Famous Deaths on August 2

1696 Robert Campbell of Glenlyon, Scottish military commander (b. 1630)
1769 Daniel Finch, 8th Earl of Winchilsea, English politician, dies at 80
1776 Louis François I, Prince of Conti, French nobleman and military leader, dies at 58
1788 Thomas Gainsborough, English leading portrait painter (Blue Boy), dies at 61 [1]
1792 Nathanael Gottfried Gruner, German composer (Kantor at Gera), dies at 60
1799 Jacques-Etienne Montgolfier, French inventor (1st hot air balloon), dies at 54
1811 William Williams, American merchant (signed US Declaration of Independence), dies at 80
1815 Guillaume Brune, French marshal, dies at 52
1823 Lazare Carnot, French politician, engineer and mathematician known as the Organizer of Victory in the French Revolutionary Wars, dies at 70
1827 James Hewitt, American composer and conductor, dies at 57
1849 Muhammad Ali of Egypt, Albanian-born Pasha and viceroy of Egypt (founder of modern Egypt), dies at 80

Horace Mann (1796-1859)

American educator, author, abolitionist and politician who pioneered public schools, dies at 63

1869 Alexandrine Tinne, Dutch explorer and photographer, murdered trying to cross the Sahara at 33
1873 Frank Mori, English composer, dies at 53

Wild Bill Hickok (1837-1876)

American cowboy and scout, shot dead from behind at 39 by Jack McCall while playing poker (he held a pair of Aces and a pair of 8's)

1881 Marcus Clarke, English born Australian author (For the Term of His Natural Life), dies at 35
1889 Eduardo Gutiérrez, Argentinian author (Juan Moreira), dies at 38
1890 Louise-Victorine Ackermann, French poet (works characterized by a deep sense of pessimism), dies at 76
1891 George Washington Williams, American historian (History of the Negro Race in America), dies from tuberculosis and pleurisy at 41
1895 Joseph Thomson, Scottish geologist and early African explorer (Thomson's Gazelle), dies of pneumonia at 37
1903 Edmond Nocard, French veterinarian (Louis Pasteur Institute), dies at 53
1914 Gabriel Édouard Xavier Dupont, French composer, dies of tuberculosis at 36
1916 Hamish MacCunn, Scottish composer (The Land of the Mountain and the Flood), and teacher, dies at 48
1920 Ormer Locklear, American movie stunt pilot (The Great Air Robbery), dies at 28

Enrico Caruso (1873-1921)

Italian operatic tenor (Faust), dies of pleurisy at 48

Alexander Graham Bell (1847-1922)

Scottish-born British-American inventor (telephone), dies of diabetes complications at 75

1922 Mina Kruseman, Dutch author and feminist, dies at 82

Warren G. Harding (1865-1923)

29th President of the United States (1921-23), dies of a heart attack at the Palace Hotel in San Francisco at 57

1929 Mae Costello [Altschuk], American actress (The Joys of a Jealous Wife), dies of heart disease at 47
1931 Kinue Hitomi, Japanese athlete (World record women's 100m, 200m, long jump, triple jump; Olympic silver 800m 1928), dies from pneumonia at 24
1932 Dan Brouthers, American Baseball HOF first baseman (first great MLB slugger; 4×NL batting champion; Buffalo Bisons, Detroit Wolverines, Boston Beaneaters, Brooklyn Grooms), dies at 74
1933 Arthur Collins, American baritone vocalist, known as 'King of the Ragtime Singers' (Peerless Quartet), and comedian, dies at 69

Paul von Hindenburg (1847-1934)

