Deaths in July 2008
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The following is a list of notable deaths in July 2008.
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- Falani Aukuso, Tokelauan politician, deputy director general of the Secretariat of the Pacific Community. [1]
- Athos Bulcão, 90, Brazilian painter and sculptor, Parkinson's disease. [2]
- Alice Chalifoux, 100, American harpist with the Cleveland Orchestra (1931–1974). [3]
- Alfonso Dantés, 65, Mexican professional wrestler. [4]
- Hiroshi Ismael, 72, Micronesian politician, Vice President (1987–1991). [5]
- Lee Cheong-joon, 68, South Korean novelist, lung cancer. [6]
- Lee Young, 94, American jazz drummer. [7]
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- Anne Armstrong, 80, American diplomat and politician, ambassador to the United Kingdom (1976–1977), cancer. [8]
- Peter Coke, 95, British actor (Paul Temple) and playwright. [9]
- Vittorio Fiorucci, 75, Canadian graphic artist, stroke. [10]
- Tim McLean, 22, Canadian homicide victim, stabbed. [11]
- Leif Pettersen, 57, Canadian footballer and sportscaster, heart attack. [12]
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- Eula Beal, 89, American opera singer. [13]
- Luther Davis, 91, American playwright and screenwriter. [14]
- Edie Huggins, 72, American journalist and reporter (WCAU-TV), lung cancer. [15]
- Bruce Edwards Ivins, 62, American microbiologist suspected of 2001 anthrax attacks, suicide by drug overdose. [16]
- Mate Parlov, 59, Croatian boxer, Olympic and WBC light-heavyweight champion. [17]
- Ishmeet Singh Sodhi, 18, Indian singer, drowned. [18]
- Eric Varley, Baron Varley, 75, British politician, Secretary of State for Industry (1975–1979), cancer. [19]
- June Walker, 74, American activist, President of Hadassah. [20]
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- Pierre Berès, 95, French bookseller. [21]
- Wendo Kolosoy, 83, Congolese musician, after long illness. [22]
- Bob Margarita, 87, American football player (Chicago Bears), pneumonia. [23]
- Midhat Mursi, 55, Egyptian al-Qaida chemical weapons expert, missile strike. [24]
- Margaret Ringenberg, 87, American aviator and airplane racer, natural causes. [25]
- Syahrir, 63, Indonesian economist and political activist, lung cancer. [26]
- Suzanne Tamim, 30, Lebanese singer and actress, stabbed. [27]
- Anatoliy Tyazhlov, 66, Russian politician, governor of Moscow Oblast (1991–2000). [28] (Russian)
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- Osvaldo Álvarez Guerrero, 67, Argentine politician, cerebral hemorrhage. [29] (Spanish)
- Carl Aschan, 102, Swedish-born British intelligence officer and spy during World War II. [30]
- Marie Kachel Bucher, 98, American teacher, last surviving resident of the Ephrata Cloister. [31]
- Youssef Chahine, 82, Egyptian film director, cerebral hemorrhage. [32]
- Graeme Crallan, 50, British rock drummer (White Spirit, Tank), head injuries from fall. [33]
- Bob Crampsey, 78, British football journalist, after long illness. [34]
- Russ Gibson, 69, American baseball catcher. [35]
- Russell Johnston, Baron Russell-Johnston, 75, British politician, cancer. [36]
- Fenwick Lansdowne, 71, Canadian wildlife artist. [37]
- Marisa Merlini, 84, Italian actress. [38] (Italian)
- Isaac Saba Raffoul, 84, Mexican billionaire. [39] (Spanish)
- Julius B. Richmond, 91, American vice admiral, surgeon general (1977–1981), cancer. [40]
- Horst Stein, 80, German conductor. [41] (German)
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- Roland B. Day, 89, American judge, Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice (1974–1996). [42]
- Ed Foster, 59, American technology columnist (InfoWorld), heart attack. [43]
- Ted Hall, 48, American musician and sound mixer, after long illness. [44]
- Chas Messenger, 94, British cyclist. [45]
