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Four of Duvall's films have been preserved in the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" as of 2025.
Notable Deaths on July 11
2024 — Shelley Duvall
American actress (born 1949)
July 11 has 93 recorded notable deaths across history, from 472 to 2026. This focused page highlights 20 people with the strongest available profile context.
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Notable Deaths
93 source records
472 – 2026
Today in history
Major events on July 11
See what else happened on this day in history.
- 1977 Martin Luther King Jr., assassinated in 1968, is posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Source
- 1960 To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is first published, in the United States. Source
- 1940 World War II: Vichy France regime is formally established. Philippe Pétain becomes Chief of the French State. Source
- 1914 The US Navy launches the USS Nevada (BB-36) as its first standard-type battleship. Source
Did you know
George Gershwin's Of Thee I Sing (1931) was the first musical to win the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, although as composer, he did not participate in reception of the award.
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After his death in 2009, Gatti was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame on December 10, 2012, in his first year of eligibility, becoming the tenth Canadian boxer to be so inducted.
Did you know
Procopius Anthemius was the Western Roman emperor from 467 to 472.
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Laurance Rockefeller's work helped the establishing of a new conservation ethic, and received the Lady Bird Johnson Conservation Award for Lifetime Achievement in 1997.
More major people who died on July 11
Notable people are ranked by substantive profile depth and public notability.
1937
George Gershwin
American pianist, songwriter, and composer (born 1898)
George Gershwin was an American composer and pianist whose compositions spanned jazz, popular and classical music.
2009
Arturo Gatti
Italian-Canadian boxer (born 1972)
Arturo Gatti was a Canadian professional boxer who competed from 1991 to 2007.
472
Anthemius
Roman emperor (born 420)
Procopius Anthemius was the Western Roman emperor from 467 to 472. Born in the Eastern Roman Empire, Anthemius quickly worked his way up the ranks.
2004
Laurance Rockefeller
American financier and philanthropist (born 1910)
Laurance Spelman Rockefeller was an American businessman, financier, philanthropist, and conservationist. Rockefeller was the third son and fourth child of John D. Rockefeller Jr. and Abby Aldrich Rockefeller.
1983
Ross Macdonald
American-Canadian author (born 1915)
Kenneth Millar, known mainly by the pseudonym Ross Macdonald, was an American-Canadian writer of crime fiction.
1971
John W. Campbell
American journalist and author (born 1910)
John Wood Campbell Jr. was an American science fiction writer and editor. He was editor of Astounding Science Fiction from late 1937 until his death and was part of the Golden Age of Science Fiction.
2000
Robert Runcie
English archbishop (born 1921)
Robert Alexander Kennedy Runcie, Baron Runcie, was an English Anglican bishop. He was the Archbishop of Canterbury from 1980 to 1991, having previously been Bishop of St Albans.
2014
Carin Mannheimer
Swedish author and screenwriter (born 1934)
Carin Mannheimer was a Swedish dramatist, screenwriter, author and film director, born in Osby, Sweden. She garnered acclaim with Rapport om kvinnor, which was published in 1969.
2009
Reg Fleming
Canadian-American ice hockey player (born 1936)
Reginald Stephen "Reggie, the Ruffian" Fleming was a professional hockey player in the National Hockey League with the Montreal Canadiens, Chicago Black Hawks, Boston Bruins, New York Rangers, Philadelphia Flyers and…
2013
Eugene P. Wilkinson
American admiral (born 1918)
Eugene Parks "Dennis" Wilkinson was a United States Navy officer. He was selected for three historic command assignments.
2006
John Spencer
English snooker player and sportscaster (born 1935)
John Spencer was an English professional snooker player. One of the most dominant players of the 1970s, he won the World Snooker Championship three times, in 1969, 1971 and 1977.
1451
Barbara of Cilli
Slovenian noblewoman
Barbara of Cilli or Barbara of Celje, was the Holy Roman Empress and Queen of Hungary and Bohemia by marriage to Holy Roman Emperor Sigismund.
2005
Jesús Iglesias
Argentinian racing driver (born 1922)
Jesús Ricardo Iglesias, was a racing driver from Argentina. He initially competed with some success in long distance races in Argentina with a Chevrolet Special, before being invited to drive one of the works Gordini…
2014
Randall Stout
American architect, designed the Taubman Museum of Art (born 1958)
Randall Paul Stout was an American architect based in Los Angeles.
1774
Sir William Johnson
1st Baronet, Irish-English general (born 1715)
Major-General Sir William Johnson, 1st Baronet, was a British Army officer and colonial administrator.
1929
Billy Mosforth
English footballer and engraver (born 1857)
William Mosforth was an English footballer who played either as an inside or outside left. Born in Sheffield he played for several Sheffield clubs but the majority of his career was spent at The Wednesday.
1991
Mokhtar Dahari
Malaysian footballer and coach (born 1953)
Dato' Mohd Mokhtar bin Dahari was a Malaysian professional footballer who played for Selangor. He is considered a legendary footballer in Malaysian history.
1989
Laurence Olivier
English actor, director, and producer (born 1907)
Laurence Kerr Olivier, Baron Olivier was an English actor and director.
2005
Gretchen Franklin
English actress and dancer (born 1911)
Gretchen Gordon Franklin was an English actress and dancer with a career in show business spanning over 70 years.