Deaths in July 2005

The following is a list of notable people who died in July 2005.

July 2005

1

• Renaldo "Obie" Benson, 69, American soul/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).
• Arvo Ojala, 85, American technical advisor and actor, gun accident.
• Luther Vandross, 54, American R&B singer, complications of a stroke.

2

• Florence Kirsch, 90, American classical pianist.
• Ernest Lehman, 89, American screenwriter (Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf, North by Northwest).
• Kenneth Pinyan, 45, perforated colon after having sex with a horse [1].
• Norm Prescott, 78, co-founder of Filmation animation studios. [2]
• Martin Sanchez, 26, Mexican boxer, of injuries sustained in July 1 bout.

3

• Scott Byrne, 44, American drummer of duo Instant Death.
• 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, former Governor of Wisconsin, U.S. Senator from Wisconsin and founder of Earth Day.
• Wenten Rubuntja, Australian artist and indigenous activist.
• Hedy West, 67, American folksinger.

4

• Chris Bunch, 62, American science fiction writer, lung ailment.
• Gustav-Adolf Bursche, 86, German World War II officer.
• 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, founding member of Parliament/Funkadelic.
• Baloo Gupte, 70, former 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.
• Paul Deliège, 74, Belgian comic book writer/artist. [3]
• L. Patrick Gray, 88, former Director of the United States FBI, pancreatic cancer.
• James Haskins, 63, American professor, biographer, and author.
• 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). [4]
• Patrick S. Parker, 75, American businessman (Parker Hannifin).
• 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.
• Hasib Hussain, 18, British terrorist.
• Mohammad Sidique Khan, 30, British terrorist.
• Germaine Lindsay, 19, British terrorist.
• Ihab al-Sherif, Egyptian envoy in Iraq.
• Gustaf Sobin, 69, American-born poet and novelist.
• Shehzad Tanweer, 22, British terrorist.

8

• Julian Letterlough, 35, American boxer
• Judy Mann, 61, longtime columnist for the Washington Post.

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, actor on Little House on the Prairie.
• Byron Preiss, 52, American writer/editor/publisher. [5]
• Alex Shibicky, 91, ice hockey player who made the first slapshot.
• Rafique Zakaria, 79, Indian Islamic scholar.

10

• Frank Moores, 72, former Newfoundland Premier.
• A.J. Quinnell, 65, writer, Man on Fire.
• Dick Sabot, 61, economist, Internet entrepreneur, co-founder of tripod.com.
• Freda Wright-Sorce, 50, 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.
• 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, Grand Prix racing driver.
• Frances Langford, 92, American singer/actress.
• Mickey Owen, 89, former MLB player for the Brooklyn Dodgers.

12

• Piero Cappuccilli, 78, Italian opera singer.
• Meyer Cardin, 97, American jurist.
• Joseph Patrick Delaney, 70, Roman Catholic bishop of the diocese of Fort Worth, Texas for many years. [6]
• Arthur Fletcher, 80, Assistant Labor Secretary under US President Richard Nixon, called the "father of affirmative action". [7]
• John King, Baron King of Wartnaby, 87, businessman and chairman of British Airways from 1981 to 1993.
• Scott Paul, 24, American actor (Wyatt Earp). [8]
• John Thorley, 78, Welsh rugby union and rugby league footballer.[9]

13

• Robert P. Abelson, 76, American psychologist and political scientist.
• Sir David Brown, 77, British admiral.
• Bob Maslen-Jones, 84, British Olympic shooter.

14

• Mark Carlisle, Baron Carlisle of Bucklow, 76, British politician.
• Richard Leiterman, 70, award-winning Canadian 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, 89, New Zealand historian.

15

• David Daiches, 92, Scottish literary critic.
• Anne Drungis, 73, American Olympic fencer. [10]
• Michael Gibson, 60, Tony-nominated orchestrator and musician.
• Sir Ronald Wilson, 82, Australian High Court justice.

16

• Mira Ashby, 84, Canadian physician.
• Blue Barron, 92, American orchestra leader.
• Mark Chorvinsky, 51, American magician and entrepreneur, and founder of StrangeMag magazine.
• Pietro Consagra, 84, Italian sculptor.
• W. Fox McKeithen, 58, 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.

