The following is a list of notable deaths in June 2010.
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 2010
1 Omar Andréen, 87, Norwegian painter, graphic artist, and illustrator.Omar Andréen snl.no (in Norwegian) Freddie Burdette, 73, American baseball player (Chicago Cubs). Vladimír Bystrov, 74, Czech writer and translator, recipient of the Order of Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk. Chinook Pass, 31, American Thoroughbred racehorse, euthanized. Arturo Falaschi, 77, Italian geneticist. John Hagart, 72, Scottish football player and manager. Heather the Leather, 50, British scaleless carp, old age. Arthur A. Link, 96, American politician. U.S. Representative (1971–1973), Governor of North Dakota (1973–1981).Obituary: Arthur A. Link Roger Manderscheid, 77, Luxembourgish author. Miss Ellie, 17, American Chinese Crested Dog, winner of title World's Ugliest Dog. Kazuo Ohno, 103, Japanese dancer, respiratory failure. Frank Pike, 80, Canadian football player and manager, heart failure. Joseph Strick, 86, American film director and producer, heart failure. Lobi Traoré, 48, Malian musician. Andrei Voznesensky, 77, Russian poet and writer.
2 Dick Bird, 77, British Anglican priest. Eleanor Taylor Bland, 65, American crime fiction writer. Floribert Chebeya, 46, Congolese human rights activist. Dorothy DeBorba, 85, American actress (Our Gang), emphysema and lung disease. Tony DiPreta, 88, American cartoonist, (Joe Palooka, Rex Morgan, M.D.), respiratory and cardiac arrest. John W. Douglas, 88, American civil rights advocate, complications from a stroke. Joe Gardi, 71, American football coach, stroke. Kovilan, 86, Indian novelist, respiratory disease. Marguerite Narbel, 92, Swiss biologist and politician, member of the Grand Council of Vaud. Garry Purdham, 31, English rugby league player (Workington Town), shot. Ri Je-gang, 80, North Korean politician, First Deputy Head of the Organization and Guidance Department of the Workers' Party of Korea, car accident. John Richardson, 77, Canadian politician, MP for Perth—Wellington—Waterloo (1993–1997); Perth—Middlesex (1997–2002), Alzheimer's disease. António Alva Rosa Coutinho, 84, Portuguese admiral and politician, Governor-General of Angola, after long illness. Michael Schildberger, 72, Australian journalist, prostate cancer. Gabriele Sella, 47, Italian Olympic cyclist. Giuseppe Taddei, 93, Italian opera singer. Yoo Chang-soon, 92, South Korean politician, Prime Minister (1982).
3 João Aguiar, 66, Portuguese writer and journalist. Vladimir Arnold, 72, Russian mathematician, peritonitis. Frank Bernasko, 79, Ghanaian soldier and politician. Bill Clark, 80, New Zealand rugby player, after long illness. Frank Evans, 86, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Colorado (1965–1979). John Hedgecoe, 78, British photographer. Robert Hudson, 90, British broadcaster. K. M. M. B. Kulatunga, Sri Lankan puisne justice of the Supreme Court Paul Malliavin, 84, French mathematician, creator of Malliavin calculus.Remembering Paul Malliavin Rue McClanahan, 76, American actress (The Golden Girls, Maude, Starship Troopers), Emmy winner (1987), stroke. Luigi Padovese, 63, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Vicar of Anatolia and chairman of the Turkish Bishops' Conference (since 2004), stabbed. Pance Pondaag, 59, Indonesian pop singer and songwriter, complications from a stroke. Pétur Sigurgeirsson, 91, Icelandic prelate, Bishop of Iceland (1981–1989). Emory C. Swank, 88, American diplomat, Ambassador to Cambodia (1970–1973). Hasan Tiro, 84, Indonesian politician, founder of the Free Aceh Movement, multiple organ dysfunction syndrome. Leonard S. Unger, 92, American diplomat, Ambassador to Laos (1962–1964), Thailand (1967), and the Republic of China (1974–1979). Charlie Wedemeyer, 64, American football player and coach, complications from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
