Deaths June 21 | History by KabAstro

Edward III (1312-1377)

King of England (1327-77) noted for his military success and for restoring royal authority, dies at 64

1421 Jean Le Maingre, Marshal of France (b. 1366)

Niccolò Machiavelli (1469-1527)

Italian statesman and author (The Prince), dies at 57

1529 John Skelton, English poet, dies at about 69
1547 Sebastiano del Piombo, Italian painter (b. 1485)
1573 Antonie van Burgundy, mayor of sealand, dies in battle

Oda Nobunaga (1534-1582)

Japanese warlord who unified much of Japan, assassinated at 47 by his own general Akechi Mitsuhide

1591 Aloysius Gonzaga, Italian aristocrat and Jesuit saint, dies at 23
1621 Kryštof Harant, Czech nobleman, soldier, writer, and composer, dies at about 57

John Smith (1580-1631)

English explorer (Chesapeake Bay, New England) and leader of the Virginia Colony (Jamestown), dies at 51

1652 Inigo Jones, English architect (Queen House, Covent Garden), dies at 78
1738 Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend, English statesman (b. 1674)
1788 Johann Georg Hamann, German counter-enlightenment philosopher ("Reason is language"), dies at 57
1824 Étienne Aignan, French writer and translator, dies at 51
1865 Frances Adeline Seward, American First Lady of New York (1839-42) and wife of US Secretary of State William H. Seward, dies of a heart attack at 59
1874 Anders Jonas Ångström, Swedish physicist (Spectroscopy), dies at 59

Santa Anna (1794-1876)

President of Mexico who dominated Mexican history in the first half of the 19th century, dies at 82

1884 Alexander, Prince of Orange, heir apparent to the Netherlands, dies of typhus at 32
1887 Adolf Schimon, Austrian German composer, dies at 67

Leland Stanford (1824-1893)

American business tycoon (Southern Pacific Railroad), 8th Governor of California and founder of Stanford University, dies of heart failure at 69

1900 Polibo Fumagalli, Italian composer, dies at 69
1907 Lena Rice, Irish tennis player (Wimbledon 1890), dies of tuberculosis at 41
1908 Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Russian composer (Sheherazade), dies at 64 (OS 8 Jun)
1913 Gaston Tarry, French mathematician, dies at 69
1913 Stefan Octavian Iosif, Romanian poet (Beautiful Irine), dies at 37
1914 Bertha von Suttner, Austrian writer and pacifist, 1st woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize (1905), dies at 71
1914 Glauco Velasquez, Brazilian composer, dies at 30
1925 J. H. Leopold, Dutch poet (translated Omar Khayyam), dies at 60
1932 (Marshall) "Major" Taylor, American track cyclist (first African-American world champion; 1899 World Track C'ships), dies from a heart attack at 53
1932 Alexander Winton, Scottish-American automotive pioneer, designed and sold 1st gasoline automobile in America, dies at 72 [1]
1934 Thorne Smith, American humorist sci-fi author (Stray Lamb; Topper, Turnabout), dies of a heart attack at 42
1935 Alice Brown Davis, first female Principal Chief of the Seminole Tribe of Oklahoma (1922-35), dies at 82
1940 Édouard Vuillard, French painter and graphic artist, dies at 71
1940 Hendrik Marsman, Dutch poet (Herinnering aan Holland - Remembrance of Holland; Vrees - Fear), drowns in the North Sea when cargo ship he was travelling on explodes at 40
1940 Smedley Butler, American Marine general, dies at 58
1940 Walter Hasenclever, German Expressionist writer, dies at 49
1944 Jan Bonekamp, Dutch resistance fighter and friend of Hannie Schaft, dies
1945 Josef Hora, Czech writer and poet (Sinking Shadows), dies at 53
1946 Heinrich Kaminski, German composer, dies at 59
1948 D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson, Scottish zoologist and classicist (On Growth & Form), dies at 88
1951 Charles Dillon Perrine, American-born astronomer, dies at 83
1952 Wop May, Canadian aviator, flying ace in the WWI, dies at 56
1954 Gideon Sundback, Swedish-American inventor, perfected the zipper, dies at 74 [1]
1957 Donald MacBride, American vaudeville, stage and screen character actor (Topper Returns; The Seven Year Itch; My Friend Irma - "Mr. Clyde"), dies of a heart ailment at 63
1957 Frantisek Kupka, Czech pioneering abstract artist, dies at 85
1957 Johannes Stark, German physicist (Stark Effect; Nobel Prize in Physics -1919), and Nazi sympathizer, dies at 83
1960 Alfred Wikenhauser, German RC exegetist (John-Apokalyps), dies at 77
1964 Andrew Goodman, US civil rights activist, murdered at 20
1964 James Chaney, US civil rights activist, murdered at 21
1964 Michael Schwerner, American civil rights activist, murdered at 21
1965 Bernard Baruch, American presidential advisor (termed "Cold War"), dies at 94
1965 Kay Fisker, Danish architect (Hornbeck House, Copenhagen), dies at 72
1966 Anthony Craxton, British TV producer, dies at 48

