The following is a list of notable deaths in June 1999. 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 1999

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* Lloyd L. Burke, 74,

United States Army The United States Army (USA) is the land warfare, land military branch, service branch of the United States Armed Forces. It is one of the eight Uniformed services of the United States, U.S. uniformed services, and is designated as the Army o ...

soldier and recipient of the

Medal of Honor The Medal of Honor (MOH) is the United States Armed Forces' highest military decoration and is awarded to recognize American soldiers, sailors, marines, airmen, guardians and coast guardsmen who have distinguished themselves by acts of valo ...

. *

Christopher Cockerell Sir Christopher Sydney Cockerell CBE RDI FRS (4 June 1910 – 1 June 1999) was an English engineer, best known as the inventor of the hovercraft. Early life and education Cockerell was born in Cambridge, where his father, Sir Sydney Cocke ...

, 88, English engineer and inventor of the hovercraft. *

Olivier Debré Olivier Debré (14 April 1920 – 1 June 1999) was a French abstract painter. Biography It was following a visit to Pablo Picasso’s studio in 1941 that Olivier Debré, an honoured artist and member of the French Academy, moved from figura ...

, 79, French abstract painter. * Mr. Prospector, 29, American thoroughbred racehorse, complications from

colic Colic or cholic () is a form of pain that starts and stops abruptly. It occurs due to muscular contractions of a hollow tube (small and large intestine, gall bladder, ureter, etc.) in an attempt to relieve an obstruction by forcing content out. ...

. *

Gert Ledig Gert Ledig, full name Robert Gerhard Ledig (4 November 1921, Leipzig – 1 June 1999 in Landsberg am Lech), was a German writer. Biography Gert Ledig, son of a merchant, spent his early childhood in Vienna. From 1929 he lived in Leipzig. After ...

, 77, German writer. * Cris Miró, 33, Argentine entertainer and media personality,

lymphoma Lymphoma is a group of blood and lymph tumors that develop from lymphocytes (a type of white blood cell). In current usage the name usually refers to just the cancerous versions rather than all such tumours. Signs and symptoms may include enla ...

. *

Bjørn Spiro Bjørn Spiro (20 March 1909 – 1 June 1999) was a Danish film actor. He appeared in 60 films between 1914 and 1972. Filmography * '' Det hemmelighedsfulde X'' (1914) * '' 5 raske piger'' (1933) * ''Der var engang en Vicevært'' (1937) * ...

, 90, Danish film actor.

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Abdulaziz Al-Saqqaf Professor Abdulaziz Y. Al-Saqqaf (24 October 1954 in Taiz – 2 June 1999) was a Yemeni human-rights activist, economist, and journalist. Saqqaf established the ''Yemen Times'', unified Yemen's first and most widely read English language, Engli ...

, 47, Yemeni

human rights Human rights are moral principles or normsJames Nickel, with assistance from Thomas Pogge, M.B.E. Smith, and Leif Wenar, 13 December 2013, Stanford Encyclopedia of PhilosophyHuman Rights Retrieved 14 August 2014 for certain standards of hu ...

activist and journalist, (orchestrated) car accident. *

Václav Benda Václav Benda (August 8, 1946, Prague – June 2, 1999) was a Czech Roman Catholic activist and intellectual, and mathematician. Under Communist rule in Czechoslovakia, Benda and his wife were rare in being believings Christians among the leadersh ...

, 52, Czech

Roman Catholic Roman or Romans most often refers to: *Rome, the capital city of Italy * Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD * Roman people, the people of ancient Rome *'' Epistle to the Romans'', shortened to ''Romans'', a let ...

activist and mathematician. *

Junior Braithwaite Franklin Delano Alexander "Junior" Braithwaite (4 April 1949 – 2 June 1999) was a reggae musician from Kingston, Jamaica and the youngest member of the vocal group, The Wailing Wailers. Early career The Wailing Wailers was a vocal group Bob ...

, 50, Jamaican

reggae Reggae () is a music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1960s. The term also denotes the modern popular music of Jamaica and its diaspora. A 1968 single by Toots and the Maytals, " Do the Reggay" was the first popular song to use ...

musician, homicide. *

Keith Gledhill Keith Gledhill (February 16, 1911 – June 2, 1999) was an American tennis player of the 1930s. Playing career In 1929 Gledhill won the national junior singles and, partnering Ellsworth Vines, doubles title. He attended Stanford University and ...

