Deaths in June 2015
The following is a list of notable deaths in June 2015. For notable deaths before the current month, please see "Previous months".
- Name, age, country of citizenship and reason for notability, cause of death, reference (must be added) are added.
June 2015[change | change source]
- June 1 - Shone An, 31, Taiwanese singer (Comic Boyz) and actor, liver cancer.[1]
- June 1 - Joan Kirner, 76, Australian politician, Premier of Victoria (1990–1992), oesophageal cancer.[2]
- June 1 - Nobutaka Machimura, 70, Japanese politician, Speaker of the House of Representatives (2014–2015), cerebral infarction.[3]
- June 1 - Charles Kennedy, 55, British politician, Leader of the Liberal Democrats (1999–2006), MP (1983–2015), haemorrhage.[4]
- June 1 - Jacques Parizeau, 84, Canadian politician, Premier of Quebec (1994–1996).[5]
- June 1 - Nicholas Liverpool, 80, Dominican politician, President (2003–2012), heart attack.[6]
- June 1 - Jean Ritchie, 92, American folk singer and song collector.[7]
- June 1 - Kirill Pokrovsky, 53, Russian composer.[8]
- June 2 - Alberto De Martino, 85, Italian movie director (O.K. Connery, Holocaust 2000, The Pumaman).[9]
- June 2 - Irwin Rose, 88, American biologist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2004).[10]
- June 2 - Theo Saat, 87, Dutch Olympic sprinter (1952).[11]
- June 2 - Fernando de Araújo, 52, East Timorese politician, President of the National Parliament (2007–2012), Acting President (2008).[12]
- June 2 - Miguel-Ángel Cárdenas, 80, Colombian-born Dutch artist.[13]
- June 3 - Avi Beker, 64, Israeli academic, secretary-general of the World Jewish Congress (2001–2003), cancer.[14]
- June 3 - Margaret Juntwait, 58, American radio host, host of Metropolitan Opera radio broadcasts (since 2014), ovarian cancer.[15]
- June 4 - Kurt Weber, 87, Polish cinematographer (Salto).[16]
- June 4 - Bengt Berndtsson, 82, Swedish footballer (IFK Göteborg).[17]
- June 4 - Leonid Plyushch, 77, Ukrainian Soviet dissident and mathematician.[18]
- June 4 - Hermann Zapf, 96, German typeface designer.[19]
- June 4 - Albert West, 65, Dutch singer (The Shuffles) and record producer.[20]
- June 5 - Alan Bond, 77, Australian businessman, figure of the WA Inc scandals, complications from heart surgery.[21]
- June 5 - Roger Vergé, 85, French chef, co-founder of Nouvelle Cuisine, complications of diabetes.[22]
- June 5 - Jerry Collins, 34, New Zealand rugby union player (national team), car accident.[23]
- June 5 - Jane Briggs Hart, 93, American aviator, member of the Mercury 13, Alzheimer's disease.[24]
- June 5 - Sadun Boro, 87, Turkish sailor, bladder cancer.[25]
- June 5 - Tariq Aziz, 79, Iraqi politician, Foreign Affairs Minister (1983–1991), heart attack.[26]
- June 5 - Giacomo Furia, 90, Italian actor (The Band of Honest Men, The Gold of Naples).[27]
- June 5 - Kazuo Chiba, 75, Japanese Aikido teacher.[28]
- June 6 - Pierre Brice, 86, French actor (Old Shatterhand, Mill of the Stone Women), pneumonia.[29]
- June 6 - Ludvík Vaculík, 88, Czech writer and journalist.[30]
- June 6 - Richard Johnson, 87, English actor (The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders, The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas, The Haunting).[31]
- June 6 - Ronnie Gilbert, 88, American singer-songwriter (The Weavers) and activist, natural causes.[32]
- June 6 - Aarthi Agarwal, 31, American Telugu cinema actress, cardiac arrest.[33]
- June 7 - Vasili Zhupikov, 61, Russian footballer.[34]
- June 7 - Sir Christopher Lee, 93, British actor and singer (Dracula, The Lord of the Rings, Star Wars), heart failure.[35]
- June 8 - Chea Sim, 82, Cambodian politician, president Cambodian People's Party.[36]
