Famous Deaths on June 19

Nathanael Greene (1742-1786)

American military leader (major general during the American Revolutionary War), dies at 43

1787 Sophie Hélène Béatrix, Princess of France, daughter of Louis XVI of France and Marie Antoinette, dies aged 11 months 10 days
1794 Richard H Lee, US farmer (signed US Declaration of Independence), dies at 62
1805 Louis-Jean-François Lagrenée, French painter (b. 1724)
1811 Samuel Chase, American judge (signed US Declaration of Independence), dies at 70

Joseph Banks (1743-1820)

English botanist and naturalist who accompanied James Cook on board the Endeavour, dies at 77

1822 John Bray, English-born American actor and composer (The Indian Princess), dies on his 40th birthday
1837 Aleksander Bestuzhev-Marlinsky, Russian author, dies in battle at 39
1840 John Cockerill, English-Belgian industrialist (founded iron, steel, and manufacturing company - John Cockerill & Company), dies at 50
1844 Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, French naturalist, dies at 72
1857 Alexander Twilight, American politician and minister, first African American to graduate and hold political office, dies at 61
1864 George Lincoln Prescott, American Brigadier General (Union Army), dies of injuries at 35

Maximilian I (1832-1867)

Austrian archduke and the 1st and only monarch of the Second Mexican Empire (1864-67), executed by firing squad in Querétaro, Querétaro at 34

1897 Charles Boycott, Irish estate manager (whose workers refused to work for him amid Irish rent and land issues, origin of the term "boycott"), dies at 65
1902 John Dalberg-Acton. British politician and historian: “Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely”, dies at 68
1904 Mungo Park, Scottish golfer (British Open 1874), dies of pernicious anemia at 67
1915 Sergei Taneyev, Russian pianist and composer (Oresteia), dies at 58
1921 Ramon Lopez Velarde, Mexican poet (La Sangre Devota), dies at 33
1922 Johannes Cornelius Kapteyn, Dutch astronomer, dies at 71
1932 Solomon Tshkisho Platje, South African writer, dies
1936 John Sharpe, cricketer (1-eyed fast bowler for England 1891-92), dies
1936 Tom O'Rourke, American boxing manager (George Dixon, Barbados Joe Walcott, George Gardner, Tom Sharkey), dies at 80
1937 J. M. [James Matthew] Barrie, Scottish novelist and playwright (Peter Pan), dies at 77
1939 Grace Abbott, American social worker (US Children's Bureau), dies at 60
1940 Maurice Jaubert, French composer and soldier, dies a few hours after being fatally wounded in action at 40
1944 Bill Bradley, cricketer (bowled for England in two Tests 1899), dies
1944 Han Yong-woon, Korean Buddhist reformer and poet, at 65
1947 Willem H. Fly, Dutch typographer/co-founder (SDAP), dies at 84
1949 Syed Zafarul Hasan, Indian-Pakistani Prominent Muslim philosopher, dies at 64
1951 Angelos Sikelianos, Greek poet (b. 1884)
1952 Heinrich Schlusnus, German baritone (b. 1888)

Ethel Rosenberg (1915-1953)

1st US civilian executed (in 5 tries) at Sing Sing, NY, for espionage at 37

1st American civilian executed for espionage after he and his wife were convicted of passing secret radar, jet and nuclear information to the Soviet Union, executed at Sing Sing Correctional Facility, NY at 35

1956 (Luise) "Lulu" von Strauss und Torney, German poet (Erde der Väter - Our Forefathers' Soil), and novelist (Der jüngste Tag - Judgment Day), dies at 82

Thomas J. Watson (1874-1956)

American businessman (Chairman and CEO of IBM, 1914-56), dies at 87

1957 Karl Plagge, German officer and Nazi Party member who during World War II used his position as a staff officer in the German Army to employ and protect some 1,240 Jews, dies at 59
1962 Frank Borzage, American director (7th Heaven, Strange Cargo), dies at 69
1962 Will Wright, American actor (Adam's Rib, Living Christ Story), dies of cancer at 68
1964 Hans Moser, Austrian actor (Hello Service Man, Once Upon a Time), dies at 83
1965 James Collip, Canadian biochemist and physiologist (insulin), dies at 72
1966 Ed Wynn [Isaiah Edwin Leopold], American comedian (Ed Wynn Show), dies at 79
1966 Marjan Kozina, Slovene composer, dies at 59
1968 James Joseph Sweeney, American Catholic prelate, dies at 70
1974 Jean Wahl, French philosopher (Sorbonne professor), dies at 86

Sam Giancana (1908-1975)

American mobster and boss of the Chicago Outfit (1957-66), dies of multiple gunshot wounds at 67

1977 Ali Shariati, Iranian sociologist (b. 1933)
1977 Geraldine Brooks [Stroock], American stage and screen actress (Brightower; Embraceable You; The Dumplings), dies of a heart attack at 51
1979 Paul Popenoe, American eugenicist (b. 1888)
1980 Karl Bjarnhof, Danish blind journalist and writer (The Stars Grow Pale), dies at 82
1984 Lee Krasner, American abistract expressionist painter, dies at 75
1984 Sunny Johnson, American actress (Flashdance), dies of a cerebral hemorrhage at 30
1984 Wladimir Rudolfovich Vogel, composer, dies at 88
1986 Coluche [Michel Colucci], French comedian (My Best Friend's Girl), dies at 41
1986 Len Bias, American basketball player (Boston Celtics pick for 1986 draft), dies of a cocaine-induced seizure at 22
1986 Murray P Haydon, artificial heart recipient, dies in Louisville at 59
1987 Teresa Cormack, New Zealand murder victim (b. 1981)
1988 Fernand Seguin, Canadian biologist (b. 1922)
1988 Gladys Spellman, American. Congresswoman (b. 1918)
1988 Zdeněk Blažek, Czech composer and music theorist (Verchovina), dies at 83
1989 Ad van Emmenes, Dutch soccer reporter, dies at 91
1989 Isidore Feinstein Stone, author (I F Stone's Weekly), dies at 81
1990 Antonio Martinez, Spanish rock guitarist (Los Bravos - "Black Is Black", dies in a motorcycle accident at 44
1991 Jean Arthur, American actress (Shane, Mr Smith Goes to Washington), dies at 90
1992 Kitty Godfree, English tennis player (Olympic gold, 2 silver, 2 bronze-1920, 24), dies at 96
1993 James Benton Parsons, American judge, 1st African American federal judge, dies at 81