, 88, American tennis player. * Yevhen Ivchenko, 60, Soviet athlete and Olympic medalist. * Blagoje Jovovic, Montenegrin Serb World War II Partisan and Chetnik. * Ron Reynolds, 71, English football goalkeeper. *

Andy Simpkins Andrew Simpkins (April 29, 1932 – June 2, 1999) was an American jazz bassist. Born in Richmond, Indiana, he first became known as a member of the group The Three Sounds, with which he performed from 1956 to 1968.allmusic biography/ref> After ...

, 67, American

jazz Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues and ragtime. Since the 1920s Jazz Age, it has been recognized as a m ...

bassist, stomach cancer. * Robert Sobel, 68, American writer and academic.

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Italo Allodi Italo Allodi (Asiago, 13 April 1928 – Florence, 3 June 1999) was an Italian association football player and manager. Career Allodi was born the son of a railwayman. He served in an official position for various and Italian football clubs, ...

, 71, Italian football player and manager. * Helge Bronée, 77, Danish footballer. *

Peter Brough Peter Brough (26 February 1916 – 3 June 1999) was an English radio ventriloquist who became a well-known name to audiences in the 1950s. He is associated with his puppet Archie Andrews. Early career Peter Brough’s father, Arthur Broug ...

, 83, English radio ventriloquist. *

Bernardin Mungul Diaka Bernardin Mungul Diaka ( Kirondo ( Bandundu), 12 November 1933 – Kinshasa, 3 June 1999) was a Congolese/Zairean diplomat and politician. He started his career as the director of Minister of Defence Patrice Lumumba in 1960. After the Dissolutio ...

, 65, Congolese/Zairean diplomat and politician. *

Romolo Marcellini Romolo Marcellini (6 October 1910 – 3 June 1999) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. He directed 22 films between 1937 and 1969. Selected filmography * ''Stadium A stadium ( : stadiums or stadia) is a place or venue for ...

, 88, Italian film director and screenwriter. *

Myron Weiner Myron of Eleutherae ( grc, Μύρων, ''Myrōn'' ), working c. 480–440 BC, was an Athenian sculptor from the mid-5th century BC. He was born in Eleutherae on the borders of Boeotia and Attica. According to Pliny's '' Natural History'', Agela ...

, 68, American political scientist and scholar.

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* Ann Brown, 56, British psychologist. *

Zachary Fisher Zachary Fisher (September 26, 1910 – June 4, 1999) was an American philanthropist and businessman. Born in the Brooklyn area, Fisher began his involvement with construction in his teen years. He then played a role in the New York real est ...

, 88, American philanthropist and businessman. *

G. S. Maddala Gangadharrao Soundalyarao "G. S." Maddala (21 May 1933 – 4 June 1999) was an Indian American economist, mathematician, and teacher, known for his contributions in the field of econometrics and for the textbooks he authored in this field. Bi ...

, 66, Indian-American economist and mathematician. *

John McKeithen John Julian McKeithen (May 28, 1918 – June 4, 1999) was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 49th governor of Louisiana from 1964 to 1972. Early life McKeithen was born in Grayson, Louisiana on May 28, 1918. His father was a ...

, 81, American lawyer, politician and governor of Louisiana. * Mike Mikulak, 86, American gridiron football player. * Yury Vasilyev, 59, Soviet and Russian stage and film actor.

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* Magne Kleiven, 77, Norwegian gymnast and Olympian. * Robert Merritt,

Nova Scotia Nova Scotia ( ; ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is one of the three Maritime provinces and one of the four Atlantic provinces. Nova Scotia is Latin for "New Scotland". Most of the population are native Eng ...

playwright and film critic. * Mel Tormé, 73, American singer and musician, stroke. *

Ernie Wilkins Ernest Brooks Wilkins Jr. (July 20, 1922 – June 5, 1999) was an American jazz saxophonist, conductor and arranger who spent several years with Count Basie. He also wrote for Tommy Dorsey, Harry James, and Dizzy Gillespie. He was musical direc ...

, 79, American

saxophonist, conductor and arranger, stroke.

