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Famous Deaths in June 1852

  • Jun 5 Tomasz Napoleon Nidecki, composer, dies at 45
  • Jun 6 Tommaso Marchesi, composer, dies at 79
  • Jun 11 Karl Briullov, Russian painter, dies at 52

Person of interestHenry Clay

Jun 29 Henry Clay, American politician known as "the Great Compromiser", dies of tuberculosis at 75

Legislator and Orator Henry Clay
Legislator and Orator
Henry Clay

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