Deaths July 2 | History by KabAstro

Nostradamus (1503-1566)

French astrologist and prophet (Les Propheties), dies at 62

1568 Don Carlos, Prince of Asturias, son of Spanish King Philip II, dies after a year of imprisonment by his father for being mentally unstable at about 23

Akechi Mitsuhide (1528-1582)

Japanese samurai who assassinated daimyō Oda Nobunaga, killed fleeing the battle of Yamazaki (b. 1528)

1591 Vincenzo Galilei, Italian composer (b. 1520)
1619 Olivier de Serres, French farming pioneer (silkworms), dies
1621 Thomas Harriot, English astronomer (1st person to draw map of the Moon with a telescope), dies at 61 or 62
1633 Trijntje Keever, presumed to have been the tallest woman ever at 2.49 m (8 ft 2 in), dies at 17
1644 William Gascoigne, English astronomer and mathematician (introduced telescopic sights), is killed in the Battle of Marston Moor at 24
1656 François-Marie, comte de Broglie, Italian-born French army commander (Thirty Years' War), dies at 44
1663 Thomas Selle, German composer, dies at 64
1674 Eberhard III, Duke of Württemberg (b. 1614)
1684 John Rogers, English Puritan minister and President of Harvard College (1682-84), dies at 54
1700 Lambert Doomer, Dutch painter and cartoonist, dies at about 77

Spencer Compton (c. 1674-1743)

Prime Minister of Great Britain (Whig: 1742-43) statesman who served in government from 1715 until his death, dies at about 70

1746 Thomas Baker, English antiquarian, dies at 89
1778 Bathsheba Spooner, American first woman executed after US Independence for arranging husband's murder, hanged while pregnant at 32
1778 Jean-Jacques Rousseau, French philosopher, political theorist, and writer (Confessions) whose works inspired French Revolution leaders and Romantic academics, dies of cerebral bleeding from a stroke at 66
1794 František Xaver Pokorný, Czech violinist and composer, dies at 64
1798 John Fitch, American inventor and clockmaker (1st US steamboat service), dies of an opium overdose at 55
1822 Denmark Vesey, American carpenter and ex-slave who planned an unsuccessful slave revolt in Charleston, South Carolina, hanged with 5 others at Blake's Landing, Charleston, South Carolina at about 55
1833 Gervasio Antonio de Posadas, Argentine politician and 1st Supreme Director of the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata, dies at 76
1843 Samuel Hahnemann, German physician, originator of homeopathy, dies at 88

Robert Peel (1788-1850)

British Prime Minister (Tory/Conservative/Peelite: 1834-35; 1841-46), founder of the British Conservative Party and the modern police force (Bobbies), dies after falling from a horse at 62