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* Anne Haddy, 68, Australian actress, renal failure. * Ilya Musin, 95, Soviet conductor and a theorist of conducting. * Manuel Ramos, 56, Mexican boxer, heart attack. *

Eddie Stanky Edward Raymond Stanky (born Stankiewicz (September 3, 1915 – June 6, 1999) was an American professional baseball second baseman, shortstop, and manager. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Chicago Cubs, Brooklyn Dodgers, Boston ...

, 83, American baseball player and manager, heart attack.

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Bob Garber Robert Mitchell Garber (September 10, 1928 – June 7, 1999) was an American professional baseball player. The right-handed pitcher had a highly successful minor league career, twice winning 20 games and notching one 19-victory season, but made o ...

, 70, American baseball player. *

Lady June June Campbell Cramer (3 June 1931 – 7 June 1999), better known as Lady June, was an English painter, poet and musician. She was associated with the Canterbury scene and recorded two albums. She exhibited and performed her works in several coun ...

, 68, English painter, poet and musician, heart attack. *

Paul Oskar Kristeller Paul Oskar Kristeller (May 22, 1905 in Berlin – June 7, 1999 in New York, United States) was an important scholar of Renaissance humanism. He was awarded the Haskins Medal in 1992. He was last active as Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at Colu ...

, 92, German-American scholar of

renaissance humanism Renaissance humanism was a revival in the study of classical antiquity, at first in Italy and then spreading across Western Europe in the 14th, 15th, and 16th centuries. During the period, the term ''humanist'' ( it, umanista) referred to teache ...

. *

Victor Otiev Victor Alexandrovich Otiev (russian: Ви́ктор Алекса́ндрович О́тиев; February 24, 1935, in Vladikavkaz, Northern Osetia, USSR – June 7, 1999, in Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation) was a Soviet, Russian painter, gr ...

, 64, Soviet / Russian painter and graphic artist. * Charles D. Palmer, 97, United States Army general, cardiac arrest. *

Paco Stanley Francisco Jorge Stanley Albaitero (3 July 1942 – 7 June 1999), known by his stage name Paco Stanley, was a Mexican television entertainer who worked for Televisa and TV Azteca. Career In 1966, his first father-in-law paid for his radio ...

, 56, Mexican television entertainer, shot. * Joseph Vandernoot, 84, British conductor.

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* Piet Blom, 65, Dutch architect. * Ted James, 92, American football player and coach. * Zofia Kuratowska, 67, Polish physician and politician. * Corrado Mantoni, 74, Italian actor and radio and television host,

lung cancer Lung cancer, also known as lung carcinoma (since about 98–99% of all lung cancers are carcinomas), is a malignant lung tumor characterized by uncontrolled cell growth in tissues of the lung. Lung carcinomas derive from transformed, malign ...

. *

Rosy McHargue James "Rosy" McHargue (April 6, 1902 in Danville, Illinois – June 8, 1999 in Santa Monica, California) was an American jazz clarinetist, associated principally with the Dixieland jazz scene. McHargue worked professionally from age 15, with The ...

, 97, American

clarinetist. * Karl Z. Morgan, 91, American

physicist A physicist is a scientist who specializes in the field of physics, which encompasses the interactions of matter and energy at all length and time scales in the physical universe. Physicists generally are interested in the root or ultimate cau ...

and radiation health physics pioneer. * Francis Shorland, 89, New Zealand organic chemist. *

Emiliano Tardif Emiliano Tardif (June 6, 1928 in the City of St-Zacharie, Quebec, Canada – June 8, 1999) was a missionary who is in the process of being beatified. Life Emiliano Tardif was born on June 6, 1928 in Quebec, Canada. He became a member of the Mis ...

, 71, Canadian missionary, heart complications. * Gordon Towers, 79, Canadian politician and lieutenant governor of

Alberta Alberta ( ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is part of Western Canada and is one of the three prairie provinces. Alberta is bordered by British Columbia to the west, Saskatchewan to the east, the Northwest Ter ...

. * Fred Wampler, 89, American politician.

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* Al Bates, 94, American Olympic athlete. *

Ernesto Calindri Ernesto Calindri (5 February 1909 – 9 June 1999) was an Italian theater and film actor. He appeared in 40 films between 1938 and 1989. Selected filmography * '' Golden Arrow'' (1935) * ''It Always Ends That Way'' (1939) * ''The Children A ...

