Famous Deaths on July 11

1679 William Chamberlayne, English poet (b. 1619)
1686 Michel Anguier, French sculptor, dies at 75
1688 King Narai 'the Great' of the Ayutthaya Kingdom (Siam) (1656-88), dies at 55
1690 Friedrich H duke van Schomberg, marshal, dies in battle at 75
1766 Elizabeth Farnese, wife of Philip V of Spain (b. 1692)
1768 Jose Melchior de Nebra Blascu, Spanish composer, dies at 66
1774 Sir William Johnson, 1st Baronet, Irish-born New York pioneer
1775 Simon Boerum, American Continental Congressman (b. 1724)
1781 Adolph Carl Kunzen, composer, dies at 60
1797 Ienăchiţă Văcărescu, Wallachian writer (b. 1740)
1806 James Smith, Irish/US attorney/signer (Declaration of Independence), dies at 87
1825 Thomas P. Grosvenor, American Revolutionary War soldier (b. 1744)
1826 Carl Bernhard Wessely, composer, dies at 57
1844 Evgeny Baratynsky, Russian poet (b. 1800)
1847 Joachim le Sage ten Broek, Dutch notary and publicist, dies at 71
1856 Josef Kajetán Tyl, Czech playwright, writer and author of the Czech national anthem (Kde domov můj), dies of an unknown illness at 48
1866 James Henry Lane, US General during Civil War (Union) and Senator (Kansas), commits suicide at 52
1874 Xavier de Mérode, Belgium minister to the Pope in Rome, dies at 54
1876 Ottho Gerhard Heldring, Dutch preacher and reformer (Heldring Institutions), dies at 72
1882 Eugène Simonis, Belgian sculptor, dies on 72nd birthday

1889 Gyula Reviczky, Hungarian author and poet, dies at 34
1896 Ernst Curtius, German archaeologist/historian (Olympia), dies at 81
1898 Charles Chanoine, French lt/mass murderer in Senegal, dies
1909 Simon Newcomb, Canadian-American scientist, mathematician and astronomer (calculated extremely accurate tables for the solar system), dies at 74
1914 Julius Rodenberg [Levy], German writer (Die Deutsche Rundschau), dies at 83
1916 Rik Wouters, Belgian painter (Lady in Blue), and sculptor (The Nymph), dies of cancer at 33
1921 Gabriel Lippmann, French physicist and inventor, dies at 75
1929 Billy Mosforth, English footballer (b. 1857)
1931 Jean-Louis Forain, French impressionist etcher and lithographer, dies at 78

Nathaniel Niles (1886-1932)

American figure skater and tennis player, dies at 46

1936 James Murray, American actor (The Crowd, The Shakedown), drowns at 35

George Gershwin (1898-1937)

American composer (An American in Paris, Porgy And Bess, Summertime), dies from a brain tumor at 38

1941 Arthur Evans, English archaeologist (discovered the Minoan palace of Knossos in Crete), dies at 90
1942 Simon de la Bella, Dutch president (NVV), dies in Dachau
1944 Wolfgang Redlich, German major/pilot, dies in battle
1948 Gerhard Kittel, German anti-semite theologist, dies
1948 King Baggot, American actor and director (Tumbleweeds), dies at 68
1950 Timotei Popovici, composer, dies at 79
1953 Oliver Campbell, American tennis player (US Open 1890-92), dies at 82

Aga Khan III (1877-1957)

Shia Imam who was one of the founders of the All-India Muslim League and later President of the League of Nations (1937-38), dies at 79

1958 Karel Wellens, Flemish painter, dies at 69
1959 (Rossiere) "Shadow" Wilson, American jazz drummer (Thelonious Monk), dies of meningitis at 39
1959 Charlie Parker, English cricketer (3,776 1st-class wickets, 2nd best ever; legend Gloucs SLA, but 2-32 in only Test), dies at 76
1961 Erskine Butterfield, American swing and boogie-woogie jazz pianist, singer, and composer, dies at 48

Owen D. Young (1874-1962)

