Deaths June 6 | History by KabAstro

1785 Johann Michael Demmler, German composer, dies at 36

Patrick Henry (1736-1799)

American Revolutionary and Founding Father famous for his "Give me liberty or give me death" speech, dies at 63

1813 Alexandre-Théodore Brongniart, French architect
1816 Christiane Vulpius, German lover then wife of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, dies at 51
1829 Shanawdithit (Nancy), last known survivor of First Nations People the Beothuk of Newfoundland, dies of tuberculosis at 29 [1]

Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832)

English philosopher, social reformer and founder of modern utilitarianism, dies at 84

1836 Anthony of Saxony, King of Saxony (1827-36), dies at 80
1840 Marcellin Champagnat, French priest (b. 1789)
1843 Friedrich Hölderlin, German poet, dramatist, and philosopher, dies at 73
1852 Tommaso Marchesi, Italian composer, dies at 79
1861 Count Camillo Benso di Cavour, Italian politician who advocated for unification (First Prime Minister of Italy 1861), dies at 50
1861 Giuseppe Concone, Italian singing teacher, dies at 59
1862 Turner Ashby, General, killed near Harrisonburg, Virginia, dies at 33
1865 William Quantrill, American guerrilla leader in the Confederate Army who led Quantrill's Raiders in the Lawrence Massacre, dies of wounds at 27
1878 Gottfried Herrmann, German violinist, organist, Kapellmeister, and composer, dies at 70
1878 Robert Stirling, Scottish inventor (Stirling cycle engine) (b. 1790)
1881 Henri Vieuxtemps, Belgian violin prodigy, composer, and teacher (Brussels Conservatory), dies at 61
1883 Ciprian Porumbescu, Romanian composer, dies at 29

John A. Macdonald (1815-1891)

Canadian politician and businessman (1st Prime Minister of Canada 1867-73, 1878-91), dies of a stroke at 76

1898 Constant A Serrure, Flemish historian, dies at 62
1906 Johan Philip van der Kellen, Dutch stamp cutter, lithographer and writer, dies at 74
1908 Felipe G. Calderon, Filipino lawyer, politician, educator, and co-author of Malolos Constitution (of the First Philippine Republic), dies at 40
1911 Charley Jones, American MLB Baseball outfielder, and one of the first sluggers, 1875-88 (Cincinnati Reds; Boston Red Caps, and 3 other teams), dies at 59
1914 Walter T Watts-Dunton, English lawyer, poet and writer (Aylwin), dies at 81

Yuan Shikai (1859-1916)

Chinese general and President of the Republic of China (1916), dies of uremia at 56

1917 Iacob Mureșianu, Romanian composer, dies at 59
1922 Lillian Russell, American actress and operetta singer, dies at about 60
1926 Henry Tate, Australian composer and poet, dies at 52
1928 Heinrich Gottlieb Noren, Austrian violinist and composer, dies at 67
1934 Charles Francis Jenkins, American Inventor and early television pioneer (also invented the altimeter and automobile self-starter), dies at 66
1934 Julije Kempf, Croatian historian and writer (b. 1864)
1934 Max Pallenberg [Pollack], Austrian extempore farce actor (Morn to Midnight), husband of operetta star Fritzi Massary, dies in air crash at 56
1935 Jacques Urlus, Dutch dramatic tenor (Opera of Leipzig, 1900-14; Tristan und Isolde; Song of the Earth), dies at 68
1935 Julian Byng, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy, British army officer, dies at 72
1938 Rafael Guízar y Valencia, Mexican Catholic bishop (cared for the wounded, sick, and dying during the Mexican Revolution), dies at 60
1940 E. E. Clive, Welsh actor (Night Must Fall, Dark Hour), dies at 56

Louis Chevrolet (1878-1941)

Swiss auto racer and co-founder of Chevrolet Motor Car Company, dies of a heart attack at 62

Karl Landsteiner (1868-1943)

Austrian immunologist and pathologist (Nobel 1930 for the discovery of different blood groups), dies at 74

1944 Den Brotheridge, British lieutenant who was the 1st to die during D-Day landings in World War II is killed at 28
1945 Meinoud M Rost van Tonningen, Dutch Nazi collaborator (National Socialist Movement (1937-41), commits suicide at 51

