Famous Deaths on June 10

Alexander the Great (356-323 BC)

Macedonian king and military leader, dies at 32 probably from typhoid fever complicated by excessive wine though poisoning is a possibility, (or the 11th June)

1075 Ernest of Austria (b. 1027)

Frederick Barbarossa (1122-1190)

King of Germany (1152-90) and Holy Roman Emperor (1155-90), drowns at 67 or 68

1190 Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor, dies at 67
1247 Rodrigo Jiménez de Rada, Spanish Archbishop of Toledo and advisor to Alfonso VIII, dies (b. c. 1170)
1424 Duke Ernest of Austria (b. 1377)
1552 Alexander Barclay, English poet dies (b c. 1476)
1556 Martin Agricola [M Sore], German composer/cantor, dies
1580 Luis Vaz de Camoes, Portugal's national poet (Os Lusiados), dies
1584 Francis of Valois, Duke of Anjou, French crown prince, suitor to English Queen Elizabeth I, dies at 29
1588 Valentin Weigel, German mystic, dies
1607 John Popham, English politician (Speaker of the House, Lord Chief Justice), dies at 75 or 76
1654 Alessandro Algardi, Italian sculptor and architect, dies at 58
1680 Johan Göransson Gyllenstierna, Swedish statesman (b. 1635)
1692 Bridget Bishop, 1st person to be hanged in the Salem witch trials at 60
1698 Gerrit Berckheyde, Dutch painter, dies at 59
1727 George Ludwig, German monarch of Hannover, King of England, dies at 67
1735 Thomas Hearne, English antiquarian (b. 1678)
1776 Leopold Widhalm, Austrian luthier, dies at 53
1791 Toussaint-Guillaume Picquet de la Motte, French admiral, dies at 70
1793 Louis-Auguste-Augustin d'Affry, Swiss general, military governor and ambassador serving French kings Louis XV and Louis XVI, dies at 80
1800 Johann Abraham Peter Schulz, German composer, dies at 53
1831 Hans Karl von Diebitsch, Russian field marshal (b. 1785)
1832 Manuel Garcia, Spanish opera singer and composer, dies at 57
1834 Antonius van Gils, Dutch Roman Catholic theologist (against Relief), dies at 75
1836 André-Marie Ampère, French physicist (b. 1775)
1839 Nathaniel Pryor, American soldier and sergeant of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, dies
1849 Friedrich Kalkbrenner, German-French pianist and composer, dies at 63
1849 Thomas Robert Bugeaud, Marshal of France and duke of Isly, dies at 64
1858 Robert Brown, Scottish botanist (discovered 'Brownian Motion'), dies at 84
1865 Lydia Sigourney (née Huntley), American poet and writer (How to Be Happy; Letter of Life), known as "the Sweet Singer of Hartford", dies at 73
1868 Michael Obrenovic, ruler of Serbia (1839-42,1860-68), murdered at 44
1883 Carl Grädener, German cellist, conductor, teacher, and composer, dies at 71
1893 Elek Erkel, Hungarian composer, son of Ferenc Erkel, dies at 49
1896 Amelia Dyer, English murderer of 300 infants, hanged at Newgate Prison, London (b. 1829)
1898 Tuone Udaina, last speaker of the Dalmatian language
1899 Ernest Chausson, French Romantic composer (Poème; Solitude dance le bois), dies in a bicycling accident at 44
1901 Robert Williams Buchanan, Scottish, poet, dramatist and novelist, dies at 59
1902 Auguste Schmidt, German teacher and feminist, dies at 68
1902 Jacint Verdaguer, Catalan poet (b. 1845)
1903 Luigi Cremona, Italian mathematician (grafostatica), dies at 72
1906 Richard Seddon, New Zealand politician (longest serving Prime Minister of New Zealand, 1893-1906), dies at 61
1909 Edward Everett Hale, American clergyman and author (Man without a Country), dies at 87
1912 Anton Aškerc, Slovenian poet and priest (Primoz Trubar), dies at 56
1918 Arrigio Enrico Boito, composer, dies at 76
1923 Pierre Loti [Julien Viaud], French sea officer and writer, dies at 73
1924 Giacomo Matteotti, Italian Socialist Party leader, assassinated by fascists at 39

