Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In June - 12
Tuesday, 18 November 2025
1928 Salvador Diaz Miron, Mexicans poet, dies on June - 12. 

1930 On June - 12 dyce Willcocks, cricketer ("Grand Old Man" of Canadian cricket), dies 

1932 René de Clerq, Flemish poet/writer (Book of Love), dies on this day in history. 

1936 On this day in history isidore Weiss, French world checker champion, dies 

1937 On this day in history death of mikhail Tukhachevsky, Marshal of the Soviet Union (b. 1893) 

1942 On June - 12 walter Leigh, composer, dies at 36 

1946 On this day in history count Hisaichi Terauchi, Japanese fieldmarshal, dies 

1947 Jazeps Medins, composer, dies at 70 on June - 12. 

1952 Michael von Faulhaber, Cardinal/archbishop of Munich, dies at 83 on this day in history. 

1957 James F "Jimmy" Dorsey, US orchestra leader, dies at 53 on this day in history. 

1962 On this day in history john N Ireland, English composer/pianist (Epic March), dies at 82 

1963 Andrew Browne, Irish/British admiral (Cape Matapan, WW II), dies at 80 on June - 12. 

1966 Hermann Scherchen, German conductor/music publisher, dies at 74 on this day in history. 

1968 On this day in history fidelio Friedrich Finke, composer, dies at 76 

1969 On June - 12 death of alexander Deyneka, Ukrainian painter (b. 1899) 

1972 Edmund Wilson, US writer (To the Finland station), dies at 79 on this day in history. 

1978 Death of Guo Moruo, Chinese writer (b. 1892) on this day in history. 

1980 On June - 12 milburn Stone, actor (Doc-Gunsmoke), dies at 75 

1982 Death of Karl von Frisch, Austrian zoologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1886) on June - 12. 

1983 Norma Shearer, actress (Escape, Romeo & Juliet), dies at 82 on this day in history. 

1986 Antoon Breyne, Belgian journalist, dies at 76 on this day in history. 

1988 Marcel Poot, Belgian baron/composer, dies at 87 on June - 12. 

1989 Peter Conrad Baden, composer, dies at 80 on this day in history. 

1990 Terence O'Neil, lord/PM of Ulster (1963-69), dies on June - 12. 

1992 On June - 12 edward Fleming, Danish director (Lille Spejl), dies 

1994 On this day in history menachem Mendel Schneerson, Lubavitcher leader (1950-94), dies at 92 

1995 Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, pianist, dies at 75 on June - 12. 

1996 Ilona Ference, actress (Quatermass II, Star of My Night), dies at 78 on this day in history. 

1997 On June - 12 death of bulat Okudzhava, Russian writer and musician (b. 1924) 

2000 Death of P.L.Deshpande, Marathi writer (b. 1919) on June - 12. 

2002 On June - 12 death of bill Blass, American fashion designer (b. 1922) 

2003 On this day in history death of gregory Peck, American actor (b. 1916) 

2005 Death of Scott Young, Canadian sportswriter, novelist, and journalist (b. 1918) on June - 12. 

2006 On this day in history death of györgy Ligeti, Hungarian composer (b. 1923) 

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