Welcome! Check out today's deaths, recent deaths, or our deaths stats.
Feeling experimental? Head on over to our newest (and darkest) feature: Next-2-Die™ predictions
July 1st
187 Notable deaths
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]
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.
Richard Taruskin
American musicologist.
Born April 2nd, 1945 in New York City.
Died July 1st, 2022 at 77 years old in Oakland. [ref]
Camille Chautemps
French politician (1885-1963).
Born February 1st, 1885 in Paris. [ref]
Died July 1st, 1963 at 78 years old in Washington, D.C.. [ref]
Vsevolod Bobrov
Soviet football, bandy, and ice hockey player (1922–1979).
Born December 1st, 1922 in Morshansk.
Died July 1st, 1979 at 56 years old in Moscow.
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]
Sergio Sollima
Italian film director (1921-2015).
Born April 17th, 1921 in Rome.
Died July 1st, 2015 at 94 years old in Rome. [ref]
Edgar Julius Jung
German jurist and essayist.
Born March 6th, 1894 in Ludwigshafen.
Died July 1st, 1934 at 40 years old in Oranienburg.
Heinrich Vollmer
German firearm designer.
Born July 26th, 1885 in Altdorf.
Died July 1st, 1961 at 75 years old in Tübingen.
Mihai Leu
Romanian boxer.
Born February 13th, 1968 in Hunedoara. [ref]
Died July 1st, 2025 at 57 years old in Bucharest. [ref]
Deaths 81 to 90 of 187
Though death be poor, it ends a mortal woe. William Shakespeare