Gerhart Hauptmann (1862-1946)

German author (Before Dawn - Nobel Prize in Literature, 1912), dies at 83

1947 Norman Reid, cricketer (Test S Af v Aust 1921-22, 11 & 6, 2-63), dies
1948 Louis Lumière, French inventor, with brother Auguste made 1st motion picture in 1895, dies at 83
1951 Lionel Hallam, English cricket batsman and captain (9 Tests, 4 x 50; Hampshire CCC) and politician (Member House of Lords, Lord Temporal 1928–51), dies at 61
1951 Olive Tell, American actress (b. 1894)
1955 Max Meldrum, Scottish-Australian painter (founder of Australian Tonalism), dies at 79
1955 Vernon Isley, American rock singer (The Isley Brothers), dies from injuries sustained when he is struck by a car while riding his bicycle at 13

Hiram Bingham (1875-1956)

American archaeologist who re-discovered the Incan site of Machu Picchu, dies at 80

1956 Margaret Wycherly, English actress (Claudia), dies at 74
1958 Lily Strickland, American composer and artist, dies at 71

Carl Jung (1875-1961)

Swiss Psychiatrist (founded analytic psychology), dies at 85

1962 Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, American actor (Hoedown, Country Fair, Blackmail), dies of poisoning at 63
1962 Yves Klein, French sculptor and painter, dies at 34
1963 William Baziotes, American painter (abstract expressionist), dies at 50
1964 Robert Warwick, American actor (Konga; Zorro; Lady Godiva), dies at 85
1966 Claudette Orbison, wife of singer Roy, dies in a motorcyle crash at 27
1967 Edward G Givens Jr, Major USAF/astronaut, dies in an car crash at 47
1968 Franklin Clark Fry, American minister (World Rad of Church), dies at 67
1968 Randolph Churchill, son of Winston Churchill (b. 1911)

Robert F. Kennedy (1925-1968)

American politician (D-Sen-NY, US Attorney General), assassinated in Los Angeles by Sirhan Sirhan at 42

Miles Dempsey (1896-1969)

British WWII general (XIII Corps, Second Army), dies of cancer at 72

1971 Arnold Elston, American composer, and educator, dies at 63
1974 Blanche Yurka, actress (Tale of 2 Cities, Cry of Werewolf), dies at 86
1975 Larry Blyden, actor (Joe & Mabel, What's My Line), dies at 49

J. Paul Getty (1892-1976)

American oil magnate and billionaire (Getty Oil), dies at 83

1976 Victor Varconi, Hungarian actor (Divine Lady; King of Kings; Big City), dies at 85
1977 Sophie Stewart, actress (As You Like It), dies at 69
1978 D. H. Th. Vollenhoven, Dutch composer and philosopher, dies at 85
1978 Lester "Shad" Collins, American jazz trumpet player, composer and arranger (Chick Webb; Lester Young: Cab Calloway), dies at 67

Jack Haley (1898-1979)

American vaudevillle and screen actor, singer, and dancer (The Wizard of Oz -"Tin Man"; Higher and Higher), dies of a heart attack at 81

