The following is a list of notable deaths in June 2007.
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 2007
1
- Warren M. Anderson, 91, American legislator, Temporary President and Majority Leader of the NY Senate (1973–1989).[1]
- Jan Beneš, 71, Czech writer, translator, publicist and screenwriter, suicide.[2]
- Kasma Booty, 75, Malaysian actress, pneumonia.[3]
- Sir John Gilmour, 94, British Conservative MP for East Fife (1961–1979) and Lord Lieutenant of Fife (1980–1987).[4]
- Charles Johnson, 58, American basketball player, cancer.[5]
- Charles Kinkead, 93, Jamaican photojournalist, stroke.[6]
- Pamela Low, 79, American flavorist who created the coating for Cap'n Crunch.[7]
- Marly de Oliveira, 69, Brazilian poet ("O Mar de Permeio"), multiple organ failure.[8]
- Arn Shein, 78, American sports writer.[9]
- Dave Smalley, 72, American coach of US Naval Academy men's and women's basketball teams, complications of cancer.[10]
- Tony Thompson, 31, American lead vocalist of the R&B group Hi-Five, toxic inhalation of freon.[11]
2
- Sandy Barr, 69, American professional wrestler, heart attack.[12]
- Charles Evans, 81, American businessman and film producer (Showgirls), complications from pneumonia.[13]
- Marion Francis Forst, 96, American oldest Roman Catholic bishop in the United States.[14]
- Steve Gilliard, 42, American blogger, heart and kidney failure.[15]
- Kentaro Haneda, 58, Japanese pianist, composer and arranger, liver cancer.[16]
- Wolfgang Hilbig, 65, German author and poet.[17]
- Huang Ju, 68, Chinese Vice Premier, Politburo Standing Committee member, former Mayor of Shanghai.[18][19]
- Martin Meyerson, 84, American academic, President of Penn (1971–1982) and Chancellor of UC Berkeley.[20]
- John Moriarty, 69, Irish poet and philosopher, cancer.[21]
3
- Richard Attipoe, 50, Togolese Minister for Sport, helicopter crash.[22]
- Ivan Darvas, 82, Hungarian actor.[23]
- Ragheed Ganni, 35, Iraqi Chaldean Catholic priest, shot.[24]
- Earl Hogan, 87, American politician, U.S. Representative from Indiana (1959–1961).[25]
- James Arthur Kelsey, 54, American Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Northern Michigan, automobile accident.[26]
- Nelson Levy, 58, Tahitian founding head of Air Tahiti Nui, leading figure in French Polynesian tourism, heart attack.[27]
- Leonard Nathan, 82, American poet, National Book Award nominee, UC Berkeley professor of rhetoric, Alzheimer's disease.[28]
- Juan Antonio Arguelles Rius, 28, Spanish songwriter and programmer, traffic collision.[29]
4
- Clete Boyer, 70, American baseball player (New York Yankees, Atlanta Braves) and coach, stroke.[30]
- Tom Burns, 75, Australian politician, former Queensland opposition leader, Deputy Premier and Australian Labor Party national president.[31]
- Lady Jeanne Campbell, 78, British journalist and aristocrat.[32]
- Jim Clark, 84, American sheriff of Dallas County, Alabama who opposed voting rights in Selma, stroke and heart condition.[33]
- Hallie Ford, 102, American timber entrepreneur and philanthropist.[34]
- Bill France Jr., 74, American CEO of NASCAR (1972–2003), cancer.[35]
- Wallace McIntosh, 87, British World War II air gunner.[36]
- Sotiris Moustakas, 67, Greek Cypriot actor, cancer.[37]
- Freddie Scott, 74, American singer ("Hey Girl"), heart attack.[38]
- Craig L. Thomas, 74, American Senator from Wyoming since 1995, leukemia.[39]
5
- Sam Baker, 76, American football player, complications of diabetes.[40]
- Gert-Jan Dröge, 64, Dutch TV personality, lung cancer.[41]