1857 Carlo Pisacane, Italian patriot and revolutionary, killed leading an uprising (b. 1818)
1861 Petrus Augustus de Génestet, Dutch vicar and poet, dies at 31
1863 Stephen Hinsdale Weed, US Union brigadier general, dies in battle at 28
1878 François Bazin, French composer, dies at 61
1895 William Rockstro, English composer and musicologist, dies at 72
1903 Ed Delahanty, American Baseball HOF left fielder (NL batting champion 1899; NL home run leader 1893, 96; 3 × NL RBI leader; Philadelphia Phillies), dies intoxicated falling into Niagara Falls at 35
1911 Felix Mottl, Austrian conductor and composer (Agnes Bernauer), dies at 54
1912 Tom Richardson, England cricket fast bowler (14 Tests, 88 wickets, BB 8/94; Surrey CCC), dies of a heart attack at 41
1914 Joseph Chamberlain, British statesman, (Secretary of State for the Colonies), dies at 78
1915 José de la Cruz Porfirio Díaz Mori, Mexican military man, politician, and dictator (President of Mexico, 1877-1911), dies at 84
1917 Herbert Beerbohm Tree, British actor and theatre manager (King John, Trilby), dies at 64
1918 Mehmed V Resjad, Sultan of Turkey (1909-18), dies at 73
1919 Anna Howard Shaw, American suffragette, dies at 72
1920 William Louis Marshall, American general and engineer, dies at 74
1921 Edwin Evans, Australian cricket spin bowler (6 Tests; 7 wickets), dies at 72
1924 Matsukata Masayoshi, Japanese politician (Prime Minister of Japan 1891-1892, 1896 -1898), dies at 89
1926 Emile Coué, French pharmacist (recovery by auto suggestion), dies at 69
1929 Gladys Brockwell, American actress (Long Pants, Oliver Twist), dies in an automobile accident at 34
1930 Andres Randolf, Danish-American actor (Love of Sunya, Dangerous Curves, The Kiss), dies at 59
1931 Stephen Babcock, American agricultural chemist (Babcock test and father of scientific dairying), dies at 87
1932 Manuel II, last King of Portugal (1908-10), dies at 43
1935 Hank O'Day, American Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher, umpire, manager (umpire 10 World Series), dies of bronchial pneumonia at 75
1936 Harry Northrup [Henri N.], French-born American poet and actor (The Heart of Maryland, The Unchastened Woman), dies at 60
1940 Ben Turpin, American comic (Saps at Sea, His New Job), dies at 65
1940 Bertram Shapleigh, composer, dies at 69
1943 Caroline Yale, American educator who revolutionized the teaching of hearing-impaired students, dies at 84
1946 Anthony Overton, publisher/cosmetics manufacturer/banker, dies at 81
1949 Georgi Dimitrov, Bulgarian Communist leader (Prime Minister 1946-49), dies at 67
1951 Ernst Ferdinand Sauerbruch, German Nazi surgeon, dies at 75
1952 Henriëtte Bosmans, Dutch cellist, pianist and composer, dies at 56
1955 Edward Lawson, Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross, dies at 82
1958 Joe Jeannette, American boxer (world coloured champion 1909), dies at 78

Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961)

American author (The Old Man and the Sea, Nobel Prize for Literature - 1954), dies from suicide at 61

1963 Seth Barnes Nicholson, American astronomer who discovered four satellites of Jupiter, dies at 71
1964 Glenn "Fireball" Roberts, American auto racer (Daytona 500 1962; NASCAR 33 wins), dies from injuries in May 24 crash at 35
1965 Theodora E "Betsy" Ranucci-Beckmann, actress (Klatergoud), dies at 88
1966 Jan Brzechwa, Polish poet (The Beetle), dies at 67
1967 Boerneef [pen name for Izak Wilhelmus van der Merwe], South African writer (Tweetalige Woordeboek), dies at 70
1968 Francis Brennan, US cardinal of Philadelphia, dies at 74
1969 Michael DiBiase, wrestler (b. 1923)
1970 Jessie Street, Australian suffragette and aboriginal rights fighter, dies at 81
1971 Edward Ballantine, American composer and music professor, dies at 84
1972 Joseph Fielding Smith Jr., 10th president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons), dies at 95

Betty Grable (1916-1973)

American singer, dancer, pin-up girl and actress (I Wake Up Screaming, How to Marry a Millionaire, Gay Divorcee), dies of lung cancer at 56

1973 Chick Hafey, American Baseball HOF outfielder (World Series 1926, 31 St. Louis Cardinals; NL batting champion 1931; MLB All Star 1933), dies at 70
1973 Ferdinand Schörner, German field marshal, dies at 81
1973 George Macready, American actor (Peyton Place - "Martin Payton"), dies at 73
1973 George McBride, American baseball shortstop (AL fielding leader 1912-15 Washington Senators) and manager (Washington Senators 1921), dies at 92
1973 Swede Savage, Amewrican race car driver, dies of injuries sustained in crash at Indianapolis 500, at 26
1975 James Robertson Justice, British actor (Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Moby-Dick), dies from effects of a stroke at 68
1976 Frances Howard, actress (Swan, Shock Punch), dies at 73

Vladimir Nabokov (1899-1977)

