Famous Deaths for 4th June 2026

1257 – Duke Przemysl I of Poland
1463 – Flavio Biondi, Italian writer (Rome instaurata), dies at about 65
1925 – Pierre Louÿs, French writer (Aphrodite), dies at 54
1972 – A.C. Bilbrew (née Harris), American poet, composer (“The Death of Emmett Till”), singer, choral conductor, and radio personality, dies at 81
1973 – Murray Wilson, father of the Beach Boys: Brian, Carl, and Dennis, dies at 55
2011 – Andreas P. Nielsen, Danish author and composer, dies at 58
2012 – Pedro Borbón, Dominican baseball pitcher (World Series 1975, 76; Cincinnati Reds), dies from cancer at 65
2017 – Juan Goytisolo Gay, Spanish novelist and essayist (Marks of Identity, Count Julian), dies at 86
2019 – Jiggs Kalra, Indian food writer “Czar of Indian cuisine”, dies at 72
2021 – Friederike Mayröcker, Austrian poet and author (Death by Muses, Requiem for Ernst Jandl), dies at 96

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