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Deaths in July 2015

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The following is a list of notable deaths in July 2015.

Contents

Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence:

  • Name, age, country of citizenship and reason for notability, established cause of death, reference.

    • 1

  • Nasser al-Hafi, Egyptian lawyer and politician, MP (since 2012).
  • Cecil, 13, Zimbabwean protected lion, shot.
  • David P. Craig, 95, Australian chemist.
  • Curly Moe, 53, Canadian professional wrestler.
  • Val Doonican, 88, Irish singer and television presenter.
  • N. Ganesan, 82, Singaporean football administrator.
  • Edward Greenfield, 86, English music critic and broadcaster.
  • Theo Hendriks, 86, Dutch politician, member of the House of Representatives (1994–1998).
  • Lawrence Herkimer, 89, American cheerleading innovator.
  • Jens S. Jensen, 69, Swedish photographer.
  • Aleksandr Kochetkov, 81, Russian football player and coach.
  • Robert La Caze, 98, French-born Moroccan racing driver.
  • Red Lane, 76, American country singer and songwriter ("'Til I Get It Right").
  • Mike Lesser, 71, British mathematical philosopher and political activist.
  • Miloslava Misáková, 93, Czech Olympic gymnast (1948).
  • Shlomo Moussaieff, 90, Israeli diamond merchant and antique collector.
  • Hans Muller, 78, Dutch water polo player.
  • Charles Notcutt, 81, British horticulturalist.
  • Czesław Olech, 84, Polish mathematician.
  • Overdose, 10, Hungarian Thoroughbred racehorse, horse colic.
  • Víctor de la Peña Pérez, 81, Spanish-born Peruvian Roman Catholic prelate, Vicar Apostolic of Requena (1987–2005).
  • Sergio Sollima, 94, Italian director and screenwriter (Face to Face, Sandokan, The Big Gundown).
  • Dan Williams, 73, American politician, member of the Alabama House of Representatives (since 2010), leukemia.
  • Sir Nicholas Winton, 106, British humanitarian, organised rescue of 669 children as part of Kindertransport, respiratory failure.
  • Russell Wood, 85, English cricketer (Gloucestershire).

    • 2

  • David Aronson, 91, Lithuanian-born American painter.
  • Slavko Avsenik, 85, Slovene composer and musician.
  • Roy C. Bennett, 96, American songwriter.
  • Jim Bradley, 94, Scottish-born Australian athletics coach.
  • Sir Ronald Davison, 94, New Zealand judge, Chief Justice (1978–1989).
  • Julius Duscha, 90, American journalist (The Washington Post).
  • Petro Korol, 74, Ukrainian Soviet weightlifter, Olympic champion (1976).
  • Tom Longo, 73, American football player.
  • Charlie Sanders, 68, American Hall of Fame football player (Detroit Lions), cancer.
  • Bob Smalhout, 87, Dutch anesthesiologist and politician.
  • Jim Weaver, 70, American football player (Penn State) and coach (Iowa State), Virginia Tech Hokies Director of Athletics (1997–2014), Parkinson's disease.
  • John Whitman, 71, American businessman and investment banker, First Gentleman of New Jersey (1994–2001), complications from a brain injury.
  • Jacobo Zabludovsky, 87, Mexican news anchor, stroke.

    • 3

  • Steven Benson, 63, American convicted murderer.
  • Diana Douglas, 92, Bermudian-American actress (The Indian Fighter, Days of Our Lives, Planes, Trains and Automobiles), cancer.
  • Goran Gogić, 29, Serbian footballer.
  • Agop Jack Hacikyan, 83, Canadian author and academic.
  • Ralph Lamb, 88, American lawman, Sheriff of Clark County, Nevada (1961–1978), depicted in Vegas.
  • Arturo Longton, 67, Chilean politician, Governor of Marga Marga Province (2010–2012).
  • Humphrey Mwanza, 66, Zambian politician, member of the National Assembly for Solwezi West (since 2006).
  • Boyd K. Packer, 90, American apostle of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, President of the Quorum of the Twelve (since 2008).
  • Amanda Peterson, 43, American actress (Can't Buy Me Love, Explorers).
  • Yogesh Kumar Sabharwal, 73, Indian judge, Chief Justice (2005–2007).
  • Odd Seim-Haugen, 78, Norwegian barrister and sports official.
  • Jacques Sernas, 89, Lithuanian-born French actor (Helen of Troy, The Dirty Game, Midas Run).
  • Charanjit Singh, 75, Indian musician.
  • Gary Smith, 74, American business analyst.
  • György Szabad, 90, Hungarian politician and historian, Speaker of the National Assembly (1990–1994).
  • Wayne Townsend, 89, American politician, Indiana State Senator (1970–1986).
  • Phil Walsh, 55, Australian football player (Collingwood, Richmond, Brisbane Bears) and coach (Adelaide), stabbed.
  • John A. Williams, 89, American writer.
  • Franz-Josef Wolfframm, 80, German footballer.
  • Peter Záboji, 72, Hungarian angel investor and entrepreneur.

