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July 1st
192 Notable deaths
Nikolay Basov
Soviet physicist (1922-2001).
Born December 14th, 1922 in Usman.
Died July 1st, 2001 at 78 years old in Moscow.
Claude Eatherly
United states air force officer (1918-1978).
Born October 2nd, 1918 in Van Alstyne.
Died July 1st, 1978 at 59 years old in Houston.
Victoria Amelina
Ukrainian writer and activist.
Born January 1st, 1986 in Lviv.
Died July 1st, 2023 at 37 years old in Dnipro (2023 Kramatorsk restaurant missile strike). [ref]
Joxe Azurmendi
Basque writer and philosopher.
Born March 19th, 1941 in Zegama.
Died July 1st, 2025 at 84 years old in Donostia-San Sebastián. [ref]
Mihai Leu
Romanian boxer.
Born February 13th, 1969 in Hunedoara. [ref]
Died July 1st, 2025 at 56 years old in Bucharest. [ref]
Leslie Brooks
American actress (1922-2011).
Born July 13th, 1922 in Lincoln.
Died July 1st, 2011 at 88 years old in Sherman Oaks (disease). [ref]
Marwa El-Sherbini
Egyptian handball player and pharmacist (1977–2009).
Born October 7th, 1977 in Alexandria.
Died July 1st, 2009 at 31 years old in Dresden (stabbing). [ref]
Gerhard Ritter
German historian (1888-1967).
Born April 6th, 1888 in Bad Sooden-Allendorf. [ref]
Died July 1st, 1967 at 79 years old in Freiburg im Breisgau. [ref]
Kerima
French actress.
Born February 10th, 1925 in Toulouse.
Died July 1st, 2014 at 89 years old in Palma.
Achille Varzi
Italian grand prix driver (1904-1948).
Born August 8th, 1904 in Galliate.
Died July 1st, 1948 at 43 years old in Circuit Bremgarten.
Deaths 81 to 90 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