Deaths in July 2015
The following is a list of notable deaths in July 2015. For notable deaths before the current month, please see "Previous months".
- Name, age, country of citizenship and reason for notability, cause of death, reference (must be added) are added.
July 2015[change | change source]
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- July 1 - Sir Nicholas Winton, 106, British humanitarian, organised rescue of 669 children from Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia, respiratory failure.[1]
- July 1 - Czesław Olech, 84, Polish mathematician.[2]
- July 1 - Val Doonican, 88, Irish singer and television presenter (The Val Doonican Show).[3]
- July 2 - James C. Weaver, 70, American football player (Penn State) and coach (Iowa State), Virginia Tech Hokies Director of Athletics (1997-2014), Parkinson's disease.[4]
- July 2 - Slavko Avsenik, 85, Slovenian composer and musician.[5]
- July 2 - Jacobo Zabludovsky, 87, Mexican news anchor, stroke.[6]
- July 2 - Charlie Sanders, 68, American Hall of Fame football player (Detroit Lions), cancer.[7]
- July 3 - Phil Walsh, 55, Australian football player (Collingwood, Richmond, Brisbane Bears) and coach (Adelaide), stabbing.[8]
- July 3 - 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).[9]
- July 3 - György Szabad, 90, Hungarian politician and historian, Speaker of the National Assembly (1990–1994).[10]
- July 3 - John A. Williams, 89, American writer, Alzheimer's disease.[11]
- July 3 - Peter Záboji, Hungarian investor and entrepreneur.[12]
- July 3 - Diana Douglas, 92, Bermudian-born American actress (The Indian Fighter, Days of Our Lives, Planes, Trains and Automobiles), cancer.[13]
- July 3 - Jacques Sernas, 89, Lithuanian-born French actor (Helen of Troy, The Dirty Game, Midas Run).[14]
- July 4 - Nedelcho Beronov, 86, Bulgarian jurist, right-wing politician and Constitutional Court chairman (2003-2006).[15]
- July 4 - Alan Walton, 79, British biochemist and venture capitalist.[16]
- July 4 - Scot Breithaupt, 57, American BMX cyclist.[17] (body discovered on this date)
- July 4 - Carlo de Gavardo, 45, Chilean rally car and motorcycle racer, respiratory arrest.[18]
- July 5 - Yoichiro Nambu, 94, Japanese-born American physist, Nobel Prize laureate, heart attack.[19]
- July 5 - Sakari Momoi, 112, Japanese supercentenarian, world's oldest living man, kidney failure.[20]
- July 6 - Jerry Weintraub, 77, American movie producer (Ocean's Eleven, Diner, The Karate Kid), chairman and CEO of United Artists, heart attack.[21]
- July 7 - Maria Barroso, 90, Portuguese actress and politician, First Lady (1986-1996), complications from a fall.[22]
- July 7 - Fons van Wissen, 82, Dutch footballer (PSV Eindhoven, national team).[23]
- July 8 - Irwin Keyes, 63, American actor (House of 1000 Corpses, The Jeffersons, The Flintstones), acromegaly.[24]
- July 8 - James Tate, 71, American Pulitzer Prize winning poet.[25]
- July 8 - Yoash Tzidon, 88, Romanian-born Israeli politician.[26]
- July 8 - Ken Stabler, 69, American football player (Oakland Raiders), colon cancer.[27]
- July 9 - Saud bin Faisal, 75, Saudi royal, Minister of Foreign Affairs (1975–2015), complications from Parkinson's disease.[28]
- July 9 - Caspar Bowden, British privacy advocate and computer scientist, cancer.[29] (death announced on this date)
- July 9 - Jim Bede, 82, American aircraft designer, aneurysm.[30]
- July 9 - Christian Audigier, 57, French fashion designer (Ed Hardy, Von Dutch), myelodysplastic syndrome.[31]
- July 10 - Jon Vickers, 88, Canadian heldentenor, Alzheimer's disease.[32]
- July 10 - Omar Sharif, 83, Egyptian actor (Lawrence of Arabia, Doctor Zhivago, Funny Girl), heart attack.[33]
- July 10 - Roger Rees, 71, Welsh-born American actor (Cheers, Robin Hood: Men In Tights, The West Wing), Tony Award winner (1982), brain cancer.[34]
- July 11 - James U. Cross, 90, American military pilot, aide and author, Brigadier general flew Air Force One during LBJ administration.[35]
- July 11 - Giacomo Biffi, 87, Italian Roman Catholic Cardinal, Archbishop of Bologna (1984–2003).[36]
