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
Category: Famous Deaths
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
Famous Deaths for 18th June 2023
1884 – Juan Bautista Alberdi, Argentine political theorist and writer (Crime of War), dies at 74
1902 – Samuel Butler, English author (Erewhom, Way of All Flesh), dies at 66
1909 – Learmont Drysdale, Scottish composer, dies at 42
2005 – J.J. Pickle, American politician (Rep-D-Texas, 1963-95), dies at 91
2006 – Vincent Sherman, American film director (Mr. Skeffington), dies at 99
2007 – Georges Thurston, Canadian RandB and reggae musician and singer (Boule Noire), dies of cancer at 55
2008 – Miyuki Kanbe, Japanese actor (b. 1984)
2016 – Paul Cox, Dutch-born Australian director (Lonely Hearts), dies at 76
2017 – Lord Joffe [Joel Goodman Joffe], South African-born British lawyer (instructing solicitor for Nelson Mandela’s defence team) and businessman, dies at 85
2020 – Vera Lynn, British popular music singer, known as ‘the Forces’ Sweetheart’ (“We’ll Meet Again”; “The White Cliffs of Dover”), dies at 103
Famous Deaths for 17th June 2023
656 – Osman ibn Affan, 3rd kalief of Islam (644-56) murdered
1775 – Joseph Warren, American physician and soldier, dies at 34
1968 – José Nasazzi, Uruguayan soccer defender (41 caps; captain FIFA World Cup 1930; CA Bella Vista 322 games), dies at 67
1989 – John Matuszak, American NFL defensive end, 1973-82 (Oakland Raiders and 3 other teams), and actor (Caveman; The Goonies), dies of an accidental propoxyphene overdose at 38
1992 – Frederick Exley, American novelist (Fan’s Note), dies at 63
2005 – Karl Mueller, American bassist (Soul Asylum – “Runaway Train”), dies of complications from esophageal cancer at 41
2006 – Julian Slade, English popular composer (Salad Days), dies at 76
2007 – Paul Hodder-Williams, British publisher (Hodder and Stoughton), dies at 97
2015 – John David Crow, American College Football Hall of Fame back and tight end (Heisman Trophy 1957, Texas A and M; Pro Bowl 1959, 60, 62, 65; St. Louis Cardinals), dies at 79
2020 – Paulinho Paiakan, Brazilian indigenous chief (led Kayapó people against Belo Monte dam), dies of COVID-19 at about 65
Famous Deaths for 16th June 2023
1468 – Jean Le Fevre, Burgundian chronicler (b. ca. 1395)
1837 – Valentino Fioravanti, Italian composer, dies at 72
1885 – Wilhelm Camphausen, German painter (b. 1818)
1962 – Hans Kirk, Danish writer (The Fishermen), dies at 64
1969 – Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis, British field marshal and Governor General of Canada (1946-52), dies at 78
1979 – Ignatius Kutu Acheamphong, Ghanaian chief of state (1972-78), executed by firing squad during a coup at 47
1987 – John Mikaelsson, Swedish race walker (Olympic gold 10k 1948, 52), dies at 73
1993 – Lindsay Hassett, Australian cricket batsman and captain (43 Tests; 3,073 runs @ 46.56; 10 x 100s; Victoria) and broadcaster (ABC 1956-81), dies at 79
1997 – John Wolters, American drummer (Dr. Hook -“When You’re In Love With A Beautiful Woman”), dies at 52
2008 – Mario Rigoni Stern, Italian writer, World War II veteran and Nazi concentration camp survivor (b. 1921)