1480 – Antonio Squarcialupi, Italian composer and organist, dies at 64
1583 – Edmund Grindal, English bishop of London/archbhp of York, dies at 64
1835 – John Marshall, 4th Chief Justice of the United States (1801-35), dies at 79
1871 – Antonio de Castro Alves, Brazilian poet (O navio negreiro), dies at 34
1879 – Henry Smart, English organist and composer, dies at 65
1922 – Mary Theresa Ledóchowska, Polish-Austrian Catholic nun (founded the Missionary Sisters of St. Peter Claver), dies at 59
1955 – Paolo Gallico, Italian-American pianist and composer (The Apocalypse), dies at 87
1980 – Gail Patrick [Margaret Fitzpatrick], American actress (My Man Godfrey, Love Crazy), dies of leukemia at 69
2008 – Bobby Durham, American jazz drummer (b. 1937)
2020 – Charlie Daniels, American singer (Devil Went Down to Georgia), dies at 83
Category: Famous Deaths
Famous Deaths for 5th July 2022
1887 – August F Pott, German philological (That Personennamen), dies
1904 – Abai Kunanbaiuli, Kazakh poet (b. 1845)
1925 – Hjalmar Borgstrom, composer, dies at 61
1966 – George de Hevesy, Hungarian radiochemist (Nobel 1943), dies at 80
1979 – Elizabeth Ryan, American tennis player (26 Grand Slam doubles titles), dies at 87
1985 – Jack Robertson, South African cricket spinner (3 Tests v Aust 1935-36), dies
2002 – Grant Beglarian, Armenian-American composer (Of Fables, Foibles, and Fancies), educator (University of Southern California, 1969-86), and arts administrator,dies at 74
2002 – Harold “Duke” Dejan, Creole-American jazz alto saxophonist and bandleader (Olympia Brass Band), dies at 93
2004 – Hugh Shearer, Prime Minister of Jamaica (b. 1923)
2020 – Bob Reade, American College Football Hall of Fame coach (NCAA Div III C’ship 1983-86; AFCA Div III Coach of the Year 1983–86; Augustana Vikings), dies at 87
Famous Deaths for 4th July 2022
1901 – Julian Scott, American artist and Civil War Medal of Honor recipient, dies at 55
1976 – Yonatan Netanyahu, Israel commander killed freeing Israeli hostages during Operation Entebbe in Uganda, at 30 years
1977 – Gersh Budker, Russian physicist (b. 1918)
1985 – John de Quay, Dutch premier (1959-63), dies at 83
1993 – Charles Crain, actor, dies in Hollywood at 83
2001 – Keenan Milton, Professional Skater (b. 1974)
2008 – Terrence Kiel, American Football Player (b. 1980)
2009 – Allen Klein, American record label executive (b. 1931)
2016 – Geoffrey Shovelton, English opera singer, dies at 80
2021 – Sanford Clark, American country-rockabilly singer and guitarist (“The Fool”; “Son Of A Gun”), dies of Covid-19 while undegoing cancer treatment at 85
Famous Deaths for 3rd July 2022
1090 – Egbert II van Brunswick, Fries count, dies in battle
1775 – Colonel Thomas Gardner, American heroic political figure and soldier, dies at 51
1890 – Gilman Marston, American Brigadier General (Union Army) and politician (R-NH), dies at 78
1977 – Mohammed al-Zahaby, Egyptian minister, murdered by Moslem extremists at 64
2001 – Mordecai Richler, Canadian author (The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz), dies at 70
2003 – Charles Henderson Tidbury, British brewing executive and chairman of Whitbread and Co, dies at 77
2008 – Larry Harmon, American entertainer and TV producer (Bozo the Clown), dies at 83
2015 – Jacques Sernas [Jokūbas Bernardas Šernas], Lithuanian actor (La Dolce Vita, Helen of Troy), dies at 89
2015 – Boyd K. Packer, LDS church apostle, dies at 90
2018 – Richard Swift [Ochoa], American singer and songwriter (The Black Keys), dies of complications from hepatitis at 41
Famous Deaths for 2nd July 2022
1850 – Robert “Bobbie” Peel, British Prime Minister (Tory/Conservative/Peelite: 1834-35; 1841-46), founder of the British Conservative Party and the modern police force (Bobbies), dies after falling from a horse at 62
1911 – Felix Mottl, Austrian conductor and composer (Agnes Bernauer), dies at 54
1918 – Mehmed V Resjad, Sultan of Turkey (1909-18), dies at 73
1940 – Bertram Shapleigh, composer, dies at 69
1949 – Georgi Dimitrov, Bulgaria premier (1946-49), dies at 67
1993 – Sir Edward Dunlop, Australian war hero (b. 1907)
1994 – Andrés Escobar, Colombian soccer defender (51 caps, World Cup own goal vs US), dies of a gunshot wound at 27
2018 – Alan Longmuir, Scottish pop-rock musician (Bay City Rollers), dies at 70
2021 – Elliot Lawrence [Broza], American jazz pianist, film score composer (Network), arranger, and orchestra leader (Tony and Emmy Award broadcasts; As The World Turns, 1981-93), dies at 96
2021 – Naïm Kattan, Canadian novelist and essayist, dies at 92
Famous Deaths for 1st July 2022
