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==Deaths== ===Pre-1600=== * [[688]] – [[Ségéne]], bishop of Armagh (b. c. 610) *[[1089]] – [[Lanfranc]], Archbishop of Canterbury *[[1136]] – [[Hugues de Payens]], first [[Grand Masters of the Knights Templar|Grand Master of the Knights Templar]] (b. c. 1070) *[[1153]] – [[David I of Scotland]] (b. 1083) *[[1201]] – [[Theobald III, Count of Champagne]] (b. 1179) *[[1351]] – [[Abu al-Hasan Ali ibn Othman]], Moroccan sultan (b. 1297) *[[1408]] – [[Taejo of Joseon]] (b. 1335) *[[1425]] – [[Murdoch Stewart, 2nd Duke of Albany]], Scottish politician (b. 1362) *[[1456]] – [[Ambroise de Loré]], French commander (b. 1396) *[[1543]] – [[Nicolaus Copernicus]], Polish mathematician and astronomer (b. 1473) ===1601–1900=== *[[1612]] – [[Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury]], English politician, [[Lord High Treasurer]] (b. 1563) *[[1627]] – [[Luis de Góngora]], Spanish poet and cleric (b. 1561) *[[1632]] – [[Robert Hues]], English mathematician and geographer (b. 1553) *[[1665]] – [[Mary of Jesus of Ágreda]], Spanish [[Franciscan]] [[abbess]] and [[Spanish mystics|mystic]] (b. 1602)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://catholicsaints.info/sister-maria-de-jesus-de-agreda/|title=Sister María de Jesús de Agreda|date=2009-12-26|website=CatholicSaints.Info|language=en-US|access-date=2020-01-16}}</ref> *[[1734]] – [[Georg Ernst Stahl]], German physician and chemist (b. 1660) *[[1792]] – [[George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney]], English admiral and politician, 16th [[Governor of Newfoundland]] (b. 1718) *[[1806]] – [[John Campbell, 5th Duke of Argyll]], Scottish field marshal and politician, [[Lord Lieutenant of Argyllshire]] (b. 1723) *[[1843]] – [[Sylvestre François Lacroix]], French mathematician and academic (b. 1765) *[[1848]] – [[Annette von Droste-Hülshoff]], German author and composer (b. 1797)<ref>{{NDB|4|129|132|Droste zu Hülshoff, Anna (Annette) Elisabeth Franziska Adolphine Wilhelmine Louise Maria Freiin von|Ernst Alker|118527533}}</ref> *[[1861]] – [[Elmer E. Ellsworth]], American colonel (b. 1837) *[[1872]] – [[Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld]], German painter and illustrator (b. 1794) *[[1879]] – [[William Lloyd Garrison]], American journalist and activist (b. 1805) *[[1881]] – [[Samuel Palmer]], English painter and illustrator (b. 1805) ===1901–present=== *[[1901]] – [[Louis-Zéphirin Moreau]], Canadian bishop (b. 1824) *[[1908]] – [[Old Tom Morris]], Scottish golfer and architect (b. 1821) *[[1915]] – [[John Condon (British Army soldier)|John Condon]], Irish-English soldier (b. 1896) *[[1919]] – [[Amado Nervo]], Mexican poet, journalist, and educator (b. 1870) *[[1923]] – [[Rolf Skår]], Norwegian engineer (b. 1941)<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |title=Rolf Skår |encyclopedia=[[Store norske leksikon]] |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Rolf_Skår |access-date=16 March 2024 |last=Rossen |first=Eirik |date= 2023 |editor-last=Bolstad |editor-first=Erik |language=no}}</ref> *[[1929]] – [[Nikolai von Meck]], Russian engineer (b. 1863) *[[1939]] – [[Fanny Searls]], American biologist (b. 1851)<ref>{{cite journal |last=Tiehm |first=Arnold |title=Fanny Searls (1851-1939)| journal=Brittonia |volume=37 |number=1 |year=1985 |page=43| doi=10.1007/BF02809668|bibcode=1985Britt..37...41T |s2cid=87755152 }}</ref> *[[1941]] – [[Lancelot Holland]], English admiral (b. 1887) *[[1945]] – [[Robert Ritter von Greim]], German field marshal and pilot (b. 1892) *[[1948]] – [[Jacques Feyder]], Belgian actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1885) *[[1949]] – [[Alexey Shchusev]], Russian architect, designed [[Lenin's Mausoleum]] and [[Moscow Kazanskaya railway station]] (b. 1873) *[[1950]] – [[Archibald Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell]], English field marshal and politician, 43rd [[Governor-General of India]] (b. 1883) *[[1951]] – [[Thomas