The following is a list of notable deaths in July 2015.
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.
July 2015
1 Nasser al-Hafi, Egyptian lawyer and politician, MP (since 2012), shot.Egypt security forces kill nine 'armed men' in Cairo suburb: security sources Cecil, 13, Zimbabwean protected lion, shot.Cecil the lion's killer revealed as American dentist David P. Craig, 95, Australian chemist.David Craig Death Notice Curly Moe, 53, Canadian professional wrestler, liver cancer.DONALD ZALESKY Val Doonican, 88, Irish singer and television presenter.Val Doonican dies, aged 88 N. Ganesan, 82, Singaporean football administrator.Football icon N. Ganesan, creator of 'Kallang Roar', dies aged 82 Edward Greenfield, 86, English music critic and broadcaster.Edward Greenfield obituary Theo Hendriks, 86, Dutch politician, member of the House of Representatives (1994–1998).Oud-Kamerlid Theo Hendriks uit Goirle overleden Lawrence Herkimer, 89, American cheerleading innovator, heart failure.Lawrence Herkimer Jens S. Jensen, 69, Swedish photographer.Hammarkullens fotograf har avlidit Aleksandr Kochetkov, 81, Russian football player and coach.Бывший тренер футбольного клуба «Амур» Александр Кочетков скончался в Москве Robert La Caze, 98, French-born Moroccan racing driver.Robert La Caze Red Lane, 76, American country singer and songwriter ("'Til I Get It Right"), cancer.Red Lane, Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame member, dies Mike Lesser, 71, British mathematical philosopher and political activist, asphyxiation.Mike Lesser obituary Miloslava Misáková, 93, Czech Olympic gymnast (1948).Zemřela Miloslava Čamková-Misáková, zlatá gymnastka z Londýna 1948 Shlomo Moussaieff, 90, Israeli diamond merchant and antique collector.Jewish diamond merchant to Arab royalty passes away Hans Muller, 78, Dutch Olympic water polo player (1960, 1964).Johan Arnoldus Muller Charles Notcutt, 81, British horticulturalist.Appreciation: Charles Notcutt OBE, horticulturalist Czesław Olech, 84, Polish mathematician.Nekrolog Overdose, 10, Hungarian Thoroughbred racehorse, horse colic.Elpusztult Overdose Whitey Overton, 86, American Olympic steeplechase runner.Whitey Overton Víctor de la Peña Pérez, 81, Spanish-born Peruvian Roman Catholic prelate, Vicar Apostolic of Requena (1987–2005).Bishop Victor de la Peña Pérez Lewis Rome, 81, American attorney and politician.Lew Rome, Prominent In Politics, At UConn, Dies At 81 Sergio Sollima, 94, Italian director and screenwriter (Face to Face, Sandokan, The Big Gundown).Addio Sergio Sollima, diresse la serie tv Sandokan. Fece di Kabir Bedi una star Dan Williams, 73, American politician, member of the Alabama House of Representatives (since 2010), leukemia.Rep. Dan Williams, former Athens mayor, dies at 73 Sir Nicholas Winton, 106, British humanitarian, organised rescue of 669 children as part of Kindertransport, respiratory failure.Nicholas Winton, savior of Jewish children on the Kindertransport from Prague, dies at 106 Russell Wood, 85, English cricketer (Gloucestershire).
