August 6th famous deaths

List of celebrities and famous people who died on August 6th

2009 - 2000

Famous deaths on August 6th for the celebrities who died in the years 2009 - 2000

• Willy DeVille

  American singer-songwriter (Born 1950).

• Riccardo Cassin

  Italian mountaineer and author (d.2009)

• W S Rendra

  Born 1935, Indonesian playwright and poet

• Angelos Kitsos

  Greek script writer and lawyer (Born 1934).

• Zsolt Daczi

  Hungarian guitarist (Omen, Bikini) (d. 2007)

• Ibrahim Ferrer

  Cuban singer (Buenavista Social Club and Afro-Cuban All Stars). (d. 2005).

• Keter Betts

  American jazz bassist (Born 1928)

• Rick James

  American R&B singer and multi-instrumentalist (Born 1948)

• Dorothy Tutin

  British actress who has been a leading actor in Shakespearean roles since 1952. At 15 years old, Tutin left school to study music. Her father encouraged her to become an actor. After joining Peter Hall's first company, Tutin was pushed into acting by her father. She opened "The Living Room" in April 1953 and became a star in the Shakespearean …

• Wilhelm Mohnke

  German Nazi military personnel, one among the 120 original members of the SS-Staff Guard "Berlin", which was formed in March 1933. Mohnke rose from these ranks to become Adolf Hitler’s last general. In September 1931, he joined the Nazi Party. He was 90 years old when he died in BarsbA 1/4 Tel-Hamburg on August 6, 2001.

1999 - 1990

Famous deaths on August 6th for the celebrities who died in the years 1999 - 1990

• Rita Sakellariou

  Greek singer (Born 1934)

• Andre Weil

  French mathematician (Born in 1906)

• Andre Weil

  French mathematician (Born in 1906)

• Ossie Raymond Clark

  Fashion designer, dies at 54

• Buland Al Haidary

  Poet dies at 69

• Hernan Siles Zuazo

  Bolivian President (1956-60, 1982-1985), dies at the age of 82

• Muhammad al-Badr

  Magnate of Northern Yemen (1962).

• Richard Murphey Goodwin

  Economist dies at 83

• Youly Algaroff

  Ballet dancer, dies at 77

• Paul James Nunn

  52 years old Mountaineer dies

• Domenico Modugno

  Italian singer-songwriter, who won the top prize at 1958 San Remo for his song "Nel Blu Di Blu", a song also known as "Volare" in the U.S. He also did song work in movies.

• Milton "Milt" Thompson

  At 67, the US NASA-test pilot/chief-engineer, is killed

• Tex Hughson

  American baseball player (Born in 1916).

• Leszek B?azynski

  Polish boxer (Born 1949).

• Harry Reasoner

  American journalist and anchor of news, one of the original anchors for the TV news program "60 Minutes."

• Roland Michener

  Canadian politician and lawyer 20th Governor General of Canada (d.91)

• Shapour Bakhtiar

  Assassination of the Iranian prime minister (Born in 1915).

• Jacques Soustelle

  French politician, anthropologist and ethnologist, Governor General of Algeria 1955-1956

• Mario De Andrade

  Founder (Movimiento Popular of Lib of Angola).

• Charles Arnt

  Actor (Double Exposure) dies from pancreatic cancer at the age of 82

• Robert Alex

  At 31 a robber shot him to death

• Gordon Metcalfe

  Actor, Monster in the Closet, dies at 43 from AIDS

1989 - 1980

Famous deaths on August 6th for the celebrities who died in the years 1989 - 1980

• J Skelly Wright

  US judge (anti-segregationist), dies at 77

• Anatoli S Levchenko

  Cosmonaut (TM-4), passes away from a brain tumor at 47

• Ira C Eaker

  At 91, Commandant USAF Europe (WWII), is killed

• Sherwood Bailey

  Actor (Spud-Our Gang)

• Ira Eaker

  American Air Force leader (Born in 1896).

• Emilio Fernandez

  Mexican screenwriter, actor, and film director (Born in 1904)

• William J Schroeder

  Second person to die from permanent artificial heart after Jarvik VII man-made pump.

• Manfred Hausmann

  Writer dies at 87

• Forbes Burnham

  Guyanese visionary, third President and first Prime Minister of Guyana (Born in 1923)

• Charles Urbanus

  Dutch baseball player dies at 66

1979 - 1970

Famous deaths on August 6th for the celebrities who died in the years 1979 - 1970

• Kurt Kasznar

  Actor (Cmdr Fitzhugh - Land of the Giants), Dies at 65

• Edward Durell Stone

  American architect (Born in 1902)

• Paul VI [Giovanni Montini]

  Italian Pope (1963-1978), dies at age 80

• Gregor Piatigorsky

  Ukrainian-American cellist, educator (d. 1976).

