Alan Turing (1912-1954)
Jun 7 British mathematician and computer scientist pioneer (Turing Machine), commits suicide at 41 (b. 1912)
- Jun 9 Alain LeRoy Locke, African-American writer and philosopher “Father of the Harlem Renaissance”, dies at 68
- Jun 10 Will Rossiter, British-American songwriter, music publisher, and composer (as W.R. Williams), dies at 87
- Jun 13 Nikolai Obukhov, Russian composer, dies at 62
- Jun 15 William Ewart Berry, British peer and newspaper publisher (The War Illustrated, The Sunday Times), dies at 74
- Jun 17 Donato "Danny" Cedrone, American guitarist and bandleader (The Esquires; Bill Haley & His Comets - "Rock Around The Clock"), died of broken neck suffered falling down a staircase at 33
- Jun 18 Albert Patterson, American politician and attorney, asassinated in Phenix City, Alabama, shortly after his designation as the Democratic candidate for Alabama Attorney General, at 60
- Jun 21 Gideon Sundback, Swedish-American inventor, perfected the zipper, dies at 74 [1]
- Jun 22 Don Hollenbeck, newscaster (CBS Weekend News), dies at 49
- Jun 22 Karl Taylor Compton, American physicist and 9th President of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, dies at 66
- Jun 25 Eduard M. Meijers, Dutch lawyer (Civil Code), dies at 74
- Jun 27 Francis L Casadesus, French violinist, composer and conductor, dies at 83
- Jun 28 Red Deer, in Milwaukee Zoo, oldest known deer, dies at 26 (Milwaukee, Wisconsin)
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