Notable Deaths on June 8th
June 8th Deaths
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
218 |
Opellius Macrinus, emperor of Rome (217-8), dies in battle at 54 |
632 |
Mohammed, prophet of Islam (Koran), dies (according to tradition) |
1042 |
Harthacnut/Harthacanute, King of Denmark and England (b. 1018) Lambeth |
1115 |
Peter van Amiens, French minister of crusades, dies at about 64 |
1376 |
"Black Prince" of Wales, son of King Edward of England, dies at 46 |
1383 |
Thomas de Ros, 5th Baron de Ros, English Crusader (b. 1338) |
1384 |
Kanami, Japanese actor (b. 1333) |
1476 |
George Neville, English archbishop and statesman |
1505 |
Hongzhi, Emperor of China (b. 1470) |
1611 |
Jean Bertaut, French poet (b. 1552) |
1612 |
Hans Leo Hassler, composer, dies at 49 |
1621 |
Anne de Xainctonge, French saint (b. 1567) |
1628 |
Rudolph Goclenius, German philosopher (b. 1547) |
1661 |
John Elsevier, book publisher/publisher, dies at 39 |
1688 |
Hans Bontemantel, Amsterdams merchant, buried |
1695 |
Christian Huygens, inventor/astronomer (ring of Saturn), dies at 66 |
1711 |
Katharina Lescaille, [Netherlands Sappho], poetess, dies at 61 |
1716 |
Johann Wilhelm, Elector Palatine (b. 1658) |
1727 |
August Hermann Francke, German Protestant minister (b. 1663) |
1742 |
Omobono Stradivari, Italian violin maker/son of Antonius, dies at 62 |
1768 |
Johann J Winckelmann, German archaeologist, dies at 50 |
1771 |
George Montague-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax, English statesman (b. 1716) |
1790 |
Charles-Joseph van Helmont, composer, dies at 75 |
1794 |
G A Borger, writer, dies |
1794 |
Gottfried August Bürger, The Outrageous Baron Munchausen |
1795 |
Louis XVII Charles, king of France (1793-95), dies at 10 |
1796 |
Felice de Giardini, composer, dies at 80 |
1803 |
Joannes Natalis Paquot, Belgian priest/historian, dies at 80 |
1806 |
George Wythe, US attorney (signed Decl of Indep), dies at about 79 |
1809 |
Thomas Paine, English/American writer (Age of Reason, Common Sense), dies at 72 |
1814 |
Friedrich Heinrich Himmel, composer, dies at 48 |
1831 |
Sarah Kemble Siddons, English actress (Lady Macbeth), dies at 75 |
1835 |
Gian Domenico Romagnosi, Italian physicist (b. 1761) |
1845 |
Andrew Jackson, (D) 7th US President (1828-37), dies at 78 |
1845 |
Andrew Jackson, Andrew Jackson: A Man for the People |
1857 |
Douglas William Jerrold, British playwright and satirist (b. 1803) |
1857 |
Douglas Jerrold, The Rent Day |
1865 |
Joseph Paxton, designer (Crystal Palace), dies |
1870 |
Johann Gottlob Topfer, composer, dies at 78 |
1871 |
Satank, Kiowa indian chief, shot to death |
1874 |
Cochise, Apache leader |
1876 |
George Sand, French author (Indiana, Consuelo), dies at 71 |
1876 |
George Sand, Jutrzenka |
1884 |
Henry Clay Work, composer, dies at 51 |
1884 |
Henry Clay Work, A Prairie Home Companion |
1885 |
Ignace Bourget, Bishop of Montreal (b. 1799) |
1889 |
Gerard Manley Hopkins, poet, dies at 54 |
1906 |
