Famous Deaths on 9th June

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62 - Claudia Octavia, wife of Nero (b. 40)
68 - Claudius Nero, Roman emperor (54-68), commits suicide at 31
373 - Ephrem the Syrian, Christian hymnodist
597 - St. Columba, Christian missionary (b. 521)
630 - King Shahrbaraz of Persia
1171 - Jacob Ben Meir, [Rabbenu Tam], French Tosofist, dies
1361 - Philippe de Vitry, French composer/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, dies at 44
1583 - Thomas Radclyffe, 3rd Earl of Sussex, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland
1597 - Jose de Anchieta, Spanish jesuit/missionary, dies
1656 - Thomas Tomkins, composer, dies
1681 - William Lilly, English astrologer, dies
1716 - Banda Bahadur, Sikh military commander (executed)
1717 - Jeanne-Marie Bouvier de la Mothe-Guyon, French mystic, dies at 69
1717 - Louis Le Quointe, composer, dies at 64
1820 - Wilhelmina FS, princess of Prussia/Orange, dies at 68
1825 - M Pauline Bonaparte, Corsican duchess of Parma/Guastalla, dies at 44
1832 - Manuel Garcia, composer, dies at 57
1834 - William Carey, one of the founders of the Baptist Missionary Society (b. 1761)
1839 - Gerrit J Pijman, Dutch minister of War (1798-1800), dies at 89
1847 - Pierre-Simon Ballanche, French philosopher/poet (Orphée), dies
1863 - Benjamin Franklin "Grimes" Davis, Union major, dies in battle at 30
1868 - James Brooke, Rajah of Sarawak (1841-68), dies
Novelist Charles Dickens (1870) 1870 - Charles Dickens, English writer (David Copperfield), dies at 58
1870 - Erik Drake, composer, dies at 82
1875 - Gérard Paul Deshayes, French geologist (b. 1795)
1892 - Friedrich Wilhelm Langhans, composer, dies at 59
1892 - Taiso Yoshitoshi, Woodblock print artist
1892 - William Grant Stairs, Canadian explorer (b. 1863)
1897 - Alvin Graham Clark, dies 3 weeks after 1st use of Yerkes 40" lens
1901 - Walter Besant, novelist/philanthropist, dies
1907 - Manuel Estrada Vabrera, president Guatemala, murdered
1908 - Jose FdT Coelho, Portuguese writer (Os meus amores), dies at 46
1911 - Carry Amelia Moore Nation, American temperance leader, dies
1912 - Ion Luca Caragiale, Romanian writer (b. 1852)
1922 - Albert Baertsoen, Flemish painter/etcher, dies at 56
1929 - Lewis Bennison, dies
1931 - Henrique Oswald, composer, dies at 79
1932 - Natalia Janotha, composer, dies at 76
1939 - Owen Moore, actor (She Done Him Wrong), commits suicide at 52
1944 - 99 inhabitants of Tulle, hanged by SS
1946 - Rama VIII, king of Siam (1935-46), dies at 21
1947 - Wladyslaw Raczkiewicz, president of Poland (1939-40), dies at 62
1952 - Adolf Busch, German composer (b. 1891)
1953 - Ugo Betti, dramatist, dies
1957 - Robert Oboussier, composer, dies at 56
1958 - Robert Donat, actor (Citadel, Goodbye Mr Chips, 39 Steps), dies at 53
1960 - René Maran, Martiniques writer (Batouala, Prix Goncourt), dies
1961 - Camille Guérin, French scientist (b. 1872)
1962 - Henry Kendall, actor (Shadow, Romance & Riches), dies at 65
1964 - Max Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook/newspaper owner (Leatherhead), dies
1964 - W Maxwell Aitken, Lord Beaverbrook, Engl Min of Info, dies at 85
1967 - Stefan Boleslaw Poradowski, composer, dies at 64
1968 - Bernard Cronin, Australian author and journalist (b. 1884)
1971 - Harold Lloyd Jr, actor (Frankenstein's Daughter), dies at 40
1973 - Erich von Manstein, German military commander (b. 1887)
Writer/Nobel Laureate Miguel Asturias (1974) 1974 - Miguel Asturias, Guatemalan writer, dies at 74
1974 - Phillip Tead, actor (Lightnin', Fighting Blade), dies at 80
1975 - David Frederick Barlow, composer, dies at 48
1976 - James A Farley, US Postmaster General (1932-38), dies at 88
1976 - Paul T B Rodenko, Dutch poet/writer (Never Marry a Witch), dies at 55
1976 - Sybil Thorndike, actress (Melba, Major Barbara), dies at 93
1977 - Bill Merritt, cricketer (6 Tests of leg-spin for NZ, 12 wkts), dies
1977 - Hans Andreus, [Johan W van de Zant], Dutch poet, dies at 51
1979 - Cyclone Taylor, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1884)
1980 - Leonard Huizinga, journalist/writer (Olivier & Adrian), dies at 73
1981 - Allen Ludden, game show host (Password), dies at 63
1981 - Russell Hayden, actor (Hidden Gold, Apache Chief, Justice), dies
1982 - Guillaume Jorissen, Flemish politician, dies at 60
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 - Piet[er J] Lieftinck, Dutch minister of Finance (1945-52), dies
1989 - W Schnurre, writer, dies at 68
1989 - Rashid Behbudov, Azerbaijani singer and actor (b. 1915)
1991 - Bob Irwin, Comedian, dies of Alzheimer's related illness at 88
1991 - Charles Loloma, painter/sculptor, dies
1991 - Claudio Arrau, Chilian/US pianist/composer, dies at 88
1991 - Max van Praag, Dutch singer, dies at 77
1992 - Cathy Bennett, jury selection expert, dies of breast cancer at 41
1992 - Clarence Miller, blues/jazz vocalist, dies at 69 of a heart attack
1993 - Alexis Smith, dancer/actress (Follies), dies of cancer at 72
1993 - Arthur Alexander, singer/songwriter (You Better Move On), dies at 53
1993 - Ian Mikardo, British politician, dies
1994 - Angela Lakeberg, 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, the Liberace of the Harp, dies at 63
1995 - Charles Rowe, cricket (scored 0 in only Test for NZ v Aust 1946), dies
1995 - Frank Chacksfield, conductor/arranger, dies at 81
1995 - Walter Landor, designer, dies at 81
1996 - Edward Morris Bernstein, economist, dies at 91
1996 - Robert Kidd, marine geoscientist, dies at 48
1996 - Walter Pardon, carpenter/traditional singer, dies at 81
1997 - Reid Shelton, actor (Daddy Warbucks-Annie), dies of stroke at 71
1997 - Stanley Knowles, Canadian politician (b. 1908)
2000 - Jacob Lawrence, American painter (b. 1917)
2004 - Rosey Brown, American football player (b. 1932)
2004 - Brian Williamson, Jamaican Gay Activist (b. 1945)
2006 - Drafi Deutscher, German Schlager singer (b. 1946)
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
2011 - M. F. Husain, Indian artist, painter (b. 1915)