July 24 - Deaths

Deaths

• 1115 – Matilda, Countess of Tuscany (b. 1046)
• 1129 – Shirakawa, Emperor of Japan (b. 1053)
• 1240 – Konrad von Thüringen, fifth Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights
• 1568 – Prince Don Carlos of Spain (b. 1545)
• 1594 – John Boste, Catholic saint and martyr (b. 1544)
• 1739 – Benedetto Marcello, Italian composer (b. 1686)
• 1768 – Nathanial Lardner, English theologian (b. 1684)
• 1862 – Martin Van Buren, 8th President of the United States (b. 1782)
• 1908 – Vicente Acosta, Salvadoran poet (b. 1867)
• 1910 – Arkhip Kuindzhi, Russian painter (b. 1841)
• 1927 – Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, Japanese writer (b. 1892)
• 1957 – Sacha Guitry, French actor, director, screenwriter and playwright (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 and dramatist (b. 1904)
• 1970 – Peter de Noronha, Indian businessman (b. 1897)
• 1974 – James Chadwick, English physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1891)
• 1980 – Uttam Kumar, Indian actor (b. 1926)
• 1980 – Peter Sellers, British comedian and actor (b. 1925)
• 1985 – Father Ezechiele Ramin MCCJ, Italian Comboni missionary priest and martyr (b. 1953)
• 1986 – Fritz Albert Lipmann, American biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1899)
• 1991 – Isaac Bashevis Singer, Polish-born Yiddish author, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1904)
• 1992 – Arletty, French singer and actress (b. 1898)
• 1992 – Sam Berger, Canadian football owner (b. 1900)
• 1993 – Rene Requiestas, Filipino comedian (b. 1957)
• 1995 – Jerry Lordan, English composer and singer (b. 1934)
• 1995 – Marjorie Cameron, American writer, painter, actress, and occultist (b. 1922)
• 1995 – George Rodger, British photojournalist (b. 1908)
• 1996 – Alphonso Roberts, West Indian cricketer and politician (b. 1937)
• 1997 – William J. Brennan, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (b. 1906)
• 1997 – Saw Maung, Burmese dictator (b. 1928)
• 2000 – Ahmad Shamlou, Iranian poet (b. 1925)
• 2001 – Georges Dor, Canadian author, composer, singer and playwright (b. 1931)
• 2004 – Bob Azzam, Egyptian singer (b. 1925)
• 2005 – Richard Doll, English epidemiologist (b. 1912)
• 2007 – Albert Ellis, American psychologist (b. 1913)
• 2007 – Chaney Kley, American actor (b. 1972)
• 2008 – Norman Dello Joio, American composer (b. 1913)
• 2009 – E. Lynn Harris, American author (b. 1955)
• 2010 – Alex Higgins, Northern Irish snooker player (b. 1949)