- Jun 1 Sax Rohmer [Arthur Henry Sarsfield Ward], English author (Dr Fu Manchu novels), dies at 76
- Jun 2 Max Rousié, French rugby footballer, dies in a car crash at 46
- Jun 3 Ole Windingstad, Norwegian conductor (Brooklyn's Scandinavian Symphony Orchestra, 1913-39), pianist and composer, dies after a heart attack at 73
George Reeves (1914-1959)
Jun 16 American actor (Adventures of Superman; Gone With The Wind), commits suicide by shooting himself in the head at 45
- Jun 17 Abdul Mouse, Indonesian nationalist foreman/author, dies at about 68
Ethel Barrymore (1879-1959)
Jun 18 American classic film and stage actress (Constant Wife, Corn is Green), dies at 79
- Jun 20 Hitoshi Ashida, Japanese politician (Prime Minister of Japan 1948), dies at 71
- Jun 22 Hermann Brill, German politician, resistance fighter, political prisoner, co-writer of post-war constitution, and teacher, dies at 64
- Jun 23 Boris Vian, French writer and musician (b. 1920)
- Jun 23 Jean Gallon, French composer, dies at 80
- Jun 24 Lou Bandy [Lodewijk Ferdinand Dieben], Dutch revue-artist (Life Ain't Bad), commits suicide at 69
- Jun 25 Charles Starkweather, American spree killer, executed by electric chair at 20
- Jun 26 Audley Miller, cricketer (Test for England 1896), dies
- Jun 29 A. Cecil Snyder, American lawyer and Chief Justice of Puerto Rico, dies at 51
- Jun 30 José Vasconcelos, Mexican writer and politician (b. 1882)
- Jun 30 Lazare Saminsky, Russian-American composer, dies at 76
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