1928) 17 May – Richard Gregory, psychologist (b. 1923) 18 May – John Gooders, ornithologist (b. 1937) 20 May – Leonard Wolfson, Baron Wolfson, businessman and life peer (b. 1927) 22 May – Keith Jessop, diver and marine treasure hunter (b. 1933) 23 May – Simon Monjack, screenwriter, producer and director (b. 1970) 24 May Ray Alan, ventriloquist (b. 1930) Barbara New, actress (b. 1923) Stella Nova (formerly Steve New), rock guitarist (b. 1960) 26 May – Sir Christopher Moran, RAF air marshal (b. 1956) 28 May Sir Hugh Ford, engineer (b. 1913) David Sanger, organist (b. 1947) 29 May Joan Rhodes, actress (b. 1921) Rudi Vis, politician (b. 1941, the Netherlands) 30 May – Brian Duffy, photographer (b. 1933) June 1 June – John Hagart, footballer and football manager (b. 1937) 3 June John Hedgecoe, photographer (b. 1932) Robert Hudson, broadcaster (b. 1920) 4 June Raymond Allchin, archaeologist (b. 1923) Jack Harrison, Royal Air Force pilot, last survivor of the Stalag Luft III Great Escape (b. 1912) 5 June – Angus Douglas-Hamilton, 15th Duke of Hamilton, peer and landowner (b. 1938) 7 June – Stuart Cable, rock drummer (b. 1970) 8 June – Crispian St. Peters, singer-songwriter (b. 1939) 11 June Bernie Andrews, radio producer (b. 1933) Johnny Parker, jazz pianist (b. 1929) 12 June Richard Keynes, physiologist (b. 1919) Egon Ronay, food critic (b. 1915, Hungary) 16 June – Ronald Neame, director and writer (b. 1911) 17 June Sebastian Horsley, artist (b. 1962) Andy Ripley, rugby union player (b. 1947) 19 June Robin Matthews, economist (b. 1927) Antony Quinton, Baron Quinton, philosopher (b. 1925) Dame Angela Rumbold, politician (b. 1932) 20 June – Harry B. Whittington, palaeontologist (b. 1916) 21 June Russell Ash, writer and publisher (b. 1946) Chris Sievey, comedian and musician (b. 1955) Tam White, musician and actor (b. 1942) 22 June – Robin Bush, historian (b. 1943) 23 June Michael Cobb, Army officer and railway historian (b. 1916) Pete Quaife, musician (b. 1943) Peter Walker, Baron Walker of Worcester, politician (b. 1932) 25 June Brian Flowers, Baron Flowers, physicist (b. 1924) F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre, science fiction writer (b. 1948) Alan Plater, writer (b. 1935) 27 June – Ken Coates, politician and writer (b. 1930) 30 June – Harry Klein, jazz saxophonist (b. 1928) July 1 July – Geoffrey Hutchings, actor (b. 1939) 2 July – Dame Beryl Bainbridge, novelist (b. 1934) 3 July – Frederick