Russian-American novelist (Lolita, Ada), dies at 78

1978 Aris Alexandrou, Greek novelist, poet and translator (b. 1922)
1981 Robert Emmett Keane, American stage and screen actor (The Rookie Cop; The Red Dragon), dies at 98
1982 Poul Rovsing Olsen, Danish composer, dies at 59
1984 Paul Dozois, Quebec politician (b. 1908)
1984 Ramiro Cortes, Mexican-American composer, dies of heart failure at 50
1985 David Purley, British Formula 1 driver (b. 1945)
1986 Peanuts Lowrey, American baseball player, dies at 68
1987 Karl Linnas, accused Nazi, dies of heart failure in Russia
1987 Michael Bennett, American theater director and choreographer (Chorus Line), dies of AIDS at 44
1988 Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson, American blues, jazz, and R&B alto saxophonist, dies of a heart attack at 70
1989 Franklin Schaffner, American film director (b. 1920)
1990 Muntu Myeza, South African anti-apartheid activist and General Secretary of SASO, dies in automobile accident at 39
1990 Snooky Lanson [Roy Landman], American singer (Your Hit Parade; 5 Star Jubilee), dies at 76
1991 Lee Remick, American actress (Days of Wine & Roses), dies of cancer at 55
1992 Borisav Pekic, Serbian writer/politician, dies
1992 Camarón de la Isla [José Monge Cruz], Spanish flamenco singer, dies at 41
1992 Edith Valckaert, Belgian violinist and educator, dies of cancer at 42
1992 Franco Cristaldi, Italian film producer (Amarcord) and Claudia Cardinale's husband, dies at 67
1993 Fred Gwynne, American actor (Car 54 Where Are You, Munsters), dies of pancreatic cancer at 66
1993 Sir Edward Dunlop, Australian war hero (b. 1907)
1994 Andrés Escobar, Colombian soccer defender (51 caps, World Cup own goal vs US; SA Atlético Nacional), dies of a gunshot wound at 27
1994 Marion Williams, American gospel singer (Stars of Faith), dies of diabetes at 66
1994 Maung Maung, premier of Burma (1988), dies at 69
1994 Ralph Rinzler, American folklorist (Greenbriar Boys), dies at 59
1995 George Seldes, American investigative journalist, dies at 104
1995 Gervase Jackson-Stops, British architectural adviser to the National Trust, dies at 48
1995 Krissy Taylor, American model (17 Mag), dies of respiratory problems at 17
1996 Hugh Davson, English physiologist (protein sandwich model), dies at 86

James Stewart (1908-1997)

American actor (The Philadelphia Story; It's a Wonderful Life; Mr Smith Goes to Washington; Vertigo), dies of a pulmonary embolism at 89

1999 Angelo Paccignini, Italian composer (Flou II), educator (Milan Conservatory - electronic music chair. 1969-80), and musical director (Nuova Armonia), dies at 68

Mario Puzo (1920-1999)

American novelist (The Godfather, Cotton Club, Earthquake), dies at 78

2000 Joey Dunlop, Irish motorcycle racer (b. 1952)
2002 Earle Brown, American composer (open form), dies at 75
2002 Ray Brown, American jazz double bassist (Oscar Peterson; Ella Fitzgerald), dies in his sleep at 75
2003 Julia Montgomery Walsh, American businesswoman and stockbroker, dies at 80
2003 Reinhard Baumgart, German writer and director, dies at 73
2004 John Cullen Murphy, American comic strip artist, dies at 85
2004 Mochtar Lubis, Indonesian writer and editor (Twilight in Jakarta), dies at 82
2004 Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen, Portuguese poet and children's author (The Sea Girl), dies at 84
2005 Ernest Lehman, American screenwriter (North by Northwest), dies at 89
2006 Jan Murray, American comedian and TV game show host (Treasure Hunt, Who Killed Teddy Bear), dies at 89
2007 Beverly Sills [Belle Miriam Silverman], American operatic soprano, dies of lung cancer at 78
2007 Git Gay [Birgit Carp], Swedish revue director, actress and singer (Git Gay Show, Ge mig en lektion i kärlek), dies at 85
2008 Elizabeth Spriggs, English-Born Actress (b. 1929)
2008 Natasha Shneider, Russian musician (Eleven), dies at 52
2009 Herbert Klein, American journalist and press secretary for Richard Nixon, dies at 91
2010 Beryl Bainbridge, Author (b. 1932)
2010 Laurent Terzieff, French actor (Head Over Heels, Milky Way), dies at 75
2011 Itamar Franco, 33rd President of Brazil (1992-94), dies at 81
2011 Juno Stover-Irwin, American diver (Olympic silver women's platform 1956, bronze 1952), dies at 82
2011 Oliver Napier, Northern Irish politician (founded Northern Ireland's Alliance party), dies at 75 [1]
2012 Ben Davidson, American actor (Rhino-Ball Four, Code R) and football player, dies from prostate cancer at 72
2013 Anthony Llewellyn, Welsh-American scientist and NASA astronaut, dies at 80
2013 Arlan Stangeland, American politician, dies at 83
2013 Bengt Hallberg, Swedish jazz pianist and composer, dies at 80

