Deaths in July 2012

The following is a list of notable deaths in July 2012.

Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence:

Name, age, country of citizenship and reason for notability, established cause of death, reference (and language of reference, if not English).

July 2012

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José Míguez Bonino, 88, Argentine theologian.{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/jose.miguez.bonino/about/|title=José Miguez Bonino|website=www.facebook.com}}
Joseph Cropsey, 92, American political philosopher.{{Cite web|url=https://news.uchicago.edu/story/joseph-cropsey-expert-political-philosophy-and-esteemed-teacher-1919-2012|title=Joseph Cropsey, expert on political philosophy and esteemed teacher, 1919-2012 | University of Chicago News|website=news.uchicago.edu|date=5 July 2012 }}
Dennis Eagan, 85, British hockey player and soldier.{{cite web|url=http://groupwebsites.dcseurope.com/Default.aspx?id=555674|title=HOCKEY INTERNATIONALS CLUB|date=July 20, 2012}}{{Dead link|date=October 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
Loyd Gentry Jr., 87, American horse trainer.[https://web.archive.org/web/20210514182154/http://www.thoroughbredtimes.com/national-news/2012/07/02/loyd-gentry-obit.aspx Kentucky Derby-winning horseman Gentry dies at 87]
Peter E. Gillquist, 73, American archpriest (Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America), melanoma.{{cite web|url=http://oca.org/in-memoriam/archpriest-peter-e.-gillquist|title=In Memoriam - Archpriest Peter E. Gillquist|date=July 2, 2012|publisher=Orthodox Church in America|access-date=July 4, 2012}}
Mike Hershberger, 72, American baseball player (Chicago White Sox, Kansas City Athletics).{{cite web|last=Harpster |first=David |url=http://www.indeonline.com/newsnow/x448235803/Baseball-great-Tiger-standout-Mike-Hershberger-remembered?zc_p=0 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130103164142/http://www.indeonline.com/newsnow/x448235803/Baseball-great-Tiger-standout-Mike-Hershberger-remembered?zc_p=0 |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 3, 2013 |title=Baseball great, Tiger standout Mike Hershberger remembered |publisher=Indeonline.com |access-date=July 5, 2012 }}
Ossie Hibbert, 62, Jamaican musician, heart attack.{{cite news|last=Walters|first=Basil|title=Musician Ossie Hibbert dies in NY|url=http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/entertainment/Musician-Ossie-Hibbert-dies-in-NY|newspaper=Jamaica Observer|access-date=July 9, 2012|date=July 8, 2012}}
Evelyn Lear, 86, American opera singer.{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/evelyn-lear-premier-american-soprano-of-contemporary-opera-dies-at-86/2012/07/01/gJQAAtyyGW_story.html|title=Evelyn Lear, premier American soprano of contemporary opera, dies at 86|last=Langer|first=Emily|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=July 2, 2012}}
Walter Lienert, 87, American Olympic gymnastics coach and judge.{{cite web|url=http://www.indystar.com/article/20120818/LOCAL/208180350/Gymnastics-Hall-Famer-Walter-Lienert-made-Indy-his-home|title=Gymnastics Hall of Famer Walter Lienert made Indy his home|date=August 18, 2012}}
Fritz Pauer, 68, Austrian jazz pianist and composer.{{cite web|url=http://burgenland.orf.at/news/stories/2539568|title=Jazzpianist Fritz Pauer gestorben|date=2 July 2012|publisher=burgenland.ORF.at|access-date=2 July 2012}}
Alan G. Poindexter, 50, American NASA astronaut, jet ski accident.{{cite web|url=http://www.northescambia.com/2012/07/retired-astronaut-dies-in-pensacola-beach-jet-ski-accident|title=Retired Astronaut Dies In Pensacola Beach Jet Ski Accident|date=July 2, 2012|publisher=North Escambia|access-date=July 2, 2012}}
Jack Richardson, 78, American playwright and author.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/05/theater/jack-richardson-new-york-playwright-dies-at-78.html?_r=1&ref=obituaries|title=Jack Richardson, New York Playwright, Is Dead at 78|access-date=July 6, 2012 | work=The New York Times|first=Douglas|last=Martin|date=4 July 2012}}
Odd Todnem, 89, Norwegian engineer.{{cite encyclopedia|author=Rosvold, Knut A. |date=17 February 2020 |title=Odd Todnem |encyclopedia=Store Norske Leksikon |url=http://www.snl.no/Odd_Todnem|language=no|access-date=4 September 2012}}

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Usman Albishir, 67, Nigerian senator, car accident.{{Cite web|url=https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/5885-pdp-shocked-at-albishirs-death.html|title=PDP shocked at Albishir's death | Premium Times Nigeria|date=3 July 2012}}
Jack A. Beaver, 93, American soldier.{{Cite web|url=https://www.cortnerchapel.com/obituaries/Jack-Beaver-40175/|title=Jack Beaver - View Obituary & Service Information|website=Jack Beaver Obituary}}
John E. Brooks, 88, American priest and educator, President of the College of the Holy Cross (1970–1994), lymphoma.{{cite web |url=http://www.telegram.com/article/20120702/NEWS/120709927/1116|title=Ex-Holy Cross president, Rev. John Brooks, dead at 88 - Worcester Telegram & Gazette|publisher=telegram.com|access-date=July 3, 2012}}
Maurice Chevit, 88, French actor.{{cite web|url=http://next.liberation.fr/cinema/2012/07/02/maurice-chevit-est-mort_830670 |title=Maurice Chevit est mort|publisher=Next.liberation.fr|access-date=July 2, 2012|language=fr}}
Lisbet Dæhlin, 90, Danish-born Norwegian ceramist.{{cite encyclopedia|url=https://snl.no/Lisbet_D%C3%A6hlin |title=Lisbet Dæhlin|encyclopedia=Store Norske Leksikon|author=Linder, Mats|date=2 January 2019|accessdate=18 February 2023|language=no}}
Bhanwar Singh Dangawas, 91, Indian politician.[http://indiankanoon.org/doc/64273632/ The Speaker Made References To The Passing Away Of Shri Ranjit Singh ... on 8 August, 2012] kanoon
Ben Davidson, 72, American football player (Oakland Raiders) and actor (Conan the Barbarian), prostate cancer.{{cite news|title=Ben Davidson, Defensive End for Renegade Raiders, Dies at 72 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/04/sports/football/ben-davidson-defensive-end-dies-at-72.html|access-date=2 August 2012 |newspaper=nytimes.com|date=July 3, 2012}}
Edith Newman Devlin, 85, Irish lecturer.{{Cite web |url=http://www.newulsterbiography.co.uk/index.php/home/printPerson/1982|title=Edith Newman Devlin|website=www.newulsterbiography.co.uk}}
Gunnar Eide, 92, Norwegian actor and theatre director.{{cite web|url=http://www.nrk.no/kultur-og-underholdning/1.8229628 |title=Konsertpioner Gunnar Eide er død|date=2 July 2012|publisher=Nrk.no|access-date=2012-09-06}}
Frigyes Károlyházy, 82, Hungarian physicist.{{Cite web|url=https://www.geni.com/people/Frigyes-K%C3%A1rolyh%C3%A1zi/6000000002004410363|title=Frigyes Károlyházi|website=geni_family_tree|year=1929 }}
Julian Goodman, 90, American broadcasting executive, President of NBC (1966–1974).{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/03/business/julian-goodman-dies-at-90-led-nbc.html|title=Julian Goodman Dies at 90; Led NBC | AP Entertainment|newspaper=NY Times|access-date=July 3, 2012|first=Bill|last=Carter|date=2 July 2012}}
Tsutomu Koyama, 75, Japanese volleyball player and coach, Olympic bronze medalist (1964), esophageal cancer.{{cite web |url=http://mainichi.jp/select/news/20120702k0000e060167000c.html |title=訃報：小山勉さん75歳元男子バレー日本代表監督 |publisher=Mainichi.jp|access-date=July 3, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120707083422/http://mainichi.jp/select/news/20120702k0000e060167000c.html|archive-date=July 7, 2012}}
Angelo Mangiarotti, 91, Italian architect and industrial designer.{{cite web |url=http://blog.atcasa.corriere.it/tendenze/2012/07/02/lultimo-saluto-a-angelo-mangiarotti|title=L'ultimo saluto a Angelo Mangiarotti |publisher=Blog.atcasa.corriere.it|date=2009-09-17|access-date=2012-08-27|language=it}}
Betty Meggers, 90, American archaeologist.{{cite web|url=http://arqueologiadaflorestatropical.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/betty-j-meggers-1921-2012.html#!/2012/07/betty-j-meggers-1921-2012.html|title=ARQUEOTROP: Betty J. Meggers dies (1921-2012) |publisher=Arqueologiadaflorestatropical.blogspot.co.uk|access-date=2012-09-07|archive-date=2012-12-23|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121223172825/http://arqueologiadaflorestatropical.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/betty-j-meggers-1921-2012.html#!/2012/07/betty-j-meggers-1921-2012.html|url-status=dead}}
Ed Stroud, 72, American baseball player (Chicago White Sox, Washington Senators).{{cite news |title=Harding graduate Stroud dies at 72|url=http://www.tribtoday.com/page/content.detail/id/573773/Harding-graduate-Stroud-dies-at-72.html?nav=5024|access-date=October 19, 2012|newspaper=tribtoday.com|date=6 July 2012}}
Ben Van Os, 67, Dutch production designer and art director (Girl with a Pearl Earring), throat cancer.{{cite web|url=http://www.nu.nl/film/2851839/schatjes-regisseur-ruud-van-hemert-overleden.html|title=Schatjes-regisseur Ruud van Hemert overleden|date=5 July 2012|publisher=Nu.nl|access-date=12 July 2012}}

