Deaths June 5 | History by KabAstro

1716 Roger Cotes, English mathematician (Newton-Cates formulas), dies at 33
1722 Johann Kuhnau, Bohemian composer (Biblical Sonatas), kapellmeister, novelist, and lawyer, dies at 62
1738 Isaac de Beausobre, French Protestant pastor, dies at 79
1785 Gottfried August Homilius, German organist and composer (Weihnachtsoratorium), dies at 71
1791 Frederick Haldimand, Swiss-born British colonial governor (b. 1718)
1816 Giovanni Paisiello, Italian composer (Serva Padrona), dies at 76
1825 Odysseas Androutsos, hero in the Greek War of Independence (Chani of Gravia,), executed for supposedly collaborating with the Ottomans at 37

Carl Maria von Weber (1786-1826)

German pianist, romantic composer (Der Freischutz; Oberon), and lithographer, dies of tuberculosis at 39

1852 Tomasz Napoleon Nidecki, Polish composer, dies at 45
1861 John Garland, US Union colonel and brigadier general, dies in battle
1861 Tomás Genovés y Lapetra Spanish opera and zarzuela composer (The Abduction), dies at 55
1864 William Edmonson "Grumble" Jones, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), dies in battle at 39
1866 John McDouall Stuart, Australian explorer, dies at 50
1868 Anselm Hüttenbrenner, Austrian composer, dies at 73
1877 Prairie Flower, daughter of Ponca tribe Chief Standing Bear, dies during forced removal to Oklahoma Indian Reservation
1880 Jacob Jan Cremer, Dutch author (Betuwsche Novellen), dies at 52
1885 Julius Benedict, German opera composer (Protoghesi), dies at 80

Mary Ann Shadd Cary (1823-1893)

American-Canadian anti-slavery campaigner, suffragist and 1st African American newspaper publisher ("The Provincial Freeman"), dies of stomach cancer at 69 [1]

1894 Immanuel Faisst, German composer, dies at 70

Stephen Crane (1871-1900)

American novelist (Red Badge of Courage), dies at 28

1902 Louis J. Weichmann, American clerk who was the chief witness in the trial of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, dies at 59
1906 Karl Robert Eduard von Hartmann, German philosopher (b. 1842)
1908 Luca Fumagalli, Italian pianist and composer (Luigi XI), dies at 71

O. Henry (1862-1910)

American short story writer (Cabbages and Kings), dies of cirrhosis of the liver, diabetes complications and an enlarged heart at 47

1913 Chris von der Ahe, German entrepreneur and owner of St. Louis Brown Stockings, dies at 61
1915 Henri Gaudier-Brzeska, French artist and sculptor, killed fighting in WWI at 23

British General who commanded British forces during the Battle of Omdurman (Sudan) and the Second Boer War who became British Secretary of State for War during WWI (1914-16), drowns at 65 after the HMS Hampshire struck a German mine

1916 Mildred J. Hill, American composer and musician ("Good Morning To All" which later became "Happy Birthday To You"), dies at 56
1920 Rhoda Broughton, Welsh author (b. 1840)
1921 Georges Feydeau, French playwright (Chat and Poche), dies at 58
1923 George H. Breitner, Dutch impressionist painter, dies at 65
1927 Paul Lacombe, French composer, dies at 89
1930 Jules Pascin [Julius Pincas], Bulgarian-American painter and cartoonist, commits suicide at 45
1931 John Lawson Stoddard, American lecturer, photographer, and author, considered the father of travelogue, dies at 81
1939 Elijah Beardsworth, British world quick shaving champion, dies
1939 Frank van de Goes, Dutch writer and Marxist theorist, dies at 80
1944 Riccardo Zandonai, Italian composer, dies at 61
1946 Maud Watson, British tennis player (first Wimbledon female champion 1884-85), dies at 81

Bill Tilden (1893-1953)

American tennis player (US Open 1920-25, 29; Wimbledon 1920-21, 30; French 1927, 30), dies of a heart attack at 60

1953 Roland Young, English American actor (David Copperfield, Irene, Dulcy), dies at 65
1953 William Farnum, American actor (Drifter, Scarlet Letter), dies at 76
1963 Donat Raymond, Canadian Hockey Hall of Fame builder (head Canadian Arena Company, Montreal Forum rebuilt in 1968) and politician, dies at 83
1965 Eleanor Farjeon, English writer (Martin Pippin), dies at 84
1965 Lester Matthews, English actor (The Adventures of Robin Hood), dies at 64
1965 Thornton W. Burgess, American conservationist and author (The Bedtime Story-Books; Now I Remember: Autobiography of an Amateur Naturalist), dies at 91
1966 Natacha Rambova [Winifred Shaughnessy], American film costume designer, 2nd wife of Rudolph Valentino (1923-25), and Egyptologist, dies of a heart attack at 69
1967 Edna Park Edwards, American stage and vaudeville actress, dies at 72
1969 Renaat Veremans, Flemish organist, composer, and conductor (Flemish Opera, Antwerp, 1921-44), dies at 75
1970 "Jopie" Pengel [Johan A], Premier of Suriname (1963-69), dies at 54
1970 Jay Irving, American cartoonist (Draw Me a Laugh), dies at 69
1973 Max Terhune, American actor (Range Justice, Night Riders), dies at 82
1975 Kenneth Horne, British writer and playwright (Fools Rush In; The Coming-Out Party), dies of cancer at 75
1975 Paul Keres, Estonian and Soviet chess player, dies at 59
1976 Violet Wilkey, American actress (b. 1903)
1976 Walter Field, entertainer, dies at 101
1977 "Sleepy" John Estes, American Blues musician ("Drop Down Mama"), dies at 78
1978 John Meulenhoff, Dutch publisher, dies at 71
1979 Pauline Offner, Zen Theravadin nun, dies at 53
1980 Lauritz Lauritzen, German politician, dies at 70
1981 Philo McCullough, actor (Branded, Ridin' Thru), dies
1983 Kurt Tank, German aircraft designer (WWII Luftwaffe planes), dies at 85
1984 Frederick Stratten Russell, English marine biologist (plankton life history and long-term changes in marine ecosystems), dies at 86
1984 Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale, Indies Sikh leader
1988 Clarence M. Pendleton Jr., African-American chairman of the United States Commission on Civil Rights (1981-88), dies at 57
1990 Jan Zeldenrust, Dutch pathologist and anatomist, dies at 83
1990 Jim Hodder, American drummer, and singer (Steely Dan, 1972-74), drowns in his home swimming pool at 42
1990 Vasily V Kuznetsov, President of USSR supreme soviet (1982-83, 85), dies
1992 Laurence Naismith, British actor (Diamonds Are Forever, Camelot, Persuaders), dies at 83
1992 Max Lerner, American journalist (NY Post) and educator, dies at 88

