The following is a list of notable deaths in July 2012.
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 (and language of reference, if not English).
July 2012 1 José Míguez Bonino, 88, Argentine theologian. Joseph Cropsey, 92, American political philosopher. Dennis Eagan, 85, British hockey player and soldier. Conrade Gamble, 45, American actor and stuntman.Stuntman Conrade Gamble dies at 45 Loyd Gentry Jr., 87, American horse trainer.Kentucky Derby-winning horseman Gentry dies at 87 Peter E. Gillquist, 73, American archpriest (Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America), melanoma. Mike Hershberger, 72, American baseball player (Chicago White Sox, Kansas City Athletics). Ossie Hibbert, 62, Jamaican musician, heart attack. Evelyn Lear, 86, American opera singer. Walter Lienert, 87, American Olympic gymnastics coach and judge. Fritz Pauer, 68, Austrian jazz pianist and composer. Alan G. Poindexter, 50, American NASA astronaut, jet ski accident. Jack Richardson, 78, American playwright and author. Odd Todnem, 89, Norwegian engineer.
2 Usman Albishir, 67, Nigerian senator, car accident. Jack A. Beaver, 93, American soldier. John E. Brooks, 88, American priest and educator, President of the College of the Holy Cross (1970–1994), lymphoma. Maurice Chevit, 88, French actor. Lisbet Dæhlin, 90, Danish-born Norwegian ceramist. Bhanwar Singh Dangawas, 91, Indian politician.The Speaker Made References To The Passing Away Of Shri Ranjit Singh ... on 8 August, 2012 kanoon Ben Davidson, 72, American football player (Oakland Raiders) and actor (Conan the Barbarian), prostate cancer. Edith Newman Devlin, 85, Irish lecturer. Gunnar Eide, 92, Norwegian actor and theatre director. Julian Goodman, 90, American broadcasting executive, President of NBC (1966–1974). Tsutomu Koyama, 75, Japanese volleyball player and coach, Olympic bronze medalist (1964), esophageal cancer. Angelo Mangiarotti, 91, Italian architect and industrial designer. Betty Meggers, 90, American archaeologist. Ed Stroud, 72, American baseball player (Chicago White Sox, Washington Senators). Ben Van Os, 67, Dutch production designer and art director (Girl with a Pearl Earring), throat cancer.
3 Dave Allan, 47, British auto racing driver, car accident. William Biddick Jr., 92, American politician. Nguyễn Hữu Có, 87, Vietnamese general and political prisoner, Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister of South Vietnam (1965–1967), diabetes. Andy Griffith, 86, American actor (The Andy Griffith Show, Matlock, Waitress), heart attack. Hugó Gruber, 74, Hungarian actor. Leo Kersley, 92, British dancer and teacher. Yvonne B. Miller, 77, American politician, first African-American female legislator of Virginia, stomach cancer. Sergio Pininfarina, 85, Italian senator for life and automotive designer (Ferrari, Alfa Romeo, Fiat). Hollie Stevens, 30, American pornographic actress and model, cancer. Richard A. Tonry, 77, American politician and lawyer, U.S. Representative from Louisiana (1977), natural causes. Joseph Triay, 80, Gibraltarian lawyer and politician. Daphne Zepos, 52, Greek-born American author and chef, lung cancer.
4 Fareeda Kokikhel Afridi, 25, Pakistani women's rights activist, shot. Robert P. Atkinson, 84, American bishop. Peter Bennett, 85, Australian football player and Olympic (1952, 1956) water polo player. Hiren Bhattacharyya, 80, Indian poet, lung infection. Paul Birch, 56, British scientist and author. Jimmy Bivins, 92, American heavyweight boxer, pneumonia. J.D. Garrett, 70, American football player. Benedetto Ghiglia, 90, Italian composer (I Knew Her Well, Pigsty, To Forget Venice), conductor and pianist. Vinzenz Guggenberger, 83, German Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Regensburg (1972–2004). Jeong Min-hyeong, 25, South Korean football player, suicide by carbon monoxide poisoning. Karen R. Keesling, 65, American civil servant, Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (1988–1989). Sam Ojebode, 67, Nigerian footballer. Scamper, 35, American barrel racing horse. Eric Sykes, 89, British writer and actor (The Goon Show, Sykes, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire).