    • 4

  • Abdullah bin Abdulaziz bin Musa'ed bin Jiluwi Al Saud, 83–84, Saudi Arabian politician, Governor of Northern Borders Region.
  • Muhammad Baqir al-Muhri, 67, Kuwaiti ayatollah.
  • Dave Barber, 60, American talk radio and television host, stroke and heart attack.
  • Nedelcho Beronov, 86, Bulgarian jurist and politician, Chairman of the Constitutional Court (2003–2006).
  • Scot Breithaupt, 57, American BMX cyclist.
  • Arnold Byfield, 91, Australian sportsman (Western Australia cricket team and Melbourne Football Club).
  • Carlo de Gavardo, 45, Chilean rally car and motorcycle racer, respiratory failure.
  • William Conrad Gibbons, 88, American historian, complications of a stroke.
  • Reynaldo González López, 66, Cuban sports administrator.
  • John Hinds, 35, Northern Irish motorcycle race doctor.
  • Norbert Peters, 72, German scientist.
  • Daniel Quinn, 59, American actor (The Young and the Restless).
  • Anthony F. Upton, 85, British historian.
  • Alan Walton, 79, British biochemist and venture capitalist.
  • Charles Winick, 92, American anthropologist, sociologist and author.
  • Yu Chenghui, 75, Chinese actor and martial artist.

    • 5

  • Andrew Alexander, 80, British journalist (The Daily Mail).
  • Archduchess Dorothea of Austria, 95, Bavarian princess.
  • James Bonard Fowler, 81, American policeman and convicted manslaughterer.
  • Sir Philip Goodhart, 89, British politician, MP for Beckenham (1957–1992).
  • Uffe Haagerup, 65, Danish mathematician, drowned.
  • Svein Hatløy, 75, Norwegian architect, founded Bergen School of Architecture.
  • Murray Janoff, 100, American sportswriter.
  • Terence Kelshaw, 78, English-born American Episcopal prelate, Bishop of Rio Grande (1989–2004).
  • Hernus Kriel, 73, South African politician, Premier of the Western Cape (1994–1998), Minister of Law and Order (1991–1994).
  • Piet Malan, 96, South African rugby union player.
  • James S. Marcus, 85, American philanthropist and investment banker.
  • Joseph McKenzie, 86, Scottish photographer.
  • Sakari Momoi, 112, Japanese supercentenarian, world's oldest living man, kidney failure.
  • Aleksandra Mróz, 80, Polish Olympic swimmer.
  • Yoichiro Nambu, 94, Japanese-born American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate.
  • Burt Shavitz, 80, American beekeeper and businessman, co-founder of Burt's Bees.
  • Abderrahmane Soukhane, 78, Algerian football player.
  • Jack Steadman, 86, American football executive (Kansas City Chiefs).
  • Gordon Thompson, Jr., 85, American judge, cancer.
  • Aaron E. Wasserman, 94, American food scientist.

    • 6

  • Julio Angel, 69, Puerto Rican rock, pop and bolero singer, multiple myeloma.
  • Michael Birck, 77, American executive (Tellabs).
  • Camille Bob, 77, American rhythm and blues singer, cancer.
  • Stan Carew, 64, Canadian radio broadcaster, musician and actor (This Hour Has 22 Minutes, Trailer Park Boys).
  • Raymond Dean, 68, American psychologist.
  • Nazier Dindar, 49, South African cricketer.
  • Victor Warren Fazio, 75, Australian surgeon.
  • Ramanathan Gnanadesikan, 82, Indian statistician.
  • Masabumi Kikuchi, 75, Japanese jazz pianist, subdural hematoma.
  • Sir John Lambert, 94, British diplomat, Ambassador to Tunisia (1977–1981).
  • Luigi Martella, 67, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Molfetta-Ruvo-Giovinazzo-Terlizzi (since 2000), heart attack.
  • John Maxtone-Graham, 85, American maritime historian, respiratory failure.
  • Rachel Margolis, 93, Lithuanian World War II partisan and Israeli biologist.
  • Bhattam Srirama Murthy, 89, Indian politician.
  • Don Petrie, 93, Canadian soccer player and coach.
  • Franco Scaglia, 71, Italian writer and journalist, won Campiello Prize (2002).
  • Fraser Scott, 95, British army officer.
  • Virginia Shehee, 91, American businesswoman and politician, member of the Louisiana State Senate (1976–1980).
  • Jerry Weintraub, 77, American film producer (Ocean's Eleven, Diner, The Karate Kid), chairman and CEO of United Artists, heart attacks.

    • 7

  • Maria Barroso, 90, Portuguese actress and politician, First Lady (1986–1996), complications from a fall.
  • Leonard Bodack, 82, American politician.
  • Keith Brown, 88, Canadian politician, member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario (1959–1967).
  • Julia Buencamino, 15, Filipino actress (Oh My G!), suicide by hanging.
  • Bako Dagnon, 67, Malian singer.
  • Jean Délémontez, 97, French aircraft designer (Jodel).
  • Eva Fischer, 94, Italian artist.
  • Hamid Golpira, 55, American-born Iranian journalist, lung cancer.
  • Pierre MacDonald, 79, Canadian politician, member of the National Assembly of Quebec (1985–1989).
  • Bob MacKinnon, 87, American basketball coach (New Jersey Nets) and athletic director (Canisius Golden Griffins).
  • Jaime Morey, 73, Spanish singer ("Amanece").
  • Craig Norgate, 50, New Zealand businessman, CEO of Fonterra (2001–2003).
  • Fons van Wissen, 82, Dutch footballer (PSV Eindhoven, national team).
  • Donald Wood, 82, Canadian politician.