- Povel Ramel, 85, Swedish artist, singer, pianist, comedian, actor, author.[42]
- Jean Vollum, 80, American philanthropist and widow of Tektronix founder Howard Vollum, congestive heart failure.[43]
6
- Lila Irene Clerides, 85, Indian-born Cypriot actress and socialite, First Lady (1974, 1993-2003).[44]
- Tony De Santis, 93, American owner of Drury Lane Theatre, cancer.[45]
- Enrique Fuentes Quintana, 82, Spanish economist and politician, Deputy Prime Minister (1977–1979).[46]
- Larry Hamlin, 58, American theater producer, founder of the National Black Theater Festival.[47]
- Dave Hancock, 68, English footballer.[48]
- Luke Sela, 64, Papua New Guinean journalist, editor of the PNG Post Courier (1978–2000).[49]
- Zakia Zaki, 35, Afghan director of Radio Peace, shot.[50]
7
- Gilbert Gude, 84, United States Representative from Maryland (1967–1977), heart failure.[51]
- Michael Hamburger, 83, German-born British poet, translator, critic.[52]
- Sahar Hussein al-Haideri, 44, Iraqi journalist, shot.[53]
8
- Martin Buckmaster, 3rd Viscount Buckmaster, 86, English diplomat.[54]
- Hideo Kanze, 79, Japanese Noh actor and director, intestinal cancer.[55]
- Nellie Lutcher, 94, American jazz singer and pianist, pneumonia.[56]
- Kenny Olsson, 30, Swedish speedway rider, crash.[57]
- Aden Abdulle Osman, 99, Somali politician, first President of Somalia (1960–1967).[58]
- Lynne Randell, 57, Australian singer ("Ciao Baby"), apparent suicide.[59]
- Richard Rorty, 75, American philosopher, pancreatic cancer.[60]
9
- Frankie Abernathy, 25, American cast member of The Real World: San Diego, cystic fibrosis.[61]
- Rudolf Arnheim, 102, German-born American author, psychologist, and theorist of film and visual art.[62]
- Lorne Carr, 96, Canadian ice hockey player (New York Rangers, Toronto Maple Leafs).[63]
- Eddie Crush, 90, English cricketer (Kent) (1946–1949).[64][65]
- Bill Ellis, 87, English cricketer (Nottinghamshire).[66]
- Harry Ewing, Baron Ewing of Kirkford, 76, British Labour politician, cancer.[67]
- Rob Goode, 80, American football player for the Washington Redskins.[68]
- Achieng Oneko, 87, Kenyan freedom fighter and politician, heart attack.[69][70]
- Ousmane Sembène, 84, Senegalese film director, producer and writer, after long illness.[71]
- Elias Wen, 110, Chinese-born Protopresbyter (senior clergy) of the Russian Orthodox Church.[72]
- Leonard E. H. Williams, 87, British World War II Spitfire pilot and businessman.[73]
10
- August H. Auer Jr., 67, American-born New Zealand atmospheric scientist and meteorologist, heart attack.[74]
- George Burrarrawanga, 50, Australian singer (Warumpi Band).[75]
- Jeff Erlanger, 36, American disability rights activist, asphyxiation.[76]
- Charley Harper, 84, American wildlife artist, pneumonia.[77]
- Jim Killingsworth, 83, American college basketball coach (Idaho State, Oklahoma State, TCU), complications from stroke.[78]
- Laurence Mancuso, 72, American founding abbot of Monks of New Skete, complications of injuries from a fall.[79]
- John Ostashek, 71, Canadian Yukon Party Leader (1992–1999) and Yukon Government Leader (1992–1996), cancer.[80][81]
- Parviz Varjavand, 73, Iranian archaeologist, heart failure.[82]
11
- Bobby Beaton, 94, Canadian ice hockey player, professional boxer and boxing referee.[83]
- Eamonn Coleman, 59, Northern Irish Gaelic football coach (Derry GAA), non-Hodgkin lymphoma.[84]
- Vern Hoscheit, 85, American Major League Baseball bullpen coach.[85]
- Ray Mears, 80, American basketball coach of the University of Tennessee Volunteers (1963–1977).[86]
