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Nicknamed "Duke", he became a popular icon through his starring roles in films which were produced during Hollywood's Golden Age, especially in Western and war movies.
Notable Deaths on June 11
1979 — John Wayne
American actor, director, and producer (born 1907)
June 11 has 102 recorded notable deaths across history, from 573 to 2026. This focused page highlights 20 people with the strongest available profile context.
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Notable Deaths
102 source records
573 – 2026
Today in history
Major events on June 11
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- 1963 John F. Kennedy addresses Americans from the Oval Office proposing the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which would revolutionize American society by guaranteeing equal access to public facilities, ending segregation in education, and guaranteeing federal protection for voting rights. Source
- 1776 American Revolution: The Second Continental Congress appoints Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman, and Robert R. Livingston to the Committee of Five to draft a declaration of independence. Source
- 2002 Antonio Meucci is acknowledged as the first inventor of the telephone by the United States Congress. Source
- 1987 Diane Abbott, Paul Boateng and Bernie Grant are elected as the first black MPs in Great Britain. Source
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Malcolm Browne won the World Press Photo of the Year for his photograph of the monk's death.
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In 1170, he became titular King of England, Duke of Normandy, Count of Anjou and of Maine.
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During his third and final expedition, an attempt to traverse the Northwest Passage in 1845, Franklin's ships became icebound off King William Island in what is now Nunavut, where he died in June 1847.
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Ron Moody was best known for his portrayal of Fagin in Lionel Bart's 1960 stage musical Oliver!
More major people who died on June 11
Notable people are ranked by substantive profile depth and public notability.
1963
Thích Quảng Đức
Vietnamese monk and martyr (born 1897)
Thích Quảng Đức was a Vietnamese Mahayana Buddhist monk who died by self-immolation at a busy Saigon road intersection on 11 June 1963.
1183
Henry the Young King of England (born 1155)
Henry the Young King was the eldest son of Henry II of England and Eleanor of Aquitaine to survive childhood. In 1170, he became titular King of England, Duke of Normandy, Count of Anjou and of Maine.
1847
John Franklin
English admiral and politician (born 1786)
Rear-Admiral Sir John Franklin was a British Royal Navy officer, explorer and colonial administrator.
2015
Ron Moody
English actor and singer (born 1924)
Ron Moody was an English actor. He was best known for his portrayal of Fagin in Lionel Bart's 1960 stage musical Oliver!, originating the role in the initial London production and reprising it in the 1968 film…
2015
Ornette Coleman
American saxophonist, violinist, trumpet player, and composer (born 1930)
Randolph Denard Ornette Coleman was an American jazz saxophonist, trumpeter, violinist, and composer.
1984
Enrico Berlinguer
Italian politician (born 1922)
Enrico Berlinguer was an Italian politician and statesman who was the most popular leader of the Italian Communist Party (PCI).
1927
William Attewell
English cricketer (born 1861)
William Attewell was a cricketer who played for Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club and England. Attewell was a medium pace bowler who was renowned for his extraordinary accuracy and economy.
2014
Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos
Spanish conductor and composer (born 1933)
Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos was a Spanish conductor and composer. Frühbeck was born in Burgos, Spain to a family of German ancestry.
1965
José Mendes Cabeçadas
Portuguese admiral and politician, 9th President of Portugal (born 1883)
José Mendes Cabeçadas Júnior, OTE, ComA, MPCE, commonly known as Mendes Cabeçadas, was a Portuguese Navy officer, Freemason and republican, having a major role in the preparation of the revolutionary movements that…
1982
H. Radclyffe Roberts
American entomologist (born 1906)
Howard Radclyffe Roberts Jr. was an American entomologist known for his work on grasshoppers. His 1941 University of Pennsylvania Ph.D.
2024
Majed Abu Maraheel
Palestinian long-distance runner and football player (born 1963)
Majed Abu Maraheel was a Palestinian long-distance runner, football player, security officer, and athletics coach, who was the first Palestinian to compete at the Olympic Games.
1345
Alexios Apokaukos
chief minister of the Byzantine Empire
Alexios Apokaukos, also Latinized as Alexius Apocaucus, was a chief minister and head of the navy in the Byzantine Empire, during the reigns of emperors Andronikos III Palaiologos and John V Palaiologos.
1560
Mary of Guise
queen of James V of Scotland (born 1515)
Mary of Guise, also called Mary of Lorraine, was Queen of Scotland from 1538 until 1542, as the second wife of King James V.
1970
Frank Laubach
American missionary and mystic (born 1884)
Frank Charles Laubach, from Benton, Pennsylvania was a Congregational Christian missionary educated at Union Theological Seminary and Columbia University, and a mystic known as "The Apostle to the Illiterates." In 1915,…
2024
Howard Fineman
American journalist (born 1948)
Howard David Fineman was an American journalist and television commentator. In a career that spanned nearly five decades, Fineman covered nine presidential campaigns as a reporter, writer, and analyst.
1986
Chesley Bonestell
American painter and illustrator (born 1888)
Chesley Knight Bonestell Jr. was an American painter, designer, and illustrator, best known for his realistic-looking paintings of space exploration, including future spacecraft and scenes set on moons and planets in…
1998
Catherine Cookson
English author (born 1906)
Dame Catherine Ann Cookson was a British writer. It has been estimated that, as of 2003, over 100 million copies of her books have been sold worldwide while she retained a relatively low profile in the world of…
2024
Françoise Hardy
French singer-songwriter and actress (born 1944)
Françoise Madeleine Hardy was a French singer-songwriter, actress, and author. She was known for singing melancholic, sentimental ballads.
1882
Louis Désiré Maigret
French bishop (born 1804)
Louis-Désiré Maigret, SS.CC., served as the first vicar apostolic of the Vicariate Apostolic of the Sandwich Islands, now the Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu.