Deaths in July 2017

The following is a list of **notable deaths in July 2017**. For notable deaths before the current month, please see "Previous 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.
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## July
### 1
*Norman Dorsen, 86, American civil rights activist, President of the American Civil Liberties Union (1977–1991), complications from a stroke.
*Paul Hardin III, 86, American academic administrator (Wofford College, Drew University, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill), complications from ALS.
*Ayan Sadakov, 55, Bulgarian football player (National team, Lokomotiv Plovdiv), complications from ALS.
*Richard Gilbert Scott, 93, British architect (Whitelands College, Forth Road Bridge, Our Lady Help of Christians Church, Tile Cross).
*Orri Vigfússon, 74, Icelandic environmentalist (North Atlantic Salmon Fund) and businessman, lung cancer.

### 2
*Ataullah Behmanesh, 94, Iranian wrestler and sports journalist, stroke.
*Jack Collom, 85, American poet (*Red Car Goes By: Selected Poems 1955-2000*, *Situation Sings*, *Second Nature*) and essayist, respiratory failure complicated by lung cancer.
*Smith Hart, 68, American-Canadian professional wrestler (Stampede, WWC, IWE), prostate and bone cancer.
*Minos Kyriakou, 75, Greek media and shipping magnate and businessman, heart attack.
*Vladimir Malaniuk, 60, Ukrainian chess grandmaster, kidney cancer.
*Chris Roberts, 73, German singer ("Children, Kinder, Enfants", "Baby's gone", "One more mountain to climb") and actor (*Tante Trude aus Buxtehude*, *Meine Tochter – Deine Tochter*, *Sunshine Reggae in Ibiza*), pancreatic cancer.
*Bert Rossi, 94, English gangster.
*Tatiana Zatulovskaya, 81, Soviet-born Israeli chess player, Woman Grandmaster (1976), liver failure.

### 3
*Tom Blom, 70, Dutch radio and television presenter (*Te land, ter zee en in de lucht*), brain cancer.
* José Luis Cuevas, 83, Mexican painter (José Luis Cuevas Museum) and photographer.
* Spencer Johnson, 78, American author (*Who Moved My Cheese?*), complications from pancreatic cancer.
*Joe Robinson, 90, British actor (*A Kid for Two Farthings*, *The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner*, *Thor and the Amazon Women*), complications from dementia.
* Rudy Rotta, 66, Italian blues guitarist and singer, pancreatic cancer.
* Solvi Stubing, 76, German-Italian actress (*Heintje: A Heart Goes on a Journey*, *Garringo*, *Strip Nude for Your Killer*) and model, multiple myeloma.
* Paolo Villaggio, 84, Italian writer (*Fantozzi*) and actor (*Fantozzi*, *The Voice of the Moon*, *Dear Goddamned Friends*), complications from diabetes.

### 4
*Bryan Avery, 73, English architect (BFI IMAX, Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, Museum of the Moving Image).
*Gene Conley, 86, American baseball (Milwaukee Braves, Philadelphia Phillies, Boston Red Sox) and basketball player (Boston Celtics, New York Knicks).
*Daniil Granin, 98, Soviet-Russian author (*Iskateli*), pneumonia.
*Carol Lee Scott, 74, English actress (''Emu's World*, *Grotbags*) and singer ("Little Bit of Love", "You Gotta Believe"), cancer.
*David Yewdall, 66, American sound editor (*The Thing*, *The Fifth Element*, *Escape from New York*), pancreatic cancer.

### 5
*Pierre Henry, 89, French composer.
*Joachim Meisner, 83, German Roman Catholic cardinal, Bishop of Berlin (1980–1988) and Archbishop of Cologne (1988–2014), cardiac arrest.
*Joaquín Navarro-Valls, 80, Spanish journalist, Director of the Holy See Press Office (1984–2006), pancreatic cancer.
*Irina Ratushinskaya, 63, Russian poet, kidney cancer.
*Willi Reschke, 95, German military personnel, (Luftwaffe ace).
*John Rodriguez, 80, Guyanese-born Canadian politician, Mayor of Greater Sudbury (2006–2010) and member of the House of Commons (1972–1980, 1984–1993), heart failure.
*Roger Wootton, 73, English aeronautical engineer and balloonist.

