Deaths in June 2018

The following is a list of deaths that should be noted in June 2018. For deaths that should be noted before the month that the world is in, please see "Months". Names under each date are noted in the order of the alphabet by last name or pseudonym. Deaths of non-humans are noted here also if it is worth noting.
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, where they came from, what the person is known for, cause of death (if known) and a source.
June
1
Poldy Bird, 76, Argentine writer (Cuentos para Veronica) and poet.
Jean-Claude Boulard, 75, French politician, Mayor of Le Mans (since 2001), Senator (2014-2017), and Deputy (1988-1993, 1997-2002).
Dhiraj Choudhury, 82, Indian painter.
Eddy Clearwater, 83, American blues singer ("Soul Funky", "West Side Strut", "Boogie My Blues Away") and guitarist (Muddy Waters), heart failure.
Bob Clotworthy, 87, American Hall of Fame diver, Olympic champion (1956) and bronze medalist (1952).
Jill Ker Conway, 83, Australian-American author, President of Smith College (1975-1985), National Humanities Medal recipient (2013).
Hilmar Hoffmann, 92, German movie and culture academic (Goethe University Frankfurt), stroke.
Razan al-Najjar, 21, Palestinian nurse, shot.
John Julius Norwich, 88, British historian (Shakespeare's Kings), travel writer (Christmas Crackers) and television personality (My Word!, Round Britain Quiz), member of the House of Lords (1954-1999).
William Edward Phipps, 96, American actor (Cinderella, The War of the Worlds, Five), complications from lung cancer.
Rockin' Rebel, 52, American professional wrestler (ECW, MEWF, CZW), suicide by gunshot.
2
Paul D. Boyer, 99, American biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (1997), respiratory failure.
Irenaus Eibl-Eibesfeldt, 89, Austrian ethologist, founder of human ethology.
Alvaro Lapuerta, 90, Spanish politician and lawyer, member of Francoist Courts (1967-1977) and Deputy (1977-2004), complications from dementia.
Fernando Mazariegos, 80, Guatemalan chemist and inventor (Ecofilter), Order of the Quetzal (2017), cardiac arrest.
Tony Morphett, 80, Australian screenwriter (Dynasty, Blue Heelers, Water Rats), heart attack.
Bernard E. Trainor, 89, American Marine Corps general, military analyst (NBC) and journalist (The New York Times), laryngeal cancer.
Emil Wolf, 95, Czech-born American physicist (Principles of Optics), discovered the Wolf effect.
3
Doug Altman, 69, British statistician (Statistical Methods in Medical Research), founder of EQUATOR Network, colorectal cancer.
Robert Brylewski, 57, Polish singer-songwriter (Armia, Brygada Kryzys, Izrael), colorectal cancer.
Frank Carlucci, 87, American politician, Secretary of Defense (1987-1989) and National Security Advisor (1986-1987), complications from Parkinson's disease.
Jerry Hopkins, 82, American journalist (Rolling Stone) and biographer (Elvis: A Biography, No One Here Gets Out Alive), heart failure.
Miguel Obando y Bravo, 92, Nicaraguan Roman Catholic cardinal, Archbishop of Managua (1970-2005), heart attack.
Mario Toros, 95, Italian politician, Deputy (1958-1972) and Senator (1972-1987).
Georg von Tiesenhausen, 104, German-American rocket scientist (Operation Paperclip), completed the first designed of a Lunar Roving Vehicle.
Kyra Petrovskaya Wayne, 99, Russian-born American author (Shurik: A Story of the Siege of Leningrad) and World War II sniper (Red Army), respiratory failure.
4
Dwight Clark, 61, American football player (San Francisco 49ers), Super Bowl champion (1981, 1984), complications from ALS.
Eunice Lam, 75, Hong Kong columnist (Ming Pao) and socialite, lung cancer.
J. B. Munro, 81, New Zealand politician and disability activist, MP for Invercargill (1972-1975).
5
Janis Bojars, 62, Latvian shot putter, European championship silver medalist (1982).
Frank Bresee, 88, American radio personality (AFN) and historian, complications from dementia.
Brian Browne, 81, Canadian jazz pianist, lung and throat cancer.
Pierre Carniti, 81, Italian union trader and politician, Senator (1992-1994).
Denman, 18, British racehorse, Cheltenham Gold Cup winner (2008), euthanized.
