Today in History - Deaths - January 2nd

Roman poet Ovid (in Latin: Publius Ovidius Naso), dies 

Svante, Regent of Sweden (b. 1460) 

William Smyth, English bishop and statesman (bc. 1460) 

Pontormo, Italian painter (b. 1494) 

Harbottle Grimston, English politician (b. 1603) 

Henry Booth, 1st Earl of Warrington, English politician (b. 1651) 

Domenico Zipoli, composer, dies at 37 

Johann Georg Weichenberger, composer, dies at 63 

John Casteret earl Granville, English premier, dies at 72 

Johann Ludwig Krebs, composer, dies at 66 

Franz Joseph Leonti Meyer von Schavensee, composer, dies at 68 

Joseph A Feuchtmayer (Feichtmayer), German rococo sculptor, dies 

Johann C Lavater, Swiss vicar/philosopher, dies at 59 

Ignaz Franz von Beecke, composer, dies at 69 

Frederik Willem IV, King of Prussia (1840-61)/Germ (1849-61), dies at 65 

Roger Weightman Hanson, Confederate brig-gen, dies in Battle of Murfreesboro at 35 

George B Airy, English astronomer/writer, dies at 90 

Frederick William Barber, South African frontiersman and scientist, dies at 78 

John Obadiah Westwood, British entomologist (b. 1805) 

James Longstreet, Confederate general, dies at 82 

Leon P Teisserenc de Bort, Fr meteorologist (stratosphere), dies at 57 

Karl Goldmark, Austria-Hungarian composer (Queen of Saba), dies at 84 

Edward B Tylor, English anthropologist, dies at 84 

Sijbe K Bakker, vicar/theologist (Christian-Socialism), dies at 42 

Luray Huntley, Cards 

Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg, Ger chancellor/PM (Prussia), dies at 64 

Rennold Wolf, The Beauty Shop 

Søren Nielsen, Kærlighed ved Hoffet 

Sam Carter, black resident of Rosewood Florida, lynched by KKK 

Sabine Baring-Gould, English composer and novelist (b. 1834) 

Sabine Baring-Gould, Reds 

Nathan Bay Scott, Republican National Committee of 1900 

Frederick Fenn, Suds 

William Addison Lathrop, A Bachelor's Children 

Shio Aragvispireli, Gvinis qurdebi 

Emily Stevens, The Place of the Honeymoons 

Erich Wichman[n], Dutch fascist painter/sculptor, dies at 38 

Marie Ring, Den glade løjtnant 

Max Gold, Hello Lafayette 

Kenneth Hawks, Big Time 

Sam Coit, The Old Fogey 

René Donnio, Don Quichotte 

Louis Neher, Else als Detektiv 

Sir Francis Newdegate, Governor of Tasmania, Western Australia (b. 1862) 

Harry B. Smith, Analyze This 

Earl Burtnett, My Dream Is Yours 

Ross Alexander, actor (Capt Blood, Boulder Dam), dies at 29 

Ross Alexander, Captain Blood 

Roman Dmowski, Polish politician (b. 1864) 

Richard Belfield, Galloping On 

John Graham Spacey, Thank You, Jeeves! 

Mischa Levitzki, composer, dies at 42 

Mischa Levitsky, Quartet 

Denis Tankard, Star Reporter 

Betram Home Ramsay, Engl adm/Cmdr Naval Forces (Normandy), dies at 61 

Fritz Hubert, Tomalio 

Bertram Ramsay,  

Vivian Wilcox, Criminal Investigator 

Joe Darling, cricketer (Aussie captain 21 Tests, won 7 lost 4), dies 

Marius O'Galop, Petites causes grands effets 

Gerald Kay Souper, For the Term of His Natural Life 

Mark Fisher, Anger Management 

Vicente Huidobro, Polifemo 

Edna May, Salvation Joan 

Emil Jannings, actor (The Way of All Flesh), dies at 65 

James Dooley, Premier of New South Wales (b. 1877) 

Emil Jannings, The Blue Angel 

Sir William Campion, Governor of Western Australia (b. 1870) 

Henry Baynton, Auld Lang Syne 

Richard Hart, Green Dolphin Street 

Kyllikki Väre, 'Herra ja ylhäisyys' 

