Today's 13 July Famous Deaths in History

574 John III, Italian Pope (561-74), dies
939 Leo VII, Italian Pope (936-39), dies
1024 Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor (1014-24) and King of Germany (1002-24), dies at 51

1105 Rashi [Rabbi Shlomo Yitzaki], French rabbi who wrote commentaries on the Talmud and Hebrew Bible, dies at 65
1205 Hubert Walter, Archbishop of Canterbury and Justicier of England
1309 John I of Nassau, Bishop-elect of Utrecht, deposed from office by the pope, dies
1357 Bartolus de Saxoferrato Italian jurist (b. 1313)
1380 Bertrand du Guesclin, French King of Granada, dies at about 60
1399 Peter Parler, German-Bohemian prominent Medieval architect known for St. Vitus Cathedral and the Charles Bridge, dies at 69
1402 Jianwen, 2nd Emperor of the Ming Empire (1398-1402), dies at 24
1551 John Wallop, English soldier and diplomat (b. 1490)
1620 William Louis, Count of Nassau, stadtholder of Friesland, leading military commander for the Dutch Republic against the Spanish, dies at 60
1621 Albert VII, Archduke of Austria and cardinal-archbishop of Toledo, dies at 61
1626 Robert Sidney, 1st Earl of Leicester, English statesman, dies at 62
1628 Robert Shirley, English adventurer (b. 1581)
1629 Caspar Bartholin the Elder, Danish physician, theologian, writer on anatomy, dies at 44

1640 Henry Casimir I, Dutch count of Nassau-Dietz and Stadholder of Freisland, dies a day after being injured at the Battle of Hulst at 28
1683 Arthur Capell, 1st Earl of Essex, English statesman (b. 1631)
1693 Hendrik Trajectinus, Count of Solms, Dutch lieutenant-general (b. 1636)
1705 Titus Oates, English Protestant conspirator, dies at 55
1755 Edward Braddock, British General, dies of his wounds from the Battle of Fort Duquesne (near present day Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania), during French & Indian War at 60
1760 Conrad Weiser, Pennsylvania's ambassador to the Native Americans, dies at 63
1761 Tokugawa Ieshige, 9th Japanese shōgun of the Tokugawa shogunate (1745-60), dies at 49

English astronomer, 3rd Royal, discovered Earth's nutation motion, dies at 69

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1777 Guillaume Coustou Jr, French sculptor (Apollo/Mars/Venus), dies at 61
1785 Stephen Hopkins, American politician who signed the US Declaration of Independence, dies at 78
1789 Victor de Riqueti, marquis de Mirabeau, French economist, dies at 73

French journalist and revolutionary (Friend of the People periodical), is murdered by Charlotte Corday in a bath at 50

1807 Henry Benedict Stuart, Jacobite pretender to the throne of Great Britain and Roman Catholic cardinal, dies at 82
1813 Johann Friedrich Peter, Dutch-born American composer, dies at 67
1842 Jesse Bennett, American physician who performed 1st successful US Caesarean (1794), dies at 72
1844 Johann Baptist Gansbacher, Austrian composer, dies at 66
1854 José María Vargas, Venezuelan doctor, botanist and 2nd President of Venezuela (1835-36), dies at 68
1859 Rufus Choate, American lawyer (Hall of Fame), dies at 59
1860 John Ackersdijk, Dutch state house builder, dies at 69
1861 Robert S. Garnett, American soldier, Brigadier General in the Confederate Army, 1st general to die in the Civil War, killed in action at 41
1863 John S. Bowen, American Major General (Confederate Army), dies at 32
1877 Wilhelm Emmanuel von Ketteler, German politician and bishop of Mainz, dies at 65

American lieutenant general in Confederate Army charged with defending Vicksburg, dies at 66

