Deaths in July 2019

The following is a list of deaths that should be noted in July 2019. Names under each date are noted in the order of the alphabet by last name or pseudonym. Deaths of non-humans are noted here also if it is worth noting.

July

Tyler Skaggs
1991 – 2019

Lee Iacocca
1924 – 2019

June Bacon-Bercey
1932 – 2019

Arte Johnson
1929 – 2019

Eva Mozes Kor
1934 – 2019

John McCririck
1940 – 2019

Cameron Boyce
1999 – 2019

João Gilberto
1931 – 2019

Artur Brauner
1918 – 2019

Ross Perot
1930 – 2019

Fernando de la Rúa
1937 – 2019

Rip Torn
1931 – 2019

Valentina Cortese
1923 – 2019

Denise Nickerson
1957 – 2019

Fernando Corbató
1926 – 2019

Hussain Muhammad Ershad
1930 – 2019

Johnny Clegg
1953 – 2019

John Paul Stevens
1920 – 2019

Andrea Camilleri
1925 – 2019

Rutger Hauer
1944 – 2019

César Pelli
1926 – 2019

Sheila Dikshit
1938 – 2019

Ilaria Occhini
1934 – 2019

Robert Morgenthau
1919 – 2019

Chris Kraft
1924 – 2019

Li Peng
1928 – 2019

Beji Caid Essebsi
1926 – 2019

Russi Taylor
1944 – 2019

Robert Schrieffer
1931 – 2019

Richard B. Stone
1928 – 2019

1

• Bob Collymore, 61, Guyanese-born British businessman, Chief Executive of Safaricom (since 2010), acute myeloid leukaemia.
• Norman Geisler, 86, American theologian, co-creator of the Chicago Statement on Biblical Inerrancy, cerebral thrombosis.
• Rolland Golden, 87, American artist.
• Oss Kröher, 91, German folk singer-songwriter.
• Sándor Popovics, 80, Hungarian-Dutch footballer (Újpesti Dózsa, Sparta Rotterdam) and football manager (N.E.C., De Graafschap), Alzheimer's disease.
• Sid Ramin, 100, American composer (West Side Story, Too Many Thieves, Stiletto), Oscar winner (1962).
• Bogusław Schaeffer, 90, Polish composer, musicologist and graphic artist.
• Tyler Skaggs, 27, American baseball pitcher (Arizona Diamondbacks, Los Angeles Angels).

2

• Élie Brousse, 97, French rugby league player (Roanne, Lyon, national team).
• Costa Cordalis, 75, Greek-German schlager singer.
• Lee Iacocca, 94, American automobile executive and writer (Where Have All the Leaders Gone?), President of Ford Motor Company (1970–1978) and Chairman of Chrysler (1979–1992), problems caused by Parkinson's disease.
• W. Thomas Molloy, 78, Canadian politician, Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan (since 2018), pancreatic cancer.
• Bruce Wallrodt, 67, Australian athlete, Paralympic champion (1988, 1992, 1996).

3

• Sudarshan Agarwal, 88, Indian politician, Governor of Uttarakhand (2003–2007) and Sikkim (2007–2008).
• Koldo Aguirre, 80, Spanish football player (Athletic Bilbao, national team) and manager (Hércules).
• June Bacon-Bercey, 90, American meteorologist (NOAA, National Weather Service, USAEC), first African-American woman to have a meteorology degree and to forecast weather on television, frontotemporal dementia.
• Basant Kumar Birla, 98, Indian businessman, Chairman of B.K. Birla Institute of Engineering & Technology (since 2007).
• Mitsuo Itoh, 82, Japanese Grand Prix motorcycle road racer.
• Arte Johnson, 90, American comedian and actor (Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In), Emmy Award winner (1969), bladder and prostate cancer.
• Malva Landa, 100, Ukrainian-born Russian geologist and human rights activist, member of the Moscow Helsinki Group (since 1976).
• Jared Lorenzen, 38, American football player (New York Giants, Indianapolis Colts), heart and kidney failure caused by an infection.
• Arseny Mironov, 101, Russian aeronautical engineer.
• Edward Shotter, 86, British Anglican priest and author, Dean of Rochester (1989–2003).