Christian Frederik Emil Horneman, composer, dies at 65 |
1908 |
Johan Lindegren, composer, dies at 66 |
1913 |
Emily Wilding Davison, suffragette, trampled to death by a horse |
1913 |
Emily Wilding Davison, |
1919 |
Jacob Fabricius, composer, dies at 78 |
1919 |
James Lackaye, An Old Man's Love Story |
1923 |
Takeo Arishima, Aru onna |
1924 |
Andrew Irvine, English mountain climber (climbing accident) (b. 1902) |
1924 |
George Leigh Mallory, English mountain climber (climbing accident) (b. 1886) |
1924 |
George Mallory, The Epic of Everest |
1924 |
Andrew Irvine, The Epic of Everest |
1927 |
Polin, Papillon dit Lyonnais Le Juste |
1928 |
Ranja Izawa, Chimata no ko |
1928 |
Robert H. Fordyce, Our Mutual Girl, No. 43 |
1929 |
Bliss Carman, poet, dies |
1929 |
John E. Kellerd, The Fight |
1934 |
Dorothy Dell, Little Miss Marker |
1935 |
Philip Klein, Street Angel |
1936 |
John Hays Hammond, Our Mutual Girl, No. 35 |
1938 |
Wally Brighton, Mr. Patterson Joins the Force |
1939 |
Josef Wenig, Lucerna |
1939 |
Jack Osterman, Umpa |
1939 |
Gardner Crane, The Woman Pays |
1940 |
Frederick Shepherd Converse, US composer, dies at 69 |
1940 |
Frederick Shepherd Converse, Bread and Circus |
1941 |
Frank Graves, Left-Handed Law |
1941 |
Camille Bardou, Bandits en automobile - Épisode 2: Hors-la-loi |
1941 |
Charles E. Cook, Live Wires |
1942 |
Morley Roberts, The Shadow Before |
1943 |
Dave Manley, The Struggle |
1944 |
Edward Moffat, Revenge |
1945 |
Karl Hanke, Nazi official (b. 1903) |
1945 |
Robert Desnos, Bonsoir mesdames, bonsoir messieurs |
1946 |
Svend Melsing, Fange no. 113 |
1947 |
Tom O'Brien, actor (Flying Fool), dies at 56 |
1947 |
Thomas E. O'Brien, The Birth of a Nation |
1947 |
Tom O'Brien, The Big Parade |
1947 |
Zoltan Egyed, Dramatic School |
1948 |
Franz Carl Bornschein, composer, dies at 69 |
1948 |
Hanson Carter, cricket (28 Tests for Aust, caught 44 stumped 21), dies |
1949 |
Frank McIntyre, Too Fat to Fight |
1949 |
Jack McCredie, Mystery Pilot |
1950 |
Sallie Fisher, The Little Shepherd of Bargain Row |
1951 |
Eugène Fiset, French Canadian military officer and politician (b. 1874) |
1951 |
Herman Hupfeld, Brazil |
1952 |
Mizi Griebl, Die Beute des Scheiks |
1953 |
Godfrey Tearle, actor (39 Steps, Mandy, At Dawn We Die), dies at 68 |
1953 |
Al Luttringer, A Song to Remember |
1953 |
Godfrey Tearle, The 39 Steps |
1954 |
Maurice Cass, Charlie Chan at the Opera |
1955 |
Mussina Wachtel, Are We Civilized? |
1955 |
Hal Horne, The Strongest |
1956 |
Marie Laurencin, French painter (b. 1883) |
1956 |
Jan Lechon, Glos serca |
1956 |
William Eull, Frontier Marshal |
1957 |
Joseph F. Hewitt, She Loves Me Not |
1957 |
Don Blanding, Star Night at the Cocoanut Grove |
1958 |
Leonard Pickley, Fantasia |
1958 |
Paul Le Paul, Eternally Yours |
1959 |
Cliff Hess, Hotel a la Swing |
1959 |
Edi Wieser, Ruf der Berge |
1962 |
John Francis Murphy, The Steel Helmet |
1962 |
Jack Murphy, Peter Pan |
1963 |
Sickan Castegren, Gustaf Wasa, Part One |
1965 |
