June 21st
141 Notable deaths
Elliott Reid
American film and television actor (1920-2013).
Born January 16th, 1920 in Manhattan.
Died June 21st, 2013 at 93 years old in Studio City (heart failure).
Madman Muntz
American businessman and engineer.
Born January 3rd, 1914 in Elgin.
Died June 21st, 1987 at 73 years old in Rancho Mirage (lung cancer).
Johannes Stark
German physicist (1874-1957).
Born April 15th, 1874 in Freihung.
Died June 21st, 1957 at 83 years old in Traunstein.
Richard Adler
American lyricist, writer, composer and producer of several broadway shows (1921-2012).
Born August 3rd, 1921 in New York City.
Died June 21st, 2012 at 90 years old in Southampton. [ref]
Gunther Schuller
American composer, conductor, horn player, author, historian, and jazz musician.
Born November 22nd, 1925 in New York City.
Died June 21st, 2015 at 89 years old in Boston (leukemia). [ref]
Prince Alexander, Prince of Orange
Dutch royal heir (1851-1884).
Born August 25th, 1851 in The Hague. [ref]
Died June 21st, 1884 at 32 years old in The Hague (typhoid fever, typhus). [ref]
Magnus von Braun
German engineer.
Born May 10th, 1919 in Greifswald.
Died June 21st, 2003 at 84 years old in Phoenix.
Erich Brandenberger
German general.
Born July 15th, 1892 in Augsburg.
Died June 21st, 1955 at 62 years old in Bonn.
Anna Schwartz
American economist.
Born November 11th, 1915 in New York City.
Died June 21st, 2012 at 96 years old in New York City. [ref]
D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson
Scottish biologist, mathematician, and classics scholar.
Born May 2nd, 1860 in Edinburgh. [ref]
Died June 21st, 1948 at 88 years old in St Andrews. [ref]
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I could just remember how my father used to say that the reason for living was to get ready to stay dead a long time. William Faulkner