The following is a list of notable deaths in June 2016.
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.
June 2016 1 William Harrison Bell, 89, American surgeon.William Harrison Bell Leonard Boyle, 85, New Zealand Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Dunedin (1983–2005).Emeritus Bishop Len Boyle passes away Agostino Coletto, 88, Italian racing cyclist.Si è spento Agostino Coletto David Daniell, 87, English literary scholar.Professor David Daniell, 1929–2016 Roger Enrico, 71, American businessman (PepsiCo, DreamWorks), snorkeling incident.Former PepsiCo CEO Roger Enrico Dies at 71 Razak Khan, 65, Indian film actor (Baadshah, Hello Brother, Akhiyon Se Goli Maare), heart attack.Comedy actor Razak Khan dies of heart attack; Bollywood celebs mourn his death Boyce F. Martin Jr., 80, American judge, Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit (1996–2003), brain cancer.Boyce Martin Jr., giant of bench, has died Richard B. McHugh, 92, American statistician.Richard B. McHugh Grigore Obreja, 48, Romanian sprint canoeist, world champion (1994), Olympic bronze medallist (1996).Doliu în sportul românesc: Grigore Obreja, campion mondial la canoe, a murit Kosit Panpiemras, 73, Thai banker (Bangkok Bank), cancer.BBL chairman Kosit dies at 73 Bob Rumball, 86, Canadian pastor and deaf rights advocate.Rumball, Bob. John Simpson, 89, Australian Olympic fencer.John Simpson Dalpat Singh Paraste, 66, Indian politician, MP for Shahdol (2004–2009), brain hemorrhage.Shahdol BJP MP Dalpat Singh Paraste passes away David Spielberg, 77, American actor (Christine, Wiseguy, ER).Family remembers TV, film actor who hailed from Weslaco John Taylor, 87, British Anglican bishop and theologian. Wang Jui, 85, Taiwanese actor, Golden Bell winner (1991, 1997, 2014).Golden Bell-winning actor Wang Jui dies at 85
2 Klaus Biemann, 89, Austrian-born American biochemist.Klaus Biemann, professor emeritus of chemistry, dies at 89 Walter Curley, 93, American diplomat, Ambassador to Ireland (1975–1977) and France (1989–1993).Walter Curley Alvin J. DeGrow, 90, American politician. Donny Everett, 19, American baseball player (Vanderbilt Commodores), drowned.Donny Everett, Vanderbilt Pitcher, Dies at Age 19 Fulvio Galimi, 89, Argentine Olympic fencer (1948, 1952).Con Fulvio Galimi se fue uno de los grandes del deporte nacional Darko Grubor, 53, Serbian executive.IN MEMORIAM: Preminuo Darko Grubor, nekadašnji gensek Partizana! Don Hardeman, 63, American football player.Donald Ray “Jaws” Hardeman, 62, of Killeen died Thursday Sir Tom Kibble, 83, British physicist.Tom Kibble, UK physicist who worked on Higgs boson dies, says university Wayne Kingery, 88, American football player (Baltimore Colts). Pál Koczka, 77, Hungarian Olympic basketball player. Keith Lawrence, 96, New Zealand-born British flight lieutenant during World War II, surviving member of The Few.Another of the few remaining Battle of Britain heroes, Flt Lt Keith Lawrence, passed away just before midnight on Thursday 2 June. He was 96. Yevhen Lemeshko, 85, Ukrainian football coach.Yevhen LEMESHKO has passed away Abderrahmane Meziani, 74, Algerian footballer (USM Alger).Football : l'ancien international Abderrahmane Meziani n'est plus Dan Henry Nicolson, 82, American botanist.DAN HENRY NICOLSON Notice Andrzej Niemczyk, 72, Polish volleyball coach, European champion (2003, 2005).Andrzej Niemczyk nie żyje Sir John Pidgeon, 89, Australian property developer.Farewell tribute for Queensland's last knight, Sir John Pidgeon Ulrik Plesner, 85, Danish architect.Nekrolog: Ulrik Plesner var arkitekt for menneskene Lee Pfund, 96, American baseball player (Brooklyn Dodgers) and college baseball and basketball coach (Wheaton College).Wheaton College legend Pfund dies Willis Pyle, 101, American animator (Pinocchio, Bambi, Mr. Magoo).Willis Pyle, Famed Animator on 'Pinocchio' and 'Mr. Magoo,' Dies at 101 Brian Reidy, 77, New Zealand rugby league player (Auckland, national team).RIP Kiwi 383 Brian Reidy Helen Renton, 85, British air force officer, director of the WRAF (1980–1986).Obituary – Helen Renton, former head of the Women's Royal Air Force Kat Teasdale, 51, Canadian racing driver and businesswoman.Kathryn Teasdale Renato Valentini, 69, Italian Olympic ski jumper.Renato Valentini Freddie Wadling, 64, Swedish singer and songwriter.Freddie Wadling (1951–2016) RIP Häns'che Weiss, 64–65, German jazz guitarist.
