Famous Deaths on July 6

1017 Genshin [Eshin Sōzu], Japanese scholar-monk of the Buddhist Tendai sect (Ōjōyōshū -"Essentials of Birth in the Pure Land"), dies at around 75

Henry II of England (1133-1189)

King of England (1154-89), dies of a bleeding ulcer at 56

1218 Eudes III, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1166)
1249 Alexander II, King of Scots (1215-49), dies at 50
1415 Jan Hus, Bohemian religious reformer burned for heresy by the Church at Constance, Germany (b. 1369)
1476 Regiomontanus [Johannes Müller von Königsberg], German mathematician and astronomer, prepares astronomic tables, dies at 40
1480 Antonio Squarcialupi [Giovanni], Italian composer and organist (Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore, 1432-80), dies at 64
1533 Ludovico Ariosto, Italian poet (Orlando Furioso), dies at 57

Thomas More (1478-1535)

English philosopher, Renaissance humanist, author (Utopia) and statesman (Lord Chancellor 1529-32), beheaded for treason at 57

Edward VI (1537-1553)

King of England (1547-53), dies at 15

1568 Johann Oporinus, Swiss book publisher/publisher, dies at 61
1583 Edmund Grindal, English bishop of London/archbhp of York, dies at 64
1585 Thomas Aufield, English Catholic martyr (b. 1552)
1587 Michael Lauterbeck, assassinated Fries viceroy Willem Louis, executed
1684 Peter Gunning, English royalist churchman (b. 1614)
1734 Nicolas Bernier, French composer, dies at 69
1740 Claudius Amyand, French-born British surgeon who performed first appendectomy, dies at about 80
1758 George Howe, 3rd Viscount Howe, British general
1759 William Pepperrell, British colonial soldier, dies at 63
1765 Ferdinand Zellbell the elder, Swedish composer, dies at 76
1768 Conrad Beissel, German born American religious leader and composer (founded Ephrata community), dies at 78
1792 Maria Louisa of Spain, Empress consort of the Holy Roman Empire, dies at 46
1795 Georg Gottfried Petri, German composer, dies at 79
1802 Daniel Morgan, American soldier and politician (Battle of Cowpens, Whiskey Rebellion), dies at 66
1809 Antoine Charles Louis Lasalle, French cavalry general (b. 1775)
1813 Granville Sharp, English abolitionist, dies at 77
1815 Samuel Whitbread, English politician, dies at 51
1816 Philipp Meissner, German composer, dies at 67

John Marshall (1755-1835)

4th Chief Justice of the United States (1801-35), dies at 79

1851 Thomas Davenport, American inventor (invented 1st commercial electric motor), dies at 48

Georg Ohm (1789-1854)

German physicist and mathematician (Ohm's law), dies at 65

1858 Jan Emmanuel Doležálek, Bohemian organist and composer, dies at 78
1860 Alexandre Goria, French pianist and composer, dies at 37
1863 Strong Vincent, American army officer (fought at Battle of Gettysburg), dies at 26 fighting at the Little Round Top in Gettysburg
1864 Samuel Allen Rice, American Brigadier General (Union Army), dies of injuries at 36
1868 Samuel Lover, Irish composer, novelist and painter, dies at 71
1868 Sanosuke Harada, Shinsengumi Captain (b. 1840)
1871 Antonio de Castro Alves, Brazilian poet (O navio negreiro), dies at 34
1879 Henry Smart, English organist and composer, dies at 65
1890 Edwin Chadwick, British social reformer (Poor law reform, sanitation movement), dies at 90

Guy de Maupassant (1850-1893)

French author (Boule de Suif), dies four days after trying to commit suicide by cutting his throat at 42

1896 Alexander Sergeyevich Famintsin, Russian composer, dies at 54
1901 Prince Chlodwig zu Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1819)
1902 Leopoldo Miguez, Brazilian composer, dies at 51
1907 August Johann Gottfried Bielenstein, German Linguist, Theologian (b. 1826)
1914 Delmira Agustini, Uruguayan poet (El Libro Blanco), murdered at 27
1916 Odilon Redon [Bertrand-Jean Redon], French symbolist painter (b. 1840)
1918 Count von Mirbach, German ambassador to Moscow, dies
1922 Mary Theresa Ledóchowska, Polish-Austrian Catholic nun (founded the Missionary Sisters of St. Peter Claver), dies at 59
1932 Kenneth Grahame, English author (The Wind in the Willows), dies at 73
1933 Robert Kajanus, Finnish conductor and composer, dies at 76
1934 Edward Vermeulen, Flemish writer, dies at 73
1946 Jeanne Lanvin, French fashion designer and perfumer (Lavin), dies at 79
1950 Harold Weekes, American College Football Hall of Fame halfback (Columbia University; All American 1901), dies at 70
1950 Theodore "Fats" Navarro, American jazz trumpet player, dies from poor health following long-term heroin addiction, tuberculosis, and a weight problem, at 26
1951 Josef Hüttel, Czech composer, dies at 57
1952 Louis-Alexandre Taschereau, French Canadian politician (b. 1867)
1954 Dirk Verbeek, Dutch actor and director (Hofstad Stage), dies at 70
1955 Paolo Gallico, Italian-American pianist and composer (The Apocalypse), dies at 87
1958 Marie van Regteren Altena, Dutch painter (Amsterdam's Joffers), dies at 89
1959 George Grosz, German cartoonist and painter (Ecce Homo), dies at 65
1960 Aneurin Bevan, Welsh politician (launched the NHS), dies at 62
1961 Cuno Amiet, Swiss painter and illustrator, dies at 93
1961 Enrique Larreta [E Rodriguez Maza], Argentine diplomat and writer, dies at 86
1961 Scott LaFaro, American jazz bassist (Bill Evans Trio), dies in a car accident at 25
1962 Archduke Joseph August of Austria, Austrian field marshal, dies at 89
1962 George, Duke of Mecklenburg, head of the House of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, dies at 63

