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Deaths in June 2015

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The following is a list of notable deaths in June 2015.

Contents

Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence:

  • Name, age, country of citizenship and reason for notability, established cause of death, reference.

    • 1

  • Alexandra Prinzessin von Hannover, 77, German politician.
  • An Jun Can, 31, Taiwanese singer (Comic Boyz) and actor, liver cancer.
  • Katherine Chappell, 29, American visual effects editor (Game of Thrones, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Godzilla), lion attack.
  • Jon Hensley, 31, American radio personality.
  • Charles Jacob, 94, English stockbroker.
  • Charles Kennedy, 55, British politician, Leader of the Liberal Democrats (1999–2006), MP (1983–2015), internal haemorrhage.
  • Joan Kirner, 76, Australian politician, Premier of Victoria (1990–1992), oesophageal cancer.
  • Peter Kruse, 60, German psychologist.
  • Nicholas Liverpool, 80, Dominican politician, President (2003–2012).
  • Nobutaka Machimura, 70, Japanese politician, Speaker of the House of Representatives (2014–2015), Minister for Foreign Affairs (2004–2006, 2007), cerebral infarction.
  • Buck Moyer, 94, American Lutheran pastor, Bishop of the Virginia Synod (1976–1987).
  • Jacques Parizeau, 84, Canadian politician, Premier of Quebec (1994–1996).
  • Kirill Pokrovsky, 53, Russian composer.
  • Serajur Rahman, 81, Bangladeshi journalist and broadcaster.
  • Sonya Rapoport, 92, American conceptual and digital artist, pancreatic cancer.
  • Jean Ritchie, 92, American folk singer and song collector.
  • Tommy Rogers, 54, American professional wrestler (The Fantastics).
  • Andy Scrivani, 98, American Olympic boxer (1936).
  • Dolores Richard Spikes, 78, American mathematician.
  • Phili Viehoff, 90, Dutch politician, member of the European Parliament (1979–1989).
  • Tadeusz Józef Zawistowski, 85, Polish Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Łomża (1973–2006).
  • Robert K. Zukowski, 85, American farmer and politician.

    • 2

  • Ifeoma Aggrey-Fynn, Nigerian media personality, shot.
  • Claudio Angelini, 72, Italian political correspondent.
  • Fernando de Araújo, 52, East Timorese politician, President of the National Parliament (2007–2012), Acting President (2008).
  • Miguel-Ángel Cárdenas, 80, Colombian-born Dutch artist.
  • Shufti Chaudhri, 95, Pakistani World War II British Indian Army officer.
  • Martin Cole, 83, British sexologist.
  • Alberto De Martino, 85, Italian film director (O.K. Connery, Holocaust 2000, The Pumaman).
  • Walter Dexter, 83, Canadian ceramic artist.
  • Giovan Battista Fabbri, 89, Italian football player and manager (Vicenza).
  • Ortho R. Fairbanks, 90, American sculptor.
  • Dennis Fidler, 76, English footballer (Halifax Town, Macclesfield Town).
  • Gene Maddox, 76, American politician, Mayor of Clive, Iowa (1977–1992), member of the Iowa General Assembly (1993–2007).
  • Gordon S. Marshall, 95, American electronics entrepreneur and philanthropist.
  • John Mellekas, 81, American football player (Chicago Bears, San Francisco 49ers, Philadelphia Eagles).
  • Eugen Mwaiposa, 54, Tanzanian politician, MP for Ukonga (since 2010).
  • Clemens Nathan, 81, British humanitarian.
  • Bijoya Ray, 98, Indian actress, pneumonia.
  • Antonia Gerena Rivera, 115, Puerto Rican supercentenarian, fifth oldest living person.
  • Irwin Rose, 88, American biologist, Nobel Prize laureate in Chemistry (2004).
  • Theo Saat, 87, Dutch Olympic sprinter (1952).
  • Shockley Shoemake, 92, American politician.
  • Silvio Spaccesi, 88, Italian actor and voice actor.
  • Kenneth Tempest, 93, British World War II Royal Air Force navigator.
  • Besim Üstünel, 88, Turkish academic and politician.
  • Tsonyo Vasilev, 63, Bulgarian footballer.
  • Carmine Vingo, 85, American heavyweight boxer.
  • Herb Wakabayashi, 70, Canadian-born Japanese ice hockey player.
  • Charls Walker, 91, American economist and lobbyist.
  • Norm Weiss, 79, Canadian politician.
  • Stephen Wojdak, 76, American lobbyist and politician, member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives (1969–1976), respiratory failure.

    • 3

  • Avi Beker, 64, Israeli academic, secretary-general of the World Jewish Congress (2001–2003), cancer.
  • Horst Brandstätter, 81, German company owner, founder of Playmobil.
  • Thomas Flynn, 83, Irish Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Achonry (1976–2007).
  • Bevo Francis, 82, American college basketball player (Rio Grande College).
  • Margaret Juntwait, 58, American radio broadcaster, host of Metropolitan Opera radio broadcasts (2004–2014), ovarian cancer.
  • Eugene Kennedy, 86, American psychologist and theologian.
  • Bud Kraehling, 96, American journalist and weatherman, cancer.
  • Ricardo Morán, 74, Argentine actor.
  • Nidoïsh Naisseline, 69, New Caledonian politician, President of Loyalty Islands Province (1995–1999).
  • Fouad Qandil, 71, Egyptian author.
  • Imre Rapp, 77, Hungarian international football player.