3 Yevgeny Agureyev, 65, Russian field hockey player and administrator.В Алма-Ате умер Евгений Агуреев Muhammad Ali, 74, American boxer, Olympic gold medalist (1960), three-time WBC world heavyweight champion (1964, 1974, 1978), septic shock.Muhammad Ali Died of Septic Shock, Will Be Honored at Public Funeral: Spokesman Balu Anand, 61, Indian actor, heart attack.Actor Balu Anand passes away Szabolcs Baranyi, 72, Hungarian tennis player.Elhunyt Baranyi Szabolcs Sreten Asanović, 85, Montenegrin author.Preminuo sreten asanovic Adolph Cornelis van Bruggen, 86, Dutch malacologist.A.C. (Dolf) van Bruggen (1929–2016) Henry Childs, 65, American football player (New Orleans Saints), heart attack.Former Saints TE Henry Childs Dies at Age 65 Mac Cocker, 74, English-born Australian radio presenter (2JJ, 105.7 ABC Darwin).Vale Mac Cocker, former Double J presenter Stephen Gasiorowicz, 87, American theoretical physicist.Gasiorowicz dies at 88 George Grosse, 86, American politician.George R. Grosse Bernard Gotfryd, 92, Polish-born American photographer.Bernard Gotfryd Vladimir Ivanovsky, 68, Russian diplomat, Ambassador to Turkey (2007–2013).О кончине В.Е.Ивановского Morris Jennings, 77, American drummer.Morris ‘Moe’ Jennings, studio drummer at Chess Records, dies at 77 Jocelyn Lovell, 65, Canadian Olympic cyclist (1968, 1972, 1976), Commonwealth (1978) and Pan American Games (1971, 1975) gold medalist.Jocelyn Lovell, Canada's first cycling icon Sten Lundin, 84, Swedish motocross racer, world champion (1959, 1961).Godspeed! Two-time World Champion Sten Lundin (1931–2016) Leonard Marchand, 82, Canadian politician, Minister of Environment (1976, 1977–1979), Senator (1984–1998), first Aboriginal federal cabinet minister.B.C.'s Len Marchand, first Aboriginal federal cabinet minister, dies Jeff W. Mathis III, 60, American major general.Jeff W. Mathis, III Joseph Michel, 90, Belgian politician, President of the Belgian Chamber of Representatives (1980–1981), Minister of the Interior (1974–1977, 1986–1988).L'ancien ministre PSC de l'Intérieur Joseph Michel est décédé Ken Morioka, 49, Japanese musician and composer (Soft Ballet), heart failure.Ken Morioka has passed away J. Keith Murnighan, 67, American social scientist and author.Organizational behavior scholar J. Keith Murnighan dies at 67 Murray Murrell, 93, Australian football player (Collingwood).MURRELL, Francis Murray (Murray) Victor Reux, 86, French Saint Pierre and Miquelon politician.Décès de l'ancien sénateur de Saint-Pierre et Miquelon Victor Reux Luis Salom, 24, Spanish motorcycle racer, race collision.Luis Salom passes away Sabam Siagian, 84, Indonesian journalist, editor-in-chief of The Jakarta Post (1983–1991), Ambassador to Australia (1991–1994).Sabam Siagian, first chief editor of The Jakarta Post, passes away Arve Solstad, 80, Norwegian newspaper editor (Dagbladet).Arve Solstad er død Dave Swarbrick, 75, British folk musician and singer-songwriter (Fairport Convention), emphysema.Dave Swarbrick obituary Dennis Tedlock, 76, American anthropologist.Dennis Tedlock Henrique N'zita Tiago, 88, Angolan separatist politician, President of the Armed Forces of Cabinda.Nzita Tiago, leader historique du mouvement séparatiste de Cabinda, est mort à Paris
