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.
Roy Barraclough , 81, British actor (Coronation Street ) and comedian (Cissie and Ada ).[1]
J. B. Dauda , 74, Sierra Leonan politician, MP for Kenema (1986–1992), Second Vice-President (1991–1992), and Minister of Foreign Affairs (2010–2012).[2]
Roberto De Vicenzo , 94, Argentinian professional golfer, The Open Champion (1967 ).[3]
José Greci , 76, Italian actress (Ben-Hur , The Ten Gladiators , The Sicilian Connection ).[4]
Jack McCloskey , 91, American basketball player (Philadelphia Warriors ), coach (Portland Trail Blazers ) and manager (Detroit Pistons , Minnesota Timberwolves ), complications from Alzheimer's disease.[5]
Alois Mock , 82, Austrian politician, Vice-Chancellor (1987–1989) and Foreign Minister (1987—1995), complications from Parkinson's disease.[6]
Sonja Sutter , 86, German actress (Heidi , Lissy , Derrick ).[7]
Rosa Taikon , 90, Swedish Romani people activist, silversmith and actress (Marianne , Motorkavaljerer , Kyssen på kryssen ).[8]
Gordon Christian , 89, American ice hockey player, Olympic silver medalist (1956 ).[9]
Metropolitan Iakovos , 89, Greek Orthodox Metropolitan Bishop of Chicago (since 1997), complications from surgery.[10]
Jaroslav Kořán , 77, Czech translator, writer and politician, Charter 77 signatory, Mayor of Prague (1990–1991).[11]
Jack O'Neill , 94, American businessman (O'Neill ) and surfer, inventor of the wetsuit , congestive heart failure.[12]
Peter Sallis , 96, English actor (Last of the Summer Wine , Wallace and Gromit , The Wind in the Willows ).[13]
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).[14]
Sir Jeffrey Tate , 74, English conductor (Metropolitan Opera , Royal Opera House , Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra ), heart attack.[15]
Khuram Shazad Butt , 31, British-Pakistani terrorist, attacker responsible for the June 2017 London attack , shot.[16]
David Choby , 70, American Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Nashville (since 2005), complications from a fall.[17]
Niels Helveg Petersen , 78, Danish politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs (1993–2000), MP (1966–1974, 1977–1993, 1994–2011), esophageal cancer.[18]
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.[19]
Rachid Redouane , 30, Moroccan-Libyan terrorist, attacker responsible for the June 2017 London attack , shot.[16]
Vincent Tshabalala , 75, South African golfer.[20]
John K. Watts , 80, Australian footballer (East Perth ) and broadcaster, bone cancer.[21]
Youssef Zaghba , 21, Moroccan terrorist, attacker responsible for the June 2017 London attack , shot.[22]
Juan Goytisolo , 86, Spanish essayist, poet, and novelist (Count Julian ).[23]
Babatunde Osotimehin , 68, Nigerian politician and civil servant, Minister of Health (2008–2010) and Executive Director of the United Nations Population Fund (since 2011).[24]
Roger Smith , 84, American actor (77 Sunset Strip , Mister Roberts , Auntie Mame ), complications from Parkinson's disease.[25]
Zhang Tianfu , 106, Chinese agronomist and tea expert.[26]
Kathryn Stripling Byer , 72, American poet, North Carolina Poet Laureate (2005–2009), lymphoma.[27]
Andy Cunningham , 67, British magician, puppeteer (Return of the Jedi ) and actor (Bodger & Badger ), colon cancer.[28]
Helen Dunmore , 64, British writer (Zennor in Darkness ), cancer.[29]
Marilyn Hall , 90, Canadian-born American television producer (A Woman Called Golda ) and philanthropist.[30]
Giuliano Sarti , 83, Italian footballer (Fiorentina , Inter , Juventus ).[31]
