Deaths in June 2011
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The following is a list of notable deaths in June 2011.
Deaths in 2011
The following is a list of notable deaths in 2011.Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence:...
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Deaths in 2010 : ← – January – February – March – April – May – June – July – August – September – October – November – December – →The following is a list of notable deaths in December 2010.-31:...
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Deaths in January 2011
Deaths in 2011 : ← - January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December - →The following is a list of notable deaths in January 2011.-31:...
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Deaths in February 2011
Deaths in 2011 : ← - January- February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December - →The following is a list of notable deaths in February 2011.-28:*Netiva Ben-Yehuda, 82, Israeli author and radio personality....
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Deaths in March 2011
Deaths in 2011 : ← - January- February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December - →The following is a list of notable deaths in March 2011.-31:...
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Deaths in April 2011
Deaths in 2011 : ← - January- February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December - →The following is a list of notable deaths in April 2011.-30:...
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Deaths in May 2011
Deaths in 2011 : ← - January- February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December - →The following is a list of notable deaths in May 2011.-31:*Pauline Betz, 91, American tennis player....
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Deaths in July 2011
Deaths in 2011 : ← - January- February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December - →The following is a list of notable deaths in July 2011.-31:...
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Deaths in August 2011
Deaths in 2011 : ← - January- February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December - →The following is a list of notable deaths in August 2011.-31:...
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Deaths in September 2011
Deaths in 2011 : ← - January- February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December - →The following is a list of notable deaths in September 2011.-30:...
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Deaths in October 2011
Deaths in 2011 : ← - January- February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December - →The following is a list of notable deaths in October 2011.-31:...
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The following is a list of notable deaths in June 2011.
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- David G. Boschert, 63, American politician, member of the Maryland House of DelegatesMaryland House of DelegatesThe Maryland House of Delegates is the lower house of the General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Maryland, and is composed of 141 Delegates elected from 47 districts. The House chamber is located in the state capitol building on State Circle in Annapolis...
(1999–2007), cancer. http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/mdmanual/06hse/former/html/msa02765.html - Barry Bremen, 64, American marketing executive and sports imposter, cancer. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/11/us/11bremen.html
- Karl BrommannKarl BrommannKarl Brommann was a Untersturmführer in the Waffen SS during World War II. Who was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross, for the destruction of 66 tanks along with 44 anti tank guns and 15 vehicles in the battle for Danzig...
, 90, German Waffen-SSWaffen-SSThe Waffen-SS was a multi-ethnic and multi-national military force of the Third Reich. It constituted the armed wing of the Schutzstaffel or SS, an organ of the Nazi Party. The Waffen-SS saw action throughout World War II and grew from three regiments to over 38 divisions, and served alongside...
officer. http://www.saladeguerra.com.br/2011/07/nota-de-falecimento-karl-brommann.html (Portuguese) - Don BuddinDon BuddinDonald Thomas Buddin was an American professional baseball shortstop. He played all or part of six seasons in Major League Baseball for the Boston Red Sox , Houston Colt .45s and Detroit Tigers . Listed at 5' 11" , 178 lb. , Buddin batted and threw right-handed...
, 77, American baseball player (Boston Red SoxBoston Red SoxThe Boston Red Sox are a professional baseball team based in Boston, Massachusetts, and a member of Major League Baseball’s American League Eastern Division. Founded in as one of the American League's eight charter franchises, the Red Sox's home ballpark has been Fenway Park since . The "Red Sox"...
, Houston Colt .45sHouston AstrosThe Houston Astros are a Major League Baseball team located in Houston, Texas. They are a member of the National League Central division. The Astros are expected to join the American League West division in 2013. Since , they have played their home games at Minute Maid Park, known as Enron Field...
, Detroit TigersDetroit TigersThe Detroit Tigers are a Major League Baseball team located in Detroit, Michigan. One of the American League's eight charter franchises, the club was founded in Detroit in as part of the Western League. The Tigers have won four World Series championships and have won the American League pennant...
). http://www.meaningfulfunerals.net/fh/obituaries/obituary.cfm?o_id=1198581&fh_id=12529 - Preston CarpenterPreston CarpenterVerba Preston Carpenter was a professional American football player who played wide receiver, tight end, running back and special teams for eleven seasons for five different teams in the National Football League and the American Football League...
, 77, American football player (Cleveland BrownsCleveland BrownsThe Cleveland Browns are a professional football team based in Cleveland, Ohio. They are currently members of the North Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...
, Pittsburgh SteelersPittsburgh SteelersThe Pittsburgh Steelers are a professional football team based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The team currently belongs to the North Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League . Founded in , the Steelers are the oldest franchise in the AFC...
, Washington RedskinsWashington RedskinsThe Washington Redskins are a professional American football team and members of the East Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The team plays at FedExField in Landover, Maryland, while its headquarters and training facility are at Redskin Park in Ashburn,...
). http://arkansasnews.com/2011/06/30/football-arkansas-great-carpenter-dies-at-77/ - Christy Essien-IgbokweChristy Essien-IgbokweChristy Uduak Essien-Igbokwe also known as Nigeria's Lady of Songs put Nigeria's name on the world music map with her evergreen "Seun Rere" track. She was the first female president of the Performing Musicians Association of Nigeria...
, 50, Nigerian musician. http://www.nigeriadailynews.com/general/22983-singer-christy-essien-igbokwe-dead-at-age-51.html - Tom KruseTom Kruse (mailman)Esmond Gerald Kruse, MBE was a former mailman on the Birdsville Track in the border area between South Australia and Queensland...
, 96, Australian outbackOutbackThe Outback is the vast, remote, arid area of Australia, term colloquially can refer to any lands outside the main urban areas. The term "the outback" is generally used to refer to locations that are comparatively more remote than those areas named "the bush".-Overview:The outback is home to a...
mailman and documentary subject (The Back of BeyondThe Back of BeyondThe Back of Beyond is a feature-length award-winning Australian documentary film produced and directed by John Heyer for the Shell Film Unit. In terms of breadth of distribution, awards garnered, and critical response, it is Heyer's most successful film...
). http://www.abc.net.au/rural/content/2011/s3257594.htm - Sir David LoramDavid LoramVice Admiral Sir David Anning Loram KCB CVO was a Royal Navy officer who became Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic.-Naval career:...
, 86, British admiral. http://announcements.thetimes.co.uk/obituaries/timesonline-uk/obituary.aspx?n=david-loram&pid=152501562 - Ruth RobertsRuth RobertsRuth Roberts , was an American songwriter.Roberts was born at Port Chester, New York. She was educated at Port Chester High School, Northwestern University, and the Juilliard School. She had a long professional collaboration with lyricist Bill Katz...
, 84, American songwriter ("Meet the MetsMeet the Mets"Meet the Mets" is the fight song of the New York Mets of Major League Baseball. It was written in 1961 by Ruth Roberts and Bill Katz. A rewritten and modernized version was recorded in 1984....
"), lung cancer. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/05/arts/music/ruth-roberts-meet-the-mets-songwriter-dies-at-84.html?_r=1&ref=deathsobituaries - Jimmy RoselliJimmy RoselliMichael John "Jimmy" Roselli was one of the most significant Italian-American pop singers of his time, during an era of formidable competition from such performers as Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Perry Como, Frankie Laine, Vic Damone and Jerry Vale.-Life:Jimmy Roselli's biggest and only pop hit was...
, 85, American singer, heart complications. http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118039374 - Jay Dee SpringbettJay Dee SpringbettJay Dee Springbett was a British-born record executive who appeared as a judge on the singing competition Australian Idol during the show's seventh season in 2009...
, 36, British-born Australian record industry executive and Australian IdolAustralian IdolAustralian Idol is a Logie Award-winning Australian singing competition, which began its first season on July 2003 and ended its run in November 2009. As part of the Idol franchise, Australian Idol originated from the reality program Pop Idol, which was created by British entertainment executive...
judge. http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/former-australian-idol-judge-jay-dee-springbett-found-dead-20110701-1gtmc.html - Georg Sterzinsky, 75, German Roman Catholic cardinal, Archbishop of BerlinRoman Catholic Archdiocese of BerlinThe Archdiocese of Berlin is a Roman Catholic archdiocese, seated in Berlin and covering the northeast of Germany.As of 2004 the archdiocese has 386,279 Catholics out of the population of Berlin, most of Brandenburg and Hither Pomerania, i. e. the German part of Pomerania...
(1989–2011), after long illness. http://www.radiovaticana.org/in2/articolo.asp?c=500509 - Sean WightSean WightJohn Phillip "Sean" Wight was a Scottish-Australian Australian rules footballer in the VFL/AFL.He is a member of the Melbourne Football Club Hall of Fame and was named as one of the 150 Heroes of the club during the club's 150th celebrations.The 185 cm tall, 85 kg Wight played for the...
, 47, Scottish-born Australian football player, lung cancer. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2011/06/30/3257721.htm
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- Billy BeckBilly BeckBilly Beck was an American character actor.-Career:Beck has appeared in small roles since the 50's in such films as Irma la Douce , The Patsy , The Fortune Cookie , Nickelodeon , House , and the 1988 remake The Blob as the first victim of the title creature.-External links:...
, 86, American actor and clown. http://hollywood.patch.com/articles/billy-beck-character-actor-and-clown-dies-at-86 - Larry BogdanowLarry BogdanowLarry Bogdanow was an American restaurant architect.Born in Houston, Texas, Bogdanow graduated from Washington University in St. Louis in 1970...
, 64, American architect, brain tumor. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/30/dining/larry-bogdanow-architect-dies-at-64.html?ref=obituaries - Billy CostelloBilly CostelloBilly Costello was a professional boxer in the United States.-Early Life:...
, 55, American boxer, lung cancer. http://www.boxinginsider.com/headlines/remembering-billy-costello-former-wbc-light-welterweight-champion/ - David DunseithDavid DunseithDavid Dunseith was a Northern Irish journalist and broadcaster with BBC Northern Ireland. He presented BBC Radio Ulster's 'Talk Back' & 'Seven Days' programmes. His career has spanned the troubles covering the turbulent and tragic events of recent years from the Falls Curfew in 1970 to the Omagh...
, 76, British broadcaster (BBC Radio UlsterBBC Radio UlsterBBC Radio Ulster is one of two Northern Irish BBC radio stations, the other being BBC Radio Foyle located in the city of Derry. BBC Radio Ulster is located at Broadcasting House in the Ormeau Avenue area of Belfast city centre...
). http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-13985089 - Stefano GobbiStefano GobbiFather Stefano Gobbi was an Italian Roman Catholic priest. He was born in the Province of Como, Italy and was ordained as a priest in 1964. He later obtained a doctorate in sacred theology from the Pontifical University in Rome...
, 81, Italian Roman Catholic priest, founder of the Marian Movement of PriestsMarian Movement of PriestsThe Marian Movement of Priests is a Roman Catholic movement founded by Father Stefano Gobbi on October 13, 1972, the 55th anniversary of Our Lady of Fátima....
. http://www.kath.net/detail.php?id=32100 (German) - Kaya KöstepenKaya KöstepenKaya Köstepen was a Turkish football player who played club football for Altay and Beşiktaş. He was born in Aydın. He also earned four caps for the Turkish national side.Köstepen died on 29 June 2011 in Istanbul....
, 76, Turkish footballer. http://www.muhalifgazete.com/14898-Besiktas-camiasinin-aci-gunu.htm%20%20?ref=webhaber.com (Turkish) - Domenico PecileDomenico PecileDomenico Pecile was an Italian Prelate of Roman Catholic Church.Domenico Pecile was born in San Vito di Fagagna, Italy, ordained a priest on July 11, 1948. Juric was appointed bishop to the Diocese of Latina-Terracina-Sezze-Priverno on December 22, 1983 and ordained bishop January 6, 1984...
, 88, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Latina-Terracina-Sezze-PrivernoRoman Catholic Diocese of Latina-Terracina-Sezze-PrivernoThe Italian Catholic diocese of Latina-Terracina-Sezze-Priverno, in Lazio, has existed under this name since 1986. It is the historic diocese of Terracina, Priverno e Sezze, created in 1217, when the diocese of Terracina was combined with the diocese of Priverno and the diocese of Sezze...
(1983–1998). http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bpecile.html - K. D. SethnaK. D. SethnaKaikhosru Dadhaboy Sethna was an Indian poet, scholar, writer, philosopher, and cultural critic. He published more than 40 books...
, 106, Indian scholar and writer. http://overmanfoundation.wordpress.com/2011/06/29/the-passing-of-amal-kiran-alias-k-d-sethna/
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- Billy BaldwinBilly Baldwin (baseball)Robert Harvey Baldwin was a backup outfielder in Major League Baseball who played from 1975 through 1976 for the 1975 Detroit Tigers and the 1976 New York Mets. Listed at 6'0", 175 lb., he batted and threw left handed....
, 62, American baseball player (Detroit TigersDetroit TigersThe Detroit Tigers are a Major League Baseball team located in Detroit, Michigan. One of the American League's eight charter franchises, the club was founded in Detroit in as part of the Western League. The Tigers have won four World Series championships and have won the American League pennant...
, New York MetsNew York MetsThe New York Mets are a professional baseball team based in the borough of Queens in New York City, New York. They belong to Major League Baseball's National League East Division. One of baseball's first expansion teams, the Mets were founded in 1962 to replace New York's departed National League...
). http://www.ohio.com/sports/akron-native-and-former-big-league-baseball-player-billy-baldwin-dies-1.223941 - Giorgio BernardinGiorgio BernardinGiorgio Bernardin was an Italian professional footballer who played as a defender for Sampdoria, Lecce, SPAL 1907, Internazionale, Triestina and Roma, as well as for Italy B....
, 83, Italian footballer. http://www.ilrestodelcarlino.it/ferrara/sport/calcio/2011/06/29/534262-spal_morto_bernardin.shtml (Italian) - Carlos DiarteCarlos DiarteCarlos Martínez Diarte , alias Lobo, was a Paraguayan football striker and coach.-As player:Diarte started his career in Olimpia Asunción and at the age of 16 he made his debut in the professional squad, helping Olimpia win the Paraguayan championship in 1971...
, 57, Paraguayan footballer, cancer. http://www.elpais.com/articulo/deportes/Adios/Lobo/Diarte/exdelantero/paraguayo/Valencia/Zaragoza/elpepudep/20110629elpepudep_1/Tes (Spanish) - Benton FlippenBenton FlippenJames Benton Flippen was an old-time fiddler from Mount Airy, North Carolina. He was one of the last surviving members of a generation of performers born in the early 20th century playing in the Round Peak style centering on Surry County, North Carolina...
, 90, American fiddler, heart attack. http://www2.journalnow.com/news/2011/jun/30/wsmet01-fiddle-pioneer-benton-flippen-dies-ar-1166777/ - Richard FoxRichard Fox (jockey)Richard Daniel Stuart Fox was a Irish-born British jockey and actor.Fox was born on March 6, 1954, in Cork, Ireland. He began apprenticeship to Irish horse trainer Seamus McGrath when he was 14 years old....
, 57, Irish-born British jockey and actor. http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2011/jun/28/richard-fox-dies - Osamu KobayashiOsamu Kobayashi (voice actor)was a Japanese seiyū and actor from Tokyo and the former executive director of Dōjinsha Production. He was a baritone.-Television animation:* Alps Story: My Annette: Pierre...
, 76, Japanese voice actor and executive director, pancreatic cancer. http://www.jiji.com/jc/zc?k=201107/2011070400365 (Japanese) - Newt LokenNewt LokenNewton C. Loken was an artistic gymnast and coach of gymnastics, trampolining and cheerleading. While a member of the Minnesota Golden Gophers men's gymnastics team, Loken was NCAA all-around gymnastics champion in 1942 and the Big Ten Conference all-around champion in 1941 and 1942...
, 92, American gymnastics coach (University of MichiganUniversity of MichiganThe University of Michigan is a public research university located in Ann Arbor, Michigan in the United States. It is the state's oldest university and the flagship campus of the University of Michigan...
). http://www.mgoblue.com/sports/m-gym/spec-rel/062911aaa.html - Angélico VieiraAngélico VieiraAngélico Vieira , whose full name was Sandro Milton Vieira Angélico, was a Portuguese actor and singer. He was a former member of the Portuguese boy band, D'ZRT....
, 28, Portuguese actor (Morangos com AçúcarMorangos com AçúcarMorangos com Açúcar is a Portuguese Teen drama. It is broadcasted daily on the Portuguese TV station TVI since 2003. In Portugal, it is currently on its eight season....
) and singer (D'ZRTD'ZRTD'ZRT was a Portuguese boy band consisting of Paulo Vintém, Angélico Vieira, Vítor Fonseca and Edmundo Vieira.The band was created when TVI cast a band for Morangos com Açucar. The four members portrayed Topê, David, Zé Milho and Ruca. Ruca already had musical experience as a contestant on Operação...
), car accident. http://www.luuux.com/entertainment/rip-ang%C3%A9lico-vieira - Michael WenningMichael WenningMichael H. Wenning was an American Presbyterian minister of South African birth.Born in Cape Town, Wenning was educated at Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, Texas and New York University . From 1969-77 he was pastor of a Presbyterian church in Durban, South Africa...
, 75, South African-born American minister, leukemia and kidney failure. http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-michael-wenning-20110630,0,7579247.story
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- Stuart AppelleStuart AppelleDr. Stuart Appelle was a professor and writer, with an interest in topics dealing with anomalous perception, including hypnotic experience, and reports of unidentified flying objects and alien abduction.-Biography:...
, 65, American professor and writer. http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/democratandchronicle/obituary.aspx?n=stuart-appelle&pid=152286863 - Ken BainbridgeKen BainbridgeKen Bainbridge was an English footballer who played as a winger.Bainbridge played for West Ham United between 1946 and 1949. He scored on nine seconds in a 2-1 win over Barnsley, the quickest recorded goal at Upton Park, in a Second Division game on August 29, 1949. He played a total of 83 league...
, 90, British footballer. http://www.whufc.com/articles/20110627/ken-bainbridge-1921-2011_2236884_2382275 (death reported on this date) - Betty CallawayBetty CallawayBetty Callaway-Fittall, MBE was an ice skating trainer.She trained Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean to Olympic gold, the brother/sister partnership of Erich and Angelika Buck, and Krisztina Regőczy and András Sallay....
, 83, British ice skating trainer (Torvill and DeanTorvill and DeanTorvill and Dean are British ice dancers and former British-, European-, Olympic- and World champions...
). http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2011/jul/05/betty-callaway-obituary - Lorenzo CharlesLorenzo CharlesLorenzo Emile "Lo" Charles was an American college and professional basketball player.Charles was a graduate of Brooklyn Technical High School...
, 47, American basketball player (NC StateNorth Carolina State UniversityNorth Carolina State University at Raleigh is a public, coeducational, extensive research university located in Raleigh, North Carolina, United States. Commonly known as NC State, the university is part of the University of North Carolina system and is a land, sea, and space grant institution...
, Atlanta HawksAtlanta HawksThe Atlanta Hawks are an American professional basketball team based in Atlanta, Georgia. They are part of the Southeast Division of the Eastern Conference in the National Basketball Association .-The first years:...
), bus accident. http://www.wral.com/news/news_briefs/story/9787277/ - Mike Doyle, 64, English footballer (Manchester CityManchester City F.C.Manchester City Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in Manchester. Founded in 1880 as St. Mark's , they became Ardwick Association Football Club in 1887 and Manchester City in 1894...
), liver failure. http://menmedia.co.uk/manchestereveningnews/sport/football/manchester_city/s/1424925_manchester-city-legend-mike-doyle-loses-his-battle-for-life - Orvin B. FjareOrvin B. FjareOrvin Benonie Fjare was a U.S. Representative from Montana.Born on a ranch near Big Timber, Montana, Fjare attended public schools. He was employed as a clerk in a clothing store at Big Timber, Montana, and later became part owner...
