635 – Emperor Gaozu, first emperor of the Chinese Tang Dynasty (b. 566)
1860 – Pōtatau Te Wherowhero, The Māori King, dies at Ngāruawāhia, New Zealand
1866 – Alexander von Nordmann, Finnish zoologist, dies at 63
1876 – Lame White Man, Cheyenne, dies at the Battle of the Little Bighorn
1918 – Jake Beckley, American baseball player, dies at 50
1949 – Buck Freeman, American baseball outfielder (World Series 1903; HR leader 1899, 1903; AL RBI leader 1902, 03; Boston Americans), dies at 77
1978 – Hussein al-Ghasjmi, president of North-Yemen, murdered
1994 – Louis-Robert Casterman, Belgian publisher (Kuifje), dies at 74
1995 – Warren Earl Burger, American judge, US Supreme Court Justice, dies of heart failure at 78
1998 – Lounès Matoub, Kabylian singer-songwriter, guitar and mandole player, and Berber rights activist,, assassinated by the Armed Islamic Group (GIA) at 42
Category: Famous Deaths
Famous Deaths for 24th June 2021
1520 – Hosokawa Sumimoto, Japanese samurai commander (b. 1489)
1894 – Marie François Sadi Carnot, President of France (1887-94), assassinated by Italian anarchist Sante Geronimo Caserio at 56
1967 – Emile van Dievoet, Flemish lawyer, dies at 81
2005 – Paul Winchell, American voice actor and ventriloquist (b. 1922)
2007 – Natasja Saad, Danish hip hop and reggae artist, dies at 32
2008 – Viktor Kuzkin, Soviet ice hockey player (Olympic gold 1964, 68, 72), dies at 67
2009 – Roméo LeBlanc, 25th Governor General of Canada (b. 1927)
2014 – Eli Wallach, American actor, dies at 98
2015 – Mario Biaggi, American politician (Rep-DandR-NY, 1969-88), dies at 97
2020 – Eddie Kasko, American baseball infielder (MLB All Star 1961, 1961²; Cincinnati Reds) and manager (Boston Red Sox), dies at 88
Famous Deaths for 23rd June 2021
758 – Ho-tse Shen-hui, Zen teacher/disciple of Hui-neng, dies at 74
1444 – Marcus [Manuel] Eugenicus, Byzantine bishop of Efeze/theologist, dies
1707 – John Mill, English theologian
1832 – James Hall, Scottish geologist, dies at 70
1980 – Odile Versois, actress (Nude in a White Car, Young Lovers), dies
1989 – Werner Best, German jurist and nazi leader (b. 1903)
1995 – Jonas Salk, American biologist who created the Polio vaccine, dies of heart failure at 80
1995 – Jack Schroer, British saxophonist and pianist (The Caledonia Soul Orchestra), dies at 51
2010 – Pete Quaife, English bass guitarist (The Kinks), dies at 66
2011 – Peter Falk, American actor (Colombo, Scared Straight), dies at 83
Famous Deaths for 22nd June 2021
1885 – Mahdi [Muhammad Ahmed], Sudanese music reviewer, dies
1930 – Karl von Amira, German historian, dies at 82
1935 – Szymon Askenazy, Polish historian, diplomat and politician (b. 1866)
1964 – Havank [HF van der Kallen], detective writer (Shade), dies at 60
1969 – Judy Garland [Frances Gumm], American actress (The Wizard of Oz; Meet Me In St. Louis; Easter Parade), and singer (“Over The Rainbow”); dies at 47; coroner determines cause as unintentional, incautious overdose of prescription barbiturates
1981 – Lola Lane, actress (Zanzibar, Mystery Ship, Big Fight), dies
1991 – Cameron Miller, actor (Portrait of Claire), dies at 82
1992 – Chuck Mitchell, American actor (General Hospital, Porky’s, Better Off Dead), dies at 64
2004 – Kim Sun-il, South Korean translator (b. 1970)
2012 – Fernie Flaman [Ferdinand], Canadian Hall of Fame NHL player, dies at 85
Famous Deaths for 21st June 2021
524 – Chlodomir, king of the France to Orleans (511-24), dies at about 28
1205 – Enrico Dandolo, Doge of Venice (b. 1107)
1529 – John Skelton, English poet, dies at about 69
1582 – Oda Nobunaga, Japanese warlord (b. 1534)
1591 – Aloysius Gonzaga, Italian aristocrat and Jesuit saint, dies at 23
1824 – Étienne Aignan, French writer and translator, dies at 51
1893 – Leland Stanford, American business tycoon (Southern Pacific Railroad), 8th Governor of California and founder of Stanford University, dies of heart failure at 69
1957 – Donald McBride, American actor (Mr Clyde-My Friend Flicka), dies at 68
1979 – Angus Maclise, American mystic, shaman, musician, and composer (b. 1938)
