Deaths in July 2001
The following is a list of notable deaths in July 2001.
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Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence:
- Name, age, country of citizenship at birth, subsequent country of citizenship (if applicable), reason for notability, cause of death (if known), and reference.
July 2001
1
- Nikolay Basov, 78, Soviet physicist and co-winner of Nobel Prize in Physics in 1964.[1]
- Bob Cifers, 80, American professional football player (Detroit Lions, Pittsburgh Steelers, Green Bay Packers).[2]
- John Maurice Scott, 53, Director General of the Fiji Red Cross.
- Beethaeven Scottland, 26, American boxer.
2
- Jack Gwillim, 91, English character actor (My Fair Lady, Lawrence of Arabia, A Man for All Seasons, Patton).[3]
- Sayed Khalifa, 72/3, Sudanese singer.
- Mordecai Richler, 69, Canadian author, (Jacob Two-Two).[4]
- James P. Vreeland, 91, American Republican Party politician.
3
- Delia Derbyshire, 64, British musician and composer of electronic music (BBC Radiophonic Workshop), renal failure.[5]
- Gerald L. Geison, 58, American historian.[6]
- Sir John Marriott, 78, British philatelist.
- Roy Nichols, 68, American guitarist (lead guitarist for Merle Haggard's band).[7]
- Johnny Russell, 61, American country singer ("Rednecks, White Socks and Blue Ribbon Beer") and songwriter ("Act Naturally").[8]
4
- V. Appapillai, 87, Sri Lankan physicist and academic.
- Charles Saxton, 88, New Zealand cricketer, rugby player and coach, emphysema.
- Anthony Synnot, 79, officer in the Royal Australian Navy.
- Fumio Toyoda, 53, Japanese aikido teacher.
5
- George Dawson, 103, American author (Life Is So Good) and "America's favorite poster child for literacy".[9]
- George Ffitch, 72, British radio personality, television correspondent and journalist.[10]
- A. D. Flowers, 84, American film special effects artist (two-time winner of Academy Award for Best Visual Effects: Tora! Tora! Tora!, The Poseidon Adventure).[11]
- Ernie K-Doe, 68, African-American rhythm-and-blues singer ("Mother-in-Law").[12]
- Hannelore Kohl, 68, wife of former German chancellor Helmut Kohl.
6
- Derek Freeman, 84, New Zealand anthropologist.[13]
- Enrique Mateos, 66, Spanish footballer.
- Khem Shahani, 78, Indian microbiologist.
- Paul Tembo, Zambian politician.
7
- Dempsey J. Barron, 79, American politician, President of the Florida Senate.
- Molly Lamont, 91, British film actress.
- Edward Fiennes-Clinton, 18th Earl of Lincoln, 88, Australian engineer.
- Khalil al-Mughrabi, 11, Palestinian victim, shooting.
- Fred Neil, 65, American folk singer and songwriter ("Everybody's Talkin'").[14]
- John Sweeney, 70, Canadian politician, heart attack.
- Tim Temerario, 95, American football coach and executive, heart failure.
8
- Ernst Baier, 95, German Olympic figure skater (gold medal winner in pairs and silver medal winner in men's singles at the 1936 Winter Olympics).[15]
- John Brown, 64, Australian rules footballer.
- Andrew E. Gibson, 79, American shipping executive and politician.
- Christl Haas, 57, Austrian Olympic skier (gold medal winner in the women's downhill at the 1964 Winter Olympics, bronze medal winner in the women's downhill at the 1968 Winter Olympics).[16]
- Amiya Bhushan Majumdar, 83, Indian writer.
- John O'Shea, 81, New Zealand film director (Broken Barrier, Runaway, Don't Let It Get You).[17]
9
- Al Lary, 72, American baseball player.[18]
- Victor George, 46, Indian photographer, landslide.
- Jorge Novak, 73, Argentine Roman Catholic prelate.
- Arie van Vliet, 85, Dutch Olympic sprint cyclist.
10
- Rafael Cañedo Benítez, 59, Mexican businessman and politician.
- Humayun Rashid Choudhury, 72, Bangladeshi diplomat and politician.
- Geoffrey Clarkson, 57, English rugby player.
- Tony Criscola, 86, American baseball player.[19]
- Giulio Gerardi, 88, Italian Olympic cross-country skier (men's 18 kilometre and men's 4 × 10 kilometre relay at the 1936 Winter Olympics).[20]
- Álvaro Magaña, 75, Salvadorean politician, President (1982–1984).
11
- Cândida Branca Flor, 51, Portuguese entertainer and traditional singer.
- Herman Brood, 54, Dutch rock musician, suicide.[21]
- J. I. P. James, 87, British orthopaedic surgeon.
- Qateel Shifai, 81, Pakistani poet.
12
- John H. Holdridge, 76, American diplomat.
- Paul Magloire, 93, Haitian politician, President (1950–1956).
- Evan Williams, 89, Welsh jockey.
- Johnny Wright, 72, British boxer.
13
- Miguel Gila, 82, Spanish comedian and actor.
- David Noyes Jackson, 78, American writer and artist.
- Eleanor Summerfield, 80, English actress (Laughter in Paradise, Odongo, Dentist in the Chair, On the Fiddle, The Running Man).[22]
- Thomas Taylor, Baron Taylor of Gryfe, 89, British politician.
14
- Agustín Navarro, Spanish film director, Respiratory disease.
- Jack Sheppard, 92, British cave diver.
- Arthur Worsley, 80, British ventriloquist.
15
- Anthony Ian Berkeley, 36, American rapper and producer, colon cancer.
