Notable Deaths on May 6th
May 6th Deaths
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
523 |
Thrasamunde, king of Vandalen |
680 |
Muawiyah I, caliph (b. 602) |
988 |
Dirk II, West Frisian count of Holland |
1085 |
King Alfonso VI, of Leon conquered Toledo, dies |
1124 |
Balak, Emir of Aleppo, murdered |
1475 |
Dieric Bouts, Dutch painter, dies at about 64 |
1502 |
James Tyrrell, alleged murderer of the Princes in the Tower (executed) |
1527 |
Karel van Bourbon, military governor (Lombardije), dies at 37 |
1540 |
Jean Luis Vives, Spanish theory/humanist/reformer, dies at 48 |
1596 |
Giaches de Wert, Flemish composer (b. 1535) |
1620 |
Hayyim ben Joseph Vital, Palestinian-born Kabbalist (b. 1543) |
1631 |
Robert Bruce Cotton, English politician |
1638 |
Cornelius Jansen, theologian (Jansenism), dies |
1642 |
Frans Francken, the Younger, Flemish painter, dies on 61st birthday |
1666 |
Paul Siefert, composer, dies at 79 |
1678 |
Joseph de La Barre, composer, dies at 44 |
1708 |
François de Laval, first bishop of New France (b. 1623) |
1727 |
Catharina I, Latvia tsarina of Russia, dies at about 42 |
1739 |
Bernardus Smijtegelt, vicar (Gekrookte Reed), dies at 63 |
1757 |
Maximilian Ulysses Count Browne, Austrian field marshal (b. 1705) |
1757 |
Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Grafton, British politician (b. 1683) |
1757 |
Kurt Christoph Graf von Schwerin, Prussian field marshal (b. 1684) |
1776 |
James Kent, composer, dies at 76 |
1794 |
Jean-Jacques Beauvarget-Charpentier, composer, dies at 59 |
1814 |
George Joseph Vogler, composer, dies at 64 |
1836 |
Christian Ignatius Latrobe, composer, dies at 78 |
1840 |
Francisco de Paula Santander, Colombian president and independence leader (b. 1792) |
1841 |
John Thomson, composer, dies at 35 |
1852 |
Charles-Louis-Joseph Hanssens, composer, dies at 75 |
1856 |
William Hamilton, metaphysicist, dies |
1859 |
Friedrich Heinrich Alexander, explorer/scientist, dies |
1859 |
Alexander von Humboldt, German naturalist, dies at 89 |
1862 |
Henry David Thoreau, US writer/pacifist (Walden Pond), dies at 44 |
1862 |
Henry David Thoreau, I Went to the Woods Because... |
1864 |
Henry Livermore Abbott, US Union brig-general, dies in battle |
1864 |
Micah Jenkins, Confederate brig-general (friendly fire), dies at 28 |
1877 |
Johan Ludvig Runeberg, Finnish poet (b. 1804) |
1877 |
Johan Ludvig Runeberg, Sven Tuuva the Hero |
1882 |
Frederick Cavendish, assassinated by Fenian Invincibles, in Dublin |
1882 |
Thomas Henry Burke, assassinated by Fenian Invincibles, in Dublin |
1890 |
Hubert Leonard, composer, dies at 71 |
1892 |
Ernest Guiraud, composer, dies at 54 |
1902 |
William T. Sampson, Admiral Sampson on Board the Flagship |
1904 |
Franz von Lenbach, German painter, dies at 67 |
1910 |
Edward VII, King of England (1901-10), dies at 68 |
1910 |
King Edward VII, Coronation of Their Majesties King Edward VII and Queen Alexandria |
1916 |
Dirk Bos, Dutch MP (Liberal), dies at 53 |
1916 |