Antoni Gaudi (1852-1926)

Catalan-Spanish architect (Sagrada Família, Casa Milà, Casa Batlló), dies after being hit by a tram at 73

1930 Adolf Harnack, German theologian (b. 1851)
1934 Frederick Delius, British composer (A Mass of Life, Brigg Fair; In a Summer Garden), dies at 72

Robert Borden (1854-1937)

Canadian politician and 8th Prime Minister of Canada (Conservative: 1911-20), dies at 82

Marcus Garvey (1887-1940)

Jamaican-born black nationalist who began the back-to-Africa movement among US African Americans, dies at 52

1941 Herschel Mayall, American silent screen actor (Tale of 2 Cities), dies at 78
1942 Jean François van Royen, Dutch Sect-Gen of Concentration Camp Amersfoort, dies at 63
1942 Ross Gregory, Australian cricket batsman (2 Tests, 2 x 50; Victoria), dies in action during WWII at 26
1942 Stanley Lupino, English comic (Cheer Up; Over She Goes), dies at 48
1944 French Duwaer, Dutch printer/resistance fighter, executed
1944 Gerrit Jan van der Veen [Wolffensperger], Dutch resistance fighter, executed at 41 (b. 1902)
1944 Johan Limpers, Dutch sculptor and resistance fighter, executed at 28
1944 Willem Jacob van Stockum, Dutch physicist and mathematician, dies at 33

Jack Johnson (1878-1946)

American boxer (1st African-American world heavyweight champion 1908-15), dies in a car accident aged 68

1947 Alexander Bethune, Canadian politician (b. 1852)
1949 John T. McCutcheon, American cartoonist (Pulitzer Prize-1931), dies at 79
1949 Sigrid Undset, Danish-born Norwegian writer (Kristin Lavransdatter, 1928 Nobel Prize for Literature), dies at 67
1953 Grzegorz Fitelberg, Polish composer, dies at 73
1954 Will Rossiter, British-American songwriter and music publisher, dies at 87
1955 Margaret Abbott, American golfer (1st American woman to win Olympic event, golf 1900), dies at 76
1958 Angelina Weld Grimke, American journalist, teacher and playwright (Harlem Renaissance), dies at 78
1959 Zoltán Meskó, Hungarian Nazi (b. 1883)
1963 Anita King, American stunt driver (1st woman to drive across the US unaccompanied) and actress (Tender Loving Care), dies of a heart attack at 74
1963 Jack Root, Czech-American boxer (First world light heavyweight champion 1903), dies from a heart attack at 87
1964 Louis Gruenberg, Russian-American composer (Daniel Jazz), dies at 79
1967 Frank Butler, American actor and screenwriter (Road to Bali, China), dies at 76

Spencer Tracy (1900-1967)