, 93, American politician, U.S. RepresentativeUnited States House of RepresentativesThe United States House of Representatives is one of the two Houses of the United States Congress, the bicameral legislature which also includes the Senate.The composition and powers of the House are established in Article One of the Constitution...
from MontanaUnited States congressional delegations from MontanaThese are tables of congressional delegations from Montana to the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives. -United States Senate:- Delegates from Montana Territory:- Members of the United States House of Representatives :...
(1955–1957). http://billingsgazette.com/news/state-and-regional/montana/article_277e0cb3-9690-5f79-8eb2-5fdd5b6e0491.html - Michel Yehuda LefkowitzMichel Yehuda LefkowitzMichel Yehuda Lefkowitz was a respected Haredi Lithuanian Torah leader and rosh yeshiva in Bnei Brak, Israel, for over 70 years. He was a maggid shiur at Yeshivas Tiferes Tzion from 1940 to 2011 and rosh yeshiva of Yeshivas Ponovezh L’Tzeirim from 1954 to 2009, raising thousands of students...
, 97, Israeli rabbi. http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/news/General+News/96169/BORUCH-DAYAN-EMMES%3A-Petira-Of-Hagon-Rav-Michel-Yehuda-Lefkowitz-ZATZAL.html - Thierry MartensThierry MartensThierry Martens was a Belgian author who wrote under the pen name Yves Varende, writer of science fiction and detective novels, short stories and comics. Between 1968 and 1978, he was redactor of the famous Belgian Journal de Spirou comics magazine...
, 69, Belgian science fiction, detective novels, and comics author. http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hhG1KuvI817-8wvJtL1BhJ1M-Scw (French) - Erling OlsenErling OlsenErling Olsen was a Danish politician for the Social Democrats. He was member of parliament 1964–66, 1971–73 and 1975–98, and was minister of housing 1978–82 and minister of justice 1993–94. Olsen was Speaker of the Folketing from 1994 to 1998. He was professor of national economics and the first...
, 84, Danish politician, natural causes. http://www.dr.dk/Nyheder/Indland/2011/06/27/182833.htm (Danish) - Richard Harding PoffRichard Harding PoffRichard Harding Poff was an American politician and judge. He was first elected to the United States House of Representatives in 1952, representing Virginia's Sixth District...
, 87, American jurist and politician, U.S. RepresentativeUnited States House of RepresentativesThe United States House of Representatives is one of the two Houses of the United States Congress, the bicameral legislature which also includes the Senate.The composition and powers of the House are established in Article One of the Constitution...
from VirginiaUnited States Congressional Delegations from VirginiaThese are tables of congressional delegations from Virginia to the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives.Virginia has undergone so many demographic changes that in some cases, a district often is not a direct continuation of the same numbered district before reapportionment...
(1953–1972). http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/richard-h-poff-virginia-congressman-dies-at-87/2011/06/29/AGoxnRrH_story.html - Lura Lynn RyanLura Lynn RyanLura Lynn Ryan was the First Lady of the U.S. state of Illinois from 1999 to 2003. She was the wife of former Illinois Governor George Ryan.-Early life:...
, 76, American First Lady of IllinoisIllinoisIllinois is the fifth-most populous state of the United States of America, and is often noted for being a microcosm of the entire country. With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and northern Illinois, and natural resources like coal,...
(1999-2003), cancer. http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2011-06-28/news/chi-attorneys-george-ryans-wife-has-died-20110628_1_lura-lynn-ryan-state-resources-and-employees-longtime-ryan-family-friend - Elmer SexauerElmer SexauerElmer George Sexauer was a Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher. He was an alumnus of Wake Forest University....
, 85, American baseball player (Brooklyn Dodgers), cardiac arrest. http://www.tampabay.com/news/obituaries/elmer-sexauer-found-his-field-of-dreams-then-lost-it/1179360 - Elaine StewartElaine StewartElaine Stewart was an American actress and model.-Life:Stewart was born in Montclair, New Jersey as Elsy Steinberg. She was one of five children born into a German Jewish family. In 1961, nearing the end of her television career, she married actor Bill Carter...
, 81, American actress and model, after long illness. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/elaine-stewart-glamorous-star-brigadoon-205909 - Charles W. Whalen, Jr.Charles W. Whalen, Jr.Charles William Whalen Jr. was a Republican U.S. Representative from Ohio's 3rd congressional district. He served 6 terms in congress and was notably the leader of the Republican party's opposition to the Vietnam War....
, 90, American politician, U.S. RepresentativeUnited States House of RepresentativesThe United States House of Representatives is one of the two Houses of the United States Congress, the bicameral legislature which also includes the Senate.The composition and powers of the House are established in Article One of the Constitution...
from OhioUnited States congressional delegations from OhioThese are complete tables of congressional delegations from Ohio to the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives.-United States Senate:-United States House of Representatives:-1803–1813: One seat:...
(1967–1979). http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/dayton-news/former-dayton-congressman-dies-1195430.html?cxtype=feedbot - Maciej ZembatyMaciej ZembatyMaciej Zembaty was a Polish artist, writer, journalist, singer, poet and comedian. Despite being considered one of the classics of Polish black humour, he is perhaps best known as a translator and populariser of songs and poems by Leonard Cohen.- Life :Maciej Zembaty was born May 16, 1944 in...
, 67, Polish writer and singer. http://muzyka.interia.pl/alternatywa/news/maciej-zembaty-nie-zyje,1660019,45 (Polish)
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- Edith FellowsEdith FellowsEdith Marilyn Fellows was an American actress who began her professional career at age 6.-Personal life:When she was a year old, she and her father and grandmother moved to Charlotte, North Carolina...
, 88, American actress, natural causes. http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118039260 - Simon Heere HeeresmaSimon Heere HeeresmaSimon Heere Heeresma , was a Dutch author and poet.Simon Heere Heeresma was born in Amsterdam in 1932. His first collection of poetry, published in 1954, was called Children's Room, but his breakthrough came in the 1960s and 1970s in the Provo generation...
, 79, Dutch writer. http://nos.nl/artikel/251326-schrijver-heere-heeresma-overleden.html (Dutch) - Norma LyonNorma LyonNorma Duffield Stong "Duffy" Lyon was an American farmer and artist nicknamed The Butter Cow Lady. She was known for creating elaborate butter sculptures at the Iowa State Fair from 1960 until 2006, when she retired...
, 81, American farmer and butter sculptureButter sculptureButter sculptures often depict animals, people, buildings and other objects. They are best known as attractions at state fairs in the United States as lifesize cows and people, but can also be found on banquet tables and even small decorative butter pats. The earliest documented butter sculptures...
artist. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/28/us/28lyon.html?_r=1 - Robert MorrisRobert Morris (cryptographer)Robert Morris , was an American cryptographer and computer scientist. -Family and Education:Morris was born in Boston, Massachusetts. His parents were Walter W. Morris, a salesman, and Helen Kelly Morris...
, 78, American cryptographer, complications of dementia. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/30/technology/30morris.html?_r=1 - Sidney Hollis RadnerSidney Hollis RadnerSidney Hollis Radner was a retired rug salesman from Holyoke, Massachusetts, who owned one of the world's largest and most valuable collections of Harry Houdini artifacts...
, 91, American collector of Harry HoudiniHarry HoudiniHarry Houdini was a Hungarian-born American magician and escapologist, stunt performer, actor and film producer noted for his sensational escape acts...
memorabilia. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/8601662/Sidney-Radner.html - Alan Rodger, Baron Rodger of EarlsferryAlan Rodger, Baron Rodger of EarlsferryAlan Ferguson Rodger, Baron Rodger of Earlsferry, FRSE, FBA, PC was a Scottish lawyer and Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom....
, 66, British jurist, Supreme CourtSupreme Court of the United KingdomThe Supreme Court of the United Kingdom is the supreme court in all matters under English law, Northern Ireland law and Scottish civil law. It is the court of last resort and highest appellate court in the United Kingdom; however the High Court of Justiciary remains the supreme court for criminal...
judge. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-13922675 - Christopher ShaleChristopher ShaleChristopher Shale was a British businessman and Conservative politician. He was Chairman of the West Oxfordshire Conservative Association, and a close associate of Prime Minister and local MP David Cameron, who praised him for his "massive contribution to the Conservative Party, both locally and...
, 56, British political aide. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/glastonbury/8599479/David-Camerons-local-Tory-chairman-found-dead-in-Glastonbury-toilet.html - Jan van BeverenJan van BeverenJan van Beveren was a Dutch football goalkeeper who played 32 caps for the Dutch National Team during the late 1960s and the 1970s....
, 63, Dutch footballer and coach. http://www.trouw.nl/tr/nl/4508/Sport/article/detail/2457645/2011/06/26/Oud-doelman-Jan-van-Beveren-overleden.dhtml (Dutch) - Barry WilkinsBarry WilkinsBarry James Wilkins was a professional ice hockey player who played in the National Hockey League and the World Hockey Association during the 1960s and 1970s...
, 64, Canadian hockey player (Vancouver CanucksVancouver CanucksThe Vancouver Canucks are a professional ice hockey team based in Vancouver, :British Columbia, Canada. They are members of the Northwest Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League . The Canucks play their home games at Rogers Arena, formerly known as General Motors Place,...
, Boston BruinsBoston BruinsThe Boston Bruins are a professional ice hockey team based in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. They are members of the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League . The team has been in existence since 1924, and is the league's third-oldest team and its oldest in the...
), lung cancer. http://www.vancouversun.com/sports/Barry+Wilkins+first+Canucks+goal+scorer+passes+away/5014267/story.html
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- George BallasGeorge BallasGeorge Charles Ballas was an American entrepreneur. He invented the first string trimmer, known as the Weed Eater in 1971...
, 85, American entrepreneur, inventor of the Weed EaterWeed EaterWeed Eater was a string trimmer company founded in 1971 in Houston, Texas by George C. Ballas, Sr., the inventor of the device.The idea for the Weed Eater trimmer came to him from the spinning nylon bristles of an automatic car wash...
. http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/deaths/7631466.html - Nick CharlesNick CharlesNicholas Charles Nickeas , better known as Nick Charles, was an American sportscaster and journalist. He was one of CNN's first on-air personalities and won three CableACE Awards for best sports program during his 17-year tenure as co-host of the network's Sports Tonight...
, 64, American sportscaster (CNN Sports TonightSports Tonight (CNN)Sports Tonight was a show that aired on CNN from 1980 to 2001, and on CNNSI from December 12, 1996 to the station's demise on May 15, 2002. It normally aired at 11 p.m. ET.-The early years:...
), bladder cancer. http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/06/25/nick.charles.obit/ - Shelby GrantShelby GrantShelby Grant , born Brenda Thompson, was an American actress whose credits included Our Man Flint, Fantastic Voyage and Medical Center.-Early life:...
, 74, American actress (Our Man FlintOur Man FlintOur Man Flint is a 1966 action film that parodies of James Bond genre. The film was directed by Daniel Mann, written by Hal Fimberg and Ben Starr, and starring James Coburn as master spy Derek Flint...
, Fantastic VoyageFantastic VoyageFantastic Voyage is a 1966 science fiction film written by Harry Kleiner, based on a story by Otto Klement and Jerome Bixby.Bantam Books obtained the rights for a paperback novelization based on the screenplay and approached Isaac Asimov to write it....
, Medical CenterMedical Center (TV series)Medical Center is a medical drama series which aired on CBS from 1969 to 1976.-Synopsis:The show starred James Daly as Dr. Paul Lochner and Chad Everett as Dr. Joe Gannon, surgeons working in an otherwise unnamed university hospital in Los Angeles. The show focused both on the lives of the doctors...
), brain aneurysm. http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/venturacountystar/obituary.aspx?n=Shelby-Everett&pid=152267538 - Martin H. GreenbergMartin H. GreenbergMartin Harry Greenberg was an American speculative fiction anthologist and writer.-Biography:Dr. Martin H. Greenberg was born March 1, 1941, to Max and Mae Greenberg in South Miami Beach, Florida...
, 70, American anthologist, cancer. http://www.locusmag.com/News/2011/06/martin-greenberg/ - Jean HarrisJean Harris (activist)Jean Harris , born Kathie Jean Harris, was an American Democratic and LGBT rights activist. A longtime force in San Francisco politics, Harris served as chief of staff to former San Francisco Supervisor Harry Britt, who was appointed to the board in 1978 following the assassination of Supervisor...
, 66, American politician and LGBT activist. http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-jean-harris-20110702,0,1560285.story - Jan Kułakowski, 80, Polish politician, Member of the European ParliamentMember of the European ParliamentA Member of the European Parliament is a person who has been elected to the European Parliament. The name of MEPs differ in different languages, with terms such as europarliamentarian or eurodeputy being common in Romance language-speaking areas.When the European Parliament was first established,...
(2004–2009). http://www.wbj.pl/article-55107-polands-jan-kulakowski-dies-aged-81.html?typ=wbj - J.O. Patterson, Jr.J.O. Patterson, Jr.James Oglethorpe "J.O." Patterson, Jr. was a Bishop in the COGIC and a former Mayor of Memphis, Tennessee.-Biography:...
, 76, American politician and religious leader, first black mayor of Memphis (1982). http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2011/jun/25/jo-patterson-jr-citys-first-black-mayor-dies/ - Alice PlaytenAlice PlaytenAlice Playten was an American actress and singer.-Life and career:Born Alice Plotkin in New York City, Playten began her career in the Broadway musical Gypsy...
, 63, American actress (Henry, Sweet HenryHenry, Sweet HenryHenry, Sweet Henry is a musical with a book by Nunnally Johnson and music and lyrics by Bob Merrill.Based on the novel The World of Henry Orient by Johnson's daughter Nora and the subsequent film of the same name, the plot focuses on Valerie and Marian, two wealthy, love-struck teenagers who stalk...
), heart failure. http://broadwayworld.com/article/Alice-Playten-Passes-Away-at-63-20110625 - Goff RichardsGoff RichardsGoff Richards , sometimes credited as Godfrey Richards, was a prominent English brass band arranger and composer. He was born in Cornwall, studying at the Royal College of Music and Reading University. Between 1976 and 1989, he lectured in arranging and at Salford College of Technology. He was the...
, 66, English brass band arranger and composer, illness. http://thedeadrockstarsclub.com/2011.html - Betty RobertsBetty RobertsBetty Cantrell Roberts was a politician and judge in the U.S. state of Oregon. She was the 83rd Associate Justice of the Oregon Supreme Court, the highest state court in Oregon. She was the first woman on the Oregon Supreme Court, and had also been the first woman on the Oregon Court of Appeals...
, 88, American politician and jurist, Oregon Supreme CourtOregon Supreme CourtThe Oregon Supreme Court is the highest state court in the U.S. state of Oregon. The only court that may reverse or modify a decision of the Oregon Supreme Court is the Supreme Court of the United States. The OSC holds court at the Oregon Supreme Court Building in Salem, Oregon, near the capitol...
(1982–1986), pulmonary fibrosis. http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2011/06/betty_roberts_first_woman_on_t.html - Paulo Renato SouzaPaulo Renato SouzaPaulo Renato Costa Souza was a Brazilian economist and politician.-Life:...
, 65, Brazilian politician, Minister of Education (1995–2002), heart attack. http://g1.globo.com/politica/noticia/2011/06/morre-o-ex-ministro-da-educacao-paulo-renato-de-souza.html (Portuguese) - Margaret TyzackMargaret TyzackMargaret Maud Tyzack, CBE was a British actress.-Early life:Tyzack was born in Essex, England, the daughter of Doris and Thomas Edward Tyzack. She grew up in West Ham...
, 79, British actress (2001: A Space Odyssey2001: A Space Odyssey (film)2001: A Space Odyssey is a 1968 epic science fiction film produced and directed by Stanley Kubrick, and co-written by Kubrick and Arthur C. Clarke, partially inspired by Clarke's short story The Sentinel...
, Match PointMatch PointMatch Point is a 2005 dramatic thriller film written and directed by Woody Allen, and starring Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Scarlett Johansson, Emily Mortimer, Matthew Goode, Brian Cox and Penelope Wilton....
), short illness. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2008731/The-Forsyte-Saga-star-Margaret-Tyzack-dies-aged-79.html
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- Michelle BrunnerMichelle BrunnerMichelle Brunner was a British bridge player, writer and teacher. She was a member of the British team that won the 1985 Venice Cup, the biennial world championship for women national teams. She also once finished second and twice third in the women's event at the World Team Olympiad...
, 57, British bridge player, writer and teacher, breast cancer. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/michelle-brunner-bridge-player-regarded-as-one-of-britains-finest-2305642.html - Tomislav IvićTomislav IvicTomislav Ivić was a Croatian football player and manager.Often described as a brilliant strategist, Ivić is credited with helping develop the modern style of the game...
, 77, Croatian football coach (Ajax, AnderlechtR.S.C. AnderlechtRoyal Sporting Club Anderlecht, usually known as Anderlecht or RSCA , is a Belgian professional football club based in Anderlecht in the Brussels Capital Region. Anderlecht plays in the Belgian Pro League and is the most successful Belgian football team in European competitions as well as in the...
). http://www.destandaard.be/artikel/detail.aspx?artikelid=DMF20110624_161 (Dutch) - Richie MyersRichie MyersRichard Myers was an American Major League Baseball player. Listed at 5' 6", 150 lb., Myers batted and threw right-handed...
, 81, American baseball player (Chicago CubsChicago CubsThe Chicago Cubs are a professional baseball team located in Chicago, Illinois. They are members of the Central Division of Major League Baseball's National League. They are one of two Major League clubs based in Chicago . The Cubs are also one of the two remaining charter members of the National...
), complications from a fall. http://www.sacbee.com/2011/06/29/3734840/obituary-richie-myers-a-fan-favorite.html - F. Gilman SpencerF. Gilman SpencerFrederick Gilman Spencer III was an American newspaper editor.He was editor at The Trentonian, Philadelphia Daily News from 1975 to 1984, New York Daily News from 1984 to 1989, and The Denver Post, from 1989 to 1993...
, 85, American Pulitzer Prize-winning newspaper editor. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/25/nyregion/f-gilman-spencer-ny-daily-news-editor-in-the-80s-dies-at-85.html?ref=deathsobituaries - Richard WebsterRichard Webster (author)Richard Webster was a British cultural historian, and the author of five published books, dealing with subjects such as the controversy over Salman Rushdie's novel The Satanic Verses, Sigmund Freud and psychoanalysis, and the investigation of sexual abuse in Britain...
, 60, British historian and writer, heart failure. http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2011/jul/31/richard-webster-obituary - A. H. WoodfullA. H. WoodfullAlbert Henry "Woody" Woodfull was an English product designer. Laying down many of the ground rules of industrial design in plastics while heading British Industrial Plastics' Product Design Unit, his work had international influence.Woodfull was born in Birmingham and trained as a silversmith at...
, 98, British product designer. http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/opinion/obituaries/article3076480.ece
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- Vladislav AchalovVladislav AchalovVladislav Achalov was a former Soviet general who at one time commanded the Soviet Airborne Forces.Achalov graduated from the Kazan Tank School of Red Army in 1966. He started his career in the army as a commander of a platoon of tanks, and later he became the commander of a company of tanks...
, 65, Russian general and activist. http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/article2129003.ece - J. Warren BettisJ. Warren BettisJohn Warren Bettis was an Ohio jurist who served as a judge on the Ohio Court of Claims.-Military service:...
, 86, American jurist. http://www.salemnews.net/page/content.detail/id/543637/Judge-J--Warren-Bettis.html?nav=5008 - Gene ColanGene ColanEugene Jules "Gene" Colan was an American comic book artist best known for his work for Marvel Comics, where his signature titles include the superhero series, Daredevil, the cult-hit satiric series Howard the Duck, and The Tomb of Dracula, considered one of comics' classic horror series...
, 84, American comic book artist (DaredevilDaredevil (Marvel Comics)Daredevil is a fictional character, a superhero in comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character was created by writer-editor Stan Lee and artist Bill Everett, with an unspecified amount of input from Jack Kirby, and first appeared in Daredevil #1 .Living in the Hell's Kitchen neighborhood...