- Mala Powers, 75, American film actress (Cyrano de Bergerac, Outrage), leukemia.[87]
12
- Donald D. Clancy, 85, American Mayor of Cincinnati (1957–1960), US Representative from Ohio (1961–1977), Parkinson's disease.[88]
- Colin Fletcher, 85, American writer on hiking, complications of old age and injuries from a 2001 car accident.[89]
- Tito Gómez, 59, Puerto Rican salsa singer, former member of Ray Barretto and Sonora Ponceña bands, heart attack.[90]
- Don Herbert, 89, American TV host ("Mr. Wizard"), bone cancer.[91]
- Sir Wally Herbert, 72, British polar explorer.[92]
- Jim Norton, 68, American football player (Houston Oilers, 1960–1969).[93]
- Guy de Rothschild, 98, French banker and member of the Rothschild family.[94]
- Frank Scarrabelotti, 109, Australia's oldest living man.[95]
- Samuel Isaac Weissman, 94, American chemist known for his work on the Manhattan Project.[96]
13
- Jessie Davis, 26, American murder victim.[97]
- Walid Eido, 65, Lebanese politician, bomb.[98]
- Sir David Hatch, 68, British managing director of BBC Radio, comic actor (I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again).[99]
- Oskar Morawetz, 90, Canadian classical composer.[100]
- Claude Netter, 82, French Olympic fencer.[101]
- Néstor Rossi, 82, Argentine footballer, played in 1958 FIFA World Cup.[102]
- John Stanton Ward, 89, British artist.[103]
14
- Ruth Graham, 87, American author.[104]
- William LeMessurier, 81, American structural engineer, complications from surgery following a fall.[105]
- Jørgen Hare, 83, Danish Olympic shooter.[106]
- Martin McKay, 70, Irish Olympic cyclist.[107]
- Robin Olds, 84, American fighter pilot, heart failure.[108]
- Jacques Simonet, 43, Belgian politician and mayor of Anderlecht, heart attack.[109]
- Alex Thomson, 78, British cinematographer (Excalibur, Alien 3, Labyrinth).[110]
- Larry Whiteside, 69, American baseball journalist.[111]
- Peter Ucko, 68, British archaeologist, complications of diabetes.[112]
- Kurt Waldheim, 88, Austrian President (1986–1992), UN Secretary-General (1972–1981), World War II Wehrmacht officer, heart failure.[113]
15
- Richard Bell, 61, Canadian keyboardist (Janis Joplin, The Band), cancer.[114]
- Bertin Borna, 76, Beninese politician, former finance minister.[115]
- Claudia Cohen, 56, American socialite and journalist, ovarian cancer.[116]
- Hugo Corro, 53, Argentine World Boxing Association and World Boxing Council middleweight boxing champion (1978–1979).[117]
- Sherri Martel, 49, American professional wrestler and valet (WWF, WCW, AWA), accidental overdose.[118][119]
16
- Robin Beard, 67, American Representative from Tennessee (1973–1983), brain tumor.[120]
- Jack Doohan, 87, Australian politician, Member of the New South Wales Legislative Council (1978–1991).[121]
- Norman Hackerman, 95, American former president of the University of Texas at Austin and Rice University, heart disease.[122]
- Grand Ayatollah Fazel Lankarani, 76, Iranian religious leader.[123]
- Thommie Walsh, 57, American dancer (A Chorus Line) and Tony Award-winning choreographer, lymphoma.[124]
- Lola Wasserstein, 89, American mother of playwright Wendy Wasserstein who inspired some of her daughter's characters.[125]
17
- Jamal Abdul Karim al-Dabban, 68, Iraqi Sunni religious leader, heart attack.[126]
- Ben Brocklehurst, 85, British cricketer and publisher.[127]
- Cheng Shifa, 86, Chinese painter, cartoonist and calligrapher.[128]
- Angelo Felici, 87, Italian Catholic Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Commission Ecclesia Dei.[129]
