The following is a list of notable deaths in June 1993.
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 1993
1 Walker O. Cain, 78, American architect. Mauro Mina, 59, Peruvian boxing champion, heart attack. Austin Robinson, 95, English economist. John Terpak, 80, American weightlifter and Olympian (1936, 1948).
2 Tahar Djaout, 39, Algerian journalist, poet, and fiction writer, murdered. Johnny Mize, 80, American Hall of Fame baseball player (St. Louis Cardinals, New York Giants, New York Yankees), coach and scout. Barrington D. Parker, 77, American district judge (United States District Court for the District of Columbia). Juan José Rodríguez, 56, Argentine football player. Norton Simon, 86, American industrialist and philanthropist. Frans-Jozef van Thiel, 86, Dutch politician and lawyer.
3 Werner Bochmann, 93, German composer. Frantz Casseus, 77, Haitian-American guitarist and composer. Joe Fortenberry, 82, American Olympic basketball player (1936), cancer. Bai Modi Joof, 59, Gambian lawyer. Carl Morris, 82, American abstract painter. Marcelle Neveu, 86, French Olympic middle-distance runner (1928). Richard Anthony Parker, 87, American egyptologist. Yeoh Ghim Seng, 74, Singaporean politician, lung cancer.
4 Robert Checchi, 67, American set decorator. Molly Drake, 77, English poet and musician. Bernard Evslin, 71, American author, heart attack. Georgy Millyar, 89, Soviet and Russian actor. Bobby Reeves, 88, American baseball player (Washington Senators, Boston Red Sox). Erna Tauro, 76, Finnish-Swedish pianist and composer. Eric Trist, 83, English social scientist.
5 Ida Adamoff, 82, French tennis player. Mike Bloom, 78, American basketball player (Boston Celtics, Minneapolis Lakers). Dupree Bolton, 64, American jazz trumpeter. Nello Carrara, 93, Italian physicist. Andres dela Cruz, 69, Filipino Olympic basketball player (1948). Peter Kalifornsky, 81, American writer and ethnographer. Gabriel Preil, 81, Estonian -American poet. George Strauss, 91, British politician. Conway Twitty, 59, American country music singer and songwriter, aneurysm. Wolf Graf von Baudissin, 86, German general peace researcher.
6 James Bridges, 57, American film director and screenwriter (Urban Cowboy, The China Syndrome, White Hunter Black Heart), cancer. W. McNeil Lowry, 80, American businessman. Mort Mills, 74, American actor (Man Without a Gun, Perry Mason, Touch of Evil). Richard Norman, 61, British chemist. Ioan Reinhardt, 73, Romanian football player and manager. Peter Tazelaar, 73, Dutch resistance member and SOE operative during World War II.
7 Evelyn Bark, 92, British humanitarian, first female recipient of the CMG (died 1993) Fabrizio Clerici, 80, Italian painter. Don Kent, 59, American professional wrestler, leukemia. Dražen Petrović, 28, Yugoslav and Croatian basketball player (Portland Trail Blazers, New Jersey Nets), and Olympian (1984, 1988, 1992), traffic collision. Louie Ramirez, 55, American boogaloo, salsa and latin jazz musician, heart attack. Skippy Roberge, 76, American baseball player (Boston Braves). Nils Johan Rud, 84, Norwegian novelist, children's writer, and magazine editor. Kurt Weitzmann, 89, American art historian.
8 John Atyeo, 61, English football player. René Bousquet, 84, French political appointee and police chief, murdered. Roy Henshaw, 81, American baseball player. Sergei Javorski, 90, Estonian Olympic football player (1924). Anton Morosani, 85, Swiss Olympic ice hockey player (1928). José Nora, 52, Spanish Olympic basketball player (1960). Severo Sarduy, 56, Cuban poet, author, and playwright, AIDS related disease. Root Boy Slim, 48, American musician.
9 Arthur Alexander, 53, American southern soul songwriter and singer, heart attack. Satyen Bose, 77, Indian film director. Juan Downey, 53, Chilean artist, cancer. Samuel Finer, 77, British political scientist and historian. Alexis Smith, 72, Canadian-American actress and singer, brain cancer. Charles E. Tuttle, 78, American publisher and book dealer.
