Deaths in 2002 - June 2002

June 2002

• 1 Hansie Cronje, 32, South African cricketer, air crash.
• 4 Fernando Belaúnde Terry, 89, democratic president of Peru, 1963–1968 and 1980–1985.
• 4 John W. Cunningham, 86, American author.
• 4 Caroline Knapp, 42, author of Drinking: A Love Story.
• 5 Dee Dee Ramone, 50, founding member of The Ramones.
• 6 Peter Cowan, 87, Australian writer.
• 6 Hans Janmaat, 67, controversial far-right politician in the Netherlands.
• 7 Rodney Hilton, 85, British historian.
• 8 George Mudie, 86, Jamaican cricketer.
• 10 John Gotti, 61, imprisoned mobster.
• 11 Robbin Crosby, 42, guitarist of rock band Ratt.
• 11 Margaret E. Lynn, 78, American theater director.
• 11 Robert Roswell Palmer, 93, historian, writer.
• 12 Bill Blass, fashion designer.
• 13 John Hope, 83, American meteorologist.
• 14 Jose Bonilla boxing former world champion, of asthma.
• 14 June Jordan, 65, American writer and teacher, of breast cancer.
• 15 Said Belqola, Moroccan referee of the 1998 FIFA World Cup final.
• 17 Fritz Walter, football player, captain of 1954 World Cup winners.
• 17 Willie Davenport, Olympic Games champion.
• 18 Jack Buck, Major League Baseball announcer.
• 18 Nancy Addison, 54, soap actress died of cancer.
• 19 Count Flemming Valdemar of Rosenborg, 80, Danish prince.
• 21 Henry Keith, Baron Keith of Kinkel, 80, British jurist.
• 22 Ann Landers, author & syndicated newspaper columnist.
• 22 Darryl Kile, 33, Major League Baseball player
• 23 Pedro "El Rockero" Alcazar, Panamanian boxer; died after losing his world Flyweight championship to Fernando Montiel in Las Vegas the night before.
• 23 Arnold Weinstock, 77, British businessman.
• 24 Miles Francis Stapleton Fitzalan-Howard, 86, 17th Duke of Norfolk.
• 24 Pierre Werner, former Prime Minister of Luxembourg, "father of the Euro".
• 25 Gordon Park Baker, 64, Anglo-American philosopher.
• 26 Barbara G. Adams, 57, British Egyptologist.
• 26 Jay Berwanger, college football player, first winner of the Heisman Trophy.
• 27 John Entwistle, 57, (heart attack), bassist for The Who.
• 27 Russ Freeman, 76, American pianist.
• 28 Arthur "Spud" Melin, responsible for marketing hula-hoop and frisbee.
• 29 Rosemary Clooney, 74, singer.
• 30 Pete Gray, 87, American one-armed baseball player.
• 30 Dave Wilson, 70, American television director.