Deaths June 3 | History by KabAstro

1732 Pieter Vuyst, Dutch Governor of Ceylon, executed in Batavia after being convicted of multiple murders and other crimes at about 41
1764 Hans Adolph Brorson, Danish Pietist bishop, dies at 69
1780 Thomas Hutchinson, Loyalist politician of the Province of Massachusetts Bay, dies at 68
1804 Jean-Engelbert Pauwels, Flemish violinist, conductor, and compose, dies at 35
1809 John Christmas Beckwith, British organist and composer (The First Verse of Every Psalm of David with an Ancient or Modern Chant), dies of a stroke at 49
1826 Nikolai Mikhailovich Karamzin, Russian writer (b. 1766)
1841 Nicolas Appert, French inventor of airtight food preservation (food canning, bouillon tablet), dies at 91
1844 Louis Antoine, French Duke of Angoulême and General of France, dies at 68
1849 Francois de Paule Jacques Raymond de Fossa, French classical guitarist and composer, dies at 73
1858 Julius Reubke, German organist, pianist, and composer (Sonata on the 94th Psalm in c), dies of tuberculosis at 24
1861 Stephen A. Douglas, American politician, US senator from Illinois (Lincoln-Douglas debates), dies at 48
1864 James P. McMahon, US Union colonel (164th NY), dies in the Battle of Cold Harbour at about 29
1864 Peter A. Porter, US Union colonel (8th NY), dies in the Battle of Cold Harbour at 36
1865 Okada Izō, Japanese samurai (b. 1838)
1872 Heinrich Esser, German violinist, composer, and conductor, dies at 53 [1]

Georges Bizet (1838-1875)

French composer (Carmen), dies of a heart attack at 36

1877 Frank Pocock, British explorer, drowned in the Congo while travelling with Stanley
1877 Ludwig Ritter von Köchel, Austrian musicologist (Köchel catalogue of Mozart's works), dies of cancer at 77
1877 Sophie of Württemberg, Queen of Netherlands as wife of William III, dies at 58
1881 Japanese giant salamander, dies in Dutch zoo at 55; oldest amphibian
1882 Christian Wilberg, German painter, dies at 42
1888 Cark Reidel, German composer, dies at 60
1890 Henryk Oskar Kolberg, Polish folklorist and composer, dies at 76
1894 Karl Eduard Zachariae, German expert on Byzantine Law (b. 1812)
1898 Nikolai Afanisev, Russian violinist and composer, dies at 77
1898 Samuel Plimsoll, English politician and social reformer (invented Plimsoll line for ships), dies at 74
1899 Johann Baptist Strauss Jr., Austrian composer (Waltz King), dies at 73
1900 Mary Kingsley, English ethnographer and explorer who became the first European to enter parts of Gabon, Africa, dies of typhoid at 37
1912 Julius A. De Lagnel, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), dies at 84
1913 Josef Richard Rozkošný, Czech composer, dies at 79

Franz Kafka (1883-1924)

Czech writer (Trial, Amerika, Metamorphosis), dies at 40

1928 Li Yüan-hung, Chinese general and political figure (b. 1864)
1933 William Muldoon, American wrestler and owner of NY health institute "The Olympia", dies at 88
1934 Frank J. Corr, American lawyer and politician (acting Mayor of Chicago for 6 weeks in 1933), dies at 57
1936 Clara Noyes, American nurse (head of the American Red Cross WW1), dies from a heart attack at 66
1941 Andy Cooper, American Baseball HOF pitcher (East-West All-Star 1933, 36; Negro NL pennant 1929; 3 x Negro AL pennants; Detroit Stars, Kansas City Monarchs), dies from a heart attack at 44
1943 Folkert Posthuma, Dutch Minister of Agriculture, assassinated at 69
1946 Mikhail Kalinin, Soviet Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union (1938-46), dies at 60

Amadeo Giannini (1870-1949)

American banker and entrepreneur (founded Bank of America), dies at 79

Florence Price (1888-1953)

American composer (Wanamaker Prize 1932) and 1st African-American woman to have a composition played by a major orchestra, dies at 66

