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July 2nd
169 Notable deaths
Princess Louise of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
Princess consort of waldeck-pyrmont.
Born January 6th, 1858 in Kiel.
Died July 2nd, 1936 at 78 years old in Marburg (disease).
Yevgeny Petrov
Soviet writer (1902–1942).
Born December 13th, 1903 in Odesa.
Died July 2nd, 1942 at 38 years old in Rostov Oblast.
Leonid Shvartsman
Russian artist.
Born August 30th, 1920 in Minsk.
Died July 2nd, 2022 at 101 years old in Moscow.
Tony Duvert
French writer.
Born July 2nd, 1945 in Villeneuve-le-Roi. [ref]
Died July 2nd, 2008 at 63 years old in Thoré-la-Rochette.
Henriëtte Bosmans
Dutch composer (1895-1952).
Born December 6th, 1895 in Amsterdam.
Died July 2nd, 1952 at 56 years old in Amsterdam (stomach cancer).
Bengt Hallberg
Swedish musician (1932–2013).
Born September 13th, 1932 in Gothenburg.
Died July 2nd, 2013 at 80 years old in Uppsala.
Alexei Ivanovich Hegay
North korean politician (1908-1953).
Born March 18th, 1908 in Khabarovsk.
Died July 2nd, 1953 at 45 years old in Pyongyang (ballistic trauma).
Jeff Whitefoot
English footballer (1933–2024).
Born December 31st, 1933 in Cheadle. [ref]
Died July 2nd, 2024 at 90 years old [ref]
Vladimir Malaniuk
Ukrainian chess player.
Born July 21st, 1957 in Arkhangelsk.
Died July 2nd, 2017 at 59 years old in Kyiv (kidney cancer).
Manuel Cardona Castro
Spanish physicist.
Born September 7th, 1934 in Barcelona.
Died July 2nd, 2014 at 79 years old in Stuttgart.
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