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During his 15 years at the studio, he directed 84 cartoons later deemed classic, and designed some of the studio's most famous characters, including Porky Pig, Daffy Duck, and Tweety
Notable Deaths on May 2
116 people
1203 BC – 2025
May 2 has seen 116 notable figures pass away throughout recorded history — from 1203 BC – 2025. Below are the most significant names who died on this date.
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1984 — Bob Clampett
American animator, director, and producer (born 1913)
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Among his most acclaimed films are Porky in Wackyland (1938) and The Great Piggy Bank Robbery (1946)
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After dropping out of high school in 1931, he joined the team at Harman-Ising Productions and began working on the studio's newest short subjects, Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies
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Cartoons in 1946 and turned his attention to television, creating the puppet show Time for Beany in 1949
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A later animated version of the series, Beany and Cecil, was initially broadcast on ABC in 1962 and rerun until 1967
-1203
Egyptian bishop and saint (born 298)
Year 373 (CCCLXXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Augustus and Valens. The denomination 373 for this year has been used since…
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373
Persian theologian of the Syriac Orthodox Church (born 565)
Marutha of Tikrit was the Grand Metropolitan of the East and head of the Syriac Orthodox Church of the East from 628 or 629 until his death in 649. He is commemorated as a saint by the Syriac Orthodox Church.
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649
821
Boris I, venerated as Saint Boris I (Mihail) the Baptizer, was the ruler (knyaz) of the First Bulgarian Empire from 852 to 889. Despite a number of military setbacks, the reign of Boris I was marked with significant…
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907
1219
English son of Reginald de Braose (born 1197)
William de Braose was the son of Reginald de Braose by his first wife, Grecia Briwere. He was an ill-fated member of the House of Braose, a powerful and long-lived dynasty of Marcher Lords.
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1230
German rabbi (born c.1215)
Meir of Rothenburg
(c. 1215 – 2 May 1293) was a German Rabbi and poet, as well as a major contributing author of the tosafot on Rashi's commentary on the Talmud. He is also known as Meir ben Baruch, and by the Hebrew…
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1293
Blanche of Artois was Queen of Navarre and Countess of Champagne and Brie during her marriage to Henry I of Navarre. After his death she became regent in the name of their infant daughter, Joan I. She passed on the…
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1300
1st Duke of Suffolk, English admiral (born 1396)
William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk, nicknamed Jackanapes, was an English magnate, statesman and military commander during the Hundred Years' War. He became a favourite of Henry VI of England, and consequently a…
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1450
Italian painter, sculptor, and architect (born 1452)
Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci was an Italian polymath of the High Renaissance who was active as a painter, draughtsman, engineer, scientist, theorist, sculptor, and architect. While his fame initially rested on his…
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1519
Italian cardinal (born 1500)
Rodolfo Pio di Savoia, often referred to as Rodolfo Pio da Carpi, was an Italian cardinal, humanist and patron of the arts. The nephew of a diplomat, he himself became a diplomat by the age of thirty, and came to know…
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1564
Italian composer and educator (born 1560)
Lodovico Grossi da Viadana was an Italian composer, teacher, and Franciscan friar of the Order of Friars Minor Observants. He was the first significant figure to make use of the newly developed technique of figured…
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1627
English poet and author (born 1588)
George Wither was a prolific English poet, pamphleteer, satirist, and writer of hymns. Wither's life spanned one of the most tumultuous periods in the history of England, during the reigns of Elizabeth I, James I, and…
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1667
Croatian philosopher and mathematician (born 1613)
Stjepan Gradić, also known as Stefano Gradi was a polymath, philosopher, scientist and a patrician of the Republic of Ragusa.
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1683
1st Earl of Rochester, English politician, First Lord of the Treasury (born 1641)
Laurence Hyde, 1st Earl of Rochester, was an English statesman and writer. He was originally a supporter of James II but later supported the Glorious Revolution in 1688. He held high office under Queen Anne, daughter of…
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1711
2nd Count of Revillagigedo (born 1740)
Juan Vicente de Güemes Padilla Horcasitas y Aguayo, 2nd Count of Revillagigedo was a Spanish military officer and viceroy of New Spain from 17 October 1789 to 11 July 1794. In his role as colonial administrator, he is…
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1799
Dutch general and politician, Governor-General of the Dutch Gold Coast (born 1762)
Herman Willem Daendels was a Dutch military officer and colonial administrator who served as governor-general of the Dutch East Indies from 1808 to 1811.