1882 Johnny Ringo, American old West outlaw and gunfighter, commits suicide at 32
1889 Carli Zoeller, German composer (The Missing Heir; Ave Maria), dies at 49
1889 Robert Hamerling, Austrian poet known for his epics (Ahasuerus in Rome, Homumculus), dies at 69 [1]
1890 John C. Frémont, American army officer, explorer of the American West and presidential candidate, dies at 77
1894 Juventino Rosas, composer, dies at 26
1896 August Kekule von Stradonitz, German chemist who discovered structure of benzene ring, dies at 66
1901 Peter Jackson, Australian heavyweight boxer (International Boxing Hall of Fame), dies from tuberculosis at 40
1903 August Reissmann, Prussian composer, dies at 77
1922 Martin Dies, American politician (b. 1870)
1923 Asger Hamerik [Hammerich], Danish composer, and educator (Peabody Institute, 1878-91), dies at 80
1924 Alfred Marshall, English economist (Principles of Economics), dies at 81
1925 Gerben Postma, Frisian-Dutch poet (Swealtsjeblommen - Swallowtail Flowers) and lexicograper (Lytse Fryske Spraekleare - Little Frisian Language Learner), dies at 78

New Zealand suffragette and the most prominent member of New Zealand's women's suffrage movement, dies at 87

1936 Izydor Lotto, composer, dies at 91
1936 José Calvo Sotelo, Spanish politician (Minister of Finance 1925-30, his murder helped lead to civil war), murdered at 43
1937 Emmett Dalton, American outlaw of the Old West (The Dalton Gang in the American Old West, dies at 66
1939 Margaret Johnson, American jazz pianist known as "Countess" and "Queenie" (Andy Kirk's Clouds of Joy; Lester Young), dies of tuberculosis at 20
1943 Kurt Huber, German college professor and member of anti-Nazi resistance group Weisse Rose (White Rose), executed by guillotine at 50

American photographer and art dealer (Camera Work), dies at 82

1947 Warwick Armstrong, Australian cricket all-rounder & captain (50 Tests, 6 x 100, HS 159no, 87 wickets; Victoria), dies at 68

Austrian-American composer (Verklärte Nacht - Transfigured Night; 2nd Quartet), and painter associated with the expressionist movement, dies at 76

Mexican painter who explored questions of identity, postcolonialism, gender and race in Mexican society, dies of a pulmonary embolism at 47

1954 Grantland Rice, American sportswriter (New York Herald Tribune 1914-30, Colliers 1925-37), dies from a stroke at 73
1954 Irving Pichel, American actor and director ("Madame Butterfly"; "Oliver Twist"), dies at 63
1955 Beulah Ecton Woodard, African-American sculptor, dies at 59
1955 Ruth Ellis, last English woman (murderess), executed by hanging
1956 Vladimir Grigor'yevich Zakharov, Soviet-Russian composer, dies at 54
1958 Karl Erb, German tenor, dies on his 81st birthday
1960 Anna Blaman, Dutch writer (Life & Death), dies at 55
1960 Joy Davidman, American poet, writer and wife of C. S. Lewis, dies at 45
1965 Photis Kontoglou, Greek writer, painter and iconographer, dies at 69
1966 Princess Beatrice of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, granddaughter of Queen Victoria, dies at 82
1967 Tom Simpson, English road cyclist (World C'ship gold road race 1965; Olympic bronze 1956), dies of combination of alcohol & mixed amphetamines during Tour de France at 29
1969 Madiba Thembekile, Nelson Mandela's son, dies in a car accident at 24

American army engineer who directed the Manhattan Project and construction of the Pentagon, dies of a heart attack at 73

