The following is a list of notable deaths in June 1998.
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 1998
1
- Emery Barnes, 68, American-Canadian gridiron football player and politician.[1]
- Rex Bumgardner, 74, American gridiron football player.[2]
- Gottfried Dienst, 78, Swiss football referee.[3]
- Junkyard Dog, 45, American professional wrestler (NWA, WWF), traffic collision.[4]
- Shigeo Fukushima, 55, Japanese swimmer and Olympian.[5]
- Godfrey Grayson, 84, English film director.
- Darwin Joston, 60, American actor (Assault on Precinct 13, Eraserhead, The Fog), leukemia.[6]
- Bishambhar Nath Pande, 91, Indian freedom fighter, social worker, and politician.
- José Pedraza, 60, Mexican race walker and Olympic medalist.[7]
- Jerzy Łoś, 78, Polish mathematician, economist, and philosopher.[8]
2
- Daniel I. Axelrod, 87, American paleoecologist, heart attack.[9]
- Helen Carter, 70, American country music singer, heart problems.[10]
- P. Andrew Cooray, 96, Sri Lankan politician.
- Oran Henderson, 77, United States Army officer associated with the Mỹ Lai massacre, pancreatic cancer.[11]
- Ricky Hyslop, 83, Canadian violinist, conductor, composer, and arranger.
- Brian Johnston, 64, New Zealand field hockey player and Olympian.[12]
- Gonzalo Martínez Ortega, 64, Mexican actor, screenwriter and producer, traffic collision.[13]
- Dorothy Stickney, 101, American actress.[14]
3
- Pat Abbruzzi, 65, American gridiron football player.
- Poul Bundgaard, 75, Danish actor and singer, kidney failure.[15]
- Lucien Conein, 78, French-born U.S. Army officer and OSS/CIA operative, heart failure.[16]
- Douglas Gretzler, 47, American serial killer, execution by lethal injection.
- Joseph C. Harsch, 93, American journalist.[17]
- Ernest Henry, 94, Australian freestyle swimmer and Olympic medalist.[18]
- William L. Snyder, 80, American film producer, Alzheimer's disease.[19]
4
- Aarudhra, 72, Indian author, poet, publisher, and playwright.
- Fred Burchell, 67, Canadian ice hockey player.[20]
- Clancy Carlile, 68, American novelist and screenwriter, cancer.[21]
- Philippe Charbonneaux, 81, French industrial designer.[22]
- Josephine Hutchinson, 94, American actress.[23]
- Ray Montgomery, 76, American actor.
- Miguel Montuori, 65, Italian Argentine football player.[24]
- Shirley Povich, 92, American journalist.[25]
- David Walsh, 52, Canadian businessman, aneurysm.[26]
5
- Alfred Kazin, 83, American writer and literary critic.[27]
- Viola Keats, 87, British actress.
- Jeanette Nolan, 86, American actress, stroke.[28]
- Dieter Roth, 68, Swiss artist, heart attack.[29]
- B. M. Shah, Indian theatre director and playwright.
- Prentiss Walker, 80, American politician.[30]
- Sam Yorty, 88, American politician, stroke.[31]
6
- Georg Bayerer, 83, German football player and coach.[32]
- Louie Bickerton, 95, Female tennis player from Australia.
- Marshall Green, 82, American diplomat.[33]
- Jatoe Kaleo, Ghanaian ruler and politician.
- Svend S. Schultz, 84, Danish composer and conductor.[34]
- Peter Wong, 66, Canadian politician, heart attack.
7
- Tom Buskey, 51, American baseball player, complications from heart attack.[35]
- James Byrd Jr., 49, African American racism victim, murdered.[36]
- Jerry Capehart, 69, American songwriter and music manager.[37]
- Wally Gold, 70, American musician and music business executive, colitis.[38]
- Hans Ramberg, 81, Norwegian-Swedish geologist.[39]
8
- Sani Abacha, 54, Nigerian Army officer and dictator, poisoned.[40]
- Harry Lookofsky, 84, American jazz violinist.[41]
- Jackie McGlew, 69, South African cricket player.
- Michael John O'Brian, 70, Pakistan Air Force officer.
