Friday, Jun 22, 2018
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1942 - Death of Carmi A. Thompson, US Treasurer.
1954 - Don Hollenbeck, newscaster (CBS Weekend News), dies at age 49.
1979 - Emory Parnell, actor (Life of Riley), dies at age 85 in Saint Paul, Minnesota.
1987 - Fred Astaire, American actor/dancer, dies at Century City Hospital in Los Angeles, California at age 88 (born 1899).
1988 - Dennis Day, Irish-American singer and radio and television personality (Jack Benny Show), dies of Lou Gehrigs disease at age 71 (born 1916).
1992 - Death of Chuck Mitchell, American actor (born 1927).
1993 - Death of Patricia Nixon, First Lady of the United States (born 1912).
2002 - Saint Louis Cardinals pitcher Darryl Kile is found dead of a heart attack in his Chicago hotel room.
2004 - Death of Mattie Stepanek, American poet (born 1990).
2007 - Death of Nancy Benoit, American professional wrestling manager (born 1964).