Famous Deaths for 2nd September 2025

1645 – Alice Lisle, Last woman to be executed by a judicial sentence of beheading in England, beheaded for harboring fugitives after the defeat of the Monmouth Rebellion at around 68
1944 – Manfred Freiherr von Killinger, German ambassador to Romania, commits suicide after Romanian coup
1967 – Francis Ouimet, American golfer (US Open 1913, US Amateur 1914, 31), dies at 74
1982 – Jay Novello, American radio and screen character actor (Harum Scarum; Rebel Breed), dies of cancer at 78
1988 – Bill Northam, Australian yachtsman (Olympic gold 5.5m class 1964; Sport Australia HOF), dies at 82
1997 – Viktor Frankl, Austrian neurologist and psychiatrist (Man’s Search for Meaning) and founder of logotherapy, dies at 92
2006 – Bob Mathias, American decathlete (Olympic gold 1948, 52) and congressman, dies of cancer at 75
2011 – Felipe Camiroaga, Chilean character animator, Chile (b. 1966)
2012 – Emanuel Nunes, Portuguese composer, dies at 71
2020 – Adrianus Johannes Simonis, Dutch clergyman, Catholic cardinal and Archbishop of Utrecht (1983-2007), dies at 88

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