1794 – Wenzel Anton Graf Kaunitz, Austrian statesman (b. 1711)
1827 – Johann Gottfried Eichhorn, German theologian (b. 1754)
1844 – Joseph Smith Jr, American founder of the Mormon Church, shot by a mob at 38
1907 – Elizabeth Cabot Agassiz, American educator (b. 1822)
1960 – Lottie Dod, English athlete (b. 1871)
1973 – Earl Browder, leader US Communist Party (1930-45), dies at 82
1996 – Alberto Romero “Cubby” Broccoli, American film producer (James Bond), dies at 87
2005 – John T. Walton, American businessman (b. 1946)
2015 – Chris Squire, English rock bassist (Yes), dies of cancer at 67
2016 – Bud Spencer, Italian actor (Aladdin, Extralarge, Go For It), dies at 86
Category: Famous Deaths
Famous Deaths for 26th June 2018
1848 – Stevenson Archer, American judge and Congressmen from Maryland, dies at 61
1958 – George Orton, Canadian athlete (b. 1873)
1958 – Martinus Ballings, Flemish jesuit/author (Vocation), dies at 93
1987 – Glen Hall, cricketer (Test for South Africa 1965), commits suicide
1992 – Phil Rubenstein, American actor (Tango and Cash, Robocop), dies
1993 – Willy C of Hemert, director/(text)poet (Small Truth), dies at 81
2003 – Strom Thurmond, U.S. Senator (b. 1902)
2003 – Denver Randleman, U.S. Army Seargent (b. 1920)
2010 – Sergio Vega, Mexican Banda singer (b.1969)
2015 – Ash Brownridge, American conservationist (National Wildlife Federation) creator of Ranger Rick, dies at 98
Famous Deaths for 25th June 2018
1134 – King Niels of Denmark (1104-1134), dies at 68 or 69
1514 – Berta Jacobsdr, [Suster Bertken], Dutch hermit, dies at 87
1673 – Charles de Batz-Castelmore, Comte d’Artagnan, Captain of the Musketeers under Louis XIV of France (b. 1611)
1686 – Simon Ushakov, Russian painter (b. 1626)
1876 – Thomas W Custer, brother of George Custer, dies at Little Bighorn
1882 – François Jouffroy, French sculptor (b. 1806)
1937 – Colin Clive, British actor (Frankenstein, Bride of Frankenstein, Mad Love), dies from complications of tuberculosis at 37
1942 – Hans Lietzman, German theologist/church historian, dies at 67
1962 – Ephraim Lisitsky, Hebrew poet, dies
1976 – Johnny Mercer, US songwriter (That old Black Magic), dies at 66
Famous Deaths for 24th June 2018
1572 – Cornelis van Diest, lay brother, hanged
1629 – Carolus Scribani, Italian/Flemish jesuit/writer, dies at 67
1637 – Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc, French astronomer (b. 1580)
1643 – John Hampden, English politician, dies of injuries at about 48
1652 – Andries Bicker, merchant/Amsterdam regent, dies at 65
1995 – John Reginald “Nat” Allen, planning enforcement officer, dies at 66
2007 – Chris Benoit, Canadian professional wrestler (b. 1967)
2007 – Derek Dougan, Northern Irish footballer (b. 1938)
2012 – Lonesome George, Pinta giant tortoise and rarest creature in the world, dies at c. 100
2014 – Eli Wallach, American actor, dies at 98
Famous Deaths for 23rd June 2018
758 – Ho-tse Shen-hui, Zen teacher/disciple of Hui-neng, dies at 74
1137 – Adalbert I, archbishop of Mainz (1111-1137), dies
1139 – Andries van Kuik, bishop of Utrecht, dies
1582 – Shimizu Muneharu, Japanese military leader (b. 1537)
1959 – Jean Gallon, French composer, dies at 80
1988 – Dayton Lummis, actor (Moonfire, Flight that Disappeared), dies
1991 – Bill Buysman, Dutch guitarist/singer (Kilima Hawaiians), dies
1994 – Piet van Elk, cartoonist, dies at 74
1996 – Pasqualino de Santis, Italian cinematographer, dies at 69
1999 – Buster Merryfield, British actor (Only Fools and Horses), dies of a brain tumor at 78
Famous Deaths for 22nd June 2018
1892 – Pierre Ossian Bonnet, French mathematician (b. 1819)
