Deaths in July 2016

The following is a list of notable deaths in July 2016. For notable deaths before the current month, please see "Months".  Names under each date are reported in alphabetical order by last name or pseudonym. Deaths of non-humans are reported here also if notable.

 Each listing of a death must have a source. If no reference is included, the death notice will be removed. The following are the requirements of adding a name to the list in its order: name, age, nationality, what the person is known for, cause of death (if known) and most importantly a source.


July

1
Yves Bonnefoy, 93, French poet.
Robin Hardy, 86, British film director (The Wicker Man).
Odette Krempin, 42, Congolese entrepreneur and philanthropist.
Mary Mostert, 87, American author.

2
Caroline Aherne, 52, English comedian, actress and writer (The Royle Family, The Mrs Merton Show, The Fast Show), throat cancer.
Roscoe Brown, 94, American World War II veteran, member of the Tuskegee Airmen.
Kyle Calloway, 29, American football player (Buffalo Bills), struck by train.
Michael Cimino, 77, American screenwriter and director (The Deer Hunter, Thunderbolt and Lightfoot, Heaven's Gate).
Roger Dumas, 84, French comedian and actor (That Man from Rio, Le Concert, The First Day of the Rest of Your Life).
Horacio Etchegoyen, 97, Argentine psychoanalyst.
Rudolf E. Kálmán, 86, Hungarian-born American electrical engineer (Kalman filter).
Clementia Killewald, 62, German Benedictine nun.
Patrick Manning, 69, Trinidadian politician, Prime Minister (1991–1995, 2001–2010), acute myeloid leukemia.
Lalit Mohan Nath, 80, Bangladeshi nuclear physicist.
Harold "H" Nelson, 88, British cycling coach.
Robert Nye, 77, British poet.
Michel Rocard, 85, French politician, Prime Minister (1988–1991).
Flavio Romero de Velasco, 90, Mexican lawyer and politician, Governor of Jalisco (1977–1983).
Jack C. Taylor, 94, American billionaire businessman, founder of Enterprise Rent-A-Car.
Elie Wiesel, 87, Romanian-born American writer (Night), political activist and Holocaust survivor, Nobel winner(1986).

3
Michael Beaumont, 22nd Seigneur of Sark, 88, British aristocrat, Seigneur of Sark (since 1974).
Gilbert Bulawan, 29, Filipino basketball player (Blackwater Elite), heart attack.
Lou Fontinato, 84, Canadian ice hockey player (New York Rangers, Montreal Canadiens).
Noel Neill, 95, American actress (Superman).

4
Romesh Chandra, 97, Indian activist and news editor (Communist Party of India), President of the World Peace Council (1977–1990).
Abbas Kiarostami, 76, Iranian movie director and screenwriter (Close-Up, Taste of Cherry, Certified Copy), gastrointestinal cancer.
Abner J. 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.
Rondon Pacheco, 96, Brazilian politician, Governor of Minas Gerais (1971–1975), pneumonia.

5
Sayed Hussein Anwari, 60, Afghan politician, MP (since 2005), Governor of Herat Province (2005–2009), cancer.
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.
Beatrice de Cardi, 102, British archaeologist, complications from a fall.
Zdeněk Neubauer, 74, Czech philosopher and biologist.
Gladys Nordenstrom, 92, American composer.
Brian White, 59, British politician, MP (1997–2005), oesophageal cancer.
Victor P. Whittaker, 97, British biochemist.
Valentino Zeichen, 78, Italian poet and author.

6
Bukky Ajayi, 82, Nigerian actress (Mother of George).
Armando León Bejarano, 100, Mexican politician, Governor of Morelos (1976–1982).
John McMartin, 86, American actor (Sweet Charity, Kinsey, Law & Order), cancer.
Turgay Şeren, 84, Turkish footballer (Galatasaray).

7
Sally Beauman, 71, British writer (Rebecca's Tale, The Landscape of Love), pneumonia.
Anita Reeves, 68, Irish actress (Dancing at Lughnasa, Little Gem), cancer.
Wolfram Siebeck, 87, German journalist and food critic.

8
Abdul Sattar Edhi, 88, Pakistani philanthropist, social activist, ascetic and humanitarian, founder of the Edhi Foundation.
Turk Lown, 92, American baseball player (Chicago Cubs, Chicago White Sox, Cincinnati Reds), leukemia.
William Lucas, 91, British actor (The Adventures of Black Beauty).
William H. McNeill, 98, Canadian-American historian and author.
Steve Owens, 59, Canadian politician, Ontario MPP (1990–1995).
Howard Raiffa, 92, American academic.
Jacques Rouffio, 87, French movie director (Sept morts sur ordonnance, Le Sucre) and screenwriter (My Brother-in-Law Killed My Sister).

