Famous Deaths on January 6

September 16, 2024

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1697 Carlo Mannelli, Italian composer, dies at 56
1702 Thomas Franklin, English smith/uncle of B Franklin, dies [NS=Jan 17]
1718 Giovanni Vincenzo Gravina, Italian writer and jurist (b. 1664)
1718 Richard Hoare, English goldsmith and banker (b. 1648)
1725 Chikamatsu Monzaemon, Japanese playwright (Yotsugi Soga), dies at about 71
1731 Étienne François Geoffroy, French physician and chemist (1718 affinity table), dies at 58
1734 John Dennis, English dramatist whose thunder was stolen (b. 1657)
1738 Franz Xaver Murschhauser, German composer and theorist, dies at 74
1742 Johann Georg Reinhardt, Austrian organist, composer, and Kappelmeister dies at about 66

Polish-born American broker who helped finance the American Revolution, dies in Philadelphia at 44

1790 Johann Trier, German composer, dies at 73
1799 Frederick, Dutch Prince of Orange and general, second son of King William V, dies of a fever at 25
1800 William Jones, British clergyman and author, dies at 73
1813 Louis Baraguey d'Hilliers, French general, dies at 48
1829 Josef Dobrovský, Czech linguist known for "History of the Bohemian Language and Literature", dies at 75
1831 Rodolphe Kreutzer, French composer (La mort d'Abel) and virtuoso violinist, dies at 64
1840 Fanny Burney, English novelist (Camille, Evalina), dies at 87
1847 Tyagaraja [Kakarla Thyagabrahmam], Mulukanadu Brahmin classical Carnatic music vocalist and composer (Pancharatna Kritis), dies at 79
1849 Hartley Coleridge, English poet, dies at 52

French educator and inventor of a system of reading and writing for the blind, dies of tuberculosis at 43

1855 Giacomo Beltrami, Italian explorer (b. 1779)
1856 Nicolas-Charles Bochsa, French harpist, composer, forger, and bigamist, dies at 66
1882 Richard Henry Dana Jr., American author (Two Years Before the Mast), dies at 66

Austrian monk and geneticist (discoverer of laws of heredity), dies at 61

1884 Paul "the Great" Taglioni, Italian-Austrian ballet choreographer, dies at 75
1885 Harishchandra, Indian poet, dramatist and commonly referred as "father of modern Hindi", dies at 34
1885 Peter C Asbjornsen, Norwegian fairy tale writer, dies at 72
1901 Philip Danforth Armour, American industrialist (foundered meatpacking firm Armour Foods), dies at 68
1902 Jan Bloch, Polish military theorist and peace activist, dies at 65
1907 Walter Read, cricketer (Engl batsman, 117 at no 10 v Aust 1884), dies
1908 George Dixon, Canadian boxer (World Bantamweight title, 1892; World Featherweight champion, 1891-97 & 1898-1901; 1st Black athlete to win a World C'ship in any sport), dies of liver failure at 37
1913 Frederick Hitch, English Victoria Cross Winner (b. 1856)
1915 Reginald Wood, cricketer (one Test England v Australia 1886), dies
1917 Hendrick Peter Godfried Quack, Dutch lawyer, economist (Bank of the Netherlands) and historian, dies at 82