    • 8

  • Hisato Aikura, 83, Japanese music critic.
  • Muhsin al-Fadhli, 34, Kuwaiti militant, airstrike.
  • Robert Campos, 75, Filipino actor, colorectal cancer.
  • Casimir Ehrnrooth, 84, Finnish executive.
  • Bill Foord, 91, English cricketer.
  • Daniel Kastler, 89, French theoretical physicist.
  • Irwin Keyes, 63, American actor (House of 1000 Corpses, The Jeffersons, The Flintstones).
  • Arne Kotte, 80, Norwegian footballer.
  • Paul J. Lioy, 68, American environmental scientist.
  • Dewitt Lowrey, 93, American World War II soldier.
  • Ernie Maresca, 76, American songwriter ("Runaround Sue", "The Wanderer") and singer.
  • Ramiro Martinez, 91, Cuban sportscaster.
  • Charles J. McCann, 89, American academic, president of The Evergreen State College.
  • Harry Messel, 93, Canadian-born Australian physicist.
  • Rolf Pettersson, 62, Swedish Olympic swimmer.
  • Lloyd Reckord, 86, Jamaican actor and director.
  • Philippe Rochat, 61, Swiss chef.
  • Frances Shea-Buckley, 86, American rear admiral, Director of the Navy Nurse Corps (1979–1983).
  • Lucita Soriano, 74, Filipino actress.
  • Ken Stabler, 69, American football player (Oakland Raiders), colon cancer.
  • Harry Stowers, 89, American judge, member of the New Mexico Supreme Court (1982–1989).
  • James Tate, 71, American Pulitzer Prize-winning poet.
  • Yoash Tzidon, 88, Romanian-born Israeli politician.
  • Walter Van Gerven, 80, Belgian law professor, Advocate General on the European Court of Justice (1988–1994).

    • 9

  • Saud bin Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, 75, Saudi royal, Minister of Foreign Affairs (1975–2015).
  • Jim Bede, 82, American aircraft designer, aneurysm.
  • Caspar Bowden, 53, British privacy advocate, melanoma.
  • Seán Foran, 84, Irish Gaelic football player (Offaly).
  • Paul Gebhard, 98, American sexologist.
  • Bill Hunter, 95, British political activist and author.
  • C. Fred Jones, 85, American politician.
  • Michael Masser, 74, American songwriter ("Saving All My Love for You", "Theme from Mahogany (Do You Know Where You're Going To)"), complications from a stroke.
  • Bashar Nawaz, 79, Indian Urdu poet and songwriter.
  • Sriballav Panigrahi, 74, Indian politician, member of the Lok Sabha (1984–1989, 1991–1998).
  • David M. Raup, 82, American paleontologist, pneumonia.
  • Bent Rolstad, 68, Norwegian anatomist.
  • Tahsin Şahinkaya, 90, Turkish air force general, Commander (1978–1983).

    • 10

  • Christian Audigier, 57, French fashion designer (Ed Hardy, Von Dutch), myelodysplastic syndrome.
  • David Bowman, 82, American Episcopal prelate, Bishop of Western New York (1987–1998).
  • Woody Bowman, 73, American politician, member of the Illinois House of Representatives (1977–1990), traffic collision.
  • Sam Bulbulia, 82, South African cricketer.
  • Aldana Carraro, 22, Argentine gymnast.
  • Rosemary Dinnage, 87, British author and reviewer, cancer.
  • Hussein Fatal, 38, American rapper (Outlawz), traffic collision.
  • Peter Jones, 85, British journalist and author, heart failure.
  • Arthur Koning, 70, Dutch Olympic coxswain (1968).
  • Diarmuid Mac an Adhastair, 71, Irish actor (Ros na Rún).
  • Jimmy Murray, 82, Scottish footballer.
  • Leo Muthu, 63, Indian educationist and businessman.
  • Mohammad Abdul Qayyum Khan, 91, Pakistani politician, Prime Minister of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (1956–1957, 1970–1985, 1991–1996).
  • Roger Rees, 71, Welsh-American actor (Cheers, Robin Hood: Men in Tights, The West Wing), Tony Award winner (1982), stomach cancer.
  • Omar Sharif, 83, Egyptian actor (Lawrence of Arabia, Doctor Zhivago, Funny Girl), heart attack.
  • Jon Vickers, 88, Canadian heldentenor, Alzheimer's disease.
  • Grahame Vivian, 95, British army officer.

    • 11

  • Claudia Alexander, 56, Canadian-born American geophysicist and planetary scientist (Jet Propulsion Laboratory), breast cancer.
  • Stig Andersson, 90, Swedish Olympic cyclist.
  • Joyce M. Bennett, 92, English Anglican priest.
  • Giacomo Biffi, 87, Italian Roman Catholic cardinal, Archbishop of Bologna (1984–2003).
  • Mark Birdwood, 3rd Baron Birdwood, 76, British peer and politician.
  • Patricia Crone, 70, Danish-American historian and author (Hagarism), cancer.
  • James U. Cross, 90, American military pilot (Air Force One), aide and author.
  • Salvador Dubois Leiva, 79, Nicaraguan football player and coach.
  • Max Fischer, 88, German politician.
  • Alfred E. France, 88, American politician, member of the Minnesota House of Representatives (1963–1970), leukemia.
  • Đuka Galović, 91, Croatian folk musician.
  • Satoru Iwata, 55, Japanese game programmer (Super Smash Bros., Pokémon), president and CEO of Nintendo (since 2002), bile duct cancer.
  • Lawrence K. Karlton, 80, American federal judge, US District Court for Eastern California (1979–2015), complications from heart valve failure.
  • Richard F. Kelly, 78, American politician, member of the Illinois House of Representatives and Senate.
  • Peter de Klerk, 80, South African racing driver.
  • Consuelo de Sánchez Latour, 91, Guatemalan author.
  • André Leysen, 88, Belgian executive.
  • Bunny Mack, 69, Sierra Leonean musician.
  • P. Chendur Pandian, 65, Indian politician, Tamil Nadu MLA for Kadayanallur (since 2011).
  • Ota Petřina, 66, Czech guitarist and songwriter.
  • Thomas Piccirilli, 50, American writer, brain cancer.
  • J.P.C. Roach, 95, British historian.
  • Bojan Udovič, 57, Slovene Yugoslav Olympic cyclist (1980), traffic collision.