American actor (Woman of the Year, Father of the Bride), dies at 67

1968 Yury Sergeyevich Milyutin, Russian composer, dies at 65
1969 Frank Lawton, British actor (Devil Doll, Invisible Ray), dies at 64
1970 Earl Grant, American pop pianist, organist, and singer ("Ebb Tide"; "Winter Wonderland"), dies in a car crash in New Mexico at 39
1971 Michael Rennie, British actor (The Day the Earth Stood Still), dies at 61
1971 Virginia True Boardman, American actress of the silent era (A Blind Bargain; The Lady Lies), dies of a heart attack at 82
1973 William M. Inge, American playwright (Come Back Little Sheba), dies at 60
1974 Henry, English Prince and Duke of Gloucester (son of King George V, Governor General of Australia 1945-47), dies at 74
1976 Adolph Zukor, Hungarian-American fur trader and movie producer, dies at 103
1980 Denys Morkel, South African cricketer (batsman scored 663 runs 1927-32), dies
1982 Addie "Micki" Harris, American singer (Shirelles - "Will You Love Me Tomorrow"; "Soldier Boy"), dies of a heart attack at 42
1982 Rainer Werner Fassbinder, German filmmaker and director (Marriage of Maria Braum), dies of a drug overdose at 37
1985 Bob Prince, American sportscaster (Monday Night Baseball, Pittsburgh Pirates), dies of cancer at 68
1985 George Chandler, American actor (Fury, Lassie, The Fatal Glass of Beer), dies of Alzheimer's disease at 86
1986 Merle Miller, American biographer (b. 1919)
1987 Elizabeth Hartman, American actress (A Patch of Blue, Beguilled), commits suicide by jumping from the window of her fifth floor Pittsburgh apartment, at 43
1988 Henryk Stazewski, Polish abstract painter and graphic artist, dies at 94
1988 Louis L'Amour, American western writer (Bowdrie), dies of cancer at 80
1989 Richard Quine, American actor and director (How to Murder Your Wife, Clay Pigeon), commits suicide at 68
1991 Max van Praag, Dutch popular music singer (Glück Auf!), dies at 77
1991 Vercors [Jean Bruller], French writer (Le Silence de la mer), dies at 89
1992 Hachidal Nakamura, Japanese composer (Sukiyaki), dies at 61 of heart failure
1992 Otto Frans Antoine Hubert van Nispen, Dutch mayor (Pannerden), dies at 85
1992 Peter Von Zerneck, Hungarian actor (Foreign Affair), dies at 84
1992 Zak Hernández, American soldier (b. 1973)
1993 Alice Reinhart, American actress, dies at 83
1993 Les Dawson, English Comedian (The Les Dawson Show), dies at 62
1993 Richard Webb, American actor (Captain Midnight, Out of the Past), shoots himself at 77
1994 Edward Kienholz, American sculptor (Back Seat Dodge '38), dies at 66
1994 Mary Maxwell Gates, American businesswoman, philanthropist and mother of Bill Gates, dies of breast cancer at 64
1995 Ernest Flatt, American choreographer (The Carol Burnett Show), dies at 76
1995 Lindsey Nelson, American sportscaster (NY Mets), dies at 76
1995 Masaya Hanai, Japanese businessman, dies at 82
1995 Ron Morrisby, Australian cricketer (prolific batsman for Tasmania 1931-52), dies
1996 (Catherine) Jo Van Fleet, American Tony and Academy Award-winning actress (The Trip To Bountiful; East of Eden; Cool Hand Luke), dies at 81 [or 80, birth date disputed]
1996 Hugh Mitchell, American politician (Senator-D-Washington 1944-46, Rep-D-Washington 1949-63), dies at 89
1996 Marie-Louise von Motesiczky, Austrian painter, dies at 89
1996 Norman Lambert, British restaurateur, dies at 63 (b. 1933)
1996 Uno Chiyo, Japanese writer (Confessions of Love), dies at 98
1998 Hammond Innes, English author (The Wreck of the Mary Deare), dies at 84
1998 Jim Hearn, American baseball pitcher (World Series 1954 NY Giants; MLB All Star 1952), dies at 77
1998 Steve Sanders, American country baritone singer (Oak Ridge Boys, 1987-95), dies of a self-inflicted gunshot at 45
2000 Brian Statham, English cricket fast bowler (70 Tests, 252 wickets @ 24.84), dies at 69

Hafez al-Assad (1930-2000)

General and President of Syria (1971-2000), dies of a heart attack at 69

2000 William McMillan, American sports shooter (Olympic gold 25m rapid fire pistol 1960; World C'ship gold 1952), dies at 71
2001 John McKay, American College Football HOF coach (4 x NCAA C'ship 1962, 67, 72, 74 ; 5 x Rose Bowl USC; NFL: Tampa Bay Buccaneers 1976-84), dies at 77
2001 Mike Mentzer, American bodybuilder (b. 1951)
2001 Princess Leila Pahlavi of Iran, youngest daughter of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Shah of Iran, dies at 31
2002 Benjamin Ward, 1st African American NYC Police Commissioner, dies at 75

John Gotti (1940-2002)

American mafia gangster and head of the Gambino family, dies of throat cancer at 61

2003 Bernard Williams, English moral philosopher, dies at 73
2003 Donald Regan, US Secretary of the Treasury (1981-85) and White House Chief of Staff (1985-87), dies at 84
2003 Phil Williams, Welsh politician and scientist (b. 1939)
2003 Sylvius Gerald Marie Rozendal, Premier of Netherlands Antilles, dies at 74
2004 Graeme Kelling, British pop guitarist (Deacon Blue), dies at 47