, 90, Italian theater and film actor, stroke. * Heimo Haitto, 74, Finnish-American classical violinist. *

Maurice Journeau Maurice Journeau (17 November 1898 – 9 June 1999) was a French composer born in Biarritz. He composed from 1921 to 1984. He died in Versailles. Works *Works for piano The piano is a stringed keyboard instrument in which the strings a ...

, 100, French composer. *

Giles Sutherland Rich Giles Sutherland Rich (May 30, 1904 – June 9, 1999) was an associate judge of the United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals (CCPA) and later on was a United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circu ...

, 95, American judge and influential

patent attorney A patent attorney is an attorney who has the specialized qualifications necessary for representing clients in obtaining patents and acting in all matters and procedures relating to patent law and practice, such as filing patent applications and op ...

, lymphoma. *

Andrew L. Stone Andrew L. Stone (July 16, 1902 – June 9, 1999) was an Americans, American screenwriter, film director and producer. He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for the film ''Julie (1956 film), Julie'' in 1957 and re ...

, 96, American screenwriter, film director and producer. * Ray Yagiello, 75, American football coach.

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Manlio Busoni Manlio Busoni (1906–1999) was an Italian film and television actor.Chiti & Poppi p.105 He was also a voice actor, dubbing the performances of other actors. Selected filmography * '' Roma città libera'' (1946) * ''The White Primrose'' (1947) * ...

, 92, Italian film and television actor. * Kenneth S. Davis, 86, American historian. *

Béla Egresi Béla Egresi (born in Csepel on 11 May 1922 – died in Budapest on 10 June 1999) was a Hungarian football forward, who played for Kispest and Újpest FC, as well as representing 23 times the Hungarian national football team The Hungary ...

, 77, Hungarian football player. *

Henry Grunfeld Henry Grunfeld (1 June 1904 – 10 June 1999) was a merchant banker who played a prominent role in the development of investment banking and the growth of London as a financial centre following the Second World War. Grunfeld was co-founder o ...

, 95, German-British merchant banker. *

Grete Natzler Grete Natzler (19 June 1906 – 10 June 1999) was an Austrian actress and operatic soprano. Born in Vienna, she was the daughter of actress Lilli Meißner and actor and opera singer Leopold Natzler (1860–1926). Two of her younger sisters w ...

, 92, Austrian actress and

opera Opera is a form of theatre in which music is a fundamental component and dramatic roles are taken by singers. Such a "work" (the literal translation of the Italian word "opera") is typically a collaboration between a composer and a libr ...

tic soprano. * Jerry Elizalde Navarro, 75, Filipino artist. * Leonard Thornton, 82, New Zealand Army officer. *

Oswald Tippo Oswald Tippo (November 27, 1911 – June 10, 1999) was an American botanist and educator. Tippo became the first chancellor of the University of Massachusetts Amherst in 1970. Career Born in Milo, Tippo moved to Boston a year later, and gradua ...

, 87, American botanist and educator. * Jiří Vršťala, 78, Czech film actor. * J. E. Caerwyn Williams, 87, Welsh scholar. *

Chen Xilian Chen Xilian (pronounced ; 4 January 1915 – 10 June 1999) was a Chinese military officer and politician, general of the People's Liberation Army. A prominent Mao Zedong, Maoist, he held very important positions in both military and political sph ...

, 84, Chinese Army general and politician.

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* Gilles Châtelet, 55, French philosopher and mathematician, suicide. * DeForest Kelley, 79, American actor ('' Star Trek'', ''

Gunfight at the O.K. Corral The gunfight at the O.K. Corral was a thirty-second shootout between law enforcement officer, lawmen led by Virgil Earp and members of a loosely organized group of outlaws called the Cochise County Cowboys, Cowboys that occurred at about 3: ...

'', ''

Apache Uprising ''Apache Uprising'' is a 1965 American Technicolor Western (genre), Western Techniscope film directed by R. G. Springsteen and written by Max Lamb and Harry Sanford. The film stars Rory Calhoun, Corinne Calvet, John Russell (actor), John Russel ...

''), stomach cancer. *

Viljo Nousiainen Viljo Nousiainen (9 March 1944 – 11 June 1999) was a prominent Swedish Finn athletics coach. Career Nousiainen was born in Kiuruvesi. As an athletics coach, he specialized in training jumpers for Örgryte IS Sports Club in Gothenburg during t ...

