Deaths In July 2018: Wiki list article

For deaths that should be noted before the month that the world is in, please see "Months". 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.

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, where they came from, what the person is known for, cause of death (if known) and a source.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

• Armando, 88, Dutch artist and writer.
• Amos Cardarelli, 86, Italian footballer (Roma, Internazionale, national team).
• François Corbier, 73, French songwriter ("Le Nez de Dorothée") and television presenter (Récré A2, Club Dorothée), cancer.
• Bozhidar Dimitrov, 72, Bulgarian historian, heart attack.
• Brad Dye, 84, American politician, Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi (1980–1992), respiratory failure.
• Dick Feagler, 79, American journalist (Cleveland Press, The Plain Dealer), playwright, and television personality (Feagler & Friends), Peabody winner (1991).
• Peter Firmin, 89, British television producer (Bagpuss, Noggin the Nog, Clangers).
• Gordon Hillman, 74, British archaeobotanist, complications from Parkinson's disease.
• Shirley Huffman, 89, American politician, Mayor of Hillsboro, Oregon (1985–1993).
• Dame Gillian Lynne, 92, British dancer and choreographer (The Phantom of the Opera, Cats, The Muppet Show), pneumonia.
• Gianfranco Petris, 81, Italian footballer (Fiorentina, Lazio, national team).
• Julian Tudor Hart, 91, British physician and politician, member of the Sigerist Society (1947–1955).

2

• Henry Butler, 68, American jazz pianist, colorectal cancer.
• Patrick Finnegan, 68, American Army general and lawyer, President of Longwood University (2010–2012), heart attack.
• Ángel Roberto Seifart, 76, Paraguayan judge and politician, Vice President (1993–1998), complications from COPD.
• Bill Watrous, 79, American jazz trombonist.

3

• Lorraine Rodgers, 97, American WASP pilot.
• Richard Swift, 41, American singer-songwriter ("Dressed Up For the Letdown", "Que Sera Sera"), producer (The Mynabirds) and musician (The Shins, The Black Keys), hepatitis.

4

• Carmen Campagne, 58, Canadian singer ("Lullaby Berceuse"), Juno winner (1989), pancreatic cancer.
• Georges-Emmanuel Clancier, 104, French poet (Une Voix), journalist (Les Cahiers du Sud) and novelist (Le Pain noir), pneumonia.
• Henri Dirickx, 90, Belgian footballer (Union Saint-Gilloise, national team).
• Ernst W. Hamburger, 85, German-born Brazilian physicist, member of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences (until 2018), lymphoma.
• Robby Müller, 78, Dutch cinematographer (Paris, Texas, Dancer in the Dark, Dead Man), vascular dementia.
• Ali Qanso, 70, Lebanese politician, President of the Syrian Social Nationalist Party (2005–2008, since 2016), cancer.

5

• François Budet, 78, French singer-songwriter ("Loguivy-de-la-mer", "Chante : Loguivy de la mer", "Calédonie") and novelist, stroke.
• Adamu Ciroma, 83, Nigerian politician and banker, Minister of Finance (1999–2003).
• Claude Lanzmann, 92, French documentarian (Shoah, The Last of the Unjust, Pourquoi Israël).
• Ed Schultz, 64, American television-radio personality (News with Ed Schultz, The Ed Schultz Show, The Ed Show) and political commentator (MSNBC, RT).
• Jean-Louis Tauran, 75, French cardinal, President of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue (since 2007) and Camerlengo (since 2014), complications from Parkinson's disease.

6

• Shoko Asahara, 63, Japanese cult leader, founder of Aum Shinrikyo, execution by hanging.
• J. Frederick Grassle, 78, American marine biologist, founder of the Census of Marine Life and OBIS.
• Saman Gunan, 38, Thai diver, participant in Tham Luang cave rescue, asphyxiation.
• Bruce Hunter, 79, American Hall of Fame Olympic swimmer (1960).
• Vlatko Ilievski, 33, Macedonian pop singer ("Rusinka") and actor, Eurovision entrant (2011).
• Giuseppina Projetto, 116, Italian supercentenarian, oldest person in Europe and world's second oldest living person.
• Antonio Toledo Corro, 99, Mexican politician, Governor of Sinaloa (1981–1986), cerebral infarction complicated by pneumonia.
• Amritlal Vegad, 89, Indian writer (Saundaryani Nadi Narmada), respiratory failure.