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Dave Allan, 47, British auto racing driver, car accident.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-wiltshire-22926047|title = Dave Allan memorial race for Honda test driver|work =BBC News |date = 16 June 2013}}
William Biddick Jr., 92, American politician.{{Cite web|url=https://www.recordnet.com/article/20120707/A_NEWS21/307079993|title=Judge William "Bill" Biddick, Jr|access-date=2020-12-06|archive-date=2019-10-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191021022908/https://www.recordnet.com/article/20120707/A_NEWS21/307079993|url-status=dead}}
Nguyễn Hữu Có, 87, Vietnamese general and political prisoner, Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister of South Vietnam (1965–1967), diabetes.{{cite web|url=http://tuoitre.vn/Chinh-tri-Xa-hoi/500223/Ong-Nguyen-Huu-Co-qua-doi.html|title=Death of Nguyễn Hữu Có|date=July 3, 2012|access-date=July 3, 2012|language=vi}}
Andy Griffith, 86, American actor (The Andy Griffith Show, Matlock, Waitress), heart attack.{{cite web |url=http://www.witn.com/home/headlines/SHERIFF__EMS_Called_To_Andy_Griffiths_Home_161201175.html|title=BREAKING NEWS: Friend Says Andy Griffith Has Died|date=July 3, 2012|publisher=WITN|access-date=July 3, 2012|archive-date=October 14, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121014094215/http://www.witn.com/home/headlines/SHERIFF__EMS_Called_To_Andy_Griffiths_Home_161201175.html|url-status=dead}}
Hugó Gruber, 74, Hungarian actor.{{cite web|url=http://hvg.hu/elet/20120703_elhunyt_gruber_hugo|title=Elhunyt Gruber Hugo|date=3 July 2012|access-date=July 3, 2012}}
Leo Kersley, 92, British dancer and teacher.{{cite news|author=Judith Cruickshank |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2012/jul/17/leo-kersley|title=Leo Kersley obituary|newspaper=Guardian|access-date=July 17, 2012 |location=London|date=17 July 2012}}
Yvonne B. Miller, 77, American politician, first African-American female legislator of Virginia, stomach cancer.{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/virginia-politics/post/virginia-sen-yvonne-miller-dies/2012/07/03/gJQAjnDULW_blog.html|title=Virginia Sen. Yvonne Miller dies|date=July 3, 2012|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=July 3, 2012|first=Anita|last=Kumar}}
Sergio Pininfarina, 85, Italian senator for life and automotive designer (Ferrari, Alfa Romeo, Fiat).{{cite web |url=http://www.adnkronos.com/IGN/Aki/English/CultureAndMedia/Italy-Ferrari-designer-Sergio-Pininfarina-dies-at-85_313466665392.html |title=Ferrari designer Sergio Pininfarina dies at 85|date=July 3, 2012|website=IGN|access-date=July 3, 2012}}
Hollie Stevens, 30, American pornographic actress and model, cancer.{{cite news|last=Chuck Norton |title=RIP Hollie Stevens |url=http://www.deadjournalist.com/DJdc/2012/07/06/rip-hollie-stevens/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131213042834/http://www.deadjournalist.com/DJdc/2012/07/06/rip-hollie-stevens/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 13, 2013 |access-date=July 6, 2012 |newspaper=Dead Journalist |date=July 6, 2012 }}
Richard A. Tonry, 77, American politician and lawyer, U.S. Representative from Louisiana (1977), natural causes.{{cite web |url=http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2012/07/former_us_rep_richard_rick_a_t.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130130234019/http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2012/07/former_us_rep_richard_rick_a_t.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 30, 2013|title=Former U.S. Rep. Richard "Rick" A. Tonry dies at 77 years old|date=July 5, 2012|publisher=nola.com}}
Joseph Triay, 80, Gibraltarian lawyer and politician.{{cite web|url=http://www.gibnews.net/cgi-bin/gn_view.pl/?MISC120704_1.xml|title=General News Stories|publisher=Gibnews.net|access-date=July 5, 2012}}
Daphne Zepos, 52, Greek-born American author and chef, lung cancer.{{cite news |url=http://www.sfgate.com/default/article/Daphne-Zepos-Cheese-School-of-S-F-co-owner-dies-3687278.php|title=Daphne Zepos, Cheese School of S.F. co-owner, dies|author=Janelle Bitker |date=July 5, 2012|work=San Francisco Chronicle}}

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Fareeda Kokikhel Afridi, 25, Pakistani women's rights activist, shot.{{cite news| url = https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/activists-killing-reverberates-in-Pakistan/2012/07/18/gJQArR7ctW_story.html| title = Activist's killing reverberates in Pakistan - The Washington Post| newspaper = The Washington Post}}
Ignatius Anandappa, 73, Sri Lankan Test match cricket umpire.{{cite web |title=Ignatius Anandappa |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/srilanka/content/player/48253.html |access-date=2013-07-01 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}
Robert P. Atkinson, 84, American bishop.{{Cite web|url = http://episcopaldigitalnetwork.com/ens/2012/07/17/service-set-for-fifth-west-virginia-bishop-robert-p-atkinson/|title = Service set for fifth West Virginia Bishop Robert P. Atkinson|date = 17 July 2012|access-date = 4 December 2020|archive-date = 19 February 2016|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160219205859/http://episcopaldigitalnetwork.com/ens/2012/07/17/service-set-for-fifth-west-virginia-bishop-robert-p-atkinson/|url-status = dead}}
Peter Bennett, 85, Australian football player and Olympic (1952, 1956) water polo player.{{cite web|last=Holmesby|first=Russell|date=July 4, 2012|title=Bennett obituary |url=http://www.saints.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/5315/newsid/140462/default.aspx|publisher=St Kilda Football Club|access-date=July 4, 2012 |archive-date=July 7, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120707050631/http://www.saints.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/5315/newsid/140462/default.aspx}}
Hiren Bhattacharyya, 80, Indian poet, lung infection.{{cite web|url=http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/detailsnew.asp?id=jul0412/at0154 |title=Poet Hiren Bhattacharyya passes away |publisher=The Assam Tribune |date=July 4, 2012 |access-date=July 4, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140514045256/http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/detailsnew.asp?id=jul0412%2Fat0154 |archive-date=May 14, 2014 }}
Paul Birch, 56, British scientist and author.{{cite web|url=http://www.iwcp.co.uk/news/obituaries/mr-paul-birch-45238.aspx|title=Writer Paul Birch dies|publisher=Iwcp.co.uk|access-date=July 15, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121020011136/http://iwcp.co.uk/news/obituaries/mr-paul-birch-45238.aspx|archive-date=2012-10-20|url-status=dead}}
Jimmy Bivins, 92, American heavyweight boxer, pneumonia.{{cite web|url=http://www.wkyc.com/news/article/251097/4/Boxer-Jimmy-Bivins-dead-at-the-age-of-92 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121211045049/http://www.wkyc.com/news/article/251097/4/Boxer-Jimmy-Bivins-dead-at-the-age-of-92 |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 11, 2012 |title=Boxer Jimmy Bivins dead at the age of 92 |publisher=wkyc.com |access-date=July 5, 2012 }}
J.D. Garrett, 70, American football player.{{Cite web|url=http://www.nfl.com/player/j.d.garrett/2514654/profile|title = NFL Players | Past & Current NFL Players|website = NFL.com}}
Benedetto Ghiglia, 90, Italian composer, conductor and pianist.{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0315742/|title = Benedetto Ghiglia|website = IMDb}}
Vinzenz Guggenberger, 83, German Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Regensburg (1972–2004).{{Catholic-hierarchy|bishop|bgugg|Bishop Vinzenz Guggenberger|21 January 2015}}
Jeong Min-hyeong, 25, South Korean football player, suicide by carbon monoxide poisoning.{{cite web |url=http://sports.media.daum.net/soccer/news/k_league/breaking/view.html?newsid=20120705164019063|title=부산 수비수 정민형, 차량에서 숨진 채 발견…자살 추정 - Daum 스포츠|publisher=Sports.media.daum.net|date=5 July 2012|access-date=5 July 2012|language=ko}}
Karen R. Keesling, 65, American civil servant, Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (1988–1989).{{cite web|url=http://obits.dignitymemorial.com/dignity-memorial/obituary.aspx?n=Karen-Keesling&lc=0184&pid=158999892&mid=5195326|title=Karen Keesling obituary|publisher=Obits.dignitymemorial.com|access-date=2012-08-08}}
Sam Ojebode, 67, Nigerian footballer.{{cite web|url=http://naijagists.com/ex-footballer-sam-ojebode-is-dead|title=Ex-Footballer Sam Ojebode Is Dead|publisher=Naijagists.com|date=4 July 2012|access-date=8 July 2012}}
Scamper, 35, American barrel racing horse.{{Cite web|url=https://www.horsetalk.co.nz/2012/07/14/scamper-dies-aged-35/|title=Famed barrel racing horse Scamper dies at 35 - News|date=July 13, 2012}}
Eric Sykes, 89, British writer and actor (The Goon Show, Sykes, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire).{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-18704263|title=Comedian Eric Sykes dies, aged 89 |work=BBC.co.uk|date=4 July 2012|access-date=4 July 2012}}

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Barun Biswas, 39, Indian school teacher and activist, shot.{{cite web |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-07-15/kolkata/32684766_1_sutia-barun-biswas-rapes |title=Barun Biswas: An unsung hero - Times of India |website=The Times of India |access-date=11 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130709135400/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-07-15/kolkata/32684766_1_sutia-barun-biswas-rapes |archive-date=9 July 2013 |url-status=dead}}
Howard Dorgan, 80, American academic.{{Cite web|url=http://www2.wataugademocrat.com/Obituaries/story/Dr-C-Howard-Dorgan-id-008379|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20130209020838/http://www2.wataugademocrat.com/Obituaries/story/Dr-C-Howard-Dorgan-id-008379|url-status=dead|title=Dr. C. Howard Dorgan - The Watauga Democrat|access-date=2012-08-08|archive-date=2013-02-09}}
Rob Goris, 30, Belgian ice hockey player and cyclist, heart attack.{{Cite web|url=https://www.rtbf.be/article/un-coureur-belge-decede-d-un-arret-cardiaque-7799728|title=Un coureur belge décède d'un arrêt cardiaque|website=RTBF}}
Dick Greco, 87, American baseball player.[https://web.archive.org/web/20141026033208/http://www.thedeadballera.com/Obits/MinorLeaguers/Obits_G/Greco.Richard.Obit001.html Tacoma's Greco, famed for home runs and auditor scandal, has died at 87]
Ruud van Hemert, 73, Dutch film director, cancer.{{Cite web|url=https://www.telegraaf.nl/entertainment/|title=Entertainment | Het laatste nieuws uit Nederland leest u op Telegraaf.nl|website=Telegraaf}}
Roland Hyatt, 50, Australian cricketer.{{Cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/player/roland-hyatt-5736|title=Roland Hyatt profile and biography, stats, records, averages, photos and videos|website=ESPNcricinfo}}
Gerrit Komrij, 68, Dutch writer, cancer.{{Cite web |url=https://www.dutchnews.nl/news/2012/07/writer_gerrit_komrij_dies_afte/ |title=Writer Gerrit Komrij dies after a long illness |date=July 6, 2012}}
Angeliki Koutsonikoli, 23, Greek cyclist.{{Cite web|url=http://www.cyclingarchives.com/coureurfiche.php?coureurid=38804 |title=Angeliki Koutsonikoli |website=www.cyclingarchives.com}}
Colin Marshall, Baron Marshall of Knightsbridge, 78, British businessman and life peer.{{Cite web |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/finance-obituaries/9382511/Lord-Marshall-of-Knightsbridge.html|title=Lord Marshall of Knightsbridge|website=www.telegraph.co.uk}}
Bob Rowland Smith, 86, Australian politician, NSW Minister for Sport and Recreation (1988–1991).{{Cite web|url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/racing-enthusiast-gave-randwick-a-royal-touch-20120731-23cpu.html|title=Racing enthusiast gave Randwick a royal touch|date=July 31, 2012|website=The Sydney Morning Herald }}
Márta Tolnai-Erdős, 70, Hungarian Olympic gymnast.{{Cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/to/marta-tolnai-erdos-1.html|title=MÃ¡rta Tolnai-ErdÅ's Bio, Stats, and Results | Olympics at Sports-Reference.com|date=April 18, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418043024/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/to/marta-tolnai-erdos-1.html|archive-date=2020-04-18}}

