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2004Ronald Reagan, 40th US President, Governor of California and radio and film actor, dies aged 93

1900Stephen Crane, author (Red Badge of Courage), dies at 28

June 5th Deaths
Date Event
535
Epiphanius of Constantinople, patriarch of Constantinople 
754
Boniface, [Winfrid], English saint/archbishop (Dokkum), dies at 79 
754
Eoda, English speaking bishop of Utrecht, murdered 
1017
Emperor Sanjō of Japan (b. 976) 
1118
Robert de Beaumont, 1st Earl of Leicester 
1288
Hendrik VI, earl of Luxembourg/Laroche (1281-88), dies in battle 
1296
Edmund Crouchback, son of Henry III of England (b. 1245) 
1383
Dmitry Konstantinovich, Russian prince (b. 1324) 
1443
Ferdinand, Portuguese saint/slave to Fez, dies 
1568
Lamoraal, earl of Egmont/prince of Gavere, beheaded 
1568
Philips van Montmorency count of Horne, admiral/statesman, beheaded 
1568
Willem Key, painter, dies at about 47 
1625
Orlando Gibbons, English organist/composer (Silver Swan), dies at 41 
1667
Pietro Sforza, Italian theologist (Assertiones Theologicae), dies 
1688
Constantine Phaulkon, Greek adventurer (b. 1667) 
1716
Roger Cotes, English mathematician (b. 1682) 
1722
Johann Kuhnau, composer, dies at 62 
1738
Isaac de Beausobre, French Protestant pastor (b. 1659) 
1785
Gottfried August Homilius, composer, dies at 71 
1791
Frederick Haldimand, Swiss-born British colonial governor (b. 1718) 
1816
Giovanni Paisiello, Italian composer (Serva Padrona), dies at 76 
1816
Giovanni Paisiello, Barry Lyndon 
1825
Odysseas Androutsos, hero in the Greek War of Independence 
1826
Carl Maria Friedrich Ernst von Weber, composer (Oberon), dies at 39 
1826
Carl Maria von Weber, The Intouchables 
1852
Tomasz Napoleon Nidecki, composer, dies at 45 
1861
John Garland, US Union colonel/brig-general, dies in battle 
1861
Tomas Genoves y Lapetra, composer, dies at 55 
1864
William Edmonson "Grumble" Jones, Confederate brigadier general, dies in battle at 39 
1866
John McDouall Stuart, Australian explorer (b. 1815) 
1868
Anselm Huttenbrenner, composer, dies at 73 
1880
Jacobus J Cremer, painter/author (Betuwsche Novellen), dies at 52 
1885
Julius Benedict, composer (Protoghesi), dies at 80 
1885
Julius Benedict, Lily of Killarney 
1894
Immanuel Faisst, composer, dies at 70 
1898
Salvatore Ferragamo, Italian Shoemaker 
1900
Stephen Crane, author (Red Badge of Courage), dies at 28 
1900
Stephen Crane, The Red Badge of Courage 
1902
Louis J. Weichmann, chief witness in the trial of the assassins of Abraham Lincoln (b. 1842) 
1906
Karl Robert Eduard von Hartmann, German philosopher (b. 1842) 
1908
Luca Fumagalli, composer, dies at 71 
1910
O. Henry, American author (b. 1862) 
1910
O. Henry, Ruthless People 
1913
Chris von der Ahe, baseball pioneer (b. 1851) 
1915
Brzeska, sculptor, dies 
1915
John C. Rice, The Kiss 
1916
Horatio H Kitchener, British General (Sudan), drowns at 65 
1916
Mildred J. Hill, Batman Begins 
1916
Lord Kitchener, Gen'l Sir Herbert Kitchener 
1920
Rhoda Broughton, Welsh author (b. 1840) 
1920
Peter Fjelstrup, Blind Justice 
1921
Georges Feydeau, French playwright (Chat and Poche), dies at 58 
1921
Georges Feydeau, La dame de chez Maxim 
1923
George H Breitner, impressionist painter, dies at 65 
1927
Paul Lacombe, composer, dies at 89 
1929
Reinhard Bruck, Liebes-List und -Lust 
1930
Jules Pascin, [Julius Pincas], Bulgarian/US painter/cartoonist, dies 
1932
Henry Taberer, cricket (bowl Trumper only Test wkt for South Africa), dies 
1933
Henry C. Rowland, Conquering the Woman 
1936
Ida Darling, Dregs 
1939
Elijah Beardsworth, world quick shaving champion, dies 
1939
Frank Van de Goes, writer/marxist theorist, dies 
1939
Archelaus D. Chadwick, The Exploits of Elaine 
1941
George Bickel, The Fixer 
1941
C. Norman Hammond, Dr. Jack 
1942
Virginia Lee Corbin, Hands Up! 
