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June 2nd
163 Notable deaths
Samir Kassir
Lebanese journalist (1960-2005).
Born May 5th, 1960 in Achrafieh.
Died June 2nd, 2005 at 45 years old in Achrafieh. [ref]
Eric Lenneberg
German american linguist and neurologist.
Born September 19th, 1921 in Düsseldorf.
Died June 2nd, 1975 at 53 years old in White Plains.
Christian Frederik von Schalburg
Danish ss officer.
Born April 15th, 1906 in Zmeinogorsk.
Died June 2nd, 1942 at 36 years old in Demyansk (killed in action).
Iosif Grigulevich
Soviet spy and costa rican diplomat.
Born May 5th, 1913 in Vilnius.
Died June 2nd, 1988 at 75 years old in Moscow.
Irwin Rose
American biologist (1926-2015).
Born July 16th, 1926 in Brooklyn.
Died June 2nd, 2015 at 88 years old in Deerfield.
Helen Jacobs
American tennis player.
Born August 6th, 1908 in Globe.
Died June 2nd, 1997 at 88 years old in East Hampton (heart failure).
Svyatoslav Fyodorov
Russian physician (1927-2000).
Born August 8th, 1927 in Khmelnytskyi.
Died June 2nd, 2000 at 72 years old in Moscow (aircraft crash).
Philip Dunne
American writer, producer, director (1908-1992).
Born February 11th, 1908 in New York City. [ref]
Died June 2nd, 1992 at 84 years old in Malibu (cancer). [ref]
Huang Ju
Chinese politician (1938-2007).
Born September 28th, 1938 in Shanghai.
Died June 2nd, 2007 at 68 years old in Beijing (pancreatic cancer). [ref]
Joachim Mrugowsky
German physician, ss officer, chief of hygiene institute of the waffen-ss and convicted war criminal (1905-1948).
Born August 15th, 1905 in Rathenow.
Died June 2nd, 1948 at 42 years old in Landsberg Prison (hanging).
Deaths 71 to 80 of 163
When I shall die, let it be doing that I had designed. Ovid