Famous Deaths on July 24

1826 Jacob Kimball, American pioneering composer and musician, dies at 65

Maria Szymanowska (1789-1831)

Polish pianist and composer, dies of cholera at 41 [1]

1837 Charles Hodges, English-Dutch portrait painter
1842 John Sell Cotman, English landscape painter (Norwich School) dies at 60
1846 Joseph Leopold Eybler, Austrian composer and choir master, dies at 81
1846 Louis Napoléon Bonaparte, French King of the Netherlands (1806-10), dies at 67

Martin Van Buren (1782-1862)

8th President of the United States (Democrat: 1837-41), dies of heart failure at 79

1865 Johan Filip von Schantz, Finnish composer, dies at 30
1868 George Cattermole, English painter and illustrator, dies at 67
1876 Thomas Molleson Mudie, English composer, dies at 66

Matthew Webb (1848-1883)

English long distance swimmer who was first to swim unassisted across the English Channel, drowns in the Niagara Falls whirlpool at 35

1900 Ferdinand Hamet, Dutch missionary in Mongolia, murdered at 59
1908 Vicente Acosta, Salvadoran poet, dies at 41 (b. the same day 1867)
1910 Arkhip Kuindzhi, Russian painter (b. 1841)
1927 Ryūnosuke Akutagawa 'father of the Japanese short story', Japanese writer (Rashomon in Kappa), commits suicide at 35
1931 Willem Treub, Dutch economist and politician, dies at 75
1933 Max von Schillings, German composer and conductor (Der Pfeifertag), dies at 65
1934 Hans Hahn, Austrian mathematician, dies at 54
1936 Georg Michaelis, Chancellor of German Empire, dies at 78
1936 James Philip Dunn, American composer, dies at 52
1944 Jan Postma, leader of illegal Dutch party (CPN), executed at 49
1947 Ernest Austin, English composer, dies at 72
1954 Mary Church Terrell, American educator and civil rights activist (co-founder and President National Association of Colored Women, dies at 90
1955 Harry Haden, Canadian American actor (Harry-Stu Erwin Show), dies at 72
1957 Sacha Guitry, French actor and playwright (Deburan, The Story of a Cheat), dies at 72
1960 Carl Deis, American composer, dies at 77
1960 Hans Albers, German actor (Blue Angel), dies at 68
1962 Victor Moore, American comedian (Ziegfeld Follies, 7 Year Itch), dies of a heart attack at 86
1964 Erwin Finlay-Freundlich, British astronomer (theory of relativity), dies at 79
1965 Constance Bennett, American actress (Madame X, Topper), dies at 59
1965 Irene Browne, English actress (Peg O' My Heart), dies of cancer at 69
1966 Tony Lema, American golfer (British Open 1964), dies in a plane crash at 32
1967 Little Billy Rhodes, American actor (The Terror of Tiny Town)dies of stroke at 72
1969 Witold Gombrowicz, Polish author (Ferdydurke, Dziennik), dies at 64
1970 Peter de Noronha, Indian businessman and philanthropist, dies at 73
1971 Alan Rawsthorne, English composer, dies at 66
1972 Bobby Ramirez, American drummer (White Trash), killed at 23 in bar brawl
1974 Ernest Milton, American-British actor (Julius Caesar, Cat Girl), dies at 84

James Chadwick (1891-1974)

British physicist (Nobel Prize, 1935; discovered neutron), dies at 82

1976 Afro Basaldella, Italian painter (The Garden of Hope), dies at 64
1976 Leo Shuken, American film music composer and arranger (Stagecoach; The Fabulous Dorseys; The Unsinkable Molly Brown), dies at 69
1979 Archie Duncan, Scottish actor (The Adventures of Robin Hood, Sherlock Holmes), dies at 65

Peter Sellers (1925-1980)

