The following is a list of notable deaths in June 2000.
Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence: Name, age, country of citizenship at birth, subsequent country of citizenship (if applicable), reason for notability, cause of death (if known), and reference.
June 2000
1 Angela Annabell, 71, New Zealand musicologist. Maud Berglund, 66, Swedish Olympic swimmer (1952). H. S. Bhabra, 44, British Asian writer and broadcaster, suicide by jumping. Karl-Walter Böhm, 61, German opera singer. Oskar Czerwenka, 75, Austrian operatic bass and academic teacher. Sir Raymond Ferrall, 94, Australian businessman and author. Edgar Z. Friedenberg, 79, American scholar of gender studies. Ralph Jones, 79, American drummer. Jim Shorter, 61, American gridiron football player (Cleveland Browns, Washington Redskins, Pittsburgh Steelers). Everett Swank, 87, American basketball player.
2 Ali Akbar Aboutorabi Fard, 60-61, Iranian revolutionary, car crash. Ellis Clary, 83, American baseball player (Washington Senators, St. Louis Browns). Svyatoslav Fyodorov, 72, Russian ophthalmologist (a pioneer of refractive surgery) and politician, plane crash. Adolph Hofner, 83, American swing bandleader and singer. Werner Panitzki, 89, German Air Force general. Mikhail Schweitzer, 80, Soviet film director, traffic collision. Lepo Sumera, 50, Estonian composer. Gerald James Whitrow, 87, British mathematician, cosmologist and science historian.
3 Leonard Baskin, 77, American sculptor, visual artist and writer. Ted Graber, 79-80, American interior designer. Jaishankar, 61, Indian actor, heart attack. Nevena Kokanova, 61, Bulgarian film actress, cancer. Max van Loon, 73, Dutch Olympic equestrian (1952). Merton Miller, 77, American Nobel Prize-winning economist. William E. Simon, 72, American politician and businessman, U.S. Secretary of the Treasury (1974-1977), respiratory disease. Ann Tse-kai, 87, Hong Kong industrialist and legislator. Fernand Viau, 91, Canadian politician, member of the House of Commons of Canada (1945-1957).
4 Clarence Carter, 96, American artist. Sir James Glover, 71, British army general. Takashi Kano, 79, Japanese football player, heart failure. Richard A. Peterson, 77, United States Army Air Forces flying ace and architect, cancer. Mark Samaranayake, 86, Sri Lankan actor. Hiroji Satoh, 75, Japanese table tennis player. Augusta H. Teller, 91, American scientist and computer programmer. Paul Zoungrana, 82, Burkinabé cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church.
5 Isaak Bubis, 90, Moldavian Soviet engineer and architect. Carl-Erik Creutz, 88, Finnish radio announcer. Houshang Golshiri, 62, Iranian writer and critic, meningitis. Jeanne Hersch, 89, Swiss philosopher. Don Liddle, 75, American baseball player (Milwaukee Braves, New York Giants, St. Louis Cardinals). João Nogueira, 58, Brazilian samba singer and composer. Anna Birgitta Rooth, 81, Swedish academic. Franco Rossi, 81, Italian film screenwriter and director. Eugene M. Zuckert, 88, American Secretary of the Air Force, pneumonia
6 Blair Clark, 82, American journalist and political activist. James S. Clark, 78, American politician. Frédéric Dard, 78, French writer. Arnie Johnson, 80, American professional basketball player (Rochester Royals). Seiroku Kajiyama, 74, Japanese politician. Alexander Evert Kawilarang, 80, Indonesian freedom fighter and military commander. Håkan Lidman, 85, Swedish athlete and Olympian (1936, 1948). Maria Laura Mainetti, 60, Italian Catholic sister, stabbed. William McMillan, 71, World-class American sport shooter and Olympic champion (1952, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976). Sandy Stephens, 59, American football player (Minnesota Golden Gophers). Joan Tate, 77, English translator. Feltus Taylor, 38, American convicted murderer, execution by lethal injection.
