Deaths in June 2012

The following is a list of notable deaths in June 2012.

Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence: Name, age, country of citizenship and reason for notability, established cause of death, reference (and language of reference, if not English).

June 2012

1 Lamu Amatya, 80, first Nepalese trained–nurse, Alzheimer's disease. Faruq Z. Bey, 70, American jazz saxophonist, emphysema. Pádraig Faulkner, 94, Irish politician, TD for Louth (1957–1987), Minister for Defence (1979–1980), Ceann Comhairle (1980–1981). Milan Gaľa, 59, Slovak politician. Avram Goldstein, 92, American pharmacologist. Marcial Gómez Parejo, 81, Spanish Andalusian painter and illustrator. Nick Knilans, 94, American bomber pilot. Marion Sandler, 81, American businesswoman (Golden West Financial). Jörg Schmeisser, 70, German-Australian printmaker. Brahmeshwar Singh, 67, Indian militia chief, head of Ranvir Sena, shooting. Juozas Tunaitis, 83, Lithuanian Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Vilnius (1991–2010).

2 Eliseo Nicolás Alonso, 57, Spanish woodcarver. Elnur Aslanov, 29, Azerbaijani wrestler, car accident. Avraham Botzer, 83, Israeli general, Commander of the Navy (1968–1972). Adolfo Calero, 80, Nicaraguan businessman, leader of the Democratic Force, pneumonia and kidney failure. Richard Dawson, 79, English-born American actor (Hogan's Heroes) and host (Family Feud), esophageal cancer. L. K. Doraiswamy, 85, Indian chemical engineer, author and academic, heart ailments. LeRoy Ellis, 72, American basketball player (Los Angeles Lakers, Philadelphia 76ers, Baltimore Bullets), prostate cancer. Héctor García Cobo, 88, Mexican photo-journalist.Fotógrafo mexicano Héctor García muere, excelsior.com.mx (Spanish) David C. Garrett Jr., 90, American businessman, CEO of Delta Air Lines. *Jan Gmelich Meijling, 76, Dutch politician, Mayor of Castricum (1978–1985) and Den Helder (1985–1994), State Secretary for Defence (1994–1998). Kathryn Joosten, 72, American actress (Desperate Housewives, The West Wing, Bedtime Stories), Emmy winner (2005, 2008), lung cancer. Frazier Mohawk, 71, American record producer (Buffalo Springfield, The Byrds). Soini Nikkinen, 88, Finnish Olympic javelin thrower and world record holder. Marco Onorato, 59, Italian cinematographer. Oliver, app. 55, Congolese-born common chimpanzee noted for his upright stature and humanlike traits. Genichi Taguchi, 88, Japanese engineer and statistician.

3 Carol Ann Abrams, 69, American film producer (The Ernest Green Story) and author, cancer. Bob Bill, 72, American football player and businessman, heart failure. Peter Orlebar Bishop, 94, Australian neurophysiologist. Angelo Di Castro, 86, Italian sculptor. James L. Foreman, 85, American judge. Rosa Guy, 89, Trinidadian-born American author, cancer. Andy Hamilton, 94, Jamaican-born British saxophonist and composer. Rajsoomer Lallah, 79, Mauritian lawyer and judge. Alphonse Le Gastelois, 97, British recluse. John Lang, 84, British Anglican priest and broadcaster, Dean of Lichfield (1980–1993). Mary Perry, 69, American Olympic volleyball player, neurodegenerative disease. Hugh Poole, 86, New Zealand Olympic sailor. Jean-Louis Richard, 85, French film director. Roy Salvadori, 90, British Formula One race car driver. Sir Brian Talboys, 90, New Zealand politician, MP for Wallace (1957–1981), Deputy Prime Minister (1975–1981). Sergio Tedesco, 84, Italian actor, voice actor and tenor. Roel de Wit, 85, Dutch politician, Mayor of Alkmaar (1970–1976), Queen's Commissioner of North Holland (1976–1992). Notable people killed in the crash of Dana Air Flight 0992: Levi Chibuike Ajuonuma, 60, Nigerian academic, journalist and public relations expert. Ibrahim Damcida, 78–79, Nigerian civil servant. Celestine Onwuliri, 60, Nigerian academician.

