Deaths in July 2016

The following is a list of notable deaths in July 2016.

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 2016

1 Yves Bonnefoy, 93, French poet.French poet Yves Bonnefoy dies Tom Boulton, 90, English anaesthetist.Dr Thomas Boulton, pioneering anaesthetist – obituary Ramchandra Chintaman Dhere, 85, Indian writer. Mollie Evans, 94, British antique dealer.Mollie Evans obituary Robin Hardy, 86, British film director (The Wicker Man).The Wicker Man director Robin Hardy dies Sir Malcolm Macnaughton, 91, Scottish obstetrician and gynaecologist.Obituary – Sir Malcolm Campbell Macnaughton, professor of obstetrics and campaigner on fertility Werner Meng, 68, German jurist, cancer.Prof. Werner Meng passed away Mary Mostert, 87, American author.Mary Mostert Jimmy Arthur Ordge, 80, Canadian country singer.James Ordge Jerzy Patoła, 70, Polish footballer.In memory of Jerzy Patola April 19, 1946 – July 1, 2016 Imogen Skirving, 78, British hotelier, traffic collision.Langar Hall owner Imogen Skirving killed in Menorca crash Frank Tuck, 84, Australian football player (Collingwood).Magpies mourn former skipper Frank Tuck

2 Caroline Aherne, 52, English comedian, actress and writer (The Royle Family, The Mrs Merton Show, The Fast Show), throat cancer.Caroline Aherne: Royle Family writer and actress dies aged 52 Roscoe C. Brown Jr., 94, American World War II veteran, member of the Tuskegee Airmen.World War II Hero Dr. Roscoe C. Brown Dies at 94 Kyle Calloway, 29, American football player (Buffalo Bills), struck by train.Former Bills OL Calloway Dies at 29 After Being Struck by Train Chen Jinhua, 87, Chinese politician, Chairman of the State Planning Commission (1993–1998).Former senior official Chen Jinhua dies at 87 Cherokee Run, 26, American thoroughbred racehorse and sire, euthanised.Cherokee Run Euthanized Due to Old Age Maciej Szymon Cieśla, 27, Polish graphic designer, cancer.The #WYD2016 volunteer who found his faith again but never made it to the festivities Michael Cimino, 77, American screenwriter and director (The Deer Hunter, Thunderbolt and Lightfoot, Heaven's Gate).Michael Cimino, Oscar-Winning Director of 'The Deer Hunter,' Dies at 77 Robert Daley, American moviemaker.ROBERT DALEY Roger Dumas, 84, French comedian and actor (That Man from Rio, Le Concert, The First Day of the Rest of Your Life).The actor Roger Dumas died Horacio Etchegoyen, 97, Argentine psychoanalyst.Dr. R. Horacio Etchegoyen 1919 – 2016 Elyse Grinstein, 87, American architect.Elyse Grinstein (1929–2016) Rudolf E. Kálmán, 86, Hungarian-born American electrical engineer (Kalman filter).Remembering Rudolf E. Kalman (1930–2016) Clementia Killewald, 62, German Benedictine nun.Äbtissin Clementia Killewald OSB am 2. Juli heimgegangen – R.i.p. Euan Lloyd, 92, British film producer (The Wild Geese, The Sea Wolves). Patrick Manning, 69, Trinidadian politician, Prime Minister (1991–1995, 2001–2010), acute myeloid leukemia.Former Trinidad prime minister Patrick Manning dies Mary McClure, 77, American politician, small-cell carcinoma.Mary McClure Bibby Alphie McCourt, 75, Irish-American writer.Writer Alphie McCourt dies aged 75 Bob McCoy, 81, American basketball player and coach.Robert Lee "Coach" McCoy *Carlos Morocho Hernández, 76, Venezuelan WBA and WBC super lightweight champion boxer (1965–1966).Carlos "Morocho" Hernandez has passed Lalit Mohan Nath, 80, Bangladeshi nuclear physicist. Harold "H" Nelson, 88, British cycling coach.Harold Nelson MBE Robert Nye, 77, British poet.Poet and award-winning Falstaff novelist Robert Nye dies aged 77 Willard Pummel, 89, American politician.Willard Pummel Michel Rocard, 85, French politician, Prime Minister (1988–1991).French ex-PM Michel Rocard dies aged 85 Flavio Romero de Velasco, 90, Mexican lawyer and politician, Governor of Jalisco (1977–1983).Fallece ex gobernador Flavio Romero Irineu Roque Scherer, 65, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Garanhuns (1998–2007) and Joinville (since 2007).Bishop Irineu Roque Scherer Kapil Seth, 36, Indian cricketer, liver failure.Former MP cricketer Kapil Seth dies aged 36 Jack C. Taylor, 94, American billionaire businessman, founder of Enterprise Rent-A-Car. Clifford Vaughs, 79, American civil rights activist, filmmaker and motorcycle builder (Easy Rider).Unsung Easy Rider Cliff Vaughs Passes Away Wilfred D. Webb, 95, American politician.Dr. Wilfred Dwight Webb Elie Wiesel, 87, Romanian-born American writer (Night), political activist and Holocaust survivor, Nobel Laureate (1986).Elie Wiesel, Nobel Peace Prize laureate and renowned Holocaust survivor, dies at 87