2002 – Matt Dennis, American pop singer, pianist, composer, and arranger (“Everything Happens To Me”; “Angel Eyes”), dies at 88
Famous Deaths for 20th June 2021
1649 – Maria Tesselschade Roemers Visscher, author, dies
1751 – Adriaen Valckenier, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (1737-41), dies at 56
1787 – Carl Friedrich Abel, German/British viola player/composer, dies at 63
1925 – Wilhelm Posse, German composer, dies at 72
1963 – Joseph Self, murderer, executed; last Wash state execution in 25 yrs
1965 – Bernard Baruch, American financier and presidential adviser (Cold War), dies at 94
1980 – Allan Pettersson, Swedish composer, dies at 68
1994 – Louis Benjamin, British showman, dies at 71
1995 – Al Hansen, American artist (Fluxus), found dead at 67
2006 – Claydes Charles Smith, American musician (Kool and The Gang), dies at 57
Famous Deaths for 19th June 2021
1312 – Piers Gaveston, Earl of Cornwall and favourite of Edward II of England beheaded at 27 or 28
1542 – Leo Jud[ae], Swiss pastor/church reformer
1584 – François, Duke of Anjou (b. 1555)
1939 – Grace Abbott, social worker (US Children Bureau), dies at 60
1957 – Karl Plagge, German officer and Nazi Party member who during World War II used his position as a staff officer in the German Army to employ and protect some 1,240 Jews, dies at 59
1962 – Will Wright, American actor (Adam’s Rib, Living Christ Story), dies of cancer at 68
1964 – Hans Moser, Austrian actor (Hello Service Man, Once Upon a Time), dies at 83
1988 – Zdeněk Blažek, Czech composer and music theorist (Verchovina), dies at 83
1996 – Ande Anderson, English opera director, dies at 78
2013 – Bojidar Dimov, Bulgarian pianist and composer (Die Hochzeit von Susa), dies at 61
Famous Deaths for 18th June 2021
1291 – Alfonso III, King of Aragon (1285-91), dies
1815 – Guillaume Philibert Duhesme, French general (b. 1766)
1921 – Herman Baccaert, Flemish philological/writer (Kantkennis), dies at 37
1978 – Walter C. Alvarez, American physician (b. 1884)
1982 – Djuna Barnes, American author (Nightwood), dies at 80
1992 – Peter Allen, entertainer (Legs Diamond), dies of aids at 48
1996 – Pierre Chany, writer/cycling journalist, dies at 73
2005 – Manuel Sadosky, Argentine mathematician (b. 1914)
2006 – Richard Stahl, American actor (Howard-It’s a Living), dies at 74
2014 – Johnny Mann, American music director (Johnny Mann Stand Up and Cheer), dies at 85
Famous Deaths for 17th June 2021
1678 – Giacomo Torelli, Italian stage designer, engineer and architect dies at 69
1734 – Claude-Louis-Hector de Villars, Marshal of France, dies at 81
1815 – Hammida, Algerian admiral, dies in battle
1939 – Allen Sothoron, American baseball player, dies at 46
1957 – Esme Percy, British actor (Murder!, Pygmalion, Old Spanish Custom), dies at 69
1957 – D Richardson, writer, dies at 84
1973 – Luis Van Rooten, Mexican-born, American actor, author and translator (One Man’s Family), dies at 66
1973 – Tarsila do Amaral, Brazilian modernist artist, dies at 86
1993 – French of Nouhuys, civil servant in Indonesia, dies at 88
1993 – Angus Suttie, English potter and teacher of art ceramics, dies of AIDS at 46
Famous Deaths for 16th June 2021
1246 – Lutgardis/Ludgardis, Flemish mystic/saint, dies at about 64
1939 – Chick Webb, American jazz drummer and big band leader (introduced Ella Fitzgerald), dies of Pott’s disease (tuberculosis of the spine), at 34
1944 – Acharya Prafulla Chandra Ray, Bengali chemist (founder of Bengal Chemicals And Pharmaceuticals), dies at 82
1961 – O C Scott, cricketer (WI leg-spinner in 8 Tests), dies
1961 – Marcel Junod, Swiss physician (b. 1904)
1967 – Reginald Denny, English actor (Rebecca, Cat Ballou, Batman), dies at 75
1982 – James Honeyman-Scott, English rock guitarist and vocalist (Pretenders), overdoses on drugs at 25
1984 – Harmonica Slim [Travis Blaylock], American blues harmonica player, singer and songwriter (“You Better Believe It”), dies at 49
2007 – Pattie D’Arcy, American musical theater, session and touring vocalist (Cher), dies at 54
2007 – Mikhail Kononov, Soviet actor (b. 1940)