Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In June - 23

1924  Cecil [James] Sharp, English folk musician, dies at 64 on this day in history.   

1926  On June - 23 death of viktor Vasnetsov, Russian painter (b. 1848)   

1928  On June - 23 thomas H Rollinson, composer, dies at 84   

1945  Death of Lt Gen Ushijima, Japanese commander, commits suicide at Okinawa on June - 23.   

1951  Armin Knab, German composer (Wunderhorn), dies at 70 on June - 23.   

1956  Reyngol'd Moritsevich Glier, composer, dies at 81 on June - 23.   

1957  On June - 23 louis Fornberg, writer, dies at 48   

1958  On June - 23 edvard Armas Jarnefeldt, composer, dies at 88   

1959  On June - 23 jean Gallon, composer, dies at 80   

1961  Franz de Backer, Flemish writer (Rubens' Daughter), dies at 70 on this day in history.   

1965  Mary Boland, actress (Boy Trouble, New Moon), dies at 83 on this day in history.   

1969  Stanley Andrews, actor (Old Ranger-Death Valley Days), dies at 78 on this day in history.   

1970  Death of Roscoe Turner, American aviator and racer (b. 1895) on June - 23.   

1971  George Blagoi, entertainer, dies on June - 23.   

1972  On this day in history elton Britt, country singer (Sat Night Jamboree), dies at 54   

1973  On June - 23 fay Holden, actress (Mother-Andy Hardy films), dies at 77   

1975  William Hansen, actor (Homebodies), dies at 64 on this day in history.   

1980  John Laurie, actor (39 Steps, Jericho, Kidnapped), dies at 83 on this day in history.   

1981  Zarah Leander, Swedish/German singer/actress (Gabriela), dies at 79 on June - 23.   

1982  Death of Vincent Chin, Chinese-American hate crime victim (b. 1955) on June - 23.   

1986  On this day in history nigel Stock, actor (Lost Continent, Young Sherlock Holmes), dies   

1988  Dayton Lummis, actor (Moonfire, Flight that Disappeared), dies on June - 23.   

1989  Death of Werner Best, German jurist and nazi leader (b. 1903) on this day in history.   

1991  On June - 23 antonio Jacinto, Angolan poet, dies at 66   

1992  On this day in history lou Ramos, entertainer, dies   

1994  Alan Frank, music publisher, dies at 83 on this day in history.   

1995  On June - 23 jonas Salk, biologist (Polio vaccine), dies of heart failure   

1996  On June - 23 andreas George Papandreou, PM of Greece (1981-89, 93-96), dies at 76   

1997  On June - 23 "Wino" Willie Forkner, biker (Wild One), dies of heart attack at 77   

1998  Death of Maureen O'Sullivan, Irish actress (b. 1911) on this day in history.   

1999  Death of Buster Merryfield, British actor (b. 1920) on June - 23.   

2001  Death of Yvonne Dionne, one of the Canadian Dionne quintuplets (b. 1934) on June - 23.   

2002  On June - 23 death of pedro 'El Rockero' Alcazar, Panamanian boxer (b. 1975)   

2003  Death of Maynard Jackson, Mayor of Atlanta, Georgia (b. 1938) on June - 23.   

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1160  On June - 23 birth of johannes de Matha, French saint/founder (Trinitarians)   

1433  On this day in history birth of francis II, Duke of Brittany (d. 1488)   

1456  On June - 23 birth of margaret of Denmark, wife of James III of Scotland (d. 1486)   

1534  On this day in history birth of oda Nobunaga, Japanese warlord (d. 1582)   

1540  Johann Baptista Serranus, composer was born on June - 23.   

1596  On June - 23 birth of johan Banér, Swedish soldier (d. 1641)   

1612  On June - 23 birth of justus G Schottel, [Schottelius], German poet   

1612  André Tacquet, Belgian mathematician (d. 1660) was born on June - 23.