- Gianfranco Ferré, 62, Italian fashion designer, brain haemorrhage.[130]
- Ed Friendly, 85, American television producer (Little House on the Prairie, Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In), cancer.[131]
- Velimir Ilić, 81, Yugoslav Olympic athlete.[132]
- Jay Newman, 59, Canadian philosopher, cancer.[133]
- José Abílio Osório Soares, 60, Indonesian last governor of East Timor.[134]
- Fred C. Stinson, 84, Canadian politician.[135][better source needed]
18
- Bill Barber, 87, American jazz tuba player, played with Miles Davis and John Coltrane, heart failure.[136]
- Vilma Espín, 77, Cuban wife of acting President Raúl Castro, president of Cuban Women's Federation.[137]
- Kenneth Franklin, 84, American astronomer at the Hayden Planetarium.[138]
- Tung Hua Lin, 96, Chinese engineer, designed China's first twin-engine aircraft, heart failure.[139]
- Bernard Manning, 76, British comedian, kidney failure.[140]
- Hank Medress, 68, American singer (The Tokens), producer of The Chiffons and Tony Orlando and Dawn, lung cancer.[141]
- Georges Thurston, 55, Canadian author and composer known as "Boule Noire" (Afro), colorectal cancer.[142]
- Cheves Walling, 91, American organic chemist.[143]
19
- Antonio Aguilar, 88, Mexican actor, pneumonia.[144]
- Victorio Cieslinskas, 84, Uruguayan Olympic bronze medal-winning (1952) basketball player.[145]
- Tommy Eytle, 80, Guyanese-born British actor (EastEnders) and jazz musician.[146]
- El Fary, 69, Spanish singer, lung cancer.[147]
- Terry Hoeppner, 59, American football coach for Indiana University, brain tumor.[148]
- Antanas Karoblis, 67, Lithuanian politician.[149]
- Piara Khabra, 82, British Labour MP for Ealing, Southall (1992–2007).[150]
- Alberto Mijangos, 81, Mexican-American painter, lymphoma.[151]
- Ze'ev Schiff, 74, Israeli military journalist, heart disease.[152]
- Klausjürgen Wussow, 78, German actor, after long illness.[153]
20
- Nazik Al-Malaika, 84, Iraqi poet, old age.[154]
- Rudy Autio, 80, American sculptor, leukemia.[155]
- Shayne Bower, 42, Canadian professional wrestler known as "Biff Wellington", heart attack.[156]
- Jerry Fleishman, 85, American basketball player (Philadelphia Warriors).[157]
- Anita Guha, Indian actress, heart failure.[158]
- J.B. Handelsman, 85, American cartoonist for The New Yorker, lung cancer.[159]
- Margaret Helfland, 59, American architect and urban planner, colon cancer.[160]
- Trevor Henry, 105, New Zealand Supreme Court justice.[161]
- Mamadou Konte, 65, Senegalese music producer, founder of the Africa Fete music festival and record label.[162]
- Jim Shoulders, 79, American Pro Rodeo Hall of Famer, heart ailment.[163]
21
- Georg Danzer, 60, Austrian singer, lung cancer.[164]
- Bob Evans, 89, American founder of Bob Evans Restaurants, pneumonia.[165]
- Douglas Hill, 72, Canadian author.[166]
- Peter Liba, 67, Canadian Lieutenant-Governor of Manitoba (1999–2004).[167]
- Carlos Romero, 80, American actor (Falcon Crest, Soylent Green, The Professionals).[168]
- Marshall Shulman, 91, American Sovietologist who founded the Averell Harriman Institute at Columbia University.[169]
- Mary Ellen Solt, 86, American poet and critic, stroke.[170]
22
- Bernd Becher, 75, German photographer, complications of heart surgery.[171]
- Nancy Benoit, 43, American professional wrestler and manager (WCW, ECW), strangulation.[172]
- Eleanor Emery, 88, British diplomat, High Commissioner to Botswana.[173]
- Luciano Fabro, 70, Italian artist and theorist in Arte Povera movement, heart attack.[174]
