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Deaths in June 2011

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The following is a list of notable deaths in June 2011.

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1

  • Jaehoon Ahn, 70, North Korean-born American journalist and researcher, founding director of Radio Free Asia Korean language service. [1]
  • Munir Dar, 76, Pakistani field hockey player, 1960 Olympic gold medalist. [2]
  • Matt Fong, 57, American politician, California State Treasurer (1995–1999), skin cancer. [3]
  • Frank Ponta, 75, Australian paralympian, after long illness. [4]
  • Devi Prasad, 89, Indian artist and peace activist. [5]
  • Haleh Sahabi, 54, Iranian humanitarian, daughter of Ezzatollah Sahabi, cardiac arrest. [6]
  • Albert Wiggins, 76, American Olympic swimmer, aortic dissection. [7]
  • 2

  • Ray Bryant, 79, American jazz pianist, after long illness. [8]
  • Mark Cooney, 60, American football player (Green Bay Packers). [9]
  • Ron Dunn, 83, Australian rules footballer. [10]
  • Willem Duys, 82, Dutch radio and television presenter and record producer, infection. [11] (Dutch)
  • Josephine Hart, 69, Irish-born British novelist and poetry promoter, ovarian cancer. [12]
  • Sir Philip Holland, 94, British politician, MP for Acton (1959–1964); Carlton (1966–1983) and Gedling (1983–1987). [13]
  • Walter R. Peterson, Jr., 88, American politician, Governor of New Hampshire (1969–1973), lung cancer. [14]
  • Willie Phiri, 57, Zambian footballer. [15]
  • Geronimo Pratt, 63, American political activist (Black Panther Party), heart attack. [16]
  • Philip Rahtz, 90, British archaeologist. [17]
  • Joel Rosenberg, 57, American science fiction author, heart attack. [18]
  • Albertina Sisulu, 92, South African anti-apartheid activist. [19]
  • Keith Smith, 93, Australian radio and television personality (The Pied Piper), children's writer. [20]
  • Lavina Washines, 71, American tribal leader, first female leader of the Yakima Nation (2006–2008). [21]
  • 3

  • Lee J. Ames, 90, American artist and illustrator, heart failure. [22]
  • James Arness, 88, American actor (Gunsmoke), natural causes. [23]
  • Harry Bernstein, 101, British-born American author. [24]
  • Wally Boag, 90, American performer (Disneyland's Golden Horseshoe Revue). [25]
  • Marion Fuller Brown, 94, American politician and environmental activist. [26]
  • Papa Joe Chevalier, 62, American sports talk radio host, stroke. [27]
  • Bruce Crozier, 72, Canadian politician, Ontario MPP for Essex South (1993–1999) and Essex (since 1999), aortic aneurysm. [28]
  • Andrew Gold, 59, American singer-songwriter ("Lonely Boy", "Thank You for Being a Friend"), heart attack. [29]
  • Pat Jackson, 95, English film and television director. [30]
  • John Henry Johnson, 81, American football player (San Francisco 49ers, Pittsburgh Steelers) and Hall of Famer . [31]
  • Miriam Karlin, 85, British actress and activist, cancer. [32]
  • Ilyas Kashmiri, 47, Pakistani jihadist militant, leader of Harkatul Jihad al-Islami, drone strike. [33]
  • Jack Kevorkian, 83, American physician and right to die activist, pulmonary thrombosis. [34]
  • Bhajan Lal, 80, Indian politician, Chief Minister of Haryana (1979–1985; 1991–1996), cardiac arrest. [35]
  • Peter Murphy, 88, Irish television presenter (RTÉ). [36]
  • Sammy Ofer, 89, Israeli businessman, after long illness. [37]
  • Ray Pahl, 75, British sociologist, cancer. [38]
  • Jack Richardson, 89, Australian politician, member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Ashfield (1952–1953). [39]
  • Benny Spellman, 79, American R&B singer, respiratory failure. [40]
  • Gus Tyler, 99, American socialist activist. [41]
  • Jan van Roessel, 86, Dutch Olympic footballer (Willem II Tilburg). [42]
  • 4