10 Arleen Auger, 53, American soprano, brain cancer. Les Dawson, 62, English comedian, actor, writer, and presenter, heart attack. Francis Ebejer, 67, Maltese dramatist and novelist. Piet Jan van der Giessen, 75, Dutch Olympic sailor (1952). Archie Macaulay, 77, Scottish football player and manager. Alice Reinheart, 83, American actress. Richard Webb, 77, American actor, suicide.
11 M. C. Bradbrook, 84, British literary scholar. Bernard Bresslaw, 59, English comic actor, heart attack. Mikhail Chumakov, 83, Soviet and Russian microbiologist and virologist. Jack Conway, 74, American baseball player (Cleveland Indians, New York Giants). Karel Effa, 71, Czechoslovak actor. Jack Jennings, 66, American football player (Chicago Cardinals). Mstyslav, 95, Ukrainian Orthodox Church hierarch. Antonio Salcedo, 80, Filipino Olympic sprinter (1936). Ray Sharkey, 40, American actor (The Idolmaker, Wiseguy, Body Rock), AIDS-related complications. Milward L. Simpson, 95, American politician, governor and senator from Wyoming, parkinson's disease. Friedrich Thielen, 77, German politician.
12 Gérard Côté, 79, Canadian marathon runner and Olympian (1948). Remo Galli, 80, Italian football player and coach. Wilhelm Gliese, 77, German astronomer. Alexander Koroviakov, 80, Soviet and Russian painter and art teacher. Ekrem Koçak, 62, Turkish middle distance runner and Olympian (1952, 1960). Monte Melkonian, 35, Armenian-American revolutionary, killed in action. Ivan Potrč, 80, Slovene writer and playwright. Warren Sandel, 72, American baseball player. Manuel Summers Rivero, 58, Spanish film director, screenwriter and actor, colorectal cancer. Binay Ranjan Sen, 95, Indian diplomat and civil servant. Ingeborg Weber-Kellermann, 74, German folklorist, anthropologist and ethnologist.
13 John Campbell, 41, American blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter, heart attack. Ewald Dytko, 78, Polish football player and Olympian (1936). Ena Gregory, 87, Australian-American actress. Gajo Petrović, 66, Yugoslav-Croatian Marxist philosopher. Deke Slayton, 69, American Air Force pilot and aeronautical engineer, brain cancer.
14 Étienne Borne, 86, French philosopher. Ruggero Chiesa, 59, Italian classical guitarist, teacher and editor. Ron Fisher, 81, Australian rules footballer. V. T. Hamlin, 93, American cartoonist (Alley Oop). Louis Jacquinot, 94, French lawyer and politician.
15 Marjorie Clark, 83, South African track and field athlete and Olympic medalist (1928, 1932). Tahirou Congacou, 80, Beninese politician. John Connally, 76, American politician, pulmonary fibrosis. James Hunt, 45, British racing driver and media commentator, heart attack. Norman Park Ramsey, 70, American district judge (United States District Court for the District of Maryland). Petey Scalzo, 75, American featherweight boxing champion. Béla Sárosi, 74, Hungarian football player and manager. Don Smillie, 82, Canadian ice hockey player (Boston Bruins). Karl-Heinz Thun, 56, German Olympic sailor (1968, 1972).
16 Elbrus Allahverdiyev, 34, Azerbaijani Armed Forces soldier, killed in action. Aldo Bini, 77, Italian road bicycle racer. J. Herbert Burke, 80, American politician, member of the United States House of Representatives (1967-1979). Lindsay Hassett, 79, Australian cricket player. Joe Lyons, 79, Australian rules footballer. Arad McCutchan, 80, American Hall of Fame college basketball coach (Evansville Purple Ace). Jørgen Weel, 70, Danish actor.
17 Bud Germa, 72, Canadian politician. Angelo Longoni, 60, Italian football player. Guy Roberts, 93, American football player. Jean Savy, 86, French citizen and a commander in the French army. Adolfo Winternitz, 86, Peruvian artist of Austrian origin.
