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During her 1960s peak, she ranked among the most successful British performers on both sides of the Atlantic.
Notable Deaths on March 2
1999 — Dusty Springfield
English singer (born 1939)
March 2 has 85 recorded notable deaths across history, from 274 to 2024. This focused page highlights 20 people with the strongest available profile context.
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Notable Deaths
85 source records
274 – 2024
Today in history
Major events on March 2
See what else happened on this day in history.
- 1836 Texas Revolution: The Declaration of independence of the Republic of Texas from Mexico is adopted. Source
- 1859 The two-day Great Slave Auction, once thought to be the largest such auction in United States history, begins. Source
- 1978 Czech Vladimír Remek becomes the first non-Soviet or non-American to go into space, when he is launched aboard Soyuz 28. Source
- 1977 Libya becomes the Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya as the General People's Congress adopts the "Declaration on the Establishment of the Authority of the People". Source
Did you know
Nicholas I was Emperor of Russia, King of Poland, and Grand Duke of Finland from 1825 to 1855.
Did you know
Regarded as one of the most important figures in French pop, he was renowned for often provocative releases which caused uproar in France, dividing public opinion.
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Jubal Anderson Early was an American lawyer, politician and military officer who served in the Confederate States Army during the Civil War.
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Jaclyn Jose is the only Filipino to win the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress for the movie Ma' Rosa (2016).
More major people who died on March 2
Notable people are ranked by substantive profile depth and public notability.
1855
Nicholas I
Russian emperor (born 1796)
Nicholas I was Emperor of Russia, King of Poland, and Grand Duke of Finland from 1825 to 1855. He was the third son of Paul I and younger brother of his predecessor, Alexander I.
1991
Serge Gainsbourg
French singer-songwriter, actor, and director (born 1928)
Serge Gainsbourg was a French singer-songwriter, actor, composer, and director.
1896
Jubal Early
American general (born 1816)
Jubal Anderson Early was an American lawyer, politician and military officer who served in the Confederate States Army during the Civil War.
2024
Jaclyn Jose
Filipino actress (born 1963)
Mary Jane Santa Ana Guck, known professionally as Jaclyn Jose, was a Filipino actress.
2015
Dave Mackay
Scottish-English footballer and manager (born 1934)
David Craig Mackay was a Scottish football player and manager.
2003
Hank Ballard
American singer-songwriter (born 1927)
Hank Ballard was an American singer and songwriter, the lead vocalist of the Midnighters and one of the first rock and roll artists to emerge in the early 1950s.
1979
Christy Ring
Irish hurler (born 1920)
Nicholas Christopher Michael Ring was an Irish hurler whose league and championship career at senior level with the Cork county team spanned twenty-four years from 1939 to 1963.
1938
Ben Harney
American pianist and composer (born 1871)
Benjamin Robertson Harney was an American songwriter, entertainer, and pioneer of ragtime music.
2000
Sandra Schmirler
Canadian curler (born 1963)
Sandra Marie Schmirler was a Canadian curler who captured three Canadian Curling Championships and three World Curling Championships.
2018
Lin Hu
Chinese lieutenant general (born 1927)
Lin Hu was a Chinese fighter pilot and lieutenant general of the People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF). Born to a Russian mother and a Chinese father, he was orphaned at a young age.
2003
Malcolm Williamson
Australian pianist and composer (born 1931)
Malcolm Benjamin Graham Christopher Williamson was an Australian composer. He was the Master of the Queen's Music from 1975 until his death.
1982
Philip K. Dick
American philosopher and author (born 1928)
Philip Kindred Dick was an American science fiction short story writer and novelist. He wrote 45 novels and about 121 short stories, most of which appeared in science fiction magazines.
1945
Emily Carr
Canadian painter and author (born 1871)
Emily Carr was a Canadian artist who was inspired by the monumental art and villages of the First Nations and the landscapes of British Columbia.
2015
Dean Hess
American minister and colonel (born 1917)
Dean Elmer Hess was an American minister and United States Air Force Lieutenant Colonel who was involved in the so-called "Kiddy Car Airlift," the documented rescue of 950 orphans and 80 orphanage staff from the path of…
1930
D. H. Lawrence
English novelist, poet, playwright, and critic (born 1885)
David Herbert Lawrence was an English novelist, short story writer, poet, playwright, literary critic, travel writer, essayist, and painter.
1943
Gisela Januszewska
Austrian physician (born 1867)
Gisela Januszewska was an Austrian physician. Having earned her degree in Switzerland, she briefly worked in Germany before becoming the first female physician in the ethnically Serbian town of Banja Luka in Bosnia…
2016
Aubrey McClendon
American businessman (born 1959)
Aubrey Kerr McClendon was an American businessman primarily engaged in natural gas exploration.
2010
Winston Churchill
English journalist and politician (born 1940)
Winston Spencer Churchill, generally known as Winston Churchill, was an English Conservative politician and a grandson of the British prime minister of the same name.
2012
Norman St John-Stevas
English academic and politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (born 1929)
Norman Antony Francis St John-Stevas, Baron St John of Fawsley, was a British Conservative politician, author and barrister.