Deaths in July 2005

The following is a list of notable deaths in July 2005.

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.

1

 * Renaldo "Obie" Benson, 69, American soul and R&B singer and member of The Four Tops, lung cancer.
 * Rex Berry, 80, American football player.
 * Gus Bodnar, 82, Canadian ice hockey player.
 * Bill Frink, 78, American Sportscaster (WLS-TV).
 * Ivan Kolev, 74, Bulgarian football player.
 * Arvo Ojala, 85, American technical advisor and actor, gun accident.
 * Luther Vandross, 54, American R&B singer, complications following a heart attack.

2

 * Florence Kirsch, 90, American classical pianist.
 * Ernest Lehman, 89, American screenwriter (Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, North by Northwest, West Side Story).
 * Kenneth Pinyan, 45, American Boeing engineer, perforated colon after having sex with a horse.
 * Norm Prescott, 78, American co-founder of Filmation animation studios.
 * Martin Sanchez, 26, Mexican boxer, of injuries sustained in July 1 bout.

3

 * Siv Ericks, 87, Swedish character actress.
 * Nan Kempner, 74, American society hostess.
 * Alberto Lattuada, 90, Italian film director.
 * Pierre Michelot, 77, French jazz bassist, played with Miles Davis.
 * Gaylord Nelson, 89, American politician, former Governor of Wisconsin, U.S. Senator from Wisconsin and founder of Earth Day.
 * Wenten Rubuntja, Australian artist and indigenous activist.
 * Sam Tata, 93, Canadian photographer.
 * Hedy West, 67, American folksinger.
 * Harrison Young, 75, American actor (Saving Private Ryan, House of 1000 Corpses, Passions).

4

 * Chris Bunch, 62, American science fiction writer, lung ailment.
 * Gustav-Adolf Bursche, 86, German World War II officer.
 * Bryan Coleman, 94, British television and film actor.
 * Al Downing, 65, American R&B and country & western musician, leukaemia.
 * June Haver, 79, American film actress, widow of Fred MacMurray.
 * Marga López, 81, Mexican screen and television actress, heart failure.
 * Hank Stram, 82, American National Football League coach (Kansas City Chiefs) and a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
 * Lorenzo Thomas, 60, Panamanian-born American poet.

5

 * Leo Breiman, 77, American statistician.
 * Ray Davis, 65, American singer, founding member of Parliament/Funkadelic.
 * Shirley Goodman, 69, American R&B singer.
 * Baloo Gupte, 70, Indian Test cricketer.
 * James Stockdale, 81, American Vice Admiral, Medal of Honor recipient, ex-prisoner of war and independent VP Candidate in 1992.

6

 * Bruno Augenstein, 82, German-born American mathematician and physicist.
 * L. Patrick Gray, 88, American former Director of the United States FBI, pancreatic cancer.
 * James Haskins, 63, American professor, biographer, and author.
 * Huang Kun, 85, Chinese physicist.
 * Ed McBain, 78, American mystery novel writer, wrote under numerous pseudonyms (Ed McBain), cancer of the larynx.
 * Donald McGinley, 85, American politician, U.S. Representative from Nebraska (1959–1961) and Lieutenant Governor of Nebraska (1983–1987).
 * Patrick S. Parker, 75, American businessman (Parker Hannifin).
 * Dick Sabot, 61, American economist, Internet entrepreneur, co-founder of tripod.com.
 * Frank Shipston, 98, English cricketer.
 * Claude Simon, 91, French writer and Nobel Prize winner.
 * Grace Thaxton, 114, American supercentenarian, oldest resident of Kentucky and oldest person ever born in New York.

7

 * Norman Bennett, 82, English rugby player and cricketer.
 * Henri Betti, 87, French composer and pianist.
 * Paul Deliège, 74, Belgian comic book writer/artist.
 * Hasib Hussain, 18, British terrorist.
 * Mohammad Sidique Khan, 30, British terrorist.
 * Germaine Lindsay, 19, British terrorist.
 * Ihab al-Sherif, 51, Egyptian envoy in Iraq.
 * Gustaf Sobin, 69, American-born poet and novelist.
 * Shehzad Tanweer, 22, British terrorist.