    • 4

  • Bengt Berndtsson, 82, Swedish footballer (IFK Göteborg).
  • Edith Hancke, 86, German actress.
  • Wayne Harris, 77, American Hall of Fame CFL football player (Calgary Stampeders).
  • Charlie Morris, 88, British-born Australian naval officer and Olympic hammer thrower (1956).
  • Marguerite Patten, 99, British cookery writer, home economist and broadcaster.
  • Leonid Plyushch, 77, Ukrainian Soviet dissident and mathematician.
  • Jørgen Ravn, 75, Danish footballer (Aberdeen).
  • Roy Stroud, 90, English footballer (West Ham).
  • Jabe Thomas, 85, American racecar driver (NASCAR), complications from Parkinson's Disease.
  • Dame Anne Warburton, 87, British diplomat, Ambassador to Denmark (1976–1983), Permanent Representative to the UN in Geneva (1983–1985), President of Lucy Cavendish College (1985–1994).
  • Kurt Weber, 87, Polish cinematographer (Salto).
  • Ray Weigh, 86, Welsh footballer.
  • Albert West, 65, Dutch singer (The Shuffles) and record producer.
  • Hermann Zapf, 96, German typeface designer (Optima, Palatino, Zapfino).

    • 5

  • Mehmet Abbasoğlu, 59, Turkish Kurdish politician.
  • Govindrao Adik, 76, Indian politician.
  • Tariq Aziz, 79, Iraqi politician, Foreign Minister (1983–1991), heart attack.
  • Eshel Ben-Jacob, 63, Israeli physicist.
  • Alan Bond, 77, British-born Australian businessman and convicted fraudster, complications from heart surgery.
  • Sadun Boro, 87, Turkish sailor, bladder cancer.
  • Manuel Camacho Solís, 69, Mexican politician, Mayor of Mexico City (1988–1993), Foreign Minister (1993–1994), Senator (since 2012).
  • Kazuo Chiba, 75, Japanese Aikido teacher.
  • Jerry Collins, 34, Samoan-born New Zealand rugby union player (national team), traffic collision.
  • Xavier de Roux, 74, French politician.
  • Frits Dragstra, 87, Dutch politician, member of the House of Representatives (1972–1977).
  • Giacomo Furia, 90, Italian actor (The Band of Honest Men, The Gold of Naples).
  • Anita Hagen, 84, Canadian politician, cancer.
  • Jane Briggs Hart, 93, American aviator, member of the Mercury 13, founding member of NOW, Alzheimer's disease.
  • Ralph Hyde, 76, British curator.
  • Jill Hyem, 78, British scriptwriter and actress.
  • Julien Mawule Kouto, 68, Togolese Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Atakpamé (1993–2006).
  • Colette Marchand, 90, French ballerina and actress (Moulin Rouge).
  • Te Uruhina McGarvey-Tiakiwai, 87, New Zealand Māori elder.
  • Worth McMillion, 88, American racing car driver.
  • Paul A. Miller, 98, American academic, President of the Rochester Institute of Technology (1969–1979).
  • Irving Mondschein, 91, American athlete and coach.
  • Robbi Sapinggi, 30, Malaysian mountain guide, earthquake.
  • Lecretia Seales, 42, New Zealand lawyer and right-to-die campaigner, brain cancer.
  • George Seitz, 73, Australian politician, member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly for Keilor (1982–2010).
  • Paolo Tullio, 65, Italian-born Irish Michelin Star-winning chef (Armstrong's Barn) and resident food critic (The Restaurant).
  • Roger Vergé, 85, French chef, co-founder of Nouvelle Cuisine, complications of diabetes.
  • Seth Winston, 64, American screenwriter and director (She's Out of Control, Session Man), Oscar winner (1992).

    • 6

  • Barry Albin-Dyer, 64, British undertaker, brain cancer.
  • Aarthi Agarwal, 31, American Telugu cinema actress, heart attack.
  • Pierre Brice, 86, French actor (Old Shatterhand, Mill of the Stone Women), pneumonia.
  • M. N. Buch, 80, Indian urban planner.
  • Vincent Bugliosi, 80, American attorney and author (Helter Skelter), cancer.
  • Callisto Cosulich, 92, Italian film critic, author and screenwriter (Planet of the Vampires).
  • Jorge Galemire, 64, Uruguayan musician (Trelew).
  • Ronnie Gilbert, 88, American singer-songwriter (The Weavers) and actress (Running on Empty).
  • Colin Jackson, 68, Scottish footballer (Rangers, national team), leukaemia.
  • Richard Johnson, 87, English actor (The Haunting, Julius Caesar, The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas).
  • Dieter Medicus, 86, German jurist.
  • Nyla Murphy, 83, American politician, bile duct cancer.
  • Steve Nave, American actor and casting director, cancer.
  • Steve Pritko, 94, American football player (Cleveland Rams).
  • Feras Saied, 34, Syrian bodybuilder, traffic collision.
  • Sergey Sharikov, 40, Russian sabre fencer, two-time Olympic champion (1996, 2000), traffic collision.
  • Ludvík Vaculík, 88, Czech writer and journalist.
  • John Williams, 87, American art historian.

