Famous Deaths on 26th June

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363 - Julian the Apostate, Roman Emperor (361-63)
1291 - Eleanor of Provence, wife of Henry III of England
1541 - Francisco Pizarro, Spanish conquistador who conquered the Inca Empire is assassinated in Lima by the son of his former companion and later antagonist, Diego Almagro the younger. Almagro is later caught and executed.
1631 - Justinus van Nassau, ltalian admiral (Armada), dies
1657 - Tobias Michael, composer, dies at 65
1661 - Lazaro Valvasensi, composer, dies at 76
1666 - Richard Fanshawe, diplomat/translator/poet, dies
1688 - Ralph Cudworth, philospher/cleric, dies
1778 - Angelo Antonio Caroli, composer, dies at 77
1793 - Gilbert White, naturalist/cleric, dies
1798 - Eugene Godecharle, composer, dies at 56
1810 - Joseph Michel Montgolfier, French inventor (b. 1740)
1819 - Johann Wilhelm Stadler, composer, dies at 71
1819 - Slome Duikelar, [Abraham J Swalff], Yiddish writer, dies
1827 - Christian A Vulpius, German writer (Ornaldo Ornaldini), dies
1827 - Samuel Crompton, English inventor (mule-jenny), dies at 73
1836 - Claude-Joseph Rouget de Lisle, author/composer (Marseillaise), dies
1863 - Andrew Hull Foote, US Union lt admiral, dies
1878 - Mercedes of Orleans, queen of Spain (b. 1860)
1896 - Louis CPR of Orleans, French duke (chosen king of Belgian), dies at 81
1906 - Alexander Muir, poet (Maple Leaf Forever), dies at 76
1918 - Peter Rosegger, Austrian poet and Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1843)
1922 - Albert H K, monarch of Monaco (1889-1922), dies at 73
1923 - Edward Rae, cricketer (introduced cricket into Russian Lapland), dies
1926 - Christina Goedvolk, wife of Henry Jut, dies
1937 - Georg A Erman, Ger egyptologist (Grammar of Ancient Egypt), dies at 82
1938 - James Weldon Johnson, black leader (NAACP), dies in car crash at 67
1939 - Ford M Ford, [Hueffer], British writer, (Tietjens Saga) dies at 65
1943 - Fritz Schmidt, Nazi commissioner in Holland, commits suicide at 39
1944 - Billy Newham, cricketer (England Test 1887), dies
1945 - Erno Rapee, composer, dies at 54
1945 - Nikolay Nikolayevich Tcherepnin, composer, dies at 72
1946 - Max Kögel, SS officer (b. 1895)
1946 - Yosuke Matsuoka, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan (b. 1880)
1947 - Richard Bedford Bennett, eleventh Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1870)
1948 - Lilian Velez, Filipino actress (b. 1924)
1949 - Kim Gu, President of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea (b. 1876)
1956 - Clifford Brown, US jazz trumpeter (Joyspring, Jordu), dies at 25
1957 - Alfred Döblin, German writer (b. 1878)
1958 - Martinus Ballings, Flemish jesuit/author (Vocation), dies at 93
1958 - George Orton, Canadian athlete (b. 1873)
1958 - Andrija Štampar, Croatian physician and United Nations diplomat (b. 1888)
1959 - Audley Miller, cricketer (Test for England 1896), dies
1960 - John Brenden Kelly, rower (Olympic-gold-1920, 24), dies at 70
1961 - Kenneth F Fearing, US, poet (Afternoon of a pawnbroker), dies at 58
1963 - Obe Postma, Fries, poet/geography/historian (Own Cart), dies
1964 - Leo Dandurand, American-born Canadian sports executive (b. 1889)
1965 - Johan C T Kikkert, painter/etcher/critic, dies at 82
1965 - Reginald Beckwith, actor/writer (39 Steps, Dr in Love), dies at 56
1967 - Errol Hunte, cricketer (WI batsman in 3 Tests v England 1930), dies
