Famous Deaths on June 9

62 Claudia Octavia, wife of Roman Emperor Nero and daughter of Emperor Claudius, killed on Nero's orders at 22

Nero (37-68 AD)

Emperor of Rome (54-68), commits suicide at 31

373 Ephrem the Syrian, Christian hymnodist
597 Saint Columba, Irish Christian missionary to Scotland, dies at 75
630 Shahrbaraz, General and King of Sasanian Persian Empire (630), killed after 40 days in power
1171 Jacob Ben Meir [Rabbenu Tam], French Tosofist, dies
1361 Philippe de Vitry, French composer and poet, dies at 69
1382 Philip of Lead, lawyer of Utrecht, dies
1563 William Paget, 1st Baron Paget, English statesman (b. 1506)
1572 Jeanne d'Albret, Queen of Navarra (1555-72), mother of French King Henry IV dies at 44
1583 Thomas Radclyffe, 3rd Earl of Sussex, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland
1597 Jose de Anchieta, Spanish saint, Jesuit poet and missionary to Brazil (founder of São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro), dies at 63
1616 Cornelis F Schuyt, Dutch organist andcomposer (Madrigalen), dies at about 58
1656 Thomas Tomkins, Welsh-born virginalist composer, dies at 83 or 84
1681 William Lilly, English astrologer (Christian Astrology), dies at 79
1716 Banda Bahadur, Sikh military commander, executed in Delhi by Mughal forces at 45
1717 Jeanne Guyon, French mystic, dies at 69
1717 Louis Le Quointe, Flemish composer and organist (Bouquet de fleurs), dies at 64
1820 Wilhelmina of Prussia, Princess of Orange (1767-1806), dies at 68
1825 Pauline Bonaparte, Corsican duchess of Parma and Guastalla, sister of Napoleon Bonaparte, dies at 44
1834 William Carey, one of the founders of the Baptist Missionary Society (b. 1761)
1836 Supply Belcher, American composer and singer (The Harmony of Maine), dies at 85
1839 Gerrit J. Pijman, Dutch minister of War (1798-1800), dies at 89
1847 Pierre-Simon Ballanche, French philosopher and poet (Orphée), dies at 70
1863 Benjamin Franklin "Grimes" Davis, Union major, dies in battle at 30

James Brooke (1803-1868)

British adventurer and 1st Rajah of Sarawak (1841-68), dies of a stroke at 65

Charles Dickens (1812-1870)

English writer (Oliver Twist, A Tale of Two Cities, A Christmas Carol), dies of stroke at 58

1870 Erik Drake, Swedish composer (Swedish Academy of Music), dies at 82

Anna Atkins (1799-1871)

English botanist, photographer and the 1st person to publish a book illustrated with photographic images, dies of paralysis, rheumatism, and exhaustion at 72

1875 Gérard Paul Deshayes, French geologist (b. 1795)
1877 Hugh W. Mercer, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), dies at 68
1886 Erminnie Adelle Platt, American anthropologist (first woman to specialize in ethnographic field work), dies at 50
1892 Friedrich Wilhelm Langhans, German musician and composer, dies at 59
1892 Taiso Yoshitoshi, Japanese woodblock artist and painter, dies at 53
1892 William Grant Stairs, Canadian-British explorer and adventurer with leading role controversial African expeditions, dies of malaria at 28
1897 Alvan Graham Clark, American telescope maker and astronomer (Sirius B), dies 3 weeks after 1st use of Yerkes 40" lens at 64
1900 Birsa Munda, Indian tribal freedom fighter, religious leader and folk hero of the Munda tribe who led an uprising in Bengal against the British Raj, dies in jail awaiting trial at 24
1901 Walter Besant, English writer and philanthropist (Rebel Queen), dies at 64
1908 José Trindade Coelho, Portuguese writer (Os meus amores), commits suicide at 46
1911 Carrie Nation, American temperance advocate who smashed hotels with a hatchet, dies at 64
1912 Ion Luca Caragiale, Romanian actor and playwright (O Noapte Furtunoasa), dies at 60
1921 Luis María Drago, Argentine statesman and author of Drago Doctrine, dies at 62
1922 Albert Baertsoen, Flemish painter and etcher, dies at 56
1923 Princess Helena of the United Kingdom, daughter of Queen Victoria, dies at 77

Victoria Woodhull (1838-1927)

American civil rights activist (1872 presidential candidate, woman's suffrage movement), dies at 88