7 Ido Cattaneo, 94, Italian alpine skier. Selwyn Charles, 64, Trinidadian cricketer and parliamentarian. Matthew Coppolino, 70, American politician. Clint Houston, 53, American jazz double-bassist. Don Klosterman, 70, American gridiron football player and executive (Houston Oilers, Baltimore Colts, Los Angeles Rams). James Moore, 44, American gospel musician, colon cancer. Ljubiša Savić, 41, Bosnian Serb paramilitary commander and post-war politician, murdered. Jock Tradd, 77, Australian rugby league footballer. Barbara Jo Walker, 74, American model and Miss America in 1947.
8 Andy Aitken, 80, Scottish footballer and Olympian (1948). Hart Amos, 83, Australian comic strip writer and artist. Lucy May Cranwell, 92, New Zealand botanist. Norman A. Erbe, 80, American politician, Iowa governor from 1961 to 1963. Georges Fages, 66, French rugby player and coach. Jack Gaud, 42, Indian actor, heart attack. Donald Kalish, 80, American logician and anti-war activist. Jack Kroll, 74, American journalist and film critic. Jeff MacNelly, 52, American editorial cartoonist and the creator of the comic strip Shoe, lymphoma. Larry Nuber, 51, American auto racing announcer. Kermit Roosevelt Jr., 84, American intelligence officer. Stephen Saunders, 52, British Army officer, drive-by shooting. Jaswinder Kaur Sidhu, 24, Indo-Canadian beautician, murder by slashing. Teuvo Tulio, 87, Finnish film director and actor. Klaus Weiß, 55, German Olympic handball player (1972).
9 John Abramovic, 81, Croatian-American professional basketball player. Sir John Balcombe, 74, British jurist, Lord Justice of Appeal. Leif Björk, 92, Swedish economist. Shay Brennan, 63, Irish footballer. Dennis Ciclitira, 81, British soldier and businessman of Greek descent. Ernst Jandl, 74, Austrian writer. Jacob Lawrence, 82, American painter and educator. Muhammad Noor, 75, Indian football player and Olympian (1952, 1956). Amédée Rolland, 86, French racing cyclist. George Segal, 75, American painter and sculptor. Asle Strand, 46, Norwegian luger and Olympian (1976, 1984). Alfred Weidenmann, 84, German film director, screenwriter, and children's author.
10 Hafez al-Assad, 69, President of Syria, heart attack. Rômulo Arantes, 42, Brazilian swimmer, actor, and Olympian (1972, 1976, 1980), plane crash. Jack Brewer, 70, English bishop, cancer. Haim Cohen-Meguri, 87, Israeli politician. Roy Dunn, 89, American Olympic wrestler (1936). Terry Forrestal, 52, English actor (Titanic) and stuntman (Braveheart, Batman), BASE jumping accident. Jack Hoobin, 72, Australian cyclist and Olympian (1948). Victor Joly, 77, Belgian cyclist. Frank Patterson, 61, Irish tenor. Brian Statham, 69, English professional cricketer, leukemia. J. Watson Webb, Jr., 84, American film editor.
11 Aud Alvær, 78, Norwegian politician. Geneviève Amyot, 55, Canadian poet and novelist. Michel Besnier, 71, French heir and businessman. Guy Bowers, 67, New Zealand rugby union player. Henry Davis, 57, American gridiron football player (New York Giants, Pittsburgh Steelers). Lew Gallo, 71, American actor and television producer (Twelve O'Clock High, The Twilight Zone). Karl-Heinz Holze, 69, German football player. Elizabeth Lawrence, 77, American actress, cancer. Rajesh Pilot, 55, Indian Air Force officer and politician, traffic collision. Ruth Rubin, 93, Canadian-American Yiddish folklorist and singer. Earl Shinhoster, 49, American civil rights activist, traffic collision. Claus Westermann, 90, German theologian.
12 Irving Anker, 88, American educator, natural causes.Shin, Paul H.B. , Daily News (New York), June 14, 2000. Accessed July 28, 2010. Leonard Appelbee, 85, English painter. Yun Bulong, 62, Chinese politician, Chairman of Inner Mongolia, traffic collision. Lemuel McPherson Christian, 87, Dominican music educator and composer. Sir Roualeyn Cumming-Bruce, 88, British jurist. Edwin R. Chess, 87, American major general and Chief of Chaplains of the US Air Force. Purushottam Laxman Deshpande, 80, Indian writer, actor, and humorist. Bruno Martino, 74, Italian composer, singer, and pianist. Dave Russell, 86, Scottish football player and manager.