- Maria Reich, 95, German-Peruvian mathematician and archaeologist, ovarian cancer.[42]
- Larisa Yudina, 52, Soviet and Russian journalist and newspaper editor, homicide.
9
- Agostino Casaroli, 83, Italian Catholic priest and diplomat for the Holy See.[43]
- Loïs Mailou Jones, 92, American artist and teacher.[44]
- Edmund Koller, 67, West German bobsledder and Olympian.[45]
- Barton Holland Warnock, 86, American botanist, heart attack.
10
- Paudge Brennan, 76, Irish politician.
- Bobby Bryant, 64, American jazz trumpeter and flugelhornist, heart attack.[46]
- Leroy Chollet, 74, American basketball player.[47]
- David English, 67, British journalist and newspaper editor.[48]
- Fernando Germani, 92, Italian organist of the St. Peter's Basilica in Rome.
- Steve Griffiths, 84, English footballer.
- Jim Hearn, 77, American baseball player.[49]
- Hammond Innes, 84, English author.[50]
- Nivedita Jain, 19, Indian beauty contestant and actress, complications after fall.[51]
- Steve Sanders, 45, American musician, singer and songwriter, suicide.[52]
- John G. Smith, 73, American baseball coach, pneumonia.[53]
11
- Thomas Abernethy, 95, American politician.[54]
- Harry Anderson, 66, American baseball player.[55]
- Catherine Cookson, 91, British author.[56]
- Gevorg Emin, 78, Armenian poet, essayist, and translator.[57]
- Jacques Emmanuel, 78, French actor, screenwriter and librettist.[58]
- Alexei Eriomin, 79, Soviet and Russian realist painter.
- Jože Privšek, 61, Slovene jazz and pop musician.
- Leopoldo Salcedo, 86, Filipino film actor.
- Lucia Valentini Terrani, 51, Italian coloratura mezzo-soprano, leukemia.[59]
12
- Leo Buscaglia, 74, American author and motivational speaker, heart attack.[60]
- John Gutmann, 93, German-American photographer and painter.[61]
- Charles "Teenie" Harris, 90, American photographer.
- Jon Leirfall, 98, Norwegian politician.
- Theresa Merritt, 75, American actress (That's My Mama, The Wiz, Billy Madison) and singer, skin cancer.[62]
- Paul Michael Stephani, 53, American serial killer, skin cancer.
- Richard Thompson, 83, American animator.
- Lucienne Velu, 96, French athlete, basketball player and Olympian.[63]
13
- Nisim Aloni, 71, Israeli playwright and translator.[64]
- Lucio Costa, 96, Brazilian architect and urban planner.[65]
- Gil Duthie, 86, Australian politician.[66]
- Buddy Elrod, 79, American football player.
- Alfred Horace Gerrard, 99, English modernist sculptor.[67]
- Birger Ruud, 86, Norwegian ski jumper.[68]
- Fernand Sastre, 74, French football official, cancer.
- Kadamba Simmons, 24, British actress and model, murdered.
- Reg Smythe, 80, British cartoonist (Andy Capp), lung cancer.[69]
- Yoshio Sugino, 93, Japanese martial artist and film choreographer.
- Éric Tabarly, 86, French naval officer and yachtsman, drowned.
- Henry Tatana, 53, New Zealand rugby player.
14
- Camillo Achilli, 76, Italian footballer.[70]
- Hans W. Brimi, 80, Norwegian farmer and traditional folk musician.[71]
- Ginette Mathiot, 91, French food writer.[72]
- Oliver Treyz, 80, American network television executive.[73]
15
- Hartmut Boockmann, 63, German historian.[74]
- Suzanne Eisendieck, 91, German painter.
- Jason Holliday, 74, American hustler and nightclub performer.[75]
- Morris Kestelman, 92, British artist.[76]
- Thierry Salmon, 41, Belgian actor and theatre director, traffic accident.
- Anton van Wilderode, 79, Belgian priest, writer and poet.[77]
16
- Roberto Cañedo, 80, Mexican actor.[78]
- Lewis Leonard Forman, 68, British botanist.
