June 19th
142 Notable deaths
Grace Abbott
Social worker.
Born November 17th, 1878 in Grand Island.
Died June 19th, 1939 at 60 years old in Chicago (multiple myeloma).
Kathleen McKane Godfree
English badminton and tennis player (1896-1992).
Born May 7th, 1896 in Bayswater.
Died June 19th, 1992 at 96 years old in London. [ref]
Aggelos Sikelianos
Greek poet and writer.
Born March 15th, 1884 in Lefkada.
Died June 19th, 1951 at 67 years old in Athens. [ref]
Jean Delannoy
French film director, screenwriter, film editor and actor.
Born January 12th, 1908 in Noisy-le-Sec. [ref]
Died June 19th, 2008 at 100 years old in Guainville (disease). [ref]
Yossele Rosenblatt
American singer.
Born May 2nd, 1882 in Bila Tserkva.
Died June 19th, 1933 at 51 years old in Jerusalem.
Vladimir Nazor
Croatian writer and politician (1876-1949).
Born May 30th, 1876 in Postira. [ref]
Died June 19th, 1949 at 73 years old in Zagreb. [ref]
Ivan Dias
Catholic cardinal (1936-2017).
Born April 14th, 1936 in Mumbai.
Died June 19th, 2017 at 81 years old in Rome. [ref]
James Collip
Academic, part of group that isolated insulin (1892-1965).
Born November 20th, 1892 in Belleville. [ref]
Died June 19th, 1965 at 72 years old in London.
Harald Sohlberg
Norwegian painter (1860-1935).
Born November 29th, 1869 in Christiania. [ref]
Died June 19th, 1935 at 65 years old in Christiania. [ref]
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He who is not busy being born is busy dying. Bob Dylan