9
Johnny Barnes, 93, Bermudian entertainer.
Hasan Basri Durin, 81, Indonesian politician, Minister of Agrarian Affairs (1998–1999), Governor of West Sumatra (1987–1997), Mayor of Padang (1971–1983).
Geneviève Castrée, 35, Canadian musician and comic book artist, pancreatic cancer.
Bill Guilfoile, 84, American public relations executive (Baseball Hall of Fame, New York Yankees, Pittsburgh Pirates).
Gladys Hooper, 113, English supercentenarian, nation's oldest living person.
Hugo Niebeling, 85, German filmmaker (Alvorada).
Sydney Schanberg, 82, American journalist (The New York Times), winner of the Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting (1976).

10
Abu Omar al-Shishani, 30, Soviet-born Georgian ISIS militant, airstrike.
Katharina Focke, 93, German politician, Federal Minister for Youth, Family and Health (1972–1976).
Alfred G. Knudson, 93, American geneticist.
Kem Ley, 45, Cambodian political analyst, shot.

11
John Brademas, 89, American politician and educator, member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Indiana's 3rd district (1959–1981), President of NYU (1981–1991).
Edmond L. Browning, 87, American Episcopal bishop, Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church (1985–1997).
Emma Cohen, 69, Spanish actress (The Glass Ceiling, Voyage to Nowhere, The Grandfather), cancer.
Corrado Farina, 77, Italian movie director, screenwriter (Baba Yaga) and novelist.
Jim Metzen, 72, American politician, member (since 1987) and President (2003–2011) of the Minnesota Senate, and House of Representatives (1975–1987), lung cancer.
Jusztin Nándor Takács, 89, Hungarian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Székesfehérvár (1991–2003).
Scott Olin Wright, 93, American judge, member of the U.S. District Court for Western Missouri (since 1979).

12
Galina Chesnokova, 82, Russian Soviet-era volleyball player (national team), European champion (1963).
Seamon Glass, 90, American actor (This Is Not a Test, Deliverance, Perry Mason).
Goran Hadžić, 57, Serbian politician, President of Krajina (1992–1994), brain cancer. 
Peter Johnson, 78, Australian rugby union player.
Kyosen Ōhashi, 82, Japanese television host and politician, acute respiratory failure.

13
Héctor Babenco, 70, Argentine-born Brazilian movie director, producer and screenwriter (Kiss of the Spider Woman, Ironweed, Carandiru), heart attack.
Marion Campbell, 87, American football player and coach (Philadelphia Eagles, Atlanta Falcons).
Robert Fano, 98, Italian-born American computer scientist.
Hollis L. Harris, 84, American airline executive, CEO of Continental Airlines (1990–1991) and Air Canada (1992–1996), President of Delta Airlines (1987–1990).
El Lebrijano, 74, Spanish flamenco singer.
Bernardo Provenzano, 83, Italian criminal, head of the Corleonesi Mafia faction, complications from bladder cancer.
Carolyn See, 82, American author (Golden Days), cancer.
Zygmunt Zimowski, 67, Polish Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Radom (2002–2009), President of the PCPCHCW (since 2009), pancreatic cancer.

14
Helena Benitez, 102, Filipino politician and educator, Senator (1967–1972).
Michael J. Elliott, 65, British journalist and magazine editor (Time, Newsweek, The Economist), cancer.
Péter Esterházy, 66, Hungarian author, pancreatic cancer.
Lisa Gaye, 81, American actress, singer and dancer (Rock Around the Clock, Drums Across the River).
Mohamed Lahouaiej-Bouhlel, 31, Tunisian jihadist, perpetrator of 2016 Nice attack, shot.
Sharon Runner, 62, American politician, member of the California State Assembly (20022008) and Senate (20112012, 20152016), complications from respiratory failure.
Hallard White, 87, New Zealand rugby union player (Auckland, national team), Alzheimer's disease.

15
Qandeel Baloch, 26, Pakistani model and social media celebrity, strangled. 
Frank Barnett, 82, American politician, Governor of American Samoa (1976–1977).
Janez Bernik, 82, Slovenian painter. 
Charles Davis, 83, American jazz saxophonist.

16
Robert Burren Morgan, 90, American politician, member of the U.S. Senate for North Carolina (1975–1981), N.C. Senate (19551969) and Attorney General (19691974).
E. C. Pielou, 92, Canadian statistical ecologist.
Nate Thurmond, 74, American Hall of Fame basketball player (Golden State Warriors, Chicago Bulls, Cleveland Cavaliers), leukemia.
Thurston Twigg-Smith, 94, American businessman and philanthropist.
Kazimieras Uoka, 65, Lithuanian politician.
Alan Vega, 78, American singer and musician (Suicide).