1929 Lewis Bennison, American actor (The Road Called Straight), commits suicide at 44
1931 Henrique Oswald, Brazilian composer, dies at 79
1932 Natalia Janotha, Polish pianist and composer, dies at 76
1939 Owen Moore, Irish actor (She Done Him Wrong), commits suicide at 52
1944 99 inhabitants of Tulle, hanged by SS
1946 Rama VIII [Ananda Mahidol], King of Siam (1935-46), dies of a mysterious gunshot wound at 21
1947 Wladyslaw Raczkiewicz, Polish politician (President of Poland in-exile 1939-47), dies at 62
1950 Edward Asahel Birge, American pioneer in limnology, dies at 98
1952 Adolf Busch, German-Swiss violinist (Busch Quartet, 1920-51), conductor (Lucerne Festival; Marlboro Festival), and composer, dies at 60
1953 Ugo Betti, Italian judge and dramatist (The Fugitive), dies at 61
1954 Alain LeRoy Locke, African-American writer and philosopher “Father of the Harlem Renaissance”, dies at 68
1957 Robert Oboussier, Swiss composer, dies at 56

Robert Donat (1905-1958)

English actor (Citadel, Goodbye Mr Chips, 39 Steps), dies at 53

1960 René Maran, French writer (Batouala, 1st black writer to win Prix Goncourt), dies at 72
1961 Camille Guérin, French scientist (b. 1872)
1962 Henry Kendall, British director and actor (Amazing Quest, Shadow, Rich & Strange), dies from a heart attack at 65
1963 Vasyl Barvinsky, Ukrainian pianist, composer, conductor, musicologist ("Béla Bartók in Lviv"), and teacher (Lysenko Higher Institute of Music, 1915-48), dies at 75
1964 [William Maxwell] Max Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook, Canadian British newspaper owner (Leatherhead), dies at 85
1967 Stefan Boleslaw Poradowski, Polish composer, dies at 64
1968 Bernard Cronin, Australian author and journalist (b. 1884)
1971 Harold Lloyd Jr, American actor, singer and son of famous silent film actor Harold Lloyd sr (Frankenstein's Daughter), dies of a cerebral hemorrhage at 40
1973 Erich von Manstein, German military commander (b. 1887)

Miguel Ángel Asturias (1899-1974)