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Ibrahim Balandiya, Sudanese politician, shot.{{cite web|url=http://www.radiodabanga.org/node/32972 |title=Head of the Legislative Council of South Kordofan, Ibrahim Mohammed Balandiya, killed |publisher=radiodabanga.com |access-date=8 July 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120708235928/http://www.radiodabanga.org/node/32972 |archive-date=8 July 2012 }}
Betty Buehler, 90, American actress.{{Cite web|url=https://www.capecodtimes.com/article/20120707/OBITS02/207070314|title=Maria Elizabeth (Betty) Buehler de Lutz, 90|access-date=2020-12-08|archive-date=2019-11-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191115023652/https://www.capecodtimes.com/article/20120707/OBITS02/207070314|url-status=dead}}
Charles Drake, 30, American football player (New York Giants).{{cite web |url=http://sportsjournalla.com/former-westchester-football-star-charles-drake-is-dead-at-30|title=Former Westchester Football Star Charles Drake is Dead at 30|publisher=Sportsjournalla.com|access-date=July 12, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120713031725/http://sportsjournalla.com/former-westchester-football-star-charles-drake-is-dead-at-30/ |archive-date=July 13, 2012}}
Charles David Ganao, 85, Congolese politician, Prime Minister (1996–1997).{{cite web|url=http://www.jeuneafrique.com/Article/ARTJAWEB20120706181030/congo-gabon-denis-sassou-nguesso-pascal-lissoubacongo-deces-de-charles-ganao-ancien-premier-ministre-de-lissouba.html|title=Congo: décès de Charles Ganao, ancien Premier ministre de Lissouba|date=6 July 2012|access-date=8 July 2012}}
Hani al-Hassan, 74, Palestinian politician and diplomat, complications of a stroke.{{cite web|date=6 July 2012 |url=http://www.bna.bh/portal/en/news/515978|title=Hani al-Hassan Passes Away|publisher=metronews.ca|access-date=6 July 2012}}
Bruce B. Kendall, 93, American hotelier and politician.{{cite web|url=http://www.adn.com/2012/07/14/2542643/bruce-kendall-was-larger-than.html |title=Bruce Kendall (†) was larger than life |publisher=Adn.com |date=2012-07-14 |access-date=2012-09-06 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120719082232/http://www.adn.com/2012/07/14/2542643/bruce-kendall-was-larger-than.html |archive-date=2012-07-19 }}
Alice Koroma, 80, Sierra Leonean politician, mother of president Ernest Bai Koroma.{{cite web |url=http://www.switsalone.com/16207_sierra-leone-mourns-mrs-alice-koroma-mother-of-the-president|title=Sierra Leone mourns: Mrs Alice Koroma, mother of the president, dies|date=6 July 2012|publisher=Switsalone.com|access-date=July 12, 2012}}
James McKinley, 67, American football coach and businessman.{{Cite web|url=http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2012-07-10/news/fl-james-mckinley-obit-20120709_1_insurance-firm-businessman-college-football|title=James McKinley, prominent Fort Lauderdale businessman, dies|access-date=2012-11-25|archive-date=2015-10-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151010044155/http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2012-07-10/news/fl-james-mckinley-obit-20120709_1_insurance-firm-businessman-college-football|url-status=dead}}
Bill Norrie, 83, Canadian politician and educator, Mayor of Winnipeg (1979–1992), Chancellor of the University of Manitoba (2001–2009), respiratory failure.{{cite web|url=http://metronews.ca/news/winnipeg/288545/popular-winnipeg-former-mayor-bill-norrie-passes-away-at-83|title=Popular former Winnipeg mayor Bill Norrie passes away at 83|publisher=metronews.ca |date=July 6, 2012|access-date=July 6, 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130115133237/http://metronews.ca/news/winnipeg/288545/popular-winnipeg-former-mayor-bill-norrie-passes-away-at-83|archive-date=January 15, 2013|url-status=dead}}
Angelo Paternoster, 93, American football player (Washington Redskins).{{cite web |url=http://obits.nj.com/obituaries/starledger/obituary.aspx?page=lifestory&pid=158412542|title=Angelo Paternoster obituary |publisher=nj.com|access-date=July 6, 2012}}
Sebastijan Pečjak, 35, Slovenian darts player, traffic collision.{{cite web |url=http://www.pdc.tv/page/NewsdeskDetail/0,,10180~2834633,00.html|title=Obituary: Sebastian Pecjak|publisher=PDC.tv|access-date=6 July 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120709004957/http://www.pdc.tv/page/NewsdeskDetail/0,,10180~2834633,00.html|archive-date=9 July 2012|url-status=dead}}
Anthony Sedlak, 29, Canadian chef, suicide by drug overdose.{{cite news|url=http://www.torontosun.com/2012/07/09/bc-chef-anthony-sedlak-dead|title=BC chef Anthony Sedlak dead|newspaper=Toronto Sun|access-date=July 9, 2012}}
Al Ulbrickson, 81, American rower.{{cite news |url=http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/obituaries/2018737228_ulbricksonobit21m.html|title=Alvin Ulbrickson Jr., Olympic rower and UW administrator, dies at 81|newspaper=Seattle Times |last=Panzar|first=Javier|date=July 20, 2012}}
Skylar Annette Neese, 16, American honors student, homicide by stabbing.{{Cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/best-friends-killers-teens-murder-friend-didnt/story?id=24573749 |title=From Best Friends to Killers: Teens Murder Friend Because They 'Didn't Like Her' |website=ABC News}}

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David Baldwin, 90, New Zealand bowls player.{{cite web |url=http://www.bowlsnz.co.nz/Category?Action=View&Category_id=2178 |title=Bowls Legends Honoured at Inaugural Hall of Fame Celebration : Bowls New Zealand |website=www.bowlsnz.co.nz |access-date=11 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160822153835/http://www.bowlsnz.co.nz/Category?Action=View&Category_id=2178 |archive-date=22 August 2016 |url-status=dead}}
Renato Beghe, 79, American judge (United States Tax Court).{{cite web |url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/washingtonpost/obituary.aspx?pid=158639067#fbLoggedOut |title=RENATO BEGHE's Obituary by The Washington Post |publisher=Legacy.com |date=2012-07-07 |access-date=2013-02-01}}
Paul Coussa, 94, Syrian-born Iraqi Armenian Catholic hierarch, Archbishop of Baghdad (1983–2001).{{Catholic-hierarchy|bishop|bcoussa|Archbishop Paul Coussa|21 January 2015}}
Ronaldo Cunha Lima, 76, Brazilian poet and politician, Governor of Paraíba (1991–1994), lung cancer.{{cite news|title=Ronaldo Cunha Lima morre aos 76 anos|url=http://www.band.com.br/noticias/brasil/noticia/?id=100000515487|newspaper=band.com.br|date=7 July 2012 |access-date=8 July 2012|language=pt|archive-date=31 December 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121231121302/http://www.band.com.br/noticias/brasil/noticia/?id=100000515487|url-status=dead}}
Mouss Diouf, 47, Senegalese-born French comedian, complications of a stroke.{{cite news|title=L'humoriste Mouss Diouf est mort |url=http://www.liberation.fr/culture/2012/07/07/le-comedien-et-humoriste-mouss-diouf-est-mort_831793|access-date=8 July 2012 |newspaper=liberation.fr|date=7 July 2012|language=fr}}
Tatsuo Endō, 85, Japanese actor.{{Cite web |url=https://www.daily.co.jp/gossip/flash/20140608646.shtml |title = "ミスター悪代官"遠藤太津朗さんが死去「銭形平次」三輪の親分でもおなじみ/デイリースポーツ online| date=23 May 2023 }}
Dennis Flemion, 57, American rock musician (The Frogs), drowned.{{cite news |url=http://www.journaltimes.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/drowning-victim-identified/article_be0e52e2-ca23-11e1-8d12-0019bb2963f4.html |title=Drowning victim identified|newspaper=Journal Times|date=July 9, 2012|access-date=July 9, 2012}}
Colin Lamont, 70, Australian politician, member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly (1974–1977).{{cite web|url=http://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/members/former/database |title=Re-Member Database |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131006110637/http://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/members/former/database |archive-date=2013-10-06 }}
Ralph Raymond Loffmark, 92, Canadian politician.{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/theprovince/obituary.aspx?pid=158523049|title=Ralph Raymond LOFFMARK Obituary|publisher=Legacy.com|access-date=July 18, 2012}}
Luis López, 88, Chilean footballer.{{Cite web |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/luis-lopez_7/4/|title = Luis López » Internationals}}
Doris Neal, 83, American baseball player (AAGPBL).{{Cite web |url=http://www.aagpbl.org/index.cfm/profiles/neal-doris/203|title=All-American Girls Professional Baseball League official website – Doris Neal profile}}
Jerry Norman, 75, American sinologist and linguist, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.{{cite web |title=In Memory of Jerry Lee Norman|url=http://obits.dignitymemorial.com/dignity-memorial/obituary.aspx?n=Jerry-Norman&lc=7552&pid=158458960&mid=5163939|access-date=July 15, 2012}}
José Pauwels, 84, Belgian Olympic cyclist.[http://www.cyclingarchives.com/coureurfiche.php?coureurid=16943 José Pauwels]
Alf Pearson, 102, British variety performer with his brother Bob as half of Bob and Alf Pearson.{{cite news |last1=Leigh |first1=Spencer |title=Alf Pearson: Singer who moved successfully from music hall and variety |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/alf-pearson-singer-who-moved-successfully-from-music-hall-and-variety-to-radio-and-television-8120614.html |access-date=7 February 2019 |work=The Independent |date=10 September 2012}}
Leon Schlumpf, 87, Swiss politician, Member of the Federal Council (1979–1987), President of the Confederation (1984).{{cite news|title=Former Swiss President Schlumpf, father of current head of state, dies at 87 |url=https://montrealgazette.com/news/Former+Swiss+President+Schlumpf+father+current+head+state+dies/6899710/story.html|access-date=8 July 2012|newspaper=montrealgazette.com|date=8 July 2012}} {{dead link|date=November 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
Jimmy Tansey, 83, English football player.{{cite web|url=http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/everton-fc/everton-fc-news/2012/07/09/former-everton-fc-left-back-jimmy-tansey-dies-aged-83-100252-31352306|title=Former Everton FC left-back Jimmy Tansey dies aged 83|date=9 July 2012|access-date=9 July 2012|author=Prentice, David}}

