Notable deaths on June 6

English playwright and screenwriter (1926–2016)

Soviet-Swiss chess grandmaster (1931–2016)

Czech writer and journalist (1926–2015)

American lawyer and true crime writer (1934–2015)

British psychiatrist and autism researcher (1928–2014)

American swimmer and actress (1921–2013)

American physical chemist (1918–2013)

Russian ice hockey player (1960–2012)

French immunologist (1916–2009)

American keyboardist, singer, and songwriter (1946–2006)

American actress (1931–2005)

American geneticist

American actor (1912–1994)

Scottish actor (1935–1994)

American jazz saxophonist (1927–1991)

German writer

American poet and translator (1905–1982)

American actor (1898–1979)

American industrialist (1892–1976)

American politician and lawyer (1925–1968)

American painter (1912–1963)

Australian motorcycle racer (1934–1962)

French artist (1928–1962)

Swiss psychiatrist and psychotherapist (1875–1961)