### 6
*Michel Aurillac, 88, French lawyer, politician and author, member of the National Assembly (1978–1981, 1986).
*Joan B. Lee, 95, English-born American actress (*Spider-Man*, *Fantastic Four*, *X-Men: Apocalypse'') and model, complications from a stroke.
*Diego E. Hernández, 83, American military officer, Parkinson's disease.
*Heinz Schneiter, 82, Swiss footballer (national team) and manager (Thun, Young Boys), coronary artery disease.
*Diane Von Hoffman, 55, American professional wrestler (USWA), complications from knee surgery.

### 7
*Jean-Pierre Bernard, 84, French actor (*The Eiger Sanction*), stomach cancer.
*Pierrette Bloch, 89, French-born Swiss artist.
*Håkan Carlqvist, 63, Swedish motocross racer, world champion (1979, 1983).
*Pam McConnell, 71, Canadian politician, member of the Toronto City Council (since 1998), respiratory failure.
*Egil Monn-Iversen, 89, Norwegian composer, pianist and businessman (Chat Noir).
*James B. Nutter Sr., 89, American mortgage lender (James B. Nutter & Company), philanthropist (Children's Mercy Hospital) and power broker (Missouri), complications from a stroke.
*Marina Ratner, 78, Russian-American mathematician, member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (since 1992), stroke.
*Kenneth Silverman, 81, American biographer, Pulitzer Prize winner (1985), complications from respiratory failure.

### 8
*Nelsan Ellis, 39, American actor (*True Blood*, *Get on Up*, *Elementary*), complications from heart failure.
*Don Johns, 79, Canadian ice hockey player (Montreal Canadiens, New York Rangers, Minnesota North Stars), heart attack.
*Elsa Martinelli, 82, Italian actress (*The Indian Fighter*, *Donatella*, *Four Girls in Town*) and fashion model, lung cancer.

### 9
*Naresh Chandra, 82, Indian politician, Cabinet Secretary of India (1990–1992), Governor of Gujarat (1995–1996), and Ambassador to the United States (1996–2001), multiple organ failure.
*Ilya Glazunov, 87, Russian painter.
*Anton Nossik, 51, Israeli-Russian journalist and social media activist, heart attack.
*Paquita Rico, 87, Spanish singer and actress (*¡Viva lo imposible!*, *El balcón de la luna*, *¿Dónde vas, Alfonso XII?*), pneumonia.

### 10
*Jim Bush, 90, American track and field coach (University of California, Los Angeles), skin cancer.
*Augustin Buzura, 79, Romanian writer (*Capul Bunei Speranţe*, *Absenţii*, *Raport asupra singurătăţi*) and journalist (*Tribuna*), heart attack.
*Peter Härtling, 83, German writer (*Zwettl*, *Oma*, *Theo haut ab*) and poet, heart failure.
*Isabelle Sadoyan, 89, French actress (''L'Alliance*, *Les fantômes du chapelier*, *Médecin de campagne*), heart failure.
*Mangesh Tendulkar, 82, Indian cartoonist, pulmonary embolism complicated by bladder cancer.

### 11
*Fikret Hakan, 83, Turkish actor (*Revenge of the Snakes*, *Borrowed Bride*, *Battal Gazi Destanı*), lung cancer.
*Denis Mack Smith, 97, British historian (*Modern Italy: A Political History*).
*Éva Schubert, 86, Hungarian actress (*Egy pikoló világos*, *Felmegyek a miniszterhez*, *Frakk, a macskák réme*).
*Luigi Ferdinando Tagliavini, 87, Italian musicologist and composer, respiratory arrest.
*Buddy Wolfe, 76, American professional wrestler (AWA, NWA, WWWF), complications from dementia.

