Famous Deaths on 2nd January

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17 - Roman poet Ovid (in Latin: Publius Ovidius Naso), dies
1512 - Svante, Regent of Sweden (b. 1460)
1514 - William Smyth, English bishop and statesman (bc. 1460)
1557 - Pontormo, Italian painter (b. 1494)
1685 - Harbottle Grimston, English politician (b. 1603)
1694 - Henry Booth, 1st Earl of Warrington, English politician (b. 1651)
1726 - Domenico Zipoli, composer, dies at 37
1740 - Johann Georg Weichenberger, composer, dies at 63
1763 - John Casteret earl Granville, English premier, dies at 72
1780 - Johann Ludwig Krebs, composer, dies at 66
1789 - Franz Joseph Leonti Meyer von Schavensee, composer, dies at 68
1790 - Joseph A Feuchtmayer (Feichtmayer), German rococo sculptor, dies
1801 - Johann C Lavater, Swiss vicar/philosopher, dies at 59
1803 - Ignaz Franz von Beecke, composer, dies at 69
1861 - Frederik Willem IV, King of Prussia (1840-61)/Germ (1849-61), dies at 65
1863 - Roger Weightman Hanson, Confederate brig-gen, dies in Battle of Murfreesboro at 35
1892 - George B Airy, English astronomer/writer, dies at 90
1893 - John Obadiah Westwood, British entomologist (b. 1805)
1904 - James Longstreet, Confederate general, dies at 82
Confederate General James Longstreet (1904) 1913 - Leon P Teisserenc de Bort, Fr meteorologist (stratosphere), dies at 57
1915 - Karl Goldmark, Austria-Hungarian composer (Queen of Saba), dies at 84
1917 - Edward B Tylor, English anthropologist, dies at 84
1918 - Sijbe K Bakker, vicar/theologist (Christian-Socialism), dies at 42
1921 - Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg, Ger chancellor/PM (Prussia), dies at 64
1923 - Sam Carter, black resident of Rosewood Florida, lynched by KKK
1924 - Sabine Baring-Gould, English composer and novelist (b. 1834)
1929 - Erich Wichman[n], Dutch fascist painter/sculptor, dies at 38
1936 - Sir Francis Newdegate, Governor of Tasmania, Western Australia (b. 1862)
1937 - Ross Alexander, actor (Capt Blood, Boulder Dam), dies at 29
1939 - Roman Dmowski, Polish politician (b. 1864)
1941 - Mischa Levitzki, composer, dies at 42
1945 - Betram Home Ramsay, Engl adm/Cmdr Naval Forces (Normandy), dies at 61
1946 - Joe Darling, cricketer (Aussie captain 21 Tests, won 7 lost 4), dies
1950 - Emil Jannings, actor (The Way of All Flesh), dies at 65
1950 - James Dooley, Premier of New South Wales (b. 1877)
1951 - Sir William Campion, Governor of Western Australia (b. 1870)
1955 - Jose Antonio Remon, president of Panama (1952-55), assassinated
1960 - Cees [Cornelis J] Laseur, Dutch actor/dir (Hague Comedy), dies at 60
1960 - Chris van Abkoude, author (Pietje Bell, Kruimeltje), dies at about 79
1960 - Fausto Coppi, Italian, ran world record 45,798 km, dies at 40
1960 - Friedrich Adler, Austria soc-dem, murdered PM Storgkh, dies at 80
1960 - Paul Sauvé, Canadian politician (b. 1907)
1961 - Bob Catterall, cricketer (1555 runs/24 Tests for S Afr 1922-31), dies
1963 - Dick Powell, actor/director (Dick Powell Theater), dies at 58
1963 - Jack Carson, actor (Star is Born, Mildred Pierce), dies at 52
1965 - Staf Gustaf Frans Nees, composer, dies at 63
1968 - Sanoesi Pane, Indonesian writer, dies
1969 - Georges Renevant, actor (Cornered), dies after long illness at 74
1970 - Piotr Rytel, composer, dies at 85
1971 - Willard Maas, American educator and experimental filmmaker (b. 1906)
1974 - Tex Ritter, country singer (5 Star Jubilee), dies at 67
1974 - Tex Ritter, American actor (b. 1905)
1977 - Erroll Garner, jazz pianist (Misty), dies at 53
1977 - Errol Garner, American musician (b. 1921)
1980 - Larry Williams, rocker, dies at 44
1981 - David Lynch, singer (Platters-My Prayer), dies at 51
1983 - Bernard George Stevens, composer, dies at 66
1983 - Dick Emery, actor (Yellow Submarine, Loot, Baby Love), dies at 65
1983 - Harriet Parsons, producer (Susan Slept Here), dies at 76 of cancer
1986 - Una Merkel, US actress (Abraham Lincoln), dies at 82
1986 - Bill Veeck, American baseball executive (b. 1914)
1990 - Alan Hale Jr, Skipper on Gilligan's Island, dies of cancer at 71
