Deaths Date 1996 June | History by KabAstro

Jun 4 Kudirat Abiola, wife of Moshood Abiola, is assassinated
Jun 4 Tito Okello, president of Uganda (1985-86), dies
Jun 5 Baldev Singh Chahal, campaigner, dies at 59
Jun 5 Vito Scotti [Scozarri], American actor (The Godfather, Flying Nun, Barefoot in the Park), dies of lung cancer at 78
Jun 6 Dick Hills, British screenwriter, with Sid Green (Two Of A Kind; The Strange World of Gurney Slade), and comedian (Those Two Fellers), dies at 70
Jun 6 George Davis Snell, American geneticist (1980 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, H-2 gene), dies at 92
Jun 6 Glyn Worsnip, British radio and television presenter (That's Life!), dies at 57
Jun 6 Jean Sinclair, South African campaigner, founder member and first president of the Black Sash in 1955, dies at 88
Jun 6 Kusuo Kitamura, Japanese 1500m freestyle swimmer (Olympic gold 1932), dies at 78
Jun 7 José María Valverde, Spanish philosopher, poet and translator (La espera, Historia de la literatura universal), dies at 70
Jun 7 Noel Walton Bott, British engineer (father of wave energy), dies at 88
Jun 7 Percy Edwards, English entertainer (known for his animal impressions), dies at 88
Jun 7 Robert Kidd, British marine geoscientist (International Deep Sea Drilling Programme), dies at 49
Jun 7 [Francis] Max Factor, American CEO of Max Factor Cosmetics, dies at 91
Jun 8 Barry Linehan, English actor (Bullseye, Dark Places, Witchcraft), dies at 70

Jun 8 Phyllis Stedman, politician, dies at 79
Jun 9 Bert Schierbeek, Dutch writer and poet (Cross Roads), dies at 77
Jun 9 Edward Morris Bernstein, American economist (US negotiator at Bretton Woods conference and establishment of IMF), dies at 91
Jun 9 Robert Kidd, marine geoscientist, dies at 48
Jun 9 Walter Pardon, British folk singer and carpenter, dies at 81
Jun 10 (Catherine) Jo Van Fleet, American Tony and Academy Award-winning actress (The Trip To Bountiful; East of Eden; Cool Hand Luke), dies at 81 [or 80, birth date disputed]
Jun 10 Hugh Mitchell, American politician (Senator-D-Washington 1944-46, Rep-D-Washington 1949-63), dies at 89
Jun 10 Marie-Louise von Motesiczky, Austrian painter, dies at 89
Jun 10 Norman Lambert, British restaurateur, dies at 63 (b. 1933)
Jun 10 Uno Chiyo, Japanese writer (Confessions of Love), dies at 98
Jun 11 Alan Weeks, British sports commentator, dies at 72
Jun 11 Brigitte Helm [Gisele Eve von Kuenheim], German actress (Gloria, Gold, Metropolis), dies at 90
Jun 11 Kevin Meadows, gay rights activist, dies at 21
Jun 11 Lonne Elder, playwright/screenwriter, dies at 69
Jun 11 Ulysses Dove, American dancer (Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater), and choreographer (Red Angels), dies of AIDS-related illness at 49

Jun 12 Ilona Ference, American actress (Quatermass II, Star of My Night), dies at 78
Jun 13 David Nicholls, English Anglican priest, theologian and political theorist, dies at 60
Jun 14 Ted Nightingale, British Governor of Equatoria Province, Sudan 1952-54, dies at 91
Jun 14 Thomas Edward Montgomery, American jazz drummer and musical director, dies at 73
Jun 15 Clare Grundman, American composer, dies at 83
Jun 15 Dick Murdoch, professional wrestler (b. 1946)

Ella Fitzgerald (1917-1996)

Jun 15 American jazz, swing, pop, and blues singer, known as "The First Lady of Song" (Verve "Songbook" series), dies from a stroke at 78 [1]