4 Jeff Alltus, 61, American politician.Jeffrey Alltus Gil Bartosh, 86, American football player and coach.Gilbert "Gil" Bartosh Sr. Frank Brown, 79, American Olympic skier.Frank Brown Annie Castledine, 77, British theatre director.Annie Castledine obituary Eamonn Cooke, 79, Irish DJ and criminal.'Cookie Monster' paedophile dies while on temporary release Phyllis Curtin, 94, American soprano.Phyllis Curtin, soprano – obituary Bobby Curtola, 73, Canadian singer.Bobby Curtola, Former Canadian Teen Idol, Dies at 73 Sulabha Deshpande, 79, Indian actress.Veteran actor, theatre person Sulabha Deshpande passes away István Halász, 64, Hungarian footballer (Tatabánya, Vasas, national team).FOCI Meghalt Halász István, korábbi válogatott labdarúgó Antti Hyry, 84, Finnish writer.Författaren Antti Hyry är död Geirmund Ihle, 81, Norwegian politician, MP (1969–1981).Geirmund Ihle er død Nicky Jennings, 70, English footballer (Portsmouth, Exeter City).Pompey Hall of Fame member Nick Jennings dies Rodney Johnson, 88, Australian Olympic sports shooter.Rodney Johnson Zoya Klyuchko, 83, Ukrainian entomologist.Ключко Зоя Федорівна Piero Leddi, 85, Italian painter.Morto Piero Leddi. Pittore geniale colto generoso Erich Linemayr, 83, Austrian football referee.Erich Linemayr (Austria) dies at age 83 Norman Longmate, 90, English historian.Norman Longmate, historian – obituary Sir Brian McGrath, 90, British courtier, private secretary to the Duke of Edinburgh.Sir Brian McGrath, courtier – obituary Carmen Pereira, 79, Bissau-Guinean politician, acting President (1984).Combatente pela independência da Guiné-Bissau Carmen Pereira morre aos 79 anos Pulu Poumele, 44, American football player (San Diego Chargers, Baltimore Ravens). Alan Rathbone, 57, English rugby league player (Bradford, Warrington).Former Wire back-rower Rathbone has died Bill Richmond, 94, American television writer (The Carol Burnett Show, Three's Company) and screenwriter (The Nutty Professor).Bill Richmond Dies: Emmy Winning ‘Carol Burnett Show’ Writer & Jerry Lewis Collaborator Was 94 Farid Seiful-Mulyukov, 85, Uzbek-born Russian journalist and writer.В Москве ушел из жизни журналист-международник Фарид Сейфуль-Мулюков Bill Snowden, 81, New Zealand rugby league player (Ponsonby, national team).RIP Kiwi 391 Bill Snowden Nicola Tanda, 87, Italian literary critic and philologist.Cultura sarda in lutto: Nicola Tanda morto a Londra all'età di 88 anni William Wright, 85, American author.William Wright, Biographer of Lillian Hellman, Dies at 85 Mustafa Zalmi, 92, Iraqi Kurdish Muslim scholar.
5 Manohar Aich, 104, Indian bodybuilder, Mr. Universe (1952). Gianluca Buonanno, 50, Italian politician, MEP (since 2014), traffic collision.Provocative Italian politician dies in car crash, aged 50 Jerome Bruner, 100, American psychologist.In Memoriam: Jerome Bruner, 1915–2016 David Gilkey, 50, American photojournalist, grenade explosion.War photographer David Gilkey, of Portland, dies at 50 in Afghanistan Frank Griffin, 98, Irish judge. Julio Henri, Argentine Olympic equestrian.Julio Henry Taomati Iuta, 77, I-Kiribati politician, Vice President (1991–1994) and Speaker of the House (2003, 2007–2015), diabetes.Thomas Iuta – former politician died, aged 77 David Lamb, 76, American war correspondent and journalist (Los Angeles Times).David Lamb, Author and War Correspondent in Vietnam, Dies at 76 Abu Layla, 32, Syrian military commander, shot.Top Syrian Kurdish commander Abu Layla killed by Isis sniper fire Ortensia, 10, Australian thoroughbred racehorse, euthanized.3-time G1 winner Ortensia dies Jarbas Passarinho, 96, Brazilian politician, Minister of Justice (1990–1992), Senate President (1981–1983), Governor of Pará (1964–1966).Morre aos 96 anos o ex-ministro Jarbas Passarinho Cedric Robinson, 76, American political scientist.UCSB Professor Emeritus Cedric Robinson Dies Patti Grace Smith, 68, American Federal Aviation Administration official, pancreatic cancer.Patti Grace Smith, government champion of commercial spaceflight, dies at 68 Rick Speare, 68, Australian public health physician, traffic collision.