8

 * Denis Bray, 78, British civil servant in Hong Kong.
 * Lee Hun Hoe, 79, Malaysian lawyer and judge.
 * Julian Letterlough, 35, American boxer
 * Judy Mann, 61, American longtime columnist for The Washington Post.
 * Dorothy H. Rose, 84, American politician.

9

 * Chuck Cadman, 57, Canadian Member of Parliament.
 * Yevgeny Grishin, 74, Russian speed skater, first speed skater under 40 seconds on 500 metres.
 * Kevin Hagen, 77, American actor (Little House on the Prairie).
 * Byron Preiss, 52, American writer/editor/publisher.
 * Alex Shibicky, 91, Canadian ice hockey player who made the first slapshot.
 * Rafique Zakaria, 79, Indian Islamic scholar.

10

 * Richard Eastham, 89, American actor (Tombstone Territory, That Darn Cat!, Wonder Woman).
 * Frank Moores, 72, Canadian politician, Premier of Newfoundland.
 * A. J. Quinnell, 65, English writer, Man on Fire.
 * Freda Wright-Sorce, 50, American wife of Don Geronimo of the Don and Mike Show.
 * Jack Tripp, 83, British pantomime dame.
 * Freddy Soto, 35, American comedian and actor.

11

 * Keith Alexander, 41, American guitarist.
 * Piero Cappuccilli, 78, Italian opera singer.
 * Ole Christian Bach, 48, Norwegian fraudster.
 * Gretchen Franklin, 94, English television actress, best known as "Ethel Skinner" in EastEnders.
 * Shinya Hashimoto, 40, Japanese professional wrestler.
 * Jesus Ricardo Iglesias, 83, Argentine Grand Prix racing driver.
 * Frances Langford, 92, American singer/actress.

12

 * Meyer Cardin, 97, American jurist.
 * Joseph Patrick Delaney, 70, American Roman Catholic bishop of the diocese of Fort Worth, Texas for many years.
 * Arthur Fletcher, 80, American government official, Assistant Labor Secretary under US President Richard Nixon, called the "father of affirmative action".
 * John King, Baron King of Wartnaby, 87, British peer, businessman and chairman of British Airways from 1981 to 1993.
 * John Thorley, 78, Welsh rugby union and rugby league footballer.
 * P. K. Vasudevan Nair, 79, Indian politician, Member of Lok Sabha, former Chief Minister of Kerala state, India.

13

 * Robert P. Abelson, 76, American psychologist and political scientist.
 * Sir David Brown, 77, British admiral.
 * Asen Kisimov, 69, Bulgarianactor, singer and radio presenter.
 * Bob Maslen-Jones, 84, British Olympic shooter.
 * Robert E. Ogren, 83, American zoologist.
 * Mickey Owen, 89, American former MLB player for the Brooklyn Dodgers.
 * Erik Rauch, 31, American biophysicist and theoretical ecologist, hiking accident.

14

 * Mark Carlisle, Baron Carlisle of Bucklow, 76, British politician and peer.
 * Tilly Fleischer, 93, German athlete, Olympic champion in javelin (1936).
 * Richard Leiterman, 70, Canadian award-winning cinematographer.
 * Matt Patrick, 86, Scottish footballer.
 * Jacques Roche, early 40s, Haitian journalist.
 * Dame Cicely Saunders, 87, British palliative care activist, founded St. Christopher's Hospice (where she herself died), cancer.
 * J. B. Trapp, 79, New Zealand historian.

15

 * David Daiches, 92, Scottish literary critic.
 * Anne Drungis, 73, American Olympic fencer.
 * Michael Gibson, 60, American Tony-nominated orchestrator and musician.
 * Kenneth Graham, 82, British trade unionist.
 * Sir Ronald Wilson, 82, Australian High Court justice.

16

 * Mira Ashby, 84, Canadian physician.
 * Blue Barron, 92, American orchestra leader.
 * Pietro Consagra, 84, Italian sculptor.
 * W. Fox McKeithen, 58, American politician, 5-time Louisiana Secretary of State.
 * John Ostrom, 77, American paleontologist who revolutionized understanding of dinosaurs.
 * Miguel Pérez, 68, Puerto Rican wrestler.
 * Helen Bonchek Schneyer, 84, American folk musician.
 * K. V. Subbanna, 73, Indian dramatist and writer.