- June 8 - David Rotem, 66, Israeli politician, Member of the Knesset for Yisrael Beiteinu (2007–2015), cardiac arrest.[37]
- June 8 - Frank Cappuccino, 86, American boxing referee, Alzheimer's disease.[38]
- June 9 - James Last, 86, German composer.[39]
- June 9 - Fred Anton Maier, 76, Norwegian Olympic champion speed skater, cancer.[40]
- June 9 - Douglas Danforth, 92, American businessman, CEO of the Pittsburgh Pirates.[41]
- June 9 - Pedro Zerolo, 54, Venezuelan-born Spanish politician, pancreatic cancer.[42]
- June 10 - Wolfgang Jeschke, 78, German science fiction author (The Last Day of Creation).[43]
- June 10 - Robert Chartoff, 81, American movie producer (Rocky, Raging Bull, Ender's Game), Oscar winner (1977), pancreatic cancer.[44]
- June 11 - Ornette Coleman, 85, American saxophonist and free jazz pioneer, cardiac arrest.[45]
- June 11 - Jack King, 84, American public affairs officer (NASA), congestive heart failure.[46]
- June 11 - Ron Moody, 91, British actor (Oliver!, The Animals of Farthing Wood, EastEnders).[47]
- June 11 - Dusty Rhodes, 69, American professional wrestler (NWA, WCW, WWE), kidney failure.[48]
- June 11 - Jim Ed Brown, 81, American country singer (The Browns), cancer.[49]
- June 11 - Sebastiano Mannironi, 84, Italian Olympic weightlifter (1956, 1960, 1964).[50]
- June 12 - Monica Lewis, 93, American singer and actress (Earthquake).[51]
- June 12 - Fernando Brant, 68, Brazilian poet and composer, surgical complications.[52]
- June 13 - Magnus Härenstam, 73, Swedish actor (Sällskapsresan, Göta kanal eller Vem drog ur proppen?) and comedian (Fem myror är fler än fyra elefanter), spinal cancer.[53]
- June 13 - Sergio Renán, 82, Argentine actor, director and screenwriter (The Truce), pneumonia.[54]
- June 13 - Drs. P, 95, Dutch singer-writer, composer and poet.[55]
- June 13 - Buddy Boudreaux, 97, American jazz saxophonist and band leader.[56]
- June 14 - Hugo Blanco, 74, Venezuelan musician and composer.[57]
- June 14 - Anne Nicol Gaylor, 88, American atheism and reproductive rights advocate; co-founder of the Freedom from Religion Foundation, complications from a fall.[58]
- June 14 - Zito, 82, Brazilian footballer, World Cup-winning team member (1958, 1962), complications of a stroke.[59]
- June 14 - Qiao Shi, 90, Chinese politician, Chairman of the National People's Congress.[60]
- June 15 - Jean Doré, 70, Canadian politician, Mayor of Montreal (1986–1994), pancreatic cancer.[61]
- June 15 - Blaze Starr, 83, American stripper, burlesque comedienne and club owner, subject of Blaze.[62]
- June 15 - Jeanna Friske, 40, Russian singer (Blestyaschie), glioblastoma.[63]
- June 15 - Harry Rowohlt, 70, German author.[64]
- June 15 - Kirk Kerkorian, 98, American businessman.[65]
- June 15 - Mighty Sam McClain, 72, American soul blues singer, stroke.[66]
- June 16 - Charles Correa, 84, Indian architect.[67]
- June 16 - Tony Ranasinghe, 77, Sri Lankan actor (Hanthane Kathawa, Duhulu Malak, Ahasin Polawata) and writer.[68]
- June 17 - Süleyman Demirel, 90, Turkish politician, President (1993–2000), lung infection.[69]
- June 17 - Ron Clarke, 78, Australian long distance runner, Olympic bronze medalist (1964), Mayor of the Gold Coast, Queensland (2004–2012), kidney failure.[70]
- June 17 - Clementa C. Pinckney, 41, American politician and pastor, member of the South Carolina House of Representatives (1997–2000) and Senate (since 2000), shot.[71]
- June 17 - Nelson Doubleday, Jr., 81, American publisher (Doubleday) and Major League Baseball team owner (New York Mets), pneumonia.[72]
- June 17 - Roberto M. Levingston, 95, Argentine politician, President (1970–1971).[73]
