Notable Deaths on December 2nd
December 2nd Deaths
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
537 |
Sylvester, Italian Pope (536-37), dies |
1348 |
Emperor Hanazono of Japan (b. 1297) |
1381 |
John of Ruysbroeck, Flemish mystic |
1463 |
Archduke Albert VI of Austria (b. 1418) |
1515 |
Gonzalo de Cordoba, Spanish general/strategist/viceroy of Naples, dies |
1547 |
Hernán Cortés, Spanish Conquistador who defeated the Aztec Empire, dies of pleurisy at 61/62 |
1552 |
Francis Xavier, Spanish Catholic missionary (b. 1506) |
1592 |
Alexander Farnese, land guardian of Neth (1579-92), dies at 46 |
1615 |
Louis des Balbes de Berton de Crillon, French general |
1665 |
Catherine de Vivonne, marquise de Rambouillet, French socialite (b. 1588) |
1694 |
Pierre Paul Puget, French artist (b. 1622) |
1719 |
Pasquier Quesnel, French theologist (La Foi), dies at 85 |
1723 |
Philip, French duke of Orleans/regent (1715-23)/PM (1723), dies |
1723 |
Philippe d'Orléans, Let Joy Reign Supreme |
1726 |
Samuel Penhallow, English-born American colonist and historian (b. 1665) |
1747 |
Vincent Bourne, English classical scholar (b. 1695) |
1748 |
Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset, English politician (b. 1662) |
1763 |
Carl August Thielo, composer, dies at 56 |
1774 |
Johann Friedrich Agricola, German (court)composer/organist, dies at 54 |
1814 |
Marquis de Sade, French philosopher and writer (Justine), dies at 74. The words sadism and sadist are derived from his name. |
1814 |
Marquis de Sade, Lunacy |
1828 |
Simon Paap, Dutch 56 cm long dwarf/cabaret artist, dies at 39 |
1831 |
Traugott Maximilian Eberwein, composer, dies at 56 |
1844 |
Eustachy Erazm Sanguszko, Polish general and politician (b. 1768) |
1845 |
Johannes Simon Mayr, composer, dies at 82 |
1849 |
Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen, wife of William IV of the United Kingdom (b. 1792) |
1859 |
John Brown, US abolitionist (Harpers Ferry), hanged at 59 |
1860 |
Alfred Bunn, British theatrical manager (b. 1796) |
1860 |
Alfred Bunn, Chaplin |
1864 |
Archibald Gracie III, Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at Siege of Petersburg, Virginia aged 32 |
1880 |
Josephine Lang, composer, dies at 65 |
1888 |
Franz Xaver Witt, composer, dies at 54 |
1888 |
Mehmed N Kemal Bey, Turkish writer/journalist (Vatan), dies at 47 |
1892 |
Jay Gould, American entrepreneur (b. 1836) |
1899 |
Gregorio del Pilar, Filipino general (killed at Battle of Tirad Pass) (b. 1875) |
1903 |
Victor Roger, composer, dies at 50 |
1913 |
Franz von Schoenthan, Der Raub der Sabinerinnen |
1914 |
Väinö Kataja, Noidan kirot |
1915 |
Jan Malat, composer, dies at 72 |
1916 |
Francesco Paolo Tosti, composer, dies at 69 |
1916 |
Francesco Paolo Tosti, The 3 Tenors in Concert 1994 |
1918 |
Margit Kaffka, writer, dies at 38 |
1918 |
Edmond Rostand, French poet and dramatist (b. 1868) |
1918 |
Edmond Rostand, Cyrano de Bergerac |
1919 |
Henry Clay Frick, built largest coke & steel operation, dies at 69 |
1920 |
Félicien Trewey, The Lumière Brothers' First Films |
1923 |
Tomas Breton y Hernandez, composer, dies at 72 |
