Singers first wife of Johnny Smith (1957) Mary Welch (1958), stage actress and first wife of David White Ellen Urban (1961), first wife of William D. Ruckelshaus Gerri Santoro (1964) Wan-bing Mui (1967), mother of Francis Chan Nicola Griggs Andron (1975), daughter of David T. Griggs and granddaughter of Robert Fiske Griggs Rosie Jimenez (1977) the mother of Masuimi Max Becky Bell (1988) Nadine Renee (2004), singer/songwriter Michal Friedman, singer/voice actress, wife of Dan Green (2011) Marlise Muñoz (2013) Micki Carey Tobin (2012) (amniotic fluid embolism) Chaniece Wallace (2020) Venezuela Judith Chacón (2009), weightlifter Vietnam Tá Thiên (1807), also known as original name Hồ Thị Hoa. Consort of Nguyễn Phúc Kiểu, the future Minh Mạng Emperor of Nguyễn dynasty and mother of Nguyễn Phúc Miên Tông, the future Thiệu Trị Emperor Zambia Mofya Chisenga (2011), Miss Zambia 2006 See also Maternal death Maternal mortality in fiction References Childbirth Died in childbirth Childbirth