1973 Marțian Negrea, Romanian conductor, composer (The Glacier from Scărișoara), and teacher, dies at 80
1973 Willy Fritsch, German actor (Spies, Women in the Moon), dies from a heart attack at 72
1974 Patrick Blackett, British physicist (Nobel 1948 - nuclear reaction), dies at 76
1975 Owen Wynne, South African cricketer (6 Tests for South Africa 1948-50), lost at sea at 56
1976 Frederick Hawksworth, English last Chief Mechanical Engineer of the Great Western Railway, dies at 92
1976 Joachim Peiper, German military leader (SS, by assassination; b. 1915)
1976 Max Butting, German composer, dies at 87
1978 Antonio Veretti, Italian orchestral, theater, and film composer, dies at 78
1979 Corine Griffith, dies at 84
1980 Seretse Khama, 1st President of Botswana (1966-80), dies of pancreatic cancer at 59
1981 Kirby Stone, American jazz combo leader (Kirby Stone Four - "Baubles Bangles & Beads"), dies at 63
1982 Edith Heerdegen, German actress (Serpent's Egg, Monpti), dies at 69
1982 John Alexander, American actor (Alien PI), dies at 85
1982 Michael Blankfort, American writer, producer and director, dies at 74
1983 Gabrielle Roy, French Canadian author (The Tin Flute, Street of Riches), dies at 73
1984 John Davis, American weightlifter (Olympic gold bantamweight 1948, heavyweight 1952), dies from cancer at 63
1986 Joseph "Coke" Escovedo, Mexican-American percussionist (Santana; Malo; Azteca), dies from cirrhosis at 45
1987 Patience Collier, dies
1988 Huub Bals, Dutch film promotor, dies at 51
1988 Samuel L Mendel, oldest US war veteran, dies at 104
1989 Abdul Rahman Qassemlu, Iran Kurds leader, murdered
1989 Arnaldo Ochoa Sanchez, Cubans general, executed
1990 Lois Moran Young, American actress (Stella Dallas), dies of cancer at 81
1991 Cor Ria Leeman, Flemish (youth)writer, dies
1992 Alex Wojciechowicz, American College/Pro Football HOF center, linebacker (Fordham Uni; NFL C'ship 1948, 49; First-team All-Pro 1939, 44; NFL 1940s All-Decade Team; Detroit Lions, Philadelphia Eagles), dies at 76
1993 Davey Allison, American auto racer (Daytona 500 1992), dies in a plane crash at 32
1993 Edwin "Rick" Bakker, Dutch author (Rick's Report/AIDS Diary), dies at 31
1994 Bob Payton, American pizza magnate (The Chicago Pizza Pie Factory), dies at 50
1994 Eddie Boyd, American blues piano player, singer, and songwriter ("Five Long Years"), dies at 79
1994 Jimmie Reese, American baseball infielder and coach (LA Angels Hall of Fame), dies of aspiration pneumonia and respiratory failure at 92
1995 Godtfred Kirk Christiansen, Danish toy manufacturer (Lego Group), dies at 75
1996 Pandro S. Berman, American film producer, dies at 91
1996 Walter Hassan, British automotive engineer, dies at 91
1997 Alexandra Danilova, Russian-American ballerina (The Turning Point), dies at 92
1997 Michael Jaffe, English professor and museum director (Fitzwilliam Museum), dies at 74
1997 Miguel Ángel Blanco, Spanish politician and member of the Partido Popular party, murdered by ETA members at 29
1998 Red Badgro, American Pro Football Hall of Fame end and coach (NY Giants) and baseball outfielder (St. Louis Browns), dies after a fall at 95
2002 Yousuf Karsh, Armenian-Canadian portrait photographer (Life Magazine), dies at 93 [1]
2003 Compay Segundo [Máximo Muñoz-Telles], Cuban trova guitarist, singer, and composer (Buena Vista Social Club), dies at 95
2004 Arthur Kane, American musician (New York Dolls), dies from advanced leukemia at 55
2004 [Karl] Carlos Kleiber, Austrian-Argentine conductor (Bavarian State Orchestra, 1968-97), dies at 74
2005 Mickey Owen, American baseball catcher (4 × MLB All-Star 1941–44 Brooklyn Dodgers), dies at 89
2006 Red Buttons [Aaron Chwatt], American comedian (The Red Buttons Show), and Academy Award-winning actor (Sayonara; The Poseidon Adventure), dies from cardiovascular disease at 87
2007 Ilja Zeljenka, Slovak composer (Oświęcim), dies at 74
2007 Zdeněk Lukáš, Czech composer, dies at 78
2008 Bronisław Geremek, Polish social historian and politician (b. 1932)