Maureen Connolly (1934-1969)

American tennis player (1st women's Grand Slam 1953; 9 x Grand Slam singles titles), dies of ovarian cancer at 34

Sukarno (1901-1970)

1st President of Indonesia (1945-67), dies from kidney failure while under house arrest at 68

1972 Seth Bingham, American organist and composer (Six Pieces for Organ), dies at 90
1973 Frank Leahy, American football coach (Notre Dame), dies at 64
1975 Heinz Lau, German composer, dies at 49
1976 Margaret Herrick, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences director (b. 1902)
1979 Angus Maclise, American percussionist, mystic, shaman, and composer (Velvet Underground), dies of hypoglycemia and pulmonary tuberculosis at 41
1979 Julian Orchard, English actor (Perfect Friday, Bless this House), dies at 49
1980 Bert Kaempfert, German orchestra leader, songwriter ("Strangers in the Night"; "Danke Schoen"), and record producer (The Beatles first recordings), dies of a stroke at 56
1981 Gunnar Ek, Swedish composer, dies on his 81st birthday
1981 Johan Fabricius, Dutch novelist (Island of Demons) and adventurer, dies at 81
1983 Anton van de Velde, Belgian writer and director (Tijl), dies at 87
1985 Tage Erlander, Swedish politician (25th Prime Minister of Sweden 1946-69), dies at 84
1986 Assi Rahbani, Lebanese composer, with his lyricist brother, Mansour (Biya el-Khawatim - The Ring Seller), dies at 63
1987 Madman Muntz, American entrepreneur, businessman, electrical engineer, TV commercial actor (b. 1914)
1988 Bobby Dodd, US football coach (Georgia Tech), dies at 79
1988 John J. Duncan Sr., American politician (Rep-R-TN, 1965-1988), dies in office at 69
1989 Lee Calhoun, American athlete (Olympic gold 110m hurdles 1956, 60), dies at 56
1989 Simon van Collem, Dutch journalist and TV host (Amsterdamned), dies at 70
1990 Cedric Belfrage, English writer and journalist (co-founder of National Guardian), dies at 85
1990 June Christy, American jazz singer (Tampico), dies at 64
1992 Li Xiannian, President of the People's Republic of China (1983-88), dies at 82
1992 Thomas Whitfield, American gospel vocalist, dies of a heart attack at 38
1993 Frank Moro, Cuban American actor, dies at 49
1993 Jerry Strivelli, actor (Out for Justice, Lock Up), dies at 61
1993 Ticho Parly, Danish tenor, dies at 64
1994 Mark Isfeld, Canadian soldier and combat Engineer, dies from a landmine at 31
1995 Kenneth Lamb, English broadcaster, dies at 71
1995 Laurence McKinley Gould, American Geologist and Polar Explorer who was chief scientist and second-in-command on the first expedition to the interior of Antarctica in 1929, dies at 98
1995 Tristan Jones, British sailor and author, dies at 71
1997 Arthur Prysock, American jazz and R&B singer ("I Didn't Sleep a Wink Last Night"; "In The Rain"), dies at 68 or 73 [birth year disputed]
1997 Fidel Velázquez Sánchez, Mexican labor leader, dies at 97
1997 Shintaro Katsu, Japanese actor, singer, producer, and director (Zatoichi Meets the One-Armed Swordsman), dies at 65
1998 Al Campanis, Greek baseball second baseman and executive (first Greek player in MLB history; GM LA Dodgers 1968-87), dies from coronary artery disease at 81
1999 Kami [Ukyō Kamimura], Japanese drummer (Malice Mizer), dies of a brain hemorrhage at 27
1999 Karl Krolow, German poet and translator, dies at 84
2000 Alan Hovhaness, Armenian-American composer (Lousadzak, Ukiyo), dies at 89
2000 Johanna Moosdorf, German writer (Next Door), dies at 88

