Deaths in June 2006
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[[Deaths in 2006]] : [[Deaths in December 2005|←]] - [[Deaths in January 2006|January]] - [[Deaths in February 2006|February]] - [[Deaths in March 2006|March]] - [[Deaths in April 2006|April]] - [[Deaths in May 2006|May]] - June - [[Deaths in July 2006|July]] - [[Deaths in August 2006|August]] - [[Deaths in September 2006|September]] - [[Deaths in October 2006|October]] - [[Deaths in November 2006|November]] - [[Deaths in December 2006|December]]- [[Deaths in January 2007|→]]
The following is a list of notable deaths in [[June 2006]].
====[[June 30|30]]====
*[[Dieter Froese]], 68, [[East Prussia]]n-born artist. [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/04/arts/desgn/04froese.html]
*[[Robert Gernhardt]], 68, [[Germany|German]] [[satire|satirist]] [http://www.sueddeutsche.de/,tt3m2/kultur/artikel/545/79466/]
*[[Edward Hamilton (officer)|Edward Hamilton]], 89, highly decorated [[United States Army]] veteran during [[World War II]], [[pneumonia]]. [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/07/03/AR2006070301005.html]
*Dr. [[Harold Olmo]], 96, American grape breeder and geneticist. [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/12/us/12olmo.html]
*[[Albert Sherman]], 88, publisher of the ''Newport Daily News'', [[cancer]]. [http://www.boston.com/news/local/rhode_island/articles/2006/06/30/former_newport_daily_news_publisher_dies/]
*[[Richard Streeton]], 75, [[England|English]] journalist [http://www.acscricket.com/Articles/4/4449.html]
*[[Ross Tompkins]], 68, American ''[[Tonight Show]]'' pianist. [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/09/arts/09tompkins.html]
====[[June 29|29]]====
*[[Fabián Bielinsky]], 47, [[Argentina|Argentinean]] [[film director]], heart attack. [http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=957212006]
*[[Tom Brown (oilman)|Tom Brown]], 79, West Texas oilman who founded [[Brown & Roper]]. [http://www.mywesttexas.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=16871295&BRD=2288&PAG=461&dept_id=475626&rfi=6]
*[[Luis Crisci]], 66, [[Uruguayan]] Minister of Labour ([[1982]]-[[1983]]). [http://www.elpais.com.uy/06/06/30/obituario.asp?mnunot=ciudades+obituario]
*[[Mercedes Quezada de Fox]], 87, mother of [[Mexico|Mexican]] [[President of Mexico|President]] [[Vicente Fox|Vicente Fox Quezada]], respiratory arrest. [http://today.reuters.com/News/newsArticle.aspx?type=worldNews&storyID=2006-06-30T034646Z_01_N29301630_RTRUKOC_0_US-MEXICO-FOX.xml]
*[[William Fraser, 100-year-old theology student|William Fraser]], 100, [[theology]] student at [[Aberdeen University]] and oldest student in [[Scotland]], [[pneumonia]]. [http://www.theherald.co.uk/features/65257.html]
*[[Joyce Hatto]], 77, classical pianist who [[plagiarized]] more than 100 albums, cancer.[http://www.boston.com/news/globe/obituaries/articles/2006/07/04/joyce_hatto_at_77_pianist_was_prolific_recording_artist/]
*[[Ed Hugus]], 82, racing driver, possible winner of the [[Le Mans 24 Hour]] race in [[1965]]. [http://www.montereyherald.com/mld/montereyherald/news/local/14994255.htm]
*[[Caroline Kearney]], 22, [[Irish people|Irish]] [[Triathlete]], collision with a car while on a training cycle ride in Montpellier [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/triathlon/5131742.stm]
*[[Stanley Moskowitz]], 68, [[Central Intelligence Agency]] liaison to Congress, [[myocardial infarction|heart attack]]. [http://www.charlotte.com/mld/observer/news/local/14955936.html][http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/30/AR2006063001629.html]
*[[Wallace Potts]], 59, film archivist for the [[Rudolf Nureyev]] Foundation, [[lymphoma]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/11/arts/11potts.html]
*[[Glen Renfrew]], 77, Australian-born former head of [[Reuters]]. [http://today.reuters.com/stocks/QuoteCompanyNewsArticle.aspx?view=CN&storyID=2006-07-03T153336Z_01_L03674600_RTRIDST_0_REUTERS-RENFREW-PICTURE.XML&rpc=66] [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/09/business/media/09renfrew.html]
*[[Lloyd Richards]], 87, first Black [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] director, [[Tony Award]] winner, heart failure. [http://www.courant.com/news/local/hc-richards-obit,0,1558018.story?coll=hc-headlines-home]
*[[Heliodoro Rico]], 84, American [[track and field]] administrator. [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/05/sports/othersports/05rico.html]
*[[Pierre Rinfret]], 82, Canadian-born economist and [[United States Republican Party|Republican]] candidate for [[Governor of New York]] in 1990. [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/06/nyregion/06rinfret.html] [http://www.nysun.com/article/35447]
*[[Lev Sandakhchiev]], 70 Russian biochemist who helped to end the Soviet bioweapons program, heart disease. [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/29/AR2006062902048.html]
*[[Randy Walker (football coach)|Randy Walker]], 52, [[Northwestern University]] football coach, apparent [[myocardial infarction|heart attack]] [http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=2505033]
*[[F. Mark Wyatt]], 86, a [[Central Intelligence Agency]] officer, who delivered bags of money to swing the 1948 [[Italy]] election. [http://www.legacy.com/Obituaries.asp?Page=APStory&Id=11409] [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/07/09/AR2006070900847.html] [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/06/us/06wyatt.html]
====[[June 28|28]]====
*[[Sedley Alley]], 50, [[United States|American]] convicted murderer and rapist, executed via lethal injection. [http://www.sierratimes.com/rss/newswire.php?article=/news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060628/ap_on_re_us/tennessee_executions&time=1151479064&feed=us]
*[[Jim Baen]], 62, [[science fiction]] [[editing|editor]] and [[publisher]]. [http://david-drake.com/baen.html]
*[[Theodore Black]], 77, American executive, former CEO of [[Ingersoll Rand]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/30/business/30black.html]
*[[Walter Cox]], 87, former president of [[Clemson University]]. [http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/news/local/14930659.htm]
*[[Boban Giankovic]], 43, [[Serbia]]n [[basketball]] player in [[Greece]], heart attack. [http://news.ert.gr/6/240128.asp]
*[[Theodore Levitt]], 81, German-born former editor of the ''[[Harvard Business Review]]'' and author of books on marketing, coined the term [[globalization]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/06/business/06levitt.html] [http://www.businessweek.com/bschools/content/jun2006/bs20060629_5211_bs001.htm]
*[[Vance Rudy Martin]], 64, founder and former CEO of [[The Lending Tree]], [[cancer]]. [http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/mld/ledgerenquirer/business/14988225.htm]
*[[Herman Merinoff]], 77, American liquor distributor, co-chair of the [[Charmer-Sunbelt Group]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/29/business/29merinoff.html]
*[[Mahmoud Mestiri]], 77, former [[foreign minister]] of [[Tunisia]] [http://www.rulers.org/2006-06.html]
*[[George Page]], 71, creator and narrator of the [[PBS]] series ''[[Nature (TV series)|Nature]]''. [http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA6348527.html?display=Breaking+News]
*[[Peter Rawlinson, Baron Rawlinson of Ewell]], 87, English barrister, politician and author. [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=&xml=/news/2006/06/29/db2901.xml]
*[[Fernando Sanchez]], 70, Belgian-born fashion designer. [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/03/arts/design/03sanchez.html]
*[[Mickey Sims]], 51, former player with the [[Cleveland Browns]], heart attack. [http://www.cleveland.com/obituary/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/news/1150187415278170.xml&coll=2]
*[[Wing Commander (rank)|Wing Commander]] [[George Unwin]], 93, [[Battle of Britain]] [[flying ace|ace]]. [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,60-2247807,00.html]
*[[Lennie Weinrib]], 71, American actor. [http://news.awn.com/index.php?ltype=top&newsitem_no=17334]
*[[Jean Henri Courcoul]], 87, French Resistance fighter and WWII RAF heavy bomber pilot, heart attack.
