Deaths in June 2017

The following is a list of **notable deaths in June 2017**. For notable deaths before the current month, please see "Previous months".  Names under each date are reported in alphabetical order by last name or pseudonym. Deaths of non-humans are reported here also if notable.

* Each listing of a death must have a source. If no reference is included, the death notice will be removed. The following are the requirements of adding a name to the list in its order: name, age, nationality, what the person is known for, cause of death (if known) and most importantly a source.
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## June
### 1
*Roy Barraclough, 81, British actor (*Coronation Street*) and comedian (Cissie and Ada).
*J. B. Dauda, 74, Sierra Leonan politician, MP for Kenema (1986–1992), Second Vice-President (1991–1992), and Minister of Foreign Affairs (2010–2012).
*Roberto De Vicenzo, 94, Argentinian professional golfer, The Open Champion (1967).
*José Greci, 76, Italian actress (*Ben-Hur*, *The Ten Gladiators*, *The Sicilian Connection*).
*Jack McCloskey, 91, American basketball player (Philadelphia Warriors), coach (Portland Trail Blazers) and manager (Detroit Pistons, Minnesota Timberwolves), complications from Alzheimer's disease.
*Alois Mock, 82, Austrian politician, Vice-Chancellor (1987–1989) and Foreign Minister (1987—1995), complications from Parkinson's disease.
*Sonja Sutter, 86, German actress (*Heidi*, *Lissy*, *Derrick*).
*Rosa Taikon, 90, Swedish Romani people activist, silversmith and actress (*Marianne*, *Motorkavaljerer*, *Kyssen på kryssen*).

### 2
*Gordon Christian, 89, American ice hockey player, Olympic silver medalist (1956).
*Metropolitan Iakovos, 89, Greek Orthodox Metropolitan Bishop of Chicago (since 1997), complications from surgery. 
*Jaroslav Kořán, 77, Czech translator, writer and politician, Charter 77 signatory, Mayor of Prague (1990–1991).
*Jack O'Neill, 94, American businessman (O'Neill) and surfer, inventor of the wetsuit, congestive heart failure.
*Peter Sallis, 96, English actor (*Last of the Summer Wine*, *Wallace and Gromit*, *The Wind in the Willows*).
*Syed Sharifuddin Pirzada, 93, Pakistani lawyer and politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs (1966–1968), Attorney-General (1968–1971, 1977–1984), and Secretary General of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (1985–1988).
*Sir Jeffrey Tate, 74, English conductor (Metropolitan Opera, Royal Opera House, Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra), heart attack.

### 3
*Khuram Shazad Butt, 31, British-Pakistani terrorist, attacker responsible for the June 2017 London attack, shot.
*David Choby, 70, American Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Nashville (since 2005), complications from a fall.
*Niels Helveg Petersen, 78, Danish politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs (1993–2000), MP (1966–1974, 1977–1993, 1994–2011), esophageal cancer.
*Jimmy Piersall, 87, American baseball player (Boston Red Sox, Cleveland Indians, Los Angeles Angels) and sportscaster (Chicago White Sox), subject of *Fear Strikes Out*, complications from a stroke.
*Rachid Redouane, 30, Moroccan-Libyan terrorist, attacker responsible for the June 2017 London attack, shot.
*John K. Watts, 80, Australian footballer (East Perth) and broadcaster, bone cancer.
*Youssef Zaghba, 21, Moroccan terrorist, attacker responsible for the June 2017 London attack, shot.

### 4
*Juan Goytisolo, 86, Spanish essayist, poet, and novelist (*Count Julian*).
*Babatunde Osotimehin, 68, Nigerian politician and civil servant, Minister of Health (2008–2010) and Executive Director of the United Nations Population Fund (since 2011).
*Roger Smith, 84, American actor (*77 Sunset Strip*, *Mister Roberts*, *Auntie Mame*), complications from Parkinson's disease.
*Zhang Tianfu, 106, Chinese agronomist and tea expert.