Cheick Tioté , 30, Ivorian footballer (Twente , Newcastle United , national team ), cardiac arerst.[32]
Anna Jókai , 84, Hungarian writer (Mindhalálig )[33]
Horace Burrell , 67, Jamaican soccer executive, President of the Jamaica Football Federation (since 2007), lung cancer.[34]
Márta Antal-Rudas , 80, Hungarian javelin thrower, Olympic silver medalist (1964 ).[35]
Vin Garbutt , 69, British folk singer ("When the Tide Turns ", "Bandalised ", "Word of Mouth "), complications from heart surgery.[36]
Ragnhild Queseth Haarstad , 78, Norwegian politician, Minister of Local Government and Regional Development (1997–1999).[37]
François Houtart , 92, Belgian theologian.[38]
Adnan Khashoggi , 81, Saudi businessman and arms dealer.[39]
Walter Noll , 92, German-born American mathematician.[40]
Latifur Rahman , 81, Bangladeshi politician, Chief Justice (2000–2001) and Prime Minister (2001).[41]
Sandra Reemer , 66, Dutch singer ("Als het om de liefde gaat ", "Colorado ", "The Party's Over "), breast cancer.[42]
Rokas Žilinskas , 44, Lithuanian journalist and politician, Member of the Seimas (since 2008), respiratory arrest complicated by pneumonia.[43]
Arthur Bunting , 80, English rugby player and coach (Hull Kingston Rovers , Hull F.C. ).[44]
James Hardy , 31, American football player (Buffalo Bills , Baltimore Ravens ).[45] (body discovered on this date)
Jan Høiland , 78, Norwegian singer ("Tio tusen röda rosor ").[46]
Trento Longaretti , 100, Italian painter.[47]
France Rode , 82, Slovenian engineer, inventor of the scientific pocket calculator .[48]
Miguel d'Escoto Brockmann , 84, Nicaraguan politician and priest, Foreign Minister (1979–1990) and President of the United Nations General Assembly (2008–2009).[49]
Marcelo Guinle , 69, Argentine politician, Senator from Chubut Province (2001–2015), cancer.[50]
Glenne Headly , 63, American actress (Dirty Rotten Scoundrels , Mr. Holland's Opus , Dick Tracy ), complications from a pulmonary embolism .[51]
Jan Notermans , 84, Dutch footballer (Fortuna Sittard , national team ) and manager (Go Ahead Eagles , Helmond , Groningen ).[52]
Sam Panopoulos , 83, Greek-born Canadian cook, inventor of the Hawaiian pizza , cardiac arrest.[53]
Jill Singer , 60, Australian journalist (ABC , Seven , Herald Sun ) and television presenter (The 7.30 Report , Today Tonight , First Edition ), amyloidosis .[54]
Norro Wilson , 79, American country music songwriter ("A Very Special Love Song ", "The Most Beautiful Girl ") and record producer, Grammy winner (1975 ), heart failure.[55]
Natig Aliyev , 69, Azerbaijani politician, Minister of Energy (since 2004), heart failure.[56]
Andrzej Baturo , 77, Polish photographer.[57]
Adam West , 88, American actor (Batman , Family Guy , Robinson Crusoe on Mars ), leukemia.[58]
Chi Po-lin , 52, Taiwanese aerial photographer and director (Beyond Beauty: Taiwan from Above ), helicopter crash.[59]
Austin Deasy , 80, Irish politician, TD (1977–2002) and Minister of Agriculture (1982–1987).[60]
Helen Freedhoff , 77, Canadian theoretical physicist, cardiac arrest.[61]
Samuel V. Wilson , 93, American army general, Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency (1976–1977), lung cancer.[62]
Errol Christie , 53, British boxer, complications from lung cancer.[63]
Jim Graham , 71, Scottish-born American politician, member of the Council of the District of Columbia (1999–2015), complications from an infection and COPD .[64]
Geoffrey Rowell , 74, British Anglican prelate, Bishop of Basingstoke (1994–2001) and Europe (2001–2013).[65]
