The following is a list of notable deaths in June 2020.
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 2020 1 Javier Alva Orlandini, 92, Peruvian politician, Vice President (1980–1985), President of the Senate (1981–1982).Javier Alva Orlandini, figura histórica de Acción Popular, falleció este lunes Jean-Michel Cadiot, 67, French writer and journalist.Décès. Jean-Michel Cadiot, un journaliste de passion Silver Donald Cameron, 82, Canadian journalist and author.Acclaimed N.S. writer, environmentalist Silver Donald Cameron dies Garth Dawley, 86, Canadian journalist, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.Garth Dawley Pat Dye, 80, American Hall of Fame college football player (Georgia Bulldogs), athletic director and coach (East Carolina Pirates, Auburn Tigers).Pat Dye, legendary Auburn football coach, dies at 80 Asif Farrukhi, 60, Pakistani writer.Pakistani writer Asif Farrukhi passes away Majek Fashek, 57, Nigerian reggae singer and songwriter.Nigerian reggae legend Majek Fashek dies at 57 Marian Filar, 77, Polish lawyer, academic and politician, member of the Sejm (2007–2011).Zmarł prof. Marian Filar, były poseł i prorektor UMK. Miał 77 lat Helmut Gerlach, 82, German Olympic cross-country skier.Helmut Gerlach Lee Grosscup, 83, American football player (New York Giants) and broadcaster (ABC).Cal Football: Beloved, Long-Time Bears Broadcaster Lee Grosscup Dies at 83 John Hartigan, 80, American Olympic rower (1968), respiratory failure.John Hartigan, coxswain who faced down spina bifida to become a world-class athlete, dies at 80 Bill Hill, 84, American Canadian football player (Edmonton Eskimos).William R. Hill Joey Image, 63, American drummer (Misfits), liver cancer.Misfits drummer Joey Image reportedly dead at 63 Janez Kocijančič, 78, Slovenian politician and lawyer, Deputy (1993–1996).EOC President Kocijančič dies aged 78 following illness K. N. Lakshmanan, 89, Indian politician, Tamil Nadu MLA (since 2001).BJP Tamil Nadu former president KN Lakshmanan passes away at 90 Ron Larrieu, 83, American Olympic athlete (1964).Ron Larrieu Daniel Levy, 89, Israeli Olympic basketball player (1952).אבל בכדורסל הישראלי: משה (מוסה) דניאל הלך לעולמו בגיל 89 Colin Manlove, 78, Scottish literary critic and editor.Colin Manlove (1942-2020) David McAtee, 53, American barbecue stand owner, shot.Protests, Louisville police chief fired after fatal shooting Roberto Peccei, 78, Italian physicist, co-formulator of the Peccei–Quinn theory.Roberto Peccei – In Memoriam Giyannedra Prasad, 60, Fijian lawyer and politician, member and Deputy Speaker of Parliament (1999–2000), cancer.Former deputy speaker of Fijian parliament dies in NZ Nicolas Rea, 3rd Baron Rea, 91, British hereditary peer and politician.Lord Rea Labour Piotr Rocki, 46, Polish footballer (Polonia Warsaw, Górnik Zabrze, Dyskobolia Grodzisk Wielkopolski), ruptured aneurysm.Piotr Rocki nie żyje. Poruszający wpis jego syna Douglas Rolfe, 67, Australian cricketer (Victoria, South Australia). Pedro Ercílio Simon, 78, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Passo Fundo (2011–2012) and Bishop of Uruguaiana (1995–1998).Archbishop Pedro Ercílio Simon Myroslav Skoryk, 81, Ukrainian composer.Помер український композитор Мирослав Скорик Josef Smolka, 81, Czech volleyball player, Olympic bronze medalist (1968).Josef Smolka Christoph Sydow, 35, German journalist (Der Spiegel), suicide.Zum Tod von Christoph Sydow: Mensch, Christoph! Clifford Wetmore, 85, American lichenologist, metastatic prostate cancer.Clifford Wetmore Marion Zarzeczna, 89, American pianist.Marion Zarzeczna
