- Jun 2 Aurel Joliat, Canadian ice hockey player, dies at 84 (b. 1901)
- Jun 2 Daniel Sternefeld, Belgian conductor and composer (Elegie), dies at 80
- Jun 3 Anna Neagle, English actress (London Melody, Nurse Edith Cavell), dies at 81
- Jun 3 Arthur Charles Ernest Hoérée, Belgian-French composer, dies at 89
- Jun 3 Patricia Wheel, American actress (Christine-Woman to Remember), dies at 42
- Jun 6 Herbert Eisenreich, Austrian writer, dies at 61
- Jun 10 Merle Miller, American biographer (b. 1919)
- Jun 11 Chesley Bonestell, American-born engineer, architect, and artist (b. 1888)
- Jun 12 Antoon Breyne, Belgian journalist, dies at 76
- Jun 12 Tony Desimone, combo leader (Ernie in Kovacsland), dies at 66
Benny Goodman (1909-1986)
Jun 13 American clarinetist and bandleader, known as the 'King of Swing' ("Stompin' at the Savoy"; Moonglow"; "Sing, Sing, Sing"), dies of heat attack at 77
- Jun 13 Jim Ferrier, Australian golfer (PGA C'ship 1947), dies at 71
Alan Jay Lerner (1918-1986)
Jun 14 American Tony and Academy Award-winning lyricist (with Frederick Loewe - My Fair Lady; Gigi; Camelot), and screenwriter, dies of lung cancer at 67
Jorge Luis Borges (1899-1986)
Jun 14 Argentine short-story writer of fiction (Ficciones, El Aleph, The Book of Sand), essayist and poet, dies in Geneva at 86
- Jun 14 Marlin Perkins, TV host (Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom), dies at 81
- Jun 15 Keki Tarapore, Indian cricketer (Test for India 1948), killed by motor-scooter at 75
- Jun 16 Maurice Duruflé, French organist (St. Etienne-du-Mond, 1929-75), composer (Requiem, Op. 9), and teacher (Paris Conservatory, 1943-70), dies at 84
- Jun 17 Jozef Keuleers, Belgian worker's union leader, dies at 75
- Jun 17 Kate Smith, American singer ("God Bless America"; "When The Moon Comes Over The Mountain"), radio star, and NHL Philadelphia Flyers good luck charm, dies of respiratory arrest at 78
- Jun 18 Frances Scott Fitzgerald, Daughter of F. Scott Fitzgerald and Zelda Sayre. (b. 1921)
- Jun 19 Coluche [Michel Colucci], French comedian (My Best Friend's Girl), dies at 41
- Jun 19 Len Bias, American basketball player (Boston Celtics pick for 1986 draft), dies of a cocaine-induced seizure at 22
- Jun 19 Murray P Haydon, artificial heart recipient, dies in Louisville at 59
- Jun 20 Tim Herbert, American comedian (Dagmar's Canteen), dies at 71
- Jun 21 Assi Rahbani, Lebanese composer, with his lyricist brother, Mansour (Biya el-Khawatim - The Ring Seller), dies at 63
- Jun 22 Matti Rautio, Finnish classical composer (The Blue Heron), dies at 64
- Jun 23 Nigel Stock, British actor (Lost Continent, Young Sherlock Holmes), dies at 66
- Jun 25 Gery Florizoone, Flemish poet, dies at 63
- Jun 26 Laurie Fishlock, cricketer (4 Tests for England), dies
- Jun 27 (Otis W.) "Joe" Maphis, American session and country music guitarist ("Dim Lights"), dies of lung cancer at 75
- Jun 27 Don Rogers, of Cleveland Browns, dies of cocaine poisoning
- Jun 27 Edna Mae Cooper, actress (Folly of Vanity, Grounds for Divorce), dies
- Jun 27 George Nepia, New Zealand rugby player, dies at 81
- Jun 27 Zoltán Gárdonyi, Hungarian composer, dies at 80
- Jun 29 Dusolina Giannini, Italian-American dramatic soprano (New York Metropolitan Opera, 1935-42), and teacher, dies at 83
- Jun 29 Ida Mae McKenzie, American actress, dies at 75
- Jun 29 Jack Christiansen, American NFL football player. 1951-58 (Detroit Lions - 3 x Champion, 5 X Pro Bowl), NFL and college coach (San Francisco 49ers, Stanford University), dies after surgical complications at 57
- Jun 29 John P. East, American politician (Sen-R-NC), dies at 55
- Jun 29 Robert Drivas [Choromokos], American stage and screen actor (Cool Hand Luke; Illustrated Man; Our Private World), and theater director, dies of AIDS complications at 50
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