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1802
English priest (born 1740)
Henry Jerome de Salis, DD, FRS, FSA, was an English churchman. He was Rector of St. Antholin in the City of London and Vicar of Wing in Buckinghamshire. He was also known as: Revd Henry Jerome de Salis, MA; the Hon. &…
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1810
English painter and academic (born 1744)
Mary Moser was an English painter who was one of the most celebrated female artists in 18th-century Britain. One of only two female founding members of the Royal Academy in 1768, Moser painted portraits but is…
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1819
New York politician (born 1755)
Zina Hitchcock was a New York politician. A descendant of the early American colonist Samuel Chapin, he was born on November 6, 1755, in Warren or New Milford, Connecticut. His father, John Hitchock, was a member of the…
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1832
American poet, surgeon and geologist (born 1795)
James Gates Percival was an American poet, surgeon, and geologist.
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1856
French dramatist, poet, and novelist (born 1810)
Alfred Louis Charles de Musset-Pathay was a French dramatist, poet, and novelist. Along with his poetry, he is known for writing the autobiographical novel La Confession d'un enfant du siècle.
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1857
German composer and educator (born 1791)
Giacomo Meyerbeer was a German opera composer, "the most frequently performed opera composer during the nineteenth century, linking Mozart and Wagner". With his 1831 opera Robert le diable and its successors, he gave…
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1864
Peruvian politician (born 1819)
José Gabriel Gálvez Egúsquiza was a Peruvian lawyer, professor and liberal politician. During the presidential government of Mariano Ignacio Prado he was Secretary—i.e. Minister—of War and Navy (1865). He was killed in…
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1866
German-American businessman, co-founded Anheuser-Busch (born 1805)
Eberhard Anheuser was a German-American soap and candle maker, and the father-in-law of Adolphus Busch, with whom he co-founded the Anheuser-Busch Company.
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1880
Australian cricketer, co-created Australian rules football (born 1835)
Thomas Wentworth Wills was an Australian sportsman who is credited with being Australia's first cricketer of significance and a founder of Australian rules football. Born in the British penal colony of New South Wales…
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1880
1885
Norwegian priest, social reformer, politician, and newspaper editor (born 1838)
Lars Svendsen Oftedal was a Norwegian priest, social reformer, politician, and newspaper editor.
He was the founding editor of Stavanger Aftenblad and served as a member of the Storting.
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1900
American political cartoonist (born 1867)
Homer Calvin Davenport was a political cartoonist and writer from the United States. He is known for drawings that satirized figures of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era, most notably Ohio Senator Mark Hanna. Although…
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1912
German chemist (born 1870)
Clara Helene Immerwahr was a German chemist. She was the first German woman to be awarded a doctorate in chemistry from the University of Breslau, and is credited with being a pacifist as well as a "heroine of the…
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1915
Estonian lawyer and politician (born 1889)
Jüri Vilms was a member of the Estonian Salvation Committee and the first Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Estonia. Empowered by Maapäev, the Salvation Committee issued the Estonian Declaration of Independence…
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1918
Croatian and Bosnian-Herzegovinian poet (born 1898)
Antun Branko Šimić was a Bosnian and Croatian expressionist poet, considered to be one of the most important poets of Croatian literature of the 20th century.
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1925
Austrian astronomer (born 1848)
Johann Palisa was an Austrian astronomer, born in Troppau, Austrian Silesia, now Czech Republic. He was a prolific discoverer of asteroids, discovering 122 in all, from 136 Austria in 1874 to 1073 Gellivara in 1923.…
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1925
English physiologist and academic (born 1866)
Ernest Henry Starling was a British physiologist who contributed many fundamental ideas to this subject. These ideas were important parts of the British contribution to physiology, which at that time led the world.
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1927
Greek general and politician, Greek Minister for Military Affairs (born 1879)
Charalambos Tseroulis was a distinguished infantry officer of the Hellenic Army who rose to the rank of Lieutenant General.