, 55, Finnish high jumping coach. * Gordon Stirling, 74, Australian politician.

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* Ola Bauer, 55, Norwegian novelist and playwright, cancer. * Jean Capdouze, 56, French rugby player. *

Sergey Khlebnikov Sergey Anatolevich Khlebnikov (russian: Серге́й Анатольевич Хлебников; 28 August 1955 – 12 June 1999) was a Russian speed skater who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1980 and the 1984 Winter Olympics. He was born ...

, 43, Russian Olympic speed skater, drowned. *

Jah Lloyd Jah Lloyd, aka Jah Lion, The Black Lion of Judah, and Jah Ali (born Patrick Lloyd Francis, 29 August 1947, died 12 June 1999) was a Jamaican reggae singer, deejay and producer. Biography Francis was born in Point Hill, Saint Catherine Parish ...

, 51, Jamaican reggae singer, deejay and record producer,

asthma Asthma is a long-term inflammatory disease of the airways of the lungs. It is characterized by variable and recurring symptoms, reversible airflow obstruction, and easily triggered bronchospasms. Symptoms include episodes of wheezing, co ...

. * J. F. Powers, 81, American novelist and short-story writer. *

Jalagam Vengala Rao Jalagam Vengal Rao or Jalagam Vengala Rao (May 1921 – 12 June 1999) was for much of his life a member of the Indian National Congress and was the Chief Minister of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh which is now divided into two states, Telang ...

, 78, Indian politician. *

Bib Stillwell Bib Stillwell (born Bermar Sellars Stillwell; 31 July 1927 – 12 June 1999) was a racing driver who was active in Australian motor racing from 1947 to 1965. He won the Australian Drivers' Championship in each of the four years from 1962 to 1965 ...

, 71, Australian racing driver. * Gerd Tellenbach, 95, German historian and scholar. *

Aleksandras Štromas Alexander Shtromas ( lt, Aleksandras Štromas; 4 April 1931 in Kaunas, Lithuania – 12 June 1999 in Chicago) was a prominent Lithuanian political scientist, dissident, professor and author. Alexander Štromas was a cousin of Irena Veisaitė, H ...

, 68, Lithuanian political scientist, dissident and author.

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* Gabriel Grüner, 35, Italian photojournalist, shot by

Yugoslavia Yugoslavia (; sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Jugoslavija, Југославија ; sl, Jugoslavija ; mk, Југославија ;; rup, Iugoslavia; hu, Jugoszlávia; rue, label=Pannonian Rusyn, Югославия, translit=Juhoslavija ...

n soldiers. * Volker Krämer, 56, German journalist, shot by Yugoslavian soldiers. *

Carlos Kroeber Carlos Henrique Kroeber (1934–1999) was a Brazilian film and television actor. Filmography Movies *1968: ''O Homem que Comprou o Mundo'' *1969: ''Navalha na Carne'' *1970: ''É Simonal'' *1971: '' A Casa Assassinada'' .... Timóteo *1971 ...

, 64, Brazilian actor. * Igor Ksenofontov, 60, Soviet and Russian figure skating coach, heart failure. * Jørgen Olesen, 75, Danish footballer player. *

Kjell Rosén Kjell Rosén (24 April 1921 – 13 June 1999) was a Swedish footballer who played the majority of his career at Malmö FF Malmö Fotbollförening, commonly known as Malmö FF, Malmö, or MFF, is a professional football club and the most suc ...

, 78, Swedish footballer player. *

Douglas Seale Douglas Seale (28 October 1913 – 13 June 1999) was an English film and stage actor. Early life Born in London, Seale was educated at Rutlish School in Wimbledon and trained for the stage at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. Career He ...

, 85, English actor ('' Aladdin'', ''

Ernest Saves Christmas ''Ernest Saves Christmas'' is a 1988 American Christmas comedy film directed by John Cherry and starring Jim Varney. This is the third film to feature Varney's character Ernest P. Worrell, and chronicles Ernest's attempt to help find a replacem ...

'', ''

Amadeus Amadeus may refer to: *Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791), prolific and influential composer of classical music *Amadeus (name), a given name and people with the name * ''Amadeus'' (play), 1979 stage play by Peter Shaffer * ''Amadeus'' (film), ...

