Famous Deaths for 24th June 2026

1707 – Kaspar von Stieler, German poet (Teutsche Wolredner), dies at 74
1798 – Archduchess Maria Christina, Duchess of Teschen and Governor of the Austrian Netherlands, dies at 56
1817 – Thomas McKean, American attorney and politician (signed US Declaration of Independence), dies at 83
1846 – Jan Frans Willems, Flemish writer and philologist, dies at 53
1882 – Joseph Joachim Raff, German opera composer (Cavatine), dies at 60
1970 – Man Singh II, Maharajah of Jaipur State, dies at 57
1973 – Mary Carr, American actress (Forbidden Trail, 2nd Wife), dies at 99
1995 – Inshan Ali, West Indian cricketer (WI chinaman bowler 1971-77), dies at 45
1999 – Jim Allen, British socialist, screenwriter and playwright (Days of Hope, Perdition), dies at 72
2008 – Viktor Kuzkin, Soviet ice hockey player (Olympic gold 1964, 68, 72), dies at 67

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