Famous Deaths for 6th June 2024

1730 – Alain Emmanuel de Coëtlogon, Marshal of France, dies at 83
1840 – Marcellin Champagnat, French priest (b. 1789)
1891 – John A. Macdonald, Canadian politician and businessman (1st Prime Minister of Canada 1867-73, 1878-91), dies of a stroke at 76
1922 – Lillian Russell, American actress and operetta singer, dies at about 60
1934 – Max Pallenberg [Pollack], Austrian extempore farce actor (Morn to Midnight), husband of operetta star Fritzi Massary, dies in air crash at 56
1946 – Gerhart Hauptmann, German author (Before Dawn – Nobel Prize in Literature, 1912), dies at 83
1977 – Sophie Stewart, actress (As You Like It), dies at 69
1985 – Siem Devout, Dutch actor, dies at 54
2015 – Pierre Brice [Pierre-Louis Le Bris], French actor (Winnetou), dies at 86
2023 – Gints Freimanis, Latvian soccer right-back (13 caps; Jelgava 110 games), dies from skin cancer at 38

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