Deaths: June 7
by bcampos862 | created - 08 Jun 2017 | updated - 7 months ago | Public
1. Signe Hasso
Actress | Heaven Can Wait
Young Signe Larsson was only 12 when she started to work as a child extra at The Royal Dramatic Theater and was the youngest ever enrolled for acting studies there at 16. She quickly got leading roles in movies and always received very good reviews. In 1940 she went to Hollywood and signed a ...
2. Alan Metter
Director | Back to School
Metter grew up in the Boston area, lived in the Hollywood Hills for most of his adult life, and moved to South Florida in 2009.
Alan began his creative life at Doyle Dane Bernbach (DDB), the legendary advertising agency. In the late 1970s, Metter leaped at the opportunity to direct some of the first...
3. Alan Turing
Writer | Turochamp
Alan Turing was born on June 23, 1912 in Maida Vale, London, England, UK. He was a writer, known for Turochamp (1948). He died on June 7, 1954 in Wilmslow, Cheshire, England, UK.
4. Barbara Baxley
Actress | Nashville
Barbara Angie Rose Baxley was born on New Year's Day 1923 to Emma A. & C. Bert Baxley in Porterville, CA. She was the youngest of their two daughters and was named after her grandmothers; Angie Sibley-Tyler and Iva Matilda Rose-Baxley. Barbara attended and graduated with honors from the University ...
5. Ben Roberts
Actor | Jane Eyre
Ben Roberts was born on July 1, 1950 in Bangor, Gwynedd, Wales, UK. He was an actor, known for Jane Eyre (2011), Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (2016) and Another Year (2010). He was married to Helen Lloyd. He died on June 7, 2021 in the UK.
6. Bernardo Neustadt
Actor | Ellos dos y alguién más
Bernardo Neustadt was born on January 9, 1925 in Lasi, Romania. He was an actor, known for Ellos dos y alguién más (1962), The Disappeared (2008) and Biografías no autorizadas (2000). He died on June 7, 2008 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
7. Bill Clark
Actor | Bonanza
Bill Clark was born on February 11, 1919 in Alabama, USA. He was an actor, known for Bonanza (1959) and Young Fury (1964). He died on June 7, 1973 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
8. Bob Sweeney
Director | Hawaii Five-O
Bob Sweeney was born on October 19, 1918 in San Francisco, California, USA. He was a director and producer, known for Hawaii Five-O (1968), Marnie (1964) and The Andros Targets (1977). He was married to Bev. He died on June 7, 1992 in Westlake Village, California, USA.
9. Bob Welch
Soundtrack | Almost Famous
Bob Welch, a native of Los Angeles, California, was a guitarist and vocalist for Fleetwood Mac from 1971 to 1974. He formed the British rock group Paris in 1976 and scored his biggest hit with "Sentimental Lady", which reached No. 8 on the Billboard chart in 1977 and his second biggest was "Ebony ...
10. Chico Landi
Self | Formula 1
Chico Landi was born on July 14, 1907 in São Paulo, Brazil. He died on June 7, 1989 in São Paulo, Brazil.
11. Chiranjeevi Sarja
Actor | Dandam Dashagunam
Chiranjeevi Sarja was born on October 17, 1980 in Bangalore, Karnataka, India. He was an actor, known for Dandam Dashagunam (2011), Seizer (2019) and Ajith (2014). He was married to Meghana Raj. He died on June 7, 2020 in Bangalore, Karnataka, India.
12. Christopher Lee
Actor | Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
Sir Christopher Frank Carandini Lee was perhaps the only actor of his generation to have starred in so many films and cult saga. Although most notable for personifying bloodsucking vampire, Dracula, on screen, he portrayed other varied characters on screen, most of which were villains, whether it ...
13. Dan Duryea
Actor | Too Late for Tears
Dan Duryea was educated at Cornell University and worked in the advertising business before pursuing his career as an actor. Duryea made his Broadway debut in the play "Dead End." The critical acclaim he won for his performance as Leo Hubbard in the Broadway production of "The Little Foxes" led to ...
14. David Douglas Duncan
Underfire: The Untold Story of Pfc. Tony Vaccaro
David Douglas Duncan was born on January 23, 1916 in Kansas City, Missouri, USA. He is known for Underfire: The Untold Story of Pfc. Tony Vaccaro (2016), The Mike Douglas Show (1961) and The David Frost Show (1969). He was married to Sheila Macauley and Leila Khanki. He died on June 7, 2018 in ...
