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Deaths on January 02

1726 : Domenico Zipoli, composer, dies at 37
1740 : Johann Georg Weichenberger, composer, dies at 63
1763 : John Casteret earl Granville, English premier, dies at 72
1780 : Johann Ludwig Krebs, composer, dies at 66
1789 : Franz Joseph Leonti Meyer von Schavensee, composer, dies at 68
1790 : Joseph A Feuchtmayer (Feichtmayer), German rococo sculptor, dies
1801 : Johann C Lavater, Swiss vicar/philosopher, dies at 59
1803 : Ignaz Franz von Beecke, composer, dies at 69
1861 : Frederik Willem IV, king Prussia (1840-61)/Germ (1849-61), dies at 65
1863 : Roger Weightman Hanson, Confederate brig-gen, dies in battle at 35
1892 : George B Airy, English astronomer/writer, dies at 90
1904 : James Longstreet, Confederate general, dies at 82
1908 : Dom Joƒo G da Cƒmara, Portuguese journalist/playwright, dies at 55
1913 : L‚on P Teisserenc de Bort, Fr meteorologist (stratosphere), dies at 57
1915 : Karl Goldmark, Austria-Hungarian composer (Queen of Saba), dies at 84
1917 : Edward B Tylor, English anthropologist, dies at 84
1918 : Sijbe K Bakker, vicar/theologist (Christian-Socialism), dies at 42
1921 : Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg, Ger chancellor/PM (Prussia), dies at 64
1923 : Sam Carter, black resident of Rosewood Florida, lynched by KKK
1929 : Erich Wichman[n], Dutch fascist painter/sculptor, dies at 38
1937 : Ross Alexander, actor (Capt Blood, Boulder Dam), dies at 29
1941 : Mischa Levitzki, composer, dies at 42
1945 : Betram Home Ramsay, Engl adm/Cmdr Naval Forces (Normandy), dies at 61
1946 : Joe Darling, cricketer (Aussie captain 21 Tests, won 7 lost 4), dies
1950 : Emil Jannings, actor (The Way of All Flesh), dies at 65
1955 : Jos‚ Antonio Remon, president of Panam (1952-55), assassinated
1960 : Cees [Cornelis J] Laseur, Dutch actor/dir (Hague Comedy), dies at 60
1960 : Chris van Abkoude, author (Pietje Bell, Kruimeltje), dies at about 79
1960 : Fausto Coppi, Italian, ran world record 45,798 km, dies at 40
1960 : Friedrich Adler, Austria soc-dem, murdered PM Strgkh, dies at 80
1961 : Bob Catterall, cricketer (1555 runs/24 Tests for S Afr 1922-31), dies
1963 : Dick Powell, actor/director (Dick Powell Theater), dies at 58
1963 : Jack Carson, actor (Star is Born, Mildred Pierce), dies at 52
1965 : Staf Gustaf Frans Nees, composer, dies at 63
1968 : Sanoesi Pane, Indonesian writer, dies
1969 : Georges Renevant, actor (Cornered), dies after long illness at 74
1970 : Piotr Rytel, composer, dies at 85
1974 : Tex Ritter, country singer (5 Star Jubilee), dies at 67
1977 : Erroll Garner, jazz pianist (Misty), dies at 53
1980 : Larry Williams, rocker, dies at 44
1981 : David Lynch, singer (Platters-My Prayer), dies at 51
1983 : Bernard George Stevens, composer, dies at 66
1983 : Dick Emery, actor (Yellow Submarine, Loot, Baby Love), dies at 65
1983 : Harriet Parsons, producer (Susan Slept Here), dies at 76 of cancer
1986 : Una Merkel, US actress (Abraham Lincoln), dies at 82
1990 : Alan Hale Jr, Skipper on Gilligan's Island, dies of cancer at 71
1990 : Belcampo, [Herman Sch”nfeld Wichers], Dutch lawyer/writer, dies at 87
1990 : Vladimir Alexis Ussachevsky, Manchuria composer (Creation), dies at 78
1991 : Edmond Jab‚s, writer, dies
1991 : Renato Rascel, actor (7 Hills of Rome), dies of heart failure at 78
1992 : Virginia Field, actress (Dream Girl), dies of cancer at 74
1994 : Caesar Romero, actor (Joker-Batman), dies at 86
1994 : Dixy Lee Ray, chairwoman (US Atomic Energy Comm), dies at 79
1994 : Pierre-Paul Schweitzer, French director of IMF (1963-73), dies at 81
1994 : Sammy Taft, Canadian businessman (coined term "hat trick"), dies at 81
1995 : Graham Sharp, ice skater, dies at 77
1995 : Manuel Rivera, Spanish painter/co-founder (El Paso), dies at 67
1995 : Mohammed Siyad Barre, president of Somalia (1969-91), dies
1995 : Nancy Kelly, US actress (Bad Seed, Submarine Patrol), dies at 73
1995 : Siad Barre, general/president of Somalia (1969-91), dies at 84
1996 : Sydney Thompson, rock Climber, dies at 81
1996 : Thornton Page, astrophysicist, dies at 82
1997 : Jim Rodger, sports writer, dies at 75
1997 : Randy California, [Wolfe], rock guitarist, dies at 45

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