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Muhammed bin Saud Al Saud, 78, Saudi royal and politician, Minister of Defense (1960–1962), Governor of Al Baha (1987–2010).{{cite news|title=Prince Mohammed bin Saud bin Abdulaziz dies abroad |url=http://www.saudigazette.com.sa/index.cfm?method=home.regcon&contentid=20120708129386 |access-date=July 8, 2012 |newspaper=Saudi Gazette |date=8 July 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130730171527/http://www.saudigazette.com.sa/index.cfm?method=home.regcon&contentid=20120708129386 |archive-date=July 30, 2013 }}
Chris Barber, 91, British businessman, chairman of Oxfam (1983–1989).{{cite web |url=http://www.henleystandard.co.uk/news/news.php?id=1140260|title=Quaker company director who became Oxfam chairman |publisher=Henleystandard.co.uk|date=23 July 2012|access-date=23 August 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203223918/http://www.henleystandard.co.uk/news/news.php?id=1140260|archive-date=3 February 2014}}
Lionel Batiste, 81, American jazz musician (Treme Brass Band).{{cite news|title=Uncle Lionel Batiste, Treme Brass Band bass drummer, dies|url=http://www.nola.com/music/index.ssf/2012/07/uncle_lionel_batiste_treme_bra.html|newspaper=The Times-Picayune|date=8 July 2012|access-date=8 July 2012}}
John Nelson Battenberg, 80, American sculptor.{{Cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/azcentral/obituary.aspx?pid=158536764|title=John Nelson Battenberg Obituary (2012) the Arizona Republic|website=Legacy.com}}
Leszek Berger, 87, Polish herpetologist and malacologist.{{Cite web|url=http://www.tvp.info/15306637/zasluzyl-na-pomnik-a-dostal-zabe-zobacz-jak-uhonorowano-znanego-profesora|title = Zasłużył na pomnik, a dostał żabę, zobacz jak uhonorowano znanego profesora|date = 22 May 2014}}
Osvaldo Blasi, 84, Argentine Olympic wrestler.{{Cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/bl/osvaldo-blasi-1.html|title=Osvaldo Blasi Bio, Stats, and Results | Olympics at Sports-Reference.com|date=April 18, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418060635/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/bl/osvaldo-blasi-1.html|archive-date=2020-04-18}}
Ernest Borgnine, 95, American actor (Marty, McHale's Navy, From Here to Eternity), Oscar winner (1956), renal failure.{{cite news|title=Spokesman: Oscar-winning film star Ernest Borgnine dies in LA at age 95|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/09/movies/ernest-borgnine-tough-but-tender-actor-is-dead-at-95.html?_r=1 |access-date=July 8, 2012|newspaper=New York Times|date=July 8, 2012|first=Anita|last=Gates}}
Henry Chilver, Baron Chilver, 86, British engineer and politician.{{cite web|url=http://www.parliament.uk/mps-lords-and-offices/lords/deceased-lords|title=Deceased Lords|work=Parliament website|access-date=July 18, 2012}}
Aleksandr Chumakov, 64, Russian Soviet football player.{{Cite web|url=http://www.fc-tm.ru/arkhiv-novostej/item/1902-chumakov-aleksandr-dmitrievich-1948-2012|title = Online Bookmakers | Best Bookies, Sports Betting, Top Offers & Free Bets| date=23 May 2023 }}
Gyang Dalyop Datong, 53, Nigerian politician, Member of the House of Representatives (2003–2007), Senator (since 2007), heart attack.{{cite news|title=Senator Datong dies in Plateau|url=http://dailytimes.com.ng/article/senator-murdered-plateau|access-date=8 July 2012|newspaper=Daily Times NG|date=8 July 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120710224005/http://dailytimes.com.ng/article/senator-murdered-plateau|archive-date=10 July 2012}}
Dick Fowler, 80, Canadian politician, Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta (1989–1993).{{cite web |url=http://www.inews880.com/Channels/Reg/LocalNews/story.aspx?ID=1734945 |title=A former Justice minister and Mayor of St. Albert has died |publisher=iNews880.com |access-date=July 10, 2012 }} {{dead link|date=April 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
Philip L. Fradkin, 77, American historian and author, cancer.{{cite news|url=http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/news/us/philip-fradkin-writer-who-explored-themes-of-the-west-dies-at-77-644826|title=Philip Fradkin, Writer Who Explored Themes of the West, Dies at 77|publisher=postgazette.com|access-date=July 15, 2012|first=William|last=Yardley|date=15 July 2012}}
Arnold B. Grobman, 93, American zoologist.{{Cite web |url=http://www.gainesville.com/article/20120709/articles/120709639|title=Arnold Grobman, early director of Florida Museum of Natural History, dies at age 94 Gainesville.com}}
Rodger Head, 73, Australian football player (St Kilda Football Club).{{Cite web |title=St Kilda Football player Rodger Head dies |url=http://www.saints.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/5315/newsid/140976/default.aspx |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20121230145733/http://www.saints.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/5315/newsid/140976/default.aspx |url-status=dead |archivedate=December 30, 2012}}
William Innes Homer, 82, American art historian.[http://www.udel.edu/udaily/2013/jul/Homer-072412.html Prof. William Innes Homer dies]. University of Delaware, July 24, 2012.
Martin Pakledinaz, 58, American costume designer (My Week with Marilyn), cancer.{{cite news |url=https://variety.com/2012/legit/news/costume-designer-martin-pakledinaz-dies-1118056330/|title=Costume designer Martin Pakledinaz dies|access-date=July 8, 2012 |work=Variety}}
Stuart R. Schram, 88, American physicist and political scientist.{{cite news|last=Yardley|first=William |title=Stuart R. Schram, Nuclear Physicist and Mao Scholar, Dies at 88 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/22/world/asia/stuart-r-schram-physicist-and-mao-scholar-dies-at-88.html|newspaper=New York Times|date=July 21, 2012|access-date=July 28, 2012}}
Boris Shramko, 92, Ukrainian historian.{{cite web|author=Вечерний Харьков|url=http://www.vecherniy.kharkov.ua/news/65715|script-title=ru:Умер Борис Шрамко|publisher=Vecherniy.kharkov.ua|access-date=19 July 2012|language=ru|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303180959/http://vecherniy.kharkov.ua/news/65715/|archive-date=3 March 2016}}
John Williams, 64, American football player (Baltimore Colts, Los Angeles Rams).{{cite news |title=Former Gophers great, NFL lineman John Williams dies |url=http://www.startribune.com/local/minneapolis/161735295.html |access-date=July 9, 2012|newspaper=Star Tribune|date=July 9, 2012}}

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Azah Aziz, 83, Malaysian cultural figure, stroke.{{Cite web|url=https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2012/07/09/culture-icon-azah-aziz-dies-at-age-84|title = Culture icon Azah Aziz dies at age 84}}
Dino Cassio, 78, Italian actor and singer.{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0144315/|title = Dino Cassio|website = IMDb}}
Mario de Leon Baltazar, 85, Filipino Roman Catholic priest, Prelate of Batanes and the Babuyan Islands (1966–1995).{{cite web |url=http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/bata1.htm#6770 |title=Mario de Leon Baltazar |publisher=GCatholic.org |date=July 12, 2012 |access-date=July 12, 2012}}
Kenny Heitz, 65, American basketball player (UCLA), cancer.{{cite news|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/3-time-ncaa-basketball-champ-kenny-heitz-dies/|title=3-time NCAA basketball champ Kenny Heitz dies|publisher=Journal Times|date=July 9, 2012|access-date=July 12, 2012}}
Chick King, 81, American baseball player (Detroit Tigers, Chicago Cubs, St. Louis Cardinals).{{cite news|title=Chick King|url=http://parispi.net/articles/2012/07/12/obituaries/doc4ffda1dc5b36f173258583.txt|access-date=19 October 2012|newspaper=Paris Post-Intelligencer|date=11 July 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130221232210/http://parispi.net/articles/2012/07/12/obituaries/doc4ffda1dc5b36f173258583.txt|archive-date=21 February 2013|url-status=dead}}
Sir Terepai Maoate, 78, Cook Islands politician, Prime Minister (1999–2002), prostate cancer.{{cite web |url=http://www.rnzi.com/pages/news.php?op=read&id=69431|title=Former Cook Islands PM, Sir Terepai Maoate, has died |publisher=Radio New Zealand International|date=July 9, 2012 |access-date=July 10, 2012}}
Jacqueline Mazéas, 91, French Olympic bronze medallist discus athlete (1948).{{cite web|url=http://www.athle.fr/asp.net/main.news/news.aspx?newsid=10265 |title=Jacqueline Mazéas n'est plus | Fédération Française d'Athlétisme|publisher=Athle.fr |date=July 18, 2012 |access-date=July 22, 2012}}
Miinnehoma, 29, Irish-bred racehorse, winner of the 1994 Grand National.{{cite news|title=Miinnehoma, winner of the 1994 Grand National, dies at the age of 29|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/horseracing/9387518/Miinnehoma-winner-of-the-1994-Grand-National-dies-at-the-age-of-29.html|access-date=July 9, 2012|newspaper=The Telegraph|date=July 9, 2012|location=London}} (death announced on this date)
René Joseph Rakotondrabé, 79, Malagasy Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Toamasina (1989–2008).{{Catholic-hierarchy|bishop|brakr|Bishop René Joseph Rakotondrabé|21 January 2015}}
Denise René, 99, French art dealer.{{cite web|last=Singer|first=Reid|url=http://artinfo.com/news/story/812718/gallerist-denise-ren%C3%A9-known-as-the-pope-of-abstraction-for-championing-op-and-kinetic-art-is-dead-at-99|title=Gallerist Denise René, Known as the "Pope of Abstraction" for Championing Op and Kinetic Art, is Dead at 99|publisher=Artinfo|access-date=July 10, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120711084728/http://www.artinfo.com/news/story/812718/gallerist-denise-ren%C3%A9-known-as-the-pope-of-abstraction-for-championing-op-and-kinetic-art-is-dead-at-99|archive-date=July 11, 2012}}
Zsuzsi Roboz, 72, Hungarian painter.{{cite news|author=Edward Lucie-Smith|url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2012/jul/19/zsuzi-roboz|title=Zsuzsi Roboz dies at age 82|newspaper=Guardian|access-date=19 July 2012|location=London|date=19 July 2012}}
Eugênio Sales, 91, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Cardinal Protopriest, Archbishop of Rio de Janeiro (1971–2001), heart failure.{{Cite web|url=https://catholicnews.sg/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=7735:telegram-for-the-death-of-cardinal-eugenio-de-araujo-sales&catid=196:vis-vatican-information-service&Itemid=127|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140809195833/https://catholicnews.sg/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=7735%3Atelegram-for-the-death-of-cardinal-eugenio-de-araujo-sales&catid=196%3Avis-vatican-information-service&Itemid=127|url-status=dead |title=Telegram For The Death Of Cardinal Eugenio De Araujo Sales Telegram For The Death Of Cardinal Eugenio De Araujo Sales|archivedate=August 9, 2014}}
Shin Jae-chul, 75, South Korean-born American martial artist.{{cite news|url=http://www.thetimesnews.com/articles/founder-57441-world-association.html|title=Martial arts association dedicates Burlington headquarters, remembers founder|last=D. Abernethy|first=Michael|date=July 23, 2012|newspaper=Times-News (Burlington, North Carolina)|access-date=28 August 2012}}
Brian Thomas, 72, Welsh rugby union player and manager (Neath RFC).{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-east-wales-18770427|title=Brian Thomas, Neath and Wales rugby player and coach, dies|access-date=July 9, 2012|date=July 9, 2012|work=BBC News }}
Isuzu Yamada, 95, Japanese actress (Yojimbo, Throne of Blood, Flowing), multiple organ failure.{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2012/film/news/japanese-silent-movie-star-dies-1118056380/|title=Japanese silent movie star dies}}

