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Deaths in June 2016

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The following is a list of notable deaths in June 2016.

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

  • William Harrison Bell, 89, American surgeon.
  • Leonard Boyle, 85, New Zealand Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Dunedin (1983–2005).
  • Agostino Coletto, 88, Italian racing cyclist.
  • David Daniell, 87, English literary scholar.
  • Roger Enrico, 71, American businessman (PepsiCo, DreamWorks).
  • Razak Khan, 65, Indian film actor (Baadshah, Hello Brother, Akhiyon Se Goli Maare), heart attack.
  • Boyce F. Martin Jr., 80, American judge, Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit (1996–2003), brain cancer.
  • Grigore Obreja, 48, Romanian sprint canoeist, world champion (1994).
  • Kosit Panpiemras, 73, Thai banker (Bangkok Bank), cancer.
  • Bob Rumball, 86, Canadian pastor and deaf rights advocate.
  • Dalpat Singh Paraste, 66, Indian politician, MP for Shahdol (2004–2009), brain hemorrhage.
  • David Spielberg, 77, American actor (Christine, Wiseguy, ER).
  • John Taylor, 87, British Anglican bishop and theologian.
  • Wang Jui, 85, Taiwanese actor, Golden Bell winner (1991, 1997, 2014).

    • 2

  • Klaus Biemann, 89, Austrian-born American biochemist.
  • Walter Curley, 93, American diplomat, Ambassador to Ireland (1975–1977) and France (1989–1993).
  • Alvin J. DeGrow, 90, American politician.
  • Donny Everett, 19, American baseball player (Vanderbilt Commodores), drowned.
  • Fulvio Galimi, 89, Argentine fencer.
  • Darko Grubor, 53, Serbian executive.
  • Don Hardeman, 63, American football player.
  • Sir Tom Kibble, 83, British physicist.
  • Wayne Kingery, 88, American football player (Baltimore Colts).
  • Keith Lawrence, 96, New Zealand-born British flight lieutenant during World War II, surviving member of The Few.
  • Yevhen Lemeshko, 85, Ukrainian football coach.
  • Abderrahmane Meziani, 74, Algerian footballer (USM Alger).
  • Dan Henry Nicolson, 82, American botanist.
  • Andrzej Niemczyk, 72, Polish volleyball coach, European champion (2003, 2005).
  • Sir John Pidgeon, 89, Australian property developer.
  • Ulrik Plesner, 85, Danish architect.
  • Lee Pfund, 96, American baseball player (Brooklyn Dodgers) and college baseball and basketball coach (Wheaton College).
  • Willis Pyle, 101, American animator (Pinocchio, Bambi, Mr. Magoo).
  • Brian Reidy, 77, New Zealand rugby league player (Auckland, national team).
  • Helen Renton, 85, British air force officer, director of the WRAF (1980-1986).
  • Freddie Wadling, 64, Swedish singer and songwriter.

    • 3

  • Yevgeny Agureev, 65, Russian field hockey player and administrator.
  • Muhammad Ali, 74, American boxer, Olympic gold medalist (1960), three-time WBC world heavyweight champion (1964, 1974, 1978), septic shock.
  • Balu Anand, 61, Indian actor, heart attack.
  • Szabolcs Baranyi, 72, Hungarian tennis player.
  • Sreten Asanović, 85, Montenegrin author.
  • Adolph Cornelis van Bruggen, 86, Dutch malacologist.
  • Henry Childs, 65, American football player (New Orleans Saints), heart attack.
  • Mac Cocker, 74, English-born Australian radio presenter (2JJ, 105.7 ABC Darwin).
  • Stephen Gasiorowicz, 87, American theoretical physicist.
  • Vladimir Ivanovsky, 68, Russian diplomat, Ambassador to Turkey (2007–2013).
  • Jocelyn Lovell, 65, Canadian cyclist, Commonwealth (1978) and Pan American Games (1971, 1975) gold medalist.
  • Sten Lundin, 84, Swedish motocross racer, world champion (1959, 1961).
  • Leonard Marchand, 82, Canadian politician, Minister of Environment (1976, 1977–1979), Senator (1984–1998), first Aboriginal federal cabinet minister.
  • Joseph Michel, 90, Belgian politician, President of the Belgian Chamber of Representatives (1980–1981), Minister of the Interior (1974–1977, 1986–1988).
  • Ken Morioka, 49, Japanese musician and composer (Soft Ballet), heart failure.
  • Murray Murrell, 93, Australian football player (Collingwood).
  • Victor Reux, 86, French Saint Pierre and Miquelon politician.
  • Luis Salom, 24, Spanish motorcycle racer, race collision.
  • Sabam Siagian, 84, Indonesian journalist, editor-in-chief of The Jakarta Post (1983–1991), Ambassador to Australia (1991–1994).
  • Arve Solstad, 80, Norwegian newspaper editor (Dagbladet).
  • Dave Swarbrick, 75, British folk musician and singer-songwriter (Fairport Convention), emphysema.
  • Henrique N'zita Tiago, 88, Angolan separatist politician, President of the Armed Forces of Cabinda.