Edmondo Rossoni, Italian fascist (b. 1884) |
1966 |
Anton Melik, Slovenian geographer (b. 1890) |
1967 |
Elliot Griffis, composer, dies at 74 |
1967 |
Laverne Andrews, vocalist (Andrews Sister), dies |
1969 |
Robert Taylor, actor (Death Valley Days), dies of lung cancer at 57 |
1969 |
Robert Taylor, Quo Vadis |
1970 |
Abraham Maslow, American psychologist (b. 1908) |
1972 |
Jimmy Rushing, US blues singer, dies at 68 |
1973 |
Eino Mauno Aleksanteri Linnala, composer, dies at 76 |
1975 |
William F Jenkins, author (Time Tunnel, Land of Giants), dies at 78 |
1975 |
Pierre Leproux, Un âge d'or |
1977 |
Francisco Elías, Marta |
1977 |
Gunnar Sjöberg, Wild Strawberries |
1978 |
Ruth Rose, King Kong |
1978 |
Ruth Rose, The Mission of Morrison |
1978 |
Gilberto Mazzi, La folla |
1978 |
Romola Nijinsky, Nijinsky |
1979 |
Herb Polesie, producer/playwright (20 Questions), dies at 79 |
1979 |
Louis Salvador Palange, composer, dies at 61 |
1979 |
Lou Geels, Vaarwel, Swiebertje |
1979 |
Reinhard Gehlen, |
1980 |
Ernst Busch, German singer and actor (b. 1900) |
1980 |
Greta Schröder, Nosferatu |
1980 |
Ernst Busch, Hell on Earth |
1981 |
Lydia Lopokova, The Selfish Giant |
1981 |
Hedvig Demeter, Kilenc hónap |
1982 |
[Leroy] Satchel Paige, US baseball pitcher, dies at 75 |
1982 |
Jean Wiener, Au Hasard Balthazar |
1982 |
Ivan Mistrík, Romeo, Julie a tma |
1982 |
Edson Queiroz, O Homem de Papel |
1982 |
Leroy 'Satchel' Paige, Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy 'Satchel' Paige |
1983 |
Ralph Christian Holm, The Passion of Joan of Arc |
1983 |
Gerhard Haselbach, Pole Poppenspäler |
1983 |
Misko Kranjec, Povest o dobrih ljudeh |
1984 |
Gordon Jacob, composer, dies at 88 |
1984 |
Óscar J. Brooks, El cielo y tu |
1985 |
Charles Le Maire, All About Eve |
1985 |
Oscar Cohen, All the Way Home |
1987 |
Yogi Horton, drummer (Luther Vandross), commits suicide at 33 |
1987 |
Daniel Mandell, The Apartment |
1988 |
Eli Mintz, actor (Boardwalk), dies |
1988 |
Russell Harty, broadcaster, dies |
1988 |
Virgil Oliver Jr, entertainer, dies |
1988 |
Aleksandar Sajber, Frak iz Abacije |
1988 |
Robert Vega, The Competition |
1988 |
Károly Litványi, Humorista a mennyországban |
1988 |
Chuck Roberson, The Big Country |
1988 |
Cyril Magnin, Foul Play |
1988 |
Russell Harty, The Kids Are Alright |
1988 |
Eli Mintz, All My Children |
1989 |
Sándor Novobáczky, Mindenért fizetni kell |
1989 |
Tony De Matos, Derrapagem |
1989 |
Irén Biller, Lila akác |
1989 |
Marie Chorre, White Fang |
1990 |
Alfredo Poveda, president of Consul of Ecuador (1976-79), dies |
1990 |
Jose Figueres, president of Costa Rica (1948-49, 53-58, 70-74), dies |
1990 |
Walter Bloch, The Glacier Fox |
1990 |
Henry Hill, Around the World in Eighty Days |
1991 |
Bertice Reading, Dutch actress (Moon in the Gutter), dies |
1991 |
Mary Bacon, jockey, dying of cancer, commits suicide by gun at 43 |
1991 |
Heidi Brühl, The Eiger Sanction |
1991 |
Bertice Reading, Little Shop of Horrors |
1991 |