    • 12

  • D'Army Bailey, 73, American civil rights campaigner, judge and actor (The People vs. Larry Flynt), founder of the National Civil Rights Museum, cancer.
  • Cheng Siwei, 80, Chinese economist, President of the China Democratic National Construction Association (1996–2007).
  • Omar Félix Colomé, 82, Argentinian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Cruz del Eje (1984–2008).
  • JaJuan Dawson, 37, American football player (Cleveland Browns), drowned.
  • Tenzin Delek Rinpoche, 65, Tibetan Buddhist monk and political prisoner, cardiac arrest from respiratory failure.
  • Mahlon Duckett, 92, American baseball player (Philadelphia Stars).
  • Helen F. Holt, 101, American politician, Secretary of State of West Virginia (1957–1959), member of the West Virginia House of Delegates (1955–1957), heart failure.
  • Chenjerai Hove, 59, Zimbabwean exiled author, journalist and poet, liver failure.
  • Javier Krahe, 71, Spanish singer-songwriter, heart attack.
  • Bosse Larsson, 81, Swedish television presenter (Allsång på Skansen), brain cancer.
  • Buddy Lively, 90, American baseball player (Cincinnati Reds).
  • Milorad Milutinović, 80, Serbian football player and manager (Neuchâtel Xamax).
  • Bafana Mlangeni, 48, South African actor.

    • 13

  • Sir John Buchanan, 72, New Zealand natural resource executive, CFO for BP (1996–2002), Director of BHP Billiton (2003–2015), Chairman of ARM Holdings.
  • J. R. Gach, 63, American radio personality.
  • Philipp Mißfelder, 35, German politician, member of the Bundestag (since 2005), pulmonary embolism.
  • Arturo Paoli, 102, Italian Roman Catholic priest and missionary.
  • Michael Rayner, 82, English opera singer.
  • Ildikó Schwarczenberger, 63, Hungarian fencer, Olympic champion (1976).
  • Joan Sebastian, 64, Mexican singer and songwriter, bone cancer.
  • Campbell Smith, 90, New Zealand artist, poet and playwright.
  • Martin Litchfield West, 77, British classical scholar.
  • Eric Wrixon, 68, Northern Irish keyboardist (Them, Thin Lizzy).
  • Gerhard Zwerenz, 90, German writer and politician, member of the Bundestag (1994–1998).

    • 14

  • Willer Bordon, 66, Italian businessman and politician, Minister of the Environment (2000–2001).
  • Sir Sam Burston, 100, Australian farmer.
  • Yohanna Dickson, 64, Nigerian military officer, Governor of Taraba (1993–1997).
  • George Gardner Fagg, 81, American federal judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit (1982–2006).
  • Wolf Gremm, 73, German film director and screenwriter, complications from cancer.
  • Gerd Gudding, 63, Norwegian musician.
  • Ismet Hadžić, 61, Bosnian footballer, cancer.
  • Masao Horiba, 90, Japanese businessman, founded Horiba.
  • Nobuo Mii, 84, Japanese computer executive (IBM).
  • Mansour Nariman, 80, Iranian oud player.
  • Olaf Pooley, 101, English actor (Doctor Who, Star Trek: Voyager, Sunday Night Theatre) and writer.
  • Marlene Sanders, 84, American television news executive (ABC World News Tonight, CBS News) and journalist, cancer.
  • Alby Schultz, 76, Australian politician, NSW MP for Burrinjuck (1988–1998), federal MP for Hume (1998–2013), cancer.
  • Dave Somerville, 81, Canadian-American singer (The Diamonds), pancreatic cancer.
  • M. S. Viswanathan, 87, Indian music composer and film scorer.

    • 15

  • Masahiko Aoki, 77, Japanese economist, lung disorder.
  • Phil Cayzer, 93, Australian rower.
  • Federico Cerruti, 93, Italian art collector.
  • Alan Curtis, 80, American harpsichordist, conductor and scholar.
  • Alexis FitzGerald, Jnr, 70, Irish politician, member of the Seanad Éireann (1982–1987) and Teachta Dála (1982), Lord Mayor of Dublin (1981–1982).
  • Aubrey Morris, 89, British actor (A Clockwork Orange, Love and Death, The Wicker Man).
  • Sheila Ramani, 83, Indian actress, complications from Alzheimer's disease.
  • Howard Rumsey, 97, American modern jazz double bassist, bandleader and nightclub owner.
  • Wan Li, 98, Chinese politician, Chairman of the National People's Congress (1988–1993).
  • Jacques Thébault, 91, French actor.
  • Fred Wendorf, 90, American archaeologist.
  • Rogi Wieg, 52, Dutch writer and musician, euthanasia.