Guatemalan novelist (Hombres de Maiz, Nobel 67), journalist and poet, dies at 74

1974 Phillips Tead, American character actor (The Front Page; Lightnin'; Fighting Blade; The Adventures of Superman - "Professor Pepperwinkle), dies at 80
1975 David Frederick Barlow, English composer, dies at 48
1976 Gerd Gaiser, German writer (Ship in the Mountain), dies at 67
1976 James A. Farley, American politician (ran Franklin Roosevelt's presidential campaign, US Postmaster General 1932-38), dies at 88
1976 Paul Rodenko, Dutch poet and writer (Never Marry a Witch), dies at 55
1976 Sybil Thorndike, English actress (Melba, Major Barbara), dies at 93
1977 Bill Merritt, New Zealand cricket spin bowler (6 Tests, 12 wickets; Canterbury, Northamstonshire CCC), dies at 68
1977 Hans Andreus [Johan W van de Zant], Dutch poet, dies at 51
1978 Chief Tahachee [Jeff Davis Tahchee Cypert], Cherokee stage and film actor, dies from a heart attack at 74
1979 Cyclone Taylor, Canadian Hockey Hall of Fame rover (Stanley Cup 1909 Ottawa, 1915 Vancouver), dies at 94
1980 Leonhard Huizinga, Dutch journalist and writer (Olivier & Adrian), dies at 73
1981 Allen Ludden [Ellsworth], American TV personality and gameshow host (Password), husband of Betty White, dies of stomach cancer at 63
1981 Russell "Lucky" Hayden [Pate Lucid], American actor (Judge Roy Bean, Three Men from Texas), dies from pneumonia at 68
1982 Elmer Robinson, American politician (33rd Mayor of San Francisco), dies at 87
1982 Hank Ladd, TV host (Arrow Show, Waiting for the Break), dies at 74
1987 Grandon Rhodes, actor (Gentleman From Nowhere), dies
1987 Madge Kennedy, actress (Marrying Kind, 3 Bad Sisters), dies
1989 George Beadle, American geneticist (biochemical genetics - Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1958), dies at 85
1989 Piet[er J] Lieftinck, Dutch minister of Finance (1945-52), dies
1989 Rashid Behbudov, Azerbaijani singer and actor, dies of kidney disease at 73
1989 Wolfdietrich Schnurre, German writer, dies at 68
1991 Bob Irwin, Comedian, dies of Alzheimer's related illness at 88
1991 Charles Loloma, painter/sculptor, dies
1991 Claudio Arrau, Chilean pianist (Boston Symphony Orchestra), dies following surgery at 88
1992 Cathy Bennett, jury selection expert, dies of breast cancer at 41
1992 Clarence Miller, American blues and jazz vocalist, dies at 69 of a heart attack
1993 Alexis Smith, Canadian actress and singer (The Age of Innocence; Follies), dies of brain cancer at 72
1993 Arthur Alexander, American singer-songwriter ("Lonely Just Like Me"), whose songs were covered by The Beatles ("Anna"), The Rolling Stones ("You Better Move On"), and Bob Dylan ("Sally Sue Brown"), dies of a heart attack at 53 [1]
1993 Ian Mikardo, British politician, dies
1994 Angela Lakeberg, American siamese twin, dies at 11 months
1994 Dhirendra Bhramachari [Flying Swami], hindu leader, dies at 70
1994 Jan Tinbergen, Dutch economist (Plan of Labor, Nobel 1969), dies at 91
1994 Lloyd Lindroth, American harpist known as 'The Liberace of the Harp', dies at 63
1995 Frank Chacksfield, English easy listening pianist, arranger and orchestra leader ("Ebb Tide"), dies from complications of Parkinson's disease at 81
1995 Gordon Rowe, New Zealand cricket (scored 0 in only Test for NZ v Aust 1946), dies at 79
1995 Walter Landor [Landauer], German-British industrial and brand designer, and consumer researcher, dies at 81
1996 Bert Schierbeek, Dutch writer and poet (Cross Roads), dies at 77
1996 Edward Morris Bernstein, American economist (US negotiator at Bretton Woods conference and establishment of IMF), dies at 91
1996 Robert Kidd, marine geoscientist, dies at 48
1996 Walter Pardon, British folk singer and carpenter, dies at 81
1997 Reid Shelton, American stage and screen actor (Annie - "Daddy Warbucks"; 1st & 10 - "Ernie"), dies of stroke at 71
1997 Stanley Knowles, Canadian politician (b. 1908)
1998 Jackie McGlew, South African cricket batsman (34 Tests, 7 x 100, HS 255no; Natal), dies at 69
1998 Lois Mailou Jones, American painter (Peasants on Parade), dies at 92
2000 Ernst Jandl, Austrian writer and poet (Otto's Pug), dies at 74
2000 George Segal, American painter and sculptor of lifelike mixed-media figures (Bus Driver), dies at 75
2000 Jacob Lawrence, African-American artist (Sanitarium), dies at 82
2001 Ciro Kroon, Curaçao politician (Premier of Dutch Antilles 1968-69), dies at 85
2001 David Sheinfeld, American violinist and composer, dies at 94
2004 "Rosey" Roosevelt Brown, American football player, dies at 71
2004 Brian Williamson, Jamaican Gay Activist (b. 1945)
2006 Drafi Deutscher, German Schlager singer, dies of heart failure at 60
2007 Frankie Abernathy, Former The Real World: San Diego castmate (b. 1981)
2008 Algis Budrys, American writer (b. 1931)
2009 Dick May, Former NASCAR racecar driver
2010 Marina Semyonova, Russian ballerina, dies at 101
2011 M. F. Husain, Indian artist and painter, dies at 95
2011 Mike Mitchell, American basketball small forward (NBA All Star 1981; Italian League top scorer 1998), dies from cancer at 55
2011 Tomoko Kawakami, Japanese voice actress, dies at 41
2013 Iain Banks, Scottish author, dies from gallbladder cancer at 59
2014 Bob Welch, American baseball pitcher (AL Cy Young Award 1990; Oakland A's; World Series 1981, 89, 2001), dies from a broken neck at 57
2014 Gerd Zacher, German composer and organist, dies at 84
2014 Rik Mayall, English actor & comedian, dies from cardiac arrest at 56
2015 Fred Anton Maier, Norwegian speed skater (Olympic gold 5,000m 1968, bronze 1964; silver 10,000m 1964, 68; 11 x WRs), dies from cancer at 76
2015 James Last, German-born composer and big band bandleader, dies at 86
2017 Adam West [William West Anderson], American actor (Batman, Last Precinct), dies from leukemia at 88
2018 Lorraine Gordon [Stein], American jazz music advocate and owner of Village Vanguard jazz club, dies at 95
2018 Reinhard Hardegen, German WWII U-Boat commander (sunk 25 ships), dies at 105
2021 Gottfried Böhm, German architect (Pritzker Prize - 1986), dies at 101 [1]
2022 Billy Bingham, Irish soccer forward (56 caps Northern Ireland; Sunderland, Luton Town, Everton) and manager (Northern Ireland, Greece, Everton), dies at 90
2022 Don Perkins, American football fullback (Pro Bowl 1961–63, 66–68; All-Pro 1962, 67, 68; Dallas Cowboys) and broadcaster (CBS, ABC), dies at 84
2022 Julee Cruise, American singer (Falling) and stage actress, takes her own life at 65
2022 Oleg Moliboga, Ukrainian volleyball player (Olympic gold USSR 1980, silver 1976; World C'ship gold 1978, 82), dies at 69