Deaths in June 2007

The following is a list of notable deaths in June 2007.

Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence: Name, age, country of citizenship at birth, subsequent country of citizenship (if applicable), reason for notability, cause of death (if known), and reference.

June 2007

1 Warren M. Anderson, 91, American legislator, Temporary President and Majority Leader of the NY Senate (1973–1989). Jan Beneš, 71, Czech writer, translator, publicist and screenwriter, suicide. (Czech) Kasma Booty, 75, Malaysian actress, pneumonia. Sir John Gilmour, 94, British Conservative MP for East Fife (1961–1979) and Lord Lieutenant of Fife (1980–1987). Charles Johnson, 58, American basketball player, cancer. Charles Kinkead, 93, Jamaican photojournalist, stroke. Pamela Low, 79, American flavorist who created the coating for Cap'n Crunch. Marly de Oliveira, 72, Brazilian poet, Prêmio Jabuti laureate (1998), multiple organ failure. (Portuguese) Arn Shein, 78, American sports writer. Dave Smalley, 72, American coach of US Naval Academy men's and women's basketball teams, complications of cancer. Tony Thompson, 31, American lead vocalist of the R&B group Hi-Five, toxic inhalation of freon.

2 Sandy Barr, 69, American professional wrestler, heart attack. Charles Evans, 81, American businessman and film producer (Showgirls), complications from pneumonia.Charles Evans, 81; Co-Founder of Evan-Picone Sportswear Marion Francis Forst, 96, American oldest Roman Catholic bishop in the United States. Steve Gilliard, 42, American blogger, heart and kidney failure. Kentarō Haneda, 58, Japanese pianist, composer and arranger, liver cancer. Wolfgang Hilbig, 65, German author and poet.Wolfgang Hilbig ist tot Huang Ju, 68, Chinese Vice Premier, Politburo Standing Committee member, former Mayor of Shanghai. Martin Meyerson, 84, American academic, President of Penn (1971–1982) and Chancellor of UC Berkeley. John Moriarty, 69, Irish poet and philosopher, cancer.

3 Richard Attipoé, 50, Togolese politician, Minister of Youth and Sport, helicopter crash. Iván Darvas, 82, Hungarian actor. Ragheed Ganni, 35, Iraqi Chaldean Catholic priest, shot. Earl Hogan, 87, American politician, U.S. Representative from Indiana (1959–1961). Jim Kelsey, 54, American Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Northern Michigan, automobile accident. Nelson Levy, 58, Tahitian founding head of Air Tahiti Nui, leading figure in French Polynesian tourism, heart attack. Leonard Nathan, 82, American poet, National Book Award nominee, UC Berkeley professor of rhetoric, Alzheimer's disease. Juan Antonio Arguelles Rius, 28, Spanish songwriter and programmer, traffic collision. (Spanish)

4 Clete Boyer, 70, American baseball player (New York Yankees, Atlanta Braves) and coach, stroke. Tom Burns, 75, Australian politician, former Queensland opposition leader, Deputy Premier and Australian Labor Party national president. Lady Jeanne Campbell, 78, British journalist and aristocrat.Lady Jeanne Campbell Jim Clark, 84, American sheriff of Dallas County, Alabama who opposed voting rights in Selma, stroke and heart condition. Hallie Ford, 102, American timber entrepreneur and philanthropist. Bill France Jr., 74, American CEO of NASCAR (1972–2003), cancer. Wallace McIntosh, 87, British World War II air gunner. Sotiris Moustakas, 67, Greek Cypriot actor, cancer. Freddie Scott, 74, American singer ("Hey Girl"), heart attack. Craig L. Thomas, 74, American Senator from Wyoming since 1995, leukemia.

5 Sam Baker, 76, American football player, complications of diabetes. Gert-Jan Dröge, 64, Dutch TV personality, lung cancer. Povel Ramel, 85, Swedish artist, singer, pianist, comedian, actor, author.

6 Lila Irene Clerides, 85, Indian-born Cypriot actress and socialite, First Lady (1974, 1993–2003). Tony DeSantis, 93, American owner of Drury Lane Theatre, cancer. Enrique Fuentes Quintana, 82, Spanish economist and politician, Deputy Prime Minister (1977–1979). Larry Leon Hamlin, 58, American theater producer, founder of the National Black Theater Festival. Dave Hancock, 68, English footballer. Luke Sela, 64, Papua New Guinean journalist, editor of the PNG Post Courier (1978–2000). Zakia Zaki, 35, Afghan director of Radio Peace, shot.