American industrialist (RCA) and diplomat (Young Plan), dies at 87

1964 Maurice Thorez, French politician and secretary-general (French Communist Party), dies at 64
1965 Ray Collins, American actor (Homecoming, Good Sam, Rose Marie), dies at 75
1966 Delmore Schwartz, American poet, short story writer and critic (Shenandoah), dies at 52
1967 Guy Favreau, French Canadian lawyer, politician and judge, dies at 50
1971 John W. Campbell, American sci-fi writer (Space Beyond), dies at 61
1971 Pedro Rodríguez, Mexican racing driver (Le Mans, 1968), killed in crash during sports car race at Norisring in Nuremberg, West Germany at 31
1973 Alexander Vasilyevich Mosolov, Russian composer (Zavod), dies at 72
1973 Isabel Randolph, American actress (Fuller Brush Girl; Our Miss Brooks - "Mrs. Nestor"), dies at 83
1973 Robert Ryan, American actor (Billy Budd, The Dirty Dozen, The Longest Day), dies from lung cancer at 63
1974 Pär Lagerkvist, Swedish poet, novelist, and playwright (Nobel Prize in Literature, 1951), dies at 83
1975 Kurt Pinthus, German-American writer, dies at 89
1979 Claude Wagner, French Canadian judge and politician, dies at 54
1980 Bolesław Woytowicz, Polish pianist and composer, dies at 80
1980 Peggy Knudson, actress (April-So This is Hollywood), dies at 57
1983 Ross Macdonald [Kenneth Millar], American-Canadian detective novelist (Goodbye Look), dies at 67
1984 Karel Mengelberg, Dutch composer and conductor, dies at 81
1987 Avi Ran, Israeli footballer (b. 1963)
1987 Thomas F Waddell, founder (Gay Olympics), dies of AIDS at 50
1987 Yaakov Yitzchak Ruderman, American Rosh Yeshiva (b. 1901)
1988 Barbara Wootton, Baroness Wootton of Abinger, British sociologist and criminologist, dies at 91
1988 Milton Krims, American screenwriter (Prince of Foxes), dies at 84

Laurence Olivier (1907-1989)

English stage and screen acting great (Hamlet, Rebecca), dies at 82

1990 Onno Molenkamp, Dutch actor (Lifespan, Broken Mirrors, The Lift), dies at 67
1991 Hitoshi Igarashi, Japanese interpreter (Satanic Verses), murdered
1991 James McCallion, Scottish actor (Coogan's Bluff, Vera Cruz), dies of a heart attack at 72
1991 Roger Christian, American radio personality and lyricist ("Don’t Worry Baby"; "Little Deuce Coupe"; "The Little Old Lady From Pasadena"), dies from kidney and liver failure at 57
1992 Annette Fischer, Danish chairman Amnesty International, dies in a car crash at 46
1992 Antoon Hubben, Dutch Mayor of Maasbree and trade union leader, dies at 73
1993 Deng Yingchao, high ranking communist China official, dies at 88
1993 Denis Tomlinson, South African cricket leg-spinner, dies
1993 Henri van Soede, sub commandant (WWII), dies at about 83
1993 Kelly Ahrendt, 1st death by rabies in NY since 1954, dies
1993 Mario Bauza, Cubans/US jazz musician, dies at 82
1993 Sergey Vozovikov, cosmonaut, dies during underwater test at 34
1994 Alan David Melville, polymath, dies at 82
1994 Bart Scheepens, actor/director, dies of AIDS at 50
1994 Charles "Lefty" Edwards, saxophonist, dies at 67

Gary Kildall (1942-1994)

American computer scientist and entrepreneur who created the CP/M operating system, dies at 52

