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Deaths on August 02

xxxx : Bert(h)a/Berthrada, mother of Charles the Great, dies
xxxx : Henry I the Vogelaar, German king (919-36)/duke of Saxon 912-36, dies
1298 : Adolf van Nassau, RC-German king (1292-98), dies in battle at about 43
1504 : Stefanus III Bogdanowitsj, ruler of Moldavia (1457-1504), dies
1566 : Nostradamus, [Michel de Nostre-Dam], French astrologist, dies at 62
1619 : Olivier de Serres, French farming pioneer (silkworms), dies
1644 : William Gascoigne, introduced telescopic sights, is killed at 24
1663 : Thomas Selle, composer, dies at 64
1700 : Lambert Doomer, painter/cartoonist, dies at about 77
1708 : Willem of Nassau, mister of Zuylenstein/lt-gen/baron Enfield, dies
1743 : Spencer Compton earl of Wilmington, English minister of Finance, dies
1778 : Jean-Jacques Rousseau, composer, dies at 66
1794 : Franz Xaver Thomas Pokorny, composer, dies at 65
1798 : John Fitch, American inventor, clockmaker, etc, dies
1822 : Denmark Vesey, & 5 aides hanged at Blake's Landing, Charleston, SC
1843 : Samuel Hahnemann, German physician, dies at 88
1850 : Robert "Bobbie" Peel, British PM/founder London Police, dies at 62
1861 : Peter A de Genestet, vicar/poet, dies at 31
1863 : Stephen Hinsdale Weed, US Union brig-general, dies in battle at 28
1878 : Fran‡ois-Emmanuel-Joseph Bazin, composer, dies at 61
1895 : William Rockstro, composer, dies at 72
1911 : Felix Mottl, composer, dies at 54
1912 : Tom Richardson, cricketer (88 wickets in 14 Tests for England), dies
1914 : Joseph Chamberlain, British minister to Germany, dies at 78
1915 : Gen Porfirio [Jos‚ de la Cruz] Diaz, president Mexico, dies
1917 : Herbert Beerbohm Tree, English actor/director (Hamlet), dies
1918 : Mohammed V Resjad, sultan of Turkey (1909-18), dies
1921 : Edwin Evans, cricketer (6 Tests for Australia), dies
1926 : Emile Cou‚, French pharmacist (recovery by auto suggestion), dies
1929 : Gladys Brockwell, actress (Oliver Twist), dies at 34
1930 : Anders Randolf, actor (Love of Sunya, Dangerous Curves), dies at 59
1932 : Manoel II, last king of Portugal (1908-10), dies at 43
1935 : Alfred Dreyfus, french colonel, dies
1936 : Harry Northrup, actor (Who's Knocking at My Door), dies at 60
1937 : Amelia Earhart Putnam, Dutch pilot/1st female to fly Atl, dies at 40
1937 : Fred L Noonan, US navigator, disappeared over Pacific Ocean
1939 : Alfred R Zimmerman, mayor of Rotterdam (1906-22), dies
1940 : Ben[jamin] Turpin, US comic (Saps at Sea, His New Job), dies
1940 : Bertram Shapleigh, composer, dies at 69
1941 : Mohammad Baqa Jilani, cricketer (Test for India), dies at 29
1946 : Anthony Overton, publisher/cosmetics manufacturer/banker, dies at 81
1949 : Georgi Dimitrov, Bulgaria premier (1946-49), dies at 67
1951 : Earnest F Sauerbruch, German nazi/surgeon, dies at 75
1952 : Henriette H Bosmans, Dutch cello player/pianist/composer, dies at 56
1961 : Ernest Hemingway, writer, commits suicide at 61
1961 : Louis-Ferdinand C‚line, writer (Voyage Au Bout de la Nu), dies at 67
1964 : Glenn "Fireball" Roberts, biggest NASCAR money winner, dies in crash
1965 : Theodora E "Betsy" Ranucci-Beckmann, actress (Klatergoud), dies at 88
1968 : Francis Brennan, US cardinal of Philadelphia, dies at 74
1970 : Jessie Street, Australian civil rights activist, dies
1971 : Edward Ballantine, composer, dies at 84
1972 : Joseph F Smith Jr, leader US mormon chuch, dies at 95
1973 : Betty Grable, US actress (How to Marry a Millionaire), dies at 56
1973 : George Macready, US, actor (Martin Peyton-Peyton Place), dies at 73
1973 : Swede Savage, dies of injuries at Indianapolis 500
1975 : James Robertson Justice, actor (DR at Large, Dr om Love), dies at 70
1976 : Frances Howard, actress (Swan, Shock Punch), dies at 73
1977 : Vladimir V Nabokov, Russian/US writer (Lolita), dies at 78
1981 : Robert Emmett Keane, actor (Rookie Cop, Red Dragon), dies
1982 : Poul Rovsing Olsen, composer, dies at 59
1984 : Ramiro Cortes, composer, dies at 50
1987 : Karl Linnas, accused Nazi, dies of heart failure in Russia
1987 : Michael Bennet, choreographer (Chorus Line), dies of AIDS at 44
1990 : Muntu Myeza, S Afr anti-apartheid activist, dies in auto at 39
1990 : Snooky Lanson, singer, dies at 76
1991 : Lee Remick, actress (Days of Wine & Roses), dies of cancer at 55
1992 : Borisav Pekic, Serbian writer/politician, dies
1992 : Edith Valckaert, Belgian violinist, dies at 42
1992 : Franco Cristaldi, Italian producer/Claudia Cardinale's husband, dies
1992 : Jose Monje, [Camaron de la Isla], Spanish flamenco singer, dies
1993 : Don Drysdale, pitcher (Dodgers), dies of a heart attack at 56
1993 : Fred Gwynne, actor (Herman-Munsters), dies of pancreatic cancer at 66
1994 : Andres Escobar, Colombia world cup soccer star, shot for losing to US
1994 : Marion Williams, gospel singer, dies of diabetes at 66
1994 : Maung Maung, premier of Burma (1988), dies at 69
1994 : Ralph C Rinzler, folklorist (Greenbriar Boys), dies at 59
1995 : Gail Gordon, actor (Our Miss Brooks, Lucy Show), dies of cancer at 89
1995 : George Seldes, journalist, dies at 104
1995 : Gervase F Ashworth Jackson-Stops, architectural adviser, dies at 48
1995 : Krissy Taylor, model (17 Mag), dies of respitory problems at 17
1996 : Hugh Davson, physiologist/writer, dies at 86
1997 : Jimmy Stewart, actor (It's a Wonderful Life), dies at 89

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