Famous Deaths for 2nd March 2026

1758 – Johann Baptist Zimmermann, German painter and stucco worker, buried at 78
1787 – Jean Allamand, Swiss-Dutch natural philosopher, dies at 73
1880 – Sir John MacNeill, Irish civil engineer (b. 1790)
1971 – Charles W Engelhard, US silver multi-millionaire, dies at 54
1999 – David Ackles, American singer-songwriter (American Gothic), dies of lung cancer at 62
2005 – Ivan Parik, Czech classical and electro-acoustic composer (Quadrophony), dies at 68
2009 – Ernest Ashworth, American country music singer (“Talk Back Trembling Lips”, “You Can’t Pick a Rose in December”), and broadcaster, dies at 80
2022 – Tony Walton, British Tony, Oscar, and Emmy Award-winning set and costume designer (Pippin; Mary Poppins; All That Jazz), dies from stroke complications at 87
2023 – Mary Bauermeister, German artist, dies at 88
2023 – Wayne Shorter, American jazz saxophonist and composer (Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers; Miles Davis; Weather Report), dies at 89

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