Earl Ross Drake, composer, dies at 50 |
1919 |
Frank Lyman Baum, author (Wizard of Oz), dies at 62 |
1919 |
L. Frank Baum, The Wizard of Oz |
1924 |
Carel S Adama van Scheltema, poet/writer (socialism), dies at 47 |
1927 |
Hudson Maxim, Hudson Maxim |
1930 |
Charles Gilpin, Ten Nights in a Barroom |
1935 |
Albion Örtengren, Johan Ulfstjerna |
1936 |
Hans Jelmoli, composer, dies at 59 |
1937 |
Harry Linsley Cort, Listen Lester |
1938 |
Delphin, Zero for Conduct |
1939 |
Mathilde Brundage, My Boy |
1939 |
Eva Lewis, The Sheep Herder |
1940 |
Ernest Gillet, The Dancing Masters |
1941 |
Marqués De Portago, Sanders of the River |
1942 |
Hasan Kikic, Provincija u pozadini |
1943 |
Robert T. Haines, The Governor's Lady |
1944 |
Paul Oskar Höcker, Tannenberg |
1944 |
Eugen Hamm, Abend - Nacht - Morgen |
1947 |
Toni Impekoven, Der Haus-Tyrann |
1948 |
43 communist rebels, executed in Athens |
1949 |
A L Ochse, cricketer (10 wickets in 3 Tests for S Afr 1927-29), dies |
1949 |
Maurice Maeterlinck, Belgian philosopher (Nobel 1911), dies at 86 |
1949 |
Maurice Maeterlinck, The Blue Bird |
1949 |
Arthur Barking, Æresgjesten |
1950 |
Agnes Smedley, writer, dies |
1951 |
Élie Cartan, French mathematician (b. 1869) |
1952 |
Alberto Savinio, Italian composer (Capitano Ulisse), dies at 60 |
1952 |
Maria Montessori, Italian physician/educationist, dies at 81 |
1952 |
Maria Montessori, The Children's House |
1952 |
Curtis Railing, Honolulu Lu |
1953 |
Kathy Tongay, Skirts Ahoy! |
1953 |
Harold Warrender, Scott of the Antarctic |
1954 |
Tom McGuire, Steamboat Bill, Jr. |
1955 |
May Collins, All's Fair in Love |
1955 |
Hüseyin Sadettin Arel, Istanbul sokaklarinda |
1956 |
Georgi Tasin, Nochnoj izvozchik |
1956 |
Milada Gampeová, Duchácek to zarídí |
1958 |
Florence Dye, Mrs. Upton's Device |
1959 |
Maria Duleba, Wykolejeni |
1959 |
Vagharsh Vagharshyan, Mountainous March |
1960 |
Paul Abraham, Hungarian composer (Blume von Hawaii), dies at 67 |
1960 |
Sam Ward, Everyone Says I Love You |
1960 |
Vern Bickford, 1949 MLB All-Star Game |
1960 |
Dick Gilbert, Near Dublin |
1960 |
Paul Abraham, Flower of Hawaii |
1961 |
Lucian Blaga, philosopher/poet (Transcendental censor), dies at 65 |
1961 |
Lucian Blaga, Adela |
1963 |
Monty Wooley, actor (Pied Piper, Man Who Came to Dinner), dies at 74 |
1963 |
Theodore von Kármán, Hungarian-born physicist (b. 1881) |
1963 |
Luigi Almirante, I'll Give a Million |
1964 |
Harold Morris, composer, dies at 74 |
1965 |
Vittorina Benvenuti, Bellissima |
1967 |
Zhou Zuoren, Chinese writer (b. 1885) |
1968 |
Thomas Alder, Thirteen Days to Die |
1971 |
Helene Weigel, Austrian/German actress (Metropolis), dies at 70 |
1972 |
Deniz Gezmiş, Turkish Left-wing Political Activist (b. 1947) |
1972 |
Kazimierz Talarczyk, Our Folks |
1973 |
Ernest MacMillan, composer, dies at 79 |
1975 |
Jozsef Mindszenty, [Joseph Prehm], Hungarian cardinal, dies at 83 |
1976 |
Karel M J F Cruysberghs, Flemish author (On the Pulpit), dies at 85 |
1978 |
Ethelda Bleibtrey, US swimmer (Olympics-3 gold-1920), dies at 76 |