German WW1 general and President of Germany (1925-34), dies of lung cancer at 86

1936 Louis Blériot, French aviator who made the first flight across the English Channel in a heavier than air aircraft, dies of a heart attack at 64
1938 Bjarni Thorsteinsson, Icelandic organist, composer, musical folklorist, and priest, dies at 76
1939 Harvey Spencer Lewis, American Rosicrucian author and mystic, dies at 55
1941 Jose Juan Tablada, Mexican poet (el Florilegio), dies at 70
1942 Friedrich Aereboe, German landlord and agricultural economist, dies at 77
1945 Emil Nikolaus von Reznicek, Austrian composer (Donna Diana), dies at 85
1945 Pietro Mascagni, Italian opera composer (Cavalleria Rusticana), dies at 81
1954 Rene Amengual, Chilean pianist, composer and educator, dies at 42
1955 Alfred Lépine, Canadian ice hockey player and coach, dies at 54
1955 Rupprecht, last crown prince of Bavaria and German fieldmarshall during WWI, dies at 86
1955 Wallace Stevens, American poet (The Auroras of Autumn), dies at 75
1956 Albert Woolson, last veteran US Union army, dies at 109
1959 Prospero Bisquertt, Chilean composer, dies at 78
1961 Giovanni Battista Angioletti, Italian author (Il giorno del giudizio), dies at 64
1963 Oliver [Hazard Perry] La Farge, American anthropologist and novelist, dies at 61
1964 Jack Kirkwood, Scottish actor (Fibber McGee & Molly), dies at 69
1964 José María Castro, Argentine composer, dies at 71
1965 Milton B. Babbitt, American composer (Widow's Lament), dies at 49
1965 N. Howell Furman, American Chemist whose work on separating uranium contributed to the development of the atomic bomb, dies at 73
1967 Claude Albert Barnett, American journalist and founder (Associated Negro Press), dies at 77
1969 Clarence Dickinson, American composer, dies at 96
1971 Ludwig Marcuse, German philosopher (Obscene: The history of an indignation), dies at 77
1972 Brian Cole, American rock vocalist and bassist (Association - "Windy"; "Cherish"), dies of overdose at 29
1972 Helen Hoyt, American poet, dies at 85
1972 Paul Goodman, US social critic/writer, dies at 60
1972 Rudolph Ganz, Swiss-American pianist, conductor (St. Louis Symphony, 1921-27), composer, and educator (Chicago Musical College, 1928-54), dies at 95
1973 Jean-Pierre Melville, French filmmaker (Bob Le Flambeur), dies of a heart attack at 57
1974 W. Douglas Hawkes, British auto racer and designer, dies at 80
1976 Fritz Lang, Austrian-German-American director (M, Metropolis, Fury, The Testament of Dr. Mabuse), dies from a stroke at 85
1978 Carlos Chávez, Mexican conductor and composer (Sinfonía India), dies at 79
1978 Satomi Myodo, Zen nun/attendant of Hakuun Yasutani Roshi, dies at 82
1978 Totie Fields [Sophie Feldman], American comedienne, dies at 48
1979 Thurman Munson, American baseball catcher (MLB All-Star 1971, 73–78; World Series 1977, 78; AL MVP 1976; NY Yankees), dies in a plane crash at 32
1979 Victor Raúl Haya de la Torre, Peruvian politician and author (founder of Peruvian Aprista Party), dies at 84
1980 Verdun Scott, New Zealand cricket batsman, rugby league utility back (10 Tests; 1 cap), dies at 64
1981 Stefanie Clausen, Danish diver (Olympic gold 10m platform 1920), dies at 81
1982 Cathleen Nesbitt, English actress (Separate Tables), dies at 93
1982 Rudolf Maros, Hungarian composer (Sirato/Lament; Euphonies), and pedagogue, dies at 65
1983 Charles Eyck, Dutch painter and sculptor (Limburg School), dies at 85
1983 James Jamerson, American session bass guitarist (Motown Records' "Funk Brothers"), dies of alcohol-related complications at 47
1985 Frank Faylen, American actor (It's a Wonderful Life, Funny Girl), dies of pneumonia at 79
1985 Sandy Bell, South African cricket fast bowler (16 Tests, 48 wickets, BB 6/99; Western Province, Rhodesia), dies at 79
1986 Roy Marcus Cohn, American lawyer (Joseph McCarthy), dies of AIDS at 59
1987 Myron Stout, US abstract artist, dies at 79
1988 Joe Carcione, American consumer advocate (The Green Grocer), dies at 73
1988 Raymond Carver, American poet and short story writer (Furious Season), dies at 50
1988 Roger Vuataz, Swiss organist, conductor, and composer, dies at 90
1989 Helmer-Rayner Sinisalo, Karelian-Soviet composer (Sampo), and educator, dies at 69
1990 Edwin Richfield, British actor (Interpol Calling, The Avengers), dies at 68
1990 Norman Mclean, American writer (b. 1902)
1991 Helen Page Camp, American actress, dies at 60
1992 Ephraim Katz, Israeli American writer and filmmaker (The Film Encyclopedia), dies at 60
1992 Jim Whaley, TV host (Cinema Showcase), dies of a heart attack at 44
1992 Julio C Fernandez, Cuban/American journalist (founder Alma Mater), dies
1992 Michel Berger [Hamburger], French singer-songwriter, and record producer. dies of a heart attack at 44
1994 Bert Freed, American character actor (Shane, Invaders From Mars), dies of a heart attack at 74
1994 Bhagwatpersad Ausan, commandant Suriname military police, dies at 38
1995 Brian Smith, Canadian sportscaster and NHL player, dies at 54 after being shot the previous day
1995 Colin Falkland Gray, New Zealand fighter ace of the Second World War, dies at 80
1995 Irwin Bazelon, American composer (Duo for Viola), dies at 73
1996 Humphrey Fisher, English born TV Producer, dies at 72
1996 Michel Debre, French politician, Prime Minister of France (1959-62), dies at 84
1997 Fela Kuti, Nigerian Afrobeat musician and composer, dies of an illness, disputedly AIDS related, at 58

