Famous Deaths for 3rd July 2026

1704 – Sophia Alekseyevna, Regent of Russia (1682-89), dies at 46
1863 – Richard B. Garnett, American Confederate Brigadier General, killed during Pickett’s Charge, Battle of Gettysburg at 45
1863 – Samuel K. Zook, American Union general-major, dies of his wounds from the Battle of Gettysburg at 40
1890 – Gilman Marston, American Brigadier General (Union Army) and politician (R-NH), dies at 78
1978 – James Daly, American actor (Medical Center, Planet of the Apes), dies of heart failure at 59
1996 – B. Gerald Cantor, American investment banker, philanthropist and arts patron (Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Foundation), dies at 79
2004 – Andrian Nikolayev, Soviet cosmonaut (Vostok 3), dies at 73
2004 – John Barron, British actor (Emergency – Ward 10; The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin), dies at 83
2018 – Robby Müller, Dutch cinematographer (Breaking the Waves, Dead Man, Korczak), dies at 78
2023 – Vince Tobin, American football coach (head coach Arizona Cardinals 1996-2000), dies at 79

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