1923 |
Tomás Bretón, La Dolores |
1924 |
Kazimieras Būga, Lithuanian philologist (b. 1879) |
1925 |
Julio Garreta, composer, dies at 50 |
1931 |
Paul-Marie-Theodore-Vincent D'indy, French count/composer, dies at 80 |
1932 |
Amadeu Vives, Carol's Journey |
1932 |
Kazimierz Dunin-Markiewicz, Powrót |
1933 |
Josef Gruber, composer, dies at 78 |
1933 |
Clarence Burton, The Werewolf |
1935 |
Albert Kessel, 1st to die in California gas chamber |
1935 |
Jack E. Hazzard, Turn to the Right |
1935 |
Clarence Wertz, The Three Must-Get-Theres |
1936 |
John Ringling, American circus owner (b. 1866) |
1937 |
Joe Smith, |
1938 |
Paula de Waart, De man op den achtergrond |
1939 |
W.A. Tremayne, An Old Man's Love Story |
1941 |
Murray Carrington, In Search of a Husband |
1941 |
Edward Rydz-Smigly, Kenes Brit Hekhayal |
1942 |
Karen Jønsson, Frk. Møllers jubilæum |
1943 |
Nordahl Grieg, writer, dies |
1943 |
E.M. Delafield, Moonlight Sonata |
1943 |
Ben Holmes, Lightning Strikes Twice |
1943 |
Nordahl Grieg, Poraz |
1944 |
Filippo T Marinetti, Italian writer (father of futurism), dies at 67 |
1944 |
JW Ummels, Dutch resistance fighter (House of Saxon-Nazi), dies |
1944 |
James Corner, Winter Carnival |
1944 |
Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, Montparnasse |
1944 |
Edouard Trebaol, Oliver Twist |
1945 |
Joseph W. Smiley, The Other Sister |
1946 |
G.S. Melvin, Down Melody Lane |
1946 |
Guy Gilman, King Kong |
1948 |
E.H. Tate, 1925 Studio Tour |
1948 |
Larin-Kyösti, Risti ja liekki |
1950 |
Dino Lipatti, composer, dies at 33 |
1950 |
Rose Higgins, The Silent Code |
1950 |
Rufus Le Maire, Citizen Kane |
1950 |
Ted Weisbarth, Hollow Triumph |
1951 |
Minka Hørsted, Naar Hadet slukkes |
1952 |
Jirí Plachý, The King's Baker and the Baker's King |
1953 |
Ernest Hayes, cricketer (Surrey bat played 5 Tests for England), dies |
1953 |
Francis Picabia, French painter/illustrator, dies at 75 |
1953 |
Reginald Baker, Australian athlete and actor (b. 1884) |
1953 |
Doris Lytton, Mutiny |
1953 |
George Kirby, Forever and a Day |
1953 |
Rex 'Snowy' Baker, The Man from Kangaroo |
1953 |
Willy Kaiser-Heyl, Ich hatt' einen Kameraden |
1954 |
James F. Fielder, Our Mutual Girl, No. 43 |
1956 |
Franz Osten, A Throw of Dice |
1956 |
Dell Henderson, Show People |
1957 |
Harrison Ford, silent screen actor (Rubber Tires), dies at 73 |
1957 |
Manfred Sakel, Polish psychiatrist (b. 1902) |
1957 |
Martha Ziegler, Ins Grab kann man nichts mitnehmen |
1957 |
Harrison Ford, Janice Meredith |
1957 |
Leslie Henson, Broken Bottles |
1958 |
Frank Joslyn Baum, The Wizard of Oz |
1960 |
Habib Benglia, Children of Paradise |
1961 |
Thyra Samter Winslow, She Married Her Boss |
1962 |
Earl L. McMurtrie, Kismet |
1963 |
Sabu Sabu, actor (Jungle Book, Drums), dies of heart attack at 39 |
1963 |
Thomas J. Hicks, British-born runner (b. 1875) |
1963 |
Illona Wieselmann, Afsporet |
1963 |
Mario Zampi, Your Past Is Showing |
1965 |
The Rajkumar of Vizianagram, cricketer (Indian Test capt 1936), dies |
1966 |
Luitzen [Bertus] Brouwers, Dutch mathematician, dies at 85 |
1966 |