4

• Chris Cline, 60, American billionaire mining entrepreneur, helicopter crash.
• Eduardo Fajardo, 94, Spanish actor (The Two Faces of Fear, Nightmare City, Exterminators of the Year 3000).
• Arturo Fernández Rodríguez, 90, Spanish actor (Red Cross Girls, College Boarding House, The Locket), problems caused by a fall.
• Bob Gilliland, 93, American pilot, first man to fly SR-71 Blackbird.
• Eva Mozes Kor, 85, Romanian-born American Holocaust survivor and author, founder of CANDLES Holocaust Museum and Education Center.
• Pierre Lhomme, 89, French cinematographer (Cyrano de Bergerac, Lovers Like Us, Deadly Circuit).
• Robert F. Marx, 85, American scuba diver.
• Vivian Perlis, 91, American musicologist.

5

• Gerry Fairhead, 96, Canadian Olympic sailor (1948).
• Ugo Gregoretti, 88, Italian movie director (Ro.Go.Pa.G., Omicron, Beautiful Families).
• John McCririck, 79, British horse racing journalist (ITV Sport, Channel 4), lung cancer.
• Adila Mutallibova, 81, Azerbaijani socialite, First Lady (1991–1992).
• Godfried Toussaint, 75, Canadian computer scientist. (death announced on this date)
• Paolo Vinaccia, 65, Italian-Norwegian jazz percussionist, pancreatic cancer.

6

• Cameron Boyce, 20, American actor (Jessie, Gamer's Guide to Pretty Much Everything, Descendants), seizure.
• João Gilberto, 88, Brazilian singer-songwriter ("Getz/Gilberto", "Eu Sei que Vou Te Amar") and guitarist, pioneer of bossa nova music style and Grammy winner (1965).
• Thommy Gustafsson, 71, Swedish keyboardist (Sven-Ingvars).
• Parviz Jalayer, 79, Iranian weightlifter, Olympic silver medalist (1968) and Asian Games champion (1966).
• Arman Kirakossian, 62, Armenian diplomat, Minister of Foreign Affairs (1992–1993), Ambassador to the United States (1999–2005) and United Kingdom (since 2018).

7

• Artur Brauner, 100, Polish-born German movie producer (The Plot to Assassinate Hitler, Angry Harvest, Europa Europa).
• Steve Cannon, 84, American novelist, playwright, and arts impresario (A Gathering of the Tribes), sepsis caused by a ruptured cyst.
• Patricia Gallerneau, 64, French politician, Deputy (2017–2019), cancer.
• Greg Johnson, 48, Canadian ice hockey player (Detroit Red Wings, Nashville Predators, Pittsburgh Penguins), Olympic silver medalist (1994), suicide by firearm.
• Ekaterina Koroleva, 20, Russian handballer (national team), drowned.
• Ora Namir, 88, Israeli politician and diplomat, member of the Knesset (1973–1996), Minister of Labor (1992–1996) and Ambassador to China and Mongolia (1996–2000).
• Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, 49, Indonesian civil servant and academic, Head of Indonesian National Board for Disaster Management Public Relations (since 2010), lung cancer.

8

• James Henke, 65, American music journalist (Rolling Stone) and museum curator (Rock and Roll Hall of Fame), dementia.
• Charles Levin, 70, American actor (Alice, Hill Street Blues, Seinfeld).
• Arthur Ryan, 83, Irish businessman, founder and chairman of Primark.

9

• Husaini Abdullahi, 80, Nigerian military personnel and politician, Governor of Bendel State (1976–1978).
• Miriam Butterworth, 101, American politician and educator, heart disease.
• William E. Dannemeyer, 89, American politician, member of the California State Assembly (1963–1967, 1976–1978) and the U.S. House of Representatives (1979–1993), problems caused from dementia.
• Philip Freelon, 67, American architect (National Museum of African American History and Culture, National Center for Civil and Human Rights, Museum of the African Diaspora), problems caused by ALS.
• Freddie Jones, 91, British actor (The Elephant Man, Emmerdale, Dune).
• Ross Perot, 89, American businessman (Electronic Data Systems) and politician, presidential candidate (1992, 1996) and founder of the Reform Party, leukemia.
• Robert Rackstraw, 75, American pilot and criminal, suspect in D. B. Cooper case, heart disease.
• Aaron Rosand, 92, American violinist.
• Fernando de la Rúa, 81, Argentine lawyer and academic, President (1999–2001), heart and kidney failure.
• Rip Torn, 88, American actor (Cross Creek, The Larry Sanders Show, Men in Black), Emmy winner (1996).

