Deaths in June 2009

The following is a list of deaths in June 2009.

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), what subject was known for, cause of death (if known), and reference.

June 2009

1 Thomas Berry, 94, American cultural historian and ecotheologian. Bob Christie, 85, American racing driver. Ken Clark, 81, American actor, heart attack.Ken Clark (I) (1927–2009) Ernest R. May, 80, American historian (Harvard University), complications from cancer surgery. Vincent O'Brien, 92, Irish race horse trainer. Aleksandr Potupa, 64, Belarusian politician, physicist, economist and writer.Belarusian Philosopher, Writer and Civil Activist Alexander Potupa Dies at 64 Jerry Rosenberg, 72, American jailhouse lawyer, natural causes. Parvin Soleimani, 86, Iranian actress, brain tumor. Dirk du Toit, 65, South African politician, suspected heart failure. Notable people that died in the crash of Air France Flight 447: Octavio Augusto Ceva Antunes, Brazilian professor of chemistry and pharmaceutics. Silvio Barbato, 50, Italian-born Brazilian conductor and composer. Pablo Dreyfus, 39-40, Argentine arms control expert. Izabela Maria Furtado Kestler, 49, Brazilian professor of German studies. Giambattista Lenzi, 58, Italian politician.TRENTO10 anni fa la tragedia dell'Air France che costò la vita a Giovanni Battista Lenzi , 29 March 2022 Fatma Ceren Necipoğlu, 36, Turkish classical harpist and academic (Anadolu University in Eskişehir).Harpist who was IU grad one of Air France crash victims Prince Pedro Luiz of Orléans-Braganza, 26, Brazilian prince.

2 William Booth, 70, Irish Anglican priest, Deputy Clerk of the Closet (1991–2007). Chung Kai-lai, 92, Chinese-born American mathematician.Kai Lai Chung: 1917–2009 Jaye F. Dyer, 81-82, American energy executive. David Eddings, 77, American fantasy author. John Ernsting, 81, British Air Vice-Marshal, expert in aviation medicine. FrancEyE, 87, American poet, complications from a hip fracture. Terry Hankins, 34, American serial killer, execution by lethal injection. Alfred Kern, 85, American novelist and academic. Tony Maggs, 72, South African racing driver, cancer. Palghat R. Raghu, 81, Burmese-born Indian musician, cardiac arrest. Kidane-Mariam Teklehaimanot, 75, Ethiopian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Adigrat (1985–2001). Paul O. Williams, 74, American science fiction author, aortic dissection.

3 Geoffrey Bingham, 90, Australian evangelical Christian writer.His ministry was wider than one church: Geoffrey Bingham, 1919-2009 David Bromige, 75, British-born Canadian poet and academic, winner of the Pushcart Prize, complications from diabetes. Sam Butera, 81, American saxophonist, Alzheimer's disease. James F. Calvert, 88, American naval officer, 46th Superintendent of the U.S. Naval Academy, heart failure. David Carradine, 72, American actor (Kung Fu, Kill Bill, Boxcar Bertha) and film director, erotic asphyxiation. *Do Kum-bong, 79, South Korean actress. Sam George, 56, Canadian activist, native rights campaigner who advocated for the Ipperwash Inquiry following the Ipperwash Crisis, pancreatic and lung cancer. Thomas Gill, 87, American politician, U.S. Representative from Hawaii (1963–1965), after long illness.Tom Gill, longtime Hawaii politician, dies at 87 Frank Harrison, 69, American politician, U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania (1983–1985), natural causes. Geir Høgsnes, 58, Norwegian sociologist. Peter Landin, 78, British computer scientist, prostate cancer. Jack Ross, 110, Australian supercentenarian, last surviving Australian veteran of World War I. *Shih Kien, 96, Hong Kong actor (Enter the Dragon).Martial arts actor Shek Kin dead at 96 Koko Taylor, 80, American blues musician, complications from gastrointestinal surgery.Koko Taylor, Legendary Blues Singer, Dies At 80

