The following is a list of notable deaths in July 2011.
Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence: Name, age, country of citizenship at birth, subsequent country of citizenship (if applicable), reason for notability, cause of death (if known), and reference.
July 2011
1 Jane Baker, 88, American community organizer and politician, first female Mayor of San Mateo, California. Leslie Brooks, 89, American actress. Edmund Snow Carpenter, 88, American anthropologist. Charlie Craig, 73, American songwriter ("She's Single Again", "The Generation Gap"), lung cancer. Willie Fernie, 82, Scottish footballer, Alzheimer's disease. Bud Grant, 79, American television executive, president of CBS (1980–1987). Anne LaBastille, 75, American author and ecologist. Bébé Manga, 60, Cameroonian singer, cardiac arrest. Bob McCann, 47, American basketball player (Minnesota Timberwolves, Washington Bullets), heart failure. Harold Nelson, 88, New Zealand Olympic runner. Paul Romand, 80, French Olympic skier.Monsieur Paul Romand Jean-Louis Rosier, 86, French racecar driver.
2 Ibrahim M. Abu-Rabi', 54–55, Palestinian professor. Khalid Aziz, 73, Pakistani cricket umpire. Reeve Maclaren Bailey, 100, American ichthyologist. Itamar Franco, 81, Brazilian politician, President (1992–1995), leukemia. Magnar G. Huseby, 82, Norwegian engineer and politician. Olivera Marković, 86, Serbian actress. Ross Martin, 68, Australian Olympic cross-country skier, cycling accident. Chaturanan Mishra, 86, Indian politician and trade union leader, long illness. Sir Oliver Napier, 75, Northern Irish politician, leader of the Alliance Party of Northern Ireland (1972–1984). Robert Sklar, 74, American film historian, cycling accident. Juno Stover-Irwin, 82, American diver, Olympic silver (1956) and bronze (1952) medalist.
3 Abudureyimu Ajiyiming, 68, Chinese politician. Ali Bahar, 50, Bahraini singer, guitarist and organ player, kidney failure. Theo Beyleveldt, 63, South African politician, retired military officer. Iain Blair, 69, British romance novelist, published under the name Emma Blair. Martin Crowe, 88, Australian Olympic athlete. Francis King, 88, British writer. Anna Massey, 73, British actress (Frenzy, Hotel du Lac, The Importance of Being Earnest), cancer. Fred Newman, 76, American psychotherapist. Sir Roy Redgrave, 85, British Army general. Len Sassaman, 31, American cryptographer, suicide. John C. Truesdale, 89, American public servant, National Labor Relations Board chairman (1998–2000), cancer.
4 Şerban Cantacuzino, 70, Romanian actor and nobleman, descendant of Wallachian Prince Şerban Cantacuzino. Wes Covington, 79, American baseball player (Milwaukee Braves, Kansas City Athletics, Philadelphia Phillies), cancer. John Davies Evans, 86, British archaeologist. Rusty Farley, 57, American politician, member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives (2011). *Otto von Habsburg, 98, Austro-Hungarian royal and politician, MEP (1979–1999). Billy Hardee, 56, American football player (Denver Broncos, Ottawa Rough Riders), motorcycle accident. Zurab Kapianidze, 74, Georgian actor and politician, MP (1999–2003). Scott McLaren, 20, British Army soldier, killed by the Taliban in Afghanistan. Pablo McNeil, 71, Jamaican Olympic athlete and coach, long illness. Lawrence R. Newman, 86, American advocate for the deaf. Éva Sebők-Szalay, 62, Hungarian Olympic volleyball player. Jane Scott, 92, American rock music critic. William G. Thrash, 94, American Marine Corps lieutenant general. Neil Turner, 77, Australian politician, Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland (1996–1998); MLA for Warrego (1974–1986) and Nicklin (1990–1998). Gerhard Unger, 95, German opera singer.
