Deaths in June 2019

The following is a list of deaths that should be noted in June 2019. For deaths that should be noted before the month that the world is in, please see "Months". Names under each date are noted in the order of the alphabet by last name or pseudonym. Deaths of non-humans are noted here also if it is worth noting.

Each listing of a death must have a source. If no reference is included, the death notice will be removed. The following are the requirements of adding a name to the list in its order: name, age, where they came from, what the person is known for, cause of death (if known) and a source.

June

Leah Chase
1923 – 2019

José Antonio Reyes
1983 – 2019

Donald M. Fraser
1924 – 2019

Stanley Tigerman
1930 – 2019

Paul Darrow
1941 – 2019

Lennart Johansson
1929 – 2019

Nechama Rivlin
1945 – 2019

Dr. John
1941 – 2019

Justin Edinburgh
1969 – 2019

Bushwick Bill
1966 – 2019

Girish Karnad
1938 – 2019

Gabriele Grunewald
1986 – 2019

Sylvia Miles
1924 – 2019

Edith González
1964 – 2019

Roger Béteille
1921 – 2019

Franco Zeffirelli
1923 – 2019

Mohamed Morsi
1951 – 2019

Gloria Vanderbilt
1924 – 2019

Peng Xiaolian
1953 – 2019

Eddie Garcia
1929 – 2019

Demetris Christofias
1946 – 2019

Jan Meyers
1928 – 2019

Dave Bartholomew
1918 – 2019

George Rosenkranz
1916 – 2019

Isabel Sarli
1929 – 2019

Édith Scob
1937 – 2019

Gualberto Castro
1934 – 2019

Jeon Mi-seon
1970 – 2019

Momir Bulatović
1956 – 2019

1

• Leah Chase, 96, American Creole chef and civil rights activist.
• John Myers, 60, British radio executive (GMG Radio, Radio Academy) and presenter.
• José Antonio Reyes, 35, Spanish footballer (Sevilla, Arsenal, Atlético Madrid, national team), car accident.
• Michel Serres, 88, French philosopher, theorist and writer, member of the Académie française (since 1990).
• Ani Yudhoyono, 66, Indonesian socialite, First Lady (2004–2014), leukaemia.

2

• Momtazuddin Ahmed, 84, Bangladeshi dramatist and educator.
• Alistair Browning, 65, New Zealand actor (The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, The Return of the King), cancer.
• Donald M. Fraser, 95, American politician, Mayor of Minneapolis (1980–1994) and member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Minnesota's 5th congressional district (1963–1979).
• Barry Hughes, 81, Welsh football manager (Go Ahead Eagles, Sparta Rotterdam, HFC Haarlem).
• Alexey Kazannik, 77, Russian lawyer and politician, Prosecutor General (1993–1994) and Deputy Governor of Omsk Oblast (1995–2003).
• Mart Nutt, 57, Estonian politician and historian, MP (since 1992).
• Maciej Parowski, 72, Polish science fiction writer and editor (Nowa Fantastyka).

3

• Atsushi Aoki, 41, Japanese professional wrestler (AJPW, NOAH), motorcycle crash.
• Javier Barreda Jara, 52, Peruvian politician, Minister of Labor and Promotion of Employment (2018), heart attack.
• David Bergland, 83, American politician, Chair of the Libertarian National Committee (1977–1981, 1998–2000) and 1984 presidential candidate, prostate cancer.
• Paul Darrow, 78, English actor (Blake's 7, Doctor Who), problems caused by an aortic aneurysm.
• Evangelina García Prince, 84, Venezuelan women rights activist, politician and academic, Senator (1988–1991, 1994–1996) and member of the Comisión para la Reforma del Estado.
• Jurica Jerković, 69, Croatian footballer (Hajduk Split, Zürich, Yugoslavia national team).
• Ken Matthews, 84, English Hall of Fame athlete, Olympic champion (1964). (death announced on this date)
• Stanley Tigerman, 88, American architect (Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center), problems caused by COPD.

