Famous Deaths for 3rd February 2026

1602 – Paulus Melissus, German humanist Neo-Latin writer, translator, diplomat, and composer, dies at 62
1803 – Pedro Rodríguez de Campomanes, 1st Count of Campomanes, Spanish economist and politician, dies at 79
1813 – Samuel Ashe, American 9th Governor of North Carolin (1795-8), dies at 87
1960 – Ferdinando “Fred” Buscaglione, Italian singer and actor, dies in an automobile accident at 38
1962 – Werner Bock, German writer, dies at 68
1989 – Lionel Newman, American film music composer (Hello Dolly!, Star Wars, Cleopatra), dies from cardiac arrest at 73
1998 – Karla Faye Tucker, American murderer, executed at 38
2006 – Tilo Medek [Müller-Medek], German composer (Die Todesfuge), musicologist, and music publisher, dies at 66
2021 – Jean-Pierre Bastiat, French rugby union lock (32 Tests; US Dax), dies from a stroke at 71
2024 – Aston Barrett, Jamaican reggae bassist (Bob Marley and the Wailers – “I Shot the Sheriff”; Burning Spear), sound engineer, and producer, dies of heart failure after a series of strokes at 77

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