July 2nd
209 Notable deaths
David Purley
British racing driver.
Born January 26th, 1945 in Bognor Regis.
Died July 2nd, 1985 at 40 years old in Bognor Regis (aviation accident).
Rudolf E. Kálmán
Hungarian-born american electrical engineer.
Born May 19th, 1930 in Budapest.
Died July 2nd, 2016 at 86 years old in Gainesville. [ref]
Ernest Lehman
American screenwriter (1915-2005).
Born December 8th, 1915 in New York City.
Died July 2nd, 2005 at 89 years old in Los Angeles.
Herbert Beerbohm Tree
English actor and theatre manager (1852–1917).
Born December 17th, 1852 in London, Kensington.
Died July 2nd, 1917 at 64 years old in Marylebone.
Viktor Chebrikov
Kgb officer (1923-1999).
Born April 27th, 1923 in Dnipro.
Died July 2nd, 1999 at 76 years old in Moscow.
Beryl Bainbridge
English writer (1932–2010).
Born November 21st, 1934 in Liverpool.
Died July 2nd, 2010 at 75 years old in University College Hospital (cancer). [ref]
Pat Crawford Brown
American actress (1929-2019).
Born June 29th, 1929 in New York City.
Died July 2nd, 2019 at 90 years old in Corona. [ref]
Frances Howard
American actress (1903–1976).
Died July 2nd, 1976 at 73 years old in Beverly Hills (cancer).
Nikolai Kapustin
Soviet and russian composer and pianist (1937–2020).
Born November 22nd, 1937 in Horlivka.
Died July 2nd, 2020 at 82 years old in Moscow.
Wilfrid Sellars
American philosopher (1912-1989).
Born May 20th, 1912 in Michigan.
Died July 2nd, 1989 at 77 years old in Pittsburgh.
John of Shanghai and San Francisco
Eastern orthodox ascetic (1896-1966).
Born June 4th, 1896 in Kharkiv Oblast.
Died July 2nd, 1966 at 70 years old in Seattle.
Alain de Cadenet
British racing driver and television presenter.
Born November 27th, 1945 in London.
Died July 2nd, 2022 at 76 years old
Ella Mitchell
American actress.
Born August 15th, 1937 in Ahoskie.
Died July 2nd, 2024 at 86 years old in New York City. [ref]
Larisa Shepitko
Soviet film director and screenwriter (1938—1979).
Born January 6th, 1938 in Bakhmut.
Died July 2nd, 1979 at 41 years old in Tver Oblast (traffic collision). [ref]
Mikio Naruse
Japanese filmmaker (1905–1969).
Born August 20th, 1905 in Tokyo.
Died July 2nd, 1969 at 63 years old in Tokyo (colorectal cancer).
Ferdinand Sauerbruch
German surgeon (1875-1951).
Born July 3rd, 1875 in Barmen. [ref]
Died July 2nd, 1951 at 75 years old in Berlin. [ref]
Anna Howard Shaw
American physician and activist (1847-1919).
Born February 14th, 1847 in Newcastle upon Tyne. [ref]
Died July 2nd, 1919 at 72 years old in Nether Providence Township (disease).
Jacobo Zabludovsky
Mexican journalist (1928–2015).
Born May 24th, 1928 in Mexico City.
Died July 2nd, 2015 at 87 years old in Mexico City (acute myocardial infarction). [ref]
Nicholas Golitsyn
Russian noble (1850-1925).
Born April 12th, 1850 in Moscow Governorate.
Died July 2nd, 1925 at 75 years old in Saint Petersburg.
Israel Shahak
Israeli chemist and activist for the human rights (1933–2001).
Born April 28th, 1933 in Warsaw.
Died July 2nd, 2001 at 68 years old in Jerusalem (diabetes).
Chad Brown
American actor and poker player (1961-2014).
Born August 13th, 1961 in Manhattan.
Died July 2nd, 2014 at 52 years old in The Bronx (cancer).
Hoàng Văn Thái
Vietnamese general (1915–1986).
Born May 1st, 1915 in Tiền Hải.
Died July 2nd, 1986 at 71 years old in Hanoi.
Patrick Manning
Politician from trinidad and tobago.
Born August 17th, 1946 in San Fernando.
Died July 2nd, 2016 at 69 years old in San Fernando General Hospital (leukemia). [ref]
Michel Rocard
French politician (1930-2016).
Born August 23rd, 1930 in Courbevoie. [ref]
Died July 2nd, 2016 at 85 years old in Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital (cancer). [ref]
Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen
Portuguese poet and writer (1919–2004).
Born November 6th, 1919 in Porto.
Died July 2nd, 2004 at 84 years old in Lisbon.
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No art is possible without a dance with death. Kurt Vonnegut