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- Bruce Adler, 63, American actor (Those Were the Days, Crazy for You), liver cancer. [46]
- Bud Browne, 96, American surf film maker. [47]
- Hiram Bullock, 52, American jazz guitarist, throat cancer. [48]
- Harriet Burns, 79, American artist, first woman to work at Walt Disney Imagineering, heart complications. [49]
- Don Callander, 78, American fantasy novel author (Pyromancer). [50]
- Jamiel Chagra, 63, American drug trafficker, cancer. [51]
- Michael J. Daly, 83, American Medal of Honor recipient, cancer. [52]
- Jeff Fehring, 53, Australian footballer, suicide. [53]
- Johnny Griffin, 80, American jazz saxophonist. [54]
- Tracy Hall, 88, American physical chemist, Alzheimer's disease. [55]
- Joseph Gérard Lauri P. Landry, 86, Canadian businessman, senator (1996–1997). [56]
- Carrie Allen McCray, 94, American author. [57]
- Randy Pausch, 47, American computer science professor (Carnegie Mellon) and author (The Last Lecture), pancreatic cancer. [58]
- Mikhail Pugovkin, 85, Russian actor, diabetes. [59] (Russian)
- Herizo Razafimahaleo, 53, Malagasy politician, renal failure. [60]
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- Eddie Davidson, 35, American convicted spammer and prison escapee, suicide by gunshot. [61]
- Norman Dello Joio, 95, American composer, natural causes. [62]
- Zezé Gonzaga, 81, Brazilian singer, natural causes. [63] (Portuguese)
- Robert T. Herres, 75, American Air Force general, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (1987–1990), brain cancer. [64]
- David H. Popper, 95, American diplomat, ambassador to Cyprus (1969–1973) and Chile (1974–1977), complications from a fall. [65]
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- N. Robin Crossby, 54, Canadian game designer, creator of Hârn role-playing system, cancer. [66]
- Kurt Furgler, 84, Swiss member of the Federal Council (1972–1986), heart failure. [67]
- Ahmet Hadžipašić, 56, Bosnian politician, prime minister (2003–2007), heart attack. [68]
- Frank Schweihs, 78, American reputed mafia enforcer, cancer. [69]
- Carol Vitale, 59, American playmate (1974) and talk show host. [70]
- Clay T. Whitehead, 69, American director of White House Office of Telecommunications Policy (1970–1974), prostate cancer. [71]
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- Joe Beck, 62, American jazz guitarist. [72]
- Helen Brockman, 105, American fashion designer, author and professor, natural causes. [73]
- Greg Burson, 59, American voice actor. [74]
- Helen Gardiner, 70, Canadian philanthropist, pancreatic cancer. [75]
- Estelle Getty, 84, American actress (The Golden Girls), Lewy body dementia. [76]
- Victor A. McKusick, 86, American geneticist, architect of the Human Genome Project, cancer. [77]
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- Sidney Craig, 76, Canadian entrepreneur and thoroughbred horse owner, co-founder of Jenny Craig, Inc. [78]
- Eric Dowling, 92, British prisoner of war, helped plan The Great Escape from Stalag Luft III. [79]
- Antoni Jaszczak, 62, Polish economist, politician and minister of construction (2006). [80] (Polish)
- El Kazovsky, 58, Russian-born Hungarian painter and artist. [81] (Hungarian)
- Donald Stokes, Baron Stokes, 94, British industrialist and chief executive of British Leyland (1964–1968). [82]
- Adil Zulfikarpašić, 86, Bosnian businessman and philanthropist, natural causes. [83] (Bosnian)
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- Célio de Castro, 76, Brazilian politician, mayor of Belo Horizonte (1997–2001), natural causes. [84] (Portuguese)
- Yann Richter, 80, Swiss politician, president of the FDP (1978–1984), heart disease. [85] (German)
- Dinko Šakić, 86, Croatian fascist leader of the Independent State of Croatia in World War II, heart failure. [86]
- Artie Traum, 65, American folk singer and guitarist, cancer. [87]