Feng Ting-kuo, 67, Taiwanese politician, Taipei City Councilor (1985-1988), member of the National Assembly (1992-1996) and Legislative Yuan (1996-2008), cardiac arrest.
Karl Fritz Lauer, 80, Romanian-German scientist.
Kate Spade, 55, American fashion designer (Kate Spade New York), suicide by hanging.
6
Tinus Bosselaar, 82, Dutch footballer (national team, Sparta, Feyenoord), heart failure.
Teddy Johnson, 97, English singer (Pearl Carr & Teddy Johnson).
Mateja Matevski, 89, Macedonian poet.
Kira Muratova, 83, Ukrainian movie director (Among Grey Stones, The Tuner), screenwriter (The Asthenic Syndrome) and actress (Brief Encounters), stroke.
Ralph Santolla, 48, American metal guitarist (Deicide, Death, Iced Earth), heart attack.
Red Schoendienst, 95, American Hall of Fame baseball player (St. Louis Cardinals, New York Giants, Milwaukee Braves) and coach.
Mary Wilson, Baroness Wilson of Rievaulx, 102, British poet, Spouse of the Prime Minister (1964-1970, 1974-1976), stroke.
Franz M. Wuketits, 62, Austrian biologist and epistemologist.
7
David Douglas Duncan, 102, American photojournalist.
Fu Da-ren, 85, Taiwanese sports broadcaster and assisted suicide activist, recipient of the Golden Bell Award (1980), assisted suicide by lethal injection.
Arie den Hartog, 77, Dutch road bicycle racer, Milan-San Remo (1965) and Amstel Gold Race champion (1967).
Francis Smerecki, 68, French football player (Limoges) and manager (Guingamp, national youth team).
Gena Turgel, 95, Polish author, Holocaust survivor and educator.
Stefan Weber, 71, Austrian singer ("Ganz Wien (ist heut' auf Heroin)", "All Vienna").
Ines Zorreguieta, 33, Argentine public servant, sister of the Queen of the Netherlands, suicide by hanging.
8
Per Ahlmark, 79, Swedish politician and writer, Deputy Prime Minister (1976-1978) and MP (1967-1978).
Anthony Bourdain, 61, American chef, author and television personality (Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations, Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown, The Layover), multi-Emmy Award winner, suicide by hanging.
Maria Bueno, 78, Brazilian tennis player, Wimbledon winner (1959, 1960, 1964), oral cancer and merkel-cell carcinoma.
Freddy Eugen, 77, Danish cyclist, esophageal cancer.
Eunice Gayson, 90, British actress (Dr. No, From Russia with Love, The Revenge of Frankenstein).
Danny Kirwan, 68, British Hall of Fame singer-songwriter ("Oh Well") and guitarist (Fleetwood Mac, Tramp), pneumonia.
Liu Yichang, 99, Hong Kong writer (Tete-beche).
John McKenzie, 80, Canadian ice hockey player (Chicago Blackhawks, New York Rangers, Boston Bruins), Stanley Cup champion (1970, 1972).
Theodore J. Sophocleus, 79, American politician, member of the Maryland House of Delegates (1993-1995, since 1999), heart failure.
Thomas Stuttaford, 87, British medical columnist (The Times) and politician, MP (1970-1974).
9
Reinhard Hardegen, 105, German Nazi U-boat commander (Battle of the Atlantic) and politician, member of the Burgerschaft (1959-1979), respiratory failure.
Fadil Vokrri, 57, Kosovar football player (Prishtina, SFR national team) and administrator, President of the Football Federation of Kosovo (since 2008), cardiac arrest.
10
Neal E. Boyd, 42, American pop singer ("My American Dream") and reality show contestant (America's Got Talent), heart and kidney failure.
Liliana Ross, 79, Italian-born Chilean actress (La Colorina, Machos, La Sexologa), Alzheimer's disease.
11
Norma Bessouet, 77, Argentine artist, breast cancer.
John Coates, 85, Australian Army general, Chief of Army (1990-1992).
Oscar Furlong, 90, Argentine Olympic basketball player (1948, 1952) and tennis coach (national Davis Cup team), FIBA World Cup champion (1950).
Yvette Horner, 95, French accordionist.
Victoria Kalima, 45, Zambian politician, Minister of Gender (since 2016) and MP (since 2011).