    • 4

  • Gil Bartosh, 86, American football player and coach.
  • Annie Castledine, 77, British theatre director.
  • Eamonn Cooke, 79, Irish DJ and criminal.
  • Phyllis Curtin, 94, American soprano.
  • Bobby Curtola, 73, Canadian singer.
  • Sulabha Deshpande, 79, Indian actress.
  • István Halász, 64, Hungarian footballer (Tatabánya, Vasas, national team).
  • Antti Hyry, 84, Finnish writer.
  • Geirmund Ihle, 81, Norwegian politician, MP (1969–1981).
  • Nicky Jennings, 70, English footballer (Portsmouth, Exeter City).
  • Piero Leddi, 85, Italian painter.
  • Erich Linemayr, 83, Austrian football referee.
  • Norman Longmate, 90, English historian.
  • Sir Brian McGrath, 90, British courtier, private secretary to the Duke of Edinburgh.
  • Carmen Pereira, 79, Bissau-Guinean politician, acting President (1984).
  • Pulu Poumele, 44, American football player (San Diego Chargers, Baltimore Ravens).
  • Alan Rathbone, 57, English rugby league player (Bradford, Warrington).
  • Bill Richmond, 94, American screenwriter and producer (The Carol Burnett Show, The Nutty Professor, Three's Company).
  • Farid Seiful-Mulyukov, 85, Uzbek-born Russian journalist and writer.
  • Bill Snowden, 81, New Zealand rugby league player (Ponsonby, national team).
  • Nicola Tanda, 87, Italian literary critic and philologist.
  • William Wright, 85, American author.
  • Mustafa Zalmi, 92, Iraqi Kurdish Muslim scholar.

    • 5

  • Loretta Abbott, 83, American dancer and choreographer.
  • Manohar Aich, 104, Indian bodybuilder, Mr. Universe (1952).
  • Gianluca Buonanno, 50, Italian politician, MEP (since 2014), traffic collision.
  • Jerome Bruner, 100, American psychologist.
  • David Gilkey, 50, American photojournalist, grenade explosion.
  • Frank Griffin, 98, Irish judge.
  • Taomati Iuta, 77, I-Kiribati politician, Vice President (1991–1994) and Speaker of the House (2003, 2007–2015), diabetes.
  • David Lamb, 76, American war correspondent and journalist (Los Angeles Times).
  • Abu Layla, 32, Syrian military commander, shot.
  • Jarbas Passarinho, 96, Brazilian politician, Minister of Justice (1990–1992), Senate President (1981–1983), Governor of Pará (1964–1966).
  • Cedric Robinson, 76, American political scientist.
  • Patti Grace Smith, 68, American Federal Aviation Administration official.
  • Rick Speare, 68, Australian public health physician, traffic collision.
  • Eleanor Zelliot, 89, American scholar.
  • Aleksei Zharkov, 68, Russian actor, liver disease.

    • 6

  • Stuart Anderson, 93, American restaurateur (Black Angus Steakhouse).
  • Rhoda Blumberg, 98, American author.
  • Theresa Poh Lin Chan, 72, Singaporean writer and actress, lung cancer.
  • Helen Fabela Chávez, 88, American labor unionist.
  • Hélio Garcia, 85, Brazilian politician, Governor of Minas Gerais (1984–1987, 1991–1995).
  • Harry Gregory, 72, English footballer (Charlton Athletic).
  • John Charles Harding, 2nd Baron Harding of Petherton, 88, British army officer and peer.
  • Ayaz Jani, 48, Pakistani poet and journalist.
  • Viktor Korchnoi, 85, Russian-born Swiss chess player.
  • Remi Nadeau, 95, American historian.
  • Federico José Pagura, 93, Argentinian Protestant minister, Bishop of the Evangelical Methodist Church of Argentina.
  • Steve Pisanos, 96, Greek-born American air force officer.
  • Theresa Saldana, 61, American actress (Raging Bull, The Commish, I Wanna Hold Your Hand), renal failure.
  • Rolf Schweizer, 80, German composer.
  • Sir Peter Shaffer, 90, British playwright (Amadeus, Equus, Black Comedy) and screenwriter, Tony (1975, 1981) and Oscar winner (1985).
  • Kimbo Slice, 42, Bahamian-born American mixed martial artist (Bellator, UFC), boxer and actor (Merry Christmas, Drake & Josh), heart failure.
  • Keith Smith, 87, New Zealand cricketer.
  • Tunga, 64, Brazilian sculptor and performance artist.
  • André Warusfel, 79, French mathematician and writer.
  • Jimmy Williams, 90, Canadian baseball player and manager.
  • Héctor Zumbado, 84, Cuban writer and comedian.

    • 7

  • Børge Bach, 71, Danish footballer (AaB).
  • Bretagne, 16, American Golden Retriever rescue dog, euthanized after kidney failure.
  • Johnny Brooks, 84, English footballer (Tottenham Hotspur, Chelsea, Brentford).
  • John H. Eicher, 95, American scientist and author.
  • Tanju Gürsu, 77, Turkish actor and film director.
  • Amber Gurung, 78, Nepalese musician and composer (national anthem).
  • Frans Harjawiyata, 84, Indonesian Roman Catholic abbot.
  • Robert Hall, 85, Canadian politician.
  • Leonard Hill, 68, American television executive and writer, property developer.
  • Peter Jost, 95, British mechanical engineer.
  • Stephen Keshi, 54, Nigerian football player (Anderlecht, Strasbourg) and manager (national team), heart attack.
  • Sir Graham Latimer, 90, New Zealand Māori leader and politician.
  • Marita Lindquist, 97, Finnish writer.
  • Thomas Perkins, 84, American businessman (Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers).
  • Anatoliy Polishchuk, 66, Soviet-Ukrainian volleyball player, Olympic silver medalist (1976).
  • Rubén Quevedo, 37, Venezuelan baseball player (Chicago Cubs, Milwaukee Brewers), heart attack.
  • Elayne Rapping, 77, American writer, breast cancer.
  • Sean Rooks, 46, American basketball player (Dallas Mavericks, Minnesota Timberwolves, Los Angeles Lakers).
  • Didargylyç Urazow, 39, Turkmen footballer, stroke.
  • Bryan Wiedmeier, 56, American sports executive (Miami Dolphins, Cleveland Browns, NFL Management Council), brain cancer.
  • Rod Zimmer, 73, Canadian politician, Senator for Manitoba (2005–2013), complications from esophageal cancer and pneumonia.

