June 6th famous deaths
List of celebrities and famous people who died on June 6th
2019 - 2010
Famous deaths on June 6th for the celebrities who died in the years 2019 - 2010
2010Egyptian Police brutality; Figure of the Egyptian Revolution, January 25, 2011
American musician The Isley Brothers (Born 1953).
2009 - 2000
Famous deaths on June 6th for the celebrities who died in the years 2009 - 2000
2009American actress (Born 1913).
American college football head coach (Born in 1927).
American actor and director (d.2005)
English pianist and songwriter (The Animals), (d. 2003).
American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Ratt), (d. 2002).
French writer (Born 1921)
1999 - 1990
Famous deaths on June 6th for the celebrities who died in the years 1999 - 1990
1996Broadcaster dies at 57
At 70, comedy script writer dies
At 88, a teacher/campaigner dies
Nobel Prize winner for American immunologist and geneticist
Singer, dies at 76
Scottish actor most well-known for portraying Detective Chief Inspector Jim Taggart on the ITV television series Taggart, which ran for 11 years before his death.
Actor / dancer / singer, dies at 80
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American CEO of First Chicago, a financial banking institution. Sullivan graduated from Columbia in 1956 with a BA and the University of Chicago in 1957, with an MBA.
Mayor of Eethen/ Hardenberg/ Ede
Actor/singer (Algiers Red Head), passes away at 80
Jazz clarinetist dies at 93
American musician, athlete, announcer, and radio host. He was a USAF member for two years before he entered Hollywood TV and movies. He was tall, handsome, and muscular, with a calm, commanding voice. He played tough, but understood good men. Many of his roles were often Westerns. Also, "Stalag 17," "A Rage to Live," as well as "The Ballet of …
At 57, Paper Chase director and writer dies from cancer
At 73, Adjutant to Dutch Queen Wilhelmina dies
Lawyer/Dutch MP (PvdA) dies at 44
Memphis, Tennessee -- Actor (Harry-Stir Crazy, Knots Landing)
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania -- Jazz Tenor Saxophonist (Benny Goodman and Jimmy Dorsey).
American actor and singer best known for his role in "West Side Story."
American economist and writer. When her mother lost all her savings in the 1929 stock market crash, she switched her college major to economics. She wanted to understand why. She was 19 when she began writing a column in a magazine about the stock market. S.F. was a name that has been cherished by more than 40 million people. Porter …
1989 - 1980
Famous deaths on June 6th for the celebrities who died in the years 1989 - 1980
1985Dutch actor dies at 54
Author (Empresse of Outer Space), died at 72
Australian author (Born 1912)
American anthropologist (Born in 1904)
1979 - 1970
Famous deaths on June 6th for the celebrities who died in the years 1979 - 1970
1979American film executive, co-founder, with David Wolper, in Wolper Productions, Inc., 1959. He was also the executive producer for "Ripley's Believe It or Not" 1983 and "That's Entertainment". He produced the Academy Awards in 1984 for the first time. In 1985, he produced "That's Dancing", which was followed by the special "That's Dancing". His work earned him several Emmys.
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Actress (As You Like it), dies at the age of 69
Hungarian-American actor, director (d. 1976).
American industrialist (Born in 1892)
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American actor and host of game shows, best known for his performances on Broadway and hosting the game show What's My Line?
American actor (Born in 1923)
Actress (Tale of 2 Cities and Cry of Werewolf), is killed at 86
Composer dies at 63
1969 - 1960
Famous deaths on June 6th for the celebrities who died in the years 1969 - 1960
1968US Minister (World Rad of Church).
Los Angeles, California, USA: 42 years old, gunshot wounds.
At 47, a major USAF/Astronaut is killed in a car accident
In a motorcyle accident, Roy Orbison's wife, Dorothy, is killed.
(Sir Dennis-Adventures of Fu Manchu), Dies at 64
Actor (Konga Zorro, Lady Godiva), passes away at 85
French artist is considered an important figure in European post-war art. He is the leader of Nouveau rA(c),alisme, a French artistic movement founded by Pierre Restany in 1960. Klein is a pioneer in the creation of Performance art and is considered an inspiration and forerunner of Minimal art as well as Pop art.
Actor, Big Boy-Circus Boy, dies from poisoning at 63
Swiss psychiatrist and author. He is noted for being an outstanding influence on the development of analytical psychotherapy, synchronicity and introvert-extrovert types as well as individuation, the personal-collective unconscious, and the theory and practice thereof.
Greek politician, 146th Prime Minster of Greece (Born 1880).
1959 - 1950
Famous deaths on June 6th for the celebrities who died in the years 1959 - 1950
1958Composer dies at 71
Actress (Claudia) dies at 74
Australian painter, known for his pioneering Australian Tonalism (representative style of painting) and portrait work, for whom he was awarded the Archibald Prize in 1940 and 1939.
Austrian mountaineer (Born 1910)
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American singer and actress (d. 1951).
1949 - 1940
Famous deaths on June 6th for the celebrities who died in the years 1949 - 1940
1948French movie pioneer (Born 1864)
German playwright, poet, novelist, and dramatist. He is one of the most prolific and important German writers of his generation. He was the son of a hotelkeeper and studied art in Breslau Jena, Rome, and Rome. After a successful marriage in 1885, Hauptmann began writing plays for the theatre. Some of his plays are still being performed today. Hauptmann was …
Anti semite / NSB (1937-41), suicide
Executed at 41
British lieutenant, 1st to die during D-Day
Secretary of the Communist Party of Greece (Born 1900).
Austrian/US pathologist (Nobel 1930), is killed at 74
Austrian/US pathologist (Nobel 1930), is killed at 74
Actor (Bulldog Drummonds, Night Muss Fall), died at 56
1939 - 1930
Famous deaths on June 6th for the celebrities who died in the years 1939 - 1930
1939Writer dies at 65
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Actress Bombshell, dies at 26 from a gallbladder infection
1st Viscount Byng, Vimy English field marshal and politician 12th governor general of Canada (d. 355)
Tenor (Opera of Leipzig Song of the Earth), is killed at 68
Croatian writer and historian (Born 1864).
1929 - 1920
Famous deaths on June 6th for the celebrities who died in the years 1929 - 1920
1928Composer dies at 67
Tate & Lyle was founded by an English businessman and philanthropist (d. 1899).
American actress. She is the embodiment of gay '90s. Her large hourglass figure, laced in a $3,900 corset, and her prominent stage roles make her the talk of town. Diamond Jim Brady, her friend, was her favorite pastime. She enjoyed playing poker and riding horses. She was a feminist and journalist. In 1922, she was President Harding's official emissary to …
1919 - 1910
Famous deaths on June 6th for the celebrities who died in the years 1919 - 1910
1917Composer dies at 59
Chinese politician and general President of the Republic of China (d. 1966)
England, lawyer / Poet / writer (Aylwin)