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Notable Deaths on June 9
106 people
68 – 2025
June 9 has seen 106 notable figures pass away throughout recorded history — from 68 – 2025. Below are the most significant names who died on this date.
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2011 — M. F. Husain
Indian painter and director (born 1915)
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One of the founding members of Bombay Progressive Artists' Group, Husain is associated with Indian modernism in the 1940s
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His early association with the Bombay Progressive Artists' Group used modern technique, and was inspired by the "new" India after the partition of 1947
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Maqbool Fida Husain was an Indian painter and film director who painted narrative paintings in a modified Cubist style
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His narrative paintings, executed in a modified Cubist style, can be caustic and funny as well as serious and sombre
68
hymnographer and theologian (born 306)
Ephrem the Syrian, also known as Ephraem the Deacon, Ephrem of Edessa or Aprem of Nisibis was a prominent Christian theologian and writer who is revered as one of the most notable hymnographers of Eastern Christianity.…
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373
Teotihuacan figure active in Mayan Tikal
"Spearthrower Owl" was a Mesoamerican person from the Early Classic period, who is identified in Maya inscriptions and iconography. Mayanist David Stuart has suggested that Spearthrower Owl was a ruler of Teotihuacan at…
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439
597
king of the Persian Empire
Shahrbaraz was shah (king) of the Sasanian Empire from 27 April 630 to 9 June 630. He usurped the throne from Ardashir III, and was killed by Iranian nobles after forty days. Before usurping the Sasanian throne he was a…
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630
908
Saxon count
Gebhard of Supplinburg was a Saxon count in the Eastphalian Harzgau and Nordthüringgau. He was the father of Emperor Lothair II.
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1075
Otto I, known as Otto the Fair, a member of the Přemyslid dynasty, was Prince of Olomouc in Moravia from 1061 until his death.
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1087
bishop of Winchester
Peter des Roches was bishop of Winchester in the reigns of King John of England and his son Henry III. He was not an Englishman, but rather a native of the Touraine, in north-central France.
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1238
1252
Sienese painter (born 1290)
Ambrogio Lorenzetti was an Italian painter of the Sienese school. He was active from approximately 1317 to 1348. He painted The Allegory of Good and Bad Government in the Sala dei Nove in Siena's Palazzo Pubblico. His…
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1348
French composer and poet (born 1291)
Philippe de Vitry was a French composer-poet, bishop and music theorist in the ars nova style of late medieval music. An accomplished, innovative, and influential composer, he was widely acknowledged as a leading…
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1361
1st Baron Paget, English accountant and politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (born 1506)
William Paget, 1st Baron Paget of Beaudesert, was an English statesman and accountant who held prominent positions in the service of Henry VIII, Edward VI and Mary I. He was the patriarch of the Paget family, whose…
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1563
Navarrese queen and Huguenot leader (born 1528)
Jeanne d'Albret, also known as Jeanne III, was Queen of Navarre from 1555 to 1572.
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1572
3rd Earl of Sussex, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (born 1525)
Thomas Radclyffe, 3rd Earl of Sussex, was Lord Deputy of Ireland during the Tudor period of English history, and a leading courtier during the reign of Elizabeth I.
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1583
Spanish Jesuit missionary (born 1534)
José de Anchieta y Díaz de Clavijo, SJ was a Spanish missionary to the Portuguese colony of Brazil in the second half of the 16th century. A highly influential figure in Brazil's history in the first century after its…
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1597
Colonial governor of Maryland (born 1606)
Leonard Calvert was an English-born colonial administrator who served as the first proprietary governor of Maryland from 1634 to 1647. He was the second son of George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore, the first lord…
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1647
Welsh-English composer (born 1572)
Thomas Tomkins was a Welsh-born composer of the late Tudor and early Stuart period. In addition to being one of the prominent members of the English Madrigal School, he was a skilled composer of keyboard and consort…
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1656
English astrologer (born 1602)
William Lilly was a seventeenth century English astrologer. He is described as having been a genius at something "that modern mainstream opinion has since decided cannot be done at all" having developed his stature as…
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1681
English politician (born 1605)
Peregrine Palmer was an English politician who sat as MP for Bridgwater on 7 December 1669.