1944
Riccardo Zandonai, composer, dies at 61 
1944
Riccardo Zandonai, Betrayal 
1944
Frank J. Carroll, The Scapegoat 
1945
Pietro Koch, Days of Glory 
1945
Thomas J. Geraghty, Wings of the Morning 
1946
Mayme Kelso, Why Change Your Wife? 
1946
Maurice Fleckles, The Great Universal Mystery 
1947
Nils Olaf Chrisander, Fången på Karlstens fästning 
1947
Elmer Ballard, Her Private Affair 
1948
George Leyton, The Man Who Made Good 
1950
James Clemens, Dream Cafe 
1950
Douglas Gerrard, Eternal Love 
1952
Gustaf Bergman, Generalen 
1953
Bill Tilden, tennis champ, dies at 60 
1953
Roland Young, actor (David Copperfield, Irene, Dulcy), dies at 65 
1953
William Farnum, actor (Drifter, Scarlet Letter), dies at 76 
1953
James Shelley Hamilton, Rugged Water 
1953
Roland Young, The Philadelphia Story 
1953
William Farnum, Samson and Delilah 
1955
Charles B.V. Miller, Colorado Territory 
1955
Robert E. Burns, I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang 
1956
Henri Valbel, The Robber Symphony 
1956
Pat Petterson, Under Western Stars 
1956
Lillian Clayes, Battleground 
1958
Valdemar Lund, Det største i verden 
1958
Jules Michelson, Men on Her Mind 
1958
Evelyn Ellis, The Lady from Shanghai 
1958
Maurice Sandoz, The Maze 
1959
Wolf Martini, Teufel in Seide 
1959
George Dudley, The Rains Came 
1963
Lechoslaw Litwinski, Black Cross 
1963
Milton Carter, The Night of the Hunter 
1964
Clarence Chase, Dark Legacy 
1965
Eleanor Farjeon, Horns 
1966
Natacha Rambova, costume designer, dies at 69 
1967
Edna Park Edwards, entertainer, dies at 72 
1967
Otto Yamaoka, Libeled Lady 
1967
Otto Hahn, Two Girls on Broadway 
1970
"Jopie" Pengel, [Johan A], premier Suriname (1963-69), dies at 54 
1970
Jay Irving, cartoonist (Draw Me a Laugh), dies at 69 
1971
Cahit Irgat, Dracula in Istanbul 
1973
Max Terhune, actor (Range Justice, Night Riders), dies at 82 
1975
Paul Keres, Estonian chess player (b. 1916) 
1976
Walter Field, entertainer, dies at 101 
1976
Violet Wilkey, American actress (b. 1903) 
1976
Hans Georg Schütz, Mit Familienanschluss 
1977
"Sleepy" John Estes, rocker (Electric), dies at 74 
1977
Luis César Amadori, Acompáñame 
1978
John Meulenhoff, Dutch publisher, dies at 71 
1979
Pauline Offner, Zen Theravadin nun, dies at 53 
1979
Karina Bell, 5 raske piger 
1979
Gustavo Re, That Man in Istanbul 
1980
Lauritz Lauritzen, German politician, dies at 70 
1980
Margret Dünser, Episode #6.1 
1980
Jean Tarride, The Yellow Dog 
1981
Philo McCullough, actor (Branded, Ridin' Thru), dies 
1981
Miguel Contreras Torres, María Magdalena, pecadora de Magdala 
1981
Ted Nobriga, Hawaii 
1982
Olle Hellbom, The Brothers Lionheart 
1983
Ernest Kubler, Goodbye Uncle Tom 
1984
Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale, Indies Sikh leader 
1984
Povl Sabroe, Cirkusrevyen 67 
1984
Allen Mathews, The Well 
1985
Yvonne Dany, Zombie Lake 
1986