Pierrette Caillol, Âme de clown |
1991 |
Wilhelm Szewczyk, The Tree of Life |
1992 |
Beverly Carter, entertainer, dies at 51 |
1992 |
Farag Foeda, Egyptian writer/publicist, murdered |
1992 |
William France, founder (Daytona 500), dies at 82 |
1992 |
William McGowan, entrepreneur (MCI), dies at 64 |
1992 |
Fred Fondren, Joey Breaker |
1992 |
Alfred Uhl, Panoptikum 59 |
1993 |
René Bousquet, French Vichy-police chief deports jews, dies at 84 |
1993 |
Root Boy Slim, American entertainer (b. 1945) |
1993 |
Antonín Zelenka, Ecstasy |
1993 |
Severo Sarduy, Barocco |
1993 |
Marlo Lewis, Elvis: The Ed Sullivan Shows |
1993 |
René Bousquet, |
1994 |
William Marshall, actor/director (Santa Fe Trail), dies at 86 |
1994 |
Ray Romero, The Missouri Traveler |
1994 |
Rudolph Cartier, Nineteen Eighty-Four |
1994 |
William Marshall, State Fair |
1995 |
Juan Carlos Ongania, pres of Argentina (1966-70), dies |
1995 |
Lord Erskine of Rerrick, peer, dies at 69 |
1995 |
Sheikh Iman, singer, dies at 76 |
1995 |
Robert Stillman, Champion |
1995 |
Marie Grosslichtova, Aféra plukovníka Rédla |
1995 |
Truda Grosslichtová, Advokátka Vera |
1995 |
Mary Doyle, Bound for Freedom |
1995 |
Robert Dandridge, Penrod and Sam |
1996 |
Barry Linehan, actor (Bullseye, Dark Places, Witchcraft), dies at 70 |
1996 |
Gerry Gomez, cricketer (West Indian captain played 29 Tests), dies |
1996 |
Michael Fox, actor (Amos-Falcon Crest, Skinheads), dies at 75 |
1996 |
Percy Edwards, animal imitator, dies at 88 |
1996 |
Phyllis Stedman, politician, dies at 79 |
1996 |
Zenia Magierówna, Awanturki jego córki |
1996 |
Barry Linehan, The Detective Waiting |
1996 |
Jay Chernis, That's My Baby! |
1996 |
Poul Erik Møller Pedersen, The Golden Days |
1997 |
George Turner, Australian author (b. 1916) |
1997 |
André Harris, The Sorrow and the Pity |
1997 |
Michael Meshekoff, The Man from Galveston |
1997 |
Reid Shelton, The Sentinel |
1997 |
Toomas Tahvel, 10 minutit võitleva ateistiga |
1998 |
Sani Abacha, President of Nigeria (b. 1943) |
1998 |
Maria Reiche, German-born mathematician and archaeologist (b. 1903) |
1998 |
Caleb Sampson, Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr. |
1998 |
Michael Gaddis, Louisiana |
1999 |
Buddy Clark, The Subterraneans |
1999 |
Bartlomiej Frykowski, Uprowadzenie Agaty |
1999 |
Joan White, Ten-Shilling Doll |
1999 |
Corrado Mantoni, Fantastico 3 |
1999 |
Tom Fairbanks, Silent Movie |
2000 |
Jeff MacNelly, American political cartoonist (b. 1948) |
2000 |
Lia de Aguiar, A Barba-Azul |
2000 |
Abe Lincoln, A Symposium on Popular Songs |
2000 |
Ben Bryant, Emmerdale |
2000 |
Teuvo Tulio, Sensuela |
2000 |
Jeff MacNelly, Drawing Conclusions: Editorial Cartoonists Consider Hillary Rodham Clinton |
2000 |
Kermit Roosevelt, T.R.: The Story of Theodore Roosevelt (Part I) |
2000 |
Skip Karnas, The Big Red One |
2000 |
Gaylord Mason, Curtain Call |
2000 |
Herb Steinberg, Hitchcock: Shadow of a Genius |
2001 |
Kolli Pratyagatma, Raja Aur Runk |
2001 |