    • 7

  • Sheikh Razzak Ali, 86, Bangladeshi politician.
  • Ken Barrett, 77, English footballer (Aston Villa).
  • Giuseppe Casarrubea, 69, Italian historian and author.
  • Robert K. Casey, 83, American physician and politician.
  • Ahmad Ghazi, 79, Iranian Kurdish writer and translator.
  • Jimmy Goins, 66, American tribal politician, Chairman of the Lumbee Tribe (2004–2010), traffic collision.
  • John Hurry, 95, British World War II air force officer.
  • Felicia Kentridge, 84, South African lawyer and anti-apartheid activist, progressive supranuclear palsy.
  • Harold LeDoux, 88, American cartoonist (Judge Parker).
  • Sir Christopher Lee, 93, British actor, voice artist, and singer (Dracula, The Lord of the Rings, Star Wars), heart failure.
  • Sean Pappas, 49, South African golfer, heart attack.
  • Peter Petherick, 72, New Zealand cricketer (Otago, Wellington, national team).
  • Gwilym Prichard, 84, Welsh painter.
  • Cole Tucker, 61, American pornographic actor, complications from AIDS.
  • Vasili Zhupikov, 61, Russian footballer.

    • 8

  • Archie Alleyne, 82, Canadian jazz drummer, cancer.
  • Paul Bacon, 91, American book and album cover designer and jazz musician.
  • Muhammad Sharif Butt, 89, Pakistani sprinter.
  • Frank Cappuccino, 86, American boxing referee, Alzheimer's disease.
  • Marie-Louise Carven, 105, French fashion designer.
  • Thomas Chambers, 83, South African cricketer. [1]
  • Aldo da Rosa, 97, Brazilian electrical engineer.
  • Eugenia Davitashvili, 65, Russian faith healer.
  • Mervin Field, 94, American opinion pollster.
  • Jack Grimsley, 89, Australian musical director and composer.
  • Jean Gruault, 90, French screenwriter (My American Uncle) and actor.
  • Otakar Hořínek, 86, Czech sport shooter, Olympic silver medalist (1956).
  • Valery Levental, 76, Russian theater stage designer.
  • Elizabeth Peet McIntosh, 100, American spy, heart attack.
  • Lynn Miles, 71, American human rights and Taiwan democracy activist, cancer.
  • Tiki Nxumalo, 65, South African actor.
  • Dasaradhi Rangacharya, 86, Indian writer and politician.
  • David Rotem, 66, Israeli politician, member of the Knesset for Yisrael Beiteinu (2007–2015), heart attack.
  • Chea Sim, 81, Cambodian politician, President of the Cambodian People's Party (since 1991).
  • Laurie Thompson, 77, British translator.
  • Peter van Wijmen, 76, Dutch lawyer, professor and politician, member of the House of Representatives (1998–2002).

    • 9

  • Finn Backer, 87, Norwegian Supreme Court judge.
  • Larry Eschen, 94, American baseball player (Philadelphia Athletics).
  • Hemant Kanitkar, 72, Indian Test cricketer.
  • Igor Kostin, 78, Romanian-born Ukrainian photographer, took first pictures of Chernobyl disaster, traffic collision.
  • James Last, 86, German composer and big band leader.
  • Fred Anton Maier, 76, Norwegian speed skater, Olympic champion (1968), cancer.
  • Amos Midzi, 62, Zimbabwean politician and diplomat.
  • Vincent Musetto, 74, American film critic (New York Post), pancreatic cancer.
  • Pumpkinhead, 39, American rapper.
  • Rainer Riehn, 73, German composer and conductor.
  • Alvin J. Salkind, 87, American chemical engineer.
  • Sir Peter Williams, 80, New Zealand lawyer, prostate cancer.
  • Pedro Zerolo, 55, Venezuelan-born Spanish politician, pancreatic cancer.

    • 10

  • David Bellotti, 71, British politician and football executive, MP for Eastbourne (1990–1992), CEO of Brighton & Hove Albion.
  • Bonecrusher, 32, New Zealand Thoroughbred racehorse, euthanized following laminitis.
  • Robert Chartoff, 81, American film producer (Rocky, Raging Bull, Ender's Game), Oscar winner (1977), pancreatic cancer.
  • Larry Fisher, 65, Canadian convicted murderer (David Milgaard case).
  • Johnny Fullam, 75, Irish footballer (Shamrock Rovers).
  • Charles Wyndham Goodwyn, 81, British philatelist, Keeper of the Royal Philatelic Collection (1995–2003).
  • Esther Harrison, 69, American politician, member of the Mississippi House of Representatives for the 41st District (since 2001).
  • Hugo Höllenreiner, 81, German Sinti Porajmos survivor.
  • Wolfgang Jeschke, 78, German science fiction author (The Last Day of Creation).
  • Coetie Neethling, 82, South African cricketer.
  • Héctor Pérez Plazola, 81, Mexican politician.
  • Ray Reidy, 78, Irish priest and hurler (Tipperary).
  • Henry E. Riggs, 80, American academic.
  • Geoff Robinson, 71, English cricketer.
  • Judith St. George, 84, American author (So You Want to Be President?).
  • Brian Taylor, 78, English footballer (Walsall, Shrewsbury Town).

    • 11

  • Jim Ed Brown, 81, American country singer (The Browns), lung cancer.
  • Arshad Chaudhury, 65, Pakistani field hockey player.
  • Ornette Coleman, 85, American saxophonist and free jazz pioneer.
  • Jack King, 84, American public affairs officer (NASA), heart failure.
  • Sarah Kyolaba, 59, Ugandan businesswoman.
  • Sebastiano Mannironi, 84, Italian Olympic weightlifter (1956, 1960, 1964).
  • Ian McKechnie, 73, Scottish footballer (Hull City).
  • Ron Moody, 91, British actor (Oliver!, The Animals of Farthing Wood, EastEnders).
  • Mary Mulvihill, 55, Irish science writer.
  • David Premack, 89, American psychologist (Premack's principle).
  • Dusty Rhodes, 69, American professional wrestler, booker (NWA, WCW, WWE) and promoter (TCW), Hall of Fame (2007, 2010), kidney failure.
  • James Robertson, 86, Scottish footballer (Brentford).
  • John Benjamin Stewart, 90, Canadian politician, MP for Antigonish—Guysborough (1962–1968).
  • Charles Williams, 90, British Royal Navy rear admiral.