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1929
English explorer (born 1875)
Ernest Edward Mills Joyce AM was a Royal Naval seaman and explorer who participated in four Antarctic expeditions during the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration, in the early 20th century. He served under both Robert…
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1940
Greek author (born 1874)
Penelope Delta was a Greek author. She is widely celebrated for her contributions to the field of children's literature. Her historical novels have been widely read and have influenced popular modern Greek perceptions…
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1941
German politician (born 1900)
Martin Ludwig Bormann was a German Nazi Party official and head of the Nazi Party Chancellery, private secretary to Adolf Hitler, and a war criminal. Bormann gained immense power by using his position as Hitler's…
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1945
American baseball player and journalist (born 1875)
Joseph Aloysius Corbett was an American Major League Baseball starting pitcher who played in the National League. He was born in San Francisco, California.
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1945
Australian journalist, lawyer, politician, and decorated soldier (born 1872)
William Joseph Denny was an Australian journalist, lawyer, politician and decorated soldier who held the South Australian House of Assembly seats of West Adelaide from 1900 to 1902 and then Adelaide from 1902 to 1905…
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1946
German SS officer (born 1920)
Dorothea "Theodora" Binz was a Nazi German officer and supervisor at Ravensbrück concentration camp during the Holocaust. She was known as one of the most brutal, ruthless and sadistic overseers in the Nazi system. She…
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1947
American archer (born 1863)
Wallace Bryant was an American archer who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics. He won the bronze medal in the team competition. In the Double York round he finished fourth and in the Double American round he finished…
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1953
American captain, lawyer, judge, and politician (born 1908)
Joseph Raymond McCarthy was an American politician who served as a Republican senator from Wisconsin from 1947 until his death in 1957. Beginning in 1950, McCarthy became the most visible public face of a period in the…
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1957
3rd Baron Gorell, English cricketer, peer, politician, poet, author and newspaper editor (born 1884)
Ronald Gorell Barnes, 3rd Baron Gorell, was a British hereditary peer, Liberal politician, poet, author and newspaper editor.
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1963
Viscountess Astor, American-English politician (born 1879)
Nancy Witcher Langhorne Astor, Viscountess Astor was an American-born British politician who was the first woman seated as a Member of Parliament (MP), serving from 1919 to 1945. Astor was born in Danville, Virginia,…
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1964
German general and politician, Chancellor of Germany (born 1879)
Franz Joseph Hermann Michael Maria von Papen, Erbsälzer zu Werl und Neuwerk was a German politician, diplomat, army officer, and Prussian nobleman. A national conservative, he served as Chancellor of Germany in 1932,…
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1969
American 1st director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (born 1895)
John Edgar Hoover was an American law enforcement administrator who served as the fifth and final director of the Bureau of Investigation (BOI) and the first director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).…
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1972
American admiral (born 1878)
James Otto Richardson was an admiral in the United States Navy who served from 1902 to 1947.
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1974
American principal dancer and charter member of the New York City Ballet (born 1922)
Nicholas Magallanes was a Mexican-born American principal dancer and charter member of the New York City Ballet. Along with Francisco Moncion, Maria Tallchief, and Tanaquil Le Clercq, Magallanes was among the core group…
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1977
Italian chemist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1903)
Giulio Natta was an Italian chemical engineer and Nobel laureate. Natta's work at Politecnico di Milano led to the improvement of earlier work by Karl Ziegler and to the development of the Ziegler–Natta catalyst. The…
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1979
New Zealand-Australian cricketer (born 1891)
Clarence Victor Grimmett was a New Zealand-born Australian cricketer. He was one of the finest spin bowlers of his time and usually credited as the developer of the flipper.
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1980
Hungarian-American animator and producer (born 1908)
George Pal was a Hungarian-American animator, film director and producer. He is known for his stop motion animated film series Puppetoons and his fantasy and science-fiction films. He became an American citizen after…
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1980
American football player and coach (born 1926)
Norman Mack Van Brocklin, was an American professional football quarterback and coach who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 12 seasons. Nicknamed "the Dutchman", he spent his first nine seasons with the…
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1983
American game show host and producer, co-founded Barry & Enright Productions (born 1918)
Jack Barry was an American game show host, television personality and executive who made a name for himself in the game show field. Barry served as host of several game shows in his career, many of which he developed…
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1984
Italian race car driver (born 1951)
Attilio Luigi Antonio Bettega was an Italian rally driver.
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1985
American trumpet player and bandleader (born 1909)
Larry Clinton was an American musician, best known as a trumpeter who became a prominent American bandleader and arranger.
