Edward Mulhare, Irish actor (b. 1923) May 26 – Manfred von Ardenne, German physicist and inventor (b. 1907) May 29 – Jeff Buckley, American musician (b. 1966) June June 1 Robert Serber, American physicist (b. 1909) Nikolai Tikhonov, Soviet-Russian statesman (b. 1905) June 2 – Helen Jacobs, American tennis champion (b. 1908) June 4 – Ronnie Lane, English musician (b. 1946) June 6 – Magda Gabor, Hungarian-American actress (b. 1915) June 12 – Bulat Okudzhava, Soviet singer (b. 1924) June 14 – Richard Jaeckel, American actor (b. 1926) June 15 Edmond Leburton, 42nd Prime Minister of Belgium (b. 1915) Son Sen, Cambodian politician and criminal (b. 1930) June 18 Lev Kopelev, Soviet writer and dissident (b. 1912) Héctor Yazalde, Argentine footballer (b. 1946) June 21 – Shintaro Katsu, Japanese actor, singer, producer, and director (b. 1931) June 22 – Ted Gärdestad, Swedish singer, songwriter, and musician (b. 1956) June 23 – Betty Shabazz, American educator and activist (b. 1934) June 24 Don Hutson, American football player (b. 1913) Brian Keith, American actor (b. 1921) June 25 – Jacques Cousteau, French explorer (b. 1910) June 26 – Israel Kamakawiwoʻole, Hawaiian singer (b. 1959) June 29 – William Hickey, American actor (b. 1927) July July 1 – Robert Mitchum, American actor (b. 1917) July 2 – James Stewart, American actor and soldier (b. 1908) July 8 – Abu Sadat Mohammad Sayem, 6th President of Bangladesh (b. 1916) July 9 – Aurelio González, Paraguayan footballer (b. 1905) July 13 – Alexandra Danilova, Russian-American ballerina and dance instructor (b. 1903) July 15 – Gianni Versace, Italian fashion designer (b. 1946) July 17 – Robert C. Weaver, American economist and academic (b. 1907) July 18 – Eugene Merle Shoemaker, American astronomer (b. 1928) July 20 – John Akii-Bua, Ugandan hurdler (b. 1949) July 23 Andrew Cunanan, American serial killer (b. 1969) Chūhei Nambu, Japanese athlete (b. 1904) July 24 – Frank Parker, American tennis champion (b. 1916) July 25 – Ben Hogan, American golf champion (b. 1912) July 26 – Jaime Milans del Bosch, Spanish general and insurgent (b. 1915) July 28 Rosalie Crutchley, English actress (b. 1920) Seni Pramoj, Thai politician, 6th Prime Minister of Thailand (b. 1905) July 30 – Bảo Đại, Emperor of Vietnam (b. 1913) August August 1 Ngiratkel Etpison, 5th President of Palau (b. 1925) Sviatoslav Richter, Ukrainian pianist (b. 1915) August 2 William S. Burroughs, American author (b. 1914)