- Jun 2 Franz Philipp, German composer, dies at 81
- Jun 4 Godfried Devreese, Belgian violist, conductor, and composer (Elf Dance; Gothic Symphony), dies at 79
- Jun 4 Luís Jardim, Portuguese session and touring percussionist, (Seal, Frankie Goes to Hollywood), born on the island of Madeira
- Jun 8 Jimmy Rushing, American jump blues singer, known as "Mr. Five By Five" (Count Basie Orchestra, 1935-48), and pianist, dies at 70
- Jun 12 Edmund Wilson, American literary critic and writer (To the Finland station), dies at 79
- Jun 12 Saul David Alinsky, American community activist (co-founder of Industrial Areas Foundation), and radical writer (John L. Lewis: An Unauthorized Biography), dies at 63
- Jun 13 Clyde McPhatter, American R&B and doo-wop tenor vocalist, arranger and songwriter (The Dominos, 1950-53 - "Sixty Minute Man"; TheDrifters, 1953-55 - "Honey Love"; solo - "Treasure My Love"), dies at 39
- Jun 13 Dündar Taşer, Turkish nationalist (b. 1925)
- Jun 13 Georg von Bekesy, Hungarian-American physician and physiologist (Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1961 - work on the inner ear), dies at 73
- Jun 13 Stephanie von Hohenlohe, Austrian-German princess by her marriage to the diplomat Prince Friedrich Franz von Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst and spy, dies at 80
- Jun 20 Horst Salomon, writer, dies
- Jun 20 Howard Johnson, US restaurant/hotel founder, dies at 75
- Jun 21 Seth Bingham, American organist and composer (Six Pieces for Organ), dies at 90
- Jun 23 Elton Britt, American country singer-songwriter, and guitarist (Saturday Night Jamboree), dies of a heart attack at 58
- Jun 25 Nat Fleischer, American boxing writer (established Ring Magazine), dies at 84
- Jun 26 David Lichine [Lichtenstein], Russian-American dancer and choreographer, dies at 61
Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis (1893-1972)
Jun 28 Indian scientist and applied statistician (Mahalanobis distance), whose birthdate is celebrated annually in India as "National Statistics Day", dies at 78
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