2 Arrogate, 7, American Thoroughbred racehorse, Breeders' Cup Classic winner (2016) and American Champion Three-Year-Old Male Horse (2016), euthanized.Juddmonte Champion Arrogate Dies at 7 Brad Babcock, 81, American college baseball coach (James Madison).JMU Hall of Fame baseball coach Brad Babcock passes away Ghulam Murtaza Baloch, 55, Pakistani politician, member of the Provincial Assembly of Sindh (since 2016), COVID-19. Werner Böhm, 78, German singer and musician.Werner Böhm alias Gottlieb Wendehals gestorben Geoffrey Burnstock, 91, English-born Australian neuroscientist.Burnstock Jono Clarke, 76, Zimbabwean cricketer (Rhodesia).Jonathan Clarke Hiber Conteris, 86, Uruguayan writer, playwright, and literary critic.Murió el dramaturgo y escritor Hiber Conteris John Cuneo, 91, Australian sailor, Olympic champion (1972).John Cuneo David Dorn, 77, American police officer, shot.Retired St. Louis police captain killed by looters while trying to protect friend's shop James F. English Jr., 93, American bank executive (Connecticut Bank and Trust Company) and academic administrator, president of Trinity College (Connecticut) (1981–1989).James Fairfield English Jr. Paolo Fabbri, 81, Italian semiotician.Addio al semiologo Paolo Fabbri, ha svelato i meccanismi del linguaggio e dell'arte Lugi Gizenga, 54, Congolese politician.Mort de Lugi Gizenga : quel avenir politique pour le Palu ? Roberto Gervaso, 82, Italian writer and journalist, cancer.È morto Roberto Gervaso. Lo scrittore aveva 82 anni Mary Pat Gleason, 70, American actress (Guiding Light, A Cinderella Story, Mom), Emmy winner (1986), cancer.Mary Pat Gleason, ‘A Cinderella Story’ and ‘Mom’ Actor, Dies at 70 Gerald Jay Goldberg, 90, American author.Gerald Jay Goldberg Jean-Claude Hamel, 90, French football executive, President of Auxerre (1963–2009).Jean-Claude Hamel, une vie de passion Gaynel Hodge, 83, American doo-wop singer (The Platters), pianist and songwriter ("Earth Angel").BMI Mourns the Loss of Gaynel Hodge Leslie Kay, 98, British-born New Zealand electrical engineer and academic.Professor Leslie Kay Rusty Kidd, 74, American politician, member of the Georgia House of Representatives (2009–2017).Rusty Kidd Yvon Lamarre, 85, Canadian politician.Yvon Lamarre - Avis de décès John Luk Jok, 68, South Sudanese politician, Minister of Justice (2011–2013).South Sudan's East African Affairs minister dies at 68 Henadz Mardas, 49, Belarusian footballer (Neman Grodno, BATE Borisov), bowel cancer.Из жизни ушел Геннадий Мардас... Sean Monterrosa, 22, American protester, shot.Vallejo officer who killed SF man had three prior shootings as a policeman Des Moore, 94, Australian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Alotau-Sideia (1970–2001).Bishop Desmond Charles Moore Jacques Noyer, 93, French Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Amiens (1987–2003).Monseigneur Jacques Noyer, ancien évêque d'Amiens, est mort Munir Khan Orakzai, 60, Pakistani politician, MP (2002–2013, since 2018), heart attack.MNA Munir Khan Orakzai passes away Jean Pineau, 97, French politician, Deputy (1978–1981).Deux-Sèvres : ancien député et maire de Châtillon-sur-Thouet, Jean Pineau n'est plus Janine Reiss, 99, French vocal coach and harpsichordist.Décès de Janine Reiss Muriel Kent Roy, 98, Canadian demographer.Muriel Kent Roy est décédée, l'Acadie rend hommage à une bâtisseuse Riaz Sheikh, 51, Pakistani cricketer (Pakistan National Shipping Corporation).Former Pakistan first-class cricketer Riaz Sheikh dies at 51 Héctor Suárez, 81, Mexican actor (National Mechanics, El buscabullas, El derecho de nacer) and comedian.Murió el comediante Héctor Suárez a los 81 años Lindsay Townsend, 86, New Zealand rugby union player (Otago, national team).Southern All Black Lindsay Townsend dies Chris Trousdale, 34, American actor and singer (Dream Street), COVID-19. Carlo Ubbiali, 90, Italian motorcycle road racer, nine-time world champion, respiratory failure.Addio a Carlo Ubbiali, leggenda del motociclismo italiano Wes Unseld, 74, American Hall of Fame basketball player and coach (Washington Bullets), pneumonia.Wizards, NBA mourn passing of Wes Unseld Floyd Zaiger, 94, American fruit breeder.Floyd Zaiger, prolific fruit breeder who brought new flavors to our lives, dies at 94
