Famous Deaths In August - 02

1982  On this day in history cathleen Nesbitt, English actress (Separate Tables), dies at 93  

1985  On August - 02 frank Faylen, vaudevillian, dies of pneumonia at 79  

1986  Roy Marcus Cohn, US lawyer (Joseph McCarthy), dies on August - 02.  

1987  Myron Stout, US abstract artist, dies at 79 on August - 02.  

1988  Raymond Carver, poet/short story writer (Furious Season), dies at 50 on this day in history.  

1990  Death of Norman Mclean, American writer (b. 1902) on August - 02.  

1991  On this day in history death of gabriel Cohen, son of Meredith Viera & Richard Cohen  

1992  On this day in history ephraim Katz, Israeli/US encyclopedist (film encyclopedia), dies  

1994  Bhagwatpersad Ausan, commandant Suriname military police, dies at 38 on August - 02.  

1995  On this day in history brian Smith, British sportscaster, dies  

1996  Humphrey Fisher, TV Producer, dies at 72 on August - 02.  

1997  On August - 02 william S Burroughs, author (Naked Lunch), dies at 83  

1998  On this day in history death of shari Lewis, American puppeteer (b. 1933)  

2001  Death of Ron Townson, American singer (The Fifth Dimension) (b. 1933) on this day in history.  

2003  Death of Don Estelle, British actor (b. 1933) on August - 02.  

2004  On August - 02 death of don Tosti, American musician (b. 1923)  

2005  Death of Steven Vincent, American journalist and writer (b. 1955) on August - 02.  

2007  Death of Chauncey Bailey, American journalist and editor (b. 1950) on this day in history.  

2008  Death of Fujio Akatsuka, Japanese cartoonist (b. 1935) on August - 02.  

2017  On August - 02 death of jim Marrs, American journalist  

2018  Death of Bob Berry, New Zealand dendrologist on this day in history.  

2018  On this day in history death of winston Ntshona, South African playwright and actor  

2020  Death of Leon Fleisher, American pianist on this day in history.  

2020  On this day in history death of zhaksylyk Ushkempirov, Kazakh Olympic wrestling champion  

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1455  Johan Cicero, elect of Brandenburg (1486-99) was born on this day in history.  

1533  On August - 02 birth of theodor Zwinger, Swiss scholar (d. 1588)  

1627  Samuel Dircksz van Hoogstraten, Dutch painter was born on this day in history.  

1632  Kaspar von Stieler, German poet (Teutsche Wolredner) was born on August - 02.  

1672  Johann Jakob Scheuchzer, Swiss scholar (d. 1733) was born on August - 02.  

1674  On August - 02 birth of philip II, Duke of Orléans, Regent of France (d. 1723)  

1696  Mahmud I, Sultan of Ottoman (Turkey) (1730-54)/fought Austria & Russia was born on this day in history.  

1703  Lorenzo Ricci, Italian Jesuit leader (d. 1775) was born on August - 02.