German mathematician (discovered transfinite numbers), dies at 72

1919 Max Heindel, Danish-American Christian occultist, astrologer and mystic, dies at 54

26th US President (R: 1901-09; Nobel 1906), dies in NY at 60

1922 Jakob Rosanes, German mathematician (algebraic geometry and invariant theory), dies at 79
1928 Alvin Kraenzlein, American track and field athlete (4 Olympic gold 1900), dies at 51
1929 Tex Rickard, American boxing promoter and entrepreneur (founder NHL New York Rangers; builder third incarnation of Madison Square Garden, NYC), dies of complications from an appendectomy at 59
1933 Vladimir de Pachmann, Russian-German pianist, dies at 84
1934 Herbert Chapman, Legendary Manager of Arsenal and Huddersfield Town (b. 1878)
1935 George P Baker, American educator and playwright (Dramatic Technique), dies at 68
1936 Charles Stoneham, American owner of the NY Giants), dies at 59
1937 Brother André [Alfred Bessette], Canadian Roman Catholic lay brother and saint (St Joseph’s Oratory, Montreal), dies at 91
1939 Albert Ward, cricketer (England batsman in 7 Tests 1893-95), dies
1941 Charley O'Leary, American baseball shortstop (Detroit Tigers; oldest MLB player to collect a hit and score a run [58] St. Louis Browns 1934), dies at 65
1941 Franz Hessel, German writer, dies at 60
1942 Emma Calvé [Calvet], French operatic soprano (Metropolitan Opera, 1893-1904), dies at 83
1944 Ida Tarbell, American muckraker (The History of the Standard Oil Company), dies at 86
1945 Edith Frank, mother of Holocaust diarist Anne Frank, dies from starvation at the age of 44
1945 Vladimir Vernadsky, Russian mineralogist (b. 1863)