William Golding (1911-1993)

English author (Lord of the Flies, Nobel Prize for Literature 1983), dies at 81

1994 Christopher Clarkson, British test pilot, dies at 92
1994 Jocelyn Hambro, British financier (Hambros Bank), dies at 75
1995 Murray Dickie, Scottish opera singer and director, dies at 71
1995 Peter Townsend, British RAF officer, war hero, courtier and writer (had romance with Princess Margaret), dies at 80
1995 Richard Bernard Pape, POW escaper/writer, dies at 79
1996 Ande Anderson, English opera director, dies at 78
1996 Edvin Wide, Swedish runner (Olympic silver 1924 and world record holder), dies at 100
1996 G. David Schine, American businessman, dies at 70
1996 Harold William Woolhouse, British botanist, dies at 63
1996 Henry Ralph Carr, English WWII soldier (A Sapper's War), dies at 82
1996 Vivian Ellis, English composer, dies at 91
1997 Bobby Helms [Robert Lee Helms], American country music singer (Jingle Bell Rock), dies at 63
2000 Noboru Takeshita, Japanese PM (1987-89), dies at 76
2001 John Heyer, Australian documentary filmmaker (b. 1916)
2003 Laura Sadler, English actress (b. 1980)
2003 Michael "Peanuts" Hucko, American big band jazz and session clarinetist (Glenn Miller's Army-Air Force Band; Lawrence Welk Show), dies at 85
2006 Duane Roland, American southern-rock guitarist (Molly Hatchet - Flirtin' With Disaster), dies at 53
2007 Antonio Aguilar [Barraza], Mexican singer, producer and actor (Emiliano Zapata) who popularized the Mexican equestrian sport la charrería, dies of pneumonia at 88
2007 El Fary, Spanish singer and actor, dies at 69
2007 Terry Hoeppner, American football coach (b. 1947)
2007 Ze'ev Schiff, Israeli journalist and military correspondent for Haaretz, dies at 74
2008 Barun Sengupta, Bengali journalist (b. 1934)
2008 Bennie Swain, American basketball player (b. 1930)
2009 Ali Akbar Khan, Indian classical sarod player, composer, and music educator, dies of kidney failure at 87
2009 Tomoji Tanabe, Japanese supercentenarian, dies of old age at 113
2010 Angela Rumbold, British politician (C), dies at 78
2010 Anthony Quinton, British philosopher (b. 1925)
2010 Manute Bol, Sudanese basketball player (b. 1962)
2010 Ursula Thiess [Schmidt], German actress (Monsoon, Bengal Brigade, Americano), dies at 86
2011 Don Diamond, American actor (b. 1921)
2012 Richard Lynch, American actor, dies at 76 (body found on this date)
2013 Bojidar Dimov, Bulgarian pianist and composer (Die Hochzeit von Susa), dies at 61
2013 Filip Topol, Czech singer-songwriter (Psí vojáci - Dog Soldiers), dies at 48
2013 Glyn England, British electrical engineer and CEO (CEGB, Windcluster Ltd), dies at 92
2013 Gyula Horn, Hungarian Prime Minister (1994-8), dies at 80

James Gandolfini (1961-2013)

American actor (The Sopranos), dies from a heart attack at 51

2013 Slim Whitman, American country singer (Rose Marie), dies from heart failure at 90
2014 Gerry Goffin, American Hall of Fame lyricist, dies at 75
2016 Anton Yelchin, Russian-born American actor (Star Trek), dies in an accident at 27
2016 Götz George, German actor (Tatort), dies at 77
2017 Brian Cant, British stage and screen actor and children's television presenter (Play School, 1964-85), dies at 83
2017 Brian Kenny, British Army officer, Deputy Supreme Allied Commander (Europe), dies at 83
2018 Hubert Green, American golfer (US Open 1977, PGA 1985), dies of throat cancer at 71
2018 Lenore Engdahl, American classical pianist, and educator (Boston University School of Music, 1972–83), dies at 100
2019 Anthony Hedges, British light music and orchestral composer (Humberside Cantata), dies at 88
2020 Carlos Ruiz Zafón, Spanish writer (Shadow of the Wind), dies of cancer at 55
2020 Ian Holm, English actor (The Lord of the Rings, Alien, King Lear), dies at 88
2020 Mario Corso, Italian soccer winger (23 caps; Inter Milan 413 games) and coach (Lecce, Inter), dies at 78
2021 Champ, Biden family pet and First Dog, dies at The White House at 13
2022 Brett Tuggle, American session and touring rock keyboard player (David Lee Roth, 1986-94; Fleetwood Mac, 1997-2017), dies of cancer at 70
2022 Carol Raye [Kathleen Corkery], British-born Australian actress (Number 96; Blankety Blanks), dies at 99
2022 Colin Grainger, English soccer forward (7 caps; Sheffield United, Sunderland, Leeds United), dies at 89