1994 James Topping, author of CP/M, dies at 52
1994 Lex Humphries, American jazz drummer (Sun Ra Arkestra), dies at 57
1994 Savannah [Shannon Michelle Wilsey], American pornographic film actress, dies after a suicide attempt at 23
1994 Wim Jurg, corrector/chairman (Werelddambond FMJD), dies at 49
1995 John Cruickshank, French scholar, dies at 70
1996 Florrie Rodrigo, Dutch dancer, choreography and teacher (Schepelingen), dies at 102
1996 Louis Gottlieb, American musician (The Limeliters), dies at 72
1996 Martin Corbett, English gay rights activist (Gay Liberation Front, OutRage!), dies of AIDS at 51
1998 Lilí Álvarez, Spanish tennis player (Wimbledon runner-up 1926-28), dies at 93
1999 Helen Forrest, American singer of traditional pop and swing music, dies at 82
2000 Pedro Mir, Dominican poet (b. 1913)
2000 Robert Runcie, Archbishop of Canterbury, dies at 78
2001 Herman Brood, Dutch painter and pianist (Sleepin' Bird), dies at 54
2002 Bernardas Brazdzionis, Lithuanian poet, editor and critic, dies at 95
2002 Rosco Gordon, American R&B pianist, singer, and songwriter ("Booted"; "No More Doggin'"), dies of a heart attack at 74
2004 Laurance Rockefeller, American CEO (Chase Manhattan Bank) and philanthropist, dies at 94
2005 Frances Langford, American singer (I'm In The Mood For Love), entertainer (Armed Forces Hour; USO tours), actress (All-American Co-Ed; Born To Dance), and philanthropist, dies of congestive heart failure at 92
2005 Gretchen Franklin, English actress (b. 1911)
2005 Jesús Iglesias, Argentine professional racing driver (b. 1922)
2006 Barnard Hughes, American stage and screen actor (Doc; Tron; Best Friends; Where's Poppa?), dies at 90
2006 Bill Miller, American jazz pianist and arranger (Frank Sinatra, Frank Sinatra, Jr.), dies of a heart attack while on tour at 91
2006 John Spencer, English snooker player (b. 1935)
2007 Alfonso López Michelsen, 24th President of Colombia (1974-78), dies at 94
2007 Ed Mirvish, American-Canadian businessman (Honest Ed's) and philanthropist, dies at 92
2007 Ferhunde Erkin (née Remzi) Turkish concert pianist and pedagogue, dies at 98
2007 Glenda Adams, Australian author (b. 1939)
2007 Lady Bird Johnson, First Lady of the United States (b. 1912)
2007 Rod Lauren, American rocker ("If I Had a Girl"), commits suicide at 66
2008 Michael DeBakey, Lebanese-American cardiac surgeon and artificial heart pioneer, dies at 99
2009 Arturo Gatti, Italian-Canadian professional boxer (b. 1972)
2009 Ji Xianlin, Chinese linguist and paleographer (b.1911)
2009 Valentinas Bagdonas, Lithuanian composer (Symphony of Peace), dies at 79
2010 Bishop Walter Hawkins, American gospel music singer (Edwin Hawkins Singers; Love Center Choir), dies of pancreatic cancer at 61
2010 Bob Sheppard, American public address announcer (MLB: NY Yankees 1951–2007; NFL: NY Giants 1956–2006), dies at 99
2011 George Lascelles, English Earl of Harewood, Director of the Royal Opera House, dies at 88
2013 Eugene Wilkinson, American naval officer, dies at 94
2013 Robert Crichton-Brown, Australian businessman and CEO (Rothmans International), dies at 93
2014 Charlie Haden, American jazz double-bassist (Liberation Music Orchestra; Quartet West), dies at 76
2014 Tommy Ramone [Tamás Erdélyi], Hungarian-American rock drummer and bassist (Ramones), dies of bile duct cancer at 65
2015 Claudia Alexander, Canadian-born American NASA Scientist (led Galileo mission to Jupiter), dies of cancer at 56

Satoru Iwata (1959-2015)

Japanese video game designer, President and CEO of Nintendo (Nintendo DS and Wii), dies of cancer at 55

2018 Lindy Remigino, American athlete (Olympic gold 100m 1952), dies of prostate cancer at 87
2018 Pat Swindall, American politician convicted of perjury (Rep-R-GA, 1985-89), dies at 67
2020 Frank Bolling, American baseball second baseman (MLB All-Star 1961–62²; Gold Glove Award 1958; Detroit Tigers, Milwaukee/Atlanta Braves), dies from cancer at 88
2021 Charlie Gallagher, Scottish soccer inside forward (2 caps Republic of Ireland; Celtic, Dumbarton), dies at 80
2021 Charlie Robinson, American actor (Night Court, 1984-92 - "Mac"; Hart of Dixie), dies of glandular cancer complications at 75
2022 Gary Moeller, American football coach (University of Michigan 1990-94; Uni of Illinois 1977-79; Detroit Lions), dies at 81
2022 Monty Norman [Noserovitch], British big band singer, songwriter (False Hearted Lover), and film composer (James Bond Theme), dies at 94
2022 Víctor Benítez, Peruvian soccer centre-back / defensive midfielder (11 caps; AC Milan, Roma, Inter Milan, Boca Juniors), dies at 86