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
Category: Famous Deaths
Famous Deaths for 27th June 2023
1848 – Heinrich Zschokke, German Swiss writer, dies at 77
1876 – Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg, German naturalist and zoologist (micro-organisms), dies at 81
1952 – Max Dehn, German mathematician (Dehn’s lemma), dies at 73
1970 – Daniel Kinsey, American hurdler (b. 1902)
1986 – Don Rogers, of Cleveland Browns, dies of cocaine poisoning
1996 – Albert R. Broccoli, American film producer (James Bond films), sometimes known as “Cubby”, dies at 87
2001 – Jack Lemmon, American actor (Days of Wine and Roses, Missing), dies of colon cancer and metastatic cancer of the bladder at 76
2005 – Domino Harvey, English-born bounty hunter (b. 1969)
2007 – Dragutin Tadijanović, Croatian poet (b. 1905)
2022 – Marlin Briscoe, American College Football HOF quarterback/wide receiver (Uni Nebraska–Omaha; Super Bowl 1972, 73 Miami Dolphins; Pro Bowl 1970 Buffalo Bills), dies of pneumonia at 76
Famous Deaths for 26th June 2023
1657 – Tobias Michael, German composer, dies at 65
1661 – Lazaro Valvasensi, Italian organist and composer, dies at 76
1819 – Johann Wilhelm Stadler, German composer, dies at 71
1945 – Nikolay Tcherepnin, Russian composer of ballets, dies at 72
1946 – Yosuke Matsuoka, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan (b. 1880)
1967 – Errol Hunte, Trinidadian cricketer (WI batsman in 3 Tests v England 1930), dies at 55
2004 – Naomi Shemer, Israeli singer-songwriter (b. 1930)
2009 – Erhard Karkoschka, German composer, conductor (Contac-Ensemble), educator, and music scholar, dies at 86
2020 – Jaroslav Pollák, Slovak soccer midfielder (49 caps, Czechoslovakia; Sparta Prague, Austria Salzburg), dies at 72
2021 – Marcelo Campo, Argentine rugby union winger (20 Tests Argentina, 6 South America; Pueyrredón SC), dies from a heart attack at 63
Famous Deaths for 25th June 2023
1882 – François Jouffroy, French sculptor (b. 1806)
1942 – Hans Lietzman, German theologist and church historian, dies at 67
1961 – Miriam (Ma) Ferguson, US politician, 1st US elected women governor, Governor of Texas (1925-27, 1933-35), dies at 86
1968 – Tony Hancock, English comedian and actor (Hancock’s Half Hour), commits suicide at 44
1978 – Barry Brown, American actor (Frederick Winterbourne-Daisy Miller), dies at 27
1986 – Gery Florizoone, Flemish poet, dies at 63
1997 – Jacques Cousteau, French oceanic explorer (Calypso), dies of a heart attack at 87
1999 – Fred Trump, American real estate developer and father of Donald Trump, dies of pneumonia while suffering from Alzheimer’s disease at 93
2001 – Yuri Petrovich Sheffer, Russian cosmonaut, dies at 53
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 2023
1572 – Cornelis van Diest, Dutch lay brother of Enkhuizen, hanged
1945 – Jose Gutierrez Solana, Spanish painter and author (Madrid Escenas), dies at 59
1963 – Jud Wilson, American Baseball HOF infielder (NgL World Series 1943, 44; Baltimore Black Sox, Homestead Grays, Philadelphia Stars), dies at 67
1978 – Robert Charroux, French writer (b. 1909)
1987 – Hines Johnson, West Indian cricket fast bowler (3 Tests; first WI fast bowler to take 10 wickets in a Test), dies at 76
1991 – Sumner Locke Elliott, Australian-born American novelist (b. 1917)
1992 – Tony LeMans [MansFortier], American singer-songwriter((“Cookie Crumbles”), dies in a motorcycle crash at 29
2004 – Ifigeneia Giannopoulou, Greek lyricist, journalist, and children’s book author, dies of an allergic reaction at 39 or 40 [birth year uncertain]
2015 – Mario Biaggi, American politician (Rep-DandR-NY, 1969-88), dies at 97
2021 – Eleazar Soria, Peruvian soccer defender (29 caps, Copa America 1975; Universitario, Independiente, Sporting Cristal), dies at 73
Famous Deaths for 23rd June 2023
1895 – Joseph Paul Skelly, Irish-American composer (“Keep The Horseshoe Over The Door”), dies at 44
1956 – Michael Arlen [Dikran Kouyoumdjian], British author and scriptwriter (An American Verdict), dies at 60
1970 – Roscoe Turner, American aviator and racer (b. 1895)
1996 – Elbert Parr Tuttle, American lawyer, judge and civil rights champion (one of the Fifth Circuit Four), dies at 98
1998 – Paul O’Dwyer, Irish-American politician and President of City Council (D-NYC), dies at 90
2006 – Dave Webster, American football player (led his football team to a National Championship in 1958), dies at 68
