Famous Deaths In December - 02

1919  Henry Clay Frick, built largest coke & steel operation, dies at 69 on this day in history.   

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

1924  Death of Kazimieras BÅ«ga, Lithuanian philologist (b. 1879) on December - 02.   

1925  On this day in history julio Garreta, composer, dies at 50   

1931  Paul-Marie-Theodore-Vincent D'indy, French count/composer, dies at 80 on December - 02.   

1933  On this day in history josef Gruber, composer, dies at 78   

1935  Death of Albert Kessel, 1st to die in Calif gas chamber on December - 02.   

1936  Death of John Ringling, American circus owner (b. 1866) on this day in history.   

1943  On this day in history nordahl Grieg, writer, dies   

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

1950  On this day in history dino Lipatti, composer, dies at 33   

1953  Ernest Hayes, cricketer (Surrey bat played 5 Tests for England), dies on this day in history.   

1957  On this day in history harrison Ford, silent screen actor (Rubber Tires), dies at 73   

1963  On this day in history sabu Sabu, actor (Jungle Book, Drums), dies of heart attack at 39   

1965  The Rajkumar of Vizianagram, cricketer (Indian Test capt 1936), dies on this day in history.   

1966  On this day in history luitzen [Bertus] Brouwers, Dutch mathematician, dies at 85   

1967  Francis J "Cardinal" Spellman, archbishop of NY, dies at 78 on this day in history.   

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 December - 02.   

1976  On December - 02 danny Murtaugh, baseball manager (Pitts Pirates), dies at 59   

1979  On December - 02 vasily Pavlovich Solov'yov-Sedoy, composer, dies at 72   

1980  On December - 02 death of romain Gary, Lithuanian-born French writer (b. 1914)   

1981  On this day in history hershy Kay, composer, dies at 62   

1982  On this day in history david Blue, rocker, dies while jogging in Greenwich Village at 41   

1983  Atholl Mckinnon, cricketer (S African lefty spinner in 8 Tests), dies on December - 02.   

1985  On this day in history alex Courtney, actor (Sword of Justice), dies   

1986  Desi Arnaz, actor (Ricky Ricardo-I Love Lucy), dies at 69 of cancer on this day in history.   

1987  On this day in history death of yakov Borisovich Zel'dovich, Russian physicist (b. 1914)   

1988  Death of Tata Giacobetti, Italian singer and lyricist (Quartetto Cetra) on this day in history.   

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

1992  On this day in history gary Mascaro, choreographer, dies at 43   

1993  Death of Pablo Escobar Gaviria, Colombian drug baron, shot to death at 44 on December - 02.   

1994  Donald John Urquhart, librarian, dies at 85 on this day in history.   

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1578  Agostino Agazzari, composer was born on this day in history.   

1678  Nicolaas S Cruquius, Dutch hydraulic engineer (drained Haarlemmermeer) was born on December - 02.   

1694  On December - 02 birth of william Shirley, Colonial Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1771)   

1703  Ferdinand Konscak, Croatian explorer (d. 1759) was born on this day in history.   

1710  Bertinazzi, Italian actor and writer (d. 1783) was born on December - 02.   

1728  Ferdinando Galiani, Italian economist/philosopher/diplomat was born on this day in history.   

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.