Lucius Cooke, Impact 

Jeanne Tramcourt, Leaves Out of the Book of Satan 

Carl Johannesson, Gustaf III och Bellman 

Hilda Borgström, The Phantom Carriage 

José Millán Astray, Defenders of the Faith 

Jose Antonio Remon, president of Panama (1952-55), assassinated 

Dianna Cyrus Bixby, This Island Earth 

Pina Piovani, Guardie e ladri 

André Armandy, Renegades 

Ulric Busch, The Wizard of Oz 

Cees [Cornelis J] Laseur, Dutch actor/dir (Hague Comedy), dies at 60 

Chris van Abkoude, author (Pietje Bell, Kruimeltje), dies at about 79 

Fausto Coppi, Italian, ran world record 45,798 km, dies at 40 

Friedrich Adler, Austria soc-dem, murdered PM Storgkh, dies at 80 

Paul Sauvé, Canadian politician (b. 1907) 

Fausto Coppi, Totò al giro d'Italia 

Chris van Abkoude, Little Crumb 

Bob Catterall, cricketer (1555 runs/24 Tests for S Afr 1922-31), dies 

Samuel Sax, Why Girls Leave Home 

Dick Powell, actor/director (Dick Powell Theater), dies at 58 

Jack Carson, actor (Star is Born, Mildred Pierce), dies at 52 

Stan Rogers, A Day at the Races 

Dick Powell, Murder, My Sweet 

Aurora Walker, El 

Staf Gustaf Frans Nees, composer, dies at 63 

Sanoesi Pane, Indonesian writer, dies 

Georges Renevant, actor (Cornered), dies after long illness at 74 

Gilbert Miller, Ladies in Retirement 

Piotr Rytel, composer, dies at 85 

Willard Maas, American educator and experimental filmmaker (b. 1906) 

Richard Maxwell (Dick) Haldane, South African trade unionist, dies at 62 

Tex Ritter, country singer (5 Star Jubilee), dies at 67 

Tex Ritter, American actor (b. 1905) 

Ralph Block, I Am a Thief 

Hans Ellis, Summer with Monika 

Erroll Garner, jazz pianist (Misty), dies at 53 

Errol Garner, American musician (b. 1921) 

Larry Williams, rocker, dies at 44 

Larry Williams, Christine 

David Lynch, singer (Platters-My Prayer), dies at 51 

Bud Green, The English Patient 

Rose Hiller, Poor Cow 

Stevan Stukelja, Vetar je stao pred zoru 

Fred Harman, Stagecoach to Denver 

Milton Watson, The Firefly 

Harold A. Deane, Devil's Doorway 

Bernard George Stevens, composer, dies at 66 

Dick Emery, actor (Yellow Submarine, Loot, Baby Love), dies at 65 

Harriet Parsons, producer (Susan Slept Here), dies at 76 of cancer 

Harriet Parsons, I Remember Mama 

Dick Emery, Yellow Submarine 

Maria Besendahl, Claudia 

Sidney P. Solow, Eraserhead 

Marcel Ventura, Jean Constantin 

David Detiege, The Pink Panther Show 

Moses Josiah Madiba, South African author and first African chancellor of the University of the North, dies at 76 

Vasiliy Dashenko, Istrebiteli 

Arthur Bryant, Atlantic Night 

Basil Bartlett, The Next of Kin 

Jacques de Lacretelle, Deux coeurs simples 

Una Merkel, US actress (Abraham Lincoln), dies at 82 

Bill Veeck, American baseball executive (b. 1914) 

Benny Payne, Mr. Black Magic 

Una Merkel, The Parent Trap 

Bill Veeck, The Kid from Cleveland 

Herb Magidson, 8 Mile 

Gene Sterling, Teenagers from Outer Space 

Helen Lierly, Ruthless 

Hazel Daly, The Little Rowdy 

Arthur Gould-Porter, Bedknobs and Broomsticks 

Lia Zoppelli, La casa stregata 

Wilbert G. Nuttycombe, Kisses for My President 

Manuel Octavio Gómez, The Days of Water 

Douglas Rodgers, Never Love a Stranger 

Anwar Hussain, Guide 

Cecilia García, Nuts 

Jinglu Sun, Chun lei 

Dante Troisi, The Eye of the Needle 

Eddie Heywood, Out of Sight 

Cenair Maica, Mixtura de vida 

Alan Hale Jr, Skipper on Gilligan's Island, dies of cancer at 71 

Vladimir Alexis Ussachevsky, Manchuria composer (Creation), dies at 78 

Robert Perault, All My Children 

Belcampo, The Surprise 

Leonhard Merzin, King Lear 

Mona Carlson, The Fashion Show 

Alan Hale Jr., Hang 'Em High 

Nils Kyndel, Maria 

Renato Rascel, actor (7 Hills of Rome), dies of heart failure at 78 

Renato Rascel, Zodiac 

John Rarig, Sleeping Beauty 

Jo Ann Marlowe, Mildred Pierce 

Carlo Duran, Blood, Sweat and Fear 

Pato Guzman, Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice 

Maria C. Shaeffer, Rover Dangerfield 

Virginia Field, actress (Dream Girl), dies of cancer at 74 

Tibor Gallai, N Is a Number: A Portrait of Paul Erdös 

Ginette Leclerc, Le Corbeau: The Raven 

Virginia Field, Waterloo Bridge 

Erdem Buri, The Bloody Escape 

Elisa Fernandes, In the Family 

Valerie Wellington, Great Balls of Fire! 