    • 16

  • Denis Avey, 96, British World War II veteran and memoirist.
  • Joseph Caprani, 95, Irish cricket player and umpire.
  • Evelyn Ebsworth, 82, British chemist and university administrator, Vice-Chancellor and Warden of Durham University (1990–1998).
  • Alcides Ghiggia, 88, Uruguayan-Italian football player and manager (Peñarol), heart attack.
  • John H. Gibbons, 86, American scientist, Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy (1993–1998).
  • Sir Jack Goody, 95, British social anthropologist.
  • Brian Hall, 68, Scottish footballer (Liverpool), leukaemia.
  • Alan Kupperberg, 62, American comic book artist (The Amazing Spider-Man, Thor, Iron Man), thymus cancer.
  • Jean Lacouture, 94, French journalist and historian.
  • Jim Mayne, 64, Canadian politician, leader of Prince Edward Island New Democratic Party (1983–1989).
  • V. Ramakrishna, 67, Indian playback singer and film scorer, cancer.
  • Moreshwar Save, 85, Indian politician, MP for Aurangabad (1989–1996).
  • Veikko Savela, 96, Finnish politician.
  • Pranciškus Tupikas, 86, Lithuanian politician.
  • W. Wilbert Welch, 97, American theologian.
  • Milton L. Wood, 92, American Episcopal prelate, Bishop Suffragan of Atlanta (1967–1974).

    • 17

  • Andal Ampatuan, Sr., 74, Filipino politician, Governor of Maguindanao, suspect in the Maguindanao massacre, heart attack.
  • Bill Arnsparger, 88, American football coach (New York Giants, LSU Tigers) and athletic director (University of Florida), heart attack.
  • Jules Bianchi, 25, French Formula One driver, head injuries sustained in a race collision.
  • Owen Chadwick, 99, British historian, theologian, and rugby player.
  • Murray Feingold, 84, American physician and medical journalist.
  • Francis P. Filice, 92, American priest and academic.
  • Don Fontana, 84, Canadian tennis player.
  • Duff Holbrook, 92, American biologist and outdoorsman, designer of rocket net for use in hunting.
  • Ray Jessel, 85, Welsh scriptwriter and songwriter (Baker Street).
  • William C. Kuebler, 44, American military officer, appointed lawyer for Omar Khadr, cancer.
  • John McCluskey, 71, Scottish boxer.
  • Van Miller, 87, American football announcer (Buffalo Bills).
  • James Nyondo, 47, Malawian politician, lung cancer.
  • Susumu Okubo, 85, Japanese theoretical physicist.
  • Nova Pilbeam, 95, British actress (The Man Who Knew Too Much, Young and Innocent, Tudor Rose).
  • Dagmar Sierck, 57, German Olympic swimmer.
  • John Taylor, 72, British jazz pianist, heart attack.
  • Dick van Bekkum, 89, Dutch radiobiologist.

    • 18

  • Tim Beaglehole, 82, New Zealand historian and educator, chancellor of Victoria University, pneumonia.
  • Sushil Bhattacharya, 90, Indian football player, men's (East Bengal) and women's (national team) coach.
  • Elmer Borstad, 90, Canadian politician.
  • Buddy Buie, 74, American songwriter ("Spooky", "Traces"), heart attack.
  • George Coe, 86, American actor (Kramer vs. Kramer, The Mighty Ducks, Archer).
  • Neal Falls, 45, American murder suspect.
  • Lou Gardiner, 62, New Zealand military officer, Chief of the Army (2003–2006), cancer.
  • Priscilla Kincaid-Smith, 88, South African-Australian nephrologist, discovered the link between phenacetin and kidney cancer.
  • Athanasios Moulakis, 70, Greek historian and political scientist.
  • Alex Rocco, 79, American actor (The Godfather, The George Carlin Show, The Facts of Life), Emmy winner (1990), cancer.
  • Hugh Stretton, 91, Australian historian.
  • Per Tønder, 104, Norwegian politician.
  • Wang Fuzhou, 80, Chinese mountain climber.
  • Allan Willett, 78, British soldier and businessman, Lord-Lieutenant of Kent (2002–2011).
  • Brock Winkless, 56, American puppeteer and visual effects technician (Child's Play, Tales from the Crypt, Terminator 2: Judgment Day).
  • Yang Ko-han, 27, Taiwanese actress, suicide by hanging.

    • 19

  • Van Alexander, 100, American big band leader, songwriter-arranger ("A-Tisket, A-Tasket"), film and television composer (I Dream of Jeannie, Bewitched, The Donna Reed Show), heart failure.
  • Rugger Ardizoia, 95, Italian baseball player (New York Yankees), stroke.
  • Stellan Bojerud, 70, Swedish politician, MP for Dalarna (2012–2015).
  • Douglas S. Cook, 56, American screenwriter (The Rock, Double Jeopardy).
  • Elio Fiorucci, 80, Italian fashion designer.
  • Josh Greenberg, 28, American technology executive, co-founder of Grooveshark.
  • Lalubha Jadeja, 92, Indian cricketer.
  • Richard Ochoa, 31, Venezuelan cyclist.
  • Bryan O'Linn, 87, South African-born Namibian jurist and human rights advocate, member of the High Court (1989–1999) and Supreme Court (1999–2006).
  • Bernat Martínez, 35, Spanish motorcycle racer, race collision.
  • Sybren Polet, 91, Dutch writer.
  • Galina Prozumenshchikova, 66, Russian Soviet-era swimmer, Olympic champion (1964).
  • Carmino Ravosa, 85, American composer and lyricist.
  • Dani Rivas, 27, Spanish motorcycle racer, race collision.
  • David Roth, 56, American opera director and manager
  • Gennadiy Seleznyov, 67, Russian politician, Speaker of the Duma (1996–2003).
  • Mildred Joanne Smith, 94, American actress (No Way Out) and educator, survivor of National Airlines Flight 101 crash.
  • Václav Snítil, 87, Czech violinist and teacher.