  • Dimi Mint Abba, 52, Mauritanian singer, brain haemorrhage. [43]
  • Lilian Jackson Braun, 97, American author (Cat Who series), natural causes. [44]
  • Claudio Bravo, 74, Chilean painter, epilepsy. [45]
  • Tommy Brent, 88, American theatrical producer. [46]
  • Lindsey Durlacher, 36, American Greco-Roman wrestler. [47]
  • Lawrence Eagleburger, 80, American diplomat and politician, Secretary of State (1992–1993). [48]
  • Curth Flatow, 91, German dramatist and screenwriter, natural causes. [49] (German)
  • Maurice Garrel, 88, French actor. [50] (French)
  • Donald Hewlett, 90, English actor, pneumonia. [51]
  • Juan Francisco Luis, 70, U.S. Virgin Islands politician, Governor of the United States Virgin Islands (1978–1987), Lieutenant Governor (1975–1978). [52]
  • Rosenery Mello do Nascimento, 45, Brazilian model and Playboy Playmate, brain aneurysm. [6] (Portuguese)
  • Ian Mitchell, 86, English cricketer, natural causes.[53]
  • Andreas P. Nielsen, 58, Danish author and composer, cancer. [54] (Danish)
  • Martin Rushent, 63, English record producer (Buzzcocks, Human League, The Stranglers). [55]
  • Betty Taylor, 91, American performer (Disneyland's Golden Horseshoe Revue). [56]
  • Felix Zandman, 83, American entrepreneur. [57]
  • 5

  • Mark H. Beaubien, Jr., 68, American politician, member of the Illinois House of Representatives (since 1997). [58]
  • Léon Bollendorff, 96, Luxembourgian politician. [59] (Luxembourgish)
  • Scott Bostwick, 49, American football player and coach (Western Washington, Northwest Missouri State), heart attack. [60]
  • Leon Botha, 26, South African artist and musical performer, progeria-related heart failure. [61] (Afrikaans)
  • John Glasby, 82, British chemist and writer. [62]
  • Azam Khan, 61, Bangladeshi pop singer, cancer. [63]
  • Gordon Lorenz, 68, British songwriter. [64]
  • Ludo Martens, 65, Belgian political activist. [65] (French)
  • Célestin Oliver, 80, French Olympic footballer. [66] (French)
  • Ken Purpur, 79, American ice hockey player. [67]
  • 6

  • John R. Alison, 98, American airman, launched the Allied Reoccupation of Burma during World War II. [68]
  • Rafael Arnal, 96, Venezuelan Olympic shooter. [69]
  • John Boswall, 91, British actor (Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, Rome). [70]
  • Claudio Cavazza, 77, Italian entrepreneur, founder of Sigma-Tau pharmaceuticals. [71]
  • Bill Closs, 89, American basketball player (Philadelphia Warriors, Fort Wayne Pistons). [72]
  • Declan Costello, 84, Irish politician, TD for Dublin North-West (1951–1969); Dublin South-West (1973–1977), Attorney General (1973–1977) and High Court judge. [73]
  • Eleanor Dapkus, 87, American baseball player (All-American Girls Professional Baseball League), breast cancer. [74]
  • Dulce Figueiredo, 83, Brazilian First Lady (1979–1985), widow of João Figueiredo. [75] (Portuguese)
  • Benjamín González, 53, Spanish Olympic athlete, mountaineering accident. [76] (Spanish) (body found on this date)
  • James A. Green (Pennsylvania politician), 80, American Pennsylvania Commissioner of Elections, Pennsylvania State Representative, Butler County Commissioner, Slippery Rock Borough Council member.
  • Stefan Kuryłowicz, 62, Polish architect, plane crash. [77]
  • Amnon Niv, 81, Israeli architect. [78]
  • Masashi Ohuchi, 67, Japanese weightlifter, Olympic silver (1968) and bronze (1964) medalist. [79]
  • Shrek, 16, New Zealand celebrity sheep, euthanised. [80]
  • 7

