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Famous People who Died from Pneumonia

Pneumonia is an inflammatory condition of the lung primarily affecting the small air sacs known as alveoli. Symptoms typically include some combination of productive or dry cough, chest pain, fever, and difficulty breathing. Name these people who had pneumonia as a contributing cause of death.
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Philosopher of "I think, therefore I am"
René Descartes
1863
General in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War
Stonewall Jackson
1886
Hungarian composer and virtuoso pianist of the Romantic Period
Franz Liszt
1899
Austrian "Waltz King" of "The Blue Danube"
Johann Strauss
1903
Frontierswoman, sharpshooter, acquaintance of Wild Bill Hickok
Calamity Jane
1909
Apache leader and medicine man
Geronimo
1910
War and Peace, Anna Karenina
Leo Tolstoy
1911
Austro-Bohemian Romantic composer and conductor
Gustav Mahler
1913
Abolitionist of the Underground Railroad
Harriet Tubman
1987
Dancing actor who partnered with Ginger Rogers
Fred Astaire
1990
The Muppets, Fraggle Rock, The Dark Crystal, Labyrinth
Jim Henson
1991
Singer who died from AIDS-related pneumonia
Freddie Mercury
1996
Cosmos and Contact
Carl Sagan
2002
Sunset Boulevard, Some Like it Hot, The Apartment director
Billy Wilder
2003
Minister with a children's TV show about his Neighborhood
Fred Rogers
2003
Actor, comedian, and USO entertainer who lived to be 100
Bob Hope
2003
Tough guy actor of Death Wish, The Dirty Dozen
Charles Bronson
2004
President who died of pneumonia complicated by Alzheimer's
Ronald Reagan
2006
The Godfather of Soul
James Brown
2007
"King of the High Cs" who was one of the Three Tenors
Luciano Pavarotti
2008
Comedian of The Original Kings of Comedy
Bernie Mac
2010
Starred in seven movies alongside Corey Feldman
Corey Haim
2010
Prolific Canadian actor of Airplane and The Naked Gun
Leslie Nielsen
2011
Atheist author of God is Not Great
Christopher Hitchens
2012
General who led Operation Desert Storm against Iraq
Norman Schwarzkopf
2014
Actor in Who Framed Roger Rabbit? and Super Mario Bros.
Bob Hoskins
2017
World middleweight champion nicknamed "Raging Bull"
Jake LaMotta
2018
Co-created Spider-Man, X-Men, Iron Man, the Hulk
Stan Lee
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Level 91
Mar 29, 2023
Conceptually ... different. Good mix of tough and easy. Nominated.
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Level 85
Mar 29, 2023
I try to be ... different. Thanks for the nomination!