4

• Keith Birdsong, 59, American illustrator (Star Trek, Shadowrun), car crash.
• Linda Collins-Smith, 57, American politician, member of the Arkansas House of Representatives (2011–2013) and Senate (2015–2019), shot. (body discovered on this date)
• George Darwin, 87, English footballer (Derby County). (death announced on this date)
• Billy Gabor, 97, American basketball player (Syracuse Orangemen, Syracuse Nationals), pneumonia.
• Robin Herd, 80, British engineer, designer and businessman, co-founder of March Engineering.
• Lennart Johansson, 89, Swedish sports official, President of UEFA (1990–2007).
• Lawrie Leslie, 84, Scottish footballer (Hibernian, Stoke City, national team).
• Zakaria Ben Mustapha, 93, Tunisian politician, Governor of Gabès (1967–1969), Mayor of Tunis (1980–1986) and Minister of Culture (1986–1988).
• Nechama Rivlin, 73, Israeli socialite, First Lady (since 2014), problems caused by lung transplant.
• Geevarghese Mar Timotheos, 91, Indian Eastern Catholic prelate, Bishop of Tiruvalla (1988–2003).

5

• Alejandro Jadresic, 62, Chilean engineer and politician, Minister of Energy (1994–1998), brain cancer.
• Jan Karwecki, 70, Polish footballer (Lech Poznań, Szombierki Bytom, national team).
• Max Kay, 82, Scottish-born Australian entertainer and manager (Andy Stewart), pneumonia caused by cancer.
• Jonathan Nichols, 53, American politician, member of the Oklahoma Senate (2001–2013), shot.
• Lloyd John Ogilvie, 88, American Presbyterian minister, Chaplain of the U.S. Senate (1995–2003).
• Albert Rohan, 83, Austrian diplomat, Permanent Secretary of the Austrian Foreign Minister (1996–2001).
• Elio Sgreccia, 90, Italian Roman Catholic cardinal, President of Pontifical Academy for Life (2005–2008).
• Peter Toogood, 89, Australian amateur golfer.

6

• Dr. John, 77, American Hall of Fame singer-songwriter ("I Walk on Guilded Splinters", "Right Place, Wrong Time", "Down in New Orleans"), heart attack.
• Alexander Kuznetsov, 59, Russian-born American actor (The Alaska Kid, The Peacemaker, Space Cowboys).
• Rolf Maurer, 81, Swiss road racing cyclist.
• Bolesław Pylak, 97, Polish Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop and Archbishop of Lublin (1975–1997).
• Johnny Robinson, 83, English footballer (Bury, Oldham Athletic). (death announced on this date)

7

• Noémi Ban, 96, Hungarian-born American public speaker and Holocaust survivor.
• Ryszard Bugajski, 76, Polish movie director (Interrogation, Clearcut, Generał Nil).
• Nonnie Griffin, 85, Canadian actress (The Believers, Good Fences, If You Could See What I Hear) and voice actress, ruptured aortic aneurysm.
• Narciso Ibáñez Serrador, 83, Uruguayan-born Spanish movie director (The House That Screamed, Who Can Kill a Child?, Historias para no dormir), urinary tract infection.
• Noel Lloyd, 72, Welsh academic, vice-chancellor of Aberystwyth University (2004–2011).
• Julie Payne, 78, American actress (Honeymoon Hotel, Island of the Blue Dolphins, Don't Make Waves), problems caused by COPD.
• Tony Rodham, 64, American businessman and political consultant, brother of Hillary Clinton.