Lon Stucky, Frank Sinatra: A Man and His Music Part II 

Ben Koenig, Ace Drummond 

Sujata Rubener, Juliet of the Spirits 

Hiroshi Tanaka, Onibaba 

Dixy Lee Ray, chairwoman (US Atomic Energy Comm), dies at 79 

Pierre-Paul Schweitzer, French director of IMF (1963-73), dies at 81 

Sammy Taft, Canadian businessman (coined term "hat trick"), dies at 81 

Arthur Evans, Blow-Up 

Miguel M. Delgado, The Little Priest 

Lys Gauty, Street Singer 

Viktor Aristov, Satana 

Igor Zhilin, Gori, moya zvezda! 

Graham Sharp, ice skater, dies at 77 

Manuel Rivera, Spanish painter/co-founder (El Paso), dies at 67 

Mohammed Siyad Barre, president of Somalia (1969-91), dies 

Nancy Kelly, US actress (Bad Seed, Submarine Patrol), dies at 73 

Siad Barre, general/president of Somalia (1969-91), dies at 84 

Keith McDaniel, Basic Instinct 

Nancy Kelly, The Bad Seed 

Frances E. Williams, The Jerk 

Richard Walsh, The Soft Touch 

Sydney Thompson, rock Climber, dies at 81 

Thornton Page, astrophysicist, dies at 82 

Karl Targownik, Hungarian psychiatrist (b. 1915) 

Jack Daniels, The Fountainhead 

Sergiusz Sprudin, Blekitny krzyz 

Jim Rodger, sports writer, dies at 75 

Randy California, [Wolfe], rock guitarist, dies at 45 

Rastislav Jovic, Decak Mita 

Randy California, 21 

Harry Gelt, Nothing in Common 

Gerard van Essen, Peppi en Kokki 

Federico Davià, Il Tabarro/Pagliacci 

Frank Muir, English writer, raconteur (b. 1920) 

Rell Sunn, Liquid Stage: The Lure of Surfing 

Andrei Yurenyov, Priklyucheniya Krosha 

Fred Naumetz, Easy Living 

Max Kolpé, Germany Year Zero 

Helen Wills, Barrier Busters 

Frank Muir, What a Mess 

Nick Venet, Hermano 

Sebastian Haffner, German journalist and author (b. 1907) 

Sebastian Haffner, Churchill (8) Triumph und Tragödie 

Phil Berle, The Hollywood Knights 

Joan Long, The Picture Show Man 

Tadeusz Olesinski, Les Milles 

Rolf Liebermann, A Stravinsky Portrait 

Margot Cottens, Historia de la frivolidad 

Shepard Menken, Rikki-Tikki-Tavi 

Patrick O'Brian, British novelist (b. 1914) 

Elmo R. Zumwalt, Jr., U.S. admiral (b. 1920) 

Nat Adderley, American musician and composer (b. 1931) 

Nat Adderley, Bug 

Bill Armstrong, Liar's Club 

Pedro González, Episode dated 12 September 1999 

Rudolf Frickau, Otto - Der Außerfriesische 

Patrick O'Brian, Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World 

William Buck, One False Move 

William R. Poole, That's Entertainment, Part II 

William P. Rogers, American politician (b. 1913) 

Teri Diver, American actress (b. 1971) 

William Rogers, The Most Powerful Nation 

Alison De Vere, Yellow Submarine 

Geert van Beek, Blazen tot honderd 

Jack Bruskoff, Down and Out in Beverly Hills 

Teri Diver, Zena: Mistress of the Universe 

Kenneth Yee, Thoroughly Modern Millie 

Armi Aavikko, Finnish singer (b. 1958) 

Jimmy Hayeson, Shaft's Big Score! 