American businessman and MLB team owner (New York Yankees), dies from a heart attack at 80

2010 Manohari Singh, Indian saxophonist and part of R.D. Burman's band (b. 1931)
2011 Allan Jeans, Australian football player and coach (b. 1933)
2011 Jerry Ragovoy, American songwriter ("Piece Of My Heart"; "Time Is On My Side"; "Pata Pata"), and record producer, dies following a stroke at 80
2012 Jerzy Kulej, Polish light welterweight boxer and politician, dies from a heart attack at 71
2012 Richard Darryl Zanuck, American Academy Award-winning film producer, dies from a heart attack at 77
2013 Charles Pope, American soul singer (The Tams - "Hey Girl Don't Bother Me"), dies of complications from Alzheimer's disease at 76

Canadian actor and singer (Glee; Monte Carlo), dies of heroin and alcohol overdose at 31

2013 Laurie Ann Frink, American big band jazz trumpeter and educator, dies of cancer at 61 [1]
2014 Lorin Maazel, American conductor (Cleveland Orchestra, 1972-82; Orchestre National de France, 1977-91; NY Philharmonic 2001-09), dies at 84
2014 Nadine Gordimer, South African author and Nobel laureate, dies at 90
2014 Thomas Berger, American novelist, dies at 89
2015 Gerhard Zwerenz, German writer and politician, dies at 90
2016 Bernardo Provenzano, Mafia Boss (Cosa Nostra), dies in a prison hospital at 83
2016 Carolyn See [née Laws], American novelist and memoirist (Golden Days; Dreaming: Hard Luck and Good Times in America), dies of congestive heart failure at 82
2016 Héctor Babenco, Argentine-Brazilian film director (Kiss of the Spider Woman, Carandiru), dies at 70
2017 Egil Kapstad, Norwegian jazz pianist, arranger, educator, and composer for theatre, concert, film, and television, dies at 76
2017 Giannis Kalatzis, Greek pop singer ("Delfini Delfinaki"), dies at 79

2018 Nancy Barbato Sinatra, first wife and life-long friend of Frank Sinatra, dies at 101
2020 Chuck Hulse, American auto racer (USAC Champ Car Series, 26 x top 10 finishes), dies at 92
2020 Grant Imahara, American TV Mythbuster, dies of a brain aneurysm at 49
2020 Pat Quinn, Scottish soccer forward (4 caps; Motherwell, Hibernian) and manager (East Fife, FH), dies at 84
2020 [Zindziswa] Zindzi Mandela, South African politician and poet, dies at 59
2021 Shirley Fry, American tennis player (French Open 1951; Wimbledon, US Open 1956; Australian Open 1957; 11 x Grand Slam doubles titles; world #1 1956), dies at 94
2021 Yashpal Sharma, Indian cricket batsman (37 Tests; 2 x 100s; 42 ODIs), dies from a heart attack at 66
2023 Carlin Glynn, American actress (won a Tony for "The Best Little Whorehouse"), dies at 83
2024 Iliya Valov, Bulgarian soccer goalkeeper (30 caps; Botev Vratsa 180 games, Karşıyaka SK), dies from lung disease at 62
2024 James B. Sikking, American actor (Hill Street Blues - "Lt. Howard Hunter"; Doogie Howser, M.D. - "David Howser"; Ollie Hopnoodle's Haven of Bliss), dies at 90
2024 Richard Simmons, American exercise guru (Deal-a-Meal; Sweatin' to the Oldies), and media personality, dies at 76 [1]