8

• Milan Asadurov, 69, Bulgarian science fiction writer.
• Lucho Avilés, 81, Uruguayan-born Argentine entertainment journalist (Crónica), heart attack.
• Spencer Bohren, 69, American roots guitarist, prostate cancer.
• Jorge Brovetto, 86, Uruguayan engineer, academic and politician, President of Broad Front (2004–2012) and Minister of Education and Culture (2005–2008).
• Norman Dewis, 98, British racing driver and engineer (Jaguar Cars).
• Justin Edinburgh, 49, English football player (Tottenham Hotspur) and manager (Leyton Orient), cardiac arrest.
• Karl Hurm, 88, German painter.
• Frank Lucchesi, 92, American baseball player, coach (Texas Rangers) and manager (Philadelphia Phillies).
• Andre Matos, 47, Brazilian heavy metal vocalist and musician (Viper, Angra, Shaman), heart attack.

9

• Wim Betz, 76, Belgian physician.
• Bushwick Bill, 52, Jamaican-American rap artist (Geto Boys), pancreatic cancer.
• Juhani Wahlsten, 81, Finnish ice hockey player (SM-sarja, KalPa, Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi).
• William D. Wittliff, 79, American screenwriter (Lonesome Dove, Legends of the Fall, The Perfect Storm), heart attack.

10

• Chuck Glaser, 83, American country singer (Tompall & the Glaser Brothers).
• Erich Iltgen, 78, German politician, President of the Landtag of Saxony (1990–2009).
• Girish Karnad, 81, Indian actor (Iqbal, Ek Tha Tiger), writer (Taledanda) and director (Tabbaliyu Neenade Magane), multiple organ failure.
• Lee Hee-ho, 96, South Korean socialite, First Lady (1998–2003), liver cancer.
• Crazy Mohan, 66, Indian comedian, actor (Vasool Raja MBBS) and screenwriter (Panchatanthiram, Jerry), heart attack.
• Paul "Lil' Buck" Sinegal, 75, American zydeco and blues guitarist and singer-songwriter.
• Michel Sitjar, 76, French rugby player (Sporting Union Agenais, XIII Catalan, national team), suicide.
• Wang Jun, 78, Chinese business executive, Chairman of the Poly Group and the CITIC Group.

11

• Carl Bertelsen, 81, Danish footballer (Esbjerg, Kilmarnock, national team), problems caused by Alzheimer's disease.
• Domenico De Simone, 93, Italian politician, Mayor of Torremaggiore (1960–1976), Senator (1976–1979) and Deputy (1979–1983).
• Martin Feldstein, 79, American economist, Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers (1982–1984), cancer.
• Gabriele Grunewald, 32, American middle-distance runner, problems caused by salivary gland cancer.
• Billy McKee, 97, Irish republican, founding member and leader of the Provisional Irish Republican Army.
• Velvel Pasternak, 85, Canadian-born American musicologist.
• Valeria Valeri, 97, Italian actress (Seasons of Our Love, Catherine and I, Un medico in famiglia).

12

• Armand De Decker, 70, Belgian lawyer and politician, President of the Senate (1999–2004, 2007–2010) and Mayor of Uccle (until 2017).
• Léon Kalenga Badikebele, 62, Congolese Roman Catholic prelate, Apostolic Nuncio to Argentina (since 2018) and Archbishop of Magnetum (since 2008).
• Chang Liyi, 89, Taiwanese pilot (ROCAF), member of the Black Cat Squadron, heart attack.
• Philomena Lynott, 88, Irish author (My Boy) and businesswoman, mother of Phil Lynott, lung cancer.
• Sylvia Miles, 94, American actress (Midnight Cowboy, Farewell, My Lovely, She-Devil), respiratory failure caused by anemia.
• Elfriede Ott, 94, Austrian actress (Hallo – Hotel Sacher ... Portier!, The Unintentional Kidnapping of Mrs. Elfriede Ott) and singer.
• Igor Solopov, 58, Russian-born Estonian Olympic table tennis player (1992), European championship bronze medalist (1978).