- June 17 - John David Crow, 79, American Heisman Trophy-winning football player (Chicago/St. Louis Cardinals) and coach (Northeast Louisiana).[74]
- June 17 - Jeralean Talley, 116, American supercentenarian, world's oldest person.[75]
- June 17 - Nicola Badalucco, 86, Italian screenwriter (The Damned) and journalist.[76]
- June 17 - Chang Ch'ung-ho, 101, Chinese-American poet, calligrapher, and Kunqu opera singer.[77]
- June 18 - Phil Austin, 74, American comedian, writer, and musician (Firesign Theatre).[78]
- June 18 - Ralph J. Roberts, 95, American businessman, founder of Comcast.[79]
- June 18 - Jack Rollins, 100, American movie producer (Midnight in Paris, The Purple Rose of Cairo, Irrational Man).[80]
- June 18 - Allen Weinstein, 77, American historian, Archivist of the United States (2005–2008), pneumonia.[81]
- June 18 - Sir Patrick Eisdell Moore, 97, New Zealand surgeon.[82]
- June 19 - Harold Battiste, 83, American jazz and R&B composer, arranger and musician (Sam Cooke, Sonny & Cher, Dr. John).[83]
- June 19 - Fredrik Fasting Torgersen, 80, Norwegian convicted murderer, complications of pneumonia.[84]
- June 19 - Wendell Holmes, 71, American musician (The Holmes Brothers), complications from pulmonary embolism.[85]
- June 19 - Jack Aeby, 91, American photographer.[86]
- June 19 - James Salter, 90, American novelist.[87]
- June 20 - François Delapierre, 44, French politician, brain tumour.[88]
- June 20 - Elson Floyd, 59, American educator, President of Washington State University (since 2007), complications from colon cancer.[89]
- June 20 - Angelo Niculescu, 93, Romanian football manager.[90]
- June 20 - Takanonami Sadahiro, 43, Japanese sumo wrestler and coach, heart failure.[91]
- June 20 - Esther Brand, 92, South African athlete, complications of a fall.[92]
- June 20 - William Brantley Aycock, 99, American educator.[93]
- June 21 - Veijo Meri, 86, Finnish author.[94]
- June 21 - James Carnegie, 3rd Duke of Fife, 85, Scottish nobleman.[95]
- June 21 - Gunther Schuller, 89, American composer, conductor, historian and jazz musician, leukemia.[96]
- June 21 - Alexander Schalck-Golodkowski, 82, East German politician.[97]
- June 22 - Laura Antonelli, 73, Italian actress (Malicious, Till Marriage Do Us Part, The Innocent), heart attack.[98]
- June 22 - Norm Berryman, 42, New Zealand rugby union player (national team), heart attack.[99]
- June 22 - James Horner, 61, American composer (Titanic, Field of Dreams, Apollo 13), Oscar winner (1998), plane crash.[100]
- June 23 - Helmuth Lohner, 82, Austrian actor and theatre director.[101]
- June 23 - Magali Noël, 84, French actress (La Dolce Vita) and singer ("Fais-moi mal, Johnny").[102]
- June 23 - Marujita Díaz, 83, Spanish singer and actress (Música y estrellas), complications from colon cancer.[103]
- June 23 - Dick Van Patten, 86, American actor (Eight is Enough, The Love Boat, Charly), complications from diabetes.[104]
- June 23 - Harvey Pollack, 93, American sport statistician, last surviving employee in first NBA season.[105]
- June 23 - Sir Chris Woodhead, 68, British educationalist, Chief Inspector for Ofsted (1994–2000), motor neurone disease.[106]
- June 23 - Thé Lau, 62, Dutch singer and guitarist (The Scene), lung cancer.[107]
- June 24 - Walter Browne, 66, Australian-born American chess Grandmaster, six-time U.S. champion.[108]
- June 24 - Cristiano Araújo, 29, Brazilian singer and songwriter, traffic collision.[109]
- June 24 - Mario Biaggi, 97, American politician, U.S. House of Representatives from New York (1969–1988).[110]
- June 24 - Marva Collins, 78, American educator.[111]
