page_title: 2020
section_title: June
hierarchical_section_title: 2020 / Deaths / June
caption_attribution_description: English: Burundian President Pierre Nkurunziza at the press conference during a three-day U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit
context_page_description: 2020 is the current year, and is a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2020th year of the Common Era and Anno Domini designations, the 20th year of the 3rd millennium, the 20th year of the 21st century, and the 1st year of the 2020s decade.
  The United Nations has declared 2020 as the International Year of Plant Health. 2020 has been designated as Year of the Nurse and Midwife by the World Health Organization.
  2020 has been heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which has led to global social and economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of events, and the largest economic recession since the Great Depression.
context_section_description: June 2
  Mary Pat Gleason, American actress (b. 1950)
  Carlo Ubbiali, Italian motorcycle road racer (b. 1929)
  Wes Unseld, American basketball player and coach (b. 1946)
  June 3 – Abdelmalek Droukdel, Algerian Islamic militant (b. 1970)
  June 4
  Marcello Abbado, Italian composer and pianist (b. 1926)
  Basu Chatterjee, Indian film director and screenwriter (b. 1927)
  Pete Rademacher, American Olympic heavyweight boxing champion (b. 1928)
  June 5 – Boris Gaganelov, Bulgarian footballer and manager (b. 1941)
  June 8
  Tony Dunne, Irish footballer (b. 1941)
  Pierre Nkurunziza, 8th President of Burundi (b. 1964)
  June 9
  Pau Donés, Spanish singer songwriter and guitarist (b. 1966)
  Ödön Földessy, Hungarian long jumper (b. 1929)
  June 11
  Emmanuel Issoze-Ngondet, 10th Prime Minister of Gabon (b. 1961)
  Dennis O'Neil, American comic book writer (b. 1939)
  Rosa Maria Sardà, Spanish actress (b. 1941)
  June 13
  Dick Garmaker, American basketball player (b. 1932)
  Jean Raspail, French author and explorer (b. 1925)
  June 14
  Aarón Padilla Gutiérrez, Mexican footballer (b. 1942)
  Sushant Singh Rajput, Indian actor (b. 1986)
  Keith Tippett, British pianist and composer (b. 1947)
  June 16 – Edén Pastora, Nicaraguan politician and guerrilla (b. 1937)
  June 17
  Marlene Ahrens, Chilean athlete (b. 1933)
  György Kárpáti, Hungarian water polo player (b. 1935)
  June 18
  Tibor Benedek, Hungarian water polo player (b. 1972)
  Arturo Chaires, Mexican footballer (b. 1937)
  Vera Lynn, English singer (b. 1917)
  Jules Sedney, 5th Prime Minister of Suriname (b. 1922)
  June 19
  Mario Corso, Italian football player (b. 1941)
  Ian Holm, English actor (b. 1931)
  Carlos Ruiz Zafón, Spanish novelist (b. 1964)
  June 20 – Ema Derossi-Bjelajac, 6th President of the Presidency of the SR of Croatia (b. 1926)
  June 21
  Ahmed Radhi, Iraqi footballer and manager (b. 1964)
  Zeev Sternhell, Polish-born Israeli historian and political scientist (b. 1935)
  June 22
  Pierino Prati, Italian footballer (b. 1946)
  Joel Schumacher, American film director (b. 1939)
  June 24 – Marc Fumaroli, French historian and essayist (b. 1932)
  June 26
  Kelly Asbury, American film director and animator (b. 1960)
  Milton Glaser, American graphic designer (b. 1929)
  June 27
  Belaid Abdessalam, 7th Prime Minister of Algeria (b. 1928)
  Linda Cristal, Argentine actress (b. 1931)
  Freddy Cole, American jazz singer and pianist (b. 1931)
  Ilija Petković, Serbian footballer and manager (b. 1945)
  June 28 – Marián Čišovský, Slovak footballer (b. 1979)
  June 29
  Johnny Mandel, American composer (b. 1925)
  Carl Reiner, American actor, film director and comedian (b. 1922)
  June 30 – Ida Haendel, Polish-born English violinist (b. 1928)
caption: Pierre Nkurunziza
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