June 2nd
168 Notable deaths
Uri Zohar
Israeli film director.
Born November 4th, 1935 in Tel Aviv.
Died June 2nd, 2022 at 86 years old in Jerusalem.
Ivan Bek
Serbian and french footballer (1909-1963).
Born October 29th, 1909 in Belgrade.
Died June 2nd, 1963 at 53 years old in Sète (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Irenäus Eibl-Eibesfeldt
Founder of the field of human ethology.
Born June 15th, 1928 in Vienna. [ref]
Died June 2nd, 2018 at 89 years old in Starnberg. [ref]
Carlo Ubbiali
Italian motorcycle racers (1929–2020).
Born September 22nd, 1929 in Bergamo.
Died June 2nd, 2020 at 90 years old in Bergamo (respiratory failure). [ref]
Leon Garfield
English children's writer (1921-1996).
Born July 14th, 1921 in Brighton. [ref]
Died June 2nd, 1996 at 74 years old in London (cancer). [ref]
Otto Nordenskjöld
Swedish geologist and polar researche.
Born December 6th, 1869 in Jönköping County. [ref]
Died June 2nd, 1928 at 58 years old in Gothenburg (traffic collision). [ref]
Lucía Sánchez Saornil
Spanish poet, journalist, sindicalist, anarchist and feminist (1895-1970).
Born December 13th, 1895 in Madrid.
Died June 2nd, 1970 at 74 years old in Valencia (cancer).
Tahar Djaout
Algerian writer (1954-1993).
Born January 11th, 1954 in Kabylie.
Died June 2nd, 1993 at 39 years old in Algiers.
Duraisamy Simon Lourdusamy
Catholic cardinal.
Born February 5th, 1924 in Kalleri.
Died June 2nd, 2014 at 90 years old in Rome.
Deaths 81 to 90 of 168
Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses waving above one’s head, and listen to silence. To have no yesterday, and no to-morrow. To forget time, to forget life, to be at peace. Oscar Wilde