- June 25 - Patrick Macnee, 93, English-American actor (The Avengers, This Is Spinal Tap, A View to a Kill).[112]
- June 26 - Yevgeny Primakov, 85, Russian politician and diplomat, Prime Minister (1998–1999).[113]
- June 26 - Richard Matt, 49, American convicted murderer and prison escapee, shot.[114]
- June 26 - Kája Saudek, 80, Czech comics illustrator.[115]
- June 27 - Zvi Elpeleg, 89, Polish-born Israeli diplomat and academic.[116]
- June 27 - Don McNeill, 80, Canadian journalist (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, CBS News).[117]
- June 27 - Chris Squire, 67, English bass guitarist (Yes), acute erythroid leukemia.[118]
- June 28 - Jack Carter, 93, American comedian and actor (Viva Las Vegas, Alligator), respiratory failure.[119]
- June 28 - Todor Slavov, 31, Bulgarian rally driver, rally accident.[120]
- June 28 - Wally Stanowski, 96, Canadian ice hockey player (Toronto Maple Leafs, New York Rangers).[121]
- June 29 - Charles Pasqua, 88, French politician, Minister of the Interior (1986–1988, 1993–1995).[122]
- June 29 - Josef Masopust, 84, Czech football player and manager (Dukla Prague, national team).[123]
- June 29 - Jackson Vroman, 34, American-born Lebanese basketball player (Phoenix Suns, New Orleans Hornets).[124]
- June 30 - Eddy Louiss, 74, French jazz organist.[125]
- June 30 - Leonard Starr, 89, American cartoonist (ThunderCats, Little Orphan Annie).[126]
Previous months[change | change source]
References[change | change source]
- ↑ Taiwanese actor Shone An succumbs to cancer
- ↑ Joan Kirner: Former Victorian premier dies aged 76
- ↑ Ex-lower house Speaker Machimura dies at 70
- ↑ Charles Kennedy, Aged 55, Dies At Home
- ↑ Jacques Parizeau, former Quebec premier, dead at 84
- ↑ "Former Dominican head of state dies". Archived from the original on 2015-06-02. Retrieved 2015-06-30.
- ↑ Jean Ritchie, Who Revived Appalachian Folk Songs, Dies at 92
- ↑ Divinity composer Kirill Pokrovsky has died
- ↑ Addio a Alberto De Martino, regista culto tra peplum e horror (in Italian)
- ↑ Irwin A. Rose, Nobel-Winning Biochemist, Dies at 88
- ↑ Olympier Theo Saat (87) overleden (in Dutch)
- ↑ Fernando de Araújo (1962-2015) (in Portuguese)
- ↑ Adiós a Miguel Ángel Cárdenas (in Spanish)
- ↑ Avi Beker, former World Jewish Congress secretary-general, dies
- ↑ Sadness: Met Radio Host Dies At 58
- ↑ "Kurt Weber dies at 87". Archived from the original on 2015-08-20. Retrieved 2015-06-30.
- ↑ Bengt Berndtsson har gått bort – blev 82 år (in Swedish)
- ↑ Умер правозащитник, советский диссидент Леонид Плющ (in Russian)
- ↑ Hermann Zapf: 8 November 1918 – 4 June 2015
- ↑ Albert West overleden (in Dutch)
- ↑ Alan Bond Dies in Pert After Heart Surgical Complications
- ↑ Roger Vergé, a Founder of Nouvelle Cuisine, Dies at 85
- ↑ Jerry Collins and wife die in car crash
- ↑ Jane B. Hart, strong-minded wife of senator, dies at 93
- ↑ First Turk to sail around the world dies at 87
- ↑ Iraq's Tariq Aziz 'dies in prison'
- ↑ Addio a Giacomo Furia, l'ultimo dei grandi caratteristi. Recitò con Totò e la Loren (in Italian)
- ↑ Birankai North America
- ↑ Pierre Brice ist tot Ein Leben als Winnetou (in German)
- ↑ Zemřel spisovatel a fejetonista Ludvík Vaculík. Bylo mu 89 let
- ↑ Actor Richard Johnson dies, aged 87
- ↑ Ronnie Gilbert, Folk Singer for the Weavers, Dies at 88
- ↑ Telugu Actor Aarthi Agarwal Dies at 31
- ↑ СКОНЧАЛСЯ Василий Жупиков Archived 2015-07-07 at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)
- ↑ Sir Christopher Lee dies at 93 - latest reaction and tributes
- ↑ "AP via Asian Correspondent, Cambodian Peoples Party President Chea Sim dies aged 82". Archived from the original on 2015-09-17. Retrieved 2015-06-30.
