Deaths in June 2013

This is a list of notable people who died in June 2013.

11

 * Sir Henry Cecil, 70, British racehorse trainer, stomach cancer.
 * Andreas Kilingaridis, 36, Russian-born Greek Olympic kayaker, leukemia.
 * Evelyn Kozak, 113, American supercentenarian, 7th oldest verified person in the world, heart attack.
 * Luo Meizhen, 127?, Chinese oldest person unverified claimant, natural causes.
 * Rory Morrison, 48, British radio announcer and newsreader.
 * Yehoshua Neuwirth, 86, Israeli Jewish scholar and clergy, compiled the Shemirat Shabbat Kehilchatah.
 * Vidya Charan Shukla, 84, Indian politician, MP for Mahasamund, Minister of External Affairs (1990–1991), injuries sustained from Naxal attack.

10

 * Adeyemi Adedipe, Nigerian chieftain, pancreatic cancer.
 * Jacques Bialski, 83, French politician, Senator (1979 - 1997).
 * Doug Bailey, 79, American political consultant.
 * Allen Derr, 85, American lawyer, won Reed v. Reed sex discrimination case.
 * Bel'ange Epako, 18, Congolese football player (CS Don Bosco), malaria.
 * Alice Kundert, 92, American politician, member of the South Dakota House of Representatives (1990–1994), Secretary of State of South Dakota (1979–1987).
 * Louis-Paul M'Fédé, 52, Cameroonian football player, lung infection.
 * Manny Pittson, 75, Canadian television producer (Singalong Jubilee). (death announced on this date)
 * Enrique Orizaola, 91, Spanish footballer.
 * M. K. Purushothaman, 51, Indian politician, Kerala MLA for Njarackal (2006–2011), heart attack.
 * Pete Vonachen, 87, American baseball team owner and executive (Peoria Chiefs).
 * Barbara Vucanovich, 91, American politician, member of the United States House of Representatives from Nevada's 2nd district (1983–1997).

9

 * Iain Banks, 59, Scottish author (The Wasp Factory), gallbladder cancer.
 * Wahab Dosunmu, 74, Nigerian politician, member of the Senate (1999–2003).
 * K. T. Francis, 73, Sri Lankan cricket umpire, complications of diabetes.
 * Ranjani Hebbar Guruprasad, 31, Indian Carnatic singer, cancer.
 * Walter Jens, 90, German writer and intellectual, dementia.
 * Harry Lewis, 93, American actor (Key Largo) and restaurateur, natural causes.
 * Nishimura Masanari, 48, Japanese archaeologist, traffic collision.
 * Murray McNabb, 66, New Zealand jazz musician and film scorer (Once Were Warriors).
 * Solomon Oboh, 23, Nigerian footballer (Warri Wolves F.C.), traffic collision.
 * Latifah Omar, 74, Malaysian actress, intestinal blockage.
 * Elías Querejeta, 82, Spanish film producer.
 * Zdeněk Rotrekl, 92, Czech poet.
 * Dilip Sarkar, 64, Indian politician, West Bengal MLA for Barabani, shot.
 * Joe Tereshinski, Sr., 89, American football player (Washington Redskins).

8

 * Bruno Bartoletti, 86, Italian operatic conductor.
 * Paul Cellucci, 65, American politician and diplomat, Governor of Massachusetts (1997–2001), Ambassador to Canada (2001–2005), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
 * Chuck Collings, 87, American grocery executive, CEO of Raley's Supermarkets (1992–1998).
 * Stumpy Cromer, 92, American comedian and dancer (Stump and Stumpy, DuBarry Was a Lady).
 * Nathan Dean, 79, American politician, member of the Georgia House of Representatives (1962–1974) and Senate (1974–2004).
 * Javad Derafshi-Javan, 85, Iranian tennis player and coach.
 * Yoram Kaniuk, 83, Israeli writer, painter, journalist, and theater critic, cancer.
 * Taufiq Kiemas, 70, Indonesian politician, Speaker of the People's Consultative Assembly (since 2009).
 * Leo Linbeck, Jr., 78, American business executive and federal taxation activist, led investigation of Aggie Bonfire deaths, infection.
 * William Lockridge, 81, American horse breeder, co-founder of Ashford Stud.
 * Joe Mulhall, 80, Irish-born British racehorse trainer, cancer.
 * Togrul Narimanbekov, 83, Azerbaijani artist. (death announced on this date)
 * Stephen Pessagno, 55, American vineyard owner and vintner, natural causes.
 * Eugene P. Ruehlmann, 88, American politician, Mayor of Cincinnati (1967–1971).
 * Richard J. Seitz, 95, American army officer.
 * Udham Singh, Indian Maoist militant, shot.
 * Willi Sitte, 92, German painter.
 * Erskine Smith, 67, Canadian theatre director and actor, pneumonia.
 * Arturo Vega, 65, Mexican-born American punk graphic designer and artistic director (The Ramones).

