July 24 - Deaths

Deaths

• 1115 – Matilda of Tuscany (b. 1046)
• 1129 – Emperor Shirakawa of Japan (b. 1053)
• 1240 – Konrad von Thüringen, German 5th Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights (b. 1206)
• 1568 – Carlos, Prince of Asturias (b. 1545)
• 1594 – John Boste, English saint and martyr (b. 1544)
• 1739 – Benedetto Marcello, Italian composer (b. 1686)
• 1768 – Nathaniel Lardner, English theologian (b. 1684)
• 1862 – Martin Van Buren, American politician, 8th President of the United States (b. 1782)
• 1908 – Vicente Acosta, Salvadoran poet (b. 1867)
• 1910 – Arkhip Kuindzhi, Russian painter (b. 1841)
• 1922 – Saint George Ashe, British rower (b. 1871)
• 1927 – Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, Japanese writer (b. 1892)
• 1957 – Sacha Guitry, French actor and director (b. 1885)
• 1962 – Wilfrid Noyce, English mountaineer (b. 1917)
• 1965 – Constance Bennett, American actress (b. 1904)
• 1966 – Tony Lema, American golfer (b. 1934)
• 1969 – Witold Gombrowicz, Polish novelist (b. 1904)
• 1970 – Peter de Noronha, Indian businessman, philanthropist, and civil servant (b. 1897)
• 1973 – Konstantinos Dovas, Greek general and politician, Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1898)
• 1974 – James Chadwick, English physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1891)
• 1980 – Uttam Kumar, Indian actor (b. 1926)
• 1980 – Peter Sellers, English comedian and actor (b. 1925)
• 1985 – Ezechiele Ramin, Italian missionary and martyr (b. 1953)
• 1986 – Fritz Albert Lipmann, German-American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1899)
• 1986 – Qudrat Ullah Shahab, Pakistani civil servant and writer (b. 1920)
• 1991 – Isaac Bashevis Singer, Polish-American author, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1904)
• 1992 – Arletty, French actress and singer (b. 1898)
• 1992 – Sam Berger, Canadian lawyer and businessman (b. 1900)
• 1993 – Rene Requiestas, Filipino comedian and actor (b. 1957)
• 1995 – Marjorie Cameron, American writer and painter (b. 1922)
• 1995 – Jerry Lordan, English singer-songwriter and composer (b. 1934)
• 1995 – George Rodger, English photographer and journalist (b. 1908)
• 1996 – Alphonso Theodore Roberts, Indian cricketer and activist (b. 1937)
• 1997 – William J. Brennan, Jr., American jurist (b. 1906)
• 1997 – Saw Maung, Burmese dictator (b. 1928)
• 2000 – Ahmade Shamloo, Iranian poet (b. 1925)
• 2001 – Georges Dor, Canadian author and composer (b. 1931)
• 2004 – Bob Azzam, Lebanese singer (b. 1925)
• 2005 – Richard Doll, English physiologist (b. 1912)
• 2007 – Albert Ellis, American psychologist (b. 1913)
• 2007 – Chaney Kley, American actor (b. 1972)
• 2007 – Nicola Zaccaria, Greek singer (b. 1923)
• 2008 – Norman Dello Joio, American composer (b. 1913)
• 2009 – E. Lynn Harris, American author (b. 1955)
• 2010 – Alex Higgins, Irish snooker player (b. 1949)
• 2011 – Frank Dietrich, German politician (b. 1966)
• 2011 – Skip Thomas, American football player
• 2012 – Chad Everett, American actor (b. 1936)
• 2012 – Sherman Hemsley, American actor (b. 1938)
• 2012 – Larry Hoppen, American singer and guitarist (Orleans) (b. 1951)
• 2012 – Robert Ledley, American scientist, invented the full-body CT scanner (b. 1926)
• 2012 – Themo Lobos, Chilean writer and illustrator (b. 1928)
• 2012 – John Atta Mills, Ghanaian politician, 3rd President of Ghana (b. 1944)
• 2012 – Gregorio Peces-Barba, Spanish politician and jurist (b. 1938)