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1684
Indian commander (born 1670)
Banda Singh Bahadur was a Sikh military commander of the Khalsa Army. At age 15, he left home to become an ascetic, and was given the name Madho Das Bairagi. He established a monastery at Nānded, on the bank of the…
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1716
French mystic and author (born 1648)
Jeanne-Marie Bouvier de La Motte Guyon was a French Christian accused of advocating Quietism, which was considered heretical by the Roman Catholic Church. Madame Guyon was imprisoned from 1695 to 1703 after publishing…
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1717
Caribbean-French violinist, composer, and conductor (born 1745)
Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-George(s) was a French violinist, conductor, composer and soldier of African descent. Moreover, he demonstrated excellence as a fencer, an athlete, and a dancer. His historical…
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1799
English minister and missionary (born 1761)
William Carey was an English Christian missionary, Particular Baptist minister, translator, social reformer and cultural anthropologist who founded the Serampore College and the Serampore University, the first…
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1834
English novelist and critic (born 1812)
Charles John Huffam Dickens was an English writer and journalist. He created some of literature's best-known fictional characters, and is regarded by many as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era. His works enjoyed…
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1870
English botanist and photographer (born 1799)
Anna Atkins was an English botanist and photographer. She is often considered the first person to publish a book illustrated with photographic images. Some sources say that she was the first woman to create a photograph.
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1871
French geologist and conchologist (born 1795)
Gérard Paul Deshayes was a French geologist and conchologist.
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1875
American baseball player (born 1854)
Michael E. Burke was an American Major League Baseball player who played mainly shortstop for the 1879 Cincinnati Reds of the National League. In 28 games, he had 26 hits in 117 at bats for a .222 batting average,…
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1889
Canadian-English captain and explorer (born 1863)
William Grant Stairs was a Canadian-British explorer, soldier, and adventurer who had a leading role in two expeditions during the Scramble for Africa.
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1892
German historian and author (born 1842)
Adolf Bötticher or Adolf Boetticher was a German art historian and conservator.
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1901
English woman who was the subject of a vampire legend (born 1872).
Sarah Ellen Roberts was an Englishwoman who died and was buried in Pisco, Peru. After her death, a legend evolved that she was a vampire and bride of Dracula. On 9 June 1993, the 80th anniversary of her death, locals…
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1913
Princess Helena, later Princess Christian of Schleswig-Holstein, was the third daughter and fifth child of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert.
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1923
American activist for women's rights (born 1838)
Victoria Claflin Woodhull, later Victoria Woodhull Martin, was an American leader of the women's suffrage movement who ran for president of the United States in the 1872 election. While many historians and authors agree…
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1927
American stage and silent film actor (born 1884)
Louis Bennison was an American stage and silent film actor, known for westerns.
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1929
American stage actress (born 1889)
Margaret Whittaker Lawrence was an American stage actress known for her performances on Broadway and other venues.
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1929
American journalist (born 1861)
Rhoda Alice Gossage was an American newspaper editor, journalist, and activist. Often referred to as the "Mother of Rapid City", she was inducted into the South Dakota Newspaper Hall of Fame in 1934 and the South Dakota…
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1929
Czech gymnast (born 1874)
František Erben was a Czech gymnast, trainer and educator. Erben made his international competitive debut for Bohemia at the 1900 Paris Summer Olympics where he finished in 32nd place.
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1942
German-Austrian violinist and composer (born 1891)
Adolf Georg Wilhelm Busch was a German-Swiss violinist, conductor, and composer.
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1952
American football player, coach, and general (born 1880)
Ernest "Pot" Graves was an American football and baseball player, coach, and United States Army officer. He served as the head football coach at the United States Military Academy in 1906 and 1912. Graves retired from…
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1953
Indian industrialist and lawyer (born 1888)
Chandrashekhar Govind Agashe was an Indian industrialist, lawyer, educator, and philanthropist, best remembered as the founder of the Brihan Maharashtra Sugar Syndicate Ltd. He served as the managing agent of the…
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1956
Norwegian fencer (born 1878)
Hans Bergsland was a Norwegian fencer, sports official and businessperson.