5 Barun Biswas, 39, Indian school teacher and activist, shot. Howard Dorgan, 80, American academic. Rob Goris, 30, Belgian ice hockey player and cyclist, heart attack. Dick Greco, 87, American baseball player.Tacoma's Greco, famed for home runs and auditor scandal, has died at 87 Ruud van Hemert, 73, Dutch film director, cancer. Roland Hyatt, 50, Australian cricketer. Gerrit Komrij, 68, Dutch writer, cancer. Angeliki Koutsonikoli, 23, Greek cyclist. Colin Marshall, Baron Marshall of Knightsbridge, 78, British businessman and life peer. Bob Rowland Smith, 86, Australian politician, NSW Minister for Sport and Recreation (1988–1991). Márta Tolnai-Erdős, 70, Hungarian Olympic gymnast.
6 Ibrahim Balandiya, Sudanese politician, shot. Betty Buehler, 90, American actress. Charles Drake, 30, American football player (New York Giants). Charles David Ganao, 85, Congolese politician, Prime Minister (1996–1997). Hani al-Hassan, 74, Palestinian politician and diplomat, complications of a stroke. Bruce B. Kendall, 93, American hotelier and politician. Alice Koroma, 80, Sierra Leonean politician, mother of president Ernest Bai Koroma. James McKinley, 67, American football coach and businessman. Bill Norrie, 83, Canadian politician and educator, Mayor of Winnipeg (1979–1992), Chancellor of the University of Manitoba (2001–2009), respiratory failure. Angelo Paternoster, 93, American football player (Washington Redskins). Sebastijan Pečjak, 35, Slovenian darts player, traffic collision. Anthony Sedlak, 29, Canadian chef, suicide by drug overdose. Al Ulbrickson, 81, American rower. Skylar Annette Neese, 16, American honors student, homicide by stabbing.
7 David Baldwin, 90, New Zealand bowls player. Renato Beghe, 79, American judge (United States Tax Court). Paul Coussa, 94, Syrian-born Iraqi Armenian Catholic hierarch, Archbishop of Baghdad (1983–2001). Ronaldo Cunha Lima, 76, Brazilian poet and politician, Governor of Paraíba (1991–1994), lung cancer. Mouss Diouf, 47, Senegalese-born French comedian, complications of a stroke. Tatsuo Endō, 85, Japanese actor. Dennis Flemion, 57, American rock musician (The Frogs), drowned. Colin Lamont, 70, Australian politician, member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly (1974–1977). Ralph Raymond Loffmark, 92, Canadian politician. Luis López, 88, Chilean footballer. Doris Neal, 83, American baseball player (AAGPBL). Jerry Norman, 75, American sinologist and linguist, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. José Pauwels, 84, Belgian Olympic cyclist. Alf Pearson, 102, British variety performer with his brother Bob as half of Bob and Alf Pearson. Leon Schlumpf, 87, Swiss politician, Member of the Federal Council (1979–1987), President of the Confederation (1984). Jimmy Tansey, 83, English football player.
8 Muhammed bin Saud Al Saud, 78, Saudi royal and politician, Minister of Defense (1960–1962), Governor of Al Baha (1987–2010). Chris Barber, 91, British businessman, chairman of Oxfam (1983–1989). Lionel Batiste, 81, American jazz musician (Treme Brass Band). John Nelson Battenberg, 80, American sculptor. Leszek Berger, 87, Polish herpetologist and malacologist. Osvaldo Blasi, 84, Argentine Olympic wrestler. Ernest Borgnine, 95, American actor (Marty, McHale's Navy, From Here to Eternity), Oscar winner (1956), renal failure. Claudio Carudel, 74, French-born Spanish jockey. Henry Chilver, Baron Chilver, 86, British engineer and politician. Aleksandr Chumakov, 64, Russian Soviet football player. Gyang Dalyop Datong, 53, Nigerian politician, Member of the House of Representatives (2003–2007), Senator (since 2007), heart attack. Dick Fowler, 80, Canadian politician, Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta (1989–1993). Philip L. Fradkin, 77, American historian and author, cancer. Arnold B. Grobman, 93, American zoologist. Rodger Head, 73, Australian football player (St Kilda Football Club). William Innes Homer, 82, American art historian.Prof. William Innes Homer dies. University of Delaware, July 24, 2012. Martin Pakledinaz, 58, American costume designer (My Week with Marilyn), cancer. Stuart R. Schram, 88, American physicist and political scientist. Boris Shramko, 92, Ukrainian historian. John Williams, 64, American football player (Baltimore Colts, Los Angeles Rams).