15. Dino Risi
Director | Il sorpasso
Dino Risi became a movie director by chance. In 1940 he met Alberto Lattuada at a friend's boutique. Lattuada told him they needed an assistant director for the movie Piccolo mondo antico (1941). Risi accepted just for fun, not for work. Later, he became a psychiatrist and wrote some articles for a...
16. Doris Carey
Writer | Timothy Carey's Insect Trainer
Doris Carey was born Doris Erica Radlinger on May 17, 1940. Doris met her character actor husband Timothy Carey in 1957 in Germany while Carey was acting in Paths of Glory (1957) for Stanley Kubrick. She had acting roles in the movies The World's Greatest Sinner (1962) and Tweet's Ladies of Pasadena...
17. Earl Lestz
Producer | The Second Opinion
Earl Lestz was born in 1942 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He was a producer, known for The Second Opinion (2008), One Night in Hollywood (2015) and Plymouth Rock Studios: The Series (2009). He was married to Patricia. He died on June 6, 2017 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
18. Edith Thallaug
Actress | Bustenskjold
Edith Thallaug was born on June 16, 1929 in Bærum, Norway. She was an actress, known for Bustenskjold (1958), Kronbruden (1990) and Carmen (1973). She was married to Ulf Björkegren, Bjarne Gullov Larsen and Josef Benczy. She died on June 7, 2020 in Stockholm, Sweden.
19. Eric Francis
Actor | The Meaning of Life
Eric Francis was born on March 21, 1912 in Manchester, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Meaning of Life (1983), Doctor Who (1963) and The Real Charlotte (1990). He died on June 7, 1991 in Battersea, London, England, UK.
20. Floyd Lee
Actor | Beck
Floyd Lee was born on August 20, 1933 in Lamar Mississippi, USA. He was an actor and composer, known for Beck (2010), Full Moon Lightnin' (2008) and Below New York (2011). He died on June 7, 2020 in Columbus, Ohio, USA.
21. Frank Bey
Self | Ask Me How I Feel
Frank Bey was born on January 17, 1946 in Millen, Georgia, USA. He died on June 7, 2020 in Glenolden, Pennsylvania, USA.
22. Gena Turgel
Self | What Did You Do in the War, Auntie? 1939-45
Gena Turgel was born on February 1, 1923 in Kraków, Malopolskie, Poland. She was married to Norman Turgel. She died on June 7, 2018 in the UK.
Gena Turgel
23. Georgia Hale
Actress | The Gold Rush
Georgia Theodora Hale was born on June 27, 1900 in St. Joseph, Missouri. Her parents were George Washington Hale and Laura Imbrie, and her two older sisters were Eugenia and Helen. Soon, her family moved to Illinois. In 1922, she won a beauty contest in Chicago and despite strong disapproval from ...
24. Hubert Gagnon
Actor | Transformers
Hubert Gagnon was born on September 29, 1947 in Quebec, Canada. He was an actor, known for The Transformers (1984), Project-M (2014) and La petite patrie (1974). He died on June 7, 2020 in Longueuil, Quebec, Canada.
25. J. Michael Riva
Production_designer | Iron Man
J. Michael Riva was born on June 28, 1948 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA. He was a production designer and art director, known for Iron Man (2008), The Color Purple (1985) and Django Unchained (2012). He was married to Julia Riva and Wendy Riva. He died on June 7, 2012 in New Orleans, ...
26. Jean Harlow
Actress | China Seas
Harlean Carpenter, who later became Jean Harlow, was born in Kansas City, Missouri, on March 3, 1911. She was the daughter of a successful dentist and his wife. In 1927, at the age of 16, she ran away from home to marry a young businessman named Charles McGrew, who was 23. The couple pulled up ...
27. Jim McKay
Self | ABC's Wide World of Sports
Jim McKay was born on September 24, 1921 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He was a writer and actor, known for ABC's Wide World of Sports (1961), Miracle (2004) and The Verdict Is Yours (1958). He was married to Margaret Dempsey. He died on June 7, 2008 in Monkton, Maryland, USA.
28. Johannes Gabriel
Actor | Der rote Kakadu
Johannes Gabriel was born on November 27, 1969 in Leipzig, German Democratic Republic. He was an actor, known for The Red Cockatoo (2006), In aller Freundschaft (1998) and Police Call 110 (1971). He died on June 7, 2022 in Leipzig, Germany.
29. Judy Holliday
Actress | Born Yesterday
Judy Holliday was born Judith Tuvim in New York City on June 21, 1921. Her mother, a piano teacher, was attending a play when she went into labor and made it to the hospital just in time. Judy was an only child. By the age of four, her mother had her enrolled in ballet school which fostered a ...