17

 * Laurel Aitken, 77, Jamaican musician.
 * Biplab Dasgupta, 66, Indian economist
 * Geraldine Fitzgerald, 91, Irish-born American actress, Alzheimer's disease.
 * Sir Edward Heath, 89, British politician, Prime Minister (1970–1974), MP (1950–2001), pneumonia.
 * Gina Lagorio, 83, Italian writer.
 * Gavin Lambert, 80, British-born American novelist, screenwriter (Inside Daisy Clover, Sons and Lovers).
 * I. G. Patel, 80, Indian economist, Governor of the Reserve Bank of India (1977–1982).
 * Joe Vialls, Australian writer.
 * William Weatherspoon, 69, American songwriter and record producer.

18

 * Elizabeth Blodgett Hall, 95, American educationist.
 * Paul Duke, 78, American political journalist.
 * Amy Gillett, 29, Australian rower and cyclist.
 * John Herald, 66, American folk musician, recording artist, member of The Greenbriar Boys Vanguard Records.
 * Jim Parker, 71, American football player, offensive tackle for the Baltimore Colts and member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
 * Gerry Thomas, 83, American marketing and sales executive, innovator, inventor of the TV dinner, cancer.
 * William Westmoreland, 91, U.S. Army General who commanded American military operations in the Vietnam War from 1964 to 1968.

19

 * Jim Aparo, 72, American comic book artist (Batman, Phantom Stranger, Spectre).
 * Alain Bombard, 80, French biologist and physician.
 * Edward Bunker, 71, American author, screenwriter, and actor (Mr. Blue in Reservoir Dogs).
 * John D. Cartano, 96, American lawyer.
 * LaVena Johnson, 19, African-American private first class.
 * Hastings Keith, 89, American politician, United States Representative from Massachusetts, served 1959 - 1973, as a member of the Republican Party.
 * John Tyndall, 71, British Neo-Nazi political activist, founder of the British National Party.

20

 * Charles Chibitty, 83, American last surviving Comanche code talker.
 * James Doohan, 85, Canadian actor (best known for his role as Scotty on the original Star Trek), pneumonia and Alzheimer's disease.
 * Finn Gustavsen, 79, Norwegian politician.
 * Kayo Hatta, 47, American film director (Picture Bride).
 * David Tomblin, 74, British film and television director.

21

 * Bryn Allen, 84, Welsh footballer.
 * Long John Baldry, 64, British blues musician.
 * Bruce Bolt, 75, Australian-born American scientist and earthquake expert.
 * Andrzej Grubba, 47, Polish table tennis player.
 * Lord Alfred Hayes, 76, British wrestler and wrestling commentator (most notably with the WWF).
 * Ian Robertson, Lord Robertson, 92, Scottish judge.
 * Shirley Thomas, 85, American space historian, Hollywood producer, and USC professor.

22

 * Jean-Charles de Menezes, 27, Brazilian electrician, shot by police.
 * William Beatley, 81, British Olympic fencer.
 * Jerry Marcus, 81, American cartoonist (Trudy).
 * Eugene Record, 64, American lead vocalist for The Chi-Lites.
 * Hinako Sugiura, 46, Japanese author and cartoonist.
 * George D. Wallace, 88, American actor (Forbidden Planet, The Pajama Game).
 * Xue Muqiao, 100, Chinese economist, director of National Bureau of Statistics.

23

 * Ray Crist, 105, American centenarian and chemist.
 * Joseph Dessertine, 82, French cyclist.
 * Myron Floren, 85, American musician, longtime accordionist/bandleader on The Lawrence Welk Show.
 * John Hunt, 87, American oceanographer.
 * Gaston Mayordomo, 82, French Olympic athlete
 * Fintan Meyler, 75, Irish actress.
 * Ray Oldham, 54, American football player, former NFL cornerback, Pittsburgh Steelers.