3 Arturo, 31, American-born Argentine polar bear.'Depressed' Argentina polar bear Arturo dies at 30 Michael Beaumont, 22nd Seigneur of Sark, 88, British aristocrat, Seigneur of Sark (since 1974).Seneschal of Sark sends condolences to Beaumont family on behalf of islanders João José Bracony, 97, Brazilian Olympic sailor (1948).Ex-atleta Olímpico que conduziu a tocha morre em Vila Velha Gilbert Bulawan, 29, Filipino basketball player (Blackwater Elite), heart attack.Blackwater's Bulawan dies of heart attack Lou Fontinato, 84, Canadian ice hockey player (New York Rangers, Montreal Canadiens).Lou Fontinato known for soft heart, cement fists Jimmy Frizzell, 79, Scottish football player and manager. Richard Grayson, 75, American composer and pianist.Richard Grayson, Music Professor Emeritus, Dies Tomohiko Kira, 56, Japanese guitarist and composer.Tomohiko Kira Obituary John Middleton, 59, British footballer (Derby County, Nottingham Forest).Former Derby County goalkeeper John Middleton has died Uma Shankar Mishra, 93, Indian politician.Veteran Congress leader Uma Shankar Misra passes away Noel Neill, 95, American actress (Superman).Noel Neill, actress who played Lois Lane, dead at 95 Tom Van Sickle, 79, American politician.Tom Van Sickle Mauricio Walerstein, 71, Mexican film director (Cuando quiero llorar no lloro, Españolas en París).Mauricio Walerstein, a Key Figure in Venezuelan Cinema, Dies Markus Werner, 71, Swiss writer (Zündels Abgang).Markus Werner (1944–2016) Grant Wilmot, 59, Australian football player, heart attack.Vale: Grant Wilmot

4 Romesh Chandra, 97, Indian activist and news editor (Communist Party of India), President of the World Peace Council (1977–1990).CPI Leader Romesh Chandra Dead William Hawkins, 76, Canadian musician and poet.Legendary Ottawa poet William Hawkins dies at age 76 Abbas Kiarostami, 76, Iranian film director and screenwriter (Close-Up, Taste of Cherry, Certified Copy), gastrointestinal cancer.Abbas Kiarostami, Palme d'Or-winning Iranian film-maker, dies aged 76 Ben Koufie, 84, Ghanaian football player, manager and administrator.Ben Koufie dies aged 84 Abner Mikva, 90, American politician and judge, member of the United States House of Representatives from Illinois's 2nd and 10th congressional districts (1969–1973, 1975–1979), U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit (1979–1994), complications from bladder cancer.Chicago political icon Abner Mikva dies at 90 Terence O'Brien, 79, Australian botanist.Terence Phillip O'Brien (1937 - 2016) Rondon Pacheco, 96, Brazilian politician, Governor of Minas Gerais (1971–1975), pneumonia.Rondon Pacheco morre em Uberlândia aos 96 anos Geoffrey Shovelton, 80, English opera singer and illustrator.Geoffrey Richard Shovelton Elizabeth Spillius, 92, Canadian psychoanalyst.Elizabeth Spillius obituary Steve Tupper, 75, Canadian Olympic sailor (1968).