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Maria Cole, 89, American jazz singer, widow of Nat King Cole, cancer.{{cite web|url=https://news.yahoo.com/widow-nat-king-cole-mother-natalie-cole-dies-020050334.html|title=Widow of Nat 'King' Cole, mother of Natalie Cole dies of cancer at 89 in South Florida|date=12 July 2012 |publisher=News.yahoo.com|access-date=July 12, 2012}}
Michele Columbu, 98, Italian politician and writer.{{cite news|title=Politica in lutto, è morto Michele Columbu|newspaper=La Nuova Sardegna|date=11 July 2012|url=http://lanuovasardegna.gelocal.it/regione/2012/07/11/news/politica-in-lutto-e-morto-michele-columbu-1.5390448|access-date=4 August 2012}}
Lol Coxhill, 79, English jazz saxophonist, after short illness.{{cite web|url=http://www.jazzwisemagazine.com/news-mainmenu-139/69-2012/12425-jazz-breaking-news-saxophonist-lol-coxhill-dies-age-79|title=Jazz breaking news: Saxophonist Lol Coxhill Dies Age 79|publisher=Jazzwise|date=10 July 2012}}
Dolphy, 83, Filipino actor and comedian, multiple organ failure.{{cite news|title=Dolphy passes away|newspaper=Philippine Daily Inquirer|date=10 July 2012|url=http://entertainment.inquirer.net/48524/dolphy-passes-away|access-date=July 10, 2012}}
Marian Filar, 94, Polish-born American concert pianist.{{cite web|last=Naedele|first=Walter|title=Pianist, concentration camp survivor Marian Filar|url=http://articles.philly.com/2012-07-13/news/32649339_1_marian-filar-concentration-camp-settlement-music-school|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121114040244/http://articles.philly.com/2012-07-13/news/32649339_1_marian-filar-concentration-camp-settlement-music-school|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 14, 2012|publisher=Philly.com|access-date=July 14, 2012}}
Peter Fisher, 68, American author and gay rights activist, suicide.{{Cite web|url=http://gaycitynews.com/pete-fisher-pioneering-author-of-the-gay-mystique-dead-at-68/|title = Pete Fisher, Pioneering Author of "The Gay Mystique," Dead at 68 – Gay City News| date=15 August 2012 }}
Cheryll Heinze, 65, American politician, member of the Alaska House of Representatives (2002–2004), plane crash.{{cite news|title=Ex-lawmaker dies in Homer plane crash |url=http://www.adn.com/2012/07/11/2538341/1-reported-dead-in-homer-plane.html |newspaper=Anchorage Daily News |access-date=July 11, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120712185026/http://www.adn.com/2012/07/11/2538341/1-reported-dead-in-homer-plane.html |archive-date=July 12, 2012 }}
Peter Kyros, 86, American politician, Representative from Maine (1967–1975).{{cite web|title=Former Maine Congressman Peter Kyros dies at 86|url=http://www.mpbn.net/Home/tabid/36/ctl/ViewItem/mid/3478/ItemId/22734/Default.aspx|publisher=MPBN.net|access-date=July 12, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121113143753/http://www.mpbn.net/Home/tabid/36/ctl/ViewItem/mid/3478/ItemId/22734/Default.aspx|archive-date=November 13, 2012}}
Gaylon Lawrence, 78, American businessman.{{cite web|url=http://www.dddnews.com/story/1869335.html|title=Gaylon Lawrence dead at 78|publisher=The Daily Dunklin Democrat|date=July 11, 2012|access-date=2012-10-06|archive-date=2016-03-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304030348/http://www.dddnews.com/story/1869335.html|url-status=dead}}
Berthe Meijer, 74, Dutch author, cancer.{{cite news|title=Berthe Meijer, Dutch Jewish author and Holocaust survivor, dies at 74|url=http://www.haaretz.com/jewish-world/jewish-world-news/berthe-meijer-dutch-jewish-author-and-holocaust-survivor-dies-at-74-1.450490|access-date=14 July 2012|newspaper=Haaretz|date=11 July 2012|agency=The Associated Press}}
Viktor Suslin, 70, Russian composer.{{cite web|author=SMP media GmbH, Hamburg & SMP systems GbR, Berlin |url=http://www.sikorski.de/344/en/suslin_viktor.html|title=Viktor Suslin profile|publisher=Sikorski.de|access-date=4 September 2012}}

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Jean Allister, 80, English opera singer.{{Cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/jean-allister-versatile-contralto-and-proms-veteran-8113935.html|title = Jean Allister: Versatile contralto and Proms veteran|website = Independent.co.uk|date = 6 September 2012}}
Bjørn Blakstad, 86, Norwegian diplomat.{{cite encyclopedia|author=Lundbo, Sten |date=8 November 2023|title=Bjørn Blakstad |encyclopedia=Store Norske Leksikon |url=https://snl.no/Bj%C3%B8rn_Blakstad|language=no|access-date=3 January 2024}}
Dewayne Bunch, 50, American politician, member of the Kentucky House of Representatives (2010–2011), head injuries.{{cite web|title=Former state rep., Whitley County teacher Dewayne Bunch dies |url=http://www.thenewsjournal.net/details/6364/Former-state-rep.,-Whitley-County-teacher-Dewayne-Bunch-dies |publisher=thenewsjournal.net|access-date=July 11, 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130703120011/http://www.thenewsjournal.net/details/6364/Former-state-rep.,-Whitley-County-teacher-Dewayne-Bunch-dies|archive-date=July 3, 2013}}
Art Ceccarelli, 82, American baseball player (Kansas City Athletics, Chicago Cubs, Baltimore Orioles), cancer.{{Cite web|url=https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/nhregister/name/arthur-ceccarelli-obituary?id=19214849|title=Arthur Ceccarelli Obituary (2012) New Haven Register|website=Legacy.com}}
Héctor Cornejo Chávez, 93, Peruvian politician.{{cite web|url=http://www.elpueblo.com.pe/noticias/?p=15038 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130416133222/http://www.elpueblo.com.pe/noticias/?p=15038 |url-status=dead |archive-date=16 April 2013 |title=LA MUERTE DE HECTOR CORNEJO CHAVEZ |publisher=Elpueblo.com.pe |access-date=26 August 2012 }}
Marion Cunningham, 90, American cookbook author, complications of Alzheimer's disease.{{cite news|url=http://www.sfgate.com/food/article/American-cooking-legend-Marion-Cunningham-dies-at-3699716.php|work=San Francisco Chronicle|title=American cooking legend Marion Cunningham dies at 90|first=Stacy|last=Finz|date=July 11, 2012}}
Sir Carron Greig, 87, British business executive.[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/sir-carron-greig-shipbroker-who-turned-his-company-into-a-world-leader-in-its-field-7946743.html?origin=internalSearch Obituary], The Independent, 17 July 2012
Rutger Kopland, 77, Dutch poet, writer, and psychiatrist.{{cite web|url=http://www.tzum.info/2012/07/nieuws-rutger-kopland-overleden-1934-2012|title=TZUM - Nieuws: Rutger Kopland overleden (1934–2012)|date=15 July 2012 |publisher=TZUM|access-date=15 July 2012}}
Joe McBride, 74, Scottish football player (Celtic), complications of a stroke.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-18886333|title=Funeral held for Celtic and Hibs legend Joe McBride|work=BBC News |date=18 July 2012}}
Bobby Nicol, 76, Scottish football player (Hibernian).{{cite news|url=http://www.hibernianfc.co.uk/news/20120717/bobby-nicol_2262950_2852160 |title=Bobby Nicol |work=www.hibernianfc.co.uk |publisher=Hibernian FC |date=July 17, 2012 |access-date=July 17, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203013401/http://www.hibernianfc.co.uk/news/20120717/bobby-nicol_2262950_2852160 |archive-date=December 3, 2013 }}
Richard Scudder, 99, American newspaper pioneer, founder of MediaNews Group.{{cite news|last=Slevin|first=Colleen|title=Richard Scudder Dead: MediaNews Co-Founder And Newspaper Pioneer Dies At 99|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/11/richard-scudder-dead-at-9_n_1666043.html|access-date=July 12, 2012|newspaper=huffingtonpost.com|date=July 11, 2012}}
Harold Shukman, 81, British historian.{{cite news|author=Robert Service |url=https://www.theguardian.com/education/2012/aug/20/harold-shukman |title=Harold Shukman obituary | Books | guardian.co.uk |newspaper=Guardian |date= 20 August 2012|access-date=2013-07-18 |location=London}}
André Simon, 92, French racing driver.{{cite news|last=Savard|first=Joe|title=André Simon|url=http://joesaward.wordpress.com/2012/07/12/andre-simon|access-date=12 July 2012|date=July 11, 2012}}
Donald J. Sobol, 87, American writer (Encyclopedia Brown), gastric lymphoma.[https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/16/donald-sobol-dead-encyclopedia-brown_n_1676665.html Donald J. Sobol, 'Encyclopedia Brown' Author, Dead At 87]
Sir Saxon Tate, 80, British businessman.[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/finance-obituaries/9523685/Sir-Saxon-Tate-Bt.html Sir Saxon Tate, Bt]
Marvin Traub, 87, American business executive, CEO of Bloomingdale's, bladder cancer.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/12/business/marvin-s-traub-who-made-bloomingdales-a-home-of-style-dies-at-87.html?_r=1&ref=obituaries|title=Marvin S. Traub, who Made Bloomingdale's a Home of Style, Dies at 87|access-date=July 11, 2012 | work=The New York Times|first=Robert D.|last=McFadden|date=11 July 2012}}

