Jun 3 Louis Antoine, French Duke of Angoulême and General of France, dies at 68 Jun 15 Thomas Campbell, Scottish poet (Ye Mariners of England), dies at 66 Jun 19 Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, French naturalist, dies at 72 Joseph Smith (1805-1844) Jun 27 American founder of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, shot by a mob at 38 May 1844 Famous Deaths by Year Jul 1844 Famous People by Cause of Death Assassination Drug Overdose Gunshot Wound Murder Plane Crash Suicide