1904 – Camille de Renesse, Belgian nobleman and entrepreneur, dies at 67
1932 – René de Clerq, Flemish poet and writer (Book of Love), dies at 54
1936 – Karl Kraus, Austrian satirical writer, dies at 62
1952 – Michael von Faulhaber, German cardinal (Archbishop of Munich who opposed Nazi regime), dies at 83
1963 – Andrew Browne, Irish/British admiral (Cape Matapan, WW II), dies at 80
1980 – Milburn Stone, American actor (Gunsmoke, Pickup on South Street), dies from a heart attack at 75
1989 – Peter Baden, Norwegian composer, organist and music critic, dies at 80
1997 – Bulat Okudzhava, Russian poet-bard and singer-songwriter (founder of author’s song genre), dies at 73
2011 – Kati-Claudia Fofonoff, Skolt Sámi poet and writer, dies at 63
2023 – Harvey Glance, American athlete (Olympic gold 4x100m relay 1976; World C’ship gold 4x100m relay 1987), dies of a heart attack at 66
Category: Famous Deaths
Famous Deaths for 11th June 2024
1698 – Balthasar Bekker, Dutch theologist (helped end persecution of witches), dies at 64
1859 – Klemens von Metternich, Austrian statesman, Minister of Foreign Affairs (1809-48) and host of the Congress of Vienna (1814-15), dies at 86
1903 – King Alexander I of Serbia assassinated during a coup d’etat at 26
1956 – Ralph Morgan [Wupperman], American actor (Creeper, Imposter, Jack London), dies at 73
1970 – Frank Silvera, Jamaican-American actor (High Chaparral, Killer’s Kiss, Fear and Desire), accidentally electrocutes himself at 55
1991 – Vlastimil Fisar, Czech actor/pres (Intl Actors Federation), dies
1993 – Bernard Bresslaw, English comedian (Carry On team), dies of a heart attack at 59
1994 – Kitty Muggeridge, British author and translator, dies at 90
2001 – Timothy McVeigh, American Oklahoma City bomber and terrorist, executed for bombing Oklahoma City at 33
2003 – William Marshall, American stage and screen actor, director, and operatic singer (Frederick Douglass: Slave and Statesman; Blacula; Scream Blacula Scream), dies from Alzheimer’s disease at 78
Famous Deaths for 10th June 2024
1580 – Luis Vaz de Camoes, Portugal’s national poet (Os Lusiados), dies
1607 – John Popham, English politician (Speaker of the House, Lord Chief Justice), dies at 75 or 76
1849 – Friedrich Kalkbrenner, German-French pianist and composer, dies at 63
1849 – Thomas Robert Bugeaud, Marshal of France and duke of Isly, dies at 64
1955 – Margaret Abbott, American golfer (1st American woman to win Olympic event, golf 1900), dies at 76
1968 – Yury Sergeyevich Milyutin, Russian composer, dies at 65
1996 – Norman Lambert, British restaurateur, dies at 63 (b. 1933)
2016 – Gordie Howe, Canadian Hockey Hall of Fame right wing (23-time NHL All Star; NHL: Detroit Red Wings; WHA: Houston Aeros), dies of a stroke at 88
2020 – Harry Glickman, American journalist, promoter and sports executive (co-founder NBA Portland Trail Blazers, President 1987-94), dies at 96
2023 – Giannis Markopoulos, Greek composer (Zavara-Katra-Nemia; 24 Dances), dies of cancer at 84
Famous Deaths for 9th June 2024
1870 – Charles Dickens, English writer (Oliver Twist, A Tale of Two Cities, A Christmas Carol), dies of stroke at 58
1900 – Birsa Munda, Indian tribal freedom fighter, religious leader and folk hero of the Munda tribe who led an uprising in Bengal against the British Raj, dies in jail awaiting trial at 24
1964 – [William Maxwell] Max Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook, Canadian British newspaper owner (Leatherhead), dies at 85
1978 – Chief Tahachee [Jeff Davis Tahchee Cypert], Cherokee stage and film actor, dies from a heart attack at 74
1991 – Charles Loloma, painter/sculptor, dies
1994 – Dhirendra Bhramachari [Flying Swami], hindu leader, dies at 70
2001 – David Sheinfeld, American violinist and composer, dies at 94
2014 – Bob Welch, American baseball pitcher (AL Cy Young Award 1990; Oakland A’s; World Series 1981, 89, 2001), dies from a broken neck at 57
2018 – Lorraine Gordon [Stein], American jazz music advocate and owner of Village Vanguard jazz club, dies at 95
2022 – Oleg Moliboga, Ukrainian volleyball player (Olympic gold USSR 1980, silver 1976; World C’ship gold 1978, 82), dies at 69
Famous Deaths for 8th June 2024
1383 – Thomas Ros, 4th Baron de Ros of Helmsley, English Crusader, dies at 49
1714 – Sophia of Hanover, Princess Palatine and Electress of Saxony, dies at 83
1771 – George Montague-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax, English statesman, dies at 54
1831 – Sarah Kemble Siddons, English tragic actress (Fatal Marriage, Lady Macbeth), dies at 75
1993 – René Bousquet, French Vichy-police chief (deported Jews), dies at 84
1998 – Sani Abacha, de facto President of Nigeria (1993-98), dies at 54
2000 – (Abram) “Abe” Lincoln, American sweet jazz trombonist (Paul Whiteman; Ozzie Nelson), and Dixieland jazz revivalist, dies at 93
2018 – Eunice Gayson, British actress and 1st Bond Girl (Sylvia Trench- “Dr. No” and “From Russia With Love”), dies at 90