- Jorge Toriello Garrido, 90, Guatemalan politician and President of Guatemala.
- Frank Kristufek, 82, American football player.[79]
- Keith Newton, 56, English footballer, laryngeal cancer.[80]
- Ricardo Núñez, 93, Spanish actor, screenwriter, producer and film director.
- Jafar Sharif-Emami, 85, Iranian politician.[81]
- Fred Wacker, 79, American businessman and racecar driver.
17
- John Carberry, 93, American Roman Catholic prelate.[82]
- Dina de Marco, 60, Mexican actress and television director, cancer.
- Aage Eriksen, 81, Norwegian Greco-Roman wrestler and Olympic medalist.[83]
- Joe Kelly, 91, Australian rules football player and coach.
- Carlos Loredo, 46, Cuban football player and Olympian.[84]
- Gianni Lunadei, 60, Italian-Argentine actor, suicide.
- Gyula László, 88, Hungarian historian, archaeologist and artist.[85]
- Muhammad Metwally Al Shaarawy, 87, Egyptian Muslim jurist.[86]
18
- Otto Baum, 86, German commander of the Waffen-SS during World War II.
- André Chorda, 60, French football player.[87]
- Archie Edwards, 79, American blues guitarist.
- Edward Eliscu, 96, American lyricist, playwright, producer and actor.[88]
- Ernesto Grillo, 68, Argentine footballer, pancreatic cancer.[89]
- Kim Jin-kyu, 76, South Korean actor, film director and producer, cancer.[90]
- Felix Knight, 89, American tenor, actor, and vocal teacher.[91]
- Charles Korvin, 90, Hungarian-born American actor, photographer and master chef.[92]
- Adel Osseiran, 93, Lebanese statesman and founding father of the Lebanese Republic.
- Nazim Panipati, Pakistani film song lyricist and film script writer.
- Karl-Heinz Spikofski, 71, German football player and coach.[93]
- Herbert J. Sweet, 78, United States Marine Sergeant Major, respiratory failure.[94]
- Paul van Buren, 74, American theologian and author, cancer.[95]
19
- John Camkin, 75, English journalist and sports commentator, cancer.[96]
- Novice Gail Fawcett, 89, American academic administrator.[97]
- Anatoly Kasheida, 69, Soviet and Ukrainian writer, poet, and journalist.
- Howard J. Whitmore, Jr., 93, American politician.[98]
20
- Bruno Barnabe, 93, English film and stage actor.[99]
- Ernst Brugger, 84, Swiss politician .
- Robert James Clayton, 82, English electronics engineer.
- Heinz Ditgens, 83, German football player and manager.[100]
- Per Anders Fogelström, 80, Swedish writer.[101]
- Bobby Gimby, 79, Canadian orchestra leader, trumpeter, and singer-songwriter.[102]
- Kali, 79, Polish-American painter.
- Elio Ragni, 87, Italian athlete.[103]
- Conrad Schumann, 56, East German border guard, suicide by hanging.[104]
- George Van Peursem, American politician.
21
- Harry Cranbrook Allen, 81, British historian of the United States.[105]
- Anastasio Ballestrero, 84, Italian Roman Catholic cardinal.[106]
- Al Campanis, 81, American baseball executive, coronary artery disease.[107]
- Emma Danieli, 61, Italian actress and television personality.[108]
- Gerhard Gundermann, 43, German singer-songwriter and rock musician, stroke.[109]
- François Lehideux, 94, French industrialist and member of the Vichy government.[110]
- Peter Mander, 69, New Zealand yachtsman and Olympic gold medal winner.[111]
- Elio Morille, 70, Italian rower and Olympic champion.[112]
- Tom Smith, 88, Scottish football player and manager.
22
- Phil Campbell, 81, American farmer and politician.[113]
- Brian Davis, 63, New Zealand Anglican archbishop.
- Juliusz Bogdan Deczkowski, 74, Polish soldier during World War II, and later inventor and writer.
- Benny Green, 70, British writer, radio broadcaster and saxophonist, cancer.[114]
- Norberto Doroteo Méndez, 75, Argentine football player.
23
- Leonard Jones, 74, Canadian lawyer and politician.