- ↑ David Rotem, retired Yisrael Beytenu lawmaker, dies at 66
- ↑ Frank Cappuccino, legendary boxing referee, dies at 86
- ↑ James Last, German-born composer, dies aged 86
- ↑ Fred Anton Maier er død (in Norwegian)
- ↑ Douglas Danforth, former head of Pittsburgh Pirates and Westinghouse, dies at 92
- ↑ Muere Pedro Zerolo (in Spanish)
- ↑ Wolfgang Jeschke (1936–2015) (in German)
- ↑ Robert Chartoff, Producer of 'Rocky' and 'Raging Bull,' Dies at 81
- ↑ Ornette Coleman, Jazz Innovator, Dies at 85
- ↑ Jack King, NASA's 'Voice of Apollo,' dies at 84
- ↑ Oliver! actor Ron Moody dies aged 91
- ↑ "Dusty Rhodes passes away". Archived from the original on 2016-02-08. Retrieved 2015-06-30.
- ↑ Country singer Jim Ed Brown dies at 81
- ↑ E' morto il grande Sebastiano Mannironi Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine (in Italian)
- ↑ Monica Lewis obituary
- ↑ Morre Fernando Brant, escritor e compositor mineiro (in Portuguese)
- ↑ Magnus Härenstam är död – blev 73 år (in Swedish)
- ↑ 'La Tregua' director Sergio Renán dies
- ↑ Zanger en tekstdichter Drs. P overleden (in Dutch)
- ↑ "Saxophonist Buddy Boudreaux, leader of local jazz and dance bands since 1939, dies". Archived from the original on 2015-07-08. Retrieved 2015-06-30.
- ↑ Falleció el músico y compositor venezolano Hugo Blanco (in Spanish).
- ↑ Anne Nicol Gaylor, prominent feminist and atheist, dies at 88
- ↑ Football - World Cup winner Zito dies
- ↑ Former China Communist Party senior official Qiao Shi dies at 91
- ↑ Jean Doré est décédé (in French)
- ↑ Burlesque dancer Blaze Starr dies at 83
- ↑ Ушла из жизни певица Жанна Фриске (in Russian)
- ↑ German author and Winnie-the-Pooh translator Harry Rowohlt dies
- ↑ Las Vegas billionaire Kirk Kerkorian dies: report
- ↑ ‘Mighty’ Sam McClain, Grammy-nominated blues singer from NH, dies
- ↑ Architect Charles Correa dies at 84
- ↑ Tony Ranasinghe is no more.
- ↑ "Turkey's 9th President Süleyman Demirel passes away at 91". Archived from the original on 2015-06-20. Retrieved 2015-06-30.
- ↑ Olympian and former Gold Coast mayor Ron Clarke dies
- ↑ SC Senator Clementa Pinckney Among Shooting Victims
- ↑ Nelson Doubleday Jr., Publisher and Mets Buyer, Dies at 81
- ↑ Murió Roberto Marcelo Levingston Archived 2015-06-18 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)
- ↑ "Texas A&M Heisman Trophy winner John David Crow dies at 79". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2015-06-30.
