1657 – Tobias Michael, German composer, dies at 65
1810 – Joseph Michel Montgolfier, French inventor (b. 1740)
1864 – Tom Hyer, American bare-knuckle boxer (American heavyweight champion 1841-51), dies of edema at 45
1926 – Christina Goedvolk, wife of Henry Jut, dies
1997 – Israel Kamakawiwo’ole, Native Hawaiian singer, songwriter (“Somewhere Over The Rainbow/What A Wonderful World”), and Hawaiian sovereignty advocate, dies from respiratory failure at 38
1997 – Don Hutson, American College, Pro Football Halls of Fame wide receiver (Green Bay Packers), dies at 84
2002 – Dolores Gray [Sylvia Dolores Finkelstein], American singer and actress (Designing Woman’ Kismet), dies at 78
2003 – Strom Thurmond, U.S. Senator (Sen-D/R-SC), dies at 100
2005 – Richard Whiteley, British television game show host (b. 1943)
2013 – Bert Stern, American photographer, dies at 83
Category: Famous Deaths
Famous Deaths for 25th June 2022
1423 – Reinald IV, duke of Gelre and Gulik (Reinoud I), dies
1952 – Alec Ross, Scottish golfer (US Open 1907), dies at 72
1962 – Ephraim Lisitsky, American Hebrew poet, dies (b. 1885)
1983 – Alberto Evaristo Ginastera, Argentine composer (Panambi), dies at 67
1986 – Gery Florizoone, Flemish poet, dies at 63
1988 – Hillel Slovak, Israeli musician (Anthym/What Is This?, Red Hot Chili Peppers) (b. 1962)
1992 – James Stirling, Scottish architect (Neue Staatsgalerie, 1981 Pritzker Prize), dies at 66
1996 – Nicholas John, English National Opera’s dramaturge, dies at 43
1998 – Lounès Matoub, Kabylian singer-songwriter, guitar and mandole player, and Berber rights activist,, assassinated by the Armed Islamic Group (GIA) at 42
2011 – Margaret Tyzack, English actress (b. 1931)
Famous Deaths for 24th June 2022
1643 – John Hampden, English politician, dies of injuries at about 48
1817 – Thomas McKean, US attorney (signed US Declaration of Independence), dies at 83
1860 – Jérôme Bonaparte, King of Westphalia (1807-13), dies at 75
1924 – Willie Fernie, Scottish golfer (British Open 1883), dies at 69
1973 – Mary Carr, American actress (Forbidden Trail, 2nd Wife), dies at 99
1977 – André-Gilles Fortin, Canadian politician, dies in car crash at 33
1995 – Inshan Ali, West Indian cricketer (WI chinaman bowler 1971-77), dies at 45
2000 – Sadiq Hussain Qureshi, Pakistani politician (8th Chief Minister of Punjab, Pakistan), dies at 72
2008 – Gerhard Ringel, Austrian mathematician (Ringel–Youngs theorem), dies at 88
2012 – John Morgan, British ambassador (to Mexico), dies at 83
Famous Deaths for 23rd June 2022
1677 – Wilhelm Ludwig, Duke of Württemberg (b. 1647)
1801 – Bendix Friedrich Zinck, German composer, dies at 58
1832 – James Hall, Scottish geologist, dies at 70
1836 – James Mill, Scottish philosopher and historian, dies at 63
1973 – Fay Holden, actress (Mother-Andy Hardy films), dies at 77
1976 – Imogen Cunningham, American photographer (1965 ASMP award), dies at 93
1988 – M Gregor-Dellin, writer, dies
1996 – Angelo John Novarese, record company founder, dies at 72
2006 – Harriet, Galápagos tortoise (b. 1830)
2016 – Ralph Stanley, American bluegrass musician, dies at 89
Famous Deaths for 22nd June 2022
1714 – Matthew Henry, English non-conformist minister (b. 1662)
1754 – Nicholas Siret, French baroque composer and organist, dies at 91
1885 – Mahdi [Muhammad Ahmed], Sudanese music reviewer, dies
1922 – Henry H Wilson, Field Marshal, murdered in London
1928 – A. B. Frost, American illustrator (b. 1851)
1931 – Armand Fallières, French president (1906-13), dies at 89
1978 – Jens Otto Krag, Danish politician, premier of Denmark (1962-68, 71-72), dies at 63
1986 – Matti Rautio, Finnish classical composer (The Blue Heron), dies at 64
2008 – George Carlin, American comedian, actor (b. 1937)
2018 – Vinnie Paul [Abbott], American heavy metal drummer (Pantera), dies of a heart condition at 54
Famous Deaths for 21st June 2022
1925 – J. H. Leopold, Dutch poet (translated Omar Khayyam), dies at 60
1964 – James Chaney, US civil rights activist, murdered at 21
1969 – Maureen Connolly, American tennis player (1st women’s Grand Slam 1953; 9 x Grand Slam singles titles), dies of ovarian cancer at 34
1985 – Tage Erlander, Swedish politician (25th Prime Minister of Sweden 1946-69), dies at 84
1989 – Lee Calhoun, American hurdler (Olympic gold 1956, 60), dies at 56
1993 – Jerry Strivelli, actor (Out for Justice, Lock Up), dies at 61
