Today in History - Deaths - July 1st

Decius, Roman Emperor (b. 207) 

Herennius Etruscus, joint Roman Emperor with father Decius (b. ca. 227) 

Ali al-Hadi, Shia Imam (b. 828) 

King Alfonso VI of Castile (b. 1040) 

Baibars, Mameluk sultan of Egypt (b. 1223) 

Jan I V van Arkel, bishop of Utrecht/Luik, dies 

Hendrik Voes, Flemish priest/church reformer, burned at stake 

John of Esschen, Flemish priest/church reformer, burned at stake 

Christophe Plantin, French/Belgian book publisher, dies 

Marc A Ingegneri, Italian violinist/composer (Responsoria), dies 

Isaac Casaubon, French-born classical scholar (b. 1559) 

William Parker, 4th Baron Monteagle, British politician (b. 1575) 

Nathaniel Bacon, English painter, dies at 41 

Simon Ives, composer, dies at 61 

Oliver Plunkett, Irish saint (b. 1629) 

Marc'Antonio Pasqualini, composer, dies at 77 

Emperor Tekle Haymanot I of Ethiopia (b. 1706) 

Willem van de Pose, gov of Cape Colony (1699-1797), dies at about 59 

Bohuslav Matěj Černohorský, Czech monk/composer, dies at 58 

Henry Fox Holland, English corrupt politician, dies at 68 

Francis Salvador, 1st Jew to die in American Revolutionary War 

Charles Watson-Wentworth 2nd marquis of Rockingham, dies at 52 

Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, composer, son of J.S. Bach, dies at 73 

Georg Ritschel, composer, dies at 60 

Jemima Wilkinson, American preacher (b. 1752) 

Mahmud II, sultan of Turkey (1808-39), dies at 53 

George F Kersting, German painter, dies at 61 

Charles Goodyear, American inventor, dies at 59 

John Fulton Reynolds, Union general-major, dies in battle at 42 

Manuel Gregorio Tavarez, composer, dies at 39 

Hermann von Fehling, German chemist (Fehling's reagens), dies at 73 

Julius PJA van Nyevelt, Dutch min of Foreign affairs, dies at 77 

Allan Pinkerton, American private detective (b. 1819) 

Harriet Beecher Stowe, American author (Uncle Tom's Cabin), dies at 85 

Harriet Beecher Stowe, Uncle Tom's Cabin 

John Hay, Jim Bludso 

Marius Petipa, Fren ballet dancer/choreographer (Casse-noisette), dies 

Robert Marshall, The Unforseen 

Harriet Quimby, The Broken Cross 

William Booth, cricketer (WW I 2 Tests for England 1913-14), dies 

Stella Lind, The Flying Circus 

Erik Alfred Leslie Satie, French composer (Dreamy Fish), dies at 59 

Jan P Veth, Dutch painter/lithographer/art historian, dies at 61 

Avery Hopwood, Gold Diggers of 1933 

Frankie Yale, American Justice: Target - Mafia 

Wincenty Drabik, Moralnosc pani Dulskiej 

Ruggero Lupi, La straniera 

Sven Hildén, Nuori luotsi 

Hovhannes Abelyan, Namus 

F.W. Thring, Diggers 

Carrie Daumery, Lady Windermere's Fan 

Louis Davids [Simon David], cabaret performer/chorus performer, dies 

Louis Davids, Koning 'Kziezoowat in Amsterdam 

Ben Turpin, Saps at Sea 

George Watts, Angels Over Broadway 

W.S. McDunnough, Afraid to Fight 

Auguste Reitsma, Dutch resistance fighter (census director), executed 

C Bakker, Dutch resistance fighter (census bureau), executed 

C L Barentsen, Dutch resistance fighter (census bureau), executed 

Coos Hartogh, Dutch resistance fighter (census bureau), executed 

Cor Roos, Dutch resistance fighter (census bureau), executed 

Henri Halberstadt, Dutch resistance fighter (census dir), executed 

Johan Brouwer, hispanist/writer/Dutch resistance fighter, executed 

Koen Limperg, Dutch resistance fighter (census bureau), executed 

Sam Bloemgarten, Dutch resistance fighter (census bureau), executed 

Willem Arondeus, Dutch resistance fighter (census bureau), executed 

Willem Brouwer, Dutch resistance fighter (census bureau), executed 

Carl Mayer, actor (Dreaming Lips, Ariane, Sunrise), dies at 49 

Carl Mayer, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari 

Clarence Lucas, composer, dies at 80 

Jacques Lory, Suez 

Ilona Kökény, Mária két éjszakája 

Louis Davids, [Simon David], cabaret artist, dies at 65 

Edward Faber Schneider, composer, dies at 77 

Eliel Saarinen, Fins/US architect (Chicago Trib building), dies at 76 

Emile Jaques-Dalcroze, Swiss musician (b. 1865) 