13

• Pat Bowlen, 75, American Hall of Fame sports executive, majority owner of the Denver Broncos (since 1984), problems caused by Alzheimer's disease.
• Nature Ganganbaigal, 29, Chinese musician (Tengger Cavalry) and composer.
• Edith González, 54, Mexican actress (Sí, mi amor, Bianca Vidal, Doña Bárbara) and dancer, ovarian cancer.
• Şeref Has, 82, Turkish footballer (Fenerbahçe, national team).
• Geoff Lees, 85, English footballer (Barnsley, Bradford City). (death announced on this date)
• Heinrich Reichert, 69, Swiss neurobiologist.
• Wilhelm Wieben, 84, German journalist (Tagesschau), actor and author.

14

• Roger Béteille, 97, French aeronautical engineer (Airbus) and businessman.
• George E. Felton, 98, British computer scientist, developer of GEORGE operating system.
• Bernard M. Judge, 79, American newspaper editor (Chicago Sun-Times), pancreatic cancer.
• Ricardo Migliorisi, 71, Paraguayan painter and designer.
• Ebert Van Buren, 94, Honduran-born American football player (Philadelphia Eagles).
• James Wyngaarden, 94, American physician and academic administrator, director of the National Institutes of Health (1982–1989).

15

• Daniel Colin, 85, French politician, Deputy (1986–1997).
• David Esterly, 75, American woodcarver, problems caused by ALS.
• Marta Harnecker, 82, Chilean sociologist, political scientist, journalist and activist.
• Wilhelm Holzbauer, 88, Austrian architect.
• Kevin Killian, 66, American poet.
• Aldo Pignanelli, 69, Argentine accountant and politician, President of the Central Bank (2002), prostate cancer.
• Charles A. Reich, 91, American scholar and writer (The Greening of America).
• Josl Rieder, 86, Austrian Olympic alpine skier (1956), world champion (1958).
• Franco Zeffirelli, 96, Italian movie director (Romeo and Juliet, Jesus of Nazareth, The Taming of the Shrew) and politician, Senator (1994–2001).

16

• Frederick Andermann, 88, Ukrainian-born Canadian neurologist and epileptologist.
• Bishop Bullwinkle, 70, American singer ("Hell to the Naw Naw") and comedian, heart attack.
• Erzsébet Gulyás-Köteles, 94, Hungarian gymnast, Olympic champion (1956), silver medallist (1948, 1952, 1956) and bronze medallist (1952).
• Frank LaMere, 69, American Winnebago activist, bile duct cancer.
• Simona Mafai De Pasquale, 90, Italian politician, Senator (1976–1979), stroke.
• Sergey Ostroumov, 53, Russian drummer (Mashina Vremeni).
• Charles Wyrsch, 98, Swiss artist.

17

• Philipp Bobkov, 93, Russian intelligence officer (KGB).
• Jerome Ch'en, 99, Chinese-Canadian historian.
• Friederike de Haas, 74, German politician, member of the Landtag of Saxony (1990–2009).
• Darwin Hindman, 86, American politician, Mayor of Columbia, Missouri (1995–2010), lung disease.
• Jean-Marie Hullot, 65, French computer scientist and programmer (Apple Inc.).
• Mohamed Morsi, 67, Egyptian politician, President (2012–2013), heart attack.
• Salvatore Senese, 84, Italian magistrate and politician, Deputy (1992–1994) and Senator (1994–2001).
• Gloria Vanderbilt, 95, American socialite, artist and fashion designer, stomach cancer.

18

• Stephen Blaire, 77, American Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Stockton (1999–2018).
• Pavel Chihaia, 97, Romanian novelist and political dissident.
• Molara Ogundipe, 78, Nigerian writer and women's rights activist.

19

• Etika, 29, American internet personality, suicide by drowning.
• Peng Xiaolian, 65, Chinese movie director (Once Upon a Time in Shanghai, Shanghai Story, Shanghai Rumba).
• Rafael de la Sierra, 70, Spanish politician, President of the Parliament of Cantabria (1999–2003) and Minister of the Presidency and Justice of Cantabria (2015–2019).
• Dmytro Tymchuk, 46, Ukrainian politician, military expert and blogger, member of the Verkhovna Rada (since 2014), accidental gunshot.
• Ioannis Veryvakis, 88, Greek Army general, Chief of the Hellenic National Defence General Staff (1990–1993).