Sam Beazley , 101, British actor (Pride and Prejudice , Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix , Johnny English ).[66]
Theodor Bergmann , 101, German agronomist.[67]
Vinod Chohan , 68, Tanzanian-born particle accelerator specialist and engineer (CERN ).[68]
Gheorghe Gușet , 49, Romanian shot putter, aortic dissection.[69]
Masahide Ōta , 92, Japanese historian and politician, Governor of Okinawa Prefecture (1990–1998), respiratory failure complicated by pneumonia.[70]
C. Narayana Reddy , 85, Indian screenwriter (Gulebakavali Katha ), composer and poet (Viswambara ), recipient of the Jnanpith Award (1988), complications from heart disease.[71]
Charles P. Thacker , 74, American computer designer, co-inventor of ethernet , complications from esophageal cancer.[72]
A. R. Gurney , 86, American playwright (Love Letters , The Dining Room , The Cocktail Hour ).[73]
Patricia Knatchbull, 2nd Countess Mountbatten of Burma , 93, British peeress.[74]
Jack Ong , 76, American actor (Next , Akeelah and the Bee , L.A. Noire ), complications from brain cancer.[75]
Anita Pallenberg , 73, Italian actress, (Barbarella , Candy , A Degree of Murder ), complications from hepatitis C .[76]
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.[77]
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.[78]
Ernestina Herrera de Noble , 92, Argentine newspaper publisher (Clarín ), pneumonia.[79]
Arthur J. Jackson , 92, American military officer, Medal of Honor recipient.[80]
James T. Hodgkinson , 66, American home inspector and businessman, attacker responsible for 2017 Congressional baseball shooting , shot.[81]
Ibrahim Abouleish , 80, Egyptian pharmacologist.[82]
Ajmer Singh Aulakh , 74, Indian playwright (Ishaka bājha namāza dā hajja nāhī ) and social activist, stomach cancer.[83]
P. N. Bhagwati , 95, Indian judge, Chief Justice (1985–1986), kidney failure.[84]
Bill Dana , 92, American comedian (The Ed Sullivan Show ), actor (The Golden Girls ) and screenwriter (The Nude Bomb ).[85]
Wilma de Faria , 72, Brazilian politician, Governor of Rio Grande do Norte (2003–2010), cancer.[86]
John G. Avildsen , 81, American movie director (Rocky , The Karate Kid , Save the Tiger ), Oscar winner (1977 ), pancreatic cancer.[87]
Stephen Furst , 63, American actor (Babylon 5 , Animal House , St. Elsewhere ), complications from diabetes.[88]
Curt Hanson , 73, American politician, member of the Iowa House of Representatives (since 2009), prostate cancer.[89]
Helmut Kohl , 87, German politician, Chancellor (1982–1998) and Minister-President of Rhineland-Palatinate (1969–1976).[90]
Elias Burstein , 99, American physicist.[91]
Iván Fandiño , 36, Spanish bullfighter, gored.[92]
Józef Grudzień , 78, Polish lightweight boxer, Olympic champion (1964 ) and silver medalist (1968 ).[93]
Pierre Imhasly , 77, Swiss author (Leni, Nomadin ) and poet (The Rhone Saga ), cancer.[94]
Baldwin Lonsdale , 67, ni-Vanuatu politician, President (since 2014), heart attack.[95]
Luis Lusquiños , 65, Argentine politician, Chief of the Cabinet of Ministers (2001).[96]
Venus Ramey , 92, American beauty pageant contestant, Miss America (1944 ) and gun rights activist.[97]
Leopoldo S. Tumulak , 72, Filipino Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Tagbilaran (1992–2005) and Military Ordinary of the Philippines (since 2005), pancreatic cancer.[98]
Emil Wojtaszek , 89, Polish politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs (1976–1980).[99]
Hans Breder , 81, German-born American artist.[100]