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1956
Australian tennis player (born 1869)
Thomas Henry Hicks was an Australian tennis player and administrator who managed Australia and New Zealand's participation in early Davis Cup competitions. Hicks was born in Balmain, New South Wales, the first of eight…
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1956
German general (born 1896)
Ferdinand Alfred Friedrich Jodl was a German general during World War II who commanded the Mountain Corps Norway during the Petsamo–Kirkenes Offensive. He was the younger brother of Alfred Jodl, Chief of the Operations…
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1956
English actor (born 1905)
Friedrich Robert Donat was an English actor. Making his breakthrough film role in Alexander Korda's The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933), today he is best remembered for his roles in The Count of Monte Cristo (1934),…
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1958
German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1876)
Adolf Otto Reinhold Windaus was a German chemist who won a Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1928 for his work on sterols and their relation to vitamins. He was the doctoral advisor of Adolf Butenandt who also won a Nobel…
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1959
American football player and businessman (born 1884)
Harry Stevens Hammond was an American football player and businessman. He played college football at the University of Michigan from 1904 to 1907. He later had a career in business with the Pressed Steel Car Company and…
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1960
French veterinarian, bacteriologist and immunologist (born 1872)
Jean-Marie Camille Guérin was a French veterinarian, bacteriologist and immunologist who, together with Albert Calmette, developed the Bacillus Calmette–Guérin (BCG), a vaccine for immunization against tuberculosis.
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1961
French painter (born 1875)
Jacques Villon, also known as Gaston Duchamp, was a French Cubist and abstract painter and printmaker.
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1963
1st Baron Beaverbrook, British businessman and politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (born 1879)
William Maxwell Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook, was a Canadian-British newspaper publisher and backstage politician who was an influential figure in British media and politics of the first half of the 20th century. His…
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1964
Australian author and journalist (born 1884)
Bernard Cronin was an Australian author and journalist. With Gertrude Hart, he founded the Old Derelicts' Club in 1920 which later became the Society of Australian Authors.
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1968
Italian motorcycle racer (born 1940)
Gilberto Parlotti was an Italian professional motorcycle racer competing in the FIM World Championship between 1969 and 1972. He competed for the Benelli, Derbi, Morbidelli and Tomos factories.
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1972
American football player and coach (born 1907)
Charles Henry Bennett was an American football player and coach. He played halfback for the Indiana University football team from 1926 to 1928 and won the 1928 Chicago Tribune Silver Football trophy as the most valuable…
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1973
English author and politician (born 1908)
John Creasey was an English author known mostly for detective and crime novels but who also wrote science fiction, romance and westerns. He wrote more than six hundred novels using twenty-eight different pseudonyms.
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1973
German general (born 1887)
Erich von Manstein was a German military officer who served as a Generalfeldmarschall in the Heer (Army) of Nazi Germany during World War II. He was subsequently convicted of war crimes and sentenced to 18 years'…
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1973
Guatemalan journalist, author, and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1899)
Miguel Ángel Asturias Rosales was a Guatemalan poet-diplomat, novelist, playwright and journalist. Winning the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1967, his work helped bring attention to the importance of indigenous cultures,…
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1974
Canadian ice hockey player and civil servant (born 1884)
Frederick Wellington "Cyclone" Taylor was a Canadian professional ice hockey player and civil servant. A cover-point and rover, he played professionally from 1906 to 1922, and is acknowledged as one of the first stars…
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1979
American game show host (born 1917)
Allen Ellsworth Ludden was an American television personality, actor, singer, emcee, and game show host. He hosted various incarnations of the game show Password between 1961 and 1980.