- Charles Z. Wick, 90, American politician, director of USIA (1981–1988), natural causes. [88]
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- Robert Berning, 73, American grocer, principal wine buyer for Trader Joe's, bone cancer. [89]
- Anastasia Blue, 28, American pornographic actress, drug overdose. [90]
- Sarah Conlon, 82, British campaigner on behalf of Guildford Four and Maguire Seven, lung cancer. [91]
- Dercy Gonçalves, 101, Brazilian actress, pneumonia. [92]
- Samudra Gupta, 62, Bangladeshi poet, gallbladder cancer. [93]
- Jerome Holtzman, 82, American baseball writer, stroke. [94]
- Ann Lambton, 96, British historian, after long illness. [95]
- Robert Nesheim, 86, American nutritionist (Quaker Oats), developed Cap'n Crunch and Life breakfast cereals, prostate cancer. [96]
- Dave Pearson, 70, British painter. [97]
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- Yardley Chittick, 107, American oldest living patent attorney, injuries sustained in a fall. [98]
- Tauno Marttinen, 95, Finnish composer. [99] (Finnish)
- George Niven, 79, British footballer (Rangers, Partick Thistle). [100]
- Khosrow Shakibai, 64, Iranian actor, liver cancer. [101]
- Dennis Townhill, 83, British chorister and organist. [102]
- Peter J. Welsh, 54, Australian footballer (Hawthorn, Richmond), cancer. [103]
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- Lila T. Abaunza, 79, Nicaraguan first lady (2002–2007), wife of President Enrique Bolaños. [104]
- Creig Flessel, 96, American comic book artist. [105]
- Larry Haines, 89, American actor (Search for Tomorrow). [106]
- John Hunt, Baron Hunt of Tanworth, 88, British civil servant and politician, cabinet secretary (1973–1979). [107]
- Paul Sorensen, 82, American actor (Dallas). [108]
- Sir Graham Speight, 86, New Zealand High Court judge, chief justice of the Cook Islands. [109]
- Ma Prem Usha, 70, Indian tarot card reader and columnist, natural causes. [110]
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- Roger Landes, 91, British Special Operations Executive agent. [111]
- Sherman Maxwell, 100, American Negro league baseball sportscaster. [112]
- Peanuts O'Flaherty, 90, Canadian ice hockey player. [113]
- Jo Stafford, 90, American traditional pop singer ("You Belong to Me"), heart failure. [114]
- Lindsay Thompson, 84, Australian politician, premier of Victoria (1981–1982), pneumonia. [115]
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- György Kolonics, 36, Hungarian Olympic canoeing gold medallist (1996, 2000), heart failure. [116]
- Gionata Mingozzi, 23, Italian footballer (Treviso F.B.C. 1993), car accident. [117]
- Steve Peterson, 58, American NASCAR technical director, natural causes. [118]
- Karl Unterkircher, 37, Italian mountaineer and explorer, fall on Nanga Parbat. [119]
- Gennadi Volnov, 68, Russian basketball player for Soviet Union, 1972 Olympic gold medallist. [120]
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- Yeshwant Vishnu Chandrachud, 88, Indian jurist, chief justice (1978–1985). [121]
- Bryan Cowgill, 81, British television executive. [122]
- John Danzenbaker, 89, American birdwatcher, pancreatic cancer. [123]
- Henki Kolstad, 93, Norwegian actor. [124]
- Luke Kruytbosch, 47, American race caller, natural causes. [125]
- Teta Lando, Angolan musician, cancer. [126]
- Hugh Lloyd, 85, British actor (Hancock's Half Hour). [127]
- Breno Mello, 76, Brazilian actor (Black Orpheus) and footballer. [128]
- Ong Chit Chung, 59, Singaporean politician. [129]
- Katie Reider, 30, American singer and songwriter, cerebral hemorrhage. [130]
- Riek Schagen, 94, Dutch actress and artist. [131] (Dutch)
- Steven Thomas, 36, American entrepreneur missing since 30 June, body found on this date after fall from Pali Lookout. [132]
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- Les Crane, 74, American talk show host, Grammy Award winner ("Desiderata"). [133]