10

• Paulo Henrique Amorim, 77, Brazilian journalist, heart attack.
• Jim Bouton, 80, American baseball player (New York Yankees, Houston Astros), writer (Ball Four), and actor (The Long Goodbye), co-creator of Big League Chew, cerebral amyloid angiopathy.
• Valentina Cortese, 96, Italian actress (Malaya, The Barefoot Contessa, Brother Sun, Sister Moon).
• Motto McLean, 93, Scottish-born Canadian ice hockey player (Omaha Knights).
• Walt Michaels, 89, American football player (Cleveland Browns) and coach (New York Jets).
• Denise Nickerson, 62, American actress (Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, Dark Shadows, Smile), seizure caused by pneumonia.
• Dorothy Toy, 102, American tap dancer (Toy & Wing).
• Gerald Weissmann, 88, Austrian-born American physician, editor-in-chief of The FASEB Journal (2006–2016).

11

• Dengir Mir Mehmet Fırat, 76, Turkish politician, member of the Grand National Assembly (1999–2011, since 2015), lung cancer.
• Brendan Grace, 68, Irish actor (Moondance), comedian (Father Ted) and singer, lung cancer.
• Rumen Surdzhiyski, 75, Bulgarian movie director (Swan, Snapshots as Souvenirs, Place Under the Sun) and screenwriter.

12

• Jorge Aguado, 93, Argentine politician, de facto Governor of Buenos Aires Province (1982–1983) and Minister of Agriculture and Livestock (1981).
• Fernando J. Corbató, 93, American computer scientist, Turing Award winner (1990), problems caused from diabetes.
• Hodan Nalayeh, 42, Somali-Canadian businesswoman, television journalist (Citytv) and producer (American Idol, So You Think You Can Dance), bombing.
• Eberhard Kummer, 78, Austrian folk singer and lawyer.
• Claudio Naranjo, 86, Chilean-born American psychiatrist and writer, co-developer of the Enneagram of Personality.
• M. J. Radhakrishnan, 61, Indian cinematographer (Deshadanam, Karunam, Naalu Pennungal), cardiac arrest.
• Jean-Pierre Worms, 84, French sociologist and politician, Deputy (1981–1993).

13

• Richard Carter, 65, Australian actor (Mad Max: Fury Road, The Great Gatsby, Rafferty's Rules).
• Michael English, 88, British politician, MP (1964–1983).
• Augusto Fantozzi, 79, Italian lawyer and politician, Minister of Economy and Finance (1995–1996) and Foreign Trade (1996–1998).
• Sadashiv Vasantrao Gorakshkar, 86, Indian writer and art curator.
• Paul F. Markham, 89, American attorney, U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts (1966–1969), key figure in the Chappaquiddick incident.
• Mona Malden, 102, American actress (The Gentle People, I'll Take the High Road).
• Rod Richards, 72, Welsh politician, MP for Clwyd North West (1992–1997) and Leader of the Welsh Conservative Party (1999), cancer.

14

• Hussain Muhammad Ershad, 89, Bangladeshi military officer and politician, Chief of Army Staff (1978–1986), President (1983–1990) and Leader of the Opposition (since 2019), myelodysplastic syndrome.
• Terry Hodgkinson, 70, British businessman, Chairman of Yorkshire Forward (2003–2010).
• Nereo Laroni, 76, Italian politician, Mayor of Venice (1985–1987) and MEP (1989–1994), problems caused by heart surgery.
• Pernell Whitaker, 55, American boxer, four-weight world champion, Olympic champion (1984), hit by a car.
• Paul Albert Zipfel, 83, American Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Bismarck (1996–2011), dementia.