Raúl Figarola, La ley del harem |
1966 |
Ralph Allen, Peace River Country |
1966 |
Giles Cooper, Maigret and the Lost Life |
1967 |
Francis J "Cardinal" Spellman, archbishop of NY, dies at 78 |
1969 |
Kliment J Voroshilov, president USSR (1953-60), dies |
1972 |
Friedrich Christian Christiansen, German Luftwaffe general, dies |
1972 |
Jose Limon, Mexican/US dancer (moor's pavane), dies at 64 |
1974 |
Sofie-Carmen Eckhardt-Gramatte, composer, dies at 72 |
1974 |
Max Weber, Swiss Federal Councilor (b. 1897) |
1976 |
Danny Murtaugh, baseball manager (Pittsburgh Pirates), dies at 59 |
1976 |
William Tannen, actor (Jailhouse Rock, Sitting Bull), dies at 65 |
1976 |
Phyllis Monkman, Her Heritage |
1977 |
Nick George, Mickey and the Seal |
1979 |
Vasily Pavlovich Solov'yov-Sedoy, composer, dies at 72 |
1979 |
Jean Arbuleau, A Girl and a Million |
1980 |
Romain Gary, Lithuanian-born French writer (b. 1914) |
1980 |
Willie Gilbert, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying |
1980 |
Romain Gary, The Roots of Heaven |
1980 |
Patrick Gordon Walker, The Birth of I.T.V. |
1980 |
Luís Lello, Quilas, the Bad of the Picture |
1981 |
Hershy Kay, composer, dies at 62 |
1981 |
Nicolaas "Cola" Debrot, gov of Dutch Antilles (1962-70), dies at 79 |
1981 |
Wallace K[irkman] Harrison, US architect (UN), dies at 86 |
1981 |
Hershy Kay, The Great St. Louis Bank Robbery |
1981 |
Rudolf Prack, Ein Herz schlägt für dich |
1982 |
David Blue, rocker, dies while jogging in Greenwich Village at 41 |
1982 |
Marty Feldman, comedian (Young Frankenstein), dies at 49 |
1982 |
Isador Goodman, Jedda the Uncivilized |
1982 |
C.V. Bussey, Hell-Fire Austin |
1982 |
David Blue, The American Friend |
1982 |
Johnny Paul, The Black Lash |
1982 |
Lindley Evans, 40,000 Horsemen |
1982 |
Marty Feldman, The Last Remake of Beau Geste |
1983 |
Atholl Mckinnon, cricketer (South African lefty spinner in 8 Tests), dies |
1983 |
Fifi D'Orsay, "French Bombshell" (Dixie Jamboree), dies cancer at 79 |
1983 |
Fifi D'Orsay, Going Hollywood |
1983 |
Katharine Raht, Abraham Lincoln |
1984 |
Shirô Moritani, Hakkodasan |
1984 |
Konstantin Dimchev, Masovo chudo |
1984 |
Patty Elder, What's Up, Doc? |
1984 |
Harry Sukman, Salem's Lot |
1985 |
Alex Courtney, actor (Sword of Justice), dies |
1985 |
Philip Larkin, [hermit of Hull], English poet, dies at 63 |
1985 |
Aniello Dellacroce, American gangster (b. 1914) |
1985 |
Joseph Than, Deception |
1985 |
Irineo Leguisamo, Hasta siempre Carlos Gardel |
1985 |
William Yetter Sr., They Got Me Covered |
1985 |
Philip Larkin, Love Again |
1985 |
Børge Hilbert, Måske i morgen |
1986 |
Desi Arnaz, actor (Ricky Ricardo-I Love Lucy), dies at 69 of lung cancer |
1986 |
John Curtis Gowan, American psychologist (b. 1912) |
1986 |
Zygmunt Urbanski, Zakazane piosenki |
1986 |
Lisa Macheiner, Die Millionärin |
1986 |
Ken Scott, Fantastic Voyage |
1986 |
Sal La Pera, The Death Collector |
1986 |
Sally Miles, Private's Progress |
1986 |
Mildred Duncan, Around the World in Eighty Days |
1986 |
Desi Arnaz, Lucy Does a TV Commercial |
1987 |
Yakov Borisovich Zel'dovich, Russian physicist (b. 1914) |