Roman Klosowski, 89, Polish actor (Hydrozagadka, Czterdziestolatek, Before Twilight), complications from pneumonia.
12
Jon Hiseman, 73, English drummer (Colosseum, Colosseum II, John Mayall), brain cancer.
Antonio Carlos Konder Reis, 93, Brazilian politician, Senator (1963-1975), Deputy (1955-1963, 1987-1991, 1998-2003), and Governor of Santa Catarina (1975-1979, 1994-1995).
Jack Laxer, 91, American photographer, pneumonia.
13
Arkangel de la Muerte, 51, Mexican professional wrestler (CMLL), heart attack.
Anne Donovan, 56, American Hall of Fame basketball player and coach, Olympic champion (1984, 1988, 2008), heart failure.
D. J. Fontana, 87, American Hall of Fame rock drummer (Elvis Presley), complications from a broken hip.
Charles Vinci, 85, American weightlifter, Olympic champion (1956, 1960), congestive heart failure.
14
Fazlullah, 43-44, Pakistani terrorist, Leader of Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (since 2013), drone strike.
Stanislav Govorukhin, 82, Russian movie director (The Meeting Place Cannot Be Changed), actor (Heads and Tails), screenwriter (Voroshilov Sharpshooter) and politician, MP (since 1993) and 2000 presidential candidate, heart attack.
Vincent R. Gray, 96, British-born New Zealand chemist and climate change critic, pneumonia.
Mongi Kooli, 88, Tunisian politician, Minister of Health (1976-1977), complications from gallbladder cancer.
Sonia Scurfield, 89, Canadian businesswoman and sports team owner (Calgary Flames), stomach cancer.
15
Leslie Grantham, 71, British actor (EastEnders, Fort Boyard, The Paradise Club) and convicted murderer, pulmonary embolism complicated by lung cancer.
Enoch zu Guttenberg, 71, German conductor.
Matt Murphy, 88, American blues guitarist (The Blues Brothers), heart attack.
16
Martin Bregman, 92, American movie producer (Scarface, Dog Day Afternoon, Carlito's Way), cerebral hemorrhage.
Alvaro Rodriguez Ros, 82, Spanish football player (Real Oviedo, Atletico Madrid) and manager (Shelbourne).
Gennady Rozhdestvensky, 87, Russian conductor.
17
Elizabeth Brackett, 76, American television journalist (Chicago Tonight, PBS NewsHour), Peabody winner (1988), complications from a bicycle fall.
Igor Muradyan, 61, Armenian political activist.
Ouk Phalla, 39, Cambodian dancer and royal consort (since 2010), car crash.
Zhao Nanqi, 91, Korean-born Chinese general and politician, Director of the People's Liberation Army General Logistics Department (1987-1992).
18
Walter Bahr, 91, American Hall of Fame soccer player (Philadelphia Nationals, national team), complications from a broken hip.
Big Van Vader, 63, American professional wrestler (NJPW, WWF, WCW) and football player (Los Angeles Rams), pneumonia complicated by congestive heart failure.
Kostas Politis, 76, Greek basketball coach (national team).
Bertha Sanseverino, 72, Uruguayan politician, member of the Departmental Board of Montevideo (1995-2004) and the Chamber of Representatives (since 2010), heart attack.
Nathan Shaham, 93, Israeli writer (Tabula Rasa), vice-chairman of the Israel Broadcasting Authority (1977-1980), complications from Alzheimer's disease.
Magali Vettorazzo, 76, Italian Olympic pentathlete (1968).
XXXTentacion, 20, American rapper ("Look at Me", "Jocelyn Flores", "Sad!"), shot.
19
Stanley Cavell, 91, American philosopher (Harvard University), heart failure.
Ivan Drach, 81, Ukrainian poet (Protuberances of the Heart), screenwriter (Propala Hramota) and political activist, heart attack.
Princess Elisabeth of Denmark, 83, Danish princess, first cousin of Queen Margrethe II.
Hubert Green, 71, American Hall of Fame golfer, U.S. Open (1977) and PGA (1985) champion, throat cancer.
Koko, 46, American-bred Western lowland gorilla.
Paul John Marx, 83, French-born Papua New Guinean Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Kerema (1988-2010), cardiomyopathy.
