Famous Deaths In December - 02

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

1923  On December - 02 tomas Breton y Hernandez, composer, dies at 72  

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

1925  On December - 02 julio Garreta, composer, dies at 50  

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  On December - 02 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 December - 02 nordahl Grieg, writer, dies  

1944  On this day in history filippo T Marinetti, Italian writer (father of futurism), dies at 67  

1950  On this day in history dino Lipatti, composer, dies at 33  

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

1957  Harrison Ford, silent screen actor (Rubber Tires), dies at 73 on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1966  On this day in history luitzen [Bertus] Brouwers, Dutch mathematician, dies at 85  

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

1969  On December - 02 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 December - 02.  

1976  Danny Murtaugh, baseball manager (Pitts Pirates), dies at 59 on this day in history.  

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

1980  On December - 02 death of romain Gary, Lithuanian-born French writer (b. 1914)  

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

1982  On December - 02 david Blue, rocker, dies while jogging in Greenwich Village at 41  

1983  On this day in history atholl Mckinnon, cricketer (S African lefty spinner in 8 Tests), dies  

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

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

1987  Death of Yakov Borisovich Zel'dovich, Russian physicist (b. 1914) on this day in history.  

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

1990  On this day in history aaron Copeland, composer (Fanfare for Common Man), dies at 90  

1992  Gary Mascaro, choreographer, dies at 43 on December - 02.  

1993  Death of Pablo Escobar Gaviria, Colombian drug baron, shot to death at 44 on December - 02.  

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

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1578  On December - 02 birth of agostino Agazzari, composer  

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

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  Bertinazzi, Italian actor and writer (d. 1783) was born on this day in history.  

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

1738  On December - 02 birth of richard Montgomery, Irish-born soldier (d. 1775)  

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