### 5
*Kathryn Stripling Byer, 72, American poet, North Carolina Poet Laureate (2005–2009), lymphoma.
*Andy Cunningham, 67, British magician, puppeteer (*Return of the Jedi*) and actor (*Bodger & Badger*), colon cancer.
*Helen Dunmore, 64, British writer (*Zennor in Darkness*), cancer.
*Marilyn Hall, 90, Canadian-born American television producer (*A Woman Called Golda*) and philanthropist.
*Giuliano Sarti, 83, Italian footballer (Fiorentina, Inter, Juventus).
*Cheick Tioté, 30, Ivorian footballer (Twente, Newcastle United, national team), cardiac arerst.
*Anna Jókai, 84, Hungarian writer (*Mindhalálig*)

### 6
*Horace Burrell, 67, Jamaican soccer executive, President of the Jamaica Football Federation (since 2007), lung cancer.
*Márta Antal-Rudas, 80, Hungarian javelin thrower, Olympic silver medalist (1964).
*Vin Garbutt, 69, British folk singer ("When the Tide Turns", "Bandalised", "Word of Mouth"), complications from heart surgery.
*Ragnhild Queseth Haarstad, 78, Norwegian politician, Minister of Local Government and Regional Development (1997–1999).
*François Houtart, 92, Belgian theologian.
*Adnan Khashoggi, 81, Saudi businessman and arms dealer.
*Walter Noll, 92, German-born American mathematician.
*Latifur Rahman, 81, Bangladeshi politician, Chief Justice (2000–2001) and Prime Minister (2001).
*Sandra Reemer, 66, Dutch singer ("Als het om de liefde gaat", "Colorado", "The Party's Over"), breast cancer.
*Rokas Žilinskas, 44,  Lithuanian journalist and politician, Member of the Seimas (since 2008), respiratory arrest complicated by pneumonia.

### 7
*Arthur Bunting, 80, English rugby player and coach (Hull Kingston Rovers, Hull F.C.).
*James Hardy, 31, American football player (Buffalo Bills, Baltimore Ravens). (body discovered on this date)
*Jan Høiland, 78, Norwegian singer ("Tio tusen röda rosor").
*Trento Longaretti, 100, Italian painter.
*France Rode, 82, Slovenian engineer, inventor of the scientific pocket calculator.

### 8
*Miguel d'Escoto Brockmann, 84, Nicaraguan politician and priest, Foreign Minister (1979–1990) and President of the United Nations General Assembly (2008–2009).
*Marcelo Guinle, 69, Argentine politician, Senator from Chubut Province (2001–2015), cancer.
*Glenne Headly, 63, American actress (*Dirty Rotten Scoundrels*, ''Mr. Holland's Opus*, *Dick Tracy*), complications from a pulmonary embolism.
*Jan Notermans, 84, Dutch footballer (Fortuna Sittard, national team) and manager (Go Ahead Eagles, Helmond, Groningen).
*Sam Panopoulos, 83, Greek-born Canadian cook, inventor of the Hawaiian pizza, cardiac arrest.
*Jill Singer, 60, Australian journalist (ABC, Seven, *Herald Sun*) and television presenter (*The 7.30 Report*, *Today Tonight*, *First Edition*), amyloidosis.
*Norro Wilson, 79, American country music songwriter ("A Very Special Love Song", "The Most Beautiful Girl") and record producer, Grammy winner (1975), heart failure.

### 9
*Natig Aliyev, 69, Azerbaijani politician, Minister of Energy (since 2004), heart failure.
*Andrzej Baturo, 77, Polish photographer.
*Adam West, 88, American actor (*Batman*, *Family Guy*, *Robinson Crusoe on Mars*), leukemia.

### 10
*Chi Po-lin, 52, Taiwanese aerial photographer and director (*Beyond Beauty: Taiwan from Above*), helicopter crash.
*Austin Deasy, 80, Irish politician, TD (1977–2002) and Minister of Agriculture (1982–1987).
*Helen Freedhoff, 77, Canadian theoretical physicist, cardiac arrest.
*Samuel V. Wilson, 93, American army general, Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency (1976–1977), lung cancer.

### 11
*Errol Christie, 53, British boxer, complications from lung cancer.
*Jim Graham, 71, Scottish-born American politician, member of the Council of the District of Columbia (1999–2015), complications from an infection and COPD.
*Geoffrey Rowell, 74, British Anglican prelate, Bishop of Basingstoke (1994–2001) and Europe (2001–2013).