1967 - Françoise Dorléac, French actress (b. 1942)
1971 - Guillermo Uribe Holguin, composer, dies at 91
1971 - Inia Te Wiata, opera singer, dies
1971 - Juan Manen, composer, dies at 88
1972 - David Lichine, [Lichtenstein], Russian/US choreographer, dies at 61
1973 - Arnold Richardson, composer, dies at 59
1973 - Ernest Truex, actor (Fluffy, Scared, His Girl Friday), dies at 82
1975 - St. Josemaría Escrivá, Spanish Catholic priest (b. 1902)
1977 - Lou Reizner, rock vocalist/producer (Rod Stewart, Tommy), dies at 43
1977 - Oskar Morgenstern, German/US economist, dies at 75
1978 - Rabbaji, president of South-Yemen, executed
1979 - Charles Clore, financier, dies
1981 - Peter Kreuder, German composer, dies
1982 - Alexander Mitscherlich, German psychotherapist, dies
1982 - Andre Tchaikowsy, pianist/composer, dies
1982 - Charles Russhon, USAF lt col/liaison for James Bond films, dies at 71
1982 - Sandy Powell, costume designer, dies at 82
1983 - Walter O'Keefe, songwriter/TV host (Mayor of Hollywood), dies at 82
1984 - Carl Foreman, producer, dies of cancer at 69
1984 - George H Gallup, pollster (Gallup Poll), dies at 82
1986 - Laurie Fishlock, cricketer (4 Tests for England), dies
1987 - Glen Hall, cricketer (Test for South Africa 1965), commits suicide
1990 - Anni Blomqvist, Finnish novelist (b. 1909)
1991 - Carmine Coppola, composer/conductor (Godfather II), dies at 80
1991 - Paul Andor, actor (Mad Lover, Enemy of Women), dies
1992 - Geert Vissers, Dutch TV host (Gay Dating Show), dies
1992 - Phil Rubenstein, US, actor (Tango & Cash, Robocop), dies
1992 - Herman Rohde, professional wrestler (b. 1921)
1993 - Catherine Leno, mother of Tonight Show host Jay, dies of cancer at 82
1993 - Jack Bittner, entertainer, dies
1993 - Roy Campanella, 3xMVP catcher (Dodgers), dies of a heart attack at 71
1993 - Willy C of Hemert, director/(text)poet (Small Truth), dies at 81
1993 - William H. Riker, American political scientist (b. 1920)
1994 - A "Bob" den Doolaard, author (Inn with the horseshoe), dies at 93
1994 - Ian Board, barkeeper, dies at 64
1994 - Jaharna Imam, Bangladeshi writer/political activist, dies at 65
1994 - Roelof Kiers, VPRO-programmer/director (Macchiavelli), dies at 56
1994 - Thomas henry Wait Armstrong, organist, dies at 96
1996 - Veronica Guerin, journalist, dies at 36
1997 - Israel Kamakawiwo'ole, Hawaiian singer (b. 1959)
2001 - Soccer (dog actor) (b. 1988)
2002 - Arnold Brown, the 11th General of The Salvation Army (b. 1913)
2002 - Jay Berwanger, American football player (b. 1914)
2003 - Marc-Vivien Foé, Cameroon footballer (b. 1975)
2003 - Denver Randleman, U.S. Army Seargent (b. 1920)
2003 - Strom Thurmond, U.S. Senator (b. 1902)
2003 - Sir Dennis Thatcher MBE, husband of Margaret Thatcher (b. 1915)
2004 - Yash Johar, Indian film producer (b. 1929)
2004 - Naomi Shemer, Israeli singer and song-writer (b. 1930)
2005 - Richard Whiteley, British television game show host (b. 1943)
2007 - Liz Claiborne, Belgian-born American fashion designer (b. 1929)
2007 - Joey Sadler, All Black rugby player (b. 1914)
2007 - Natasja Saad, Danish Reggae singer (b. 1974)
2010 - Sergio Vega, Mexican Banda singer (b.1969)
2010 - Algirdas Brazauskas, President of Lithuania (b. 1932)
2012 - Ann Curtis, American Olympic swimmer, dies at 86
2012 - Nora Ephron, American author/screenwriter, dies from pneumonia at 71

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