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Joan Albert, 69, American artist, heart attack.{{Cite web |last=MacDonald |first=MacDonald Rockwell & |title=Obituary for Joan M. Albert |url=https://www.macdonaldrockwell.com/obituary/Joan-Albert |access-date=2022-03-23 |website=Obituary for Joan M. Albert |language=en}}
Alimuddin, 81, Pakistani Test cricketer.{{cite web|title=Mushtaq salutes Alimuddin as ex-opener dies at 81|url=http://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2012/07/13/news/sports/mushtaq-salutes-alimuddin-as-ex-opener-dies-at-81/|publisher=Pakistan Today|access-date=12 July 2012}}
Cassandra Balchin, 50, British journalist and women's rights campaigner, cancer.{{cite web |title=Timeline – Women Against Fundamentalism |url=http://womenagainstfundamentalism.org/?page_id=56 |access-date=27 December 2021}}
Eddy Brown, 86, English footballer (Birmingham City).{{cite web|url=http://www.birminghammail.net/birmingham-sport/birmingham-city-fc/birmingham-city-fc-news/2012/07/12/birmingham-city-blues-legend-eddy-brown-dies-aged-86-97319-31379374|title=Birmingham City: Blues legend Eddy Brown dies age 86.|publisher=BirminghamX Mail|access-date=12 July 2012|archive-date=14 July 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120714051544/http://www.birminghammail.net/birmingham-sport/birmingham-city-fc/birmingham-city-fc-news/2012/07/12/birmingham-city-blues-legend-eddy-brown-dies-aged-86-97319-31379374/|url-status=dead}}
Hattie Canty, 79, American labor activist.{{Cite web|url=https://obituaries.reviewjournal.com/|title=Read recent and archived obituaries and memorial notices from Review Journal.|website=obituaries.reviewjournal.com}}
Fest Cotton, 62, American football player.{{Cite web|url=https://www.profootballarchives.com/playerc/cott00600.html|title=Fest Cotton NFL Stats - Pro Football Archives|website=www.profootballarchives.com}}
Cleveland Elam, 60, American football player (San Francisco 49ers, Detroit Lions).{{Cite web|url=http://www.marinij.com/49ers/ci_21104786/cleveland-elam-member-49ers-mid-70s-gold-rush|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20130103155831/http://www.marinij.com/49ers/ci_21104786/cleveland-elam-member-49ers-mid-70s-gold-rush|url-status=dead|title=Cleveland Elam, member of 49ers' mid-70s 'Gold Rush' defensive line, dies at 60 - Marin Independent Journal|access-date=2012-08-08|archive-date=2013-01-03}}
Maita Gomez, 65, Filipino beauty queen and activist, Miss Philippines–World (1967), heart attack.{{cite news|title=Beauty queen-turned-activist Maita Gomez dies|url=http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/lifestyle/07/12/12/beauty-queen-turned-activist-maita-gomez-dies|newspaper=ABS-CBNnews.com|access-date=12 July 2012}}
Pier Luigi Mazzoni, 79, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Gaeta (1997–2007).{{Catholic-hierarchy|bishop|bmazzoni|Archbishop Pier Luigi Mazzoni|21 January 2015}}
Else Holmelund Minarik, 91, Danish-born American author (Little Bear), complications from a heart attack.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/14/books/else-holmelund-minarik-childrens-writer-dies-at-91.html?_r=1|title=Else Holmelund Minarik, Author of Little Bear Books, Dies|access-date=July 15, 2012 | work=The New York Times|first=Margalit|last=Fox|date=13 July 2012}}
Roger Payne, 55, British mountaineer, avalanche.{{Cite web|url=https://www.thebmc.co.uk/mont-maudit-avalanche|title=Mont Maudit avalanche: Roger Payne and two BMC members dead|website=www.thebmc.co.uk}}
M. Anto Peter, 45, Indian computer scientist and technical writer, heart attack.{{cite web|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/newstopics/M-Anto-Peter.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130126084515/http://ibnlive.in.com/newstopics/M-Anto-Peter.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-01-26 |title=M Anto Peter News, Stories, Photos, Videos, Blogs & Talks |publisher=Ibnlive.in.com |date=2012-07-13 |access-date=2013-07-18}}
Hamid Samandarian, 81, Iranian film and theater director, liver cancer.{{citation needed|date=August 2021}}
Dara Singh, 84, Indian wrestler and actor, multiple organ failure.{{cite news|title=Wrestler-actor Dara Singh dead|url=http://india.nydailynews.com/business/f56bfac8658f17441f002cd3dad77ad8/wrestler-actor-dara-singh-dead|newspaper=New York Daily News|access-date=July 12, 2012 |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120906060058/http://india.nydailynews.com/business/f56bfac8658f17441f002cd3dad77ad8/wrestler-actor-dara-singh-dead |archive-date=2012-09-06}}
George C. Stoney, 96, American documentary filmmaker and pioneer of public-access television.{{cite web|url=http://www.cctv.org/news/george-stoney-father-public-access-rip|title=George Stoney, Father of Public Access R.I.P.|date=27 September 2011|publisher=Cctv.org|access-date=2012-07-13}}
Denis Warner, 94, Australian journalist and historian.{{cite news|url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/obituaries/war-writer-shaped-political-opinion-20120727-22ze5.html|title=War writer shaped political opinion: Denis Warner, 1917-2012|last=Walker|first=Tony|date=28 July 2012|newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald|access-date=2013-06-27}}

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Shlomo Bentin, 65, Israeli neuropsychologist, recipient of the 2012 Israel Prize in psychology, traffic collision.{{Cite web|url=https://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2012/07/14/uc-berkeley-professor-killed-in-crash-with-dump-truck/|title=UC Berkeley Professor Killed In Crash With Dump Truck|date=July 14, 2012}}
Harry Betts, 89, American jazz composer and trombonist.{{Cite web|url=https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/latimes/name/harry-betts-obituary?id=19373354|title=Harry BETTS Obituary (2012) Los Angeles Times|website=Legacy.com}}
Polde Bibič, 79, Slovenian actor and politician.{{Cite web|url=https://www.rtvslo.si/kultura/oder/umrl-je-polde-bibic-starosta-slovenskega-igralskega-ceha/287328|title=Umrl je Polde Bibič, starosta slovenskega igralskega ceha|website=RTVSLO.si}}
Sir Christopher Booth, 88, British clinician and medical historian.[https://www.theguardian.com/society/2012/aug/31/sir-christopher-booth Sir Christopher Booth obituary], The Guardian, 31 August 2012
Robert Werner Duemling, 83, American diplomat.{{Cite web|url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/sandiegouniontribune/obituary.aspx?n=robert-werner-duemling&pid=158721380|title = ROBERT WERNER DUEMLING Obituary (2012) San Diego Union-Tribune|website = Legacy.com}}
Warren Jabali, 65, American basketball player (Oakland Oaks), heart failure.{{cite web|url=http://www.kansascity.com/2012/07/13/3704314/kc-high-school-basketball-legend.html|title=KC high school basketball legend Warren Jabali dies at 65|work=Kansas City Star|access-date=2012-07-15}}
Jerzy Kulej, 71, Polish politician, Olympic gold medal-winning (1964 and 1968) boxer, heart attack.{{cite web|url=http://www.polskieradio.pl/43/265/Artykul/645158|title=Zmarł Jerzy Kulej. "Jurek poczuł się źle, kiedy przyszły upały"|publisher=polskieradio.pl|access-date=2012-07-15}}
Ian Little, 93, British economist.{{Cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/9584993/Ian-Little.html|title=Ian Little|website=www.telegraph.co.uk}}
Wayne Massarelli, 62, American makeup artist (The Muppets Take Manhattan, My Fellow Americans, The One), liver cancer.{{cite news |url=https://variety.com/2012/film/news/makeup-artist-wayne-massarelli-dies-at-62-1118056876/|title=Makeup artist Wayne Massarelli dies at 62|access-date=July 20, 2012 |work=Variety}}
Rolf Nilssen, 84, Norwegian politician.{{stortingetbio|RONI}}

* Pan Jiazheng, 84, Chinese hydraulic engineer.{{cite web|url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2012-07/13/c_112434179.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120717170818/http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2012-07/13/c_112434179.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 17, 2012|script-title=zh:中国著名水利水电工程专家潘家铮院士逝世|publisher=News.xinhuanet.com|access-date=2012-07-17|language=zh}}