Santanón, El gato con botas 

Dan Foster, Scaramouche 

Bob Stevens, SportsCenter 

Bibi Osterwald, As Good as It Gets 

Armi Aavikko, Syksyn sävel, karsitut 

Eric Jupp, British-Australian pianist, composer, arranger (b. 1922) 

Viola Lönndahl, Pippi Longstocking 

Eric Jupp, Tim 

Rushton Skakel Sr.,  

Ken Heady, King Basketball 

Wil Dewitt, Hoosiers 

Jess Collins, American artist (b. 1923) 

Lynn Cartwright, American actress (b. 1927) 

Waldemar Zumbano, Quebrando a Cara 

Lynn Cartwright, A League of Their Own 

Lynda Gibson, The Castle 

Paul Keyes, The Jack Paar Tonight Show 

Larisa Burkova, Mama vyshla zamuzh 

Marvin Weldon, Slap Shot 

E. Rodney Jones, Mahogany 

Jess Collins, In Between 

Etta Moten, Flying Down to Rio 

Sheila McKechnie, Episode dated 17 June 1999 

Kamal El Sheikh, Chased by the Dogs 

Maclyn McCarty, American geneticist (b. 1911) 

Cyril Fletcher, British comedian (b. 1913) 

Edo Murtić, Croatian painter (b. 1921) 

Frank Kelly Freas, American artist (b. 1922) 

Ronald 'Bo' Ginn, American politician (b. 1934) 

Frank Kelly Freas, Gentlemen Broncos 

Barbara Pilavin, Constantine 

Sandy Sanders, Phantom from Space 

Stan Watt, Love of Life 

C.M. Pennington-Richards, A Challenge for Robin Hood 

Charles Wilp, Trace of a Girl 

Teresa Blake, Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces 

Maria Pichler, Die zweite Hochzeit 

Paul Manning, Blizzard 

Erwin Hillier, The Dam Busters 

Cecilia Muñoz-Palma, first female Philippine Supreme Court Justice (b. 1913) 

Evelyn Farney, Episode #1.61 

Lidia Wysocka, Papa sie zeni 

Klemens Mielczarek, Man of Iron 

Frank Wilkinson, Definitely, Maybe 

Raúl Dávila, All My Children 

Osa Massen, Rocketship X-M 

John Wojtowicz, The Dog 

Robertinho do Acordeon, Presídio de Mulheres Violentadas 

Djurdjevka Cakarevic, Lopov i usedelica 

Andrej Rimko, The Valley 

John Woodnutt, Dragonheart: A New Beginning 

Lucienne Camille, La mazurka del barone, della santa e del fico fiorone 

Marián Filadelfi, Field Lilies 

Teddy Kollek, Austrian-born mayor of Jerusalem (b. 1911) 

David Perkins, Stanford University geneticist (b. 1919) 

Mauno Jokipii, Finnish professor and World War II researcher (b. 1924) 

Paek Nam-sun, North Korean Foreign Affairs minister (b. 1929) 

Sergio Jiménez, Mexican actor (b. 1937) 

Don Massengale, American PGA Tour golf player (b. 1937) 

Elizabeth Fox-Genovese, American historian (b. 1941) 

Robert C. Solomon, American scholar of continental philosophy (b. 1942) 

Dan Shaver, NASCAR driver and ARCA race car driver/owner (b. 1950) 

Richard Newton, Australian-born technology pioneer and professor (b. 1951) 

Garry Betty, American CEO of Earthlink (b. 1957) 

Richard Maynard, Normal Life 

Natalie Pausch, Supercroc 

Jon Chapman, The Chick Magnet 

Teddy Kollek, A Bitter Glory 

Ryan Cobden, Last Party 2000 

Mauno Jokipii, Soutaen vai ajopuuna? 

Luis Rivera, Ángeles blancos 

Vadim Zakharchenko, Viy 

Sergio Jiménez, Mexicano ¡Tú puedes! 

Nikolay Merzlikin, Early in the Morning 

Bill Clauson, The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap 

Georges Vitaly, Les caprices de Marianne 

Robert C. Solomon, Waking Life 

Gerry Staley, American baseball player (b. 1920) 

Her Royal Highness Princess Galyani Vadhana Krommaluang Narathiwat Rajanagarindra, elder sister of His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand (b. 1923) 

George MacDonald Fraser, British author (b. 1925) 

Lee S. Dreyfus, American politician (b. 1926) 

Roy Pickel, We Stand Alone Together 

Jerry Staley, Game 6 

Osamu Ichikawa, Super Space Fortress Macross 

Joen Arliss, Hold for Gloria Christmas 

Günter Schubert, Gute Aussichten 

George MacDonald Fraser, Octopussy 

Brice Mack, Cinderella 

Maria de Jesus, Portuguese supercentenarian (b. 1893) 