7 Gilbert Gude, 84, United States Representative from Maryland (1967–1977), heart failure. Michael Hamburger, 83, German-born British poet, translator, critic. Sahar Hussein al-Haideri, 44, Iraqi journalist, shot.

8 Aden Adde, 98, Somali politician, first President of Somalia (1960–1967). Martin Buckmaster, 3rd Viscount Buckmaster, 86, English diplomat. Hideo Kanze, 79, Japanese Noh actor and director, intestinal cancer. Nellie Lutcher, 94, American jazz singer and pianist, pneumonia. Kenny Olsson, 30, Swedish speedway rider, crash. Lynne Randell, 57, Australian singer ("Ciao Baby"), apparent suicide. Richard Rorty, 75, American philosopher, pancreatic cancer.

9 Frankie Abernathy, 25, American cast member of The Real World: San Diego, cystic fibrosis. Rudolf Arnheim, 102, German-born American author, psychologist, and theorist of film and visual art. Lorne Carr, 96, Canadian ice hockey player (New York Rangers, Toronto Maple Leafs). Eddie Crush, 90, English cricketer (Kent) (1946–1949). Bill Ellis, 87, English cricketer (Nottinghamshire). Harry Ewing, Baron Ewing of Kirkford, 76, British Labour politician, cancer. Rob Goode, 80, American football player for the Washington Redskins. Achieng Oneko, 87, Kenyan freedom fighter and politician, heart attack. Ousmane Sembène, 84, Senegalese film director, producer and writer, after long illness. Elias Wen, 110, Chinese-born Protopresbyter (senior clergy) of the Russian Orthodox Church. Leonard E. H. Williams, 87, British World War II Spitfire pilot and businessman.

10 Augie Auer, 67, American-born New Zealand atmospheric scientist and meteorologist, heart attack. George Rrurrambu Burarrwanga, 50, Australian singer (Warumpi Band). Jeff Erlanger, 36, American disability rights activist, asphyxiation.Remembering Jeff Erlanger Charley Harper, 84, American wildlife artist, pneumonia. Jim Killingsworth, 83, American college basketball coach (Idaho State, Oklahoma State, TCU), complications from stroke. Laurence Mancuso, 72, American founding abbot of Monks of New Skete, complications of injuries from a fall. John Ostashek, 71, Canadian Yukon Party Leader (1992–1999) and Yukon Government Leader (1992–1996), cancer. Parviz Varjavand, 73, Iranian archaeologist, heart failure.

11 Bobby Beaton, 94, Canadian ice hockey player, professional boxer and boxing referee. Eamonn Coleman, 59, Northern Irish Gaelic football coach (Derry GAA), non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Jonathan Henry, 36, British police officer. Vern Hoscheit, 85, American Major League Baseball bullpen coach. Ray Mears, 80, American basketball coach of the University of Tennessee Volunteers (1963–1977). Mala Powers, 75, American film actress (Cyrano de Bergerac, Outrage), leukemia.

12 Donald D. Clancy, 85, American Mayor of Cincinnati (1957–1960), US Representative from Ohio (1961–1977), Parkinson's disease. Colin Fletcher, 85, American writer on hiking, complications of old age and injuries from a 2001 car accident. Tito Gómez, 59, Puerto Rican salsa singer, former member of Ray Barretto and Sonora Ponceña bands, heart attack. Don Herbert, 89, American TV host ("Mr. Wizard"), bone cancer. Sir Wally Herbert, 72, British polar explorer. Jim Norton, 68, American football player (Houston Oilers, 1960–1969). Guy de Rothschild, 98, French banker and member of the Rothschild family. Frank Scarrabelotti, 109, Australia's oldest living man. Samuel Isaac Weissman, 94, American chemist known for his work on the Manhattan Project.

13 Jessie Davis, 26, American murder victim. Walid Eido, 65, Lebanese politician, bomb. Sir David Hatch, 68, British managing director of BBC Radio, comic actor (I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again). Oskar Morawetz, 90, Canadian classical composer. Claude Netter, 82, French Olympic fencer. Néstor Rossi, 82, Argentine footballer, played in 1958 FIFA World Cup. John Stanton Ward, 89, British artist.

