June 2nd famous deaths
List of celebrities and famous people who died on June 2nd
2009 - 2000
Famous deaths on June 2nd for the celebrities who died in the years 2009 - 2000
2009United States -- Sci-fi author (Belgariad, Malloreon)
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Elberon, New Jersey -- Actor (Longest Day, Eaten Alive, 5th Floor)
Japanese composer (Born 1949).
Chinese Vice-Premier (Born 1938)
English rugby player (Born 1952).
American keyboard player (Grateful Dead the Tubes and Missing Man Formation). (d. 2006).
Norwegian official and skier (Born 1930).
Lebanese teacher and journalist (Born 1950).
Model and pornographic actress (Born 1975).
American professional wrestler (Born 1918).
Baptist theologian (Born 1911).
British mathematician (Born 1912)
Russian ophthalmologist (Born 1927).
1999 - 1990
Famous deaths on June 2nd for the celebrities who died in the years 1999 - 1990
1999Jamaican musician (The Wailers), (Born 1949).
American trumpet player and bandleader (McKinney’s Cotton Pickers). (d. 1997).
Austrian-American cinematographer and director (d. 1996).
Writer dies at 74
Israeli-American academic and psychologist
Ocean rower dies at 49
Australian philosopher and academic
Chairman of the Dutch 2nd Chamber (1963-72), is killed at 86
American baseball player coach and sportscaster (d.93)
American producer, screenwriter and director (d. 1992).
American film director (Born in 1908)
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British actor who is internationally recognized on film and stage. He has won an Academy Award and three Tony Awards. New York Theater Critics Award, A Golden Globe Award and Order of Merit of the Italian Public. Over 40 movies and plays have featured him, including the iconic role of Professor Henry Higgins from "My Fair Lady".
The Intel Corporation was co-founded by an American businessman and inventor.
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Actor Cracker Jacks, dies at 82
Fredericks of Hollywood founder, who dies at the age of 76.
An English television and radio presenter. In the 1960s and 1970s he presented news programs for BBC North West England. He was also known for presenting Jeux Sans FrontiA"res and It's a Knockout. His later career was dominated by football reporting on BBC radio. His personality has been described by him as "eccentric", erudite and egotistical" which is a unique …
American punk rock guitarist and vocalist. His bands The Dead Boys and The Lords of the New Church are his most prominent works.
1989 - 1980
Famous deaths on June 2nd for the celebrities who died in the years 1989 - 1980
1989Australian cricketer and lawyer
Indian filmmaker, producer, and director of Hindi cinema. He is also known as "The Show Man". He won two National Film Awards, nine Filmfare Awards in India and was a two-time nominee at the Palme d'Or Grand Prize at the Cannes Film Festival for Awaara (1951), and Boot Polish (1954). Time magazine ranked his performance in Awaara as one of …
1945-1949), and dies at the age of 85.
Indian Jesuit priest and psychotherapist (Born in 1931).
Spanish guitarist (Born 1893)
Spanish guitarist (Born 1893)
American saxophonist, songwriter, and bandleader (d. 1987).
Canadian hockey player (Born 1901)
Belgian composer / conductor (Elegie) dies at age 80
Greek musician (Born 1908)
Canadian folk musician and songwriter (d.83)
1979 - 1970
Famous deaths on June 2nd for the celebrities who died in the years 1979 - 1970
1979Actor, Ellen Queen, dies from liver cancer at 45
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Irish-born actor. He was a handsome, but not very strong, leading man who is best known for his roles as a historical hero in "The Fall of the Roman Empire," 1964 and "The Bible," 1966. His career high was in "Ben-Hur," in 1959. Boyd was a star in "The Oscar," 1966, and he also played in several B-grade foreign productions …
Actor (Great Gildersleeve Ichabod & Me), is killed at 77
German footballer (Born 1952)
Swiss composer / organist, dies at 91
English soldier and geograph (d. 1976).
At 73, a comedian and cabaret performer dies.
Former President of Bolivia (Born in 1920).
Prime Minister of Japan (1964-71 Nobel 1974), is killed at 74
Japanese race car driver (d. 1974)
Actor (Sergeant), died at 66
Composer dies at 81
Belgian director (Evil Eye), dies at 66
French filmmaker, cinematographer, director, and producer. He was one of the most important moguls of his time with films like "Crin Blanc," Le Ballon Rouge," and "Le Voyage en Ballon".
Egyptian-Italian soldier journalist, poet (d. 1970).
1969 - 1960
Famous deaths on June 2nd for the celebrities who died in the years 1969 - 1960
1969American actor (Born 1917).
Quebec composer and pianist (Born 1929).
Actress (Menosha The Magnificent), is killed at 74
Slovic writer (Service Girls).
A gifted and complex British poet, novelist, as well as a world-renowned horticulturist. Sackville was a member the famed Bloomsbury Group and wrote over 50 books of poetry, short stories and novels. Later, she would write a weekly column about gardening for The Observer. Her son Nigel Nicolson published her diary "Portrait of a Marriage", shortly after her death. It …
Writer dies at age 70
Actor/director (Dutch Comedy), Dies at 70
American playwright (Born in 1889).
1959 - 1950
Famous deaths on June 2nd for the celebrities who died in the years 1959 - 1950
1956![Jean Hersholt]()
Actress (Emma Grand Hotel, Greed), is killed at 69
French philosopher dies at 83
American composer, author, pianist, and educator. From 1903-1909, he was an English professor at Amherst College. Columbia University followed in 1909-1937. During his tenure, he created General Honors Course. This course later became the foundation of the influential Great Books movement. His works include novel, criticism, essays, and more than 100 books. His most famous essay was The Moral Obligation …
French checker player, world champ 1925, dies at age 70
1949 - 1940
Famous deaths on June 2nd for the celebrities who died in the years 1949 - 1940
1949Composer dies at 91
Composer dies at 82
German physician (Born 1903)
Adolf Hitler's personal physician (Born 1904)
German physician (Born 1904)
German SS Officer (Born 1905)
German physician (d. 1948)
Composer dies at 64
American musician, trumpeter and bandleader in the swing of 1930s. Along with Roy Eldridge and Louis Armstrong, he may have been the most important white trumpet-player of all time. Bunny was a gifted musician with a wonderful tone and a large range. He brought excitement to every gig he played. Bunny's low notes are as memorable as his higher register, …
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At 37 years old, the 1st baseman (New York Yankee) dies in ALS at Riverdale, New York
Painter / cartoonist
1939 - 1930
Famous deaths on June 2nd for the celebrities who died in the years 1939 - 1930
1937French composer and organist (Born 1870).
American lawyer and sprinter (d. 1933).
1929 - 1920
Famous deaths on June 2nd for the celebrities who died in the years 1929 - 1920
1927Composer dies at 85
Architect (De Hooge Vuursche), dies at 67
American homicide suspect in the brutal killings of her parents. Their bodies were discovered hacked beyond recognition at Fall River on 8/04/1892. Lizzie was held in prison for almost a year before her trial. It lasted 13 days before she was acquitted on 6/20/1893. Many of the evidence was unadmissible, and it was generally believed that Lizzie was an upper-class, …
1909 - 1900
Famous deaths on June 2nd for the celebrities who died in the years 1909 - 1900
1908English General, Dies at 68
Canadian missionary (Born 1844).
US playwright (Margaret Fleming)