4 Peter Beaven, 86, New Zealand architect, cancer. J. C. Bhattacharyya, 81, Indian astronomer. Bobby Black, 85, Scottish football player. Pedro Borbón, 65, Dominican Republic-born American baseball player (Cincinnati Reds), cancer.Pedro Borbon, Helped Reds Win 2 Titles, Dies at 65 Dennis Eugene Breedlove, 72, American botanist, herbarium curator, and plant collector.Legacy. Botanist Dennis Eugene Breedlove Tom Cryer, 62, American lawyer. Jim Fitzgerald, 86, American businessman, majority owner of the Milwaukee Bucks (1976–1985) and Golden State Warriors (1986–1995). Ireneo García Alonso, 89, Spanish Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Albacete (1968–1980). Barney Gibbens, 77, British businessman. Bernard Jean, 87, Canadian lawyer and politician, member (1960–1970) and Speaker (1963–1966) of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick. Stan Jolley, 86, American art director and production designer (Witness, Superman, Caddyshack). Eduard Khil, 77, Russian singer ("Trololo"), stroke. * Abu Yahya al-Libi, 49, Libyan terrorist, senior member of al-Qaeda, drone strike. Lim Hock Siew, 81, Singaporean doctor, politician, and political prisoner. * Rodolfo Quezada Toruño, 80, Guatemalan Roman Catholic prelate, Cardinal Archbishop of Guatemala (2001–2010), intestinal blockage. Herb Reed, 83, American singer (The Platters). Philip Snow, 96, British cricketer and administrator. Per Sunderland, 87, Norwegian actor. Barry Unsworth, 81, British novelist, lung cancer.

5 Carl Bledsoe, 88, American politician, Colorado State Representative (1973–1991). Ray Bradbury, 91, American author (Fahrenheit 451, Something Wicked This Way Comes, Dandelion Wine). Steve Buttle, 59, English football player and coach, cancer. Keith Coster, 92, South African army officer.Notice of death of Keith Coster, South African army officer, Rhodesian Services Association Incorporated (June 2012 edition) Richard Duc, 77, French rower. Guy Elmour, New Caledonian football manager. Shapoor Gharib, 78–79, Iranian director and screenplay writer. John Hinrichs, 78, American welding engineer, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. David Hodgson, 73, Australian judge. Caroline John, 71, British actress (Doctor Who, Love Actually, The Doctors). Hal Keller, 83, American baseball player (Washington Senators) and executive (Seattle Mariners, Texas Rangers), esophageal cancer. * Lucky Diamond, app. 15, American Maltese dog, Guinness World Record holder (dog most photographed with celebrities), cancer. Mihai Pătrașcu, 29, Romanian computer scientist, brain cancer.Sad Passing: Mihai Patrascu Athinodoros Prousalis, 86, Greek film and television actor, heart attack. Charlie Sutton, 88, Australian football player and coach (Footscray). Chris Thompson, 52, English footballer. Toofan, 65, Iranian singer

6 Frank Barsotti, 74, American photographer. Mohamed Elrawi, 77, Egyptian academic. Lillian Gallo, 84, American television producer. Jiang Minkuan, 82, Chinese politician, Governor of Sichuan. Vladimir Krutov, 52, Russian ice hockey player (CSKA Moscow, Vancouver Canucks) and Olympic medal-winner (1980, 1984, 1988), internal bleeding and liver failure. Li Wangyang, 62, Chinese labour rights activist, hanging. Jean-Louis Loday, 66, French mathematician. Nolan Miller, 79, American fashion designer, lung cancer. * Manuel Preciado Rebolledo, 54, Spanish football player and coach (Sporting Gijón, Racing Santander), heart attack. Agostinho José Sartori, 83, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Palmas–Francisco Beltrão (1970–2005), complications of Parkinson's and Alzheimer's diseases. *Prince Tomohito of Mikasa, 66, Japanese royal, cancer. Mykola Volosyanko, 40, Ukrainian football player, heart failure.