20

• Wibke Bruhns, 80, German television journalist (heute).
• Dumitru Focșeneanu, 83, Romanian Olympic bobsledder (1972), stroke.
• Eddie Garcia, 90, Filipino actor (Beast of the Yellow Night, Rainbow's Sunset, FPJ's Ang Probinsyano), director and television personality, problems caused by a fall.
• Gunther Kress, 78, Austrian-born British semiotician, heart failure.
• Peter Matić, 82, Austrian actor (I Learned It from Father, Everyone Dies Alone, Wahnfried).
• Rubén Suñé, 72, Argentine footballer (Boca Juniors, Huracán, national team).
• Mark Warawa, 69, Canadian politician, MP (since 2004), pancreatic cancer.

21

• Susan Bernard, 71, American actress (Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!) and model (Playboy), heart attack.
• Ralph Brill, 83, American legal scholar.
• Demetris Christofias, 72, Cypriot politician, President (2008–2013), respiratory failure.
• Bubba Green, 61, American football player (Baltimore Colts), cancer.
• Eugene V. Lux, 92, American politician, member of the Washington State Senate (1973, 1988) and State House of Representatives (1975–1988).
• Jan Meyers, 90, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Kansas's 3rd congressional district (1985–1997), problems caused by heart disease.

22

• Miguel Ángel Falasca, 46, Argentine-born Spanish volleyball player (Pòrtol, Skra Bełchatów, national team) and coach, heart attack.
• Judith Krantz, 91, American author (Scruples, Princess Daisy, Till We Meet Again).
• Leevi Lehto, 68, Finnish poet, translator and programmer, problems caused by MSA.
• Se'are Mekonnen, Ethiopian army officer, Chief of General Staff (since 2018), shot.
• Zdeněk Remsa, 90, Czech Olympic ski jumper (1948) and coach.
• Stepan Shakaryan, 84, Azerbaijani-born Armenian composer.

23

• Peter Ball, 87, English Anglican cleric and convicted sex offender, Bishop of Lewes (1977–1992) and Gloucester (1992–1993).
• Dave Bartholomew, 100, American Hall of Fame musician, bandleader and songwriter ("Ain't That a Shame", "I Hear You Knocking", "I'm Walkin'"), heart failure.
• Andrey Kharitonov, 59, Russian actor (The Gadfly, The Invisible Man, The Devil's Flower), stomach cancer.
• Fernando Roldán, 97, Chilean footballer (CD Universidad Católica, national team).
• George Rosenkranz, 102, Hungarian-born Mexican chemist, developed the birth control pill.
• Abdul Sattar, 88, Pakistani political scientist and diplomat, Minister of Foreign Affairs (1993, 1999-2002).

24

• Jeff Austin, 45, American mandolinist and singer (Yonder Mountain String Band).
• Graham Barnett, 83, English footballer (Port Vale, Halifax Town) and manager (South Coast United). (death announced on this date)
• Billy Drago, 73, American actor (The Untouchables, Pale Rider, The Hills Have Eyes), problems caused by a stroke.
• Steve Dunleavy, 81, Australian-born American journalist (New York Post).
• Jonás Gómez Gallo, 95, Chilean businessman and politician, Senator (1961–1969) and Deputy (1957–1961).
• José Huerta, 71, Peruvian politician, Minister of Defense (since 2018), heart attack.
• Yekaterina Mikhailova-Demina, 93, Russian military doctor.
• Jörg Stübner, 53, German footballer (Dynamo Dresden, Sachsen Leipzig, East Germany national team).