20
Ken Albiston, 91, Australian football player (Richmond, Melbourne).
Dante Caputo, 74, Argentine politician, President of the United Nations General Assembly (1988-1989) and Minister of Foreign Relations (1983-1989), pancreatic cancer.
Bill Hendon, 73, American activist, writer (An Enormous Crime) and politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from North Carolina's 11th congressional district (1981-1983, 1985-1987), complications from Parkinson's disease.
Ernie Hunt, 75, English football player (Swindon Town, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Coventry City), complications from Alzheimer's disease.
Sandor Kanyadi, 89, Hungarian poet (In Contemporary Tense) and translator, respiratory tract infection.
Bill Speakman, 90, British soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross.
Peter Thomson, 88, Australian golfer, five-time British Open winner (1954, 1955, 1956, 1958, and 1965), Parkinson's disease.
21
Grigory Barenblatt, 90, Russian mathematician, recipient of the Timoshenko Medal (2005).
Katriina Elovirta, 57, Finnish football player and referee (FIFA, UEFA), Finnish Women's Cup champion (1990).
Edouard-Jean Empain, 80, French-Belgian businessman (Schneider-Empain) and kidnapping victim, thyroid cancer.
Charles Krauthammer, 68, American political commentator (Fox News), columnist (The Washington Post) and writer, Pulitzer Prize winner (1987), small intestine cancer.
Jamsheed Marker, 95, Pakistani politician, Ambassador to the United States (1986-1989) and Permanent Representative to the United Nations (1990-1995).
Armando Merodio, 82, Spanish footballer (Barakaldo, Athletic Bilbao, Real Murcia), congestive heart failure.
Sir Laurence Street, 91, Australian judge, Chief Justice of New South Wales (1974-1988).
22
Halina Aszkielowicz-Wojno, 71, Polish volleyball player (national team), Olympic bronze medalist (1968).
Geoff Case, 82, Australian football player (Melbourne).
James S. Denton, 66, American publisher and editor (World Affairs), prostate cancer.
Nahum Korzhavin, 92, Russian-American poet.
Olga Krzyzanowska, 88, Polish politician, Senator (2001-2005), respiratory failure.
Dick Leitsch, 83, American LGBT rights activist and journalist, first gay reporter of the Stonewall riots, liver cancer.
Deanna Lund, 81, American actress (Tony Rome, Land of the Giants, Elves), pancreatic cancer.
Rezso Nyers, 95, Hungarian politician, Minister of Finance (1960-1962) and President of the Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party (1989).
Geoffrey Oryema, 65, Ugandan-born French guitarist, cardiac arrest.
Vinnie Paul, 54, American heavy metal drummer (Pantera, Damageplan, Hellyeah) and songwriter ("I'm Broken", "Cemetery Gates", "Revolution Is My Name"), complications from cardiomyopathy and coronary artery disease.
Sally Pierone, 97, American artist and physciatrist, renal failure.
Waldir Pires, 91, Brazilian politician, Minister of Defence (2006-2007), multiple organ failure.
23
Alberto Fouilloux, 77, Chilean footballer (national team, Universidad Catolica, Lille), lung cancer.
Donald Hall, 89, American poet, U.S. Poet Laureate (2006).
Kim Jong-pil, 92, South Korean politician, Prime Minister (1971-1975, 1998-2000), respiratory failure.
Phan Huy Le, 84, Vietnamese historian, heart disease.
Koro Wetere, 83, New Zealand politician, MP for Western Maori (1969-1996), Minister of Maori Affairs (1984-1990).
Violeta Rivas, 80, Argentine singer ("Llorando me dormi") and actress (Nacidos para cantar), stroke.
24
Stanley Anderson, 78, American actor (Spider-Man, The Drew Carey Show, Red Dragon), brain cancer.
Frank Heart, 89, American Hall of Fame computer engineer, co-developer of the IMP, melanoma.
Darryl N. Johnson, 80, American politician, Ambassador to Lithuania (1992-1994) and Ambassador to Thailand (2001-2004).
Josip Pirmajer, 74, Slovenian football player (Novi Sad, Partizan, national team) and manager (Vojvodina), heart attack.
Pavel Vransky, 97, Czech brigadier general (Siege of Tobruk), recipient of the War Cross and Medal of Merit.
Harald von Boehmer, 75, German immunologist.