    • 12

  • Nasir al-Wuhayshi, 38, Yemeni Islamist militant, leader of AQAP, airstrike.
  • Shoshana Arbeli-Almozlino, 89, Iraqi-born Israeli politician, Minister of Health (1986–1988), Alzheimer's disease.
  • Fernando Brant, 68, Brazilian poet and composer, complications of liver transplantation.
  • Pierre Dolbeault, 90, French mathematician.
  • Rick Ducommun, 62, Canadian actor (The 'Burbs, Scary Movie, Die Hard), complications from diabetes.
  • Micol Fontana, 101, Italian fashion designer and entrepreneur (Sorelle Fontana).
  • James Gowan, 91, British architect.
  • Monica Lewis, 93, American singer and actress (Earthquake), voice of Chiquita Banana (since 1947).
  • Frederick Pei Li, 75, Chinese-born American physician, Alzheimer's disease.
  • Thomas Mayer, 88, American economist.
  • José Messias, 86, Brazilian musician and television personality, multiple organ failure from kidney disease.
  • Andrés Mora, 60, Mexican baseball player (Baltimore Orioles, Cleveland Indians), pneumonia.
  • Alain Nadaud, 66, French author and diplomat.
  • Antoni Pitxot, 81, Spanish painter.
  • Alexander Rondeli, 73, Georgian political scientist.
  • Jacques Rosay, 66, French test pilot (Airbus).
  • Nek Chand, 90, Indian artist.
  • Max Spittle, 92, Australian VFL football player (Melbourne).
  • Patrick Lennox Tierney, 101, American art historian and Japanologist.
  • Sümer Tilmaç, 67, Turkish actor, heart attack.
  • Ernest Tomlinson, 90, British composer.

    • 13

  • Big Time Sarah, 62, American blues singer.
  • Buddy Boudreaux, 97, American jazz saxophonist and band leader.
  • Allan Browne, 70, Australian jazz drummer.
  • Tomás Ó Con Cheanainn, 94, Irish historian.
  • Darius Dhlomo, 83, South African boxer, footballer and musician.
  • Russell J. Donnelly, 85, Canadian physicist.
  • Drs. P, 95, Swiss-born Dutch writer, composer and singer.
  • Magnus Härenstam, 73, Swedish actor (Sällskapsresan, Göta kanal eller Vem drog ur proppen?, Fem myror är fler än fyra elefanter) and comedian, spinal cancer.
  • Junix Inocian, 64, Filipino actor (Sinbad, Mortdecai).
  • Sheila Kaul, 100, Indian politician, Governor of Himachal Pradesh (1995–1996).
  • Graham Lord, 72, British biographer (Jeffrey Bernard, Arthur Lowe, Joan Collins) and novelist, liver cancer.
  • David Oniya, 30, Nigerian footballer, heart attack.
  • Sergio Renán, 82, Argentine actor, director and screenwriter (The Truce).
  • David C. Richardson, 101, American navy vice admiral.
  • Walter Scheib, 61, American chef, White House Executive Chef (1994–2005), drowning.
  • Mike Shrimpton, 74, New Zealand cricket player (national team) and coach (women's national team, 2000 Women's World Cup winner).
  • Phillip Toyne, 67, Australian environmental and indigenous affairs activist, bowel cancer.
  • George Winslow, 69, American child actor (Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, My Pal Gus), heart attack.

    • 14

  • George Arthur, 46, Ghanaian football player and coach.
  • Bob Bedell, 70, American basketball player.
  • Hugo Blanco, 74, Venezuelan musician and composer ("Moliendo Café").
  • John Carroll, 73, American newspaper editor (Los Angeles Times, The Baltimore Sun), Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease.
  • Richard Cotton, 74, Australian geneticist (Human Variome Project).
  • Harri Czepuck, 87, German journalist.
  • Pasquale Foresi, 85, Italian priest and theologian.
  • Anne Nicol Gaylor, 88, American atheism and reproductive rights advocate, co-founder of the Freedom From Religion Foundation, complications from a fall.
  • Boris Godjunov, 74, Bulgarian singer.
  • Phil Judd, 81, English rugby union player (Coventry).
  • David Kennedy, 73, American film producer (Dark Shadows).
  • Hilary Masters, 87, American author.
  • Habibur Rahman Milon, 80, Bangladeshi journalist.
  • Peter Prier, 73, German-born American violin maker.
  • Qiao Shi, 90, Chinese politician, Chairman of the National People's Congress.
  • Godfrey Steyn, 80, South African cricketer.
  • Walter Weller, 75, Austrian conductor and violinist.
  • Zito, 82, Brazilian footballer, World Cup-winning team member (1958, 1962), complications of a stroke.

