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===1901–present=== *[[1908]] – [[Louis-Honoré Fréchette]], Canadian author, poet, and politician (b. 1839) *[[1909]] – [[Thomas Price (South Australian politician)|Thomas Price]], Welsh-Australian politician, 24th [[Premier of South Australia]] (b. 1852) *[[1910]] – [[Elizabeth Blackwell]], English-American physician and educator (b. 1821) *[[1931]] – [[Felix-Raymond-Marie Rouleau]], Canadian cardinal (b. 1866) * 1931 – [[Willy Stöwer]], German author and illustrator (b. 1864) *[[1945]] – [[Odilo Globocnik]], Italian-Austrian [[SS]] officer (b. 1904) *[[1954]] – [[Antonis Benakis]], Greek art collector and philanthropist, founded the [[Benaki Museum]] (b. 1873) *[[1957]] – [[Stefanos Sarafis]], Greek general and politician (b. 1890) * 1957 – [[Leopold Staff]], Polish poet and academic (b. 1878) *[[1960]] – [[Willem Elsschot]], Flemish author and poet (b. 1882) * 1960 – [[Walther Funk]], German economist, journalist, and politician, [[Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (Germany)|German Minister of Economics]] (b. 1890) *[[1962]] – [[Henry F. Ashurst]], American lawyer and politician (b. 1874) *[[1967]] – [[Billy Strayhorn]], American pianist and composer (b. 1915) *[[1970]] – [[Terry Sawchuk]], Canadian-American ice hockey player (b. 1929) * 1970 – [[Clare Sheridan]], English sculptor and author (b. 1885)<ref>{{cite ODNB |id=36064 |title=Sheridan [née Frewen], Clare Consuelo}}</ref> *[[1976]] – [[Jacques Monod]], French biologist and geneticist, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1910) *[[1977]] – [[William Castle]], American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1914) *[[1978]] – [[József Bozsik]], Hungarian footballer and manager (b. 1925) *[[1981]] – [[Barbara Ward, Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth]], English economist and journalist (b. 1914) *[[1982]] – [[Carlo Mauri]], Italian mountaineer and explorer (b. 1930) *[[1983]] – [[Jack Dempsey]], American boxer and lieutenant (b. 1895) *[[1985]] – [[Gaston Rébuffat]], French mountaineer and author (b. 1921) *[[1986]] – [[Jane Frank]], American painter and sculptor (b. 1918) * 1986 – [[James Rainwater]], American physicist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1917) *[[1987]] – [[John Abraham (director)|John Abraham]], Indian director and screenwriter (b. 1937) *[[1989]] – [[C. L. R. James]], Trinidadian journalist and historian (b. 1901)<ref>C. Gerald Fraser, [https://www.nytimes.com/1989/06/02/obituaries/c-l-r-james-historian-critic-and-pan-africanist-is-dead-at-88.html "C. L. R. James, Historian, Critic And Pan-Africanist, Is Dead at 88"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220624091104/https://www.nytimes.com/1989/06/02/obituaries/c-l-r-james-historian-critic-and-pan-africanist-is-dead-at-88.html |date=2022-06-24 }}, ''[[The New York Times]]'', 2 June 1989.</ref> * 1989 – [[Owen Lattimore]], American author and academic (b. 1900) *[[1993]] – Honey Tree Evil Eye, or, [[Spuds MacKenzie]], [[Bud Light]] [[Bull Terrier]] mascot (b. 1983)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Spuds MacKenzie is dead |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1993/10/06/Spuds-MacKenzie-is-dead/6095749880000/ |access-date=2020-06-02 |website=UPI |language=en |archive-date=2020-11-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201125085638/https://www.upi.com/Archives/1993/10/06/Spuds-MacKenzie-is-dead/6095749880000/ |url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1994]] – [[Uzay Heparı]], Turkish actor, producer, and composer (b. 1969) * 1994 – [[Herva Nelli]], Italian-American soprano (b. 1909) *[[1995]] – [[Stanley Elkin]], American novelist, short story writer, and essayist (b. 1930) *[[1996]] – [[Timothy Leary]], American psychologist and author (b. 1920) *[[1998]] – [[Charles Van Acker]], Belgian-American race car driver (b. 1912) *[[2000]] – [[Petar Mladenov]], Bulgarian diplomat, 1st [[President of Bulgaria]] (b. 1936) * 2000 – [[A. Jeyaratnam Wilson]], Sri Lankan historian, author, and academic (b. 1928) *[[2001]] – [[Arlene Francis]], American actress, talk show host, game show panelist, and television personality (b. 1907) *[[2002]] – [[Subhash Gupte]], Indian cricketer (b. 1929) *[[2004]] – [[Aiyathurai Nadesan]], Sri Lankan journalist (b. 1954) * 2004 – [[Robert Quine]], American guitarist (b. 1941) * 2004 – [[Étienne Roda-Gil]], French screenwriter and composer (b. 1941) *[[2006]] – [[Miguel Ortiz Berrocal]], Spanish sculptor (b. 1933) * 2006 – [[Raymond Davis, Jr.]], American physicist and chemist, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1914) *[[2009]] – [[Danny La Rue]], Irish-British [[drag queen]] performer and singer (b. 1927) * 2009 – [[George Tiller]], American physician (b. 1941) *[[2010]] – [[Louise Bourgeois]], French-American sculptor and painter (b. 1911) * 2010 – [[Brian Duffy (photographer)|Brian Duffy]], English photographer and producer (b. 1933) * 2010 – [[William A. Fraker]], American director, producer, and cinematographer (b. 1923) * 2010 – [[Rubén Juárez]], Argentinian singer-songwriter and [[bandoneón]] player (b. 1947) * 2010 – [[Merata Mita]], New Zealand director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1942) *[[2011]] – [[Pauline Betz]], American tennis player (b. 1919) * 2011 – [[Jonas Bevacqua]], American fashion designer, co-founded the [[Lifted Research Group]] (b. 1977) * 2011 – [[Derek Hodge]], Virgin Islander lawyer and politician, [[Lieutenant Governor of the United States Virgin Islands]] (b. 1941) * 2011 – [[Hans Keilson]], German-Dutch psychoanalyst and author (b. 1909) * 2011 – [[John Martin (Royal Navy officer)|John Martin]], English admiral and politician, [[Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey]] (b. 1918) * 2011 – [[Andy Robustelli]], American football player and manager (b. 1925) *[[2012]] – [[Christopher Challis]], English cinematographer (b. 1919) * 2012 – [[Randall B. Kester]], American lawyer and judge (b. 1916) * 2012 – [[Paul Pietsch]], German race car driver and publisher (b. 1911) * 2012 – [[Orlando Woolridge]], American basketball player and coach (b. 1959) *[[2013]] – [[Gerald E. Brown]], American physicist and academic (b. 1926) * 2013 – [[Frederic Lindsay]], Scottish author and educator (b. 1933) * 2013 – [[Miguel Méndez]], American author and poet (b. 1930) * 2013 – [[Tim Samaras]], American engineer and storm chaser (b. 1957) * 2013 – [[Jairo Mora Sandoval]], Costa Rican environmentalist (b. 1987) * 2013 – [[Jean Stapleton]], American actress (b. 1923) *[[2014]] – [[Marilyn Beck]], American journalist (b. 1928) * 2014 – [[Marinho Chagas]], Brazilian footballer and coach (b. 1952) * 2014 – [[Hoss Ellington]], American race car driver (b. 1935) * 2014 – [[Martha Hyer]], American actress (b. 1924) * 2014 – [[Lewis Katz]], American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1942) * 2014 – [[Mary Soames, Baroness Soames]], English author (b. 1922) *[[2015]] – [[Gladys Taylor (publisher)|Gladys Taylor]], Canadian author and publisher (b. 1917) *[[2016]] – [[Mohamed Abdelaziz (Sahrawi politician)|Mohamed Abdelaziz]], [[President of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic]] (1976–2016) (b. 1947) * 2016 – [[Jan Crouch]], American televangelist, co-founder of the [[Trinity Broadcasting Network]] (b. 1938) * 2016 – [[Carla Lane]], English television writer (b. 1928) * 2016 – [[Rupert Neudeck]], German journalist and humanitarian (b. 1939) *[[2022]] – [[Colin Cantwell]], American concept artist and director (b.1932)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-06-02 |title=Colin Cantwell obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2022/jun/02/colin-cantwell-obituary |access-date=2022-06-02 |website=the Guardian |language=en}}</ref> * 2022 – [[Krishnakumar Kunnath]], Indian singer (b. 1968)<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Newsmakers 2022 |volume=72 |magazine=Filmfare |date=January 2023 |issn=0971-7277 |page=116 |first1=Tanisha |last1=Bhattacharya |via=Magzter}}</ref> * 2022 – [[Gilberto Rodríguez Orejuela]], Colombian [[drug lord]] (b.1939)<ref>{{Cite news |title=Obituaries |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/section/obituaries |access-date=2022-06-02 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=2022-06-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220601192148/https://www.nytimes.com/section/obituaries |url-status=live}}</ref> * 2022 – [[Jim Parks (cricketer, born 1931)|Jim Parks]], English cricketer (b. 1931)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-06-12 |title=Letter: Jim Parks obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2022/jun/12/letter-jim-parks-obituary |access-date=2022-06-16 |website=the Guardian |language=en}}</ref> * [[2024]] – [[Robert Pickton]], Canadian serial killer (b. 1949)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Orie |first=Amarachi |date=2024-06-01 |title=Canadian serial killer Robert Pickton dies aged 74 after prison assault |url=https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/01/americas/serial-killer-robert-pickton-dies-intl/index.html |access-date=2024-06-01 |website=CNN |language=en |archive-date=2024-06-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240601155627/https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/01/americas/serial-killer-robert-pickton-dies-intl/index.html |url-status=live}}</ref> * 2024 – [[Marian Robinson]], Mother of [[Michelle Obama]] (b. 1937)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Rogers |first=Katie |date=2024-05-31 |title=Marian Robinson, Michelle Obama's Steadfast Mother, Dies at 86 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/31/us/politics/marian-robinson-dead.html |access-date=2024-06-01 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> <!--Do not add people without Wikipedia articles to this list. Do not trust "this year in history" websites for accurate date information. Do not link multiple occurrences of the same year, just link the first occurrence.-->
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