June 11 - Deaths

Deaths

• 1183 – Henry the Young King, son of Henry II of England (b. 1155)
• 1216 – Henry of Flanders, Emperor of the Latin Empire
• 1488 – King James III of Scotland (b. 1451)
• 1557 – King John III of Portugal (b. 1502)
• 1695 – André Félibien, French architect (b. 1619)
• 1712 – Louis Joseph, duc de Vendôme, Marshal of France (b. 1654)
• 1727 – King George I of Great Britain (b. 1660)
• 1796 – Samuel Whitbread, English brewer (Whitbread Group PLC) and politician (b. 1720)
• 1847 – John Franklin, English sea captain and explorer (b. 1786)
• 1852 – Karl Briullov, Russian painter (b. 1799)
• 1858 – Klemens Wenzel von Metternich, Austrian statesman (b. 1773)
• 1879 – Prince Willem of the Netherlands, disgraced heir apparent to the Dutch throne (b. 1840)
• 1882 – Louis Maigret, Roman Catholic prelate (b. 1804)
• 1903 – Nikolai Bugaev, Russian mathematician (b. 1837)
• 1903 – Alexander Obrenovich, King of Serbia (b. 1876)
• 1911 – James Curtis Hepburn, American missionary and linguist (b. 1815)
• 1914 – Adolf Friedrich V, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (b. 1848)
• 1920 – William F. Halsey, Sr., United States Naval Officer (b. 1853)
• 1924 – Théodore Dubois, French composer and teacher (b. 1837)
• 1927 – William Attewell, English cricketer (b. 1861)
• 1934 – Lev Vygotsky, Russian psychologist (b. 1896)
• 1936 – Robert E. Howard, American writer (b. 1906)
• 1937 – R. J. (Reginald Joseph) Mitchell, British aircraft designer (b. 1895)
• 1941 – Daniel Carter Beard, founder of the Boy Scouts of America (b. 1850)
• 1963 – Thích Quảng Đức, Vietnamese Buddhist monk (b. 1897)
• 1965 – José Mendes Cabeçadas, 95^th Prime Minister of Portugal and 9^th President of Portugal (b. 1883)
• 1970 – Earl Grant, American pianist, organist and singer (b. 1931)
• 1970 – Frank Laubach, Christian missionary (b. 1884)
• 1970 – William 'Billy Batts' Devino, American crime figure (b. 1921)
• 1974 – Julius Evola, Italian philosopher (b. 1898)
• 1974 – Eurico Gaspar Dutra, President of Brazil (b. 1883)
• 1976 – Jim Konstanty, American baseball player (b. 1917)
• 1979 – John Wayne, American actor (b. 1907)
• 1982 – Al Rinker, American singer (The Rhythm Boys) (b. 1907)
• 1984 – Enrico Berlinguer, Italian politician (b. 1922)
• 1985 – Karen Ann Quinlan, American right-to-die cause célèbre (b. 1954)
• 1985 – Sapfo Notara, Greek actress (b. 1907)
• 1986 – Chesley Bonestell, American engineer, architect and artist (b. 1888)
• 1991 – Cromwell Everson, South African composer (b. 1925)
• 1993 – Ray Sharkey, American actor (b. 1952)
• 1996 – Brigitte Helm, German actress (b. 1908)
• 1998 – Catherine Cookson, British novelist (b. 1906)
• 1999 – DeForest Kelley, American actor (b. 1920)
• 2001 – Timothy McVeigh, American terrorist (b. 1968)
• 2001 – Amalia Mendoza, Mexican singer (b. 1923)
• 2003 – David Brinkley, American television reporter (b. 1920)
• 2004 – Egon von Furstenberg, Swiss fashion designer (b. 1946)
• 2005 – Vasco Gonçalves, Portuguese general (b. 1922)
• 2006 – Bruce Shand, father of Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall (b. 1917)
• 2006 – Michael Bartosh, computer expert and author (b. 1977)
• 2006 – Neroli Fairhall, New Zealand archer (b. 1944)
• 2007 – Imre Friedmann, American scientist (b. 1921)
• 2007 – Mala Powers, American film actress (b. 1931)
• 2008 – Võ Văn Kiệt, former prime minister of Vietnam (b. 1922)
• 2008 – Ove Andersson, Swedish rally driver (b. 1938)
• 2008 – Miroslav Dvořák, Czechoslovak ice hockey player (b. 1951)
• 2010 – Zenani Mandela, Nelson Mandela's great granddaughter (b. 1997)