Pierluigi Chicca , 79, Italian fencer, Olympic bronze medalist (1960 ) and silver medalist (1964 , 1968 ).[101]
Keith Farnham , 69, American politician, member of the Illinois House of Representatives (2009–2014), complications from bladder cancer and hepatitis C.[102]
Tim Hague , 34, Canadian mixed martial artist, complications from a cerebral hemorrhage.[103]
Tony Liscio , 76, American football player (Green Bay Packers , Dallas Cowboys ), Super Bowl VI champion, complications from ALS .[104]
Antonio Medellín , 75, Mexican actor (Tres veces Ana , Porque el amor manda , Cuando me enamoro ).[105]
Shih Chun-jen , 93, Taiwanese neurosurgeon and politician, Minister of the Department of Health (1986–1990), heart attack.[106]
Brian Cant , 83, British actor (Dappledown Farm ) and television presenter (Play School ), complications from Parkinson's disease.[107]
Ivan Dias , 81, Indian Roman Catholic cardinal, Archbishop of Bombay (1996–2006) and Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples (2006–2011).[108]
Tony DiCicco , 68, American soccer coach (United States women's national team ), 1999 World Cup winner, cancer.[109]
Tabaré Hackenbruch , 88, Uruguayan politician, MP and Mayor of Canelones (1985–1989, 1995–2005).[110]
Zoltan Sarosy , 110, Canadian chess master [111]
Otto Warmbier , 22, American college student, held prisoner in North Korea for 17 months, cardiopulmonary arrest complicated by botulism and sepsis .[112]
Mustafa Tlass , 85, Syrian military officer and politician, Minister of Defense (1972–2004).[113]
Sergei Mylnikov , 58, Russian ice hockey player (Traktor Chelyabinsk , Quebec Nordiques ), Olympic champion (1988 ), heart failure.[114]
Prodigy , 42, American rapper (Mobb Deep ) and actor (Blackout ), complications from sickle-cell anaemia .[115]
Fredrik Skagen , 80, Norwegian writer.[116]
Jean-Pierre Kahane , 90, French mathematician.[117]
Pompeyo Márquez , 95, Venezuelan politician and guerrilla, founder of the Movement for Socialism party.[118]
Steffi Martin , 54, German luger, Olympic gold medalist (1984 , 1988 ) and world champion (1983 , 1985 ), pancreatic cancer.[119]
Con Sciacca , 70, Italian-born Australian politician, MP for Bowman (1987–1996, 1998–2004) and Minister for Veterans' Affairs (1994–1996), liver cancer.[120]
Robert M. Shoemaker , 93, American military officer, commander of FORSCOM (1977–1982).[121]
Brian Street , 73, British anthropologist and writer (Literacy in Theory and Practice ).[122]
Gunter Gabriel , 75, German singer, musician and composer, complications from a fall.[123]
Frank Kush , 88, American Hall of Fame football player (Michigan State ) and coach (Arizona State , Balitmore Colts ), complications from dementia.[124]
Keith Loneker , 46, American football player (Los Angeles Rams ) and actor (Out of Sight , Superbad ), cancer.[125]
Quett Masire , 91, Botswanan politician, Vice-President (1966–1980) and President (1980–1998), complications from surgery.[126]
Nikolai Zhugan , 100, Soviet pilot, Hero of the Soviet Union (1944).[127]
Saman Kelegama , 58, Sri Lankan economist, heart attack.[128]
Betty Metcalf , 95, American politician, member of the Florida House of Representatives (1982–1988), vascular dementia.[129]
Tonny van der Linden , 84, Dutch footballer (VV DOS , national team ).[130]
Mr. Pogo , 66, Japanese professional wrestler (FMW , CSW , W*ING ), cerebral infarction complicated by back surgery.[131]
Stefano Rodotà , 84, Italian jurist and politician, Vice President of the Chamber of Deputies (1992).[132]
Gabe Pressman , 93, American journalist (WNBC ).[133]