14 Ruth Graham, 87, American author. William LeMessurier, 81, American structural engineer, complications from surgery following a fall. Jørgen Hare, 83, Danish Olympic shooter. Margaret Hunt Hill, 91, American heiress and philanthropist.Oil in the Family Martin McKay, 70, Irish Olympic cyclist. Robin Olds, 84, American fighter pilot, heart failure. Jacques Simonet, 43, Belgian politician and mayor of Anderlecht, heart attack. (Dutch) Alex Thomson, 78, British cinematographer (Excalibur, Alien 3, Labyrinth). Larry Whiteside, 69, American baseball journalist. Peter Ucko, 68, British archaeologist, complications of diabetes. Kurt Waldheim, 88, Austrian President (1986–1992), UN Secretary-General (1972–1981), World War II Wehrmacht officer, heart failure.

15 Richard Bell, 61, Canadian keyboardist (Janis Joplin, The Band), cancer. Bertin Borna, 76, Beninese politician, former finance minister. Claudia Cohen, 56, American socialite and journalist, ovarian cancer. Hugo Corro, 53, Argentine World Boxing Association and World Boxing Council middleweight boxing champion (1978–1979). (Spanish) Sherri Martel, 49, American professional wrestler and valet (WWF, WCW, AWA), accidental overdose.

16 Robin Beard, 67, American Representative from Tennessee (1973–1983), brain tumor. Jack Doohan, 87, Australian politician, Member of the New South Wales Legislative Council (1978–1991). Norman Hackerman, 95, American former president of the University of Texas at Austin and Rice University, heart disease. Grand Ayatollah Fazel Lankarani, 76, Iranian religious leader. Thommie Walsh, 57, American dancer (A Chorus Line) and Tony Award-winning choreographer, lymphoma.

17 Jamal Abdul Karim al-Dabban, 68, Iraqi Sunni religious leader, heart attack. Ben Brocklehurst, 85, British cricketer and publisher. Cheng Shifa, 86, Chinese painter, cartoonist and calligrapher. Angelo Felici, 87, Italian Catholic Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Commission Ecclesia Dei. Gianfranco Ferré, 62, Italian fashion designer, brain haemorrhage. Ed Friendly, 85, American television producer (Little House on the Prairie, Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In), cancer. Velimir Ilić, 81, Yugoslav Olympic athlete. Jay Newman, 59, Canadian philosopher, cancer. José Abílio Osório Soares, 60, Indonesian last governor of East Timor. Fred C. Stinson, 84, Canadian politician.

18 Bill Barber, 87, American jazz tuba player, played with Miles Davis and John Coltrane, heart failure. Vilma Espín, 77, Cuban wife of acting President Raúl Castro, president of Cuban Women's Federation. Kenneth Franklin, 84, American astronomer at the Hayden Planetarium. Tung Hua Lin, 96, Chinese engineer, designed China's first twin-engine aircraft, heart failure. Bernard Manning, 76, British comedian, kidney failure. Hank Medress, 68, American singer (The Tokens), producer of The Chiffons and Tony Orlando and Dawn, lung cancer. Georges Thurston, 55, Canadian author and composer known as "Boule Noire" (Afro), colorectal cancer. Cheves Walling, 91, American organic chemist.Cheves Walling Dies At 91

19 Antonio Aguilar, 88, Mexican actor, pneumonia. Victorio Cieslinskas, 84, Uruguayan Olympic bronze medal-winning (1952) basketball player. Tommy Eytle, 80, Guyanese-born British actor (EastEnders) and jazz musician. El Fary, 69, Spanish singer, lung cancer. Terry Hoeppner, 59, American football coach for Indiana University, brain tumor. Antanas Karoblis, 67, Lithuanian politician.Antanas Karoblis Piara Khabra, 82, British Labour MP for Ealing, Southall (1992–2007). Alberto Mijangos, 81, Mexican-American painter, lymphoma. Ze'ev Schiff, 74, Israeli military journalist, heart disease. Klausjürgen Wussow, 78, German actor, after long illness.

20 Nazik Al-Malaika, 84, Iraqi poet, old age.