- July 11 - Satoru Iwata, 55, Japanese businessman, president and CEO of Nintendo (since 2002), bile duct cancer.[37]
- July 12 - Cheng Siwei, 80, Chinese economist, President of the China Democratic National Construction Association (1996-2007).[38]
- July 12 - Javier Krahe, 71, Spanish singer-songwriter, heart attack.[39]
- July 12 - Tenzin Delek Rinpoche, 65, Chinese Tibetan Buddhist monk and political prisoner.[40]
- July 13 - Philipp Mißfelder, 35, German politician, member of the Bundestag (since 2005), pulmonary embolism.[41]
- July 13 - Arturo Paoli, 102, Italian priest and missionary.[42]
- July 13 - Joan Sebastian, 64, Mexican singer and songwriter, bone cancer.[43]
- July 14 - M. S. Viswanathan, 87, Indian music composer and film scorer, kidney cancer.[44]
- July 14 - Olaf Pooley, 101, English actor (Doctor Who, Star Trek: Voyager, Sunday Night Theatre) and writer.[45]
- July 15 - Wan Li, 98, Chinese politician, Chairman of the National People's Congress (1988–1993).[46]
- July 15 - Fred Wendorf, 90, American archaeologist.[47]
- July 16 - Alcides Ghiggia, 88, Uruguayan footballer, heart attack.[48]
- July 16 - Muhammad Youssef Abdulazeez, 24, Kuwaiti-born shooting suspect (2015 Chattanooga shootings), shot.[49]
- July 16 - Alan Kupperberg, 62, American comic book artist (The Amazing Spider-Man, Thor), thyroid cancer.[50]
- July 17 - Jules Bianchi, 25, French Formula One driver, injuries sustained in competition collision.[51]
- July 17 - John H. Gibbons, 86, American scientist, Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (1993-1998).[52]
- July 17 - Van Miller, 87, American football announcer (Buffalo Bills).[53]
- July 17 - John Taylor, 72, British jazz pianist, heart attack.[54]
- July 17 - Owen Chadwick, 99, British rugby player, historian, and theologian.[55]
- July 18 - Alex Rocco, 79, American actor (The Godfather, The Facts of Life, The Famous Teddy Z), cancer.[56]
- July 18 - George Coe, 86, American actor (Kramer vs. Kramer, The Dove, Archer).[57]
- July 19 - Galina Prozumenshchikova, 66, Russian Soviet-era swimmer, 1964 Olympic Champion.[58]
- July 19 - Gennadiy Seleznyov, 67, Russian politician, Speaker of the Duma (1996–2003).[59]
- July 19 - Carmino Ravosa, 85, American composer and lyricist.[60]
- July 19 - Van Alexander, 100, American big band leader, songwriter-arranger ("A-Tisket, A-Tasket"), television theme writer (I Dream of Jeannie, The Dean Martin Show) and movie scorer, heart failure.[61]
- July 19 - Stellan Bojerud, 70, Swedish politician, MP for Dalarna (2012-2015).[62]
- July 20 - Dieter Moebius, 71, Swiss-German electronic musician (Cluster, Harmonia).[63]
- July 21 - Robert Broberg, 75, Swedish singer and songwriter, Parkinson's disease.[64]
- July 21 - Dick Nanninga, 66, Dutch footballer (Roda JC Kerkrade, national team), complications from diabetes.[65] (death announced on this date)
- July 21 - Theodore Bikel, 91, Austrian-born American actor (The Defiant Ones, My Fair Lady, Fiddler on the Roof), folk singer and composer.[66]
- July 21 - Luiz Paulo Conde, 80, Brazilian politician and architect, Mayor of Rio de Janeiro (1997–2001).[67]
- July 21 - E. L. Doctorow, 84, American author (Ragtime, Billy Bathgate, The March), complications from lung cancer.[68]
- July 22 - Christopher M. Fairman, 54, American legal scholar (Fuck: Word Taboo and Protecting Our First Amendment Liberties), cardiac arrest.[69]
- July 22 - Eddie Hardin, 66, British rock musician (Spencer Davis Group) and singer-songwriter, heart attack.[70]
- July 22 - Jeannette Cathy, 92, American philanthropist (WinShape Foundation), wife of S. Truett Cathy.[71]
- July 23 - José Sazatornil, 89, Spanish actor (Espérame en el cielo), complications from Alzheimer's disease.[72]
- July 24 - Peg Lynch, 98, American comedy writer and actress (Ethel and Albert).[73]
- July 25 - R. S. Gavai, 86, Indian politician, Governor of Bihar (2006–2008), Kerala (2008–2011), member of the Rajya Sabha (2000–2006), MP for Amravati (1998).[74]
- July 26 - Bobbi Kristina Brown, 22, American media personality and singer.[75]
- July 26 - Leo Reise, Jr., 93, Canadian ice hockey player (Detroit Red Wings), lung cancer.[76]
