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

1924  On December - 02 death of kazimieras BÅ«ga, Lithuanian philologist (b. 1879)   

1925  Julio Garreta, composer, dies at 50 on this day in history.   

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

1933  Josef Gruber, composer, dies at 78 on December - 02.   

1935  Death of Albert Kessel, 1st to die in Calif gas chamber on December - 02.   

1936  Death of John Ringling, American circus owner (b. 1866) on December - 02.   

1943  Nordahl Grieg, writer, dies on this day in history.   

1944  Filippo T Marinetti, Italian writer (father of futurism), dies at 67 on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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

1965  The Rajkumar of Vizianagram, cricketer (Indian Test capt 1936), dies on this day in history.   

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

1967  Francis J "Cardinal" Spellman, archbishop of NY, dies at 78 on this day in history.   

1969  On December - 02 kliment J Voroshilov, president USSR (1953-60), dies   

1972  Friedrich Christian Christiansen, German Luftwaffe general, dies on this day in history.   

1974  Sofie-Carmen Eckhardt-Gramatte, composer, dies at 72 on December - 02.   

1976  Danny Murtaugh, baseball manager (Pitts Pirates), dies at 59 on December - 02.   

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

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

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

1982  David Blue, rocker, dies while jogging in Greenwich Village at 41 on December - 02.   

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 this day in history.   

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 December - 02.   

1988  Death of Tata Giacobetti, Italian singer and lyricist (Quartetto Cetra) on this day in history.   

1990  Aaron Copeland, composer (Fanfare for Common Man), dies at 90 on December - 02.   

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

1993  On this day in history death of pablo Escobar Gaviria, Colombian drug baron, shot to death at 44   

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

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1578  Agostino Agazzari, composer was born on December - 02.   

1678  On this day in history birth of nicolaas S Cruquius, Dutch hydraulic engineer (drained Haarlemmermeer)   

1694  William Shirley, Colonial Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1771) was born on December - 02.   

1703  On December - 02 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  Richard Montgomery, Irish-born soldier (d. 1775) was born on December - 02.   

1754  William Cooper, American judge (d. 1809) was born on this day in history.