Deaths in June 2025

The following is a list of notable deaths that happened in June 2025. Names under each date are noted in the order of the alphabet by their last name, or pseudonym. Deaths of non-humans are also noted here, if worth noting.

## Criteria

Every entry is backed by a source. Proper citations are used and no bare URLs so as to prevent link rot. The following are the requirements for adding a name to the list in its order: Name, age, origin, what the person is known for and his or her cause of death – if known – and a source for verification.

### 29

- Sandy Gall, 97, Scottish journalist and television presenter.

### 28

- Mabandla Dlamini, 94, Swazi politician, prime minister (1979–1983).
- Wayne Larkins, 71, English cricketer (Northamptonshire, national team). (death announced on this date)
- Dave Parker, 74, American Hall of Fame baseball player (Cincinnati Reds, Pittsburgh Pirates, Oakland Athletics), World Series champion (1979, 1989), complications from Parkinson's disease.

### 26

- Rick Hurst, 79, American actor (_The Dukes of Hazzard_, _Steel Magnolias_, _Earth Girls Are Easy_).
- Takutai Tarsh Kemp, New Zealand politician, MP (since 2023), kidney disease.

### 24

- Guzh Manukyan, 88, Armenian actor (_Nahapet_, _The Song of the Old Days_), People's Artist of the Armenian SSR (1980).
- Bobby Sherman, 81, American singer ("Easy Come, Easy Go", "Julie, Do Ya Love Me") and teen idol, kidney cancer.
- Alvaro Vitali, 75, Italian actor (_Pierino colpisce ancora_, _L'onorevole con l'amante sotto il letto_, _Roma_), bronchopneumonia.

### 23

- Dilip Doshi, 77, Indian cricketer (Bengal, Nottinghamshire, national team), cardiac arrest.
- Lea Massari, 91, Italian actress (_L'Avventura_, _Murmur of the Heart_, _Christ Stopped at Eboli_).
- Mick Ralphs, 81, English Hall of Fame guitarist (Mott the Hoople, Bad Company) and songwriter ("Feel Like Makin' Love"), complications from a stroke. (death announced on this date)

### 21

- David Lawrence, 61, English cricketer (Gloucestershire, national team), complications from motor neurone disease.
- Mikayla Raines, 29, owner of charity SaveAFox Rescue and YouTube channel Saveafox
- Valentina Talyzina, 90, Russian actress (_The Road to 'Saturn_', _Zigzag of Success_, _Afonya_), People's Artist of the RSFSR (1985).

### 20

- Marita Camacho Quirós, 114, Costa Rican supercentenarian, first lady (1962–1966).
- Ian McLauchlan, 83, Scottish rugby union player (national team, British & Irish Lions).

### 19

- Jack Betts, 96, American actor (_Spider-Man_, _Sugar Colt_, _Gods and Monsters_).
- Gailard Sartain, 78, American actor (_Hee Haw_, _Ernest Saves Christmas_, _Mississippi Burning_). (death announced on this date)
- Guido Tenesi, 71, American ice hockey player (Hershey Bears) and actor (_Slap Shot_).

### 18

- Lou Christie, 82, American singer-songwriter ("Lightnin' Strikes", "I'm Gonna Make You Mine"), cancer.
- Natalya Tenyakova, 80, Russian actress (_Love and Pigeons_, _Older Sister_, _A Frenchman_).

### 17

- Anne Burrell, 55, American chef and television presenter (_Worst Cooks in America_).
- Alfred Brendel, 94, Austrian pianist living in London.

### 16

- Ron Taylor, 87, Canadian baseball player (St. Louis Cardinals, New York Mets) and team physician (Toronto Blue Jays), four-time World Series champion. (death announced on this date)
- Kim Woodburn, 83, English television personality (_How Clean Is Your House?_)
- Manuel Zarzo, 93, Spanish actor (_The Delinquents_, _The Song of the Nightingale_, _My Love Is Called Margarita_).