• Gene Ammons

  American jazz saxophonist (Born 1925)

• Fulgencio Batista

  Cuban military officer who was the dictator of his country between 1940-1944. He was born into poverty and obscurity, but he joined the Army in April 1921. Batista, who was born into poverty and obscurity, overthrew Machado's regime in August 1933. He became General on 10 March 1952, taking control of the government to rule Cuba's six-million people. Fidel Castro …

• Memphis Minnie

  American singer-songwriter

• Nikos Tsiforos

  Greek film director and screenwriter (Born 1912).

• Ingolf Dahl

  German-American pianist composer, conductor (d. 1970).

1969 - 1960

Famous deaths on August 6th for the celebrities who died in the years 1969 - 1960

• Theodor Adorno

  German philosopher, social theorist, and music critic. In 1934, he emigrated to America, where he taught in New York. He returned to Frankfurt in 60. He was brilliant and versatile and contributed significant work to the sociology of music, music, and culture. This is exemplified by "The Philosophy of the New Music", 1949. His thought was best expressed in the …

• Ernest Burnelle

  Belgian politician dies at 60

• Cordwainer Smith

  American sinologist and academic (d. 1966).

• Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger

  Sci-fi author (Space Lords) dies at 53

• Nancy Carroll

  Actress (Alice Aldrich Family), dead at 60

• Aksel Sandemose

  Writer

• Everett Sloane

  At 55, there were five apparent suicides with barbiturates

• Peter Ronnefeld

  Composer dies at the age of 30

• Cedric Hardwicke

  English-American actor and director (d. 64)

• Sir Cedric Hardwicke

  English actor (Born in 1893)

• Tom Keene

  Actor (Our Daily Bread) dies from cancer at the age of 68

• Jozef E Van Roey

  Flemish Cardinal/Archbishop of Mechelen dies at 87

1959 - 1950

Famous deaths on August 6th for the celebrities who died in the years 1959 - 1950

• Preston Sturges

  American director, screenwriter and producer. Hollywood's first wonder-boy of the '40s. He mastered comedy with a loose, witty style and sophisticated topic matter. He produced seven hits between 1940-1947, and was a three-time Academy Award nominee for films such as "Christmas In July," 1940," "The Great McGinty," 40, "The Lady Eve," 41, "The Lady Eve," 1941," "Sullivan's Travels," 42, and …

1949 - 1940

Famous deaths on August 6th for the celebrities who died in the years 1949 - 1940

• Tony Lazzeri

  American baseball manager and player (d. 1946).

• Richard Bong

  American ace fighter pilot and Medal of Honor winner (d. 1945).

• Hiram Johnson

  American politician (Born 1866)

• Wu

  Prince of Korea (Born 1912)

1939 - 1930

Famous deaths on August 6th for the celebrities who died in the years 1939 - 1930

• Warner Oland

  Actor (Werewolf in London, Jazz Singer), is killed at 57

• Ferdinand CS Schiller

  Mind!, a British philosopher At 72, he dies.

• Annie E F Horniman

  England, theatre owner (Abbey Theatre), is killed at 76

• Alexander Gustav Adolfovich Winkler

  Composer dies at age 70

• Bix Beiderbecke

  American composer, musician and jazz legend. Since his childhood, he was largely self-taught on the piano and cornet. He was the star of "The Wolverines", a group that performed in New York's Roseland. In 1925, he played in Charlie Straight's orchestra commercial, and spent some time with a pioneering black artist in Chicago. He also held various orchestra jobs. He …

1929 - 1920

Famous deaths on August 6th for the celebrities who died in the years 1929 - 1920

• William Henry Grattan Flood

  Composer dies at 68

• Sir Surendranath Banerjea

  Indian leader of Indian National Congress (Born in 1848).

• John Henry Roberts

  Composer dies at 76

• Stefan Bastyr

  Polish aviator who was the author of the first military flight to independent Poland (Born in 1890).

1919 - 1910

Famous deaths on August 6th for the celebrities who died in the years 1919 - 1910

• Ellen Wilson

  1st Lady (1913-14), Died at 54

1909 - 1900

Famous deaths on August 6th for the celebrities who died in the years 1909 - 1900

• Eduard Hanslick

  Bohemian-Austrian musicologist, critic (d. 1904).

• Wilhelm Liebknecht

  German politician and journalist (d. 1900).