7 Walter Becker, 79, German racing cyclist. F. Herbert Bormann, 90, American ecologist, discovered acid rain. William Cartwright, 89, Bahamian politician and publisher, co-founder of the Progressive Liberal Party. John T. Cunningham, 96, American historian, journalist, and writer. Richard N. Dixon, 74, American politician. David Gibson, 76, English cricketer. Peter Gray, 85, British chemist.Chris Elliott. , Cambridge News, 16 June 2012. Ping-ti Ho, 95, Chinese-born American historian. Mervin Jackson, 65, American basketball player (Utah Stars). Abid Hamid Mahmud, 55, Iraqi military officer, bodyguard and personal secretary of Saddam Hussein, execution by hanging. John Medlin, 78, American banker, CEO of Wachovia (1977–1993), heart attack. Cotton Owens, 88, American Hall of Fame NASCAR driver and owner, lung cancer. J. Michael Riva, 63, American production designer (The Color Purple, A Few Good Men, Iron Man), stroke. Rupert Scotland, 74, Bermudian cricketer. Chuck Share, 85, American basketball player (Fort Wayne Pistons, St. Louis Hawks, Minneapolis Lakers). Phillip V. Tobias, 86, South African palaeoanthropologist. Robert L. Washington III, 47, American comic book writer, co-creator of Static. Bob Welch, 66, American musician (Fleetwood Mac, Paris) and songwriter ("Sentimental Lady"), suicide by gunshot.

8 Luis Aloy, 82, Spanish football player (FC Barcelona, Real Oviedo). *Baku Akae, 79, Japanese novelist. Pete Brennan, 75, American basketball player (New York Knicks), prostate cancer. Frank Cady, 96, American actor (Green Acres, The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet, Petticoat Junction). K. S. R. Das, 76, Indian film director. Wilf Doyle, 87, Canadian musician. Jane Evans, 65, New Zealand artist. Bengt Fröbom, 85, Swedish Olympic cyclist. Robert Galley, 91, French politician, Mayor of Troyes (1972–1995), Minister of Transport (1972–1973), Compagnon de la Libération. Nikolay Ivanov, 62, Russian Olympic gold medal-winning (1976) rower. Tom Kamara, 62-63, Liberian journalist.Liberia: Reasons Why New Democrat Was Born Ivan Lessa, 77, Brazilian journalist, pulmonary emphysema. Pat Mahoney, 83, Canadian businessman, politician, and judge, MP for Calgary South (1968–1972), General Manager of the Calgary Stampeders (1965). Sepp Maier, 77, German Olympic skier.Sepp Maier Charles E. M. Pearce, 72, New Zealand-born Australian mathematician, traffic collision. Ghassan Tueni, 86, Lebanese journalist and politician, Ambassador to the United Nations (1977–1982).

9 Hans Abramson, 82, Swedish film director. Audrey Arno, 70, German pop singer, Alzheimer's disease. Roy Ayres, 82, American guitar player. Rachel Browne, 77, Canadian dancer and choreographer. Régis Clère, 55, French Olympic (1980) road bicycle racer, complications during surgery. Burwyn Davidson, 68, Australian politician. Don Durbridge, 73, British broadcaster. George Ede, 72, Canadian biathlete. Masahisa Fukase, 78, Japanese photographer, cerebral hemorrhage. Paul Jenkins, 88, American abstract expressionist painter. Thomas Kalman, 94, American politician.Thomas Kalman's obituary John Maples, 69, British politician and life peer, MP for Lewisham West (1983–1992) and Stratford-on-Avon (1997–2010), cancer. Ivan Minatti, 88, Slovenian poet and translator. Georges Sari, 87, Greek author and actress. Hawk Taylor, 73, American baseball player (Milwaukee Braves, New York Mets, Kansas City Royals). Abram Wilson, 38, American jazz trumpeter, cancer.

10 Piero Bellugi, 87, Italian conductor. Eivind Bolle, 88, Norwegian politician. Kenneth Clark, 89, New Zealand-born British ceramicist.Kenneth Clark obituary Nikita Dolgushin, 73, Russian Soviet ballet dancer and choreographer. Jimmy Elledge, 69, American singer, complications following a stroke.US singer Jimmy Elledge dead Judy Freudberg, 62, American television (Sesame Street) and film (The Land Before Time, An American Tail) writer, brain tumor.'Sesame Street' scribe Judy Freudberg dies Warner Fusselle, 68, American sportscaster (Brooklyn Cyclones, This Week in Baseball), heart attack. Will Hoebee, 64, Dutch music producer, cancer. Richard L. Hoffman, 84, American zoologist. Sixten Isberg, 90, Swedish alpine skier. Maria Keil, 97, Portuguese artist. Georges Mathieu, 91, French artist. Dante Micheli, 73, Italian football player. Ruby Monaghan, 96, Australian cricketer.Ruby Monaghan