====[[June 27|27]]====
*[[Eileen Barton]], 76, American singer, actress, [[ovarian cancer]] [http://legacy.com/LATimes/Obituaries.asp?Page=Notice&PersonID=18293535]
*[[Robert Carrier (chef)|Robert Carrier]], 82, [[United States|American]] [[celebrity chef]].[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/5121658.stm]
*[[J. Robert Elliott]], 96, US [[Federal District Judge]] who overturned the conviction of Lt. [[William Calley]]. [http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/O/OBIT_ELLIOTT?SITE=FLTAM&SECTION=US]
*[[Michael Fanfalone]], 57, aviation union leader, complications of [[Crohn's disease]]. [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/07/03/AR2006070301004.html]
*[[Ángel Maturino Reséndiz]], 46, [[Mexico|Mexican]] [[serial killer]], execution via [[lethal injection]]. [http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/APStories/stories/D8IGSURG1.html]
*[[Virginia Rosenbaum]], 63, corporate research analyst and widow of [[David Rosenbaum]], cancer. [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/23/us/23rosenbaum.html]
*[[Don Wright (musician)|Don Wright]], 97, Canadian composer and lyricist. [http://lfpress.ca/newsstand/Today/2006/06/29/1660052.html]
====[[June 26|26]]====
*[[Bob Allan]], 54, former Chief Executive of the [[Glasgow Housing Association]]. [http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/hi/news/5054056.html]
*[[Bear JJ1]] (Bruno the Bear), the first wild bear in Germany in 170 years, shot to death. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/5116316.stm]
*[[Al Brounstein]], 86, Canadian-born American [[Napa Valley]] vintner, [[Parkinson's disease]]. [http://www.napavalleyregister.com/articles/2006/06/28/news/local/iq_3495112.txt]
*[[Joe Carter (singer)|Joe Carter]], 57. gospel singer who took his "A Song in the Night" show to five continents playing 300 shows in five continents. [http://www.twincities.com/mld/pioneerpress/news/local/14944062.htm]
*[[Donald Halperin]], 60, former [[New York]] state senator. [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/30/nyregion/30halperin.html]
*[[Johnny Jenkins]], 67, American blues guitarist who who influenced [[Otis Redding]] and [[Jimi Hendrix]], [[stroke]]. [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/28/AR2006062801937.html] [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/30/arts/music/30jenkins.html]
*[[Tiger Kahn|Marlon Kalkai]], 33, former professional wrestler best known as [[Tiger Khan|Tiger Kahn]] in [[Stampede Wrestling]], heart failure
*Lieutenant General [[Parami Kulatunga]], Deputy Chief of Staff of the [[Sri Lanka]]n Army, bomb blast. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/5115968.stm]
*[[Frederick Mayer]], 84, educational philosopher, creativity expert, author of "History of Educational Thought".
*[[Marion Mingins]],53, the first female chaplain to Queen Elizabeth II, and pioneer of women's ministry in the Church of England.
*[[Eric Rofes]], 51, American author and [[AIDS]] educator, [[myocardial infarction|heart attack]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/29/us/29rofes.html]
* Dr. Joseph Schildkraut, 72, American psychiatrist at [[Harvard University]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/08/us/08schildkraut.html]
*[[Abbye Stockton]], 88, pioneering American woman weightlifter and bodybuilder, [[Alzheimer's disease]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/10/sports/10stockton.html] [http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/states/california/northern_california/14942965.htm]
*[[Stephen Tiger]], 57, member of Native American band [[Tiger Tiger]] who performed with [[Jimi Hendrix]] and [[Led Zeppelin]], recipient of a [[Native American Music Association]] Lifetime Achievement Award, head injury. [http://www.sun-sentinel.com/features/arts/sfl-otiger01jul01,0,7938089.story?coll=sfla-features-arts]
*[[Stan Torgerson]], 82, radio announcer for [[Ole Miss]] football and basketball games. [http://www.clarionledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060626/SPORTS030103/60626024/0/SPORTS]
*[[Jeff Winkless]], 65, [[Los Angeles]] voice actor, brain tumor
====[[June 25|25]]====
*[[Elkan Allan]], 83, created [[Ready Steady Go!]] and developed the first television listings for the UK in the ''[[The Sunday Times (UK)|Sunday Times]]''. [http://www.guardian.co.uk/obituaries/story/0,,1809292,00.html]
*[[Eliyahu Asheri]], 18, Israeli civilian kidnapped and murdered by militants in the [[West Bank]] city of [[Ramallah]].
*[[Charles Barrow]], 84, former justice of the [[Texas Supreme Court]]. [http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/4006242.html]
*[[B. D. Nag Chowdhury]], 89, [[India]]n nuclear scientist, cerebral haemorrhage. [http://www.hindu.com/2006/06/26/stories/2006062601130900.htm]
*[[George Whitaker Clarke]], 100, [[Washington]] state politician. [http://www.mi-reporter.com/sited/story/html/260812]
*[[Richard DeVore]], 73, [[Colorado]] sculptor, [[lung cancer]]. [http://www.denverpost.com/obituaries/ci_3987171]
*[[Harry Elliot]], 101, former professional wrestling promoter, Natural Causes [http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/2006/06/26/1654927.html]
*[[Alexis Giannoulias]], 69, founder of the [[Broadway Bank]] in [[Chicago]] and father of [[Alexi Giannoulias]] a Democrat politician, heart attack. [http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/xgiann27.html]
*[[Kenneth Griffith]], 84, [[Welsh people|Welsh]] actor and documentary maker, [[Parkinson's disease]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/5115424.stm]
*[[Akbar Hossain]], 65, [[Bangladesh]]i Minister for Shipping and hero of 1971 [[Bangladesh Liberation War]], heart attack [http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/7598_1728770,000500020001.htm]
*Dr. [[Irving Kaplansky]], 89, American mathematician at the [[University of Chicago]]. [http://www.ams.org/dynamic_archive/home-news.html#kaplansky] [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/13/us/13kaplansky.html]
* [[Dibya Khaling]], 56, lyricist and composer of [[Nepal]]i music responsible for 1,000 songs, cardiac arrest. [http://www.thehimalayantimes.com/fullstory.asp?filename=6a6Qa1a8a.9amal&folder=aHaoamW&Name=Home&dtSiteDate=20060626]
*[[Arif Mardin]], 74, Turkish-American [[Grammy Award]] winning music producer, [[pancreatic cancer]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/5118188.stm] [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/27/arts/music/27mardin.html]
*[[Sophie Maslow]], 95, American choreographer. [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/26/arts/dance/27maslow.html]
*[[Melvin Moss]], 83, American anatomist and former dean of [[Columbia University]]'s dental school. [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/29/nyregion/29moss.html]
*[[Gad Navon]], 84, Former Chief [[Israel]]i [[Military Rabbinate|Military Rabbi]], cancer. [http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3266983,00.html]
*[[Jaap Penraat]], 88, [[Netherlands|Dutch]] architect and member of Dutch resistance in World War II. [http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1150885897898&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull]
*[[Michael Ruane]], 78, Massachusetts legislator 1975-2005, cancer. [http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2006/06/26/michael_ruane_state_lawmaker_dies_at_78/]
*[[Seema Aissen Weatherwax]], 100, Ukrainian photographer
*[[Roberta Weston]], 118?, claimed to be the world's oldest woman but no documentary proof of claim. [http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/northwest/chi-0606290292jun29,1,169060.story?coll=chi-newslocalnorthwest-hed]
===[[June 24|24]]===
* [[John Conger]], 85, psychologist and former dean of the [[University of Colorado Health Sciences Center|University of Colorado]] School of Medicine. [http://www.denverpost.com/obituaries/ci_3983464]
* [[Denice Denton]], 46, chancellor of the [[University of California at Santa Cruz]], suicide. [http://www.forbes.com/technology/feeds/ap/2006/06/24/ap2838079.html]