    • 8

  • Pierre Aubert, 89, Swiss politician, President (1983, 1987).
  • Terje Fjærn, 73, Norwegian musician and conductor.
  • Sascha Lewandowski, 44, German football manager (Bayer Leverkusen, Union Berlin).
  • Qahhor Mahkamov, 84, Tajik politician, President (1990–1991).
  • Philip Majerus, 79, American biochemist.
  • Marina Malfatti, 83, Italian actress (The Night Evelyn Came Out of the Grave, The Red Queen Kills Seven Times, Black Killer).
  • Michael Manser, 87, British architect, complications from a stroke.
  • Ngala Mwendwa, 94, Kenyan politician.
  • William Smith, 62, Northern Irish paramilitary and politician.
  • Robert Sussman, 74, American anthropologist.

    • 9

  • Hamza Ali, 20, English cricketer (Hampshire), drowning.
  • Michael Baldasaro, 67, Canadian sect leader (Church of the Universe) and political candidate (Marijuana Party), cancer.
  • Stepan Bondarev, 93, Belarusian Soviet army general.
  • Alex Tamba Brima, 44, Sierra Leonean military commander (Armed Forces Revolutionary Council), convicted of war crimes and crimes against humanity during the Civil War.
  • Stéphane Dumas, 46, Canadian astrophysicist.
  • Carillo Gritti, 74, Italian-born Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Territorial Prelate of Itacoatiara (since 2000).
  • T. S. John, 76, Indian politician, chairman of the Kerala Congress.
  • J. Reilly Lewis, 71, American choral conductor and Baroque music specialist, heart attack.
  • James Lewis, 85, American politician, member of the Indiana Senate (1974–1978, 1986–2010) and House of Representatives (1970–1972).
  • Panagiotis Mavrikos, 42, Greek newspaper publisher, traffic collision.
  • Bernard Shrimsley, 85, British newspaper editor (The Sun, News of the World).
  • Brooks Thompson, 45, American basketball player (Orlando Magic) and coach (UTSA Roadrunners), multiple organ failure.
  • A. Gordon Wetmore, 84, American theologian, President of the Northwest Nazarene College (1983–1992).
  • Madeleen de Wijkerslooth de Weerdesteyn, 80, Dutch politician, member of the Senate (1980–1987) and Council of State (1987–2002).

    • 10

  • Shuaibu Amodu, 58, Nigerian football coach (Nigeria national football team).
  • Mary Feik, 92, American aviator.
  • Alexander Gorlov, 85, Russian mechanical engineer.
  • Alex Govan, 86, Scottish footballer (Plymouth Argyle, Birmingham City).
  • Christina Grimmie, 22, American singer-songwriter (Find Me) and talent show participant (The Voice), shot.
  • Gopal Gurung, 80, Nepali politician and author.
  • Habib, 68, Iranian singer, heart attack.
  • Margaret Vinci Heldt, 98, American hairstylist, creator of the beehive hairstyle.
  • Ambrose Hickey, 71, Irish Gaelic footballer (Offaly GAA).
  • Desmond Heeley, 85, British set and costume designer.
  • John Horgan, 66, Irish hurler (Cork).
  • Gordie Howe, 88, Canadian Hall of Fame ice hockey player (Detroit Red Wings, Hartford Whalers).
  • Giannis Mihalopoulos, 89, Greek actor.
  • Mimmo Palmara, 87, Italian actor (A Long Ride from Hell, Hercules and the Conquest of Atlantis, Hercules Unchained).
  • Alfred Oftedal Telhaug, 81, Norwegian educationalist.
  • Giuseppe Virgili, 80, Italian footballer (Fiorentina, national team).
  • Derek Wilson, 93, New Zealand architect and environmentalist.

    • 11

  • Rudi Altig, 79, German cyclist, winner of the 1962 Vuelta a España, world champion (1966), cancer.
  • Asghar Bichareh, 89, Iranian photographer and actor.
  • Gilbert Blue, 82, American Catawba chief (1973–2007), mesothelioma.
  • Stacey Castor, 48, American convicted murderer.
  • Chico Fernández, 84, Cuban baseball player (Detroit Tigers), complications from a stroke.
  • Paolo Leon, 81, Italian post-Keynesian economist.
  • Inder Malhotra, 86, Indian journalist (The Guardian), editor (The Statesman, The Times of India) and columnist (The Indian Express).
  • Alberto Remedios, 81, British operatic tenor.
  • Bryan Robinson, 41, American football player (Chicago Bears, Cincinnati Bengals, Arizona Cardinals).
  • Trudi Roth, 86, Swiss actress.
  • Thomas Skidmore, 83, American historian.
  • Lars Skytøen, 86, Norwegian politician, Minister of Industry (1979–1981).

