Deaths: June 16

1. Susan Tyrrell

Actress | Cry-Baby

A bizarre, gloriously one-of-a-kind Hollywood gypsy and self-affirmed outcast, San Francisco-born actress Susan Tyrrell (born Susan Jillian Creamer) was a teenager when she made her stage debut in "Time Out for Ginger" in 1962. A product of the entertainment industry, her father was a top agent at ...

2. Adam Litovitz

Composer | Octavio Is Dead!

Adam Litovitz was born on August 17, 1982 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He was a composer and writer, known for Octavio Is Dead! (2018), Year of the Carnivore (2009) and Three Movements (2013). He died on June 16, 2019 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

3. Adina Mandlová

Actress | Kouzelný dum

Adina Mandlová was born on January 28, 1910 in Mladá Boleslav, Austria-Hungary [now Czech Republic]. She was an actress, known for The Magic House (1939), Pacientka Dr. Hegla (1940) and Prítelkyne pana ministra (1940). She was married to Ben Pearson and Joe Knight. She died on June 16, 1991 ...

4. Alan Brinkley

Baseball

Alan Brinkley was born on June 2, 1949 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA. He is known for Baseball (1994), George Wallace: Settin' the Woods on Fire (2000) and The Supreme Court (2007). He was married to Evangeline Morphos. He died on June 16, 2019 in Manhatten, New York City, New York, USA.

5. Bernarda Seitz

Bernarda Seitz was born on June 19, 1927 in General Acha, La Pampa, Argentina. She died on June 16, 2014 in Quilmes, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

6. Brenda Maddox

Writer | Nora

Brenda Maddox was born on February 24, 1932 in Bridgewater, Massachusetts, USA. She was a writer, known for Nora (2000), Are You Being Served Well? (1986) and Masterpieces of Vienna (2007). She was married to John Maddox. She died on June 16, 2019 in London, England, UK.

7. Carlos Rivas

Actor | The King and I

Carlos Rivas was born on February 16, 1925 in El Paso, Texas, USA. He was an actor and producer, known for The King and I (1956), True Grit (1969) and Topaz (1969). He was married to Sylvia. He died on June 16, 2003 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

8. Claudia Bryar

Actress | Psycho II

Claudia Bryar was born on May 18, 1918 in Guymon, Oklahoma, USA. She was an actress, known for Psycho II (1983), Bad Company (1972) and Hill Street Blues (1981). She was married to Paul Bryar. She died on June 16, 2011 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

9. Frank LaMere

Self | Sober Indian Dangerous Indian

10. George Reeves

Actor | Adventures of Superman

George Reeves was born George Keefer Brewer in Woolstock, Iowa, to Helen Roberta (Lescher) and Donald C. Brewer. He was of German, English, and Scottish descent. Following his parents' divorce and his mother's remarriage to Frank J. Bessolo, Reeves was raised in Pasadena, California, and educated ...

11. Gilberto Galimberti

Assistant_director | Orinoco: Prigioniere del sesso

Gilberto Galimberti was born on February 25, 1933 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. He was an actor. He died on June 16, 2017 in Rome, Italy.

12. John G. Avildsen

Director | Rocky

John G. Avildsen was born on December 21, 1935 in Oak Park, Illinois, USA. He was a director and editor, known for Rocky (1976), The Karate Kid Part III (1989) and Rocky V (1990). He was married to Tracy Brooks Swope and Marie Olga Maturevich. He died on June 16, 2017 in Los Angeles, California, ...

13. Kim Milford

Actor | Laserblast

Richard Kim Milford was an actor-singer-songwriter-composer-dancer who first appeared in SummerStock Theatre in Chicago at age 10. At age 17 he was in the original staging of Hair (he played Woof and Claude). In 1970 he was awarded the Faith and Freedom Award by the Religious Heritage of America ...

14. Louise Latimer

Actress | Bunker Bean

Born and raised in Brooklyn and following completion of her academic career at the Eramus Hall High School, Louise began her career as fashion model for Macy's Department Store. Her success in this field brought her to Hollywood in 1934 beginning with My Mummy's Arms. A contract player she floated ...

15. Martin Bregman

Producer | Dog Day Afternoon

Martin Bregman was born on May 18, 1926 in The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA. He was a producer and actor, known for Dog Day Afternoon (1975), The Shadow (1994) and The Adventures of Pluto Nash (2002). He was married to Cornelia Sharpe and Elizabeth Driscoll. He died on June 16, 2018 in New ...

16. Nicholas Ray

Director | Rebel Without a Cause

Nicholas Ray was born Raymond Nicholas Kienzle in 1911, in small-town Galesville, Wisconsin, to Lena (Toppen) and Raymond Joseph Kienzle, a contractor and builder. He was of German and Norwegian descent. Ray's early experience with film came with some radio broadcasting in high school. He left the ...

17. Reginald Denny

Actor | Rebecca

Sometime in the early 1930s, Denny was between scenes on a movie set when he met a neighborhood boy who was trying to fly a bulky gas-powered model plane. When he tried to help by making an adjustment on the machine, Denny succeeded only in wrecking it. But this launched his infatuation with model ...

18. Ronald Neame

Producer | Great Expectations

A British filmmaker who, over the years, worked as assistant director, cinematographer, producer, writer and ultimately director, Ronald Neame was born on April 23, 1911. His father, Elwin Neame, was a film director and his mother, Ivy Close, was a film star. During the 1920s, he started working at...

19. Stephen Furst

Actor | National Lampoon's Animal House

Stephen Furst was born on May 8, 1954 in Norfolk, Virginia, USA. He was an actor and director, known for National Lampoon's Animal House (1978), Babylon 5 (1993) and The Dream Team (1989). He was married to Lorraine Furst. He died on June 16, 2017 in Moorpark, California, USA.

20. Suzan Pitt

Director | Crocus

Suzan Pitt was born on July 11, 1943 in Kansas City, Missouri, USA. She was a director and writer, known for Crocus (1971), Asparagus (1979) and Visitation (2013). She was married to Alan Kraning. She died on June 16, 2019 in Taos, New Mexico, USA.

21. Tony Gwynn

Self | Yankeeography

There is probably no one who has won over the public in San Diego as much as Tony Gwynn has. While Tony Gwynn the baseball player is worthy of Hall of Fame status, it is Tony Gwynn the human being that endeared himself to many San Diegans.

Born in Los Angeles in 1960, Gwynn grew up in Long Beach ...

22. Vernon Presley

Self | Elvis on Tour

Vernon Presley was born on April 10, 1916 in Fulton, Mississippi, USA. He was an actor, known for Elvis on Tour (1972), Hee Haw (1969) and Elvis in Concert (1977). He was married to Davada "Dee" Stanley and Gladys Presley. He died on June 26, 1979 in Memphis, Tennessee, USA.

23. Wolfgang Danne

Self | Snowtime Special