Famous Deaths on June 29

1818 Carl Philipp Fohr, German painter and cartoonist, dies at 22
1840 Lucien Bonaparte, Corsican-French prince of Canino and Musignano (younger brother of Napoleon Bonaparte), dies of cancer at 65
1841 Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Queen of Hanover as the wife of King Ernest Augustus (1837-41), dies at 63

Henry Clay (1777-1852)

American politician known as "the Great Compromiser", dies of tuberculosis at 75

1860 Thomas Addison, English physician (A-Biermer Disease), dies at 67

Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806-1861)

British poet and writer ("How Do I Love thee"), dies at 55

1873 Michael Madhusudan Dutt, Bengali poet (b. 1824)
1875 Ferdinand I, Emperor of Austria (1835-48), dies at 82
1880 George Willem Vreede, Dutch lawyer and politician, dies at 71
1888 John Baillie McIntosh, American Brevet Major General (Union Army), dies at 59
1895 Thomas Henry Huxley, English biologist (comparative anatomy), dies at 70
1900 Ivan Pervushin, Russian mathematician (number theory), dies at 73
1903 Rentaro Taki, Japanese pianist and composer, dies at 23
1904 Tom Emmett, England cricket fast bowler (7 Tests, famous roundarm action), dies at 62
1917 Frans Schollaert, Belgian Catholic Party politician and 19th Prime Minister of Belgium (1908-11), dies at 65
1919 José Gregorio Hernández Venezuelan physician (b. 1864)
1921 Otto Seeck German classical historian (b. 1850)
1923 Fritz Mauthner, German author and philosopher (skepticism), dies at 73
1923 Gustave Kerker,German-American composer, dies at 66
1923 Juan C. Gomez, Venezuelan General, 1st Vice-President and brother of Dictator Juan Vicente Gomez, assassinated in bed
1931 Nérée Beauchemin, Quebec poet (b. 1850)
1933 Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle, American actor (The Bell Boy, Moonshine, Keystone comedies), dies from a heart attack at 46
1935 Jack O'Neill, American baseball player (b. 1873)
1940 Paul Klee, Swiss-German painter and educator at the Bauhaus, dies at 60

Ignacy Jan Paderewski (1860-1941)

Polish pianist, composer and statesman (Prime Minister of Poland, 1919), dies of pneumonia, in New York, at 80

1944 Chick Henderson [Henderson Rowntree], British dance band vocalist (Joe Loss Orchestra - "Begin the Beguine"), killed in action while serving in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, at 31
1946 Frank Hadow, British tennis player (Wimbledon 1878; first exponent of the lob), dies at 91
1949 Walter Giffen, Australian cricketer "one of the worst Test batsmen of all time" (brother of George, 3 Tests), dies at 87
1953 Jules van Nuffel, Belgian composer, priest, and musicologist (Nova Organi Harmonia), dies at 70
1955 Max Pechstein, German painter and graphic artist (Oceania), dies at 73
1956 Max Emmerich, American athlete and gymnast (Olympic gold, triathlon 1904), dies at 77
1957 Johan Hin, Dutch yachtsman (Olympic gold 12' Dinghy 1920), dies at 58
1958 Charles Spencelayh, English painter (Why War), dies at 92
1958 George Gunn, English cricket batsman (15 Tests, 2 x 100, 7 x 50, HS 122no; Nottinghamshire CCC), dies at 79
1959 A. Cecil Snyder, American lawyer and Chief Justice of Puerto Rico, dies at 51
1960 Frank Patrick, Canadian Hockey HOF pioneer (Stanley Cup 1915 Vancouver Millionaires; introduced uniform numbers, blue line, penalty shots) and coach (Boston Bruins 1934-36), dies at 74
1964 Eric Dolphy, American jazz saxophone, bass clarinet, and flute player, dies of insulin shock at 36
1964 Milenko Živković, Serbian composer, conductor, and pedagogue, dies at 63
1965 Joseph Ryelandt, Belgian composer (Christus Rex - Christ the King), dies at 95
1965 Sidney Marion, American actor (Outlaws is Coming, Quicksand), dies at 64
1966 Arthur Meulemans, Belgian composer, dies at 82
1966 Isabel Dawn, American screenwriter, dies at 68
1966 Ronald Shiner, British actor (Dry Rot, Carry on Admiral, Keep it Clean, Aunt Clara), dies at 63

Jayne Mansfield (1933-1967)

American actress (The Girl Can't Help It), dies in a car crash at 34

1967 Oskar Maria Graf, German-American writer (Wir sind Gefangene (We Are Prisoners)), dies at 72

Primo Carnera (1906-1967)