1987 |
Andy Hervey, The Wizard of Oz |
1987 |
Hubert Noël, The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane |
1987 |
Peter Darrell, Out of the West |
1987 |
Jack Guss, The Desperate Mission |
1987 |
Mirta Silva, Las canciones unidas |
1987 |
Joe Lynn, 3 Men and a Baby |
1988 |
Tata Giacobetti, Italian singer and lyricist (Quartetto Cetra) |
1988 |
Tata Giacobetti, Biblioteca di Studio Uno: Il fornaretto di Venezia |
1989 |
Richard Shannon, The Bridges at Toko-Ri |
1989 |
Nayden Petkov, Nespokoen pat |
1989 |
Jan Rubini, Jan Rubini and Orchestra |
1989 |
Jacques Snoek, De vuurtorenwachter |
1989 |
Jac Snoek, Ergens in Nederland |
1990 |
Aaron Copland, American composer (Billy the Kid, Fanfare for Common Man), dies at 90 |
1990 |
Robert Cummings, actor (Love that Bob), dies of kidney failure at 82 |
1990 |
Paul Hoffmann, Der Hund des Generals |
1990 |
Simone Cousteau, The Silent World |
1990 |
Aaron Copland, Raging Bull |
1990 |
Robert Cummings, Dial M for Murder |
1990 |
Fred R. Simpson, Cleopatra |
1991 |
Miklós Kalocsay, A váratlan utazás |
1991 |
Sándor Tatay, Ház a sziklák alatt |
1992 |
Gary Mascaro, choreographer, dies at 43 |
1992 |
Loek Elfferich, Dutch journalist/historian (Treason in Rotterdam), die |
1992 |
Michael Gothard, For Your Eyes Only |
1992 |
Frank D. O'Connor, The Wrong Man |
1992 |
Harry Ellerbe, House of Usher |
1993 |
Pablo Escobar Gaviria, Colombian drug baron, shot to death at 44 |
1993 |
Igor Nefyodov, Five Evenings |
1993 |
Hans Josef Becher, Die Bernauerin |
1993 |
Tom Monroe, Serpent Island |
1993 |
Cal Tinney, The Lone Star State |
1993 |
Pablo Escobar, Ciudadano Escobar |
1994 |
Donald John Urquhart, librarian, dies at 85 |
1994 |
James Norman Dalrymple Anderson, lawyer, dies at 86 |
1994 |
Alan Splet, The Elephant Man |
1994 |
Christopher von Sonn, The Wild Pair |
1994 |
Rados Luzanin, Bolje je umeti |
1995 |
Francis Joseph Quinn, academic, dies at 90 |
1995 |
Roxie Roker, actress (Helen Willis-Jeffersons), dies at 66 |
1995 |
Stanley Devon, photographer, dies at 88 |
1995 |
[William] Robertson Davies, novelist essayist/dramatist, dies |
1995 |
Roxie Roker, Claudine |
1995 |
Aleksandr Kaydanovskiy, Stalker |
1995 |
Ira Wallach, Don't Make Waves |
1995 |
Mark Sandrich Jr., The Other |
1995 |
Janelle Johnson Dolenz, The Brute Man |
1996 |
Penelope Jessel, politcal activist, dies at 76 |
1996 |
Boni Boyer, The Adventures of Ford Fairlane |
1996 |
Val Clenard, The China Syndrome |
1997 |
Shirley Crabtree, British professional wrestler (b. 1930) |
1997 |
Michael Hedges, American guitarist known for originality (b. 1953) |
1997 |
Michael Hedges, August Rush |
1997 |
Steve Hamilton, Game 2 |
1997 |
Marge Kotlisky, Sixteen Candles |
1997 |
Big Daddy, Big Daddy |
1997 |
John R. Young, And She Never Knew |
1998 |
J. Raymond Henderson, The Linkletter Show |
1998 |
Gerda-Maria Jürgens, Die Tote im Hafenbecken |
1999 |
Matt Cohen, Emotional Arithmetic |
1999 |
Ethelmary Oakland, Always in the Way |
1999 |
William 'Pop' Gates, The Harlem Globetrotters |
1999 |
Giorgio Cristallini, Four Gunmen of the Holy Trinity |
1999 |