American film director (The Wizard of Oz; Gone With The Wind), dies at 65

1950 Isaiah Bowman, American geographer (co-founder of the Geographical Review), dies at 71
1954 Rabbit Maranville, American Baseball HOF infielder (World Series 1914 Boston Braves) and manager (Chicago Cubs), dies at 62
1958 Josephine CMA, princess of Belgium/nun, dies at 85
1959 Jose Enrique Pedreira, Puerto Rican composer ("Tus Caricias"; "Siempre"), and pedagogue, dies at 54
1960 Edith Barstow, American choreographer (Frankie Laine Time, The Gem of the Ocean), dies at 54
1960 Erik Lindahl, Swedish economist (Theory of Money & Capital), dies at 68
1961 Regina Ullmann, Swiss poet and writer, dies at 76
1962 Jacob "Jaap" Nanninga, Dutch painter (France, N Africa), dies at 57
1963 Lourens Baas Becking, Dutch botanist (Baas Becking hypothesis), dies at 68
1964 Edgar Maass, German/American author (Verdun), dies at 67
1967 Johnny Keane, American baseball manager (World Series 1964 St. Louis Cardinals; NY Yankees), dies of a heart attack at 55
1968 Kurt Baschwitz, German-Dutch sociologist and journalist (Heksen), dies at 81
1972 Chen Yi, Chinese military commander, politician and Mayor of Shanghai, dies at 70
1974 David Alfaro Siqueiros, Mexican sculptor/muralist, dies at 77
1975 Noel Madison, actor (Jitterbugs, Black Raven), dies at 77
1976 Albert Rice Leventhal, American publisher (Little Golden Books), dies at 68
1977 Hanns Lilje, German Lutheran bishop and antifascist (Church und Welt), dies at 77
1977 Niall MacGinnis, Irish character actor (Curse of the Demon, Helen of Troy), dies from cancer at 63
1978 Burt Munro, New Zealand motorcycle racer, and subject of the film 'The World's Fastest Indian", dies at 78
1978 Francine York, American actress (Slattery's People), dies at 80
1978 John D. MacArthur, American insurance billionaire, dies at 80
1980 Georgeanna Tillman, American singer (The Marvelettes - "Please Mr. Postman"), dies from lupus and sickle cell anemia at 37
1981 A. J. Cronin, Scottish writer (Citadel, Shining Victory), dies at 84
1984 Ernest Laszlo, Hungarian-U.S. cinematographer (b. 1898)
1985 Robert W. Welch Jr., American businessman who founded the conservative John Birch Society, dies at 85
1986 Louis Lebeer, Belgian art historian, engraver, and academic, dies at 90
1987 Domingo Santa Cruz Wilson, Chilean composer, dies at 87
1988 Brent Collins, soap actor (Another World), dies of a heart attack at 46
1990 Hans Jaray, Austrian actor (Lydia, Fedora) and playwright, dies at 83
1990 Ian Charleson, Scottish actor (Gandhi, Chariots of Fire), dies of AIDS at 40
1991 Ada Moore, entertainer, dies of cancer at 64
1991 Ahmet Adnan Saygun, Turkish composer, dies at 83
1992 Avon Jaeger Hill, entertainer, dies of cancer at 44
1992 Elaine McKenna, Australian actress (Peg Martin-Cell Block H), dies
1993 Elisabeth, Archduchess of Austria, Princess of Liechtenstein (daughter of Charles I last Emperor of Austria), dies at 70
1993 John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie, American jazz trumpeter, a creator of bebop & modern jazz (A Night In Tunisia), dies of cancer at 75
1993 Rudolf Nureyev, Russian-Austrian ballet dancer and choreographer (Kirov Ballet, 1958-61; Royal Ballet, 1964-70; Paris Opera Ballet. 1983-89), dies of AIDS at 54
1994 "Iron" Adriaan van Es, Dutch undersec of Navy (1963-72), dies at 80
1994 Gerardus J Sizoo, physicist/director of Dutch Free University, dies
1994 Morty the Moose, American character alces (Northern Exposure), dies at 6
1994 Virginia Kelley Clinton, Mother of President Clinton, dies at 70
1995 Edward Sutcliffe, British judge (British Central Criminal Court), dies at 77
1995 James Clay, American jazz tenor saxophonist, dies at 59
1995 Joe Slovo, Latvian/South African attorney/sect-gen (SACR), dies at 68
1995 Karl Guttmann, Austrian-Dutch playwright and director (Pinter), dies at 81
1996 (Robert) "Chubby" Wise, American bluegrass fiddler, dies at 80
1996 Duane Hanson, American artist, made life-sized realistic sculptures of people, dies at 70
1996 Henry Lennox d'Aubigny Hopkinson, British diplomat and Conservative politician, dies at 94
1996 John Phillipps Kenyon, historian/teacher, dies at 68
1996 Johnny Johnston, American singer and actor (Make that Spare), dies at 80
1997 Catherine Scorsese [Cappa], Italian-American actress (The King of Comedy, Goodfellas, Cape Fear), dies from Alzheimer's disease at 84
1997 Ian Peter Leslie Smith, British journalist, dies at 52
1997 Litz Pisk, British movement teacher in the theater, dies at 87
1997 Vince Williams, American actor (Hampton in "Guiding Light"), dies of cancer at 39
1998 Georgy Sviridov, Soviet Russian neo-romantic composer (The Blizzard; Time; Forward!), dies of a heart attack at 82
1999 Michel Petrucciani, French jazz pianist (100 Hearts), dies from a pulmonary infection at 36
2000 Don Martin, American cartoonist (b. 1931)