    • 20

  • Jean Alfred, 75, Canadian politician.
  • George Bon Salle, 80, American basketball player.
  • Wayne Carson, 72, American songwriter ("The Letter", "Always on My Mind", "Neon Rainbow").
  • Fred Else, 82, English footballer (Preston North End).
  • Ron Fitch, 105, Australian railway historian.
  • Sally Gross, 81, American dancer and choreographer.
  • Des Horne, 75, South African footballer (Blackpool).
  • Kafumba Konneh, 71, Liberian Islamic cleric, peace activist and public servant, commissioner of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
  • Dieter Moebius, 71, Swiss-German electronic musician (Cluster, Harmonia, Moebius & Plank).
  • Tom Moore, 86, American cartoonist (Archie), throat cancer.
  • Sieghardt Rupp, 84, Austrian actor.
  • Raymond Stora, 84, French theoretical physicist.
  • Shunsuke Tsurumi, 93, Japanese philosopher and anti-war activist, pneumonia.
  • Giorgos Velentzas, 87, Greek actor.
  • Colin Youren, 76, Australian football player (Hawthorn).

    • 21

  • Mitch Aliotta, 71, American musician (Rotary Connection, Aliotta Haynes Jeremiah).
  • Theodore Bikel, 91, Austrian-born American actor (The Defiant Ones, My Fair Lady, Fiddler on the Roof), folk singer and composer.
  • Robert Broberg, 75, Swedish singer and songwriter, Parkinson's disease.
  • Luiz Paulo Conde, 80, Brazilian politician and architect, Mayor of Rio de Janeiro (1997–2001).
  • Charlie Cullinane, 72, Irish hurler (Cork).
  • William R. Dickinson, 83, American geoscientist, member of the National Academy of Sciences.
  • E. L. Doctorow, 84, American author (Ragtime, Billy Bathgate, The March), complications from lung cancer.
  • Buddy Emmons, 78, American steel guitarist.
  • Paul Freeman, 79, American music conductor, founder of Chicago Sinfonietta.
  • Günter Fronius, 107, Austrian entrepreneur.
  • Gelsen Gas, 82, Mexican artist and filmmaker.
  • Nicholas Gonzalez, 67, American physician known for alternative cancer treatments.
  • T. Kanakam, 88, Indian actress.
  • Kang Nung-su, 85, North Korean politician.
  • Alfredo Lardelli, 59, Swiss murderer and businessman, multiple organ failure.
  • Czesław Marchaj, 97, Polish yachtsman and professor.
  • Anthony Megale, 61, American mobster.
  • Mariam Mfaki, 69, Tanzanian politician, MP for Dodoma (since 2000), lung cancer.
  • Dick Nanninga, 66, Dutch footballer (Roda JC Kerkrade, national team), complications from diabetes.
  • Serhiy Omelyanovych, 37, Ukrainian footballer (Charleroi).
  • Don Randall, 62, Australian politician, MP for Swan (1996–1998) and Canning (since 2001), suspected heart attack.
  • Olav Riste, 82, Norwegian historian.
  • James F. Rothenberg, 69, American financial executive, chairman of the Capital Group, heart attack.
  • Mike Turner, 80, English cricketer (Leicestershire).

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  • Barbara Calvert, 89, British barrister.
  • Herschal Crow, 80, American politician, member of the Oklahoma Senate (1969–1982) and Secretary of Transportation (2001–2003), complications following hip surgery.
  • Denny Ebbers, 41, Dutch Olympic judoka (1996), brain tumor.
  • Christopher M. Fairman, 54, American legal scholar (Fuck: Word Taboo and Protecting Our First Amendment Liberties), cardiac arrest.
  • Eddie Hardin, 66, British rock musician (Spencer Davis Group) and singer-songwriter, heart attack.
  • Marilyn C. Jones, 88, American baseball player (AAGBPL).
  • Don Joyce, 71, American musician (Negativland) and radio personality (Over the Edge), heart failure.
  • Frank Narvo, 82, Australian rugby league player (Newtown Jets).
  • Daron Norwood, 49, American country music singer.
  • Roble Olhaye, 71, Djiboutian diplomat, Ambassador to the United States (since 1988), Dean of the Diplomatic Corps of Washington, D.C.
  • Natasha Parry, 84, British actress (Romeo and Juliet, Oh! What a Lovely War, Meetings with Remarkable Men), stroke.
  • Simon-Pierre Saint-Hillien, 64, Haitian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Hinche (since 2009).
  • Josef Scheungraber, 97, German World War II army officer and convicted war criminal.
  • Hoza'a Sherif, 54, Lebanese diplomat, Ambassador to Iraq (since 2006), cancer.
  • Martin Storey, British Channel Islander politician, member of the States (since 2008), cancer.
  • Gordon Stuart, 91, Canadian-born Welsh portrait artist.
  • Horst Walter, 76, German footballer (Dynamo Dresden).

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  • William Wakefield Baum, 88, American Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Washington (1973–1980), Cardinal (1976–2015).
  • Mladen Dražetin, 64, Serbian academic and poet.
  • Francis Guess, 69, American civil rights advocate and public servant, member of the U. S. Civil Rights Commission (1983–1989).
  • Shigeko Kubota, 77, Japanese artist, cancer.
  • Mexicano 777, 43, Puerto Rican rapper, tongue and throat cancer.
  • Don Oberdorfer, 84, American journalist and author, Alzheimer's disease.
  • Rasoul Raeisi, 90, Iranian Olympic weightlifter (1948).
  • José Sazatornil, 89, Spanish actor.
  • Aung Thaung, 74, Burmese politician and businessman, member of the Pyithu Hluttaw for Taungtha Township (since 2011).
  • Cirilo Vila, 77, Chilean composer, heart attack.
  • James L. White, 67, American screenwriter (Ray), complications from pancreatic cancer.