4 Raymond Allchin, 86, British archaeologist. Bill Ashenfelter, 85, American Olympic athlete.William Nyman Ashenfelter Frank Ballard, 80, American puppeteer and educator, complications from Parkinson's disease. Himan Brown, 99, American radio producer (CBS Radio Mystery Theater). Jim Copeland, 65, American football player, cancer. Marianne Elser Crowder, 104, American oldest Girl Scout, pancreatic cancer. Amado Crowley, 80, British occult writer and magician.Amado Crowley (Death announced by this date) Richard Dunn, 73, American character actor (Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!), stroke. David Foster, 90, British naval pilot. Jack Harrison, 97, British air force officer, last survivor of Stalag Luft III. Richard P. Lindsay, 84, American Mormon leader and politician (Utah House of Representatives, 1972–1977), cancer. Syd Luyt, 84, South African Olympic runner.Syd Luyt Bio, Stats, and Results David Markson, 82, American writer (Wittgenstein's Mistress). William Miranda Marín, 69, Puerto Rican politician, mayor of Caguas (1997–2010), pancreatic cancer. Andi Meriem Matalatta, 52, Indonesian pop singer, complications from diabetes. Carlos Francisco Martins Pinheiro, 85, Portuguese Roman Catholic prelate. Hennadiy Popovych, 37, Ukrainian footballer (Zenit, Shakhtar), cardiac arrest. Norman Rothfield, 98, Australian peace and labour activist. Ray Smith, 80, Australian Olympic athlete.Ray Smith Bio, Stats, and Results Chuck Taliano, 65, American marine, featured on recruitment poster, multiple myeloma. Eddie Washington, 56, American politician, member of the Illinois House of Representatives (2003–2010), heart attack. John Werket, 85, American Olympic speed skater. John Wooden, 99, American basketball coach (UCLA, 1948–1975).
5 Esma Agolli, 81, Albanian actress, cardiac arrest. Braulio Alonso, 93, American educator. Sir Neil Anderson, 83, New Zealand admiral, Chief of Defence Staff (1980–1983). Danny Bank, 87, American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, and flautist. Robert C. Bergenheim, 86, American founder of Boston Business Journal. Angus Douglas-Hamilton, 15th Duke of Hamilton, 71, British peer and racing driver, dementia. Robert Healy, 84, American journalist, executive editor (The Boston Globe), stroke. Stephen Clancy Hill, 34, American pornographic actor and murderer, suicide by jumping. Jacob Milgrom, 87, American rabbi and biblical scholar, brain hemorrhage. Finian Monahan, 86, Irish Roman Catholic friar and priest, Superior General (1973–1979), pneumonia. Arne Nordheim, 78, Norwegian contemporary classical composer. Tony Peluso, 60, American musician and record producer (The Carpenters), heart disease. Steven Reuther, 58, American film producer (Dirty Dancing, Pretty Woman, The Ugly Truth), cancer. Robert Wussler, 73, American businessman, co-founder of CNN, after long illness.
6 Mabi de Almeida, 46, Angolan football manager, after long illness. Jack Beeson, 88, American contemporary classical music composer, heart failure. Marvin Isley, 56, American bassist (The Isley Brothers, Isley-Jasper-Isley), complications of diabetes. Dana Key, 56, American musician (DeGarmo and Key), ruptured blood clot. Abraham Nathanson, 80, American graphic designer and author, co-inventor of Bananagrams, cancer.Abraham Nathanson; artist invented Bananagrams game Robert B. Radnitz, 85, American film producer (Cross Creek, My Side of the Mountain, Sounder), complications from a stroke. Ladislav Smoljak, 78, Czech film and theatre director, after long illness.Actor and screenwriter Ladislav Smoljak dies Jerry Stephenson, 66, American baseball player (Boston Red Sox), lung cancer. Paul Wunderlich, 83, German artist.