* [[Ben Garry]], 50, played NFL for the [[History of the Indianapolis Colts|Baltimore Colts]], car crash. [http://www.clarionledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060627/SPORTS/60627014]
* [[Jeffrey Harbers]], 54, [[Microsoft]] executive who worked on developing many software programs including [[Microsoft Office]], plane crash. [http://www.macombdaily.com/stories/062706/loc_barton001.shtml]
* [[Tichaona Jokonya]], 67, Information & Publicity Minister in [[Zimbabwe]], cardiac arrest. [http://www.zimbabwejournalists.com/story.php?art_id=573&cat=1]
* [[Ígor Medio]], 34, and [[Carlos Redondo]], 40, members of [[Felpeyu]] folk band, from [[Asturias]], [[Spain]], car accident. [http://www.worldmusiccentral.org/article.php/20060624180515384]
* [[John F. Oates]], 71, Professor Emeritus of Ancient History and Classics at [[Duke University]] and one of America's leading papyrologists. [http://www.dukenews.duke.edu/2006/06/oatesobit.html]
* [[Patsy Ramsey]], 49, mother of the late [[JonBenét Ramsey]], [[ovarian cancer]]. [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10892646/], [http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/O/OBIT_PATSY_RAMSEY?SITE=NJHAC&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT]
*[[Lyle Stuart]], 83, American journalist and publisher. [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/26/arts/26stuart.html]
*[[Gerald Tomlinson]], 73, mystery and baseball writer. [http://www.stargazettenews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060627/COLUMNIST05/606270310]
*[[Tom Triplett]], 71, Savannah, Georgia politician, former Georgia Representative. [http://www.charlotte.com/mld/observer/news/local/14895059.htm]
*[[Ric Weiland]], 53, [[Microsoft]] pioneer, developed [[BASIC]], [[COBOL]] and [[Microsoft Works]], suicide. [http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/6420AP_WA_Obit_Weiland.html]
*David Owen, 38, [[Topeka]] Kansas homeless advocate, lobbyist, asphyxiated [http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/local/15288912.htm]
====[[June 23|23]]====
* [[Martin Adler]], 47, [[Sweden|Swedish]] [[journalist]]. Shot by unknown assailant in [[Mogadishu]], [[Somalia]]. [http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/africa/06/23/somalia.shooting/index.html]
*[[John William Wentworth Butters]], 80, [[Australian]] energy pioneer and son of Sir [[John Butters]]. [http://www.smh.com.au/news/obituaries/engineer-with-a-knack-for-efficient-solutions/2006/11/28/1164476204615.html]
* [[Harriet]], 176, [[Galápagos tortoise]] believed to be the oldest animal in the world and allegedly owned by [[Charles Darwin]], [[heart failure]]. [http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200606/s1670600.htm]
* [[Grady Johnson]], 66, former [[World Wrestling Entertainment|WWF]] wrestler known as "Crazy" Luke Graham; heart failure. [http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/2006/06/24/1650989.html]
* [[Budhi Kunderan]], 66, former [[India]] [[wicketkeeper]]/[[batsman]], lung cancer. [http://cricket.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1674955.cms]
* [[Aaron Spelling]], 83, American television producer ''([[Charlie's Angels]], [[Starsky and Hutch]],'' ''[[Beverly Hills 90210]]''), complications of stroke. [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/24/arts/television/24spelling.html]
====[[June 22|22]]====
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*[[Heinz Ansbacher]], 101, German-born psychologist and expert in the work of [[Alfred Adler]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/24/us/24ansbacher.html?_r=1&oref=slogin]
*[[Anna Castelli Ferrieri]], 87, [[Italy|Italian]] architect and designer. [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/28/arts/design/28ferrieri.html]
*[[Alfred Hopkins Jr]], 80, Mayor of [[Annapolis]] 1989-1997. [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/22/AR2006062201898.html?nav=rss_politics]
*[[Moose (dog actor)|Moose]], 16, canine star of U.S. sit-com ''[[Frasier]],'' played the character [[Eddie (Frasier)|Eddie]], "Skip" on film "[[My Dog Skip]]". [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/5124104.stm]
*[[Pinuccia Nava]], 86, [[Italy|Italian]] actress of the [[1940s]] and [[1950s]] on stage (the "Nava Sisters"), screen and TV (clown "Scaramacai"). [http://www.iltempo.it/approfondimenti/index.aspx?id=978553]
*[[Chanel Petro Nixon]], 16, [[Student]], [[Murder]] [[victim]] in [[Brooklyn, New York]].
====[[June 21|21]]====
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* [[Theo Bell]], 52, [[National Football League]] receiver with the [[Pittsburgh Steelers]] and the [[Tampa Bay Buccaneers]], kidney disease and [[scleroderma]]. [http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Football/NFL/2006/06/22/1647736-ap.html]
* [[Vern Bullough|Vern Leroy Bullough]], 77, medical historian known for his history of nursing, [[cancer]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/03/us/03bullough.html?_r=1&oref=slogin]
* Monsignor [[Denis Faul]], 73, former chaplain at the [[Maze Prison]], outspoken critic of [[The Troubles]] and a key figure in attempts to end the [[1981 Irish Hunger Strike]] in [[Northern Ireland]], cancer. [http://www.irishexaminer.com/breaking/story.asp?j=12159824&p=yzy5987x&n=12159912&x=]
* [[Jacques Lanzmann]], 79, French author, editor and songwriter. [http://www.ejpress.org/article/news/9236]
* [[Khamis al-Obeidi]], 39, defense lawyer for [[Saddam Hussein]], assassinated. [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/06/21/ulawyer21.xml]
* [[David Walton]], 43, member of the [[Bank of England]]'s [[Monetary Policy Committee]] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/5105360.stm]
*[[Jonathan Wordsworth]], 73, scholar of [[Romanticism]] and chair of the [[Wordsworth Trust]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/5111270.stm?ls]
==== [[June 20|20]]====
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*[[Ken Browne]], 72, [[New Zealand]] [[Steeplechase (horse racing)|steeplechase]] jockey and trainer. [http://msn.foxsports.com/horseracing/story/5709466]
*[[Bill Daniel]], 90, former Governor of Guam. [http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060622/OBITS01/606220355/1187/NEWS]
*[[Evelyn Dubrow]], 95, US women and labor advocate awarded the [[Presidential Medal of Freedom]] in 1999. [http://www.forbes.com/business/feeds/ap/2006/06/21/ap2832083.html]
*[[Billy Johnson (baseball player)|Billy Johnson]], 87, former New York Yankee and All-Star third baseman, cause not given. [http://groups.google.com/group/alt.obituaries/browse_thread/thread/f9a9d7ebe887224b/]
*[[E. Pierce Marshall]], 67, son of [[J. Howard Marshall]] and [[Anna Nicole Smith]]'s stepson and plaintiff in their inheritance feud, aggressive infection. [http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/06/23/obit.marshall.ap/index.html]
*[[Jerome Martin]] (aka Redd Angel), 29, South African singer, car wreck. [http://www.tonight.co.za/index.php?fArticleId=3302979&fSectionId=354&fSetId=204]
*[[Lamont Reese]], 28, [[United States|American]] convicted murderer, executed. [http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/06/21/texas.execution.ap/index.html]
*[[Charles H. Sawyer (researcher)|Charles H. Sawyer]], 91, [[birth control]] researcher, [[Alzheimer's disease]]. [http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/states/california/northern_california/14939351.htm]
*[[William Shurcliff]], 97, physicist who helped develop the [[atomic bomb]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/28/us/28shurcliff.html]
*[[Claydes Charles Smith]], 57, co-founder and lead guitarist of [[Kool and the Gang]]. [http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2006/06/22/entertainment/e125117D41.DTL]
*[[Vincent Usolor]], former [[Nigeria]]n Senator, died in his sleep. [http://allafrica.com/stories/200606220418.html]
==== [[June 19|19]]====