15

• Mortimer Caplin, 103, American lawyer and educator, Commissioner of Internal Revenue (1961–1964).
• Ousmane Tanor Dieng, 72, Senegalese politician, Vice-president of the Socialist International (since 1996) and presidential candidate (2007).
• Craig Fallon, 36, British judoka, world champion (2005).
• Alexis Galanos, 78, Cypriot politician, President of the House of Representatives (1991–1996) and Mayor-in-exile of Famagusta (since 2006).
• Edith Irby Jones, 91, American physician, first African-American student to go to a racially mixed class in the Southern United States, President of the National Medical Association (1985–1988).
• Bruce Laingen, 96, American politician, United States Ambassador to Malta (1977–1979), taken hostage during the Iran crisis, problems caused by Parkinson's disease.
• Werner Müller, 73, German businessman and politician, Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy (1998–2002), cancer.
• John Tanton, 85, American anti-immigration activist, founder of the Federation for American Immigration Reform, Parkinson's disease.

16

• Rosa María Britton, 82, Panamanian physician and writer.
• Ernie Broglio, 83, American baseball player (St. Louis Cardinals, Chicago Cubs), cancer.
• Daniel Callahan, 88, American philosopher, co-founder of The Hastings Center.
• Chung Doo-un, 62, South Korean politician, Vice-Mayor of Seoul (2000–2003) and MP (since 2004), suicide.
• Johnny Clegg, 66, South African singer and musician (Juluka, Savuka), pancreatic cancer.
• Barry Coe, 84, American actor (Jaws 2, Peyton Place, Bonanza), myelodysplastic syndrome.
• Raja Dhale, 78, Indian writer and political activist, co-founder of Dalit Panthers, problems caused from a fall.
• Howard Engel, 88, Canadian writer (Benny Cooperman) and television executive (CBC), pneumonia.
• John Paul Stevens, 99, American judge, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court (1975–2010), problems caused by a stroke.

17

• Andrea Camilleri, 93, Italian writer (Salvo Montalbano) and television writer (Le inchieste del commissario Maigret), problems caused by a heart attack.
• Pumpsie Green, 85, American baseball player (Boston Red Sox, New York Mets).
• Nikola Hajdin, 96, Serbian civil engineer, President of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts (2003–2015).
• Wesley Pruden, 83, American journalist (The Washington Times).

18

• Yukiya Amano, 72, Japanese politician, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (since 2009).
• Charles Ceccaldi-Raynaud, 94, French lawyer and politician, Senator (1995–2004), Deputy (1993–1995) and Mayor of Puteaux (1969–2004).
• Luciano De Crescenzo, 90, Italian screenwriter (In the Pope's Eye) and director (Così parlò Bellavista), pneumonia.
• David Hedison, 92, American actor (Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, The Fly, Live and Let Die).
• Kurt Julius Isselbacher, 93, American gastroenterologist and medical editor (Journal of Clinical Investigation), member of the National Academy of Sciences (since 1973), stroke.
• Roelof Nelissen, 88, Dutch politician and banker, Deputy Prime Minister (1971–1973), Minister of Finance (1971–1973) and CEO of the AMRO Bank (1983–1991).

19

• Inger Berggren, 85, Swedish singer ("Sol och vår"), Eurovision participant (1962).
• John Elya, 90, Lebanese-born American Melkite Greek Catholic prelate, Eparch of Newton (1993–2004).
• Rutger Hauer, 75, Dutch actor (Soldier of Orange, Blade Runner, Batman Begins), Golden Globe winner (1987).
• Ágnes Heller, 90, Hungarian philosopher and political theorist (The New School), drowned.
• Jeremy Kemp, 84, British actor (The Winds of War, Z-Cars, The Blue Max).
• Don Mossi, 90, American baseball player (Cleveland Indians, Detroit Tigers, Chicago White Sox).
• César Pelli, 92, Argentine architect (Petronas Towers, Carnegie Hall Tower, One Canada Square).
• Bert Rechichar, 89, American football player (Baltimore Colts).
• Yao Lee, 96, Chinese singer ("Gong Xi Gong Xi", "Rose, Rose, I Love You").