''). *

Diablo Velasco Cuahutémoc Velasco Vargas (April 28, 1919 – June 13, 1999) was a Mexican professional wrestler and trainer under the name Diablo Velasco. Velasco trained many famous Mexican wrestlers, including Gory Guerrero, Raul Armas, Los Hermanos Crucero, ...

, 80, Mexican

professional wrestler Professional wrestling is a form of theater that revolves around staged wrestling matches. The mock combat is performed in a ring similar to the kind used in boxing, and the dramatic aspects of pro wrestling may be performed both in the ring o ...

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* Henri Baruk, 101, French

neuropsychiatrist Neuropsychiatry or Organic Psychiatry is a branch of medicine that deals with psychiatry as it relates to neurology, in an effort to understand and attribute behavior to the interaction of neurobiology and social psychology factors. Within neuro ...

. *

Kurt Blaukopf Kurt Blaukopf (15 February 1914 – 14 June 1999) was an Austrian Sociomusicology, music sociologist. Blaukopf established music sociology as a subject at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, Vienna Musikhochschule. He founded the I ...

, 85, Austrian music sociologist. *

Jack M. Campbell John Moren Campbell (September 10, 1916 – June 14, 1999) was an American politician who served as the List of Governors of New Mexico, 21st governor of New Mexico from January 1, 1963 until January 1, 1967. Early life and education Campbell ...

, 82, American politician. * Louis Diamond, 97, American pediatrician, known as the "father of pediatric hematology". * Osvaldo Dragún, 70, Argentine playwright. * Bernie Faloney, 66, Canadian football player, colorectal cancer. * Anna McCune Harper, 96, American tennis player. *

Henry "Junjo" Lawes Henry "Junjo" Lawes (1960 in Kingston, Jamaica – 13 June 1999 in London, England) was a highly influential Jamaican record producer and a sound engineer. Biography Born in the Waterhouse district of Kingston, Jamaica, Lawes began working ...

, 51, Jamaican record producer,

drive-by shooting A drive-by shooting is a type of assault that usually involves the perpetrator(s) firing a weapon from within a motor vehicle and then fleeing. Drive-by shootings allow the perpetrator(s) to quickly strike their target and flee the scene before ...

. *

Cecil Morgan Cecil Morgan Sr. (August 20, 1898 – June 14, 1999) was an American politician in the state of Louisiana Louisiana , group=pronunciation (French: ''La Louisiane'') is a state in the Deep South and South Central regions of the Unite ...

, 100, American politician. *

Hann Trier Hann Trier (1 August 1915 in Düsseldorf – 14 June 1999 in Castiglione della Pescaia in Tuscany) was a German artist, best known for his giant ceiling painting in the Charlottenburg Palace. He was married to the sociologist Renata Mayntz and wa ...

, 83, German artist.

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Alan Cathcart, 6th Earl Cathcart Major General Alan Cathcart, 6th Earl Cathcart (22 August 1919 – 15 June 1999), styled Lord Greenock until 1927, was a British Army officer who served as Commandant of the British Sector in Berlin from 1970 until his retirement in 1973. Milit ...

, 79,

British Army The British Army is the principal land warfare force of the United Kingdom, a part of the British Armed Forces along with the Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force. , the British Army comprises 79,380 regular full-time personnel, 4,090 Gurk ...

officer. *

Sigrid Hunke Sigrid Hunke (26 April 1913, Kiel – 15 June 1999) was a German author. She is known for her work in the field of religious studies. Biography Sigrid Hunke was born in Kiel, Germany on 26 April 1913, the daughter of the publisher (1879-1953) an ...

, 86, German SS-member during World War II, author, and neopagan. * Igor Kholin, 79, Russian poet and fiction writer, liver cancer. * Sherman A. Minton, 80, American physician,

herpetologist Herpetology (from Greek ἑρπετόν ''herpetón'', meaning "reptile" or "creeping animal") is the branch of zoology concerned with the study of amphibians (including frogs, toads, salamanders, newts, and caecilians ( gymnophiona)) and rep ...

and toxinology, toxinologist. *Fausto Papetti, 76, Italian alto saxophone player. *Fred Tiedt, 63, Irish boxer and Olympic silver medalist.

