Deaths July 3 | History by KabAstro

Alonzo Cushing (1841-1863)

American Union officer, dies at the Battle of Gettsburg at about 22

1863 Elon John Farnsworth, American Brigadier General (Union Army), dies at the battle of Gettysburg at 25
1863 George Hull Ward, American general and Union officer in the American Civil War, dies of his wounds at the Battle of Gettysburg at 37
1863 Little Crow [Ta-oya-te-duta], Mdewakanton Dakota leader (Treaty of Mendota), shot and killed by settlers at about 53
1863 Richard B. Garnett, American Confederate Brigadier General, killed during Pickett's Charge, Battle of Gettysburg at 45
1863 Samuel K. Zook, American Union general-major, dies of his wounds from the Battle of Gettysburg at 40
1863 William Barksdale, American Confederate Brigadier General, dies in the Battle of Gettysburg while leading his brigade's attack at 41
1868 Lafayette Curry Baker, American investigator spy and Brigadier General (Union Army), dies at 41
1873 Josef Michal Poniatowski, Polish composer, dies at 57
1890 Gilman Marston, American Brigadier General (Union Army) and politician (R-NH), dies at 78
1891 Stefano Golinelli, Italian composer, dies at 72
1904 Edouard Beaupré, Canadian giant and strongman (b. 1881)

Theodor Herzl (1860-1904)

Austrian journalist and father of modern political Zionism (World Zionist Organization), dies of cardiac sclerosis at 44

1908 Joel Chandler Harris, American writer (created Uncle Remus stories), dies at 59
1910 Julius Slabbe, Flemish writer and editor (De Halletoren), dies at 64
1910 Mordecai Sherwin, English cricket wicket-keeper (3 Tests, 7 dismissals; Nottinghamshire CCC), dies at 59
1912 Robert Hoke, American Major General (Confederate Army), dies at 75

Hetty Green (1834-1916)

American businesswoman and financier whose wealth and miserliness saw her known as the "Witch of Wall Street", dies of a stroke at 81

1918 David Alfred Thomas, 1st Viscount Rhondda, Welsh coal-mining entrepreneur, dies at 62
1918 Mehmed V, 35th Ottoman Sultan (1909-18), dies at 73
1920 William Crawford Gorgas, American physician and 22nd Surgeon-General of the U.S. Army (controlled yellow fever during building of the Panama Canal), dies at 65
1929 Dustin Farnum, American actor (Squaw Man, Virginian, The Flaming Frontier), dies at 55
1932 Arthur Hawley Scribner, American magazine and book publisher, dies at 73

Hipólito Yrigoyen (1852-1933)

President of Argentina (1916-22, 1928-30), dies at 80

1934 Henry, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Prince consort of Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands (1901-34), dies at 58

André Citroën (1878-1935)

French automobile pioneer, dies at 57

1940 George Shepstone, South African cricket batsman (2 Tests; Transvaal), dies at 64
1942 Louis Franchet d'Espèrey, French general during WWI, dies at 86
1948 Quintin McMillan, South African cricket spin bowler (13 Tests, 36 wickets; Transvaal), dies at 44
1952 Daniel Zamudio, Colombian organist, composer and folklorist, dies at 64
1952 Henriëtte Bosmans, Dutch composer, dies of cancer at 56
1954 Siegfried Handloser, German military physician (WWI; WWII - Chief of Armed Services Medical Services, 1942-44), and convicted Nazi war criminal, dies of cancer at 69
1957 Dolf Luque, Cuban Baseball HOF pitcher (World Series 1919, 33; MLB wins leader & MLB ERA leader 1923; Cincinnati Reds, NY Giants), dies at 66
1957 Judy Tyler [Judith Mae Hess], American actress (Jailhouse Rock, Bop Girl Goes Calypso) and Miss Stardust (1949), dies in car crash with 2nd husband Gregory Lafayette (19) at 24
1957 Richard Mohaupt, German composer (Bucolica), dies at 52
1960 Alfred Henry Ackley, American composer, dies at 73
1965 Trigger, horse (Roy Rogers), dies at 25
1966 (Joseph) Deems Taylor, American music critic (New York World), composer (Through The Looking Glass; Peter Ibbetson), and promoter of classical music (Fantasia), dies at 80
1966 André Gailhard, French classical music composer, dies at 81
1966 Kees Boeke, Dutch reformist educator (Cosmic View), dies at 81

Brian Jones (1942-1969)

British blues and rock guitarist, organist and sitar player (Rolling Stones, 1962-69), drowns in his swimming pool at 27

1969 Hermann Grabner, Austrian composer, dies at 83
1970 Frances Parkinson Keyes, American novelist (Dinner at Antoine's), dies at 84

Jim Morrison (1943-1971)