Suzanne Desprès, Maria Chapdelaine 

Frána Srámek, Silvery Wind 

Jack Jahries, Citizen Kane 

Jim Bancks, Ginger Meggs 

Azzedine Bey, Tunisian heir to the throne, murdered 

Jacob D du Toit [Totius], South African poet/theologist, dies 

Thea von Harbou, Metropolis 

Phyllis Barry, The Moonstone 

Adolf Heller, One Girl's Confession 

C. Roy Hunter, Frankenstein 

Isabel Bonner, The Shrike 

Machaquito, Bullfight 

Eddie Borden, A Chump at Oxford 

Wilson Benge, Bulldog Drummond 

Anton Nagy, Know Thy Wife 

Drago Gervais, Barba Zvane 

Apie [Adrian P] Prince, Dutch writer (I Go Me Own Way), dies 

Harry Nicholls Holmes, Dr (crystallized vitamin A), dies at 78 

Rudolf von Laban, Czech/Ger choreographer (modern dance), dies at 78 

Endre Szemethy, Ifjú szívvel 

Josip Maricic, The Flag 

Frank Bayes, Earth vs. the Flying Saucers 

Nicolás Urcelay, Deseada 

Wladyslaw Raczkowski, Jasne lany 

René Hervil, Oh! Ce baiser! 

Louis-Ferdinand Céline, French writer (b. 1894) 

Louis-Ferdinand Céline, Die Nacht 

André de Ridder, PressPausePlay 

Maria Wendt, Das Feuerzeug 

Camille Chautemps, premier France, dies 

Ezzel Dine Zulficar, Stronger Than Love 

Pierre Monteux, French/US conductor (Concert Bldg Orch), dies at 89 

Arvid Müller, Vi er allesammen tossede 

Claude Thornhill, composer, dies at 55 

Wally Hammond, South African cricketer (7,249 runs for England), dies 

Robert C. Ruark, Something of Value 

Martin Good Rider, Susannah of the Mounties 

Dick Young, cricketer (England wicketkeeper v Aust 1907-08), dies 

Virginia Weidler, actress (All This & Heaven Too), dies at 42 

Lord Learie Constantine, WI cricketer (all-rounder & fielder), dies 

Mario La Broca, composer, dies at 76 

Juan D Peron, president of Argentina (1946-55, 73-74), dies at 78 

Anneliese Michel, German woman said to be possessed by demons (b. 1952) 

Karl 'Killer' Davis, Zombies of Mora Tau 

Earl Bailly, On the Shores of Nova Scotia 

Kurt Student, German Luftwaffe general (b. 1890) 

Richard Ward, actor (Beacon Hill), dies at 64 

Richard Ward, The Jerk 

Árpád Gyenge, The Toth Family 

Charles Percy Snow, British writer (Friends & Associates), dies at 75 

Paul Gray, The Bellboy 

C.P. Snow, Die Affäre 

Olga Lejaskalne, Pie bagatas kundzes 

George Voskovec, actor (Fred-Nero Wolfe, Peter-Skag), dies at 76 

Carlos de Oliveira, Portuguese writer (b. 1921) 

Rushton Moreve, American bass player (b. 1948) 

George Voskovec, 12 Angry Men 

Bernard Luber, Sword of Lancelot 

Betty Hardy, The Runaway Slave 

Rusty Chambers, New York Jets vs. Miami Dolphins 

Rushton Moreve, Reservoir Dogs 

Nana de Varennes, La petite Aurore l'enfant martyre 

John Everett Watts, composer, dies at 51 

Vera [A Veronica] Bondam, actress, dies at 86 

Gerasim Mladenov, Goreshto pladne 

Ray Scarborough, Game 1 

Leni Stengel, The Animal Kingdom 

Ruzica Veljovic, The Camp Followers 

Joel Riordan, Boardinghouse 

R Buckminster Fuller, inventor/philosopher, dies in LA at 87 

Pierre Ferval, Dans les griffes de la peur 

Sidney Towlson, Search for Beauty 

Charles G. Clarke, Miracle on 34th Street 

Moshe Feldenkrais, Ukrainian-born educator (b. 1904) 