1978 |
Ko van Dijk Jr, Dutch actor (Zaak M P), dies at 61 |
1978 |
Piet Muyselaar, Sterren Stralen Overal |
1978 |
Loyal Griggs, The Ten Commandments |
1978 |
Robert Martsch, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs |
1979 |
Rosemary La Planche, Strangler of the Swamp |
1979 |
Edith Norup, Fra mørke til lys |
1980 |
Lola Cornero, Amerikaansche meisjes |
1980 |
Charlotte Witthauer, Sessel am Kamin |
1980 |
Don Hancock, Episode dated 26 September 1951 |
1980 |
Bill Neal, Part I: The Trees |
1980 |
Glenn Holtzman, Urban Cowboy |
1980 |
María Luisa Bombal, La amortajada |
1981 |
Elna Hellman, Opri |
1982 |
Sam Baker, dies |
1983 |
Kai Winding, American trombonist and jazz composer (b. 1922) |
1983 |
Ludwika Woznicka, Ludzie z pociagu |
1983 |
Kai Winding, First Newport Jazz Festival: Belgrade 1971 |
1984 |
Bonner Pink, Conservative Party politician |
1984 |
Mary Cain, Mississippi newspaper editor and politician (b. 1904) |
1984 |
Lucy D'Albert, L'adorabile Giulio |
1984 |
Ned Wever, Anatomy of a Murder |
1984 |
Slavko Zalar, H-8... |
1984 |
Russell Thaw, I Want to Forget |
1984 |
Truman Van Dyke, The Jungle Goddess |
1985 |
Julie Vega, Filipino child actress and singer (b. 1968) |
1985 |
Francis L. Urry, Windows of Heaven |
1985 |
Conrad Kahn, The Big Circus |
1986 |
Laura Alves, The Courtyard of the Ballads |
1987 |
William J Casey, director of CIA (1981-87), dies at 73 |
1987 |
William Casey, |
1987 |
Daniel Lüönd, Uta |
1987 |
Rusty Tolbert, Private Izzy Murphy |
1988 |
Bohuslav Kulic, The Bridge at Remagen |
1989 |
Guy Williams, actor (Zorro, Lost in Space) |
1989 |
Colonel Earl 'Red' Blaik, Columbia World of Sports: Army's All-American |
1989 |
Tally Brown, Scarecrow in a Garden of Cucumbers |
1990 |
Charles Farrell, actor (Vern-My Little Margie), dies at 89 |
1990 |
Steye van Brandenberg, 'n meester minder |
1990 |
Hélène Pépée, On demande une brute |
1990 |
Charles Farrell, 7th Heaven |
1990 |
Emmanuil Geller, Operation 'Y' & Other Shurik's Adventures |
1990 |
Pola Weiss, Inertia |
1991 |
Anthony van Kampen, writer (Ketelbinkie, Geschonden Eldorado), dies |
1991 |
Chucky Mullins, US soccer player, dies |
1991 |
Thomas A Carlin, dies at 62 |
1991 |
Wilfrid Hyde-White, Brits actor (Peyton Place/140+ films), dies at 87 |
1991 |
Frances Sperry, The Morning After |
1991 |
Virgil Calotescu, Bucharest Identity Card |
1991 |
Wilfrid Hyde-White, My Fair Lady |
1991 |
Thomas A. Carlin, Caddyshack |
1992 |
Jilly Rizzo, restauranteur/friend of Frank Sinatra, dies in car at 75 |
1992 |
Marlene Dietrich, [Maria Losch], actress (Angel), dies in Paris at 90 |
1992 |
Gaston Reiff, Belgian athlete (b. 1921) |
1992 |
Marlene Dietrich, Witness for the Prosecution |
1992 |
Ruth Wynn Owen, Missing |
1992 |
Jilly Rizzo, Year of the Dragon |
1993 |
Ann Todd, actress (Things to Come, Danny Boy), dies of stroke at 84 |
1993 |
Minnie Gentry, actress (Def by Temptation), dies in NY at 77 |
1993 |
Robert Becker, We'll Always Have Paris |
1993 |