2 David Aronson, 91, Lithuanian-born American painter, pneumonia and heart failure.David Aronson, rabbi's rebel son, top expressionist, dies at 91 Slavko Avsenik, 85, Slovene composer and musician.Legendary Musician Slavko Avsenik Dies Roy C. Bennett, 96, American songwriter.Roy C. Bennett Dies at 97; Wrote Songs for Sinatra, Elvis, the Beatles Jim Bradley, 94, Scottish-born Australian athletics coach.James (Jim) BRADLEY Frank Callaway, 69, Australian judge.Frank Callaway Sir Ronald Davison, 94, New Zealand judge, Chief Justice (1978–1989).Former Chief Justice Sir Ronald Davison dies Julius Duscha, 90, American journalist (The Washington Post).Julius Duscha Petro Korol, 74, Ukrainian Soviet weightlifter, Olympic champion (1976). Tom Longo, 73, American football player (New York Giants), mesothelioma.OBIT Ex-Giant Tom Longo dies, 73 Archie McNair, 95, British lawyer and entrepreneur.Archie McNair obituary Charlie Sanders, 68, American Hall of Fame football player (Detroit Lions), cancer.Detroit Lions Hall of Famer Charlie Sanders dead at 68 Bob Smalhout, 87, Dutch anesthesiologist and politician.Professor Bob Smalhout (87) overleden Helen Steinbinder, 92, American law professor.Helen Steinbinder Waldo Vieira, 73, Brazilian spiritualist. Jim Weaver, 70, American football player (Penn State) and coach (Iowa State), Virginia Tech Hokies Director of Athletics (1997–2014), Parkinson's disease.Former Virginia Tech athletic director Jim Weaver dies after battling Parkinson's disease John Whitman, 71, American businessman and investment banker, First Gentleman of New Jersey (1994–2001), complications from a brain injury.John Whitman, Investment Banker and Husband of Governor, Dies at 71 Jacobo Zabludovsky, 87, Mexican news anchor (24 Horas), stroke.Mexican TV anchor Jacobo Zabludovsky dies at 87
3 Steven Benson, 63, American convicted murderer, stabbed. Diana Douglas, 92, Bermudian-American actress (The Indian Fighter, Days of Our Lives, Planes, Trains and Automobiles), cancer.Actress Diana Douglas, Mother of Michael and Ex-Wife of Kirk, Dies at 92 Goran Gogić, 29, Serbian footballer.Serbian Gogic dies in China after training – Red Star Agop Jack Hacikyan, 83, Canadian author and academic.Agop J. Hacikyan Obituary Ralph Lamb, 88, American lawman, Sheriff of Clark County, Nevada (1961–1978), depicted in Vegas, complications from surgery. Arturo Longton, 67, Chilean politician, Governor of Marga Marga Province (2010–2012).Falleció el ex diputado y primer gobernador de Marga Marga, Arturo Longton. Humphrey Mwanza, 66, Zambian politician, member of the National Assembly for Solwezi West (since 2006), complications from surgery.Speaker announces the death of Solwezi West MP Humphrey Mwanza 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).President Boyd K. Packer, champion of families, master teacher, resolute defender of LDS doctrine, dies at 90 Amanda Peterson, 43, American actress (Can't Buy Me Love, Explorers, Listen to Me), drug overdose.Phyllis Amanda Peterson Roger Poole, 68, British trade union leader.Roger Poole obituary Yogesh Kumar Sabharwal, 73, Indian judge, Chief Justice (2005–2007), heart attack.Ex-CJI Sabharwal passes away Odd Seim-Haugen, 78, Norwegian barrister and sports official. Jacques Sernas, 89, Lithuanian-born French actor (Helen of Troy, The Dirty Game, Midas Run).È morto Jacques Sernas, l'uomo più bello degli anni '50 Charanjit Singh, 75, Indian musician, cardiac arrest.RIP Charanjit Singh Gary Smith, 74, American business analyst, pneumonia.In Loving Memory of Gary Smith György Szabad, 90, Hungarian politician and historian, Speaker of the National Assembly (1990–1994).Gyorgy Szabad: Historian who survived the Holocaust and took part in the talks that led to the end of Hungarian communism Wayne Townsend, 89, American politician, Indiana State Senator (1970–1986).Wayne Townsend, senator who supported equal rights for women, dies Phil Walsh, 55, Australian football player (Collingwood, Richmond, Brisbane Bears) and coach (Adelaide), stabbed.Adelaide Crows coach Phil Walsh found dead in home John A. Williams, 89, American writer.Author John A. Williams dies; Syracuse University alum wrote best-selling novel Franz-Josef Wolfframm, 80, German footballer.Fortuna Düsseldorf trauert um Jupp Wolfframm Peter Záboji, 72, Hungarian angel investor and entrepreneur.Elhunyt Záboji Péter, a startup világ egyik meghatározó szereplője