Mike Ockrent, Dancin' Thru the Dark |
1999 |
Joey Adams, Episode #2.5 |
1999 |
Anna Lisyanskaya, Lenin v Polshe |
1999 |
Péter Kuczka, Az idö ablakai |
1999 |
Peter Everett, Negatives |
2000 |
Pete 'El Conde' Rodriguez, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories |
2000 |
Attila Hankó, A legényanya |
2000 |
Gail Fisher, General Hospital |
2000 |
David Commons, The Moon Is Blue |
2000 |
Chuck Zehner, Tracks Ahead |
2000 |
Seymour Borde, Scarred |
2000 |
Chris Antley, A Bronx Tale |
2000 |
Rosemarie Frankland, I'll Take Sweden |
2001 |
Andrée Servilanges, Public Affairs |
2001 |
Palle Granditsky, Freud flyttar hemifrån... |
2001 |
Bill Daley, Nude Girl |
2001 |
Linda Dove, Nine to Five |
2001 |
Nicolai von Bentheim, Das kann doch unsren Willi nicht erschüttern |
2002 |
Ivan Illich, Austrian priest and philosopher (b. 1926) |
2002 |
Arno Peters, German historian (b. 1916) |
2002 |
Boris Ivanov, Versiya polkovnika Zorina |
2002 |
Pekka Lounela, Tapaus Falk |
2002 |
Tex Henson, The Bullwinkle Show |
2002 |
Edward M. Keyes, |
2002 |
Edgar J. Scherick, Sleuth |
2002 |
Mal Waldron, Three Rooms in Manhattan |
2002 |
Barney Berlinger, Sport Slants |
2002 |
Emin Toprak, Distant |
2002 |
John Baker, An Inspector Calls |
2003 |
Alan Davidson, British author (b. 1924) |
2003 |
Norma Geraldy, Quem Ama Não Mata |
2003 |
Don House, The Michigan Kid |
2003 |
Suzanne Cloutier, Othello |
2003 |
Joost Noydens, Ondine |
2003 |
Michael Masters, Sssssss |
2003 |
Vic Gordon, Quigley Down Under |
2003 |
Frances Morris, The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima |
2004 |
Mona Van Duyn, American poet (b. 1921) |
2004 |
Alicia Markova, British ballerina (b. 1910) |
2004 |
Larry Buchanan, Mars Needs Women |
2004 |
Kevin Coyne, One Room Man: Kevin Coyne |
2004 |
Francesco De Rosa, The Passion of the Christ |
2004 |
Bertil Perrolf, Elddonet |
2004 |
Constantin Moskalenko, The Marriage-Go-Round |
2004 |
Annemarie Esper, The Rabbit Is Me |
2004 |
Lalla Rolfe, The Henderson Monster |
2004 |
Eric Alan Ivins, Curse of the Blair Witch |
2004 |
Elzie Emanuel, Intruder in the Dust |
2004 |
Alicia Markova, Episode #4.25 |
2005 |
Kenneth Lee Boyd, American convicted murderer (executed) (b. 1948) |
2005 |
Nat Mayer Shapiro, American painter (b. 1919) |
2005 |
Van Tuong Nguyen, Australian drug smuggler (hanged) (b. 1980) |
2005 |
Leonard Lewis, Heads You Win, Tails I Lose |
2005 |
Fred Benavente, Farce majeure |
2005 |
John Iannaccone, The Hindenburg |
2005 |
John Flinn, Saturday's Children |
2005 |
Geoffrey Nethercott, Who Was Maddox? |
2006 |
Mariska Veres, Dutch singer (b. 1947) |
2006 |
Don Snell, Traffic |
2006 |
Don Dohler, The Galaxy Invader |
2006 |
Richard Vernon, La forza del destino |
2006 |
Dave Mount, Side by Side |
2006 |
Mariska Veres, Jairo |
2007 |
Nelly Beltrán, Pajarito Gómez |
2007 |
Elizabeth Hardwick, I, Camcorder |
2007 |
Eleonora Rossi Drago, Le amiche |
2007 |
Tibor Baji, Formaidõzítés |
2007 |
Jennifer Alexander, 'Swan Lake' with American Ballet Theatre |
2007 |
Hal G. Davis, Telefon |
2008 |
Edward Samuel Rogers, Canadian entrepreneur (b. 1933) |