    • 12

  • Abdullah Ahmad, 79, Malaysian newspaper editor (New Straits Times), journalist and politician, cancer.
  • Georgia Apostolou, 43, Greek actress (Erotas), heart attack.
  • David K. Backus, 63, American economist, leukemia.
  • Donald Carr, 89, English cricketer (Derbyshire, Oxford University, national team) and administrator (MCC, TCCB).
  • Michelle Cliff, 69, Jamaican-born American writer, liver failure.
  • Gordon Connell, 93, American actor (Hello, Dolly!).
  • Vladimir Dolgopolov, 54, Soviet and Russian football player (FC Zenit Saint Petersburg).
  • Robert F. Dorr, 76, American writer and diplomat, brain tumor.
  • Francesco Faggi, 90, Italian rower, Olympic gold medalist (1948).
  • Earl Faison, 77, American football player (San Diego Chargers).
  • Dagfinn Gedde-Dahl, 79, Norwegian physician.
  • Gunnar Gran, 84, Norwegian media executive (NRK).
  • P.V. Guharaj, 91, Indian police surgeon.
  • Curley Johnson, 80, American football player (New York Jets), Super Bowl winner (1969).
  • Danny Kopec, 62, American chess player.
  • Harold La Borde, 82, Trinidadian sailor, fall.
  • Achyut Lahkar, 85, Indian actor and playwright.
  • Rodney Leach, Baron Leach of Fairford, 82, British banker and politician.
  • Tom Leppard, 80, British tattooed man.
  • Omar Mateen, 29, American mass murderer (2016 Orlando nightclub shooting), shot.
  • Elín Ortiz, 81, Puerto Rican actor, comedian, and producer, Alzheimer's disease.
  • Fabrizio Pirovano, 56, Italian motorcycle road racer.
  • Alfonso Portugal, 82, Mexican footballer (national team).
  • Jerry Vaflor, 76, Filipino football player and coach.
  • George Voinovich, 79, American politician, Senator from Ohio (1999–2011), Governor of Ohio (1991–1998), Mayor of Cleveland (1980–1989).
  • Janet Waldo, 96, American actress and voice artist (The Jetsons, The Flintstones, Wacky Races).
  • Chris Warren, 49, American musician (WWF).
  • Cezary Wodziński, 57, Polish philosopher, historian, essayist and translator (Jagiellonian University, University of Warsaw).

    • 13

  • Anahid Ajemian, 92, American violinist.
  • Uriah Asante, 24, Ghanaian footballer (Hearts of Oak), heart attack.
  • John Arnold Baker, 90, British judge and politician.
  • Irene Bauer, 71, Norwegian politician.
  • Tony Byrne, 70, Irish footballer (Hereford, Southampton).
  • Tet Garcia, 75, Filipino politician.
  • Gladys Gunzer, 76, American sculptor.
  • Ofelya Hambardzumyan, 91, Armenian folk singer.
  • Oleg Karavaychuk, 88, Soviet and Russian composer.
  • Joshua Wanume Kibedi, 74, Ugandan diplomat and politician, Foreign Minister (1971–1973), Ambassador to the United Nations (1986–1988).
  • Randy Jones, 72, British-born American jazz musician (Chet Baker, Dave Brubeck, Maynard Ferguson).
  • Ron Mason, 76, Canadian ice hockey coach and university administrator (Michigan State).
  • Michu Meszaros, 76, Hungarian-born American actor (ALF).
  • Mohammad Moniruzzaman Miah, 81, Bangladeshi academic.
  • Chips Moman, 79, American songwriter ("(Hey Won't You Play) Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song") and record producer, Grammy winner (1976).
  • Mudrarakshas, 82, Indian Hindi author.
  • Robert T. Paine, 83, American ecologist, acute myeloid leukemia.
  • Gregory Rabassa, 94, American literary translator (Hopscotch).
  • Gerald J. Wasserburg, 89, American geologist.

    • 14

  • Lidia Biondi, 75, Italian actress (Eat Pray Love, Casanova, Rome).
  • Roger Breeze, 69, English veterinary scientist.
  • Robert Després, 91, Canadian businessman, lung cancer.
  • Anatol Dumitraș, 60, Moldovan singer, cancer.
  • Melvin Dwork, 94, American interior designer and gay rights activist.
  • Ronnie Claire Edwards, 83, American actress (The Waltons, The Dead Pool, Designing Women).
  • Anatoli Grishin, 76, Russian sprint canoeist, Olympic champion (1964).
  • Ann Morgan Guilbert, 87, American actress (The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Nanny, Grumpier Old Men), cancer.
  • Per Hovdenakk, 80, Norwegian art historian.
  • Gertrude Kerbis, 89, American architect (O'Hare International Airport), liver cancer.
  • OJB Jezreel, 49, Nigerian singer and record producer.
  • Gilles Lamontagne, 97, Canadian politician, Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (1984–1990), MP (1977–1984), Mayor of Quebec City (1965–1977).
  • Ali Lazrak, 68, Dutch politician, member of the House of Representatives (2002–2006), lung cancer.
  • Henry McCullough, 72, Northern Irish guitarist (Spooky Tooth, Wings, The Grease Band).
  • Samuel Mumbengegwi, 73, Zimbabwean politician.
  • Ken Orr, 77, American software engineer.
  • Irma Roy, 84, Argentine actress and politician, national deputy (1995–2005).
  • Ovie Scurlock, 97, American jockey.
  • Yumi Shirakawa, 79, Japanese actress (Rodan, The Mysterians, The H-Man).

