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Famous People Who Died in June 1950

  • Jun 2 Stanislas Bizot, French draughts champion (1925), dies at 70
  • Jun 4 Sam Staples, English cricket medium pace bowler (3 Tests, 15 wickets; Nottinghamshire), dies at 57
  • Jun 9 Edward Asahel Birge, American pioneer in limnology, dies at 98
  • Jun 17 Syed Wazir Ali, Indian cricket batsman (7 Tests; Southern Punjab; Muslims), dies from appendicitis at 46
  • Jun 20 Claude Jennings, Australian cricket batsman (6 Tests, HS 32; South Australia, Queensland), dies at 66
  • Jun 22 Julio Fonseca, Costa Rican composer, dies at 65
  • Jun 27 Milada Horakova, Czech advocate/anti fascist, hanged
  • Jun 28 Henry Balfour Gardiner, English composer and musician, dies at 72