English actor and comedian (The Goon Show, Bobo, Pink Panther), dies at 54

1980 Uttam Kumar, Indian actor (b. 1926)
1986 Fritz A. Lipman, German-American biochemist (discoverer co-enzymes, Nobel 1953), dies at 87
1986 Laurie Nash, Australian cricket fast-bowler (2 Tests, 10 wickets) and VFL player & coach (South Melbourne), dies at 76
1987 Dick Wellstood, American jazz pianist, dies at 59
1988 Ilona Elek, Hungarian fencer (Olympic gold 1936, 48), dies at 81
1989 Ernest Morrison [Sunshine Sammy Morrison], American child actor (Our Gang, East Side Kids), dies at 76
1990 Alan Clarke, English director (Elephant, Road, Scum, Firm), dies at 54
1991 Freddie Brown, English cricketer (English Test captain 1950-51), dies at 80
1991 Isaac Bashevis Singer, Polish-American yiddish writer (Yentl, Nobel Prize for Literature 1978), dies at 87
1991 Jørn Elniff, Danish bebop jazz drummer (Music for Mice and Men; Bud Powell), dies at 53
1992 Arletty [Arlette-léonie Bathiat], French actress and model, dies at 94
1992 Khaled Mahmoud Saeed, asst to Palestine terrorist Abu Nidal, murdered
1992 Lillian Oppenheimer, American origami pioneer (popularized origami in the West), dies of a heart attack at 93
1992 Sam Berger, Canadian football owner (b. 1900)
1993 Ben Polak, Dutch physician, communist and resistance fighter, dies at 79
1993 Francis Bouygues, French film producer, dies at 70
1993 Rene Requiestas, Filipino comedian (b. 1957)
1994 Grete Schickedanz, German head mistress, dies at 82
1994 Wangila Napunyi, Kenyan welterweight boxer (Olympic gold 1988), dies after a boxing match at 26
1995 Don Carpenter, American novelist (Hard Rain Falling), dies at 64
1995 Jerry Lordan, English singer and composer (Wonderful Land), dies at 61
1995 Jerzy Bonawentura Toeplitz, Ukrainian-Polish filmmaker and film educator (Polish Film School), dies at 94
1996 Howard Vernon, Swiss actor (Love and Death, Delicatessen), dies at 82
1996 Jock Wallace, Scottish soccer manager (Berwick Rangers, Rangers, Leicester City, Motherwell, Sevilla), dies from Parkinson's disease at 60
1996 Virginia Christine [Ricketts], American actress (Mrs Olson, Tales of Wells Fargo), dies of cardiovascular disease at 76
1997 Andrew Cunanan, American serial killer (Gianni Versace), commits suicide at 27
1997 Brian Glover, British actor and wrestler (Alien 3, Kes), dies of a brain tumor at 63
1997 Frank Parker, American tennis player (4-time Grand Slam singles winner), dies at 81
1997 Saw Maung, Burmese general (President of Myanmar (Burma) (1988-92), dies at 68
1997 William J. Brennan, Jr. American Supreme Court judge (1956-90), dies at 91
2000 Ahmad Shamlou, Iranian poet (The Book of Alley), dies at 74
2000 Anatoli Firsov, Russian ice hockey left wing (Olympic gold 1964, 68, 72; 8 x World C'ship gold), dies at 59
2001 Georges Dor, Canadian author, composer, singer and playwright (b. 1931)
2002 Gus Tinsley, American College Football Hall of Fame end and coach (All-American 1935, 36; coach LSU 1948-55; NFL: Chicago Cardinals), dies at 87
2002 Maurice Denham, British actor (Mr Love, Damn the Defiant), dies at 92
2004 Claude André François Ballif, French composer, dies at 80
2004 Cotton Fitzsimmons, American Basketball HOF coach (NJCAA C'ship 1966, 67, Moberly Area CC; Kansas State; NBA: Phoenix Suns; Atlanta Hawks, San Antonio Spurs), dies of lung cancer and stroke at 72
2005 Richard Doll, English epidemiologist (pioneer in research linking smoking to health problems), dies at 92
2007 Albert Ellis, American psychologist, dies at 93
2007 Chaney Kley, American Actor (b. 1972)
2008 Norman Dello Joio [Nicodemo DeGioio], American classical composer (Choreography: Three Dances for Strings), dies at 95
2008 Robert T. Herres, American air force officer (Vice Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff), dies at 75
2009 E. Lynn Harris, American Author (b. 1955)
2009 Marcel van Maele, Belgian poet and playwright, dies at 78
2010 Alex Higgins, Northern Irish snooker player (b. 1949)
2011 Dan Peek, American rock vocalist and guitarist (America), dies at 60
2011 Frank Dietrich, German politician (b. 1966)
2011 Jane White, African-American actress and singer (Strange Fruit, Once Upon a Mattress), dies at 88
2012 Chad Everett [Raymon Lee Cramton], American actor (Medical Center, Airplane II), dies from lung cancer at 75
2012 John Atta Mills, Ghanaian President, dies at 68
2012 Robert Ledley, American scientist (invented the CT scanner), dies at 86
2012 Sherman Hemsley, American actor (All in the Family; The Jeffersons; Amen), dies from natural causes at 74
2013 Nikos Mamangakis, Greek classical and electronic music composer, dies at 84
2014 Ik-Hwan Bae, South Korean-American violinist (Bargemusic, 1982-95) and educator (Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, 1999-2014), dies of cancer at 57
2016 (Margaret) "Marni" Nixon [McEathron], American soprano singer and film 'ghost voice' (for Audrey Hepburn in "My Fair Lady"; Natalie Wood in "West Side Story**"; Deborah Kerr in "The King And I"), dies at 86
2018 John Murray, England cricket wicketkeeper (21 Tests; 55 dismissals, 1 x 100, HS 112; Middlesex CCC), dies at 83
2018 Tony Cloninger, American MLB pitcher and coach (2 Grand Slams in one game), dies at 77
2020 Ann Syrdal, American psychologist and computer science researcher (developed female synthetic voices at AT&T), dies at 74
2020 Eric Sweeney, Irish contemporary composer (The Green One), dies at 72
2020 Naazim Richardson, American boxing trainer (Bernard Hopkins, "Sugar" Shane Mosley), dies of stroke complications at 55
2020 Regis Philbin, American talk & game show host (Joey Bishop Show; Live with Regis & Kathie Lee; Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?), dies at 88 [1] [2]
2021 Dieter Brummer, Australian TV actor (Home and Away; Underbelly), takes his own life at 45

Jackie Mason (1928-2021)

American Emmy and Tony Award-winning stand-up comedian, stage, film and television actor (The World According To Me!), dies at 93 [1]

2022 David Warner, British Emmy Award-winning stage, screen, radio, and voice actor (Masada; Star Trek VI; Time Bandits), dies of lung cancer at 80
2022 Yuri Kolmakov, Russian biathlete (World C'ship gold relay 1973, 74), dies at 76
2023 Dan Morrison, American baseball umpire (World Series 1992; MLB All Star Game 1988; AL C'ship Series 1989, 96, 99), dies at 75
2023 George Alagiah, Ceylonese-born British journalist and newsreader (BBC News), dies of cancer at 67 [1]
2023 Leny Andrade, Brazilian samba, bossa nova and jazz singer, dies of Lewy body dementia at 80
2023 Seiichi Morimura, Japanese mystery novelist (The Devil's Gluttony), dies of pneumonia at 90
2023 Trevor Francis, British soccer forward (52 caps; Birmingham City, Nottingham Forest, Sampdoria, Sheffield Wed) and manager (QPR, Sheffield Wed, Birmingham City, Crystal Pal), dies of a heart attack at 69