Famous Deaths on July 1

1708 Emperor Tekle Haymanot I of Ethiopia (b. 1706)
1723 William van de Pose, Governor of Cape Colony (1699-1797), dies at about 59
1736 Ahmed III, 23rd Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1703-30), dies at 62
1742 Bohuslav Matěj Černohorský, Czech monk and composer, dies at 58
1774 Henry Fox, 1st Baron Holland, English corrupt politician (Chiswick), dies at 68
1776 Francis Salvador, 1st Jew to die in American Revolutionary War

Charles Watson-Wentworth (1730-1782)

2nd Marquis of Rockingham, British Prime Minister (Whig: 1765-66, 1782), dies in an influenza epidemic at 52

1784 Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, German composer (Sinfonia 64), and son of J.S. Bach, dies at 73
1805 Georg Ritschel, German composer, dies at 60
1819 Jemima Wilkinson [Publick Universal Friend], American preacher, founded Universal Friends sect, dies at 66

Mahmud II (1785-1839)

30th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1808-39), dies of tuberculosis at 53

1847 George F Kersting, German painter, dies at 61
1855 Antonio Rosmini-Serbati, Italian philosopher and priest (founder Institute of Charity), dies at 58

Charles Goodyear (1800-1860)

American chemist and manufacturing engineer who invented the vulcanization process for rubber, dies at 59

1863 John Fulton Reynolds, American Union general-major, dies in the Battle of Gettysburg at 42
1876 Mikhail Bakunin, Russian revolutionary anarchist, dies at 62
1877 William Henry Davenport, American stage magician, claimed to be a spirit medium, dies at 36
1883 Manuel Gregorio Tavárez, Puerto Rican composer, dies at 39
1884 Allan Pinkerton, Scottish-American barrel maker, private detective (co-founder of Pinkerton Agency), abolitionist, and spy, dies at 64
1885 Hermann von Fehling, German chemist (Fehling's solution), dies at 73
1894 Julius van Zuylen van Nyevelt, Dutch minister of Foreign affairs, dies at 77

Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811-1896)

American author (Uncle Tom's Cabin), dies at 85

1904 George Frederic Watts, British painter and sculptor of the Symbolist movement ("Hope"; "Love and Life"), dies at 87
1910 Marius Petipa, French ballet dancer and choreographer (Casse-noisette), dies at 92

American pioneering aviator, 1st woman in the US to receive a pilot certificate and to cross the English Channel, dies in a plane crash at 37 after her biplane unexpectedly pitched forward and threw her and her passenger to their deaths [1]

1916 William Booth, English Test cricket batsman (WWI 2 Tests), dies at the Somme at 39
1925 Erik Satie, French pianist and composer (Music In The Shape OF A Pear; Dreamy Fish), dies at 59
1925 Jan P. Veth, Dutch painter, etcher, lithographer and art historian, dies at 61
1929 Henry Johnson, American soldier of 369th regiment (aka Harlem Hell Fighters), 1st US WWI soldier to receive the Croix de guerre after fighting a German raid in hand-to-hand combat to rescue a fellow soldier (posthumous Medal of Honour, 2015), dies of myocarditis at 36

Alice Mary Robertson (1854-1931)