9 Azah Aziz, 83, Malaysian cultural figure, stroke. Dino Cassio, 78, Italian actor and singer. Mario de Leon Baltazar, 85, Filipino Roman Catholic priest, Prelate of Batanes and the Babuyan Islands (1966–1995). Kenny Heitz, 65, American basketball player (UCLA), cancer. Chick King, 81, American baseball player (Detroit Tigers, Chicago Cubs, St. Louis Cardinals). Sir Terepai Maoate, 78, Cook Islands politician, Prime Minister (1999–2002), prostate cancer. Jacqueline Mazéas, 91, French Olympic bronze medallist discus athlete (1948). Miinnehoma, 29, Irish-bred racehorse, winner of the 1994 Grand National. (death announced on this date) René Joseph Rakotondrabé, 79, Malagasy Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Toamasina (1989–2008). Denise René, 99, French art dealer. Zsuzsi Roboz, 72, Hungarian painter. Eugênio Sales, 91, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Cardinal Protopriest, Archbishop of Rio de Janeiro (1971–2001), heart failure. Shin Jae-chul, 75, South Korean-born American martial artist. Brian Thomas, 72, Welsh rugby union player and manager (Neath RFC). Isuzu Yamada, 95, Japanese actress (Yojimbo, Throne of Blood, Flowing), multiple organ failure.
10 Maria Cole, 89, American jazz singer, widow of Nat King Cole, cancer. Michele Columbu, 98, Italian politician and writer. Lol Coxhill, 79, English jazz saxophonist, after short illness. Dolphy, 83, Filipino actor and comedian, multiple organ failure. Marian Filar, 94, Polish-born American concert pianist. Peter Fisher, 68, American author and gay rights activist, suicide. Cheryll Heinze, 65, American politician, member of the Alaska House of Representatives (2002–2004), plane crash. Peter Kyros, 86, American politician, Representative from Maine (1967–1975). Gaylon Lawrence, 78, American businessman. Berthe Meijer, 74, Dutch author, cancer. Viktor Suslin, 70, Russian composer.
11 Jean Allister, 80, English opera singer. Bjørn Blakstad, 86, Norwegian diplomat. Dewayne Bunch, 50, American politician, member of the Kentucky House of Representatives (2010–2011), head injuries. Art Ceccarelli, 82, American baseball player (Kansas City Athletics, Chicago Cubs, Baltimore Orioles), cancer. Héctor Cornejo Chávez, 93, Peruvian politician. Marion Cunningham, 90, American cookbook author, complications of Alzheimer's disease. Sir Carron Greig, 87, British business executive.Obituary, The Independent, 17 July 2012 Rutger Kopland, 77, Dutch poet, writer, and psychiatrist. Joe McBride, 74, Scottish football player (Celtic), complications of a stroke. Bobby Nicol, 76, Scottish football player (Hibernian). Richard Scudder, 99, American newspaper pioneer, founder of MediaNews Group. Harold Shukman, 81, British historian. André Simon, 92, French racing driver. Donald J. Sobol, 87, American writer (Encyclopedia Brown), gastric lymphoma.Donald J. Sobol, 'Encyclopedia Brown' Author, Dead At 87 Sir Saxon Tate, 80, British businessman.Sir Saxon Tate, Bt Marvin Traub, 87, American business executive, CEO of Bloomingdale's, bladder cancer.
12 Joan Albert, 69, American artist, heart attack. Alimuddin, 81, Pakistani Test cricketer. Cassandra Balchin, 50, British journalist and women's rights campaigner, cancer. Eddy Brown, 86, English footballer (Birmingham City). Hattie Canty, 79, American labor activist. Fest Cotton, 62, American football player. Cleveland Elam, 60, American football player (San Francisco 49ers, Detroit Lions).