Lou Capra, AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Frank Capra 

George Scheck, A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas 

Baard Hjelde, Bastard 

Dick Vance, No Maps on My Taps 

Pedro Aleandro, Albéniz 

Roy Poole, actor (Winds of War), dies at 62 

Roy Poole, Another World 

Muriel Campbell, She Married a Cop 

James Truex, The Last Voyage 

Jimmy Ogg, The Haunted Lighthouse 

Antonina Barczewska, Camera Buff 

Snakefinger, British-born musician (b. 1949) 

Ralph Barnard, Love Is Blind 

Jerry Livingston, Cinderella 

Henrik Wiehe, Blændværk 

Bob Shane, Heatstroke 

Hellmuth Christian Wolff, composer, dies at 82 

Lex van Delden, Dutch composer/writer, dies at 68 

Anton Leader, Children of the Damned 

Bill Slobodian, Hot T-Shirts 

Alice Nunn, Pee-wee's Big Adventure 

William Ching, actor (Moonlighter, Terror in Haunted House), dies 

Frank Cucci, Terrible Joe Moran 

Joan Cooper, The Ruling Class 

Anna Gaitskell, 1964 General Election 

Erna Kay, The Cocoanuts 

Vinnie De Carlo, The Wanderers 

William Ching, D.O.A. 

Anna Palk, actress (Play it Cool, Frozen Dead), dies of cancer at 48 

Jurriaan Schrofer, graphic designer, dies 

Tom Joslin, Silverlake Life: The View from Here 

Edward A. Franck, The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene Stealers 

Selmer L. Chalif, The Adventures of Don Coyote 

Anna Palk, Horror on Snape Island 

Jerry Rogers, Grand Jury 

Lilli Holmer, Der kom en dag 

Paul Wittenberg, Fast Times at Ridgemont High 

Mario Cabré, Pandora and the Flying Dutchman 

Joost Baljeu, painter/founder-editor Structure, dies 

Michael Landon, actor (Bonanza, Hwy to Heaven), dies of cancer at 54 

Michael Landon, The Lord Is My Shepherd: Part 1 

Paulo Mendes Campos, Ciranda, Cirandinha 

Dmitry Zhuravlyov, Levsha 

Enzo Cerusico, Zorro 

Josip Rajhl-Kir,  

George Washburn, Pit Stop 

Franco Cristaldi, Italian producer (Amarcord), dies 

Francisco Mendes, Guinea-Bissauan politician (b. 1933) 

Vladimir Yanchev, Toplo 

T. Prakash Rao, Sasural 

Alan Lund, Magic 

Wilhelm Semmelroth, La Bohème 

Franco Cristaldi, Cinema Paradiso 

Mamie Ruth Moberly, A National Heirloom 

Gert Hofman, Der Kinoerzähler 

Gert Hofmann, Our Man in Madras 

Margo Su, Confidencias matrimoniales 

Eric L'Epine Smith, Down on the Farm 

Illy Reale, Episode dated 1 July 1993 

Johanna Ader-Appels, resistance fighter/author, dies 

Jay Fenichel, FM 

Dominic Lucero, Newsies 

Helena Grossówna, Zapomniana melodia 

Krystyna Sznerr-Mierzejewska, Camouflage 

Marryam Modell, Bunny Lake Is Missing 

Annelis Schneidereyt, Lady Windermeres Fächer 

William N. Graf, A Man for All Seasons 

Markus Barth, Tattoobranding/Märchenwald AG/Designerwohnung/Gröhler/Urlaubsbilder/Onka Avatar/Einsatzbesprechung/Homöopathen ohne Grenzen/Älteres Modell 

John Blatchley, The Last Arrow 

Bruce Mitchell, South African cricketer (leading Test scorer with 3471), dies 

Ronald Farrow, radio producer/priest, dies at 49 

Wolfman Jack, disc jockey (Midnight Special), dies at 57 

Nikolai Peiko, V nachale veka 

Grace Bauer, Take the Money and Run 

Wolfman Jack, American Graffiti 

Karl-Heinz Hess, Auf Freiersfüßen 

Henrique Santana, O Costa d'África 

Bob McCrea, Robin Hood 

Karl Richardson, Aldrig med min kofot eller... Drömtjuven 

Alfred Marks, actor (Fanny Hill, Desert Mice), dies at 75 

Margaux Hemmingway, actress (Lipstick), dies at 41 

Richard Michael Fraser, political administrator, dies at 80 

Steve Tesich, screenwriter/playwright, dies at 53 

Steve Tesich, Breaking Away 

Alfred Marks, The Yeomen of the Guard 

Viktor Bubnov, Far from Moscow 

Margaux Hemingway, Lipstick 

Ota Janecek, Romeo, Julie a tma 

Harold Greenberg, Porky's 

Josef Van Hoeck, Villa des roses 

Robert W. Stringer, The Wizard of Oz 

Andreas Hanft, Die Banklady 

Norm Berkoff, Living in Peril 

Joshua Hassan, head of Gibraltar (1964-69, 72-87), dies 

Robert Mitchum, actor (Winds of War), dies at 79 

Meredith 'Tex' Weatherby, Tora! Tora! Tora! 