7

 * Rachel Abrams, 62, American writer, editor and artist, wife of Elliott Abrams, stomach cancer.
 * Lesley Cantwell, 26, New Zealand racewalker, suspected subarachnoid haemorrhage.
 * Mirosław Car, 53, Polish footballer.
 * Charlie Coles, 71, American basketball coach (Central Michigan University, 1985–1991; Miami University, 1996–2012).
 * Donna Hartley, 58, English Olympic runner (1980).
 * Vilém Kraus, 89, Czech viticulture scientist.
 * Pierre Mauroy, 84, French politician, Prime Minister (1981–1984), member of Senate for Nord (1992–2011), lung cancer.
 * Christopher Pearson, 61, Australian journalist, founder of the Adelaide Review.
 * J. V. Raghavulu, 82, Indian playback singer and musical director.
 * Richard Ramirez, 53, American serial killer, liver failure.
 * Malu Rocha, 65, Brazilian actress, prion.
 * Frank Salvat, 78, British Olympic runner (1960). (death announced on this date)
 * Mark Starr, 50, American professional wrestler, heart attack.
 * Joseph Michael Sullivan, 83, American Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Brooklyn (1980–2005), injuries sustained in a traffic collision.
 * Juan Ignacio Torres Landa, 57, Mexican politician, President of the Chamber of Deputies (1992), helicopter crash.

6

 * Nada Inada, 83, Japanese psychiatrist and writer.
 * Marie Kubátová, 90, Czech writer.
 * John Noel, 62, American television journalist (WNBC), brain cancer.
 * Pete Riehlman, 79, American football coach (Chico State University, 1968–1973).
 * Tom Sharpe, 85, British author (Porterhouse Blue, Wilt), complications from diabetes.
 * Esther Williams, 91, American swimmer (Billy Rose's Aquacade) and actress (Bathing Beauty, Million Dollar Mermaid, Dangerous When Wet), natural causes.
 * Bert Wilson, 73, American jazz saxophonist and sideman.

5

 * Joan Austin, 81, American medical equipment executive and philanthropist, co-founder of A-dec.
 * Don Bowman, 75, American comedian, country singer and songwriter ("Just to Satisfy You").
 * Marie Catrib, 65, Lebanese-born American restaurateur, cancer.
 * Jesus Chamorro, 80, American Guamanian Chamorro language advocate, radio personality, songwriter and author.
 * Takkō Ishimori, 81, Japanese voice actor (One Piece, Magic Knight Rayearth).
 * Cecil Crawford, 93, American manufacturing executive, co-founder of Ticketmaster.
 * Dave Elias, 43, Canadian curler, liver cancer.
 * Franz Kelch, 97, German singer.
 * Steve LaFrance, 71, American retail drug executive, CEO and founder of USA Drug (1968–2006), natural causes.
 * Bob Lyons, 73, American sports journalist (Associated Press) and author, heart disease.
 * Helen McElhone, 80, British politician, MP for Glasgow Queen's Park (1982–1983).
 * Scarlet Moon de Chevalier, 62, Brazilian actress, journalist and writer, multiple system atrophy.
 * Stanisław Nagy, 91, Polish Roman Catholic prelate, Cardinal of Santa Maria della Scala (since 2003).
 * Ruairí Ó Brádaigh, 80, Irish politician, TD for Longford–Westmeath (1957–1961), President of Sinn Féin (1970–1983) and Republican Sinn Féin (1987–2009).
 * Annabel Tollman, 39, Belgian-born American fashion journalist and magazine editor, blood clot.

