1816 – Giovanni Paisiello, Italian composer (Serva Padrona), dies at 76
1825 – Odysseas Androutsos, hero in the Greek War of Independence (Chani of Gravia,), executed for supposedly collaborating with the Ottomans at 37
1868 – Anselm Hüttenbrenner, Austrian composer, dies at 73
1880 – Jacob Jan Cremer, Dutch author (Betuwsche Novellen), dies at 52
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
1983 – Kurt Tank, German aircraft designer (WWII Luftwaffe planes), dies at 85
2003 – Manuel Rosenthal, French composer and conductor, dies at 98
2005 – Adolfo Aguilar Zínser, Mexican politician (b. 1949)
2009 – Boris Pokrovsky, Russian operatic stage director, dies at 97
2015 – Richard Johnson, British stage and screen actor and producer (Never So Few, Restless, Beyond the Door), dies at 87
Category: Famous Deaths
Famous Deaths for 4th June 2023
1206 – Adèle of Champagne, wife of Louis VII of France
1950 – Sam Staples, English cricket medium pace bowler (3 Tests, 15 wickets; Nottinghamshire), dies at 57
1960 – Lucien Littlefield, American actor (Blondie), dies at 64
1961 – William Astbury, English physicist and chemist (pioneer in molecular biology), dies at 63
1994 – Roberto Burle Marx, Brazilian landscape gardener, dies at 84
2007 – Bill France, Jr., NASCAR pioneer, dies of lung cancer at 74
2011 – Kevin Kavanaugh, American rock keyboard player (Southside Johnny and The Asbury Jukes, 1975-90), dies at 59
2013 – Cornelius “Nini” Harp, American doo-wop singer (The Marcels – “Blue Moon”), dies at 73
2020 – Pete Rademacher, American boxer (Olympic gold +81kg 1956; first challenger for world heavyweight title in first pro bout; lost), dies at 91
2022 – Tony Pajaczkowski, Canadian Football Hall of Fame offensive guard (CFL All-Star 1962–65; Calgary Stampeders, Montreal Alouettes), dies at 86
Famous Deaths for 3rd June 2023
1899 – Johann Baptist Strauss Jr., Austrian composer (Waltz King), dies at 73
1936 – Clara Noyes, American nurse (head of the American Red Cross WW1), dies from a heart attack at 66
1970 – Douwe Hermans Kiestra, Frisian farmer and writer, dies at 70
1983 – Miroslav “Standa” Bares, Czech-Dutch actress (Te Gkek Om Los te Lopen), dies at 60
1993 – Joe Fortenberry, American basketball forward (captain Olympic gold 1936), dies at 82
1993 – Bob Fitzsimmons, American NY radio DJ (WNEW AM/WABC AM/WHN AM), dies at 53
1996 – Peter Glenville, English actor and director (Hotel Paradiso, Becket), dies at 82
2018 – Frank Carlucci, American National Security Adviser under Reagan and Secretary of Defense (1987-89), dies at 87
2022 – Larry Hillman, Canadian NHL defenceman (Stanley Cup 1955 Detroit RWs, 1962, 63, 64, 1967 Toronto MLs, 1969 Montreal Canadiens) and coach (Winnipeg Jets 1977-79), dies at 85
2022 – Grachan Moncur III, American post-bop and modern jazz trombonist and composer (Evolution; Exploration), dies on his 85th birthday
Famous Deaths for 2nd June 2023
1418 – Katherine of Lancaster, wife of Henry III of Castile
1572 – Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk, English nobleman who participated in the Ridolfi plot to overthrow Elizabeth I, executed for high treason at 36
1575 – Pieter Aertsen [Long Worm], painter, dies at about 65
1701 – Madeleine de Scudéry, French novelist (Artamène ou le grand Cyrus), dies at 93
1761 – Jonas Alströmer, Swedish industrialist (b. 1685)
1839 – Wijnand Nuijen, Dutch romantic painter and lithographer (Wrecked), dies at 26
1921 – Phoebe Ann Coffin Hanaford, 1st female ordained minister in New England, dies at 92
1951 – Alain [Emile-Auguste Chartier], French philosopher and writer, dies at 83
1968 – R. Norris Williams, American tennis player (US National C’ship 1914, 16; survived sinking of RMS Titanic), dies of emphysema at 77
1974 – Hiroshi Kazato, Japanese racing driver, dies at 25
Famous Deaths for 1st June 2023
1660 – Mary Dyer, English Quaker (martyred) – hanged for defying a law banning Quakers from the Massachusetts Bay Colony
1841 – David Wilkie, British painter, dies at 55
1927 – Lizzie Borden, American woman acquitted of the murder of her parents (gave her mother forty whacks), dies of pneumonia at 66
1943 – Wilfrid B. Israel, Jewish activist
1948 – Alex Gard, Russian-born caricaturist (b. 1900)
1970 – Giuseppe Ungaretti, Italian poet (Hermeticism) and journalist, dies at 82
1976 – Pierre Balledux, Dutch stage manager and resistance fighter, dies at 89
1996 – Alan Blakley, British guitarist and record producer (The Tremeloes – “Here Comes My Baby”; “Silence Is Golden”), dies of cancer at 54
2001 – Hank Ketcham, American cartoonist (Dennis the Menace), dies of prostate cancer at 81