Annie Fratellini, Zazie dans le métro 

Robert Mitchum, The Night of the Hunter 

Barbara Orwid, Wierna rzeka 

Milan Bogosavljevic, Timocka buna 

Betty Jane Graham, Cover Girl 

Václav Gajer, Sedmý kontinent 

Claire Kelly, A Guide for the Married Man 

Stig Järrel, Torment 

Edward Dmytryk, Canadian-born film director (b. 1908) 

Guy Mitchell, American popular singer dies at 72 

Forrest Mars Sr., American candy magnate (b. 1904) 

Sylvia Sidney, American actress (b. 1910) 

William Whitelaw, Empire of the Censors 

Richard M. Pack, One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich 

Guy Mitchell, Walk the Line 

John W. Rogers, Blade Runner 

Jacqueline Marbaux, Casque d'Or 

Sylvia Sidney, Sabotage 

Edward Dmytryk, The Caine Mutiny 

Richard Dubelman, The Execution of Private Slovik 

Dennis Brown, Chungking Express 

Sarah Payne, British murder victim (b. 1992) 

Walter Matthau, American actor (b. 1920) 

Amanda Varela, The Gossiper 

Burt Douglas, All My Children 

Nikolay Eryomenko, Men and Beasts 

David Horowitz, The Blue and the Gray 

Begum Aga Khan III, Mediterranean Holiday 

Ray Scherer, Episode dated 29 January 1971 

Walter Matthau, The Odd Couple 

Cub Koda, Rock 'n' Roll High School 

Nikolay Basov, Russian physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1922) 

José Herrero, Safo, historia de una pasión 

Halina Czerny-Stefanska, Young Chopin 

Arnold Peyser, General Electric Theater 

Marek Denys, Life As a Fatal Sexually Transmitted Disease 

Geraldo Freire, AI-5 - O Dia Que Não Existiu 

Maritta M. Wolff, Whistle Stop 

Stevan Salajic, Pop Cira i pop Spira 

Pedro Maratea, Crisol de hombres 

Ronnel Victor, Takbo, bilis... takboooo! 

Ludmilla Goulian, Port of Shadows 

Sid Avery, Rock Hudson 

Mikhail Krug, Zone 22 

Michael A. Cherubino, Angel City 

Günther Siefarth, Die Meerschweinchenrevue 

Herbie Mann, American jazz flutist (b. 1930) 

Wesley Mouzon, American boxer (b. 1927) 

N!xau, Namibian actor (b. 1944) 

Heikki Salomaa, Ariel 

Herbie Mann, Breakfast with Hunter 

George Roper, Episode #1.3 

Odelair Rodrigues, What Is It Worth? 

Barbara Ann Miller, Going in Style 

Lotte Klemperer, Onegin 

Marlon Brando, actor ("The Godfather", "A Street Cart Named Desire" and "On the Water Front") dies at 80 

Peter Barnes, English writer (b. 1931) 

Todor Skalovski, Macedonian composer (b. 1909) 

Karin Evans, The Affair Blum 

Ettore Cella, Gute Abig, Signor Steiger 

Ruth Jecklin, Der Mustergatte 

Alain Bouvette, Rififi 

Peter Barnes, The Ruling Class 

Paolo Biagetti, Johnny Stecchino 

Marlon Brando, The Godfather 

Luther Vandross, American singer, dies at 54 

Obie Benson, American musician (b. 1936) 

Chris Ponti, Caribbean Chase 

Karel Glastra van Loon, Father's Affair 

Arvo Ojala, Back to the Future Part III 

Luther Vandross, The Goonies 

Mindy O'Toole, Smarkus and Company 

Renaldo Benson, Jerry Maguire 

Rex Berry, The Game of Their Lives: Pro Football's Wonder Years 

Anne Edwards,  

Fred Trueman, English cricketer (b. 1931) 

Benjamin Hendrickson, Guiding Light 

Rod MacLeish, The Hermitage: A Russian Odyssey 

Fred Trueman, Episode #1.6 

Frank Bouley, Mr. Music 

Jose Payo, No Experience Necessary 

Morten Nautrup, Tree of Knowledge 

Ted Mossman, House on Haunted Hill 

Robert McBride, The Man with My Face 

Jörg Kalt, Richtung Zukunft durch die Nacht 

Mel Galley, English guitarist (b. 1948) 