Jun 15 Fitzroy Maclean, 1st Baronet, Scottish adventurer, soldier, writer and politician who was an inspiration for Ian Flemings James Bond, dies at 85
Jun 15 Helen Sinclair Glatz, English composer, dies at 88
Jun 15 Jean Gimpel, French author and medievalist, dies at 77
Jun 15 Piet Bambergen, Dutch comic and actor (The Mounties; The Mad Adventures of Sherlock Jones), dies of a heart attack at 65
Jun 16 David Mourão-Ferreira, Portuguese poet (Cancioneiro de Natal) and film maker, dies at 69
Jun 16 Mel Allen, American sportscaster (voice of NY Yankees; 22 World Series; 24 MLB All Star games), dies at 83
Jun 17 Thomas Kuhn, American philosopher of science (paradigm shift), dies at 73
Jun 18 Miriam Gideon, American composer, dies at 89
Jun 18 Pierre Chany, French cycling journalist (49 x Tour de France; L'Équipe), dies of pleurisy at 73
Jun 19 Ande Anderson, English opera director, dies at 78
Jun 19 Edvin Wide, Swedish runner (Olympic silver 1924 and world record holder), dies at 100
Jun 19 G. David Schine, American businessman, dies at 70
Jun 19 Harold William Woolhouse, British botanist, dies at 63
Jun 19 Henry Ralph Carr, English WWII soldier (A Sapper's War), dies at 82
Jun 19 Vivian Ellis, English composer, dies at 91
Jun 20 Hellevi Rombin Schine, Miss Universe (1955), dies in plane crash at 64
Jun 20 Irving Krick, American meteorologist and inventor, dies at 89
Jun 20 Joseph Green, Polish-American filmmaker, dies at 96
Jun 20 Michel Lebrun, crime writer, dies at 65
Jun 20 Walter Guevara Arze, provisional president of Bolivia (1979), dies
Jun 22 Bill Emerson, American politician (Rep-R-MO, 1981-96), dies of cancer at 58
Jun 22 George Barati, Hungarian-American cellist, composer, and conductor (Honolulu Symphony, 1950-67), dies at 83
Jun 22 Leo Nichols, businessman, honorary consul and longtime friend of Burma's opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, dies at 65
Jun 22 Salah Abou Seif, film director, dies at 81
Jun 22 Terrel Bell, American politician (2nd United States Secretary of Education 1981-84), dies at 74
Jun 22 Tertius Metcalf, businessman, dies at 63
Jun 23 Andreas Papandreou, Greek economist and politician (Prime Minister of Greece, 1981-89, 1993-96), dies at 76
Jun 23 Angelo John Novarese, American record company founder (Hi Tunes), dies at 72
Jun 23 Elbert Parr Tuttle, American lawyer, judge and civil rights champion (one of the Fifth Circuit Four), dies at 98 [1]
Jun 23 Pasqualino de Santis, Italian cinematographer, dies at 69
Jun 23 Ray Lindwall, Australian cricket fast bowler (61 Tests, 228 wickets @ 23.03), dies from a stroke at 74
Jun 23 Salah Abou Seif [Salah Abu Saif], Egyptian film director (Bidaya wa Nihaya), dies at 81
Jun 25 Nicholas John, English National Opera's dramaturge, dies at 43
Jun 25 Ray Howard-Jones, Welsh artist, dies at 93
Jun 25 Sir Arthur Snelling, British Ambassador (b. 1914)
Jun 26 Veronica Guerin, Irish crime journalist, murdered by drug lords at 36
Jun 27 Albert R. Broccoli, American film producer (James Bond films), sometimes known as "Cubby", dies at 87
Jun 27 Peter Adair, American documentary filmmaker (Word Is Out: Stories of Some of Our Lives), dies of AIDS at 52
Jun 28 (Ronald George) "Tim" Woodman, British WWII RAF pilot and squadron leader, dies at 82
Jun 28 Ghita Ionescu, Romanian politician scientist (Communism in Romania), dies at 83
Jun 28 Michael Wishart, British figurative painter, dies at 68
Jun 28 Piers Gray, critic/writer, dies at 49
Jun 28 Willard McMurry, American blues record label executive (Trumpet Records), dies at 89
Jun 29 Alexander George Ogston, British biochemist, and educator (professor at Australian National University, 1959-70; president of Trinity College - Oxford, 1970-78), dies at 85
Jun 29 Bobby Keetch, English footballer and entrepreneur, dies at 54
Jun 29 Pamela Mason [Ostrer], British actress, author and talk-show host (Lady Possessed), dies of heart failure at 78

David McCampbell (1910-1996)

Jun 30 US Navy captain, fighter pilot, and Medal of Honor recipient (WWII, Pacific theatre, downed 34 Japanese planes), dies at 86

Jun 30 Hugh Henry Home Popham, British aviator, writer and poet, dies at 76
Jun 30 Jef Maes, Belgian composer and violinist, dies at 91
Jun 30 Norman Aldridge, English toxicologist (solved global poisoning mysteries), dies at 76

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Ella Fitzgerald (1917-1996)

David McCampbell (1910-1996)

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