Famous Deaths on June 8

Edward the Black Prince (1330-1376)

English prince, knight and heir to King Edward III, dies of dysentery at 46

1383 Thomas de Ros, 5th Baron de Ros, English Crusader (b. 1338)
1384 Kan'ami [Yūsaki Kiyotsugu], Japanese actor, playwright, musician and co-founder of Noh drama, dies at 51
1476 George Neville, English archbishop and statesman
1505 Hongzhi, Emperor of China, 10th Emperor of Ming Dynasty (1487-1505), dies at 34
1611 Jean Bertaut, French poet (b. 1552)
1612 Hans Leo Hassler, German composer, dies at 49
1621 Anne de Xainctonge, French saint and founder of the Society of the Sisters of Saint Ursula of the Blessed Virgin, dies at 53
1628 Rudolph Goclenius, German philosopher (b. 1547)
1688 Hans Bontemantel, Amsterdams merchant, buried
1711 Katharina Lescaille [Netherlands Sappho], poetess, dies at 61
1714 Sophia of Hanover, Princess Palatine and Electress of Saxony, dies at 83
1716 Johann Wilhelm, Elector Palatine (1690-1716), dies at 58
1727 August Hermann Francke, German Protestant minister (b. 1663)
1742 Omobono Stradivari, Italian violin maker, son of Antonius, dies at 62
1768 Johann Winckelmann, German archaeologist (History of Ancient Art), dies at 50
1771 George Montague-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax, English statesman, dies at 54
1790 Charles-Joseph van Helmont, South Netherlands organist and composer, dies at 75
1794 G A Borger, writer, dies
1795 Louis XVII Charles, King of France (1793-95), dies at 10
1796 Felice Giardini, Italian composer, dies at 80
1803 Jean Noel Paquot, Belgian theologian and historian, dies at 80
1806 George Wythe, US attorney (signed US Declaration of Independence), dies at about 79

Thomas Paine (1737-1809)

English American writer and political essayist (Age of Reason, Common Sense), dies at 72

1814 Friedrich Heinrich Himmel, German composer, dies at 48
1831 Sarah Kemble Siddons, English tragic actress (Fatal Marriage, Lady Macbeth), dies at 75
1835 Gian Domenico Romagnosi, Italian physicist (b. 1761)

Andrew Jackson (1767-1845)

American general and 7th US President (Democratic: 1829-37), dies at 78

1857 Douglas William Jerrold, English playwright and satirist, dies at 54

Walter Hunt (1796-1859)

American inventor (safety pin, sewing machine), dies at 62

1865 Joseph Paxton, English architect, gardener and MP (Crystal Palace), dies at 61
1866 Wilhelm Schirmer, German landscape artist, dies at 64
1870 Johann Gottlob Topfer, German composer, dies at 78
1871 Satank, Kiowa indian chief, shot to death
1874 Cochise, Apache leader
1876 George Sand [Amantine-Lucile-Aurore Dudevant], French author (Indiana, Consuelo), dies at 71
1884 Henry Clay Work, American composer, dies at 51
1885 Ignace Bourget, French Canadian Bishop of Montreal, dies at 85
1889 Gerard Manley Hopkins, English poet (Windhover), dies at 54
1906 C. F. E. Horneman, Danish composer, dies at 65
1908 Johan Lindegren, Swedish composer, musician and teacher, dies at 66
1913 Emily Davison, English suffragette, dies after being hit by King George's horse at Epsom Derby 2 days earlier, at 40
1919 Jacob Christian Fabricius, Danish composer, dies at 78
1924 Andrew Irvine, English mountain climber (climbing accident) (b. 1902)

George Mallory (1886-1924)

English mountain climber ("because it is there"), dies in a climbing accident at 37