William Faulkner (1897-1962)

American author (As I Lay Dying, Nobel Prize for Literature 1949), dies at 64

1966 "Sad" Sam Jones, American baseball pitcher (no-hitter 1923; World Series 1918, 23; Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees), dies at 73
1966 Ann Nagel [Anna Marie Dolan], American actress (Don Winslow of the Navy, The Green Hornet), dies of cancer at 50
1968 John Indrisano, American welterweight boxer, stunt man, and bit-part actor (O.K.. Crackerby!), dies of apparent suicide at 61
1970 Marjorie Rambeau, American stage, silent and sound screen actress (Primrose Path; Torch Song), dies at 80
1971 Horst Lange, German writer (The Long Lament), dies at 66

Louis Armstrong (1901-1971)

American jazz trumpeter and singer (Hello Dolly; What A Wonderful World), dies of a heart attack at 69

1971 Thomas C Heart, US admiral/commander (Asiatic fleet), dies
1972 (Andre) Brandon De Wilde, American stage and screen actor (The Member of the Wedding; Shane; Jamie; Hud), dies in a car crash at 30
1972 Vincent Valentine, West Indian cricket pace bowler (England 1933), dies
1973 Joe E. Brown, American comedian (Buck Circus Hour), dies after long illness at 80
1973 Otto Klemperer, German-American conductor (Los Angeles Philharmonic, 1933-39), and composer (Das Ziel), dies at 88
1973 Patrick McVey, actor (Manhunt, Big Town), dies at 63
1974 Carlos Isamitt, Chilean composer, dies at 87
1975 Otto Skorzeny, German/Austrian SS (Mussolini/Ardennen), dies
1975 Ruffian, American racehorse (b. 1972)
1976 Fritz Lenz, German geneticist, dies at 89
1976 Zhu De, Chinese general and politician (commander-in-chief of Eighth Route Army), dies at 89
1977 Oedoen Partos, Hungarian-Israeli violist (Israel Philharmonic, 1938-56), composer, and teacher dies at 69
1979 Van McCoy, American musician and songwriter (The Hustle), dies of a heart attack at 39
1980 Gail Patrick [Margaret Fitzpatrick], American actress (My Man Godfrey, Love Crazy), dies of leukemia at 69
1982 Bob Johnson, American baseball outfielder (8 x MLB All Star; Philadelphia Athletics, Boston Red Sox), dies at 76
1982 Russell Thorson, American radio and television actor (One Man's Family; The Detectives), dies at 72
1986 Jagjivan Ram, Indian independence activist and politician, dies at 78
1989 Janos Kádár, 46th Prime Minister of Hungary 5th Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the People's Republic of Hungary (1956-58), dies at 77
1990 Jim Samuels, comedian, dies of spinal meningitis at 41
1990 Nathaniel Wyeth, American chemist and inventor (created PET plastic beverage bottle), dies at 78
1990 Paul Wynne, KGO-TV SF reporter, dies of AIDS at 46
1991 Muda Lawal, Nigerian footballer (b. 1954)
1991 Nicholas P. Dallis, American psychiatrist and comic strip writer (Rex Morgan, M.D.), dies at 79
1991 Thorley Walters, actor (Trog, Edwardians, Daisy), dies at 78
1992 Bryan Guinness, 2nd Baron Moyne and Guinness brewing heir, dies at 86
1992 Edgardo Pallero, Argentine film producer (Los hijos de fierro), dies at about 56

Marsha P. Johnson (1945-1992)

African-American gay liberation and AIDS activist, drag queen, and transgender pioneer (Gay Liberation Front, S.T.A.R.), dies under suspicious circumstances at 46