5 Sayed Hussein Anwari, 60, Afghan politician, MP (since 2005), Governor of Herat Province (2005–2009), cancer.Top Afghan Jihadi leader Syed Hussain Anwari dies from cancer in India William L. Armstrong, 79, American politician, United States Senator (1979–1991) and member of the United States House of Representatives from Colorado's 5th congressional district (1973–1979), cancer. Hamp Atkinson, 82, American politician, member of the Texas House of Representatives (1975–1983).Hamp Atkinson Rosaria Conte, 64, Italian social scientist.Rosaria Conte (1952–2016) Nine Culliford, 86, Belgian cartoonist (The Smurfs).Nine Culliford, The Woman Who Made The Smurfs Blue, Dies At 86 Beatrice de Cardi, 102, British archaeologist, complications from a fall. Alirio Díaz, 92, Venezuelan classical guitarist and composer.Venezuelan Guitar Titan Alirio Díaz Dies at 92—An Appreciation Ronald Finley, 75, American Olympic wrestler. Mick Finucane, 93, Irish Gaelic football player (Kerry). John Baillie-Hamilton, 13th Earl of Haddington, 74, British aristocrat.Haddington – Deaths Announcements Doug Hargreaves, 84, Canadian football coach. Kari Hautala, 43, Finnish basketball player (Torpan Pojat), heart attack.ToPon entinen mestaripelaaja kuoli 43-vuotiaana David Jones, 66, British politician, member of the States of Guernsey (since 2000), cancer. Raymond Lombard, 97, Belgian Olympian. John Madey, 72, American physicist.In Memoriam: Physicist and inventor John Madey Zdeněk Neubauer, 74, Czech philosopher and biologist.Zemřel Havlův přítel, biolog a filozof Zdeněk Neubauer Gladys Nordenstrom, 92, American composer. Phonsie O'Brien, 86, Irish jockey and racehorse trainer.Phonsie O'Brien dies peacefully at home Rex Pickering, 79, New Zealand rugby union player (Waikato, national team). Cory Taylor, 61, Australian writer, melanoma and brain cancer. Brian White, 59, British politician, MP (1997–2005), oesophageal cancer. Victor P. Whittaker, 97, British biochemist.Whittaker Valentino Zeichen, 78, Italian poet and author.È morto Valentino Zeichen, un poeta dandy e paradossale

6 Bukky Ajayi, 82, Nigerian actress (Mother of George). Marian Bergeson, 90, American politician, member of the California Senate (1984–1995).Marian Bergeson Dies Larry Bock, 56, American investor, cancer.Larry Bock dies at 56; biotech entrepreneur launched science festivals Michel Coloni, 88, French Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Dijon (1989–2004).Archbishop Michel Louis Coloni † Matthew Evans, Baron Evans of Temple Guiting, 74, British publisher (Faber).Publisher Matthew Evans, former Faber and Faber boss, dies aged 74 Armando León Bejarano, 100, Mexican politician, Governor of Morelos (1976–1982).Muere Armando León Bejarano, ex gobernador de Morelos Norman MacAuley, 98, Canadian politician.Norman MacAuley Shaw McCutcheon, 94, American editorial cartoonist.Former longtime SR editorial cartoonist Shaw McCutcheon dies at 94 John McMartin, 86, American actor (Sweet Charity, Kinsey, Law & Order), cancer.Broadway Actor John McMartin Dies at 86 Duma Mdutyana, 55, South African army officer.Head of SANDF joint operations, Duma Mdutyana dies Mike Moore, 59, American football player (Middle Tennessee State Blue Raiders, Houston Oilers).Hall of Fame member Moore passes away Turgay Şeren, 84, Turkish footballer (Galatasaray).Turkey's legendary goalkeeper Turgay Şeren dies at age 84 Umaru Shinkafi, 79, Nigerian politician and intelligence chief.Breaking: Former presidential aspirant, Umaru Shinkafi is dead Danny Smythe, 67, American drummer (The Box Tops).Online Obituaries Danny Smythe

7 Bob Argo, 92, American politician.Robert Eugene "Bob" Argo Jr. Sally Beauman, 71, British writer (Rebecca's Tale, The Landscape of Love), pneumonia.Sally Beauman, Author Whose Advance Set a Record, Dies at 71 Bruno Bonaldi, 71, Italian ski mountaineer, world champion (1975).Bruno Bonaldi ist tot Rokusuke Ei, 83, Japanese author and lyricist ("Sukiyaki").Japanese lyricist Rokusuke Ei dies Larry Fortensky, 64, American construction worker, complications from skin cancer surgery.Liz Taylor’s Ex-Husband Larry Fortensky Dead at 64 James Gilbert, 93, Scottish television producer (The Two Ronnies, Last of the Summer Wine).Producer behind The Two Ronnies and BBC comedy classics dies