Ann Todd, The Paradine Case |
1993 |
Imre Bencsik, Százéves asszony |
1993 |
Ivy Benson, The Dummy Talks |
1993 |
Dorothy B. Hughes, In a Lonely Place |
1993 |
Charles Godefroid, Fête de quartier |
1993 |
Minnie Gentry, All My Children |
1994 |
Fred Sadoff, actor (Quiet American), dies of AIDS at 67 |
1994 |
Haskell "Cool Papa" Sadler, blues singer/guitarist, dies at 59 |
1994 |
Helen Lessore, artist, dies at 86 |
1994 |
Montague Modlyn, broadcaster, dies at 72 |
1994 |
Moses Rosen, Romania's chief rabbi, dies at 81 |
1994 |
Rafael Baledón, La Maldicion de la Llorona |
1994 |
Monty Modlyn, Under the Table You Must Go |
1994 |
Fred Sadoff, Papillon |
1994 |
Malvina Pastorino, La valija |
1994 |
Gwyneth Lloyd, Wild Boy |
1995 |
Dona Maria Pia de Braganca, pretender to Port throne, dies at 88 |
1995 |
Leanoard "Red" Truss, R&B singer, dies at 47 |
1995 |
Nicholas Palmer, TV writer/producer, dies at 57 |
1995 |
Noel Brotherston, Northern Irish footballer (b. 1956) |
1995 |
Hilda Toledano (b. 1907) |
1995 |
Jussi Inkinen, Song of the Bloodred Flower |
1995 |
Nicholas Palmer, Working Arrangements |
1996 |
Frank Hercules, writer, dies at 85 |
1996 |
Geoffrey Dawes, physiologist, dies at 78 |
1996 |
Geoffrey Hodges, bomb disposal expert, dies at 87 |
1996 |
Joseph Stone, lawyer, dies at 79 |
1996 |
Leon Joseph Suenens, cardinal, dies at 91 |
1996 |
Michael Gerzon, mathematician, dies at 50 |
1996 |
Zhanna Goroshenya, Molodye |
1996 |
Suzanne Ridgeway, From Hell It Came |
1996 |
Ed Love, Fantasia |
1996 |
Fred Simpfenderfer, Vertigo |
1996 |
Heini Kaufeld, Der Winkeladvokat |
1996 |
Pekka Langer, Suss gott |
1996 |
Otto Scheutz, The Cats |
1996 |
Ivan Savkin, Ivan's Childhood |
1996 |
Ernst Heise, Der Brocken |
1996 |
William Colby, Spycraft: The Great Game |
1997 |
Jacek Bigoszewski, Brylanty pani Zuzy |
1997 |
Jorge Martínez de Hoyos, The Magnificent Seven |
1997 |
Irwin Pizor, Girls for Rent |
1997 |
Angelo Novi, Once Upon a Time in America |
1997 |
Werner Reinisch, E 605 |
1997 |
Günther Jerschke, Das kann doch unsren Willi nicht erschüttern |
1998 |
Erich Mende, Wahlparty 65 |
1998 |
Wega Jahnke, Vera |
1999 |
Mark Tuinei, Super Bowl XXVII |
1999 |
Johnny Morris, Animal Magic |
1999 |
Desmond Hawkins, In the Footsteps of Tess |
1999 |
Eyde Byrde, Addams Family Values |
1999 |
Liane Forest, Weg in die Vergangenheit |
1999 |
Maria Laura Rocca, Attention! Bandits! |
2000 |
Leonard Lopes-Salzedo, British composer |
2000 |
Elizabeth O'Connor, The Irishman |
2000 |
Gerhard Einert, Sieben Tropfen Wermut |
2000 |
Leonard Salzedo, The Revenge of Frankenstein |
2000 |
Alan D. Courtney, Meet Me in St. Louis |
2000 |
Stanley W. Sayer, Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back |
2000 |
Jerzy Aleksander Braszka, Godnosc |
2000 |
Roger von Norman, Derby |
2001 |
Zoltán Nemere, Tokyo 1964: Games of the XVIII Olympiad |
2001 |
Chuck Velasco, Back to the Future Part II |
2001 |
Armor Marlowe, He Walked by Night |
2001 |
Armor E. Goetten, Because They're Young |
2001 |