13 Alberto Adriano, 38-39, Mozambican emigrant, beaten to death. Gustavo Albella, 74, Argentine football player. John Bramall, 76, English sound engineer. Mona Bruns, 100, American actress. Marion Campbell, 80, Scottish archaeologist. Robert Dienst, 72, Austrian football player. Yefim Gamburg, 75, Soviet and Russian animation director. Ruth Harrison, 79, English animal welfare activist and writer. Herbert Maschke, 69, German footballer. Mitchell Olenski, 80, American football player (Miami Seahawks, Detroit Tigers), and coach. Christian Pire, 69, French diver and Olympian (1956, 1960). Chaudhary Raghvendra Singh, 89, Indian real estate developer. Jock Shaw, 87, Scottish football player. Duane Thomas, 39, American welterweight boxer, murdered. Bobby Tiefenauer, 70, American baseball player.
14 Attilio Bertolucci, 88, Italian poet and writer. Marshall J. Beverley, 88, American banker.Obituary of Marshall J. Beverly Kurt Böwe, 71, German actor. Chan Caldwell, 80, American football coach. Frederic G. Cassidy, 92, Jamaican-American linguist and lexicographer. Paul Griffin, 62, American musician. Robert Trent Jones, 93, British–American golf course designer. Uriah Jones, 75, American Olympic fencer (1968). Gianmatteo Matteotti, 79, Italian politician. Peter McWilliams, 50, American author, AIDS-related complications. Harry Melville, 92, British chemist and academic. Karl Schmaderer, 85, Austrian Olympic cyclist (1936). Elsie Widdowson, 93, British chemist, dietitian and nutritionist. Greg Wilton, 44, Australian politician, suicide.
15 James Montgomery Boice, 61, American theologian, liver cancer. Arkady Boytsov, 77, Soviet pilot and flying ace. Igor Bunich, 62, Russian historian Ciaran Clear, 80, Irish painter. Heinrich Fichtenau, 87, Austrian medievalist. Neville Ford, 93, English cricket player. Grigori Gorin, 60, Soviet and Russian playwright and writer, heart attack. Grant MacEwan, 97, Canadian farmer and politician. Thomas Ambrose Masterson, 72, American district judge (United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania). Jules Roy, 92, Algerian-born French writer. Pedro Salas, 76, Argentine Olympic cyclist (1952). Mîna Urgan, 84, Turkish academic, author and politician.
16 Ian MacLachlan Arrol, 76, Canadian politician, member of the House of Commons of Canada (1972-1974). Rachel Boymvol, 86, Soviet poet, children's book author, and translator. Elvin A. Kabat, 85, American microbiologist. Empress Nagako, 97, Japanese consort of Emperor Hirohito. Nosrat Rahmani, 72, Iranian poet and writer. Mike Silliman, 56, American basketball player (Buffalo Braves), and Olympian (1968), heart attack. Jiang Weiqing, 89, Chinese politician.
17 Joe Albanese, 66, American baseball player (Washington Senators). Bill Dodgin, Jr., 68, English football player and manager, Alzheimer's disease. Juozas Jagelavičius, 61, Lithuanian rower and Olympian medalist (1964, 1968). Jack Lindwall, 81, Australian rugby player. Ismail Mahomed, 68, South African lawyer (Chief Justice of South Africa), pancreatic cancer. Alex Moir, 80, New Zealand cricket player. Frank Sponberg, 88, Australian rugby league footballer. André Vacheresse, 72, French basketball player and coach. Clive Westlake, 67, British songwriter.
18 Robert Abeles, 74, American biochemist. Ekrem Alican, Turkish politician, Deputy Prime Minister. Jane Bowers, 79, American folk singer and songwriter. Nancy Marchand, 71, American actress (Lou Grant, The Sopranos, Sabrina), four-time Emmy winner, lung cancer. Kaarle Pekkala, 80, Finnish Olympic sports shooter (1960). Boris Vasilyev, 63, Russian cyclist and Olympian (1960).
19 Mary Benson, 80, South African civil rights activist. Ron Casey, 72, Australian sporting commentator and radio and television pioneer. Joseph Jefferson Fisher, 90, American district judge (United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas). Anton Gorchev, 60, Bulgarian actor.