2008 |
Kathleen Baskin-Ball, American United Methodist Pastor |
2008 |
Odetta, American singer (b. 1930) |
2008 |
Odetta, No Direction Home: Bob Dylan |
2008 |
Lubos Hruza, Heritage |
2008 |
George Pelling, 101 Dalmatians |
2008 |
Malcolm Cooke, Flash Gordon |
2008 |
Elizabeth Fernea, Living with the Past |
2008 |
Konstandinos Papachronis, Slaves in Their Bonds |
2008 |
Semyon Krupnik, O tebe |
2008 |
George Barrow, F.I.S.T. |
2009 |
Maggie Jones, English actress (b. 1934) |
2009 |
Eric Woolfson, Scottish singer and producer (The Alan Parsons Project) (b. 1945) |
2009 |
Foge Fazio, American college football coach (b. 1938) |
2009 |
Vjekoslav Sutej, La juive |
2009 |
Pavle Stefanovic, Mesta znana, a vremena davna |
2009 |
István Iglódi, Nem várok holnapig... |
2009 |
Foge Fazio, Dan Marino |
2009 |
Maggie Jones, Episode #1.7068 |
2009 |
Eric Woolfson, Donnie Brasco |
2009 |
Aaron Schröder, The Hangover |
2009 |
Tadeusz Junak, Palac |
2010 |
Ron Santo, American baseball player and broadcaster (b. 1940) |
2010 |
Ron Santo, This Old Cub |
2010 |
Chane't Johnson, The Ring Two |
2010 |
Maria Starzynska, Pierscien ksieznej Anny |
2010 |
Alfred Müller, The Rabbit Is Me |
2011 |
David R. Sparks Jr., The Captains |
2011 |
Christopher Logue, The Devils |
2011 |
Howard Tate, Savage Grace |
2011 |
John Shenaut, Shenaut: A Maestro's Life |
2011 |
Gwendolyn Gresham, Canada Remembers: Their Achievements and Sacrifices |
2011 |
Bill Tapia, To You Sweetheart, Aloha |
2012 |
Décio Pignatari, A Marca do Terrir |
2012 |
Preeti Ganguli, Anmol Tasveer |
2012 |
Fred Waugh, Minority Report |
2013 |
Christopher Evan Welch, Vicky Cristina Barcelona |
2013 |
Iván Bächer, Búcsúbuli |
2013 |
Mary Riggans, Dear Frankie |
2013 |
Salim Kallas, Nagi El-Ali |
2013 |
Robert D. Wachs, Beverly Hills Cop II |
2014 |
Jean Béliveau, 100 Years of the Montreal Canadiens |
2014 |
Werner Zieschang, Goya - oder Der arge Weg der Erkenntnis |
2014 |
Gerry Fisher, Highlander |
2014 |
Deven Verma, Andaz Apna Apna |
2014 |
Bobby Keys, Shine a Light |
2014 |
Bodo Fründt, Wunderbare Visionen auf dem Weg zur Hölle - Das Kino und die Kämpfe des Martin Scorsese |
2014 |
Loren Ewing, Devil in the Flesh |
2014 |
Dominique Aubier, Après la tempête |
2014 |
Don Anderson, Genesis |
2014 |
Jeff Truman, The New Girlfriend |
2014 |
Jacqueline Ann Pillers, The 26th Annual Midsouth Emmy Awards |
2014 |
Ludmila Perepyolkina, Path of Thunder |
2014 |
Aleksandra Turgan, Dom pod zvyozdnym nebom |
2015 |
Colditz and Raffles star Anthony Valentine dies age 76 |
2015 |
Harry Radliffe II Dies: CBS' First African-American Bureau Chief & '60 Minutes' Veteran Was 66 |
2015 |
John 'Cha Cha' Ciarcia, 'Sopranos' Actor and Restaurateur, Dies at 75 |
2015 |
Sandy Berger, National Security Adviser Under Bill Clinton, Dies |
2015 |
Harry Radliffe II Dies: CBS' First African-American Bureau Chief & '60 Minutes' Veteran Was 66 |
2016 |
Double lung transplant survivor Kirstie Tancock dies aged 27 days after making Christmas bucket list |
2016 |
Senegalese sculptor, Ousmane Sow, dies aged 81 |
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