25

• Ken Behring, 91, American real estate developer and businessman, owner of the Seattle Seahawks.
• Kevin McKenna, 75, Irish politician, Chief of Staff of the Provisional Irish Republican Army (1983–1997).
• Astrid North, 45, German soul singer-songwriter (Cultured Pearls, Soulounge), pancreatic cancer.
• Edgardo Mesa, 81, Argentine radio journalist (Entre Ríos) and actor (Los reyes del sablazo, Galería del terror), emphysema.
• Sascha Pohflepp, 41, German artist. (death announced on this date)
• Alla Pokrovskaya, 81, Russian actress (July Rain, Take Aim, Fox Hunting) and educator, sepsis caused by liver disease.
• Isabel Sarli, 89, Argentine actress (Thunder Among the Leaves) and glamour model, Miss Argentina (1955).

26

• Georges Brossard, 79, Canadian entomologist, founder of the Montreal Insectarium, lung cancer.
• Beth Chapman, 51, American bounty hunter and reality television personality (Dog the Bounty Hunter), throat cancer.
• Douglas Fielding, 73, British actor (Z-Cars, EastEnders) and narrator (Nightfall in Middle-Earth).
• Gerald McCann, 87, British fashion designer.
• Manuel Real, 95, American lawyer and politician, Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California (1966–2018).
• Andrey Nikolayevich Sakharov, 89, Soviet-born Russian historian, member of the Russian Academy of Sciences (since 1991).
• Édith Scob, 81, French actress (Eyes Without a Face, Summer Hours, Holy Motors).
• Max Wright, 75, American actor (ALF, Reds, All That Jazz), lymphoma.

27

• Gualberto Castro, 84, Mexican singer (Los Hermanos Castro), actor (West Side Story) and television personality (La Carabina de Ambrosio), lung infection caused by bladder cancer.
• David Golomb, 86, Israeli politician, member of the Knesset (1968–1969, 1977–1981).
• Hartmut Nickel, 74, German Olympic ice hockey player (1968).
• Justin Raimondo, 67, American author, co-founder and editorial director of Antiwar.com, lung cancer.

28

• František Čuba, 83, Czech agronomist and politician, Senator (2014–2018), received Medal of Merit (2013).
• Willie Frazer, 58, Northern Irish loyalist activist and victims advocate, multiple organ failure.
• Lisa Martinek, 47, German actress (Blankenese, The Old Fox, Der Kriminalist), swimming accident.

29

• Yevheniya Dembska, 98, Ukrainian actress (White Acacia).
• Gary Duncan, 72, American rock guitarist (Quicksilver Messenger Service), problems caused by a fall and seizure.
• Dieter Enders, 73, German chemist.
• Jeon Mi-seon, 48, South Korean actress (Moon Embracing the Sun, Hide and Seek, Love Is a Crazy Thing), suicide by hanging.
• Ilkka Nummisto, 75, Finnish Olympic sprint canoer (1964, 1968, 1972, 1976).
• Gunilla Pontén, 90, Swedish fashion designer.
• Whitney North Seymour Jr., 95, American attorney and politician, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York (1970–1973) and member of the New York State Senate (1966–1968).

30

• Sebastián Alarcón, 70, Chilean movie director and screenwriter (Night Over Chile), cancer.
• David Binder, 88, American journalist (The New York Times), kidney disease.
• Momir Bulatović, 62, Montenegrin politician, President of the Republic of Montenegro (1990–1998) and Prime Minister of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1998–2000), heart attack.
• Mitchell Feigenbaum, 74, American physicist, discoverer of Feigenbaum constants.
• David Koloane, 81, South African artist and political writer.
• Guillermo Mordillo, 86, Argentine cartoonist.
• Borka Pavićević, 72, Serbian dramaturge and newspaper columnist.
• Noel White, 89, British businessman and football club chairman (Liverpool).

Months

• January
• February
• March
• April
• May

Related pages

• Deaths in 2014
• Deaths in 2015
• Deaths in 2016
• Deaths in 2017
• Deaths in 2018

Other websites

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• The Telegraph obituaries
• Obituaries, Chicago Tribune
• Obituaries, Los Angeles Times
• The New York Times, US obituaries
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