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
Category: Famous Deaths
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
Famous Deaths for 16th June 2022
1492 – Jan Coppenhole, Flemish rebel leader, beheaded
1626 – Christian the Younger, German Protestant military leader during the Thirty Years’ War, dies at 26
1880 – James Southerton, English cricket spin bowler (2 Tests; played in first Test match; oldest player to make Test debut at 49; Sussex CCC, Hampshire CCC), dies at 52
1953 – Margaret Bondfield, English politician and 1st British female cabinet minister (Labour), dies at 80
1958 – José Pablo Moncayo, Mexican composer (Huapango), dies at 45
1958 – Imre Nagy, Hungarian politician (Prime Minister of Hungary 1953-56), dies at 62
1969 – Jan Hanlo, Dutch poet (Oote oote boe), dies at 57
1976 – Francis E. Meloy Jr, US ambassador to Lebanon, kidnapped and killed at 59
1983 – James Arthur Calata, African National Congress (ANC) leader and Anglican clergyman, dies at 87
1994 – Boris Alexandrov, Russian conductor (Red Army Song and Dance Ensemble), dies at 88
Famous Deaths for 15th June 2022
1381 – John Cavendish, Lord Chief Justice of England
1389 – Murad I, Osmaans sultan, dies in battle
1677 – Giovanni Battista Chinelli, Italian composer, dies at 67
1864 – Haller Nutt, American rich Southern Plantation owner (Longwood house – largest octagonal house in the US), dies at 48
1943 – Cecil Parkin, cricketer (32 wkts in 10 Tests for Eng 1920-24), dies
1981 – Philip Toynbee, British journalist and writer (Savage Days, Barricade), dies at 64
2005 – Suzanne Flon, French actress (One Deadly Summer, Moulin Rouge), dies of gastroenteritis at 87
2007 – Richard Bell, Canadian musician (Full Tilt Boogie Band), dies of multiple myeloma at 61
2015 – Mighty Sam McClain, American soul and blues singer-songwriter, dies at 72
2021 – Jim Phelan, American college basketball coach (Mount Saint Mary’s University 1954–2003), dies at 92