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July 1st
192 Notable deaths
Pierre Monteux
French conductor (1875-1964).
Born April 4th, 1875 in Paris. [ref]
Died July 1st, 1964 at 89 years old in Hancock. [ref]
Ida Haendel
Polish-born british violinist and violin teacher.
Born December 15th, 1928 in Chełm.
Died July 1st, 2020 at 91 years old in Miami. [ref]
Steve
South african musician (1958-2021).
Born August 4th, 1958 in Zebediela. [ref]
Died July 1st, 2021 at 62 years old in Polokwane Provincial Hospital. [ref]
Ferdinand von Bredow
German general (1884-1934).
Born May 16th, 1884 in Neuruppin.
Died July 1st, 1934 at 50 years old in Lichterfelde (ballistic trauma).
Carl Mayer
British-german screenwriter (1894-1944).
Born November 20th, 1894 in Graz.
Died July 1st, 1944 at 49 years old in London (cancer).
Alan G. Poindexter
American test pilot and astronaut (1961-2012).
Born November 5th, 1961 in Pasadena.
Died July 1st, 2012 at 50 years old in Pensacola. [ref]
Richard Taruskin
American musicologist.
Born April 2nd, 1945 in New York City.
Died July 1st, 2022 at 77 years old in Oakland. [ref]
Edgar Julius Jung
German jurist and essayist.
Born March 6th, 1894 in Ludwigshafen.
Died July 1st, 1934 at 40 years old in Oranienburg.
Émile Jaques-Dalcroze
Swiss composer, musician and music educator (1865-1950).
Born July 6th, 1865 in Vienna. [ref]
Died July 1st, 1950 at 84 years old in Geneva. [ref]
Deaths 71 to 80 of 192
Let children walk with Nature, let them see the beautiful blendings and communions of death and life, their joyous inseparable unity, as taught in woods and meadows, plains and mountains and streams of our blessed star, and they will learn that death is stingless indeed, and as beautiful as life. John Muir