July 2 - Deaths

Deaths

  • 862 – Swithun, English Bishop of Winchester and saint (b. 789)
  • 1298 – Adolf, King of Germany (b. 1220)
  • 1504 – Stephen III of Moldavia (b. 1434)
  • 1566 – Nostradamus, French astrologer and writer (b. 1503)
  • 1582 – Akechi Mitsuhide, Japanese samurai (b. 1528)
  • 1591 – Vincenzo Galilei, Italian composer (b. 1520)
  • 1621 – Thomas Harriot, English astronomer (b. 1560)
  • 1656 – François-Marie, comte de Broglie, Italian-French commander (b. 1611)
  • 1674 – Eberhard III, Duke of Württemberg (b. 1614)
  • 1743 – Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington, English politician, 2nd Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1673)
  • 1746 – Thomas Baker, English antiquarian (b. 1656)
  • 1778 – Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Swiss philosopher (b. 1712)
  • 1778 – Bathsheba Spooner, American murderer (b. 1746)
  • 1822 – Denmark Vesey, American freed slave who planned a revolt (b. 1767)
  • 1833 – Gervasio Antonio de Posadas, Argentine politician (b. 1757)
  • 1843 – Samuel Hahnemann, German physician (b. 1755)
  • 1850 – Robert Peel, English politician, 28th and 30th Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1788)
  • 1857 – Carlo Pisacane, Italian patriot and philosopher (b. 1818)
  • 1903 – Ed Delahanty, American baseball player (b. 1867)
  • 1912 – Tom Richardson, English cricketer (b. 1870)
  • 1914 – Joseph Chamberlain, English politician and businessman (b. 1836)
  • 1915 – Porfirio Díaz, Mexican general and politician, President of Mexico (b. 1830)
  • 1916 – Louis Maxson, American archer (b. 1855)
  • 1920 – William Louis Marshall, American general and engineer (b. 1846)
  • 1926 – Émile Coué, French psychologist (b. 1857)
  • 1929 – Gladys Brockwell, American actress (b. 1893)
  • 1932 – Manuel II of Portugal (b. 1889)
  • 1934 – Ernst Röhm, German Nazi official (b. 1887)
  • 1950 – Thomas William Burgess, second person to swim the English Channel (b. 1872)
  • 1955 – Edward Lawson, Scottish soldier, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1873)
  • 1961 – Ernest Hemingway, American writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1899)
  • 1963 – Alicia Patterson, American publisher, co-founded Newsday (b. 1906)
  • 1964 – Fireball Roberts, American race car driver (b. 1929)
  • 1966 – Jan Brzechwa, Polish poet (b. 1900)
  • 1969 – Michael DiBiase, Italian-American wrestler (b. 1923)
  • 1972 – Joseph Fielding Smith, American religious figure, 10th president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1876)
  • 1973 – Betty Grable, American actress (b. 1916)
  • 1973 – Chick Hafey, American baseball player (b. 1903)
  • 1973 – George McBride, American baseball player (b. 1880)
  • 1973 – Ferdinand Schörner, German field marshal (b. 1892)
  • 1975 – James Robertson Justice, English actor (b. 1907)
  • 1977 – Vladimir Nabokov, Russian writer (b. 1899)
  • 1978 – Aris Alexandrou, Greek novelist, poet, and translator (b. 1922)
  • 1984 – Paul Dozois, Canadian politician (b. 1908)
  • 1985 – David Purley, English race car driver (b. 1945)
  • 1986 – Peanuts Lowrey, American baseball player (b. 1917)
  • 1989 – Andrei Gromyko, Soviet politician (b. 1909)
  • 1989 – Franklin Schaffner, American director (b. 1920)
  • 1990 – Snooky Lanson, American singer (b. 1914)
  • 1991 – Lee Remick, American actress (b. 1935)
  • 1992 – Camarón de la Isla, Spanish singer (b. 1950)
  • 1993 – Fred Gwynne, American actor (b. 1926)
  • 1994 – Andrés Escobar, Colombian footballer (b. 1967)
  • 1995 – Krissy Taylor, American model (b. 1978)
  • 1997 – James Stewart, American actor (b. 1908)
  • 1999 – Mario Puzo, American writer (b. 1920)
  • 2000 – Joey Dunlop, Irish motorcycle racer (b. 1952)
  • 2002 – Ray Brown, American bassist and composer (b. 1926)
  • 2004 – Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen, Portuguese poet and writer (b. 1919)
  • 2004 – John Cullen Murphy, American illustrator (b. 1919)
  • 2004 – Mochtar Lubis, Indonesian journalist and novelist (b. 1922)
  • 2005 – Ernest Lehman, American screenwriter, director, and producer (b. 1915)
  • 2005 – Norm Prescott, American animation producer, co-founded Filmation Studios (b. 1927)
  • 2006 – Jan Murray, American comedian and actor (b. 1916)
  • 2007 – Beverly Sills, American soprano (b. 1929)
  • 2008 – Natasha Shneider, Russian singer, musician, and actress (Eleven) (b. 1956)
  • 2008 – Elizabeth Spriggs, English actress (b. 1929)
  • 2010 – Beryl Bainbridge, English author (b. 1932)
  • 2011 – Itamar Franco, Brazilian politician (b. 1930)
  • 2011 – Chaturanan Mishra, Indian politician (b. 1925)
  • 2012 – John E. Brooks, American priest (b. 1924)
  • 2012 – Maurice Chevit, French actor (b. 1923)
  • 2012 – Ben Davidson, American football player and actor (b. 1940)
  • 2012 – Julian Goodman, American broadcaster (b. 1922)
  • 2012 – Tsutomu Koyama, Japanese volleyball player (b. 1936)

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Famous quotes containing the word deaths:

    “On almost the incendiary eve
    Of deaths and entrances ...”
    —Dylan Thomas (1914–1953)

    “Death is too much for men to bear, whereas women, who are practiced in bearing the deaths of men before their own and who are also practiced in bearing life, take death almost in stride. They go to meet death—that is, they attempt suicide—twice as often as men, though men are more “successful” because they use surer weapons, like guns.”
    —Roger Rosenblatt (b. 1940)

    “There is the guilt all soldiers feel for having broken the taboo against killing, a guilt as old as war itself. Add to this the soldier’s sense of shame for having fought in actions that resulted, indirectly or directly, in the deaths of civilians. Then pile on top of that an attitude of social opprobrium, an attitude that made the fighting man feel personally morally responsible for the war, and you get your proverbial walking time bomb.”
    —Philip Caputo (b. 1941)