, Howard the DuckHoward the DuckHoward the Duck is a comic book character in the Marvel Comics universe created by writer Steve Gerber and artist Val Mayerik. The character first appeared in Adventure into Fear #19 and several subsequent series have chronicled the misadventures of the ill-tempered, anthropomorphic, "funny...
), complications from liver disease and a broken hip. http://www.digitalspy.com/comics/news/a326560/veteran-artist-gene-colan-dies-aged-84.html - Gaye DelormeGaye DelormeGaye Delorme was a Canadian songwriter, composer and guitar player. Born in Thunder Bay, Ontario, he lived primarily in western Canada until his death of a possible heart attack...
, 64, Canadian musician, heart attack. http://www.edmontonjournal.com/entertainment/Edmonton+musician+Gaye+Delorme+dead/5002151/story.html - Peter FalkPeter FalkPeter Michael Falk was an American actor, best known for his role as Lieutenant Columbo in the television series Columbo...
, 83, American actor (Columbo, Murder, Inc., Pocketful of MiraclesPocketful of MiraclesPocketful of Miracles is a 1961 American comedy film that stars Bette Davis and Glenn Ford, directed by Frank Capra. The screenplay by Hal Kanter and Harry Tugend is based on the screenplay Lady for a Day by Robert Riskin, which was adapted from the Damon Runyon short story "Madame La Gimp".The...
, The Princess BrideThe Princess Bride (film)The Princess Bride is a 1987 American film based on the 1973 novel of the same name by William Goldman, combining comedy, adventure, romance, and fantasy. The film was directed by Rob Reiner from a screenplay by Goldman...
). http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/columbo-star-peter-falk-dies-83/story?id=13922090 - Stéphane FrankeStéphane FrankeStéphane Franke was a long-distance runner representing Germany, who twice won the bronze medal in the men's 10.000 metres at the European Championships...
, 47, German athlete. http://www.ftd.de/sport/sportmix/leichtathletik/:karriere-mit-schatten-stephane-franke-ist-tot/60071182.html (German) - Len KingLen KingLeonard John King, , was an Australian Test cricket match umpire, from Victoria.He umpired 6 Test matches between 1989 and 1993...
, 86, Australian politician and jurist, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of South AustraliaSupreme Court of South AustraliaThe Supreme Court of South Australia is the superior court for the Australian State of South Australia. It has unlimited jurisdiction within the state in civil matters, and hears the most serious criminal matters. The Supreme Court is the highest South Australian court in the Australian court...
(1978–1995). http://news.ninemsn.com.au/national/8265193/former-sa-chief-justice-len-king-dies - Dennis MarshallDennis Marshall (footballer)Dennis Marshall Maxwell was a Costa Rican footballer as a left defender who last played for Danish Superliga club AaB and for the Costa Rican national team.-International goals:-Death:...
, 25, Costa Rican footballer, car crash. http://www.goal.com/en-us/news/1616/concacaf/2011/06/23/2545247/costa-ricas-dennis-marshall-dies-in-car-accident - Patricia MerbreierPatricia MerbreierPatricia "Pat" Merbreier was an American television personality and actress. She was best known for playing Mrs. Noah on the Philadelphia-based WPVI syndicated children's program, Captain Noah and His Magical Ark, for approximately 3,600 episodes between 1967 and 1994. Her real life husband, W...
, 86, American actress and television personality (Captain Noah and His Magical ArkCaptain Noah and His Magical ArkCaptain Noah and His Magical Ark was a television program for children and was generally broadcast around the Philadelphia area. The series aired from 1967 to 1994. It was film and produced at the WPVI-TV, Channel 6 studios in the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.Captain Noah and His Magical Ark, was...
). http://www.philly.com/philly/entertainment/20110625__Mrs__Noah__dies_at_86.html - Basil MitchellBasil Mitchell (academic)Basil George Mitchell, D.D., FBA was a British philosopher and one-time Nolloth Professor of the Philosophy of the Christian Religion at the University of Oxford...
, 94, British philosopher. http://announcements.thetimes.co.uk/obituaries/timesonline-uk/obituary.aspx?n=basil-mitchell&pid=152253810 - Christiane Desroches NoblecourtChristiane Desroches NoblecourtChristiane Desroches Noblecourt was a French Egyptologist. She was the author of many books on Egyptian art and history and was also known for her role in the preservation of the Nubian temples from flooding caused by the Aswan Dam.-Background:She was born Christiane Desroches on November 17...
, 97, French Egyptologist. http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hPhVP5_f2drSlMdSEz7UxsQGr9IA?docId=CNG.2d6aa9a8f697c60397a21dc33c6ba06f.571 - Attilio RuffiniAttilio RuffiniAttilio Ruffini was an Italian politician.Born in Mantua, he was a member of the Christian Democracy...
, 85, Italian politician, Minister of Defence (1977–1980) and Minister of Foreign Affairs (1980). http://www.ansa.it/web/notizie/rubriche/politica/2011/06/24/visualizza_new.html_813656237.html (Italian) - Fred SteinerFred SteinerFred Steiner was an American composer, conductor, orchestrator, film historian and arranger for television, radio and film. Steiner wrote the theme music for The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show, Perry Mason and The Bullwinkle Show...
, 88, American television composer (Perry MasonPerry Mason (TV series)Perry Mason is an American legal drama produced by Paisano Productions that ran from September 1957 to May 1966 on CBS. The title character, portrayed by Raymond Burr, is a fictional Los Angeles defense attorney who originally appeared in detective fiction by Erle Stanley Gardner...
, Star TrekStar Trek: The Original SeriesStar Trek is an American science fiction television series created by Gene Roddenberry, produced by Desilu Productions . Star Trek was telecast on NBC from September 8, 1966, through June 3, 1969...
, The Twilight ZoneThe Twilight ZoneThe Twilight Zone is an American television anthology series created by Rod Serling. Each episode is a mixture of self-contained drama, psychological thriller, fantasy, science fiction, suspense, or horror, often concluding with a macabre or unexpected twist...
). http://filmmusicreporter.com/2011/06/24/fred-steiner-passes-away-at-88/
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- Sir John Agnew, 6th Baronet, 60, British landowner, prostate cancer. http://www.eadt.co.uk/news/rougham_brother_pays_tribute_to_popular_landowner_sir_john_agnew_1_938369
- Kader AsmalKader AsmalKader Asmal was a South African politician. He was a professor of human rights at the University of the Western Cape, chairman of the council of the University of the North and vice-president of the African Association of International Law. He was married to Louise Parkinson and has two sons...
, 76, South African politician, heart attack. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/24/world/africa/24asmal.html?_r=1&ref=deathsobituaries - Guy CoulombeGuy CoulombeGuy Coulombe was a senior public servant in the Canadian province of Quebec. At various times the leader of Hydro-Quebec and the Sûreté du Québec and the general manager of Montreal, Coulombe was described as Quebec's "go-to mandarin on tough issues."-Early life:Coulombe was born to an upper...
, 75, Canadian civil servant, lung cancer. http://www.montrealgazette.com/business/civil+servant+Coulombe+dies/4996518/story.html - Fanny de SiversFanny de SiversFanny de Sivers was an Estonian linguist, literature researcher and essayist.- Biography :...
, 90, Estonian linguist and translator. http://uudised.err.ee/index.php?06230727 (Estonian) - Carmelo Juan GiaquintaCarmelo Juan GiaquintaCarmelo Juan Giaquinta was the Roman Catholic archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Resistencia, Argentina....
, 81, Argentinian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of ResistenciaRoman Catholic Archdiocese of ResistenciaThe Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Resistencia is in Argentina and is a metropolitan diocese, responsible for the suffragan Dioceses of Formosa and San Roque de Presidencia Roque Sáenz Peña...
(1993–2005). http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bgiaqc.html - Harley HotchkissHarley HotchkissHarley Norman Hotchkiss, was a Canadian business and community leader who was best known for his contributions to health and sports development in Canada. He was one of the original owners that brought the National Hockey League's Atlanta Flames to Calgary in 1980 and remained a team owner until...
, 83, Canadian businessman, member of Hockey Hall of Fame, prostate cancer. http://www.calgaryherald.com/health/Harley+Hotchkiss+dies/4987123/story.html - Albert JohnsonAlbert Johnson (footballer)Albert Johnson was a professional footballer who played as an outside right for Everton, Chesterfield and Witton Albion. He was born in Weaverham, Cheshire.-External links:*...
, 90, British footballer, Alzheimer's disease. http://www.evertonfc.com/news/archive/2011/06/22/blues-mourn-albert-johnson (death announced on this date) - Robert MillerRobert Miller (art dealer)Robert Miller was an American art dealer in New York City whose contemporary gallery, located first on 5th Avenue, later in the Fuller Building on East 57th Street, and finally on 26th Street in Chelsea is a leading gallery for the works of Lee Krasner, Joan Mitchell, Robert...
, 72, American art dealer, infection. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/27/arts/robert-miller-manhattan-art-dealer-dies-at-72.html?ref=obituaries - Cyril OrnadelCyril OrnadelCyril Ornadel was a British conductor, songwriter and composer chiefly in musical theatre.Cyril Ornadel was born in London. He studied at the Royal College of Music. During the 1950s he was famous for conducting the orchestra for the hit TV show The Sunday Night At The Palladium...
, 87, British conductor and composer. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/cyril-ornadel-conductor-and-composer-best-known-for-sunday-night-at-the-london-palladium-2301301.html - Coşkun ÖzarıCoskun ÖzariCoşkun Özarı was a Turkish football player and coach.Born 1931 in Istanbul, Coşkun Özarı joined Galatasaray as a very young student. After graduating from Galatasaray Lycee, he first appeared in the Galatasaray starting line-up at the age of 17...
, 80, Turkish footballer and coach. http://tr.eurosport.com/futbol/coskun-ozari-vefat-etti_sto2843978/story.shtml - David RayfielDavid RayfielDavid Rayfiel was an American screenwriter and frequent collaborator of director Sydney Pollack . Born in Brooklyn, New York, his father was congressman Leo F. Rayfiel ....
, 87, American screenwriter (Out of Africa, Three Days of the CondorThree Days of the CondorThree Days of the Condor is a 1975 American action thriller film produced by Stanley Schneider and directed by Sydney Pollack. The screenplay, by Lorenzo Semple Jr...
), heart failure. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/23/movies/david-rayfiel-screenwriter-with-sydney-pollack-dies-at-87.html - Nataša UrbančičNataša UrbančičNataša Urbančič was a Slovenian athlete.Urbančič represented Yugoslavia at the 1968 and 1972 Summer Olympics in the javelin. She finished 6th and 5th, respectively...
, 65, Slovene athlete. http://www.sta.si/vest.php?s=s&id=1649939 (Slovenian) - Ken VaughanKen VaughanKenneth Hamilton "Ken" Vaughan was an Australian politician.Vaughan's father Clifford Llewelyn Vaughan, a butcher, died from blood poisoning in 1939 and he was raised by his mother, Ruby Sarah, in Richmond, attending school in Charters Towers. He was sent to Brisbane to live with his aunt in 1950...
, 76, Australian politician, member of the Queensland Legislative AssemblyQueensland Legislative AssemblyThe Queensland Legislative Assembly is the unicameral chamber of the Parliament of Queensland. Elections are held approximately once every three years. Voting is by the Optional Preferential Voting form of the Alternative Vote system...
(1979–1995). http://www.couriermail.com.au/ipad/obituary-ken-vaughan/story-fn6ck8la-1226096908257 - Mike WatersonMike WatersonMichael Waterson was an English writer, songwriter and folk singer.Waterson was born in Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England. He is best known as a member of The Watersons, with his sisters Lal Waterson and Norma Waterson and his brother-in-law Martin Carthy...
, 70, British folk singer, cancer. http://www.propergandaonline.com/blog/?p=22893 - John Waite, 81, South African cricketer. http://www.espncricinfo.com/southafrica/content/current/story/520390.html
- Zbyněk ZemanZbyněk ZemanZbyněk Anthony Bohuslav Zeman was a British historian of Czech origin. He has published widely on the history of central and eastern Europe in the 20th century. As an academic, he taught at the universities of St Andrews, Lancaster, Oxford and Prague. He has also worked for The Economist magazine...
, 82, Czech historian. http://announcements.thetimes.co.uk/obituaries/timesonline-uk/obituary.aspx?n=zbynek-zeman&pid=152274850
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- E. M. BronerE. M. BronerEsther M. Broner, best known as E.M. Broner, Ph.D., Professor Emerita was a Jewish American feminist author....
, 83, American author, multiple organ failure. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/23/books/e-m-broner-jewish-feminist-writer-dies-at-83.html?ref=deathsobituaries - Arthur BudgettArthur BudgettArthur Budgett was a British Thoroughbred racehorse trainer who was one of only two people to have bred, owned and trained two English Derby winners....
, 95, British racehorse trainer. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/sport-obituaries/8595180/Arthur-Budgett.html - Mark GerardMark GerardMark Gerard was an American equine veterinarian. Gerard was born in Brooklyn, New York, and graduated from Cornell University. As a student he worked as an exercise rider for, among others, Hall of Fame trainer James E...
, 76, American racehorse trainer. http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-mark-gerard-20110625,0,3460826.story - Anthony HerreraAnthony HerreraAnthony Herrera was an American actor.-Career:Among roles in various movies, he is most known—and most hated—for his role as the evil James Stenbeck on the soap opera As the World Turns, a role he has played off and on from 1980 to 1984, from 1986 to 1989, in 1996, from 1997 to 1999, in 2001 and...
, 57, American actor (As the World TurnsAs the World TurnsAs the World Turns is an American television soap opera that aired on CBS from April 2, 1956 to September 17, 2010. Irna Phillips created As the World Turns as a sister show to her other soap opera Guiding Light...
), cancer. http://michaelfairmansoaps.com/news/breaking-news-atwts-anthony-herrera-had-passed-away/2011/06/29/#more-26644 - Kothapalli JayashankarKothapalli JayashankarKothapalli Jayashankar popularly known as Professor Jayashankar Kothapalli Jayashankar popularly known as Professor Jayashankar Kothapalli Jayashankar popularly known as Professor Jayashankar (Telugu: జయ శంకర్, (6 August 1934 – 21 June 2011) was an Indian academic and politician. He was the...
, 76, Indian educator and politician, after long illness. http://www.hindustantimes.com/Telangana-ideologue-Jayashankar-passes-away/Article1-712010.aspx - Bruce KinlochBruce KinlochBruce Kinloch MC was born at Saharanpur in India and educated at Berkhamsted School in England. He was commissioned into the 3rd Queen Alexandra's Own Gurkha Rifles after leaving Sandhurst in 1939, fought with them in Burma and on the Northwest Frontier, and won the Military Cross for his part in...
, 91, British soldier and game warden. http://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/deaths/135190/kinloch - Robert KroetschRobert KroetschRobert Kroetsch, OC was a Canadian novelist, poet and non-fiction writer. In his fiction and critical essays, as well as in the journal he co-founded, Boundary 2, he was the single most influential figure in Canada in introducing ideas about postmodernism.He was born in Heisler, Alberta...
, 83, Canadian novelist and poet, car crash. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/arts/books/robert-kroetsch-acclaimed-canadian-author-dies-in-alberta-crash/article2071261/ - Suresh TendulkarSuresh TendulkarSuresh D. Tendulkar was an Indian economist and former chief of National Statistical Commission. Tendulkar was a member of the Prime Minister's Economic Advisory Council from 2004 to 2008 and as its Chairman from 2008 to 2009 when C. Rangarajan vacated the post to enter the Rajya Sabha...
, 72, Indian economist, cardiac arrest. http://news.outlookindia.com/item.aspx?725576 - Maria Gomes ValentimMaria Gomes ValentimMaria Gomes Valentim was a Brazilian supercentenarian who died at the age of 114 years 347 days. She was the oldest verified living person in the world from the time her age was validated on 18 May 2011 until her death a little more than a month later...
, 114, Brazilian supercentenarian, world's oldest person. http://www.foxnews.com/world/2011/06/21/worlds-oldest-woman-dies-weeks-shy-115-birthday/
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- Thomas N. Armstrong IIIThomas N. Armstrong IIIThomas N. Armstrong III was an American museum curator who was director emeritus of the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum ,...
, 78, American museum curator. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/22/arts/design/thomas-n-armstrong-iii-whitney-museum-chief-dies-at-78.html?_r=1&ref=deathsobituaries - Ryan DunnRyan DunnRyan Matthew Dunn was an American reality television personality and daredevil best known for being a member of the Jackass and Viva La Bam crew. He hosted Homewrecker and Proving Ground...
, 34, American reality television star (JackassJackass (TV series)jackass is an American reality series, originally shown on MTV from 2000 to 2002, featuring people performing various dangerous, crude, ridiculous, self-injuring stunts and pranks...
, Viva La BamViva La BamViva La Bam is an American reality television series that stars Bam Margera and his friends and family. The show was a spin-off from MTV's Jackass, in which Margera and most of the main cast had appeared...
), car accident. http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/jun/20/ryan-dunn-jackass-death - Magomet Isayev, 83, Russian Esperantist, translator and linguist. http://www.e-novosti.info/blog/21.06.2011/1 (Russian)
- Ottilie PattersonOttilie PattersonOttilie Patterson was a Northern Irish blues singer best known for her performances and recordings with the Chris Barber Jazz Band in the late 1950s and early 1960s.-Biography:...
, 79, Northern Irish singer. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/ottilie-patterson-singer-with-the-chris-barber-band-who-proved-that-britons-could-sing-the-blues-2306211.html - Vladimir PettayVladimir PettayVladimir Leonidovich Pettay was a Russian international football referee.Pettay was born in Pudozh. In 1992 he played 24 matches as a midfielder for second-league Karelia of Petrozavodsk, scoring two goals. He later played for the first-league futsal team GTS Petrozavodsk. He began his career...
, 38, Russian football referee, plane crashRusAir Flight 9605RusAir Flight 9605 was a scheduled RusAir flight, operated as a RusLine service between Domodedovo International Airport and Petrozavodsk Airport using Tupolev Tu-134A-3 equipment, that crashed on approach to Petrozavodsk shortly after 23:40 local time on 20 June 2011, killing 45 people and...
. http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iI4evKyQDRHDHmTZBKdpRRO6RAHQ?docId=CNG.e75357b787496951aa49403906d1b32d.641 - Eric SwensonEric SwensonEric Leon Swenson was an American skateboard designer and magazine publisher.Born in San Francisco, Swenson was the chief skateboard designer for the Independent Truck Company which he co-founded with skateboard entrepreneur Fausto Vitello in 1978...
, 64, American businessman, co-founder of Thrasher, suicide by gunshot. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/24/business/media/24swenson.html?ref=deathsobituaries - Robert H. Widmer, 95, American aeronautical engineer. http://www.uasvision.com/2011/07/13/robert-h-widmer-stealth-technology-pioneer-dies-at-95/
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- Don DiamondDon DiamondDonald Alan "Don" Diamond was an American radio, film, and television actor who portrayed "Crazy Cat", the sidekick and heir apparent to Chief Wild Eagle on the popular 1960s television sitcom, F Troop .-Career:...
, 90, American actor (F TroopF TroopF Troop is a satirical American television sitcom that originally aired for two seasons on ABC-TV. It debuted in the United States on September 14, 1965 and concluded its run on April 6, 1967 with a total of 65 episodes. The first season of 34 episodes was filmed in black-and-white, but the show...
, The Adventures of Kit CarsonThe Adventures of Kit CarsonThe Adventures of Kit Carson is an American Western series that aired in syndication from August 1951 to November 1955, originally sponsored by Coca-Cola. It stars Bill Williams in the title role as frontier scout Christopher "Kit" Carson...