### 14

- Violeta Chamorro, 95, Nicaraguan politician, president (1990–1997), member of the Junta of National Reconstruction (1979–1980).
- Kollangudi Karuppayee, 99, Indian folk singer and actress (_Aan Paavam_, _Gopala Gopala_, _Kabadi Kabadi_).
- Topsy Küppers, 93, Austrian actress (_Guitars of Love_, _Three Girls from the Rhine_), singer, and writer. (death announced on this date)

### 13

- Katerina Yioulaki, 87, Greek actress (_The Dodger_, _Oi kyries tis avlis_, _Gia mia choufta Touristries_).

### 12

- Maurice Gee, 93, New Zealand author (_Under the Mountain_, _In My Father's Den_, _Plumb_), AFNZ Icon (since 2003).
- Clifton Jones, 87, Jamaican-British actor (_Space: 1999_, _Watership Down_, _China Moon_).

### 11

- Ayumu Saito, 60, Japanese actor (_Ju-On: The Grudge 2_, _The Angel's Egg_, _Journey Under the Midnight Sun_), urothelial carcinoma.
- Brian Wilson, 82, American Hall of Fame musician (The Beach Boys), songwriter ("Good Vibrations"), and record producer (_Pet Sounds_). (death announced on this date)

### 9

- Frederick Forsyth, 86, English novelist (_The Day of the Jackal_, _The Odessa File_, _The Fourth Protocol_).
- Partho Ghosh, 75, Indian filmmaker (_100 Days_, _Dalaal_, _Agni Sakshi_).
- Pik-Sen Lim, 80, Malaysian-British actress (_Emergency Ward 10_, _Mind Your Language_, _Johnny English Reborn_).
- Sly Stone, 82, American Hall of Fame musician (Sly and the Family Stone) and songwriter ("Everyday People", "Family Affair"), COPD.

### 8

- Ewa Dałkowska, 78, Polish actress (_Nights and Days_, _Without Anesthesia_, _A Year of the Quiet Sun_).
- Vladimír Smutný, 82, Czech cinematographer (_Forbidden Dreams_, _Kolya_, _The Painted Bird_).
- Stu Wilson, 70, New Zealand rugby union player (Wellington, national team).

### 6

- Marise Wipani, 61, New Zealand beauty pageant contestant, actor (_Came a Hot Friday_, _Shortland Street_), and television presenter (_Lotto_).

### 5

- Wayne Lewis, 68, American singer (Atlantic Starr) and songwriter ("Always", "Secret Lovers").
- Edgar Lungu, 68, Zambian politician, president (2015–2021), minister of defence (2013–2015) and MLA (2011–2015), complications from surgery.

### 4

- Nicole Croisille, 88, French singer and actress (_Erotissimo_, _Les Uns et les Autres_, _There Were Days... and Moons_).
- Pietro Ghislandi, 68, Italian actor (_È arrivato mio fratello_, _The Invisible Wall_, _Vajont_) and ventriloquist. (death announced on this date)
- Philippe Labro, 88, French film director (_Without Apparent Motive_, _The Inheritor_, _L'Alpagueur_), writer, and journalist, cancer.
- Enzo Staiola, 85, Italian child actor (_Bicycle Thieves_, _The White Line_, _Buon viaggio pover'uomo_).

### 3

- Samiha Ayoub, 93, Egyptian actress (_Among the Ruins_).

### 2

- Birgit Carlstén, 75, Swedish singer and actress (_The Sacrifice_).
- Pierre Nora, 93, French historian.

### 1

- Jonathan Joss, 59, American actor (_King of the Hill_, _Parks and Recreation_, _The Magnificent Seven_), shot.
- Ilselil Larsen, 90, Danish actress (_Det gælder os alle_, _The Child_, _Love Wins Out_).
- Monica Nielsen, 87, Swedish actress (_Varuhuset_, _The Princess_, _The Girl in the Rain_).