18 Eva Arndt, 73, Danish swimmer and Olympic medalist (1936, 1948). Ben Auerbach, 74, American basketball player. Barnabás Berzsenyi, 75, Hungarian Olympic fencer (1952, 1956). Brynjulf Bull, 86, Norwegian lawyer and politician. Jean Cau, 67, French writer and journalist. Alexandra Hasluck, 84, Australian author and social historian. Narciso Perales Herrero, 78, Spanish politician and Falangist. Forbes Norris, 65, American Olympic swimmer (1948). Craig Rodwell, 52, American gay rights activist, stomach cancer. Luther Tucker, 57, American blues guitarist, heart attack. Martin Young, 69, English cricketer.
19 Josef Dědič, 68, Czechoslovak figure skater and sport official. Raoul Degryse, 80, Belgian Olympic boxer (1936). Jack Duggan, 82, Australian politician. Helmut Fath, 64, German sidecar racer and engineer. Sir William Golding, 81, British novelist (Lord of the Flies, To the Ends of the Earth, The Inheritors), heart failure. Alex Hooks, 86, American baseball player (Philadelphia Athletics). Abraham Kaplan, 75, American philosopher. James Benton Parsons, 81, United States district judge Franco Scaglione, 76, Italian automobile coachwork designer.
20 Jim Greenham, 77, Australian rules footballer. Frederick Johnson, 76, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician. Viktor Makhorin, 44, Soviet and Russian Olympic handball player (1980), traffic collision. Keith Sinclair, 70, New Zealand poet and historian. György Sárosi, 80, Hungarian football player.
21 Colin Dixon, 49, Welsh rugby player, stroke. Al Fairweather, 66, British jazz trumpeter. Alan J. Gould, 95, American newspaper writer and editor. Elisabeth Johansen, 85, Greenlandic midwife and politician. E. Grahame Joy, 104, American-born Canadian WW1 flying ace. Frank Moro, 49, Cuban-born American actor, heart attack. Kalika Prasad Shukla, 71, Indian sanskrit scholar and poet.
22 Sir William Mount, 2nd Baronet, 88, British Army officer and High Sheriff of Berkshire. Emmett Berry, 77, American jazz trumpeter. Luigi Cuomo, 92, Italian Olympic fencer (1924). Rodolfo Díaz, 75, Mexican Olympic basketball player (1948). Victor Maddern, 65, English actor, brain cancer. Elisabeth Nagele, 60, Swiss luger and Olympian (1964). Pat Nixon, 81, First Lady of the United States (1969–1974) as wife of President Richard Nixon, lung cancer. Bubba Phillips, 65, American baseball player (Detroit Tigers, Chicago White Sox, Cleveland Indians).
23 Flora Bramley, 83, British actress and comedian. Lance East, 92, British Olympic pentathlete (1928). Lina Galli, 94, Italian writer. Alexi Inauri, 85, Soviet and Georgian military officer. Zdeněk Kopal, 79, Czechoslovak astronomer. Albert Mangan, 78, American Olympic racewalker (1936). Dave Mays, 82, American baseball player. Swen Swenson, 63, Broadway dancer and singer, AIDS-related complications.
24 Hans Beirer, 82, Austrian operatic tenor. Rich Matteson, 64, American jazz artist musician. Massimo Urbani, 36, Italian jazz alto saxophonist, heroin overdose. Gottlieb Wanzenried, 86, Swiss Olympic cyclist (1928). Archie Williams, 78, American Air Force officer, athlete, and Olympic champion (1936).
25 Mona Baptiste, 67, Trinidad and Tobago singer and actress. Sergey Gorshkov, 90, Soviet lieutenant general. Hans Hopf, 76, German operatic tenor. Arturo Moreno, 84, Spanish comics artist and animator. Monique Piétri, 48, French Olympic swimmer (1964). Giovanni Tonoli, 46, Italian Olympic cyclist (1972).
26 Roy Campanella, 71, American Hall of Fame baseball player (Brooklyn Dodgers), heart attack. William Ghosh, 64, Indian cricketer. Garo Kahkejian, 31, Armenian military commander, killed in action. William H. Riker, 72, American political scientist, cancer. James Thomas, 66, American blues musician and sculptor, stroke. Willy van Hemert, 81, Dutch actor, songwriter and theatre and television director. Ruth von Mayenburg, 85, Austrian journalist and writer.
27 Layla Al-Attar, 49, Iraqi artist, painter and activist, U.S. missile attack. André Auville, 81, French racing cyclist.