Famous Deaths on June 13

1817 Richard Edgeworth, Anglo-Irish inventor and educationalist, dies at 73
1821 Alexander Gogel, Dutch minister of Finance, dies at 55
1825 Johann Peter Melchior, German sculptor, dies at 82
1839 Martin-Pierre Dalvimare, French musician and composer, dies at 66
1865 Cleaveland J Campbell, Union brigadier general, dies at about 29

Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin (1805-1871)

French watchmaker and illusionist considered the father of modern magic, dies of pneumonia at 65

1873 Angelo Mariani, Italian composer, dies at 51
1881 Joseph Škoda, Bohemian physician, dies at 75
1886 King Ludwig II of Bavaria, builder of palace of Neuschwanstein, patron of Wagner, found dead in Lake Starnberg, near Munich at 11:30 PM at 40
1898 Joseph-Adolphe Chapleau, French Canadian lawyer and politician, dies at 57
1899 [Robert] Lawson Tait, Scottish-born pioneering surgeon performed first salpingectomy for ectopic pregnancy, dies at 54
1904 Nikiphoros Lytras, Greek painter (b. 1832)
1905 Theodoros Delyannis, premier Greece, murdered
1905 Tippo-Tip [Hamed ben Mohammed], Zanzibar merchant, dies at about 67
1913 Jonathan Hutchinson, English surgeon and scientist, dies at 84
1920 Essad Pasja, Albanian military man/minister, murdered at the Versailles Peace Conference
1927 Henry CK "Clan" Petty-Fitzmaurice, gov of India (1888-94), dies at 82
1928 Dámaso Ledesma, Spanish organist, composer, musicologist, and priest, dies at 60
1930 Henry Segrave, British racing driver who held land speed records and the water speed record (b. 1896)
1931 Shibasaburo Kitasato, Japanese physician (b. 1851)
1939 Arthur Coningham, Australian cricketer (one Test for Australia 1894), dies at 75
1939 Volter Kilpi, Finnish writer (Suljetuilla Porteilla), dies at 64
1943 Kočo Racin, Macedonian poet (b. 1908)
1944 Christopher Heseltine, cricketer (2 Tests for England 1895-96), dies
1946 Edward Bowes, American radio host (Major Bowes Amateur Hour), dies at 71
1948 Osamu Dazai [pseudonym of Tsushima Shūji, Japanese novelist (Tsugaru, No Longer Human), commits suicide at 38
1951 Ben Chifley, Australian politician and the 16th Prime Minister of Australia (Labor: 1945-49), dies of a heart attack at 65
1952 Max Pulver, writer, dies
1954 Nikolai Obukhov, Russian composer, dies at 62
1956 Reginald Goss-Custard, British organist, arranger and composer (Chelsea Fayre), dies at 79
1958 Edwin Keppel Bennett, English writer (Built in Jerusalem’s Wall: A Book in praise of Jerusalem), dies at 70
1961 Ben A. Jones, American horse trainer (US Champion trainer by earnings 1941, 43, 44, 52; Kentucky Derby x 6 including Citation, Whirlaway), dies at 78
1962 Eugene Goossens, British conductor and composer (Perseus), dies at 69
1965 David Drummond, Australian politician (b. 1890)
1965 Martin Buber, Austrian-Israeli dialogue philosopher and theologist (Ich und Du), dies at 87

Gerald Patterson (1895-1967)

Australian tennis player (Wimbledon 1919, 21; Australian C'ships 1927), dies at 71

1969 Martita Hunt, Argentine-born English actress (Great Expectations), dies at 69
1972 Clyde McPhatter, American R&B and doo-wop tenor vocalist, arranger and songwriter (The Dominos, 1950-53 - "Sixty Minute Man"; TheDrifters, 1953-55 - "Honey Love"; solo - "Treasure My Love"), dies at 39
1972 Dündar Taşer, Turkish nationalist (b. 1925)
1972 Georg von Bekesy, Hungarian-American physician and physiologist (Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1961 - work on the inner ear), dies at 73
1972 Stephanie von Hohenlohe, Austrian-German princess by her marriage to the diplomat Prince Friedrich Franz von Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst and spy, dies at 80
1973 Alvin Derold Etler, American oboist, and composer, dies at 60
1973 Frantisek Suchy, Czech composer and folk song collector, dies at 82
1976 Don Bolles, American journalist (against Arizona), dies
1977 Matthew Garber, British child actor (Mary Poppins), dies of pancreatitis at 21
1977 Tom C Clark, former Supreme Court Justice (1949-67), dies in NY at 77
1979 Darla Hood, American child actress (Little Rascals, The Bat), dies from acute hepatitis at 47
1982 Abdul Aziz Khaled, King of Saudi-Arabia, dies at 69
1982 Ken Mackay, Australian cricketer (Aussie all-rounder 1956-63), dies at 56
1982 Peter Maivia, wrestler (b. 1935)
1984 António Variações [António Joaquim Rodrigues Ribeiro], Portuguese singer-songwriter (Dar & Receber), dies at 39 of AIDS-related pneumonia complications
1984 Marinus de Jong, Dutch composer, dies at 92
1984 Nathaniel Owings, American architect (Oak Ridge, TN; Sears Tower), dies at 81

Benny Goodman (1909-1986)

American clarinetist and bandleader (King of Swing), dies at 77

1986 Jim Ferrier, Australian golfer (PGA C'ship 1947), dies at 71

Geraldine Page (1924-1987)