1990 - Vladimir Alexis Ussachevsky, Manchuria composer (Creation), dies at 78
1991 - Renato Rascel, actor (7 Hills of Rome), dies of heart failure at 78
1992 - Virginia Field, actress (Dream Girl), dies of cancer at 74
1994 - Caesar Romero, actor (Joker-Batman), dies at 86
1994 - Dixy Lee Ray, chairwoman (US Atomic Energy Comm), dies at 79
1994 - Pierre-Paul Schweitzer, French director of IMF (1963-73), dies at 81
1994 - Sammy Taft, Canadian businessman (coined term "hat trick"), dies at 81
1995 - Graham Sharp, ice skater, dies at 77
1995 - Manuel Rivera, Spanish painter/co-founder (El Paso), dies at 67
1995 - Mohammed Siyad Barre, president of Somalia (1969-91), dies
1995 - Nancy Kelly, US actress (Bad Seed, Submarine Patrol), dies at 73
1995 - Siad Barre, general/president of Somalia (1969-91), dies at 84
1996 - Sydney Thompson, rock Climber, dies at 81
1996 - Thornton Page, astrophysicist, dies at 82
1996 - Karl Targownik, Hungarian psychiatrist (b. 1915)
1997 - Jim Rodger, sports writer, dies at 75
1997 - Randy California, [Wolfe], rock guitarist, dies at 45
1998 - Frank Muir, English writer, raconteur (b. 1920)
1999 - Sebastian Haffner, German journalist and author (b. 1907)
2000 - Patrick O'Brian, British novelist (b. 1914)
2000 - Elmo R. Zumwalt, Jr., U.S. admiral (b. 1920)
2000 - Nat Adderley, American musician and composer (b. 1931)
2001 - William P. Rogers, American politician (b. 1913)
2001 - Teri Diver, American actress (b. 1971)
2002 - Armi Aavikko, Finnish singer (b. 1958)
2003 - Eric Jupp, British-Australian pianist, composer, arranger (b. 1922)
2004 - Jess Collins, American artist (b. 1923)
2004 - Lynn Cartwright, American actress (b. 1927)
2005 - Maclyn McCarty, American geneticist (b. 1911)
2005 - Cyril Fletcher, British comedian (b. 1913)
2005 - Edo Murtić, Croatian painter (b. 1921)
2005 - Frank Kelly Freas, American artist (b. 1922)
2005 - Ronald 'Bo' Ginn, American politician (b. 1934)
2006 - Cecilia Muñoz-Palma, first female Philippine Supreme Court Justice (b. 1913)
2007 - Teddy Kollek, Austrian-born mayor of Jerusalem (b. 1911)
2007 - David Perkins, Stanford University geneticist (b. 1919)
2007 - Mauno Jokipii, Finnish professor and World War II researcher (b. 1924)
2007 - Paek Nam-sun, North Korean Foreign Affairs minister (b. 1929)
2007 - Sergio Jiménez, Mexican actor (b. 1937)
2007 - Don Massengale, American PGA Tour golf player (b. 1937)
2007 - Elizabeth Fox-Genovese, American historian (b. 1941)
2007 - Robert C. Solomon, American scholar of continental philosophy (b. 1942)
2007 - Dan Shaver, NASCAR driver and ARCA race car driver/owner (b. 1950)
2007 - Richard Newton, Australian-born technology pioneer and professor (b. 1951)
2007 - Garry Betty, American CEO of Earthlink (b. 1957)
2008 - Gerry Staley, American baseball player (b. 1920)
2008 - Her Royal Highness Princess Galyani Vadhana Krommaluang Narathiwat Rajanagarindra, elder sister of His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand (b. 1923)
2008 - George MacDonald Fraser, British author (b. 1925)
2008 - Lee S. Dreyfus, American politician (b. 1926)
2009 - Maria de Jesus, Portuguese supercentenarian (b. 1893)
2011 - Anne Francis, American actress (b. 1930)
2011 - Pete Postlethwaite, English actor (b. 1946)
2011 - Szeto Wah, Hong Kong politician and educationalist (b. 1931)
2011 - Richard D. Winters, American Army officer (b.1918)
2012 - Larry "Rhino" Reinhardt, rock guitarist (Iron Butterfly) dies at 63
2012 - Ian Bargh, Canadian jazz pianist and composer, dies from lung cancer at 76
2012 - David Barron, British physicist and computer scientist, at 76 (b.1935)
2012 - Ivan Calin, Moldavian President and Prime Minister 1980-1990, dies at 76
2012 - William Carey, American businessman and philanthropist, died from complications after a heart attack at 81
2012 - Gordon Hirabayashi, civil rights activist and WWII internment opponent dies after Alzheimer's disease at 93
2013 - Ladislao Mazurkiewicz, Uruguayan football player, dies from a respiratory illness at 67
2013 - Ned Wertimer, American actor, dies from complications from a fall at 89