Famous Deaths In December - 02

1919  Henry Clay Frick, built largest coke & steel operation, dies at 69 on December - 02.   

1923  Tomas Breton y Hernandez, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.   

1924  Death of Kazimieras BÅ«ga, Lithuanian philologist (b. 1879) on December - 02.   

1925  Julio Garreta, composer, dies at 50 on December - 02.   

1931  Paul-Marie-Theodore-Vincent D'indy, French count/composer, dies at 80 on December - 02.   

1933  On this day in history josef Gruber, composer, dies at 78   

1935  Death of Albert Kessel, 1st to die in Calif gas chamber on this day in history.   

1936  On this day in history death of john Ringling, American circus owner (b. 1866)   

1943  On December - 02 nordahl Grieg, writer, dies   

1944  Filippo T Marinetti, Italian writer (father of futurism), dies at 67 on December - 02.   

1950  Dino Lipatti, composer, dies at 33 on December - 02.   

1953  Ernest Hayes, cricketer (Surrey bat played 5 Tests for England), dies on this day in history.   

1957  On this day in history harrison Ford, silent screen actor (Rubber Tires), dies at 73   

1963  Sabu Sabu, actor (Jungle Book, Drums), dies of heart attack at 39 on this day in history.   

1965  On this day in history the Rajkumar of Vizianagram, cricketer (Indian Test capt 1936), dies   

1966  Luitzen [Bertus] Brouwers, Dutch mathematician, dies at 85 on this day in history.   

1967  Francis J "Cardinal" Spellman, archbishop of NY, dies at 78 on December - 02.   

1969  Kliment J Voroshilov, president USSR (1953-60), dies on this day in history.   

1972  On this day in history friedrich Christian Christiansen, German Luftwaffe general, dies   

1974  Sofie-Carmen Eckhardt-Gramatte, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.   

1976  On this day in history danny Murtaugh, baseball manager (Pitts Pirates), dies at 59   

1979  On December - 02 vasily Pavlovich Solov'yov-Sedoy, composer, dies at 72   

1980  Death of Romain Gary, Lithuanian-born French writer (b. 1914) on this day in history.   

1981  Hershy Kay, composer, dies at 62 on this day in history.   

1982  On this day in history david Blue, rocker, dies while jogging in Greenwich Village at 41   

1983  Atholl Mckinnon, cricketer (S African lefty spinner in 8 Tests), dies on this day in history.   

1985  Alex Courtney, actor (Sword of Justice), dies on this day in history.   

1986  On this day in history desi Arnaz, actor (Ricky Ricardo-I Love Lucy), dies at 69 of cancer   

1987  Death of Yakov Borisovich Zel'dovich, Russian physicist (b. 1914) on December - 02.   

1988  Death of Tata Giacobetti, Italian singer and lyricist (Quartetto Cetra) on December - 02.   

1990  Aaron Copeland, composer (Fanfare for Common Man), dies at 90 on this day in history.   

1992  On December - 02 gary Mascaro, choreographer, dies at 43   

1993  Death of Pablo Escobar Gaviria, Colombian drug baron, shot to death at 44 on this day in history.   

1994  On December - 02 donald John Urquhart, librarian, dies at 85   

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1578  On this day in history birth of agostino Agazzari, composer   

1678  Nicolaas S Cruquius, Dutch hydraulic engineer (drained Haarlemmermeer) was born on December - 02.   

1694  On December - 02 birth of william Shirley, Colonial Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1771)   

1703  On this day in history birth of ferdinand Konscak, Croatian explorer (d. 1759)   

1710  Bertinazzi, Italian actor and writer (d. 1783) was born on December - 02.   

1728  Ferdinando Galiani, Italian economist/philosopher/diplomat was born on this day in history.   

1738  On this day in history birth of richard Montgomery, Irish-born soldier (d. 1775)   

1754  On December - 02 birth of william Cooper, American judge (d. 1809)