June 2022 1 Syed Ahmad Syed Abu Bakar, 77, Malaysian footballer (Johor, Penang, national team), prostate cancer. Marion Barber III, 38, American football player (Dallas Cowboys, Chicago Bears), heat stroke.Former Dallas Cowboys RB Marion Barber found dead in his apartment by Frisco police Yadunath Baskey, 95, Indian politician. Aleksandr Berketov, 46, Russian footballer (Rotor Volgograd, CSKA Moscow). Sir Gerard Brennan, 94, Australian lawyer and jurist, Justice (1981–1995) and Chief Justice (1995–1998) of the High Court. Oris Buckner, 70, American police detective and whistleblower. Peter Daley, 71, American politician, member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives (1983–2016). Serge Diantantu, 62, Congolese comic book artist. Anthony Drake, 81, English teacher, designer of the flag of Saskatchewan. Ilia Eloshvili, 47, Georgian politician, minister of energy (2016, 2017). Charles Kernaghan, 74, American human rights, anti-corporation and worker's rights activist. Jean Lèques, 90, New Caledonian politician, president of the Government of New Caledonia (1999–2001) and mayor of Nouméa (1986–2014). James M. Lewis, 78, American politician, member of the Tennessee Senate (1986–1990). John Lloyd, 77, Australian footballer (Carlton), cancer. Lu Feng, 95, Chinese politician. Frank Manumaleuna, 66, American football player (Kansas City Chiefs). Paulo Antonino Mascarenhas Roxo, 93, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Mogi das Cruzes (1989–2004). Carman McClelland, 70, Canadian politician and lawyer, Ontario MPP (1987–1995). Salvador Elá Nseng, 82, Equatorial Guinean military leader and politician, vice president (1979–1980). Richard Oldcorn, 84, English Olympic fencer (1964, 1968, 1972). David Parry, 84, British dialectologist. May Routh, 87, British-American costume designer (The Man Who Fell to Earth, Splash, Being There). Mark Schaeffer, 73, American baseball player (San Diego Padres). Shelby Scott, 86, American television journalist (KIRO-TV, WBZ-TV) and union president (AFTRA). Barry Sussman, 87, American newspaper editor (The Washington Post), gastrointestinal bleeding.Barry Sussman, former editor of the Nieman Watchdog Project, dies at age 87 István Szőke, 75, Hungarian footballer (Ferencváros, national team), stroke. Takeyoshi Tanuma, 93, Japanese photographer. Leroy Williams, 85, American jazz drummer. Joseph Zoderer, 86, Italian writer. Jorge Zuloaga, 100, Colombian comedian, actor (The Strategy of the Snail) and reporter.
2 Ken Bode, 83, American journalist (Washington Week). John R. Brazil, 76, American academic administrator. Kai Bumann, 61, German-Polish conductor and teacher (Warsaw Chamber Opera, Polish Baltic Philharmonic), heart attack. Joyce Burditt, 83, American television writer (Diagnosis: Murder, Matlock, Father Dowling Mysteries). Hal Bynum, 87, American songwriter ("Lucille", "Chains", "Papa Was a Good Man"), complications from a stroke and Alzheimer's disease. Paul Coppo, 83, American Olympic ice hockey player (1964). Kay Dalton, 90, American football coach (Montreal Alouettes, Kansas City Chiefs, Denver Broncos). Andrey Gaponov-Grekhov, 95, Russian physicist. Allan Hogg, 82, English-born Canadian darts player Nobuyuki Idei, 84, Japanese businessman (Sony Corporation), liver failure. Agneta Klingspor, 76, Swedish author. Marta Lafuente, 54, Paraguayan psychologist and politician. Gonzalo Lopez, 46, American fugitive and mass murderer, shot. José Luccioni, 72, French actor (Like a Pot of Strawberries). Brian Matthews, 85, Australian literary scholar and writer. Gracia Montes, 86, Spanish copla singer. Valentin Oehen, 90, Swiss politician, MP (1971–1987). Charles L. Peterson, 95, American painter. Anatoly Pokrovsky, 91, Russian vascular surgeon. Rebecca Sitsapesan, 62, British cardiac pharmacologist. Bhajan Sopori, 73, Indian santoor player, colon cancer.Santoor maestro Pandit Bhajan Sopori passes away Carl Stiner, 85, American military officer, commander of USSOCOM (1990–1993). Berndt Stübner, 75, German actor (Wedding Night in the Rain), playwright and theatre director. James Ronald Walker, 74, American politician, member of the Georgia State Senate (1977–1984). Uri Zohar, 86, Israeli film director (Hole in the Moon, Three Days and a Child, Bloomfield) and rabbi.