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*[[Hugh Baird]], 76, footballer for [[Leeds United]], [[Aberdeen]], [[Airdrieonians]] and [[Scotland]]. [http://www.theherald.co.uk/features/64605.html]
*[[Myldred Jones]], 96, [[California]]n social worker who founded youth shelter in [[Los Alamitos, California]] and helped to launch other youth services. [http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-jones24jun24,1,6034099.story?coll=la-news-obituaries]
*[[Priit Kolbre]], 50, Estonian diplomat [http://www.postimees.ee/200606/esileht/siseuudised/206397.php]
*[[Duane Roland]], 53, guitarist and a founder of rock band [[Molly Hatchet]]. [http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/view.php?StoryID=20060623-065756-4685r]
*[[Howard Shanet]], 87, US conductor and composer. [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/22/arts/music/22shanet.html?_r=1&oref=slogin]
*[[István 'Joni' Szulovszky]], 55, Hungarian musician, founding member of [[A.E. Bizottság]]. [http://www.hirado.hu/cikk.php?id=125529] [Hungarian]
*[[Melvin Watson]], 98, American [[Baptist]] minister who trained [[Martin Luther King]] and other civil rights leaders, complications from surgery [http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060624/ap_on_re_us/obit_watson]
*[[Arthur Yap]] (Singapore Poet and Artist),64, Lecturer, English Department, University of Singapore; cancer of the throat.
==== [[June 18|18]] ====
*[[Luke Belton]], 87, [[Republic of Ireland|Irish]] politician. [http://www.irishexaminer.com/breaking/story.asp?j=3963075&p=3963x9x&n=3963167&x=]
*[[Des Colquhoun]], 75, former editor-in-chief and columnist for the ''[[The Advertiser (Australia)|The Adelaide Advertiser]]'', died in his sleep. [http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,19528229-421,00.html]
*[[Nathaniel Neiman Craley, Jr.]], 78, former Democratic member of the [[United States House of Representatives]] (1965-67) from [[Pennsylvania]].
*[[Jesus Fuertes]], 68, Spanish painter and protege of [[Pablo Picasso]], heart attack. [http://msnbc.msn.com/id/13467862/]
*[[Chris and Cru Kahui]], 3-months, New Zealand [[child murder|child homicide]] victims.
*[[Gică Petrescu]], 91, [[Romania]]n singer. [http://www.mediafax.ro/english/articole-free/Romanian-Singer-Gica-Petrescu-Died-504740-9.html]
*[[Donald Reilly]], 72, American cartoonist (''[[The New Yorker]]''), cancer. [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/20/arts/20reilly.html] [http://www.comicsreporter.com/]
*[[René Renou]], 54, French vintner. [http://www.decanter.com/news/87087.html]
*[[Vincent Sherman]], 99, American [[film director]] (''[[Mr. Skeffington]]'', ''[[The Young Philadelphians]]''), natural causes. [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/21/movies/21sherman.html][http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060620/ap_en_ot/obit_sherman_2]
*[[Richard Stahl]], 74, American comedy actor, Parkinson's disease. [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/23/movies/23stahl.html][http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/states/california/northern_california/14871363.htm]
*[[Madeleine St John]], 64, Australian novelist who wrote a book shortlisted for the [[Booker Prize]] in 1997, [[emphysema]]. [http://www.smh.com.au/news/obituaries/writer-exposed-british-mores/2006/06/28/1151174264401.html?page=fullpage#contentSwap1]
*[[Arthur Wood (businessman)|Arthur Wood]], 93, executive at [[Sears, Roebuck & Company]] responsible for building [[Sears Tower]], complications of pneumonia. [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/22/business/22wood.html?adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1150960292-xEZKPJYi4lfrHgKOFKE2Gw]
==== [[June 17|17]] ====
*[[Norma Becker]], 76, American anti-war activist, former chair of the [[War Resisters League]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/27/nyregion/27becker.html]
*[[Bussunda|Cláudio Besserman Vianna]], (a.k.a. Bussunda), 43, Brazilian comedian, member of [[Casseta & Planeta]], [[myocardial infarction|heart attack]] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/5091064.stm]
*[[Arthur Franz]], 86, American character actor (''[[Sands of Iwo Jima]]'', ''[[Invaders from Mars (1953 film)|Invaders from Mars]]''). [[Emphysema]] and heart disease. [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/21/arts/television/21franz.html][http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/california/la-me-franz19jun19,1,4841979.story?coll=la-headlines-pe-california]
*[[Mikhail Lapshin]], 71, Russian politician, leader of the Agrarian Party and former president of the [[Altai Republic]] (2002-2006), cause unknown. [http://www.rulers.org/2006-06.html]
*[[Bill Lamb]], 76, American [[public television]] executive, co-founder of [[WNET]] and former chief of [[KCET]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/20/arts/television/20lamb.html]
*[[Charles Older]], 88, [[Los Angeles]] Superior Court judge who presided over the [[Charles Manson]] trial, complications of a fall. [http://www.nytimes.com][http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/states/california/northern_california/14859001.htm]
*[[Abdul-Khalim Saydullayev]], 38 or 39, [[Chechen Republic of Ichkeria|Chechen]] separatist rebel leader. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/5089942.stm]
*[[Julian Slade]], 76, English composer and lyricist of "[[Salad Days]]", [[cancer]]. [http://www.guardian.co.uk/obituaries/story/0,,1801374,00.html]
*[[Bob Weaver]], 77, Miami, Florida-based weatherman known as "Weaver the Weatherman" on [[WTVJ]], cancer. [http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/southflorida/sfl-oweaver18jun18,0,6549395.story?coll=sfla-news-sfla]
*[[William Yallup Sr]], 79, [[Yakama]] Nation elder. [http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2003073887_webobityallup20.html]
==== [[June 16|16]] ====
*[[Jimmy Allison]], 77, Scottish unionist and Scottish organiser for the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] between 1977 and 1990. [http://icdumfries.icnetwork.co.uk/othernews/news/tm_objectid=17244056&method=full&siteid=77296&headline=ex-labour-head-allison-dies-aged-77-name_page.html] [http://news.scotsman.com/politics.cfm?id=888422006]
*[[Irving Berk]], 100, Romania-born American founder of [[Berk Trade and Business School]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/29/nyregion/29berk.html]
*[[Roland Boyes]], 69, Former [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] politician and photographer. [[Alzheimer's disease]]. [http://news.independent.co.uk/people/obituaries/article1093478.ece]
*[[Barbara Epstein]], 76, co-founder of the ''[[New York Review of Books]]'', [[lung cancer]]. [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/16/AR2006061601997.html]
*[[Robert Hatch]], 75, American [[public relations]] executive for [[Children's Television Workshop]] and the [[Peace Corps]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/23/arts/television/23hatch.html]
*[[Tsuyoshi Kakefuda]], 77, [[cancer]] researcher, liver disease. [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/30/AR2006063001632.html]
* [[Arthur Malvin]], 83, [[Emmy]] award winning composer and lyricist, after a long illness. [http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/states/california/northern_california/14904207.htm]
*[[Robert W. Mann]], 81, American mechanical engineer and designer. [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/24/us/24mann.html]
*[[Scott Manning]], 48, builder and pilot of the world's smallest jet, crash landing. [http://www.cbc.ca/ottawa/story/ot-crash20060616.html]
*[[Igor Śmiałowski]], 88, Polish actor, [http://fakty.interia.pl/news?inf=760701]
*[[Judy Wolpe]], 62, cabinet member in two states and wife of former [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. representative]] [[Howard Wolpe]], drowning. [http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060619/NEWS06/606190416] [http://www.mlive.com/news/kzgazette/index.ssf?/base/news-18/1150730452148430.xml&coll=7]