    • 15

  • Ali Awni al-Harzi, 29, Tunisian Islamic militant, air strike.
  • Alan Caruba, 77, American writer and public relations counselor.
  • Wendy Coburn, 51, Canadian artist and academic.
  • Wilfried David, 69, Belgian professional cyclist, 1973 Tour de France stage winner, traffic collision.
  • Jean Doré, 70, Canadian politician, Mayor of Montreal (1986–1994), pancreatic cancer.
  • Gerry Duffy, 84, Irish cricket player.
  • Elisabeth Elliot, 88, American missionary and author.
  • Alv Jakob Fostervoll, 83, Norwegian politician, Governor of Møre og Romsdal (1977–2002), Minister of Defence (1971–1972, 1973–1976).
  • Jeanna Friske, 40, Russian singer (Blestyaschie), brain cancer.
  • Daniel W. Gade, 78, American geographer.
  • Kirk Kerkorian, 98, American businessman.
  • Magdalena Kopp, 67, German photographer and political activist.
  • Mighty Sam McClain, 72, American soul blues singer, stroke.
  • António Marques Mendes, 81, Portuguese lawyer and politician.
  • Jesús Moroles, 64, American sculptor, traffic collision.
  • Rosalind Rowe, 82, English table tennis player.
  • Harry Rowohlt, 70, German author.
  • Blaze Starr, 83, American stripper, burlesque comedian and club owner, subject of Blaze.
  • Wu Kwok Hung, 66, Hong Kong international footballer, laryngeal cancer.

    • 16

  • Stephen Blauner, 81, American manager and producer.
  • Charles Correa, 84, Indian architect.
  • Howard Johnson, 89, English footballer (Sheffield United). (death announced on this date)
  • Rosalind McGee, 77, American politician, member of the Utah House of Representatives (2003–2008).
  • William Pajaud, 89, American artist.
  • Greg Parks, 48, Canadian ice hockey player (New York Islanders), Olympic silver medalist (1994).
  • Tony Ranasinghe, 77, Sri Lankan actor (Hanthane Kathawa, Duhulu Malak, Ahasin Polawata).
  • Bill Sirs, 95, British trade unionist.
  • Catharni Stern, 89, British sculptor.
  • Jean Vautrin, 82, French writer, filmmaker and critic.

    • 17

  • Francisco Domingo Barbosa Da Silveira, 71, Uruguayan Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Minas (2004–2009).
  • Nicola Badalucco, 86, Italian screenwriter (The Damned, Death in Venice, The Gold Rimmed Glasses) and journalist.
  • Per Arne Bjerke, 63, Norwegian journalist and politician.
  • Chang Ch'ung-ho, 101, Chinese-born American poet, calligrapher, and Kunqu opera singer.
  • Ron Clarke, 78, Australian long distance runner, Olympic bronze medallist (1964), Mayor of the Gold Coast (2004–2012), kidney failure.
  • John David Crow, 79, American Heisman Trophy-winning football player (Texas A&M, Chicago/St. Louis Cardinals) and coach (Northeast Louisiana).
  • Süleyman Demirel, 90, Turkish politician, President (1993–2000), lung infection.
  • Nelson Doubleday, Jr., 81, American publisher (Doubleday) and Major League Baseball team owner (New York Mets), pneumonia.
  • Noah Hutchings, 92, American fundamentalist evangelist and radio personality.
  • James B. Lee, Jr., 62, American investment banker, heart attack.
  • Roberto M. Levingston, 95, Argentine politician, President (1970–1971).
  • Clementa C. Pinckney, 41, American politician and pastor, member of the South Carolina House of Representatives (1997–2000) and Senate (since 2000), shot.
  • Başar Sabuncu, 71, Turkish film director and screenwriter (Şalvar Davası).
  • Vlastimir Đuza Stojiljković, 85, Serbian actor.
  • Jeralean Talley, 116, American supercentenarian, world's oldest living person.
  • Bryan Vaughan, 84, Australian politician and lawyer.

    • 18

  • Edward J. Boling, 95, American academic.
  • Sir Patrick Eisdell Moore, 97, New Zealand surgeon.
  • Georges Kersaudy, 93–94, French translator.
  • Martin Krampen, 86, German semiotician.
  • Frances Kroll Ring, 99, American secretary and editor.
  • Ralph J. Roberts, 95, American businessman, founder of Comcast.
  • Jack Rollins, 100, American film producer (Annie Hall, The Purple Rose of Cairo, Irrational Man).
  • John M. Stephens, 82, American cameraman (Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom) and cinematographer (Blacula, Sorcerer).
  • Kazuya Tatekabe, 80, Japanese voice actor (Doraemon, Time Bokan, Yatterman), acute respiratory failure.
  • Fredrik Fasting Torgersen, 80, Norwegian convicted murderer, complications of pneumonia.
  • Jim Vandiver, 75, American racing driver.
  • Danny Villanueva, 77, American football player (Los Angeles Rams, Dallas Cowboys) and broadcasting executive, co-founder of Univision, complications from a stroke.
  • Allen Weinstein, 77, American historian, Archivist of the United States (2005–2008), pneumonia.