17

• Laurel Aitken, 77, Jamaican musician.
• Biplab Dasgupta, 66, Indian economist
• Geraldine Fitzgerald, 91, Irish-American actress, Alzheimer's disease.
• Sir Edward Heath, 89, British politician, Prime Minister (1970 - 1974), natural causes.
• Gavin Lambert, 80, novelist, screenwriter (Inside Daisy Clover, Sons and Lovers).
• Joe Vialls, Australian writer.

18

• Elizabeth Blodgett Hall, 95, American educationist.
• Paul Duke, 78, American political journalist.
• Amy Gillett, 29, Australian rower and cyclist.
• Jim Parker, 71, offensive tackle for the Baltimore Colts and member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
• Gerry Thomas, 83, American 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, comic book artist (Batman, the Phantom Stranger, the Spectre). [11]
• 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.
• John Herald, 66, American folk musician, recording artist, member of The Greenbriar Boys Vanguard Records.
• Hastings Keith, 89, American politician, United States Representative from Massachusetts, served 1959–1973, as a member of the Republican Party.
• John Tyndall, 71, founder of the British National Party.

20

• Charles Chibitty, 83, 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, film director (Picture Bride).
• Alfred Hayes, 76, British wrestler/ wrestling Announcer (most notably with the WWF).
• David Tomblin, 74, British film and television director.

21

• Bryn Allen, 84, Welsh footballer.
• Long John Baldry, 64, British blues musician.
• Bruce Bolt, 75, Scientist and earthquake expert.
• Andrzej Grubba, 47, Polish table tennis player.
• Jair da Rosa Pinto, 84, Brazilian footballer.
• Ian Robertson, Lord Robertson, 92, Scottish judge.
• Shirley Thomas, 85, American space historian, Hollywood producer, and USC professor.

22

• Jean-Charles de Menezes, 27, Electrician, shot by police.
• William Beatley, 81, British Olympic fencer.
• Jerry Marcus, 81, American cartoonist (Trudy). [12]
• Eugene Record, 64, lead vocalist for The Chi-Lites.
• Hinako Sugiura, 46, Japanese author and cartoonist. [13]
• 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, longtime accordionist/bandleader on The Lawrence Welk Show.
• John Hunt, 87, American oceanographer.
• Ray Oldham, 54, 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, 50s, Bougainville, Papua New Guinea, rebel leader.

25

• 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.
• David Jackson, 71, British actor.
• Alf Joint, 77, British stuntman.
• Maria do Couto Maia-Lopes, 114, Portuguese supercentenarian, oldest person ever documented in Portugal.
• Albert Mangelsdorff, 76, German trombonist.
• Ford Rainey, 96, American actor.

26

• Pierre Broué, 79, French Trotskyist historian.
• John Edwards, 93, Canadian footballer.
• Alexander Golitzen, 97, Oscar-winning movie art director and production designer.
• Jack Hirshleifer, 79, American economist.
• Danny Simon, 85, American comedy writer, brother of Neil Simon. [14]

27

• Shelley Appleton, 86, American labor leader.
• Betty Astell, 93, American entertainer and widow of Cyril Fletcher.
• Tungia Baker, 64, Māori artist, actress (The Piano).
• 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.
• Bergur Sigurbjörnsson, 88, Icelandic politician.

29

• Hermione Hammond, 94, English painter and portrait artist. [15]
• Hildegarde Sell, 99, cabaret singer/chanteuse, natural causes.
• Pat McCormick, 78, American television comedy writer (Johnny Carson, Phyllis Diller, Red Skelton; Candid Camera, Get Smart, etc.).

30

• Carl Beam, 62, Canadian Ojibwe artist.
• Georges Briard, 88, Russian-born American designer.
• Ray Cunningham, 100, recognized as the oldest living former Major League Baseball player. [16], [17]
• John Garang, 60, Sudanese Vice President, helicopter crash. [18], [19]
• Lucky Thompson, 81, American saxophonist.

31

• Wim Duisenberg, 70, Dutch banker and politician, suffered a heart attack while swimming and drowned. [20]
• Armando Ferreira, 85, Portuguese footballer.
• Mantle Hood, 87, influential American ethnomusicologist.
• Lawrence Teeter, 56, attempted to have Sirhan Sirhan retried, saying he did not kill Robert F. Kennedy, lymphoma.[21]