2013 – Bobby Bland, American blues and soul singer, dies at 83
2019 – Dave Bartholomew, American RandB, rock, and jazz musician, composer, producer, and songwriter (“I Hear You Knocking”; “Ain’t That A Shame”; “Walkin’ To New Orleans”), dies at 100
2021 – Ellen McIlwaine, American blues singer-songwriter, and slide guitarist (“Honky Tonky Angel”; “In My Time of Dying”), dies of esophageal cancer at 75
2022 – Alain Plantefol, French rugby union second rower (11 Tests; Racing CF, SU Agen), dies at 79
Famous Deaths for 22nd June 2023
1745 – Hubert Renotte, Flemish composer and organist, dies at 41
1945 – Isamu Tsjo, Japanese chief-staff 32nd Army, commits harakiri
1965 – David O Selznick, American Academy Award-winning producer (Gone With The Wind; Rebecca), dies of a heart attack at 63
1966 – Roger Blunt MBE, New Zealand cricket all-rounder and broadcaster (9 Tests; BBC), dies at 65
1967 – Adrian Grigor’yevich Shaposhnikov, composer, dies at 79
1979 – (Walter) “Pee Wee” Hunt, American jazz trombonist (Casa Loma Orchestra, 1929-43; “Twelfth Street Rag”, “Oh!”), and bandleader, dies at 72
1988 – Burrill Phillips, American classical composer (Play Ball; Perspectives in a Labyrinth), pianist, and educator, dies after a heart attack at 80
1996 – Leo Nichols, businessman, honorary consul and longtime friend of Burma’s opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, dies at 65
2012 – Fernie Flaman [Ferdinand], Canadian Hall of Fame NHL player, dies at 85
2015 – Laura Antonelli, Italian actress (Wifemistress, Divine Nymph), dies at 73
Famous Deaths for 21st June 2023
1573 – Antonie van Burgundy, mayor of sealand, dies in battle
1874 – Anders Jonas Ångström, Swedish physicist (Spectroscopy), dies at 59
1884 – Alexander, Prince of Orange, heir apparent to the Netherlands, dies of typhus at 32
1940 – Hendrik Marsman, Dutch poet, writer and critic, drowns at 40
1945 – Josef Hora, Czech writer and poet (Sinking Shadows), dies at 53
1957 – Donald MacBride, American vaudeville, stage and screen character actor (Topper Returns; The Seven Year Itch; My Friend Irma – “Mr. Clyde”), dies of a heart ailment at 63
1994 – Mark Isfeld, Canadian soldier and combat Engineer, dies from a landmine at 31
2003 – Leon Uris, American novelist (Exodus; Topaz; QB VII), dies of kidney failure at 78
2018 – Charles Krauthammer, American conservative political commentator and psychiatrist (The Washington Post), dies small intestine cancer of at 68
2021 – Tom Kurvers, American ice hockey defenseman (Hobey Baker Award 1984; Stanley Cup 1986 Montreal Canadiens), dies from adenocarcinoma at 58
Famous Deaths for 20th June 2023
1846 – Pieter Adams, architect of Rotterdam, dies at about 67
1963 – Joseph Self, American murderer, executed by hanging in Walla Walla, Washington at 32; last state execution until 1990
1984 – Hans Studer, Swiss composer, dies at 73
1990 – Ina Balin, actress (Patsy), dies at 52, of pulmonary hypertension
1994 – Bankole Timothy, Sierra Leonean journalist, dies at 70
1997 – Lawrence Payton, American pop and soul singer (Four Tops – “I’ll Be There”), dies at 59
2006 – Billy Johnson, American baseball player, dies at 87
2011 – Ryan Dunn, American actor and TV personality (Homewrecker), dies at 34
2016 – James Victor, Dominican-American actor (Boulevard Night, Streets of LA), dies at 76
2020 – Jim Kiick, American football running back (Super Bowl 1972, 73; AFL All-Star 1968, 69; Miami Dolphins), dies from Alzheimer’s disease at 73
Famous Deaths for 19th June 2023
1539 – Lorenzo Campeggio Italian cardinal (legate for the Pope over English Henry VIII marriage to Catherine of Aragon), dies at 65
1759 – Charles-Joseph-Balthazar Sohier, composer, dies at 31
1837 – Aleksander Bestuzhev-Marlinsky, Russian author, dies in battle at 39
1975 – Sam Giancana, American mobster and boss of the Chicago Outfit (1957-66), dies of multiple gunshot wounds at 67
1989 – Ad van Emmenes, Dutch soccer reporter, dies at 91
2009 – Ali Akbar Khan, Indian classical sarod player, composer, and music educator, dies of kidney failure at 87
2010 – Angela Rumbold, British politician (C), dies at 78
2013 – Gyula Horn, Hungarian Prime Minister (1994-8), dies at 80
2017 – Brian Kenny, British Army officer, Deputy Supreme Allied Commander (Europe), dies at 83
2022 – Brett Tuggle, American session and touring rock keyboard player (David Lee Roth, 1986-94; Fleetwood Mac, 1997-2017), dies of cancer at 70