4 Mojisola Adekunle-Obasanjo, 65, Nigerian army officer and politician. Lev Brovarskyi, 60, Ukrainian Soviet-era footballer and coach. Robert Colescott, 83, American painter, U.S. representative to Venice Biennale (1997). Ward Costello, 89, American actor and composer, complications from a stroke. Philip D. Curtin, 87, American historian, pneumonia. Luc Alfons de Hovre, 83, Belgian Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Mechelen-Brussels (1982–2002). John F. Henning, 93, American politician and diplomat, United States Ambassador to New Zealand (1967–1969).Longtime labor leader John Henning dies Dorothy Layton, 96, American actress (County Hospital).Film Obituaries: Dorothy Layton Chris O'Brien, 57, Australian oncologist, surgeon on the reality television program RPA, brain tumour. Randy Smith, 60, American basketball player (Buffalo Braves), 1978 NBA All-Star Game MVP, heart attack.Randy Smith, former Brave, dies at 60

5 Rodolfo Almirón, 73, Argentine police officer and death squad leader (AAA).Murió Rodolfo Eduardo Almirón, ex jefe de la Triple A Bernard Barker, 92, Cuban-born American intelligence operative, Watergate burglar, lung cancer. Peter L. Bernstein, 90, American economic historian, pneumonia. Alan Berkman, 63, American physician and activist, lymphoma. Fleur Cowles, 101, American writer, editor and artist. Baciro Dabó, 51, Guinea-Bissauan politician, presidential candidate, shot. Jeff Hanson, 31, American singer–songwriter, mixed drug toxicity. Ola Hudson, 62, American fashion designer and costumier, cancer. Richard Jacobs, 83, American real estate developer, owner of the Cleveland Indians (1986–2001), after long illness. *Luo Jing, 48, Chinese news presenter, lymphoma. Adilgerei Magomedtagirov, 53, Russian general, Interior Minister for the Republic of Dagestan, shot. Rajeev Motwani, 47, Indian-born American academic, advisor for Google, Inc.Rajeev Motwani, noted Stanford professor and Google founders' adviser, dead at 45 Boris Pokrovsky, 97, Russian opera director, People's Artist of the USSR. Helder Proença, Guinea-Bissauan politician, Minister of Defense, shot. Haydn Tanner, 92, British rugby union player. George Edward Wahlen, 84, American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient, after long illness.

6 Charles Arnold-Baker, 90, British historian. Luke Cole, 46, American environmental lawyer, road accident. Jean Dausset, 92, French immunologist, Nobel Prize in Medicine (1980). Bobby Haarms, 75, Dutch football player and coach. Mary Howard de Liagre, 96, American actress (Abe Lincoln in Illinois, Swamp Water). Jim Owens, 82, American college football coach (Washington Huskies), complications from hypertension and heart problems. Pio Sagapolutele, 39, American Samoan footballer (Cleveland Browns, New England Patriots), aneurysm.

7 Roy Boe, 79, American businessman, owner of New Jersey Nets (1969–1978), New York Islanders (1972–1979), heart failure. Leonard Guttridge, 90, English historian and author. Hugh Hopper, 64, British progressive rock bassist and composer (Soft Machine), leukaemia. Willie Kilmarnock, 87, Scottish footballer (Motherwell).Willie Kilmarnock: Footballer and publican Gordon Lennon, 26, Northern Irish footballer (Dumbarton), car crash. Kenny Rankin, 69, American singer-songwriter, lung cancer. Peter Townsend, 81, British sociologist, pneumonia. Baron Vaea, 88, Tongan politician, Prime Minister (1991–2000), after short illness.

8 Om Prakash Aditya, 72, Indian poet, car accident. Omar Bongo, 73, Gabonese politician, President (1967–2009), heart attack. Frank Dasso, 91, American baseball player.Frank Dasso Obituary Sheila Finestone, 82, Canadian politician, MP for Mount Royal (1984–1999) and Senator (1999–2002), cancer. Aage Rou Jensen, 84, Danish footballer. Harold Norse, 92, American poet. Johnny Palermo, 27, American actor (Just for Kicks, Everybody Hates Chris), car accident. Matt Simpson, 73, British poet and literary critic. Habib Tanvir, 85, Indian playwright and theatre director, after short illness.