7

• William Dunlop, 32, Northern Irish motorcycle racer, motorcyle crash.
• Tyler Honeycutt, 27, American basketball player (UCLA, Sacramento Kings), suicide by gunshot.
• Hacène Lalmas, 75, Algerian footballer (OM Ruisseau, Belouizdad, national team), aortic dissection.
• Levko Lukyanenko, 89, Ukrainian politician, Deputy (1990–1992, 1995–1998, 2002–2007) and Ambassador to Canada (1992–1993), complications from pneumonia.
• Firuz Mustafayev, 84, Azerbaijani politician, Prime Minister (1992).
• Terry Todd, 80, American Olympic weightlifter and sports journalist (Sports Illustrated).

8

• Alan Gilzean, 79, Scottish footballer (Dundee, Tottenham Hotspur, national team), brain cancer.
• Tab Hunter, 86, American actor (Damn Yankees, Sweet Kill, Grease 2) and singer ("Young Love"), cardiac arrest complicated by thrombosis.
• M. M. Jacob, 90, Indian politician, Governor of Meghalaya (1995–2007), cardiopulmonary arrest.
• Billy Knight, 39, American basketball player (UCLA Bruins).
• Oliver Knussen, 66, Scottish composer.
• Frank Ramsey, 86, American basketball player (Boston Celtics), cardiac arrest complicated by aneurysm surgery.
• Robert D. Ray, 89, American politician, Governor of Iowa (1969–1983), Mayor of Des Moines (1997), and President of Drake University (1998), Parkinson's disease.
• Dawn Sturgess, 44, British national, poisoned by nerve agent.

9

• Peter Carington, 6th Baron Carrington, 99, British politician, Foreign Secretary (1979–1982) and Secretary General of NATO (1984–1988).
• Stefan Demert, 78, Swedish singer-songwriter (Songs for dirty ears", "Anna Anaconda") and musician.
• Hans Günter Winkler, 91, German Hall of Fame equestrian, five-time Olympic champion (1956, 1960, 1964), cardiac arrest.

10

• Edvin Hodžić, 23, Austrian footballer (LASK Linz, FC Pasching, SV Schalding-Heining).
• Clive King, 94, English author (Stig of the Dump).
• John Laird, Baron Laird, 74, British politician, member of the House of Lords (since 1999).
• Jan Henry T. Olsen, 61, Norwegian politician, Minister of Fisheries (1992–1996), Alzheimer's disease.
• Darryl Rogers, 83, American football coach (Detroit Lions).
• José María Setién, 90, Spanish Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of San Sebastián (1979–2000), stroke.
• Mien Schopman-Klaver, 107, Dutch Olympic athlete (1932).
• John A. Stormer, 90, American political writer (None Dare Call it Treason) and anti-Communist.
• Ye Lwin, 70, Burmese guitarist and peace activist, liver cancer.

11

• Richard John Garcia, 71, American Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Monterey, California (since 2007), complications from Alzheimer's disease.
• Abdelkhader Houamel, 81, Algerian painter.
• Liu Zhenhua, 97, Chinese Liberation Army general and politician, Ambassador to Albania (1971–1976).
• Henry Morgenthau III, 101, American author (Mostly Morgenthaus) and television producer (WGBH, WYNC).
• Vojtěch Mynář, 74, Czech politician, MEP (2012–2014). (death announced on this date)
• Mai Tai Sing, 94, American actress (Forbidden, Strange Portrait, Hong Kong), heart disease.
• Pat Swindall, 67, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Georgia's 4th congressional district (1985–1989).

12

• Abbas Amir-Entezam, 85, Iranian politician and political prisoner, Deputy Prime Minister (1979).
• Alain Fauré, 55, French politician, Mayor of Les Pujols (2001–2014) and Deputy (2012–2017).
• Xerardo Fernández Albor, 100, Spanish politician, President of Galicia (1982–1987).
• Roger Perry, 85, American actor (Falcon Crest, Harrigan and Son, Arrest and Trial), prostate cancer.
• Dada Vaswani, 99, Indian spiritual leader and writer, founder of The Moment of Calm movement, complications from a broken hip.
• Robert Wolders, 81, Dutch actor (Laredo, Interval, Tobruk).

13

• Stan Dragoti, 85, American movie director (Mr. Mom, Love at First Bite, Necessary Roughness), complications from pneumonia.
• Ray Frenette, 83, Canadian politician, Premier of New Brunswick (1997–1998).
• Frank Giroud, 62, French comics writer (Louis la Guigne, Mandrill, Le Décalogue), Max & Moritz Prize winner (2002).
• Claudio Pieri, 77, Italian football referee (UEFA, FIFA).
• Claude Seignolle, 101, French author (The Accursed, The Black Cupboard, The Nightcharmer).
• Thorvald Stoltenberg, 87, Norwegian politician, Minister of Defence (1979–1981) and Minister of Foreign Affairs (1987–1989, 1990–1993).