1784 – Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, German composer and son of J.S. Bach (Sinfonias 64), dies at 73
1860 – Charles Goodyear, American chemist and manufacturing engineer who invented the vulcanization process for rubber, dies at 59
1883 – Manuel Gregorio Tavárez, Puerto Rican composer, dies at 39
1939 – Louis Davids [Simon David], cabaret performer/chorus performer, dies
1943 – Willem Arondeus, Dutch resistance fighter (census bureau), executed
1964 – Pierre Monteux, French-American conductor (Concertgebouw Orchestra, 1924–34;, Orchestre Symphonique de Paris, 1929–38; San Francisco Symphony, 1936–52), dies at 89
1976 – Anneliese Michel, German woman said to be possessed by demons (b. 1952)
1987 – Snakefinger, British-born musician (b. 1949)
2009 – Alexis Argüello, Nicaraguan boxer (3-weight world champion), dies of self inflicted gun wound at 57
2020 – Hugh Downs, American TV journalist (20/20, Concentration), dies at 99
Famous Deaths for 30th June 2022
1704 – John Quelch, English pirate, hanged for piracy in Boston at 38
1934 – Ernst Röhm, German army officer and chief organizer of Adolf Hitler’s Storm Troopers (Sturmabteilung, or SA; Brownshirts), executed at 46
1935 – Bill Brockwell, English cricketer (British all-rounder in 7 Tests 1893-99), dies at 70
1960 – Clarence Cameron White, American concert violinist, and composer (Elegy; Ouanga!), dies from cancer at 79
1971 – Viktor Ivanovich Patsayev, USSR, cosmonaut (Soyuz 11), dies in outer space aboard Soyuz at 38
1983 – Bo Gentry [Robert Ackoff] American songwriter (“Mony, Mony”), and record producer (Tommy James), dies at 41
1992 – Doug Delauder, American actor, dies at 41
2001 – Chet Atkins, American guitarist (Me and My Guitar), dies at 77
2006 – Robert Gernhardt, German satirist (b. 1937)
2020 – Alfred Kotey, Ghanaian boxer (WBO Bantamweight C’ship 1994-95), dies of complications from a stroke at 52
Famous Deaths for 29th June 2022
1725 – Arai Hakuseki, Japanese writer and politician (b. 1657)
1895 – Thomas Henry Huxley, English biologist (comparative anatomy), dies at 70
1923 – Gustave Kerker,German-American composer, dies at 66
1957 – Johan Hin, Dutch yachtsman (Olympic gold 12′ dinghy 1920), dies at 58
1965 – Sidney Marion, American actor (Outlaws is Coming, Quicksand), dies at 64
1967 – Jayne Mansfield [Vera Jane Palmer], American actress (The Girl Can’t Help It), dies in a car crash at 34
1992 – Mohammed Boudiaf, president of Algeria, assassinated at 73
2002 – Rosemary Clooney, American singer (Come On-a My House) and actress (White Christmas), dies of lung cancer at 74
2006 – Fabián Bielinsky, Argentinean film director (b. 1959)
2018 – Irina Szewińska, Polish athlete, administrator (Olympic various sprint gold 1964, 68, 76), dies of cancer at 72
Famous Deaths for 28th June 2022
1954 – Red Deer, in Milwaukee Zoo, oldest known deer, dies at 26 (Milwaukee, Wisconsin)
1964 – King Calder, actor (Lt Grey-Martin Kane Private Eye), dies at 64
1980 – Helen Gahagan Douglas, American actress and politician (Nixon’s 1st opponent for the United States Senate in 1950), dies at 79
1994 – William A Henry III, critic (Time Mag), dies of heart attack at 44
1994 – Fredericka Carolyn Washington, actress (Black and Tan), dies at 90
1996 – Willard F. McMurry, musician, dies at 89
2000 – Nils Poppe, Swedish actor (the Seventh Seal, Dum-Bom), dies of viral complications after several stroke at 92
2006 – George Page, American television host (b. 1935)
2007 – Eugene B. Fluckey, American Navy submariner, dies at 93
2009 – A. K. Lohithadas, Indian screenwriter, director, and producer (b. 1955)
Famous Deaths for 27th June 2022
1912 – George Bonnor, Australian cricket batsman (17 Tests, 1 x 100, HS 128; NSW CA, Victoria CA), dies from a heart attack at 57
1965 – Anthony Veiller, writer, dies at 62
1992 – Allan Jones, American actor and singer (A Day at the Races; Showboat), dies at 84
2003 – David Newman, American filmmaker (b. 1937)
2008 – Sam Manekshaw, Indian Field Marshal (b. 1914)
2010 – Dolph Briscoe, American businessman and 41st Governor of Texas (1973-79), dies at 87
2011 – Elaine Stewart, American actress and model (The Bad and the Beautiful, Take the High Ground), dies at 81
2014 – Bobby Womack, American RandB singer, guitarist, songwriter, and producer (“It’s All Over Now”; “Woman’s Got to Have It”; “Across 110th Street”), dies at 70
2020 – Mihai Romilă, Romanian soccer midfielder (19 caps; Politehnica Iași 367 games), dies at 69
2021 – Arturo “Chico” O’Farrill, Cuban Latin and Afro-Cuban jazz composer, arranger, and conductor, dies of pneumonia at 79