### 12
*Sam Beazley, 101, British actor (*Pride and Prejudice*, *Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix*, *Johnny English*).
*Theodor Bergmann, 101, German agronomist.
*Vinod Chohan, 68, Tanzanian-born particle accelerator specialist and engineer (CERN).
*Gheorghe Gușet, 49, Romanian shot putter, aortic dissection.
*Masahide Ōta, 92, Japanese historian and politician, Governor of Okinawa Prefecture (1990–1998), respiratory failure complicated by pneumonia.
*C. Narayana Reddy, 85, Indian screenwriter (*Gulebakavali Katha*), composer and poet (*Viswambara*), recipient of the Jnanpith Award (1988), complications from heart disease.
*Charles P. Thacker, 74, American computer designer, co-inventor of ethernet, complications from esophageal cancer.

### 13
*A. R. Gurney, 86, American playwright (*Love Letters*, *The Dining Room*, *The Cocktail Hour*).
*Patricia Knatchbull, 2nd Countess Mountbatten of Burma, 93, British peeress.
*Jack Ong, 76, American actor (*Next*, *Akeelah and the Bee*, *L.A. Noire*), complications from brain cancer.
*Anita Pallenberg, 73, Italian actress, (*Barbarella*, *Candy*, *A Degree of Murder*), complications from hepatitis C.
*Ulf Stark, 72, Swedish screenwriter (*Tsatsiki, morsan och polisen*) and author (*Min syster är en ängel*, *Can You Whistle, Johanna?''), member of the Swedish Academy for Children's Books (1989–1998), pancreatic cancer.

### 14
*Aleksey Batalov, 88, Soviet-Russian actor (*The Cranes Are Flying*, *The Lady with the Dog*, *The Flight*) and stage director (*The Overcoat*), complications from a fall.
*Ernestina Herrera de Noble, 92, Argentine newspaper publisher (*Clarín*), pneumonia.
*Arthur J. Jackson, 92, American military officer, Medal of Honor recipient.
*James T. Hodgkinson, 66, American home inspector and businessman, attacker responsible for 2017 Congressional baseball shooting, shot.

### 15
*Ibrahim Abouleish, 80, Egyptian pharmacologist.
*Ajmer Singh Aulakh, 74, Indian playwright (*Ishaka bājha namāza dā hajja nāhī*) and social activist, stomach cancer.
*P. N. Bhagwati, 95, Indian judge, Chief Justice (1985–1986), kidney failure.
*Bill Dana, 92, American comedian (*The Ed Sullivan Show*), actor (*The Golden Girls*) and screenwriter (*The Nude Bomb*).
*Wilma de Faria, 72, Brazilian politician, Governor of Rio Grande do Norte (2003–2010), cancer.

### 16
*John G. Avildsen, 81, American movie director (*Rocky*, *The Karate Kid*, *Save the Tiger*), Oscar winner (1977), pancreatic cancer.
*Stephen Furst, 63, American actor (*Babylon 5*, *Animal House*, *St. Elsewhere*), complications from diabetes.
*Curt Hanson, 73, American politician, member of the Iowa House of Representatives (since 2009), prostate cancer.
*Helmut Kohl, 87, German politician, Chancellor (1982–1998) and Minister-President of Rhineland-Palatinate (1969–1976).

### 17
*Elias Burstein, 99, American physicist.
*Iván Fandiño, 36, Spanish bullfighter, gored.
*Józef Grudzień, 78, Polish lightweight boxer, Olympic champion (1964) and silver medalist (1968).
*Pierre Imhasly, 77, Swiss author (*Leni, Nomadin*) and poet (*The Rhone Saga*), cancer.
*Baldwin Lonsdale, 67, ni-Vanuatu politician, President (since 2014), heart attack.
*Luis Lusquiños, 65, Argentine politician, Chief of the Cabinet of Ministers (2001).
*Venus Ramey, 92, American beauty pageant contestant, Miss America (1944) and gun rights activist.
*Leopoldo S. Tumulak, 72, Filipino Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Tagbilaran (1992–2005) and Military Ordinary of the Philippines (since 2005), pancreatic cancer.
*Emil Wojtaszek, 89, Polish politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs (1976–1980).