4

 * Walt Arfons, 96, American land speed record holder.
 * Martin Arnold, 84, American journalist, editor and columnist (The New York Times), complications of Parkinson's disease.
 * Auguste Cazalet, 74, French politician, Senator for Pyrénées-Atlantiques.
 * Rudolph M. Clay, 77, American politician, member of the Indiana Senate (1972–1976), Mayor of Gary, Indiana (2006–2011), prostate cancer.
 * Joey Covington, 67, American musician (Jefferson Airplane, Hot Tuna), traffic collision.
 * John Crawley, 73, American judge, member of the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals (1995–2007).
 * Sir Frank Gibb, 85, British construction executive, CEO and Chairman of Taylor Woodrow. (death announced on this date)
 * Ibrahim González, 57, American Latin musician and broadcaster.
 * Hermann Gunnarsson, 66, Icelandic broadcaster, footballer and handball player.
 * Pekka Hämäläinen, 74, Finnish footballer, President of Football Association of Finland (1997–2009), after long illness.
 * Michele Harris, 62, American jockey, cancer.
 * John B. Heilman, 92, American politician, member of the South Dakota House of Representatives (1953–1954).
 * Gaston Isabelle, 92, Canadian doctor and politician, MP for Hull—Aylmer (1968–1988).
 * Sir Patrick Nairne, 91, British civil servant, Permanent Secretary to the Department of Health and Social Security (1975–1981).
 * Gloria O'Connor, 84, American actress (Small Town Girl, Skirts Ahoy!), widow of Donald O'Connor, natural causes.
 * Waldemar Podgórski, 84, Polish film director.
 * S. Shamsuddin, 84, Singaporean actor.
 * Benjamin Stewart, 70, American actor, complications from diabetes.
 * Jim Sundquist, 75, American rockabilly musician (The Fendermen), cancer.
 * Ben Tucker, 82, American jazz musician, traffic collision.
 * Will Wynn, 64, American football player (Philadelphia Eagles), heart failure.

3

 * Fran Bascom, American casting director (Days of Our Lives, Designing Women, Evening Shade).
 * Yves Bertrand, 69, French intelligence chief (Renseignements Généraux, 1992–2004).
 * Nadine Brown, 83, American Roman Catholic laity, founder of the Intercessors of the Lamb.
 * Will D. Campbell, 88, American Baptist minister, civil rights leader, author and lecturer, complications of a stroke.
 * Atul Chitnis, 51, German-born Indian IT specialist, open source advocate and editor of PCQuest, intestinal cancer.
 * G. R. Edmund, 82, Indian politician, Tamil Nadu MLA for Tiruchendur and Tirunelveli, multiple organ failure.
 * Arnold Eidus, 90, American violinist.
 * Shahnaz Himmeti, Afghani politician, MP for Herat, traffic collision.
 * Ed Hotaling, 75, American television journalist, Middle East bureau chief (CBS) and author, heart failure.
 * Eugênio Izecksohn, 81, Brazilian herpetologist (Izecksohn's Toad), professor and author.
 * Deacon Jones, 74, American Hall of Fame football player (Los Angeles Rams), coined the term "sack", natural causes.
 * Farid Khan, Pakistani politician, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa MLA for Hangu, shot.
 * Jiah Khan, 25, American-born Indian actress, suicide by hanging.
 * Frank Lautenberg, 89, American politician, member of the United States Senate for New Jersey (1982–2001, since 2003), complications of pneumonia.
 * Chris Levoir, 31, Canadian musician (The Mark Inside). (death announced on this date)
 * Enrique Lizalde, 76, Mexican actor.
 * Piano C. Red, 79, American blues musician.
 * Kosala Ramadas, 86, Indian politician, Kerala MLA for Attingal.