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*Lennart Geijer, 89, Swedish politician and lawyer. *James Ottaway, 90, British film, television and stage actor. *Lawrence Stone, 79, English historian of early modern Britain, Parkinson's disease. *Screaming Lord Sutch, 58, English musician and serial parliamentary candidate, suicide by hanging. *Marshall Wayne, 87, American diver and Olympic champion (Diving at the 1936 Summer Olympics, 1936).

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*Bert Bailey (politician), Albert Bailey, 84, Australian politician. *Stanley Faulder, 61, Canadian convict, execution by lethal injection. *Basil Hume, 76, English Roman Catholic bishop, cancer. *A. W. Kuchler, 91, German-American geographer and naturalist. *Paul-Émile de Souza, 68, Beninese army officer and political figure. *Lynn E. Stalbaum, 79, American politician.

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*Loyd Arms, 79, American football player. *Ross Baillie, 21, Scottish track and field athlete, complications from anaphylaxis. *Dircinha Batista, 77, Brazilian actress and singer. *Bob Bullock, 69, American politician from Texas, cancer. *Robert G. Neumann, 83, American politician and diplomat. *Lothar Ulsaß, 58, German football player, stroke. *Ali Al-Tantawi, ʻAlī Ṭanṭāwī, 90, Syrian Salafi jurist, writer, and broadcaster.

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*Henri, Count of Paris (1908–1999), Henri d’Orléans, 90, French nobleman, Orleanist pretender to the throne, prostate cancer. *Saeed Emami, 41, Iranian deputy minister of intelligence, suicide. *Oton Gliha, 85, Croatian artist. *Heloísa Helena (actress), Heloísa Helena, 81, Brazilian actress and singer. *Leslie Holdridge, 91, American botanist and climatologist. *Kamal el-Din Hussein, 78, Egyptian military officer and politician, liver cancer. *Arvid Pardo, 85, Maltese-Swedish diplomat and academic. *Ronald Robinson, 78, British historian. *Mario Soldati, 92, Italian writer and film director. *Leonard P. Stavisky, 73, American politician and academic, complications from a cerebral hemorrhage. *Cesáreo Victorino (footballer, born 1947), Cesáreo Victorino, 52, Mexican football player, traffic accident.

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*Gautam Chattopadhyay, 51, Indian Bengali singer, songwriter and composer. *Clifton Fadiman, 95, American author, and radio and television personality, pancreatic cancer. *T. A. Goudge, 89, Canadian philosopher and university professor. *Barbara Jeppe, 78, South African botanical illustrator, botanical artist, pneumonia. *Iulian Mihu, 72, Romanian film director.

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*Chandrakala, Indian film actress, cancer. *Edwin Hewitt, 79, American mathematician. *Tuure Junnila, 88, Finnish economist and politician. *Kami (musician), Kami, 26, Japanese rock musician, drummer (''Malice Mizer''), cerebral haemorrhage. *Karl Krolow, 84, German poet and translator. *Tobin Wolf, Ted Wolf, 76, American writer.

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*Wassila Bourguiba, Wassila Ben Ammar, 87, First Lady of Tunisia (1962 - 1986). *Mark Anthony Bracegirdle, 86, British-Australian marxist revolutionary. *Michael Bredl, 83, German Volksmusik musician, -collector, and -publisher. *Luboš Fišer, 63, Czech composer. *Eugenio Florit, 95, Cuban writer, essayist, radio actor and diplomat. *Guy Tunmer, 50, South African racing driver, motorcycle accident.

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*Francisco Rovira Beleta, 85/86, Spanish screenwriter and film director. *Bert Haas, 85, American baseball player. *Aziz Ishak, 85, Malaysian freedom fighter, politician and journalist. *Carl Lange (actor), Carl Lange, 89, German film actor. *Buster Merryfield, 78, British actor (''Only Fools and Horses''), brain cancer. *Pierre Perrault, 71, Canadian documentary film director. *Bill Puddy, 82, Canadian swimmer and Olympian. *Grels Teir, 83, Finnish lawyer and politician.