### 12
*Chuck Blazer, 72, American soccer administrator, member of the FIFA Council (1996–2013) and General Secretary of CONCACAF (1990–2011), informant for the 2015 FIFA corruption case, colorectal cancer.
*Gerrit Braks, 84, Dutch politician, Minister of Agriculture, Nature and Fisheries (1980–1981, 1982–1990) and Education and Science (1989), President of the Senate (2001–2003), cerebral hemorrhage.
*Sam Glanzman, 92, American comics artist (*Hercules*, *The Lonely War of Willy Schultz*, *U.S.S. Stevens''), complications from a fall and surgery.
*Tamara Miansarova, 86, Soviet and Russian pop singer ("May There Always Be Sunshine"), pulmonary embolism.
*Ray Phiri, 70, South African jazz guitarist and singer ("Fire, Passion and Ecstacy", "Look, Listen and Decide", "People Don't Talk So Let's Talk"), lung cancer.
*Tod Sloan, 89, Canadian ice hockey player (Toronto Maple Leafs, Chicago Blackhawks), complications from Alzheimer's disease.

### 13
*Abdul-Rahman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, 86, Saudi prince, Deputy Minister of Defense and Aviation (1978–2011), kidney failure.
*Américo Amorim, 82, Portuguese businessman (Corticeira Amorim).
*Charles Bachman, 92, American computer scientist (Integrated Data Store), Parkinson's disease.
*Vince Farrar, 70, English rugby league player (Featherstone Rovers, Hull), oropharyngeal cancer.
*Fresh Kid Ice, 53, American rapper (2 Live Crew).
*Marie-Josephine Gaudette, 115, American-born Italian nun and supercentenarian, oldest living person in Italy (since 2017).
*Héctor Lechuga, 88, Mexican comedian, actor (*Peluquero de señoras*, *México 2000*, *Masajista de señoras*) and radio personality, heart attack complicated by Alzheimer's disease.
*Liu Xiaobo, 61, Chinese writer and human rights activist, Nobel Peace Prize winner (2010), multiple organ failure complicated by liver cancer.
*Joaquim Molins i Amat, 72, Spanish Catalan politician, member of the Congress of Deputies (1979–1986, 1993–2000), Parliament (1988–1993), and Generalitat (1988–1992), pancreatic cancer.
*Gertrude Poe, 101, American journalist (*Laurel Leader*), respiratory arrest.
*Carl E. Reichardt, 86, American banking executive (Wells Fargo), cardiopulmonary arrest.

### 14
*Mahi Beamer, 88, American singer and dancer, complications from COPD.
*Anne Golon, 95, French novelist (*Angelique*) and journalist, colorectal cancer.
*Julia Hartwig, 95, Polish poet (*Pożegnania*) and translator, congestive heart failure.
*William "Hootie" Johnson, 86, American banker (Bank of America) and sports administrator (Augusta National Golf Club), member of the South Carolina House of Representatives (1957–1958), mesothelioma.
*Pedro Richter Prada, 96, Peruvian politician, Prime Minister (1979–1980).

### 15
*Anne Buttimer, 78, Irish geographer, President of the International Geographical Union (2000–2004) and Vice-President of the Academia Europaea (2012), endometrial cancer.
*Martin Landau, 89, American actor (*Ed Wood*, *Mission: Impossible*, *North by Northwest*), Oscar winner (1995), septic shock complicated by abdominal bleeding and arteriosclerosis.
*Maryam Mirzakhani, 40, Iranian mathematician and academic, Fields Medalist (2014), breast cancer.
*Louise Merzeau, 53, French academic, trustee of Wikimedia France, pancreatic cancer.
*Babe Parilli, 87, American football player (Green Bay Packers, Cleveland Browns, Oakland Raiders) and coach (Boston Patriots, New York Jets, Denver Dynamite), complications from multiple myeloma. 
*Vjekoslav Vojo Radoičić, 86, Croatian painter, sculptor, and stage designer, pneumonia complicated by lung cancer.
*Bob Wolff, 96, American sportscaster (NBC, Washington Senators, MSG).

