Who was who June 1 - 7
THURSDAY JUNE 1 Deaths: Leslie Howard, actor, 1943. FRIDAY JUNE 2 Deaths: Rex Harrison, star of My Fair Lady and Doctor Doolittle, 1990. SATURDAY JUNE 3 Deaths: Georges Bizet, composer of Carmen, 1875; Franz Kafka, author of The Trial and Metamorphosis,
THURSDAY JUNE 1
Deaths: Leslie Howard, actor, 1943.
FRIDAY JUNE 2
Deaths: Rex Harrison, star of My Fair Lady and Doctor Doolittle, 1990.
SATURDAY JUNE 3
Deaths: Georges Bizet, composer of Carmen, 1875; Franz Kafka, author of The Trial and Metamorphosis, 1924; Arthur Ransome, author of Swallows and Amazons, 1967; Dilys Powell, The Sunday Times film critic, 1995.
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- 6 Former company boss fined after illegal waste dumped at quarry
- 7 Plans for second multi-storey car park at Stevenage's Lister Hospital to help 'better meet demand'
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SUNDAY JUNE 4
Deaths: Emily Davidson, suffragette who threw herself under the King's horse during the Derby.
MONDAY JUNE 5
Death: Earl Kitchener, First World War leader, 1916; Ronnie Lane, bass player with the Small Faces, 1997; Ronald Reagan, ex-US President, 2004.
TUESDAY JUNE 6
Deaths: Carl Jung, Swiss psychologist, 1961; Robert Kennedy, US Presidential candidate, 1968.
WEDNESDAY JUNE 7
Deaths: Jean Harlow, Hollywood sex goddess, 1937; Dorothy Parker, author and critic, 1967; EM Forster, author of Howards End and A Room With a View, 1970; Max Factor, make-up artist, 1996.