Lilian Lemmertz, Love Lesson 
1986
Togo Mizrahi, Doctor Epaminondas 
1987
Derrick Brice, The Return of the Living Dead 
1987
Gusztáv Szepesi, Tokyo 1964: Games of the XVIII Olympiad 
1987
Kedar Kapoor, Sikandar E Azam 
1988
Clarence M Pendleton, chairman of comm on Civil Rights (1981-88) dies 
1988
Jack Gregson, Auction-Aire 
1988
Gaston Arien, Baas Ganzendonck 
1988
Michael Barrington, Beggars and Choosers 
1989
Antoni Biliczak, Skarb kapitana Martensa 
1990
J Zeldenrust, pathology-anatomy, dies 
1990
Vasily V Kuznetsov, pres of USSR supreme soviet (1982-83, 85), dies 
1990
Russ Scott, The Secret of Indian Gap 
1990
Kristina Vazova, Inspektorat i noshtta 
1990
Valeri Fedosov, My Friend Ivan Lapshin 
1990
Rosalind Keating Shaffer, Lady Killer 
1990
Winfred Van Atta, Shock Treatment 
1990
Nils Brandt, Fanny and Alexander 
1991
Evelyn Boucher, My Lord Conceit 
1991
Larry Kert, Conspiracy of Fear 
1992
Laurence Naismith, actor (Scrooge, Gypsy Girl), dies at 83 
1992
Max Lerner, US writer/columnist (NY Post), dies at 88 
1992
Ethel Reschke, The Captain from Köpenick 
1992
Laurence Naismith, Diamonds Are Forever 
1992
James M. Jaffee, A Woman Scorned: The Betty Broderick Story 
1993
Conway Twitty, country star (Linda on My Mind), dies in surgery at 59 
1993
George Strauss, The Road to War 
1993
Michael P. Schoenbrun, Star Trek III: The Search for Spock 
1993
Conway Twitty, Little Miss Sunshine 
1994
Ish Kabbible, [Merwyn A Bogue], cornetist (Kay Kyser), dies at 86 
1994
Thomas Millar, historian, dies at 67 
1994
Jovan Antic, Puslice sa obrstom 
1994
M.A. Bogue, You'll Find Out 
1994
Alina Zeliska, Za zaslona 
1994
Joseph Vitale, Road to Rio 
1995
Bettina Vernon-Warren, dancer, dies at 75 
1995
Bertha Sånnell, Wonderful Adventures of Nils 
1995
John Thirtle, Debbie in the Land of V 
1995
Dick Mastro, The Golden Gloves Story 
1995
Ray Brenner, The Innocent 
1995
Allen Potter, Guiding Light 
1995
Patricia Dane, Johnny Eager 
1996
Baldev Singh Chahal, campaigner, dies at 59 
1996
Vito Scotti, actor (Nude Bomb, Get Shorty, Big Bus), dies at 78 
1996
Miklós Tompa, Hullámzó völegény 
1996
Bernie Pock, Back to the Future 
1996
Vito Scotti, The Godfather 
1996
Helen Verbit, Little Big Man 
1996
Robert C. Flasher, A Woman's Face 
1997
J Anthony Lukas, writer (Pulitizer, Common Ground), suicide at 64 
1997
J. Anthony Lukas, Common Ground 
1997
Ivan Krajícek, The Lost Lowlands 
1997
Patsy Mace, Road to Morocco 
1997
Irina Metlitskaya, Makarov 
1998
Jeanette Nolan, American actress (b. 1911) 
1998
Sam Yorty, Mayor of Los Angeles (b. 1909) 
1998
Jeanette Nolan, The Fox and the Hound 
1998
Viola Keats, The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone 
1998
Ivan Jonas, Poseban tretman 
1998
Oskar Hoby, Völlerei oder Inselfest (Todsünde 4) 
1998
Alfred Kazin, Edgar Allan Poe: Terror of the Soul 
1998
Sam Yorty, Lucy and Jim Bailey 
1999