  • Paul Dickson, 74, American football player (St. Louis Rams, Dallas Cowboys, Minnesota Vikings), blood infection. [81]
  • Angelino Fons, 75, Spanish film director. [82] (Spanish)
  • Walid Gholmieh, 73, Lebanese musician, director of Conservatoire Libanais. [83]
  • Genaro Hernández, 45, American boxer, cancer. [84]
  • Liam Kelly, 88, Irish republican and politician. [85]
  • Kim Jun-Yop, 91, South Korean historian. [86] (Chinese)
  • Vladimir Lavrov, 91, Soviet diplomat and ambassador. [87] (Russian)
  • José Pagán, 76, Puerto Rican baseball player (San Francisco Giants, Pittsburgh Pirates), Alzheimer's disease. [88]
  • Mietek Pemper, 91, Polish-born German Holocaust survivor, compiled and typed Oskar Schindler's list. [89]
  • Nataraja Ramakrishna, 88, Indian dance guru, after long illness. [90]
  • Maksud Sadikov, 48, Russian Islamic scholar and theologian, shot. [91]
  • Jorge Semprún, 87, Spanish writer and politician. [92] (Spanish)
  • Leonard B. Stern, 87, American television director, producer, and writer (Get Smart), creator of The Honeymooners, co-creator of Mad Libs. [93]
  • Edgar Tekere, 74, Zimbabwean politician, cancer. [94]
  • Gavriel Tsifroni, 96, Israeli journalist. [95] (Hebrew)
  • Haim Yisraeli, 84, Israeli civil servant. [96]
  • 8

  • Anatole Abragam, 96, French physicist. [97] (French)
  • Larry Border, 60, American politician, member of the West Virginia House of Delegates (since 1990), stroke. [98]
  • Nasir Jalil, 56, Singaporean footballer. [99]
  • George Landow, 67, American experimental filmmaker.[100]
  • Clara Luper, 88, American civil rights activist, after long illness. [101]
  • John Mackenzie, 83, Scottish film director (The Long Good Friday, Ruby). [102]
  • Paul Massie, 78, Canadian BAFTA-winning actor and educator. [103]
  • Fazul Abdullah Mohammed, 38?, Comorian al-Qaeda terrorist, planned 1998 United States embassy bombings, shot. [104]
  • Jim Northrup, 71, American baseball player (Detroit Tigers, Montreal Expos, Baltimore Orioles), seizure. [105]
  • Steve Popovich, 68, American record executive, founder of Cleveland International Records. [106]
  • Alan Rubin, 68, American trumpeter (The Blues Brothers), lung cancer . [107]
  • Roy Skelton, 79, British actor (Rainbow, Doctor Who), stroke. [108]
  • Oliver William Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes, 85, British Anglican priest, Dean of Lincoln (1969–1989). [109]
  • 9

  • Jamil Fakhri, 65, Pakistani actor, after long illness. [110]
  • M. F. Husain, 95, Indian artist, heart attack. [111]
  • Josip Katalinski, 63, Bosnian footballer, after long illness. [112] (Croatian)
  • Tomoko Kawakami, 41, Japanese voice actress (Fushigi Yûgi, Revolutionary Girl Utena), ovarian cancer. [113]
  • Ali Khodadadi, 64, Iranian carpet weaver, heart failure. [114]
  • Mike Mitchell, 55, American basketball player (Cleveland Cavaliers, San Antonio Spurs), cancer. [115]
  • Idwal Robling, 84, Welsh Olympic footballer and broadcaster. [116]
  • Vladimir Shalin, 46, Russian football player and coach. [117] (Russian)
  • Billy Shipp, 80, American football player (New York Giants, Toronto Argonauts, Montreal Alouettes). [118]
  • Ignazio Vella, 82, American artisanal cheesemaker and businessman, long illness. [119]
  • 10

