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Famous People Who Died in June 1993

  • Jun 2 French JFM of Thiel, Dutch 2nd chamber chairman (1963-72), dies at 86
  • Jun 2 Johnny Mize, American Baseball Hall of Fame first baseman (10 x MLB All Star; 5 × World Series champion; NL batting champion 1939; 4 × NL HR leader; St. Louis Cardinals, NY Giants, NY Yankees), dies of cardiac arrest at 80
  • Jun 2 Norton Simon, American industrialist (Hunts Foods, Norton Simon Museum), dies at 86
  • Jun 3 Aubrey Frank, British jazz saxophonist, and educator, dies on his 72nd birthday
  • Jun 3 Bob Fitzsimmons, American NY radio DJ (WNEW AM/WABC AM/WHN AM), dies at 53
  • Jun 3 Joe Fortenberry, American basketball forward (captain Olympic gold 1936), dies at 82
  • Jun 4 June Smaney, actress (Sainted Sister), dies of apparent suicide at 71

Conway Twitty (1933-1993)

Jun 5 American country and rockabilly singer-songwriter ("Linda On My Mind"; "Honky Tonk Heroes"), dies in surgery at 59

  • Jun 6 James Bridges, writer/director (Paper Chase), dies of cancer at 57
  • Jun 6 Peter Tazelaar, adjutant of Dutch queen Wilhelmina, dies at 73
  • Jun 7 Dražen Petrović, Yugoslav-Croatian NBA player (NJ Nets), dies in auto-accident in Denkendorf, Bavaria, Germany at 28
  • Jun 7 Louie Ramirez, American salsa and Latin jazz vibraphonist, bandleader, composer, and record producer, dies of a heart attack at 55
  • Jun 8 René Bousquet, French Vichy-police chief (deported Jews), dies at 84
  • Jun 8 Roberto Caamaño, Argentine composer, dies at 69
  • Jun 8 Root Boy Slim [Foster MacKenzie III], American entertainer, dies at 48
  • Jun 9 Alexis Smith, Canadian actress and singer (The Age of Innocence; Follies), dies of brain cancer at 72
  • Jun 9 Arthur Alexander, American singer-songwriter ("Lonely Just Like Me"), whose songs were covered by The Beatles ("Anna"), The Rolling Stones ("You Better Move On"), and Bob Dylan ("Sally Sue Brown"), dies of a heart attack at 53 [1]
  • Jun 9 Ian Mikardo, British politician, dies
  • Jun 10 Alice Reinhart, American actress, dies at 83
  • Jun 10 Les Dawson, English Comedian (The Les Dawson Show), dies at 62
  • Jun 10 Richard Webb, American actor (Captain Midnight, Out of the Past), shoots himself at 77
  • Jun 11 Bernard Bresslaw, English comedian (Carry On team), dies of a heart attack at 59
  • Jun 11 Muriel C. Bradbrook, English writer (Rise of Common Player), dies at 84
  • Jun 11 Ray Sharkey, American actor (Wiseguy, No Mercy, Body Rock), dies of AIDS at 40
  • Jun 13 (Donald) "Deke" Slayton, American US Air Force pilot and NASA astronaut (Mercury Seven; Apollo–Soyuz Test Project), dies of brain cancer at 69 [1]
  • Jun 13 Gérard Côté, Canadian runner (b. 1913)
  • Jun 13 John Campbell, American blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter, dies of a heart attack at 41
  • Jun 14 Vincent T. Hamlin, cartoonist (Alley Oop), dies at 93
  • Jun 15 James Hunt, English auto racer (Formula 1 World Drivers Champion 1976), dies of a heart attack at 45
  • Jun 15 John Connally Jr, American politician, 39th Governor of Texas, and federal treasurer who was critically wounded during the assassination of Kennedy, dies of pulmonary fibrosis at 76
  • Jun 15 Mahfoud Boucebi, Algerian psychiatrist, murdered
  • Jun 15 Vera, scarf/linen designer, dies of cardiac arrest at 87
  • Jun 16 Lindsay Hassett, Australian cricket batsman and captain (43 Tests; 3,073 runs @ 46.56; 10 x 100s; Victoria) and broadcaster (ABC 1956-81), dies at 79
  • Jun 17 Angus Suttie, English potter and teacher of art ceramics, dies of AIDS at 46
  • Jun 17 French of Nouhuys, civil servant in Indonesia, dies at 88
  • Jun 19 James Benton Parsons, American judge, 1st African American federal judge, dies at 81

William Golding (1911-1993)

Jun 19 English author (Lord of the Flies, Nobel Prize for Literature 1983), dies at 81

  • Jun 21 Frank Moro, Cuban American actor, dies at 49
  • Jun 21 Jerry Strivelli, actor (Out for Justice, Lock Up), dies at 61
  • Jun 21 Ticho Parly, Danish tenor, dies at 64
  • Jun 22 (Thelma Catherine) "Pat" Nixon [née Ryan], American First Lady (1969-74), dies of lung cancer at 81
  • Jun 22 Hannah Troy, fashion designer (petite), dies of a heart attack at 93
  • Jun 22 M'hammed Boukhozba, Algerian sociologist, murdered at 52
  • Jun 24 Archie Williams, American athlete (Olympic gold 400m 1936), dies of a heart attack at 78
  • Jun 25 Miroslav Klega, Czech composer (Pantomime Suite), dies at 67
  • Jun 26 Catherine Leno, mother of The Tonight Show host Jay, dies of cancer at 82
  • Jun 26 Jack Bittner, entertainer, dies

Roy Campanella (1921-1993)

Jun 26 American Baseball Hall of Fame catcher (NL MVP 1951, 53, 55; World Series 1955; 8 x MLB All Star; Brooklyn Dodgers), dies of a heart attack at 71

  • Jun 26 William H. Riker, American political scientist (b. 1920)
  • Jun 26 Willy C of Hemert, director/(text)poet (Small Truth), dies at 81
  • Jun 27 Wolfgang Grams, German RAF-terrorist, shot to death at 40
  • Jun 28 Boris Christoff, Bulgaria Italian bass opera singer (Boris Godunov), dies at 79
  • Jun 28 [Jesus Christ] "GG" Allin, American punk rock singer, dies of accidental heroin overdose at 36
  • Jun 29 Héctor Lavoe [Pérez], Puerto Rican salsa singer dies of complications from AIDS at 46
  • Jun 30 Spanky McFarland, American actor (Our Gang; The Little Rascals), dies suddenly at age 64