July 2nd
169 Notable deaths
Siegfried Westphal
German general and knight's cross recipient.
Born March 18th, 1902 in Leipzig.
Died July 2nd, 1982 at 80 years old in Celle.
Mary Alden
Actress (1883-1946).
Born June 18th, 1883 in New York City.
Died July 2nd, 1946 at 63 years old in Woodland Hills.
Eddie Vinson
American jump blues, jazz, bebop and r&b alto saxophonist and blues shouter (1917–1988).
Born December 18th, 1917 in Houston.
Died July 2nd, 1988 at 70 years old in Los Angeles (myocardial infarction).
Henry Butler
American musical artist (1949–2018).
Born September 21st, 1949 in New Orleans.
Died July 2nd, 2018 at 68 years old in New York City (brain cancer).
Óscar R. Benavides
President of peru (1876-1945).
Born March 15th, 1876 in Lima.
Died July 2nd, 1945 at 69 years old in Lima.
Mochtar Lubis
Indonesian batak journalist and novelist.
Born March 7th, 1922 in Padang. [ref]
Died July 2nd, 2004 at 82 years old in Jakarta. [ref]
Jan Brzechwa
Polish writer (1898-1966).
Born August 15th, 1900 in Zhmerynka. [ref]
Died July 2nd, 1966 at 65 years old in Warsaw. [ref]
Marjorie Rice
American amateur mathematician.
Born February 16th, 1923 in St. Petersburg.
Died July 2nd, 2017 at 94 years old in San Diego. [ref]
Chris Roberts
German schlager singer and actor (1944-2017).
Born March 13th, 1946 in Schwabing.
Died July 2nd, 2017 at 71 years old in Berlin (lung cancer). [ref]
Martin Hengel
German historian of religion (1926–2009).
Born December 14th, 1926 in Reutlingen.
Died July 2nd, 2009 at 82 years old in Tübingen. [ref]
Deaths 81 to 90 of 169
It is the fate — the genetic and neural fate — of every human being to be a unique individual, to find his own path, to live his own life, to die his own death. Oliver Sacks