- Jun 1 Nate Nelson, American singer (Flamingos - I Only Have Eyes for You), dies at 52
- Jun 2 Georgios Kasassoglou, Greek violinist, composer (Four Preludes on The Return from The Front; Clouds), educator and arts advocate, dies at 75
- Jun 5 Frederick Stratten Russell, English marine biologist (plankton life history and long-term changes in marine ecosystems), dies at 86
- Jun 5 Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale, Indies Sikh leader
- Jun 6 A. Bertram Chandler, Anglo-Australian mariner and sci-fi author (Empress of Outer Space), dies at 72
- Jun 6 Bill Voce, English cricket fast bowler (27 Tests, 98 wickets, BB 7/70; Nottinghamshire CCC), dies at 74
- Jun 7 George Givot, actor (Versatile Vaudeville), dies at 81
- Jun 8 Gordon Jacob, British composer, dies at 88
- Jun 11 Enrico Berlinguer, Italian National Secreatary of Italian Communist Party (PCI), dies after a brain haemorrhage at 62
- Jun 13 António Variações [António Joaquim Rodrigues Ribeiro], Portuguese singer-songwriter (Dar & Receber), dies at 39 of AIDS-related pneumonia complications
- Jun 13 Marinus de Jong, Dutch composer, dies at 92
- Jun 13 Nathaniel Owings, American architect (Oak Ridge, TN; Sears Tower), dies at 81
- Jun 15 Meredith Willson, American composer for stage (The Music Man), and screen (The Great Dictator; Little Foxes), dies at 82
- Jun 15 Ned Glass, Polish-American actor (Sol-Julia, Uncle Moe-Bridget Loves Bernie), dies of heat failure at 78
- Jun 16 Harmonica Slim [Travis Blaylock], American blues harmonica player, singer and songwriter ("You Better Believe It"), dies at 49
- Jun 16 Lew Andreas, American basketball coach (b. 1895)
- Jun 17 Chet Allen, American child actor (Amahl and the Night Visitors), intentionally overdoses at 45
- Jun 17 Klavdiya Shulzhenko, Soviet jazz and pop singer ("Let's Smoke"), dies at 78
- Jun 17 Swale, Kentucky Derby winner, collapses & dies
- Jun 18 Alan Berg, American radio talk show host, dies after being shot by White Nationalists at 50
- Jun 19 Lee Krasner, American abistract expressionist painter, dies at 75
- Jun 19 Sunny Johnson, American actress (Flashdance), dies of a cerebral hemorrhage at 30
- Jun 19 Wladimir Rudolfovich Vogel, composer, dies at 88
- Jun 20 Estelle Winwood [Goodwin], British-American stage and screen character actress (Quality Street; Darby O'Gill and the Little Peoples; The Producers), and oldest member of the Screen Actors Guild, dies at 101
- Jun 20 Hans Studer, Swiss composer, dies at 73
- Jun 22 (Dillwyn) "Dill" Jones, Welsh jazz stride pianist, dies of throat cancer at 60
- Jun 22 Joseph Losey, American theatre and film director (The Damned: The Servant; Accident; The Go-Between), dies at 75
Clarence Campbell (1905-1984)
Jun 24 Canadian ice hockey executive (President NHL 1946-77), dies from respiratory ailments at 78
- Jun 24 William Keighley, American director (The Man who came to Dinner), dies of a stroke at 94
- Jun 25 Michel Foucault, French philosopher and historian (History of Sexuality), dies of AIDS at 57
- Jun 26 Carl Foreman, producer, dies of cancer at 69
- Jun 26 Russ Savakus, American jazz, folk, and rock session bassist and violinist, dies in a car crash at 59
Lillian Hellman (1905-1984)
Jun 30 American playwright, (Toys in the Attic, Little Foxes), dies at 79
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