- July 26 - Ann Rule, 83, American true crime author (The Stranger Beside Me), heart failure.[77]
- July 26 - Vic Firth, 85, American musician and instruments manufacturing executive, pancreatic cancer.[78]
- July 27 - A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, 83, Indian scientist and politician, President (2002-2007), heart attack.[79]
- July 27 - Samuel Pisar, 86, Polish-born American lawyer, writer and Holocaust survivor.[80]
- July 28 - Edward Natapei, 61, Ni-Vanuatu politician, President (1999), Prime Minister (2001–2004, 2008–2009, 2009–2010, 2011), MP (1983–2008).[81]
- July 28 - Jan Kulczyk, 65, Polish businessman (Kulczyk Investments), wealthiest person in Poland, complications of heart surgery.[82]
- July 28 - David Faber, 86, Polish holocaust survivor and author (Because of Romek).[83]
- July 29 - Sir Peter O'Sullevan, 97, Irish-born British horse racing commentator, cancer.[84]
- July 30 - Yakub Memon, 53, Indian chartered accountant, convicted of financing the 1993 Bombay bombings, execution by hanging.[85]
- July 30 - Lynn Anderson, 67, American country singer ("(I Never Promised You a) Rose Garden"), heart attack.[86]
- July 30 - Jerome Kohlberg, Jr., 90, American businessman, cancer.[87]
- July 30 - Alena Vrzáňová, 84, Czech figure skater, World champion (1949, 1950) and European champion (1950).[88]
- July 31 - Billy Pierce, 88, American baseball player (Chicago White Sox, Detroit Tigers, San Francisco Giants), gallbladder cancer.[89]
- July 31 - Howard W. Jones, 104, American physician, In vitro fertilisation pioneer, respiratory failure.[90]
- July 31 - Richard Schweiker, 89, American politician, Secretary of Health and Human Services (1981–1983), Senator from Pennsylvania (1969–1981), U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania's 13th district (1961–1969), infection.[91]
- July 31 - Roddy Piper, 61, Canadian professional wrestler (WWE, NWA, WCW); Hall of Fame (2005, 2007) and actor (They Live, Hell Comes to Frogtown, Body Slam), cardiac arrest.[92]
- July 31 - Alan Cheuse, 75, American writer and critic, subdural hematoma caused by a car crash.[93]
Previous months[change | change source]
References[change | change source]
- ↑ "Nicholas Winton, savior of Jewish children on the Kindertransport from Prague, dies at 106". Star Tribune. Archived from the original on 2015-07-03. Retrieved 2015-07-30.
- ↑ Nekrolog Archived 2015-07-14 at the Wayback Machine (in Polish)
- ↑ Thursday; July 02; Am, 2015-10:42 (2 July 2015). "Val Doonican dies, aged 88". www.irishexaminer.com.
{{cite web}}:|first3=has numeric name (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ↑ Andy Bitter - The Roanoke Times. "Former Virginia Tech athletic director Jim Weaver dies after battling Parkinson's disease". Roanoke Times.
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- ↑ "Mexican TV anchor Jacobo Zabludovsky dies at 87". Star Tribune. Archived from the original on 2015-07-06. Retrieved 2015-07-30.
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- ↑ President Boyd K. Packer, champion of families, master teacher, resolute defender of LDS doctrine, dies at 90
- ↑ Meghalt Szabad György (in Hungarian)
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- ↑ Elhunyt Záboji Péter, a startup világ egyik meghatározó szereplője (in Hungarian)
- ↑ "Actress Diana Douglas dies at 92". USA TODAY.
- ↑ Morto Jacques Sernas (in Italian)
- ↑ Death notice (in Bulgarian)
- ↑ "Alan G. Walton, 79". WestportNow. 7 July 2015.
- ↑ "Scot Breithaupt, 'Godfather of BMX,' found dead in Indio". Desert Sun.
- ↑ Carlo de Gavardo fallece tras sufrir paro respiratorio (in Spanish)
- ↑ "Yoichiro Nambu, Tokyo-born Nobel laureate in physics, dies at 94". Archived from the original on 2015-07-21. Retrieved 2015-07-30.
- ↑ "World's oldest man dies at 112 in Japan". news.yahoo.com.
- ↑ "Producer Jerry Weintraub Dies at 77". The Hollywood Reporter. 6 July 2015.
- ↑ "Former First Lady dies". www.theportugalnews.com.
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- ↑ Dagan, Carmel; Dagan, Carmel (8 July 2015). "Irwin Keyes, Horror Movie Character Actor, Dies at 63".
