June 16th Birthdays

Billy “Crash” Craddock, American rockabilly singer, was born on this day, as William Wayne Craddock, in Greensboro, NC in 1939

Also born on June 16th:

  • 1934
    Dame Eileen Atkins, English actress
  • 1935
    Bill Cobbs, American actor
    Jim Dine, American artist
  • 1937
    Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha last monarch of Bulgaria
  • 1938
    James Bolam, English actor
  • 1942
    Eddie Levert, American singer
  • 1943
    Joan Van Ark, American actress
  • 1947
    Tom Wyner, British-American actor, director
  • 1948
    Ron LeFlore, American baseball player
  • 1951
    Charlie Dominici, American singer
    Roberto Duran, Panamanian boxer
  • 1952
    Gino Vannelli, Canadian singer and songwriter
  • 1953
    Ian Mosley, British drummer
    Valerie Mahaffey, American actress
  • 1955
    Laurie Metcalf, American actress
  • 1957
    Ian Buchanan, Scottish-American actor
  • 1959
    John Franklin, American actor
  • 1962
    Wally Joyner, American baseball player
    Arnold Vosloo, South African-American actor
  • 1963
    Jim Fullington (The Sandman), American wrestler
  • 1970
    Clifton Collins Jr., American actor
  • 1971
    Chris Gomez, American baseball player
  • 1977
    Kerry Wood, American baseball player
  • 1978
    Lyndsey Marshal, British actress
  • 1980
    Brandon Armstrong, American basketball player
  • 1981
    Ben Kweller, American singer, songwriter
  • 1982
    Matt Costa, American singer, songwriter
    Missy Peregrym, Canadian actress
  • 1984
    Jonathan Broxton, American baseball player
  • 1987
    Diana DeGarmo, American singer
  • 1988
    Keshia Chante, Canadian singer
  • 1991
    Joe McElderry, English singer

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Died on June 16th:

  • 1939
    Chick Webb, American drummer and bandleader (age 34)
  • 1959
    George Reeves, American actor and director (age 45)
  • 1967
    Reginald Denny, English actor (age 75)
  • 1970
    Brian Piccolo, American football player (age 26)
  • 1977
    Wernher von Braun, German-American physicist, engineer (age 65)
  • 1979
    Nicholas Ray, American actor, director, screenwriter (age 67)
  • 1988
    Miguel Piñero, Puerto Rican-American actor, playwright (age 41)
  • 1999
    Screaming Lord Sutch, English singer, activist (age 58)
  • 2012
    Susan Tyrrell, American actress (age 67)
  • 2017
    Helmut Kohl, 6th Chancellor of Germany (age 87)
  • 2023
    Bob “Boomer” Brown, American football player (age 81)
    Paxton Whitehead, English actor (age 85)
  • 2024
    Evans Evans, American actress (age 91)
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