2022 – Julio Jiménez, Spanish road cyclist (King of the Mountains: Tour de France 1965, 66, 67 and Vuelta a España 1963, 64, 65), dies at 87
2022 – Aarno Turpeinen, Finnish soccer defender (16 caps; HJK 225 games), dies at 51
Famous Deaths for 7th June 2024
1549 – Eelke Fouckens, Frisian anabaptist, beheaded
1916 – Émile Faguet, French writer and critic (b. 1847)
1927 – Voikov, Soviet ambassador to Warsaw, murdered
1979 – Forrest [Asa Earl] Carter, American author and segregationist speech writer, dies at 53
1980 – Henry Miller, American writer (Tropic of Cancer, Tropic of Capricorn), dies of circulatory complications at 88
1988 – Joe Partridge, cricketer (South African pace bowler 1963-65), commits suicide
1995 – “Sheikh” Imam [Eissa], Egyptian folk and protest singer-songwriter, dies at 76
2009 – Kenny Rankin, American singer-songwriter (“Peaceful”), dies of lung cancer at 69
2011 – Paul Dickson, American football player and coach (b. 1937)
2011 – Hubert Du Plessis, South African pianist and composer, dies at 88
Famous Deaths for 6th June 2024
1730 – Alain Emmanuel de Coëtlogon, Marshal of France, dies at 83
1840 – Marcellin Champagnat, French priest (b. 1789)
1891 – John A. Macdonald, Canadian politician and businessman (1st Prime Minister of Canada 1867-73, 1878-91), dies of a stroke at 76
1922 – Lillian Russell, American actress and operetta singer, dies at about 60
1934 – Max Pallenberg [Pollack], Austrian extempore farce actor (Morn to Midnight), husband of operetta star Fritzi Massary, dies in air crash at 56
1946 – Gerhart Hauptmann, German author (Before Dawn – Nobel Prize in Literature, 1912), dies at 83
1977 – Sophie Stewart, actress (As You Like It), dies at 69
1985 – Siem Devout, Dutch actor, dies at 54
2015 – Pierre Brice [Pierre-Louis Le Bris], French actor (Winnetou), dies at 86
2023 – Gints Freimanis, Latvian soccer right-back (13 caps; Jelgava 110 games), dies from skin cancer at 38
Famous Deaths for 5th June 2024
1864 – William Edmonson “Grumble” Jones, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), dies in battle at 39
1894 – Immanuel Faisst, German composer, dies at 70
1953 – Bill Tilden, American tennis player (US Open 1920-25, 29; Wimbledon 1920-21, 30; French 1927, 30), dies of a heart attack at 60
1953 – Roland Young, English American actor (David Copperfield, Irene, Dulcy), dies at 65
1970 – Jay Irving, American cartoonist (Draw Me a Laugh), dies at 69
1984 – Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale, Indies Sikh leader
2001 – Pedro Laín Entralgo, Spanish writer, medical and humanist, dies at 93
2002 – Curtis Amy, American jazz musician (Way Down), dies at 72
2004 – Ronald Reagan, 40th US President (Republican: 1981-89) and actor (Bedtime for Bonzo), dies at 93
2005 – Susi Nicoletti, German actress (b. 1918)
Famous Deaths for 4th June 2024
1907 – Agathe Backer Grøndahl, Norwegian pianist, composer, and teacher, dies at 59
1962 – Clem McCarthy, American sportscaster (NBC Radio; RKO newsreels), dies at 79
1966 – Blanche Knopf, American publisher, president of Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. and wife of publisher Alfred A. Knopf Sr., dies at 71
1992 – Carl Stotz, founder (baseball’s little league), dies at 82
2001 – John Hartford [Harford], American folk and bluegrass fiddler, banjo player, and songwrite (“Gentle On My Mind”), dies at 63
2001 – Dipendra of Nepal, Nepal prince who shot his parent and seven other family members, dies in a coma while technically King at 29
2007 – Clete Boyer, American MLB baseball infielder, 1955-71 (New York Yankees, and 2 other teams), dies at 70
2011 – Andreas P. Nielsen, Danish author and composer, dies at 58
2012 – Pedro Borbón, Dominican baseball pitcher (World Series 1975, 76; Cincinnati Reds), dies from cancer at 65
2023 – Roger Craig, American baseball pitcher (World Series 1955, 59 – Brooklyn/LA Dodgers, 1964 St. Louis Cardinals) and manager (SD Padres, 1978-79; SF Giants, 1985-92), dies at 93
Famous Deaths for 3rd June 2024
545 – Chlotilde, wife of French King Clovis and saint, dies at about 70
1881 – Japanese giant salamander, dies in Dutch zoo at 55; oldest amphibian
1882 – Christian Wilberg, German painter, dies at 42
1890 – Henryk Oskar Kolberg, Polish folklorist and composer, dies at 76
1959 – Ole Windingstad, Norwegian conductor (Brooklyn’s Scandinavian Symphony Orchestra, 1913-39), pianist and composer, dies after a heart attack at 73
1995 – Frank Waters, American writer, dies at 92
1998 – Joseph C. Harsch, American newscaster (Background), dies at 93
2004 – Jonathan D. Kramer, American composer (Notta Sonata), dies of leukemia at 61
2013 – Deacon Jones, American Pro Football Hall of Fame defensive end (8 × Pro Bowl; 5 × First-team All-Pro; LA Rams, SD Chargers), dies from natural causes at 73
2017 – Jimmy Piersall, American baseball outfielder (MLB All Star 1954, 56; his bipolar disorder subject book and film, “Fear Strikes Out”), dies at 87