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- ↑ Décès de l’ancien député Yoash Tzidon Archived 2015-07-10 at the Wayback Machine (in French)
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- ↑ "Caspar Bowden, Pro-Privacy Campaigner, Dies Of Cancer". 9 July 2015.[permanent dead link]
- ↑ "Kitplane Designer Jim Bede Dies - AVweb flash Article". www.avweb.com. 10 July 2015.
- ↑ "Ed Hardy Designer Christian Audigier Dies at 57". 10 July 2015.
- ↑ "Jon Vickers, 88, Heroic Canadian Tenor, Has Died". www.operanews.com. Archived from the original on 2019-01-04. Retrieved 2019-02-15.
- ↑ "Film star Omar Sharif dies aged 83". BBC News. 10 July 2015.
- ↑ Simonson, Robert (11 July 2015). "Roger Rees, Stage Actor Made Famous by Nicholas Nickleby, Dies at 71". Playbill.
- ↑ "Former Air Force One pilot for LBJ dies in Texas at 90".
- ↑ Addio all’arcivescovo Giacomo Biffi Il teologo di una «città sazia e disperata» (in Italian)
- ↑ "Notification of Death and Personnel Change of a Representative Director (President)" (PDF).
- ↑ "Father of Nasdaq-like ChiNext Market Passes Away at 80". english.cri.cn. Archived from the original on 2015-08-10. Retrieved 2015-07-30.
- ↑ Muere Javier Krahe (in Spanish)
- ↑ "High-profile Tibetan monk dies in prison in China". Reuters. 13 July 2015 – via www.reuters.com.
- ↑ Welle (www.dw.com), Deutsche. "CDU foreign policy spokesman Philipp Missfelder dies at 35 - DW - 13.07.2015". DW.COM.
- ↑ Chiesa in lutto, è morto fratel Arturo Paoli (in Italian)
- ↑ "Joan Sebastian Dies: 'El Rey Del Jaripeo' Dead At 64, Loses Battle With Cancer". Latin Times. 13 July 2015.
- ↑ "King of Film Music MS Viswanathan Passes Away". The New Indian Express.
- ↑ "Olaf Pooley 1914-2015".
- ↑ 全国人大常委会原委员长万里逝世 享年99岁 Archived 2018-07-02 at the Wayback Machine (in Chinese)
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- ↑ Falleció Alcides Edgardo Ghiggia (in Spanish)
- ↑ McCormack, Simon (16 July 2015). "Chattanooga Shooting Suspect Identified As Muhammad Youssef Abdulazeez" – via Huff Post.
- ↑ Alan Kupperberg Dies, Aged 62
- ↑ DiZinno, Tony (18 July 2015). "Jules Bianchi dies at age 25, his family confirms". Archived from the original on 6 September 2015. Retrieved 15 February 2019.
- ↑ Washington-area obituaries of note
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- ↑ "Alex Rocco, Mobster Moe Greene in 'The Godfather,' Dies at 79". The Hollywood Reporter. 19 July 2015.
- ↑ McNary, Dave; McNary, Dave (20 July 2015). "George Coe, Oscar-Nominated Actor and SAG Activist, Dies at 86".
- ↑ Скончалась олимпийская чемпионка по плаванию Галина Прозуменщикова (in Russian)
- ↑ Ушел из жизни Геннадий Селезнев (in Russian)
- ↑ "CARMINO RAVOSA Obituary". Legacy.com.
- ↑ Burlingame, Jon; Burlingame, Jon (20 July 2015). "Van Alexander, Big-Band Leader and Film-TV Composer, Dies at 100".
- ↑ SD-politikern Stellan Bojerud död (in Swedish)
- ↑ "Cluster and Harmonia founder Dieter Moebius has died". 20 July 2015.
- ↑ "Sweden remembers popular folk legend". www.thelocal.se. 21 July 2015.
- ↑ "World Cup final goalscorer Nanninga dies". Archived from the original on 2015-07-21. Retrieved 2015-07-30.
- ↑ "Theodore Bikel, 'Fiddler on the Roof' Star, Dies at 91". The Hollywood Reporter. 21 July 2015.
- ↑ Políticos lamentam morte de Luiz Paulo Conde, ex-prefeito do Rio (in Portuguese)
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- ↑ Muere el actor José Sazatornil, ‘Saza’, a los 89 años (in Spanish)
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- ↑ "Former Kerala, Bihar Governor RS Gavai passes away at 86". The Economic Times. 25 July 2015.
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- ↑ "RIP: Vic Firth, founder of the Vic Firth drumstick company, dies at the age of 85". Vanyaland. 27 July 2015.
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