30. Julie Payne
Actress | One Step Beyond
Julie Payne was born on July 10, 1940 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She was an actress, known for One Step Beyond (1959), The Wild Wild West (1965) and Don't Make Waves (1967). She was married to Robert Towne and Skip Ward. She died on June 7, 2019 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
31. Ken Riley
Self | The NFL on CBS
Ken Riley was born on August 6, 1947 in Bartow, Florida, USA. He died on June 7, 2020 in Bartow, Florida, USA.
32. Kenny Rankin
Soundtrack | A Change of Seasons
Kenny Rankin was born on February 10, 1940 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for A Change of Seasons (1980), The Secret World of Alex Mack (1994) and Stingray (1986). He was married to Yvonne Rodriguez-Calderone. He died on June 7, 2009 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
33. Lafayette Galvão
Actor | Da Cor do Pecado
Lafayette Galvão was born on July 12, 1931 in Pouso Alegre, Minas Gerais, Brazil. He was an actor and writer, known for Shades of Sin (2004), Adorável Trapalhão (1967) and Mandacaru (1997). He died on June 7, 2019 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
34. Lane Bradford
Actor | Zombies of the Stratosphere
Lane Bradford was born on August 29, 1922 in Yonkers, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Zombies of the Stratosphere (1952), The Invisible Monster (1950) and The Toughest Gun in Tombstone (1958). He was married to Joan Irene Velin and Mary Schrock. He died on June 7, 1973 in Honolulu, Hawaii...
35. Larry Gelman
Actor | Dreamscape
Larry Gelman was born on November 3, 1930 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Dreamscape (1984) and Tales from the Catholic Church of Elvis! (2009). He was married to Trudy Moss and Barbara Gelman. He died on June 7, 2021 in the USA.
36. Leonard Stern
Writer | Get Smart
Leonard Stern was born on December 23, 1922 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a writer and producer, known for Get Smart (1965), He & She (1967) and I'm Dickens, He's Fenster (1962). He was married to Gloria Stroock and Julie Adams. He died on June 7, 2011 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
37. Marcelo Olivero
Actor | Esos que dicen amarse
Marcelo Olivero was born on February 6, 1965 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He was an actor, known for Esos que dicen amarse (1993), Una voz en el teléfono (1990) and El profesor Punk (1988). He died on June 7, 2004 in Buenos Aires, Federal District, Argentina.
Marcelo Taibo
38. Margaret Morris
Actress | Born to the West
Margaret Morris was born on November 7, 1898 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. She was an actress, known for Born to the West (1926), Beasts of Paradise (1923) and The Woman I Love (1929). She died on June 7, 1968 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
39. Michael A. Andrews
Actor | Avenging Angel
Michael A. Andrews was born on August 7, 1949 in St Louis, Missouri, USA. He was an actor, known for Avenging Angel (1985), Malibu Express (1985) and Talking Walls (1987). He died on June 7, 1989 in San Diego County, California, USA.
40. Minken Fosheim
Actress | Karl & Co
Minken Fosheim was born on March 20, 1956 in Oslo, Norway. She was an actress and writer, known for Karl & Co (1998), Fortuna (1993) and Tusenårsfesten (1999). She was married to André Wienskol. She died on June 7, 2018 in Oslo, Norway.
41. Narciso Ibáñez Serrador
Writer | ¿Quién puede matar a un niño?
Narciso Ibáñez Serrador was born on July 4, 1935 in Montevideo, Uruguay. He was a writer and director, known for Who Can Kill a Child? (1976), The House That Screamed (1969) and Historias para no dormir (1966). He was married to Adriana Gardiazábal and Diana Nauta. He died on June 7, 2019 in Madrid...
42. Nonnie Griffin
Actress | Care Bears Movie II: A New Generation
Nonnie Griffin was born on October 22, 1933 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. She was an actress, known for Care Bears Movie II: A New Generation (1986), Encounter (1952) and RoboCop (1994). She died on June 7, 2019 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
44. Paco Stanley
Actor | La carabina de Ambrosio
Paco Stanley was born on July 3, 1942 in Mexico City, Mexico. He was an actor, known for La carabina de Ambrosio (1978), Rubi (1968) and Fallaste corazón (1968). He died on June 7, 1999 in Mexico City, Mexico.
45. Paul Rochester
Self | AFL on ABC
Paul Rochester was born on July 15, 1938 in Lansing, Michigan, USA. He was married to Nancy. He died on June 9, 2020 in Jacksonville, Florida, USA.