Conway Twitty (1933-1993)

American country and rockabilly singer-songwriter ("Linda On My Mind"; "Honky Tonk Heroes"), dies in surgery at 59

1994 Ish Kabbible [Merwyn A Bogue], American comedian and cornetist (Kay Kyser), dies at 86
1994 Thomas Millar, historian, dies at 67
1995 Bettina Vernon, Austrian 'Bodenwieser' dancer, dies at 75 [1]
1995 Jan Decadt Flemish pianist and composer, dies at 81
1996 Baldev Singh Chahal, campaigner, dies at 59
1996 Vito Scotti [Scozarri], American actor (The Godfather, Flying Nun, Barefoot in the Park), dies of lung cancer at 78
1997 J Anthony Lukas, writer (Pulitizer, Common Ground), suicide at 64
1998 Alfred Kazin, American writer and literature critic (The Inmost Leaf), dies at 83
1998 Jeanette Nolan, American actress (Richard Boone Show, Virginian), dies following a stroke at 86
1998 Sam Yorty, American politician, Mayor of Los Angeles (1961-73), dies at 88
1999 Mel Tormé, American singer (The Velvet Fog) and composer (The Christmas Song), dies at 73
2000 Don Liddle, American baseball player, dies at 75
2001 Pedro Laín Entralgo, Spanish writer, medical and humanist, dies at 93
2002 Curtis Amy, American jazz musician (Way Down), dies at 72
2002 Dee Dee Ramone [Douglas Colvin], American punk rock bassist (Ramones. 1974-89 - "I Wanna Be Sedated"), dies of a heroin overdose at 51
2002 Gwen Plumb, Australian actress (The Young Doctors), dies at 89
2003 Jürgen Möllemann, German politician, German Vice Chancellor (1992-3), dies in a parachuting accident at 57
2003 Manuel Rosenthal, French composer and conductor, dies at 98
2004 Iona Brown, British violinist and conductor, dies of cancer at 63

Ronald Reagan (1911-2004)

40th US President (Republican: 1981-89) and actor (Bedtime for Bonzo), dies at 93

2005 Adolfo Aguilar Zínser, Mexican politician (b. 1949)
2005 Susi Nicoletti, German actress (b. 1918)
2006 Frederick Franck, American artist and writer (b. 1909)
2007 Povel Ramel, Swedish entertainer, dies at 85
2009 Boris Pokrovsky, Russian operatic stage director, dies at 97
2009 Jeff Hanson, American singer-songwriter, dies of a drug overdose at 31
2009 Richard Jacobs, American real estate developer, philanthropist, and sports team owner (Cleveland Indians, 1986-99), dies at 83
2010 Arne Nordheim, Norwegian conductor and composer (Aftonland; Canzona per orchestra; Poly-poly), dies at 78
2012 Barry Unsworth, British novelist, dies from lung cancer at 81
2012 Ray Bradbury, American author (Fahrenheit 451), dies at 91
2013 Ruairí Ó Brádaigh, Irish paramilitary and political leader of Sinn Féin, dies at 80
2014 Chris Burger, South African cricket batsman (2 Tests, HS 37no; Natal), dies at 78
2015 Alan Bond, Australian businessman and yachting syndicate owner (America's Cup 1983), dies from heart failure at 77
2015 Jerry Collins, New Zealand rugby union flanker, #8 (48 caps; Wellington Hurricanes, Toulon, Ospreys, Narbonne), dies in a car crash at 34
2015 Richard Johnson, British stage and screen actor and producer (Never So Few, Restless, Beyond the Door), dies at 87
2015 Tariq Aziz, Iraqi politician and close adviser to Saddam Hussein, dies at 79
2016 Phyllis Curtin, American soprano (NYC Opera), dies at 94
2018 Kate Spade, American fashion designer, commits suicide by hanging at 55
2019 David Plastow, British businessman (CEO of Rolls-Royce, 1972-80), and administrator (Chairman of UK Medical Research Council, 1990-98), dies at 87
2019 Robert Earle, American TV host (GE College Bowl), dies at 93
2020 Boris Gaganelov, Bulgarian soccer defender (51 caps; CSKA Sofia 350 games), dies at 78
2020 Kurt Thomas, American gymnast (first American male to win gold medal at World Championships, floor 1978; floor, horizontal bars 1979), dies from a stroke at 64
2022 Alec John Such [Szűcs], American rock bassist (Bon Jovi, 1983-94 - "Wanted Dead or Alive"), dies at 70
2022 Shaun Greatbatch, English darts player (first player to hit perfect 9-dart finish on live television 2002), dies at 52
2023 Astrud Gilberto (née Weinert), Brazilian samba singer ("The Girl From Ipanema"), dies at 83