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July 1st
192 Notable deaths
Khieu Ponnary
Cambodian writer (1920-2003).
Born February 3rd, 1920 in Battambang Province.
Died July 1st, 2003 at 83 years old in Pailin Province (cancer). [ref]
Alex Delvecchio
Canadian ice hockey player.
Born December 4th, 1931 in Fort William.
Died July 1st, 2025 at 93 years old in Rochester. [ref]
Moshé Feldenkrais
Israeli engineer and creator of the feldenkrais method (1904-1984).
Born May 6th, 1904 in Slavuta. [ref]
Died July 1st, 1984 at 80 years old in Tel Aviv. [ref]
Purushottam Das Tandon
Indian freedom fighter.
Born August 1st, 1882 in Allahabad.
Died July 1st, 1962 at 79 years old
Rudolf Laban
Austrian choreographer (1879-1958).
Born December 15th, 1879 in Bratislava.
Died July 1st, 1958 at 78 years old in Weybridge.
Louis Andriessen
Dutch composer, pianist and university lecturer.
Born June 6th, 1939 in Utrecht. [ref]
Died July 1st, 2021 at 82 years old in Weesp (dementia). [ref]
Robin Hardy
British film director and writer (1929-2016).
Born October 2nd, 1929 in Wimbledon.
Died July 1st, 2016 at 86 years old in Reading. [ref]
Mel Galley
English guitarist.
Born March 8th, 1948 in Cannock.
Died July 1st, 2008 at 60 years old in Heath Hayes and Wimblebury (esophageal cancer). [ref]
Alma Rosé
Austrian musician (1906–1944).
Born November 3rd, 1906 in Vienna.
Died July 1st, 1944 at 37 years old in Auschwitz II-Birkenau concentration camp.
Steve Tesich
Serbian-american screenwriter, playwright and novelist (1942-1996).
Born September 29th, 1942 in Užice.
Died July 1st, 1996 at 53 years old in Sydney (myocardial infarction).
Deaths 61 to 70 of 192
It is not length of life, but depth of life. Ralph Waldo Emerson