14

• Mario Casalinuovo, 96, Italian politician, Deputy (1979–1987) and Minister of Transports (1982–1983), complications from Parkinson's disease.
• Gordon Chong, 74, Canadian politician, Toronto City Councilor (1980–1982) and Chairman of the Greater Toronto Services Board (2001), heart disease.
• Theo-Ben Gurirab, 80, Namibian politician, Prime Minister (2002–2005), President of the United Nations General Assembly (1999–2000) and Speaker of the National Assembly (2005–2015).
• Hans Kronberger, 67, German-Austrian politician, MEP (1996–2004).
• Masa Saito, 76, Japanese professional wrestler (NWA, NJPW, WWF), AWA World Champion (1990), complications from Parkinson's disease.
• Petr Weigl, 79, Czech director and playwright (Salome).

15

• Ray Emery, 35, Canadian ice hockey player (Ottawa Senators, Philadelphia Flyers, Chicago Blackhawks), accidental drowning.

16

• Gabriel Caruana, 89, Maltese artist (Neolithic Doorway).

17

• Gary Beach, 70, American actor (The Producers, Beauty and the Beast, La Cage aux Folles), Tony winner (2001).
• Rita Bhaduri, 62, Indian actress (Nimki Mukhiya, Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa, Sindoor Aur Bandook), kidney disease.
• Yvonne Blake, 78, British-born Spanish costume designer (Nicholas and Alexandra, Jesus Christ Superstar, Superman), Oscar winner (1971), complications from a stroke.
• Dennis Day, 76, American child actor (The Mickey Mouse Club), dancer and theatre director, homicide. (body reported missing on this date)
• João Semedo, 67, Portuguese pulmonologist and politician, member of Assembly of Republic (2006–2015).

18

• Anne Olivier Bell, 102, English literary editor and art scholar, member of the Monuments Men Brigade.
• Adrian Cronauer, 79, American disc jockey, subject of Good Morning, Vietnam.
• John Banks Elliott, 101, Ghanaian diplomat, Ambassador to Soviet Union (1960–1966), cardiopulmonary arrest.
• Ronald H. Griffith, 82, American military officer, Vice Chief of Staff of the United States Army (1995–1997).
• Gopaldas Neeraj, 93, Indian poet and writer, recipient of the Padma Shri (1991) and Padma Bhushan (2007), respiratory tract infection.
• Burton Richter, 87, American physicist, discovered the J/ψ particle, Nobel Prize laureate (1976).
• Rob van Mesdag, 88, Dutch rower, European championship bronze medalist (1955).
• Geoffrey Wellum, 96, British fighter pilot (Battle of Britain), member of The Few.

19

• Rayo de Jalisco Sr., 85, Mexican professional wrestler (AAA) and actor (Superzam el Invencible), congestive heart failure.
• Jon Schnepp, 51, American movie director (The Death of "Superman Lives": What Happened?) and animator (Space Ghost Coast to Coast, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Metalocalypse, The Venture Bros.), complications from a stroke.
• Denis Ten, 25, Kazakhstani figure skater, Olympic bronze medalist (2014), stabbed.

20

• Mitsuo Matayoshi, 74, Japanese political activist, founder of the World Economic Community Party, pneumonia.
• Thaddeus Radzilowski, 80, American historian and author, co-founder of the Piast Institute.
• Christoph Westerthaler, 53, Austrian football player (FC Wacker Innsbruck, Linz, national team) and manager (SV Horn), heart attack.

21

• Alene Duerk, 98, American Navy admiral, Director of the United States Navy Nurse Corps (1970–1975).
• Jonathan Gold, 52, American food critic (The Los Angeles Times, LA Weekly, Gourmet), Pulitzer Prize winner (2007), pancreatic cancer.
• Don McCarthy, 63, British businessman and philanthropist, Chairman of House of Fraser (2006–2014), cancer.
• Elmarie Wendel, 89, American actress (3rd Rock from the Sun, The Lorax, George Lopez).

22

• Manos Eleutheriou, 80, Greek poet (The Directorate, The Massacre) and lyricist ("The Train Leaves at 8:00"), heart attack.
• Rene Portland, 65, American college basketball coach (Penn State Nittany Lions), peritoneal cancer.
• Chiyo Miyako, 117, Japanese supercentenarian, World's oldest living person (since 2018).
• Tony Sparano, 56, American football coach (Dallas Cowboys, Oakland Raiders, Minnesota Vikings), coronary artery disease.
• Tor Erling Staff, 85, Norwegian lawyer.

23

• Maryon Pittman Allen, 92, American journalist and politician, U.S. Senator from Alabama (1978).
• Harry Gulkin, 90, Canadian movie director (Lies My Father Told Me, Two Solitudes, Bayo), pneumonia.
• Elbert Howard, 80, American political activist, co-founder of the Black Panther Party.
• Roh Hoe-chan, 61, South Korean politician, member of the National Assembly (2004–2008, 2012–2013, since 2016), suicide by jumping.
• Khalid Salleh, 70, Malaysian actor (Penghujung Malam, Jogho, Hanyut), respiratory failure.
• Oksana Shachko, 31, Ukrainian artist and human rights activist, co-founder of Femen, suicide.