### 16
*Trevor Baxter, 84, British actor (*Doctor Who*, *Maelstrom*, *Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow*) and playwright (*The Picture of Dorian Gray*).
*George A. Romero, 77, American-Canadian movie director (*Night of the Living Dead*, *Dawn of the Dead*, *Creepshow*), screenwriter (*The Crazies*, *Two Evil Eyes*, *Tales from the Darkside: The Movie*) and actor (*The Silence of the Lambs*), lung cancer.
*Wilfried, 67, Austrian singer-songwriter ("Lisa Mona Lisa") and actor (*Hilde, das Dienstmädchen*), complications from esophageal cancer.

### 17
*Harvey Atkin, 74, Canadian actor (*Cagney & Lacey*, *Law & Order: Special Victims Unit*, *Meatballs*), lung cancer.
*Raymond Sackler, 97, American physician (Perdue Pharma) and philanthropist, pneumonia.

### 18
*Gustavo Alessandri Valdés, 88, Chilean lawyer and politician, Mayor of Central Commune of Santiago de Chile (1987–1989) and MP (1961–1965, 1969–1971, 1998–2002), complications from Alzheimer's disease.
*José Bragato, 101, Italian-born Argentine cellist, composer, conductor and arranger (Teatro Colón).
*Ben's Cat, 11, American racehorse, euthanized following colic surgical complications.
*Max Gallo, 85, French writer, historian and politician, member of the Académie française (since 2007), laryngeal cancer.
*Shigeaki Hinohara, 105, Japanese physician, congestive heart failure.
*André Lafargue, 100, French journalist (*Le Parisien*), complications from Parkinson's disease.
*Andrew Paulson, 59, American businessman (Afisha, SUP Media), lung cancer.
*Red West, 81, American actor and stuntman (*Walking Tall*, *Road House*, *The Wild Wild West*), aortic aneurysm.

### 19
*María Amuchástegui, 64, Argentine television fitness presenter (*Buen día Salud*, *Buen Día, María*), singer ("Camino de espejos") and ballerina, stroke and lung cancer.
*Miguel Blesa, 69, Spanish banker, Chairman of Caja Madrid (1996–2009), gunshot.
*Jake Butcher, 81, American banker and politician, financier of the 1982 World's Fair.
*Blaoui Houari, 91, Algerian singer-songwriter ("Dikrayat Wahran", "Rani M’hayer") and composer.
*Ralph Regula, 92, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's 16th congressional district (1973–2009).

### 20
*Marco Aurélio Garcia, 76, Brazilian politician, Foreign Policy Advisor (2003–2016), heart attack.
*Chester Bennington, 41, American singer (Linkin Park, Dead By Sunrise, Stone Temple Pilots) and actor (*Crank*, *Saw 3D*, *Artifact*), suicide by hanging.
*Kenneth Jay Lane, 85, American costume jewelry designer.
*Bernhard Kempa, 96, German handball player (Göppingen), complications from Parkinson's disease.
*John McCluskey, Baron McCluskey, 88, Scottish lawyer, judge and life peer, Solicitor General for Scotland (1974–1979).
*Claude Rich, 88, French actor (''Season's Beatings*, *With a Little Help from Myself*, *Looking for Hortense''), prostate cancer.
*Jonathan Shurberg, 54, American attorney and politician.
*Jadwiga Szubartowicz, 111, Polish supercentenarian, nation's oldest person (since 2015), complications from pneumonia.

### 21
*Howard Eichenbaum, 69, American psychologist and neuroscientist, complications of back surgery.
*John Heard, 71, American actor (*Home Alone*, *Big*, *Prison Break*), heart attack complicated from back surgery.
*Yami Lester, 75, Australian Aboriginal and anti-nuclear activist, complications from a stroke.
*Geoff Mack, 94, Australian country singer-songwriter ("I've Been Everywhere"), complications from dementia.
*Pudsey, 11, Border Collie performing dog (''Britain's Got Talent*, *Pudsey: The Movie*, *Mr Stink*), blood cancer.
*Jon van Rood, 91, Dutch immunologist, member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (since 1978).
*Hrvoje Šarinić, 82, Croatian politician, Prime Minister (1992–1993), cardiopulmonary arrest.
*Stubbs, 20, American cat, Honorary Mayor of Talkeetna, Alaska (since 1997).
*Deborah Watling, 69, English actress (*Doctor Who*, *Take Me High*, *The Invisible Man*), lung cancer.
*Stubbs (cat) Mayor of Talkeetna, Alaska

