1537 – Madeleine of Valois, French princess who briefly became Queen of Scotland after marrying James V, dies only six months after the wedding at 16
1898 – Lucien Petipa, French dancer/choreograph/ballet leader, dies
1907 – James McGranahan, American composer, dies at 67
1939 – Deacon White, American Baseball Hall of Fame catcher (NL batting champion, RBI leader 1877; Boston Red Stockings), dies from heat stroke at 91
1968 – Leo Sowerby, American organist and composer (Pulitzer Prize for Music, 1946), dies at 73
1987 – Tibor Frešo, Slovak composer (Fanfares of Peace; A Beetle was Born), and conductor (Slovak National Theatre Opera), dies at 68
1992 – Juanita Jackson Mitchell, American lawyer (1st African American to practice law in Maryland, NAACP), dies at 79
2005 – Al Downing, American rockabilly piano player and singer (Big Al and The Chartbusters), dies at 65
2016 – Rokusuke Ei, Japanese author and lyricist (Sukiyaki), dies at 83
2021 – Chick Vennera, American actor (Thank God It’s Friday; High Risk; Milagro Beanfield War; Animaniacs), dies of lung cancer at 74
Category: Famous Deaths
Famous Deaths for 6th July 2023
1480 – Antonio Squarcialupi [Giovanni], Italian composer and organist (Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore, 1432-80), dies at 64
1918 – Count von Mirbach, German ambassador to Moscow, dies
1950 – Harold Weekes, American College Football Hall of Fame halfback (Columbia University; All American 1901), dies at 70
1979 – Van McCoy, American musician and songwriter (The Hustle), dies of a heart attack at 39
1980 – Gail Patrick [Margaret Fitzpatrick], American actress (My Man Godfrey, Love Crazy), dies of leukemia at 69
1990 – Paul Wynne, KGO-TV SF reporter, dies of AIDS at 46
1994 – Cameron Mitchell, American actor (The High Chaparral), dies of lung cancer at 75
2014 – Alan J. Dixon, American politician (Sen-D-Illinois, 1981-93), dies at 86
2014 – Kathy Stobart, British jazz tenor saxophonist, bandleader, and teacher, dies of a stroke at 89
2022 – Bryan Marchment, Canadian NHL defenseman, 1989-2006 (Edmonton Oilers, San Jose Sharks, and 7 other teams), dies at 53
Famous Deaths for 5th July 2023
1833 – Nicéphore Niépce, French inventor (b. 1765)
1873 – John Robertson, American politician, dies at 87
1883 – Frederick Scotson Clark, English organist and composer, dies at 42
1906 – Paul Karl Ludwig Drude, German physicist (optics), committed suicide at 42
1989 – Ernesto Halffter, Spanish classical and film score composer (Rapsodia portuguesa; is Don Quixote de la Mancha), and conductor, dies at 84
1990 – Mitch Snyder, homeless advocate, commits suicide by hanging at 46
2014 – Rosemary Murphy, American actress (Margaret-Lucas Tanner), dies from esophageal cancer at 89
2015 – Yoichiro Nambu, Japanese-born American Physicist (Nobel Prize 2008), dies at 94
2016 – Beatrice de Cardi, British archaeologist, dies at 102
2017 – Pierre Henry, French composer (considered pioneer of musique concrète), dies at 89
Famous Deaths for 4th July 2023
1826 – John Adams, 2nd US President (1797-1801), dies at 90
1850 – William Kirby, English entomologist and original member of the Linnean Society and a Fellow of the Royal Society, dies at 90
1961 – William Franklin “Frank” Smith, American actor (Cowboy and Bandit, Scarlet Car, Frontier Days), dies of lung cancer at 83
1969 – Georges Ronsse, Belgian road cyclist (UCI Road World C’ship 1928, 29), dies at 63
1970 – Barnett Newman, American abstract expressionist painter (Black Fire I), dies at 65
1986 – Flor Peeters, Flemish organist and composer (Lied Symphony), dies at 83
1997 – Charles Kuralt, American news anchor (CBS Sunday Morning), dies at 62
2000 – Gustaw Herling-Grudzinski, Polish writer (b. 1919)
2008 – Evelyn Keyes, American actress (Gone With The Wind), dies at 91
2017 – Gene Conley, American baseball pitcher (4 x MLB All Star; Boston/Milwaukee Braves, Philadelphia Phillies) and basketball forward (NBA C’ship 1959–1961; Boston Celtics), dies at 86
Famous Deaths for 3rd July 2023
1741 – Elisabeth Therese of Lorraine, Queen consort of Sardinia (1737-41), dies at 29
1966 – (Joseph) Deems Taylor, American music critic (New York World), composer (Through The Looking Glass; Peter Ibbetson), and promoter of classical music (Fantasia), dies at 80
1985 – Frank J. Selke, Canadian Hockey HOF executive (9 x Stanley Cup Toronto Maple Leafs, Montreal Canadiens), dies at 92
1996 – Pim Jacobs, Dutch jazz pianist, TV host and actor (Gilas), dies at 61
2004 – John Barron, British actor (Emergency – Ward 10; The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin), dies at 83
2008 – Larry Harmon, American entertainer and TV producer (Bozo the Clown), dies at 83
2008 – Oliver Schroer, Canadian fiddler and composer, dies of leukemia at 52
2018 – Richard Swift [Ochoa], American singer and songwriter (The Black Keys), dies of complications from hepatitis at 41
2018 – Bill Watrous, American jazz trombonist, dies at 79