24

• Tony Cloninger, 77, American baseball player (Atlanta Braves, Cincinnati Reds) and coach (New York Yankees), aortic dissection.
• Mary Ellis, 101, British World War II aviator (Royal Air Force, Air Transport Auxiliary).
• Walter Hirrlinger, 92, German politician, President of Sozialverbands VdK Deutschland (1990–2008).

25

• Vakhtang Balavadze, 90, Georgian freestyle wrestler, World Champion (1954, 1957) and Olympic bronze medalist (1956), heart attack.
• Sergio Marchionne, 66, Italian-Canadian executive (Fiat Chrysler Automobiles), stroke complicated from shoulder surgery.
• Guy Molinari, 89, American politician, Borough President of Staten Island (1990–2001) and member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 14th (1983–1989) and 17th congressional districts (1981–1983), pneumonia.
• György Szepesi, 96, Hungarian radio personality, journalist and sports executive (HFA, HOC).

26

• Alfredo del Águila, 83, Mexican footballer (national team, Deportivo Toluca F.C., Club América).
• María Concepción César, 91, Argentine actress (Rosaura at 10 O'Clock, Savage Pampas, After the Fall) and singer, complications from Alzheimer's disease.
• Adem Demaçi, 82, Albanian politician, proposed for the Balkania state and President of the Parliamentary Party of Kosovo (1996–1998).
• Aloyzas Kveinys, 56, Lithuanian chess grandmaster.
• Anne Vermeer, 101, Dutch politician, member of the House of Representatives (1956–1963), Senator (1966–1987) and Mayor of Amersfoort (1976–1982), respiratory failure.

27

• Michael P. DeLong, 73, American Marine Corps lieutenant general, heart attack.
• Marco Aurelio Denegri, 80, Peruvian sexologist (De esto y de aquello) and television presenter (A solas con Marco Aurelio Denegri), pulmonary fibrosis.
• Bernard Hepton, 92, British actor (Get Carter, Colditz, I, Claudius).
• Gervase Markham, 40, British computer programmer (Mozilla, Bugzilla), salivary gland cancer.
• Enrique Verástegui, 68, Peruvian poet, physicist and philosopher, heart attack.
• Vladimir Voinovich, 85, Russian novelist (The Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin, Moscow 2042) and journalist, heart attack.

28

• Kora Jackowska, 67, Polish rock singer (Maanam) and voice-dub actress (The Incredibles), ovarian cancer.
• Bruce Lietzke, 67, American golfer, brain cancer.

29

• Hans Kristian Amundsen, 58, Norwegian newspaper editor (Nordlys) and politician, State Secretary in the Ministry of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs (since 2011).
• Brickhouse Brown, 57, American professional wrestler (NWA, USWA), prostate cancer.
• Brian Christopher, 46, American professional wrestler (WWE, TNA), suicide by hanging.
• Abbas Duzduzani, 76, Iranian politician, Chairman of City Council of Tehran (1999) and Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance (1980–1981).
• Oliver Dragojević, 70, Croatian pop singer-songwriter ("Jedina", "Štorija", "Oliver u Areni"), lung cancer.
• Vibeke Skofterud, 38, Norwegian cross-country skier, Olympic champion (2010), jet skiing accident.
• Tomasz Stańko, 76, Polish jazz trumpeter (Astigmatic) and composer, lung cancer.
• Nikolai Volkoff, 70, Croatian-born American Hall of Fame wrestler (WWE).

30

• Ron Dellums, 82, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California's 7th, 8th and 9th districts (1971–1998) and Mayor of Oakland (2007–2011), prostate cancer.
• Andreas Kappes, 52, German Olympic cyclist (1984), anaphylactic shock.
• Khayyam Mirzazade, 82, Azerbaijani composer and professor.
• Michael A. Sheehan, 63, American author (Crush the Cell) and politician, Coordinator for Counterterrorism (1999–2000) and Assistant Secretary of Defense for SO/LIC (2011–2013), multiple myeloma.

31

• Hélio Bicudo, 96, Brazilian politician, Minister of Economy (1963) and Vice Mayor of São Paulo (2001–2005), stroke.
• Sir Alex Fergusson, 69, Scottish politician, MP (1999–2016) and Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament (2007–2011).
• Bassano Staffieri, 87, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Carpi (1989–1999) and La Spezia-Sarzana-Brugnato (1999–2008), cerebral hemorrhage.

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