June 14 - Deaths

Deaths

• 1161 – Emperor Qinzong of Song (b. 1100)
• 1381 – Simon Sudbury, English bishop, Archbishop of Canterbury
• 1497 – Giovanni Borgia, 2nd Duke of Gandia (b. 1474)
• 1544 – Antoine, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1489)
• 1548 – Carpentras, French composer (b. c. 1470)
• 1594 – Orlande de Lassus, Flemish composer (b. c. 1532)
• 1662 – Henry Vane the Younger, English-American politician (b. 1613)
• 1674 – Marin le Roy de Gomberville, French writer (b. 1600)
• 1703 – Jean Herauld Gourville, French adventurer (b. 1625)
• 1794 – Francis Seymour-Conway, 1st Marquess of Hertford, English politician (b. 1718)
• 1800 – Louis Desaix, French general (b. 1768)
• 1800 – Jean Baptiste Kléber, French general (b. 1753)
• 1801 – Benedict Arnold, American general, traitor in the American Revolution (b. 1741)
• 1825 – Pierre Charles L'Enfant, French-American architect and engineer (b. 1754)
• 1837 – Giacomo Leopardi, Italian writer (b. 1798)
• 1883 – Edward FitzGerald, English poet (b. 1809)
• 1886 – Alexander Ostrovsky, Russian dramatist (b. 1823)
• 1907 – William Le Baron Jenney, American architect and engineer, designed the Home Insurance Building (b. 1832)
• 1908 – Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby, English politician, 6th Governor General of Canada (b. 1841)
• 1914 – Adlai Stevenson I, American politician, 23rd Vice President of the United States (b. 1835)
• 1916 – João Simões Lopes Neto, Brazilian writer (b. 1865)
• 1920 – Max Weber, German sociologist (b. 1864)
• 1926 – Mary Cassatt, American painter (b. 1843)
• 1927 – Ottavio Bottecchia, Italian cyclist (b. 1894)
• 1927 – Jerome K. Jerome, English author (b. 1859)
• 1928 – Emmeline Pankhurst, English activist (b. 1857)
• 1932 – Dorimène Roy Desjardins, Canadian businesswoman, co-founded Desjardins Group (b. 1858)
• 1933 – Justinien de Clary, French trap shooter (b. 1860)
• 1936 – G. K. Chesterton, English writer (b. 1874)
• 1936 – Hans Poelzig, German architect, painter, and designer, designed the Palace of the Soviets (b. 1869)
• 1946 – John Logie Baird, Scottish engineer and inventor (b. 1888)
• 1967 – Eddie Eagan, American boxer (b. 1897)
• 1968 – Salvatore Quasimodo, Italian writer, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1901)
• 1975 – Pablo Antonio, Filipino architect (b. 1902)
• 1977 – Robert Middleton, American actor (b. 1911)
• 1979 – Ahmad Zahir, Afghan singer-songwiter, musician, and composer (b. 1946)
• 1986 – Jorge Luis Borges, Argentine writer (b. 1899)
• 1986 – Alan Jay Lerner, American composer (b. 1918)
• 1990 – Erna Berger, German soprano (b. 1900)
• 1991 – Peggy Ashcroft, English actress (b. 1907)
• 1994 – Henry Mancini, American composer and conductor (b. 1924)
• 1994 – Marcel Mouloudji, French singer and actor (b. 1922)
• 1995 – Rory Gallagher, Irish singer-songwriter, musician, and producer (Taste) (b. 1949)
• 1995 – Roger Zelazny, American writer (b. 1937)
• 1997 – Richard Jaeckel, American actor (b. 1926)
• 1999 – Bernie Faloney, American football player (b. 1932)
• 2000 – Attilio Bertolucci, Italian poet and writer (b. 1911)
• 2002 – June Jordan, American writer and teacher (b. 1936)
• 2003 – Dale Whittington, American race car driver (b. 1959)
• 2004 – Ulrich Inderbinen, Swiss mountain climber and guide (b. 1900)
• 2004 – Eamonn McGirr, Irish-American singer (b. 1941)
• 2005 – Carlo Maria Giulini, Italian conductor (b. 1914)
• 2005 – Mimi Parent, Canadian painter (b. 1924)
• 2006 – Monty Berman, English cinematographer, director, and producer (b. 1905)
• 2006 – Jean Roba, Belgian writer and illustrator (b. 1930)
• 2007 – Ruth Graham, China-American philanthropist, poet, author, painter (b. 1920)
• 2007 – Robin Olds, American pilot (b. 1922)
• 2007 – Kurt Waldheim, Austrian politician and statesman (b. 1918)
• 2008 – Jamelão, Brazilian singer-songwriter (b. 1913)
• 2008 – Esbjörn Svensson, Swedish pianist (Esbjörn Svensson Trio) (b. 1964)
• 2009 – Bob Bogle, American musician (The Ventures) (b. 1934)
• 2009 – Ivan Della Mea, Italian singer-songwriter, journalist, and author (b. 1940)
• 2012 – Peter Archer, Baron Archer of Sandwell, English politician (b. 1926)
• 2012 – Al Brancato, American baseball player (b. 1919)
• 2012 – Bob Chappuis, American football player (b. 1923)
• 2012 – Bob Hank, Australian footballer (b. 1923)
• 2012 – Margie Hyams, American pianist, and arranger (b. 1920)
• 2012 – Karl-Heinz Kämmerling, German pianist and educator (b. 1930)
• 2012 – Hassan Kassai, Iranian musician and educator (b. 1928)
• 2012 – Jesse Powell, American football player (b. 1947)
• 2012 – Kaka Radhakrishnan, Indian actor (b. 1926)
• 2012 – Carlos Reichenbach, Brazilian director and producer (b. 1945)
• 2012 – Erik Rhodes, American porn actor (b. 1982)
• 2012 – Gitta Sereny, Austrian-English historian, journalist, and author (b. 1921)
• 2012 – Mako Tabuni, Indonesian activist
• 2012 – Yvette Wilson, American actress (b. 1964)