46. Pepe Martín
Actor | Estudio 1
Pepe Martín was born on September 7, 1932 in Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. He was an actor, known for Estudio 1 (1965), Novela (1963) and Historias para no dormir (1966). He died on June 7, 2020 in Madrid, Spain.
47. Peter Stringfellow
Actor | Dream Team
Peter Stringfellow was born on October 14, 1940 in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England, UK. He was an actor and producer, known for Dream Team (1997), Footballers' Wives (2002) and Brass Eye (1997). He was married to Bella Wright, Coral and Norma. He died on June 7, 2018 in the UK.
48. Raivo Trass
Actor | Mandariinid
Raivo Trass was born on March 12, 1946 in Estonskaya SSR, USSR. He was an actor and director, known for Tangerines (2013), Riders of Justice (2020) and Keskpäev (1982). He died on June 7, 2022 in Estonia.
49. Richard Ramirez
Self | Great Crimes and Trials of the Twentieth Century
Richard Ramirez was a drifter from Texas who ended up in Los Angeles (the serial killer capital of the world) in the early 1980s when 5 serial killers where committing crimes independent of each other.
Ramirez worked as a car mechanic and did odd jobs while in Los Angeles. He was fascinated with "...
50. Rudy Fernandez
Actor | Bitayin si... Baby Ama!
Rudy Fernandez was born on March 16, 1952 in Manila, Philippines. He was an actor and producer, known for Bitayin si... Baby Ama! (1976), Bingbong: The Vincent Crisologo Story (1991) and Pasukuin si Waway (1984). He was married to Lorna Tolentino. He died on June 7, 2008 in Quezon City, Philippines.
51. Ryszard Bugajski
Director | Przesluchanie
Ryszard Bugajski began his career working with Andrzej Wajda at Studio X in the late 70's. When he was pressured by the secret police to become an informant at the Studio, Bugajski vowed to try and bring down the Communist regime. To that end he shot his first feature film, "Interrogation", as ...
52. Shaleen Surtie-Richards
Actress | Treurgrond
Shaleen Surtie-Richards was born on May 7, 1955 in Upington, South Africa. She was an actress, known for Treurgrond (2015), Egoli: Place of Gold (1991) and Fiela se Kind (1988). She died on June 7, 2021 in Cape Town, South Africa.
53. Stefan Weber
Actor | Faust
Stefan Weber was born on November 8, 1946 in Vienna, Austria. He was an actor and writer, known for Faust (2009), The Uppercrust (1981) and C.S.EI Meidling - Special Agent Dreams (2007). He died on June 7, 2018.
54. Tommy Dysart
Actor | The Man from Snowy River
Tommy Dysart was born on December 24, 1935 in Maryhill, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK. He was an actor, known for The Man from Snowy River (1982), Prisoner (1979) and Against the Wind (1978). He was married to Joan Brockenshire. He died on June 7, 2022 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
55. Tony Rodham
Tony Rodham was born on August 8, 1954 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was married to Nicole Boxer and Megan. He died on June 7, 2019.
56. Tony Wright
Actor | À toi de jouer... Callaghan!!!
Tony Wright was born on December 10, 1925 in London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Beside Murder (1955), The Saint (1962) and Callaghan remet ça (1961). He was married to Shirley Clark and Janet Munro. He died on June 7, 1986 in London, England, UK.
57. Torcuato Di Tella
Self | Ejercicio plástico
Torcuato Di Tella was born on December 29, 1929 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He died on June 7, 2016 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
58. Trevor Goddard
Actor | Mortal Kombat
Trevor Goddard was born in Croydon, Surrey, England on October 14, 1962. His parents, Eric and Clara, and baby Trevor moved to Bromley, Kent, where he grew up. As a natural athlete, Trevor was highly interested in sports. As a youngster, he played football (soccer) and cricket and enjoyed running ...
59. Vernon Washington
Actor | Friday the 13th: A New Beginning
Samuel "Vernon" Washington was born in Hartford, Connecticut, the 8th child of Benjamin and Olive Evans of Dinwiddie County, Virginia and Fredrick, Maryland, respectively. On checking a perpetual Calendar, we learned that Vernon was born on Friday, and according to the nursery rhyme, Friday's child...
61. Zasu Pitts
Actress | Greed
Classic comedienne Zasu Pitts, of the timid, forlorn blue eyes and trademark woebegone vocal pattern and fidgety hands, was born to Rulandus and Nellie (Shay) Pitts, the third of four children on January 3, 1894. Her aged New York-native father, who lost a leg back in the Civil War era, had settled...
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