==== [[June 15|15]] ====
* [[Betty Curtis]], 70, Italian singer, winner of [[Sanremo Music Festival]] in 1961 with [[Luciano Tajoli]]. [http://www.ansa.it/main/notizie/fdg/200606161253246014/200606161253246014.html]
* [[Rabi Das]], 34, leader of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]] in [[West Bengal]], shot dead by suspected [[Maoist]]s. [http://news.monstersandcritics.com/india/article_1172855.php/CPI-M_leader_in_Bengal_shot_dead]
* [[Raymond Devos]], 83, French humorist. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/5084600.stm]
* [[Ján Langoš]], 59, [[Slovakia|Slovak]] politician, head of the Nation's Memory Institute of Slovakia [http://www.leaders.sk/index.php?id=426] (Slovak)
* [[Jabu Sithole]], 34, [[Zulu]] weatherman on the [[South African Broadcasting Corporation]], [[AIDS]]. [http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/africa/06/15/AIDS.safrica.reut/]
* Grand Rabbi Israel [[Dan Taub]], 78, [[Modzitz (Hasidic dynasty)|Modzitz]]er Rebbe of [[Bnei Brak]], [[Eretz Israel|Israel]]. [http://www.modzitz.org/]
==== [[June 14|14]] ====
*[[Samuel Ackerman]], 58, Chairman and CEO of [[Panacos Pharmaceuticals]], [[myocardial infarction|heart attack]]. [http://www.marketwatch.com/News/Story/Story.aspx?guid=%7BF7E91D1E-CA0B-4D3D-A2BF-2598D6D94C61%7D&siteid=google]
* [[Josiah Beeman]], 70, former US [[ambassador]] to New Zealand and Western Samoa, campaign manager for [[Jerry Brown]], kidney failure.
*[[Monty Berman]], 94, British B-movie producer. [http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/article/b-movie%20giant%20dies_1004416]
*[[H. Monroe Browne]], 89, former US [[ambassador]] to New Zealand. [http://www.smh.com.au/news/World/US-envoy-at-centre-of-NZ-nuke-row-dies/2006/06/15/1149964640576.html]
*[[Khurshid Zahan Hoque]], 69, [[Bangladesh]]'s Minister for Women and Children, [[cirrhosis of the liver]]. [http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2006%5C06%5C15%5Cstory_15-6-2006_pg4_20]
*[[Surinder Kaur]], 77, [[Punjabi]] folk and classical singer known as the "nightingale of Punjab". [http://www.zeenews.com/znnew/articles.asp?aid=302639&ssid=2&sid=ENT]
*[[Craig Morris]], 66, American pre-Columbian archaeologist at the [[American Museum of Natural History]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/16/nyregion/16morris.html]
*[[Jean Roba]], 75, Belgian comics writer [http://www.actuabd.com/article.php3?id_article=3839]
*[[Ndabezinhle Sigogo]], [[Zimbabwe]]an novelist and poet. [http://www.sundaynews.co.zw/inside.aspx?sectid=2076&cat=3]
*[[Irving Sunshine]], 90, leader in forensic toxicology, [[multiple myeloma]]. [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/29/AR2006062902025.html]
*[[Klaas Verboom]], 58, Canadian artist, [[Hepatocellular carcinoma|liver cancer]]. [http://lfpress.ca/newsstand/Today/2006/06/14/1632703.html]
==== [[June 13|13]] ====
*[[Roy Clarke (English paedophile)|Roy Clarke]], 79, convicted sex attacker who abused children over a 60 year period, [[natural causes]].[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/lincolnshire/5078310.stm]
* [[Freddie Gorman]], 77, US songwriter. [http://eurweb.com/story/eur26929.cfm]
* [[Patricia Guiver]], 76, animal welfare advocate and mystery novelist, complications of heart surgery. [http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/states/california/northern_california/14852877.htm]
* [[Charles Haughey]], 80, former [[Taoiseach]] of the [[Republic of Ireland]], prostate cancer. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/3001775.stm]
* [[Hiroyuki Iwaki]], 73, Japanese [[conducting|conductor]], [[congestive heart failure]]. [http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/Music/06/13/obit.iwaki.ap/]
* [[Luis Jiménez (sculptor)|Luis Jiménez]], 65, American sculptor, crushed by a statue. [http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/3967629.html]
* [[Burke Riley]], 92, American lawyer and politician, [[Alzheimer's disease]]. [http://www.adn.com/news/alaska/story/7856562p-7750329c.html]
*[[Dennis Shepherd]], 79, South African Olympic [[boxing|boxer]]. [http://www.superboxing.co.za/default.asp?id=182119&des=article&scat=superboxing/amateur]
==== [[June 12|12]] ====
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* [[Anna Lee Aldred]], 85, American jockey and first woman in US to receive a [[jockey]]'s licence, member of the [[National Cowgirl Hall of Fame]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/05/sports/othersports/05aldred.html] [http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/local/articles/0704death0704.html]
* [[Nicky Barr|Andrew William "Nicky" Barr]], 90, [[Australia]]n rugby union player and [[World War II]] fighter pilot [http://www.planet-rugby.com/Teams/Australia/story_51825.shtml]
* [[Chakufwa Chihana]], 67, veteran [[Malawi]] opposition figure who ran unsuccessfully for President losing to [[Bakili Muluzi]], brain tumour. [http://www.mg.co.za/articlePage.aspx?articleid=274303&area=/breaking_news/breaking_news__africa/]
* [[Michael Dornheim]], 51, award-winning journalist with ''[[Aviation Week]]'', car crash. [http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/breaking_news/14803402.htm]
*[[Michael Fajans]], 58, American painter, motorcycle accident. [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/24/arts/24fajans.html] [http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/6420AP_WA_Obit_Fajans.html]
*[[Wes Hill]], 76, [[Niagara River]] expert. [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/17/world/17hill.html]
* [[Clifford Hocking]], 74, [[Australia]]n entrepreneur [http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/farewell-to-an-artistic-explorer/2006/06/13/1149964534802.html]
* [[György Ligeti]], 83, influential Hungarian composer. [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/12/AR2006061200438.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/entertainmentnews]
* [[José Leite Lopes]], 87, Brazilian physicist. [http://www.abc.org.br/gina/curriculo.asp?lingua=P&consulta=llopes]
* [[Evan Settle]], 93, former [[University of Kentucky]] basketballer. [http://www.courier-journal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060613/SPORTS03/606130430/1002/SPORTS]
* [[Frank Streeter]], 88, American philanthropist and book collector. [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/17/nyregion/17washington.html]
* [[Mel Streeter]], 75, architect and [[University of Oregon]] basketball player, [[amyloidosis]]. [http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/273807_streeter13ww.html]
* [[Kenneth Thomson, 2nd Baron Thomson of Fleet]], 82, billionaire Canadian media mogul and art collector. Possible heart attack. [http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20060612/kenneth_thomson_060612/20060612?hub=Canada]
* [[Nijiro Tokuda]], 111, oldest man in Japan [http://mdn.mainichi-msn.co.jp/national/news/20060613p2a00m0na032000c.html]
* [[Paul Xanthos]], 85, tennis coach at [[Pierce College]] for three decades winning 23 Conference titles, died in his sleep. [http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2006/06/14/sports/s124448D37.DTL]
==== [[June 11|11]] ====
* [[Michael Bartosh]], 28, [[Mac OS X Server]] expert, injuries from a fall. [http://www.macworld.com/news/2006/06/12/bartosh/index.php]
*[[James Cameron (civil-rights activist)|James Cameron]], 92, founder of [[America's Black Holocaust Museum]], [[lymphoma]]. [http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060611/ap_on_re_us/obit_cameron]
*[[Pierre Clerdent]], 97, Belgian politician ([[Liège (city)|Liège]]), and holder of the [[Legion of Honor|Grand-Croix de la Légion d'honneur]]. [http://www.lalibre.be/article.phtml?id=10&subid=87&art_id=291180]
*[[Neroli Fairhall]], 61, New Zealand paraplegic archer and Olympic competitor. [http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10386306]
*[[Rolande Falcinelli]], 86, French organist and composer.
