Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In December - 02

1919  Henry Clay Frick, built largest coke & steel operation, dies at 69 on this day in history.   

1923  On this day in history tomas Breton y Hernandez, composer, dies at 72   

1924  On this day in history death of kazimieras BÅ«ga, Lithuanian philologist (b. 1879)   

1925  On this day in history julio Garreta, composer, dies at 50   

1931  Paul-Marie-Theodore-Vincent D'indy, French count/composer, dies at 80 on this day in history.   

1933  Josef Gruber, composer, dies at 78 on this day in history.   

1935  On this day in history death of albert Kessel, 1st to die in Calif gas chamber   

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

1943  On this day in history nordahl Grieg, writer, dies   

1944  On December - 02 filippo T Marinetti, Italian writer (father of futurism), dies at 67   

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

1953  On December - 02 ernest Hayes, cricketer (Surrey bat played 5 Tests for England), dies   

1957  On December - 02 harrison Ford, silent screen actor (Rubber Tires), dies at 73   

1963  On December - 02 sabu Sabu, actor (Jungle Book, Drums), dies of heart attack at 39   

1965  The Rajkumar of Vizianagram, cricketer (Indian Test capt 1936), dies on December - 02.   

1966  Luitzen [Bertus] Brouwers, Dutch mathematician, dies at 85 on December - 02.   

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

1969  On this day in history kliment J Voroshilov, president USSR (1953-60), dies   

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 December - 02 danny Murtaugh, baseball manager (Pitts Pirates), dies at 59   

1979  Vasily Pavlovich Solov'yov-Sedoy, composer, dies at 72 on December - 02.   

1980  On this day in history death of romain Gary, Lithuanian-born French writer (b. 1914)   

1981  On December - 02 hershy Kay, composer, dies at 62   

1982  David Blue, rocker, dies while jogging in Greenwich Village at 41 on this day in history.   

1983  On December - 02 atholl Mckinnon, cricketer (S African lefty spinner in 8 Tests), dies   

1985  Alex Courtney, actor (Sword of Justice), dies on December - 02.   

1986  On December - 02 desi Arnaz, actor (Ricky Ricardo-I Love Lucy), dies at 69 of cancer   

1987  On December - 02 death of yakov Borisovich Zel'dovich, Russian physicist (b. 1914)   

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

1990  On December - 02 aaron Copeland, composer (Fanfare for Common Man), dies at 90   

1992  Gary Mascaro, choreographer, dies at 43 on this day in history.   

1993  On December - 02 death of pablo Escobar Gaviria, Colombian drug baron, shot to death at 44   

1994  On this day in history donald John Urquhart, librarian, dies at 85   

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

1678  On December - 02 birth of nicolaas S Cruquius, Dutch hydraulic engineer (drained Haarlemmermeer)   

1694  William Shirley, Colonial Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1771) was born on this day in history.   

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

1710  On this day in history birth of bertinazzi, Italian actor and writer (d. 1783)   

1728  On this day in history birth of ferdinando Galiani, Italian economist/philosopher/diplomat   

1738  Richard Montgomery, Irish-born soldier (d. 1775) was born on this day in history.   

1754  William Cooper, American judge (d. 1809) was born on December - 02.