### 22
*Fritz Hellwig, 104, German politician and bureaucrat, European Commissioner for Research, Technology and Information Distribution (1967–1970), cardiopulmonary arrest.
*František Ševčík, 75, Czech ice hockey player (national team), Olympic silver medalist (1968), complications from spinal cancer.
*Kostiantyn Sytnyk, 91, Ukrainian botanist and politician, Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada (1980–1985).
*Artyom Tarasov, 67, Russian businessman (Kommersant) and political activist, member of the State Durma (1993–1996), pneumonia.
*Jim Vance, 75, American news anchor (WRC-TV), non-Hodgkin lymphoma.

### 23
*Bob DeMoss, 90, American football player (New York Bulldogs) and coach (Purdue Boilermakers).
*Thomas Fleming, 90, American novelist (*Liberty Tavern*, *The Spoils of War*, *When This Cruel War Is Over*) and historian (*Liberty! The American Revolution And The Future Of America'').
*John Kundla, 101, American basketball coach (Minneapolis Lakers, University of Minnesota).
*Lau Wong-fat, 80, Hong Kong businessman and politician, member of the Legislative Council (1986–2016) and Executive Council (2009–2012), Parkinson's disease.
*Waldir Peres, 66, Brazilian footballer (São Paulo, national team), world championship bronze medalist (1978), heart attack.
*Mervyn Rose, 87, Australian tennis player.
*Snooty, 69, American manatee.
*Flo Steinberg, 78, American comic book publisher (Big Apple Comix) and secretary (Marvel Comics), complications from a cerebral aneurysm and lung cancer.
*József Szendi, 95, Hungarian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Veszprém (1983–1997).

### 24
*Michiko Inukai, 96, Japanese writer (*Ojosan Horoki*, *Hanabana to Hoshiboshi*) and philanthropist.
*Jørgen Kosmo, 69, Norwegian politician, member (1985–2005) and President of Parliament (2001–2005), Minister of Defence (1993–1997), pancreatic cancer.
*Niculae Nedeff, 88, Romanian handball player and coach (women's national team, national team).
*Yash Pal, 90, Indian scientist and educationist, lung cancer.
*Udupi Ramachandra Rao, 85, Indian space scientist, Chair of the Indian Space Research Organisation (1984–1994), heart failure.

### 25
*Hywel Bennett, 73, Welsh actor (*The Virgin Soldiers*, *Shelley*, *Loot*).
*Gretel Bergmann, 103, German-born American high jumper.
*Michael Johnson, 72, American singer-songwriter ("Bluer Than Blue", "Give Me Wings") and guitarist.
*Barbara Sinatra, 90, American fashion model (Richard Blackwell) and showgirl.
*Billy Joe Walker Jr., 65, American musician, record producer, and songwriter ("I Wanna Dance with You", "B-B-B-Burnin' Up with Love"), kidney failure.
*Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu, 46, Australian Indigenous musician (*Gurrumul*, *Rrakala*, *The Gospel Album*), kidney and liver failure.

### 26
*Patti Deutsch, 73, American actress (*Match Game*, *Tattletales*, *Monsters, Inc.*) and comedian, cancer.
*June Foray, 99, American voice actress (*The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show*, *Cinderella*, *Looney Tunes*), cardiac arrest.
*Leo Kinnunen, 73, Finnish racing driver (Interserie, Formula One), Nordic Challenge Cup winner (1969), pneumonia.
*Giovanni Battista Pichierri, 74, Italian Roman Catholic Prelate, Archbishop of Trani-Barletta-Bisceglie (since 1999), aortic aneurysm.
*Lawrence Pezzulo, 91, American diplomat, Ambassador to Uruguay (1977–1979) and Ambassador to Nicaragua (1979–1981), complications from Alzheimer's disease.
*Maxlei dos Santos Luzia, 42, Brazilian footballer (Portuguesa-RJ, Vila Nova, Botafogo), cerebral edema.
*Joachim Vobbe, 70, German Old Catholic prelate, Bishop of the Old Catholics in Germany (1995–2009), prostate cancer.