- Lenar Gilmullin, 22, Russian footballer (FC Rubin Kazan), motorcycle accident.[175]
- William L. Hungate, 84, American judge, U.S. Representative (1964–1977), complications of surgery.[176]
- Jack Ormston, 97, British speedway rider.[177]
- Erik Parlevliet, 43, Dutch field hockey player, after long illness.[178]
- Guy Vander Jagt, 75, United States Representative from Michigan (1966–1993), pancreatic cancer.[179]
23
- Rod Beck, 38, American baseball player (San Francisco Giants, Boston Red Sox, Chicago Cubs).[180]
- Hou Yaowen, 59, Chinese xiangsheng (cross-talk) actor, heart attack.[181]
- Hans Sennholz, 85, German-born economist.[182]
- Nguyen Chanh Thi, 84, Vietnamese general for South Vietnam during the Vietnam War.[183]
24
- Byron Baer, 77, American legislator for New Jersey (1971–2005), heart failure.[184]
- Gillian Baverstock, 75, British novelist, daughter of Enid Blyton.[185]
- Chris Benoit, 40, Canadian professional wrestler (WWE, WCW, NJPW), suicide by hanging.[186]
- Edouard Brunner, 75, Swiss diplomat and United Nations mediator.[187]
- Derek Dougan, 69, Northern Irish footballer (Wolves, Northern Ireland).[188]
- Jack Flynt, 92, United States Representative from Georgia (1954–1979).[189]
- Léon Jeck, 60, Belgian footballer (Standard Liège, national team).[190]
- Robert Kroon, 82, Dutch journalist, pancreatic cancer.[191]
- Charles W. Lindberg, 86, American last surviving marine who raised the first flag on Mount Suribachi during the Battle of Iwo Jima.[192]
- Natasja Saad, 32, Danish rapper, car accident.[193]
- Joey Sadler, 92, New Zealand All Blacks rugby union player.[194][195]
- Joy Simonson, 88, American feminist, complications of pneumonia.[196]
- Biff Wellington, 42, Canadian professional wrestler, heart attack.[197]
- Maurice Wood, 90, British Anglican Bishop of Norwich (1971–1985).[198]
25
- Jurgis Blekaitis, 89, Lithuanian-American poet and theatre producer, Alzheimer's disease.[199]
- Alida Bosshardt, 94, Dutch "public face" of the Salvation Army.[200]
- Dana Bullen, 75, American journalist and advocate for freedom of the press, cancer.[201]
- Liliane Chappuis, 51, Swiss member of the National Council, heart attack.[202]
- J. Fred Duckett, 74, American sports announcer and teacher, leukemia.[203]
- Fasal al Gaood, Iraqi former governor of Al Anbar, Sunni tribal sheikh prominent in alliance against Al Qaeda, suicide bomb victim.[204]
- Jeeva, 43, Indian director and cinematographer.[205]
- Mahasti, 60, Iranian pop singer, colon cancer.[206]
- Jan Herman Linge, 85, Norwegian boat designer, Soling and Yngling class.[207]
- Bill Moss, 76, American gospel musician (The Celestials), emphysema.[208]
- Adrian Mung'andu, 84, Zambian Catholic archbishop of Lusaka (1984–1996).[209]
- William O'Brien, 77, American politician, Minnesota State Auditor (1969–1971).[210]
- Brenda Rawnsley, 90, British arts campaigner.[211]
- Paul Smith, 85, American typewriter artist.[212]
26
- Tina Brozman, 54, American Bankruptcy Court judge, complications of ovarian cancer.[213]
- Liz Claiborne, 78, Belgian-born American fashion designer, cancer.[214]
- Jupp Derwall, 80, German football coach of West Germany (1978–1984), heart attack.[215]
- Lucien Hervé, 96, Hungarian-born French photographer, after long illness.[216]
- Bobby Hussey, 67, American basketball coach at Virginia Tech and Davidson College.[217]
- Dame Thea King, 81, British clarinetist.[218]
- Luigi Meneghello, 85, Italian writer and essayist.[219]
- Malcolm Slesser, 80, British scientist and mountaineer, suspected heart attack while hillwalking.[220]