24

 * Viktor Berkovsky, 73, Russian bard.
 * George Buhr, 76, American football coach.
 * Sir Richard Doll, 92, British epidemiologist, first person to link cigarette smoking and lung cancer.
 * Pavel Dostál, 62, Czech minister for cultural affairs.
 * Fraser McLuskey, 90, Scottish military chaplain and minister.
 * Francis Ona, 52, Papua New Guinean Bougainville rebel leader.
 * Radomir Pavitchevitch, 96, French legionnaire.

25

 * Enrique Bautista, 71, Filipino Olympic athlete.
 * Paul Britten Austin, 83, British writer and broadcaster.
 * Giulio Cantoni, 89, Italian-born American physician.
 * Eddie Crook, Jr., 76, US Olympic boxer and Vietnam veteran.
 * Sidney Hertzberg, 82, American basketball player.
 * David Jackson, 71, British actor.
 * Alf Joint, 77, British stuntman (Goldfinger, Superman, Return of the Jedi).
 * Maria do Couto Maia-Lopes, 114, Portuguese supercentenarian, oldest person ever documented in Portugal.
 * Albert Mangelsdorff, 76, German trombonist.
 * Ford Rainey, 96, American actor (3:10 to Yuma, Halloween II, The Bionic Woman).

26

 * Betty Astell, 93, American actress, entertainer and widow of Cyril Fletcher.
 * Mario David, 71, Italian footballer.
 * John Edwards, 93, Canadian football player.
 * Alexander Golitzen, 97, Russian-born American production designer (To Kill a Mockingbird, Spartacus, Phantom of the Opera), Oscar winner (1944, 1961, 1963).
 * Jack Hirshleifer, 79, American economist.
 * Gilles Marotte, 60, Canadian ice hockey player (Los Angeles Kings, Chicago Blackhawks, New York Rangers), pancreatic cancer.
 * Danny Simon, 85, American comedy writer, brother of Neil Simon.

27

 * Shelley Appleton, 86, American labor leader.
 * Tungia Baker, 64, New Zealand Māori actress (The Piano) and artist.
 * Pierre Broué, 79, French Trotskyist historian.
 * Al Held, 76, American abstract painter.
 * Helen Phillips, 86, American opera singer.
 * Dom Um Romão, 79, Brazilian jazz drummer.
 * Marten Toonder, 93, Dutch author and cartoonist.
 * Robert Wright, 90, American musical lyricist (team of Wright & Forrest – Grand Hotel, Kismet, Song of Norway, etc.).

28

 * Ian Baker, 77, British Army general.
 * Christopher Bunting, 80, English cellist.
 * Virginia Dehn, 82, American painter and printmaker.
 * Louis Metzger, 88, United States Marine Corps officer.
 * Jair da Rosa Pinto, 84, Brazilian footballer.
 * Bergur Sigurbjörnsson, 88, Icelandic politician.

29

 * Hermione Hammond, 94, English painter and portrait artist.
 * Mile Lojpur, 75, Yugoslav/Serbian rock musician, heart attack.
 * Pat McCormick, 78, American television writer (The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson) and actor (Smokey and the Bandit, Scrooged).
 * Al McKibbon, 86, American jazz double bassist.
 * Hildegarde, 99, American cabaret singer.
 * Fred Sledge Smith, 72, American R&B songwriter and record producer.
 * Karlheinz Zöller, 76, German flutist.

30

 * Carl Beam, 62, Canadian Ojibwe artist.
 * Georges Briard, 88, Russian-born American designer.
 * Ray Cunningham, 100, American baseball player, recognized as the oldest living former Major League Baseball player.
 * John Garang, 60, Sudanese Vice President, helicopter crash.
 * Malucha Solari, 84, Nicaraguan-born Chilean ballerina and choreographer.
 * Lucky Thompson, 81, American saxophonist.

31

 * Wim Duisenberg, 70, Dutch banker and politician, suffered a heart attack while swimming and drowned.
 * Armando Ferreira, 85, Portuguese footballer.
 * Léopold Gernaey, 78, Belgian footballer.
 * Mantle Hood, 87, American ethnomusicologist.
 * Lawrence Teeter, 56, American lawyer, attempted to have Sirhan Sirhan retried, saying he did not kill Robert F. Kennedy, lymphoma.