Italian boxer (World Heavyweight Champion 1933-34), dies of alcohol-related liver disease at 60

1968 Kitty Kelly, American actress (Ladies of Jury, Behind Office Doors), dies at 66
1968 Paddy Driscoll, American NFL quarterback and coach (Arizona Cardinals, Chicago Bears), dies at 73
1969 (Frederick) "Shorty" Long, American soul singer and pianist ("Here Comes The Judge"; "Devil In A Blue Dress"), dies in a boating accident at 29
1969 Moïse Tshombe, Congolese politician (President of the Democratic Republic of Congo 1964-5), dies at 49
1969 Veselin Stoyanov, Bulgarian composer and pedagogue, dies at 67
1970 Roman Ingarden, Polish philosopher (Studia philosophica), dies at 77
1970 Stefan Andres, German writer (Wir sind Utopia), dies at 64
1973 Tin-Tan [Germán Valdés], Mexican actor, singer and comedian (Spanish dubbing of The Jungle Book, The Aristocats), dies from cancer at 57
1975 Jerry Verno, British actor (River of Unrest, Ourselves Alone, Sweeney Todd), dies at 79
1975 Tim Buckley, American singer-songwriter, dies at 28 of a heroin overdose
1976 Christos Papakyriakopoulos, Greek mathematician, dies at 62
1976 Leonora Summers [Lillian Hill], American vaudeville and silent film actress [Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ; Hoboken To Hollywood), dies at 78
1977 Anton Hildebrand, Dutch children's book writer (Monus), dies at 70
1977 Magda Lupescu, consort of King Carol II of Romania (b. 1895)
1978 Bob Crane, American DJ and actor (Hogan's Heroes; The Donna Reed Show), murdered at 49
1979 Ben Barnett, Australian cricketer (4 Tests for Australia 1938), dies at 71
1979 Lowell George, American rock vocalist and guitarist (Mothers of Invention; Little Feat), dies at 34
1981 Russell Drysdale, Australian artist who won the Wynne Prize for his painting Sofala, dies at 69
1982 Gerard Knuvelder, Dutch literary historian (Anthology), dies at 80
1982 Pierre Balmain, French fashion designer (Balmain), dies at 68
1986 Dusolina Giannini, Italian-American dramatic soprano (New York Metropolitan Opera, 1935-42), and teacher, dies at 83
1986 Ida Mae McKenzie, American actress, dies at 75
1986 John P. East, American politician (Sen-R-NC), dies at 55
1986 Robert Drivas [Choromokos], American stage and screen actor (Cool Hand Luke; Illustrated Man; Our Private World), and theater director, dies of AIDS complications at 50
1990 Irving Wallace, American author (Book of Lists, Peoples Almanac), dies at 74
1991 Richard "Groove" Holmes, American jazz organist (Misty), dies of cancer at 60
1992 Mohammed Boudiaf, president of Algeria, assassinated at 73
1992 Pierre Billotte, French military officer (Battle for France WWII), dies at 86
1993 Héctor Lavoe [Pérez], Puerto Rican salsa singer dies of complications from AIDS at 46
1994 Kurt Eichhorn, German conductor, dies at 85
1994 Ray Crane, English trumpeter, dies at 63

Lana Turner (1921-1995)

American pin-up model and actress (Peyton Place; The Postman Always Rings Twice; Imitation of Life), dies of cancer at 74

1995 Roy Rowland, American film director, dies at 84
1996 Alexander George Ogston, British biochemist, and educator (professor at Australian National University, 1959-70; president of Trinity College - Oxford, 1970-78), dies at 85
1996 Bobby Keetch, English footballer and entrepreneur, dies at 54
1996 Pamela Mason [Ostrer], British actress, author and talk-show host (Lady Possessed), dies of heart failure at 78
1997 William Hickey, American actor (Prizzi's Honor, The Nightmare Before Christmas), dies of emphysema at 69
1998 Horst Jankowski, German jazz and easy listening pianist ("A Walk In The Black Forest"), dies of lung cancer at 62
1998 Louis Hostin, French weightlifter (Olympic gold 1932, 36), dies at 90
1999 Allan Carr, American film producer and director (Grease, Happiest Millionaire), dies at 62
2000 Arnie Weinmeister, Canadian Pro Football Hall of Fame defensive tackle (Pro Bowl 1950–53; First-team All-Pro 1950–53; NY Yankees, NY Giants; BC Lions), dies at 77
2000 Coen Flink, Dutch actor (Pastorale 1943, Havinck, Honneponnetje), dies at 68
2000 Il Mattatore [Vittorio Gassman], Italian actor, director and screenwriter (Scent of a Woman, War & Peace), dies at 77
2000 John Aspinall, English zoo owner (Howletts; Port Lympne), and gambling club host, dies of cancer at 74
2002 François Périer [Pillu], French actor (Gervaise, Fantasia, Les Mains Sales), dies at 82
2002 Ole-Johan Dahl, Norwegian computer scientist (b. 1931)
2002 Rosemary Clooney, American singer ("Come On-a My House") and actress (White Christmas), dies of lung cancer at 74