Mats Johansson , 65, Swedish journalist (Svenska Dagbladet , Svensk Tidskrift ) and politician, member of the Riksdag (2006–2014).[134]
Parker Lee McDonald , 93, American jurist, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Florida (1979–1994).[135]
Maria Mutagamba , 64, Ugandan economist and politician, Minister of Tourism (2012–2016), complications from liver cancer.[136]
Nils Nilsson , 81, Swedish ice hockey player (national team ), Olympic silver medalist (1964 ).[137]
Elsa Daniel , 80, Argentine actress (The Grandfather , The House of the Angel , La mano en la trampa ), complications from pneumonia.[138]
Olga Feliú , 84, Chilean lawyer and politician, Senator (1990–1998).[139]
Walter Fillmore , 84, American brigadier general (United States Marine Corps ), vascular dementia.[140]
K. R. Mohanan , 69, Indian movie director (Swaroopam ), Director of Kerala State Chalachitra Academy (2006–2011), stomach cancer.[141]
José Manuel Mourinho Félix , 79, Portuguese football player (Belenenses , national team ) and manager (Vitória Setúbal , Amora , Rio Ave ).[142]
Gordon Wilson , 79, Scottish politician, Leader of the Scottish National Party (1979–1990) and MP (1974–1987).[143]
Claude Fagedet , 89, French photographer.[144]
Desh Bandhu Gupta , 79, Indian businessman, founder of Lupin Limited .[145]
Doug Peterson , 71, American yacht designer, colorectal cancer.[146]
Isaías Pimentel , 84, Venezuelan tennis player.[147]
Habib Thiam , 84, Senegalese politician, Prime Minister (1981–1983, 1991–1998).[148]
Alice Trolle-Wachtmeister , 91, Swedish countess, Mistress of the Robes (1994–2015), complications from Alzheimer's disease.[149]
Geri Allen , 60, American jazz pianist and composer, cancer.[150]
Better Talk Now , 18, American racehorse, winner of the 2004 Breeders' Cup Turf , euthanized following surgical complications.[151]
Peter L. Berger , 88, American sociologist and writer (The Social Construction of Reality ), heart failure.[152]
Piotr Bikont , 62, Polish journalist (Gadający Pies ), critic, and author (Jewish Cooking According to Balbina Przepiórko ), car crash.[153]
Michael Bond , 91, British children's author (Paddington Bear ).[154]
Michael Nyqvist , 56, Swedish actor (Millennium , Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol , John Wick ), lung cancer.[155]
Valentín Pimstein , 91, Chilean television producer (María la del Barrio , Marimar , Carrusel ), respiratory arrest.[156]
Ric Suggitt , 58, Canadian rugby union coach (national team ), heart attack.[157]
Suh Yun-bok , 94, South Korean Olympic athlete (1948 ), winner of the Boston Marathon (1947).[158]
Toytown , 24, British event horse.[159]
Anthony Young , 51, American baseball player (New York Mets , Chicago Cubs , Houston Astros ), brain cancer.[160]
John Monckton , 79, Australian swimmer, Olympic silver medalist (1956 ).[164]
Louis Nicollin , 74, French businessman (Nicollin Company ), Chairman of Montpellier Hérault Sport Club (since 1974), heart attack.[165]
Dave Semenko , 59, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (Edmonton Oilers ), liver and pancreatic cancer.[166]
Karunamaya Goswami , 75, Bangladeshi musicologist.[167]
Darrall Imhoff , 78, American basketball player (New York Knicks , Los Angeles Lakers , Portland Trail Blazers ), heart attack.[168]
Barry Norman , 83, British movie critic and television presenter (Film... ).[169]
Simone Veil , 89, French lawyer and politician, President of the European Parliament (1979–1982), Minister of Health (1974–1979, 1993–1995), and Holocaust survivor.[170]