20

• Sheila Dikshit, 81, Indian politician, MP (1984–1989), Chief Minister of Delhi (1998–2013) and Governor of Kerala (2014), cardiac arrest.
• R. James Harvey, 97, American politician and lawyer, Mayor of Saginaw (1957–1959), member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1961–1974) and Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan (1973–1984).
• Peter McNamara, 64, Australian tennis player and coach, prostate cancer.
• Ilaria Occhini, 85, Italian actress (Doctor and the Healer, Welcome to Home Gori, Loose Cannons).
• Liane Russell, 95, Austrian-born American geneticist and conservationist.

21

• Hugo Cóccaro, 65, Argentine politician, Governor of Tierra del Fuego (2005–2007), cancer.
• Antonino Cuffaro, 87, Italian politician, MP (1976–1987, 1994–1996).
• Francisco Grau, 72, Spanish military officer and composer, Director of the Musical Unit of the Royal Guard (1988–2008).
• Paul Krassner, 87, American writer (The Realist) and political activist.
• José Manuel Estepa Llaurens, 93, Spanish Roman Catholic cardinal, Military Ordinary of Spain (1986–2003).
• Robert Morgenthau, 99, American lawyer, New York County District Attorney (1975–2009) and U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York (1961–1962; 1962–1970).

22

• Peter Hamm, 82, German poet and journalist (Der Spiegel, Die Zeit).
• Christopher C. Kraft Jr., 95, American aerospace engineer, Director of Johnson Space Center (1972–1982).
• Brigitte Kronauer, 78, German writer, Georg Büchner Prize winner (2005).
• Hans Lagerqvist, 79, Swedish Olympic pole vaulter (1972), brain cancer.
• Li Peng, 90, Chinese politician, Vice Premier (1983–1987), Premier (1988–1998) and Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (1998–2003).
• Art Neville, 81, American singer-songwriter and keyboardist (The Meters, The Neville Brothers).
• Godfried Toussaint, 75, Canadian computer scientist. (death announced on this date)

23

• Chaser, 15, American Border Collie, largest-tested non-human memory.
• Maxim Dadashev, 28, Russian boxer, head injuries caused by boxing.
• Ruth Gotlieb, 96, British-born New Zealand politician, Wellington City Councillor (1983–2001).
• Michael Roth, 83, German engineer.
• Barney Smith, 98, American plumber, artist and museum curator.
• Ferdinand von Bismarck, 88, German businessman and lawyer, Prince of Bismark (since 1975).
• Lois Wille, 87, American journalist (Chicago Daily News, Chicago Sun-Times, Chicago Tribune), Pulitzer winner (1963, 1989), stroke.

24

• Claes Andersson, 82, Finnish writer, psychiatrist and politician, Minister of Culture (1995–1998) and MP (1987–1999, 2007–2008).
• Margaret Fulton, 94, Scottish-born Australian chef and cookbook writer (The Margaret Fulton Cookbook).
• Cathy Inglese, 60, American college basketball coach (University of Vermont, Boston College, University of Rhode Island), problems caused from a fall.
• Michael Kittredge, 67, American home decor executive and philanthropist, founder of Yankee Candle.

25

• Beji Caid Essebsi, 92, Tunisian politician, Prime Minister (2011) and President (since 2014).
• Jesper Juul, 71, Danish writer and family therapist, pneumonia.
• Jorma Kinnunen, 77, Finnish javelin thrower, Olympic silver medalist (1968).
• Danny McCarthy, 76, Welsh footballer (Cardiff City, Abergavenny Thursdays, Merthyr Tydfil). (death announced on this date)
• Jimmy Patton, 87, British comedian (Patton Brothers), cancer.
• Pierre Péan, 81, French journalist and writer.
• Óscar Enrique Sánchez, 64, Guatemalan footballer (Comunicaciones, Municipal, national team) and Olympian (1976), problems caused from heart surgery.

