May 6 - Deaths

Deaths

• 680 – Muawiyah I (b. 602)
• 1475 – Dieric Bouts, Flemish painter (b. c. 1415)
• 1502 – James Tyrrell, English knight, alleged murderer of Edward V of England and the Richard of Shrewsbury, 1st Duke of York (b. c. 1450)
• 1596 – Giaches de Wert, Flemish composer (b. 1535)
• 1620 – Hayyim ben Joseph Vital, Palestinian rabbi (b. 1543)
• 1631 – Robert Bruce Cotton, English politician (b. 1570)
• 1638 – Cornelius Jansen, French bishop and religious reformer (b. 1585)
• 1708 – François de Laval, French bishop (b. 1623)
• 1757 – Maximilian Ulysses Browne, Austrian field marshal (b. 1705)
• 1757 – Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Grafton, English politician (b. 1683)
• 1757 – Kurt Christoph Graf von Schwerin, Prussian field marshal (b. 1684)
• 1840 – Francisco de Paula Santander, Colombian politician (b. 1792)
• 1859 – Alexander von Humboldt, German naturalist and explorer (b. 1769)
• 1862 – Henry David Thoreau, American author and philosopher (b. 1817)
• 1877 – Johan Ludvig Runeberg, Finnish poet (b. 1804)
• 1882 – Thomas Henry Burke, Irish civil servant (b. 1829)
• 1882 – Lord Frederick Cavendish, English politician (b. 1836)
• 1902 – Bret Harte, American author (b. 1836)
• 1910 – Edward VII of the United Kingdom (b. 1841)
• 1913 – Alexandros Schinas, Greek assassin of King George I of Greece (b. 1870)
• 1919 – L. Frank Baum, American writer (b. 1856)
• 1939 – Konstantin Somov, Russian writer (b. 1869)
• 1949 – Maurice Maeterlinck, Belgian writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1862)
• 1951 – Élie Cartan, French mathematician (b. 1869)
• 1952 – Maria Montessori, Italian educator (b. 1870)
• 1961 – Lucian Blaga, Romanian poet, playwright, and philosopher (b. 1895)
• 1963 – Theodore von Kármán, Hungarian physicist (b. 1881)
• 1963 – Ted Weems, American bandleader and musician (b. 1901)
• 1963 – Monty Woolley, American actor (b. 1888)
• 1967 – Zhou Zuoren, Chinese writer (b. 1885)
• 1970 – Aleksandr Rodzyanko, Russian general (b. 1879)
• 1972 – Deniz Gezmiş, Turkish activist (b. 1947)
• 1973 – Ernest MacMillan, Canadian conductor and composer (b. 1893)
• 1975 – József Mindszenty, Hungarian cardinal (b. 1892)
• 1983 – Kai Winding, American trombonist and composer (b. 1922)
• 1984 – Bonner Pink, English politician (b. 1912)
• 1984 – Mary Cain, American editor and politician (b. 1904)
• 1985 – Julie Vega, Filipino actress, singer, and model (b. 1968)
• 1987 – William Casey, American CIA director (b. 1913)
• 1989 – Earl Blaik, American football coach (b. 1897)
• 1990 – Charles Farrell, American actor (b. 1901)
• 1991 – Wilfrid Hyde-White, English actor (b. 1903)
• 1992 – Marlene Dietrich, German actress (b. 1901)
• 1992 – Gaston Reiff, Belgian athlete (b. 1921)
• 1992 – Jilly Rizzo, American restaurateur (b. 1917)
• 1993 – Ann Todd, English actress (b. 1909)
• 1995 – Noel Brotherston, Irish footballer (b. 1956)
• 1995 – Maria Pia de Saxe-Coburgo e Bragança, Portuguese claimant to the throne of Portugal (b. 1907)
• 2000 – Gordon McClymont, Australian agricultural scientist. Originator of the term "sustainable agriculture" (b. 1920)
• 2002 – Murray Adaskin, Canadian violinist, composer, conductor, and teacher (b. 1906)
• 2002 – Otis Blackwell, American singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1932)
• 2002 – Pim Fortuyn, Dutch politician (b. 1948)
• 2003 – Art Houtteman, American baseball player (b. 1927)
• 2004 – Philip Kapleau, American Zen Buddhism teacher (b. 1912)
• 2004 – Barney Kessel, American jazz guitarist (The Wrecking Crew) (b. 1923)
• 2006 – Lillian Asplund, American Titanic survivor (b. 1906)
• 2006 – Shigeru Kayano, Japanese activist (b. 1926)
• 2006 – Grant McLennan, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Go-Betweens) (b. 1958)
• 2006 – Lorne Saxberg, Canadian journalist (b. 1958)
• 2007 – Enéas Carneiro, Brazilian politician (b. 1938)
• 2007 – Curtis Harrington, American director (b. 1926)
• 2007 – Đorđe Novković, Croatian songwriter (b. 1943)
• 2009 – Kevin Grubb, American race car driver (b. 1978)
• 2009 – Viola Wills, American popsinger (b. 1939)
• 2010 – Robin Roberts, American baseball player (b. 1926)
• 2012 – Fahd al-Quso, Yemeni terrorist (b. 1974)
• 2012 – Pat Frink, American basketball player (b. 1945)
• 2012 – Iraj Ghaderi, Iranian actor and director (b. 1935)
• 2012 – James Isaac, American director and visual effects specialist (b. 1960)
• 2012 – Félix Kouadjo, Ivorian bishop (b. 1939)
• 2012 – Jean Laplanche, French author, theorist and psychoanalyst (b. 1924)
• 2012 – George Lindsey, American actor (b. 1928)
• 2012 – Jan Trøjborg, Danish politician (b. 1955)