N. Heffron]], American actor, director, screenwriter (b. 1872) *[[1956]] – [[Martha Annie Whiteley]], English chemist and mathematician (b. 1866)<ref>{{Cite ODNB|url=https://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-46421|title=Whiteley, Martha Annie (1866–1956), chemist|last=Barrett|first=Anne|date=September 23, 2004|language=en|doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/46421|isbn=9780198614128|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-08-12}}</ref> *[[1958]] – [[Frank Rowe (public servant)|Frank Rowe]], Australian public servant (b. 1895) *[[1959]] – [[John Foster Dulles]], American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 52nd [[United States Secretary of State]] (b. 1888) *[[1963]] – [[Elmore James]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1918) *[[1965]] – [[Sonny Boy Williamson II]], American singer-songwriter and harmonica player (b. 1908) *[[1974]] – [[Duke Ellington]], American pianist and composer (b. 1899) *[[1976]] – [[Denise Pelletier]], Canadian actress (b. 1923) *[[1979]] – [[Ernest Bullock]], English organist, composer, and educator (b. 1890) *[[1981]] – [[Herbert Müller (racing driver)|Herbert Müller]], Swiss race car driver (b. 1940) *[[1984]] – [[Vince McMahon Sr.]], American wrestling promoter and businessman, founded [[WWE]] (b. 1914) *[[1988]] – [[Freddie Frith]], English motorcycle road racer (b. 1909) *[[1990]] – [[Arthur Villeneuve]], Canadian painter (b. 1910) *[[1991]] – [[Gene Clark]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1944) *[[1992]] – [[Hitoshi Ogawa]], Japanese race car driver (b. 1956) *[[1995]] – [[Harold Wilson]], English academic and politician, [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] (b. 1916) *[[1996]] – [[Thomas F. Connolly]], American admiral (b. 1909)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tom Connolly |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/31302 |website=olympedia.org |access-date=23 March 2024 }}</ref> * 1996 – [[Enrique Álvarez Félix]], Mexican actor (b. 1934) * 1996 – [[Joseph Mitchell (writer)|Joseph Mitchell]], American journalist and author (b. 1908) *[[1997]] – [[Edward Mulhare]], Irish actor (b. 1923) *[[2000]] – [[Kurt Schork]], American journalist and scholar (b. 1947) * 2000 – [[Majrooh Sultanpuri]], Indian poet and songwriter (b. 1919) *[[2002]] – [[Wallace Markfield]], American author (b. 1926) *[[2003]] – [[Rachel Kempson]], English actress (b. 1910) *[[2004]] – [[Henry Ries]], German-American photographer (b. 1917) * 2004 – [[Milton Shulman]], Canadian author and critic (b. 1913) * 2004 – [[Edward Wagenknecht]], American critic and educator (b. 1900) *[[2005]] – [[Carl Amery]], German activist and author (b. 1922) * 2005 – [[Arthur Haulot]], Belgian journalist and poet (b. 1913) * 2005 – [[Guy Tardif]], Canadian academic and politician (b. 1935) *[[2006]] – [[Henry Bumstead]], American art director and production designer (b. 1915) * 2006 – [[Claude Piéplu]], French actor (b. 1923) *[[2008]] – [[Dick Martin (comedian)|Dick Martin]], American actor, comedian, and director (b. 1922) * 2008 – [[Jimmy McGriff]], American organist and bandleader (b. 1936) * 2008 – [[Andrew Stephen Wilson]], British-American astronomer (b.1947) *[[2009]] – [[Jay Bennett]], American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1963) *[[2010]] – [[Ray Alan]], English ventriloquist, actor, and screenwriter (b. 1930) * 2010 – [[Paul Gray (American musician)|Paul Gray]], American bass player and songwriter (b. 1972) * 2010 – [[Raymond V. Haysbert]], American businessman and activist (b. 1920) * 2010 – [[Petr Muk]], Czech singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1965) * 2010 – [[Anneliese Rothenberger]], German soprano and actress (b. 1926) *[[2011]] – [[Huguette Clark]], American heiress, painter, and philanthropist (b. 1906) * 2011 – [[Hakim Ali Zardari]], Indian-Pakistani businessman and politician (b. 1930) *[[2012]] – [[Klaas Carel Faber]], Dutch-German [[SS]] officer (b. 1922) * 2012 – [[Kathi Kamen Goldmark]], American journalist and author (b. 1948) * 2012 – [[Jacqueline Harpman]], Belgian psychoanalyst and author (b. 1929) * 2012 – [[Juan Francisco Lombardo]], Argentinian footballer (b. 1925) * 2012 – [[Lee Rich]], American production manager and producer (b. 1918) *[[2013]] – [[Helmut Braunlich]], German-American violinist and composer (b. 1929) * 2013 – [[Ron Davies (footballer, born 1942)|Ron Davies]], Welsh footballer (b. 1942) * 2013 – [[Gotthard Graubner]], German painter (b. 1930) * 2013 – [[Haynes Johnson]], American journalist and author (b. 1931) * 2013 – [[Pyotr Todorovsky]], Ukrainian-Russian director and screenwriter (b. 1925) *[[2014]] – [[David Allen (cricketer)|David Allen]], English cricketer (b. 1935) * 2014 – [[Stormé DeLarverie]], known as the "Rosa Parks of the lesbian community" (b. 1920)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/30/nyregion/storme-delarverie-early-leader-in-the-gay-rights-movement-dies-at-93.html|title=Storme DeLarverie, Early Leader in the Gay Rights Movement, Dies at 93|date=2014-05-29|work=The New York Times|access-date=2018-06-02|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> * 2014 – [[Mahafarid Amir Khosravi]], Iranian businessman (b. 1969) * 2014 – [[Knowlton Nash]], Canadian journalist and author (b. 1927) * 2014 – [[John Vasconcellos]], American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician (b. 1932) *[[2015]] – [[Dean Carroll]], English rugby player (b. 1962) * 2015 – [[Kenneth Jacobs]], Australian lawyer and judge (b. 1917) * 2015 – [[Tanith Lee]], English author (b. 1947)<ref>{{cite web |title=Tanith Lee obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/jun/01/tanith-lee |website=The Guardian |access-date=26 July 2022 |language=en |date=1 June 2015}}</ref> *[[2018]] – [[TotalBiscuit|John Bain]] (TotalBiscuit), English gaming commentator and critic (b. 1984)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://kotaku.com/game-critic-totalbiscuit-has-died-1826310517|title=Game Critic Totalbiscuit Dies At 33|last=Grayson|first=Nathan|date=24 May 2018 }}</ref> * 2018 – [[Gudrun Burwitz]], daughter of [[Margarete Himmler]] and [[Heinrich Himmler]] (b. 1929)<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/gudrun-burwitz-ever-loyal-daughter-of-nazi-mastermind-heinrich-himmler-dies-at-88/2018/06/30/6d57d42a-7c76-11e8-93cc-6d3beccdd7a3_story.html |title=Gudrun Burwitz, ever-loyal daughter of Nazi mastermind Heinrich Himmler, dies at 88 |date=July 1, 2018 |work=WashingtonPost |access-date=July 1, 2018}}</ref> * [[2023]] – [[Tina Turner]], American-Swiss rock and pop singer, dancer, actress and author (b. 1939)<ref>{{Cite news|title=Tina Turner, 'Queen of Rock n Roll', dies aged 83 |url=https://news.sky.com/story/tina-turner-dies-aged-83-12888593 |access-date=May 24, 2023 |website=Sky News |language=en}}</ref> * [[2024]] – [[Doug Ingle]], American musician (b. 1945)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Tinoco |first=Armando |date=2024-05-26 |title=Doug Ingle Dies: Iron Butterfly's Founding Member & Lead Singer Was 78 |url=https://deadline.com/2024/05/doug-ingle-dead-lead-singer-iron-butterfly-1235941415/ |access-date=2024-05-26 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}</ref> * 2024 – [[Kabosu (dog)|Kabosu]], Japanese dog and Internet meme celebrity (b. 2005)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kabosu dies: Shiba inu dog was meme and face of Dogecoin |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/czkkr8l7jjxo |access-date=2024-05-25 |website=www.bbc.com |language=en-GB}}</ref> <!-- Please do not add people without articles, or fictional characters to this list. Do not link multiple occurrences of the same year, just link the first occurrence. If there are multiple people in the same birth year, put them in alphabetical order. Do not trust "this year in history" websites for accurate date information.-->
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