Deaths in History on June 6

1799 Patrick Henry, American Revolutionary and Founding Father famous for his "Give me liberty or give me death" speech, dies at 63

1898 Constant A Serrure, Flemish historian, dies at 62
1906 Johan Philip van der Kellen, Dutch stamp cutter, lithographer and writer, dies at 74
1914 Walter T Watts-Dunton, English lawyer, poet and writer (Aylwin), dies at 81

1916 Yuan Shikai, Chinese general and President of the Republic of China (1916), dies of uremia at 56

1934 Julije Kempf, Croatian historian and writer (b. 1864)
1934 Charles Francis Jenkins, American Inventor and early television pioneer (also invented the altimeter and automobile self-starter) dies at 66
1935 Julian Byng, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy, British army officer, dies at 72
1938 Rafael Guízar y Valencia, Mexican Catholic bishop (cared for the wounded, sick, and dying during the Mexican Revolution), dies at 60
1939 Ford Madox Ford, American writer (The Good Soldier) and editor, dies at 65

1941 Louis Chevrolet, Swiss-American automotive pioneer, dies of a heart attack at 62
1943 Karl Landsteiner, Austrian immunologist and pathologist (Nobel 1930), dies at 74
1944 Den Brotheridge, British lieutenant who was the 1st to die during D-Day landings in World War II is killed at 28
1945 Meinoud M Rost van Tonningen, Dutch Nazi collaborator (National Socialist Movement (1937-41), commits suicide at 51

1946 Gerhart Hauptmann, German author (Before Dawn - Nobel Prize in Literature, 1912), dies at 83

1948 Louis Lumière, French inventor, with brother Auguste made 1st motion picture in 1895, dies at 83
1955 Max Meldrum, Scottish-Australian painter (founder of Australian Tonalism), dies at 79

1956 Hiram Bingham, American Archaeologist (Incan site of Machu Picchu), dies at 80

1961 Carl Jung, Swiss Psychiatrist (founded analytic psychology), dies at 85

1968 Robert F. Kennedy, (US Senator (D), New York), assassinated in Los Angeles by Sirhan Sirhan at 42

1969 Miles Dempsey, British WWII general (XIII Corps, Second Army), dies of cancer at 72

1976 J. Paul Getty, American oil magnate and billionaire (Getty Oil), dies at 83

1982 Kenneth Rexroth, American poet (b. 1905)
1983 James E. Casey, American businessman and founder (United Parcel Service), dies at 95
1984 A. Bertram Chandler, Anglo-Australian mariner and sci-fi author (Empress of Outer Space), dies at 72

1986 Herbert Eisenreich, Austrian writer, dies at 61
1991 Sylvia Porter, economist/author (Money Book), dies at 77
1993 James Bridges, writer/director (Paper Chase), dies of cancer at 57
1993 Peter Tazelaar, adjutant of Dutch queen Wilhelmina, dies at 73
1994 Jan Slot, Dutch mayor (Eethen/Hardenberg/Ede), dies at 80
1995 James Anderson, writer, dies at 41
1996 George Snell, genetecist, dies at 92
1996 Jean Sinclair, South African campaigner, founder member and first president of the Black Sash in 1955, dies at 88
2000 Frédéric Dard, French writer (San-Antonio), dies at 78
2003 Ken Grimwood, American writer (b. 1944)
2003 Tom Jackson, British union leader (Post Office), dies at 78
2004 Kate Worley, American comic book writer (Omaha the Cat Dancer), dies of cancer at 46
2005 Maya Kopitseva, Russian painter of the Leningrad school, dies at 81
2006 Arnold Newman, American photographer (b. 1918)
2011 Shrek the sheep, New Zealand sheep that held world record for biggest shorn fleece, dies at 16
2013 Jerome Karle, American chemist and Nobel Laureate, dies at 94
2013 Tom Sharpe, British satirist and author, dies from complications from diabetes at 85
2014 Eric Hill, British children's books author and illustrator (Where's Spot), dies at 86
2015 Ludvik Vaculik, Czech writer (Two Thousand Words), dies at 88
2015 Vincent Bugliosi, American attorney and author (Helter-Skelter), dies at 80

2016 Peter Shaffer, English playwright (Equus, Amadeus), dies at 90