Mike Amado, Dream House 

Edward Leven, Bride of the Gorilla 

Inger Christensen, Inger Christensen - Cikaderne findes 

J. Milnor Roberts, D-Day Remembered 

Steven Gilborn, Doctor Dolittle 

Ross Lasi Tanoai, Punch-Drunk Love 

Jett Travolta, Old Dogs 

Adele Burnett, Sweet Revenge 

Casey Rankin, Super Dimension Century Orguss 

Tony Gregory, Chain Reactions 

David Gerber, Flight 93 

Kathryn Marlowe, Dodsworth 

John F. Phillips, Alligator Shoes 

Sigmar Börner, Episode dated 2 September 1969 

Anne Francis, American actress (b. 1930) 

Pete Postlethwaite, English actor (b. 1946) 

Szeto Wah, Hong Kong politician and educationalist (b. 1931) 

Richard D. Winters, American Army officer (b.1918) 

Wah Szeto, Long Hair Revolution 

Fadil Hadzic, Sluzbeni polozaj 

Richard D. Winters, Points 

Patricia Smith, The Spirit of St. Louis 

Peter Hobbs, Sleeper 

Anne Francis, Forbidden Planet 

Ernst Bruun Olsen, Hitler Superstar 

Margot Stevenson, Calling Philo Vance 

Pete Postlethwaite, Inception 

Srecko Nedeljkovic, Opelo za Bobija Fisera 

Miriam Seegar, Seven Keys to Baldpate 

Larry "Rhino" Reinhardt, rock guitarist (Iron Butterfly) dies at 63 

Ian Bargh, Canadian jazz pianist and composer, dies from lung cancer at 76 

David Barron, British physicist and computer scientist, at 76 (b.1935) 

Ivan Calin, Moldavian President and Prime Minister 1980-1990, dies at 76 

William Carey, American businessman and philanthropist, died from complications after a heart attack at 81 

Gordon Hirabayashi, civil rights activist and WWII internment opponent dies after Alzheimer's disease at 93 

Helmut Müller-Brühl, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo 

Gordon Hirabayashi, Unfinished Business 

Vivi Friedman, The Family Tree 

Ping Qiu, San xiao 

Hisao Maki, Family 

Hanna Morawiecka, Obywatel Piszczyk 

Silvana Gallardo, Death Wish II 

Ladislao Mazurkiewicz, Uruguayan football player, dies from a respiratory illness at 67 

Ned Wertimer, American actor, dies from complications from a fall at 89 

Margaret A. Brewer, American soldier and first female general officer in US Marine Corps dies aged 82 

Gerda Lerner, Black Like Me 

Géza Koroknai, Álca nélkül 

Karel Cáslavský, I Served the King of England 

Ned Wertimer, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End 

Bill Keeling, Cathedral Canyon 

Angelo Coia, Chicago Bears vs. Los Angeles Rams 

Charles Chilton, Oh! What a Lovely War 

Ian McKeever, Episode #1.52 

Jim Boyd, 1 

Lyudmila Bessmertnova, Tayna zheleznoy dveri 

Wren Blair, Bobby Orr 

Teresa Toranska, Dworzec Gdanski 

Elizabeth Jane Howard, English novelist, dies at 90 

Mel Richardson, Lion Ark 

Mike Vraney, Rewind This! 

Elizabeth Jane Howard, Mr. Wrong 

Jeanne Brabants, Floraliënshow 

Tai-Hsiang Li, Huan yan 

Jerzy Góralczyk, The Pianist 

Sam Ulano, I Love What I Do 

Bernard Glasser, Return of the Fly 

Vincent Reddish, The New Infra-Red Telescope 

Bill Hart, The Wild Bunch 

Ibolya Dallos, Nyúl a cilinderben 

Joseph Attanasio, Sleepers 

Roger Kitter, Suzie Gold 

John Sandford, Chîsana baikingu Bikke 

Little Jimmy Dickens, Episode #1.2 

Julien Jalaleddin Weiss Kanun, Turquie: la danse du ciel 

Robert Magruder, Episode #9.1 

Walter Kuhr, Side Streets 

Bo-chuen Lam, Wong ga fan 

Patricia Pearcy, One Life to Live 

Viktor Piterskiy, Nuyrka 

Pamela Synge, Episode dated 18 October 2013 

Former Wigan defender Steve Gohouri dies at the age of 34 

Dale Bumpers, former US senator and Arkansas governor, dead at 90 

Cricketer Matthew Hobden dies suddenly at the age of just 22 

Former Israeli Justice Minister Yaakov Neeman dies aged 77