1929 Bliss Carman, Canadian poet, dies at 68
1934 Dorothy Dell [Goff], American child actress (Little Miss Marker, Wharf Angel), dies in a road accident at 19
1940 Frederick Converse, American composer (The Pipe of Desire), dies at 69
1943 (Wilford) "Min" Leibrook, American jazz tuba player and bassist (Paul Whiteman Orchestra), dies of meningitis at 40
1945 Karl Hanke, Official of the Nazi Party (NSDAP) of Nazi Germany, dies at 41
1946 John L. Bates, American lawyer and politician (41st Governor of Massachusetts), dies at 86
1947 Tom O'Brien, American actor (Flying Fool), dies at 56
1948 Franz Carl Bornschein, American composer, dies at 69
1948 Sammy Carter, Australian cricket wicketkeeper (28 Tests, 65 dismissals; NSWCA), dies at 70
1951 Eugène Fiset, French Canadian military officer and politician (b. 1874)
1953 Godfrey Tearle, English-American actor (39 Steps, Mandy, At Dawn We Die), dies at 68
1956 Marie Laurencin, French painter, dies at 72
1965 Edmondo Rossoni, Italian fascist (b. 1884)
1965 Erik Chisholm, Scottish conductor, composer (Hindustani Piano Concerto), and educator (South African College of Music, 1949-65),, dies of a heart attack at 61
1965 Julius Bissier, German painter, dies at 71
1966 Anton Melik, Slovenian geographer (b. 1890)

Joseph A. Walker (1921-1966)

American experimental physicist, World War II and NASA test pilot (1st spaceplane flights to edge of outer space), dies in an aircraft collision at 45

1967 Elliot Griffis, American composer, dies at 74
1969 Robert Taylor, American actor (Waterloo Bridge, Quo Vadis, Death Valley Days), dies of lung cancer at 57

Abraham Maslow (1908-1970)

American psychologist (Maslow's hierarchy of needs), dies of a heart attack at 62

1972 Jimmy Rushing, American blues pianist and singer, known as"Mr. Five By Five", dies at 70
1973 Christine Bakker-van Bosse, Dutch feminist and pacifist, dies at 88
1973 Eino Linnala, Finnish composer, pedagogue, and musicologist dies at 76
1973 Gerald F. Bogan, U.S. Navy aviator and vice admiral who served in World War I & II, dies at 78
1975 Murray Leinster [William Fitzgerald Jenkins], American science-fiction author (Time Tunnel; Land of the Giants), dies at 78
1975 William F Jenkins, author (Time Tunnel, Land of Giants), dies at 78
1979 Herb Polesie, producer/playwright (20 Questions), dies at 79
1979 Louis Palange, American arranger, classical music and film score composer (Hollywood Panorama; King Dinosaur), and conductor, dies at 61
1980 Ernst Busch, German singer and actor, dies at 80

Satchel Paige (1906-1982)

American Baseball HOF pitcher (6 x Negro League, 2 x MLB All Star; World Series 1948 Cleveland Indians), dies of a heart attack at 75

1984 Gordon Jacob, British composer, dies at 88
1987 Yogi Horton, American R&B and funk drummer (Luther Vandross), commits suicide at 33
1988 Eli Mintz, actor (Boardwalk), dies
1988 Russell Harty, broadcaster, dies
1988 Virgil Oliver Jr, entertainer, dies
1990 Alfredo Poveda, president of Consul of Ecuador (1976-79), dies
1990 Jose Figueres, president of Costa Rica (1948-49, 53-58, 70-74), dies
1991 Bertice Reading, American stage and screen actress and singer (The Jazz Train; Requiem For A Nun; Moon In The Gutter), dies at 57
1991 Mary Bacon, jockey, dying of cancer, commits suicide by gun at 43
1992 Alfred Uhl, Austrian composer, dies at 83
1992 Beverly Carter, entertainer, dies at 51
1992 Farag Foeda, Egyptian writer/publicist, murdered
1992 William McGowan, entrepreneur (MCI), dies at 64
1993 René Bousquet, French Vichy-police chief (deported Jews), dies at 84
1993 Roberto Caamaño, Argentine composer, dies at 69
1993 Root Boy Slim [Foster MacKenzie III], American entertainer, dies at 48
1994 William Marshall, American singer, bandleader and actor (State Fair, Pennsylvanians), dies at 76
1995 Juan Carlos Ongania, President of Argentina (1966-70), dies
1995 Jürgen Rausch, German philosopher and author (End of the Playboys), dies at 85
1995 Lord Erskine of Rerrick, peer, dies at 69
1996 Barry Linehan, actor (Bullseye, Dark Places, Witchcraft), dies at 70
1996 Gerry Gomez, cricketer (West Indian captain played 29 Tests), dies
1996 Phyllis Stedman, politician, dies at 79
1997 George Turner, Australian author (b. 1916)
1998 Maria Reiche, German-born mathematician and archaeologist (b. 1903)