17
Wendell Anderson, 83, American politician, Governor of Minnesota (1971–1976), Senator for Minnesota (1976–1978), Olympic silver medalist in ice hockey (1956), pneumonia.
Achille Casanova, 74, Swiss politician, Vice Chancellor (1981–2005).
Phyllis Ntantala-Jordan, 96, South African political activist and author. 
Gary S. Paxton, 77, American record producer ("Monster Mash") and singer-songwriter (Skip & Flip), complications from heart surgery and liver disease.

18
Manuel G. Batshaw, 101, Canadian social worker, founder of Batshaw Youth and Family Centres.
Uri Coronel, 69, Dutch sports director (Ajax Amsterdam).
Bloeme Evers-Emden, 90, Dutch teacher, child psychologist and Holocaust survivor.
James Kriel, 74, South African air force general. 
Jeffrey Montgomery, 63, American LGBT rights activist.
Billy Name, 76, American photographer (Andy Warhol), heart failure.
Matilda Rapaport, 30, Swedish alpine free-skier, avalanche.
Abu Wardah, 39, Indonesian militant leader (Mujahidin Indonesia Timur), shot by police.

19
Betsy Bloomingdale, 93, American socialite and philanthropist, complications from heart disease.
Chief Zee, 75, American football mascot (Washington Redskins).
Dimitri, 80, Swiss clown.
Carlos Gorostiza, 96, Argentine playwright, theatre director and novelist.
Carmen Hernández, 85, Spanish catechist, co-founder of the Neocatechumenal Way.
Garry Marshall, 81, American director, producer, writer, and actor (Happy Days, Pretty Woman, Murphy Brown), pneumonia.
Anthony D. Smith, 76, British historical sociologist.
Tamás Somló, 68, Hungarian musician and singer (Omega, Locomotiv GT), cancer.

20
Radu Beligan, 97, Romanian actor, director and essayist.
James Allen Johnson, 92, American army general.
György Kéri, 66, Hungarian biochemist, Széchenyi Prize winner (2013).
Pavel Sheremet, 44, Belarusian journalist, car bombing.
Mark Takai, 49, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Hawaii's 1st district (since 2015) and the Hawaii House of Representatives (19942015), pancreatic cancer.

21
Roger Godement, 94, French mathematician.
Dennis Green, 67, American football coach (Minnesota Vikings, Arizona Cardinals, Northwestern Wildcats), cardiac arrest.
Luc Hoffmann, 93, Swiss ornithologist.
Amnon Linn, 92, Israeli politician, member of the Knesset (19671969, 19731988).
Iwo Cyprian Pogonowski, 94, Polish writer and inventor.
Des Rea, 72, Northern Irish boxer.
Don Soderquist, 82, American executive (Walmart). 
Lewie Steinberg, 82, American Hall of Fame bassist (Booker T. & the M.G.'s), cancer.

22
Geraldine Branch, 107, American gynecologist.
Dave Bald Eagle, 97, American Lakota Chief and actor.
Joe Derrane, 86, American accordion player.
Franca Faldini, 85, Italian writer and actress (Where Is Freedom?, Poverty and Nobility, Man, Beast and Virtue).
Ursula Franklin, 94, German-born Canadian scientist and academic (University of Toronto).
Viktor Kryzhanivskyi, 66, Ukrainian painter and artist.
Leyla Sayar, 76, Turkish actress.
Norma Levy Shapiro, 87, American judge, member of the U.S. District Court for Eastern Pennsylvania (since 1978). 
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Samane Viyaket, 89, Laotian politician and military official, President of the National Assembly (1993–2005).

23
Thorbjörn Fälldin, 90, Swedish politician, Prime Minister (1976–1978, 1979–1982).
Kate Granger, 34, British physician and fundraiser, desmoplastic small-round-cell tumor.
Mangala Moonesinghe, 84, Sri Lankan politician and diplomat, High Commissioner to the UK (20002002) and India (19952000, 20022005). 
S. H. Raza, 94, Indian artist.
Jean Ricardou, 84, French writer.
Alina Surmacka Szczesniak, 91, Polish-born American food scientist.

24
Keith Gemmell, 68, British musician (Audience, Stackridge, Pasadena Roof Orchestra), throat cancer.
Frank Hodsoll, 78, American art historian, Chair of the National Endowment for the Arts (1981–1989), cancer.
Jan Kmenta, 88, Czech-American econometrician.
Bohuslav Kokotek, 67, Czech Lutheran clergyman and politician.
Marni Nixon, 86, American singer (The King and I, West Side Story, My Fair Lady) and actress (The Sound of Music), breast cancer.
Chris Costner Sizemore, 89, American writer, subject of The Three Faces of Eve, heart attack.

