1741 – Elisabeth Therese of Lorraine, Queen consort of Sardinia (1737-41), dies at 29
1795 – Louis-Georges de Bréquigny, French historian, dies at 81
1858 – Alexander Andreyevich Ivanov, Russian painter (b. 1806)
1908 – Joel Chandler Harris, American writer (created Uncle Remus stories), dies at 59
1920 – William Crawford Gorgas, American physician and 22nd Surgeon-General of the U.S. Army (controlled yellow fever during building of the Panama Canal), dies at 65
1990 – Maurice Girodias, French publisher and founder (Olympia Press), dies at 71
1993 – “Curly” Joe DeRita, American actor and comedian (The Three Stooges), dies of pneumonia at 83
1995 – Pancho González, American tennis player (US National C’ships singles 1948-49; Wimbledon and French Open Doubles, 1949; 13 x Pro Grand Slam titles), dies of stomach cancer at 67
2003 – Charles Henderson Tidbury, British brewing executive (Whitbread and Co), dies at 77
2006 – Joseph Goguen, American computer scientist (professor of Computer Science at the University of California and University of Oxford), dies at 65
Category: Famous Deaths
Famous Deaths for 2nd July 2025
1863 – Stephen Hinsdale Weed, US Union brigadier general, dies in battle at 28
1940 – Bertram Shapleigh, composer, dies at 69
1952 – Henriëtte Bosmans, Dutch cellist, pianist and composer, dies at 56
1955 – Edward Lawson, Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross, dies at 82
1961 – Ernest Hemingway, American author (The Old Man and the Sea, Nobel Prize for Literature – 1954), dies from suicide at 61
1973 – Ferdinand Schörner, German field marshal, dies at 81
1990 – Snooky Lanson [Roy Landman], American singer (Your Hit Parade; 5 Star Jubilee), dies at 76
1995 – Gervase Jackson-Stops, British historian and architectural adviser to the National Trust (1972-95), dies of an AIDS related illness at 48
2008 – Natasha Shneider, Russian musician (Eleven), dies at 52
2015 – Slavko Avsenik, Slovenian polka and Oberkrain ethnic accordionist, piano player, and composer (Avsenik Brothers Ensemble), dies at 85
Famous Deaths for 1st July 2025
1589 – Christophe Plantin, French-Belgian book publisher (Officina Plantiniana), dies
1774 – Henry Fox, 1st Baron Holland, English corrupt politician (Chiswick), dies at 68
1883 – Manuel Gregorio Tavárez, Puerto Rican composer, dies at 39
1885 – Hermann von Fehling, German chemist (Fehling’s solution), dies at 73
1943 – Auguste Reitsma, Dutch resistance fighter (census director), executed
1983 – R. Buckminster Fuller, American architect and inventor (geodesic dome), dies at 87
1988 – Robert Riefling, Norwegian concert pianist, and pedagogue (Royal Danish Academy, 1967-88; Norwegian Academy of Music, 1973-88), dies at 76
1999 – Edward Dmytryk, Canadian film director (Carpetbaggers, Young Lions, Caine Mutiny), dies at 90
2020 – Ida Haendel, Polish-British-Canadian child prodigy violinist, teacher, and author (Woman with Violin), dies of kidney cancer at 91
2023 – Dilano van ‘t Hoff, Dutch race car driver (F4 Spanish Championship, 2021), dies in a crash during Regional European Championship race at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium at 18
Famous Deaths for 30th June 2025
1224 – Adolf of Osnabrück, Saint Adolf (b. 1185)
1785 – James Oglethorpe, English military officer, philanthropist and founder of the US colony of Georgia, dies at 88
1971 – Viktor Patsayev, Soviet cosmonaut (Soyuz 11-landing accident), dies in outer space aboard Soyuz 11 at 38
1973 – Nancy Mitford, English author (Love in a Cold Climate), one of the Mitford sisters, dies of cancer at 68