, Zorro). http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/latimes/obituary.aspx?page=lifestory&pid=152114243 - Tom HungerfordTom HungerfordThomas Arthur Guy Hungerford, AM , popularly known as T. A. G. Hungerford, was an Australian writer, noted for his World War II novel The Ridge and the River, and his short stories that chronicle growing up in South Perth, Western Australia during the Great Depression.-Early life:Hungerford was...
, 96, Australian author. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2011/06/20/3248601.htm?site=perth§ion=news - Rezső KendeRezső KendeRezső Kende was a Hungarian gymnast who competed at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam. He participated in six individual events, achieving his best result at the Olympics in the men's parallel bars tournament, where he finished 33rd in a field of 85 competitors...
, 102, Hungarian Olympic gymnast. http://www.caboodle.hu/nc/news/news_archive/single_page/?tx_ttnews[tt_news]=9169 - John Kerr, Sr.John Kerr, Sr.John Kerr, Sr. was a North American Soccer League and Canadian international soccer midfielder.-Professional:...
, 67, Scottish-born Canadian soccer player. http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/soccer-insider/post/john-kerr-sr-one-of-american-soccers-pioneers-dies-at-age-67/2011/06/20/AGFoYddH_blog.html
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- Echendu AdieleEchendu AdieleEchendu Adiele was a Nigerian professional footballer who played as a central defender.-Career:Adiele played club football in Nigeria for Sharks, and in Germany for Fortuna Düsseldorf, Borussia Neunkirchen, 1. FC Saarbrücken, SV Darmstadt 98 and SV Waldhof Mannheim....
, 32, Nigerian footballer. http://sportdivang.blogspot.com/2011/06/echendu-adiele-is-dead.html - Ulrich BiesingerUlrich BiesingerUlrich "Uli" Biesinger was a German footballer who played at both professional and international levels as a forward.-Career:...
, 77, German football player. http://www.fcaugsburg.de/cms/website.php?sid=52ab318789a4c5457b4cdbe17595d4d3&id=/index/aktuell/news/data14781.htm (German) - Yelena BonnerYelena BonnerYelena Bonner was a human rights activist in the former Soviet Union and wife of the noted physicist and dissident Andrei Sakharov. During her decades as a dissident, Bonner was noted for her characteristic blunt honesty and courage.-Youth:...
, 88, Russian human rights activist, after long illness. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-13828019 - Frederick ChilubaFrederick ChilubaFrederick Jacob Titus Chiluba was a Zambian politician who was the second President of Zambia from 1991 to 2002. Chiluba, a trade union leader, won the country's multi-party presidential election in 1991 as the candidate of the Movement for Multiparty Democracy , defeating long-time President...
, 68, Zambian politician, President (1991–2002), heart attack. http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/world/2011-06/18/c_13936995.htm - Clarence ClemonsClarence ClemonsClarence Anicholas Clemons, Jr. , also known as The Big Man, was an American musician and actor. From 1972 until his death, he was a prominent member of Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band, playing the tenor saxophone. He released several solo albums and in 1985, had a hit single with "You're a...
, 69, American saxophonist (E Street BandE Street BandThe E Street Band has been rock musician Bruce Springsteen's primary backing band since 1972.The band has also recorded with a wide range of other artists including Bob Dylan, Meat Loaf, Bonnie Tyler, Air Supply, Dire Straits, David Bowie, Peter Gabriel, Stevie Nicks, Tom Morello, Sting, Ian...
) and singer ("You're a Friend Of MineYou're a Friend Of Mine"You're a Friend of Mine" is a 1985 hit song, written by Narada Michael Walden and Jeffrey Cohen, with lead vocals by Clarence Clemons and Jackson Browne in a duet. At the time of the song's release, Clemons was already well known nationally as the saxophonist in Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band....
"), complications following a stroke. http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2011/06/clarence_clemons_dies.html - A. Whitney EllsworthA. Whitney EllsworthArthur Whitney Ellsworth was an American editor and publisher best known as the first publisher of The New York Review of Books.In 1957, Ellsworth was President of The Harvard Advocate...
, 75, American editor and publisher (The New York Review of BooksThe New York Review of BooksThe New York Review of Books is a fortnightly magazine with articles on literature, culture and current affairs. Published in New York City, it takes as its point of departure that the discussion of important books is itself an indispensable literary activity...
), pancreatic cancer. http://articles.philly.com/2011-06-24/news/29699347_1_publisher-new-york-review-book-editors - Karl FreiKarl FreiKarl Frei was a Swiss gymnast and Olympic Champion. He competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London where he received a gold medal in the rings discipline.-References:...
, 94, Swiss gymnast, 19481948 Summer OlympicsThe 1948 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XIV Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was held in London, England, United Kingdom. After a 12-year hiatus because of World War II, these were the first Summer Olympics since the 1936 Games in Berlin...
Olympic gold medalist . http://www.nzz.ch/nachrichten/sport/aktuell/sporttickerdepartment/urnnewsmlwwwsda-atsch20110620brz521_1.10993436.html (German) - Brian HawBrian HawBrian William Haw was an English protester and peace campaigner who lived for almost ten years in a camp in London's Parliament Square from 2001, in a protest against UK and US foreign policy...
, 62, British peace activist, lung cancer. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-13828800 - Gustaf KjellvanderGustaf KjellvanderJan Gustaf Lennart Kjellvander , was a Swedish singer-songwriter. Before starting the Swedish outfit The Fine Arts Showcase he had two bands, Sideshow Bob and Songs of Soil .Gustaf was born in Sweden but grew up outside of Seattle...
, 31, Swedish singer-songwriter. http://www.sydsvenskan.se/familj/dodsfall/article1500275/Gustaf-Kjellvander-ar-dod-.html (Swedish) - Robin NashRobin NashRobert Henry Douglas Drane, known professionally as Robin Nash , was a British television producer and executive, who was probably best known as producer of Top of the Pops from 1974 to 1981...
, 84, British television producer. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/music-obituaries/8611720/Robin-Nash.html - Bob PeaseBob PeaseRobert Allen Pease was an analog integrated circuit design expert and technical author. He designed several very successful "best-seller" integrated circuits, many of them in continuous production for multiple decades...
, 70, American integrated circuit engineer. http://www.edn.com/article/518569-Analog_engineering_legend_Bob_Pease_remembered.php - John PerumattamJohn PerumattamJohn Perumattam was an Indian Prelate of Roman Catholic Church.John Perumattam was born in Kakkoor, India, ordained a priest on March 11, 1951. Perumattam was appointed Exarch to the Syro-Malabar Catholic Diocese of Ujjain on July 29, 1968 and would be ordained bishop May 15, 1977...
, 89, Indian Syro-Malabar CatholicSyro-Malabar Catholic ChurchThe Syro-Malabar Catholic Church in India is an East Syrian Rite, Major Archiepiscopal Church in full communion with the Catholic Church. It is one of the 22 sui iuris Eastern Catholic Churches in the Catholic Church. It is the largest of the Saint Thomas Christian denominations with more than 3.6...
hierarch, Bishop of Ujjain (1968–1998). http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bperu.html - Shlomo PintoShlomo PintoShlomo Pinto was an Israeli paralympic champion.Pinto was a soldier with the IDF's Golani Brigade during the Yom Kippur War...
, 57, Israeli paralympic athlete. http://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-4083745,00.html (Hebrew)
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- Kjell BohlinKjell BohlinKjell Gotfred Bohlin was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.He was born in Røros. He was elected to the Parliament of Norway from Telemark in 1977, and was re-elected on two occasions...
, 82, Norwegian politician. http://www.stortinget.no/no/Representanter-og-komiteer/Representantene/Representantfordeling/Representant/?perid=KJBH&tab=Biography (Norwegian) - David BrockhoffDavid BrockhoffJohn David "Brock" Brockhoff was an Australian rugby union identity a state and national representative who played eight Tests as flanker between 1949 and 1951, later coaching the national team between 1974 and 1979...
, 83, Australian rugby union player and coach. http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/rugby/rugby-world-mourns-loss-of-legendary-david-brockhoff/story-e6frey4i-1226077235150 - Jacquie de CreedJacquie de CreedJacqueline Balmer was an English stuntwoman and presenter, and holder of the Long Distance Car Ramp Jump Record. During the 1980s she became famous in the United Kingdom for staging a series of spectacular car stunts...
, 54, British stuntwoman, air crash. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-13823227 - Betty FoxBetty FoxBetty Lou Fox was a Canadian cancer research activist, the mother of Terry Fox and founder of the Terry Fox Foundation. She was the most prominent figure in Terry Fox's legacy .-Biography:...
, 73, Canadian cancer research activist, founder of the Terry Fox Foundation. http://www.torontosun.com/2011/06/17/betty-fox-remembered-for-carrying-on-sons-legacy - Ben Grussendorf, 69, American politician, Speaker of the Alaska House of Representatives (1985–1989; 1991–1993). http://www.adn.com/2011/06/17/1922492/former-state-house-speaker-grussendorf.html
- Ruth M. KirkRuth M. KirkRuth M. Kirk was an American politician who represented the 44th legislative district in the Maryland House of Delegates. She was elected 7 times and served a total of 28 years representing west and west central Baltimore....
, 81, American politician, Maryland House of DelegatesMaryland House of DelegatesThe Maryland House of Delegates is the lower house of the General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Maryland, and is composed of 141 Delegates elected from 47 districts. The House chamber is located in the state capitol building on State Circle in Annapolis...
(1983–2011). http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2011-06-17/news/bal-ruth-kirk-dies_1_state-delegate-west-baltimore-state-commission - Rex MossopRex MossopRex Peers Mossop was an Australian rugby league and rugby union footballer—a dual-code international, and an Australian television personality from 1964 until 1991.-Rugby union career:...
, 83, Australian rugby player and television commentator. http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-sport/manly-legend-rex-mossop-dies-aged-83-20110618-1g8mk.html - Nathan SharonNathan Sharon-Biography:Sharon was born in 1925 in Brest-Litovsk, then in Poland . He emigrated to Mandate Palestine with his family in 1934 and settled in Tel Aviv...
, 86, Israeli biochemist. http://www.avelim.co.il/archives/18946 (Hebrew) - George M. WhiteGeorge M. WhiteGeorge M. White, FAIA, was an American architect who served as the Architect of the Capitol from January 27, 1971 to November 21, 1995. He was born in Cleveland, Ohio and attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology at the age of sixteen. He graduated with a B.S. and an M.S. in electrical...
, 90, American architect, Architect of the CapitolArchitect of the CapitolThe Architect of the Capitol is the federal agency responsible for the maintenance, operation, development, and preservation of the United States Capitol Complex, and also the head of that agency. The Architect of the Capitol is in the legislative branch and is responsible to the United States...
(1971–1995), complications of Parkinson’s disease. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/23/us/23white.html
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- Gerald AbramovitzGerald AbramovitzGerald Abramovitz was an architect and furniture designer. Born in South Africa, he studied architecture at the University of Pretoria and design at the Royal College of Art in London....
, 82, South African architect and designer, assault-related injuries. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/17/nyregion/architect-82-dies-two-weeks-after-being-robbed-and-beaten.html - James AllasonJames AllasonLieutenant Colonel James Harry Allason OBE was a British Conservative Party politician, sportsman, and former military planner who worked with Mountbatten and Churchill...
, 98, British politician and soldier, MPMember of ParliamentA Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
for Hemel HempsteadHemel Hempstead (UK Parliament constituency)Hemel Hempstead is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election.- Boundaries :...
(1959–1974). http://announcements.thetimes.co.uk/obituaries/timesonline-uk/obituary.aspx?n=james-allason&pid=152140482 - Claudia BryarClaudia BryarClaudia Bryar was an American actress who mostly specialized in television. Active from the 1950s to the 1980s, she is perhaps best known for her role as Mrs...
, 93, American actress (Psycho II). http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/latimes/obituary.aspx?page=lifestory&pid=152136627 - Wild Man FischerWild Man FischerLarry Wayne Fischer , better known as Wild Man Fischer, was an American songwriter in the outsider genre. He was notable for being responsible for Rhino Records' first release, Go To Rhino Records...
, 66, American street musician, heart failure. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/18/arts/music/wild-man-fischer-outsider-musician-dies-at-66.html - Abrar Hussain, 46, Pakistani Olympic boxer, shot. http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/breaking-news/gunmen-kill-olympic-boxer-in-pakistan/story-e6frf7jx-1226076706137
- Yehuda KielYehuda KielYehuda Kiel was an Israeli educator and Bible commentator.-Biography:Kiel was born in Saint Petersburg, Russia in 1916. Following the Russian Revolution, he moved with his family to Panevėžys, Lithuania and later to Latvia.In 1936, Kiel emigrated to Mandate Palestine...
, 94, Israeli educator and biblical scholar. http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4083009,00.html - Östen MäkitaloÖsten MäkitaloÖsten Mäkitalo was a Swedish electrical engineer. He is considered to be the father of the Nordic Mobile Telephone system and many times the father of cellular phone.-Education and occupation:...
, 72, Swedish electrical engineer. http://www.wireless.kth.se/news/1-the-news/150-mr-mobile-passes-away - Dorice ReidDorice ReidDorice Reid, also known by the chiefly title of Te Tika Mataiapo Dorice Reid, was a Cook Islander tourism official, businesswoman and judge. Reid enjoyed a long career in Cook Island business, politics and tourism from the 1970s until her death in 2011.Dorice Reid was born to parents Leo Morrel...
, 67, Cook Islander tourism official and businesswoman, High CommissionerHigh CommissionerHigh Commissioner is the title of various high-ranking, special executive positions held by a commission of appointment.The English term is also used to render various equivalent titles in other languages.-Bilateral diplomacy:...
designate to New Zealand. http://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/local-news/5159318/Star-Cook-Islander-dies - Twins Seven SevenTwins Seven SevenPrince Twins Seven Seven, born Prince Taiwo Olaniyi Oyewale-Toyeje Oyelale Osuntoki in Ogidi, Nigeria, was a Nigerian painter, sculptor and musician....
, 67, Nigerian artist, complications of a stroke. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/04/arts/design/prince-twins-seven-seven-nigerian-artist-dies-at-67.html?_r=1&src=twrhp
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- Bob BannerBob BannerRobert James Banner, Jr. was an American producer, writer and director. From 1967 to 1972 he co-produced The Carol Burnett Show.- Life and career :...
, 89, American television producer and director (The Carol Burnett ShowThe Carol Burnett ShowThe Carol Burnett Show is a variety / sketch comedy television show starring Carol Burnett, Harvey Korman, Vicki Lawrence, Lyle Waggoner, and Tim Conway. It originally ran on CBS from September 11, 1967, to March 29, 1978, for 278 episodes and originated from CBS Television City's Studio 33...
), Parkinson's disease. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/17/arts/television/bob-banner-an-early-tv-producer-dies-at-89.html?_r=1&ref - Joko BeckJoko BeckCharlotte Joko Beck was an American Zen teacher and the author of the books Everyday Zen: Love and Work and Nothing Special: Living Zen. Born in New Jersey, she studied music at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music and worked for some time as a pianist and piano teacher...
, 94, American Zen Buddhist teacher, founder of the Ordinary Mind School, after long illness. http://www.dannyfisher.org/2011/06/15/charlotte-joko-beck-1917-2011/ - John EhrmanJohn EhrmanJohn Patrick William Ehrman FBA was a British historian, most notable for his three-volume biography of William Pitt the Younger....
, 91, British historian. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/books-obituaries/8583040/John-Ehrman.html - Ted GrayTed GrayTed Glenn Gray was a pitcher in Major League Baseball who played eight seasons with the Detroit Tigers , and then had short stints during the season with the Chicago White Sox, Cleveland Indians, New York Yankees, and Baltimore Orioles.A native Detroiter, Gray was a star pitcher at Highland Park...
, 86, American baseball player (Detroit TigersDetroit TigersThe Detroit Tigers are a Major League Baseball team located in Detroit, Michigan. One of the American League's eight charter franchises, the club was founded in Detroit in as part of the Western League. The Tigers have won four World Series championships and have won the American League pennant...
). http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/palmbeachpost/obituary.aspx?n=Ted-Gray&pid=152171162 - Bill HaastBill HaastWilliam E. "Bill" Haast was the director of the Miami Serpentarium Laboratories, a facility near Punta Gorda, Florida, which produces snake venom for medical and research use. Haast extracted venom from venomous snakes from the time he was a boy...
, 100, American snake expert, director of the Miami Serpentarium. http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/nhregister/obituary.aspx?n=bill-haast&pid=152015396 - Zack du PlessisZack du PlessisZack du Plessis is a South African actor famous for his roles as Hendrik van Tonder in Orkney Snork Nie and as Frikkadel in Vetkoekpaleis. He died on 15 June 2011.-Filmography:* Winter van 14 Julie 1977* Pretoria, O Pretoria 1979...
, 61, South African actor (Orkney Snork NieOrkney Snork NieOrkney Snork Nie was a popular Afrikaans sitcom, originally broadcast by the SABC in South Africa between 1989 and 1992. The name translates directly into Orkney Doesn't Snore, but the message being conveyed in Afrikaans is that the town isn't sleepy, there's always something happening...
). http://www.iol.co.za/tonight/news/local/zack-du-plessis-of-vetkoek-paleis-dies-1.1084506 - Linda ScheidLinda ScheidLinda J. Scheid was a Minnesota politician and a member of the Minnesota Senate who represented District 46, which includes portions of the northwestern suburbs of Hennepin County in the Twin Cities metro area. A Democrat, she was first elected to the Senate in 1996, and was re-elected in 2000,...
, 68, American politician, Minnesota state senatorMinnesota SenateThe Minnesota Senate is the upper house in the Minnesota Legislature. There are 67 members, half as many as are in the Minnesota House of Representatives. In terms of membership, it is the largest upper house of any state legislature. Each Senate district in the state includes an A and B House...
(since 1997), ovarian cancer. http://www.startribune.com/politics/statelocal/123963999.html - Sir Apenera ShortApenera ShortSir Apenera Pera Short KBE was a Cook Islands politician and from 1990 to 2000 was the Queen's Representative in the Cook Islands....
, 95, Cook Islands politician, Queen's RepresentativeQueen's RepresentativeThe Queen's Representative is the formal title given to the representative of Queen Elizabeth II, as Queen of New Zealand, in the Cook Islands....
(1990–2000). http://www3.cookislandsnews.com/2011/June/Wed15/sir-apenera.php - Pavel Stolbov, 81, Russian gymnast, 19561956 Summer OlympicsThe 1956 Melbourne Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVI Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was held in Melbourne, Australia, in 1956, with the exception of the equestrian events, which could not be held in Australia due to quarantine regulations...
Olympic gold medalist. http://sport.rian.ru/sport/20110615/388731620.html (Russian)
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- Tom AddisonTom AddisonTom Addison was a professional American football linebacker and sports labor leader, and is a member of the South Carolina Athletic Hall of Fame.- Playing career :...
, 75, American football player (New England PatriotsNew England PatriotsThe New England Patriots, commonly called the "Pats", are a professional football team based in the Greater Boston area, playing their home games in the town of Foxborough, Massachusetts at Gillette Stadium. The team is part of the East Division of the American Football Conference in the National...
). http://www.patriots.com/news/article-1/Patriots-1960s-All-Decade-team-member-Tom-Addison-passed-away-/b252350e-e758-4741-ba1f-c68f9980738b - Milivoj Ašner, 98, Croatian-born Austrian Nazi war criminal. http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/europe/news/article_1646468.php/Most-wanted-Croatian-World-War-II-war-crime-suspect-dies-in-Austria
- Helen CliftonHelen CliftonHelen Clifton was a British Salvation Army Commissioner. She spent her childhood in London, connected to the Edmonton Corps of The Salvation Army. She was a teacher before entering the International Training College at Denmark Hill, London, to become a full-time Officer of The Salvation Army...
, 63, British Salvation Army commissioner. http://www.salvationarmy.org/ihq/www_sa.nsf/vw-news/844F0282169120AA802578B000556268?opendocument - Ambrose GriffithsAmbrose GriffithsDom Ambrose Griffiths, OSB, KC*HS was a Roman Catholic bishop of the Catholic Church in England and Wales, and a Benedictine abbot....