1955 Barbara Graham, American criminal convicted of murder, dies at 31
1959 Ole Windingstad, Norwegian conductor (Brooklyn's Scandinavian Symphony Orchestra, 1913-39), pianist and composer, dies after a heart attack at 73

John XXIII (1881-1963)

Italian priest and 261st Pope (1958-63), dies of stomach cancer at 81

1963 Nazim Hikmet, Turkish poet (Tosun Pasa, The Passenger), dies at 61
1963 Paul Maxey, American actor (The Narrow Margin, Till the Clouds Roll By), dies from a heart attack at 56
1964 Frans Eemil Sillanpää, Finnish writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1888)
1966 Alice Calhoun, American silent film actress (Flowing Gold; Between Friends; Pampered Youth), and movie theater owner, dies of cancer at 65
1967 Arthur Ransome, British journalist, critic, and children's book author (Swallows and Amazons), dies at 83
1967 Arthur Tedder, British air marshal (deputy commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force during Normandy landings WWII), dies at 76
1967 Gertrude "Mickey" MacFadden, American entertainer, dies of a heart attack at 67
1970 Adrian Conan Doyle, youngest son of Arthur Conan Doyle, dies at 59
1970 Douwe Hermans Kiestra, Frisian farmer and writer, dies at 70
1970 Hjalmar Schacht, German economist, banker and politician (co-founder German Democratic Party), dies at 93
1971 Heinz Hopf, German mathematician, dies at 76
1973 Dory Funk, professional wrestler (b. 1919)
1975 Oswald "Ozzie" Nelson, American actor (The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet), dies from cancer at 69
1975 Satō Eisaku, Japanese Prime Minister (1964-72), (Nobel Peace Prize 1974), dies at 74
1977 Archibald Vivian Hill, English physiologist (1922 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine - discovery of production of heat in muscle), dies at 90

Roberto Rossellini (1906-1977)

Italian film director (General della Rovere, Open City), dies at 71

1979 Arno Schmidt, German writer, dies at 65
1981 Carleton Coon, American anthropologist (What in the World), dies at 76
1981 Eric Dalton, South African cricket batsman (15 Tests, top score 117), dies at 74
1983 Miroslav "Standa" Bares, Czech-Dutch actress (Te Gkek Om Los te Lopen), dies at 60
1983 Nanna [Rafi Khawar], Pakistani actor and comedian, commits suicide at 41
1983 Ypk van der Fear, Dutch writer (Reade Runen), dies at 75
1986 Anna Neagle, English actress (London Melody, Nurse Edith Cavell), dies at 81
1986 Arthur Charles Ernest Hoérée, Belgian-French composer, dies at 89
1986 Patricia Wheel, American actress (Christine-Woman to Remember), dies at 42
1987 Roel Houwink, Dutch writer and poet (1 Man Without Character), dies at 88
1987 Will Sampson, American-Muscogee rodeo performer, actor (One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest: The Yellow Rose; The White Buffalo), and painter, dies of post-surgery kidney failure at 54

Ayatollah Khomeini (1902-1989)

Supreme leader of Iran (1979-89), religious figure and political leader of the 1979 Iranian Revolution, dies of a heart attack at 89