Harry Watson, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington |
2001 |
Wim Povel, Suske en Wiske |
2001 |
K.J. Mikola, Taistelujen tie |
2001 |
Alex de Renzy, Weed |
2001 |
Haralambie Boros, Afacerea Protar |
2001 |
John Dunbar, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie |
2002 |
Richard Aherne, Sahara |
2002 |
William P. D'Angelo, Webster |
2002 |
Gary Ouellet, The World's Most Dangerous Magic II |
2002 |
Tillman Box, When the Legends Die |
2003 |
Leighton Rees, Welsh darts player (b. 1940) |
2003 |
Herschel Burke Gilbert, Carmen Jones |
2003 |
Leighton Rees, Episode #12.19 |
2003 |
Stephen A. Hope, The Karate Kid |
2003 |
Frank Morelli, The Right Stuff |
2004 |
Mack Jones, American baseball player (b. 1938) |
2004 |
William Kramer, The Seventh Sign |
2004 |
Imre Eck, Elveszett illúziók |
2004 |
Bill Lowery, Ray Stevens Live! |
2004 |
F. Jo Mohrbach, Foul Play |
2004 |
Fosco Maraini, Volcano |
2004 |
Peter Debnar, Sladké hry minulého léta |
2005 |
Roy Hensley, Episode #1.55 |
2005 |
Wydell W. Hughes, Waxing Old |
2005 |
Luigi Santiago, Umaaraw, umuulan |
2005 |
Ed Bishop, 2001: A Space Odyssey |
2005 |
Fred Villani, Pilot |
2005 |
Mykola Kolessa, Ivan Franko |
2005 |
Stan Wilson, Corral |
2006 |
Robert Donner, American actor (b. 1931) |
2006 |
Abouna Matta El Meskeen, Coptic Orthodox monk (b. 1919) |
2006 |
Robert Donner, Cool Hand Luke |
2006 |
Bjørn Wiinblad, The Swineherd |
2006 |
Geoff Barkway, D-Day: The Ultimate Conflict |
2006 |
Alan Jordan, Ace Ventura: Pet Detective |
2006 |
Audrey Campbell, Olga's Girls |
2007 |
Kenny Olsson, Swedish speedway racer (b. 1977) |
2007 |
Richard Rorty, American postanalytic, pragmatic philosopher (b. 1931) |
2007 |
Richard Lederer, The Hollywood Knights |
2007 |
Giuseppe Recchia, Onda libera |
2007 |
Bogomil Raynov, Byalata staya |
2007 |
José Martín Recuerda, Las salvajes en Puente San Gil |
2007 |
Nellie Lutcher, Girl Time |
2007 |
Jeanne Davis Glynn, The Search |
2007 |
Jeannie Glynn, As the World Turns |
2007 |
Charles Zacha Jr., Dark Night of the Scarecrow |
2007 |
Adrian Pintea, Youth Without Youth |
2007 |
Richard Rorty, Heidegger - Thinking the Unthinkable |
2007 |
Hideo Kanze, A Last Note |
2007 |
Susannah Hitching, Episode #2.3 |
2007 |
Tony Roman, Scanners III: The Takeover |
2008 |
Šaban Bajramović, Serbian Romani musician (b. 1936) |
2008 |
Franz Russell, Agency |
2008 |
Moma Dimic, How I Was Systematically Destroyed by an Idiot |
2008 |
Arthur Bloom, Kramer vs. Kramer |
2008 |
Peter Rühmkorf, Abends, wenn der Mond scheint |
2008 |
Marian Alden, Dark Victory |
2008 |
Edith Derby Williams, T.R.: The Story of Theodore Roosevelt (Part I) |
2008 |
Saban Bajramovic, Black Cat, White Cat |
2008 |
Bob Grabeau, Lorna |
2008 |
Fritz Kalmar, Frühstück im Büro |
2008 |
Lincoln Dabagia, |
2008 |
Kamil Pixa, Daliborka |
2009 |
Omar Bongo, President of Gabon (b. 1935) |
2009 |
Sam Latini, Average Community |
2009 |
Raul de Barros, A Gostosa da Gafieira |
2009 |