, 82, British Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Hexham and NewcastleRoman Catholic Diocese of Hexham and NewcastleThe Roman Catholic Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle is a Roman Catholic diocese of the Latin Rite centred around St Mary's Cathedral in the city of Newcastle upon Tyne in England...
(1992–2004). http://www.catholicchurch.org.uk/ambrose-griffiths - Asad Ali KhanAsad Ali KhanAsad Ali Khan was an Indian musician who played the plucked string instrument rudra veena. Khan performed in the style dhrupad and was described as the best living rudra veena player in India by The Hindu...
, 74, Indian musician, recipient of the Padma BhushanPadma BhushanThe Padma Bhushan is the third highest civilian award in the Republic of India, after the Bharat Ratna and the Padma Vibhushan, but comes before the Padma Shri. It is awarded by the Government of India.-History:...
. http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_rudra-veena-exponent-ustad-asad-ali-khan-passes-away_1554898 - Augusto Ramírez OcampoAugusto Ramírez OcampoAugusto Ramírez Ocampo was a Colombian politician who served as Mayor of Bogotá from 1982 to 1984, and Colombia's foreign minister from 1984 to 1986. Ocampo died in Bogotá on 14 June 2011 aged 77.-References:...
, 77, Colombian politician, Mayor of Bogotá (1982–1984), Foreign MinisterMinistry of Foreign Affairs (Colombia)The Ministry of Foreign Affairs also known as the Chancellery, is the national executive ministry of the Government of Colombia responsible for the foreign relations of Colombia through its diplomatic missions abroad by formulating foreign policy relevant to the matters of the State, it is...
(1984–1986), heart ailment. http://colombiareports.com/colombia-news/news/16981-former-colombian-foreign-affairs-minister-dies-of-heart-problems.html - Oscar Sambrano UrdanetaOscar Sambrano UrdanetaOscar Sambrano Urdaneta was a Venezuelan writer, essayist and literary critic, specialized in the life and work of Andrés Bello.Sambrano Urdaneta was born at the town of Boconó, Trujillo state...
, 82, Venezuelan writer. (Spanish) - Peter SchamoniPeter SchamoniPeter Schamoni was a German film director, producer and screenwriter. He directed 35 films between 1957 and 2011. His 1966 film No Shooting Time for Foxes was entered into the 16th Berlin International Film Festival, where it won the Silver Bear Extraordinary Jury Prize...
, 77, German film director. http://www.merkur-online.de/nachrichten/kultur/peter-schamoni-ist-tot-mm-1282967.html - Mack SelfMack SelfWiley Laverne "Mack" Self was an American rockabilly singer, songwriter and musician, who recorded for Sun Records in the 1950s and was a member of the Rockabilly Hall of Fame....
, 81, American rockabilly musician and songwriter. http://www.helena-arkansas.com/obituaries/x1260726721/Self-Obit - Badi UzzamanBadi UzzamanMohammed Badi Uzzaman Azmi , better known as Badi Uzzaman and also known as BadiUzzaman, was an Indian-born British television and film actor. According to The Guardian, Uzzaman was perhaps best known for his role as a hospital patient in the 1985 television series, The Singing Detective, opposite...
, 72, Indian-British actor, chest infection. http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/2011/jun/21/badi-uzzaman-obituary
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- David C. BaldusDavid C. BaldusDavid Christopher Baldus was a Joseph B. Tye professor of law at the University of Iowa. He held the position from 1969 until his death in 2011...
, 75, American educator and anti-death penalty activist, cancer. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/15/us/15baldus.html?_r=1&ref=deathsobituaries - Hugh John BeazleyHugh John BeazleyWing Commander Hugh John Sherard "Beazle" Beazley, DFC was a famed World War II Royal Air Force fighter pilot.- Early life :...
, 94, British Royal Air Force airman. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/military-obituaries/air-force-obituaries/8626684/Wing-Commander-John-Beazley.html - Germano MeneghelGermano MeneghelGermano Meneghel was a Brazilian musician and singer-songwriter. Meneghel was a lead vocalist of Olodum, an internationally known cultural and musical group based in Salvador, Brazil....
, 49, Brazilian vocalist (OlodumOlodumOlodum is a cultural group based in the Afro Brazilian community of Salvador, the capital city of the state of Bahia, Brazil. It was founded by percussionist, Neguinho do Samba....
). http://teleshow.infobae.com/notas/587396-Encuentran-muerto-al-vocalista-de-Olodum (Spanish) - Jérôme Nday Kanyangu LukundweJérôme Nday Kanyangu LukundweJérôme Nday Kanyangu Lukundwe was the Roman Catholic bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Kongolo, Democratic Republic of the Congo....
, 82, CongoleseDemocratic Republic of the CongoThe Democratic Republic of the Congo is a state located in Central Africa. It is the second largest country in Africa by area and the eleventh largest in the world...
Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Kongolo (1971–2007). http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bndkl.html - Betty NeumarBetty NeumarBetty Neumar was an American woman charged with arranging the murder of her fourth husband, Harold Gentry, who died in 1986. Al Gentry, brother of Neumar's fourth husband Harold, had urged police to investigate his death for 22 years, prior to her arrest in 2007...
, 79, American murder suspect. http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/breaking-news/us-woman-betty-neumar-with-trail-of-dead-husbands-dies/story-fn3dxity-1226074694246 - William J. SpahrWilliam J. SpahrWilliam Joseph Spahr was a prominent American CIA analyst, author, and retired Army colonel who was an authority on Soviet military policy. A 1943 graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, he spent 26 years in the U.S. Army and served in Europe during World War II...
, 89, American intelligence analyst (CIA) and author, pneumonia. http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/william-j-spahr-army-colonel-cia-analyst/2011/06/17/AGbGtYaH_story.html - Burt StylerBurt StylerBurt Malcolm Styler was an American screenwriter. His film credits include Bob Hope comedy Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number!. He died of heart failure on June 13, 2011 at the Providence Tarzana Medical Center.-References:...
, 86, American screenwriter, heart failure. http://articles.latimes.com/2011/jun/22/local/la-me-passings-20110622
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- René AudetRené AudetRené Audet was a Canadian bishop of the Roman Catholic Church.Audet was born in Montreal, Quebec and ordained a priest May 30, 1948. He was appointed Auxiliary archbishop of the Archdiocese of Ottawa as well as Titular bishop of Chonochora on May 21, 1963 and ordained on July 31, 1963...
, 91, Canadian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of JolietteRoman Catholic Diocese of JolietteThe Roman Catholic Diocese of Joliette is a suffragan in Joliette of the Archdiocese of Montréal.-Ordinaries:*Joseph Alfred Archambault *Joseph-Guillaume-Laurent Forbes...
(1968–1990). http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/baudet.html - Geoffrey FiskenGeoffrey FiskenGeoffrey Bryson Fisken, DFC , was a New Zealand fighter pilot who was the British Commonwealth’s leading air ace in the Pacific theatre of World War II. He is credited with shooting down 11 Japanese aircraft.-Early life:...
, 95, New Zealand World War II flying aceFlying aceA flying ace or fighter ace is a military aviator credited with shooting down several enemy aircraft during aerial combat. The actual number of aerial victories required to officially qualify as an "ace" has varied, but is usually considered to be five or more...
. http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/5146184/NZ-World-War-Two-ace-dies-aged-96/ - Carl GardnerCarl GardnerCarl Edward Gardner was an American singer, best known as the foremost member and founder of The Coasters. Known for the 1958 song "Yakety Yak", which spent a week as number one on the Hot 100 pop list, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987.- Life and career :Gardner was born...
, 83, American singer (The CoastersThe CoastersThe Coasters are an American rhythm and blues/rock and roll vocal group that had a string of hits in the late 1950s. Beginning with "Searchin'" and "Young Blood", their most memorable songs were written by the songwriting and producing team of Leiber and Stoller...
). http://pitchfork.com/news/42820-news-in-brief-the-coasters-carl-gardner-bob-mould-david-shizuo-hammer-sonar-festival/ - Alan HabermanAlan HabermanAlan Haberman was an American supermarket executive who is credited with popularizing the use of the barcode in commerce internationally. Haberman was a founder and board member of the Uniform Code Council.-References:...
, 81, American grocer, first to use the barcodeBarcodeA barcode is an optical machine-readable representation of data, which shows data about the object to which it attaches. Originally barcodes represented data by varying the widths and spacings of parallel lines, and may be referred to as linear or 1 dimensional . Later they evolved into rectangles,...
system, heart and lung disease. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/16/business/16haberman.html?_r=1&ref=obituaries - John HospersJohn HospersJohn Hospers was an American philosopher. In 1972 he was the first presidential candidate of the Libertarian Party, and the only minor party candidate to receive an electoral vote in the 1972 U.S. Presidential election....
, 93, American philosopher, first Libertarian PartyLibertarian Party (United States)The Libertarian Party is the third largest and fastest growing political party in the United States. The political platform of the Libertarian Party reflects its brand of libertarianism, favoring minimally regulated, laissez-faire markets, strong civil liberties, minimally regulated migration...
presidential candidate (1972). http://www.lp.org/news/press-releases/john-hospers-first-libertarian-presidential-nominee-dies-at-93 - Christopher NeameChristopher Neame (writer/producer)Christopher Elwin Neame was a British film producer and screenwriter. He was the son of film director Ronald Neame and of Beryl Heanly...
, 68, British film and TV producer and writer, aneurysm. http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/2011/jul/20/christopher-neame-obituary - Kathryn Tucker WindhamKathryn Tucker WindhamKathryn Tucker Windham was an American storyteller, author, photographer, and journalist. She was born in Selma, Alabama and grew up in nearby Thomasville....
, 93, American author and journalist. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/16/books/kathryn-tucker-windham-southern-storyteller-dies-at-93.html - Sir John WiltonJohn Wilton (British diplomat)Sir Arthur John Wilton KCMG KCVO MC , known as John Wilton, was a British diplomat who was Ambassador to Kuwait and to Saudi Arabia ....
, 89, British diplomat. http://announcements.thetimes.co.uk/obituaries/timesonline-uk/obituary.aspx?n=john-wilton&pid=151892502 - Laura ZiskinLaura ZiskinLaura Ellen Ziskin was an American film producer. In 1990, Ziskin was the sole executive producer of the hit comedy Pretty Woman...
, 61, American film producer (Pretty WomanPretty WomanPretty Woman is a 1990 romantic comedy film set in Los Angeles, California. Written by J.F. Lawton and directed by Garry Marshall, this motion picture features Richard Gere and Julia Roberts, and also Hector Elizondo, Ralph Bellamy, and Jason Alexander in supporting roles. Roberts played the only...
, Spider-ManSpider-Man (film)Spider-Man is a 2002 American superhero film, the first in the Spider-Man film series based on the fictional Marvel Comics character Spider-Man. It was directed by Sam Raimi and written by David Koepp...
, What About Bob?What About Bob?What About Bob? is a 1991 comedy film directed by Frank Oz, and starring Bill Murray and Richard Dreyfuss. Murray plays Bob Wiley, a multiphobic psychiatric patient who follows his successful and egotistical psychiatrist Dr. Leo Marvin on vacation...
), breast cancer. http://www.deadline.com/2011/06/r-i-p-laura-ziskin/
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- Paul AlterPaul AlterPaul Alter was a former American television director, specializing in game shows for Mark Goodson Productions...
, 89, American television director (Family FeudFamily FeudFamily Feud is an American television game show created by Mark Goodson and Bill Todman. Two families compete against each other in a contest to name the most popular responses to a survey question posed to 100 people...
). http://www.emmys.tv/news/2011/emmy-winning-game-show-director-paul-alter-dies-89 - Giorgio CelliGiorgio CelliGiorgio Celli was an Italian entomologist, ecologist, professor, writer, and politician.-Early life:Celli was born in Verona. After receiving his degree in agronomical sciences in 1959, Celli taught at the University of Bologna...
, 75, Italian entomologist and politician (The Greens–European Free Alliance). http://www.corriere.it/cronache/11_giugno_11/giorgio-celli-entomologo-morto_5b3b53d8-943f-11e0-9db6-651cd37b13cb.shtml (Italian) - Gustav CiamagaGustav CiamagaGustav Ciamaga was a Canadian composer, music educator, and writer. An associate of the Canadian Music Centre and a member of the Canadian League of Composers, he was best known for his compositions of electronic music, although he produced several non-electronic works. His compositions have been...
, 81, Canadian composer, music educator and writer, cancer. http://thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=U1ARTU0000716 - Robert Marie Jean Victor de ChevignyRobert Marie Jean Victor de ChevignyRobert Marie Jean Victor de Boissonneaux de Chevigny was a French bishop of the Roman Catholic Church.Chevigny was born in Besançon, France and was ordained a priest on 3 October 1948 in the Holy Ghost Fathers. He was appointed Bishop of the Diocese of Nouakchott on 21 December 1973 and ordained...
, 90, French-born Mauritanian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Nouakchott (1973–1995). http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bchevr.html - Jyotirmoy DeyJyotirmoy DeyJyotirmoy Dey , also known as Jyotendra Dey, Commander J, and J Dey, was an Indian journalist, crime and investigations editor for MiD DAY and an expert on the Mumbai underworld.He was shot dead by motorcycle-borne sharpshooters on 11 June 2011.-Career:Dey started his career with...
, 56, Indian journalist, shot. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/J-Dey-The-eagle-who-dared/articleshow/8818986.cms - Gunnar FischerGunnar FischerGunnar Fischer was a Swedish cinematographer who worked with director Ingmar Bergman on several of the director's best-known films, including Smiles of a Summer Night and The Seventh Seal ....
, 100, Swedish cinematographer (The Seventh SealThe Seventh SealThe Seventh Seal is a 1957 Swedish film written and directed by Ingmar Bergman. Set during the Black Death, it tells of the journey of a medieval knight and a game of chess he plays with the personification of Death , who has come to take his life. Bergman developed the film from his own play...
). http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/gunnar-fischer-bergmans-cinematographer-dies-at-100/2011/06/12/AGMUomRH_story.html - Eliyahu M. GoldrattEliyahu M. GoldrattEliyahu Moshe Goldratt was an Israeli physicist who became a business management guru. He was the originator of the Optimized Production Technology, the Theory of Constraints , the Thinking Processes, Drum-Buffer-Rope, Critical Chain Project Management and other TOC derived tools.He authored...
, 64, Israeli physicist and management guru. http://news.scotsman.com/obituaries/Obituary-Dr-Eli-Goldratt-physicist.6785665.jp - Kurt NielsenKurt NielsenKurt Nielsen was a Danish tennis player. He was born in Copenhagen, and is the only Danish tennis player ever to have played in a men's singles final in a Grand Slam tournament....
, 80, Danish tennis player, only Dane to have played in a men's Grand SlamGrand Slam (tennis)The four Major tennis tournaments, also called the Slams, are the most important tennis events of the year in terms of world tour ranking points, tradition, prize-money awarded, strength and size of player field, and public attention. They are the Australian Open, the French Open, Wimbledon, and...
singles final. http://sporten.tv2.dk/tennis/article.php/id-40690871:dansk-tennislegende-er-d%C3%B8d.html (Danish) - Graham B. Purcell, Jr.Graham B. Purcell, Jr.Graham Boynton Purcell, Jr. was a United States Representative from Texas.Born in Archer City, Texas, Purcell attended the public schools and received his Bachelor of Science from The Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas in 1946, and his LL.B...
, 92, American politician, U.S. RepresentativeUnited States House of RepresentativesThe United States House of Representatives is one of the two Houses of the United States Congress, the bicameral legislature which also includes the Senate.The composition and powers of the House are established in Article One of the Constitution...
from TexasUnited States Congressional Delegations from TexasThese are tables of congressional delegations from Texas to the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives.-United States Senate:-United States House of Representatives:...
(1962–1973). http://www.wichita-falls.org/2011/06/11/wichita-falls-loses-legendary-judge-graham-purcell/ - Seth PutnamSeth PutnamSeth Edward Putnam was the founder of grindcore band Anal Cunt. He was known for his brutal screaming and lyrics that either shock, offend, or invoke morbid humor...
, 43, American musician (Anal CuntAnal CuntAnal Cunt, also known as AxCx and A.C., was an American grindcore band that formed in Newton, Massachusetts in 1988. Since its inception, the band underwent a number of line-up changes. Known for its grindcore musical style and controversial lyrics, Anal Cunt released eight full-length studio...
). http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=159315 - Raúl Marcelo Pacífico ScozzinaRaúl Marcelo Pacífico ScozzinaRaúl Marcelo Pacífico Scozzina, O.F.M was a Argentine prelate of the Roman Catholic Church.Raúl Marcelo Pacífico Scozzina was born in San Martín Norte, Argentina and was ordained a priest on December 23, 1944 from the religious order Order of Friars Minor...
, 89, Argentinian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Formosa (1957–1978). http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bscozzina.html - Jack SmithJack Smith (artist)Jack Smith was a British realist and, later, abstract artist.- Life :Jack Smith was born in 1928 in Sheffield, Yorkshire....
, 82, British artist. http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2011/jun/17/jack-smith-obituary - William Carrington ThompsonWilliam Carrington ThompsonWilliam Carrington Thompson , known as W. Carrington Thompson, was an American jurist and politician....
, 95, American politician and jurist, Virginia House of DelegatesVirginia House of DelegatesThe Virginia House of Delegates is the lower house of the Virginia General Assembly. It has 100 members elected for terms of two years; unlike most states, these elections take place during odd-numbered years. The House is presided over by the Speaker of the House, who is elected from among the...
(1959–1968), Virginia Senate (1968–1973) and Supreme CourtSupreme Court of VirginiaThe Supreme Court of Virginia is the highest court in the Commonwealth of Virginia. It primarily hears appeals from the trial-level city and county Circuit Courts, as well as the criminal law, family law and administrative law cases that go through the Court of Appeals of Virginia. It is one of...
(1980–1983). http://www2.timesdispatch.com/lifestyles/2011/jun/12/TDOBIT01-retired-va-supreme-court-justice-w-carrin-ar-1102429/
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- Art BalingerArt BalingerArthur Brent "Art" Balinger was an American actor known for television roles throughout the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. Specifically, Balinger was cast in numerous productions created by Jack Webb and his production company, Mark VII Limited.Balinger was born to parents, Sheldon and Ellen Balinger, in...
, 96, American actor. http://obits.dignitymemorial.com/dignity-memorial/obituary.aspx?n=Arthur-Balinger&lc=4868&pid=151992268&mid=4710982&locale=en_US - Jeanne BiceJeanne BiceJeanne Bice was an entrepreneur, businesswoman and television personality. Bice was the founder of the Quacker Factory clothing line, which led to frequent appearances on QVC beginning in 1995. Her company, Quacker Factory, has grossed more than $50 million in sales, as of March 2011...
, 71, American entrepreneur and television personality. http://news-briefs.ew.com/2011/06/12/qvc-jeanne-bice-dies-obit/ - Pam Brown, 58, American politician, Nebraska state senatorNebraska LegislatureThe Nebraska Legislature is the supreme legislative body of the State of Nebraska, in the Great Plains region of the United States. The Legislature meets at the Nebraska State Capitol in the City of Lincoln, Lancaster County....
(1995–2006), ovarian cancer. http://www.westport-news.com/news/article/Former-Nebraska-lawmaker-Pam-Brown-dies-1419191.php - Yuri BudanovYuri BudanovYuri Dmitrievich Budanov was the Russian military officer convicted by a Russian court of kidnapping and murder in Chechnya.Budanov was highly controversial in Russia: despite the conviction, Budanov enjoyed widespread support of Russian households, as polled by public opinion. At the same time,...