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1985
American race car driver (born 1956)
Sergio Cresto was the American co-driver of Finnish Henri Toivonen at the Lancia Martini team for the 1986 World Rally Championship season. He was also a former co-driver for fellow Lancia employee Attilio Bettega, who…
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1986
Finnish race car driver (born 1956)
Henri Pauli Toivonen was a Finnish rally driver born in Jyväskylä, the home of Rally Finland. His father, Pauli, was the 1968 European Rally Champion for Porsche and his younger brother, Harri, became a professional…
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1986
Russian author (born 1902)
Veniamin Aleksandrovich Kaverin was a Soviet and Russian writer, dramatist and screenwriter associated with the early 1920s movement of the Serapion Brothers.
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1989
Italian cardinal (born 1906)
Giuseppe Siri was an Italian cardinal of the Catholic Church who served as Archbishop of Genoa from 1946 to 1987, and was elevated to the rank of cardinal in 1953. A protégé of Pope Pius XII, he took part in the Second…
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1989
English-American actor (born 1951)
David Stephen Rappaport was an English actor with achondroplasia. He appeared in the films Time Bandits and The Bride, and television series L.A. Law, The Wizard and Captain Planet and the Planeteers. He was 3 ft 11 in…
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1990
Indian Politician (born 1924)
Gauri Shankar Rai was a member of the 6th Lok Sabha during 1977-79 representing Ghazipur constituency of Uttar Pradesh. Earlier he had been member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly (1957–62) and Legislative…
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1991
Australian journalist and author (born 1909)
Ronald Cecil Hamlyn McKie was an Australian novelist. He was born on 11 May 1909 in Toowoomba, Queensland. After receiving his education at the Brisbane Grammar School and the University of Queensland, he worked as a…
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1991
American lawyer and politician (born 1909)
Wilbur Daigh Mills was an American Democratic politician and lawyer who represented Arkansas's 2nd congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1939 until his retirement in 1977. As chairman…
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1992
French race car driver, pilot, and politician (born 1921)
André Moynet was a much decorated French wartime fighter pilot who moved on to become a test pilot and an entrepreneur-businessman. He was also a politician.
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1993
American poet and author (born 1903)
Dorothy Marie Donnelly was a poet and essayist, the author of six books of poetry and prose and numerous articles published in Europe and the United States.
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1994
Australian public servant and diplomat, (born 1918)
Sir Edward John Bunting was an Australian public servant and diplomat, whose senior career appointments included Australian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom and Secretary of the Department of the Prime Minister…
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1995
English actor (born 1911)
Sir Michael Murray Hordern was an English actor. He is best known for his Shakespearean roles, especially King Lear. He often appeared in film, rising from a bit part actor to leading roles; by the time of his death he…
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1995
Australian neurophysiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1903)
Sir John Carew Eccles was an Australian neurophysiologist and philosopher who won the 1963 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work on the synapse. He shared the prize with Andrew Huxley and Alan Lloyd Hodgkin.
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1997
Brazilian philosopher and academic (born 1921)
Paulo Reglus Neves Freire was a Brazilian educator and Marxist philosopher whose work revolutionized global thought on education. He is best known for Pedagogy of the Oppressed, in which he reimagines teaching as a…
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1997
1998
English footballer (born 1961)
Justinus Soni "Justin" Fashanu was an English footballer who played for a variety of clubs between 1978 and 1997. He was known by his early clubs to be gay, and came out publicly later in his career, becoming the first…
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1998
1999
English actor (born 1938)
Robert Oliver Reed was an English actor, known for his upper-middle class, masculine image and his heavy-drinking, "hellraiser" lifestyle. His screen career spanned over 40 years, between 1955 and 1999. At the peak of…
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1999
Indo-Trinidadian musician (born 1943)
Sundar Popo HBM, born Sundarlal Popo Bahora, was a Trinidadian and Tobagonian musician. He is credited as being the father of chutney music, beginning with his 1969 hit Nana and Nani.
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2000
English-Canadian mathematician and academic (born 1917)
William Thomas Tutte was an English and Canadian code breaker and mathematician. During the Second World War, he made a fundamental advance in cryptanalysis of the Lorenz cipher, a major Nazi German cipher system which…
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2002
Singaporean journalist and politician, 4th President of Singapore (born 1915)
Wee Kim Wee was a Singaporean journalist, diplomat and politician who served as the fourth president of Singapore between 1985 and 1993.