1979 Janina Spychajowa-Kurkowska, Polish archer (record 5x women's world championships), dies at 78
1982 Kenneth Rexroth, American poet (b. 1905)
1983 James E. Casey, American businessman and founder (United Parcel Service), dies at 95
1984 A. Bertram Chandler, Anglo-Australian mariner and sci-fi author (Empress of Outer Space), dies at 72
1984 Bill Voce, English cricket fast bowler (27 Tests, 98 wickets, BB 7/70; Nottinghamshire CCC), dies at 74
1985 Siem Devout, Dutch actor, dies at 54
1986 Herbert Eisenreich, Austrian writer, dies at 61
1987 Fulton Mackay, Scottish actor and playwright (Porridge), dies of stomach cancer at 64
1989 Richard F. Kahn, English economist, worked with John Maynard Keynes (concept of the "multiplier"), dies at 83
1991 Larry Kert, American actor (West Side Story - "Tony"), dies of AIDS at 60
1991 Stan Getz [Stanley Gayetski], American big band, bebop, cool jazz, and bossa nova tenor saxophonist (Woody Herman; Getz/Gilberto), dies of liver cancer at 64
1991 Sylvia Porter, American economist and financial writer (Sylvia Porter's Money Book), dies at 77
1992 Larry Riley, American actor (Soldier Story, Knots Landing), dies of AIDS at 39
1992 Manfred Stengl, Austrian luger (Olympic gold men's doubles 1964), dies in a motorcycle accident at 46
1993 James Bridges, writer/director (Paper Chase), dies of cancer at 57
1993 Peter Tazelaar, adjutant of Dutch queen Wilhelmina, dies at 73
1994 Barry Sullivan, American actor (Duffy's Tavern, Man Called X, Tall Man), dies at 81
1994 Jan Slot, Dutch mayor (Eethen/Hardenberg/Ede), dies at 80
1994 Johnny Downs, American stage and screen actor, dancer, singer, and TV host, (Our Gang; Swing, Sister, Swing!; The Mad Monster), dies of cancer at 80
1994 Mark McManus, Scottish actor (Taggart; 2000 Weeks; Ned Kelly), dies of pneumonia at 59
1994 Peter Graves, British actor (Paradise Lagoon, Admirable Crichton), dies at 82
1994 Willie Humphrey, American jazz clarinetist, dies at 93
1995 James Anderson, writer, dies at 41
1995 Rene Firino-Martell, French cognac manufacturer (Martell), dies at 68
1996 Dick Hills, British screenwriter, with Sid Green (Two Of A Kind; The Strange World of Gurney Slade), and comedian (Those Two Fellers), dies at 70
1996 George Davis Snell, American geneticist (1980 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, H-2 gene), dies at 92
1996 Glyn Worsnip, British radio and television presenter (That's Life!), dies at 57
1996 Jean Sinclair, South African campaigner, founder member and first president of the Black Sash in 1955, dies at 88
1996 Kusuo Kitamura, Japanese 1500m freestyle swimmer (Olympic gold 1932), dies at 78
1997 Magda Gabor [Magdolna Gábor], Hungarian actress (Mai lányok, People vs Zsa Zsa Gabor), dies of renal failure at 81
1998 Jan Seidel, Czech composer, dies at 89
1998 Svend Simon Schultz, Danish composer, dies at 84
1999 Anne Haddy, Australian actress (b. 1930)
1999 Eddie Stanky, American baseball 2nd baseman (MLB All Star 1947, 48, 50; Brooklyn Dodgers, Boston Braves, NY Giants) and manager (St. Louis Cardinals, Chicago White Sox, Texas Rangers), dies of a heart attack at 83
2000 Frédéric Dard, French writer (San-Antonio), dies at 78
2001 Douglas Lilburn, New Zealand composer (A Song Of Islands) and educator (Victoria University, 1949-80), dies at 85
2002 Robbin Crosby, American heavy metal rock guitarist and vocalist (Ratt - "Round & Round"), dies at 42
2003 Dave Rowberry, English rocker (The Animals -"House of the Rising Sun"), dies at 62
2003 Ken Grimwood, American writer (b. 1944)
2003 Tom Jackson, British union leader (Post Office), dies at 78
2004 Judy Campbell [Judith Mary Gamble], British actress (Convoy, Bonnie Prince Charlie), dies at 88
2004 Kate Worley, American comic book writer (Omaha the Cat Dancer), dies of cancer at 46

Anne Bancroft (1931-2005)

American stage and screen Emmy, Oscar, and Tony Award-winning actress (The Graduate; The Miracle Worker), director, and screenwriter, dies from uterine cancer at 73

2005 Dana Elcar, American actor (Peter Thornton- MacGyver), dies of pneumonia at 77
2005 Maya Kopitseva, Russian painter of the Leningrad school, dies at 81
2006 Arnold Newman, American photographer(Faces USA), dies at 88

American rock and soul pianist, organist, singer-songwriter ("Nothing From Nothing"; "You Are So Beautiful"; "Outa-Space"), 5th Beatle ("Get Back"), and touring musician (Little Richard, Rolling Stones, Eric Clapton) dies following long-term health issues at 59