1989 John McCauley, American NHL official, dies at 44
1989 Scott Ross, American-French harpsichordist (recorded all 555 sonatas of Domenico Scarlatti), dies of AIDS related pneumonia at 38
1990 Stiv Bators [Steven Bator], American punk rock singer and guitarist (The Dead Boys; The Lords of the New Church), dies from brain injury after being struck by a car in Paris, at 40
1990 Tom Brown, American actor (Buck Privates Come Home, In Old Chicago), dies from cancer at 77
1991 Andy Milligan, American director and screenwriter (Sweeney Todd), dies of AIDS at 62
1991 Brian Bevan, Australian Rugby League HOF winger (Warrington 620 games, 740 tries), dies at 67
1991 Eva Le Gallienne, English-American actress and director (Resurrection), dies at 92
1991 Harry Glicken, American volcanologist, killed by Mt Unzen Volcano in Japan at 33
1991 Katia Krafft (née Conrad), French volcanologist who pioneered filming volcanic eruptions, dies with her husband in a volcanic flow on Mount Unzen, Japan at 49
1991 Maurice Krafft, French volcanologist who pioneered filming volcanic eruptions, dies with his wife in a volcanic flow on Mount Unzen, Japan at 45
1991 Takeshi Nagata, Japanese geophysicist, dies at 78
1991 Thomas C. "Spunky" Lasorda, American artist and son of Los Angeles Dodgers manager, dies of pneumonia at 33
1992 Patrick Peyton, Irish priest 'The Rosary Priest', dies of kidney failure at 83
1992 Robert Morley, British actor (Marie Antoinette, The Young Ones, How the Other Half Loves), dies at 84
1992 William Gaines, American publisher (Mad Magazine), dies at 70
1993 Aubrey Frank, British jazz saxophonist, and educator, dies on his 72nd birthday
1993 Bob Fitzsimmons, American NY radio DJ (WNEW AM/WABC AM/WHN AM), dies at 53
1993 Joe Fortenberry, American basketball forward (captain Olympic gold 1936), dies at 82
1994 Cliff Wilson, Welsh snooker player (British Under-19 Champ, 1951 and 1952; World Amateur Champ, 1978; World Senior Champ 1991), dies at 60
1994 Harry Hickox, American actor (Herb-Please Don't Eat the Daisies), dies at 83
1994 Hub Matthijsen, Dutch violinist and bandmaster, dies at 52
1994 Jack Cowie, New Zealand cricket fast bowler (9 Tests, 45 wickets; Auckland CA) and umpire (3 Tests 1956–59), dies at 82
1994 Roger Wolcott Sperry, American neurobiologist (1981 Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine, work with split-brain research), dies at 89
1995 Alastair Mackie, Scottish poet and teacher, dies at 69
1995 Dilys Powell, English film critic and travel writer (Descent from Parnassus), dies at 93
1995 Estelle Brody, American silent film actress (Safari, Kitty, Plaything), dies at 94
1995 Frank Waters, American writer, dies at 92
1995 J. Presper Eckert, Jr., American engineer and co-inventor (1st electronic computer-ENIAC), dies at 76
1995 Jean-Patrick Manchette, French thriller writer (3 to Kill, The Prone Gunman), dies at 52
1996 Len Creed, British bookmaker (discovered Viv Richards), dies at 79
1996 Peter Glenville, English actor and director (Hotel Paradiso, Becket), dies at 82
1996 Tito Okello, Ugandan general, dies at 81
1997 Dennis James, American wrestling announcer and TV host (PDQ), dies at 79
1997 John Holt, West Indian cricket batsman (17 Tests, 1066 runs at 36.75; 2 x 100s), dies at 73
1998 Joseph C. Harsch, American newscaster (Background), dies at 93
1998 Poul Bundgaard, Danish comic actor (Olsen-banden films) and operetta singer (Royal Danish Theatre, 1958-73), dies at 75
2000 William E. Simon, American businessman, US Secretary of Treasury under Nixon, dies at 72

Anthony Quinn (1915-2001)

Mexican-American actor (Zorba the Greek, Lawrence of Arabia, Lust for Life), dies from complications of throat cancer at 86