3 Atta Muhammad Bhanbhro, 84, Pakistani writer and translator.Prolific writer, nationalist and historian Atta Bhambhro laid to rest Oscar Brown, 74, American baseball player (Atlanta Braves).Oscar Brown, last surviving brother of great Long Beach sports family, dies at 74 Shaukat Manzoor Cheema, 66, Pakistani politician, Punjab MPA (since 2008), COVID-19.Punjab MPA Shaukat Cheema dies due to coronavirus Abdelmalek Droukdel, 50, Algerian Islamic militant, founder of Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, shot.French forces kill al-Qaida's North Africa chief in Mali Bob Dupuis, 84, American ice hockey player (Boston University Terriers).Robert Dupuis Bruce Jay Friedman, 90, American author and screenwriter (Splash, Doctor Detroit, Stir Crazy).Bruce Jay Friedman, Oscar-Nominated Screenwriter of ‘Splash,’ Dies at 90 Jeanne Goosen, 81, South African writer.Jeanne Goosen sterf op 81 Marc de Hond, 42, Dutch television presenter and wheelchair basketball player, cancer.Theatermaker en rolstoelsporter Marc de Hond (42) overleden Mohsen Ibrahim, 85, Lebanese politician.Mohsen Ibrahim, l’une des dernières figures historiques de la gauche libanaise, n’est plus Mian Jamshed Uddin Kakakhel, 65, Pakistani politician, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa MPA (since 2018), COVID-19.PTI MPA Jamshed ud Din passes away from coronavirus István Kausz, 87, Hungarian fencer, Olympic champion (1964).Elhunyt Kausz István olimpiai bajnok párbajtőröző Veli Lehtelä, 84, Finnish rower, Olympic bronze medalist (1956, 1960).Olympiasankari Veli Lehtelä kuoli 84-vuotiaana – menetti näkönsä aikaisemmin: ”Mä olen ihan sokee ja maailma pimee” Jerzy Łukaszewski, 95, Polish diplomat and academic.Zmarł Jerzy Łukaszewski, były rektor College of Europe w Brugii Donald Macgregor, 81, Scottish Olympic runner (1972).Donald Macgregor Johnny Majors, 85, American Hall of Fame football player (Tennessee Volunteers) and coach (Pitt Panthers, Iowa State Cyclones), national championship (1976).Legendary Tennessee football player, coach Johnny Majors dies Héctor Ortega, 81, Mexican actor (Las fuerzas vivas, Santa sangre, Lucía, Lucía).Muere el actor mexicano Héctor Ortega a los 81 años Pleasantly Perfect, 22, American racehorse and sire, Breeders' Cup Classic (2003) and Dubai World Cup (2004) winner.Breeders’ Cup Classic Hero Pleasantly Perfect Dies in Turkey Gary Potts, 75, Canadian Temagami First Nation chief.Gary Potts, Temagami First Nation Chief who led road blockades in 80s, dead Tony Romandini, 91, Canadian jazz guitarist and composer. Adriano Silva, 49, Brazilian politician, complications from COVID-19.Ex-deputado e reitor da UNEMAT, Adriano Silva morre de COVID-19 Pritam Singh, 78, Indian academic.Renowned Academician Dr Pritam Singh Leaves For His Heavenly Abode Mário Rino Sivieri, 78, Italian-born Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Propriá (1997–2017).Bishop Mário Rino Sivieri Sheikh Tahir Rasheed, 66, Pakistani politician, MP (1993–1999) and Punjab MPA (1990–1993), liver cancer.Former Parliamentarian Sh Tahir Rasheed Passes Away Valentina Tăzlăuanu, 70, Moldovan essayist, journalist and theatre critic.Scriitoarea și jurnalista Valentina Tăzlăuanu s-a stins din viață Maria Alice Vergueiro, 85, Brazilian actress (O Corpo, Cronicamente Inviável), pneumonia.Atriz e diretora Maria Alice Vergueiro morre em SP aos 85 anos Larry Walsh, 72, American politician, member of the Illinois State Senate (1997–2005), prostate cancer.Lawrence M. Walsh Midge Ware, 92, American actress (Gunslinger, The Phil Silvers Show).Midge Ware Colton Ray Webster, 82, American baseball player (Cleveland Indians, Boston Red Sox).Raymond George Webster Conrad Worrill, 78, American writer and political activist.Professor Emeritus, former Carruthers Center Director Conrad Worrill dies at 78
4 Marcello Abbado, 93, Italian pianist and composer.Addio al maestro Marcello Abbado Earl Brown, 92, American lieutenant general.