Famous Deaths on 6th July

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1189 - Henry II, King of England (1154-89), dies at 56
1218 - Eudes III, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1166)
1415 - Jan Hus, Bohemian reformer (b. 1369), burned for heresy by the Church at Constance, Germany
1476 - Regiomontanus, [Johannes Muller of Königsberg], German astronomer (b. 1436)
1480 - Antonio Squarcialupi, composer, dies at 64
1533 - Ludovico Ariosto, Italian poet (Orlando Furioso), dies at 57
1535 - Thomas More, philosopher (Utopia), executed for treason at 57
1553 - Edward VI Tudor, King of England (1547-53), dies at 15
1568 - Johann Oporinus, Swiss book publisher/publisher, dies at 61
1583 - Edmund Grindal, English bishop of London/archbhp of York, dies at 64
1585 - Thomas Aufield, English Catholic martyr (b. 1552)
1587 - Michael Lauterbeck, assassinated Fries viceroy Willem Louis, executed
1684 - Peter Gunning, English royalist churchman (b. 1614)
1734 - Nicolas Bernier, composer, dies at 69
1758 - George Howe, 3rd Viscount Howe, British general
1762 - Peter III Feodorovich, tsar of Russia (1761-62), murdered at 34
1765 - Ferdinand Zellbell, composer, dies at 76
1768 - Conrad Johann Conrad Beissel, composer, dies at 78
1795 - Georg Gottfried Petri, composer, dies at 79
1802 - Daniel Morgan, American Revolutionary general and politician (b. ~1735)
1809 - Antoine Charles Louis Lasalle, French cavalry general (b. 1775)
1813 - Granville Sharp, British abolitionist (b. 1735)
1816 - Philipp Meissner, composer, dies at 67
1835 - John Marshall, Chief Justice of the United States (b. 1755)
1854 - Georg Ohm, German physicist (b. 1789)
1858 - Jan Emmanuel Dulezalek, composer, dies at 78
1860 - Alexandre Edouard Goria, composer, dies at 37
1863 - Strong Vincent, US Union brig-general, dies
1864 - Samuel Allen Rice, US Union brig-gen, dies of injuries at 36
1868 - Samuel Lover, composer, dies at 71
1868 - Sanosuke Harada, Shinsengumi Captain (b. 1840)
1871 - Antonio de Castro Alves, Brazilian poet (O navio negreiro), dies at 34
1879 - Henry Thomas Smart, composer, dies at 65
1893 - Guy de Maupassant, French author (b. 1850)
1896 - Alexander Sergeyevich Famintsin, composer, dies at 54
1901 - Prince Chlodwig zu Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1819)
1902 - Leopoldo Miguez, composer, dies at 51
1907 - August Johann Gottfried Bielenstein, German Linguist, Theologian (b. 1826)
1914 - Delmira Augustini, Uruguayan poet, murdered at 27
1916 - Odilon Redon, French painter (b. 1840)
1918 - Count von Mirbach, German ambassador to Moscow, dies
1922 - Maria Theresa Ledochowska, Polish-Austrian Catholic nun (b. 1863)
1932 - Kenneth Grahame, English author (b. 1859)
1933 - Robert Kajanus, composer, dies at 76
1934 - Warden Uncle, [Edward Vermeulen], Flemish landlord/writer, dies at 73
1950 - Fats Navarro, American jazz trumpet player (b. 1923)
1951 - Josef Huttel, composer, dies at 57
1952 - Louis-Alexandre Taschereau, French Canadian politician (b. 1867)
1954 - Dirk Verbeek, actor/director (Hofstad Stage), dies at 70
1955 - Paolo Gallico, composer, dies at 87
1959 - George Grosz, German cartoonist/painter (Ecce Homo), dies at 65
1960 - Aneurin Bevan, British politician (b. 1897)
1961 - Cuno Amiet, Swiss painter, dies at 93
1961 - Enrique Larreta, [E Rodriguez Maza], Argentine diplomat/writer, dies
1961 - Scott LaFaro, American musician (b. 1936)
1961 - Woodall Rodgers, American politician (b. 1890)
Author and Nobel Laureate William Faulkner (1962) 1962 - William Faulkner, US author (Nobel 1949), dies at 64