- Peter Durack, 81, Australian senator and attorney-general (1977–1983). [134]
- Red Foley, 79, American sportswriter and baseball official scorer. [135]
- Bronisław Geremek, 76, Polish social historian and politician, minister of Foreign Affairs (1997–2000), car accident. [136]
- John Raymond Hobbs, 79, British physician, lung cancer. [137]
- John Mabuku, Namibian politician, governor of Caprivi Region, supporter of Caprivi Strip secessionist movement. [138]
- Dave Ricketts, 73, American baseball player and coach (St. Louis Cardinals), renal cancer. [139]
- Dona Spring, 55, American disability rights activist and Green politician, Berkeley city councilor since 1992, rheumatoid arthritis. [140]
- Gerald Wiggins, 86, American jazz pianist. [141]
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- Patricia Buckley Bozell, 81, American founder of Catholic journal Triumph, wife of L. Brent Bozell Jr., throat cancer. [142]
- Reinhard Fabisch, 57, German football manager, cancer. [143]
- Bobby Murcer, 62, American baseball player and sportscaster (New York Yankees), brain cancer. [144]
- Earl Lee Nelson, 79, American R&B singer (Bob & Earl, The Hollywood Flames, Jackie Lee), Alzheimer's disease. [145]
- Olive Riley, 108, Australian woman believed to be the world's oldest blogger, natural causes. [146]
- Tony Snow, 53, American White House press secretary (2006–2007), Fox News presenter, colon cancer. [147]
- Tsai Chao-yang, 67, Taiwanese politician, minister of Transportation and Communications, pneumonia. [148] (Chinese)
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- Joe Barr, 63, American editor and writer. [149]
- Michael E. DeBakey, 99, American cardiovascular surgeon and medical pioneer, natural causes. [150]
- Roy M. Huffington, 90, American oilman, diplomat and philanthropist, natural causes. [151]
- James H. Humphrey, 97, American physical education educator and researcher. [152]
- Mike Kleinhenz, 56, American voice actor, heart attack. [153]
- Chuck Stobbs, 79, American baseball pitcher, cancer. [154]
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- Hiroaki Aoki, 69, Japanese-born American founder of Benihana restaurants, pneumonia. [155]
- Bernard Cahier, 81, French Formula One photojournalist. [156]
- Archie McCardell, 81, American business executive (Xerox, International Harvester). [157]
- Steve Mingori, 64, American baseball player (Kansas City Royals), natural causes. [158]
- Ayub K. Ommaya, 78, Pakistani neurosurgeon, Alzheimer's disease. [159]
- Mike Souchak, 81, American golfer, complications of heart attack. [160]
- Ahmad Suradji, 57, Indonesian serial killer, execution by firing squad. [161]
- Yoji Totsuka, 66, Japanese particle physicist, colorectal cancer. [162]
- Vindication, 8, American champion racehorse, euthanized. [163]
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- Séamus Brennan, 60, Irish politician, prostate cancer. [164]
- Charles H. Joffe, 78, American Academy Award-winning film producer (Annie Hall), after long illness. [165]
- J. Murdoch Ritchie, 83, American biophysicist. [166]
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- Alex d'Arbeloff, 80, American entrepreneur. [167]
- Erling Rønneberg, 84, Norwegian resistance trainer and politician, mayor of Ski (1958–1990). [168] (Norwegian)
- Sir John Templeton, 95, British businessman and philanthropist, pneumonia. [169]
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- Princess Sultana bint Abdulaziz Al-Saud, 80, Saudi sister of King Abdullah. [170]
- Bruce Conner, 74, American artist, natural causes. [171]
- Bruce Dalling, 69, South African yachtsman, heart attack. [172]
- Yitzchok Dovid Groner, 83, Australian Chabad rabbi. [173]
- Dorian Leigh, 91, American fashion model (Revlon), sister of Suzy Parker, Alzheimer's disease. [174]
- Clem McSpadden, 82, American politician, congressman from Oklahoma (1973–1975), cancer. [175]