Ray Charles (1930-2004)

American singer and pianist who pioneered soul music ("Georgia On My Mind"; "Mess Around"; "Hit The Road, Jack"), dies at 73

2005 Curtis Pitts, American aircraft designer (b. 1915)
2005 J. James Exon, American Democratic politician (33rd Governor of Nebraska), dies at 83
2007 Augie Auer, American-New Zealand meteorologist and television presenter, dies at 67
2007 Charley Harper, American modernist artist, dies of pneumonia at 84
2008 Chinghiz Aitmatov, Soviet-Kyrgyz author and best-known figure in Kyrgyzstan's literature (Jamila), dies of pneumonia at 79
2008 Dieuwke de Graaff-Nauta, Dutch politician (State Secretary for the Interior 1986-94), dies at 78
2009 Barry Beckett, American keyboardist and record producer (David Hood, Jimmy Johnson, Roger Hawkins), dies from complications of a stroke at 66
2009 Norma Shaw, English lawn bowler (World Outdoor C'ship gold 1981; Indoor C'ship gold 1997), dies at 72
2009 Tenniel Evans, British actor and clergyman (10 Rillington Place, My Brother's Keeper), dies at 83
2010 Metropolitan Basil Schott, Archbishop of the Byzantine Catholic Archeparchy of Pittsburgh (b. 1939)
2011 Brian Lenihan, Jnr, Irish politician and minister dies of cancer at 52
2011 Jeanne Bice, American entrepreneur (Quacker Factory clothes), dies of cancer at 71
2011 Patrick Leigh Fermor, English soldier and travel writer (A Time of Gifts), dies at 96
2013 Barbara Vucanovich, American politician (1st Latina elected to the US House - (R) Nevada 1983-97), dies at 91
2014 Gary Gilmour, Australian cricket all-rounder (15 Tests, 54 wickets, HS 101; NSWCA), dies of liver problems exacerbated by a fall at 62
2016 Christina Grimmie, American singer and contestant on "The Voice", dies of a gunshot wound at 22

Gordie Howe (1928-2016)

Canadian Hockey Hall of Fame right wing (23-time NHL All Star; NHL: Detroit Red Wings; WHA: Houston Aeros), dies of a stroke at 88

2016 Margaret Heldt, American hairdresser who created the beehive hairstyle, dies at 98
2017 Samuel V. Wilson, American ex-director of the Defense Intelligence Agency and former Army lieutenant general, dies of lung cancer at 93
2019 Chuck Glaser, American country singer (Tompall & the Glaser Brothers), dies at 83
2019 Girish Karnad, Indian playwright and filmmaker (Tuglaq), dies at 81
2019 Ib Nørholm, Danish organist, composer (Aspects of Sand and Simplicity), choral conductor, and educator, dies at 88 [1]
2019 Lee Hee-ho, Korean activist and first lady for her husband President Kim Dae-jung, dies at 96
2019 Sven-David Sandström, Swedish composer (Jeppe: The Cruel Comedy), dies of cancer at 76
2020 Claudell Washington, American baseball outfielder (MLB All Star 1975, 84; World Series 1974; Oakland Athletics, Atlanta Braves), dies from prostate cancer at 65
2020 Hans Cieslarczyk, German soccer striker (7 caps; West Germany; Borussia Dortmund, Karlsruher SC) and manager (FC Augsburg), dies at 83
2020 Harry Glickman, American journalist, promoter and sports executive (co-founder NBA Portland Trail Blazers, President 1987-94), dies at 96
2021 Neno, Portuguese soccer goalkeeper (9 caps; Vitória de Guimarães, Benfica), dies from a heart attack at 59
2022 Bobby Hope, Scottish soccer midfielder (7 caps; West Bromwich Albion 336 games, Birmingham City, Sheffield Wednesday), dies at 78
2022 Jorge Spedaletti, Chilean soccer forward (5 caps; Everton Viña del Mar, Universidad de Chile Santiago, Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata), dies at 74
2022 Vladimir Kuzyutkin, Russian volleyball coach (Russia Women - World Cup gold 2010; Bulgaria Women), dies at 74