2021 – Adnan Al Sharqi, Lebanese soccer manager (Lebanon 1974–76, 1987–93, 2006–08; Ansar 11 x league titles), dies from cancer at 79
Famous Deaths for 31st May 2023
1567 – Guido de Bres, Belgian theologian (b. 1522)
1955 – Raoul Gunsbourg, French composer, impresario and opera director (Opéra de Monte-Carlo, 1892-1951), dies at 95
1955 – Bill Vukovich, American auto racer (Indianapolis 500 1953-4), dies in a car crash at 36 while competing in the Indianapolis 500
1960 – Willem Elsschot [Alfons Josephus de Ridder], Flemish writer (Kas), dies at 78
1986 – Jane Frank, American artist, dies at 67
2000 – Tito Puente, American mambo and Latin jazz bandleader (“Oye Como Va”), dies at 77
2010 – Benjamin Lees [Lisniansky], American composer (Kalmar Nyckel; Memorial Candles), dies at 86
2013 – Tim Samaras, American tornado chaser, dies from tornado injuries at 55
2019 – Niara Sudarkasa [Gloria Albertha Marshall], American educator and anthropologist (Lincoln College), dies at 80
2020 – Bob Bennett, American College Baseball Hall of Fame coach (Fresno State 1970-2002; record 1,302-759-4), dies at 86
Famous Deaths for 30th May 2023
1864 – James Barbour Terrill, US attorney/Confederate brigadier general, dies at 26
1870 – Gustave Vogt, French composer, dies at 89
1901 – Victor D’Hondt, Belgian mathematician, dies at 60
1945 – Irma Laplasse, Flemish farmer/nazi collaborator, executed
1964 – Eddie Sachs, American auto racer (b. 1927)
1969 – John Cipollini, guitarist, dies of ephysema at 45
1976 – Vic Ghezzi, American golfer (PGA C’ship 1941), dies of cancer at 65
2017 – Elena Verdugo, American actress (Little Giant, Cavalier of the West), dies at 92
2020 – Bobby Dimond, Australian rugby league winger (24 Tests; NSW, Western Suburbs), dies at 89
2022 – David Holford, West Indian cricket all-rounder (24 Tests, 1 x 100, HS 105no, 51 wickets, BB 5/23; Barbados), dies at 82
Famous Deaths for 29th May 2023
1259 – Christopher I, King of Denmark (1252-59), dies at about 40 (b. 1219)
1544 – Jacobus Latomus [Jasques Masson], Belgian inquisitor, dies at about 68
1897 – Julius von Sachs, German botanist and naturalist, dies at 64
1910 – Mily Balakirev, Russian pianist and composer (Islamej; Tamara), dies at 73
1951 – Josef Bohuslav Foerster, Czech organist and composer, dies at 91
1985 – 39 people die in a confrontation at Heysel Stadium in Brussels, Belgium when Juventus and Italian fans are crushed against a wall escaping a breach by Liverpool fans
1992 – Pippa Steele, actress (Vampire Lovers), dies of cancer at 44
1992 – Bill Beyers, American actor (Capitol – “Wally McCandless”), dies of AIDS at 37
1995 – Margaret Chase Smith, American politician (U.S. Senator from Maine), dies at 97
1998 – Barry Goldwater, American politician (U.S. Senator from Arizona, 1953-65, 1969-87; Republican presidential candidate, 1964), dies at 89
Famous Deaths for 28th May 2023
1849 – Anne Brontë, English novelist (The Tenant of Wildfell Hall), dies at 29
1927 – Boris Kustodiev, Russian painter (b. 1878)
1944 – Katri Vala, Finnish poet, dies at 42
1959 – Herbie Collins, Australian cricket all-rounder and captain (19 Tests, 1,352 runs @ 45.06, 4 x 100s), dies at 71
1986 – Lurene Tuttle, American actress (Father of Bride, Julia), dies at 79
2007 – Marquise Hill, American football player (b. 1982)
2007 – Parren Mitchell, American politician (Rep-D-MD, 1971-87), dies at 85
2014 – James K. Randall, American composer, dies at 84
2017 – Elisabeth Chojnacka, Polish harpsichordist, with works dedicated to her by over 80 composers, dies at 79
2020 – Lennie Niehaus, American jazz saxophonist and film composer (Clint Eastwood films), dies at 90
Famous Deaths for 27th May 2023
927 – Tsar Simeon I of Bulgaria (b. 864 or 865)
1508 – Ludovico Sforza [il Moro], Italian duke of Milan (1494-1508) who commissioned The Last Supper, dies at 55
1781 – Giovanni Battista Beccaria, Italian physicist, dies at 64
1896 – Aleksandr Grigorievich Stoletov, Russian physicist (b. 1839)
1896 – Allard Pierson, Dutch theologist, philosopher and art historian, dies at 65
1933 – Jean de Merode, Belgian lieutenant colonel, Grand Marshal of the Court of Belgium, and Prince de Merode, dies at 65
1953 – Jesse Burkett, American Baseball HOF left fielder (NL batting champion 1895-96, 1901; 240 hits in 1896 MLB record for 15 years; Cleveland Spiders, St. Louis Perfectos/Cardinals), dies at 84
1989 – Jack Starrett, director/actor (Chase, Nightwish, 1st Blood), dies
1992 – Daniel Robberechts, Belgian writer (Aankomen in Avignon), dies at 55
2018 – Donald Herod Peterson, American USAF Colonel, and NASA astronaut (STS-6), dies of Alzheimer’s disease and bone cancer, at 84