American educator, social worker and 2nd woman in US Congress, dies at 77

1939 Louis Davids [Simon David], Dutch cabaret artist and comedian, dies at 65
1943 Auguste Reitsma, Dutch resistance fighter (census director), executed
1943 C Bakker, Dutch resistance fighter (census bureau), executed
1943 C L Barentsen, Dutch resistance fighter (census bureau), executed
1943 Coos Hartogh, Dutch resistance fighter (census bureau), executed
1943 Cor Roos, Dutch resistance fighter (census bureau), executed
1943 Henri Halberstadt, Dutch resistance fighter (census dir), executed
1943 Johan Brouwer, Dutch writer, Hispanist, and anti-Nazi resistance fighter, executed at 45
1943 Koen Limperg, Dutch resistance fighter (census bureau), executed
1943 Sam Bloemgarten, Dutch resistance fighter (census bureau), executed
1943 Willem Arondeus, Dutch resistance fighter (census bureau), executed
1943 Willem Brouwer, Dutch resistance fighter (census bureau), executed
1944 Carl Mayer, Austrian-Jewish actor (Dreaming Lips, Ariane, Sunrise), dies of cancer at 49
1947 Clarence Lucas, Canadian composer, dies at 80
1948 Achille Varzi, Italian auto racer (14 Grand Prix wins), dies in practise crash at 43
1950 Eliel Saarinen, Finnish-American architect (Helsinki Central Station; Cranbrook Educational Community (Bloomfield Hills, Michigan), designer, and educator, dies at 76
1950 Émile Jaques-Dalcroze, Swiss musician and educator (Dalcroze erythmics), dies at 84
1952 Fráňa Šrámek, Czech poet, novelist, playwright ,and anarchist, dies at 74
1953 Azzedine Bey, Tunisian heir to the throne, murdered
1953 Jacob D du Toit [Totius], South African poet/theologist, dies
1958 Harry Nicholls Holmes, American chemist (crystallized vitamin A), dies at 78
1958 Rudolf von Laban, Czech-German choreographer (modern dance), dies at 78
1961 Louis-Ferdinand Céline, French writer (Die Nacht), dies at 67
1963 Camille Chautemps, French politician (Prime Minister of France 1930, 1933-34, 1937-38), dies at 78
1964 Pierre Monteux, French-American conductor (Boston Symphony, 1919-24; Concertgebouw, 1924–34; Orchestre Symphonique de Paris, 1929–38; San Francisco Symphony, 1936–52, London Symphony, 1961-64), dies at 89
1965 Claude Thornhill, American pianist, arranger (Andre Kostelanetz; Tony Bennett), composer ("Snowfall"), and bandleader ("A Sunday Kind of Love"), dies of a heart attack at 56
1965 Wally Hammond, England cricket batsman (7,249 Test runs @ 58.45), dies of a heart attack at 62
1966 Pauline Boty, English artist, dies of cancer at 29
1968 Virginia Weidler, American child actress (Babes on Broadway, All This & Heaven Too), dies of heart disease at 42
1971 (William) Lawrence Bragg, English physicist, Nobel Prize for Physics, 1915 - crystalline structure analysis), dies at 81 [1]
1971 Learie Constantine, West Indian cricket all-rounder, lawyer and politician (UK's first black peer), dies of a heart attack at 69 [1]
1973 Laurens Hammond, American engineer and musical instrument inventor (Hammond organ), dies at 78
1973 Mario Labroca, Italian composer, dies at 76

Juan Perón (1895-1974)

Argentine military officer and President of Argentina (1946-55, 73-74), dies of a heart attack at 78

1974 Kick Smit, Dutch soccer striker and manager (29 caps; HFC Haarlem), dies at 62
1976 Anneliese Michel, German woman said to be possessed by demons (b. 1952)
1977 (Robert) "Baby Boy" Warren, American blues singer and guitarist, dies of a heart attack at 57
1978 Kurt Student, German Luftwaffe general (b. 1890)
1979 Richard Ward, African American actor (Death of a Salesman, Beacon Hill), dies of a heart attack at 64
1979 Vsevolod Bobrov, Soviet ice hockey left wing (Olympic gold 1956) and soccer striker (3 caps), dies at 56
1980 Charles P. Snow, English novelist (Death Under Sail, Strangers and Brothers) and physical chemist, dies at 74
1981 Carlos de Oliveira, Portuguese writer (b. 1921)
1981 George Voskovec [Jirí Wachsmann], Czech actor (12 Angry Men, Somewhere in Time), dies from a heart attack at 76
1981 Rushton Moreve [Morey], American bass player (Steppenwolf - "Magic Carpet Ride"), dies at in a car accident at 32
1982 John Everett Watts, American composer (Elegy for Chimney),new music promoter (Composers & Choreographers Theater), synthesizer player, and educator (New School, 1969-82), dies at 51
1982 Ray Scarborough, American MLB pitcher (All Star 1950), dies at 64
1982 Vera [A Veronica] Bondam, actress, dies at 86
1983 Erich Juskowiak, German footballer, dies at 56
1983 R. Buckminster Fuller, American architect and inventor (geodesic dome), dies at 87
1983 Sandy Mosse, American jazz tenor saxophonist, and bandleader (Pieces of Eight), dies at 54
1984 Moshé Feldenkrais, Ukrainian-Israeli engineer and physicist (founder of the Feldenkrais method), dies at 80
1985 Pauli Murray, African American poet and civil rights activist, dies at 74
1986 Roy Poole, actor (Winds of War), dies at 62
1987 Snakefinger [Philip Lithman], British singer and songwriter. guitarist, and violinist (The Residents), dies of a heart attack at 38
1988 Hellmuth Christian Wolff, composer, dies at 82
1988 Lex van Delden [Alexander Zwaap], Dutch composer (The Bird of Freedom), and writer (Canto della Guerra), dies at 68
1988 Robert Riefling, Norwegian concert pianist and pedagogue (Royal Danish Academy, 1967-88; Norwegian Academy of Music from ,1973-88), dies at 76
1989 Chauncey Haughton, American jazz clarinetist, and saxophonist (Blanche Calloway; Chick Webb; Cab Calloway), dies at 80
1989 William Ching, actor (Moonlighter, Terror in Haunted House), dies
1990 Anna Palk, actress (Play it Cool, Frozen Dead), dies of cancer at 48
1990 Jurriaan Schrofer, graphic designer, dies
1991 Joost Baljeu, painter/founder-editor Structure, dies