Hanifa Safi, Afghan politician, bomb blast.{{cite news|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/13/hanifa-safi-afghanistan_n_1670739.html|work=Huffington Post|title=Hanifa Safi, Head Of Women's Affairs In Afghan East, Killed By Bomb|date=2012-07-13 |first=Clare|last=Richardson}}
Sage Stallone, 36, American actor (Rocky V), heart attack.{{cite news|title=Coroner: Sage Stallone died from heart condition|url=https://movies.yahoo.com/news/coroner-sage-stallone-died-heart-condition-235055430.html|work=Yahoo! Movies|agency=Associated Press|access-date=31 August 2012}}
Jerold Starr, 71, American sociologist.Amy McConnell Schaarsmith (2012). [http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/local/obituaries/obituary-jerold-m-starr-west-virginia-university-professor-who-worked-to-right-wrongs-644635/ Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Obituary of Jerry Starr]. Retrieved October 20, 2021.
Ginny Tyler, 86, American voice actress (Davey and Goliath, Fantastic Four, Space Ghost).{{cite web|title=Ginny Tyler dies |url=http://www.repspodcast.com/welcome-to-the-reps-podcast |work=repspodcast.com |access-date=16 July 2012 }} {{dead link|date=December 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
Richard D. Zanuck, 77, American film producer (Jaws, Driving Miss Daisy, Road to Perdition), Oscar winner (1990), heart attack.{{cite web|url=https://www.thewrap.com/movies/column-post/producer-richard-d-zanuck-dies-77-47711|title=Producer Richard D. Zanuck Dies at 77|date=13 July 2012|access-date=July 13, 2012|archive-date=16 July 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120716055500/http://www.thewrap.com/movies/column-post/producer-richard-d-zanuck-dies-77-47711|url-status=dead}}

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John Arbuthnott, 16th Viscount of Arbuthnott, 87, Scottish peer.{{Cite web|url=https://peeragenews.blogspot.com/2012/07/16th-viscount-of-arbuthnott-kt-cbe-dsc.html|title=Peerage News: 16th Viscount of Arbuthnott, KT, CBE, DSC (1924-2012)|first=Michael|last=Rhodes|date=July 16, 2012}}
Barton Biggs, 79, American businessman, bacterial infection.{{Cite news|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2012-07-16/traxis-partners-founder-barton-biggs-dies-at-age-79|title=Traxis Partners Founder Barton Biggs Dies at Age 79|newspaper=Bloomberg.com|date=16 July 2012}}
Don Brinkley, 91, American television writer (The Fugitive, The F.B.I., Trapper John, M.D.), natural causes.{{cite news|url=http://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Television-writer-Don-Brinkley-dies-at-91-3707530.php |title=Television writer Don Brinkley dies at 91 |publisher=seattlepi.com |access-date=2012-07-15 }} {{dead link|date=April 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
Frank R. Burns, 84, American football player and coach (Rutgers University), natural causes.{{cite web|title=Frank Burns, former Rutgers football coach, dies at 84|url=http://www.nj.com/rutgersfootball/index.ssf/2012/07/frank_burns_former_rutgers_foo.html|publisher=nj.com|access-date=14 July 2012}}
Ennio Cardoni, 83, Italian footballer.{{cite web|url=http://www.pianetagenoa1893.net/?action=read&idnotizia=24925|title=Si è spento Ennio Cardoni, Grifone degli anni '50|publisher=Pianeta Genoa 1893|date=27 April 2009|access-date=15 July 2012|language=it}}
Bohuslav Ceplecha, 35, Czech rally co-driver, race incident.{{cite web|url=http://www.f1pulse.com/othermotorsports/2012071460/co-driver-killed-in-a-rally-crash-in-the-czech-republic|title=CO-DRIVER KILLED IN A RALLY CRASH IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC|publisher=F1 Pulse|access-date=11 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222051001/http://www.f1pulse.com/othermotorsports/2012071460/co-driver-killed-in-a-rally-crash-in-the-czech-republic|archive-date=2014-02-22|url-status=dead}}
Philip Crosland, 93, British journalist.{{cite web|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/opinion/obituaries/article3499555.ece|title=Philip Crosland|date=7 August 2012|access-date=1 November 2012|work=The Times}}
Mohamed el-Bisatie, 74, Egyptian novelist and short story writer, liver disease.{{cite web|url=http://www.egyptindependent.com/news/egypt-s-%E2%80%98poet-short-story-dies-75-0|title=Egypt's 'Poet of the Short Story' dies at 75|publisher=Egypt Independent|access-date=16 July 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120723063743/http://www.egyptindependent.com/news/egypt-s-%E2%80%98poet-short-story-dies-75-0|archive-date=23 July 2012}}
Victor Gaskin, 77, American jazz bassist.{{Cite web|url=http://stcroixsource.com/content/community/deaths/2012/07/20/roderick-victor-gaskin-dies-77|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140228004935/http://stcroixsource.com/content/community/deaths/2012/07/20/roderick-victor-gaskin-dies-77|archive-date = 2014-02-28|title = Roderick Victor Gaskin Dies at 77|date = 21 July 2012}}
King Hill, 75, American football player (Philadelphia Eagles), cancer.{{cite web|title=Former Rice legend King Hill passes away|date=14 July 2012|url=http://www.yourhoustonnews.com/west_university/sports/former-rice-legend-king-hill-passes-away/article_816e0af3-79bb-5d19-9891-2fd10980bb88.html|publisher=yourhoustonnews.com|access-date=14 July 2012}}
Sir David House, 89, British Army lieutenant general, Military Cross recipient and Black Rod (1978–1985).{{cite news|title=HOUSE|url=http://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/deaths/151826/house|newspaper=Daily Telegraph|access-date=18 July 2012|location=London}}
Sixten Jernberg, 83, Swedish cross-country skier, Olympic gold medalist (1956, 1960, 1964), cancer.{{Cite web|url=https://skiracing.com/sixten-jernberg-swedish-xc-star-dead-83/|title=Sixten Jernberg, Swedish XC star, dead at 83|first=Hank|last=McKee|date=July 18, 2012|website=Ski Racing Media}}
Ahmad Khan Samangani, 54–55, Afghan politician, member of the House of the People (since 2011), bomb blast.{{cite news|title=Senior Afghan Officials Targeted in Deadly Attacks|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702303740704577525930457143546|newspaper=The Wall Street Journal|access-date=14 July 2012}}
Roy Shaw, 76, British businessman and boxer.{{cite news |last1=Campbell |first1=Duncan |title=Roy 'Pretty Boy' Shaw |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2012/jul/30/roy-pretty-boy-shaw |access-date=22 January 2021 |work=The Guardian |date=30 July 2012}}
Enrique Silva Cimma, 93, Chilean politician, Foreign Minister (1990–1994), bronchial obstruction.{{cite news|title=A los 93 años muere el ex senador y ministro Enrique Silva Cimma|url=http://www.emol.com/noticias/nacional/2012/07/14/550707/muere-enrique-silva-cimma.html|newspaper=Emol|access-date=14 July 2012}}
Sidney Oslin Smith Jr., 88, American former chief judge of the District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, cancer.{{Cite web|url=http://www.ajc.com/news/sidney-o-smith-jr-1478456.html|title=Sidney O. Smith Jr., 88: Former U.S. district judge, dies.}}

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Wahab Ashrafi, 76, Indian literary critic.{{Cite web|url=http://theindianawaaz.com/|title=The Indian Awaaz | The real voice of india}}
Jerry H. Bentley, 62, American academic and professor, pancreatic cancer.{{Cite journal|url=http://phr.ucpress.edu/content/82/2/332|title=In Memoriam|year=2013|last1=Goucher|first1=Candice|last2=Walton|first2=Linda|journal=Pacific Historical Review|volume=82|issue=2|pages=332–334|doi=10.1525/phr.2013.82.2.332|jstor=10.1525/phr.2013.82.2.332|url-access=subscription}}
Boris Cebotari, 37, Moldovan footballer, apparent suicide by jumping.{{cite news|title=Drama in Chisinau »Former Moldovan international found dead in front of his home|url=http://www.news-round.co.uk/sport/drama-in-chisinau-former-moldovan-international-found-dead-in-front-of-his-home|access-date=16 July 2012|newspaper=News Round|date=16 July 2012}} {{dead link|date=September 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
Tsilla Chelton, 93, French actress (Tatie Danielle).{{cite news|title=Tsilla Chelton obituary|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2012/jul/22/tsilla-chelton|newspaper=guardian.co.uk|date=22 July 2012|access-date=27 August 2014}}
Manuel Eguiguren Galarraga, 82, Spanish-born Bolivian Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Vicar Apostolic of El Beni (1981–2007).{{Catholic-hierarchy|bishop|begga|Bishop Manuel Eguiguren Galarraga, O.F.M.|21 January 2015}}
Grant Feasel, 52, American football player (Baltimore Colts, Seattle Seahawks).{{cite web|title=Former ACU, NFL lineman, Grant Feasel, passes away at age 52 |url=http://www.ktxs.com/sports/Former-ACU-NFL-lineman-Grant-Feasel-passes-away-at-age-52/-/14769664/15525300/-/h6nup3z/-/index.html |publisher=KTXS.com |access-date=15 July 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120719091847/http://www.ktxs.com/sports/Former-ACU-NFL-lineman-Grant-Feasel-passes-away-at-age-52/-/14769664/15525300/-/h6nup3z/-/index.html |archive-date=19 July 2012 }}
Sir David Fraser, 91, British Army general.{{cite news|url=http://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/deaths/151809/fraser|title=Death: FRASER, Sir David | location=London | work=The Daily Telegraph}}
Ovadia Harari, 68, Israeli engineer, Israel Prize recipient.{{cite web|url=http://www.iai.co.il/32981-44604-en/MediaRoom_News.aspx|title=Ovadia Harari, Former Executive Vice President & COO of Israel Aerospace Industries and Director of the 'Lavi' Fighter Aircraft Program Has Passed Away|publisher=Israel Aerospace Industries|date=16 July 2012|access-date=30 July 2012}}
Celeste Holm, 95, American actress (Gentleman's Agreement, All About Eve, Tom Sawyer), Oscar winner (1948). complications from a heart attack.{{cite news|title='Gentleman's Agreement' actress Celeste Holm dies|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2012/07/15/showbiz/celeste-holm-obit/index.html|publisher=CNN |access-date=15 July 2012}}
Muzharul Islam, 88, Bangladeshi architect and urban planner, natural causes.{{cite web|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=242604 |title=The passing of Muzharul Islam|date=19 July 2012|publisher=Thedailystar.net|access-date=20 July 2012}}
Sadamu Komachi, 92, Japanese fighter pilot.{{cite web|url=http://ameblo.jp/zero21nk/entry-11305929638.html|script-title=ja:小町定さんの想い出断章｜写真家「神立尚紀（こうだち・なおき）」のブログ ※禁無断転載|publisher=Ameblo.jp|access-date=22 July 2012|language=ja|archive-date=19 July 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120719102636/http://ameblo.jp/zero21nk/entry-11305929638.html|url-status=dead}}
Jacqueline Piatigorsky, 100, French-born American chess and tennis player, author and sculptor.{{cite web|url=http://main.uschess.org/content/view/11816/141|title=Chess Benefactor Jacqueline Piatigorsky Dies at 100|publisher=Main.uschess.org|date=1911-11-06|access-date=2012-07-20}}
Anne Spencer, 73, British naval officer and aide-de-camp to Queen Elizabeth II.{{cite news|title=Commandant Annie Spencer|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/9478265/Commandant-Annie-Spencer.html|access-date=4 September 2012|newspaper=The Telegraph|date=15 August 2012|location=London}}
Yoichi Takabayashi, 81, Japanese film director, pneumonia.{{Cite web|url=http://www.47news.jp/localnews/kyoto/2012/07/post_20120716014619.html|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20130111185020/http://www.47news.jp/localnews/kyoto/2012/07/post_20120716014619.html|url-status=dead|title=高林陽一監督死去実験映画草分け「金閣寺」 - 京都のニュース - 都道府県別 - 47NEWS（よんななニュース）|access-date=2012-08-08|archive-date=2013-01-11}}