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1981
American painter (born 1943)
Helen Hardin was a Tewa Native American painter. She started making and selling paintings, participated in the University of Arizona's Southwest Indian Art Project and was featured in Seventeen magazine, all before she…
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1984
American geneticist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1903)
George Wells Beadle was an American geneticist. In 1958 he shared one-half of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Edward Tatum for their discovery of the role of genes in regulating biochemical events within…
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1989
Chilean-American pianist and educator (born 1903)
Claudio Arrau León was a Chilean and American pianist known for his interpretations of a vast repertoire spanning the baroque to 20th-century composers, especially Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Chopin, Schumann,…
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1991
Canadian-born American actress (born 1921)
Margaret Alexis Smith was an American actress, pin-up girl and singer. She appeared in several major Hollywood films in the 1940s and had a notable career on Broadway in the 1970s, winning a Tony Award in 1972 for the…
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1993
Dutch economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1903)
Jan Tinbergen was a Dutch economist who was awarded the first Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 1969, which he shared with Ragnar Frisch for having developed and applied dynamic models for the analysis of…
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1994
American-Canadian academic and politician (born 1908)
Stanley Howard Knowles was a Canadian parliamentarian. Knowles represented the riding of Winnipeg North Centre from 1942 to 1958 on behalf of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) and again from 1962 to 1984…
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1997
American painter and academic (born 1905)
Lois Mailou Jones was an artist and educator. Her work can be found in the collections of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, the National Museum of Women in the Arts, the Brooklyn…
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1998
American basketball player (born 1919)
John M. Abramovic Jr. was an American professional basketball player. He played in the Basketball Association of America (BAA) for the Pittsburgh Ironmen, St. Louis Bombers and Baltimore Bullets. Abramovic was nicknamed…
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2000
American painter and academic (born 1917)
Jacob Armstead Lawrence was an American painter known for his portrayal of African-American historical subjects and contemporary life. Lawrence referred to his style as "dynamic cubism", an art form popularized in…
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2000
American football player and coach (born 1932)
Roosevelt Brown Jr. was an American professional football offensive tackle who played in the National Football League (NFL) for the New York Giants from 1953 to 1965. He played college football for the Morgan State…
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2004
Jamaican activist, co-founded J-FLAG (born 1945)
Brian Williamson was a Jamaican gay rights activist who co-founded the Jamaica Forum for Lesbians, All-Sexuals and Gays (J-FLAG). He was known for being one of the earliest openly gay men in Jamaican society and one of…
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2004
German singer-songwriter (born 1946)
Drafi Franz Richard Deutscher was a German singer and songwriter of Sinti origin.
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2006
American purse designer, cast-member on The Real World: San Diego (born 1981)
Frankie Jo Abernathy was an American purse designer and reality television personality, known for her time as a cast member on MTV's The Real World: San Diego which was filmed in late 2003 and aired from January to June…
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2007
Lithuanian-American author and critic (born 1931)
Algirdas Jonas "Algis" Budrys was a Lithuanian-American science fiction author, editor and critic. He was also known under the pen names Frank Mason, Alger Rome in collaboration with Jerome Bixby, John A. Sentry,…
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2008
Jordanian historian and author (born 1919)
Suleiman Mousa was a Jordanian author and historian born in Al-Rafeed, a small village north of the city of Irbid. He wrote up to fifty books of which most prominent are Biography of Sharif Hussein Bin Ali, Jordan in…
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2008
2009
2010
Japanese voice actress (born 1970)
Tomoko Kawakami was a Japanese voice actress. She was also known by her pen-name Tomozou (とも蔵), and her Christian name Cecilia . Having graduated from the Toho Gakuen College of Drama and Music, she was a member of…
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2011
American basketball player (born 1956)
Michael Anthony Mitchell was an American professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association (NBA), over eleven seasons, from 1978 to 1990.
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2011
2012
Baron Maples, English lawyer and politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Defence (born 1943)
John Cradock Maples, Baron Maples was a British politician and life peer who served as Economic Secretary to the Treasury from 1989 to 1992 and Shadow Foreign Secretary from 1999 to 2000. He is a former Deputy Chairman…
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2012
Slovene poet and translator (born 1924)
Ivan Minatti was a Slovene poet, translator, and editor. He started writing poetry before World War II but principally belongs to the first postwar generation of Slovene poets. He is one of the best representatives of…
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2012
American baseball player and coach (born 1939)
Robert Dale "Hawk" Taylor was an American professional baseball player who appeared in 394 games over all or part of 11 Major League Baseball (MLB) seasons as a catcher and outfielder for the Milwaukee Braves, New York…
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2012
American-English trumpet player and educator (born 1973)
Abram Wilson was an American jazz trumpeter and vocalist raised in New Orleans and based in London, England, where he also taught music in schools.
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2012
Scottish author (born 1954)
Iain Menzies Banks was a Scottish author, writing mainstream fiction as Iain Banks and science fiction as Iain M. Banks. His books have been adapted for theatre, radio, and television. In 2008, The Times named Banks in…
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2013
Italian conductor (born 1926)
Bruno Bartoletti was an Italian operatic conductor. His active international career lasted from 1953 to 2007, and he specialized in the Italian repertory and contemporary works. He was particularly noted for his 51-year…
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2013
English rugby player (born 1948)
John Burke was an English professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1960s and 1970s. He played at representative level for Great Britain, and at club level for Normanton, Leeds, Keighley, South Sydney…
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2013
German philologist, historian, and academic (born 1923)
Walter Jens was a German philologist, literature historian, critic, university professor and writer.