4 *Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, 83–84, Saudi Arabian politician, Governor of Northern Borders Region.Prince Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz bin Missaed Al Saud, Governor of the Northern Border Region dies *Muhammad Baqir al-Muhri, 67, Kuwaiti ayatollah.Kuwait's Grand Shia Cleric, Ayatollah Sayyed Muhammad Baqir Al-Muhri passed away Dave Barber, 60, American talk radio and television host, stroke and heart attack.Dave Barber, Capitol TV host, dies in Michigan Nedelcho Beronov, 86, Bulgarian jurist and politician, Chairman of the Constitutional Court (2003–2006).Почина уважаваният юрист Неделчо Беронов Scot Breithaupt, 57, American BMX cyclist.Scot Breithaupt, 'Godfather of BMX,' found dead in Indio Arnold Byfield, 91, Australian sportsman (Western Australia cricket team and Melbourne Football Club).Bud Byfield Luis Doldán, 77, Paraguayan footballer Carlo de Gavardo, 45, Chilean rally car and motorcycle racer, respiratory failure.Carlo de Gavardo fallece tras sufrir paro respiratorio William Conrad Gibbons, 88, American historian, complications of a stroke.William Conrad Gibbons, author of history of the Vietnam War, dies at 88 *Reynaldo González López, 66, Cuban sports administrator. John Hinds, 35, Northern Irish motorcycle race doctor, injuries sustained in collision.NI motorcycle doctor John Hinds dies in Dublin accident Daniel Kastler, 89, French theoretical physicist.Disparitions du mathématicien danois Uffe Haagerup et du physicien marseillais Daniel Kastler Norbert Peters, 72, German scientist.Dear Colleagues, Students, and Friends, we are grieving for Norbert Peters Daniel Quinn, 58, American actor (The Young and the Restless), heart attack.Remembering Daniel Quinn, Actor and Reluctant Hero of the Motion Picture Home Lee Rainwater, 87, American sociologist.Lee Rainwater Valerio Ruggeri, 81, Italian actor and voice actor, heart attack. Anthony F. Upton, 85, British historian.Professori upotti ajopuuteorian Alan Walton, 79, British biochemist and venture capitalist.Alan G. Walton, 79 Charles Winick, 92, American anthropologist, sociologist and author.Charles Winick, Professor and Author Who Challenged Social Norms, Dies at 92 Yu Chenghui, 75, Chinese actor and martial artist.于承惠 Yu Cheng-Hui
5 Andrew Alexander, 80, British journalist. James Bonard Fowler, 81, American policeman and convicted manslaughterer.James Bonard Fowler dies; Alabama lawman was convicted 45 years after killing civil rights protester Blaine Gibson, 97, American sculptor (The Haunted Mansion, Pirates of the Caribbean) and animator (Peter Pan).Blaine Gibson, Legendary Disney Sculptor, Dies at 97 Sir Philip Goodhart, 89, British politician, MP for Beckenham (1957–1992).Sir Philip Goodhart, politician - obituary Uffe Haagerup, 65, Danish mathematician, drowned. Svein Hatløy, 75, Norwegian architect, founded Bergen School of Architecture.Til minne om professor og arkitekt Svein Hatløy (født 12 mai 1940, død 11 juli 2015) Terence Kelshaw, 78, English-born American Episcopal prelate, Bishop of Rio Grande (1989–2004).In Memoriam The Rt. Rev. Terence Kelshaw Hernus Kriel, 73, South African politician, Premier of the Western Cape (1994–1998), Minister of Law and Order (1991–1994).Ex-law and order minister Hernus Kriel dies Piet Malan, 96, South African rugby union player. James S. Marcus, 85, American philanthropist and investment banker.James Marcus, Opera Benefactor and Ex-Goldman Partner, Dies at 85 Joseph McKenzie, 86, Scottish photographer.'Father of modern Scots photography' Joseph McKenzie dies Aleksandra Mróz, 80, Polish Olympic swimmer.Aleksandra Jaśkiewicz Yoichiro Nambu, 94, Japanese-born American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate.Yoichiro Nambu, Nobel-Winning Physicist, Dies at 94 Burt Shavitz, 80, American beekeeper and businessman, co-founder of Burt's Bees.Burt Shavitz, co-founder of Burt's Bees, passes away Abderrahmane Soukhane, 78, Algerian football player.Abderrahamane Soukhane, membre de l'équipe FLN, nous quitte Jack Steadman, 86, American football executive (Kansas City Chiefs).Jack Steadman, an influential figure in success of the Chiefs, dies at age 86 Gordon Thompson Jr., 85, American judge, cancer.Judge Who Presided Over Mount Soledad Cross Case Dies