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  • Irv Bauer, 82, American playwright and screenwriter.
  • Corsino Fortes, 82, Cape Verdean writer, poet and diplomat, Ambassador to Portugal (1975–1981).
  • Peg Lynch, 98, American comedy writer and actress (Ethel and Albert).
  • Jim Mitchell, 69, American state district court judge and horse breeder.
  • Florenz Regalado, 86, Filipino Supreme Court judge.
  • Jürgen Rohwer, 91, German naval historian.
  • Mario Sereni, 87, Italian operatic baritone.
  • Ingrid Sischy, 63, South African magazine editor and critic, breast cancer.
  • Dale Sturtz, 77, American politician, member of the Indiana House of Representatives (1992–2002).

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  • Jacques Andreani, 85, French diplomat.
  • Kalpataru Das, 64, Indian politician, member of the Rajya Sabha (since 2014), Odisha MLA for Dharmasala (1995–2014), cancer.
  • R. S. Gavai, 85, Indian politician, Governor of Bihar (2006–2008), Kerala (2008–2011), member of the Rajya Sabha (2000–2006), MP for Amravati (1998).
  • Silan Kadirgamar, 81, Sri Lankan academic.
  • Bob Kauffman, 69, American basketball player (Seattle SuperSonics, Buffalo Braves) and coach (Detroit Pistons).
  • Larbi Messari, 79, Moroccan politician and diplomat, Minister of Communications (1998–2000), Ambassador to Brazil (1985–1991).
  • Robin Phillips, 73, British-born Canadian actor and director (Long Day's Journey into Night, Jekyll & Hyde, The Marriage of Figaro), artistic director of Stratford Festival (1975–1980).
  • Scott Sims, 59, American veterinarian and television personality (Aloha Vet), bladder cancer.
  • Joseph Skerrett, 72, American literary critic.
  • Nilo Zandanel, 77, Italian Olympic ski jumper.

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  • Abu Zant, 60–61, Jordanian Muslim scholar and politician, member of the House of Representatives (1989–1997).
  • Richard Bass, 85, American ski executive and mountaineer, co-founder of Snowbird Ski Resort, first person to climb the Seven Summits, pulmonary fibrosis.
  • Bobbi Kristina Brown, 22, American media personality and singer, water immersion and drug intoxication.
  • Peter Ehrlich, 82, German actor.
  • Peggy Evans, 94, British actress (The Blue Lamp).
  • Vic Firth, 85, American musician and percussion mallet manufacturer, pancreatic cancer.
  • Wolfgang Gönnenwein, 82, German conductor and music director, director of Staatstheater Stuttgart (1985–1992).
  • Bijoy Krishna Handique, 80, Indian politician, MP for Jorhat (1991–2014), Rajya Sabha (1980–1986), Assam MLA for Jorhat (1971–1980).
  • Lee Harwood, 76, British poet.
  • Junichi Komori, 74, Japanese billiards player, cancer.
  • Mike Kostiuk, 95, Canadian-born American football player (Cleveland Rams, Detroit Lions), heart failure.
  • Jeffrey S. Lyons, 75, Canadian lawyer, lobbyist and business executive, heart attack.
  • Flora MacDonald, 89, Canadian politician, Secretary of State for External Affairs (1979–1980), MP for Kingston and the Islands (1972–1988).
  • Robert Mosher, 94, American architect (San Diego–Coronado Bridge).
  • Lerryn Mutton, 90, Australian politician, member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Yaralla (1968–1978).
  • Vasili Pichul, 54, Ukrainian-born Russian film director (Little Vera).
  • Leo Reise, Jr., 93, Canadian ice hockey player (Detroit Red Wings), lung cancer.
  • Ann Rule, 83, American true crime author (The Stranger Beside Me), heart failure.
  • Pía Sebastiani, 90, Argentine pianist and composer.
  • Richard Smith, 80, Australian diplomat.
  • Sebastiano Vassalli, 73, Italian novelist.
  • Joe Williams, 56, American film critic (St. Louis Post-Dispatch), traffic collision.

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  • Tom Boyd, 86, American politician, member of the Idaho House of Representatives (1977–1992).
  • Edward Campbell, 71, English rugby league player.
  • J. W. S. Cassels, 93, British mathematician, fall.
  • Rickey Grundy, 56, American gospel musician.
  • A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, 83, Indian scientist and politician, President of India (2002–2007), heart attack.
  • Paul Langford, 69, British historian, Rector of Lincoln College, Oxford (2000–2012).
  • Chris Lazari, 69, Cypriot-born British property developer, heart attack.
  • Ivan Moravec, 84, Czech concert pianist.
  • Clyde M. Narramore, 98, American author and psychologist.
  • Rafael Navarro Núñez, 69, Spanish painter.
  • Jonathan Ormrod, 59, English punk rock singer (Jon the Postman), burst heart valve.
  • Samuel Pisar, 86, Polish-born American lawyer, writer and Holocaust survivor, pneumonia.
  • Alina Rodríguez, 63, Cuban actress, cancer.
  • Anthony Shaw, 85, British army general, Director General Army Medical Services (1988–1990).
  • Tony Vogel, 73, British actor (Raiders of the Lost Ark, Mission: Impossible, Miracle).

