beaten to death in their home in Bay Village, Ohio. In an 8–1 decision, the Court ruled that Sheppard had been denied due process during the highly publicized proceedings, and ordered the state of Ohio to promptly retry the case, or to dismiss the charges. Justice Tom C. Clark wrote "The fact is that bedlam reigned at the courthouse... The carnival atmosphere at trial could easily have been avoided since the courtroom and courthouse premises are subject to the control of the court." Four days later, Cuyahoga County, Ohio prosecutor John T. Corrigan announced that his office would try Sheppard again in September. In his second jury trial, however, Sheppard would be found not guilty and would be released after 12 years in prison, on November 16; he would die less than four years later, on April 6, 1970. The groundbreaking British TV situation comedy Till Death Us Do Part, created by Johnny Speight, premiered on BBC1. Starring Warren Mitchell as "Alf Garnett", a right-wing, racist blue-collar laborer in London's East End, the show also featured Alf's wife Else Garnett, daughter Rita Rawlins and left-wing son-in-law Mike Rawlins living in the Garnett home. U.S. producer Norman Lear would purchase the rights to adapt the British programme as the successful American sitcom All in the Family. Born: Faure Gnassingbé, President of Togo, in Afagnan. Murdoc Niccals (fictional member of the band Gorillaz) Died: Ethel Clayton, 83, American silent film actress Claudette Frady-Orbison, 25, wife of singer Roy Orbison. She and her husband were riding on a motorcycle at Gallatin, Tennessee, when they were struck by a pickup truck, killing her and injuring him. June 7, 1966 (Tuesday) Husband-and-wife pilots Robert and Joan Wallick completed their round-the-world airplane flight in five days, six hours, 16 minutes and 40 seconds, a record time for a propeller-driven plane. as their twin-engined Beech Baron C-55, the Philippine Baron, landed safely The Wallicks, ranchers in Big Horn, Wyoming, took off from Manila at 8:00 on the morning of June 2 in hopes of beating the prior record of 8 days, 18 hours, 15 minutes set in 1961 by Max Conrad, and announced that their schedule would return them to Manila in 5 days, 3 hours and 58 minutes. After 23,629 miles, the Wallicks landed back at the Manila airport at 2:16 p.m. and were greeted by a string band and 200 well-wishers. Died: Jean Arp, 79,