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Michael Madsen was widely known for starring in Quentin Tarantino's films such as Reservoir Dogs (1992), Kill Bill: Volume 2 (2004), and The Hateful Eight (2015).
Notable Deaths on July 3
2025 — Michael Madsen
American actor (born 1957)
July 3 has 93 recorded notable deaths across history, from 458 to 2025. This focused page highlights 20 people with the strongest available profile context.
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Notable Deaths
93 source records
458 – 2025
Today in history
Major events on July 3
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- 987 Hugh Capet is crowned King of France, the first of the Capetian dynasty that would rule France until the French Revolution in 1792. Source
- 1767 Norway's oldest newspaper still in print, Adresseavisen, is founded and the first edition is published. Source
- 1886 Karl Benz officially unveils the Benz Patent-Motorwagen, the first purpose-built automobile. Source
- 1938 United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt dedicates the Eternal Light Peace Memorial and lights the eternal flame at Gettysburg Battlefield. Source
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James Douglas Morrison was an American singer-songwriter and poet who was the lead vocalist and primary lyricist of the rock band the Doors.
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Andy Samuel Griffith was an American actor, comedian, television producer, singer, and writer whose career spanned seven decades in music and television.
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Herzl formed the Zionist Organization and promoted Jewish immigration to Palestine, which, in the late 19th century was part of the Ottoman Empire, in an effort to form a Jewish state.
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Among his most famous roles were Thurston Howell III on the 1960s sitcom Gilligan's Island, the father of James Dean's character in Rebel Without a Cause, the voice of the near-sighted cartoon character Mr.
More major people who died on July 3
Notable people are ranked by substantive profile depth and public notability.
1971
Jim Morrison
American singer-songwriter (born 1943)
James Douglas Morrison was an American singer-songwriter and poet who was the lead vocalist and primary lyricist of the rock band the Doors.
2012
Andy Griffith
American actor, singer, and producer (born 1926)
Andy Samuel Griffith was an American actor, comedian, television producer, singer, and writer whose career spanned seven decades in music and television.
1904
Theodor Herzl
Austrian journalist, playwright, and father of modern political Zionism (born 1860)
Theodor Herzl was a Hungarian Jewish journalist and lawyer who was the father of modern political Zionism.
1989
Jim Backus
American actor and voice artist (born 1913)
James Gilmore Backus was an American actor. Among his most famous roles were Thurston Howell III on the 1960s sitcom Gilligan's Island, the father of James Dean's character in Rebel Without a Cause, the voice of the…
1916
Hetty Green
American businesswoman and financier (born 1834)
Henrietta "Hetty" Howland Robinson Green was an American businesswoman and financier known as "the richest woman in America" during the Gilded Age.
1994
Lew Hoad
Australian tennis player and coach (born 1934)
Lewis Alan Hoad was an Australian tennis player whose career ran from 1950 to 1973. Hoad won four Major singles tournaments as an amateur.
2005
Gaylord Nelson
American lawyer and politician, 35th Governor of Wisconsin (born 1916)
Gaylord Anton Nelson was an American lawyer, Democratic politician, and environmentalist from Wisconsin.
1887
Clay Allison
American rancher (born 1841)
Robert A. Clay Allison, also known as Clay Allison was an American cattle rancher, cattle broker, and sometimes gunfighter of the American Old West. He fought for the Confederacy in the Civil War.
2013
Radu Vasile
Romanian historian and politician, 57th Prime Minister of Romania (born 1942)
Radu Vasile was a Romanian politician, historian, academic, writer and poet who served as Prime Minister of Romania from 17 April 1998 to 13 December 1999.
2012
Yvonne B. Miller
American educator and politician (born 1934)
Yvonne Bond Miller was a Virginia educator and American politician who became the first African-American woman to serve in both houses of the Virginia General Assembly.
710
Emperor Zhongzong of Tang (born 656)
Emperor Zhongzong of Tang, personal name Li Xian, and at other times Li Zhe or Wu Xian, was the fourth and seventh emperor of the Tang dynasty of China, ruling briefly in 684 and again from 705 to 710.
2014
Jini Dellaccio
American photographer (born 1917)
Jini Dellaccio was an American photographer best known for her images of rock and pop acts of the 1960s, particularly in the Pacific Northwest.
2025
David Mabuza
South African politician, 8th Deputy President of South Africa (born 1960)
David Dabede Mabuza, also known as DD Mabuza, was a South African politician who served as deputy president of South Africa from February 2018 to February 2023.
1954
Siegfried Handloser
German physician and general (born 1895)
Siegfried Adolf Handloser was a German physician, career military officer and war criminal.
1974
John Crowe Ransom
American poet and critic (born 1888)
John Crowe Ransom was an American educator, scholar, literary critic, poet, essayist and editor. He is considered to be a founder of the New Criticism school of literary criticism.
2015
Boyd K. Packer
American religious leader and educator (born 1924)
Boyd Kenneth Packer was an American religious leader and educator who served as president of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 2008 until his death.
1999
Mark Sandman
American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (born 1952)
Mark Sandman was an American singer, songwriter, musical instrument inventor, multi-instrumentalist and comic writer. Sandman possessed a distinctive, deep bass-baritone voice and a mysterious demeanour.
1795
Antonio de Ulloa
Spanish general, astronomer, and politician, 1st Colonial Governor of Louisiana (born 1716)
Antonio de Ulloa y de la Torre-Guiral was a Spanish Navy officer.
1933
Hipólito Yrigoyen
Argentinian educator and politician, 19th President of Argentina (born 1852)
Juan Hipólito del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús Yrigoyen was an Argentine politician of the Radical Civic Union who served as President of Argentina from 1916 to 1922 and again from 1928 until his overthrow in 1930.