Muhammad Ali (1942-2016)
Jun 3 American boxer (world heavyweight champion 1964-7 74-8), dies of respiratory illness at 74
Peter Shaffer (1926-2016)
Jun 6 English playwright (Equus, Amadeus), twin brother to Anthony, dies at 90
- Jun 6 Theresa Saldana, American actress (Raging Bull), dies at 62
- Jun 6 Viktor Korchnoi, Russian-born chess grandmaster, dies at 85
- Jun 8 Michael Manser, English architect, dies at 87
- Jun 8 Pierre Aubert, Swiss lawyer and politician (Member of the Swiss Federal Council, 1978-87), dies at 89
- Jun 10 Christina Grimmie, American singer and contestant on "The Voice", dies of a gunshot wound at 22
Gordie Howe (1928-2016)
Jun 10 Canadian Hockey Hall of Fame right wing (23-time NHL All Star; NHL: Detroit Red Wings; WHA: Houston Aeros), dies of a stroke at 88
- Jun 10 Margaret Heldt, American hairdresser who created the beehive hairstyle, dies at 98
- Jun 11 Alberto Remedios, British opera and concert singer, dies at 81
- Jun 12 Donald Carr, English cricket all-rounder (2 Tests, 1 x 50, 2 wickets; Derbyshire CCC) and official (secretary Test and County Cricket Board 1976-86), dies at 89
- Jun 12 George V. Voinovich, US politician (R), Senator and Governor of Ohio, dies at 79
- Jun 12 Janet Waldo, American radio and actress (Judy Jetson, Shazzan, Penelope Pitstop), dies at 97
- Jun 13 Ofelya Hambardzumyan, Armenian folk singer, dies at 91
- Jun 13 Oleg Karavaichuk, Russian pianist and composer, dies at 88
- Jun 14 Ann Morgan Guilbert, American actress (The Dick Van Dyke Show - "Millie Helper"; The Nanny - "Yetta"), dies at 87
- Jun 14 Henry McCullough, Irish guitarist (Wings), dies at 72
- Jun 15 Ladislaw Kupkovic, Slovak composer, dies at 80
- Jun 15 Lois Duncan, American young adult novelist (I Know What You Did Last Summer), dies at 82
- Jun 17 Prince Be [Attrell Cordes], American rapper (PM Dawn), dies from diabetes complications at 46
- Jun 18 Paul Cox, Dutch-born Australian director (Lonely Hearts), dies at 76
- Jun 18 Peter Feuchtwanger, German piano teacher, musicologist, and composer (Studies in Eastern Idiom; Introduction and Ragas for 8 Violas and cello), dies at 85
- Jun 19 Anton Yelchin, Russian-born American actor (Star Trek), dies in an accident at 27
- Jun 19 Götz George, German actor (Tatort), dies at 77
- Jun 20 Bill Ham [Billy Mack Ham], American music impresario and manager (ZZ Top), dies at 79
- Jun 20 Frank Chapot, American equestrian (Olympic silver 1960, 1972), dies at 84
- Jun 20 James Victor, Dominican-American actor (Boulevard Night, Streets of LA), dies at 76
- Jun 21 Wayne Lamar Jackson, American soul and R&B trumpeter (Mar-Keys; The Memphis Horns), dies of congestive heart failure at 74
- Jun 23 Ralph Stanley, American bluegrass musician, dies at 89
- Jun 24 Bernie Worrell, American keyboardist (Funkadelic-Cosmic Slop), dies of cancer at 72
- Jun 25 Bill Cunningham, American fashion photographer (The New York Times), dies at 87
- Jun 25 Jim Hickman, American baseball utility (MLB All Star 1970 Chicago Cubs; 1st NY Met to hit for cycle), dies at 79
- Jun 25 Peter Hutton, American filmmaker (Study of a River), dies at 71
- Jun 26 Barbara Goldsmith, American author (Little Gloria...Happy At Last), dies at 85
- Jun 27 Alvin Toffler, American author (Future Shock, Power Shift, The Third Wave), dies at 87
- Jun 27 Bud Spencer, Italian actor (Aladdin, Extralarge, Go For It), dies at 86
- Jun 27 Harry Halbreich, German-Belgian musicologist (Arthur Honegger, Bohuslav Martinů), dies at 85
- Jun 27 Mack Rice, American musician and songwriter ("Mustang Sally"; "Respect Yourself"), dies at 82
- Jun 28 Buddy Ryan, American football coach (Philadelphia Eagles, Arizona Cardinals), dies from cancer and stroke complications at 85
- Jun 28 Pat Summitt, American Basketball HOF coach (8 × NCAA Division I tournament; 18 × NCAA Regional—Final Four; University of Tennessee), dies from Alzheimer's disease at 61
- Jun 28 Scotty Moore, American guitarist (for Elvis), dies at 84
- Jun 28 Sergei Cortez, Chilean-Belarusian composer (Jubilee and The Bear; Giordano Bruno), dies at 81
- Jun 29 Elechi Amadi, Nigerian novelist (The Concubine), dies at 82
- Jun 29 Inocente Carreño, Venezuelan composer (Margariteña), and pedagogue (Prudencio Esáa, 1970-90), dies at 96
- Jun 29 Rob Wasserman, American jazz and rock double bassist, and composer (RatDog; Duets), dies at 64
- Jun 30 Geoffrey Hill, English poet, dies at 84
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