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2013
Czech poet and historian (born 1920)
Zdeněk Rotrekl was a Czech Catholic poet, literary historian and writer. He was severely persecuted for his work and Roman Catholic beliefs during Czechoslovakia's Communist era from 1948 to 1989, including thirteen…
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2013
Ivorian cardinal (born 1926)
Bernard Agré was an Ivorian Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Abidjan from 1994 to 2006. He was made a cardinal in 2001.
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2014
American boxer and Catholic priest (born 1963)
Stuart Ignatius Long was an American boxer and Catholic priest who developed a rare progressive muscle disorder. He was portrayed by Mark Wahlberg in the 2022 biopic Father Stu.
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2014
English comedian, actor, and screenwriter (born 1958)
Richard Michael Mayall was an English comedian, actor and writer. He formed a close partnership with Adrian Edmondson while they were students at Manchester University, and was a pioneer of alternative comedy in the…
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2014
American ecologist and academic (born 1910)
Elsie Quarterman was a prominent plant ecologist. She was a professor emerita at Vanderbilt University.
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2014
American lawyer and judge (born 1942)
Alicemarie Huber Stotler was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California.
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2014
American fashion designer (born 1926)
Gustave Tassell was an American fashion designer and Coty Award winner.
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2014
2014
American rapper (born 1975)
Robert Alan Diaz known by his stage name Pumpkinhead or P.H., was an American rapper and hip hop artist. He grew up in the Park Slope area of Brooklyn, New York with his mother and younger sister.
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2015
Spanish lawyer and politician (born 1960)
Pedro González Zerolo was a Spanish-Venezuelan lawyer, politician and a town councillor of the city of Madrid, and a member of the Federal Executive Committee of the PSOE where he held the position of Secretary for…
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2015
2017
Kosovo Albanian football administrator and player (born 1960)
Fadil Avdullah Vokrri was a Kosovan football administrator and former Yugoslav professional football player. He served as president of the Football Federation of Kosovo from 16 February 2008 until his death in 2018.
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2018
Jamaican-American rapper (born 1966)
Richard William Stephen Shaw, better known by his stage name Bushwick Bill, was a Jamaican rapper. He was a member of the Texas hip hop group Geto Boys, a group he originally joined as a breakdancer in 1986 as Little…
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2019
American singer-songwriter, musician, and actress (born 1956)
Julee Ann Cruise was an American singer and actress, known for her collaborations with composer Angelo Badalamenti and filmmaker David Lynch in the late 1980s and early 1990s. She released four albums beginning with…
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2022
American voice actor (born 1987)
Billy P. Kametz was an American voice and stage actor. He was best known for his work dubbing anime and video games. Kametz began his voice acting career in 2016. He provided the English voices for Josuke Higashikata in…
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2022
Canadian actor (born 1934)
Matthew Zimmerman was a Canadian actor. He was the voice of Alan Tracy in the 1960s television series Thunderbirds and sequel films Thunderbirds Are Go and Thunderbird 6.
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2022
Pakistani politician, columnist and television host. (born 1971)
Aamir Liaquat Hussain was a Pakistani politician, columnist and television host. Hussain was a top ranking TV anchor and was listed three times in The 500 influential Muslims worldwide, and was among 100 popular…
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2022
French sociologist (born 1925)
Alain Touraine was a French sociologist. He was research director at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, where he founded the Centre d'étude des mouvements sociaux. Touraine was an important figure in the…
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2023
American activist, professor, and minister (born 1928)
James Morris Lawson Jr. was an American activist and university professor. He was a leading theoretician and tactician of nonviolence within the Civil Rights Movement. During the 1960s, he served as a mentor to the…
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2024
2025
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Who died on June 9?
M. F. Husain — Indian artist (1915–2011)
FeaturedM. F. Husain
Death year2011
Known forOne of the founding members of Bombay Progressive Artists' Group, Husain is associated with Indian modernism in the 1940s
Deaths on this date106 (68 – 2025)
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2010
At least 40 people are killed and more than 70 wounded in a suicide bombing at a wedding party in Arghandab, Kandahar. Wikipedia →
2009
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2008
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