    • 15

  • Somawansa Amarasinghe, 73, Sri Lankan politician, leader of Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (1994–2014), stroke.
  • Anton Barten, 86, Dutch economist.
  • Claude Confortès, 88, French actor (War of the Buttons).
  • Lois Duncan, 82, American writer (I Know What You Did Last Summer, Hotel for Dogs, Who Killed My Daughter?).
  • Aslam Farrukhi, 92, Pakistani writer and critic.
  • Gypsy Joe, 82, Puerto Rican professional wrestler (WWC, CWA, AJPW).
  • David Hall, 88, New Zealand chemistry academic (University of Auckland).
  • Roland Hardy, 90, British race walker.
  • Bob Holman, 79, British academic (University of Bath) and community worker, motor neurone disease.
  • Joaquin Jackson, 80, American Texas Ranger.
  • Fred James, 71, Canadian football player (Calgary Stampeders).
  • Ladislav Kupkovič, 80, Slovak composer and conductor.
  • Milorad Mandić, 55, Serbian actor (Selo gori, a baba se češlja, Pretty Village, Pretty Flame, Klopka).
  • Hiroshi Minatoya, 72, Japanese judoka, world champion (1967, 1969).
  • Alavi Moulana, 84, Sri Lankan politician, Minister of Labour (2000–2001), Governor of Western Province (2002–2015).
  • Harry Moule, 94, English cricketer (Worcestershire).
  • Richard Selzer, 87, American surgeon and author.
  • Giuseppe Spagnulo, 79, Italian sculptor.
  • A. C. Tirulokchandar, 86, Indian film director (Iru Malargal, Deiva Magan, Adhey Kangal).

    • 16

  • Sulo Aittoniemi, 79, Finnish politician, MP (1987–2003).
  • Bill Berkson, 76, American poet and art critic, heart attack.
  • Doug Cherry, 83, Canadian politician.
  • Jo Cox, 41, British politician, MP for Batley and Spen (since 2015), shot and stabbed.
  • Manimala Devi, 84, Indian actress (Kaa).
  • Wayne Dowd, 74, American politician, member of the Arkansas Senate (1978–2000), cancer.
  • Anjan Dutta, 64, Indian politician.
  • Luděk Macela, 65, Czech footballer, Olympic gold medalist (1980).
  • Irving Moskowitz, 88, American businessman and philanthropist.
  • Candy Ruff, 65, American politician, member of the Kansas House of Representatives (1993–2009).
  • Pat Suggate, 94, British-born New Zealand geologist.
  • Jerome Teasley, 67, American drummer.
  • Charles Thompson, 98, American pianist.

    • 17

  • Rubén Aguirre, 82, Mexican actor (El Chavo del Ocho, El Chapulín Colorado, Chespirito), pneumonia.
  • Willy Andresen, 94, Norwegian jazz pianist.
  • Attrell Cordes, 46, American rhythm and blues singer (P.M. Dawn), renal disease.
  • Angel Gelmi Bertocchi, 78, Italian-born Bolivian Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Cochabamba (1985–2013).
  • Audrey Disbury, 82, English cricketer.
  • Peter Feuchtwanger, 76, German-born British pianist, composer and piano teacher.
  • Thomas Ashley Graves, Jr., 91, American academic, President of the College of William & Mary (1971–1985).
  • Bud Gregory, 90, Canadian politician.
  • Phil Hennigan, 70, American baseball player (Cleveland Indians, New York Mets).
  • Sam Beaver King, 90, Jamaican-born British political activist, Mayor of Southwark (1983), co-founder of the Notting Hill Carnival.
  • Reidar Kvaal, 100, Norwegian WWII military officer.
  • Ron Lester, 45, American actor (Varsity Blues, Popular, Good Burger), liver and kidney failure.
  • David Morgenthaler, 96, American businessman (Morgenthaler Ventures).
  • Loretto Petrucci, 86, Italian racing cyclist.
  • Tenor Fly, English rapper and ragga vocalist.
  • Wang Sichao, 77, Chinese astronomy scholar, cerebral hemorrhage.

    • 18

  • Paul Cox, 76, Dutch-born Australian film director (My First Wife, A Woman's Tale, Exile), liver cancer.
  • Sharon Douglas, 95, American actress (Fog Island).
  • Susana Duijm, 79, Venezuelan beauty queen, Miss World winner (1955).
  • Alejandro Jano Fuentes, 45, American singer (La Voz... México), shot.
  • Graham Gibbons, 96, Bermudian businessman and politician, Mayor of Hamilton, Bermuda (1972–1988).
  • Jim Harrison, 80, American writer and artist, heart attack.
  • Curt Hofstad, 70, American politician, member of the North Dakota House of Representatives (since 2006), heart attack.
  • Väinö Huhtala, 80, Finnish cross-country skier, Olympic champion (1960).
  • Jeppiaar, 85, Indian educationalist, founder and chancellor of Sathyabama University.
  • Sverre Kjelsberg, 69, Norwegian musician (The Pussycats).
  • William J. Livsey, 85, American army general.
  • Sibe Mardešić, 89, Croatian mathematician.
  • Rachel McCulloch, 74, American economist.
  • Vittorio Merloni, 83, Italian entrepreneur and industrialist, founder of Indesit Company.
  • Robert L. Moore, 73, American psychologist.
  • Kitty Rhoades, 65, American politician, member of the Wisconsin State Assembly (1999–2011).
  • Joe Schaffernoth, 78, American baseball player (Chicago Cubs, Cleveland Indians), cancer.
  • Edith Turner, 95, English-born American anthropologist.
  • Wu Jianmin, 77, Chinese diplomat, Ambassador to France and the Netherlands (1998–2003), traffic collision.

