American football quarterback. He played college football at Arkansas, and he was drafted by the New England Patriots in the third round of the 2011 NFL ...
    Date of birth: 5 June 1988
    Date of death: 27 June 2023
    Age: 35 (age at death)
    Nationality: American
    Occupation: Football (American)
    Gender: Male
    Height: 6' 6" (198 cm)
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    2023 deaths 4,891T
    People from Batesville, Arkansas 23T
    Players of American football from Arkansas 356T
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