9 Duke Bainum, 56, American politician (Hawaii House of Representatives, Honolulu City Council), aortic aneurysm. Norman E. Brinker, 78, American restaurateur (Brinker International), aspiration pneumonia.Norman Brinker 1931-2009 Cyril Connell Jr., 81, Australian rugby league player.League mourns Cyril Connell Edward Hanrahan, 88, American lawyer, State's Attorney (Cook County, Illinois), leukemia. Jean Hugel, 84, French winemaker (Alsace wine), cancer. Bill Lillard, 90, American baseball player (Philadelphia Athletics).Bill Lillard Stats Jack Littrell, 80, American baseball player, Alzheimer's disease.Jack Napier Littrell Dick May, 78, American racing driver, after long illness. John Francis Mitchell, 81, American electronics engineer, president of Motorola. Vera Mutafchieva, 80, Bulgarian historian.Renown Bulgarian Historian, Writer Vera Mutafchieva Dies at 80 Michael Roof, 32, American actor (xXx, Black Hawk Down, The Dukes of Hazzard), suicide by hanging. Dave Simons, 54, American comic book artist, cancer.Dave Simons, R.I.P. Arne Tovik, 53, Norwegian newspaper editor and journalist.En trist melding Karl Michael Vogler, 80, German actor.

10 Barry Beckett, 66, American record producer, session musician, keyboardist (Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section), natural causes. Rick Bébout, 59, American-born Canadian gay activist, journalist, and publisher of The Body Politic, complications from a stroke. Andrew Wendell Bogue, 90, American federal judge. John A. Eddy, 78, American astronomer, cancer.Obituaries: John Eddy Tenniel Evans, 83, British actor. Xaver Frick, 96, Liechtensteinian Olympic athlete and cross-country skier. Aza Gazgireyeva, 54, Russian jurist, senior judge in Ingushetia, shot. Huey Long, 105, American singer (The Ink Spots). Nguyễn Khắc Ngư, 100, Vietnamese Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Long Xuyên (1960–1997). Jack Nimitz, 79, American jazz baritone saxophonist, complications from emphysema. Marian Pour-El, 81, American mathematical logician. Richard Quick, 66, American swimming and diving coach, brain tumor. Stelios Skevofilakas, 70, Greek footballer (AEK Athens), stomach cancer. Helle Virkner, 83, Danish actress and first lady, cancer.

11 Viacheslav Aliabiev, 75, Ukrainian footballer (Shakhtyor Stalino), USSR Cup winner (1961, 1962), cancer. Sidney W. Bijou, 100, American child psychologist. Marian Goliński, 59, Polish politician, car accident. Woodie Held, 77, American baseball player (Cleveland Indians), brain cancer. Jakob Kjersem, 83, Norwegian Olympic athlete. Frank J. Low, 75, American physicist and astronomer. Christel Peters, 93, German actress. Carl Pursell, 76, American politician, U.S. Representative from Michigan (1977–1993), heart disease.Former Michigan Congressman Carl Pursell dies at 76 Ricardo Rangel, 85, Mozambican photojournalist. Sumire, 21, Japanese fashion model, brain hemorrhage. Roger Terry, 87, American airman (Tuskegee Airmen), heart failure. Peter Wheeler, 65, British chemical engineer and businessman, owner of TVR, after short illness. Heinrich Zoller, 86, Swiss botanist, after a short illness

12 Shailaja Acharya, 65, Nepalese politician, Deputy Prime Minister (1998), Alzheimer's disease and pneumonia.Nepal's first woman deputy Prime Minister Acharya passes away Annesley Dias, 82, Sri Lankan comedian, György Ekrem-Kemál, 63, Hungarian far-right political activist, lung cancer. Robinson Everett, 81, American judge, member of the Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces since 1980. Charles Fenton, 97, Australian politician, member (1957–1981) and President (1972–1981) of the Tasmanian Legislative Council. Peter Gowan, 63, British professor of politics, mesothelioma. Andy Hughes, 43, British musician (The Orb), producer and DJ. Ivan Lichter, 91, New Zealand physician, pioneer in palliative care. Félix Malloum, 76, Chadian politician, President (1975–1979), cardiac arrest. Rosa Markmann, 101, Chilean First Lady (1946–1952).

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