Famous Deaths on July 2

• 862 St. Swithun, Bishop of Winchester (his medieval shrine famed for its healing powers) (b. 789)
• 936 Henry I the Vogelaar, German king (919-36), Duke of Saxon 912-36, dies
• 1298 Adolf, German Count of Nassau, King of the Roman (1292-98), dies in the battle of Göllheim at about 43

• 1504 Stephen III (Stefan the Great), ruler of Moldavia (1457-1504), dies

• 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

• 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 and ruler of Württemberg, dies at 59
• 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

• 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

• 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
• 1896 Alexander Lawton, American Brigadier General in the Confederate Army, dies at 77
• 1897 John Evans, American physician, railroad promoter, founder of Mercy Hospital (Chicago), Northwestern University, and University of Denver, and politician (Territorial Governor of Colorado, 1862-65) who was implicated in the Sand Creek Massacre of Cheyenne Indians, dies at 83
• 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 Clement A. Evans, American senior officer of the Confederate Army (Civil War), dies at 78
• 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

• 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

• 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
• 1947 Nikolai Chebotaryov, Soviet mathematician known for his study of the distribution of zeros and the Galois theory (Basic Galois Theory), dies at 53 [1]
• 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

• 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

• 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, American 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, American actress (Swan, Shock Punch), dies at 73
• 1976 T. Nagi Reddy, Indian Communist politician and writer known for “India Mortgaged”, dies at 59

• 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 Borislav Pekić, Serbian political activist and writer (The Time of Miracles, Houses), dies of lung cancer at 62 [1] [2]
• 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, founded Smithsonian Folklife Festival, dies at 59
• 1995 George Seldes, American investigative journalist, dies at 104
• 1995 Gervase Jackson-Stops, British historian and architectural adviser to the National Trust (1972-95), dies of an AIDS related illness 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

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

• 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 Cho Namchul, South Korean professional Go player, dies at 83
• 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 Dilip Sardesai, Indian cricket batsman (30 Tests, 5 x 100, HS 212; Bombay CA, Associated Cement Company CC), dies at 66
• 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 (Rep-R-Minnesota 1977-1991), dies at 83
• 2013 Bengt Hallberg, Swedish jazz pianist and composer, dies at 80

• 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

• 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
• 2024 Vladimír Bokes, Slovak cellist, composer (Good Day, Mr. Fibonacci), and pedagogue, dies at 78

July 2 Highlights