Carroll O'Connor (1924-2001)

American actor (All in the Family, In the Heat of the Night), dies of a heart attack at 76

2001 John Lee Hooker, American blues guitarist ("Boom Boom"; "Boogie Chillen"), dies at 83
2001 Souad Hosni, Egyptian actress (b. 1942)
2002 Matt Dennis, American pop singer, pianist, composer, and arranger ("Everything Happens To Me"; "Angel Eyes"), dies at 88
2003 Jason Moran, Australian criminal (Melbourne gangland killings), murdered in prison at 35
2003 Leon Uris, American novelist (Exodus; Topaz; QB VII), dies of kidney failure at 78
2003 Roger Neilson, Canadian ice hockey coach (b. 1934)
2004 Leonel Brizola, Brazilian politician (b. 1922)
2005 Jaime Cardinal Sin, Filipino Catholic Archbishop of Manila (b. 1928)
2007 Bob Evans, American restaurateur (Bob Evans Farms), dies at 89
2008 Scott Kalitta, American drag racer (b. 1962)
2010 Hector Laing, English biscuit manufacturer (McVitie & Price), pilot and Director of the Bank of England, dies at 87
2011 Robert Kroetsch, Canadian author (b. 1927)
2012 Richard Adler, American musical theater composer and songwriter (ThePajama Game; Damn Yankees)), dies at 90
2013 Edgeworth Blair "Elliott" Reid, American actor (Gentlemen Prefer Blondes), dies from heart failure at 93
2014 Anthony Jacobs, English businessman (Nig Securities Group; British School of Motoring) dies at 82
2015 Gunther Schuller, American horn player, composer, and proponent of jazz-classical "third stream" (Visitation; Of Reminiscences and Reflections - Pulitzer Prize, 1994), dies at 89
2015 Veijo Meri, Finnish writer, dies at 86
2016 Wayne Lamar Jackson, American soul and R&B trumpeter (Mar-Keys; The Memphis Horns), dies of congestive heart failure at 74
2017 Ludger Rémy, German harpsichordist, conductor (Les Amis de Philippe), and musicologist, dies at 68
2018 Charles Krauthammer, American conservative political commentator and psychiatrist (The Washington Post), dies small intestine cancer of at 68
2019 Elliot Roberts [Rabinowitz] American music manager (Joni Mitchell; Neil Young), and label executive (Asylum Records), dies at 76
2019 Jan Meyers, American politician (Rep-R-Kansas, 1985-97), dies at 90
2019 Peter Ball, British Church of England clergyman (Bishop of Gloucester. 1992-93; Bishop of Lewes, 1977-92), and convicted sex offender, dies at 87
2019 William Simons, Welsh actor (Heartbeat - "PC Alf Ventress"), dies at 78
2020 Ahmed Radhi, Iraqi soccer striker (121 caps; 62 goals; Al-Rasheed; Asian Footballer of the Year 1988), dies of COVID-19 at 56
2020 Dennis Young, New Zealand rugby union hooker (22 caps; Canterbury 139 games), dies from cancer at 90
2020 Rajinder Goel, Indian cricket spin bowler (record for most wickets in Ranji Trophy 637), dies at 77
2021 Pat Lupo, American rock bassist (Beaver Brown Band, 1972-94 - "On The Dark Side"; "Tough All Over"), dies at 66
2021 Tom Kurvers, American ice hockey defenseman (Hobey Baker Award 1984; Stanley Cup 1986 Montreal Canadiens), dies from adenocarcinoma at 58
2022 James Rado [Radomski], American stage actor, playwright, director, and composer (Hair; Rainbow), dies at 90
2023 Guillermo Escalada, Uruguayan soccer forward (30 caps; Nacional, Gimnasia de La Plata, Montevideo Wanderers FC), dies at 87
2023 Peter Allan, Australian cricket fast bowler (1 Test, 2 wickets; Queensland), dies at 87
2023 Ronnie Nolan, Irish soccer wing-half (33 caps League of Ireland XI, 10 Republic of Ireland; Shamrock Rovers 297 games), dies at 89
2023 Winnie Ewing, Scottish lawyer and politician (Member of Scottish Parliament, 1999-2003; President of the Scottish National Party, 1987-2005; Member of the European Parliament, 1979-99), dies at 93