    • 19

  • Jack Aeby, 91, American photographer.
  • Jagjit Singh Anand, 93, Indian political activist and newspaper editor (Nawan Zamana).
  • Phil Austin, 74, American comedian, writer, and musician (Firesign Theatre).
  • Harold Battiste, 83, American jazz and R&B composer, arranger and musician (Sam Cooke, Sonny & Cher, Dr. John).
  • Joachim Boosfeld, 93, German officer in the Waffen-SS.
  • Jeff Bradstreet, 60, American medical researcher.
  • Jim Brailsford, 85, English cricketer (Derbyshire).
  • Esther Clenott, 91, American politician, Mayor of Portland, Maine (1989–1990).
  • Sir Harold Knight, 95, Australian economist, Governor of the Reserve Bank (1975–1982).
  • Len Matarazzo, 86, American baseball player (Philadelphia Athletics).
  • Earl Norem, 91, American comic book artist (Silver Surfer, He-Man and the Masters of the Universe).
  • Rondal Partridge, 97, American photographer.
  • Tukoji Rao Pawar, 51, Indian royal and politician, brain haemorrhage.
  • Bruce Poulton, 88, American educator, Chancellor of North Carolina State University (1982–1989).
  • Paul Quinn, 77, Australian rugby league player.
  • Venkoba Rao, 89, Indian cricketer.
  • James Salter, 90, American novelist.

    • 20

  • Robert K. Abbett, 89, American artist and illustrator.
  • William Brantley Aycock, 99, American educator, fall.
  • Bob Barry, Jr., 58, American sportscaster (KFOR), traffic collision.
  • Ian Bradley, 77, British-born New Zealand naval officer and politician.
  • Esther Brand, 92, South African athlete, Olympic champion (1952), complications of a fall.
  • JoAnn Dean Killingsworth, 91, American actress and dancer (Lullaby of Broadway, Red Garters), first person to play Snow White at Disneyland, cancer.
  • François Delapierre, 44, French politician, brain tumour.
  • Harold Feinstein, 84, American photographer.
  • Elson Floyd, 59, American educator, President of Washington State University (since 2007), complications from colon cancer.
  • James Kerzman, 68, American politician, member of the North Dakota House of Representatives (1991–2009), tractor accident.
  • Michael Kidson, 85, British schoolmaster (Eton College).
  • Robert S. Neuman, 88, American abstract painter and print maker.
  • Angelo Niculescu, 93, Romanian football player and manager.
  • Gerhard A. Ritter, 86, German historian.
  • Doug Rombough, 64, Canadian ice hockey player (New York Islanders, Buffalo Sabres).
  • Takanonami Sadahiro, 43, Japanese sumo wrestler and coach, heart failure.
  • Miriam Schapiro, 91, Canadian-born American painter, sculptor and printmaker.
  • Anthony Sydes, 74, American child actor (Miracle on 34th Street, Cheaper by the Dozen, Johnny Comes Flying Home).
  • Takeover Target, 15, Australian Thoroughbred racehorse, euthanised.

    • 21

  • Robert Barritt, 88, Bermudian painter and politician, member of the House of Assembly (1985–1989) and Senate.
  • Tseng Chung-ming, 60, Taiwanese politician.
  • Cora Combs, 92, American professional wrestler (NWA).
  • Juan José Estrada, 51, Mexican boxer, WBA bantamweight champion (1988–1989), stabbed.
  • Ezkimo, 35, Finnish hip hop musician.
  • Dave Godfrey, 76, Canadian novelist and publisher, pancreatic cancer.
  • Darryl Hamilton, 50, American baseball player (Milwaukee Brewers, San Francisco Giants, New York Mets), shot.
  • John Hoerr, 84, American journalist and historian.
  • Roger Ishee, 85, American politician, member of the Mississippi House of Representatives (1997–2012).
  • Tony Longo, 53, American actor (Mulholland Drive, Angels in the Outfield, Eraser), heart failure.
  • Veijo Meri, 86, Finnish author.
  • Remo Remotti, 90, Italian actor (The Godfather Part III, Nine), playwright, painter, sculptor and poet.
  • Jim Rowan, 79, Scottish footballer (Airdrieonians, Celtic, Partick Thistle).
  • Alexander Schalck-Golodkowski, 82, East German politician.
  • Gunther Schuller, 89, American composer, conductor, historian and jazz musician, leukemia.
  • Lynn Steen, 74, American mathematician.
  • Carl Thompson, 33, English heavy person.
  • Arved Viirlaid, 93, Estonian-Canadian writer.
  • Dick Warwick, 87, Canadian ice hockey player (Penticton Vees).
  • Wayne Wettlaufer, 71, Canadian politician, member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario (1995–2003), suspected heart attack.
  • Jules Wright, 67, Australian-born British theatre director (Royal Court Theatre), breast cancer.⋅

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  • Laura Antonelli, 73, Italian actress (Malicious, Till Marriage Do Us Part, The Innocent), heart attack.
  • Norm Berryman, 42, New Zealand rugby union player (national team), heart attack.
  • Carlinhos, 77, Brazilian football player and coach (Flamengo).
  • James Carnegie, 3rd Duke of Fife, 85, Scottish nobleman.
  • Constantin Cernăianu, 81, Romanian football player and coach.
  • Malcolm Colledge, 75, British archaeologist.
  • Joseph de Pasquale, 95, American violist.
  • Armand DiMele, 75, American psychotherapist and radio broadcaster.
  • Jimmy Doyle, 76, Irish hurler (Tipperary).
  • Albert Evans, 46, American ballet dancer.
  • Don Featherstone, 79, American artist and inventor of the plastic pink flamingo, Lewy body dementia.
  • James Horner, 61, American composer (Titanic, Field of Dreams, Apollo 13), Oscar winner (1998), plane crash.
  • Albert Ilemobade, 74, Nigerian academic, asphyxiation.
  • Inge Ivarson, 97, Swedish film producer.
  • Lyubov Kozyreva, 85, Russian Soviet cross-country skier, Olympic gold medalist (1956).
  • David E. Kyvig, 71, American Constitutional scholar, heart attack.
  • Buddy Landel, 53, American professional wrestler (SMW, USWA, WCW).
  • Donnie MacLeod, 76, Canadian politician.
  • Gregorio Morales, 62, Spanish author.
  • Robert Sowell, 54, American football player (Miami Dolphins).
  • Dick Stanfel, 87, American football player (Detroit Lions, Washington Redskins) and coach (New Orleans Saints).
  • Tama, 16, Japanese calico cat, stationmaster at Kishi Station, heart failure.
  • Ted Whelan, 85, Australian football player (Port Adelaide).
  • Gabriele Wohmann, 83, German author.

