March 2 - Deaths

Deaths

  • 855 – Lothair, King of the Franks and Holy Roman Emperor (b. 795)
  • 1316 – Marjorie Bruce, daughter of Robert I of Scotland (b. 1296)
  • 1572 – Mem de Sá, Portuguese Governor-General of Brazil
  • 1589 – Alessandro Farnese, Italian cardinal (b. 1520)
  • 1619 – Anne of Denmark, Queen consort of Britain (b. 1574)
  • 1625 – James Hamilton, 2nd Marquess of Hamilton, Scottish noble and politician (b. 1589)
  • 1729 – Francesco Bianchini, Italian philosopher and scientist (b. 1662)
  • 1755 – Louis de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon, French writer (b. 1675)
  • 1758 – Pierre Guérin de Tencin, French cardinal (b. 1679)
  • 1791 – John Wesley, English founder of Methodism (b. 1703)
  • 1793 – Carl Gustaf Pilo, Swedish-born artist
  • 1797 – Horace Walpole, English politician and writer (b. 1717)
  • 1829 – Josefa Ortiz de Domínguez, Mexican conspirator (b. 1768)
  • 1830 – Samuel Thomas von Sömmering, German physician (b. 1755)
  • 1835 – Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1768)
  • 1840 – Heinrich Wilhelm Matthäus Olbers, German astronomer (b. 1758)
  • 1855 – Tsar Nicholas I of Russia, Emperor of Russia (b. 1796)
  • 1864 – Ulric Dahlgren, American Unionist colonel (b. 1842)
  • 1865 – Carl Sylvius Völkner, German missionary to New Zealand (b. 1819)
  • 1880 – John MacNeill, Irish civil engineer (b. 1790)
  • 1895 – Berthe Morisot, French painter (b. 1841)
  • 1895 – Isma'il Pasha, Governor of Egypt (b. 1830)
  • 1919 – Melchora Aquino, Filipino revolutionary hero (b. 1812)
  • 1921 – Champ Clark, American politician (b. 1850)
  • 1921 – Nicholas I of Montenegro (b. 1841)
  • 1930 – D. H. Lawrence, English writer (b. 1885)
  • 1938 – Ben Harney, American composer and pianist (b. 1871)
  • 1939 – Howard Carter, British archaeologist (b. 1874)
  • 1942 – Charlie Christian, American swing and jazz guitarist (b. 1916)
  • 1945 – Emily Carr, Canadian artist (b. 1871)
  • 1946 – Fidél Pálffy, Hungarian National socialist (b. 1895)
  • 1946 – George E. Stewart, American Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1872)
  • 1947 – Frans Johan Louwrens Ghijsels, Dutch architect and urban planner (b. 1882)
  • 1948 – Algernon Maudslay, British sailor (b. 1873)
  • 1949 – Sarojini Naidu, Indian politician (b. 1879)
  • 1950 – Rosli Dhobi, Malay Sarawakian (b. 1932)
  • 1953 – James Lightbody, American middle distance runner (b. 1882)
  • 1958 – Fred Merkle, American baseball figure (b. 1888)
  • 1959 – Eric Blore, English actor (b. 1887)
  • 1960 – Stanisław Taczak, Polish general (b. 1874)
  • 1962 – Charles Jean de la Vallée-Poussin, Belgian mathematician (b. 1866)
  • 1967 – José Martínez Ruiz, Spanish poet and writer (b. 1873)
  • 1970 – Marc-Aurèle Fortin, Canadian painter (b. 1888)
  • 1973 – Cleo A. Noel, Jr., American foreign envoy (b. 1918)
  • 1974 – Salvador Puig Antich, Spanish anarchist (b. 1948)
  • 1975 – Josiah Mwangi Kariuki, Kenyan politician (b. 1929)
  • 1979 – Christy Ring Irish hurler (b. 1920)
  • 1982 – Philip K. Dick, American author (b. 1928)
  • 1987 – Randolph Scott, American actor and director (b. 1898)
  • 1991 – Serge Gainsbourg, French singer (b. 1928)
  • 1991 – Mary Howard aka Josephine Edgar, British writer (b. 1907)
  • 1992 – Sandy Dennis, American actress (b. 1937)
  • 1994 – Maurice Bambier, French politician (b. 1925)
  • 1994 – Anita Morris, American actress (b. 1943)
  • 1999 – David Ackles, American singer and songwriter (b. 1937)
  • 1999 – Dusty Springfield, English singer (Lana Sisters and The Springfields) (b. 1939)
  • 2000 – Sandra Schmirler, Canadian curler (b. 1963)
  • 2001 – François Abadie, French politician (b. 1930)
  • 2001 – John Diamond, British journalist (b. 1953)
  • 2003 – Hank Ballard, American musician (The Midnighters) (b. 1927)
  • 2003 – Malcolm Williamson, Australian composer (b. 1931)
  • 2004 – Cormac McAnallen, Northern Irish footballer (b. 1980)
  • 2004 – Mercedes McCambridge, American actress (b. 1916)
  • 2004 – Marge Schott, American baseball team owner (b. 1928)
  • 2005 – Martin Denny, American musician (b. 1911)
  • 2005 – Rick Mahler, American baseball player (b. 1953)
  • 2006 – Milton Katims, American violist and conductor (b. 1909)
  • 2007 – Thomas S. Kleppe, U.S. politician (b. 1919)
  • 2007 – Clem Labine, American baseball player (b. 1926)
  • 2007 – Ivan Safronov, Russian journalist (b. 1956)
  • 2007 – Henri Troyat, French writer (b. 1911)
  • 2008 – Jeff Healey, Canadian musician (b. 1966)
  • 2009 – João Bernardo "Nino" Vieira, President of Guinea-Bissau (b. 1939)
  • 2009 – Chris Finnegan, British boxer (b. 1944)
  • 2010 – Winston Spencer-Churchill, British politician (b. 1940)

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Famous quotes containing the word deaths:

    “On almost the incendiary eve
    Of deaths and entrances ...”
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    “As deaths have accumulated I have begun to think of life and death as a set of balance scales. When one is young, the scale is heavily tipped toward the living. With the first death, the first consciousness of death, the counter scale begins to fall. Death by death, the scales shift weight until what was unthinkable becomes merely a matter of gravity and the fall into death becomes an easy step.”
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