- ↑ World's Oldest Person, Inkster's Jeralean Talley, dies at 116
- ↑ Scomparso lo sceneggiatore e giornalista Nicola Badalucco (in Italian)
- ↑ 民国最后一位才女张充和逝世 (in Chinese)
- ↑ 'Nick Danger' RIP: Firesign Theatre's Phil Austin, 1941–2015
- ↑ Comcast founder Ralph Roberts dies at 95
- ↑ Jack Rollins Dies at 100; Produced Comedy Greats Like Woody Allen
- ↑ Allen Weinstein, provocative historian and former U.S. archivist, dies at 77
- ↑ Death Notice: Sir Patrick Eisdell Moore
- ↑ Harold Battiste Passes Away At 83
- ↑ Fredrik Fasting Torgersen er død (in Norwegian)
- ↑ "Wendell Holmes, singer, songwriter of Holmes Brothers, dies". Archived from the original on 2015-06-20. Retrieved 2015-06-30.
- ↑ "NM man who took only color photo of Trinity test dies at 91". Archived from the original on 2015-06-27. Retrieved 2015-06-30.
- ↑ James Salter, a ‘Writer’s Writer’ Short on Sales but Long on Acclaim, Dies at 90
- ↑ Décès de François Delapierre, proche de Mélenchon (in French)
- ↑ Elson Floyd, WSU president, dies at 59
- ↑ Fotbalul românesc este în doliu » A murit marele Angelo Niculescu! (in Romanian)
- ↑ 元大関貴ノ浪 音羽山親方が死去 Archived 2015-06-23 at the Wayback Machine (in Japanese)
- ↑ Death notice of Esther Brand
- ↑ Former Chancellor William B. Aycock Dies at 99
- ↑ Finland mourns author Veijo Meri
- ↑ The Duke of Fife obituary
- ↑ Gunther Schuller Dies at 89; Composer Synthesized Classical and Jazz
- ↑ Alexander Schalck-Golodkowski ist tot (in German)
- ↑ Italian actress Laura Antonelli dead
- ↑ Norman Berryman dies of heart attack aged 42
- ↑ James Horner, Film Composer for 'Titanic' and 'Braveheart,' Dies in Plane Crash
- ↑ Schauspieler Helmuth Lohner gestorben (in German)
- ↑ Mort de Magali Noël, égérie de Vian et de Fellini (in French)
- ↑ Muere Marujita Díaz (in Spanish)
- ↑ Dick Van Patten, Who Starred in Eight Is Enough and The Love Boat, Dies at 86
- ↑ Harvey Pollack, last original employee of NBA's 1st season, dies
- ↑ Former school inspector Woodhead dies
- ↑ Zanger Thé Lau (62) overleden (in Dutch)
- ↑ Walter Browne dies in his sleep at 66
- ↑ Cantor Cristiano Araújo morre após acidente de carro em GO, diz hospital (in Portuguese)
- ↑ Mario Biaggi, 97, Dies; 10-Term Bronx Congressman Who Went to Prison
- ↑ Chicago Education Pioneer Marva Collins, 78, dies
- ↑ Patrick Macnee, actor - obituary
- ↑ Yevgeny Primakov, Russian Premier Under Yeltsin, Dies at 85
- ↑ One of the New York Prison Escapees, Richard Matt, Is Fatally Shot
- ↑ Zemřel kreslíř Kája Saudek Archived 2015-06-30 at the Wayback Machine (in Czech)
- ↑ "In Memory of Dr. Zvi Elpeleg". Archived from the original on 2015-08-13. Retrieved 2015-06-30.
- ↑ N.L. native broke news from around the world
- ↑ Yes Bassist Chris Squire Has Died
- ↑ Comedian Jack Carter Dies at 93
- ↑ Rally Driver Dies, Co-Driver Injured after Heavy Crash Near Bulgaria's Tvarditsa
- ↑ Wally Stanowski, last link to Leafs’ 1940s Stanley Cup wins, dies at 96
- ↑ L'ancien ministre gaulliste Charles Pasqua est mort (in French)
- ↑ "Czech football great Josef Masopust dies at 84". Archived from the original on 2017-12-01. Retrieved 2017-08-31.
- ↑ "Former Ginebra import Vroman dies". Archived from the original on 2015-07-02. Retrieved 2015-06-30.
- ↑ Mort de l'organiste de jazz Eddy Louiss (in French)
- ↑ Leonard Starr, R.I.P.
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