Mel Tormé, American singer ("The Velvet Fog"), composer, and actor (b. 1925) 
1999
Ernie Wilkins, The Wrecking Crew 
1999
Mel Tormé, Gangster Squad 
1999
Bogdan Kowalik, Odejscie 
1999
Kamalakara Kameshwara Rao, Gundamma Katha 
2000
Don Liddle, baseball player (b. 1925) 
2000
Arnold Ross, Åke Hasselgård story 
2000
Franco Rossi, Turn the Other Cheek 
2000
Don Liddle, Game 4 
2000
Houshang Golshiri, Shazdeh Ehtejab 
2000
Carl-Erik Creutz, Maailmat kohtaavat - XV Olympiakisat Helsingissä 1952 
2000
João Nogueira, Jardim da Celeste 
2000
João Nogueira, Natal da Portela 
2001
Pedro Laín Entralgo, Spanish writer, medical and humanist 
2001
L. Fletcher Prouty, The JFK Conspiracy 
2001
Cor van den Brink, Een mislukte foto 
2001
Pedro Laín Entralgo, Episode dated 7 June 2001 
2002
Gwen Plumb, Australian actress (b. 1912) 
2002
Dee Dee Ramone, American bassist (The Ramones) (b. 1952) 
2002
Bob Zamboni, Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World 
2002
Truck Parham, Keisarikunta 
2002
Dee Dee Ramone, School of Rock 
2002
Carmelo A. Bernaola, Espérame en el cielo 
2002
Norman A. Burza, Apocalypse Now 
2002
Carlos García Berlanga, In the City 
2002
Radwan El-Kashef, Date Wine 
2002
Giorgio Porcaro, Attenti a quei P2 
2002
Gwen Plumb, The Man in the Iron Mask 
2003
Jürgen Möllemann, German politician (b. 1945) 
2003
Manuel Rosenthal, French composer and conductor (b. 1904) 
2003
Manuel Rosenthal, Moulin Rouge! 
2003
Jürgen Möllemann, Episode #2.52 
2003
Janice Hayen, Se7en 
2003
Heinz Behling, Alarm im Kasperletheater 
2004
Iona Brown, British violinist and conductor (b. 1941) 
2004
Ronald Reagan, 40th US President, Governor of California and radio and film actor, dies aged 93 
2004
Virginia North, On Her Majesty's Secret Service 
2004
Bengt Öste, Valkyrieritten 
2004
Zoran Longinovic, I Even Met Happy Gypsies 
2004
Mildred Van Dorn, How've You Bean? 
2004
Ronald Reagan, Kings Row 
2004
Necdet Mahfi Ayral, The Bandit 
2004
Manu Tupou, A Man Called Horse 
2005
Adolfo Aguilar Zínser, Mexican politician (b. 1949) 
2005
Susi Nicoletti, German actress (b. 1918) 
2005
Bruce Riche, If These Walls Could Talk 2 
2005
Vilma Bekendorf, Das häßliche Entlein 
2005
Vicki Gabrielli, Double Switch 
2005
Kurt Graunke, Faust 
2005
Bele Bachem, Die Halbzarte 
2005
Lothar Warneke, Bear Ye One Another's Burden 
2005
Dolores Golightly, Dark Walker 
2005
Susi Nicoletti, Confessions of Felix Krull 
2005
Adolfo Aguilar Zínser, Séptimo día 
2006
Frederick Franck, American artist and writer (b. 1909) 
2006
Irène Aïtoff, La légende de Joseph en Égypte 
2006
Butch Hengen, The Big Basketball Game 
2006
Eric Gregg, Keson 
2006
Hoda Soltan, Awdat al ibn al dal 
2006
Friso Wiegersma, Red Sien 
2006
Karl Pflock, Six Days in Roswell 
2007
Povel Ramel, Swedish entertainer (b. 1922) 
2007
Fryderick Gabowicz, Wo ist das Leben noch lebenswert? 
2007
Gert Jan Dröge, Oesje! 
