July 3rd
156 Notable deaths
Swarnakumari Devi
Indian poet, novelist, musician and social worker (1855-1932).
Born August 28th, 1855 in Kolkata.
Died July 3rd, 1932 at 76 years old in Kolkata.
Robert Curl
American chemist.
Born August 23rd, 1933 in Alice.
Died July 3rd, 2022 at 88 years old in Houston. [ref]
Sergio Pininfarina
Italian automobile designer and senator for life (1926-2012).
Born September 8th, 1926 in Turin.
Died July 3rd, 2012 at 85 years old in Turin. [ref]
Bill Watrous
American trombonist.
Born June 8th, 1939 in Middletown.
Died July 3rd, 2018 at 79 years old in Los Angeles. [ref]
Annibale Bugnini, CM.
Italian vincentian and archbishop (1912-1982).
Born June 14th, 1912 in Umbria. [ref]
Died July 3rd, 1982 at 70 years old in Rome. [ref]
Viola Dana
Actress (1897-1987).
Born June 26th, 1897 in Brooklyn. [ref]
Died July 3rd, 1987 at 90 years old in Woodland Hills. [ref]
Yuri Shchekochikhin
Russian journalist (1950-2003).
Died July 3rd, 2003 at 53 years old in Moscow (poison).
Laurens Hammond
American inventor.
Born January 11th, 1895 in Evanston.
Died July 3rd, 1973 at 78 years old in Cornwall.
John Michael Beaumont
22nd seigneur of sark.
Born December 20th, 1927 in Egypt.
Died July 3rd, 2016 at 88 years old in Sark. [ref]
Dustin Farnum
American actor, singer and dancer (1874-1929).
Born May 27th, 1874 in Rockingham County.
Died July 3rd, 1929 at 55 years old in Manhattan (kidney failure).
Deaths 61 to 70 of 156
Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming “Wow! What a Ride! Hunter S. Thompson