2003 Felix de Weldon, Austrian-American sculptor (Marine Corps War Memorial), dies at 96
2004 Frances Shand Kydd, English aristocrat, mother of Diana, Princess of Wales, dies at 68
2004 Jonathan D. Kramer, American composer (Notta Sonata), dies of leukemia at 61
2004 Quorthon [Thomas Forsberg], Swedish heavy and Viking metal musician, and record producer (Bathory), dies of a congenital heart issue at 38
2004 Victor Reuther, American labor leader (United Automobile Workers union), dies at 92 [1]
2005 Harold Cardinal, Cree political leader, indigenous rights advocate, writer, lawyer, and educator, dies of lung cancer at 60 [1]
2005 Leon Askin, Austrian actor (One, Two, Three, Charlie Farrell Show), dies at 97
2006 Johnny Grande, American accordion and piano player (The Saddlemen; Bill Haley's Comets), and songwriter ("Birth of the Boogie"), dies of cancer at 76
2009 David Carradine, American actor (Kung Fu, Mean Streets, Kill Bill V.1 & 2), dies at 72
2009 Koko Taylor [Cora Walton], American blues singer known as the "Queen of the Blues", dies of complications from surgery for gastrointestinal bleeding at 80
2009 Sam Butera, American big band and R&B saxophonist, songwriter, and singer (Louis Prima and the Witnesses), dies of pneumonia at 81
2010 John Hedgecoe, English photographer (Royal College of Art), dies at 78
2010 Rue McClanahan, American actress (The Golden Girls), dies at 76
2010 Vladimir Arnold, Russian mathematician (Kolmogorov–Arnold–Moser theorem), dies at 72
2011 Andrew Gold, American rocker ("Lonely Boy"), and songwriter (Thank You For Being A Friend; The Final Frontier), dies in his sleep of heart failure at 59

Jack Kevorkian (1928-2011)

American pathologist and right-to-die activist, dies of a thrombosis at 83

2011 James Arness, American actor (Gunsmoke, How the West Was Won), dies of natural causes at 88
2013 Deacon Jones, American Pro Football Hall of Fame defensive end (8 × Pro Bowl; 5 × First-team All-Pro; LA Rams, SD Chargers), dies from natural causes at 73
2013 Frank Lautenberg, American Politician, dies from complications from pneumonia at 89
2014 Elodie Lauten [Genevieve Schecroun], French-American composer (The Death of Don Juan), dies of cancer at 63
2015 Bevo Francis, American basketball forward (NCAA record for points scored in a game [113] 1954–2012), dies at 82
2016 Dave Swarbrick, British folk fiddler, and songwriter (Fairport Convention; Martin Carthy), dies pneumonia at 75

Muhammad Ali (1942-2016)

American boxer (world heavyweight champion 1964-7 74-8), dies of respiratory illness at 74

2017 Jimmy Piersall, American baseball outfielder (MLB All Star 1954, 56; his bipolar disorder subject book & film, "Fear Strikes Out"), dies at 87
2018 Clarence Fountain, American Grammy Award-winning gospel singer (The Blind Boys of Alabama), dies of complications of diabetes at 88
2018 Frank C. Carlucci, American politician, National Security Adviser under Reagan and Secretary of Defense (1987-89), dies at 87
2018 Miguel Cardinal Obando y Bravo, Nicaraguan clergyman (Archbishop of Managua, 1970-2005; 1st Central American cardinal, 1985), dies at 92
2019 Agustina Bessa-Luís, Portuguese writer (A Sibila), dies at 96
2019 Ruma Guha Thakurta, Indian singer, actress, and founder of Calcutta Youth Choir, dies at 84
2020 István Kausz, Hungarian fencer (Olympic gold team, épée 1964), dies at 87
2020 Johnny Majors, American College Football Hall of Fame halfback (All American 1956; U of Tennessee) and coach (Iowa State; National C'ship 1976, Pittsburgh; Tennessee), dies at 85
2020 Pleasantly Perfect, American thoroughbred racehorse (Breeders' Cup Classic 2003; Dubai World Cup 2004), dies at 22
2021 F. Lee Bailey, American criminal defense attorney (Sam Shepard; Boston Strangler; Patty Hearst; OJ Simpson), dies at 87
2022 Grachan Moncur III, American post-bop and modern jazz trombonist and composer (Evolution; Exploration), dies on his 85th birthday [1]
2022 John Porter, American politician (Rep-R-IL, 1980-2001), dies at 87
2022 Larry Hillman, Canadian ice hockey defenceman (Stanley Cup 1955 Detroit RW, 1962, 63, 64, 1967 Toronto ML, 1969 Montreal Canadiens) and coach (Winnipeg Jets 1977-79), dies at 85