American singer-songwriter (The Doors) and poet, dies of heart failure allegedly caused be an accidental heroin overdose at 27

1971 Renie Riano, British-American vaudeville and screen actress (Jiggs and Maggie films; The Family Jewels), dies after long illness at 71
1972 "Mississippi" Fred McDowell, American blues singer and guitarist, dies of cancer at 68
1972 Hal Walker, American film director (I Married Joan), dies at 76
1973 Karel Ančerl, Czechoslovak conductor (Czech Philharmonic, 1950-68; Toronto Symphony, 1968-73), composer, and Auschwitz survivor, dies at 65
1974 John Crowe Ransom, American poet and critic (God Without Thunder), dies at 86
1976 Hans Bentz van den Berg, Dutch actor (Last Train), dies at 58
1977 Hugh Le Caine, Canadian physicist and composer, dies at 63
1977 Mohammed al-Zahaby, Egyptian minister, murdered by Moslem extremists at 64
1978 James Daly, American actor (Medical Center, Planet of the Apes), dies of heart failure at 59
1979 Louis Durey, French composer, dies at 91
1980 James "Buster" Bennett, American blues saxophonist and blues shouter, dies at 66
1981 Ross Martin [Martin Rosenblatt], Polish-American actor (Mr Lucky, The Wild Wild West), dies of a heart attack at 61
1982 Henry King, US film director (Song of Bernadette, Gunfighter), dies at 96
1983 John Fleming (Jack) Brock, South African nutritional scientist, physician and a professor in the Department of Medicine at the University of Cape Town, dies at 78
1984 Raoul Salan, French Army general and leader of OAS; Secret Army Organization (Algeria), dies at 85
1985 Cooney Weiland, Canadian ice hockey coach (Stanley Cup 1941 Boston Bruins; Harvard Uni) and NHL forward (Boston Bruins, Detroit Red Wings), dies at 80
1985 Frank J. Selke, Canadian Hockey HOF executive (9 x Stanley Cup Toronto Maple Leafs, Montreal Canadiens), dies at 92

Rudy Vallee (1901-1986)

American singer and one of the earliest crooners ("Vagabond Dreams"; "My Time Is Your Time"), dies at 84

1987 Viola Dana, American silent screen actress (Willow Tree, 40 Winks, Silent Lover), dies at 90
1988 Gabriel Dell, American actor (The Bowery Boys, Steve Allen Show), dies of leukemia at 68
1989 Andrei Gromyko, Soviet politician (Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet, 1985-88), and diplomat (Minister of Foreign Affairs, 1957–85), dies just short of his 80th birthday
1989 James "Jim" Backus, American actor (Mr Magoo, Rebel Without a Cause, Gilligan's Island), dies of pneumonia at 76
1990 Maurice Girodias, French publisher and founder (Olympia Press), dies at 71
1991 Irina Nijinska, Russian American dancer, dies at 77
1991 Jimmy Van Alen, American tennis official (created Simplified Scoring System), dies at 88
1992 Arline Bletcher, American actress, dies of natural causes at 99
1992 Marc Tannenbaum, American rabbi (only Jew to attend Vatican II), dies at 66
1993 "Curly" Joe DeRita, American actor and comedian (The Three Stooges), dies of pneumonia at 83

Don Drysdale (1936-1993)

American Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher (World Series 1959, 63, 65; 9 x MLB All Star; Cy Young Award 1962; Brooklyn/LA Dodgers), dies of a heart attack at 56

1994 Felix Kelly, New Zealand-born British artist, dies at 80

Lew Hoad (1934-1994)

Australian tennis player (Wimbledon 1956-57, Australian C'ships 1956, French C'ships 1956)), dies of a heart attack at 59

