April 6 - Deaths

Deaths

• 885 – Saint Methodius (b. c. 815)
• 1147 – Frederick II, Duke of Swabia (b. 1090)
• 1199 – King Richard I of England (b. 1157)
• 1199 – Pierre Basile, French soldier
• 1362 – James I, Count of La Marche, French soldier (b. 1319)
• 1490 – King Matthias Corvinus of Hungary (b. 1443)
• 1520 – Raphael, Italian painter and architect (b. 1483)
• 1528 – Albrecht Dürer, German artist (b. 1471)
• 1551 – Joachim Vadian, Swiss humanist (b. 1484)
• 1571 – John Hamilton, Scottish prelate and politician
• 1590 – Francis Walsingham, English spymaster
• 1605 – John Stow, English historian
• 1655 – David Blondel, French Protestant clergyman (b. 1591)
• 1686 – Arthur Annesley, 1st Earl of Anglesey, English royalist statesman (b. 1614)
• 1707 – Willem van de Velde, the younger, Dutch painter (b. 1633)
• 1755 – Richard Rawlinson, English minister and antiquarian (b. 1690)
• 1825 – Vladimir Borovikovsky, Russian painter (b. 1757)
• 1829 – Niels Henrik Abel, Norwegian mathematician (b. 1802)
• 1833 – Adamantios Korais, Greek humanist scholar (b. 1748)
• 1838 – José Bonifácio de Andrade e Silva, Brazilian statesman and geologist (b. 1763)
• 1862 – Albert Sidney Johnston, American Confederate general (b. 1803)
• 1883 – Benjamin Wright Raymond, American politician (b. 1801)
• 1899 – Alvan Wentworth Chapman, American physician and botanist (b. 1809)
• 1906 – Alexander Kielland, Norwegian author (b. 1849)
• 1933 – Elizabeth Bacon Custer, wife of George Armstrong Custer (b. 1842)
• 1935 – Edwin Arlington Robinson, American poet (b. 1869)
• 1947 – Herbert Backe, German Nazi politician (b. 1896)
• 1953 – Idris Davies, Welsh poet (b. 1905)
• 1959 – Leo Aryeh Mayer, Israeli professor and scholar of Islamic art (b. 1895)
• 1961 – Jules Bordet, Belgian immunologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1870)
• 1963 – Otto Struve, Russian-born astronomer (b. 1897)
• 1970 – Sam Sheppard, American accused murderer (b. 1923)
• 1970 – Maurice Stokes, American basketball player (b. 1933)
• 1971 – Igor Stravinsky, Russian composer (b. 1882)
• 1974 – Willem Marinus Dudok, Dutch architect (b. 1884)
• 1974 – Hudson Fysh, Australian aviator and businessman (b. 1895)
• 1976 – Sidney Franklin, American bullfighter (b. 1903)
• 1992 – Isaac Asimov, Russian-born author (b. 1920)
• 1994 – Juvénal Habyarimana, Rwandan politician (b. 1937)
• 1994 – Cyprien Ntaryamira, Burundian politician (b. 1956)
• 1995 – Ioannis Alevras, Greek politician (b. 1912)
• 1996 – Greer Garson, Irish actress (b. 1904)
• 1998 – Norbert Schmitz, German footballer (b. 1958)
• 1998 – Wendy O. Williams, American singer (Plasmatics) (b. 1949)
• 1998 – Tammy Wynette, American singer (b. 1942)
• 1999 – Red Norvo, American jazz vibraphonist (b. 1908)
• 2000 – Habib Bourguiba, Tunisian politician (b. 1903)
• 2001 – Charles Pettigrew, American singer (b. 1963)
• 2003 – David Bloom, American reporter (b. 1963)
• 2003 – Babatunde Olatunji, Nigerian drummer (b. 1927)
• 2003 – Gerald Emmett Carter, Canadian cardinal (b. 1912)
• 2004 – Larisa Bogoraz, Soviet dissident (b. 1929)
• 2004 – Niki Sullivan, American guitarist (The Crickets) (b. 1937)
• 2005 – Rainier III, Prince of Monaco (b. 1923)
• 2006 – Maggie Dixon, American college basketball coach (b. 1977)
• 2006 – Francis L. Kellogg, U.S. diplomat and prominent socialite (b. 1917)
• 2006 – Stefanos Stratigos, Greek actor (b. 1926)
• 2007 – Luigi Comencini, Italian film director (b. 1916)
• 2009 – Shawn Mackay, Australian rugby player (b. 1982)
• 2010 – Wilma Mankiller, Native-American activist, chief of the Cherokee Nation (b. 1945)
• 2010 – Corin Redgrave, British actor and political activist (b. 1939)