5 Hilda Anderson Nevárez, 72, Mexican trade union leader and politician. Jaap Blokker, 69, Dutch businessman, cancer. Neil Dougherty, 50, American basketball coach (TCU). Malcolm Forsyth, 74, South African-born Canadian trombonist and composer, pancreatic cancer. David Getches, 68, American educator and Native American rights lawyer, pancreatic cancer. Armen Gilliam, 47, American basketball player (Phoenix Suns, New Jersey Nets, Milwaukee Bucks), heart attack. George Lang, 86, Hungarian-born American restaurateur and cookbook author, Alzheimer's disease. Odd Mæhlum, 89, Norwegian Olympic track and field athlete. Fonce Mizell, 68, American jazz and R&B record producer (Mizell Brothers). Mika Myllylä, 41, Finnish cross country skier, 1998 Olympic gold medalist. (body found on this date) Theodore Roszak, 77, American scholar (The Making of a Counter Culture), cancer. Hanna Segal, 92, British psychoanalyst. John Sweet, 95, American actor (A Canterbury Tale). Gordon Tootoosis, 69, Canadian actor (Pocahontas, Legends of the Fall, Lone Star) and activist, pneumonia. Cy Twombly, 83, American painter, cancer. Shinji Wada, 61, Japanese manga artist (Sukeban Deka), heart disease.
6 Steve Cardiff, 53, Canadian politician, automobile accident. Paul-André Crépeau, 85, Canadian legal academic. Daniel Mortimer Friedman, 95, American jurist. Mani Kaul, 66, Indian filmmaker, after long illness. George Edward Kimball, 67, American boxing columnist (Boston Herald), esophageal cancer. Marketa Kimbrell, 82, American actress, Alzheimer's disease. Warren Leslie, 84, American author, journalist and business executive. John Mackey, 69, American Hall of Fame football player (Baltimore Colts, San Diego Chargers). Ali Attalah Obeidi, Libyan military officer and rebel commander.The martyred hero Air Marshal Brigadier Ali Attalah Obeidi Josef Suk, 81, Czech violinist, prostate cancer. Andreas Waldherr, 43, Austrian rally driver, crushed under car. Mark Whitehead, 50, American Olympic cyclist. Keith Wilson, 69, British production designer (Space: 1999). Gabriele Zeilinger, 93, Austrian Olympic fencer.
7 Ricardo Alegría, 90, Puerto Rican anthropologist, complications of heart disease. Peter Aucoin, 67, Canadian educator (Dalhousie University). Bill Boddy, 98, British motor sport journalist. Ganapathi Bose, 72, Indian cricketer. Frank Brenchley, 93, British diplomat. Allan W. Eckert, 80, American historian. Manuel Galbán, 80, Cuban guitarist (Buena Vista Social Club), heart attack. Rasika Joshi, 38, Indian actress, leukemia. Yuri Kukin, 78, Russian singer-songwriter. Humberto Leal Garcia, 38, Mexican murderer, executed by lethal injection. José Carlos Martínez, 48, Argentine politician, Senator (since 2007), traffic collision. Rizalino Navarro, 72, Filipino business executive, Secretary of Trade and Industry (1992–1996), heart attack. Miguel Purugganan, 79, Filipino Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Ilagan (1974–1999). Olav Versto, 60, Norwegian journalist and editor (Verdens Gang), drowning. Dick Williams, 82, American baseball player and manager (Oakland Athletics), Hall of Famer, ruptured aortic aneurysm.
8 Anthony Aikman, 69, British screenwriter and film director. Kenny Baker, 85, American fiddler, complications from a stroke. Roberts Blossom, 87, American actor (Home Alone, Escape from Alcatraz, Doc Hollywood), cerebrovascular disease. William R. Corliss, 84, American physicist and writer. Sam Denoff, 83, American television writer (The Dick Van Dyke Show, That Girl) and actor (The Princess Diaries), four-time Emmy winner, complications from Alzheimer's disease. Aleksis Dreimanis, 96, Latvian-born Canadian geologist. Pete Duranko, 67, American football player (Denver Broncos), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. *Mary Fenech Adami, 77, Maltese First Lady (2004–2009), wife of Prime Minister Eddie Fenech Adami, heart attack. Betty Ford, 93, American First Lady (1974–1977) and co-founder of Betty Ford Center. Norman Hampson, 89, British historian. Paul I. LaMott, 94, American politician. Camille Lembi Zaneli, 61, Congolese Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Isangi (since 2000), plane crash. George McAnthony, 45, Italian country singer, heart attack. Paul Michael, 84, American actor (Muggsy, Dark Shadows, Masque of the Red Death), heart failure. Adolfo Sánchez Vázquez, 95, Spanish-born Mexican philosopher, writer and educator.