2002 Fred Taylor, American Basketball Hall of Fame coach and broadcaster (Ohio State University 1959-76; MLB Washington Senators 1950-52), dies at 77
2004 Francesco Scavullo, American celebrity photographer, dies at 82
2004 Pierre Charles, 5th Prime Minister of Dominica, dies at 49
2005 Lois Hole, Lt. Governor of Alberta (b. 1933)
2005 Louis Robichaud, Premier of New Brunswick (b. 1925)
2005 Samuel Smith, American chemist and co-inventor of Scotchgard, dies at 77 [1]
2005 Tarquinio Provini, Italian motorcycle road racer (2-time world champion 1957-58), dies at 71
2006 Hugh Thompson Jr., American Vietnam War veteran who played a major role in ending the 1968 My Lai massacre, dies of cancer at 62
2006 Lou Rawls, American soul singer-songwriter and producer ("You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine"), dies of cancer at 72
2007 "Sneaky Pete" Kleinow, American country-rock session and touring pedal-steel guitarist (Flying Burrito Brothers; George Harrison, Jackson Browne), dies at 72
2007 Mario Danelo, American football player (b. 1985)
2007 Roberta Wohlstetter, military historian and strategist (b. 1912)
2009 Claude Jeter, American gospel music singer (The Swan Silvertones), dies at 94
2009 Ron Asheton, American guitarist, bassist, and songwriter (The Stooges), dies of an apparent heart attack at 60 [exact date estimated]
2009 Vivienne Della Chiesa, American lyric soprano who sang on US radio during the 1940s and early 1950s (The American Album of Familiar Music, The Standard Hour), dies at 93
2010 Shelly Kurland, American educator, classically trained session violinist and string arranger for country music recordings (Shelly Kurland Strings), dies at 81
2011 Don Tyson, American businessman, founder of Tyson Foods, dies at 80
2011 Uche Okafor, Nigerian footballer (b. 1967)
2012 Ellen Pence, American social activist (battered women's movement), dies from cancer at 63
2012 John Celardo, American comic strip artist (Tarzan), dies at 93
2012 Louise Annand-MacFarquhar, Scottish painter and filmmaker, dies at 96
2012 Robert Dozier, Hollywood screenwriter, dies at 81
2012 Robert Holness, South African English radio and television presenter (Blockbusters), dies at 83
2012 Roger Boisjoly, American aerodynamicist (anticipated challenger disaster), dies at 73
2012 W. Francis McBeth, American composer (Of Sailors and Whales), conductor, and pedagogue (Ouachita Baptist University, 1957-96), dies at 78
2013 Neil Adcock, South African cricket fast bowler (26 Tests, 104 wickets @ 21.10), dies from bowel cancer at 81
2014 H. Owen Reed, American composer, dies at 103
2014 Larry D Mann, Canadian actor and broadcaster (Accidental Family, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer), dies at 91
2015 Lance Percival, English actor and comedian (That Was The Week That Was), dies at 81
2016 Alfredo "Chocolate" Armenteros, Cuban jazz trumpeter (Orchestra Harlow; Eddie Palmieri), dies of prostate cancer at 87
2016 Pat Harrington Jr, American actor (Danny Thomas Show, One Day at a Time), dies at 86
2018 Horace Ashenfelter, American athlete (Olympic gold 3000m steeplechase 1952), dies at 94
2021 Bobby Few, American jazz pianist and vocalist, dies at 85
2021 Satya Paul, Indian fashion designer and entrepreneur who invented the modern sari, dies of a stroke at 79 [1]
2022 Bob Falkenburg, American tennis player (Wimbledon singles 1948, doubles, 1947; US Open doubles 1944), dies at 95
2022 Calvin Simon, American funk and gospel vocalist (Parliament/Funkadelic - "Livin' the Life"), dies at 79
2022 F. Sionil José, Filipino novelist (Rosales Saga) and Philippine National Artist for Literature, dies at 97
2022 Koady Chaisson, Canadian indie-rock banjo player (The East Pointers), dies at 37

American film director and producer (The Last Picture Show; Paper Moon), dies at 82 [1]

Bahamian-American actor, first black actor to win Oscar for Best Actor ("Lillies in the Field"; "To Sir With Love"; "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner"), director (Stir Crazy), civil rights advocate, and diplomat, dies at 94 [1]

2023 Bill Campbell, American baseball pitcher (MLB All Star, AL saves leader 1977; AL Rolaids Relief Man Award 1976, 77; Minnesota Twins, Boston Red Sox), dies from cancer at 74
2023 Dick Savitt, American tennis player (Wimbledon, Australian C'ships 1951), dies at 95
2023 Gianluca Vialli, Italian soccer striker (59 caps; Cremonese, Sampdoria, Juventus, Chelsea), manager (Chelsea, Watford) and broadcaster (Sky Italia), dies from pancreatic cancer at 58
2023 Steve James, American guitarist, songwriter, and luthier, dies from a glioblastoma brain tumor at 72
2024 Malcolm Price, Welsh rugby union centre (9 Tests Wales, 5 British & Irish Lions; Pontypool RFC) and rugby league centre (2 Tests GB; Oldham RLFC, Rochdale Hornets), dies at 86

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