, 47, Russian military officer and war criminal, shot. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/jun/10/russian-colonel-murdered-chechen-teenager-shot-dead-moscow - Cosimo CaliandroCosimo CaliandroCosimo Caliandro was an Italian middle distance runner.Caliandro was born in Francavilla Fontana. In his first appearance on the world stage, he ran in the 1500 metres at the 1999 World Youth Championships in Athletics, but did not progress beyond the heats...
, 29, Italian middle distance runner, motorcycle collision. http://www.european-athletics.org/general-news/italys-2007-european-indoor-championships-cosimo-caliandro-killed.html - Theo DuboisTheo DuboisTheo Alfred Dubois was a champion rower from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. He was born in Brussels, Belgium.In 1939, he won the United States and Canadian doubles amateur rowing championships, teaming with Albert Riley...
, 100, Canadian rower. http://www.winnipegsun.com/2011/06/14/rowing-legend-dead-at-100 - Abdi Shakur Sheikh Hassan, Somali politician, Interior MinisterInterior ministerAn interior ministry is a government ministry typically responsible for policing, national security, and immigration matters. The ministry is often headed by a minister of the interior or minister of home affairs...
(since 2010), suicide bombing. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43359464/ns/world_news-africa/ - Kenny HawkesKenny HawkesKenny Hawkes was a British DJ and music producer, who worked in the industry from the late 1980s until 2011.Hawkes grew up in Brighton, England. He is best-known for his record "Play the Game" with Louise Carver, released in 2003 on the Music for Freaks label...
, 42, British DJ and music producer, after short illness. http://newsfrombrighton.co.uk/brighton-culture/music/brighton-born-dj-kenny-hawkes-dies/ - James P. HostyJames P. HostyJames Patrick Hosty was an American FBI agent. He was the agent responsible for investigating Lee Harvey Oswald both before and after the assassination of John F. Kennedy, the thirty-fifth President of the United States...
, 86, American law-enforcement agent (FBI), prostate cancer. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/20/us/20hosty.html?ref=deathsobituaries - Esmond KentishEsmond KentishEsmond Seymour Maurice Kentish was a West Indian cricketer who played in two Tests from 1948 to 1954. He was born in Cornwall Mountain, Westmoreland, Jamaica...
, 94, Jamaican Test cricketer. http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hNi9FF5oefZ5AXn04qAaY3NhK6dA?docId=CNG.25b78f54a3b7e30abed76c9d803100d4.491 - Sir Patrick Leigh FermorPatrick Leigh FermorSir Patrick "Paddy" Michael Leigh Fermor, DSO, OBE was a British author, scholar and soldier, who played a prominent role behind the lines in the Cretan resistance during World War II. He was widely regarded as "Britain's greatest living travel writer", with books including his classic A Time of...
, 96, British author and soldier. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/military-obituaries/special-forces-obituaries/8568395/Sir-Patrick-Leigh-Fermor.html - Brian Lenihan, JnrBrian Lenihan, JnrBrian Joseph Lenihan was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician and barrister who served in the government of Ireland as Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform from 2007 to 2008 and as Minister for Finance from 2008 to 2011...
, 52, Irish politician, TDTeachta DálaA Teachta Dála , usually abbreviated as TD in English, is a member of Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Oireachtas . It is the equivalent of terms such as "Member of Parliament" or "deputy" used in other states. The official translation of the term is "Deputy to the Dáil", though a more literal...
for Dublin West (since 1996) and Minister for FinanceMinister for Finance (Ireland)The Minister for Finance is the title held by the Irish government minister responsible for all financial and monetary matters. The office-holder controls the Department of Finance and is considered one of the most important members of the Government of Ireland.The current Minister for Finance is...
(2008–2011), pancreatic cancer. http://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/brian-lenihan-dies-508495.html - Godfrey MylesGodfrey MylesGodfrey Clarence Myles was an American college and professional football player who played linebacker in National Football League for six seasons during the 1990s...
, 42, American football player (Dallas CowboysDallas CowboysThe Dallas Cowboys are a professional American football franchise which plays in the Eastern Division of the National Football Conference of the National Football League . They are headquartered in Valley Ranch in Irving, Texas, a suburb of Dallas...
), heart attack. http://sports.espn.go.com/dallas/nfl/news/story?id=6649245 - Jim RodnunskyJim RodnunskyJames "Jim" Lewis Rodnunsky was a Canadian-born technician, cinematographer and inventor of the Cablecam system. Cablecam consists of cable-suspended, remote control cameras to film overhead shots. Rodnunsky's Cablecam is now widely used in sporting events, film and television...
, 54, Canadian-born American cinematographer and technician, inventor of the Cablecam system, brain cancer. http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-jim-rodnunsky-20110616,0,5022287.story - Hoda Saber, 52, Iranian dissident, heart attack following a hunger strike. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-13741374
- Al Schwimmer, 94, American-born Israeli businessman, founder of Israel Aerospace Industries. http://www.haaretz.com/news/national/al-schwimmer-founder-of-israel-aircraft-industries-dies-at-94-1.367102
- Carol Montgomery StoneCarol Montgomery StoneCarol Montgomery Stone was an actress who played Big Kate on ABC-TV's The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp.-Biography:...
, 96, American actress. http://www.tributes.com/show/Carol-Stone-91725531 - György SzabadosGyörgy SzabadosGyörgy Szabados was a Hungarian jazz pianist, and is sometimes referred to as the "father" or "unofficial king" of the Hungarian free jazz movement since the 1960s.- Biography :Szabados was born in Budapest...
, 71, Hungarian physician, pianist, and composer. http://www.morningstar.co.uk/IntroPage.aspx?site=uk&backurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.morningstar.co.uk%2Fuk%2Fmarkets%2Fnewsfeeditem.aspx%3Fid%3D145653078656766 - Sven-Olof WalldoffSven-Olof WalldoffSven-Olof Walldoff was a Swedish record producer, composer and orchestra conductor who is best known for conducting the orchestra for ABBA's song "Waterloo" for the Eurovision Song Contest 1974, wearing a Napoleon costume....
, 82, Swedish conductor and composer. http://www.esctoday.com/news/read/17492 (death announced on this date)
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- Jamil FakhriJamil FakhriJamil Fakhri , was a Pakistani film, TV and stage artist.Jamil Fakhri was born in Lahore in 1946. After graduation, he joined the National Bank of Pakistan. He started doing theater at Wapda Auditorium, Lahore, and at Alhamra. His popular stage plays include Andar Ana Mana Hai, Zuban Daraz and...
, 65, Pakistani actor, after long illness. http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2011\06\10\story_10-6-2011_pg7_5 - M. F. Husain, 95, Indian artist, heart attack. http://www.indiablooms.com/NewsDetailsPage/newsDetails090611g.php
- Josip KatalinskiJosip KatalinskiJosip "Škija" Katalinski was a Bosnian football player. He is considered to have been one of the greatest football players from the former Yugoslavia.-Club career:...
, 63, Bosnian footballer, after long illness. http://www.nezavisne.com/sport/fudbal/Umro-Josip-Katalinski-Skija-Video-92988.html (Croatian) - Tomoko KawakamiTomoko Kawakamiwas a Japanese voice actress from Tokyo. Having graduated from the Toho Gakuen School of Music, Kawakami was affiliated with Production Baobab at the time of her death.-Career:...
, 41, Japanese voice actress (Fushigi YûgiFushigi Yugi, also known as Curious Play, is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yu Watase. Shogakukan published Fushigi Yûgi in Shōjo Comic in its original serialized form from May 1992 through June 1996. Viz Media released the manga series in English in North America starting in 1999...
, Revolutionary Girl UtenaRevolutionary Girl Utenais a manga by Chiho Saito and anime directed by Kunihiko Ikuhara. The manga serial began in the June 1996 issue of Ciao and the anime was first broadcast in 1997. The anime and manga were created simultaneously, but, despite some similarities, they progressed in different directions. A movie, was...
), ovarian cancer. http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-06-10/utena-voice-actress-tomoko-kawakami-passes-away - Mike Mitchell, 55, American basketball player (Cleveland CavaliersCleveland CavaliersThe Cleveland Cavaliers are a professional basketball team based in Cleveland, Ohio. They began playing in the National Basketball Association in 1970 as an expansion team...
, San Antonio SpursSan Antonio SpursThe San Antonio Spurs are an American professional basketball team based in San Antonio, Texas. They are part of the Southwest Division of the Western Conference in the National Basketball Association ....
), cancer. http://www.beaumontenterprise.com/sports/spurs/article/Former-Spurs-star-Mitchell-dies-of-cancer-1416879.php - Idwal RoblingIdwal RoblingJames Idwal Robling was a Welsh sports commentator, who worked for the BBC in Wales for almost 40 years.Robling was born in Ynyshir in the Rhondda Valley, where he attended the local grammar school. His education was interrupted by the Second World War, and upon being called up was accepted for...
, 84, Welsh Olympic footballer and broadcaster. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/wales/13680785.stm - Billy ShippBilly ShippWilliam Leonard Shipp is a former professional Canadian football player who played twelve seasons with the Canadian Football League's Montreal Alouettes and the Toronto Argonauts. He started his pro career in the NFL, playing one season for the New York Giants.-References:...
, 80, American football player (New York GiantsNew York GiantsThe New York Giants are a professional American football team based in East Rutherford, New Jersey, representing the New York City metropolitan area. The Giants are currently members of the Eastern Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League...
, Toronto ArgonautsToronto ArgonautsThe Toronto Argonauts are a professional Canadian football team competing in the East Division of the Canadian Football League. The Toronto, Ontario based team was founded in 1873 and is one of the oldest existing professional sports teams in North America, after the Chicago Cubs and the Atlanta...
, Montreal AlouettesMontreal AlouettesThe Montreal Alouettes are a Canadian Football League team based in Montreal, Quebec.The current franchise named the Alouettes moved to Montreal from Baltimore, Maryland, in 1996 where they had been known as the Baltimore Stallions...
). http://obits.al.com/obituaries/mobile/obituary.aspx?n=bill-shipp&pid=151753281 - Ignazio VellaIgnazio VellaIgnazio A. "Ig" Vella was an American businessman and cheese maker who served on the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors.- Life, education, and career :...
, 82, American artisanal cheesemakerCheesemakerA cheesemaker is a person who makes cheese.The craft of making cheese dates back at least 4,000 years. Archaeological evidence exists of cheesemaking by the ancient Egyptian civilizations....
and businessman, long illness. http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-ignazio-vella-20110617,0,6080026.story
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- Anatole AbragamAnatole AbragamAnatole Abragam was a French physicist who wrote The Principles of Nuclear Magnetism and has made significant contributions to the field of nuclear magnetic resonance. Originally from Russia, Abragam and his family emigrated to France in 1925.After being educated at the University of Paris, , he...
, 96, French physicist. http://iramis.cea.fr/Phocea/Vie_des_labos/News/index.php?id_news=4524 (French) - Larry BorderLarry BorderLarry Border was an American Republican politician from West Virginia.Border served in the West Virginia House of Delegates from 1990 until his death; he was the minority chairman of the House Health and Human Resources Committee, and served on the Finance, House Rules, and Agriculture committees...
, 60, American politician, member of the West Virginia House of DelegatesWest Virginia House of DelegatesThe West Virginia House of Delegates is the lower house of the West Virginia Legislature. Only three states—Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia—refer to their lower house as the House of Delegates.-Historical:-Current:-District organization:...
(since 1990), stroke. http://www.wvgazette.com/News/201106080842 - Nasir JalilNasir JalilNasir Jalil was a footballer player who represented Singapore at international level in the late 1970s and early 1980s.Nicknamed The Crazy Horse, he is remembered for scoring the late equaliser in the Malaysia Cup final in 1977 at the Merdeka Stadium when he won the first of his two Malaysia Cups...
, 56, Singaporean footballer. http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/sportsnews/view/1134028/1/.html - George Landow, 67, American experimental filmmaker.http://www.expcinema.com/site/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=1227%3Aowen-land-1944-2011&lang=en
- Clara LuperClara LuperClara Shepard Luper was a civic leader, retired schoolteacher, and a pioneering leader in the American Civil Rights Movement...
, 88, American civil rights activist, after long illness. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/12/us/12luper.html?ref=deathsobituaries# - John Mackenzie, 83, British film director (The Long Good FridayThe Long Good FridayThe Long Good Friday is a British gangster film starring Bob Hoskins and Helen Mirren. It was completed in 1979 but, because of release delays, it is generally credited as a 1980 film...
, RubyRuby (film)Ruby is a feature film, released in the United States on March 27, 1992, about Jack Ruby, the Dallas, Texas nightclub owner who shot and killed Lee Harvey Oswald in the basement garage of a Dallas city police station in 1963. The film was directed by John Mackenzie and stars Danny Aiello , Sherilyn...
). http://news.scotsman.com/scotland/Actor-and-filmmaker-John-Mackenzie.6783245.jp - Paul MassiePaul MassiePaul Massie was a Canadian actor and academic. He later became a theater professor at the University of South Florida in the 1970s...
, 78, Canadian BAFTA-winning actor and educator. http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118038694 - Fazul Abdullah MohammedFazul Abdullah MohammedFazul Abdullah Mohammed was a member of al-Qaeda, and the leader of its presence in East Africa as of November 2009. Mohammed was born in Moroni, Comoros Islands and had Kenyan as well as Comorian citizenship...
, 38?, Comorian al-Qaeda terrorist, planned 1998 United States embassy bombings1998 United States embassy bombingsThe 1998 United States embassy bombings were a series of attacks that occurred on August 7, 1998, in which hundreds of people were killed in simultaneous truck bomb explosions at the United States embassies in the East African capitals of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania and Nairobi, Kenya. The date of the...
, shot. http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/africa/06/11/somalia.qaeda.leader.dead/index.html?hpt=hp_t2 - Jim Northrup, 71, American baseball player (Detroit TigersDetroit TigersThe Detroit Tigers are a Major League Baseball team located in Detroit, Michigan. One of the American League's eight charter franchises, the club was founded in Detroit in as part of the Western League. The Tigers have won four World Series championships and have won the American League pennant...
, Montreal ExposMontreal ExposThe Montreal Expos were a Major League Baseball team located in Montreal, Quebec from 1969 through 2004, holding the first MLB franchise awarded outside the United States. After the 2004 season, MLB moved the Expos to Washington, D.C. and renamed them the Nationals.Named after the Expo 67 World's...
, Baltimore OriolesBaltimore OriolesThe Baltimore Orioles are a professional baseball team based in Baltimore, Maryland in the United States. They are a member of the Eastern Division of Major League Baseball's American League. One of the American League's eight charter franchises in 1901, it spent its first year as a major league...
), seizure. http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20110608&content_id=20225198¬ebook_id=20245554&vkey=notebook_det&c_id=det - Steve PopovichSteve PopovichSteve Popovich , was an American record company executive.Popovich was born in Nemacolin, Pennsylvania, and in 1962 started in the warehouse at Columbia Records Cleveland...
, 68, American record executive, founder of Cleveland International RecordsCleveland International RecordsCleveland International Records is an independent record label formed in 1977 by Steve Popovich. One of the first albums the label released was 1977's Bat Out of Hell by Jim Steinman and Meat Loaf which has sold over 40 million copies worldwide. They have also released recordings by B.J...
. http://www.cleveland.com/popmusic/index.ssf/2011/06/steve_popovich_founder_of_clev.html - Alan RubinAlan RubinAlan Rubin , also known as Mr. Fabulous, was an American musician. He played trumpet, flugelhorn, and piccolo trumpet....
, 68, American trumpeter (The Blues BrothersThe Blues BrothersThe Blues Brothers are an American blues and soul revivalist band founded in 1978 by comedy actors Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi as part of a musical sketch on Saturday Night Live...
), lung cancer . http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-alan-rubin-20110611,0,3513689.story - Roy SkeltonRoy SkeltonRoy William Skelton was an English actor and voice artist, whose voice was more familiar to television viewers than his name...
, 79, British actor (RainbowRainbow (TV series)Rainbow is a British children's television series, created by Pamela Lonsdale, which ran twice weekly at 12:10 on Tuesdays and Fridays on the ITV network, from 16 October 1972 to 6 March 1992...
, Doctor WhoDoctor WhoDoctor Who is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. The programme depicts the adventures of a time-travelling humanoid alien known as the Doctor who explores the universe in a sentient time machine called the TARDIS that flies through time and space, whose exterior...
), stroke. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-13693811 - Oliver William Twisleton-Wykeham-FiennesOliver William Twisleton-Wykeham-FiennesThe Very Reverend, the Honourable Oliver William Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes was Dean of Lincoln in the latter part of the 20th century....
, 85, British Anglican priest, Dean of LincolnDean of LincolnThe Dean of Lincoln is the head of the Chapter of Lincoln Cathedral in the city of Lincoln, England in the Diocese of Lincoln. The post is currently held by the Very Revd Philip John Warr Buckler, MA.-References:...
(1969–1989). http://www.lincolncathedral.com/xhtml/default.asp?UserLinkID=62533
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- Paul Dickson, 74, American football player (St. Louis RamsSt. Louis RamsThe St. Louis Rams are a professional American football team based in St. Louis, Missouri. They are currently members of the West Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The Rams have won three NFL Championships .The Rams began playing in 1936 in Cleveland,...
, Dallas CowboysDallas CowboysThe Dallas Cowboys are a professional American football franchise which plays in the Eastern Division of the National Football Conference of the National Football League . They are headquartered in Valley Ranch in Irving, Texas, a suburb of Dallas...
, Minnesota VikingsMinnesota VikingsThe Minnesota Vikings are a professional American football team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Vikings joined the National Football League as an expansion team in 1960...
), blood infection. http://www.startribune.com/sports/vikings/123583374.html - Angelino FonsAngelino FonsAngelino Fons Fernández , was a Spanish film director and screenwriter.-Career:Angelino Fons was born on March 6, 1936 in Madrid, just months before the beginning of the Spanish Civil War. He grew up in Murcia and Orihuela, where he moved with his family in 1940, there he studied at the Jesuit...
, 75, Spanish film director. http://www.abc.es/20110607/cultura-cine/abci-muere-angelino-fons-201106071539.html (Spanish) - Walid GholmiehWalid GholmiehDr. Walid Georges Gholmieh was the director of the Le Conservatoire libanais national supérieur de musique or The Lebanese National Higher Conservatory of Music...
, 73, Lebanese musician, director of Conservatoire LibanaisConservatoire LibanaisLe Conservatoire libanais national supérieur de musique or The Lebanese National Higher Conservatory of Music was founded in the 1930s by Wadih Sabra, composer of the national anthem of Lebanon. Sabra's goal was to establish an institute of higher learning for music. The Conservatoire, which is...
. http://www.dailystar.com.lb/Culture/Music/2011/Jun-08/Lebanese-classical-music-paragon-dies.ashx - Genaro HernándezGenaro HernandezGenaro Hernández was a Mexican-American boxer from South Central Los Angeles. Hernández was the former WBC, WBA, & Lineal super featherweight champion.-Pro career:...
, 45, American boxer, cancer. http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/sports_blog/2011/06/former-world-champion-boxer-hernandez-from-la-dies-at-45.html - Liam KellyLiam Kelly (Irish republican)Liam Kelly was an Irish republican, who was elected both to House of Commons of Northern Ireland and as a member of Seanad Éireann...
, 88, Irish republican and politician. http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/newsday/obituary.aspx?n=liam-kelly-william&pid=151703109 - José PagánJosé PagánJosé Antonio Pagán Rodríguez was a Puerto Rican Major League Baseball player.-Baseball career:Pagán made his major league debut with the San Francisco Giants on August 8, . He played for the Giants until 1965, then was traded to the Pittsburgh Pirates. In he played his final career games with...
, 76, Puerto Rican baseball player (San Francisco GiantsSan Francisco GiantsThe San Francisco Giants are a Major League Baseball team based in San Francisco, California, playing in the National League West Division....
, Pittsburgh PiratesPittsburgh PiratesThe Pittsburgh Pirates are a Major League Baseball club based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. They play in the Central Division of the National League, and are five-time World Series Champions...