Carmencita Romero, The Very Important Zombie Affair |
2002 |
Otis Blackwell, American pianist, singer and songwriter (b. 1932) |
2002 |
Pim Fortuyn, Dutch politician (b. 1948) |
2002 |
Elizabeth Montagu, The Village |
2002 |
John Joyce, Equinox |
2002 |
Alan P. Horowitz, The Longest Yard |
2002 |
Pim Fortuyn, Episode dated 14 March 2002 |
2002 |
Robert Kanigher, The Flash |
2002 |
John Roberdeau, The Thin Red Line |
2002 |
Otis Blackwell, The Hangover |
2002 |
Saleh Selim, The Black Candles |
2002 |
Bronislaw Pawlik, Teddy Bear |
2002 |
Diane Rousseau, Love of Life |
2002 |
Bill Days, Jingle Belles |
2003 |
Art Houtteman, baseball player (b. 1927) |
2003 |
Jocelyn Herbert, If.... |
2003 |
Lowell S. Hawley, Swiss Family Robinson |
2003 |
David Rubin, Episode dated 3 April 1970 |
2003 |
Tito García, The Phone Box |
2003 |
Art Houtteman, Game 3 |
2003 |
Aleksandr Bilash, Opasnye gastroli |
2003 |
Geoffrey Bardon, A Calendar of Dreamings |
2003 |
Amelia Parker, Brewster McCloud |
2004 |
Philip Kapleau, American Zen teacher (b. 1912) |
2004 |
Barney Kessel, American jazz guitarist (b. 1923) |
2004 |
Virginia Capers, Ferris Bueller's Day Off |
2004 |
Barney Kessel, Some Like It Hot |
2004 |
Geoffrey Robinson, Episode #4.18 |
2004 |
Charlotte Thiele, Titanic |
2004 |
Kjell Hallbing, Morgan Kane: Døden er en ensom jeger |
2004 |
Hannah Dean, The World's Greatest Lover |
2005 |
Gani Turanli, The Poor |
2005 |
Karen Kirschenbauer, The Jackal |
2005 |
Herbert Sargent, Woody Harrelson/Vanessa Williams |
2005 |
Katsuhiko Kobayashi, Zatoichi the Fugitive |
2005 |
Joe Grant, Mulan |
2005 |
Vasco J. Fenili, The Tanks Are Coming |
2005 |
Gil Miret, Buffalo Bill Cody |
2005 |
James De Closs, Alien Nation |
2005 |
Louise Westergaard, The Orphan |
2006 |
Lillian Asplund, last American RMS Titanic survivor (b. 1906) |
2006 |
Shigeru Kayano, Japanese Ainu activist (b. 1926) |
2006 |
Grant McLennan, co-founder of Australian band The Go-Betweens (b. 1958) |
2006 |
Lorne Saxberg, Canadian television journalist (b. 1958) |
2006 |
Hans Wyprächtiger, Veronika Voss |
2006 |
Erdal Öz, Yilmaz Güney: Adana-Paris |
2006 |
Herbert Raditschnig, GoldenEye |
2006 |
Joe Amsler, What's Up, Doc? |
2006 |
Lyle Sudrow, Guiding Light |
2006 |
André Brummer, Eegah |
2006 |
Grant McLennan, Kingpin |
2006 |
Lorne Saxberg, |
2006 |
Jack Danskin, Minnie and Moskowitz |
2006 |
Han Reiziger, Count Your Blessings |
2007 |
Enéas Carneiro, Brazilian politician (b. 1938) |
2007 |
Curtis Harrington, American film director (b. 1926) |
2007 |
Đorđe Novković, Croatian songwriter (b. 1943) |
2007 |
Bernard Weatherill, Episode dated 4 January 1998 |
2007 |
Tamás Gábor, Tokyo 1964: Games of the XVIII Olympiad |
2007 |
Maurice Marsac, The Big Red One |
2007 |
Lois Gibson, Hannah, Queen of the Vampires |
2007 |
Curtis Harrington, Night Tide |
2007 |
Kaneo Ikegami, 13 Assassins |
2007 |
Carey Bell, Trouble with the Curve |
2007 |
Mario Jackson, Baby Boy |
2007 |
Carlos Alberto, Xica da Silva |
2007 |
Kazuo Kitamura, Black Rain |