Sani Abacha (1943-1998)

de facto President of Nigeria (1993-98), dies at 54

1999 Christina Foyle, English book seller (Foyles), dies at 88
1999 James "Rosy" McHargue, American jazz clarinetist, and vocalist (Ted Weems Orchestra; The Wolverines), dies at 97
2000 (Abram) "Abe" Lincoln, American sweet jazz trombonist (Paul Whiteman; Ozzie Nelson), and Dixieland jazz revivalist, dies at 93
2000 Jeff MacNelly, American Pulitzer Prize winning cartoonist (Shoe), dies at 52

Nathaniel Rochester (1919-2001)

American computer scientist (chief architect of the IBM 701), dies at 82

2003 Leighton Rees, Welsh darts player (BDO World Champion 1978), dies at 63
2004 Mack Jones, American baseball player, dies at 65
2006 Abouna Matta El Meskeen, Coptic Orthodox monk (b. 1919)
2006 Robert Donner, American actor (b. 1931)
2007 Kenny Olsson, Swedish speedway racer (b. 1977)
2007 Martin Buckmaster, 3rd Viscount Buckmaster, British barrister and diplomat, dies at 86
2007 Nellie Lutcher, American jazz and R&B singer, pianist, and songwriter (He's a Real Gone Guy), dies at 94
2007 Richard Rorty, American postanalytic, pragmatic philosopher (b. 1931)
2008 Peter Rohmkorf, German writer, dies at 78
2008 Šaban Bajramović, Serbian Romani singer-songwriter, dies from a heart attack at 72
2009 Omar Bongo, 2nd President of Gabon (1967-2009), dies of a heart attack at 73
2010 Crispian St. Peters [Robin Peter Smith], British pop singer (The Pied Piper; No No No), dies at 71
2011 Alan Rubin, American jazz and session trumpeter and flugelhorn player (SNL; Blues Brothers) known as "Mr Fabulous", dies of cancer at 68
2012 Frank Cady, American actor (The Beverly Hillbillies; Petticoat Junction; Green Acres - all as "Sam Drucker"), dies at 96
2013 John Boyd [Boyd Bradfield Upchurch], American sci-fi author (The Last Starship from Earth), dies at 93
2013 Paul Cellucci, American politician, 69th Governor of Massachusetts and former United States Ambassador to Canada, dies from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis at 65
2014 Billy McCool, American baseball player (Cincinnati Reds), dies at 69
2014 Ivo Vinco, Italian operatic bass singer, dies at 86
2015 Marie-Louise Grog-Carven, French fashion designer (Ma Griffe perfume), dies at 105
2016 Michael Manser, English architect, dies at 87
2018 Anthony Bourdain, American-French celebrity chef, author, and TV personality considered one of the most influential chefs in the world (No Reservations, Parts Unknown), commits suicide by hanging at 61
2018 Danny Kirwan, British musician, singer and songwriter (Fleetwood Mac - "Albatross"), dies at 68
2018 Eunice Gayson, British actress and 1st Bond Girl (Sylvia Trench- "Dr. No" and "From Russia With Love"), dies at 90 [1]

Maria Bueno (1939-2018)

Brazilian tennis player (7 Grand Slam singles titles), dies of mouth cancer at 78

2019 Arthur Frackenpohl, American composer, arranger, and pedagogue (Natural Superiority of Music), dies at 95
2020 Bonnie Pointer, American pop and R&B singer (The Pointer Sisters - "Jump"; "I'm So Excited"), dies at 69
2020 Pierre Nkurunziza, President of Burundi (2005-20), dies at 55
2020 Tony Dunne, Irish soccer left-back (33 caps, Republic of Ireland; Manchester United; Bolton Wanderers; Irish Footballer of the Year 1969), dies at 78
2021 John Angus, English soccer defender (1 cap; Burnley 439 games), dies at 82
2022 Aarno Turpeinen, Finnish soccer defender (16 caps; HJK 225 games), dies at 51
2022 Julio Jiménez, Spanish road cyclist (King of the Mountains: Tour de France 1965, 66, 67 & Vuelta a España 1963, 64, 65), dies at 87
2022 Paula Rego, Portuguese-British artist (The Policeman’s Daughter), dies at 87