    • 19

  • Mihnea Berindei, 68, Romanian-born French historian.
  • Nicolae Bocșan, 68, Romanian historian.
  • Nicolás García Uriburu, 78, Argentine artist and landscape architect.
  • Götz George, 77, German actor (Tatort).
  • Ho Fan, 84, Chinese photographer, film director and actor, pneumonia.
  • David Johnson, 83, Australian-born American business executive (Campbell Soup Company).
  • John Love, 73, British-born Australian scientist.
  • Ricardo Obregón Cano, 99, Argentine politician, Governor of Córdoba (1973–1974).
  • Allan Paivio, 91, Canadian psychologist.
  • Victor Stănculescu, 88, Romanian general and politician, Minister of National Defence.
  • Norbert Thériault, 95, Canadian politician, MLA (1960–1979) and Senator for New Brunswick (1979–1996).
  • Niki Tobi, 75, Nigerian judge, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court (2002–2010).
  • Randolph Vigne, 87, South African political activist.
  • Anton Yelchin, 27, Soviet-born American actor (Star Trek, Alpha Dog, Fright Night), blunt traumatic asphyxia.

    • 20

  • Ann Atwater, 80, American civil rights activist.
  • Frank Chapot, 84, American equestrian, Olympic silver medalist (1960, 1972).
  • Fiqre Crockwell, 30, Bermudian cricket player, shot.
  • Eamonn Dolan, 48, Irish football player and coach, cancer.
  • Alvin Endt, 82, American politician, member of the Mississippi House of Representatives (1984–1999).
  • Benoîte Groult, 96, French journalist, writer and feminist activist.
  • Bill Ham, 79, American band manager (ZZ Top).
  • Hal Holman, 93, Australian artist.
  • Michał Józefczyk, 69, Polish Roman Catholic priest.
  • Willie Logie, 83, Scottish footballer.
  • Ernesto Maceda, 81, Filipino politician, Senate President (1996–1998), Senator (1971–1972, 1987–1998) and columnist, multiple organ failure.
  • Dan Maraya, 69, Nigerian griot.
  • Rich Olive, 66, American politician, member of the Iowa Senate (2007–2011), cancer.
  • Edgard Pisani, 97, French politician, philosopher and writer, President of the Arab World Institute (1988–1995), High Commissioner of New Caledonia (1985), Minister of Agriculture (1961–1966).
  • William Craig Rice, 61, American academic.
  • Chayito Valdez, 71, Mexican-born American folk singer and actress, complications from a cerebral hemorrhage.
  • James Victor, 76, American actor (Stand and Deliver, Zorro).

    • 21

  • Guda Anjaiah, 60, Indian poet, singer and lyricist.
  • Jim Boyd, 60, American singer-songwriter.
  • Karl Dallas, 85, British journalist, author and campaigner, cancer.
  • Dan Daniel, 82, American radio personality (WMCA, WYNY, WCBS).
  • Bryan Edwards, 85, British footballer (Bolton Wanderers).
  • Helen T. Edwards, 80, American physicist.
  • Pat Friday, 94, American singer.
  • Jack Fuller, 69, American journalist and publisher (Tribune Publishing), cancer.
  • Kunio Hatoyama, 67, Japanese politician.
  • Henk Hofland, 88, Dutch journalist, columnist and writer.
  • Al Howie, 70, Canadian long distance runner.
  • Wayne Jackson, 74, American musician (The Mar-Keys, The Memphis Horns), heart failure.
  • Pierre Lalonde, 75, Canadian singer and television host.
  • Kenworth Moffett, 81, American art curator (Boston Museum of Fine Arts), museum director (Museum of Art Fort Lauderdale) and writer.
  • Mohammed Nizamuddin, 83, Indian trade unionist and politician.
  • Jim Randell, 87, Australian politician, member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Mirani (1980–1994).

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  • Joan Acker, 92, American sociologist.
  • John William Ashe, 61, Antiguan diplomat, President of the United Nations General Assembly (2013–2014), heart attack.
  • Vasily Bochkaryov, 67, Russian politician.
  • Steve French, 56, American gospel singer (Kingdom Heirs).
  • John Garrow, 87, British nutritionist and physician.
  • Luis Gutiérrez Martín, 84, Spanish Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Segovia (1995–2007).
  • Mike Hart, 72, British singer-songwriter.
  • David J. Hickson, 85, British organisational theorist.
  • Mohammad Kilani, Jordanian politician, Water Minister (1989).
  • Andrzej Kondratiuk, 79, Polish film director (Hydrozagadka), screenwriter, actor and cinematographer.
  • Roberto Lovera, 93, Uruguayan basketball player, Olympic bronze medalist (1952).
  • J. V. Ramana Murthi, 83, Indian actor.
  • Yaşar Nuri Öztürk, 71, Turkish theologian and politician.
  • Harry Rabinowitz, 100, British music composer (Reilly, Ace of Spies) and conductor (Chariots of Fire, Cats).
  • Samir Roychoudhury, 82, Indian writer (Hungry Generation).
  • Tokia Russell, 38, Bermudian footballer.
  • Amjad Sabri, 45, Pakistani qawwali singer, shot.

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  • Eoin Cameron, 65, Australian radio presenter (6WF) and politician, MP for Stirling (1993–1998), heart attack.
  • Mike Flynn, 48, American online journalist and conservative activist.
  • Arie Gluck, 86, Israeli Olympic runner (1952).
  • James Green, 71, American historian.
  • Michael Herr, 76, American author (Dispatches) and screenwriter (Full Metal Jacket, Apocalypse Now).
  • Shirley Fenton Huie, 91, Australian author.
  • Jin Yaqin, 91, Chinese actress (You and Me), cancer.
  • Shelley Moore, 84, British-born American jazz singer.
  • Stanley Mandelstam, 87, American theoretical physicist.
  • Peter Morley, 91, German-born British filmmaker.
  • Stuart Nisbet, 82, American actor (Casino, In the Heat of the Night, Bewitched).
  • Ralph Stanley, 89, American bluegrass musician (The Stanley Brothers), Grammy winner (2002), skin cancer.
  • Peter Tennant, 74, English cricketer.
  • Rane Vaskivuori, 49, Finnish designer.