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2005
American journalist and author (born 1933)
Louis Richard Rukeyser was an American financial journalist, columnist, and commentator, through print, radio, and television.
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2006
New Zealand director and screenwriter (born 1964)
Brad McGann MNZM, was a New Zealand film director and screenwriter.
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2007
American actress (born 1940)
Beverlee McKinsey was an American actress. She is best known for her roles on daytime serials, including Iris Cory Carrington on Another World and the spin-off series Texas from 1972 to 1981 and Alexandra Spaulding on…
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2008
Ukrainian-Estonian astronomer and academic (born 1938)
Izold Pustõlnik was an eminent Estonian astronomer who authored numerous scientific publications and served as editor of the Central European Journal of Physics and vice-chairman of the non-profit organization…
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2008
American author and academic (born 1929)
Marilyn French was an American radical feminist author, most widely known for her second book and first novel, the 1977 work The Women's Room.
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2009
Japanese singer-songwriter, producer, and actor (born 1951)
Kiyoshiro Imawano , born Kiyoshi Kurihara , was a Japanese rock musician, lyricist, composer, musical producer, and actor from Tokyo, Japan. He was dubbed "Japan's King of Rock". He formed and led the influential rock…
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2009
American football player and politician, 9th United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (born 1935)
Jack French Kemp was an American politician, professional football player, and U.S. Army veteran who served as the ninth U.S. secretary of housing and urban development in the administration of President George H. W.…
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2009
English-American actress and singer (born 1943)
Lynn Rachel Redgrave was a British and American actress. During a career that spanned five decades, she won two Golden Globe Awards and was nominated for two Academy Awards, four British Academy Film Awards, two Emmy…
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2010
Saudi Arabian terrorist, founder of Al-Qaeda (born 1957)
Osama bin Muhammad bin 'Awad bin Laden was the founder and first general emir of al-Qaeda from 1988 until his death in 2011. A pan-Islamist, bin Laden organized and funded numerous jihadist or anti-Western militants and…
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2011
Portuguese director and screenwriter (born 1935)
Fernando Lopes, GCIH was a Portuguese film director. He was a Film teacher at the Portuguese National Conservatory, nowadays the Lisbon Theatre and Film School. He died, aged 76, in Lisbon due to throat cancer.
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2012
Cuban-born American-naturalized pianist (born 1932)
Zenaida Elvira González Manfugás was a Cuban-born American-naturalized pianist, considered to be one of the best Cuban pianists in history.
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2012
Russian playwright and politician (born 1936)
Miñnullin Tufan Ğabdulla ulı aka Tufan Miñnullin was a famous Tatar writer, playwright, publicist, Tatarstan State Council deputy and honorary citizen of Kazan. He was a permanent member of State Council of the Republic…
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2012
Indonesian physician and politician, Indonesian Minister of Health (born 1955)
Endang Rahayu Sedyaningsih was an Indonesian physician, researcher, and author. She served as Minister of Health of the Republic of Indonesia from 22 October 2009 until 30 April 2012.
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2012
Japanese physicist, author, and academic (born 1942)
Akira Tonomura was a Japanese physicist, best known for his development of electron holography and his experimental verification of the Aharonov–Bohm effect.
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2012
Venezuelan actress (born 1963)
Lourdes del Valle Valera Galvis was a Venezuelan actress who took part in over twenty film and television productions during her career, particularly known for her acting in many telenovelas.
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2012
English boxer (born 1943)
Ernest "Ernie" Field was an English Amateur Boxing Association of England amateur middleweight and professional light heavy/cruiserweight boxer and rugby league footballer who played in the 1960s. He played at club…
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2013
American guitarist and songwriter (born 1964)
Jeffrey John Hanneman was an American musician, best known as a founding member and co-lead guitarist of the thrash metal band Slayer. Hanneman wrote both music and lyrics for every Slayer album until his death in 2013.
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2013
American bishop (born 1947)
Joseph Patrick McFadden was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. Formerly an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia in Pennsylvania, he was installed as bishop of Harrisburg in Pennsylvania on…
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2013
Israeli author and educator (born 1932)
Dvora Omer was an Israeli children's author. She is considered one of Israel’s greatest children’s book writers.