Henri Agel, The Man Who Loved Women 

Mogens Glistrup, Glistrup 

Olga Edwardes, A Christmas Carol 

Sergio Molina, En un claroscuro de la luna 

Adele Palmer, The Quiet Man 

Gaylin P. Schultz, National Lampoon's Vacation 

Letty de Jong, Prikkebeen 

Jules Tygiel, 100 Years of the World Series 

Mel Galley, Whitesnake Commandos: Donington 1983 

Dejan Medakovic, Tragom velike seobe 

Keith Charles, One Life to Live 

Lennart Lilja, Herr Arnes penningar 

Clay Felker, What's Going on Here? 

Karl Malden, American actor (b. 1912) 

Onni Palaste, Finnish writer (b. 1917) 

Mollie Sugden, English actress (b. 1922) 

Alexis Argüello, Nicaraguan professional boxer (b. 1952) 

Marwa El-Sherbini, Egyptian housewife (b. 1977 or 1976) 

Jürgen Egger, Little Sharks 

Karl Malden, Patton 

Aulis Salovaara, Mylläri ja kirkkoherra 

Mollie Sugden, Are You Being Served? 

Sven Andersson, Eläintarhanajo 1955 

Anna Karen, All Our Yesterdays 

Alexis Arguello, Cat Chaser 

Baltasar Porcel, Episode #1.4 

Lyudmila Zykina, Pomnyu, lyublyu... V 

Jean-André Fieschi, Cuixart, permanencia del barroco 

Ilene Woods, American actress (b. 1929) 

Arnold Friberg, The Ten Commandments 

Don Coryell, Most Overplayed Moments 

Betty Kimball, Over the Hills 

Václav Babka, Touha 

Jasenka Kodrnja, Abeceda straha 

Michael Perry, Into the Abyss 

Geoffrey Hutchings, Topsy-Turvy 

Ilene Woods, Cinderella 

Elliot Fischoff, 2010 

Leslie Brooks, American actress (b. 1922) 

Charlie Craig, Human Trials 

Ocie Robinson, Hangar 18 

Raymond Jones, Do the Right Thing 

Leslie Brooks, Cover Girl 

B. Donald Grant, I Love Lucy: The Very First Show 

Evelyn Lear, American operatic soprano, dies at 86 

Michael Ybarra, The Christmas Tree 

Nataasha Van Kampen, Nocturne 

Jack Richardson, The Prodigal 

Peter Gillquist, With God on Our Side: The Rise of the Religious Right in America 

Evelyn Lear, Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson 

William Gray III, American politician, dies from natural causes at 71 

Philbrook Lyons, Honky Donkey 

Diana Mariscal, Fando and Lis 

Charles Carr, Hank Williams: Honky Tonk Blues 

William Gray III, The 7th Annual Black Achievement Awards 

Ulrich Matschoss, Red Corner 

Róbert Arnfinnsson, Fiasco 

Felipe Wagner, O Cantor e o Milionário 

Benedetto Gravagnuolo, Latta e caffè - Riccardo Dalisi, Napoli e il teatro della decrescita 

Gary Shearston, Episode #1.4 

Mort Landberg, The Brain That Wouldn't Die 

Gvido Skulte, Defenders of Riga 

Homer Dyess, Kate Chopin: A Re-Awakening 

António Rama, Lápis Azul 

Tony Vilas, Eva Peron: The True Story 

Paul Jenkins, Network 

Aleksandar Hrnjakovic, Mladici 

Manoelita Lustosa, Esmeralda 

Matei Alexandru, The Oak 

Martin Tahse, Matters of the Heart 

Walter Dean Myers, Legend of the Lost Tomb 

Frederick I. Ordway III, 2001: A Space Odyssey 

Bruce Rowland, The Passing Show: The Life and Music of Ronnie Lane 

Francesco Alliata, The Golden Coach 

Nicholas Winton, Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport 

Sergio Sollima, Face to Face 

Red Lane, In the Valley of Elah 

Val Doonican, Christmas Eve with Val Doonican 

Leland Bardwell, a leading light of the Irish literary scene, dies aged 94 

Beijing's former top official in Hong Kong, Xu Jiatun, dies in exile aged 100 

Trumpton creator Gordon Murray dies, aged 95 

Gordon Murray dead: Creator of childrens' classics Trumpton and Camberwick Green dies aged 95 

Simone Veil, French feminist and politician who survived Auschwitz, dies at 89 

Former WWE star Matt Cappotelli dies of cancer at 38