### 18
*Hans Breder, 81, German-born American artist.
*Pierluigi Chicca, 79, Italian fencer, Olympic bronze medalist (1960) and silver medalist (1964, 1968).
*Keith Farnham, 69, American politician, member of the Illinois House of Representatives (2009–2014), complications from bladder cancer and hepatitis C.
*Tim Hague, 34, Canadian mixed martial artist, complications from a cerebral hemorrhage.
*Tony Liscio, 76, American football player (Green Bay Packers, Dallas Cowboys), Super Bowl VI champion, complications from ALS.
*Antonio Medellín, 75, Mexican actor (*Tres veces Ana*, *Porque el amor manda*, *Cuando me enamoro*).
*Shih Chun-jen, 93, Taiwanese neurosurgeon and politician, Minister of the Department of Health (1986–1990), heart attack.

### 19
*Brian Cant, 83, British actor (*Dappledown Farm*) and television presenter (*Play School*), complications from Parkinson's disease.
*Ivan Dias, 81, Indian Roman Catholic cardinal, Archbishop of Bombay (1996–2006) and Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples (2006–2011).
*Tony DiCicco, 68, American soccer coach (United States women's national team), 1999 World Cup winner, cancer.
*Tabaré Hackenbruch, 88, Uruguayan politician, MP and Mayor of Canelones (1985–1989, 1995–2005).
*Zoltan Sarosy, 110, Canadian chess master
*Otto Warmbier, 22, American college student, held prisoner in North Korea for 17 months, cardiopulmonary arrest complicated by botulism and sepsis.
*Mustafa Tlass, 85, Syrian military officer and politician, Minister of Defense (1972–2004).

### 20
*Sergei Mylnikov, 58, Russian ice hockey player (Traktor Chelyabinsk, Quebec Nordiques), Olympic champion (1988), heart failure.
*Prodigy, 42, American rapper (Mobb Deep) and actor (*Blackout*), complications from sickle-cell anaemia.
*Fredrik Skagen, 80, Norwegian writer.

### 21
*Jean-Pierre Kahane, 90, French mathematician.
*Pompeyo Márquez, 95, Venezuelan politician and guerrilla, founder of the Movement for Socialism party.
*Steffi Martin, 54, German luger, Olympic gold medalist (1984, 1988) and world champion (1983, 1985), pancreatic cancer. 
*Con Sciacca, 70, Italian-born Australian politician, MP for Bowman (1987–1996, 1998–2004) and Minister for Veterans' Affairs (1994–1996), liver cancer.
*Robert M. Shoemaker, 93, American military officer, commander of FORSCOM (1977–1982).
*Brian Street, 73, British anthropologist and writer (*Literacy in Theory and Practice*).

### 22
*Gunter Gabriel, 75, German singer, musician and composer, complications from a fall.
*Frank Kush, 88, American Hall of Fame football player (Michigan State) and coach (Arizona State, Balitmore Colts), complications from dementia.
*Keith Loneker, 46, American football player (Los Angeles Rams) and actor (*Out of Sight*, *Superbad*), cancer.
*Quett Masire, 91, Botswanan politician, Vice-President (1966–1980) and President (1980–1998), complications from surgery.
*Nikolai Zhugan, 100, Soviet pilot, Hero of the Soviet Union (1944).

### 23
*Saman Kelegama, 58, Sri Lankan economist, heart attack.
*Betty Metcalf, 95, American politician, member of the Florida House of Representatives (1982–1988), vascular dementia.
*Tonny van der Linden, 84, Dutch footballer (VV DOS, national team).
*Mr. Pogo, 66, Japanese professional wrestler (FMW, CSW, W*ING), cerebral infarction complicated by back surgery.
*Stefano Rodotà, 84, Italian jurist and politician, Vice President of the Chamber of Deputies (1992).
*Gabe Pressman, 93, American journalist (WNBC).

### 24
*Mats Johansson, 65, Swedish journalist (*Svenska Dagbladet*, *Svensk Tidskrift*) and politician, member of the Riksdag (2006–2014).
*Parker Lee McDonald, 93, American jurist, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Florida (1979–1994).
*Maria Mutagamba, 64, Ugandan economist and politician, Minister of Tourism (2012–2016), complications from liver cancer.
*Nils Nilsson, 81, Swedish ice hockey player (national team), Olympic silver medalist (1964).

