Famous Deaths for 30th June 2026

1874 – James Cantey, Brigadier General of the Confederate Army, dies at 55
1889 – Eugenio Terziani, Italian composer and music director (Teatro Apollo; La Scala), dies at 64
1905 – John Hay, American politician and statesman who was a private secretary to Abraham Lincoln and US Secretary of State (1898-1905), dies at 66
1938 – Milan Rakic, Serbian poet (Nove Pesme), dies at 61
1942 – Arnoldus Johannes Hubertus Aerts, Dutch bishop of New Guinea, executed at 62
1946 – Michael Zadora, American composer and pianist, dies at 64
1948 – Karl Wolfskehl, German Jewish writer, dies at 78
2005 – Clancy Eccles, Jamaican ska and reggae singer-songwriter (The Dynamites, “Feel the Rhythm”), and record producer, dies of complications after a heart attack at 64
2011 – Barry Bremen, American sports imposter and businessman (b. 1947)
2023 – Vahidin Musemi?, Bosnian soccer striker (17 caps Yugoslavia; FK Sarajevo, OGC Nice), dies at 76

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