2007 |
Big Joe Duskin, The History of Boogie Woogie |
2007 |
Stevan Raickovic, Zapisi o crnom Vladimiru |
2007 |
Djordje Novkovic, Episode #1.19 |
2008 |
Richard Weisman, Grease |
2008 |
Nebojsa Glisic, Antologija glume - Bardovi teatra |
2008 |
Robert Nudelman, Cecil B. DeMille: American Epic |
2008 |
Sári Gencsy, Mephisto |
2008 |
John Trayhorn, Hoverbug |
2009 |
Kevin Grubb, former NASCAR driver (b. 1978) |
2009 |
Grzegorz Slosarski, Wszystko dla syna. Rok 1905 |
2009 |
Sam Cohn, Chicago |
2009 |
Sid Laverents, The Sid Saga Part 1 |
2009 |
Poodie Locke, Honeysuckle Rose |
2010 |
Robin Roberts, American baseball player (b. 1926) |
2010 |
Robin Roberts, Episode dated 13 January 1957 |
2010 |
Robert J. Serling, The President's Plane Is Missing |
2010 |
Maria Amélia Buarque de Hollanda, Raízes do Brasil: Uma Cinebiografia de Sérgio Buarque de Hollanda |
2010 |
David E. Durston, I Drink Your Blood |
2010 |
Iva Bagic, Mozes imat moje tijelo |
2010 |
Les Paul Robley, Bedazzled |
2010 |
Tyler Lambert, Dana Plato |
2011 |
Mikhail Skryabin, Kochegar |
2011 |
Duane Pillette, Don Larsen |
2011 |
Horace Freeland Judson, Our Genes/Our Choices |
2011 |
Marlon Parry, Karla |
2011 |
Oniroku Dan, Yume dorei |
2012 |
George Lindsey, American actor, dies at 83 |
2012 |
Gennadiy Sergeev, Foma Gordeev |
2012 |
Yale Summers, General Hospital |
2012 |
Volker Canaris, The Marriage of Maria Braun |
2012 |
William Valverde, The Call of the Oboe |
2012 |
Kostas Karras, Iphigenia |
2012 |
George Lindsey, Robin Hood |
2012 |
Curtis Croeni, Tropic Thunder |
2012 |
Jan Trøjborg, Episode #2.13 |
2012 |
James Isaac, Jason X |
2013 |
Giulio Andreotti, Italian Prime Minister, dies at 94 |
2013 |
Esperanza Magaz, De mujer a mujer |
2013 |
Greyson R. Wolf, Underworld |
2013 |
Arnaldo Ninchi, Days and Clouds |
2013 |
Giulio Andreotti, How We Got the Italian Movie Business Into Trouble: The True Story of Franco and Ciccio |
2013 |
Jose Luis Paniagua, Hermosa Niña |
2013 |
Bengt Lagerkvist, Hemsöborna |
2013 |
Frank Sorello, The Night of the Assassin |
2014 |
Vincent Tovell, The Massey's |
2014 |
Jimmy Ellis, Earnie Shavers vs. Jimmy Ellis |
2014 |
Jim Gallant, Who Framed Roger Rabbit |
2014 |
Leslie Thomas, Dangerous Davies: The Last Detective |
2014 |
Antony Hopkins, Billy Budd |
2014 |
Virginia Belmont, Dangers of the Canadian Mounted |
2014 |
Farley Mowat, The Snow Walker |
2014 |
Maria Lassnig, Maria Lassnig Kantate |
2014 |
Aziz Sattar, Budak lapok |
2014 |
Gianni Da Campo, The Flavor of Corn |
2015 |
Vanesa Motto Guastoni, Un mundo seguro |
2015 |
Valery Dyakonov, Episode #1.4 |
2015 |
Timothy Lavoie, Bite Me |
2015 |
Jim Wright, Rayburn: Mr. Speaker |
2015 |
Denise McCluggage, Episode dated 17 February 1959 |
2015 |
William Bronder, Stand by Me |
2015 |
Errol Brown, Zodiac |
2015 |
Claude Durand, Greed in the Sun |
2015 |
Richard S. Hornbeck, Ranch of the Ruthless |
2018 |
Egyptian folklore singer Gamalat Shiha dies at 85 |
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