### 27
*Magnus Böcker, 55, Swedish businessman (Singapore Exchange, Dustin AB, NASDAQ), cancer. 
*D. L. Menard, 85, American singer-songwriter (*Happy Go Lucky*, *Cajun Memories*, *Le Trio Cadien*) and guitarist, heart attack.
*Ovidio Messa, 64, Bolivian footballer (national team), pancreatic cancer.
*Sam Shepard, 73, American playwright (*Buried Child*) and actor (*The Right Stuff*, *Black Hawk Down*, *Mud*), complications from ALS.
*Marty Sklar, 83, American businessman (Walt Disney Imagineering).
*Ramón Xirau, 93, Spanish-born Mexican poet, philosopher and literary critic, member of the Colegio Nacional (since 1973), congestive heart failure.

### 28
*Enzo Bettiza, 90, Croatian-born Italian novelist, journalist (*Il Giornale*) and politician, Senator (1976–1979) and MEP (1979–1994).
*Charlie Gard, 11 months, British infant, focus of life support and parental rights case, MDDS.
*Inder Kumar, 43, Indian actor (*Wanted*, *Tumko Na Bhool Paayenge*, *Kahin Pyaar Na Ho Jaaye*), heart attack.
*John G. Morris, 100, American photo editor (*Life*, *The New York Times*, ''Ladies' Home Journal*), heart failure.
*Warren Keith Urbom, 91, American judge, Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Nebraska (1970–2014).

### 29
*Redha Malek, 85, Algerian politician, Prime Minister (1993–1994).
*Charley Marouani, 90, Tunisian-French impresario, photographer and celebrity agent.
*Yuri Alekseevich Ryzhov, 86, Soviet-born Russian scientist and politician, Russian Ambassador to France (1992–1998) and member of the Russian Academy of Sciences (since 1987).
*Olivier Strebelle, 90, Belgian sculptor.
*Stephen T. Worland, 94, American economist.

### 30
*Tato Cifuentes, 91, Chilean-born Argentine actor (*Cuidado con las imitaciones*, *Imitaciones peligrosas*, *Tiempo de crear*), singer ("El mambo de la chocolata", "Los Tatines", "El relojito") and ventriloquist, cardiopulmonary arrest complicated by pneumonia.
*Ciro Cirillo, 96, Italian politician, President of Province of Naples (1969–1975) and President of Campania (1979–1980), kidnapped by camorra in 1981.
*H. Sayeeduddin Dagar, 78, Indian Dhrupad singer, heart attack.
*Paulo Garcia, 58, Brazilian neurosurgeon and politician, Mayor of Goiânia (2010–2016), heart attack.
*Slim Mahfoudh, 75, Tunisian actor (*Al Khottab Al Bab*, *Choufli Ha*), lung cancer.
*Anton Vratuša, 102, Slovenian politician and diplomat, Prime Minister (1978–1980) and Yugoslavian Ambassador to the United Nations (1967–1969).

### 31
* Jérôme Golmard, 43, French tennis player, ALS.
*Francesco La Macchia, 78, Italian sprint canoeist, Olympic silver medalist (1960). 
*Liu Wen-hsiung, 62, Taiwanese politician, member of the Legislative Yuan (1999–2008), complications from a heart attack.
*Jeanne Moreau, 89, French actress, (*Elevator to the Gallows*, *The Lovers*, *Jules and Jim*).
*Les Murray, 71, Hungarian-Australian broadcaster (*The World Game*).

## Months
* January 2017
* February 2017
* March 2017
* April 2017
* May 2017
* June 2017

## Related pages
* Deaths in 2014
* Deaths in 2015
* Deaths in 2016

## 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