American actress (Blue & Gray, Trip to Bountiful), dies at 62

1989 Fran Allison, American actress (Kukla, Fran & Ollie), dies at 81
1993 Donald "Deke" K Slayton, US major/astronaut (Apollo 18), dies at 69
1993 Gérard Côté, Canadian runner (b. 1913)
1993 John Campbell, American blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter, dies of a heart attack at 41
1994 Anne Hopkins Aitken, American Zen Buddhist and co-founder of Diamond Sangha, dies at 83
1994 Igor Youskevitch, Russian-Ukrainian ballet dancer, dies at 82
1994 James Pollack, US room designer, dies at 55
1995 David Parry, British-Canadian folk musician (Friends of Fiddler's Green), storyteller (Canadian Museum of Civilization), actor, stage director, and teacher (University of Toronto), dies of a heart attack at 53
1996 David Nicholls, English Anglican priest, theologian and political theorist, dies at 60
1998 Birger Ruud, Norwegian ski jumper (Olympic gold 1932, 36; World C'ship gold 1931, 35, 37), dies at 86
1998 Reg Smythe, English cartoonist (Andy Capp), dies at 80
2001 Siegfried Naumann, Swedish conductor (Musica Nova Ensemble, 1962-77), teacher, and composer (Risposte), dies at 81
2002 John Hope, American meteorologist, dies at 83
2002 Ralph Shapey, American composer (Fantasy, Rituals), dies at 81
2003 Harold Ashby, American jazz tenor saxophonist (Willie Dixon; Duke Ellington, 1968-75), dies at 78
2003 Malik Meraj Khalid, Former caretaker Prime Minister of Pakistan (b. 1916)
2003 Robin Russell, 14th Duke of Bedford, English peer (Woburn Abbey, Country House TV series), dies at 63
2004 Dick Durrance, American skier, dies at 89
2004 Ralph Wiley, American sports journalist and writer (Sports Illustrated and ESPN's Page 2), dies from a heart attack at 52
2005 Álvaro Cunhal, Portuguese politician and writer, dies at 91
2005 David Diamond, American composer (Paderewski Prize, 1943), dies at 89
2005 Jonathan Adams, English actor (b. 1931)
2005 Lane Smith, American actor (b. 1936)
2006 Charles Haughey, Irish Taoiseach (1979-81, 82, 87-92), dies at 80
2007 Oskar Morawetz, Czech-Canadian composer (From the Diary of Anne Frank), dies at 90
2007 Walid Eido, Lebanese MP (b. 1942)
2008 Gertrude Fröhlich-Sandner, Austrian politician (Social Democratic Party of Austria), dies at 82

Tim Russert (1950-2008)

American television journalist and host of NBC's Meet the Press, dies at 58

2009 Fathi Yakan, Lebanese leader and Muslim cleric (b. 1933)
2009 Mitsuharu Misawa, Japanese professional wrestler (b. 1962)
2010 Jimmy Dean, American country and rockabilly singer ("Big Bad John"), television host (Jimmy Dean Show), actor (Diamonds Are Forever), and sausage maker,, dies at 81
2012 Graeme Bell, Australian pianist and composer, dies at 97
2012 Roger Garaudy, French philosopher and communist (convicted for Holocaust denial), dies at 98
2012 William S. Knowles, American chemist and Nobel laureate, dies from complications from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis at 95

Chuck Noll (1932-2014)

American NFL coach (Pittsburgh Steelers), dies of natural causes at 82

2015 "Big Time" Sarah [Streeter], American blues singer, dies of heart disease at 62
2015 MC Supreme [Dewayne Lawrence Coleman], rapper (Black in America), dies in a car accident at 47
2016 Ofelya Hambardzumyan, Armenian folk singer, dies at 91
2016 Oleg Karavaichuk, Russian pianist and composer, dies at 88
2017 A. R. Gurney, American playwright (The Dining Room), dies at 86
2017 Anita Pallenberg, Italian model and actress credited as the muse of the Rolling Stones, dies of complications of hepatitis C. at 75
2018 (Dominic Joseph) "D. J." Fontana, American rock and roll drummer (Elvis Presley), dies at 87
2018 Anne Donovan, Basketball Hall of Fame center and coach (Olympic gold 1984, 88; coach 2008), dies of heart failure at 56
2018 Charles Vinci, American weightlifter (Olympic bantamweight gold 1956, 60), dies at 85
2019 Charles M. Wilson, Canadian organist and composer (The Angels Of The Earth), dies at 88
2020 Dick Garmaker, American basketball guard (NBA All Star 1957-60; Minneapolis Lakers), dies at 87
2020 Mike McCormick, American baseball pitcher (MLB All Star 1960–1961²; NL Cy Young Award 1967; NL wins leader 1967; NL ERA leader 1960; SF Giants), dies of Parkinson’s disease at 81
2021 Ned Beatty, American stage and screen actor (Deliverance; Hear My Song; Network; Nashville), dies at 83
2021 Ziona Chana, Indian head of a Christian sect and 'world's largest family' (38 wives, 89 children), dies at 76 [1]
2022 Carlos Ortiz, Puerto Rican boxer (World Light Welterweight Champion 1959-60; World Lightweight Champion 1962-65, 65-68), dies at 85
2022 Franklin Anangonó, Ecuadorian soccer defender (7 caps; ESPoli Quito, El Nacional Quito, Macará), dies at 47
2022 Noel Campbell, Irish soccer midfielder (11 caps; St Patrick's Athletic FC, SC Fortuna Köln, Shamrock Rovers FC), dies at 72
2022 Rolando Serrano, Colombian soccer midfielder (7 caps; AD Union Magdalena; Millonarios FC; Independiente Santa Fe), dies at 83