- Ted Berman, 81, American film director, animator, and screenwriter (Bambi, Fantasia, The Black Cauldron).[23]
- Tom Chantrell, 84, British film poster artist (The King and I, One Million Years B.C., Far From The Madding Crowd).[24]
16
- Tom Askwith, 90, British Olympic rower (1932 Summer Olympics, 1936 Summer Olympics) and a colonial administrator.[25]
- John Dagenhard, 84, American baseball player.[26]
- Terry Gordy, 40, pro wrestler (Fabulous Freebirds).[27]
- Morris (Maurice De Bevere), 77, Belgian cartoonist (Lucky Luke).[28]
17
- Kay Daniels, 60, Australian historian and writer.[29]
- Kenneth Boyd Fraser, 84, British virologist and World War II hero (Military Cross).[30]
- Katharine Graham, 84, American publisher (The Washington Post).[31]
- Chief Hogsett, 97, American baseball player.[32]
- Erik Welle-Strand, 86, Norwegian World War II Resistance member and engineer.
18
- Alexandre Jany, 72, French Olympic swimmer (two-time bronze medal winner in men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle swimming relay at the 1948 and 1952 Summer Olympics).[33]
- Ritchie Johnston, 70, New Zealand Olympic track cyclist (men's 2000 metre tandem sprint cycling at the 1956 Summer Olympics).[34]
- Boisfeuillet Jones, 88, American educator and administrator of several philanthropic organizations.[35]
- Barry Shetrone, 63, American baseball player.[36]
- Fabio Taglioni, 80, Italian automotive engineer.[37]
19
- Erik Barnouw, 93, American historian of radio and television broadcasting.[38]
- Neil Carmichael, Baron Carmichael of Kelvingrove, 79, British politician.
- Judy Clay, 62, American soul and gospel singer.[39]
- Gunther Gebel-Williams, 83, Polish-American animal trainer (Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus).[40]
- Charles King, 89, British Olympic cyclist.
- Howard Taylor, 82, Australian painter.
20
- Milt Gabler, 90, American record producer.[41]
- James A. O'Flaherty, 58, Irish folk musician, complications from pneumonia.
- Skeeter Werner Walker, 67, American alpine ski racer, cancer.
21
- Steve Barton, 47, American actor (The Phantom of the Opera, The Red Shoes).[42]
- Sivaji Ganesan, 74, Indian actor.[43]
- John Hughes, 93, British Anglican prelate.
22
- Bertie Felstead, 106, British World War I soldier and the last surviving soldier to have taken part in the Christmas truce of 1914.[44]
- Maria Gorokhovskaya, 79, Soviet Olympic gymnast (two gold medals and five silver medals at the 1952 Summer Olympics).[45]
- Frances Horwich, 94, American educator and television host (Ding Dong School).[46]
- Ron Hull, 61, American college football player (UCLA Bruins football) and coach (Cal State Los Angeles).[47]
- William Llewellyn, 93, British Anglican prelate.
- Indro Montanelli, 92, Italian journalist and historian.[48]
23
- Douglas Boyle, 77, Canadian Forces officer.
- Sir Allan Trewby, 84, British admiral.
- Eudora Welty, 92, American writer (Pulitzer Prize for The Optimist's Daughter, Presidential Medal of Freedom, Order of the South).[49]
24
- Carrie Best, 98, Canadian journalist and social activist.[50]
- Georges Dor, 70, Canadian singer and songwriter ("Le Manic"), author, playwright and theatrical producer.[51]
- May Hyman Lesser, American medical illustrator.
- Hiroshi Tsuburaya, 37, Japanese actor, liver cancer.
25
- Fahd bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, 46, member of the House of Saud, heart failure.
- Phoolan Devi, 37, Indian dacoit and politician.
- Emma Clara Schweer, 105, America's oldest elected politician.
26
- Rex T. Barber, 84, World War II fighter pilot.[52]
- H. Rex Lee, 91, American government diplomat and governor.
- Charles Rob, 88, British surgeon.
- Peter von Zahn, 88, German author, film maker, and journalist.[53]
27
- Sir Harold Beeley, 92, British diplomat.
- Thomas Pitt Cholmondeley-Tapper, 90, first New Zealand auto racing driver.
- Jan Falkowski, 89, Polish WWII fighter pilot.
- Rhonda Sing, 40, Canadian professional wrestler.[54]
- Leon Wilkeson, 49, American musician (Lynyrd Skynyrd).[55]
28
- Eric Bedford, 91, British architect.
- John Easton, 68, American baseball player.[56]
- Joan Finney, 76, American politician and 42nd governor of Kansas (1991–1995).[57]
- Futaro Yamada, 79, Japanese author.
29
- Edward Gierek, 88, Polish politician.[58]
- Wau Holland, 49, German computer hacker, co-founder of the Chaos Computer Club.[59]
- Alex Nicol, 85, American actor (South Pacific, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, The Twilight Zone, The Outer Limits).[60]
- Edward Roberts, 93, British prelate.
30
- Ervín Černý, 87, Czech doctor and scientist.
- Harry Gersh, 88, American writer and historian (oldest known student to enroll as a freshman at Harvard College).[61]
- Wilford Gibson, 76, British police officer.
- Thelma Grambo, 77, American baseball player (All-American Girls Professional Baseball League).[62]
- Joseph-Philippe Guay, 85, Canadian member of Parliament (House of Commons representing St. Boniface, Senate of Canada representing St. Boniface).[63]
- Anton Schwarzkopf, 77, German roller coaster manufacturer.
31
- Poul Anderson, 74, American science fiction author (seven Hugo Awards and three Nebula Awards).[64]
- A. G. Dickens, 91, British historian.
- Francisco da Costa Gomes, 87, Portuguese military officer and politician (15th President of the Portuguese Republic).[65]
- Miklós Vásárhelyi, 83, Hungarian journalist and politician, member of the National Assembly (1990–1994)[66]
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