Katharine Hepburn (1907-2003)

American actress (Adam's Rib, On Golden Pond), dies of natural causes at 96

2004 Bernard Babior, American physician and biochemist, dies at 68
2006 Fabián Bielinsky, Argentinean film director (b. 1959)
2006 Lloyd Richards, Canadian-American theaterical director (Joe Turner’s Come and Gone), dies at 87
2006 Randy Walker, American football fullback (Miami University) and coach (Miami University 1990-98, Northwestern University 1999-2005), dies of a heart attack at 52
2007 Edward Yang, Taiwanese film director (Yi Yi), dies of cancer at 59
2007 George McCorkle, American guitarist (Marshall Tucker Band), dies of cancer at 59
2007 Joel Siegel, American film critic (b. 1943)
2008 Don S. Davis, American actor and artist (b. 1942)
2009 Joe Bowman (marksman), American sharpshooter, Hollywood consultant, famed bootmaker & master showman (b. 1925)
2011 R. C. Alston, British bibliographer, dies at 78
2014 John Freeland, Legal advisor UK foreign office and judge at the European Court of Human Rights, dies at 86
2015 Glenn Ford, American freed death row inmate (wrongly spent 30 years in prison), dies at 65
2015 Josef Masopust, Czech soccer midfielder (63 caps Czechoslovakia; Dukla Prague 386 games) and manager (Czechoslovakia, Dukla Prague, Zbrojovka Brno, Hasselt, FK Pelikán Děčín), dies at 85
2016 Elechi Amadi, Nigerian novelist (The Concubine), dies at 82
2016 Rob Wasserman, American jazz and rock double bassist, and composer (RatDog; Duets), dies at 64
2018 Arvid Carlsson, Swedish neuropharmacologist whose work with dopamine to treat Parkinson's disease earned him a Nobel Prize (2000), dies at 95
2018 Irina Szewińska, Polish athlete, administrator (Olympic various sprint gold 1964, 68, 76), dies of cancer at 72
2018 Liliane Montevecchi, French-Italian actress, dancer, and singer (Nine, Grand Hotel), dies of colon cancer at 85
2018 Steve Ditko, American comic artist (The Amazing Spider-Man, Doctor Strange), dies at 90
2019 Gary Duncan [Grubb], American guitarist (Quicksilver Messenger Service), dies of cardiac arrest at 72

Carl Reiner (1922-2020)

American comedian, actor, screenwriter (Your Show Of Shows; 2000 Year Old Man; The Dick Van Dyke Show), director (The Comic; The Jerk), and author, dies at 98

2020 Ernesto Marcel, Panamanian boxer (WBA featherweight title 1972-74), dies at 72
2020 Hachalu Hundessa, Ethiopian singer songwriter (Waa'ee Keenyaa), shot and killed at 34
2021 Carlos Vilar, Argentine sailor (Snipe World Championships gold 1948, 51), dies from COVID-19 at 91
2021 Donald Rumsfeld, American politician (US Congress, 1963-69; Nixon Whitehouse, 1969-74; Secretary of Defense, 1975-77 & 2001-06), dies at 88
2021 Goolam Rajah, South African cricket administrator (manager RSA national team 1991-2011), dies from COVID-19 at 74
2021 John Lawton, British rock singer (Lucifer's Friend, 1970-76, 1981-82, 2014–21; Uriah Heep, 1977-79), dies at 74
2021 Stuart Damon [Zonis], American stage and screen actor (General Hospital, 1977-2007 - "Dr. Alan Quartermaine"), dies of kidney failure at 84
2021 Yitzhak "Vicky" Peretz, Israeli soccer striker (40 caps; Maccabi Tel Aviv, Strasbourg, Rennes), dies at 68
2023 Alan Arkin, American Tony and Academy Award-winning actor (The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming; Wait Until Dark; Catch-22; The In-Laws; Little Miss Sunshine), and director, dies of heart failure at 89 [1]