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2013
Croatian footballer (born 1980)
Ivan Turina was a Croatian professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He made one appearance for the Croatia national team.
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2013
American painter and illustrator (born 1918)
Charles Banks Wilson was an American artist. Wilson was born in Springdale, Arkansas in 1918; his family eventually moved to Miami, Oklahoma, where he spent his childhood. A painter, printmaker, teacher, lecturer,…
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2013
Brazilian bishop (born 1922)
Tomás Balduíno, O.P. was a diocesan bishop of the Catholic Church in Brazil.
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2014
Slovenian director, playwright, and screenwriter (born 1929)
Žarko Petan was a Slovenian writer, essayist, screenwriter, and theatre and film director. He is best known as a writer of aphorisms.
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2014
American actor (born 1918)
Efrem Zimbalist Jr. was an American actor and theatre producer. Known for his "mellifluous voice and air of sophistication," he was known to television audiences for his starring roles on the crime drama series 77…
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2014
English colonel and architect (born 1915)
Colonel Bertram Stuart Trevelyan Archer,, known as Stuart Archer, was a recipient of the George Cross, the highest British and Commonwealth award for gallantry not in the face of the enemy. On 3 February 2015 Archer…
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2015
American author and screenwriter (born 1945)
Michael Lennox Blake was an American author, best known for the film adaptation of his novel Dances With Wolves, for which he won an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.
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2015
American singer and musicologist (born 1927)
Guy Hughes Carawan Jr. was an American folk musician and musicologist. He served as music director and song leader for the Highlander Research and Education Center in New Market, Tennessee.
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2015
Russian-Lithuanian ballerina, choreographer, actress, and director (born 1925)
Maya Mikhailovna Plisetskaya was a Soviet and Russian ballet dancer, choreographer, ballet director, and actress. In post-Soviet times, she held both Lithuanian and Spanish citizenship. She danced during the Soviet era…
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2015
English author (born 1930)
Ruth Barbara Rendell, Baroness Rendell of Babergh, was an English author of thrillers and psychological murder mysteries.
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2015
American music businesswoman, activist, and Black Panther (born 1947)
Afeni Shakur Davis was an American political activist and member of the Black Panther Party. Shakur was the mother of rapper Tupac Shakur and the executor of his estate. She founded the Tupac Amaru Shakur Foundation and…
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2016
Pakistani politician, leader of the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (born 1982)
Arif Wazir was a Pakistani politician, activist, and a leader of the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM). He was a member of the Pashtunkhwa Milli Awami Party (PMAP) and its president for the South Waziristan chapter. He…
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2020
Belgian record producer and lyricist (born 1925)
Marcel Leopold Stellman was a Belgian born British record producer and lyricist. Among the many artists who recorded Stellman’s songs are Cilla Black, Petula Clark, Charles Aznavour, the Shadows, Kathy Kirby, and Tony…
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2021
Dutch figure skater (born 1942)
Sjoukje Rosalinde Dijkstra was a Dutch competitive figure skater. She was the 1964 Olympic champion in ladies' singles, the 1960 Olympic silver medalist, a three-time World champion (1962–1964), five-time European…
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2024
American basketball player (born 1991)
Darius Aaron Morris was an American professional basketball player. Morris was selected as the 41st pick in the 2011 NBA draft by the Los Angeles Lakers and played the point guard position. He also played for the…
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2024
English golfer and broadcaster (born 1948)
Peter Arthur Oosterhuis was an English professional golfer and broadcaster. He played on the European circuit from 1969 to 1974, winning 10 tournaments and taking the Harry Vardon Trophy for heading the Order of Merit…
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2024
Filipino actor and director (born 1961)
Frederick Charles Abiera Davao was a Filipino actor and television director.
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2025
American politician, 39th Governor of Illinois (born 1934)
George Homer Ryan was an American politician who served as the 39th Governor of Illinois from 1999 to 2003. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as Secretary of State of Illinois from 1991 to 1999 and…
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2025
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Bob Clampett — American animator (1913–1984)
FeaturedBob Clampett
Death year1984
Known forwas an American animator, director, producer and puppeteer best known for his work on the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies animated series from Warner Bros
Deaths on this date116 (1203 BC – 2025)
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2014
Two mudslides in Badakhshan, Afghanistan, leave up to 2,500 people missing. Wikipedia →
2012
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