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*Jim Allen (playwright), Jim Allen, 72, English playwright. *Takehiko Bessho, 76, Japanese baseball player. *Hugh Carter, 78, American politician and businessman. *Geoff Lawson (designer), Geoff Lawson, 54, British car designer, stroke. *Dorothy Lee (actress), Dorothy Lee, 88, American actress and comedian, respiratory failure. *Jack Mullin, 85, American sound engineer. *Joe Redington, 82, American dog musher and co-founder of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, cancer. *Seán Thomas, 98, Irish football manager.

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*Peter Abeles, 75, Austrian-Australian businessman. *Ravilya Agletdinova, Rawilja Agletdinowa, 39, Soviet middle-distance runner, traffic collision. *Charlie English, 89, American Major League Baseball player. *Fred Feast, 69, British actor (''Coronation Street''), cancer. *Tommy Ivan, 88, Canadian ice hockey coach and general manager, complications of a kidney ailment. *Yevgeny Morgunov, 72, Soviet and Russian actor, film director, and script writer, stroke. *Kōzō Murashita, 46, Japanese singer-songwriter, brain hemorrhage. *Oliver Ocasek, 73, American politician, liver cancer, colorectal cancer. *Jorge Góngora, Jorge Góngora Ojeda, 92, Peruvian football player. *Lars Svensson (ice hockey), Lars Svensson, 72, Swedish ice hockey goaltender and Olympic medalist. *Frank Tarloff, 83, American screenwriter who was blacklisted, cancer. *Fred Trump, 93, American real estate developer and father of Donald Trump, pneumonia.

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*Angelo Bertelli, 78, American gridiron football player, brain cancer. *Charles Collins (actor), Charles Collins, 95, American singer and actor, pneumonia. *Muza Krepkogorskaya, 74, Soviet and Russian theater and film actress. *Tim Layana, 35, American baseball player, car accident. *Jiří Pelikán (politician), Jiří Pelikán, 76, Czechoslovakian journalist and politician, cancer. *John R. Philip, 72, Australian physicist and hydrologist. *Bobs Watson, 68, American actor and methodist minister, prostate cancer.

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*Fernando Alvarez (jockey), Fernando Alvarez, 61, American thoroughbred horse racing jockey and trainer. *Harriet P. Dustan, American physician. *Einar Englund, 83, Finnish composer. *Koji Horaguchi, Kōji Horaguchi, 45, Japanese rugby player, traffic collision. *Wilhelm Höttl, 84, Austrian Nazi and holocaust perpetrator during World War II. *Isaac C. Kidd Jr., Isaac C. Kidd, Jr., 79, American admiral, cancer. *John Langridge, 89, English cricket player. *Siegfried Lowitz, 84, German actor. *Marion Motley, 79, American football player (Cleveland Browns), prostate cancer. *Georgios Papadopoulos, George Papadopoulos, 80, Greek politician, Prime Minister of Greece, Prime Minister (1967–1973) and dictator, cancer. *Truus van Aalten, 88, Dutch actress. *Alfred Robens, Baron Robens of Woldingham, 88, English trade unionist, politician and industrialist.

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*Vere Bird, 88, first Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda. *Louis Ducatel, 97, French politician and businessman. *Hilde Krahl, 82, Austrian film actress. *Eugenio Lopez Jr., Eugenio Lopez, Jr., 70, Filipino businessman, cancer. *John and James Woolf, Sir John Woolf, 86, British film producer. *Anatoliy Zheglanov, 56, Soviet and Ukrainian ski-jumper and Olympian.

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*Allan Carr, 62, American film, television and theatre producer (''La Cage aux Folles (musical), La Cage aux Folles''), liver cancer. *Michael Hooker, 53, American academic, complications of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. *Karekin I, 66, Syrian Catholicos of the Armenian Apostolic Church, cancer. *Declan Mulholland, 66, Northern Irish actor, heart attack. *Constance Shacklock, 86, English contralto. *Bert Shefter, 97, Russian-American film composer.

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*Bob Backus, 72, American track and field athlete and hammer throw world record holder. *Édouard Boubat, 75, French photojournalist and art photographer, leukemia. *Clifford Charles Butler, 77, English physicist. *Dean Fredericks, 75, American film and television actor, cancer. *Walter Johnson (defensive tackle), Walter Johnson, 56, American gridiron football player. *Marta Labarr, 87, French-American singer and actress. *Beveridge Webster, 91, American pianist and educator.

References

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