Adolf Eichmann (1906-1962)
Jun 1 German Nazi officer (SS-Obersturmbannführer, Holocaust organizer), hanged in Israel at 56
- Jun 2 Fran Saleški Finžgar, Slovene folk writer (Our Blood, Service Girls), dies at 91
- Jun 2 Vita Sackville-West, English novelist, poet (The Land) and gardener (Sissinghurst), dies at 70
- Jun 4 Clem McCarthy, American sportscaster (NBC Radio; RKO newsreels), dies at 79
- Jun 4 William Beebe, American biologist and explorer, dies at 84
- Jun 6 Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, American actor (Hoedown, Country Fair, Blackmail), dies of poisoning at 63
- Jun 6 Yves Klein, French sculptor and painter, dies at 34
- Jun 9 Henry Kendall, British director and actor (Amazing Quest, Shadow, Rich & Strange), dies from a heart attack at 65
- Jun 12 John Ireland, English composer and pianist (Epic March), dies at 82
- Jun 13 Eugene Goossens, British conductor and composer (Perseus), dies at 69
- Jun 14 Anna Sleasers, American murder victim (first Boston Strangler victim) killed in her apartment at 55
- Jun 14 Mykhaylo Verikivsky, Ukrainian composer, dies at 65
- Jun 15 Alfred Cortot, French-Swiss pianist and teacher, dies at 84
- Jun 16 Hans Kirk, Danish writer (The Fishermen), dies at 64
- Jun 18 George Sargent, English golfer (US Open 1909), dies at 79
- Jun 18 Volkmar Andreae, Swiss conductor and composer (Bruckner), dies at 82
- Jun 19 Frank Borzage, American director (7th Heaven, Strange Cargo), dies at 69
- Jun 19 Will Wright, American actor (Adam's Rib, Living Christ Story), dies of cancer at 68
- Jun 24 Lucile Watson, Canadian actress (Great Lie, Model Wife, Florian), dies at 83
- Jun 25 Ephraim Lisitsky, American Hebrew poet, dies (b. 1885)
- Jun 27 Paul Viiding, Estonian poet, dies at 58
Mickey Cochrane (1903-1962)
Jun 28 American Baseball HOF catcher (MLB All-Star 1934, 35; World Series 1929, 30, 35; AL MVP 1928, 34; Philadelphia A's, Detroit Tigers) and manager (Detroit Tigers 1934–38), dies of lymphatic cancer at 59
- Jun 30 Caspar Neher, Austrian-German set designer and librettist, dies at 65
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