2007
Anton Kothuis, Voyeur 
2007
Hans van de Hoek, Fellini's Casanova 
2007
Anna Stronska, Jeszcze tylko ten las 
2007
Robert Redd, The Wild and the Naked 
2007
Povel Ramel, My Life as a Dog 
2008
Fernando Granado, Bob's Night Out 
2008
Jack Lucas, Price for Peace 
2008
Angus Calder, Home Fires: Britain - 1940-1944 
2008
Nader Ebrahimi, Fire Without Smoke 
2008
Bruce Purchase, Richard III 
2009
Boris Pokrovsky, Russian operatic stage director (b. 1912) 
2009
Jeff Hanson, American singer-songwriter (b. 1978) 
2009
Boris Pokrovskiy, Reds 
2009
Del Monroe, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea 
2009
Adilgerey Magomedtagirov, Episode dated 12 December 2003 
2010
D.W. Landingham, Karate Cop 
2010
Arne Nordheim, One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich 
2010
Dan Lewk, Raw Tunes 
2010
Danny Bank, Benny Goodman: Adventures in the Kingdom of Swing 
2010
Jerome Verhaeghe, De ruimte in 
2010
Rob Maxey, Road to Perdition 
2010
Robert J. Wussler, The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind 
2010
Steve Driver, Kick Ass Chicks 90 Samantha Sinn 
2010
Bolivar Echevarría, Episode #3.3 
2010
Steven Reuther, Face/Off 
2010
Esma Agolli, Mysafiri 
2011
Fred Baker, Lenny Bruce Without Tears 
2011
Adrian Warren, Die Gorillas meines Großvaters 
2011
Derrett Lee, Voyage of Discovery 
2011
Tom McEwen, Mantle 
2011
Nadezhda Nadezhdina, Devichya vesna 
2012
Ray Bradbury, American author, dies at 91 
2012
Barry Unsworth, British novelist, dies from lung cancer at 81 
2012
Laura Olsher, Days of Our Lives 
2012
Ray Bradbury, Something Wicked This Way Comes 
2012
James F. Garner Sr., The Smoke House Curse 
2012
Vojislav Milasevic, Episode #2.24 
2012
Caroline John, Love Actually 
2012
Barry Unsworth, The Reckoning 
2012
Dennis St. John, The Jazz Singer 
2012
Shaunna O'Brien-Moran, Heck's Way Home 
2013
Ruairí Ó Brádaigh, Irish politician, dies at 80 
2013
Don Bowman, Comedian 
2013
Alain Pol, À l'assaut de la Tour Eiffel 
2013
Scarlet Moon, Daughters of Jemenja 
2013
Katherine Woodville, Days of Our Lives 
2013
Takkô Ishimori, Millennium Actress 
2013
Eva Gérová, Svatební cesta 
2014
Don Normark, Chavez Ravine: A Los Angeles Story 
2014
Uwe Paulsen, Intimità proibite di una giovane sposa 
2014
Ingeborg Lapsien, Frau L 
2014
Jean Walter, Zien naar Jozefien 
2014
Krystyna Marynowska, Misja specjalna 
2014
Anny Andersen, Seereise 
2014
Brian Tennessee Claflin, The Coat 
2015
Manuel Camacho Solis, Viaje al centro de la selva (Memorial Zapatista) 
2015
Richard Johnson, Lara Croft: Tomb Raider 
2015
Colette Marchand, Moulin Rouge 
2015
Tariq Aziz, Saddam Hussein's Iraq/The Prince/Innocence Lost 
2015
Alan Bond, Cosy Cool 
2015
Harry R. Sherman, Eleanor and Franklin 
2015
Jane Briggs Hart, The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg 
2015
Gordon Oas-Heim, Color Me Blood Red 
2015
Seth Winston, She's Out of Control 
2015
Jill Hyem, Episode #1.1 
2015
Roger Vergé, Monet's Palate: A Gastronomic View from the Gardens of Giverny 
2015
Jerry Collins, Tries, Tries, Tries 
2015
Giacomo Furia, Variety Lights 
2017
Spanish writer Juan Goytisolo dies, aged 86 
2018
San Francisco 49ers great Dwight Clark dies aged 61 
2018
CM Newton, Kentucky, Alabama and SEC legend, dies at 88 
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