1341 – Andronicus III Paleologus, Byzantine emperor (1328-41), dies
1724 – Henry Sacheverell, English churchman and politician (b. 1674)
1768 – James Short, Scottish mathematician and manufacturer of telescopes, dies at 57
1889 – Mihail Eminesco, Romanian poet (Luceafarul), dies at 39
1982 – Neil Fitzgerald, Irish actor (Bride of Frankenstein), dies at 90
2006 – Alireza Shapour Shahbazi, Iranian archaeologist and a world expert on Achaemenid archeology, dies of cancer at 63
2013 – José Froilán González, Argentine race car driver, dies from respiratory failure at 90
2014 – Daniel Keyes, American author (Flowers for Algernon), dies from complications from pneumonia at 86
2014 – Casey Kasem, American radio personality (creator of American Top 40) and the voice of Shaggy on Scooby-Doo, dies from Lewy body dementia at 82
2017 – Aleksey Batalov, Russian actor named a People’s Artist of the USSR (1976) and a Hero of Socialist Labour (1989), dies at 88
Category: Famous Deaths
Famous Deaths for 14th June 2023
1703 – Jean Herauld Gourville, French adventurer (Mémoires), dies at 77
1916 – João Simões Lopes Neto, Brazilian writer (b. 1865)
1936 – Hans Poelzig, German architect (Grosses Schauspielhaus), dies at 67
1944 – Lubor Niederle, Czech archaeologist and anthropologist, dies at 78
1951 – Hendrik Baels, Belgian politician, dies at 73
1969 – Wynonie Harris, American rhythm and blues singer, dies of cancer at 53
1994 – Lionel Grigson, British jazz musician, dies at 52
1994 – Michel Vitold, Russian-French actor (Madame et le Mort), dies at 78
1997 – Richard Jaeckel, American actor (3:10 to Yuma, Sands of Iwo Jima, Sometimes a Great Notion), dies of cancer at 70
1999 – Bernie Faloney, American-Canadian professional football player (Hamilton Tiger-Cats), dies at 66
Famous Deaths for 13th June 2023
1817 – Richard Edgeworth, Anglo-Irish inventor and educationalist, dies at 73
1899 – [Robert] Lawson Tait, Scottish-born pioneering surgeon performed first salpingectomy for ectopic pregnancy, dies at 54
1946 – Edward Bowes, American radio host (Major Bowes Amateur Hour), dies at 71
1951 – Ben Chifley, Australian politician and the 16th Prime Minister of Australia (Labor: 1945-49), dies of a heart attack at 65
1972 – Stephanie von Hohenlohe, Austrian-German princess by her marriage to the diplomat Prince Friedrich Franz von Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst and spy, dies at 80
1982 – Peter Maivia, wrestler (b. 1935)
1982 – Abdul Aziz Khaled, King of Saudi-Arabia, dies at 69
2005 – Jonathan Adams, English actor (b. 1931)
2014 – Chuck Noll, American Pro Football HOF coach (Super Bowl 1974, 75, 78, 79; Pittsburgh Steelers 1969-91), dies from Alzheimer’s disease at 82
2022 – Carlos Ortiz, Puerto Rican boxer (World Light Welterweight Champion 1959-60; World Lightweight Champion 1962-65, 65-68), dies at 85
Famous Deaths for 12th June 2023
1687 – Jurriaen van Streeck, Dutch still life painter, buried
1946 – Count Hisaichi Terauchi, Japanese fieldmarshal, dies
1989 – Lou Monte {Scaglione], Italian-American novelty song singer-songwriter (Peppino the Italian Mouse; Dominick the Donkey), dies at 72
1995 – Luigi Innocenti, Italian motorbike and auto tycoon (Lambretta), dies at 71
2005 – Scott Young, Canadian sportswriter, novelist, and journalist (b. 1918)
2006 – György Ligeti, Hungarian classical composer (Le Grand Macabre), dies at 83 (b. 1923)
2006 – Kenneth Roy Thomson, 2nd Baron Thomson of Fleet, Canadian businessman and art collector (b. 1923)
2011 – Kati-Claudia Fofonoff, Skolt Sámi poet and writer, dies at 63
2016 – Janet Waldo, American radio and actress (Judy Jetson, Shazzan, Penelope Pitstop), dies at 97
2020 – William S. Sessions, American director of FBI (1987-93), dies at 90
Famous Deaths for 11th June 2023
1249 – Adelheid van Schaarbeek, Flemish mystic/saint, dies
1924 – Alexander de Savornin Lohman, Dutch minister and party leader (CHU), dies at 87
1956 – Corrado Alvaro, Italian writer (Poesie grigio-verdi), dies at 61
1965 – Vernon Johns, American civil rights activist, dies at 73
1970 – Aleksander Kerensky, Minister-Chairman of the Russian Provisional Government (1917), dies at 89
1992 – Scotty Sachs, actor (Hanoi Hilton), dies of gunshot wounds at 39
1999 – DeForest Kelley, American actor (Dr. Leonard “Bones” McCoy-Star Trek), dies of stomach cancer at 79
2001 – Amalia Mendoza, Mexican singer (Échame a mi la culpa), dies at 77
