Famous Deaths for 22nd June 2026

1846 – Benjamin Haydon, British painter (Waiting for The Times), commits suicide at 60
1906 – Fritz Schaudinn, German zoologist (examined syphilis), dies at 34
1945 – Isamu Tsjo, Japanese chief-staff 32nd Army, commits harakiri
1950 – Julio Fonseca, Costa Rican composer, dies at 65
1969 – Judy Garland [Frances Gumm], American actress (The Wizard of Oz; Meet Me In St. Louis; Easter Parade), and singer (“Over The Rainbow”); dies at 47; coroner determines cause as unintentional, incautious overdose of prescription barbiturates
1979 – (Walter) “Pee Wee” Hunt, American jazz trombonist (Casa Loma Orchestra, 1929-43; “Twelfth Street Rag”, “Oh!”), and bandleader, dies at 72
1989 – Lucien Saulnier, Canadian politician, dies at 72
1994 – L. V. Prasad, Indian pioneering filmmaker, dies at 87
1997 – Ted Gärdestad, Swedish singer (b. 1956)
2003 – Brian Dillon, British lawyer and judge, Lord Justice of Appeal (1982-94), dies at 77

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