25
Constance Adams, 53, American architect (International Space Station) and explorer (National Geographic), colorectal cancer.
Stefka Drolc, 94, Slovenian actress (On Our Own Land, Blossoms in Autumn, The Tenth Brother), pneumonia.
Paul Gerin-Lajoie, 98, Canadian lawyer and politician, MNA (1960-1969).
David Goldblatt, 87, South African photographer and apartheid critic, skin cancer.
Richard Benjamin Harrison, 77, American businessman and television personality (Pawn Stars), Parkinson's disease.
James M. Keck, 96, American Air Force lieutenant general, complications from broken hip.
26
Big Bill Bissonnette, 81, American jazz trombonist.
Andrey Dementyev, 89, Russian poet (August from Revel), signer of Letter of Forty-Two, prostate cancer.
Ignatios Lappas, 72, Greek Orthodox metropolitan bishop, Metropolis of Larissa and Tyrnavos (since 1994), heart failure.
Henri Namphy, 85, Haitian military officer and politician, President (1986-1988), lung cancer.
Daniel Pilon, 77, Canadian actor (Dallas, Ryan's Hope, Shoot 'Em Up), cancer.
Phil Rodgers, 80, American golfer, leukemia.
27
Harlan Ellison, 84, American science fiction writer (A Boy and His Dog, Spider Kiss, Web of the City) and screenwriter (Star Trek), multi-Hugo Award winner, cardiac arrest.
Joe Jackson, 89, American Hall of Fame band manager (Jackson 5), patriarch of the Jackson family, pancreatic cancer.
Paola Paternoster, 82, Italian Olympic discus (1956, 1960) and javelin (1956) thrower, colorectal cancer.
Steve Soto, 54, American punk guitarist (The Adolescents).
Steven Hilliard Stern, 80, Canadian-born American director (The Devil and Max Devlin, Mazes and Monsters, Black Fox) and screenwriter (Running), stomach cancer.
Vladimir Andreyevich Uspensky, 87, Russian mathematician and writer, heart failure.
28
Denis Akiyama, 66, Canadian actor (Pixels, X-Men, Johnny Mnemonic).
Goran Bunjevcevic, 45, Serbian footballer (national team, Tottenham Hotspur, Red Star Belgrade), stroke.
Domenico Losurdo, 77, Italian Marxist philosopher (Liberalism: A Counter-History) and historian, esophageal cancer.
Christine Nostlinger, 81, Austrian children's writer (Fiery Frederica, Fly Away Home), Hans Christian Andersen Award winner (1984).
Notable people killed in the Capital Gazette shooting:
Gerald Fischman, 61, American columnist (The Capital).
Rob Hiaasen, 59, American journalist and newspaper editor (The Baltimore Sun, Maryland Gazette, The Capital).
John McNamara, 56, American sports reporter (The Capital).
Wendi Winters, 65, American journalist (The Capital).
29
Kwesi Amissah-Arthur, 67, Ghanaian economist and politician, Governor of the Bank of Ghana (2009-2012) and Vice-President (2012-2017), heart attack.
Matt Cappotelli, 38, American professional wrestler (WWE), glioblastoma.
Arvid Carlsson, 95, Swedish neuropharmacologist, Nobel Prize laureate (2000).
Steve Ditko, 90, American comic book writer and artist (Spider-Man, Doctor Strange, Blue Beetle), heart attack.
Liliane Montevecchi, 85, French-Italian dancer and actress (Nine, Grand Hotel, How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days), Tony winner (1982), colorectal cancer.
Irena Szewinska, 72, Soviet-born Polish Hall of Fame sprinter, Olympic champion (1964, 1968, 1976), endometrial cancer.
30
Billy Kinard, 84, American football player (Green Bay Packers, Buffalo Bills) and coach (Ole Miss Rebels).
Jose Antonio Zaldua, 76, Spanish footballer (F.C. Barcelona, national team, Real Valladolid).
Months
January
February
March
April
May
Related pages
Deaths in 2014
Deaths in 2015
Deaths in 2016
Deaths in 2017
References
Other websites
The Guardian, UK obituaries
The Telegraph obituaries
Obituaries, Chicago Tribune
Obituaries, Los Angeles Times
The New York Times, US obituaries
The Washington Post obituaries
The Sydney Morning Herald, Australian obituaries
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