), Alzheimer's disease. http://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=396711&CategoryId=13002 - Mietek PemperMietek PemperMieczysław "Mietek" Pemper was a Polish-born German Holocaust survivor. Pemper helped compile and type Oskar Schindler's now-famous list, which saved 1,200 people from being killed in the Holocaust during World War II....
, 91, Polish-born German Holocaust survivor, compiled and typed Oskar SchindlerOskar SchindlerOskar Schindler was an ethnic German industrialist born in Moravia. He is credited with saving over 1,100 Jews during the Holocaust by employing them in his enamelware and ammunitions factories, which were located in what is now Poland and the Czech Republic respectively.He is the subject of the...
's list. http://www.jpost.com/JewishWorld/JewishNews/Article.aspx?id=224583 - Nataraja RamakrishnaNataraja RamakrishnaNataraja Ramakrishna was a dance guru from Andhra Pradesh, India. He was the chairman of Andhra Pradesh Sangeeta Nataka Academy...
, 88, Indian dance guru, after long illness. http://www.thehindu.com/news/states/andhra-pradesh/article2084870.ece - Maksud SadikovMaksud SadikovSadikov Maksud Ibnugadzharovich, -- , was a Professor in International Relations and Islamic Economics, a practicing Sufi, follower of Shaykh Said Afandi al-Chirkawi.- Biography :...
, 48, Russian Islamic scholar and theologian, shot. http://en.rian.ru/russia/20110607/164501048.html - Jorge SemprúnJorge SemprúnJorge Semprún Maura was a Spanish writer and politician who lived in France most of his life and wrote primarily in French. From 1953 to 1962, during the era of Francisco Franco, Semprún lived clandestinely in Spain working as an organizer for the exiled Communist Party of Spain, but was expelled...
, 87, Spanish writer and politician. http://www.pagina12.com.ar/diario/ultimas/20-169652-2011-06-07.html (Spanish) - Leonard B. SternLeonard B. SternLeonard Bernard Stern was an American screenwriter, film and television producer, director, and one of the creators, with Roger Price, of the classic word game Mad Libs.-Life and career:...
, 87, American television director, producer, and writer (Get SmartGet SmartGet Smart is an American comedy television series that satirizes the secret agent genre. Created by Mel Brooks with Buck Henry, the show starred Don Adams , Barbara Feldon , and Edward Platt...
), creator of The HoneymoonersThe HoneymoonersThe Honeymooners is an American situation comedy television show, based on a recurring 1951–'55 sketch of the same name. It originally aired on the DuMont network's Cavalcade of Stars and subsequently on the CBS network's The Jackie Gleason Show hosted by Jackie Gleason, and filmed before a live...
, co-creator of Mad LibsMad LibsMad Libs is a phrasal template word game where one player prompts another for a list of words to substitute for blanks in a story, usually with funny results...
. http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118038251?refCatId=14 - Edgar TekereEdgar TekereEdgar Zivanai Tekere was a Zimbabwean politician. He was a president of the Zimbabwe African National Union who organised the party during the Lancaster House talks and served in government before his popularity as a potential rival to Robert Mugabe caused their...
, 74, Zimbabwean politician, cancer. http://www.thezimbabwemail.com/zimbabwe/8264-tekere-dies.html - Gavriel TsifroniGavriel TsifroniGavriel Tsifroni was an Israeli journalist.- Biography :Tsifroni was born in Vilna in 1914. At the age of three he immigrated to Mandate Palestine with his family, which moved to Tel Aviv. From the age of 14 he worked in a bakery delivering bread to the residents of the town...
, 96, Israeli journalist. http://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-4079860,00.html (Hebrew) - Haim YisraeliHaim Yisraeli- Biography :Yisraeli was born in 1927 in the town of Motal in Belarus . He was named after his uncle Rabbi Meir Haim Dolenko , the rabbi of Motal ....
, 84, Israeli civil servant. http://www.jewpi.com/died-haim-yisraeli-advisor-of-14-defense-ministers-of-israel/
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- John R. AlisonJohn R. Alison- External links :* The All-American Airman, Walter J. Boyne, March 2000*John R. Alison Papers, 1945–1957*John R. Alison Collection, including extended video interview available online.*" John R. Alison Enshrinee Biography...
, 98, American airman, launched the Allied Reoccupation of Burma during World War II. http://www.finanznachrichten.de/20448270 - John BoswallJohn BoswallJohn Boswall was a British actor probably best known for playing Wyvern in Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl and Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest....
, 91, British actor. http://www.stroudnewsandjournal.co.uk/news/9098680.Acting_elite_bid_farewell_to_John_at_Woodchester_funeral/ - Claudio CavazzaClaudio CavazzaClaudio Cavazza is an Italian entrepreneur, Chairman and founder of the Sigma-Tau pharmaceutical company.-History:...
, 77, Italian entrepreneur, founder of Sigma-TauSigma-TauSigma-Tau Industrie Farmaceutiche Riunite, referred to as Sigma-Tau, emerges in 1957 from the entrepreneurial initiative of research chemist Claudio Cavazza...
pharmaceuticals. http://en.defiante.com/html/EFpZykkuEVmtSXFLGv.shtml - Bill ClossBill ClossWilliam Thomas "Bill" Closs was a American basketball player. He played collegiately for Rice University. In his final year, he led the Southwest Conference in scoring and was All-American in 1943...
, 89, American basketball player (Philadelphia Warriors, Fort Wayne Pistons). http://www.riceowls.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/060811aaa.html - Declan CostelloDeclan CostelloDeclan Costello was an Irish jurist and Fine Gael party politician, who served as a Teachta Dála for twenty years, as Attorney General for four years and as a High Court judge for another twenty years before his retirement....
, 84, Irish politician, TDTeachta DálaA Teachta Dála , usually abbreviated as TD in English, is a member of Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Oireachtas . It is the equivalent of terms such as "Member of Parliament" or "deputy" used in other states. The official translation of the term is "Deputy to the Dáil", though a more literal...
for Dublin North WestDublin North West (Dáil Éireann constituency)Dublin North–West is a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas. The constituency elects 3 deputies...
(1951–1969); Dublin South WestDublin South West (Dáil Éireann constituency)Dublin South–West is a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas. The constituency elects 4 deputies...
(1973–1977), Attorney GeneralAttorney General of IrelandThe Attorney General is a constitutional officer who is the official adviser to the Government of Ireland in matters of law. He is in effect the chief law officer in Ireland. The Attorney General is not a member of the Government but does participate in cabinet meetings when invited and attends...
(1973–1977) and High Court judge. http://www.rte.ie/news/2011/0606/costellod.html - Eleanor DapkusEleanor DapkusEleanor Dapkus [Wolf] was a center fielder and pitcher who played from through in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at 5' 6", 160 lb., she batted and threw right-handed.-Women in baseball:...
, 87, American baseball player (All-American Girls Professional Baseball LeagueAll-American Girls Professional Baseball LeagueThe All-American Girls Professional Baseball League was a women's professional baseball league founded by Philip K. Wrigley which existed from 1943 to 1954. During the league's history, over 600 women played ball.-History:...
), breast cancer. - Dulce FigueiredoDulce FigueiredoDulce Maria de Guimarães Figueiredo was the wife of former Brazilian president João Figueiredo and thus the First Lady of Brazil from 1979 to 1985. A widow since 1999, she died June 6, 2011 at a clinic in Botafogo, Rio de Janeiro aged 83.-References:...
, 83, Brazilian First Lady (1979–1985), widow of João Figueiredo. http://noticias.terra.com.br/brasil/noticias/0,,OI5172583-EI306,00-Morre+no+Rio+a+exprimeiradama+Dulce+Figueiredo.html (Portuguese) - Benjamín GonzálezBenjamín GonzálezBenjamín González was an athlete from Spain. He competed in the 400 and 800 metres.González won a bronze medal in 400 m at the 1982 European Indoor Championships. At the inaugural World Indoor Games in 1985 he and finished second in the 800 metres behind compatriot Colomán Trabado...
, 53, Spanish Olympic athlete, mountaineering accident. http://es.eurosport.yahoo.com/09062011/47/fallece-olimpico-benjamin-gonzalez.html (Spanish) (body found on this date) - Stefan KuryłowiczStefan KuryłowiczStefan Marian Kuryłowicz was a Polish architect and professor who is widely credited with transforming the architecture and skyline of Warsaw, Poland, in the twenty years following the collapse of Communism in 1989...
, 62, Polish architect, plane crash. http://www.thenews.pl/1/11/Artykul/25347,Obituary-%E2%80%93-architect-Stefan-Kurylowicz - Masashi OhuchiMasashi Ohuchiwas a Japanese medal-winning weightlifter. Ohuchi won a bronze medal in weightlifting at the 1964 Summer Olympics and a silver medal at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City. He won two gold medals at the Asia Games in 1966 and 1970. He further became the world champion in Light-Heavy lighting at...
, 67, Japanese weightlifter, Olympic silver (19681968 Summer OlympicsThe 1968 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Mexico City, Mexico in October 1968. The 1968 Games were the first Olympic Games hosted by a developing country, and the first Games hosted by a Spanish-speaking country...
) and bronze (19641964 Summer OlympicsThe 1964 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVIII Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event held in Tokyo, Japan in 1964. Tokyo had been awarded with the organization of the 1940 Summer Olympics, but this honor was subsequently passed to Helsinki because of Japan's...
) medalist. http://www.iwf.net/newsletter/newsletter18.html - ShrekShrek (sheep)Shrek was a Merino wether belonging to Bendigo Station, a sheep station near Tarras, New Zealand, who gained international fame in 2004 after he avoided being caught and shorn for six years. Merinos are normally shorn annually, but Shrek apparently hid in caves, avoiding muster...
, 16, New Zealand celebrity sheep, euthanised. http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/5105798/Shrek-NZs-most-famous-sheep-put-down
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- Mark H. Beaubien, Jr.Mark H. Beaubien, Jr.Mark H. Beaubien, Jr. was a Republican member of the Illinois House of Representatives. He represented the 52nd House district since 1996, and prior to his death, served as Assistant Republican Leader.-External links:...
, 68, American politician, member of the Illinois House of RepresentativesIllinois House of RepresentativesThe Illinois House of Representatives is the lower house of the Illinois General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Illinois. The body was created by the first Illinois Constitution adopted in 1818. The state House of Representatives is made of 118 representatives elected from...
(since 1997). http://newssun.suntimes.com/news/5798229-418/state-rep.-mark-beaubien-jr.-dies - Léon BollendorffLéon BollendorffDr Léon Bollendorff was a Luxembourgian politician, teacher, and philologist. He was born in Wasserbillig. A member of the Christian Social People's Party, he sat in the Chamber of Deputies, of which he served as President . He also sat on the communal council of Luxembourg City, holding office...
, 96, Luxembourgian politician. http://news.rtl.lu/news/national/110241.html (Luxembourgish) - Scott BostwickScott BostwickScott Bostwick was an American football player and coach in the United States. He served as the defensive coordinator at Northwest Missouri State University from 1994 to 2010 under head coach Mel Tjeerdsma, during which time the Bearcats captured three NCAA Division II National Football...
, 49, American football player and coach (Western Washington, Northwest Missouri State), heart attack. http://www.omaha.com/article/20110605/SPORTS/306059922 - Leon BothaLeon BothaLeon Botha was a South African painter, and musical performer, as well as one of the world's oldest survivors of progeria.-Biography:...
, 26, South African artist and musical performer, progeria-related heart failure. http://afrikaans.news24.com/Vermaak/Nuus/Antwoord-video-se-Leon-Botha-oorlede-20110606 (Afrikaans) - John GlasbyJohn GlasbyJohn Stephen Glasby was a prolific British author whose work spanned a range of popular genres. A professional research chemist and mathematician, he produced over 300 novels and short stories during the 1950s and 1960s, most of which were published pseudonymously under the Badger Books...
, 82, British chemist and writer. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/8766379/John-Glasby.html - Azam KhanAzam Khan (singer)Azam Khan was a Bangladeshi pop singer. He was the pioneer in Bengali pop music. He founded a band called Uchcharon in the early 1970s. He is honored as Guru of Pop Music in Bangladesh...
, 61, Bangladeshi pop singer, cancer. http://www.bdnews24.com/details.php?id=197577&cid=2 - Gordon LorenzGordon LorenzGordon Lorenz , was an English songwriter and record producer, who made his fame by writing the UK Christmas number one hit "There's No-one Quite Like Grandma" for St Winifred’s School Choir...
, 61, British songwriter. http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/regional-news/2011/06/06/grandma-song-producer-lorenz-dies-92534-28825841/ - Célestin OliverCélestin OliverCélestin Oliver was a French football striker. He was part of the French national team during the 1958 FIFA World Cup tournament.-Honours:*1958 FIFA World Cup third place with France...
, 80, French Olympic footballer. http://www.fff.fr/bleus/actu/537882.shtml (French)
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- Dimi Mint AbbaDimi Mint AbbaDimi Mint Abba was Mauritania's most famous musician. She was born Loula Bint Siddaty Ould Abba in 1958 into a low-caste family specializing in the griot tradition.-Life and career:...
, 52, Mauritanian singer, brain haemorrhage. http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2011/jun/09/dimi-mint-abba-obituary - Lilian Jackson BraunLilian Jackson BraunLilian Jackson Braun was an American writer, well known for her light-hearted series of "The Cat Who..." mystery novels...
, 97, American author (Cat Who seriesCat Who seriesThe Cat Who... is a novel series of murder mystery novels by Lilian Jackson Braun. This series is called the "Cat Who..." series because each book title in this series begins with the words "The Cat Who. . ."....
), natural causes. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/08/books/lilian-jackson-braun-cat-who-writer-dies-at-97.html?_r=2&ref=deathsobituaries - Claudio Bravo, 74, Chilean painter, epilepsy. http://diario.elmercurio.com/2011/06/06/actividad_cultural/actividad_cultural/noticias/E8150416-DB69-4456-80DB-DD07BE099955.htm?id={E8150416-DB69-4456-80DB-DD07BE099955}
- Tommy BrentTommy BrentThomas Brent Cheseldine , better known as Tommy Brent, was an American theater producer who was known for preserving and managing the historic Theatre-By-the-Sea at Card Ponds Road in South Kingstown, Rhode Island. Brent was born in 1922 in Washington, D.C. and died at Matunuck, Rhode Island in...
, 88, American theatrical producer. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/08/theater/tommy-brent-theater-producer-dies-at-88.html?src=twrhp - Lindsey DurlacherLindsey DurlacherLindsey Durlacher was an American Greco-Roman wrestler whose career highlight was a bronze medal at the 2006 FILA Wrestling World Championships at 121 pounds...
, 36, American Greco-Roman wrestlerGreco-Roman wrestlingGreco-Roman wrestling is a style of wrestling that is practised worldwide. It was contested at the first modern Olympic Games in 1896 and has been included in every edition of the summer Olympics held since 1908. Two wrestlers are scored for their performance in three two-minute periods, which can...
. http://www.chicagobreakingsports.com/sports/cbsports-lindsey-durlacher-decorated-illinois-wrestler-dies-at-35-20110604,0,4285023.story - Lawrence EagleburgerLawrence EagleburgerLawrence Sidney Eagleburger was an American statesman and former career diplomat, who served briefly as the United States Secretary of State under President George H. W. Bush. Previously, he had served in lesser capacities under Presidents Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, and George H....
, 80, American diplomat and politician, Secretary of StateUnited States Secretary of StateThe United States Secretary of State is the head of the United States Department of State, concerned with foreign affairs. The Secretary is a member of the Cabinet and the highest-ranking cabinet secretary both in line of succession and order of precedence...
(1992–1993). http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/05/us/politics/05eagleburger.html?ref=deathsobituaries - Curth FlatowCurth FlatowCurth Flatow was a German dramatist and screenwriter who started his career in post-war Germany specializing in light comedy. Flatow was born in Berlin. Many of his plays have been adapted for the big screen...
, 91, German dramatist and screenwriter, natural causes. http://www.n24.de/news/newsitem_6950930.html (German) - Maurice GarrelMaurice GarrelMaurice Garrel was a French film actor.Garrel was born in Saint-Servais, Isère. He appeared in over a hundred films and was nominated twice for a César Award for best supporting actor: in 1991 for La Discrète and in 2005 for Kings and Queen.Garrel was the father of producer Thierry Garrel and...
, 88, French actor. http://www.lefigaro.fr/flash-actu/2011/06/05/97001-20110605FILWWW00073-deces-de-l-acteur-maurice-garrel.php (French) - Donald HewlettDonald HewlettDonald Marland Hewlett was an English actor, born in Northenden, Manchester, and best known for his sitcom roles as Colonel Charles Reynolds in It Ain't Half Hot Mum and Lord Meldrum in You Rang, M'Lord?, both written by Jimmy Perry and David Croft...
, 90, English actor, pneumonia. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-13661352 - Juan Francisco LuisJuan Francisco LuisJuan Francisco Luis was a U.S. Virgin Island politician who served as the third elected Governor of the U.S. Virgin Islands and the territory's 23rd Governor overall. Luis assumed the governorship on January 2, 1978, succeeding Governor Cyril King, who died in office...
, 70, U.S. Virgin Islands politician, Governor of the United States Virgin Islands (1978–1987), Lieutenant GovernorLieutenant Governor of the United States Virgin IslandsThe following is a list of Lieutenant Governors of the United States Virgin Islands.*David Earle Maas - Republican...
(1975–1978). http://virginislandsdailynews.com/news/gov-juan-luis-dies-at-70-1.1157759#axzz1T2knWZ7L - Rosenery Mello do NascimentoRosenery Mello do NascimentoRosenery Mello do Nascimento , best known by the stage name Rosenery Mello, was a Brazilian celebrity and model also known as "Fogueteira do Maracanã"....
, 45, Brazilian model and Playboy Playmate, brain aneurysm. [6] (Portuguese) - Ian MitchellIan Mitchell (English cricketer)Ian Norman Mitchell was an English cricketer. Mitchell was a right-handed batsman. The son of Major Alexander Black Mitchell, a High Sheriff of Gloucestershire, he was born in Henbury, Bristol and educated at Harrow School, where he represented the school cricket team.While studying at Cambridge...
, 86, English cricketer, natural causes.http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/17617.html - Andreas P. NielsenAndreas P. NielsenAndreas P. Nielsen , was a Danish author and composer.Nielsen was born in Kolding, Denmark. He was married to singer and composer, Inge-Marie Nielsen, with whom he directed the Dræsinebanden . Since its inauguration in 1988 the aforementioned orchestra has presented concerts across Denmark and...
, 58, Danish author and composer, cancer. http://www.bt.dk/danmark/dansktop-stjerne-opgiver-kampen-mod-kraeften (Danish) - Martin RushentMartin RushentMartin Rushent was an English record producer, best known for his work with The Human League, The Stranglers and The Buzzcocks.- Early life :Rushent was born on 11 July 1948 in Enfield, Middlesex. His father was a car salesman...
, 63, English record producer (BuzzcocksBuzzcocksBuzzcocks are an English punk rock band formed in Bolton in 1976, led by singer–songwriter–guitarist Pete Shelley.They are regarded as an important influence on the Manchester music scene, the independent record label movement, punk rock, power pop, pop punk and indie rock. They achieved commercial...
, Human League, The StranglersThe StranglersThe Stranglers are an English punk/rock music group.Scoring some 23 UK top 40 singles and 17 UK top 40 albums to date in a career spanning five decades, the Stranglers are the longest-surviving and most "continuously successful" band to have originated in the UK punk scene of the mid to late 1970s...
). http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-13663325 - Betty TaylorBetty Taylor (actress)Betty Taylor was an American actress and performer. She starred as Slue Foot Sue in Disneyland's Golden Horseshoe Revue with Wally Boag. She died on Saturday, June 4, 2011, at the age of 91, the day after Wally Boag died....
, 91, American performer (Disneyland's Golden Horseshoe RevueGolden Horseshoe Saloon-External links:*...
