The following is a list of notable deaths in June 2006. Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence: Name, age, country of citizenship at birth, subsequent country of citizenship (if applicable), reason for notability, cause of death (if known), and reference. June 2006 1 Radu Bălescu, 73, Romanian scientist. Frederick S. Billig, 73, American aerospace engineer. Shokichi Iyanaga, 100, Japanese mathematician. Rocío Jurado, 61, Spanish singer and actress, pancreatic cancer. Allan Prior, 84, British television scriptwriter (Z-Cars, Howards' Way, The Charmer), father of folk singer Maddy Prior. Abdul Latif Sharif, 59, Egyptian chemist, suspect in the femicides in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, officially of natural causes, rumored poisoning. Jack Shelton, 82, Australian cricketer. William D. Winn, 59, American professor of education at the University of Washington. 2 Ronald Cass, 83, British film score composer. Roy Farran, 85, British army officer. Bernard Loomis, 82, American toymaker responsible for Strawberry Shortcake and Star Wars action figures, heart disease. Leon Pownall, 63, Canadian actor, cancer. Vince Welnick, 55, American keyboardist, member of The Grateful Dead, suicide. Edward Yates, 87, American television director, director of American Bandstand (1952–1969). Vyacheslav Klykov, 66, Russian sculptor and nationalist politician. 3 Leo Clarke, 82, Australian Roman Catholic Bishop of Maitland–Newcastle, Australia, 1976-1995. Brian Duke, 79, Ugandan-born tropical disease expert who helped to save millions from river blindness. Johnny Grande, 76, American pianist, member of Bill Haley's backing band, The Comets. Complications arising from cancer. George Kashdan, 78, American comic book writer and editor for DC Comics. Doug Serrurier, 85, South African former Grand Prix racing driver and constructor. 4 Alec Bregonzi, 76, British actor. Bill Fleming, 92, American MLB pitcher for the Boston Red Sox and Chicago Cubs Ron Jones, 41, American Major League Baseball player, brain hemorrhage. Richard Kapp, 69, American conductor and founder of the Philharmonia Virtuosi. John Kerr, 46, British footballer (Tranmere Rovers). Fulvia Mammi, 79, Italian actress (Against the Law). Anthony Marreco, 90, British barrister, junior Counsel at the Nuremberg Trials and founding member of Amnesty International. Sir John Rowlands, 90, British air marshal and George Cross recipient. William M. Steger, 85, United States district court judge and Republican candidate for Governor of Texas in 1960. 5 Frederick Franck, 97, Dutch artist, author, and dentist. Elizabeth Fretwell, 85, Australian opera singer best known for her performances with the Sadler's Wells company. Eric Gregg, 55,