1910 – Marie, Princess of Wied/Orange Nassau, dies
1928 – George Siegmann, American actor (Birth of Nation, Queen of Sheba, Oliver Twist), dies from pernicious anemia at 46
1930 – Karl von Amira, German historian, dies at 82
1938 – C.J. Dennis, Australian writer and poet (b. 1876)
1954 – Don Hollenbeck, newscaster (CBS Weekend News), dies at 49
1964 – Havank, [HF van der Kallen], detective writer (Shade), dies at 60
1988 – Dennis Day, actor/tenor (Jack Benny Show), dies of ALS at 71
1996 – Salah Abou Seif, film director, dies at 81
1996 – Leo Nichols, businessman, honorary consul and longtime friend of Burma’s opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, dies at 65
Famous Deaths for 21st June 2018
1631 – John Smith, English explorer (Chesapeake Bay, New England) and leader of the Virginia Colony (Jamestown), dies at 51
1788 – Johann Georg Hamann, German counter-enlightenment philosopher (“Reason is language”), dies at 57
1968 – Ruth St Denis, ballerina (Dances of the 5 Senses), dies at 91
1980 – Bert Kaempfert, German orchestra leader and songwriter, dies of a stroke at 56
1989 – Lee Quencey Calhoun, hurdler (Olympic gold 1956, 60), dies at 56
1993 – Frank Moro, entertainer, dies
2000 – Alan Hovhaness, Armenian-American composer (Lousadzak, Ukiyo), dies at 89
2001 – John Lee Hooker, American blues guitarist (Boogie Chillen), dies at 83
2005 – Jaime Cardinal Sin, Filipino Catholic Archbishop of Manila (b. 1928)
2015 – Gunther Schuller, American hornist and jazz composer (1994 Pulitzer Prize), dies at 89
Famous Deaths for 20th June 2018
1776 – Benjamin Huntsman, English inventor and manufacturer, dies at 72
1906 – John Clayton Adams, British landscape artist (b. 1840)
1915 – Emil Rathenau, German industrialist (AEG), dies
1941 – [Stephanie] Hélène Swarth, Dutch poet (“Lonely flowers”), dies at 81
1960 – Mahlon Hamilton, American actor (Peg O’My Heart, High School Girl), dies at 80 (b. 1880)
1972 – Horst Salomon, writer, dies
1977 – Abner Biberman, American director and actor (His Girl Friday, The Leopard Man), dies at 68
1995 – Al Hansen, American artist (Fluxus), found dead at 67
1999 – Clifton Fadiman, American author (b. 1902)
2012 – Andrew Sarris, American movie critic (Village Voice), dies at 83
Famous Deaths for 19th June 2018
1341 – Juliana van Falconieri, Italian saint/Swedish tenor, dies
1584 – François, Duke of Anjou (b. 1555)
1837 – Aleksander A Bestoezjev-Marlinsky, Russian writer, dies in battle
1840 – John Cockerill, English/Belgian industrial/orangist, dies at 50
1936 – John Sharpe, cricketer (1-eyed fast bowler for England 1891-92), dies
1944 – Bill Bradley, cricketer (bowled for England in two Tests 1899), dies
1944 – Han Yong-woon, Korean Buddhist reformer and poet, at 65
1966 – Ed Wynn [Isaiah Edwin Leopold], American comedian (Ed Wynn Show), dies at 79
1988 – Gladys Spellman, American. Congresswoman (b. 1918)
1991 – Jean Arthur, American actress (Shane, Mr Smith Goes to Washington), dies at 90
Famous Deaths for 18th June 2018
1580 – Juliana van Stolberg, Engraver of Nassau, dies
1902 – Samuel Butler, British writer (Erewhom), dies at 66
1939 – Frans “Sas” van Aerschot, Flemish operetta actor (Paljas), dies at 73
1967 – Giacomo Russo, Italian racing driver (b. 1937)
1985 – Paul Colin, French poster designer (b. 1892)
1995 – Charles Martin, cartoonist, dies at 85
1996 – Maitland Mackie, farmer, dies at 84
2005 – Manuel Sadosky, Argentine mathematician (b. 1914)
2008 – Jean Delannoy, French actor and director (b. 1908)
2017 – Lord Joffe [Joel Goodman Joffe], South African-born British lawyer (instructing solicitor for Nelson Mandela’s defence team) and businessman, dies at 85