Michael Landon (1936-1991)

American actor (Bonanza - "Little Joe"; Little House on the Prairie - "Charles"; Highway to Heaven - "Jonathan"), dies of pancreatic cancer at 54

1992 Francisco Mendes, Guinea-Bissauan politician (b. 1933)
1993 Ray Elliott, Irish rock and jazz saxophonist, flutist, and keyboard player (Them), dies of brain cancer at 54
1994 Johanna Ader-Appels, resistance fighter/author, dies
1995 Bruce Mitchell, South African cricket opening batsman (42 Tests), dies at 86
1995 Ronald Farrow, radio producer and priest, dies at 49
1995 Wolfman Jack [Robert Weston Smith], American disc jockey (The Midnight Special), dies from a heart attack at 57
1996 Alfred Marks, British actor and comedian (Desert Mice; Scream & Scream Again), dies at 75
1996 Margaux Hemingway, American fashion model and actress (Lipstick), commits suicide with an overdose of phenobarbital, at 42
1996 Michael Fraser, British Conservative Party political administrator, dies at 80
1996 Steve Tesich, Serbian-American Academy Award-winning screenwriter (Breaking Away; The World According To Garp), and playwright, dies of a heart attack at 53
1996 William T. Cahill, American politician, 46th Governor of New Jersey (1970-74), dies at 84
1997 Joshua Hassan, first Chief Minister of Gibraltar (1964-69, 72-87), dies at 81
1997 Robert Mitchum, American actor (Out of the Past, Winds of War, North & South), dies of lung cancer and emphysema at 79
1998 Lucy Reed [Dollinger], American jazz vocalist (Woody Herman; Charlie Ventura), dies at 77
1999 Dennis Brown, Jamaican reggae singer ("Money In My Pocket"), dies of a collapsed lung, after a heart attack, at 42
1999 Edward Dmytryk, Canadian film director (Carpetbaggers, Young Lions, Caine Mutiny), dies at 90
1999 Forrest Mars Sr., American candy magnate (Mars, Inc.), dies at 95
1999 Guy Mitchell [Albert George Cernik], American singer and actor (Red Garters, 3 Redheads from Seattle), dies at 72
1999 Jack Moroney, Australian cricket batsman (7 Tests, 2 x 100, HS 118; NSWCA), dies at 81
1999 Joshua Nkomo, Zimbabwean revolutionary (ZAPU), and Matabeleland politician (Vice-President of Zimbabwe, 1990-99), dies of prostate cancer at 82
1999 Sylvia Sidney, American actress (b. 1910)
2000 Michael "Cub" Koda, American rock singer-songwriter and guitarist (Brownsville Station - "Smokin' In The Boys Room'), dies of kidney disease at 50M
2000 Sarah Payne, British murder victim (b. 1992)
2000 Torbjörn Lundquist, Swedish classical and film score composer, conductor, and musicologist, dies at 79
2000 Walter Matthau, American actor and comedian (The Odd Couple, Bad News Bears), dies at 79
2001 Nicolay G. Basov, Soviet physicist who specialized in quantum electronics (laser, maser) and 1964 Nobel laureate, dies at 78
2003 Herbie Mann, American jazz flutist ("Hijack"; Push Push; Memphis Underground), dies at 73
2003 N!xau, Namibian actor (b. 1944)
2003 Wesley Mouzon, American boxer / trainer (Roy Jones Jr), dies of kidney cancer at 75

Marlon Brando (1924-2004)

American actor (The Godfather; A Streetcar Named Desire; On the Waterfront), dies at 80

