Famous Deaths

Welcome to Today In History for Tuesday, July 1, 2008.

1378 - Jan I V van Arkel, bishop of Utrecht/Luik, dies
1523 - Hendrik Voes, Flemish priest/church reformer, burned at stake
1523 - John of Esschen, Flemish priest/church reformer, burned at stake
1589 - Christophe Plantin, French/Belgian book publisher, dies
1592 - Marc A Ingegneri, Italian violinist/composer (Responsoria), dies
1627 - Nathaniel Bacon, English painter, dies at 41
1662 - Simon Ives, composer, dies at 61
1691 - Marc'Antonio Pasqualini, composer, dies at 77
1723 - Willem van de Pose, gov of Cape Colony (1699-1797), dies at about 59
1742 - Bohuslav Matej Czernohorsky, Czech monk/composer, dies at 58
1774 - Henry Fox Holland, English corrupt politician, dies at 68
1776 - Francis Salvador, 1st Jew to die in American Revolutionary War
1782 - Charles Watson-Wentworth 2nd marquis of Rockingham, does at 52
1784 - Wilhelm Friedmann Bach, composer (Sinfonias 64), dies at 73
1805 - Georg Ritschel, composer, dies at 60
1839 - Mahmud II, sultan of Turkey (1808-39), dies at 53
1847 - George F Kersting, German painter, dies at 61
1863 - John Fulton Reynolds, Union general-major, dies in battle at 42
1883 - Manuel Gregorio Tavarez, composer, dies at 39
1885 - Hermann von Fehling, German chemist (Fehling's reagens), dies at 73
1894 - Julius PJA van Nyevelt, Dutch min of Foreign affairs, dies at 77
1896 - Harriet Beecher Stowe, US author (Uncle Tom's Cabin), dies at 85
1910 - Marius Petipa, Fren ballet dancer/choreographer (Casse-noisette), dies
1916 - William Booth, cricketer (WW I 2 Tests for England 1913-14), dies
1922 - Giovanni Verga, Italian writer (I mala voglia), dies at 81
1925 - Erik Alfred Leslie Satie, French composer (Dreamy Fish), dies at 59
1925 - Jan P Veth, Dutch painter/lithographer/art historian, dies at 61
1939 - Louis Davids [Simon David], cabaret performer/chorus performer, dies
1943 - Karl Gr"ger, Dutch resistance fighter (census bureau), executed
1943 - Koen Limperg, Dutch resistance fighter (census bureau), executed
1943 - Sam Bloemgarten, Dutch resistance fighter (census bureau), executed
1943 - Willem Arondeus, Dutch resistance fighter (census bureau), executed
1943 - Willem Brouwer, Dutch resistance fighter (census bureau), executed
1943 - Johan Brouwer, hispanist/writer/Dutch resistance fighter, executed
1943 - Henri Halberstadt, Dutch resistance fighter (census dir), executed
1943 - Auguste Reitsma, Dutch resistance fighter (census director), executed
1943 - C Bakker, Dutch resistance fighter (census bureau), executed
1943 - C L Barentsen, Dutch resistance fighter (census bureau), executed
1943 - Coos Hartogh, Dutch resistance fighter (census bureau), executed
1943 - Cor Roos, Dutch resistance fighter (census bureau), executed
1944 - Carl Mayer, actor (Dreaming Lips, Ariane, Sunrise), dies at 49
1947 - Clarence Lucas, composer, dies at 80
1949 - Louis Davids, [Simon David], cabaret artist, dies at 65
1950 - Eliel Saarinen, Fins/US architect (Chicago Trib building), dies at 76
1950 - Edward Faber Schneider, composer, dies at 77
1953 - Azzedine Bey, Tunisian heir to the throne, murdered
1953 - Jacob D du Toit [Totius], South African poet/theologist, dies
1958 - Rudolf von Laban, Czech/Ger choreographer (modern dance), dies at 78
1958 - Harry Nicholls Holmes, Dr (crystallized vitamin A), dies at 78
1958 - Apie [Adrian P] Prince, Dutch writer (I Go Me Own Way), dies
1963 - Camille Chautemps, premier France, dies
1964 - Pierre Monteux, French/US conductor (Concert Bldg Orch), dies at 89
1965 - Claude Thornhill, composer, dies at 55
1965 - Wally Hammond, S African cricketer (7,249 runs for England), dies
1968 - Virginia Weidler, actress (All This and Heaven Too), dies at 42
1968 - Dick Young, cricketer (England wicketkeeper v Aust 1907-08), dies
1971 - Lord Learie Constantine, WI cricketer (all-rounder and fielder), dies
1973 - Mario La Broca, composer, dies at 76
1974 - Juan D Per¢n, president of Argentina (1946-55, 73-74), dies at 78
1979 - Richard Ward, actor (Beacon Hill), dies at 64
1980 - Charles Percy Snow, British writer (Friends and Associates), dies at 75
1981 - George Voskovec, actor (Fred-Nero Wolfe, Peter-Skag), dies at 76
1982 - John Everett Watts, composer, dies at 51
1982 - Shon Coco Palm, [Jacobo JM Palm], Cura‡an composer, dies
1982 - Vera [A Veronica] Bondam, actress, dies at 86
1983 - R Buckminster Fuller, inventor/philosopher, dies in LA at 87
1986 - Roy Poole, actor (Winds of War), dies at 62
1988 - Hellmuth Christian Wolff, composer, dies at 82
1988 - Lex van Delden, Dutch composer/writer, dies at 68
1989 - William Ching, actor (Moonlighter, Terror in Haunted House), dies
1990 - Jurriaan Schrofer, graphic designer, dies
1990 - Anna Palk, actress (Play it Cool, Frozen Dead), dies of cancer at 48
1991 - Joost Baljeu, painter/founder-editor Structure, dies
1991 - Michael Landon, actor (Bonanza, Hwy to Heaven), dies of cancer at 54
1992 - Franco Cristaldi, Italian producer (Amarcord), dies
1994 - Johanna Ader-Appels, resistance fighter/author, dies
1995 - Wolfman Jack, disc jockey (Midnight Special), dies at 57
1995 - Ronald Farrow, radio producer/priest, dies at 49
1995 - Bruce Mitchell, S Afr cricketer (leading Test scorer with 3471), dies
1996 - Alfred Marks, actor (Fanny Hill, Desert Mice), dies at 75
1996 - Margaux Hemmingway, actress (Lipstick), dies at 41
1996 - Richard Michael Fraser, political administrator, dies at 80
1996 - Steve Tesich, screenwriter/playwright, dies at 53
1997 - Joshua Hassan, head of Gibraltar (1964-69, 72-87), dies
1997 - Robert Mitchum, actor (Winds of War), dies at 79
2004 - Marlon Brando, actor ("The Godfather", "A Street Cart Named Desire" and "On the Water Front") dies at 80