25
Jerzy Bahr, 72, Polish diplomat, Ambassador to Russia (20062010) and Ukraine (19972001), Director of the National Security Bureau (2005), cancer.
Daphne Ceeney, 82, Australian paraplegic athlete, Paralympic champion (1960, 1964).
Artur Correia, 66, Portuguese footballer (Benfica, Sporting, national team), stroke.
Pierre Fauchon, 87, French politician, member of the Senate for Loir-et-Cher (19922011).
Arundhati Ghose, 76, Indian diplomat, ambassador to the UN-Geneva, South Korea and Egypt, cancer.
Eric Kuhne, 64, American-born British architect, heart attack.
Mollie Lowery, 70, American advocate for the homeless and mentally ill, cancer.
Tom Peterson, 86, American retailer and television personality, Parkinson's disease.

26
Roy Adler, 85, American mathematician.
John H. Flood, 77, American politician, member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives (19811991).
Jeffrey Grey, 57, Australian military historian.
Jacques Hamel, 85, French Roman Catholic priest, stabbed.
C.-H. Hermansson, 98, Swedish politician, MP (1963–1985), leader of the Left Party-Communists (1964–1975).
David A. Katz, 82, American judge, member of the US District Court for Northern Ohio (since 1994), cancer.
Forrest Mars Jr., 84, American billionaire businessman (Mars, Incorporated), heart attack.

27
Jack Davis, 91, American cartoonist and illustrator (Tales from the Crypt, The Vault of Horror, Georgia Bulldogs), co-founder of Mad.
Jerry Doyle, 60, American talk show host and actor (Babylon 5), founder of EpicTimes.
Doug Griffin, 69, American baseball player (Boston Red Sox).
Piet de Jong, 101, Dutch politician and naval officer, Minister of Defence (1963–1967) and Prime Minister (1967–1971).
James Alan McPherson, 72, American writer (Elbow Room), awarded Pulitzer Prize (1978), pneumonia.
Milton Murayama, 93, American Nisei novelist and playwright.
Einojuhani Rautavaara, 87, Finnish composer, complications following hip surgery.

28
Boualem Bessaïh, 86, Algerian politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs (1988–1989).
Conrad K. Cyr, 84, American federal judge, member of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit (1989–1997) and the District Court for the District of Maine (1981–1989).
Mahasweta Devi, 90, Indian writer (Hajar Churashir Maa), blood infection and kidney failure.
Richard Grant Hiskey, 87, American chemist.
Marianne Ihlen, 81, Norwegian muse.
Patrick Jourdain, 73, British bridge player and journalist. 
Vladica Kovačević, 76, Serbian footballer.
Émile Derlin Zinsou, 98, Beninese politician, President (1968–1969).

29
Ken Barrie, 83, British voice actor (Postman Pat) and singer, liver cancer.
Doris Benegas, 64, Venezuelan-born Spanish Basque politician, leader of the Castilian Left, stomach cancer.
Madhusudan Dhaky, 88, Indian architectural historian.
Lucille Dumont, 97, Canadian singer.
Tommy George, 87, Australian Aboriginal elder.
Vivean Gray, 92, British-born Australian actress (Neighbours, The Sullivans, Prisoner).
Patrick Lalor, 90, Irish hurler (Laois) and politician, TD (1961–1981), MEP (1979–1994).
Burt L. Talcott, 96, American politician, member of the United States House of Representatives from California's 12th and 16th congressional districts (1963–1977).

30
Gloria DeHaven, 91, American actress (Summer Stock, Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman, Out to Sea), complications from a stroke.
Nigel Gray, 69, British record producer (Outlandos d'Amour).

31
Chiyonofuji Mitsugu, 61, Japanese sumo wrestler, pancreatic cancer.
Thomas Danson Jr., 82, American politician.
Bobbie Heine Miller, 106, South African-born Australian tennis player.
Fazil Iskander, 87, Soviet and Russian writer.
Penny Lang, 74, Canadian folk musician.
Destin Onka Malonga, 28, Congolese football player, fall.
Seymour Papert, 88, South African-born American mathematician, computer scientist and educator.
Angelika Schrobsdorff, 88, German writer.
Jean-Claude Wicky, 70, Swiss photographer.

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Related pages
 Deaths in 2014
 Deaths in 2015

References

Other websites
 The Guardian, UK obituaries
 Obituaries, Los Angeles Times
 Obituaries, Chicago Tribune
 The New York Times, US obituaries
 The Sydney Morning Herald, Australian obituaries
 The Telegraph obituaries

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