Historical Deaths for Yesterday

🏥 Famous Historical Deaths - Jun 9

0068 Claudius Nero, Roman emperor (54-68), commits suicide at 31

1171 Jacob Ben Meir, [Rabbenu Tam], French Tosofist, dies

1361 Philippe de Vitry, French composer/poet, dies at 69

1382 Philip of Lead, lawyer of Utrecht, dies

1572 Jeanne d'Albret, queen of Navarra, dies at 44

1597 Jos‚ de Anchieta, Spanish jesuit/missionary, dies

1656 Thomas Tomkins, composer, dies

1681 William Lilly, English astrologer, dies

1717 Jeanne-Marie Bouvier de la Mothe-Guyon, French mystic, dies at 69

1717 Louis Le Quointe, composer, dies at 64

1820 Wilhelmina FS, princess of Prussia/Orange, dies at 68

1825 M Pauline Bonaparte, Corsican duchess of Parma/Guastalla, dies at 44

1832 Manuel Garcia, composer, dies at 57

1839 Gerrit J Pijman, Dutch minister of War (1798-1800), dies at 89

1847 Pierre-Simon Ballanche, French philosopher/poet (Orph‚e), dies

1863 Benjamin Franklin "Grimes" Davis, Union major, dies in battle at 30

1868 James Brooke, Rajah of Sarawak (1841-68), dies

1870 Charles Dickens, English writer (David Copperfield), dies at 58

1870 Erik Drake, composer, dies at 82

1892 Friedrich Wilhelm Langhans, composer, dies at 59

1897 Alvin Graham Clark, dies 3 weeks after 1st use of Yerkes 40" lens

1901 Walter Besant, novelist/philanthropist, dies

1907 Manuel Estrada Vabrera, president Guatemala, murdered

1908 Jos‚ FdT Coelho, Portuguese writer (Os meus amores), dies at 46

1911 Carry Amelia Moore Nation, American temperance leader, dies

1922 Albert Baertsoen, Flemish painter/etcher, dies at 56

1929 Lewis Bennison, dies

1931 Henrique Oswald, composer, dies at 79

1932 Natalia Janotha, composer, dies at 76

1939 Owen Moore, actor (She Done Him Wrong), commits suicide at 52

1944 99 inhabitants of Tulle, hanged by SS

1946 Rama VIII, king of Siam (1935-46), dies at 21

1947 Wladyslaw Raczkiewicz, president of Poland (1939-40), dies at 62

1953 Ugo Betti, dramatist, dies

1957 Robert Oboussier, composer, dies at 56

1958 Robert Donat, actor (Citadel, Goodbye Mr Chips, 39 Steps), dies at 53

1960 Ren‚ Maran, Martiniques writer (Batouala, Prix Goncourt), dies

1962 Henry Kendall, actor (Shadow, Romance & Riches), dies at 65

1964 Max Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook/newspaper owner (Leatherhead), dies

1964 W Maxwell Aitken, Lord Beaverbrook, Engl Min of Info, dies at 85

1967 Stefan Boleslaw Poradowski, composer, dies at 64

1971 Harold Lloyd Jr, actor (Frankenstein's Daughter), dies at 40

1974 M A Asturias, writer, dies

1974 Phillip Tead, actor (Lightnin', Fighting Blade), dies at 80

1975 David Frederick Barlow, composer, dies at 48

1976 James A Farley, US Postmaster General (1932-38), dies at 88

1976 Paul T B Rodenko, Dutch poet/writer (Never Marry a Witch), dies at 55

1976 Sybil Thorndike, actress (Melba, Major Barbara), dies at 93

1977 Bill Merritt, cricketer (6 Tests of leg-spin for NZ, 12 wkts), dies

1977 Hans Andreus, [Johan W van de Zant], Dutch poet, dies at 51

1980 Leonard Huizinga, journalist/writer (Olivier & Adrian), dies at 73

1981 Allen Ludden, game show host (Password), dies at 63

1981 Russell Hayden, actor (Hidden Gold, Apache Chief, Justice), dies

1982 Guillaume Jorissen, Flemish politician, dies at 60

1982 Hank Ladd, TV host (Arrow Show, Waiting for the Break), dies at 74

1987 Grandon Rhodes, actor (Gentleman From Nowhere), dies

1987 Madge Kennedy, actress (Marrying Kind, 3 Bad Sisters), dies

1989 Piet[er J] Lieftinck, Dutch minister of Finance (1945-52), dies

1989 W Schnurre, writer, dies at 68

1991 Bob Irwin, Comedian, dies of Alzheimer's related illness at 88

1991 Charles Loloma, painter/sculptor, dies

1991 Claudio Arrau, Chilian/US pianist/composer, dies at 88

1991 Max van Praag, Dutch singer, dies at 77

1992 Cathy Bennett, jury selection expert, dies of breast cancer at 41

1992 Clarence Miller, blues/jazz vocalist, dies at 69 of a heart attack

1993 Alexis Smith, dancer/actress (Follies), dies of cancer at 72

1993 Arthur Alexander, singer/songwriter (You Better Move On), dies at 53

1993 Ian Mikardo, British politician, dies

1994 Angela Lakeberg, siamese twin, dies at 11 months

1994 Dhirendra Bhramachari, [Flying Swami], hindu leader, dies at 70

1994 Jan Tinbergen, Dutch economist (Plan of Labor, Nobel 1969), dies at 91

1994 Lloyd Lindroth, the Liberace of the Harp, dies at 63

1995 Charles Rowe, cricket (scored 0 in only Test for NZ v Aust 1946), dies

1995 Frank Chacksfield, conductor/arranger, dies at 81

1995 Walter Landor, designer, dies at 81

1996 Edward Morris Bernstein, economist, dies at 91

1996 Robert Kidd, marine geoscientist, dies at 48

1996 Walter Pardon, carpenter/traditional singer, dies at 81

1997 Reid Shelton, actor (Daddy Warbucks-Annie), dies of stroke at 71

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