### 25
*Elsa Daniel, 80, Argentine actress (*The Grandfather, The House of the Angel, La mano en la trampa*), complications from pneumonia.
*Olga Feliú, 84, Chilean lawyer and politician, Senator (1990–1998).
*Walter Fillmore, 84, American brigadier general (United States Marine Corps), vascular dementia.
*K. R. Mohanan, 69, Indian movie director (*Swaroopam*), Director of Kerala State Chalachitra Academy (2006–2011), stomach cancer.
*José Manuel Mourinho Félix, 79, Portuguese football player (Belenenses, national team) and manager (Vitória Setúbal, Amora, Rio Ave).
*Gordon Wilson, 79, Scottish politician, Leader of the Scottish National Party (1979–1990) and MP (1974–1987).

### 26
*Claude Fagedet, 89, French photographer.
*Desh Bandhu Gupta, 79, Indian businessman, founder of Lupin Limited.
*Doug Peterson, 71, American yacht designer, colorectal cancer.
*Isaías Pimentel, 84, Venezuelan tennis player.
*Habib Thiam, 84, Senegalese politician, Prime Minister (1981–1983, 1991–1998).
*Alice Trolle-Wachtmeister, 91, Swedish countess, Mistress of the Robes (1994–2015), complications from Alzheimer's disease.

### 27
*Geri Allen, 60, American jazz pianist and composer, cancer.
*Better Talk Now, 18, American racehorse, winner of the 2004 Breeders' Cup Turf, euthanized following surgical complications.
*Peter L. Berger, 88, American sociologist and writer (*The Social Construction of Reality*), heart failure.
*Piotr Bikont, 62, Polish journalist (*Gadający Pies*), critic, and author (*Jewish Cooking According to Balbina Przepiórko*), car crash.
*Michael Bond, 91, British children's author (*Paddington Bear*).
*Michael Nyqvist, 56, Swedish actor (*Millennium*, *Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol*, *John Wick*), lung cancer.
*Valentín Pimstein, 91, Chilean television producer (*María la del Barrio*, *Marimar*, *Carrusel*), respiratory arrest.
*Ric Suggitt, 58, Canadian rugby union coach (national team), heart attack.
*Suh Yun-bok, 94, South Korean Olympic athlete (1948), winner of the Boston Marathon (1947).
*Toytown, 24, British event horse.
*Anthony Young, 51, American baseball player (New York Mets, Chicago Cubs, Houston Astros), brain cancer.

### 28
*John Higgins, 87, Scottish footballer (Hibernian), Alzheimer's disease.
*Wally O'Connell, 94, Australian rugby league footballer (Eastern Suburbs) and coach (Manly-Warringah).
*Ola Mildred Rexroat, 99, American World War II military official (WASP).

### 29
*John Monckton, 79, Australian swimmer, Olympic silver medalist (1956).
*Louis Nicollin, 74, French businessman (Nicollin Company), Chairman of Montpellier Hérault Sport Club (since 1974), heart attack.
*Dave Semenko, 59, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (Edmonton Oilers), liver and pancreatic cancer.

### 30
*Karunamaya Goswami, 75, Bangladeshi musicologist.
*Darrall Imhoff, 78, American basketball player (New York Knicks, Los Angeles Lakers, Portland Trail Blazers), heart attack.
*Barry Norman, 83, British movie critic and television presenter (*Film...*).
*Simone Veil, 89, French lawyer and politician, President of the European Parliament (1979–1982), Minister of Health (1974–1979, 1993–1995), and Holocaust survivor.

## Months
* January 2017
* February 2017
* March 2017
* April 2017
* May 2017

## Related pages
* Deaths in 2014
* Deaths in 2015
* Deaths in 2016

## References
## Other websites
* *The Guardian*, UK obituaries
* Obituaries, *Los Angeles Times*
* Obituaries, *Chicago Tribune*
* *The New York Times*, US obituaries
* *The Sydney Morning Herald*, Australian obituaries
* *The Telegraph* obituaries