3 José de Abreu, 77, Brazilian businessman and politician, deputy (1995–2003). Robert L. Backman, 100, American politician, member of the Utah House of Representatives (1971–1975). David B. Barker, 79, British Olympic equestrian. Saafi Boulbaba, 36, Tunisian footballer (Espérance Sportive de Tunis, A S Kasserine, MC El Eulma), traffic collision.Décès de l’ancien défenseur espérantiste Boulbaba Saafi Piergiorgio Bressani, 92, Italian politician, deputy (1963–1986), and mayor of Udine (1985–1990). Raymond Chabanne, 98, French military officer. Frank Clarke, 79, English footballer (Shrewsbury Town, Queens Park Rangers, Carlisle United). Ann Turner Cook, 95, American author and model (Gerber Baby). Liliana de Curtis, 89, Italian actress (Orient Express) and writer. El Noba, 25, Argentine cumbia singer, injuries from traffic collision. Christopher Evans-Ironside, 82, English-German songwriter, composer and music producer. John W. Farley, 74, American atomic physicist. Sophie Freud, 97, Austrian psychologist, pancreatic cancer. Kari Frisell, 99, Norwegian operatic soprano and pedagogue. Raffaele Ganci, 90, Italian mobster, heart attack. Geoff Hunter, 62, English footballer (Crewe Alexandra, Port Vale, Wrexham).RIP Geoff Hunter Ken Kelly, 76, American fantasy artist and album cover designer (Kiss, Rainbow, Manowar). Ra'anan Levy, 68, French-Israeli artist. Browne C. Lewis, 60, American legal scholar. Alexander Madiebo, 90, Nigerian soldier, chief of army staff of the Biafran Armed Forces.Ex-Biafran Army Chief of Staff, Madiebo, is dead David Matravers, 84, South African cosmologist. Grachan Moncur III, 85, American jazz trombonist, cardiac arrest.Grachan Moncur III, trailblazing jazz trombonist, dies at 85 Shinjiro Ono, 74, Japanese patent attorney. Tony Pajaczkowski, 86, Canadian football player (Calgary Stampeders, Montreal Alouettes). John Porter, 87, American politician, member of the Illinois House of Representatives (1973–1979) and U.S. House of Representatives (1980–2001).'He was that independent leader': Former suburban Congressman Porter dies John Pier Roemer, 68, American jurist, judge on the Wisconsin circuit courts (2004–2017), shot. Roger Scholes, 71, Australian film and television director, writer (The Tale of Ruby Rose) and cinematographer. Dorothy E. Smith, 95, British-born Canadian sociologist. Anna Maria Tatò, 82, Italian film director (The Night and the Moment, Marcello Mastroianni: I Remember). Jack Weisgerber, 81, Canadian politician and businessman, British Columbia MLA (1986–2001). Adam Wolańczyk, 86, Polish actor (Johnnie Waterman, Pan Tadeusz). Dougie Wood, 82, Scottish footballer (Athlone Town, Shelbourne, Sligo Rovers). Michael Zeilik, 75, American astronomer.
