Deaths: June 10
by bcampos862 | created - 11 Jun 2017 | updated - 10 Jun 2020 | Public
1. George Chandler
Actor | The High and the Mighty
After military service during the First World War, Chandler studied at the University of Illinois, financing his studies by playing jazz violin in a band. During the early 1920's, he returned to the vaudeville circuit and began in films from 1928. Most of his early efforts were short one- and ...
2. Antoni Gaudí
Self | Kentler Ve Gölgeler
Gaudi y Cornet initially completed an apprenticeship as a blacksmith. In 1872 he began studying at the Escola Superior d'Arquitectura in Barcelona. While still studying, he and another Catalan architect designed the fountain system in the Parc de la Ciutadella in Barcelona. The building project was...
3. Bruno Lawrence
Actor | The Quiet Earth
This New Zealander's oddly diverse talents made him a character star and cult icon there and in Australia in his relatively short life. Born in Sussex, England, on February 12, 1941, Bruno Lawrence (real name David Charles Lawrence) and his family settled in New Zealand when he was just a ...
4. Crazy Mohan
Writer | Eega
Founder of the popular drama troupe 'Crazy Creations' (1973). Which has performed over 5000 plays across Tamil Nadu, most of the themes involving satire and witty dialogue.
In addition to stage plays and TV-series, he has also written number of comedy films, like Michael Madana Kama Rajan, Apoorva ...
5. Dorothy Cotton
Soundtrack | Soundtrack for a Revolution
Dorothy Cotton was born on June 9, 1930 in Goldsboro, North Carolina, USA. She was married to George Cotton. She died on June 10, 2018 in Ithaca, New York, USA.
6. Elizabeth Hartman
Actress | A Patch of Blue
A slender, striking, red-haired, freckle-faced American leading lady, Mary Elizabeth Hartman was born in Boardman, Ohio on December 23, 1943, as the middle of three children born to building contractor Bill C. Hartman (May 7, 1914, Ohio - October 26, 1964, Youngstown, Ohio) and housewife Claire ...
7. Girish Karnad
Writer | Ondanondu Kaladalli
Girish Karnad was born on 19th May 1938 in Matheran, Maharashtra. He is acclaimed for his contemporary playwrights in Kannada. He is also an actor, director and screen writer. He was conferred Padma Shri and Padma Bhushan by the Government of India and won four Filmfare Awards where three are ...
8. Gordie Howe
Actor | E.N.G.
Gordie Howe is a Canadian professional ice hockey player. From 1946 to 1980, he played twenty-six seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) and six seasons in the World Hockey Association (WHA). His first 25 seasons were spent with the Detroit Red Wings. Nicknamed Mr. Hockey, Howe is considered ...
9. Ib Nørholm
Composer | Landskaber
Ib Nørholm was born on January 24, 1931 in Copenhagen, Denmark. He was a composer, known for Landskaber (1997), Skyggen (1975) and Rejsekammeraten (1972). He died on June 10, 2019 in Denmark.
10. Jenny Maxwell
Actress | Blue Hawaii
Jenny Maxwell was an American actress of Norwegian descent. She had a relatively brief career during the late 1950s and the 1960s. Her most substantial role was that of Ellie Corbett in the musical comedy "Blue Hawaii" (1961), depicted as a flirtatious teenage girl who has suicidal thoughts.
Maxwell...
11. Jo Van Fleet
Actress | East of Eden
Jo Van Fleet was born on December 29, 1915 in Oakland, California. She established herself as a notable dramatic actress on Broadway over several years, winning a Tony Award in 1954 for her skill in a difficult role, playing an unsympathetic, even abusive character, in Horton Foote's "The Trip to ...
12. John Gotti
Self | Inside the Mafia
John Gotti was born on October 27, 1940 in Bronx, New York City, New York, USA. He was married to Victoria DiGiorgio. He died on June 10, 2002 in Springfield, Missouri, USA.
13. Liliana Ross
Actress | Machos
Liliana Ross was born on March 30, 1939 in Genoa, Italy. She was an actress, known for Machos (2003), La Sexóloga (2012) and Adrenalina (1996). She was married to Raoul Pinno and Hugo Miller. She died on June 10, 2018 in Vitacura, Santiago, Región Metropolitana, Chile.
14. Louis L'Amour
Writer | Hondo
Louis L'Amour was born on March 22, 1908 in Jamestown, North Dakota, USA. He was a writer, known for Hondo (1953), East of Sumatra (1953) and Apache Territory (1958). He was married to Kathy Adams. He died on June 10, 1988 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
15. Michael Rennie
Actor | The Day the Earth Stood Still
The British actor Michael Rennie worked as a car salesman and factory manager before he turned to acting. A meeting with a Gaumont-British Studios casting director led to Rennie's first acting job - that of stand-in for Robert Young in Secret Agent (1936) directed by Alfred Hitchcock. He put his ...