9 Don Ackerman, 80, American basketball player (New York Knicks). Facundo Cabral, 74, Argentine singer and songwriter, shot. Ralph Goldston, 82, American football player (Philadelphia Eagles, Hamilton Tiger-Cats). Carl T. Langford, 92, American politician, Mayor of Orlando, Florida (1967–1980). Peter Newmark, 95, British educator and scholar. Percy Oliver, 92, Australian Olympic swimmer. Arvo Salo, 79, Finnish writer and politician, MP (1966–1970, 1979–1983) and Minister of Culture (1982–1983). Hideo Tanaka, 78, Japanese director (Sukeban Deka The Movie), stomach cancer. Lee Vines, 92, Canadian-born American television announcer (What's My Line?) and actor, complications from a fall and pneumonia. Würzel, 61, British guitarist (Motörhead), ventricular fibrillation.
10 Pierrette Alarie, 89, Canadian soprano, wife of tenor Léopold Simoneau. Travis Bean, 63, American guitar maker, cancer. Roberto Guerrero, 86–87, Argentine Olympic cyclist. Ragnar Lundberg, 86, Swedish athlete. Frank Mascara, 81, American politician, U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania (1995–2003), lung cancer. Roland Petit, 87, French ballet dancer and choreographer, leukemia. Kelly Thomas, 37, American homeless man, beaten. Deacon Turner, 56, American football player (Cincinnati Bengals), shot. Malcolm Wild, 79, Australian soccer player.
11 Gary Bannerman, 64, Canadian journalist, liver complications. Andy Barker, 87, American philanthropist. F. C. Barnes, 82, American gospel musician. Henry Carlisle, 84, American translator, novelist and anti-censorship activist. Helen Crummy, 91, British social activist. Michael Evans, 59, British Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of East Anglia (since 2003), prostate cancer. Tom Gehrels, 86, Dutch-born American astronomer. Rob Grill, 67, American singer and songwriter (The Grass Roots). Alex Hay, 78, British golf journalist. Andreas Ioannides, 53, Cypriot navy chief, explosion. Jaroslav Jiřík, 71, Czech hockey player (St. Louis Blues), plane crash. George Lascelles, 7th Earl of Harewood, 88, British aristocrat, magazine editor and arts administrator, first cousin of Queen Elizabeth II. Herbert Matayoshi, 82, American politician, Mayor of Hawaii County (1974–1984). Richard F. Pedersen, 86, American diplomat, President of American University of Cairo (1977–1990). Maxhob'ayakhawuleza Sandile, 55, South African monarch, King of Rharhabe. Sir Filoimea Telito, 66, Tuvaluan President of the Church of Tuvalu, Governor-General (2005–2010), heart attack. Steve Trimble, 53, American football player (Denver Broncos), heart attack.
12 Aftab Ahmad Khan, 87, Pakistani military officer, heart attack. Premangsu Chatterjee, 83, Indian cricketer. Peter Crampton, 79, British politician, member of the European Parliament (1989–1999), suspected brain haemorrhage. William Crozier, 81, Irish artist. Bob Fraser, 66, American actor, producer and writer, melanoma. Bolesław Gładych, 93, Polish World War II flying ace. Howard Hilton, 47, American baseball player (St. Louis Cardinals). Ahmed Wali Karzai, 50, Afghan politician, brother of President Hamid Karzai, shot. Jokapeci Koroi, 79, Fijian politician, President of Fiji Labour Party (1991–2011). Francisco Villagrán Kramer, 84, Guatemalan politician, Vice President (1978–1980). Kurt Lundquist, 85, Swedish Olympic bronze medal-winning (1948) athlete. Charles Asa Schleck, 86, American Roman Catholic prelate, titular archbishop and under-secretary of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples (1995–2000). Rudy Schulze, 82, Canadian Olympic shooter. Sherwood Schwartz, 94, American Hall of Fame television producer and writer (The Brady Bunch, Gilligan's Island, I Married Joan), Emmy winner (1961). Tony Stevens, 63, American choreographer, dancer and actor, Hodgkin's lymphoma. Zdeněk Sýkora, 91, Czech abstract painter.
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