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  • Francisco Ivens de Sá Dias Branco, 81, Brazilian billionaire businessman.
  • Kenneth Charles Brown, 91, Canadian diplomat, Ambassador to Sweden, Haiti and Cuba.
  • Charles Chaynes, 90, French composer.
  • Tony Feher, 60, American sculptor, liver cancer.
  • Asım Can Gündüz, 60, Turkish rock guitarist.
  • Steven Hancock, 58, British Olympic kayaker (1980) and business executive (VidWrx Inc.), traffic collision.
  • Chaim Avrohom Horowitz, 83, American Chasidic rabbi of the Boston Hasidic dynasty.
  • Donald Jelinek, 82, American civil rights lawyer, lung disease.
  • Allah Dino Khaskheli, 50, Pakistani singer.
  • Andries Kinsbergen, 89, Belgian politician, Governor of Antwerp (1967–1993).
  • James Lee, 36, American football player (Green Bay Packers), complications from diabetes.
  • Kelly Mader, 64, American rancher and politician.
  • Edoardo Müller, 78, Italian opera conductor.
  • Oscar Obert, 85, American handball player.
  • Greg Pierce, 66, Australian rugby league player and captain (Cronulla Sharks, national team), cancer.
  • Gerald Walpin, 84, American attorney and author.
  • Bernie Worrell, 72, American musician (Parliament-Funkadelic), lung cancer.

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  • Raymond Bateman, 88, American politician, New Jersey state senator (1968–1978).
  • Percy Beake, 99, British WWII fighter pilot.
  • Nicole Courcel, 84, French actress (Rendezvous in July, Sundays and Cybele).
  • Jack Cropp, 89, New Zealand yachtsman, Olympic gold medalist (1956).
  • Bill Cunningham, 87, American fashion photographer (The New York Times).
  • Maurice G. Dantec, 57, French science fiction writer and musician.
  • Giuseppe Ferrara, 83, Italian film director (The Moro Affair, One Hundred Days in Palermo, Giovanni Falcone).
  • Steve Ferrughelli, 67, Canadian football player (Montreal Alouettes).
  • Shōichi Fujimori, 89, Japanese royal steward.
  • Jim Hickman, 79, American baseball player (New York Mets, Chicago Cubs).
  • Peter Hutton, 71, American film director, cancer.
  • Farrakh Khan, 77, Pakistani army general, Chief of General Staff (1991–1994).
  • Hal Lear, 81, American basketball player (Temple University).
  • Patrick Mayhew, Baron Mayhew of Twysden, 86, British barrister and politician, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (1992–1997).
  • Mohapatra Nilamani Sahoo, 89, Indian writer, multiple organ failure.
  • Ben Patterson, 82, American artist and musician.
  • Julie Plawecki, 54, American politician, member of the Michigan House of Representatives (since 2015), heart attack.
  • Adam Small, 79, South African writer and poet, complications from surgery.
  • Ermin Smrekar, 85, Italian architect.
  • Trevor Steedman, 62, British actor and stuntman (Aliens, Snatch, Children of Men), complications from a stroke.
  • Elliot Wolff, 61, American songwriter and music producer. (body discovered on this date)

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  • Jürgen von Beckerath, 96, German Egyptologist.
  • Austin Clarke, 81, Canadian novelist (The Polished Hoe).
  • Sergei Cortez, 81, Chilean-born Belarusian composer.
  • Kristiina Elstelä, 73, Finnish actress.
  • Jona Goldrich, 88, Polish-born American real estate developer and philanthropist.
  • Barbara Goldsmith, 85, American author, heart failure.
  • Samuel L. Green Jr., 89, American pastor and bishop (Church of God in Christ).
  • Andrés Hernández Ros, 67, Spanish politician, President of the Region of Murcia (1982–1984).
  • Ryan Jimmo, 34, Canadian mixed martial artist (UFC, MFC), traffic collision.
  • Kim Sung-min, 43, South Korean actor (Miss Mermaid), suicide by hanging.
  • Anatoliy Kutsev, 57, Moldovan-born Ukrainian football player, referee and manager (women's national team).
  • Alexander Litaay, 67, Indonesian ambassador, Ambassador to Croatia (since 2016), heart attack.
  • Hazel Newhook, 101, Canadian politician, MHA for Gander (1979–1985), Mayor of Gander (1973–1977).
  • Kavalam Narayana Panicker, 88, Indian dramatist, theatre director and poet.
  • Mike Pedicin, 98, American jazz bandleader.
  • John J. Santucci, 85, American lawyer and politician, New York state senator (1968–1976).
  • Gino Sovran, 91, Canadian basketball player (Toronto Huskies).
  • William C. Waterhouse, 74, American mathematician.
  • Rostislav Yankovsky, 86, Belarusian film and stage actor, People's Artist of the USSR (1978).