- Kurt Kren, 68, Austrian avant-garde filmmaker.[115]
- Ida Krottendorf, 71, Austrian actress, cancer.[116]
- Bill Lee, 86, American gridiron football player.[117]
- Paul O'Dwyer, 90, Irish-American politician and lawyer.[118]
- Maureen O'Sullivan, 87, American actress, heart attack.[119]
24
- Francine Agazarian, 85, French spy during World War II.
- Canito, 67, Spanish footballer.[120]
- Beatrice Mandelman, 85, American abstract artist, cancer.[121]
- Henry G. Saperstein, 80, American film producer and distributor.
25
- David Ayalon, 84, Israeli historian of Islam and the Middle East.[122]
- Hans Friedrich, 81, German politician and member of the Bundestag.
- Arthur Lewis, 81, British politician.
- Lounès Matoub, 42, Algerian Berber singer, poet and political activist, assassinated.[123]
- Jirō Takamatsu, 62, Japanese artist.
26
- Pierre Angénieux, 90, French engineer and optician.[124]
- Frank Arkell, 62, Australian politician, murdered.[125]
- John Malcolm Brinnin, 81, Canadian-American poet and literary critic.[126]
- Bobby Cairns, 69, Scottish football player.
- Sero Khanzadyan, 82, Armenian writer.
- Vladimir Petukhov, 48, Russian mayor of Nefteyugansk, killed.
- Luciano Pezzi, 77, Italian road bicycle racer.[127]
- Derek Rayner, Baron Rayner, 72, English businessman and life peer.[128]
- Hacı Sabancı, 63, Turkish businessman and philanthropist, lung cancer.
- Dick Schulz, 81, American basketball player.[129]
- William R. Sears, 70, American politician.
27
- Pierre Boutang, 81, French philosopher, poet and translator.[130]
- David Laitt, 67, English cricketer.
- Sumati Morarjee, 91, Indian businessman.
- Gilles Rocheleau, 62, Canadian politician.
- Homi J.H. Taleyarkhan, 86, Indian politician and Gandhian.
- Joyce Wieland, 67, Canadian experimental visual artist, Alzheimer's disease.[131]
- Peter H. Wyden, 74, American journalist and writer.[132]
28
- Jonathan Benair, 47, American actor (The Brave Little Toaster), cerebral hemorrhage and heart attack.[133]
- Marion Eugene Carl, 82, American flying ace during World War II and record-setting test pilot, shot during robbery.[134]
- Bill Elias, 75, American football coach.[135]
- Božidar Ferjančić, 69, Serbian historian.
- Louis Hostin, 90, French weightlifter and Olympic champion.[136]
- Glenn Montgomery, 31, American gridiron football player, ALS.[137]
- Brita Collett Paus, 80, Norwegian humanitarian leader.
- Jean-Yves Raimbaud, 40, French animator and cartoonist, lung cancer.[138]
- Jack Rowley, 79, English footballer.
- Birger Sandberg, 80, Swedish football player and manager.
- Kamala Sohonie, 85, Indian biochemist.
- Denis Williams, 75, Guyanese painter, author and archaeologist.[139]
29
- Slavko Dokmanović, 48, Croatian Serbian war criminal, suicide by hanging.
- Joseph G. Galway, 75, American meteorologist.[140]
- Jess Hahn, 76, American-French actor.[141]
- Horst Jankowski, 62, German classical pianist, lung cancer.[142]
- Küllo Kõiv, 25, Estonian wrestler, car accident.[143]
- Kamalakara Kameshwara Rao, 86, Indian film director, cardiac arrest.
- Frank Rowlett, 90, American cryptologist.[144]
30
- Galina Brezhneva, 69, Soviet and Russian socialite and daughter of General Secretary Leonid Brezhnev, cerebrovascular disease.
- Renato Capecchi, 74, Italian baritone, actor, and opera director.[145]
- Giorgio Carpi, 89, Italian football player.
- George Parsons, 84, Canadian ice hockey player.[146]
- John Peter, 61, Indian field hockey player.[147]
- Bob Pryde, 85, Scottish football player.[148]
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