1962 - Archduke Joseph August of Austria, Austrian field marshal (b. 1872)
1962 - Georg, Duke of Mecklenburg, head of the House of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (b. 1899)
1966 - Anne Nagel, dies of cancer at 50
1966 - Sad Sam Jones, American baseball player (b. 1892)
1970 - Marjorie Rambeau, dies at 80
1971 - Horst Lange, writer, dies at 66
1971 - Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong, jazz musician (Hello Dolly), dies at 71
1971 - Thomas C Heart, US admiral/commander (Asiatic fleet), dies
1971 - Louis Armstrong, American jazz trumpeter and singer, dies at 69
1972 - Brandon De Wilde, actor (Jamie), dies at 30 in a car crash
1972 - Sam de Grasse, dies at 97
1972 - Vincent Valentine, WI cricket pace bowler (England 1933), dies
1973 - Joe E Brown, comedian, dies after long illness at 80
1973 - Otto Klemperer, German/US conductor, dies at 88
Jazz Trumpeter Louis Armstrong (1971) 1973 - Patrick McVey, actor (Manhunt, Big Town), dies at 63
1974 - Carlos Isamitt, composer, dies at 87
1975 - Otto Skorzeny, German/Austrian SS (Mussolini/Ardennen), dies
1975 - Ruffian, American racehorse (b. 1972)
1976 - Fritz Lenz, German geneticist (b. 1887)
1977 - Oedoen Partos, composer, dies at 69
1979 - Van McCoy, singer/songwriter (Hey Mr DJ, Hustle), dies at 35
1980 - Gail Patrick, actress (My Man Godfrey), dies of leukemia at 69
1982 - Russell Thorson, actor (One Man's Family), dies at 72
1982 - Bob Johnson, American baseball player (b. 1905)
1986 - Jagjivan Ram, Indian politician (b. 1908)
1989 - Janos Kádár, premier of Hungary (1956-58), dies at 77
1990 - Jim Samuels, comedian, dies of spinal meningitis at 41
1990 - Paul Wynne, KGO-TV SF reporter, dies of AIDS at 46
1991 - Thorley Walters, actor (Trog, Edwardians, Daisy), dies at 78
1991 - Muda Lawal, Nigerian footballer (b. 1954)
1992 - Edgardo Pallero, Argentina producer (Los hijos de fierro), dies
1993 - Ruth Lady Fermoy, maternal grandmother of Princess Diane, dies at 84
1994 - Cameron Mitchell, actor (High Chapparral), dies of lung cancer at 75
1994 - Geoffrey McQueen, TV writer, dies at 46
1995 - Aziz Nesin, writer, dies at 79
1995 - Helene Johnson, poet, dies at 87
1995 - Ivor Keys, musician/teacher, dies at 76
1996 - John Sturdy, scholar, dies at 62
1996 - Kathy Ahern, American golfer (b. 1949)
1998 - Roy Rogers, American actor (b. 1911)
1999 - Carl Gunter Jr, American politician (b. 1938)
1999 - Joaquin Rodrigo, Spanish composer (b. 1901)
1999 - Barry Winchell, American soldier (b. 1977)
2002 - Dhirubhai Ambani, Indian businessman (b. 1932)
2002 - John Frankenheimer, American film director (b. 1930)
2003 - Buddy Ebsen, American actor (b. 1908)
2003 - Skip Battin, American rocker, dies at 69
2004 - Thomas Klestil, President of Austria (b. 1932)
2004 - Syreeta Wright, American singer (b. 1946)
2005 - Bruno Augenstein, German-born mathematician (b. 1923)
2005 - L. Patrick Gray III, American FBI director (b. 1916)
2005 - Evan Hunter, American novelist (b. 1926)
2005 - Claude Simon, French writer, Nobel laureate (b. 1913)
2005 - Richard Verreau, Canadian tenor (b. 1926)
2006 - Kasey Rogers, American actress (b. 1926)
2006 - Tom Weir, Scottish climber, author and broadcaster (b. 1914)
2008 - Bobby Durham, American jazz drummer (b. 1937)
2009 - Robert McNamara, United States Secretary of Defense (b. 1916)
2009 - Leo Mol, Ukrainian Canadian artist and sculptor (b. 1915)
2009 - Johnny Collins, British folk and maritime music singer (b. 1938)
2009 - Vasily Aksyonov, Russian writer (b. 1932)
2012 - Charles David Ganao, Prime Minister of the Republic of the Congo, dies at 85