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  • Jack Asher, 88, Scottish shinty player and referee.
  • Sanjeet Bedi, Indian actor (Sanjivani).
  • Praful Bidwai, 66, Indian journalist.
  • Sharon Bryant, 54, American tribal politician, Chief of the Monacan Indian Nation (since 2011), liver cancer.
  • Marujita Díaz, 83, Spanish singer and actress, complications from colon cancer.
  • Miguel Facussé Barjum, 90, Honduran businessman and landowner.
  • Tommy Hudspeth, 83, American football coach and administrator (Detroit Lions, Toronto Argonauts), cancer.
  • Nirmala Joshi, 80, Indian Roman Catholic religious sister, Superior General of the Missionaries of Charity (1997–2009).
  • Thé Lau, 62, Dutch singer and guitarist (The Scene), lung cancer.
  • Helmuth Lohner, 82, Austrian actor and theatre director.
  • Elizabeth MacLennan, 77, Scottish actress, writer and stage practitioner (7:84), leukaemia.
  • Alex Mathew, 57, Indian actor (Thoovanathumbikal), heart attack.
  • Donald Max, 58, Tanzanian politician, MP for Geita.
  • Ben Mboi, 80, Indonesian politician, Governor of East Nusa Tenggara (1978–1988).
  • Domenico Moschella, 67, Canadian politician, Montreal City Councillor.
  • Shusei Nagaoka, 78, Japanese illustrator.
  • Magali Noël, 83, Turkish-born French actress (Amarcord, La Dolce Vita) and singer.
  • Pat Peppler, 93, American football coach and executive (Atlanta Falcons).
  • Jacques Perrier, 90, French basketball player.
  • Harvey Pollack, 93, American sport statistician, last surviving employee from first NBA season.
  • Ajit Singh, 74, Indian-born British economist.
  • Lonnie Spurrier, 83, American Olympic middle-distance runner (1956).
  • Tom Stagg, 92, American judge, U.S. District Court Chief Judge for the Western District of Louisiana (1984–1991).
  • Dick Van Patten, 86, American actor (Eight Is Enough, Spaceballs, Robin Hood: Men in Tights), complications from diabetes.
  • Sir Chris Woodhead, 68, British educationalist, Chief Inspector for Ofsted (1994–2000), motor neurone disease.

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  • Cristiano Araújo, 29, Brazilian singer and songwriter, traffic collision.
  • Dileep Singh Bhuria, 71, Indian politician.
  • Mario Biaggi, 97, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York (1969–1988).
  • Walter Browne, 66, Australian-born American chess Grandmaster, six-time U.S. champion.
  • Marva Collins, 78, American educator.
  • Susan Ahn Cuddy, 100, American Navy officer.
  • Ruqaiya Hasan, 83, Indian linguist.
  • John Joe Nerney, 93, Irish Gaelic footballer (Roscommon).
  • John Palmer, 64, British criminal, shot.
  • Robert Hugh Pickering, 82, Canadian politician and curler.
  • E L Short, 89, American farmer, politician and businessman, member of the Texas House of Representatives (1969–1979) and Senate (1979–1983).
  • John Winn, 94, British army officer.

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  • Lou Butera, 78, American pool player.
  • Sir Graham Dorey, 82, Guernsey judge, Bailiff of Guernsey (1992–1999).
  • Gordon Fearnley, 65, English footballer (Bristol Rovers).
  • Graham Gilchrist, 82, Australian football player (Carlton).
  • Hal Gould, 95, American photographer and gallery curator.
  • Gunnar Kulldorff, 87, Swedish statistician.
  • Maravene Loeschke, 68, American college administrator (Towson University), adrenal cancer.
  • Patrick Macnee, 93, English-American actor (The Avengers, This Is Spinal Tap, A View to a Kill).
  • Hélène Monette, 55, Canadian poet, cancer.
  • Nerses Bedros XIX Tarmouni, 75, Egyptian-born Armenian Catholic hierarch, Patriarch-Catholicos of Cilicia (since 1999).
  • Vithal Rao, 85, Indian ghazal singer.
  • Jamie Reid, 74, Canadian writer and activist.
  • Alejandro Romay, 88, Argentine businessman (Canal 9).
  • Jan de Voogd, 90, Dutch politician, member of the House of Representatives (1977–1981).
  • Theodore Weesner, 79, American author.
  • O'Kelley Whitaker, 88, American prelate, Episcopal Bishop of Central New York.