26

• Arnie Brown, 77, Canadian ice hockey player (New York Rangers, Detroit Red Wings, Toronto Maple Leafs).
• Graham Freudenberg, 85, Australian political speechwriter (Australian Labor Party) and writer (A Certain Grandeur – Gough Whitlam in Politics).
• Jaime Lucas Ortega y Alamino, 82, Cuban Roman Catholic cardinal, Archbishop of San Cristóbal de la Habana (1981–2016), pancreatic cancer.
• Kevin Roster, 36, American poker player and assisted death activist, euthanized by medial aid.
• Russi Taylor, 75, American actress (Disney's House of Mouse, The Simpsons, DuckTales), colon cancer.

27

• Carlos Cruz-Diez, 95, Venezuelan artist.
• Humphrey Mijnals, 88, Surinamese-born Dutch footballer (Robinhood, DOS Utrecht, national team).
• Mike Roarke, 88, American baseball player and coach (Detroit Tigers, St. Louis Cardinals, San Diego Padres).
• John Robert Schrieffer, 88, American physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics winner (1972).

28

• Eduardo Gómez, 68, Spanish actor and comedian (Aquí no hay quien viva, La que se avecina, Butterfly's Tongue), laryngeal cancer.
• George Hilton, 85, Uruguayan-born Italian actor (The Masked Man Against the Pirates, The Brute and the Beast, Man Called Invincible).
• Vladimir Kara-Murza Sr., 59, Russian journalist, television presenter and political activist, co-founder of NTV.
• Loek van Mil, 34, Dutch baseball player (Curaçao Neptunus, Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles, national team), problems caused from a hiking injury.
• Jaipal Reddy, 77, Indian politician, Minister of Earth Sciences and Science and Technology (2012–2014) and MP (1984–2014), pneumonia.
• Ruth de Souza, 98, Brazilian actress (The Landowner's Daughter, Macumba Love, A Glass of Rage), pneumonia.
• Richard B. Stone, 90, American lawyer and politician, U.S. Senator from Florida (1975–1980) and U.S. Ambassador to Denmark (1991–1993).

29

• Egil Danielsen, 85, Norwegian javelin thrower and politician, Olympic champion (1956).
• Enrique Lafourcade, 91, Chilean writer (Palomita Blanca), critic and journalist (El Mercurio).
• Vasil Metodiev, 84, Bulgarian footballer (Akademik Sofia, Lokomotiv Sofia, Dobrudzha Dobrich)
• Mona-Liisa Nousiainen, 36, Finnish Olympic cross-country skier (2014), cancer.
• Tuvya Ruebner, 95, Israeli poet and translator.
• Zdeněk Srstka, 83, Czech Olympic weightlifter (1960), stuntman and actor (Poslední propadne peklu).

30

• Marcian Bleahu, 95, Romanian geologist, writer and politician, Senate (1990–2000).
• Nick Buoniconti, 78, American Hall of Fame football player (Miami Dolphins, Boston Patriots) and medical research activist (Miami Project to Cure Paralysis).
• Deep Impact, 17, Japanese champion racehorse (Japan Cup) and sire, euthanized.
• W. Roy McCutcheon, 89, Canadian educator, President of Seneca College (1984–1992).
• Werner von Moltke, 83, German Olympic decathlete (1968).

31

• Martín Arzola Ortega, 42, Mexican convicted drug lord (Jalisco New Generation Cartel), shot.
• María Auxiliadora Delgado, 82, Uruguayan civil servant, First Lady (2005–2010, since 2015), heart attack.
• Hamza bin Laden, 29–30, Saudi jihadist (al-Qaeda), son of Osama bin Laden. (death announced on this date)
• Raffaele Pisu, 94, Italian comedian and actor (Susanna Whipped Cream, Weekend, Italian Style, The Consequences of Love), Nastro d'Argento winner (2005).
• Harold Prince, 91, American theatre director and producer (The Phantom of the Opera, Fiddler on the Roof, West Side Story), multi-Tony winner.
• Jean-Luc Thérier, 73, French rally driver.

Other websites

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• The Telegraph obituaries
• Obituaries, Chicago Tribune
• Obituaries, Los Angeles Times
• The New York Times, US obituaries
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• The Sydney Morning Herald, Australian obituaries