*[[Tim Hildebrandt]], 67, American artist. Complications of [[diabetes]]. [http://www.comicbookresources.com/news/newsitem.cgi?id=7540]
*[[William Hundley]], 80, American lawyer. [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/13/us/13hundley.html]
*[[Hugh Latimer (actor)|Hugh Latimer]], 93, English actor and toy maker. [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml;jsessionid=QDQV4IFWXC2JLQFIQMFCFFWAVCBQYIV0?view=DETAILS&grid=&xml=/news/2006/06/24/db2402.xml]
*[[Mike Quarry]], 55, light heavyweight boxer who challenged [[Bob Foster]] for the title, [[Dementia pugilistica|pugilistic dementia]]. [http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/boxing/news/story?id=2481478]
*Major [[Bruce Shand]], 89, father of [[Camilla, The Duchess of Cornwall]], and father-in-law of [[Charles, Prince of Wales]], cancer. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/5069520.stm]
*[[Daniel Steiner]], 72, American president of the [[New England Conservatory]], lung disease. [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/19/arts/music/19steiner.html] [http://www.playbillarts.com/news/article/4729.html]
*[[John Udeh]], 50, prolific writer on development issues and former Federal Commissioner representing [[Enugu State]] 1999-2003. [http://allafrica.com/stories/200606140151.html]
*[[George Washington (trainer)|George Washington]], 76, American boxing trainer. [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/17/nyregion/17washington.html]
==== [[June 10|10]] ====
* [[Qadi Abdul Karim Abdullah Al-Arashi]], 72, former President of [[North Yemen]]. [http://yementimes.com/article.shtml?i=954&p=front&a=2]
*[[Hubertus Czernin]], 50, Austrian journalist who helped return paintings looted by the [[Nazi]]s. [[Mastocytosis]].[http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/16/arts/16czernin.html] [http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/california/la-me-czernin15jun15,1,7485284.story?coll=la-headlines-pe-california]
* [[Moe Drabowsky]], 70, Polish-born American [[Major League Baseball]] player, [[multiple myeloma]]. [http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/baseball/bal-sp.drabowsky11jun11,0,5099498.story?coll=bal-sports-headlines]
*[[German Goldenshteyn]], 71, [[Bessarabia]]n-born [[clarinet]]ist and [[klezmer]] musician. [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/16/arts/16goldenshteyn.html]
*[[Wulff-Dieter Heintz]], 76, German astronomer at [[Swarthmore College]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/18/us/18heintz.html]
*[[Kenneth Jack]], 81, Australian artist. [http://news.independent.co.uk/people/obituaries/article1090389.ece]
*[[Charles Johnson (Negro League)|Charles Johnson]], 96, [[Negro League]] baseballer for the [[Chicago American Giants]], complications of [[prostate cancer]]. [http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Baseball/MLB/2006/06/16/1637227-ap.html]
* [[Philip Merrill]], 72, publisher and diplomat, suicide. [http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/bal-te.md.merrill21jun21,0,2066264.story?coll=bal-local-headlines]
* [[Ruddy Thomas]], 54, [[Jamaica]]n singer, [[myocardial infarction|heart attack]]. [http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20060612/ent/ent2.html]
==== [[June 9|9]] ====
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* [[Kinga Choszcz]] aka "Freespirit", [[Poland|Polish]] author (''Led By Destiny: Hitchhiking Around the World''), cerebral [[malaria]]. [http://www.kingafreespirit.pl/kingaen/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=1]
* [[Drafi Deutscher]], 60, [[Germany|German]] [[singer]]. [[:de:Drafi Deutscher|[de]]]
* [[Michael Forrestall]], 73, [[Canada|Canadian]] senator, died following hospitalization for breathing problems. [http://www.cbc.ca/ns/story/ns-forrestall20060609.html]
* [[Patricia Janus]], 74, [[United States|American]] poet, [[myocardial infarction|heart attack]] brought on by [[Hepatocellular carcinoma|liver cancer]].