  • Art Balinger, 96, American actor. [120]
  • Jeanne Bice, 71, American entrepreneur and television personality. [121]
  • Pam Brown, 58, American politician, Nebraska state senator (1995–2006), ovarian cancer. [122]
  • Yuri Budanov, 47, Russian military officer and war criminal, shot. [123]
  • Cosimo Caliandro, 29, Italian middle distance runner, motorcycle collision. [124]
  • Mary E. Clarke, 86, American army general. [125]
  • Theo Dubois, 100, Canadian rower. [126]
  • Abdi Shakur Sheikh Hassan, Somali politician, Interior Minister (since 2010), suicide bombing. [127]
  • Kenny Hawkes, 42, British DJ and music producer, after short illness. [128]
  • James P. Hosty, 86, American law-enforcement agent (FBI), prostate cancer. [129]
  • Esmond Kentish, 94, Jamaican Test cricketer. [130]
  • Sir Patrick Leigh Fermor, 96, British author and soldier. [131]
  • Brian Lenihan, Jnr, 52, Irish politician, TD for Dublin West (since 1996) and Minister for Finance (2008–2011), pancreatic cancer. [132]
  • Godfrey Myles, 42, American football player (Dallas Cowboys), stroke. [133]
  • Franz Reitz, 82, German cyclist, National Champion (1957) [134]
  • Jim Rodnunsky, 54, Canadian-born American cinematographer and technician, inventor of the Cablecam system, brain cancer. [135]
  • Hoda Saber, 52, Iranian dissident, heart attack following a hunger strike. [136]
  • Al Schwimmer, 94, American-born Israeli businessman, founder of Israel Aerospace Industries. [137]
  • Barbara Starfield, 78, American paediatrician, advocate for primary health care. [138]
  • Carol Montgomery Stone, 96, American actress. [139]
  • György Szabados, 71, Hungarian physician, pianist, and composer. [140]
  • Sven-Olof Walldoff, 82, Swedish conductor and composer. [141] (death announced on this date)
  • 11

  • Paul Alter, 89, American television director (Family Feud). [142]
  • Giorgio Celli, 75, Italian entomologist and politician (The Greens–European Free Alliance). [143] (Italian)
  • Gustav Ciamaga, 81, Canadian composer, music educator and writer, cancer. [144]
  • Robert Marie Jean Victor de Chevigny, 90, French-born Mauritanian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Nouakchott (1973–1995). [145]
  • Jyotirmoy Dey, 56, Indian journalist, shot. [146]
  • Gunnar Fischer, 100, Swedish cinematographer (The Seventh Seal). [147]
  • Eliyahu M. Goldratt, 64, Israeli physicist and management guru. [148]
  • Kurt Nielsen, 80, Danish tennis player, only Dane to have played in a men's Grand Slam singles final. [149] (Danish)
  • Graham B. Purcell, Jr., 92, American politician, U.S. Representative from Texas (1962–1973). [150]
  • Seth Putnam, 43, American musician (Anal Cunt). [151]
  • Wolfgang Reinhardt, 68, German Olympic silver medal-winning (1964) pole vaulter. [152] (German)
  • Raúl Marcelo Pacífico Scozzina, 89, Argentinian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Formosa (1957–1978). [153]
  • Darko Radovanović, 35, Serbian singer, traffic collision. [154] (Serbian)
  • Vitali Silitski, 38, Belarusian political scientist, kidney cancer. [155]
  • Jack Smith, 82, British artist. [156]
  • William Carrington Thompson, 95, American politician and jurist, Virginia House of Delegates (1959–1968), Senate (1968–1973) and Supreme Court (1980–1983). [157]
  • 12

  • René Audet, 91, Canadian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Joliette (1968–1990). [158]
  • Geoffrey Fisken, 95, New Zealand World War II flying ace. [159]
  • Carl Gardner, 83, American singer (The Coasters). [160]
  • Alan Haberman, 81, American grocer, first to use the barcode system, heart and lung disease. [161]
  • John Hospers, 93, American philosopher, first Libertarian Party presidential nominee (1972). [162]
  • Christopher Neame, 68, British film and TV producer and writer, aneurysm. [163]
  • Kathryn Tucker Windham, 93, American author and journalist. [164]
  • Sir John Wilton, 89, British diplomat. [165]
  • Laura Ziskin, 61, American film producer (Pretty Woman, Spider-Man, What About Bob?), breast cancer. [166]
  • 13

  • David C. Baldus, 75, American educator and anti-death penalty activist, cancer. [167]
  • Hugh John Beazley, 94, British Royal Air Force airman. [168]
  • Johannes Kemperman, 86, Dutch mathematician. [169]
  • Germano Meneghel, 49, Brazilian vocalist (Olodum). [170] (Spanish)
  • Jérôme Nday Kanyangu Lukundwe, 82, Congolese Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Kongolo (1971–2007). [171]
  • Betty Neumar, 79, American murder suspect. [172]
  • Romeo Olea, 49, Filipino radio journalist (DWEB), shot. [173]
  • William J. Spahr, 89, American intelligence analyst (CIA) and author, pneumonia. [174]
  • Burt Styler, 86, American screenwriter (The Carol Burnett Show, My Favorite Martian, All in the Family), heart failure. [175]
  • 14