1994 Pieter Hennipman, Dutch economist, dies at 85
1995 Bert Hardy, English photographer (Picture Post), dies at 82
1995 Brad Lee Sexton, American blues-rock bassist (Little Charlie & the Nightcats. 1990-93), dies at 47
1995 Gil Wolman, French artist, dies at 65
1995 Pancho González, American tennis player (US National C'ships singles 1948-49; Wimbledon & French Open Doubles, 1949; 13 x Pro Grand Slam titles), dies of stomach cancer at 67
1996 Pim Jacobs, Dutch jazz pianist, TV host and actor (Gilas), dies at 61
1996 Raaj Kumar, Hindi actor (Tiranga, Saudagar), dies at 69
1998 Danielle Bunten Berry [Dan Bunten], American software developer and game programmer (M.U.L.E.), dies of lung cancer at 49
1998 Duncan White, Ceylonese athlete (first Olympic medallist from Ceylon, silver 400m hurdles 1948), dies at 80
1998 George Lloyd, English composer (The Serf; Pervigilium Veneris (The Vigil of Venus); John Socman), dies at 85
1999 Mark Sandman, American singer-songwriter and musician (Morphine; Treat Her Right), dies of a heart attack at 46
2000 Harold Nicholas, American dancer known as one of the world's greatest dancers (Nicholas Brothers), dies of heart failure at 79
2000 Kemal Sunal, Turkish actor, dies of a heart attack at 55
2001 Alette Beaujon, Curacaos poet (Poems on the Bay and Beyond), and psychologist, dies of cancer at 68
2001 Delia Derbyshire, English musician and composer (Doctor Who theme, White Noise), dies of renal failure at 64
2001 Johnny Russell, American country songwriter (Act Naturally; Let's Fall To Pieces Together), singer and comedian dies of complications from diabetes at 61
2001 Mordecai Richler, Canadian author (The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz), dies at 70
2003 Charles Henderson Tidbury, British brewing executive (Whitbread & Co), dies at 77
2003 Gaetano Alibrandi, Italian Catholic priest and papal diplomat, dies at 89
2004 Andrian Nikolayev, Soviet cosmonaut (Vostok 3), dies at 73
2004 John Barron, British actor (Emergency - Ward 10; The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin), dies at 83
2005 Alberto Lattuada, Italian film director, dies at 90
2005 Gaylord Nelson, American politician (founder of Earth Day, dies at 89
2006 Benjamin Hendrickson, American stage and screen actor (As The World Turns, 1985-2006 - "Hal Munson"), dies of a self-inflicted gunshot at 55
2006 Joseph Goguen, American computer scientist (professor of Computer Science at the University of California and University of Oxford), dies at 65
2006 Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, American violist and operatic mezzo-soprano, dies of cancer at 52
2007 (Homer) "Boots" Randolph, American session saxophonist ("Yakety Sax"), dies of a brain hemorrhage at 80
2007 Alice Timander, Swedish dentist and red carpet queen, dies at 91
2008 Clive Hornby, English soap actor (Emmerdale), dies of cancer at 63
2008 Colin Cooper, British vocalist and harmonica player (Climax Blues Band - "Couldn't Get It Right"), dies of cancer at 69 [1]
2008 Larry Harmon, American entertainer and TV producer (Bozo the Clown), dies at 83
2008 Oliver Schroer, Canadian fiddler and composer, dies of leukemia at 52
2009 John A. Keel, American Fortean, television scriptwriter, author of The Mothman Prophecies (b. 1930)
2011 Anna Massey, English actress (De Sade, Doll's House), dies at 73
2012 Andy Griffith, American actor, comedian, television producer, Southern gospel singer, and writer (Andy Griffith Show, Matlock), dies from a heart attack at 86
2013 Radu Vasile, Prime Minister of Romania (1998-99), dies at 70
2015 Boyd K. Packer, LDS church apostle, dies at 90
2015 Diana Douglas, Bermudian-born American actress (The Indian Fighter), dies at 92
2015 Jacques Sernas [Jokūbas Bernardas Šernas], Lithuanian actor (La Dolce Vita, Helen of Troy), dies at 89
2015 Phil Walsh, Australian Rules football wing (Brisbane Bears B&F 1987) and coach (Adelaide Crows FC), dies - murdered by son at 55
2016 Noel Neill, American actress (Adventures of Superman), dies at 95
2017 Spencer Johnson, American author (Who Moved My Cheese?), dies of pancreatic cancer at 78
2018 Bill Watrous, American jazz trombonist, dies at 79
2018 Richard Swift [Ochoa], American singer and songwriter (The Black Keys), dies of complications from hepatitis at 41
2018 Robby Müller, Dutch cinematographer (Breaking the Waves, Dead Man, Korczak), dies at 78
2019 Arte Johnson, American comedian (Laugh-in, Don't Call Me Charlie), dies at 90
2019 Duncan Lamont, Scottish jazz and session trumpet and saxophone player, arranger, and songwriter ("I Told You So"), dies at 87
2020 Ardico Magnini, Italian soccer defender (20 caps; Fiorentina 225 games), dies at 91
2020 Emily Howell Warner, American pilot, 1st woman to captain a commercial American airline plane, dies at 80
2020 Leonardo Villar, Brazilian actor (The Given Word), dies at 96
2021 Ted Nash, American rower (Olympic gold coxless four 1960), dies at 88
2022 Ni Kuang, Hong Kong-American screenwriter and novelist (The 36th Chamber of Shaolin), dies at 87 [1]
2023 Don Reinhoudt, American powerlifter (IPF World Powerlifting C'ship +110kg 1973, 74, 74, 76; World's Strongest Man 1979), dies at 78
2023 Vince Tobin, American football coach (head coach Arizona Cardinals 1996-2000), dies at 79