). http://ocresort.ocregister.com/2011/06/04/betty-taylor-played-slue-foot-sue/79437/ - Felix ZandmanFelix ZandmanDr. Felix Zandman, Ph.D. was the founder and chief technology officer of Vishay Intertechnology – one of the world's largest providers of electronic components. From 1946 to 1949 he studied in France at the University of Nancy physics and engineering...
, 83, American entrepreneur. http://www.bizjournals.com/philadelphia/news/2011/06/06/vishay-founder-holocaust-survivor.html
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- Lee J. AmesLee J. AmesLee Judah Ames was an American artist noted for his Draw 50... learn-to-draw books.He was born in Manhattan, New York. His first job at age eighteen was at Walt Disney Studios. He has since led a career as an advertising artist, fine artist, cartoonist, designer, animation in-betweener,...
, 90, American artist and illustrator, heart failure. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=70987768 - James ArnessJames ArnessJames King Arness was an American actor, best known for portraying Marshal Matt Dillon in the television series Gunsmoke for 20 years...
, 88, American actor (GunsmokeGunsmokeGunsmoke is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman MacDonnell and writer John Meston. The stories take place in and around Dodge City, Kansas, during the settlement of the American West....
), natural causes. http://www.latimes.com/news/la-me-james-arness-20110604,0,6262500.story - Harry BernsteinHarry BernsteinHarry Louis Bernstein was a British-born American writer whose first published book, The Invisible Wall: A Love Story That Broke Barriers, dealt with his long suffering mother Ada's struggles to feed her six children; an abusive, alcoholic father, Yankel; the anti-Semitism Bernstein and his Jewish...
, 101, British-born American author. http://www.usatoday.com/life/people/obit/2011-06-04-harry-bernstein-obit_n.htm - Wally BoagWally BoagWallace Vincent "Wally" Boag was an American performer known for his starring role in Disney's long-running stage show the Golden Horseshoe Revue. This is not a poster. It was an advertisement published in Variety....
, 90, American performer (Disneyland's Golden Horseshoe RevueGolden Horseshoe Saloon-External links:*...
). http://ocresort.ocregister.com/2011/06/03/disney-legend-wally-boag-dies/79355/ - Marion Fuller BrownMarion Fuller BrownMarion Fuller Brown was an American politician and environmental activist. She was a co-founder of the nonprofit environmental advocacy organization Scenic America....
, 94, American politician and environmental activist. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/17/us/17brown.html?_r=1&ref=deathsobituaries - Papa Joe ChevalierPapa Joe ChevalierArmand "Papa Joe" Chevalier was a sports radio and talk radio host from Las Vegas, Nevada. His show, "The Papa Joe Show," was heard on Sporting News Radio until 2005. Papa Joe had brief stints in independent syndication, on , and Sports Byline USA, and the now-defunct Sports Fan Radio Network...
, 62, American sports talk radio host, stroke. http://www.lvrj.com/sports/-papa-joe-chevalier-dies-at-age-62-123167828.html?ref=828 - Bruce CrozierBruce CrozierBruce Crozier was a politician in Ontario, Canada. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, representing the riding of Essex for the Ontario Liberal Party.-Background:...
, 72, Canadian politician, OntarioLegislative Assembly of OntarioThe Legislative Assembly of Ontario , is the legislature of the Canadian province of Ontario, and is the second largest provincial legislature of Canada...
MPP for Essex South (1993–1999) and EssexEssex (provincial electoral district)Essex is a provincial electoral district in southwestern, Ontario, Canada. It elects one member to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario.It was created in 1999 from Essex South, Essex—Kent and Windsor—Sandwich. It also existed from 1867 to 1874....
(since 1999), aortic aneurysm. http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/1002784--retiring-liberal-mpp-bruce-crozier-dead - Andrew GoldAndrew GoldAndrew Maurice Gold was an American singer, musician and songwriter. His works include the Top 10 single "Lonely Boy" , as well as the singles "Thank You for Being a Friend" , and "Never Let Her Slip Away" ....
, 59, American singer-songwriter ("Lonely BoyLonely Boy (Andrew Gold song)"Lonely Boy" is a song written and recorded by Andrew Gold in 1976 for his album What's Wrong with This Picture? The song features backing vocals provided by Linda Ronstadt . When released as a single in 1977, the song became a top-twenty hit in both the United States and the United Kingdom...
", "Thank You for Being a FriendThank You for Being a Friend"Thank You For Being A Friend" is a song written by Andrew Gold, who recorded it for his third album, All This and Heaven Too. The single version reached number 25 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1978....
"), heart attack. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-13666487 - Pat JacksonPat JacksonPatrick Douglas Selmes Jackson was an English film and television director.Born in Eltham, Jackson worked as a production assistant on the 1936 short film Night Mail. He directed a number of documentaries in the mid-1930's. His debut feature film was 1944's Western Approaches. Jackson spent some...
, 95, English film and television director. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/pat-jackson-director-who-learnt-his-trade-on-night-mail-and-went-on-to-make-one-of-the-finest-wartime-films-2311583.html - John Henry JohnsonJohn Henry JohnsonJohn Henry Johnson was an American football fullback. He played from 1954 to 1965 for the San Francisco 49ers, the Detroit Lions, and the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League...
, 81, American football player (San Francisco 49ersSan Francisco 49ersThe San Francisco 49ers are a professional American football team based in San Francisco, California, playing in the West Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The team was founded in 1946 as a charter member of the All-America Football Conference and...
, Pittsburgh SteelersPittsburgh SteelersThe Pittsburgh Steelers are a professional football team based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The team currently belongs to the North Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League . Founded in , the Steelers are the oldest franchise in the AFC...
) and Hall of FamerPro Football Hall of FameThe Pro Football Hall of Fame is the hall of fame of professional football in the United States with an emphasis on the National Football League . It opened in Canton, Ohio, on September 7, 1963, with 17 charter inductees...
. http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_18203171?nclick_check=1 - Miriam KarlinMiriam KarlinMiriam Karlin, OBE was a British actress who worked on screen for over 60 years. She was best known for her role as Paddy in The Rag Trade, a 1960s BBC and 1970s LWT sitcom , especially for her catchphrase "Everybody out!"...
, 85, British actress and activist, cancer. http://www.thestage.co.uk/news/newsstory.php/32408/rag-trade-actress-miriam-karlin-dies - Ilyas KashmiriIlyas KashmiriIlyas Kashmiri was a Pakistani film actor.Born in Muhalla Dara Shikoh, near Rewali Cinema, in Lahore, Punjab, British India, he started his film career from Bombay. In Bombay, the first film in which he appeared as a hero was Malika, directed and produced by Nazir...
, 47, Pakistani jihadist militant, leader of Harkatul Jihad al-Islami, drone strikeUnmanned aerial vehicleAn unmanned aerial vehicle , also known as a unmanned aircraft system , remotely piloted aircraft or unmanned aircraft, is a machine which functions either by the remote control of a navigator or pilot or autonomously, that is, as a self-directing entity...
. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-13653324 - Jack KevorkianJack KevorkianJacob "Jack" Kevorkian , commonly known as "Dr. Death", was an American pathologist, euthanasia activist, painter, composer and instrumentalist. He is best known for publicly championing a terminal patient's right to die via physician-assisted suicide; he said he assisted at least 130 patients to...
, 83, American physician and right to dieRight to dieThe right to die is the ethical or institutional entitlement of the individual to commit suicide or to undergo voluntary euthanasia. Possession of this right is often understood to mean that a person with a terminal illness should be allowed to commit suicide or assisted suicide or to decline...
activist, pulmonary thrombosis. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43265235/ - Bhajan LalBhajan LalBhajan Lal was a politician and two-time chief minister from the northern Indian state of Haryana.-Early life:...
, 80, Indian politician, Chief Minister of Haryana (1979–1985; 1991–1996), cardiac arrest. http://www.thehindu.com/news/states/other-states/article2074044.ece - Peter MurphyPeter Murphy (broadcaster)Peter David Murphy was a Irish radio and television broadcaster, best known as the host of the RTÉ's Cross Country Quiz.-Background and early life:...
, 88, Irish television presenter (RTÉRaidió Teilifís ÉireannRaidió Teilifís Éireann is a semi-state company and the public service broadcaster of Ireland. It both produces programmes and broadcasts them on television, radio and the Internet. The radio service began on January 1, 1926, while regular television broadcasts began on December 31, 1961, making...
). http://www.rte.ie/news/2011/0604/murphyp.html - Sammy OferSammy OferSammy Ofer KBE was a businessman, shipping tycoon and one of the wealthiest people in Israel, although most of his time he spent abroad, and managed his businesses from Monte Carlo in Monaco...
, 89, Israeli businessman, after long illness. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/05/world/middleeast/05ofer.html?_r=1&ref=deathsobituaries - Ray PahlRay PahlRaymond Edward Pahl was a British sociologist, best known for his studies of social interaction, polarisation, work and friendship in suburban and post-industrial communities.-Life and career:...
, 75, British sociologist, cancer. http://www.guardian.co.uk/theguardian/2011/jul/26/ray-pahl-obituary?INTCMP=ILCNETTXT3487 - Benny SpellmanBenny SpellmanBenny Spellman was an American rhythm and blues singer, best known for his 1962 hit "Lipstick Traces ," written by Allen Toussaint and the original version of "Fortune Teller", covered by The Rolling Stones among others. "Lipstick Traces" reached #28 on the US Billboard Black singles chart and #80...
, 79, American R&B singer, respiratory failure. http://www.wwltv.com/news/RB-legend-Benny-Spellman-dies-123172068.html - Gus TylerGus TylerAugust "Gus" Tyler was an American socialist activist of the 1930s, a labor union official, author, and newspaper columnist...
, 99, American socialist activist. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/12/nyregion/gus-tyler-firebrand-of-labor-movement-dies-at-99.html?_r=1&ref=deathsobituaries - Jan van RoesselJan van RoesselJan van Roessel was a Dutch football player.-Club career:A big striker and fierce header of the ball, Van Roessel was picked up at LONGA by Willem II in Tilburg in 1951, and won the 1952 Dutch league title and in 1955 the first professional Eredivisie championship...
, 86, Dutch Olympic footballer (Willem II TilburgWillem II TilburgWillem II , also known as Willem II Tilburg, is a football club based in Tilburg, North Brabant, Netherlands. The team was founded on 12 August 1896 as Tilburgia...
). http://www.vi.nl/Nieuws-item/201569/Oudinternational-Jan-van-Roessel-86-overleden.htm
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- Ray BryantRay BryantRaphael Homer "Ray" Bryant was an American Jazz pianist and composer.-Biography:Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Ray Bryant began playing the piano at the age of six, also performing on bass in junior High School...
, 79, American jazz pianist, after long illness. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/04/arts/music/ray-bryant-jazz-pianist-dies-at-79.html - Mark CooneyMark CooneyMark Cooney was a linebacker in the National Football League. Cooney was drafted by the Green Bay Packers in the sixteenth round of the 1974 NFL Draft and played that season with the team....
, 60, American football player (Green Bay PackersGreen Bay PackersThe Green Bay Packers are an American football team based in Green Bay, Wisconsin. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The Packers are the current NFL champions...
). http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/denverpost/obituary.aspx?n=mark-cooney&pid=151505965 - Willem DuysWillem DuysWillem Duys , was a Dutch radio and television presenter, commentator, tennis player and music producer.Duys was born in Bussum. Having made the final NK Older Youth in 1946, he won the Spieghel Hilversum and Heide B tournament, took the semi-finals Plaswijck Kralingen and won the B tournament in...
, 82, Dutch radio and television presenter and record producer, infection. http://www.telegraaf.nl/prive/9944410/__Willem_Duys__82___is_overleden__.html (Dutch) - Josephine HartJosephine HartJosephine Hart, Lady Saatchi was an Irish-born British writer, theatrical producer and television presenter...
, 69, Irish-born British novelist and poetry promoter, ovarian cancer. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/film-obituaries/8555567/Josephine-Hart.html - Sir Philip HollandPhilip HollandSir Philip Welsby Holland was a British Conservative Party politician.Born in Northwich, Holland was educated at Sir John Deane's Grammar School, Northwich. He served with the Royal Air Force from 1936 to 1946 and was in the Middle East from 1938 to 1942...
, 94, British politician, MP for ActonActon (UK Parliament constituency)- Elections in the 1940s :- Elections in the 1960s :-References:...
(1959–1964); CarltonCarlton (UK Parliament constituency)Carlton was a constituency in Nottinghamshire which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1950 until it was abolished for the 1983 general election. It was then partly replaced by the new Gedling constituency.-Members of Parliament:...
(1966–1983) and GedlingGedling (UK Parliament constituency)-Electiobs in the 2000s:-Elections in the 1990s:-See also:*List of Parliamentary constituencies in Nottinghamshire...
(1983–1987). http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/politics-obituaries/8560302/Sir-Philip-Holland.html - Walter R. Peterson, Jr.Walter R. Peterson, Jr.Walter Rutherford Peterson, Jr. was an American realtor, educator, and Republican politician from Peterborough, New Hampshire who served in the New Hampshire House of Representatives and two terms as Governor of New Hampshire....
, 88, American politician, Governor of New HampshireGovernor of New HampshireThe Governor of the State of New Hampshire is the supreme executive magistrate of the U.S. state of New Hampshire.The governor is elected at the biennial state general election in November of even-numbered years. New Hampshire is one of only two states, along with bordering Vermont, to hold...
(1969–1973), lung cancer. http://www.boston.com/news/local/new_hampshire/articles/2011/06/02/former_nh_gov_walter_peterson_dies_of_cancer/ - Willie PhiriWillie PhiriWillie Phiri was a Zambia international football midfielder and manager.-Career:Born in Northern Rhodesia, Phiri played club football for local side Nchanga Rangers F.C...
, 57, Zambian footballer. http://www.lusakatimes.com/2011/06/02/willie-phiri-dies/ - Geronimo PrattGeronimo PrattGeronimo Ji Jaga , also known as Geronimo ji-Jaga Pratt born: Elmer Pratt, was a high ranking member of the Black Panther Party...
, 63, American political activist (Black Panther PartyBlack Panther PartyThe Black Panther Party wasan African-American revolutionary leftist organization. It was active in the United States from 1966 until 1982....
), heart attack. http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2011/06/geronimo-pratt-dies.html - Philip RahtzPhilip RahtzPhilip Arthur Rahtz was a British archaeologist.Rahtz was born in Bristol. After leaving Bristol Grammar School, he became an accountant before serving with the Royal Air Force during the Second World War. During war service, Rahtz became friends with the archaeologist Ernest Greenfield...
, 90, British archaeologist. http://600transformer.blogspot.com/2011/06/philip-rahtz-1921-2011.html - Joel RosenbergJoel Rosenberg (science fiction author)Joel Rosenberg was a Canadian American science fiction and fantasy author best known for his long-running "Guardians of the Flame" series. Rosenberg was also a guns rights activist...
, 57, American science fiction author, heart attack. http://www.sfsite.com/news/2011/06/03/obituary-joel-rosenberg/ - Albertina SisuluAlbertina SisuluNontsikelelo Albertina Sisulu was a black South African anti–apartheid activist, and the widow of fellow activist Walter Sisulu . She was affectionately known as Ma Sisulu throughout her lifetime by the South African public. In 2004 she was voted 57th in the SABC3's Great South Africans...
, 92, South African anti-apartheid activist. http://www.mg.co.za/article/2011-06-02-struggle-heroine-albertina-sisulu-dies - Keith SmithKeith Smith (Australian writer)Edward Keith Smith was an Australian broadcaster, radio and television personality, and writer.- Biography :Smith's most popular program was "The Pied Piper" , in which he conducted candid interviews with children...
, 93, Australian radio and television personality (The Pied Piper), children's writer. http://www.smh.com.au/national/obituaries/pied-pipers-chats-with-children-led-to-laughter-and-insights-20110606-1fp3u.html - Lavina WashinesLavina WashinesLavina Washines was the first female leader of the Yakama Nation, Washington, United States.Washines was first elected to the Yakama Nation Tribal Council in 1985. In 2006, she became chair of the tribal council serving until 2008.-Notes:...
, 71, American tribal leader, first female leader of the Yakima Nation (2006–2008). http://www.yakima-herald.com/stories/2011/06/02/first-female-leader-of-yakama-tribal-council-dies
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- Jaehoon AhnJaehoon AhnJaehoon Ahn was a North Korean-born American journalist and researcher. Ahn worked as a researcher for the Washington Post for more than twenty-five years, until 1996. He was also the founding director of Radio Free Asia's Korean language service in 1997 and a board member of U.S...
, 70, North Korean-born American journalist and researcher, founding director of Radio Free AsiaRadio Free AsiaRadio Free Asia is a private, nonprofit corporation that operates a radio station and Internet news service. RFA was founded by an act of the US Congress and is operated by the Broadcasting Board of Governors . The RFA is supported in part by grants from the federal government of the United States...
Korean language service. http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/jaehoon-ahn-reporter-and-post-researcher-dies/2011/06/09/AGNjEGPH_story.html - Munir DarMunir Dar (field hockey)Munir Ahmed Dar was a field hockey player from Pakistan, who won the silver medal with the Men's National Hockey Team at the 1956 and 1964 Summer Olympics.Munir Dar died on June 1, 2011.-References:...
, 76, Pakistani field hockey player, 19601960 Summer OlympicsThe 1960 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event held from August 25 to September 11, 1960 in Rome, Italy...
Olympic gold medalist. http://tribune.com.pk/story/180248/hockey-legend-munir-dar-passes-away/ - Matt FongMatt FongMatthew Kipling Fong was a Republican who served as the 30th California State Treasurer and was also the adopted son of Democrat March Fong Eu, the 25th California Secretary of State....
, 57, American politician, California State TreasurerCalifornia State TreasurerThe California State Treasurer is responsible for the state's investment and finance. The post has more narrow responsibilities and authority than the California State Controller...
(1995–1999), skin cancer. http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-matt-fong-20110602,0,7796338.story?track=rss - Frank PontaFrank PontaPonta coached several medal winning Paralympic athletes including Louise Sauvage and Priya Cooper. He was Sauvage's first coach, starting when Sauvage was a junior competitor. Sauvage described Ponta's coaching style as patient....
, 75, Australian paralympianParalympic GamesThe Paralympic Games are a major international multi-sport event where athletes with a physical disability compete; this includes athletes with mobility disabilities, amputations, blindness, and Cerebral Palsy. There are Winter and Summer Paralympic Games, which are held immediately following their...
, after long illness. http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/sport/pioneering-paralympian-frank-ponta-dies-aged-75/story-e6frg7mf-1226068021006 - Devi PrasadDevi Prasad (artist)Devi Prasad was an Indian artist and peace activist. He was a pioneering studio potter, painter, designer, photographer, art educator and peace activist.-Early life:...
, 89, Indian artist and peace activist. http://www.guardian.co.uk/theguardian/2011/aug/09/devi-prasad-obituary - Haleh SahabiHaleh SahabiHaleh Sahabi was an Iranian humanitarian and democracy activist. She was the daughter of former Iranian MP and veteran opposition figure Ezzatollah Sahabi, and the granddaughter of Yadollah Sahabi...
, 54, Iranian humanitarian, daughter of Ezzatollah SahabiEzzatollah SahabiEzzatollah Sahabi was an Iranian scholar, humanitarian, democracy activist, politician and former parliament member. He was famous for his political-economical social analysis, and also for the many years of imprisonment in both the pre-revolution and post-revolution eras...
, cardiac arrest. http://iranian.com/main/2011/jun/haleh-sahabi - Al WigginsAl WigginsAlbert M. Wiggins, Jr was an American swimmer who attended the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia, a former world record holder in the butterfly, and NCAA swimming champion at The Ohio State University. He is a member of the International Swimming Hall of Fame...
, 76, American Olympic swimmer, aortic dissection. http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/11157/1151664-122-0.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml