June 1, 2017 Scientists Writers Veerendra Simpi Indian professor and essayist Died on Thursday June 1st 2017 Other scientistsKrzysztof Pawłowski Polish politician, senator dead at age 79Branko Marušič public figure dead at age 88Michel Debost French flutist dead at age 92Finn Wagle Norwegian Church of Norway clergyman, bishop of Nidaros dead at age 84Juliet Winters Carpenter American translator dead at age 77Michael Sollis Australian musician, bowel cancer dead at age 40Stephen Owen American sinologist dead at age 79J. Craig Venter American genomics researcher, founder of Celera Corporation and JCVI, complications from cancer dead at age 79Craig Venter American genomics researcher, founder of Celera Corporation and JCVI, complications from cancer dead at age 79Richard Harries, Baron Harries of Pentregarth British Anglican clergyman and life peer, bishop of Oxford and member of the House of Lords dead at age 89More from IndiaSanthosh K. Nayar Indian actor, traffic collision dead at age 68Babulal Bairwa Indian politician, Rajasthan MLA, complications from diabetes dead at age 72Sudesh Kumar Indian actor and film producer dead at age 95Depinder Singh Indian army lieutenant general, commander of the IPKF dead at age 96Bharat Kapoor public figure dead at age 80Luis Isaac Puerto Rican baseball player and coach dead at age 79Raghu Rai Indian photographer, cancer dead at age 83Muni Narayana Prasad Indian spiritual teacher dead at age 87Gurbux Singh Indian field hockey player, Olympic champion, heart attack dead at age 84Biplab Dasgupta Indian actor dead at age 75More from June 1, 2017Mário Viegas CarrascalãoVince Deadrick, Sr.Reinhold HanningJoe HyamsJean-Marie Benoît BallaJiří BělohlávekRoy BarracloughAnne KimbellPeter Bonsall-BooneTankred Dorst Tags 01 June 2017 2017-06-01 India June 1 June 2017 Scientists Simpi Veerendra Writers ←Roberto De Vicenzo Deaths in May 2017→