Famous Deaths for 15th June 2021

1246 – Frederik II “the Strijdbare”, duke of Austria, dies in battle at 25
1844 – Thomas Campbell, Scottish poet (Ye Mariners of England), dies at 66
1865 – Jakob Zeugheer, Swiss composer, dies at 61
1905 – Hermann Wissmann, German African explorer and governor of East-Africa,, dies at 51
1942 – Vera Figner, writer, dies
1989 – Victor French, American actor (#44-Get Smart, Highway to Heaven), dies at 54
1996 – Clare Grundman, American composer, dies at 83
1996 – Helen Sinclair Glatz, English composer, dies at 88
2006 – Herb Pearson, New Zealand cricketer (b. 1910)
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

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