4 Isaac Berger, 85, American weightlifter, Olympic champion (1956). John Berks, 80, South African radio presenter. John Cooksey, 80, American ophthalmologist and politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1997–2003). Ismail Daut, 66, Malaysian politician, MP (2013–2018), fall. Fei Liang, 85, Chinese herpetologist. Prayar Gopalakrishnan, 72, Indian politician, Kerala MLA (2001–2006), heart attack. Frank Hoffmann, 83, German-Austrian actor (Ace of Aces, Derrick). Lloyd Holt, 84, Canadian racing driver. Hu Fa-kuang, 98, Hong Kong businessman and politician, member of the Legislative Council (1979–1988). Sherry Huber, 84, American environmentalist and politician, member of the Maine House of Representatives (1976–1982). Hajime Ishii, 87, Japanese politician, minister of home affairs (1994) and MP (1969–1983, 1986–2005), heart failure. Dmitry Kovtun, 56, Russian intelligence officer, COVID-19. George Lamming, 94, Barbadian novelist (In the Castle of My Skin) and poet. Joyce C. Lashof, 96, American physician. Patricia Latham, 79, American LGBT rights activist. Robert Laurie, 66, Australian rugby league player (Eastern Suburbs, South Sydney Rabbitohs, New South Wales). Beryl J. Levine, 86, Canadian-born American judge, justice on the North Dakota Supreme Court (1985–1996). Nate Miller, 34, American basketball player (Ironi Nahariya, Ironi Ramat Gan, Incheon ET Land Elephants), complications from asthma. György Moldova, 88, Hungarian writer. Ivan Mosyakin, 74, Russian politician, MP (2003–2007). Peter Neale, 88, English footballer (Oldham Athletic, Scunthorpe United, Chesterfield). Eric Nesterenko, 88, Canadian ice hockey player (Chicago Blackhawks, Toronto Maple Leafs) and actor (Youngblood), Stanley Cup champion (1961). Sir David Nicholas, 92, British broadcast journalist, ITN editor and chief executive (1977–1989). Mike Omotosho, Nigerian politician. Donald Pelletier, 90, American Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Morondava (1999–2010). Marc Pessin, 89, French engraver, editor, and illustrator. Thubten Samphel, 65, Tibetan writer and government official. Goran Sankovič, 42, Slovenian footballer (SK Slavia Prague, Panionios, national team). Jeffrey Silverthorne, 75-76, American photographer, prostate cancer. Skull Duggery, 51, American rapper (These Wicked Streets). Robert Stewart, 55, American football player (Charlotte Rage, New Jersey Red Dogs, Carolina Cobras). Alec John Such, 70, American Hall of Fame bassist (Bon Jovi). Veryl Switzer, 89, American football player (Green Bay Packers, Calgary Stampeders, Montreal Alouettes).Ex-Green Bay Packers, Kansas State Wildcats RB Veryl Switzer dies at 89 Neila Tavares, 73, Brazilian actress (Vai Trabalhar, Vagabundo!), journalist and television presenter. Bolesław Tejkowski, 88, Polish politician, sociologist and engineer. Tomás Várnagy, 71, Argentine philosopher. Mubarak Al-Zwair, 94–95, Kuwaiti politician, MP (1985–1986).
5 Haidar Abdul-Razzaq, 39, Iraqi footballer (Al-Ittihad, Sulaymaniya, national team), blunt force trauma. Laureano Albán, 80, Costa Rican writer. Sumana Amarasinghe, 74, Sri Lankan actress (Dahasak Sithuvili, Binaramalee, Kadawunu Poronduwa), costume designer and film producer. Peter Ascherl, 68, Canadian-German ice hockey player (Mannheim ERC, Düsseldorfer EG). Giuseppe Azzaro, 96, Italian lawyer and politician, deputy (1963–1992), mayor of Catania (1987–1988, 1991). John Bates, 87, British fashion designer, cancer. William Devonshire, 52, American serial killer, cerebral hemorrhage. Stanley Goreraza, Zimbabwean military officer, cancer.Grace Mugabe's ex-husband Stanley Goreraza dies Shaun Greatbatch, 52, English darts player. Alma Rosa Hernández Escobar, 65, Mexican politician, deputy (since 2021). Richard Edwin Hills, 76, British astronomer.Richard Hills FRS (1945 – 2022) Roman Kutuzov, 53, Russian major general. Edwin M. Leidel Jr., 83, American Episcopal prelate, bishop of Eastern Michigan (1996–2006), cancer. Alex Magaisa, 46, Zimbabwean academic and political advisor. Garnik Mehrabian, 84, Iranian football player (Taj, national team) and manager (Machine Sazi). Aleksandr Nikitin, 87, Russian chess player, theorist and coach. Oddleif Olavsen, 76, Norwegian footballer (Bodø/Glimt) and politician, mayor of Bodø (1995–1999). Bruno Pereira, 41, Brazilian indigenist, shot. Dom Phillips, 57, British journalist, shot. Christopher Pratt, 86, Canadian painter and printmaker, designer of the flag of Newfoundland and Labrador.Christopher Pratt, legendary Canadian painter, dead at 86 Eldon Rasmussen, 85, Canadian Hall of Fame racing driver. Berit Stensønes, 66, Norwegian mathematician. Roger Swinfen Eady, 3rd Baron Swinfen, 83, British politician and philanthropist, member of the House of Lords (since 1977). Trouble, 34, American rapper, shot. Roberto Wirth, 72, Italian hotelier, heart attack.
6 Isabel Álvarez, 88, Cuban baseball player (Chicago Colleens, Fort Wayne Daisies, Kalamazoo Lassies). Brother Jed, 79, American evangelist.