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June 2nd
163 Notable deaths
John Frank Stevens
American canal engineer.
Born April 25th, 1853 in West Gardiner.
Died June 2nd, 1943 at 90 years old in Southern Pines.
Jeffrey Tate
British conductor.
Born April 28th, 1943 in Salisbury.
Died June 2nd, 2017 at 74 years old in Bergamo (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Abdul Rahman Hassan Azzam
Member of parliament and ambassador of egypt (1893-1976).
Born March 8th, 1893 in Giza. [ref]
Died June 2nd, 1976 at 83 years old in Cairo. [ref]
John Alton
American cinematographer of austrian-hungarian origin (1901-1996).
Born October 5th, 1901 in Sopron.
Died June 2nd, 1996 at 94 years old in Santa Monica.
Takeo Watanabe
Japanese musician and composer (1933-1989).
Born April 16th, 1933 in Tokyo Prefecture. [ref]
Died June 2nd, 1989 at 56 years old
Donald M. Fraser
American politician (1924-2019).
Born February 20th, 1924 in Minneapolis.
Died June 2nd, 2019 at 95 years old in Minneapolis.
John Erskine
American educator and novelist.
Born October 5th, 1879 in New York City. [ref]
Died June 2nd, 1951 at 71 years old in New York City. [ref]
Juan José Torres
61th bolivian president (1920-1976).
Born March 5th, 1920 in Cochabamba.
Died June 2nd, 1976 at 56 years old in San Andrés de Giles.
Nicolai Ghiaurov
Opera singer (1929-2004).
Born September 13th, 1929 in Velingrad. [ref]
Died June 2nd, 2004 at 74 years old in Modena. [ref]
Deaths 61 to 70 of 163
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