1998 – Al Campanis, Greek baseball second baseman and executive (first Greek player in MLB history; GM LA Dodgers 1968-87), dies from coronary artery disease at 81
2000 – Johanna Moosdorf, German writer (Next Door), dies at 88
2001 – Souad Hosni, Egyptian actress (b. 1942)
2002 – Matt Dennis, American pop singer, pianist, composer, and arranger (“Everything Happens To Me”; “Angel Eyes”), dies at 88
Famous Deaths for 20th June 2022
1820 – Manuel Belgrano, Argentine politician and military leader who took part in the Argentine Wars of Independence and created the Flag of Argentina, dies at 50
1846 – Pieter Adams, architect of Rotterdam, dies at about 67
1869 – Hijikata Toshizō, Japanese military leader, dies at 34
1923 – Joseph Leopold Rockel, composer, dies at 85
1950 – Claude Jennings, cricketer (Aust opening bat in 1912 Triangular), dies
1972 – Howard Johnson, US restaurant/hotel founder, dies at 75
1974 – Horace Lindrum, Australian snooker and billiards player, dies at 62
1986 – Tim Herbert, American comedian (Dagmar’s Canteen), dies at 71
1990 – Ina Balin, actress (Patsy), dies at 52, of pulmonary hypertension
1995 – Henry Iliffe Cozens, English Royal Air Force pilot, dies at 91
Famous Deaths for 19th June 2022
1650 – Matthäus Merian, Swiss engraver (b. 1593)
1840 – John Cockerill, English-Belgian industrialist (founded iron, steel, and manufacturing company – John Cockerill and Company), dies at 50
1904 – Mungo Park, Scottish golfer (British Open 1874), dies of pernicious anemia at 67
1953 – Ethel Rosenberg, 1st US civilian executed (in 5 tries) at Sing Sing, NY, for espionage at 37
1966 – Ed Wynn [Isaiah Edwin Leopold], American comedian (Ed Wynn Show), dies at 79
1986 – Coluche [Michel Colucci], French comedian (My Best Friend’s Girl), dies at 41
1988 – Zdeněk Blažek, Czech composer and music theorist (Verchovina), dies at 83
2003 – Michael “Peanuts” Hucko, American big band jazz and session clarinetist (Glenn Miller’s Army-Air Force Band; Lawrence Welk Show), dies at 85
2008 – Bennie Swain, American basketball player (b. 1930)
2017 – Brian Kenny, British Army officer, deputy supreme allied commander (Europe), dies at 83
Famous Deaths for 18th June 2022
1772 – Johann Ulrich von Cramer, German judge and philosopher, dies at 65
1942 – John Kubris, Czech resistance fighter, killed Heydrich, dies at 28
1954 – Albert Patterson, American politician and attorney, asassinated in Phenix City, Alabama, shortly after his designation as the Democratic candidate for Alabama Attorney General, at 60
1955 – Walter Rein, German composer, dies at 61
1967 – William Tracy, American actor (To the Shores of Tripoli, The Shop Around the Corner), dies at 49
1973 – Willem Vogt, Dutch radio pioneer/founder AVRO, dies at 84
1974 – Júlio César de Mello e Souza, Brazilian writer (The Man Who Counted), dies at 79
1995 – Arthur John Howard, British actor (Frieda, Last Holiday, Paradiso, Glass Cage), dies at 85
2012 – Victor Spinetti, Welsh actor (A Hard Day’s Night, Help!), dies from prostate cancer at 82
2018 – Walter Bahr, American soccer midfielder (19 caps) and coach (Penn State), dies of complications broken hip at 91
Famous Deaths for 17th June 2022
1938 – Ranji Hordern, Australian cricket spin bowler (7 Tests, 46 wickets, BB 7/90; NSW CA), dies at 55
1939 – Eugene Weldman, the last person to be publicly guillotined in France, dies at 31. When asked if he had remorse for his victims he had killed, he replied, “Remorse, what for? I didn’t even know them”
1947 – Maxwell Perkins, American editor and publisher for Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald and Thomas Wolfe, dies at 62
1950 – Syed Wazir Ali, Indian cricket batsman (7 Tests; Southern Punjab; Muslims), dies from appendicitis at 46
1957 – D Richardson, writer, dies at 84
1963 – John Cowper Powys, British writer and critic (Wood and Stone, Wolf Solent), dies at 90
1981 – Yitzhak Zuckerman [Itzhak Zuckerman], Jewish resistance hero in World War II and one of the few survivors of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, dies at 65
2006 – Cláudio Besserman Vianna, aka “Bussunda”, Brazilian comedian (b. 1962)
2009 – Ralf Dahrendorf, German-born sociologist and politician (b. 1929)
2020 – Bill Groman, American football wide receiver (All-AFL 1960; AFL C’ship 1960, 61, 64, 65; Houston Oilers, Denver Broncos, Buffalo Bills), dies at 83