Famous Deaths for 24th June 2019

1572 – Joannes van Naarden, priest, hanged
1803 – Matthew Thornton, Irish/American physician/signer (Declaration of Independence), dies at 88
1938 – “Digger” Robertson, cricketer (Test for Australia 1885), dies
1984 – William Keighley, American director (The Man who came to Dinner), dies of a stroke at 94
1997 – Jacques Van der Schueren, Belgian minister of Economic Affairs, dies at 75
2007 – Chris Benoit, Canadian professional wrestler (b. 1967)
2011 – Tomislav Ivić, Croatian football manager (b. 1933)
2013 – Emilio Colombo, Italian Prime Minister (1970-72, dies at 93
2016 – Bernie Worrell, American keyboardist (Funkadelic-Cosmic Slop), dies at 72
2019 – Rod Funseth, American golfer (US Masters runner-up 1978), dies from cancer at 52

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