- Tamaiti Willie Star, 80, Nauruan diplomat and politician.[221]
27
- Patrick Allotey, 28, Ghanaian footballer for Feyenoord and Ghana.[222]
- Kari Blackburn, 53, British broadcaster, suicide by drowning.[223]
- William Hutt, 87, Canadian actor, leukemia.[224]
- Hugh Johns, 83, British football commentator with ITV.[225]
- Jimmy Marks, 62, American Romani civil rights leader, heart attack.[226]
- Ashraf Marwan, 62, Egyptian son-in-law of former President Nasser, alleged double agent.[227]
- Emilio Ochoa, 99, Cuban who was last living signatory of the 1940 Constitution, cardiac arrest.[228]
- Ruslan Odizhev, 33, Russian former Guantanamo Bay detainee, shot by police.[229]
- Silas Rhodes, 91, American educator, founder of the School of Visual Arts.[230]
- Dragutin Tadijanović, 101, Croatian author.[231]
28
- Inez Baskin, 91, American journalist, covered the Montgomery bus boycott.[232]
- Leo Burmester, 63, American actor (The Abyss, The Last Temptation of Christ, A Perfect World), leukemia.[233]
- Eugene B. Fluckey, 93, American submarine commander awarded the Medal of Honor during World War II.[234]
- Bruce R. Kennedy, 68, American businessman, former chairman and CEO of Alaska Airlines, light plane crash.[235]
- Abraham Klausner, 92, American rabbi, supporter of Holocaust survivors, complications of Parkinson's disease.[236]
- Kiichi Miyazawa, 87, Japanese Prime Minister (1991–1993), natural causes.[237]
- Thomas K. Mooney, 45, American diplomat and soldier.[238]
- Shinji Nakae, 72, Japanese voice actor and narrator.[239]
- Howie Schneider, 77, American cartoonist (Eek and Meek), complications of heart surgery.[240]
- Catherine Troeh, 96, American native people activist and historian.[241]
- Jess Weiss, 90, American anesthesiologist.[242]
- Maurice Wohl, 90, British property developer and philanthropist.[243]
29
- Frank W. Burke, 87, American politician, US Representative (1959–1963), Mayor of Louisville (1969–1973).[244]
- Raymond E. Douglas, 58, American executive with The New York Times, who helped add color to its pages, pulmonary embolism.[245]
- John Hansl, 82, Croatian ex-concentration camp guard whose United States citizenship was revoked in 2005, congestive heart failure.[246]
- Harry Henshel, 88, American watchmaker, last member of the Bulova family to head that company.[247]
- George McCorkle, 60, American guitarist with The Marshall Tucker Band, cancer.[248]
- Fred Saberhagen, 77, American writer of Berserker series, cancer.[249]
- Joel Siegel, 63, American film critic for Good Morning America on ABC, colon cancer.[250]
- Alojzij Šuštar, 86, Slovenian former Archbishop of Ljubljana.[251]
- Edward Yang, 59, Taiwanese film director (Yi Yi), colon cancer.[252]
30
- Gottfried von Bismarck, 44, German aristocrat, businessman and socialite, suspected heroin overdose.[253]
- Jim Corbett, 82, American politician, Mayor of Tucson, Arizona (1967–1971), Arizona legislator (1956–1958), heart problems.[254]
- Bruce Greensill, 65, Australian rugby union player and administrator, represented Auckland and Sydney.[255]
- Will Schaefer, 78, American composer of background music for I Dream of Jeannie and The Flintstones, cancer.[256]
- Robert E. Sweeney, 82, American politician, US Representative from Ohio (1965–1967), heart problems.[257]
- Sahib Singh Verma, 64, Indian Chief Minister of Delhi (1996–1998), Bharatiya Janata Party leader, car accident.[258]
- Norman Williams, 92, Australian World War II air gunner.[259]
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