- Hugh Mendl, 88, British record producer. [176]
- Giovanni Viola, 82, Italian football goalkeeper, natural causes. [177] (Italian)
- Fred Yates, 85, British painter. [178]
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- Bob Ackles, 69, Canadian executive for the CFL's BC Lions, heart attack. [179]
- Jack C. Collins, 78, Australian footballer, premiership winner with Footscray (1954), heart attack. [180]
- Bobby Durham, 71, American jazz drummer. [181]
- Ambuya Mlambo, 84, Zimbabwean radio and television presenter, cancer. [182]
- Nonna Mordyukova, 82, Russian actress, diabetes. [183] (Russian)
- Mando Ramos, 59, American professional boxer. [184]
- George Tibbits, 74, Australian architect and composer. [185]
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- Hasan Doğan, 52, Turkish president of the national football federation, cardiac arrest. [186]
- René Harris, 60, Nauruan president (1999–2000, 2001–2003, 2003, 2003–2004), cardiac arrest. [187]
- Huyền Quang, 88, Vietnamese religious leader, supreme patriarch of the Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam. [188]
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- Thomas M. Disch, 68, American science fiction author (Camp Concentration, The Brave Little Toaster), suicide. [189]
- Jesse Helms, 86, American politician, senator from North Carolina (1973–2003), natural causes. [190]
- Evelyn Keyes, 91, American actress (Gone With the Wind), uterine cancer. [191]
- Terrence Kiel, 27, American football player (San Diego Chargers), car crash. [192]
- Wayne Pai, 55, Taiwanese businessman, founding chairman of Polaris Group, suicide. [193]
- Agneta Prytz, 91, Swedish actress, wife of Gösta Folke. [194]
- Janwillem van de Wetering, 77, Dutch writer. [195]
- Sir Charles Wheeler, 85, British journalist, longest serving BBC foreign correspondent, lung cancer. [196]
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- Dan Cook, 81, American journalist (San Antonio Express-News, KENS-TV). [197]
- Ernie Cooksey, 28, British footballer (Oldham Athletic, Grays Athletic), melanoma. [198]
- Larry Harmon, 83, American entertainer (Bozo the Clown), heart failure. [199]
- Harald Heide-Steen Jr., 68, Norwegian actor and comedian, lung cancer. [200] (Norwegian)
- Clive Hornby, 63, British actor (Emmerdale), hypoxia. [201]
- Kat Kinkade, 77, American co-founder of Twin Oaks Community, cancer. [202]
- David P. Powers, 74, American Emmy Award-winning television director, skin cancer. [203]
- Oliver Schroer, 53, Canadian fiddler, leukemia. [204]
- John Sedwick, American television director. [205]
- Sayed Umerali Shihab Thangal, 66, Indian qadi, cancer. [206]
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- Abdel Wahab Elmessiri, 70, Egyptian scholar and politician, cancer. [207]
- Joe Nhlanhla, 71, South African politician, minister of Intelligence Services (1999–2001). [208]
- Simone Ortega, 89, Spanish culinary author. [209]
- Natasha Shneider, 52, Russian-born American actress (2010: The Year We Make Contact) and musician (Eleven), cancer. [210]
- Elizabeth Spriggs, 78, British stage, television and film actress (Sense and Sensibility, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone). [211]
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- Clay Felker, 82, American editor and journalist (New York magazine), throat cancer. [212]
- Mel Galley, 60, British guitarist (Trapeze, Whitesnake, Phenomena), esophageal cancer. [213]
- Mogens Glistrup, 82, Danish politician, lawyer and founder of the Progress Party. [214] (Danish)
- Robert Harling, 98, British typographer. [215]
- Dejan Medaković, 85, Serbian writer, historian, professor, president of Academy of Sciences and Arts (1999–2003). [216] (Serbian)
- John Pont, 80, American college football coach. [217]
- Mark Dean Schwab, 39, American murderer, execution by lethal injection. [218]