7 José Albi, 88, Spanish poet. Paul Bell, 59, American politician, member of the Iowa House of Representatives (since 1993), stomach cancer. Stuart Cable, 40, Welsh drummer (Stereophonics), accidental asphyxiation. *Chai Zemin, 93, Chinese diplomat. Mordechai Eliyahu, 81, Israeli rabbi, Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Israel (1983–1993). Jorge Ginarte, 70, Argentine football manager. Ndoc Gjetja, 66, Albanian poet, after long illness. Alex Hastie, 74, British rugby player.Melrose mourn passing of Alex Hastie, 74 Eric Mason, 83, British actor (Hot Fuzz, A Man for All Seasons, Doctor Who).Eric Mason Arsen Naydyonov, 68, Russian football coach (Zhemchuzhina, Novorossiysk). Oliver N'Goma, 51, Gabonese singer and guitarist, renal failure. Omar Rayo, 82, Colombian painter and sculptor, heart attack. Viana Júnior, 68, Brazilian comedian, multiple organ dysfunction syndrome. Adriana Xenides, 54, Argentine-born Australian television personality (Wheel of Fortune), ruptured intestine.
8 Tony Cennamo, 76, American disc jockey (WBUR), after long illness. Margaret Delacourt-Smith, Baroness Delacourt-Smith of Alteryn, 94, British politician and life peer. Dan Eastman, 64, American politician and businessman, Utah State Senator (2000–2008), heart failure. Joan Hinton, 88, American nuclear physicist, abdominal aneurysm. Porfi Jiménez, 82, Dominican-born Venezuelan musician, arranger, composer and bandleader.Falleció arreglista y compositor dominicano Porfi Jiménez Plamen Maslarov, 60, Bulgarian film director. Stephen Rivers, 55, American publicist and political activist, prostate cancer. Ismael Blas Rolón Silvero, 96, Paraguayan Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Asunción (1970–1989). Crispian St. Peters, 71, British pop singer ("The Pied Piper", "You Were on My Mind"), after long illness. Andreas Voutsinas, 79, Greek actor and stage director.
9 Epaminondas José de Araújo, 88, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Palmeira dos Índios (1978–1984). Ken Brown, 70, British guitarist (The Quarrymen). Fadzil Mahmood, 73, Malaysian politician, speaker of the Perlis State Assembly (1986–1990). Melbert Ford, 49, American convicted murderer, execution by lethal injection. Christine Johnson, 98, American opera singer and actress. Bobby Kromm, 82, Canadian ice hockey coach (Detroit Red Wings, Winnipeg Jets), complications from colorectal cancer. Joseph Crescent McKinney, 81, American Roman Catholic auxiliary bishop of Grand Rapids (1968–2001). Marina Semyonova, 101, Russian prima ballerina (Bolshoi Ballet). Mohamed Sylla, 39, Guinean footballer (Willem II, Martigues, Guinea), cancer.Ex-Guinean international Mohamed 'Ofei' Sylla dies at 44 Oleksandr Zinchenko, 53, Ukrainian politician.Oleksandr Zinchenko, politician who turned away from Kuchma to support Orange Revolution, dies
10 David Ellison, 70, British actor (Juliet Bravo). Ginette Garcin, 82, French actress, cancer. Ferdinand Oyono, 80, Cameroonian writer and government minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs (1992–1997). Sigmar Polke, 69, German painter and photographer, cancer. Basil Schott, 70, American Byzantine Catholic friar, Metropolitan of the Byzantine Catholic Archeparchy of Pittsburgh (since 2002), cancer.Metropolitan Schott, Byzantine Catholic archbishop, dies
11 Bernie Andrews, 76, British radio producer. Maria Aurora, 72, Portuguese journalist, poet, novelist, children's writer and television presenter. Henri Cuq, 68, French politician. Shunsuke Ikeda, 68, Japanese actor (Kikaider 01, Ultraman Mebius & Ultraman Brothers), stomach cancer. Kip Deville, 7, American Thoroughbred racehorse, euthanized. Teresa Jungman, 102, English socialite.Teresa Jungman Norman Macrae, 86, British journalist, deputy editor of The Economist (1965–1988). William J. Mitchell, 65, American architect and urban designer (MIT Media Lab), complications of cancer. Johnny Parker, 80, British jazz pianist ("Bad Penny Blues"). Andrzej Piątkowski, 75, Polish sabreur, Olympic medallist (1956, 1960 and 1964). Fred Plum, 86, American neurologist, developed the term "persistent vegetative state", primary progressive aphasia.