16. Mikki Jamison
Actress | Wonder Woman
Mikki Jamison was born on November 13, 1942 in Spokane, Washington, USA. She was an actress, known for Wonder Woman (1975), Life with Archie (1962) and Beach Ball (1965). She was married to John Rovtar, Gary K. Olsen, John P. Trueblood and Jimmy Griffin. She died on June 10, 2013 in Spokane, ...
17. Neal E. Boyd
Self | Christmas in Rockefeller Center
Neal E. Boyd was born on November 18, 1975 in Missouri, USA. He died on June 10, 2018 in Sikeston, Missouri, USA.
18. Paddy Feeny
Self | Young Scientists of the Year
Paddy Feeny was born on April 25, 1931 in Liverpool, England, UK. He was married to Patricia Brewer and Dee Feeny. He died on June 10, 2018 in Burgess Hill, West Sussex, England, UK.
19. Peter Whitehead
Director | Fire in the Water
Peter Whitehead was born on January 8, 1937 in Liverpool, England, UK. He was a director and cinematographer, known for Fire in the Water (1977), Terrorism Considered as One of the Fine Arts (2009) and The Benefit of the Doubt (1967). He was married to Liza Tsyzina-Whitehead, Dido Goldsmith and ...
20. Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Writer | Faustrecht der Freiheit
Above all, Rainer Werner Fassbinder was a rebel whose life and art was marked by gross contradiction. Openly homosexual, he married twice; one of his wives acted in his films and the other served as his editor. Accused variously by detractors of being anticommunist, male chauvinist, antiSemitic and...
21. Ray Charles
Actor | The Blues Brothers
A tragic fate may have given this visionary a heightened sensitivity, perception, awareness, even expansion to his obvious musical gifts that he may have never touched upon had he not suffered from his physical affliction. Whatever it was, Ray Charles revolutionized American music and was ...
22. Richard Quine
Director | The Mickey Rooney Show
Richard Quine was born on November 12, 1920 in Detroit, Michigan, USA. He was a director and writer, known for The Mickey Rooney Show (1954), The Cockeyed Miracle (1946) and Strangers When We Meet (1960). He was married to Diana Balfour, Fran Jeffries, Barbara Bushman and Susan Peters. He died on ...
23. Richard Webb
Actor | Out of the Past
Richard Webb was born on September 9, 1915 in Bloomington, Illinois, USA. He was an actor, known for Out of the Past (1947), Sullivan's Travels (1941) and Captain Midnight (1954). He was married to Florence Pauline Mendelsohn and Elizabeth Regina Sterns. He died on June 10, 1993 in Van Nuys, Los ...
24. Robert Chartoff
Producer | Creed
Robert Chartoff was born on August 26, 1933 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a producer, known for Creed (2015), Rocky (1976) and Raging Bull (1980). He was married to Jenny Weyman-Cockle, Vanessa Howard and Phyllis Raphael. He died on June 10, 2015 in Santa Monica, California, USA.
25. Roberto Dairiens
Actor | La nona
Roberto Dairiens was born on February 17, 1929 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He was an actor, known for Grandma (1979), Las minas de Salomón Rey (1986) and Las barras bravas (1985). He died on June 10, 2011 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
26. Spencer Tracy
Actor | Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
Spencer Tracy was the second son born on April 5, 1900, to truck salesman John Edward and Caroline Brown Tracy in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. While attending Marquette Academy, he and classmate Pat O'Brien quit school to enlist in the Navy at the start of World War I. Tracy was still at Norfolk Navy Yard...
27. Sven-David Sandström
Composer | Äntligen!
Sven-David Sandström was born on October 30, 1942 in Motala, Sweden. He was a composer, known for Äntligen! (1984), Facklorna (1991) and Ett drömspel (1980). He died on June 10, 2019 in Sweden.
28. Valentin de Vargas
Actor | To Live and Die in L.A.
Valentin de Vargas was born on April 26, 1935 in Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA. He was an actor and director, known for To Live and Die in L.A. (1985), Touch of Evil (1958) and Hatari! (1962). He was married to M. Diana Pace, Nome Jones and Arlene McQuade. He died on June 10, 2013 in Tulsa, Oklahoma...
29. William Inge
Writer | Splendor in the Grass
William (Motter) Inge brought small-town life in the American Midwest to Broadway with four successive dramatic triumphs: "Come Back Little Sheba" (1950), "Picnic" (1953; Pulitzer Prize), "Bus Stop" (1955) and "The Dark at the Top of the Stairs" (1957). With the exception of his Academy ...
30. Yuzuru Fujimoto
Actor | Metal Gear Solid: Integral
Yuzuru Fujimoto was born on September 24, 1935 in Tokyo, Japan. He was an actor, known for Metal Gear Solid: Integral (1999), Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence (2004) and Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty (2001). He died on June 10, 2019 in Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan.
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