1980 – Virginia Brown Faire, American silent film actress (Lonesome Trail, Temptress), dies at 76
1995 – Sicco Mansholt, Dutch politician, (President of the Commission of Europe 1972-1973), dies at 86
2004 – Jamal Abro, Sindhi writer, dies at 80
2020 – Alfred Kotey, Ghanaian boxer (WBO Bantamweight C’ship 1994-95), dies of complications from a stroke at 52
2021 – Inge Danielsson, Swedish soccer midfielder (17 caps; Ifö/Bromölla IF, Helsingborgs IF, AFC Ajax, IFK Norrköping), dies at 80
2022 – Bill Squires, American track and field coach (Greater Boston Track Club: Bill Rodgers, Alberto Salazar, Dick Beardsley, Greg Meyer; Boston State College 1965-78), dies at 89
Famous Deaths for 29th June 2025
1059 – Bernard II, Duke of Saxony
1798 – Kaat Mussel [Catharina Mulder], Dutch political protester in Rotterdam (orangism), dies at 75
1900 – Ivan Pervushin, Russian mathematician (number theory), dies at 73
1956 – Max Emmerich, American athlete and gymnast (Olympic gold, triathlon 1904), dies at 77
1967 – Jayne Mansfield [Vera Jayne Palmer], American actress (The Girl Can’t Help It), dies in a car crash at 34
1995 – Roy Rowland, American film director, dies at 84
2006 – Fabián Bielinsky, Argentinean film director (b. 1959)
2015 – Josef Masopust, Czech soccer midfielder (63 caps Czechoslovakia; Dukla Prague 386 games) and manager (Czechoslovakia, Dukla Prague, Zbrojovka Brno, Hasselt, FK Pelikán Děčín), dies at 85
2020 – Carl Reiner, American comedian, actor, screenwriter (Your Show Of Shows; 2000 Year Old Man; The Dick Van Dyke Show), director (The Comic; The Jerk), and author, dies at 98
2021 – John Lawton, British rock singer (Lucifer’s Friend, 1970-76, 1981-82, 2014–21; Uriah Heep, 1977-79), dies at 74
Famous Deaths for 28th June 2025
1754 – Martin Folkes, English antiquarian and mathematician, dies at 63
1880 – Texas Jack Omohundro, American frontier scout, actor, and cowboy, dies at 33
1913 – Manoel Ferraz de Campos Salles, Brazilian lawyer, politician (President of Brazil, 1898-1902), and coffee grower, dies at 72
1914 – Franz Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria and his wife Sophie are assassinated in Sarajevo by young Serb nationalist Gavrilo Princip, leads to declarations of war in WWI
1915 – Victor Trumper, Australian cricket batsman (48 Tests, top score 214; key figure foundation of rugby league in Australia), dies of Bright’s disease at 37
1965 – (Ernest) “Red” Nichols, American jazz cornetist, composer and jazz bandleader (His Five Pennies – “Ida, Sweet as Apple Cider”; “Bugler’s Lament”), dies of a heart attack at 60
1981 – Floyd “Candy” Johnson, American jazz saxophonist (Andy Kirk; Count Basie; Bill Doggett), and educator, dies at 59
1994 – (Fredericka) “Fredi” Washington, American stage and screen actress (Black and Tan), writer, and civil rights activist, dies at 90
2006 – George Unwin, British WWII fighter ace (b. 1913)
2024 – Orlando Cepeda, Puerto Rican Baseball HOF first baseman (11 × MLB All-Star; World Series and NL MVP 1967 St. Louis Cardinals; NL Rookie of the Year 1958 SF Giants), dies at 86
Famous Deaths for 27th June 2025
1654 – Johann Valentin Andreae, German theologian and writer (claimed to have written Rosicrucian text), dies at 67
1773 – Mentewab, dowager Empress of Ethiopia (b. circa 1706)
1848 – Denis-Auguste Affre, Archbishop of Paris (1840-48) and opponent of King Louis-Philippe, shot to death at 54
1958 – Martinus Ballings, Belgian Jesuit author (Wilskracht/Willpower), dies at 93
1960 – Harry Pollitt, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Great Britain dies at 69
