Famous Deaths In December - 02

1919  On this day in history henry Clay Frick, built largest coke & steel operation, dies at 69   

1923  Tomas Breton y Hernandez, composer, dies at 72 on December - 02.   

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

1933  On December - 02 josef Gruber, composer, dies at 78   

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

1936  On December - 02 death of john Ringling, American circus owner (b. 1866)   

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

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

1950  Dino Lipatti, composer, dies at 33 on this day in history.   

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

1966  On December - 02 luitzen [Bertus] Brouwers, Dutch mathematician, dies at 85   

1967  On this day in history francis J "Cardinal" Spellman, archbishop of NY, dies at 78   

1969  Kliment J Voroshilov, president USSR (1953-60), dies on December - 02.   

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  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 this day in history hershy Kay, composer, dies at 62   

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

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

1985  On December - 02 alex Courtney, actor (Sword of Justice), dies   

1986  On December - 02 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 this day in history.   

1988  On December - 02 death of tata Giacobetti, Italian singer and lyricist (Quartetto Cetra)   

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

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

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  On December - 02 birth of agostino Agazzari, composer   

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 this day in history.   

1703  On December - 02 birth of ferdinand Konscak, Croatian explorer (d. 1759)   

1710  On December - 02 birth of bertinazzi, Italian actor and writer (d. 1783)   

1728  Ferdinando Galiani, Italian economist/philosopher/diplomat was born on December - 02.   

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.