*[[Gloria Jones (socialite)|Gloria Jones]], 78, American socialite, widow of [[James Jones (author)|James Jones]] and mother of [[Kaylie Jones]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/15/arts/15jones.html]
*[[Mary Lutz]], 55, director of competitive riding for the physically challenged at the [[United States Equestrian Federation]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/13/sports/13lutz.html]
* [[Oscar Emilio Guerra]],61 , [[Colombia]]n Lawyer, [[Private]]
* [[Enzo Siciliano]], 72, [[Italy|Italian]] writer, [[diabetes mellitus]]. [http://www.corriere.it/Primo_Piano/Cronache/2006/06_Giugno/09/siciliano.shtml]
* [[Vern Williams]], 76, [[Bluegrass music|Bluegrass]] mandolin player and singer. [http://www.cybergrass.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1953]
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==== [[June 8|8]] ====
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* [[Thomas G. Arthur]], 84, caterer who developed the [[Dodger Dog]], [[myocardial infarction|heart attack]]. [http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-me-arthur27jun27,1,3158389.story?coll=la-headlines-sports&track=crosspromo] [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/28/us/28arthur.html]
* [[Will Baxter]], 99, first professor of accounting in the UK. [http://news.scotsman.com/obituaries.cfm?id=940742006]
* [[Audrey Campbell]], 76, actress best known for playing "Olga" in an infamous [[sexploitation]] film trilogy, undisclosed causes [http://www.cinematical.com/2006/06/13/r-i-p-reel-important-people/]
* [[Jake Copass]], 86, American cowboy poet, [[leukemia]]. [http://www.lompocrecord.com/articles/2006/06/11/news/news05.txt]
* [[Robert Donner]], 75, American character actor probably best known for playing [[Exidor]] on ''[[Mork and Mindy]]'', [[aneurysm]]. [http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117945129?categoryId=25&cs=1]
* [[Jaxon|Jack Jackson]] (''nom de plume'' Jaxon), 65, American comic book artist and co-founder of [[Rip Off Press]]. [http://www.comicsreporter.com/index.php/jack_jackson_1941_2006/]
* [[Mykola Kolessa]], 102, Ukrainian composer and conductor. [http://www.ukrainianstudies.org/aaus-list/0606/msg00008.html]
* [[Abouna Matta El Meskeen]], 87, Spiritual Father of St. Macarius' Monastery in the Wilderness of Scetis, [[Egypt]]. [http://www.ahram.org.eg/Index.asp?CurFN=fron11.htm&DID=8877]
*[[Mary Martin McLaughlin]], 87, American scholar of the [[Middle Ages]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/26/nyregion/26mclaughlin.html]
* [[John Roberts (businessman)|John C. Roberts]], 72, founder of Australian construction company [[Multiplex]]. Complications of [[diabetes]]. [http://www.theage.com.au/news/Business/Multiplex-founder-John-Roberts-dies/2006/06/08/1149359869353.html]
* [[Jamal Abu Samhadana]], leader of [[Palestinian Authority|PA]] / [[Hamas]] forces in Gaza Strip and [[Popular Resistance Committees|PRC]]. Killed by Israeli air strike. [http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3260670,00.html]
*[[Talcott Seelye]], 84, former United States ambassador to [[Tunisia]] and [[Syria]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/15/us/15seelye.html]
* Sir [[Peter Smithers]], 92, [[United Kingdom|British]] politician, [[Member of Parliament|MP]] for [[Winchester (UK Parliament constituency)|Winchester]] and [[Secretary General of the Council of Europe]]. [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=&xml=/news/2006/06/10/db1001.xml]
==== [[June 7|7]] ====
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* [[Abu Musab al-Zarqawi]], 39, leader of [[Al-Qaeda in Iraq]], US military strike. [http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/06/08/iraq.al.zarqawi/index.html]
* Sheik [[Abd-Al-Rahman]], spiritual adviser for [[Al-Qaeda in Iraq]], US military strike. [http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,,1793028,00.html]
* [[Betty Beale]], 94, [[Washington, D.C.]] society columnist. [http://www.forbes.com/home/feeds/ap/2006/06/08/ap2803925.html]
* [[Carl Dengler]], 91, blind [[Rochester, New York]] bandleader and percussionist. [http://www.democratandchronicle.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060609/NEWS01/606090387/1002/NEWS]
*[[Joseph Dorfman]], 65, Russian-Israeli composer of [[Contemporary classical music|new music]] and a [[Dmitri Shostakovich|Shostakovich]] scholar.[http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/california/la-me-dorfman16jun16,1,3688781.story?coll=la-headlines-pe-california]
*Dr. [[Morton Kligerman]], 88, American cancer researcher and professor of [[oncology]] and [[radiology]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/19/health/19kligerman.html]
* [[Terry McCann (wrestler)|Terry McCann]], 74, Olympic gold medalist in [[freestyle wrestling]] and helped found [[USA Wrestling]], and retired Executive Director of [[Toastmasters International]], cancer (see [http://sport.monstersandcritics.com/othersport/article_1171262.php/Olympic_wrestling_gold_medalist_dies]).
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* [[Scott Palmer (musician)|Scott Palmer]], 38, bassist for the reggae band [[John Brown's Body (band)|John Brown's Body]], [[cancer]] of the [[gall bladder]]. [http://www.cmj.com/articles/display_article.php?id=14047241]
* [[Ingo Preminger]], 95, Hollywood talent agent and producer (''[[M*A*S*H (film)|M*A*S*H]]''), brother of [[Otto Preminger]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/14/arts/14preminger.html] [http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/breaking_news/14798472.htm]
*[[Louis B. Sohn]], 92, [[Lviv]]-born scholar of [[international law]], helped draft the [[UN Charter]]. [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/13/AR2006061301542.html]
* [[John Tenta]] (aka Earthquake), 42, Canadian professional wrestler for the [[World Wrestling Entertainment|World Wrestling Federation]], [[bladder cancer]]. [http://www.wwe.com/inside/news/tenta]
==== [[June 6|6]] ====
*Professor [[Leslie Alcock]], 81, pioneer of [[Dark Age]] [[archaeology]], led the team that excavated [[Cadbury Castle]]. [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=&xml=/news/2006/06/15/db1501.xml]
*[[Scobey Hartley]], 74, [[Alberta]] oilman, heart attack [http://calsun.canoe.ca/News/Alberta/2006/06/07/1618538-sun.html][http://www.loodusajakiri.ee/eesti_loodus/artikkel1574_1547.html]
* Lewis Fedrick, 23, Anti-war leader and heavy metal guitarest, Alcohol related car accident.
*[[Frank Lanza]], 74, Chairman and CEO of [[L-3 Communications]] following surgery. [http://today.reuters.com/stocks/QuoteCompanyNewsArticle.aspx?view=CN&storyID=2006-06-07T041706Z_01_WEN9053_RTRIDST_0_MANUFACTURING-L3COMMUNICATIONS-URGENT.XML&rpc=66]
*[[Arnold Newman]], 88, American photographer who pioneered "environmental portraiture". [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/07/arts/07newman.html] [http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=entertainmentNews&storyID=2006-06-07T045343Z_01_N07448625_RTRUKOC_0_US-PHOTOGRAPHER-NEWMAN.xml&archived=False].
*[[Reathel Odum]], 97, [[White House]] personal secretary to [[Bess Truman]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/24/us/24odum.html]
*[[Billy Preston]], 59, American musician ("You Are So Beautiful", "Nothing from Nothing") known for his work with [[the Beatles]], [[malignant hypertension]] leading to [[Renal failure|kidney failure]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/07/arts/07preston.html]
*[[Hilton Ruiz]], 54, American [[jazz]] [[piano|pianist]], injuries from a fall. [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/07/arts/music/07ruiz.html] [http://www.nola.com/newsflash/louisiana/index.ssf?/base/news-25/1149617697251510.xml&storylist=louisiana]
*[[Léon Weil]], 109, French World War I veteran. [http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060607/ap_on_re_eu/obit_weil]
==== [[June 5|5]] ====
*[[Ray Cale]], 83, Dual international for [[Wales]] in [[rugby union]] and [[rugby league]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/welsh/5055052.stm] [http://www.wru.co.uk/2_7266.php]
*[[Frederick Franck]], 97, Dutch artist, author, and dentist. [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/18/nyregion/18franck.html]
*[[Eric Gregg]], 55, American former [[Major League Baseball]] [[umpire (baseball)|umpire]], stroke. [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/06/sports/06gregg.html] [http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news;_ylt=AtDCFwdffDo3TBwHmbpj7Lo5nYcB?slug=ap-obit-gregg&prov=ap&type=lgns][http://mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/news/article.jsp?ymd=20060605&content_id=1489135&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb]
*[[Wayne Hage]], 69, American cattle rancher who sued the US [[National Forest Service]] over grazing rights. [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/08/us/08hage.html]