1970 – Daniel Kinsey, American hurdler (b. 1902)
1992 – Stefanie Ann Sargent, American guitarist (7 Year Bitch), dies of alcohol and heroin overdose at 24
2011 – Betty Callaway, English figure skating coach (Torvill and Dean, Regőczy and Sallay), dies after a fall at 83
2015 – Denis Vigay, British cellist (BBC Symphony; Academy of St Martin in the Fields; Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band), dies at 89
2024 – Landry Nguémo, Cameroonian soccer defensive midfielder (41 caps; Nancy, Bordeaux, Saint-Étienne), dies in a car accident at 38
Famous Deaths for 26th June 2025
1291 – Eleanor of Provence, wife of Henry III of England
1864 – Tom Hyer, American bare-knuckle boxer (American heavyweight champion 1841-51), dies of edema at 45
1906 – Alexander Muir, Canadian composer (The Maple Leaf Forever), dies at 76
1965 – Johan Conrad Kikkert, Dutch painter and critic who promoted modern art in the Netherlands through Modern Art Circle, dies at 82
1992 – Herman Rohde, professional wrestler (b. 1921)
1993 – Roy Campanella, American Baseball Hall of Fame catcher (NL MVP 1951, 53, 55; World Series 1955; 8 x MLB All Star; Brooklyn Dodgers), dies of a heart attack at 71
2001 – William Bryant, American character actor (King Dinosaur, Hell Squad), dies of cancer at 77
2021 – Jon Hassell, American composer and trumpet player (Dream Theory In Malaya), dies at 84
2022 – Ole Barndorff-Nielsen, Danish mathematician and statistical theorist, dies at 87
2024 – Pat Heywood, Scottish actress (10 Rillington Place; Lucky Feller), dies at 92
Famous Deaths for 25th June 2025
1514 – Berta Jacobsdr [Suster Bertken], Dutch hermit, dies at 87
1876 – Lame White Man, Cheyenne, dies at the Battle of the Little Bighorn
1896 – Emile A. H. Seipgens, Dutch novice priest, beer brewer, poet and writer (The Chaplain Bardelo), dies at 58
1942 – Hans Lietzman, German theologist and church historian, dies at 67
1959 – Charles Starkweather, American spree killer (11 victims), executed by electric chair at 20
1960 – Tommy Corcoran, American baseball shortstop (MLB shortstop game assist record 14), dies at 91
1961 – John Alexander Douglas McCurdy, Canadian aviator, dies at 74
1985 – Connie “Pee Wee” Crayton, American RandB and blues guitarist and singer (“Do Unto Others”), dies of a heart attack at 70
2018 – Bo Nilsson, Swedish composer (Doppelspiel), dies at 81
2020 – Marga Richter, American classical pianist and composer (Landscapes of the Mind; Out of Shadows and Solitude), dies at 93
Famous Deaths for 24th June 2025
1766 – Adrien-Maurice de Noailles, third Duke of Noailles, soldier, and Marshal of France, dies at 87
1860 – Jérôme Bonaparte, King of Westphalia (1807-13), dies at 75
1933 – Sissieretta Joyner Jones, American singer (“Black Patti”), dies at about 64
1938 – “Digger” Robertson, Australian cricketer (Test for Australia 1885, played in California), dies at 76
1945 – José Gutierrez Solana, Spanish painter and author (Madrid Escenas), dies at 59
1947 – Emil Seidel, German-American politician (36th Mayor of Milwaukee), dies at 82
1995 – Inshan Ali, West Indian cricketer (WI chinaman bowler 1971-77), dies at 45
2002 – Pierre Werner, Prime Minister of Luxembourg (1979-84), dies at 88
2005 – Paul Winchell (Wilchinsky), American ventriloquist (Jerry Mahoney, Knucklehead Smiff), inventor (mechanical artificial human heart,1963), voice actor (Winnie the Pooh – “Tigger”; Dick Dastardly; The Banana Splits -“Fleegle”), and acupuncturist, dies at 82
2020 – Jane Parker-Smith. English classical organist, dies at 70