2022 – Ni Kuang, Hong Kong-American screenwriter and novelist ((The 36th Chamber of Shaolin), dies at 87
Famous Deaths for 2nd July 2023
1822 – Denmark Vesey, American carpenter and ex-slave who planned an unsuccessful slave revolt in Charleston, South Carolina, hanged with 5 others at Blake’s Landing, Charleston, South Carolina at about 55
1920 – William Louis Marshall, American general and engineer, dies at 74
1971 – Edward Ballantine, American composer and music professor, dies at 84
1972 – Joseph Fielding Smith Jr., 10th president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons), dies at 95
1984 – Paul Dozois, Quebec politician (b. 1908)
1987 – Michael Bennett, American theater director and choreographer (Chorus Line), dies of AIDS at 44
1992 – Borisav Pekic, Serbian writer/politician, dies
2014 – Louis Zamperini, American World War II veteran whose story of capture by the Japanese inspired the movie “Unbroken”, dies at 97
2018 – Henry Butler, American jazz and blues pianist, educator, and photographer (Dark Light: The Art of Blind Photographers), dies of cancer at 69
2019 – Michael Colgrass, American-Canadian composer (“Déjà vu” – Pulitzer Prize for Music, 1978), dies at 81
Famous Deaths for 1st July 2023
1109 – Alfonso VI, King of Castile and Leon (conquered Toledo) (b. c. 1040)
1614 – Isaac Casaubon, English classical scholar (Atheneaus), dies at 55
1943 – Johan Brouwer, Dutch writer, Hispanist, and anti-Nazi resistance fighter, executed at 45
1953 – Jacob D du Toit [Totius], South African poet/theologist, dies
1958 – Harry Nicholls Holmes, American chemist (crystallized vitamin A), dies at 78
1978 – Kurt Student, German Luftwaffe general (b. 1890)
1996 – William T. Cahill, American politician, 46th Governor of New Jersey (1970-74), dies at 84
1998 – Lucy Reed [Dollinger], American jazz vocalist (Woody Herman; Charlie Ventura), dies at 77
2003 – Herbie Mann, American jazz flutist (“Hijack”; Push Push; Memphis Underground), dies at 73
2012 – Loyd Gentry, American thoroughbred trainer (Kentucky Derby 1967 Proud Clarion), dies of heart failure at 86
Famous Deaths for 30th June 2023
1882 – Alberto Henschel, German-Brazilian photographer and businessman, dies at 55
1914 – Bai Long [White Wolf], Chinese Robin Hood/crowd leader, dies
1935 – Bill Brockwell, English cricketer (British all-rounder in 7 Tests 1893-99), dies at 70
1953 – Charles William Miller, father of football in Brazil (b. 1874)
1992 – Nico Booken, Dutch director (Jewish Labor Social), dies at 72
1995 – Sicco Mansholt, Dutch politician, (President of the Commission of Europe 1972-1973), dies at 86
1996 – Jef Maes, Belgian composer and violinist, dies at 91
1997 – Albus Dumbledore [Professor Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore], fictional character, Headmaster of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, dies at 115
2001 – Joe Henderson, American jazz saxophonist, dies at 64
2016 – Geoffrey Hill, English poet, dies at 84
Famous Deaths for 29th June 2023
1306 – Musho [Hokai], Zen teacher (found subtemple at Jochiji), dies
1880 – George Willem Vreede, Dutch lawyer and politician, dies at 71
1933 – Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle, American actor (The Bell Boy, Moonshine, Keystone comedies), dies from a heart attack at 46
1964 – Eric Dolphy, American jazz saxophone, bass clarinet, and flute player, dies of insulin shock at 36
1994 – Kurt Eichhorn, German conductor, dies at 85
1995 – Lana Turner, American pin-up model and actress (Peyton Place; The Postman Always Rings Twice; Imitation of Life), dies of cancer at 74
1997 – William Hickey, American actor (Prizzi’s Honor, The Nightmare Before Christmas), dies of emphysema at 69
1998 – Horst Jankowski, German jazz and easy listening pianist (“A Walk In The Black Forest”), dies of lung cancer at 62
2000 – Arnie Weinmeister, Canadian Pro Football Hall of Fame defensive tackle (Pro Bowl 1950–53; First-team All-Pro 1950–53; NY Yankees, NY Giants; BC Lions), dies at 77
2021 – Carlos Vilar, Argentine sailor (Snipe World Championships gold 1948, 51), dies from COVID-19 at 91
Famous Deaths for 28th June 2023
1598 – Abraham Ortelius, Flemish cartographer and dealer in maps, books, and antiquities (Theatrum orbis terrarum), dies at 71
1754 – Martin Folkes, English antiquarian and mathematician, dies at 63
1889 – Maria Mitchell, 1st US woman astronomer (Vassar), dies at 70
1916 – Ştefan Luchian, Romanian painter (b. 1868)
1980 – José Iturbi, Spanish pianist and conductor, dies at 84
1982 – Gerard Rutten, Dutch film director (Sterren stralen overal), dies at 79
2006 – George Page, American television host (b. 1935)
2015 – Jack Carter [Chakrin], American comedian and actor, dies at 93
2018 – Harlan Ellison, American sci-fi author and screenwriter (Star Trek-“The City on the Edge of Forever”), dies at 84
2020 – Joe Bugel, American football coach (offensive line Washington Redskins ‘Hogs’, Super Bowl 1982, 87; Phoenix Cardinals, Oakland Raiders), dies of bone cancer at 80