William S. Burroughs (1914-1997)

American writer (Naked Lunch, The Nova Trilogy) and visual artist, dies of a heart attack at 83

1998 Shari Lewis [Phyllis Hurwitz], American puppeteer and ventriloquist (Lamb Chop), dies of breast cancer at 65
2001 Edward Gardner, British barrister and Conservative Party politician (British Nationality Act 1981), dies at 89
2001 Ron Townson, American singer (The 5th Dimension - "Up, Up and Away"), dies of kidney failure at 68
2003 Charles Kerruish, Manx politician and President of Tyndwald Isle of Man, dies at 86
2003 Don Estelle [Ronald Edwards], British actor and singer ("It Ain't Half Hot Mum"), dies at 70
2003 Mike Levey, American TV infomercials host, dies of cancer at 55
2003 Peter Safar, Austrian physician (pioneered cardiopulmonary resuscitation or CPR), dies at 79
2004 Don Tosti, American musician ("Pachuco Boogie"), dies at 81
2004 François Craenhals, Belgian comic artist (Chevalier Ardent), dies at 77
2005 Steven Vincent, American journalist and writer, kidnapped and murdered by religious extremists in Iraq at 49
2007 Chauncey Bailey, American journalist and editor, murdered while investigating a crime syndicate at 57
2007 Holden Roberto, Angolan independence leader, founder of the National Liberation Front of Angola (FNLA), dies at 84
2007 Kay Dotrice [Katherine Newman], British actress (Cheech & Chong's The Corsican Brothers), dies of a heart attack at 78
2008 Fujio Akatsuka, Japanese cartoonist, dies of pneumonia at 72
2008 John F. Seiberling, American politician (Rep-D-OH, 1971-86), dies at 89
2011 Baruj Benacerraf, Venezuelan-American immunologist (Nobel 1980 - discovery of genes that regulate immune responses and of the role that some of these genes play in autoimmune diseases), dies at 90
2011 Clarence E. Miller, American politician (Rep-R-OH, 1967-93), dies at 93
2011 DeLois Barrett Campbell, American gospel singer (Barrett Sisters), dies at 85
2012 Jimmy Jones, American singer-songwriter ("Handy Man"), dies at 75
2012 Marguerite Piazza, American operatic soprano (Young Broadway), dies at 86
2014 Rosetta Hightower, American pop singer (The Orlons - "Don't Hang Up"), dies at 70
2015 Forrest Bird, American aviator and inventor (1st respirators and ventilators), dies at 94
2016 Ahmed Zewail, Egyptian-American chemist, (Nobel Prize 1999), dies at 70
2016 David Huddleston, American actor (The Big Lebowski), dies at 85
2016 Forbes Carlile, Australian athlete and influential swimming coach, dies at 95
2017 Ara Parseghian, American College Football HOF coach (Northwestern; NCAA C'ship 1966, 73 Notre Dame), dies at 94
2020 Bob Ryland, American tennis player (first African-American to play professionally) and coach (Harold Solomon, Arthur Ashe, Venus & Serena Williams), dies of aspiration pneumonia at 100
2020 Leon Fleisher, American pianist and conductor (Annapolis Symphony 1970-82), dies of cancer at 92 [1]
2020 Saïd Amara, Algerian soccer midfielder (5 caps; Strasbourg, Béziers, Bordeaux) and manager (Algeria), dies at 87
2020 Zhaksylyk Ushkempirov, Kazakh Greco-Roman wrestler (Olympic gold, light-flyweight 1980; World C'ship gold 1981), dies at 69
2021 Ged Dunn, English rugby league winger (8 Tests; Hull KIngston Rovers 301 games), dies at 74
2021 June Daugherty, American women's college basketball coach (Boise State Uni, Uni of Washington, Washington State University), dies from heart issues at 64
2022 Buddy Arrington, American auto racer (NASCAR Winston Cup Series 103 x top 10 finishes), dies at 84
2022 Hans Bangerter, Swiss football administrator (General Secretary UEFA 1960-89), dies at 98

Vin Scully (1927-2022)

American sportscaster (Brooklyn / LA Dodgers, 1950-2016; Ford Frick Award, 1982; Lifetime Achievement Emmy Award, 1995), dies from motor neuron disease at 94