July 6th
142 Notable deaths
Buddy Ebsen
American actor and dancer (1908-2003).
Born April 2nd, 1908 in Belleville. [ref]
Died July 6th, 2003 at 95 years old in Torrance (pneumonia). [ref]
Roy Rogers
American actor and singer (1911-1998).
Born November 5th, 1911 in Cincinnati. [ref]
Died July 6th, 1998 at 86 years old in Apple Valley (heart failure). [ref]
Charlie Daniels
American singer and musician.
Born October 28th, 1936 in Wilmington.
Died July 6th, 2020 at 83 years old in Hermitage (stroke). [ref]
Eric Douglas
American actor and stand-up comedian.
Born June 21st, 1958 in Los Angeles.
Died July 6th, 2004 at 46 years old in New York City (drug overdose).
Władysław Szpilman
Polish pianist, composer, holocaust survivor.
Born December 5th, 1911 in Sosnowiec. [ref]
Died July 6th, 2000 at 88 years old in Warsaw.
Maupassant
French writer (1850-1893).
Born August 5th, 1850 in Tourville-sur-Arques. [ref]
Died July 6th, 1893 at 42 years old in Passy (syphilis). [ref]
Shoko Asahara
Founder of the japanese new religious group aum shinrikyo.
Born March 2nd, 1955 in Yatsushiro.
Died July 6th, 2018 at 63 years old in Tokyo Detention House (hanging). [ref]
Brandon deWilde
American stage and film actor (1942-1972).
Born April 9th, 1942 in Brooklyn.
Died July 6th, 1972 at 30 years old in Denver (traffic collision).
Gary M. Heidnik
American serial killer.
Born November 22nd, 1943 in Eastlake.
Died July 6th, 1999 at 55 years old in Centre County (lethal injection).
Maria Goretti
Italian saint.
Born October 16th, 1890 in Corinaldo.
Died July 6th, 1902 at 11 years old in Nettuno.
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It is the fate — the genetic and neural fate — of every human being to be a unique individual, to find his own path, to live his own life, to die his own death. Oliver Sacks