2015 Event Lee Kuan Yew, founder of the nation of Singapore and prime minister for 31 years, dies at the age of 91 after suffering for weeks from pneumonia 2015 Event King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz al Saud of Saudi Arabia dies at age 90 after hospitalization for pneumonia three weeks earlier; he has been succeeded by his half brother Salman of Saudi Arabia 2013 Event After being hospitalized for nine days for pneumonia, former South African President Nelson Mandela, age 94, was released from the hospital 2012 Event Singer George Michael experiences 'major anxiety' and cancels the Australian leg of his tour; the singer resulted from life-threatening pneumonia in November 2011 2012 Event U.S. pastor Billy Graham is hospitalized for several days at Mission Hospital in Asheville, North Carolina due to bronchitis; he recently suffered pneumonia in November, 2011 2012 Event U.S. researchers report that preventable infections are the leading cause of the world's child mortality rate, where out of 7.6 million children who died before the age of 5 in 21010, 60% died of infections like pneumonia 2011 Event Right-to-die activist Jack Kevorkian dies in Royal Oak, Michigan; his death caused by pneumonia and kidney problems 2008 Death Adrian Mitchell, dies of pneumonia, at 76 2008 Death Bernie Mac, dies in Chicago, of complications of pneumonia, at 50 2008 Death Joshua Lederberg, dies in New York, of pneumonia, at 82 2007 Death Charles Nelson Reilly, dies in Beverly Hills, California, of complications of pneumonia, at 76 2007 Death Sidney Sheldon, dies in California, of complications from pneumonia, at 89 2007 Death E. Howard Hunt, dies at 88, of pneumonia in Florida 1997 Death Glen Buxton, guitarist (Alice Cooper), dies of pneumonia at 49 1997 Death Roy Lichtenstein, pop artist, dies of pneumonia at 73 1995 Death Jack Finney, author (Body Snatchers), dies of pneumonia at 84 1994 Death Mark McManus, actor (Ned Kelly), dies of pneumonia at 59 1993 Death "Curly" Joe DeRita, last of Three Stooges, dies of pneumonia at 83 1993 Death Billy Conn, boxer (fought Joe Louis 1951), dies of pneumonia at 75 1993 Death Don Randolph, actor (Harem Girl), dies of pneumonia at 87 1993 Death Dennis Gregory, actor (Village of the Damn), dies of pneumonia at 40 1992 Death Dana Andrews, U.S. actor (Laura), dies of pneumonia at 83 1992 Death Hal Roach, producer (Keystone Kops), dies of pneumonia at 100 1992 Death Duke Robbins, entertainer, dies of pneumonia at 71 1992 Death Sandy Amoros, Brooklyn Dodger, dies at 62 of pneumonia 1992 Death Lawrence Welk, bandleader (L Welk Show), dies of pneumonia at 89 1992 Death Adele Dixon, singer and actress (Uneasy Virtue), dies of pneumonia at 83 1992 Death Roy Holmer Wallack, dies of pneumonia at 64 1992 Death Elvia Allman, actress (Night at Earl Carroll's), dies of pneumonia 1992 Death Jeanne Gerson, dies of cancer and pneumonia at 87 1992 Death Maurice J Hill, writer (Track of Thunder), dies of pneumonia at 89 1992 Death Judith Anderson, actress (Star Trek 3), dies of pneumonia at 93 1991 Death Fred MacMurray, actor (My Three Sons), dies of pneumonia at 83 1991 Death Miles Davis, jazz trumpeter, dies of pneumonia at 65 1991 Death Charlie Barnet, saxophonist (Cherokee), dies of pneumonia at 77 1991 Death Thomas C Lasorda, artist/son Dodger manager, dies of pneumonia at 33 1991 Death David Lean, director (28 academy awards), dies of pneumonia at 83 1991 Death Arthur Murray, dance instructor, dies at 95 of pneumonia 1990 Death Anne Revere, actress (National Velvet), dies of pneumonia at 87 1990 Death Florida Edwards, dies of pneumonia at 79 1990 Death Tony Conigliaro, baseball player (Red Sox), dies of pneumonia at 45 1990 Death Erik Rhodes, actor (Top Hat), dies of pneumonia at 84 1990 Death Nathan Wartels, publisher (Crown), dies at 88 of pneumonia 1990 Death Ava Gardner, actress (Barefoot Contessa), dies of pneumonia at 67 1989 Death Jim Backus, actor (Magoo, Gilligan's Island), dies at 76 of pneumonia 1988 Death Eva Novak, actress (Medicine Man), dies of pneumonia at 90 1985 Death Stepin Fetchit, Lincoln Penny, 1st black star, dies of pneumonia 83 1985 Death Jane Frazee, singer and actress (Alice-Beulah), dies at 67 of pneumonia 1985 Death Frank Faylen, vaudevillian, dies of pneumonia at 79 1985 Death Heinz Eric Roemheld, composer, dies of pneumonia at 83 1983 Death Raymond Massey, actor (Dr. Kildare), dies of pneumonia at 86 1983 Death Joan Valerie, actress (Pier 13), dies of pneumonia 1981 Event Center of Disease Control reports of a pneumonia affecting gays, AIDS 1971 Death Harry M O'Connor, dies of pneumonia at 98 1968 Death Tallulah Bankhead, actress (All Star Revue), dies of pneumonia at 65 1943 Event British premier Winston Churchill gets pneumonia 1937 Death John Gresham Machen, Presbyterian theologian, professor, New Testament, Princeton Seminary, formed Orthodox Presbyterian Church, dies of pneumonia at age 55 1925 Death Ed McKeever, President (Brooklyn Dodgers), dies of pneumonia 1924 Birthday Huey "Piano" Smith, rocker, Rockin' Pneumonia and Boogie Woogie Flu