2006 Hilton Ruiz, Puerto Rican-American bebop and Afro-Cuban jazz pianist, dies from injuries sustained in a fall at 54
2010 Jack Beeson, American classical pianist and opera composer (Lizzie Borden; Captain Jinks of the Horse Marines), dies at 88
2010 Ladislav Smoljak, Czech director, actor and screenwriter (An Uncertain Season), dies of cancer at 78
2010 Marvin Isley, American rock bassist, and songwriter (The Isley Brothers, 1969-84 & 1991-97 - "Fight The Power"), dies from complications of diabetes at 56
2010 Paul Wunderlich, German lithographer, surrealist painter, and sculptor, dies at 83
2011 Shrek the sheep, New Zealand sheep that held world record for biggest shorn fleece, dies at 16
2012 Vladimir Krutov, Russian ice hockey forward (Canada Cup 1981; Olympic gold 1984, 88; World C'ship gold 1981, 82, 83, 86, 89; Vancouver Canucks 1989-90), dies from liver failure at 52
2013 Esther Williams, American swimmer and actress (Dangerous When Wet), dies from natural causes at 91
2013 Jerome Karle, American chemist and Nobel Laureate, dies at 94
2013 Tom Sharpe, British satirist and author, dies from complications from diabetes at 85
2014 Eric Hill, British children's books author and illustrator (Where's Spot), dies at 86
2014 Lee Hyla, American contemporary classical composer (Mythic Birds of Saugerties; Pre-Pulse Suspended), and music professor (New England Conservatory; Northwestern University), dies of pneumonia at 61
2015 Ludvik Vaculik, Czech writer (Two Thousand Words), dies at 88
2015 Pierre Brice [Pierre-Louis Le Bris], French actor (Winnetou), dies at 86
2015 Ronnie Gilbert, American folk singer (The Weavers - "Kisses Sweeter Than Wine"), dies at 88
2015 Vincent Bugliosi, American attorney and author (Helter-Skelter), dies at 80
2016 Kimbo Slice [Kevin Ferguson], American mixed martial artist, dies at 42

Peter Shaffer (1926-2016)

English playwright (Equus, Amadeus), twin brother to Anthony, dies at 90

2016 Theresa Saldana, American actress (Raging Bull), dies at 62
2016 Viktor Korchnoi, Russian-born chess grandmaster, dies at 85
2017 Adnan Khashoggi, Saudi businessman (arms dealing), dies at 81
2017 Paul Zukofsky, American violinist and conductor (Cappricio), dies from non-Hodgkin lymphoma at 73
2017 Sandra Reemer, Indo-Dutch pop singer ("As Love Goes"), and television presenter, dies of breast cancer at 66
2018 George Stamatoyannopoulos, Greek genetics researcher (founder of American Society of Gene and Cell Therapy), and educator, dies at 84
2018 Red Schoendienst, American Baseball HOF second baseman, manager, coach (10 x MLB All Star; 5 x World Series St. Louis Cardinals, Milwaukee Braves), dies at 95

Dr. John (1941-2019)

American singer and piano player ("Right Place, Wrong Time"), dies at 77

2022 Eric Nesterenko, Canadian ice hockey center (NHL All Star 1961, 65; Toronto Maple Leafs; Stanley Cup 1961 Chicago Black Hawks), dies at 88
2022 Jim Seals, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and fiddler (Seals & Crofts - "Summer Breeze"; "Diamond Girl"), dies at 79
2023 Françoise Gilot, French painter, designer, and author (Life with Picasso), dies at 101
2023 Gints Freimanis, Latvian soccer right-back (13 caps; Jelgava 110 games), dies from skin cancer at 38
2023 Pat Casey, American BMX rider (World C'ship gold Freestyle park BMX 2011; X Games gold dirt, BMX park 2021), dies in a motocross practice accident at 29
2023 Pat Cooper [Pasquale Caputo], American stand-up comedian and actor, dies at 93 [1]
2023 Teddy McCarthy, Irish hurler (2 x All-Ireland Titles; Cork; Sarsfields GAA) and Gaelic footballer (2 x All-Ireland Titles; Cork; Glanmire GFC), dies at 57
2023 Tony McPhee, British blues-rock guitarist and singer (The Groundhogs), dies from complications of a fall at 79
2024 Fumihiko Maki, Japanese architect who won 1993 Pritzker Prize, designed 4 World Trade Center, dies at 95 [1]