  • Tom Addison, 75, American football player (New England Patriots). [176]
  • Milivoj Ašner, 98, Croatian-born Austrian Nazi war criminal. [177]
  • Helen Clifton, 63, British Salvation Army commissioner. [178]
  • Ambrose Griffiths, 82, British Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle (1992–2004). [179]
  • Asad Ali Khan, 74, Indian musician, recipient of the Padma Bhushan. [180]
  • Augusto Ramírez Ocampo, 77, Colombian politician, Mayor of Bogotá (1982–1984), Foreign Minister (1984–1986), heart ailment. [181]
  • Oscar Sambrano Urdaneta, 82, Venezuelan writer. [182] (Spanish)
  • Peter Schamoni, 77, German film director. [183]
  • Mack Self, 81, American rockabilly musician and songwriter. [184]
  • Badi Uzzaman, 72, Indian-British actor (Eastern Promises, Another Year), chest infection. [185]
  • 15

  • Bob Banner, 89, American television producer and director (The Carol Burnett Show), Parkinson's disease. [186]
  • Joko Beck, 94, American Zen Buddhist teacher, founder of the Ordinary Mind School, after long illness. [187]
  • John Ehrman, 91, British historian. [188]
  • Ted Gray, 86, American baseball player (Detroit Tigers). [189]
  • Bill Haast, 100, American snake expert, director of the Miami Serpentarium. [190]
  • Zack du Plessis, 61, South African actor (Orkney Snork Nie). [191]
  • Linda Scheid, 68, American politician, Minnesota state senator (since 1997), ovarian cancer. [192]
  • Sir Apenera Short, 95, Cook Islands politician, Queen's Representative (1990–2000). [193]
  • Pavel Stolbov, 81, Russian gymnast, 1956 Olympic gold medalist. [194] (Russian)
  • 16

  • Gerald Abramovitz, 82, South African architect and designer, assault-related injuries. [195]
  • James Allason, 98, British politician and soldier, MP for Hemel Hempstead (1959–1974). [196]
  • Claudia Bryar, 93, American actress (Psycho II, The Shakiest Gun in the West). [197]
  • Wild Man Fischer, 66, American street musician, heart failure. [198]
  • Abrar Hussain, 46, Pakistani Olympic boxer, shot. [199]
  • Yehuda Kiel, 94, Israeli educator and biblical scholar. [200]
  • Östen Mäkitalo, 72, Swedish electrical engineer. [201]
  • Dorice Reid, 67, Cook Islander tourism official and businesswoman, High Commissioner designate to New Zealand. [202]
  • Twins Seven Seven, 67, Nigerian artist, complications of a stroke. [203]
  • 17

  • Kjell Bohlin, 82, Norwegian politician. [204] (Norwegian)
  • David Brockhoff, 83, Australian rugby union player and coach. [205]
  • Jacquie de Creed, 54, British stuntwoman, air crash. [206]
  • Betty Fox, 73, Canadian cancer research activist, founder of the Terry Fox Foundation. [207]
  • Ben Grussendorf, 69, American politician, Speaker of the Alaska House of Representatives (1985–1989; 1991–1993). [208]
  • E. Philip Howrey, 73, American economist, bicycle accident. [209]
  • Ruth M. Kirk, 81, American politician, Maryland House of Delegates (1983–2011). [210]
  • Rex Mossop, 83, Australian rugby player and television commentator. [211]
  • Nathan Sharon, 86, Israeli biochemist. [212]
  • George T. Walker, 98, American academic, President of University of Louisiana at Monroe (1958–1976). [213]
  • George M. White, 90, American architect, Architect of the Capitol (1971–1995), complications of Parkinson's disease. [214]
  • 18

