Sad to say, this is a long list.. :( O:) Remembering - JULY 1: 1976 – Anneliese Michel, German woman who was said to be possessed by demons (b. 1952) Anneliese Michel (21 September 1952 – 1 July 1976) was a German woman who underwent Catholic exorcism rites in 1975 and died the next year, due to lack of medical care. Later investigation determined that she was malnourished and dehydrated; her parents and the priests responsible were charged with negligent homicide. The case attracted media and public attention because of the Catholic Churchs unusual decision to employ the 400-year-old ritual of exorcism, something that had been rarely seen since the 18th Century. The film The Exorcism of Emily Rose is loosely based on her story. After her death, Michels parents and the two priests were found guilty of negligent homicide, and were sentenced to six months in jail (reduced to three years of probation), and a fine. The case has been cited as an example of a misidentified mental illness, negligence, abuse and religious hysteria. On 1 July 1976, Michel died in her home. The autopsy report stated the cause was malnutrition and dehydration because of being in a semi-starvation state for almost a year while the rites of exorcism were performed.[8] She weighed 30 kilograms (68 pounds) and the previous day, she had broken knees due to the continuous genuflections and was unable to move without assistance, and was reported to have been suffering from pneumonia...... 1987 – Snakefinger, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Residents and Chilli Willi and the Red Hot Peppers) (b. 1949) Philip Charles Lithman (17 June 1949 – 1 July 1987), who performed under the stage name Snakefinger, was an English musician, singer and songwriter. On 1 July 1987, Snakefinger and his band, The Vestal Virgins, arrived in Linz, Austria, on the European Night tour. On the next morning - before his scheduled performance in the Posthof Club, he was found dead in a guestroom of the Posthof: Lithman had suffered a fatal heart attack. On the day of his death, 1 July 1987, his single, Theres No Justice in Life, was released.................... 1991 – Michael Landon, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1936) Michael Landon (born Eugene Maurice Orowitz; October 31, 1936 – July 1, 1991) was an American actor, writer, director, and producer. He is known for his roles as Little Joe Cartwright in Bonanza (1959–73), Charles Ingalls in Little House on the Prairie (1974–83), and Jonathan Smith in Highway to Heaven (1984–89). Landon appeared on the cover of TV Guide 22 times, second only to Lucille Ball. Landon began to suffer from severe abdominal pain in February 1991. On April 5, 1991, pancreatic cancer was diagnosed; it had metastasized into his liver and lymph nodes. The cancer was inoperable and the doctors prognosis was terminal. On May 21, 1991, Landon underwent successful surgery for an almost fatal blood clot in his left leg. In June 1991, Landon appeared on the cover of Life Magazine, after granting the periodical an exclusive private interview about his life, his family, and his struggle to live. On July 1, 1991, at age 54, Landon died in Malibu, California......................... 1995 – Wolfman Jack, American radio host (b. 1938) Robert Weston Smith, known as Wolfman Jack (January 21, 1938 – July 1, 1995) was a gravelly voiced American disc jockey, famous in the 1960s and 1970s. Wolfman Jack died of a heart attack in Belvidere, North Carolina, on July 1, 1995................ 1997 – Robert Mitchum, American actor and singer (b. 1917) Robert Charles Durman Mitchum (August 6, 1917 – July 1, 1997) was an American film actor, author, composer and singer. He is #23 on the American Film Institutes list of the greatest male American screen legends of all time. A lifelong heavy smoker, Mitchum died on July 1, 1997, in Santa Barbara, California, due to complications of lung cancer and emphysema. .................. 1999 – Guy Mitchell, American singer (b. 1927) Guy Mitchell, (born Albert George Cernik; February 22, 1927 – July 1, 1999) was an American pop singer, successful in his homeland, the U.K. and Australia. As an international recording star of the 1950s he achieved record sales in excess of 44 million units and this included six million-selling singles. He died on July 1, 1999, aged 72, of complications from cancer surgery................ youtube/watch?v=AEwkS57P4eE 2000 – Walter Matthau, American actor and singer (b. 1920) Walter Matthau (October 1, 1920 – July 1, 2000) was an American actor best known for his role as Oscar Madison in The Odd Couple and his frequent collaborations with Odd Couple star Jack Lemmon, as well as his role as Coach Buttermaker in the 1976 comedy The Bad News Bears. Matthau suffered from atherosclerotic heart disease and colon cancer, which spread to his liver, lungs and brain. He died of a heart attack in Santa Monica on July 1, 2000. He was 79 years old........ 2004 – Marlon Brando, American actor (b. 1924) Marlon Brando, Jr. (April 3, 1924 – July 1, 2004) was an American screen and stage actor. He is hailed for bringing a gripping realism to film acting and is widely considered to be one of the greatest and most influential actors of all time. On July 1, 2004, Brando died of respiratory failure from pulmonary fibrosis with congestive heart failure at the UCLA Medical Center............... 2005 – Renaldo Benson, American singer-songwriter (Four Tops) (b. 1936) Renaldo Obie Benson (June 14, 1936 – July 1, 2005) was an American soul and R&B singer and songwriter. He was best known as the bass of Motown group the Four Tops, which he joined in 1953 and continued to perform with for over five decades, until April 8, 2005. He also co-wrote Whats Going On which became a #2 hit for Marvin Gaye in 1971. Benson died of lung cancer and other illnesses on July 1, 2005. ........ 2005 – Luther Vandross, American singer-songwriter and producer (Change) (b. 1951) Luther Ronzoni Vandross (April 20, 1951 – July 1, 2005) was an American singer-songwriter and record producer. Vandross died on July 1, 2005 at JFK Medical Center in Edison, New Jersey at the age of 54. His apparent cause of death was a heart attack............. 2008 – Mel Galley, English guitarist (Whitesnake, Trapeze, Finders Keepers, and Phenomena) (b. 1948) Mel Galley (March 8, 1948 – July 1, 2008) was an English guitarist and a former member of the Hard rock bands Whitesnake, Trapeze, Finders Keepers and Phenomena. On February 7, 2008 Galley revealed that he was suffering from esophagus cancer, and had only a short time to live..... 2009 – Karl Malden, American actor (b. 1912) Karl Malden (born Mladen George Sekulovich;[a] March 22, 1912 – July 1, 2009) was a Serbian American actor. In a career that spanned more than seven decades. Malden died at his home in Los Angeles on July 1, 2009, at the age of 97. ..........
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