*[[Caleb Hammond]], 90, American president of [[C. S. Hammond & Company]] mapmakers. [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/09/business/09hammond.html]
*[[Carlene Lewis]], 51, American lawyer who sued [[Merck & Co.|Merck]] over the drug [[Vioxx]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/08/business/08lewis.html]
*[[Henri Magne]], 53, French [[Rallying|rally]] co-driver (navigator) [http://www.paddocktalk.com/news/html/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=34395] [http://www.rallye1.de/web/marathon/artikel.php?newsID=6888&sid=___nicht_eingeloggt___]
*[[Jorge Melendez]], unknown age, involved in professional wrestling, committed suicide
*[[Robert Ross (CEO|Robert Ross]], 86, leader of the [[Muscular Dystrophy Association]] for 44 years and persuaded [[Jerry Lewis]] to undertake a yearly telethon to raise money for muscular dystrophy, complications of broken hip. [http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/hourlyupdate/132482.php]
*[[Elizabeth Fretwell]], 85, Australian opera singer best known for her performances with the [[Sadler's Wells]] company. [http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,19557284-16947,00.html]
==== [[June 4|4]] ====
* [[Alec Bregonzi]], 76, British [[actor]] [http://www.einsiders.com/features/columns/june06obituaries.php]
*[[Bill Fleming]], 92, former MLB pitcher for the [[Boston Red Sox]] and [[Chicago Cubs]] [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=14563421]
*[[Peter Greenwell]], 76, British composer and pianist known for his work with [[Noel Coward]] who later developed a tribute show described by [[Alan Jay Lerner]] as "the best Noel Coward since Noel Coward.[http://news.independent.co.uk/people/obituaries/article1090908.ece]
* [[Raul Indipwo]], 72, Portuguese [[singer]], member of [[Duo Ouro Negro]] band, born in [[Angola]], [[cancer]] [http://allafrica.com/stories/200606051590.html]
* [[Ron Jones (baseball)|Ron Jones]], 41, former Major League Baseball player, brain hemorrhage [http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/sports/14796440.htm]
*[[Richard Kapp]], 69, American conductor and founder of the [[Philharmonia Virtuosi]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/06/arts/music/06kapp.html]
*[[Anthony Marreco]], 90, junior British prosecutor at the [[Nuremberg Trials]] and founding member of [[Amnesty International]]. [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,172-2213985,00.html]
* [[Eric Molobi]], 58, South African anti-apartheid activist and businessman, [[lung cancer]]. [http://www.sabcnews.com/economy/business/0,2172,128763,00.html]
* [[William Steger|William M. Steger]], 85, [[United States district court]] judge and [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] candidate for [[Governor of Texas]] in 1960. [http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/3928456.html]
* [[Robert Taylor (NFL player)|Robert Taylor]], 68, former [[New York Giants]] [[defensive end]] who played in the 1963 NFL championship game, complications following surgery for [[Colorectal cancer|colon cancer]]. [http://www.nfl.com/teams/story/NYG/9482888]
==== [[June 3|3]] ====
*[[Dick Anderson (diver)|Dick Anderson]], 73, scuba diver. [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/12/sports/othersports/12Anderson.html]
* [[Leo Clarke (bishop)|Leo Clarke]], 82, Roman Catholic Bishop of [[Maitland, New South Wales|Maitland]]-[[Newcastle, New South Wales|Newcastle]], [[Australia]], 1976-1995. [http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200606/s1655916.htm]
* [[William Dimitr Jr.]], 76, [[Rhode Island Superior Court]] judge, [[cancer]]. [http://www.boston.com/news/local/rhode_island/articles/2006/06/04/william_dimitri_jr_long_serving_judge_dies_of_cancer/]
* [[Karmveer Nakwhal]], 17, rising American rap artist and founder of KarmFarm Kids, a children's organization in [[Yuba City]], CA, murdered [http://www.karmfarmkids.org/history/3.htm]
*[[Brian Duke]], 79, tropical disease expert who helped to save millions from [[river blindness]]. [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,60-2247839,00.html]
*[[Johnny Grande]], 76, pianist, member of [[Bill Haley]]'s backing band, [[The Comets]]. Complications arising from cancer. [http://news.independent.co.uk/people/obituaries/article625633.ece]
* [[George Kashdan]], 78, American comic book writer and editor for [[DC Comics]]. [http://www.newsfromme.com/archives/2006_06_08.html#011611]
* [[Janet Sandell]], 70, [[South Africa]]n social activist, [[ovarian cancer]]. [http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=6&art_id=vn20060607020555341C259452]
* [[Doug Serrurier]], 85, former Grand Prix racing driver and constructor. [http://motoring.co.za/index.php?fArticleId=3279528&fSectionId=&fSetId=381]
* [[Prudence Watson]], Canadian lawyer, [[brain tumor]]. [http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/Deaths.20060607.93046660/BDAStory/BDA/]
* [[Ni Wen-ya]], 105, former President of the [[Legislative Yuan]]. [http://english.www.gov.tw/TaiwanHeadlines/index.jsp?print=1&categid=10&recordid=95464]
*[[Robin Williams Jr.]], 91, American sociologist and former president of the [[American Sociological Association]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/10/us/10williams.html]
==== [[June 2|2]] ====
*[[Sol Cantor]], 95, American discount store pioneer. [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/06/business/06cantor.html]
*[[Ronald Cass]], 83, [[United Kingdom|British]] film score composer.
*[[Jennifer Eley]], 44, prize-winning American classical concert pianist. [http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/newyork/ny-bc-ny--obit-pianist0605jun05,0,5652452.story?coll=ny-region-apnewyork]
*[[Barbara Furrer Goodman]], 74, American educator, former chair of the [[board of trustees]] of the [[Teachers College, Columbia University|Teachers College]] at [[Columbia University]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/04/nyregion/04goodman.html]
*[[Bernard Loomis]], 82, American toymaker responsible for [[Strawberry Shortcake]] and ''[[Star Wars]]'' action figures, heart disease. [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/06/business/06loomis.html?_r=1&oref=slogin]
* [[Vivek Maitra]], Indian politician, possible foul play. [http://www.financialexpress.com/latest_full_story.php?content_id=129207&pn=0]
* [[Leon Pownall]], 63, Canadian actor, cancer. [http://www.einsiders.com/features/columns/june06obituaries.php]
*[[Frank Spencer (FBI agent)|Frank Spencer]], 87, [[FBI]] agent who investigated the [[16th Street Baptist Church bombing]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/08/us/08spencer.html]
* [[Vince Welnick]], 55, member of [[The Grateful Dead]], [[suicide]]. [http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/breaking_news/14732260.htm]
* [[Edward Yates]], 87, director of ''[[American Bandstand]]'' (1952–1969). [http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060606/ap_en_tv/obit_yates_1]
* [[Vyacheslav Klykov]], 66, Russian sculptor and nationalist politician.[http://www.lenta.ru/news/2006/06/02/klykov/]
==== [[June 1|1]] ====
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* [[Perry Bass]], 91, Texas oilman and philanthropist. [http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D8HVN9NG1.htm?sub=apn_home_down&chan=db]
*Dr. [[Charles Brush]] III, 83, American archaeologist and former president of the [[Explorer's Club]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/11/nyregion/11brush.html]
* [[Arthur Espenet Carpenter]], 86, American furniture craftsman. [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/05/arts/design/05carpenter.html]
* [[Shokichi Iyanaga]], 100, influential Japanese mathematician [http://www.mathforum.org/kb/thread.jspa?threadID=1397642&tstart=0]
* [[Rocío Jurado]], 61, [[Spain|Spanish]] singer and actress, [[pancreatic cancer]]. [http://in.today.reuters.com/news/NewsArticle.aspx?type=entertainmentNews&storyID=2006-06-01T135953Z_01_NOOTR_RTRJONC_0_India-252270-1.xml]
* [[Allan Prior]], 84, British television scriptwriter (''[[Z Cars]]'', ''[[Howard's Way]]'', ''[[The Charmer]]''), father of folk singer [[Maddy Prior]]. [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,171-2212111,00.html]
* [[Calvin Pullins]], ''Prince'', 74, US-wrestler
* [[Abdul Latif Sharif]]. 59, Egyptian, suspect in the [[Deaths in Ciudad Juarez|femicides in Ciudad Juarez]], Mexico, officially of natural causes, rumored poisoning.
* [[Claude Terrail]], 88, owner of the restaurant ''[[La Tour d'Argent]]''. [http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/1103AP_Obit_Terrail.html]
* [[William D. Winn]], 59, professor of education at the [[University of Washington]]. [http://depts.washington.edu/coe/calendar/event_detail.php?month=06&year=2006&id=410]
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