1993 Ruth Lady Fermoy, maternal grandmother of Diana, Princess of Wales, dies at 84
1994 Cameron Mitchell, American actor (The High Chaparral), dies of lung cancer at 75
1994 Geoffrey McQueen, TV writer, dies at 46
1995 Aziz Nesin, Turkish writer, dies at 79
1995 Helene Johnson, American Harlem Renaissance poet, dies at 87
1995 Ivor Keys, British organist, musicologist, and academic (University of Nottingham; University of Birmingham), dies at 76
1996 Kathy Ahern, American golfer (Women's PGA C'ship 1972), dies of breast cancer at 47
1997 Brun Smith, New Zealand cricket batsman (4 Tests @ 47.40), dies at 75
1998 Roy Rogers, American cowboy (Happy Trails, Roy Rogers Show), dies at 86
1999 Barry Winchell, American soldier murdered in his sleep by a fellow soldier at 21
1999 Carl Gunter Jr, American politician (b. 1938)
1999 Joaquín Rodrigo, Spanish composer, dies at 97
2000 Akira Miyazawa, Japanese jazz saxophonist, dies at 72
2000 Ľudovít Rajter, Slovak composer and conductor, dies at 93
2000 Rederic Coote, British Anglican Bishop (Colchester), dies at 85
2000 Władysław Szpilman, Polish pianist and classical composer, dies at 88
2002 Dhirubhai Ambani, Indian businessman (b. 1932)
2002 István Sárközy, Hungarian composer, dies at 81
2002 John Frankenheimer, American film director (b. 1930)
2003 Christian "Buddy" Ebsen Jr., American actor (Beverly Hillbillies, Breakfast at Tiffany's), dies of complications from pneumonia at 95
2003 Skip Battin, American singer-songwriter (The Byrds), dies at 69
2004 Syreeta Wright, American singer (b. 1946)
2004 Thomas Klestil, President of Austria (1992-2004), dies at 71
2005 Bruno Augenstein, German-born mathematician (b. 1923)
2005 Claude Simon, Malagasy-French writer, (Nobel Prize Literature 1985), dies at 91
2005 Ed McBain [Evan Hunter], American writer (Blackboard Jungle), dies at 78
2005 L. Patrick Gray III, American FBI director (b. 1916)
2005 Richard Verreau, Canadian tenor (b. 1926)
2006 Cal Lampley, American session pianist, record producer (Miles Davis; Nina Simone, Mahalia Jackson, Groove Holmes), music critic, and educator (Peabody Institute), dies from complications of multiple sclerosis at 82
2006 Kasey Rogers, American actress (Bewitched), dies at 80
2006 Tom Weir, Scottish climber, author and broadcaster (The Scots Magazine, Weir's Way), dies at 91
2008 Bobby Durham, American jazz drummer (b. 1937)
2009 Johnny Collins, British folk and maritime music singer (b. 1938)
2009 Leo Mol, Ukrainian Canadian artist and sculptor (b. 1915)
2009 Robert McNamara, American United States Secretary of Defense (1961-8), who played a major role in US escalation in Vietnam, dies at 93
2009 Vasily Aksyonov, Soviet-Russian novelist (The Burn), dies at 76
2010 Harvey Fuqua, American R&B singer-songwriter (The Moonglows - "Sincerely"), producer (Marvin Gaye), and record label executive (Motown), dies of a heart attack at 80
2011 John Mackey, American Pro Football HOF tight end (Super Bowl 1970; 3 × First-team All-Pro; 5 × Pro Bowl; Baltimore Colts, San Diego Chargers), dies at 69
2012 Charles David Ganao, Prime Minister of the Republic of the Congo, dies at 85
2014 Kathy Stobart, British jazz tenor saxophonist, bandleader, and teacher, dies of a stroke at 89
2015 Masabumi Kikuchi, Japanese jazz pianist, synthesizer player, and composer, dies of a subdural hematoma at 75
2017 Heinz Schneiter, Swiss soccer defender (44 caps; BSC Young Boys) and manager (FC Thun, BSC Young Boys), dies at 82
2017 Thomas E. Sanders, American aerial cameraman (Living Daylights), dies at 63
2019 Cameron Boyce, American actor (Mirrors, Jessie), dies from an epileptic seizure at 20
2019 João Gilberto, Brazilian singer, guitarist and 'father of bossa nova' (Getz/Gilberto - Grammy Award for Album of the Year 1965), dies at 88
2019 Martin Charnin, American Broadway stage singer, dancer (West Side Story), director, and lyricist (Annie), dies after a heart attack at 84
2020 Charlie Daniels, American singer (Devil Went Down to Georgia), dies at 83
2020 Ennio Morricone, Italian trumpeter, and composer of classical music and film scores ("The Mission"; "Cinema Paradiso"; "The Hateful Eight"), dies at 91 [1]
2020 Joe Porcaro, American jazz and session drummer and percussionist (Lalo Schifrin; Rosemary Clooney; Toto), and educator (Los Angeles College of Music), dies at 90
2022 Bryan Marchment, Canadian NHL defenseman, 1989-2006 (Edmonton Oilers, San Jose Sharks, and 7 other teams), dies at 53
2022 Dale Douglass, American golfer (3 x PGA Tour titles; 11 x Champions Tour titles; US Senior Open 1986), dies at 88