Douglas Engelbart (1925-2013)

American computer scientist (computer mouse, Engelbart's Law), dies at 88

2013 Fawzia Fuad, Egyptian princess who became Queen of Iran as the first wife of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, dies at 91
2014 Louis Zamperini, American World War II veteran whose story of capture by the Japanese inspired the movie "Unbroken", dies at 97
2015 Charlie Sanders, American football player (Detroit Lions), dies at 68
2015 Slavko Avsenik, Slovenian polka and Oberkrain ethnic accordionist, piano player, and composer (Avsenik Brothers Ensemble), dies at 85
2016 Caroline Aherne, British comedienne, writer and actress (The Royale Family), dies of cancer at 52

Elie Wiesel (1928-2016)

Jewish Auschwitz survivor and author (Night), Nobel Prize winner 1986, dies at 87

2016 Michael Cimino, American director (The Deer Hunter), dies at 77
2016 Michel Rocard, French politician, Prime Minister of France (1988-91), dies at 85
2016 Patrick Manning, Trinidad and Tobago politician, Prime Minister (1991-95, 2001-10), dies at 69
2017 Tatiana Zatulovskaya, Israeli chess player (Women's Soviet Chess Championship 1960, 62, 63), dies at 81
2017 Vladislav Rastorotsky, Soviet gymnastics coach, dies at 84
2018 Alan Longmuir, Scottish pop-rock musician (Bay City Rollers), dies at 70
2018 Henry Butler, American jazz and blues pianist, educator, and photographer (Dark Light: The Art of Blind Photographers), dies of cancer at 69 [1]
2019 Lee Iacocca, American automotive executive (CEO of Chrysler Corp), dies at 94
2019 Michael Colgrass, American-Canadian composer ("Déjà vu" - Pulitzer Prize for Music, 1978), dies at 81
2019 Pat Crawford Brown, American actress (Desperate Housewives - "Ida"; General Hospital), dies at 90
2020 Betsy Ancker-Johnson, American physicist (plasmas), inventor (high-frequency signal generator), first woman Presidential appointee to the Department of Commerce and first woman VP in the automotive industry, dies at 93 [1]
2020 Nikolai Kapustin, Russian jazz pianist and composer, dies at 82
2021 Elliot Lawrence [Broza], American jazz pianist, film score composer (Network), arranger, and orchestra leader (Tony and Emmy Award broadcasts; As The World Turns, 1981-93), dies at 96
2021 Lehlo Ledwaba, South African boxer (IBF super bantamweight title 1999-2001), dies from COVID-19 at 49
2021 Naïm Kattan, Canadian novelist and essayist, dies at 92
2022 Alain de Cadenet, English auto racer (3 x 24 Hours of Le Mans class 3rd place) and broadcaster (Speed Channel, ESPN, Velocity Channel, Petrolicious website), dies at 76
2022 Andy Goram, Scottish soccer goalkeeper (43 caps; Oldham Athletic, Hibernian, Rangers, Motherwell), dies from oesophageal cancer at 58
2022 Peter Brook, English theater and film director (Marat/Sade, Lord of the Flies), dies at 97
2022 Saúl Lorenzo Rivero, Uruguayan soccer midfielder (9 caps; Liverpool de Montevideo, Atlético Español México), dies at 67
2023 Greig Oliver, Scottish rugby union scrum-half (3 Tests) and coach (development officer Munster Rugby), dies in paragliding accident at 58
2023 Theo Pahlplatz, Dutch soccer striker, midfielder (13 caps; FC Twente 468 games), dies at 76