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  • Franz Cibulka, 69, Austrian composer.
  • Adelmar Faria Coimbra-Filho, 92, Brazilian biologist.
  • Elmer Cravalho, 90, American politician, Speaker of the Hawaii House of Representatives (1959–1967), Mayor of Maui (1969–1979).
  • Henry Sebastian D'Souza, 90, Indian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Calcutta (1986–2002).
  • Xerxes Desai, 79, Indian executive (Titan).
  • Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen, 83, Danish composer, cancer.
  • Harry Halbreich, 85, Belgian musicologist.
  • Dave Heath, 85, American photographer.
  • Dame Grace Hollander, 94, New Zealand community leader.
  • Aharon Ipalé, 74, Moroccan-born Israeli actor (The Mummy, Fiddler on the Roof, Alias), cancer.
  • Luís Carlos Melo Lopes, 61, Brazilian footballer.
  • George W. Miller, 75, American federal judge.
  • Oh Se-jong, 33, South Korean short track speed skater, Olympic champion (2006), traffic collision.
  • Simon Ramo, 103, American engineer, businessman and author.
  • Mack Rice, 82, American songwriter ("Mustang Sally", "Respect Yourself") and singer, complications of Alzheimer's disease.
  • Edward D. Sheafer, Jr., 75, American naval officer.
  • Bud Spencer, 86, Italian actor (They Call Me Trinity, Watch Out, We're Mad!, Who Finds a Friend Finds a Treasure) and swimmer.
  • Amar Suloev, 40, Armenian mixed martial artist, stomach cancer.
  • Alvin Toffler, 87, American writer and futurist (Future Shock, The Third Wave).

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  • Leland Bardwell, 94, Irish poet, novelist and playwright.
  • Theo Dilissen, 62, Belgian basketball player and businessman.
  • Christer Ericsson, 74, Swedish businessman, drowning.
  • Freddie Gilroy, 80, Northern Irish bantamweight boxer, Olympic bronze medalist (1956).
  • Allan Greenshields, 90, Australian football player (Carlton, St Kilda).
  • André Guelfi, 97, French racing driver (Formula One).
  • Darell Koons, 91, American painter.
  • George Matsumoto, 93, American architect.
  • Joseph Atsumi Misue, 80, Japanese Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Hiroshima (1985–2011).
  • Scotty Moore, 84, American guitarist (Elvis Presley).
  • Fabiane Niclotti, 31, Brazilian model, Miss Universo Brasil 2004.
  • Buddy Ryan, 85, American football head coach (Philadelphia Eagles, Arizona Cardinals) and defensive coordinator (Chicago Bears, Houston Oilers).
  • Michel Soutif, 94, French physicist.
  • Pat Summitt, 64, American basketball coach (Tennessee Lady Volunteers), dementia.
  • Zurlon Tipton, 26, American football player (Indianapolis Colts), shot.
  • Keith Vickerman, 83, British zoologist (University of Glasgow), Regius Professor of Zoology (1984–1998).

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  • Elechi Amadi, 82, Nigerian writer.
  • Margaret Bakkes, 84, South African author.
  • Inocente Carreño, 96, Venezuelan composer.
  • James Cooley, 89, American mathematician.
  • Giuseppe De Andrea, 86, Italian-born American Roman Catholic prelate, Apostolic Nuncio to Bahrain, Kuwait, and Yemen (2001–2005), Qatar (2003–2005).
  • John Farquharson, 86, Australian journalist.
  • Gunnar Garbo, 92, Norwegian politician, MP (1958–1973).
  • Stanley Gault, 90, American businessman, CEO of Rubbermaid and Goodyear.
  • Robert Marie Gay, 89, Canadian-born Ugandan Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Kabale (1996–2003).
  • Irving Gottesman, 85, American psychologist.
  • Carl Haas, 86, American car racing team owner.
  • Stan Harper, 94, American virtuoso harmonica player
  • Jan Hettema, 82, South African cyclist and rally driver, shot.
  • Ojo Maduekwe, 71, Nigerian politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs (2007–2010).
  • Frode Nilsen, 92, Norwegian diplomat.
  • Veena Sahasrabuddhe, 67, Indian singer and composer.
  • Edward L. Salmon, Jr., 82, American Episcopal prelate, Bishop of South Carolina (1990–2008).
  • Douglas W. Schwartz, 86, American archaeologist.
  • Vasyl Slipak, 41, Ukrainian opera singer, shot.
  • K. G. Subramanyan, 92, Indian artist.
  • Arthur Underwood, 88, English cricketer.
  • Rob Wasserman, 64, American musician (David Grisman Quintet, RatDog, Lou Reed), cancer.
  • Xu Jiatun, 100, Chinese politician and dissident, Governor of Jiangsu (1977–1979).

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  • Ann Cartwright DeCouto, 75, Bermudian politician, Deputy Premier (1989–1992).
  • Don Friedman, 81, American jazz pianist.
  • Paul T. Gillcrist, 87, American rear admiral.
  • Gian Corrado Gross, 74, Italian swimmer.
  • Juan Habichuela, 83, Spanish flamenco guitarist.
  • Sir Geoffrey Hill, 84, British poet.
  • Quasar Khanh, 82, Vietnamese inventor and designer.
  • Al Libous, 88, American politician, Mayor of Binghamton, New York (1969–1981).
  • Tupay Loong, 69, Filipino politician, Governor of Sulu (1984–1996), liver cancer.
  • Martin Lundström, 98, Swedish cross-country skier, Olympic champion (1948).
  • Gordon Murray, 95, British puppeteer and television producer (Trumpton, Camberwick Green, Chigley).
  • Malvina Garrone Ronchi Della Rocca, 94, Italian WWII partisan.
  • Joe Scott, 90, American football player (New York Giants).
  • Robert Squires, 89, British admiral.
  • Thunder, 35, Australian professional wrestler (CMLL), stomach cancer.
  • Witold Zagórski, 85, Polish basketball player (national team) and coach.

    • References

    Deaths in June 2016 Wikipedia
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