May 6th famous deaths
List of celebrities and famous people who died on May 6th
2019 - 2010
Famous deaths on May 6th for the celebrities who died in the years 2019 - 2010
2010American television broadcaster. Roberts anchors ABC's Good Morning America morning show.
2009 - 2000
Famous deaths on May 6th for the celebrities who died in the years 2009 - 2000
2009American NASCAR driver (Born 1978).
Brazilian politician (Born 1938)
American screenwriter and actor (d. 2007).
Croatian songwriter (Born 1943).
Singer, songwriter, and co-founder of the Australian band The Go-Betweens. (Born 1958).
Japanese Ainu activist (Born in 1926)
Canadian television journalist (Born 1958)
American composer and guitarist (d. 2004).
American Zen teacher (Born 1912).
American journalist and baseball player (d. 2003).
American singer, pianist and songwriter (Born in 1932).
1999 - 1990
Famous deaths on May 6th for the celebrities who died in the years 1999 - 1990
1996Lawyer, who dies at the age of 79.
Writer dies at 85
At 78, a physiologist dies.
Mathematician dies at 50.
Bomb disposal expert, aged 87.
Cardinal dies at the age of 91.
Writer, self-described Duchess of Braganza, and claimant to Portugal's throne (Born 1907).
Television producer/writer, died at the age of 57.
Irish-English painter and footballer (d. 1995).
R&B singer, dies at age 47.
At age 88, a pretender to the Portugal throne is killed.
Blues guitarist/singer, who dies at the age of 59.
Broadcaster, who dies at 72
Artist dies at the age of 86.
Actor (Quiet American), 67, dies from AIDS
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Actress (Things to Come Danny Boy), suffers a stroke at the age of 84
Actress (Def By Temptation), is killed in New York at the age of 77
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German-American singer and actress who enjoyed 62 years of international success as a screen goddess in American and German films. For her efforts in entertaining Allied soldiers during WWII, she was awarded the U.S. Medal of Freedom and the French Legion of Honor. She began performing cabaret on stage all over the world in 1954. Her love affairs with prominent …
Belgian runner. He won the 1948 Olympic title at London's 5,000-meter race. He died in May 1992.
Frank Sinatra's friend and restauranteur, Frank Sinatra, is killed in a car accident at 75 years old.
US soccer player, dies.
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England, United Kingdom -- Actor (My Fair Lady, Peyton Place)
Writer (Ketelbinkie, Geschonden Eldorado)
Dies at 62
American actor with a long, steady career. He was the star of 10 silent films and 40 talkies. He and Ralph Bellamy constructed the Palm Springs Tennis Club in 1931. It was later transformed into the Racquet Club. It was sold to them for $1 million on the 9th of January 1958. He was Palm Spring's mayor from 1948-1953.
1989 - 1980
Famous deaths on May 6th for the celebrities who died in the years 1989 - 1980
1989Former American football coach (Born in 1897).
American politician, 13th Director for Central Intelligence (d.87)
Director of the US Central Intelligence Agency (1981-1987), dies aged 73 (born 1913).
British Conservative Party politician (Born in 1912).
Danish-born jazz trombonist, composer (d. 1983).
1979 - 1970
Famous deaths on May 6th for the celebrities who died in the years 1979 - 1970
1978Dutch actor Zaak M P, dies at the age of 61.
US swimmer (1920 Olympics, 3 Gold Medals), died at 76
Flemish Author (On The Pulpit), is killed at 85
Hungarian Catholic Cardinal (Born 1892)
Canadian composer and conductor of orchestras (Born 1893)
Yusuf Aslan, HuseyinInan are executed in Ankara because they tried to overthrow Constitutional order.
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At 70, a German/Austrian actress (Metropolis) dies
Russian general (Born 1879)
1969 - 1960
Famous deaths on May 6th for the celebrities who died in the years 1969 - 1960
1967Chinese translator and author (d. 1967).
Composer dies at 74
Hungarian-born physicist (Born 1881)
Actor (Pied piper, Man Who Came To Dinner), dies aged 74
Philosopher/poet (Transcendental censor), dies at 65.
Hungarian Composer (Blume von Hawaii), dies at 67
1959 - 1950
Famous deaths on May 6th for the celebrities who died in the years 1959 - 1950
1952Capitano Ulisse, an Italian composer, dies at the age of 60
Italian educator, who in 1895 was the first woman to earn a medical degree in Italy. Her primary focus was on subnormal children in Rome tenements. She then developed her own teaching method. Her book, "The Montessori Method," was published in English in 1912. It earned her an international reputation.
French mathematician (Born 1869).
Journalist
1949 - 1940
Famous deaths on May 6th for the celebrities who died in the years 1949 - 1940
1949At 86, Belg philosopher (Nobel 1911), is dead
Belgian essayist, poet and playwright. He was also a naturalist and lawyer. He won the 1911 Nobel Prize for Literature. He was made a count in 1932 by the Belgian King. He is best known for his books "The Blind", 1891, and "The Interior", 1892. There are also many studies on nature. Maeterlinck was able to dedicate all his time …
1939 - 1930
Famous deaths on May 6th for the celebrities who died in the years 1939 - 1930
1939Russian writer (Born 1869).
Composer dies at 59
1929 - 1920
Famous deaths on May 6th for the celebrities who died in the years 1929 - 1920
1924Writer (socialism) - Poet, dies at 47
1919 - 1910
Famous deaths on May 6th for the celebrities who died in the years 1919 - 1910
1919American writer (Born 1856).
Author (Wizard of Oz), is killed at 62
At the age of 50, a person dies.
Dutch MP (Liberal), Dies at 53
Anarchist from Greece who assassinated King George I (Born 1870).
VII of the United Kingdom (Born in 1841)
At the age of 68, he dies.
1909 - 1900
Famous deaths on May 6th for the celebrities who died in the years 1909 - 1900
1904At the age of 67, she dies.
American poet and author (d. 1902)