  • Echendu Adiele, 32, Nigerian footballer. [215]
  • Ulrich Biesinger, 77, German football player. [216] (German)
  • Yelena Bonner, 88, Russian human rights activist, after long illness. [217]
  • Cheryl B, 38, American poet and performance artist. [218]
  • Frederick Chiluba, 68, Zambian politician, President (1991–2002), heart attack. [219]
  • Clarence Clemons, 69, American saxophonist (E Street Band) and singer ("You're a Friend Of Mine"), complications following a stroke. [220]
  • A. Whitney Ellsworth, 75, American editor and publisher (The New York Review of Books), pancreatic cancer. [221]
  • Karl Frei, 94, Swiss gymnast, 1948 Olympic gold medalist . [222] (German)
  • Brian Haw, 62, British peace activist, lung cancer. [223]
  • Gustaf Kjellvander, 31, Swedish singer-songwriter. [224] (Swedish)
  • Robin Nash, 84, British television producer. [225]
  • Bob Pease, 70, American integrated circuit engineer. [226]
  • John Perumattam, 89, Indian Syro-Malabar Catholic hierarch, Bishop of Ujjain (1968–1998). [227]
  • Shlomo Pinto, 57, Israeli Paralympic athlete. [228] (Hebrew)
  • 19

  • Don Diamond, 90, American actor (F Troop, The Adventures of Kit Carson, Zorro). [229]
  • Tom Hungerford, 96, Australian author. [230]
  • Rezső Kende, 102, Hungarian Olympic gymnast. [231]
  • John Kerr, Sr., 67, Scottish-born Canadian soccer player. [232]
  • Fyodor Grigoryevich Reshetnikov, 91, Russian physicist, chemist, and metallurgist, academician of RAS. [233]
  • 20

  • Thomas N. Armstrong III, 78, American museum curator. [234]
  • Ryan Dunn, 34, American reality television star (Jackass, Viva La Bam, CKY), car crash. [235]
  • Safa Giray, 79/80, Turkish civil engineer and politician, 3-time minister. [236]
  • Magomet Isayev, 83, Russian Esperantist, translator and linguist. [237] (Russian)
  • Ottilie Patterson, 79, Northern Irish singer. [238]
  • Vladimir Pettay, 38, Russian football referee, plane crash. [239]
  • Eric Swenson, 64, American businessman, co-founder of Thrasher, suicide by gunshot. [240]
  • Robert H. Widmer, 95, American aeronautical engineer. [241]
  • 21

  • E. M. Broner, 83, American author, multiple organ failure. [242]
  • Arthur Budgett, 95, British racehorse trainer. [243]
  • Tim Burke, 50, American wrestler. [244]
  • Mark Gerard, 76, American racehorse trainer. [245]
  • Anthony Herrera, 57, American actor (As the World Turns), cancer. [246]
  • Kothapalli Jayashankar, 76, Indian educator and politician, after long illness. [247]
  • Bruce Kinloch, 91, British soldier and game warden. [248]
  • Robert Kroetsch, 83, Canadian novelist and poet, car crash. [249]
  • Suresh Tendulkar, 72, Indian economist, cardiac arrest. [250]
  • Maria Gomes Valentim, 114, Brazilian supercentenarian, world's oldest person, multiple organ failure. [251]
  • 22

  • Sir John Agnew, 6th Baronet, 60, British landowner, prostate cancer. [252]
  • Kader Asmal, 76, South African politician, heart attack. [253]
  • Guy Coulombe, 75, Canadian civil servant, lung cancer. [254]
  • Fanny de Sivers, 90, Estonian linguist and translator. [255] (Estonian)
  • Carmelo Juan Giaquinta, 81, Argentinian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Resistencia (1993–2005). [256]
  • Harley Hotchkiss, 83, Canadian businessman, member of Hockey Hall of Fame, prostate cancer. [257]
  • Albert Johnson, 90, English footballer (Everton), Alzheimer's disease. [258] (death announced on this date)
  • Robert Miller, 72, American art dealer, infection. [259]
  • Cyril Ornadel, 87, British conductor and composer. [260]
  • Coşkun Özarı, 80, Turkish footballer and coach. [261]
  • David Rayfiel, 87, American screenwriter (Out of Africa, Three Days of the Condor), heart failure. [262]
  • Nataša Urbančič, 65, Slovene athlete. [263] (Slovenian)
  • Ken Vaughan, 76, Australian politician, member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland (1979–1995). [264]
  • Mike Waterson, 70, British folk singer, cancer. [265]
  • John Waite, 81, South African cricketer. [266]
  • Zbyněk Zeman, 82, Czech historian. [267]
  • 23