2005 – Ione Mylonas Shear, American archeologist (Bronze Age Greece), dies at 68
2012 – Norman F Lent, American republican Congressman, dies from cancer at 81
Famous Deaths for 10th June 2023
1727 – George Ludwig, German monarch of Hannover, King of England, dies at 67
1800 – Johann Abraham Peter Schulz, German composer, dies at 53
1868 – Michael Obrenovic, ruler of Serbia (1839-42,1860-68), murdered at 44
1906 – Richard Seddon, New Zealand politician (longest serving Prime Minister of New Zealand, 1893-1906), dies at 61
1942 – Stanley Lupino, English comic (Cheer Up; Over She Goes), dies at 48
1992 – Hachidal Nakamura, Japanese composer (Sukiyaki), dies at 61 of heart failure
1993 – Richard Webb, American actor (Captain Midnight, Out of the Past), shoots himself at 77
1995 – Masaya Hanai, Japanese businessman, dies at 82
2000 – Brian Statham, English cricket fast bowler (70 Tests, 252 wickets @ 24.84), dies at 69
2002 – John Gotti, American mafia gangster and head of the Gambino family, dies of throat cancer at 61
Famous Deaths for 9th June 2023
68 – Nero, Emperor of Rome (54-68), commits suicide at 31
1382 – Philip of Lead, lawyer of Utrecht, dies
1563 – William Paget, 1st Baron Paget, English statesman (b. 1506)
1717 – Louis Le Quointe, Flemish composer and organist (Bouquet de fleurs), dies at 64
1976 – Paul Rodenko, Dutch poet and writer (Never Marry a Witch), dies at 55
1996 – Walter Pardon, British folk singer and carpenter, dies at 81
1996 – Robert Kidd, marine geoscientist, dies at 48
2006 – Drafi Deutscher, German Schlager singer, dies of heart failure at 60
2008 – Algis Budrys, American writer (b. 1931)
2014 – Gerd Zacher, German composer and organist, dies at 84
Famous Deaths for 8th June 2023
1628 – Rudolph Goclenius, German philosopher (b. 1547)
1859 – Walter Hunt, American inventor (safety pin, sewing machine), dies at 62
1884 – Henry Clay Work, American composer, dies at 51
1995 – Lord Erskine of Rerrick, peer, dies at 69
1995 – Juan Carlos Ongania, President of Argentina (1966-70), dies
1996 – Barry Linehan, actor (Bullseye, Dark Places, Witchcraft), dies at 70
1996 – Phyllis Stedman, politician, dies at 79
2001 – Nathaniel Rochester, American computer scientist (chief architect of the IBM 701), dies at 82
2003 – Leighton Rees, Welsh darts player (BDO World Champion 1978), dies at 63
2010 – Crispian St. Peters [Robin Peter Smith], British pop singer (The Pied Piper; No No No), dies at 71
Famous Deaths for 7th June 2023
1859 – David Cox, English painter (Treatise on Landscape Paint), dies at 73
1899 – Augustin Daly, American playwright and theatrical manager, dies at 60
1951 – Bobel, Braune, Naumann, Ohlendorf, Pohl, Schallenmair and Otto Schmidt, Nazi war criminals, hanged
1970 – E. M. Forster, English writer and novelist (Maurice, Passage to India), dies at 91
1995 – “Sheikh” Imam [Eissa], Egyptian folk and protest singer-songwriter, dies at 76
1996 – José María Valverde, Spanish philosopher, poet and translator (La espera, Historia de la literatura universal), dies at 70
1998 – Thomas Narcejac, French writer (Vertigo), dies at 89
2003 – Trevor Goddard, English actor (b. 1962)
2015 – Michael Oliver, British cardiologist (linked cholesterol with coronary artery disease), dies at 89
2020 – Michael Beavis, British RAF officer, deputy Commanding-in-Chief (Allied Forces Central Europe), dies at 90
Famous Deaths for 6th June 2023
1563 – Ikeda Nagamasa, Japanese samurai commander (b. 1519)
1710 – Francoise de la Baume Le Blanc, mistress of King Louis XIV, dies at 65
1935 – Jacques Urlus, Dutch dramatic tenor (Opera of Leipzig, 1900-14; Tristan und Isolde; Song of the Earth), dies at 68
1947 – Norman Reid, cricketer (Test S Af v Aust 1921-22, 11 and 6, 2-63), dies
1979 – (John Joseph) “Jack” Haley, American vaudevillle and screen actor, singer, and dancer (The Wizard of Oz -“Tin Man”; Higher and Higher), dies of a heart attack at 81
1994 – Barry Sullivan, American actor (Duffy’s Tavern, Man Called X, Tall Man), dies at 81
2001 – Douglas Lilburn, New Zealand composer (A Song Of Islands) and educator (Victoria University, 1949-80), dies at 85
2002 – Robbin Crosby, American heavy metal rock guitarist and vocalist (Ratt – “Round and Round”), dies at 42
2011 – Shrek the sheep, New Zealand sheep that held world record for biggest shorn fleece, dies at 16
2022 – Eric Nesterenko, Canadian ice hockey center (NHL All Star 1961, 65; Toronto Maple Leafs; Stanley Cup 1961 Chicago Black Hawks), dies at 88