Johnny Palermo, Sissy Frenchfry |
2009 |
Chip Hand, The Wild McCullochs |
2009 |
Del Winans, The Frankenstein Files: How Hollywood Made a Monster |
2009 |
Habib Tanvir, Gandhi |
2010 |
Leslie Barrett, Another World |
2010 |
Deborah Peagler, Crime After Crime |
2010 |
Couto Viana, Episode #1.3 |
2010 |
Andréas Voutsinas, The Producers |
2010 |
Stephen Rivers, Thirteen Days |
2010 |
Crispian St. Peters, Kings of the Road |
2010 |
Plamen Maslarov, Sadiyata |
2011 |
Heinz Kaskeline, Serenade |
2011 |
Jim Northrup, A City on Fire: The Story of the '68 Detroit Tigers |
2011 |
Roy Skelton, Zippy and George's Puppet Legends |
2011 |
John Mackenzie, The Long Good Friday |
2011 |
Alan Rubin, The Blues Brothers |
2011 |
Franck Fernandel, Cherchez l'idole |
2011 |
Paul Massie, The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll |
2011 |
Steve Popovich, Classic Albums: Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell |
2012 |
Frank Cady, American actor, dies at 96 |
2012 |
Edward Adler, The Confirmation Day |
2012 |
Trude Fukar, Come Sweet Death |
2012 |
Bill Moody, Revolver |
2012 |
Ivan Lessa, Gordos e Magros |
2012 |
Frank Cady, Rear Window |
2012 |
Ulrich Saxer, Stille Liebe |
2012 |
K.S.R. Doss, Bhale Ramudu |
2013 |
Paul Cellucci, American politician, dies from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis at 65 |
2013 |
Paul Cellucci, The Cider House Rules |
2013 |
Harold Cromer, The Cotton Club |
2013 |
Angus MacKay, European Vacation |
2013 |
Don Barton, Zaat |
2013 |
Vít Holubec, Jde se na to |
2013 |
Yoram Kaniuk, Adam Resurrected |
2014 |
Dennis C. Lewiston, The Rocky Horror Picture Show |
2014 |
Gloryette Clark, This Ain't My Bag |
2014 |
Lynne Randell, Episode #1.112 |
2014 |
Leigh Anderson, Screwball Hotel |
2014 |
Ivo Vinco, La Bohème |
2014 |
Veronica Lazar, Last Tango in Paris |
2014 |
Kiichiro Kawauchi, Babel |
2014 |
Luca Canali, Fellini Satyricon |
2015 |
Carven, Rendezvous in July |
2015 |
Igor Rosokhovatovsky, Pod sozvezdiem blisnetsov |
2015 |
Dzhuna Davitashvili, Yunost geniya |
2015 |
Valery Levental, Bezumnyy den ili zhenitba Figaro |
2015 |
Vera Belogrlic, Na slovo, na slovo |
2015 |
Frank Cappuccino, Rocky V |
2015 |
Archie Alleyne, On the Road |
2015 |
Jean Gruault, Jules and Jim |
2015 |
Elizabeth McIntosh, The O.S.S. |
2016 |
Theresa Chan, Singapore's Helen Keller, dies of cancer aged 72 |
2016 |
'Amadeus' playwright Peter Shaffer dies aged 90 |
2016 |
Former Plymouth Argyle winger Nicky Jennings dies aged 70 |
2016 |
'Equus' and 'Amadeus' playwright Peter Shaffer dies aged 90 |
2016 |
Raging Bull actress Theresa Saldana dead aged 61 three decades after surviving horrific knife attack |
2016 |
Thaksin's adviser 'Seh Ice' dies aged 67 |
2016 |
Nigerian football legend Stephen Keshi dies aged 54 |
2017 |
Bodger and Badger star Andy Cunningham dies aged 67 |
2018 |
Sons of Anarchy actor Alan O'Neill dies aged 47 |
2018 |
Playwright Joe Pintauro Dies at 87 |
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