2004 Peter Barnes, English writer (b. 1931)
2004 Todor Skalovski, Macedonian shoral and orchestral conductor, and composer, dies at 95
2005 Gus Bodnar, Canadian NHL center (NHL record 3 assists in 21 seconds 1952), dies at 82

Luther Vandross (1951-2005)

American soul singer, songwriter ("Endless Love"; "Dance With My Father"), and vocal arranger (David Bowie - Young Americans), dies of a heart attack at 54

2005 Renaldo "Obie" Benson, American singer (The Four Tops - "I Can't Help Myself"), and songwriter ("What's Going On"), dies from lung cancer at 69
2006 Fred Trueman, England cricket fast bowler (England 67 Tests, 307 wickets), dies of small cell carcinoma at 75
2006 Ryutaro Hashimoto, Japanese politician (Prime Minister of Japan 1996-98), dies at 68
2008 John Pont, American college football coach (Miami, Yale, Northwestern, Indiana), dies at 80
2008 Mel Galley, English guitarist (Whitesnake; Phenomena), dies of esophageal cancer at 60
2009 Alexis Argüello, Nicaraguan boxer (3-weight world champion), dies of self inflicted gun wound at 57
2009 Karl Malden [Mladen George Sekulovich], American actor (Streets of San Francisco; A Streetcar Named Desire; American Express commercials), dies of natural causes at 97
2009 Marwa El-Sherbini, Egyptian housewife (b. 1977 or 1976)
2009 Mollie Sugden, English actress (Are You Being Served?), dies at 86
2009 Onni Palaste, Finnish writer, dies at 91
2010 (Jacqueline) "Ilene" Woods, American radio singer and actress (Disney's Cinderella), dies from complications of Alzheimer's disease at 81
2010 Don Coryell, American College/Pro Football HOF coach (NCAA Division champion 1966, 67, 68 San Diego State; St. Louis Cardinals, SD Chargers), dies at 85
2011 Leslie Brooks, American actress (b. 1922)
2012 Evelyn Lear, American operatic soprano, dies at 86
2012 Loyd Gentry, American thoroughbred trainer (Kentucky Derby 1967 Proud Clarion), dies of heart failure at 86
2013 John Stanford, American college baseball coach/administrator (Middle Tennessee), dies at 77
2013 William H. Gray III, American politician (Rep-D-PA, 1978-1991), dies at 71
2014 Jean Garon, Quebec economist and politician, dies at 76
2014 Oscar C. Yatco, Filipino violinist and conductor, dies at 82
2014 Walter Dean Myers, African-American author, dies at 76
2015 Lawrence Herkimer, American "Grandfather of Cheerleading" (founded National Cheerleading Association, patented the pom-pom), dies at 89
2015 Sir Nicholas Winton, British humanitarian ('British Schindler' - saved 669 children from Nazis), dies at 106 [1] [2]
2015 Val Doonican [Michael Valentine], Irish singer and entertainer, dies at 88
2017 Heathcote Williams [John Henly Heathcote Williams], British poet, actor and political activist, dies at 75
2017 Norman Dorsen, American lawyer, human rights advocate and president of the American Civil Liberties Union, dies of complications from a stroke at 86
2018 Dame Gillian Lynne [Pyrke], British dancer, choreographer and actress, known for Broadway work on "Cats" and "The Phantom of the Opera," dies at 92
2019 Bogusław Schaffer, Polish composer and playwright, dies at 90 [1]

Everton Weekes (1925-2020)

West Indian cricket batsman (48 Tests; 4,455 runs @ 58.61, 15 x 100s), dies at 95

2020 Hugh Downs, American TV journalist (20/20, Concentration), dies at 99
2020 Ida Haendel, Polish-British-Canadian child prodigy violinist, teacher, and author (Woman with Violin), dies of kidney cancer at 91
2021 Louis Andriessen, Dutch composer (Reconstruction), dies at 82
2021 Marcel Puget, French rugby union halfback and captain (17 Tests; CA Brive, Stade Toulousain, Stade Rodez Aveyron), dies from Alzheimer's disease at 80
2021 Philece Sampler, American actress (Another World, 1987-89 -"Donna Love"; Days Of Our Lives, 1981-84 - "Renée"), and anime voice dubber, dies of a heart attack at 67
2022 Richard Taruskin, American musicologist (Oxford History of Western Music), and educator, dies of esophageal cancer at 77 [1]
2023 Christian Dalger, French soccer forward (6 caps; SC Toulon, AS Monaco FC) and manager (SC Toulon, Grenoble, Mali), dies at 73