  • Vladislav Achalov, 65, Russian general and activist. [268]
  • J. Warren Bettis, 86, American jurist. [269]
  • Gene Colan, 84, American comic book artist (Daredevil, Howard the Duck), complications from liver disease and a broken hip. [270]
  • Gaye Delorme, 64, Canadian musician, heart attack. [271]
  • Peter Falk, 83, American actor (Columbo, Pocketful of Miracles, The Princess Bride). [272]
  • Stéphane Franke, 47, German athlete. [273] (German)
  • Len King, 86, Australian politician and jurist, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of South Australia (1978–1995). [274]
  • Dennis Marshall, 25, Costa Rican footballer, car crash. [275]
  • Patricia Merbreier, 86, American actress and television personality (Captain Noah and His Magical Ark). [276]
  • Basil Mitchell, 94, British philosopher. [277]
  • Christiane Desroches Noblecourt, 97, French Egyptologist. [278]
  • Arthur Motyer, 85, Canadian educator and writer. [279]
  • Attilio Ruffini, 85, Italian politician, Minister of Defence (1977–1980) and Minister of Foreign Affairs (1980). [280] (Italian)
  • Fred Steiner, 88, American television composer (Perry Mason, Star Trek, The Twilight Zone). [281]
  • 24

  • Michelle Brunner, 57, British bridge player, writer and teacher, breast cancer. [282]
  • Tomislav Ivić, 77, Croatian football coach (Ajax). [283]
  • Richie Myers, 81, American baseball player (Chicago Cubs), complications from a fall. [284]
  • F. Gilman Spencer, 85, American Pulitzer Prize-winning newspaper editor. [285]
  • Richard Webster, 60, British historian and writer, heart failure. [286]
  • A. H. Woodfull, 98, British product designer. [287]
  • 25

  • Friedrich Adrario, 92, German military officer. [288]
  • George Ballas, 85, American entrepreneur, inventor of the Weed Eater. [289]
  • Nick Charles, 64, American sportscaster (CNN Sports Tonight), bladder cancer. [290]
  • Anne Field, 85, British army officer. [291]
  • Shelby Grant, 74, American actress (Our Man Flint, Fantastic Voyage, Medical Center), brain aneurysm. [292]
  • Martin H. Greenberg, 70, American anthologist, cancer. [293]
  • Jean Harris, 66, American politician and LGBT activist. [294]
  • Jan Kułakowski, 80, Polish politician, Member of the European Parliament (2004–2009). [295]
  • Viktor Mikhaylov, 77, Russian nuclear scientist. [296]
  • J.O. Patterson, Jr., 76, American politician and religious leader, first black mayor of Memphis (1982). [297]
  • Alice Playten, 63, American actress (Henry, Sweet Henry), heart failure. [298]
  • Goff Richards, 66, English brass band arranger and composer, illness. [299]
  • Betty Roberts, 88, American politician and jurist, Oregon Supreme Court (1982–1986), pulmonary fibrosis. [300]
  • Paulo Renato Souza, 65, Brazilian politician, Minister of Education (1995–2002), heart attack. [301] (Portuguese)
  • Margaret Tyzack, 79, British actress (2001: A Space Odyssey, Match Point), short illness. [302]
  • 26

  • Edith Fellows, 88, American actress, natural causes. [303]
  • Simon Heere Heeresma, 79, Dutch writer. [304]
  • Jung Jung-suk, 28, South Korean women's football player. [305]
  • Norma Lyon, 81, American farmer and butter sculpture artist. [306]
  • Robert Morris, 78, American cryptographer, complications of dementia. [307]
  • Sidney Hollis Radner, 91, American collector of Harry Houdini memorabilia. [308]
  • Alan Rodger, Baron Rodger of Earlsferry, 66, British jurist, Supreme Court judge. [309]
  • Christopher Shale, 56, British political aide. [310]
  • Jan van Beveren, 63, Dutch footballer and coach. [311]
  • Barry Wilkins, 64, Canadian hockey player (Vancouver Canucks, Boston Bruins), lung cancer. [312]
  • 27

