Historical Deaths for Tomorrow

🏥 Famous Historical Deaths - June 11, 2026

1930 George Alexander, cricketer (two early Tests for Australia), dies

1994 Herbert Anderson, actor (Henry-Dennis The Menace), dies at 77

1966 Wallace Ford, actor (Deputy), dies of heart attack at 68

1808 Giovanni Battista Cirri, composer, dies at 83

1992 Marjorie Newell Robb, oldest living survivor of Titantic, dies at 103

1811 Charles Frederick, liberal ruler of Baden, dies at 82

1985 Karen Ann Quinlan, comatose patient, dies in Morris Plains NJ at 31

1992 Scotty Sachs, actor (Hanoi Hilton), dies of gunshot wounds at 39

1992 Marlene Hazlett, entertainer, dies of cancer

1698 Balthasar Bekker, Frisian theologist (Enchanted World), dies at 64

1963 Quang Duc, Buddhist monk, immolates himself on a street in Saigon

1924 Alexander F de Savornin Lohmann Jr, Dutch minister (CHU), dies at 87

1488 James III, king of Scotland, dies in battle

1949 Oton Zupanic, Slavs poet (Zimzelen pod snegom), dies at 71

1996 Alan Weeks, British sports commentator, dies at 72

1825 Daniel D Tompkins, 6th US Vice President (1817-25), dies at 54

1956 Corrado Alvaro, Italian writer (Poesie grigio-verdi), dies at 61

1896 Friedrich Gottlieb Schwencke, composer, dies at 72

1986 Robert E Howard, sci-fi author (Conan the Conqueror), dies at 80

1955 Jacques Lemaigre-Dubreuil, French industrialist, murdered

1216 Hendrik of Constantinople, emperor of Constantinople (1206-16), dies

1666 Cornelis Evertsen the Old, Swiss vice-admiral, dies in battle at 55

1903 Draga Masin, wife of Serbian king Aleksandar I, murdered at 35

1970 Frank Laubach, Benton Pa, taught reading through phonetics, dies

1970 Aleksandr F Kerenski, Russian premier (1917), dies at 89

1955 Walter Hampden, actor (Sabrina, 5 Fingers, Vagabond King), dies at 75

1908 Georg Adler, German statehouse head, dies at 45

1975 Floro Manuel Ugarte, composer, dies at 90

1886 Antўnio C G Crespo, Brazilian/Portuguese poet, dies at 40

1912 L‚on Dierx, French poet (Amants), dies at 74

1967 Billy Wells, Gong striker for Rank Films, dies at 79

1949 Koci Xoxe, Albanian vice-premier, executed

1249 Adelheid van Schaarbeek, Flemish mystic/saint, dies

1915 Luis Coloma, Spanish jesuit/writer (Peque¤eces, Boy), dies at 64

1913 Machmud Shevket Pasha, Turks grand vizier, murdered

1966 Ethel Clayton, actress (Warning Shadows), dies at 82

1994 Christopher Collins, actor (True Identity), dies after illness at 44

1970 Camille Bombois, French circus wrestler/painter, dies at 87

1981 Eppo Doeve, Dutch graphic artist/cartoonist/painter, dies at 73

1993 Ray Sharkey, actor (Wiseguy, No Mercy, Body Rock), dies of AIDs at 40

1984 Enrico Berlinguer, secr-general (CP) Italy, dies

1995 Lovelace Watkins, singer, dies at 58

1969 John L Lewis, formed (Congress of Industrial Org), dies at 89

1560 Marie Guise, French wife of king Jacobus V of Scotland, dies at 44

1856 Friedrich H von der Hagen, German germanist, dies at 76

1988 Nathan Cook, actor (White Night), dies of an allergic reaction at 38

1943 Sam[uel] de Vries, actor (Boefje, In Sobibor), dies at 50

1996 Brigitte Helm [Gisele Eve von Kuenheim], actress (Gloria), dies at 90

1927 William Attewell, cricket bowler (England in 10 Tests 1884-1891), dies

1993 Muriel C Bradbrook, English writer (Rise of Common Player), dies at 84

1764 Christoph Stoltzenberg, composer, dies at 74

1900 Charles Swinnerton Heap, composer, dies at 53

1988 Giuseppe Saragat, president of Italy (1964-71), dies at 89

1828 Dugald Stewart, Scot philosopher (Scottish common sense), dies at 74

1906 Heinrich Hart, German writer (Das Lied der Menschheit), dies at 50

1955 Marcel Louis Auguste Samuel-Rousseau, composer, dies at 72

1930 Henry Clay Folger Jr, CEO (Folger Shakespeare Library), dies at 72

1879 Willem, (crown)prince of Orange, dies of bronchitis or murder at 39

1994 Jack Hannah, animator, dies at 90

1766 Elisabeth Farnese, princess of Parma/queen of Spain, dies at 73

1979 John Wayne, actor (Green Berets, True Grit), dies at 72

1951 Montagu Odd, cricket bat-maker (W G Grace), dies

1924 Theodore Dubois, composer, dies at 86

1996 Ulysses Dove, dancer/choreographer, dies at 49

1969 Jўszi Jen” Ters nszky, Hungarian writer (Till Next Time), dies at 81

1990 Clyde McCoy, jazz trumpeter (wah wah sound), dies at 86

1997 Thalassa Cruso, gardening expert (PBS), dies of Alzheimer's at 87

1775 Egidio Romoaldo Duni, Italian composer, dies at 67

1829 Adolf MЃllner, writer, dies

1970 Frank Silvera, Jamaican actor (High Chaparral), dies at 55

1479 Johannes a San Facundo, Spanish Augustine saint, dies

1674 Susanna van Baerle, Dutch poet/wife of Geeraert Burns, dies at 52

1991 Vlastimil Fisar, Czech actor/pres (Intl Actors Federation), dies

1994 Kitty Rosalind Muggeridge, author, dies at 90

1979 August Maes, Flemish actor/director (Farmer that Dies), dies at 85

1995 Luigi Innocenti, designer, dies at 71

1929 Gyula Andr ssy Jr, Hungarian minister of Foreign affairs, dies at 68

1560 Mary of Lorraine, pro-French Regent of Scotland, dies at 44

1996 Lonne Elder, playwright/screenwriter, dies at 69

1996 Kevin Meadows, gay rights activist, dies at 21

1956 Ralph Morgan, actor (Creeper, Imposter, Jack London), dies at 73

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