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  • James H. Allen, 87, American clown and children's television personality, heart failure.
  • Diego Barisone, 26, Argentine footballer (Unión de Santa Fe), traffic collision.
  • Claude M. Bolton, Jr., 69, American army general.
  • David Faber, 86, Polish-born Holocaust survivor and author (Because of Romek).
  • Rip Hawkins, 76, American football player (Minnesota Vikings), Lewy body dementia.
  • John M. Hull, 80, British theologian.
  • Barry Hunter, 87, Australian Anglican prelate, Bishop of Riverina (1971–1992).
  • James Jude, 87, American thoracic surgeon, developer of CPR, neurological disorder.
  • Carolyn Kaelin, 54, American cancer surgeon, cancer.
  • Jan Kulczyk, 65, Polish businessman (Kulczyk Investments), wealthiest person in Poland, complications of heart surgery.
  • David Leaning, 78, British Anglican priest.
  • Edward Natapei, 61, Ni-Vanuatu politician, President (1999), Prime Minister (2001–2004, 2008–2009, 2009–2010, 2011), MP (1983–2008).
  • Olubuse II, 85, Nigerian traditional ruler of Ife.
  • Fred Otnes, 89, American artist.
  • Josef Pecanka, 90, Austrian field hockey player, football player and coach.
  • Franciscus Xaverius Rocharjanta Prajasuta, 83, Indonesian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Banjarmasin (1983–2008), kidney failure.
  • Clive Rice, 66, South African cricketer, brain tumour.
  • Shawn Robinson, 41, American stunt performer (Guardians of the Galaxy, Transformers, Hook).
  • Suniti Solomon, 76, Indian doctor and AIDS researcher.
  • Jack Boynton Strong, 85, American politician, member of the Texas Senate (1963–1971), Alzheimer's disease.

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  • Giorgio Albani, 86, Italian cyclist.
  • Harry B. Brock, Jr., 90, American banker.
  • Antony Holland, 95, British-born Canadian actor, playwright, and theatre director.
  • Malik Ishaq, 55–56, Pakistani Lashkar-e-Jhangvi leader, shot.
  • Vasundhara Komkali, 84, Indian classical musician.
  • Sir Peter O'Sullevan, 97, Irish-born British horse racing commentator, cancer.
  • Mike Pyle, 76, American football player (Chicago Bears), 1963 NFL Champion, brain hemorrhage.
  • Jemera Rone, 71, American human rights activist, ovarian cancer.
  • Peter Sim, 98, Australian politician, Senator for Western Australia (1964–1981).
  • Tamarillo, 23, British eventing horse, euthanised. (death announced on this date)
  • Sir John Todd, 88, New Zealand businessman (Todd Corporation) and philanthropist.
  • Alfredo Vernacotola, 37, Italian poet.
  • Franklin H. Westervelt, 85, American computer scientist.

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  • Oleg Alekseev, 62, Russian Soviet wrestler.
  • Lynn Anderson, 67, American country singer ("Rose Garden"), heart attack.
  • John Bitove, Sr., 87, Canadian businessman.
  • Louise Crossley, 72–73, Australian environmentalist and scientist.
  • Clifford Earl, 81, British actor (Doctor Who, The Sea Wolves).
  • Harry Gast, 94, American politician, member of the Michigan Senate (1979–2002).
  • Kenneth Irby, 78, American poet.
  • Endel Lippmaa, 84, Estonian scientist and politician.
  • Yakub Memon, 53, Indian terrorist and chartered accountant, convicted of financing the 1993 Bombay bombings, execution by hanging.
  • Francis Paul Prucha, 94, American historian.
  • Louis Sokoloff, 93, American neuroscientist.
  • Alena Vrzáňová, 84, Czech figure skater, World Champion (1949, 1950) and European Champion (1950).
  • John Weinert, 83, American college basketball coach (Bowling Green Falcons).
  • Ernst K. Zinner, 78, Austrian-born American astrophysicist.

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  • Charles P. Bowers, 86, American baseball scout (Boston Red Sox, Los Angeles Dodgers, Philadelphia Phillies), Parkinson's disease.
  • Curtis Brown, 60, American football player (Buffalo Bills), heart attack.
  • Alan Cheuse, 75, American writer and critic, traffic collision.
  • Coralie de Burgh, 90, British painter.
  • Robert Hemenway, 73, American educator, Chancellor of the University of Kansas (1995–2009).
  • Howard W. Jones, 104, American physician, IVF pioneer, respiratory failure.
  • Takeshi Katō, 86, Japanese actor, voice actor and director.
  • Gerald S. O'Loughlin, 93, American actor (The Rookies, In Cold Blood, Ice Station Zebra).
  • Sasi Perumal, 59, Indian Gandhian and anti-alcohol activist.
  • Billy Pierce, 88, American baseball player (Chicago White Sox, Detroit Tigers, San Francisco Giants), gallbladder cancer.
  • Roddy Piper, 61, Canadian professional wrestler (WWE, NWA, WCW) and actor (They Live, Hell Comes to Frogtown, Body Slam), hypertension.
  • Red Dragon, 49, Jamaican reggae singer.
  • Richard Schweiker, 89, American politician, Secretary of HHS (1981–1983), Senator from Pennsylvania (1969–1981), U.S. Representative from Penn 13th district (1961–1969), infection.
  • László Sinkó, 75, Hungarian actor.
  • Derek Turner, 82, English rugby league player (Wakefield Trinity).
  • W. Eugene Wilson, 86, American politician.
  • Zhang Jingfu, 101, Chinese politician, Finance Minister (1975–1979), State Councilor (1978–1988).

    • References

    Deaths in July 2015 Wikipedia
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