2

 * Mario Bernardi, 82, Canadian conductor and pianist.
 * Bruce Cathie, 83, New Zealand UFO author and theorist.
 * Chen Xitong, 84, Chinese politician, Mayor of Beijing (1983–1993), cancer.
 * Andrew Doughty, 96, British anaesthetist.
 * Courtney Gibson, 61, Guyanese-born Dutch St. Maartener journalist and editor, brain tumor.
 * John Gilbert, Baron Gilbert, 86, British politician and life peer, MP for Dudley (1970–1974), Dudley East (1974–1997) and Minister for Transport (1975–1976).
 * Finis Horne, 77, American athletic director and basketball coach (Lander University, 1968–1997).
 * Charlotte Lobb, 77, American romance novelist (Harlequin Enterprises), lung cancer.
 * Daniel Lucero, 54, Filipino military officer, cardiac arrest.
 * Gil Lyons, 83, American sports journalist (The Seattle Times), complications from surgery.
 * Frank J. Magill, 86, American federal judge, member of the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals (1986–1997).
 * MickDeth, 35, American heavy metal bassist (Eighteen Visions, Bleeding Through), pre-existing heart condition.
 * Kunmana Mitchell, Australian artist.
 * Alfred Moellering, 86, American federal prosecutor and state judge, US Attorney for Northern Indiana (1962–1970).
 * Rob Morsberger, 53, American rock and roll singer and songwriter, glioblastoma.
 * Ron Smith, 70, American football player (Chicago Bears), lung cancer.
 * Jalal Al-Din Taheri, 87, Iranian Islamic cleric.
 * Graham Walker, 68, British comedian, founder of The Grumbleweeds, cancer.
 * Virginia Waring, 97, American classical pianist, widow of Fred Waring.
 * Keith Wilson, 96, American classical musician, teacher and conductor.
 * Mandawuy Yunupingu, 56, Australian musician (Yothu Yindi), kidney disease.

1

 * William Cartwright, 92, American Emmy Award-winning film documentarian and editor, conservationist of the Watts Towers, natural causes.
 * Miel Cools, 78, Belgian singer and musician.
 * Carl Elsener III, 90, Swiss industrial executive, CEO of Victorinox (1950–2007), popularized the Swiss Army knife.
 * Keith Gascoigne, 86, British press agent, financial editor (The Birmingham Post), Chairman of Birmingham Press Club (1964, 1979).
 * Jelena Genčić, 76, Serbian handball and tennis player and coach.
 * Mott Green, 47, American chocolatier, co-founder of the Grenada Chocolate Company, electrocuted.
 * Ian P. Howard, 85, Canadian psychologist, cancer.
 * James Kelleher, 82, Canadian politician, MP for Sault Ste. Marie (1984–1988), member of Canadian Senate (1990–2005), heart failure.
 * Atle Kittang, 72, Norwegian literary researcher and critic.
 * Dorothy Napangardi, 60s, Australian artist, traffic collision.
 * Hanfried Lenz, 97, German mathematician.
 * Alixa Naff, 93, Lebanese-born American historian.
 * Paul Olefsky, 87, American cellist (Philadelphia Orchestra, Detroit Symphony Orchestra).
 * Jane Purves, 63, Canadian politician and newspaper editor (Halifax Chronicle Herald), Nova Scotia MLA for Halifax Citadel (1999–2003), cancer.
 * Sigbjørn Rafdal, 48, Norwegian cyclist, race collision.
 * Richard Raines, 48, American country musician (Perfect Stranger).
 * Hugh Rawson, 76, American journalist, author and editor.
 * Edward Cornelius Reed Jr., 88, American federal judge, District Court for Nevada (since 1979), natural causes.
 * Riazur Rehman Saghar, 72, Pakistani songwriter, cancer.
 * John Daniel Smith, 90, American artist and art design executive (Fisher-Price).
 * Janie Thompson, 91, American singer (Isaac M. "Ike" Carpenter) and academic.
 * Zakaria Mohamed Yatim, 78, Malaysian judge, Federal Court (since 1996), pulmonary dysfunction.