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  • Paul Ambros, 82, German Hall of Fame ice hockey player (EV Füssen, unified team).
  • Pétur Blöndal, 71, Icelandic politician and mathematician.
  • Roger Bordier, 92, French author. (death announced on this date)
  • Larry Carberry, 79, English footballer (Ipswich Town).
  • Damion Cook, 36, American football player (Detroit Lions), heart attack.
  • Jerome M. Hughes, 85, American politician, President of the Minnesota Senate (1983–1993).
  • David McAlister, 64, British actor (Hollyoaks, Doctor Who).
  • Matti Makkonen, 63, Finnish telecommunications engineer.
  • Richard Matt, 49, American convicted murderer and prison escapee, shot.
  • Norman Poole, 95, British World War II paratrooper.
  • Yevgeny Primakov, 85, Russian politician and diplomat, Prime Minister (1998–1999).
  • Gustavo Sainz, 74, Mexican writer.
  • Kája Saudek, 80, Czech comics illustrator.
  • Kal Segrist, 84, American baseball player (New York Yankees, Baltimore Orioles).
  • Shiv Singh, 76, Indian artist.
  • Alexa Suelzer, 97, American author, educator and theologian.
  • Chris Thompson, 63, American writer and producer (Laverne & Shirley, Bosom Buddies, Shake It Up!).
  • Denis Thwaites, 70, English footballer (Birmingham City), shot.
  • David Turner, 91, American rower, Olympic gold medalist (1948).
  • Donald Wexler, 89, American architect.

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  • Jane Aaron, 67, American filmmaker and children's book illustrator (Sesame Street, Between the Lions), cancer.
  • Eric Dunn, 85, New Zealand cricketer.
  • Zvi Elpeleg, 89, Polish-born Israeli diplomat and academic.
  • Elery Hamilton-Smith, 85, Australian academic and conservationist.
  • Knut Helle, 84, Norwegian historian.
  • Harvey McGregor, 89, British barrister, Warden of New College, Oxford (1985–1996).
  • Ghias Mela, 53, Pakistani politician, member of the National Assembly from Sargodha (1997–1999, 2002–2007, 2008–2013), cardiac arrest.
  • Boris Shilkov, 87, Russian speed skater, Olympic champion (1956).
  • Chris Squire, 67, English bass guitarist (Yes), acute erythroid leukaemia.
  • Bronius Vyšniauskas, 92, Lithuanian sculptor.

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  • Ian Allan, 92, British publisher (Ian Allan Publishing).
  • Pete Athas, 67, American football player (New York Giants), lymphoma.
  • Goran Brajković, 36, Croatian football player, traffic collision.
  • Robert C. Broward, 89, American architect.
  • Jack Carter, 93, American comedian (Cavalcade of Stars) and actor (Dr. Kildare, Alligator), respiratory failure.
  • Carlyle Crockwell, 83, Bermudian football referee.
  • Edgar Dawson, 83, English rugby league player.
  • Dietrich Haugk, 90, German film director and voice actor.
  • Louis Norberg Howard, 86, American mathematician.
  • Thomas P. Kennedy, 63, American politician.
  • Joe Lobenstein, 88, German-born British politician.
  • Liam Ó Murchú, 86, Irish broadcaster (RTÉ).
  • Jope Seniloli, 76, Fijian politician, Vice-President (2001–2004).
  • Sivuqaq, 21, American walrus and animal actor (50 First Dates), heart failure.
  • Todor Slavov, 31, Bulgarian rally driver, race crash.
  • Wally Stanowski, 96, Canadian ice hockey player (Toronto Maple Leafs, New York Rangers).
  • Ben J. Wattenberg, 81, American author and political commentator, complications from surgery.
  • Bart Williams, 65, American documentary filmmaker and actor (MADtv), cancer.

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  • Hisham Barakat, 64, Egyptian prosecutor, car bombing.
  • Forrest Behm, 95, American football player.
  • Helge Ole Bergesen, 65, Norwegian political scientist and politician.
  • Ladislav Chudík, 91, Slovak actor (Kawasaki's Rose).
  • Bill Cross, 97, British World War II soldier.
  • Willie Daniel, 77, American football player (Pittsburgh Steelers, Los Angeles Rams).
  • Rabbe Grönblom, 65, Finnish chief executive.
  • Kauto Star, 15, French-born British-trained racehorse, dual winner of the Cheltenham Gold Cup, euthanized.
  • Clayton Kenny, 86, Canadian Olympic boxer (1952).
  • Josef Masopust, 84, Czech football player and manager (Dukla Prague, national team).
  • Joseph Bryan Nelson, 83, British ornithologist.
  • Charles Pasqua, 88, French politician, Minister of the Interior (1986–1988, 1993–1995).
  • Bruce Rowland, 74, British rock drummer (Fairport Convention).
  • Jackson Vroman, 34, American-Lebanese basketball player (Phoenix Suns, New Orleans Hornets, Lebanese national team).

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  • Charles W. Bagnal, 81, American Army lieutenant general.
  • Edward Burnham, 98, English actor (To Sir, with Love, 10 Rillington Place, Doctor Who).
  • Robert Dewar, 70, English-born American computer scientist (AdaCore).
  • Charles Harbutt, 79, American photographer.
  • Ronald Kissell, 82, Australian cricketer.
  • Eddy Louiss, 74, French jazz organist.
  • K. P. P. Nambiar, 86, Indian industrialist.
  • Paolo Piffarerio, 90, Italian animator and cartoonist (Alan Ford).
  • Arthur Porter, 59, Canadian physician, lung cancer.
  • Alex Scott, 85, Australian-British actor. (death reported on this date)
  • Leonard Starr, 89, American cartoonist (ThunderCats).
  • Khosrow Shakeri Zand, 76, Iranian author and human rights activist.

    • References

    Deaths in June 2015 Wikipedia
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