  • Stuart Appelle, 65, American professor and writer. [313]
  • Ken Bainbridge, 90, English footballer (West Ham). [314] (death reported on this date)
  • Betty Callaway, 83, British ice skating trainer (Torvill and Dean). [315]
  • Lorenzo Charles, 47, American basketball player (NC State, Atlanta Hawks), bus accident. [316]
  • Mike Doyle, 64, English footballer (Manchester City), liver failure. [317]
  • Owen Drake, 75, American politician, member of the Alabama House of Representatives, cancer. [318]
  • Orvin B. Fjare, 93, American politician, U.S. Representative from Montana (1955–1957). [319]
  • Michel Yehuda Lefkowitz, 97, Israeli rabbi. [320]
  • Thierry Martens, 69, Belgian science fiction, detective novels, and comics author. [321] (French)
  • Erling Olsen, 84, Danish politician, natural causes. [322] (Danish)
  • Richard Harding Poff, 87, American jurist and politician, U.S. Representative from Virginia (1953–1972). [323]
  • Lura Lynn Ryan, 76, American First Lady of Illinois (1999–2003), cancer. [324]
  • Elmer Sexauer, 85, American baseball player (Brooklyn Dodgers), cardiac arrest. [325]
  • Elaine Stewart, 81, American actress and model, after long illness. [326]
  • Charles W. Whalen, Jr., 90, American politician, U.S. Representative from Ohio (1967–1979). [327]
  • Maciej Zembaty, 67, Polish writer and singer. [328] (Polish)
  • 28

  • Billy Baldwin, 62, American baseball player (Detroit Tigers, New York Mets). [329]
  • Giorgio Bernardin, 83, Italian footballer. [330] (Italian)
  • Benton Flippen, 90, American fiddler, heart attack. [331]
  • Howard Fox, 90, American baseball executive. [332]
  • Richard Fox, 57, Irish-born British jockey and actor. [333]
  • Osamu Kobayashi, 76, Japanese voice actor and executive director, pancreatic cancer. [334]
  • Newt Loken, 92, American gymnastics coach (University of Michigan). [335]
  • Angélico Vieira, 28, Portuguese actor (Morangos com Açúcar) and singer (D'ZRT), car accident. [336]
  • Michael Wenning, 75, South African-born American minister, leukemia and kidney failure. [337]
  • 29

  • Billy Beck, 86, American actor and clown. [338]
  • Larry Bogdanow, 64, American architect, brain tumor. [339]
  • Billy Costello, 55, American boxer, lung cancer. [340]
  • Carlos Diarte, 57, Paraguayan footballer, cancer. [341] (Spanish)
  • David Dunseith, 76, British broadcaster (BBC Radio Ulster). [342]
  • Stefano Gobbi, 81, Italian Roman Catholic priest, founder of the Marian Movement of Priests. [343] (German)
  • Kaya Köstepen, 76, Turkish footballer. [344] (Turkish)
  • Domenico Pecile, 88, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Latina-Terracina-Sezze-Priverno (1983–1998). [345]
  • K. D. Sethna, 106, Indian scholar and writer. [346]
  • 30

  • David G. Boschert, 63, American politician, member of the Maryland House of Delegates (1999–2007), cancer. [347]
  • Barry Bremen, 64, American marketing executive and sports imposter, cancer. [348]
  • Karl Brommann, 90, German Waffen-SS officer. [349] (Portuguese)
  • Don Buddin, 77, American baseball player (Boston Red Sox, Houston Colt .45s, Detroit Tigers). [350]
  • Preston Carpenter, 77, American football player (Cleveland Browns, Pittsburgh Steelers, Washington Redskins). [351]
  • Christy Essien-Igbokwe, 50, Nigerian musician. [352]
  • Tom Kruse, 96, Australian outback mailman and documentary subject (The Back of Beyond). [353]
  • Sir David Loram, 86, British admiral. [354]
  • Ruth Roberts, 84, American songwriter ("Meet the Mets"), lung cancer. [355]
  • Jimmy Roselli, 85, American singer, heart complications. [356]
  • Jay Dee Springbett, 36, British-born Australian record industry executive and Australian Idol judge. [357]
  • Georg Sterzinsky, 75, German Roman Catholic cardinal, Archbishop of Berlin (1989–2011), after long illness. [358]
  • Sean Wight, 47, Scottish-born Australian football player, lung cancer. [359]
  • References

    Deaths in June 2011 Wikipedia


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