Died on This Day: June 30

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The following folks died on June 30.

350 – Nepotianus, Roman ruler

1538 – Charles II, Duke of Guelders (b. 1467)

1796 – Abraham Yates Jr., American lawyer and politician (b. 1724)

1934 – Karl Ernst, German soldier (b. 1904)

1934 – Kurt von Schleicher, German general and politician, 23rd Chancellor of Germany (b. 1882)

1966 – Margery Allingham, English author of detective fiction (b. 1904)

1968 – Ernst Marcus, German zoologist (b. 1893)

1971 – Georgi Asparuhov, Bulgarian footballer (b. 1943)

1971 – Herbert Biberman, American director and screenwriter (b. 1900)

1971 – Georgy Dobrovolsky Ukrainian pilot and astronaut (b. 1928)

1971 – Nikola Kotkov, Bulgarian footballer (b. 1938)

1971 – Viktor Patsayev, Kazakh engineer and astronaut (b. 1933)

1971 – Vladislav Volkov, Russian engineer and astronaut (b. 1935)

1973 – Nancy Mitford, English journalist and author (b. 1904)

1973 – Vasyl Velychkovsky, Ukrainian-Canadian bishop and martyr (b. 1903)

1974 – Vannevar Bush, American engineer and academic (b. 1890)

1976 – Firpo Marberry, American baseball player and umpire (b. 1898)

1984 – Lillian Hellman, American author and playwright (b. 1905)

1985 – Haruo Remeliik, Palauan politician, 1st President of Palau (b. 1933)

1995 – Georgy Beregovoy, Ukrainian general and astronaut (b. 1921)

1995 – Gale Gordon, American actor and voice artist (b. 1906)

1996 – Lakis Petropoulos, Greek footballer and manager (b. 1932)

2001 – Chet Atkins, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1924)

2001 – Joe Henderson, American saxophonist and composer (b. 1937)

2002 – Chico Xavier, Brazilian medium and author (b. 1910)

2003 – Buddy Hackett, American actor and comedian (b. 1924)

2003 – Robert McCloskey, American author and illustrator (b. 1915)

2007 – Sahib Singh Verma, Indian librarian and politician, 4th Chief Minister of Delhi (b. 1943)

2009 – Pina Bausch, German dancer, choreographer, and director (b. 1940)

2009 – Harve Presnell, American actor and singer (b. 1933)

2012 – Michael Abney-Hastings, 14th Earl of Loudoun, English-Australian politician (b. 1942)

2012 – Yitzhak Shamir, Israeli politician, 7th Prime Minister of Israel (b. 1915)

2012 – Michael J. Ybarra, American journalist and author (b. 1966)

2013 – Alan Campbell, Baron Campbell of Alloway, English lawyer and judge (b. 1917)

2013 – Akpor Pius Ewherido, Nigerian politician (b. 1963)

2013 – Kathryn Morrison, American educator and politician (b. 1942)

2013 – Thompson Oliha, Nigerian footballer (b. 1968)

2013 – Keith Seaman, Australian politician, 29th Governor of South Australia (b. 1920)

2014 – Frank Cashen, American businessman (b. 1925)

2014 – Paul Mazursky, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1930)

2014 – Željko Šturanović, Montenegrin lawyer and politician, 31st Prime Minister of Montenegro (b. 1960)

2015 – Charles W. Bagnal, American general (b. 1934)

2015 – Robert Dewar, English-American computer scientist and academic (b. 1945)

2015 – Arthur Porter, Canadian physician and academic (b. 1956)

2015 – Leonard Starr, American author and illustrator (b. 1925)