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William Asher, 90, American television writer and director (Alice, Bewitched, I Love Lucy), Emmy winner (1966), Alzheimer's disease.{{cite web|url=http://www.mydesert.com/article/20120716/LIFESTYLES0103/120716010/Famed-Love-Lucy-director-dies-Palm-Desert?odyssey=tab%7Ctopnews%7Ctext%7CFrontpage&nclick_check=1|title=Bill Asher, famed 'I Love Lucy' and 'Bewitched' director, dies in Palm Desert|publisher=mydesert.com|access-date=2012-07-16}}
Linus Asong, 64–65, Cameroonian novelist.{{Cite web |url=http://www.cameroonpostline.com/linus-t-asong-no-way-to-die-author-dies/ |title=Linus T. Asong, No Way to die Author, Dies | CameroonPostline |access-date=2020-12-04 |archive-date=2020-01-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200112155732/http://cameroonpostline.com/linus-t-asong-no-way-to-die-author-dies/ |url-status=dead }}
Bob Babbitt, 74, American bass guitarist (The Funk Brothers), brain cancer.{{cite news|title=Motown bassist and Funk Brother Bob Babbitt dies at 74 |url=http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20120716/ENT09/207160405/1361/Motown-bassist-and-Funk-Brother-Bob-Babbitt-dies-at-74 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120720061018/http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20120716/ENT09/207160405/1361/Motown-bassist-and-Funk-Brother-Bob-Babbitt-dies-at-74 |url-status=dead |archive-date=20 July 2012 |access-date=16 July 2012 |work=The Detroit News |date=16 July 2012 }}
Jean Baud, 92, French businessman.{{cite news|url=http://www.lemonde.fr/disparitions/article/2012/07/24/mort-a-92-ans-de-jean-baud-pere-du-hard-discount-a-la-francaise_1737861_3382.html|title=Mort à 92 ans de Jean Baud, père du hard discount à la française|newspaper=Le Monde.fr|date=24 July 2012}}
Paul Collins, 89, American football player.{{Cite web|url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/detroitnews/obituary.aspx?page=lifestory&pid=181322243|title = PAUL REAGAN COLLINS Sr. Obituary (2012) the Detroit News|website = Legacy.com}}
Stephen Covey, 79, American writer (The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People), complications after a bicycle accident.{{cite news|title=Seven Habits' Author Covey Dies|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702303933704577530931545593986|access-date=16 July 2012|newspaper=The Wall Street Journal|date=16 July 2012|agency=AP}}
Gilbert Esau, 92, American politician.[http://obittree.com/obituary/us/minnesota/mountain-lake/sturm-funeral-home-mountain-lake-chapel/gilbert-esau/1266943/ Obituary for Gilbert Esau]
James F. Goodrich, 99, American businessman, Under Secretary of the Navy (1981–1987).{{cite web|url=http://www.theforecaster.net/news/print/2012/07/26/james-f-goodrich-99-leader-man-sea/130553 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130112093048/http://www.theforecaster.net/news/print/2012/07/26/james-f-goodrich-99-leader-man-sea/130553 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-01-12 |title=James F. Goodrich, 99: A leader, man of the sea |publisher=theforecaster.net |access-date=2012-07-26 }}
Edward E. Hammer, 80, American electrical engineer.{{cite web|author=Northeast Ohio |url=http://www.cleveland.com/obituaries/index.ssf/2012/07/edward_e_hammer_of_nela_park_i.html |title=Edward E. Hammer of Nela Park invented compact fluorescent light bulbs: news obituary |date=20 July 2012 |publisher=cleveland.com |access-date=2013-02-01}}
Antonín Holý, 75, Czech scientist, created most effective drugs for AIDS treatment, after long illness.{{cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/hiv-drug-developer-antonin-holy-dies-1.1173799|title=HIV drug developer Antonin Holy dies |date=17 July 2012|publisher=iCBC News|access-date=9 October 2013}}
Ben-Ami Kadish, 88, Israeli-American mechanical engineer and spy.{{cite web|url=http://www.jta.org/news/article/2012/07/18/3101056/ben-ami-kadish-spy-for-israel-arrested-at-age-85-dies|title=Ben-Ami Kadish, spy for Israel arrested at age 85, dies.|publisher=JTA|date=2012-07-18|access-date=2012-09-21}}
Martin Kenzie, 56, British second unit director and cinematographer (Aliens, Willow, Game of Thrones).{{cite web|url=http://www.bscine.com/2012/07/martin-kenzie-bsc-1956-to-2012/ |title=MARTIN KENZIE BSC – 1956 to 2012 | The British Society of Cinematographers |publisher=Bscine.com |access-date=2013-07-18}}
Taras Kiktyov, 25, Ukrainian football player, after long illness.{{cite web|url=http://www.ua-football.com/ukrainian/first/50045487.html|title=Перестало биться сердце 25-летнего бывшего полузащитника "Гелиоса" Тараса Киктёва|date=16 July 2012|work=Official FC Helios Site|publisher=ua-football.com|access-date=16 July 2012}}
Ed Lincoln, 80, Brazilian composer and musician, respiratory failure.[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0511101/ Ed Lincoln (I) (1932–2012)]
Jon Lord, 71, English composer and musician (Deep Purple), pulmonary embolism.{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/deep-purple/64953|title=Deep Purple's Jon Lord dies|date=16 July 2012|work=NME|access-date=16 July 2012}}
Masaharu Matsushita, 99, Japanese businessman, President of Panasonic (1961–1977), natural causes.{{Cite web|url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/breaking-news/former-panasonic-president-matsushita-dies/story-e6frg90f-1226428200158|title=Masaharu Matsushita dies}}
Joseph Nduhirubusa, 74, Burundian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Ruyigi (1980–2010).{{Catholic-hierarchy|bishop|bndu|Bishop Joseph Nduhirubusa|21 January 2015}}
Wendy Law Suart, 85, Australian travel writer.{{cite news|first1=Diana| last1=Allen |first2=Gerry| last2=Carman |title='Girl cyclist' made history: WENDY LAW SUART, 1926-2012 |url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/obituaries/girl-cyclist-made-history-20120926-26lct.html |work=Sydney Morning Herald |date=27 September 2012 |access-date=24 January 2013}}
Giora Tzahor, 70, Israeli intelligence agent, traffic collision.{{cite news|url=http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4256489,00.html|title=Agent who helped capture Vanunu killed in accident|newspaper=Ynetnews|publisher=Ynetnews.com|date=1995-06-20|access-date=2012-07-18}}
Henryk Wasilewski, 59, Polish middle-distance runner.{{cite web|url=http://www.pzla.pl/index.php?_a=1&kat_id=4&_id=6151|title=Zmarł Henryk Wasilewski|publisher=Polski Związek Lekkiej Atletyki|date=2 August 2012|language=pl}}
Kitty Wells, 92, American country music singer ("It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels", "Making Believe"), complications after a stroke.{{cite web|url=http://www.wkrn.com/story/19036508/kitty-wells-dies |title='Queen of Country Music' Kitty Wells dies |date=16 July 2012 |access-date=16 July 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120718195828/http://www.wkrn.com/story/19036508/kitty-wells-dies |archive-date=18 July 2012 }}
Sir David Williams, 91, British admiral, Governor of Gibraltar (1982–1985).{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/military-obituaries/naval-obituaries/9592753/Admiral-Sir-David-Williams.html|title=Admiral Sir David Williams dies|date=8 October 2012|newspaper=Daily Telegraph|access-date=8 October 2012|location=London}}

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Ottorino Pietro Alberti, 84, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Spoleto-Norcia (1973–1987) and Cagliari (1987–2003).{{Catholic-hierarchy|bishop|balbop|Archbishop Ottorino Pietro Alberti|21 January 2015}}
Balavant Apte, 73, Indian politician, chronic lung disease.[https://archive.today/20130103134953/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-07-17/india/32713120_1_rss-ideologue-senior-bjp-leader-bjp-president Senior BJP leader and RSS ideologue Bal Apte passes away]
Rebecca Brooke, 60, American pornographic film actress and model, drowning.{{Cite web|url=http://www.iafd.com/person.rme/perfid=rbrooke/gender=female|title = Internet Adult Film Database}}
Thomas John Curran, 88, American senior judge of the District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin.{{Cite web|url=https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/jsonline/name/thomas-curran-obituary?id=3239088|title=Thomas J. Curran Obituary (2012) Milwaukee Journal Sentinel|website=Legacy.com}}
Larry Dodge, 69, American businessman, aneurysm.{{Cite web|url=http://ballot-access.org/2012/08/15/larry-dodge-dies/|title = Larry Dodge Dies | Ballot Access News}}
Richard Evatt, 38, British boxer.{{Cite web|url=http://www.coventryobserver.co.uk/2012/07/19/news-Barry-Hearn-leads-tributes-to-boxer-Richard-Evatt-45659.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150123135014/http://www.coventryobserver.co.uk/2012/07/19/news-Barry-Hearn-leads-tributes-to-boxer-Richard-Evatt-45659.html|url-status=dead |title=Barry Hearn leads tributes to boxer Richard Evatt|archivedate=January 23, 2015}}
Mrinal Gore, 84, Indian politician, cardiac arrest.{{Cite news|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/pm-condoles-gore-s-death-112071700632_1.html|title=PM condoles Gore's death| newspaper=Business Standard India |date=July 17, 2012|via=Business Standard| agency=Press Trust of India }}
Paul Langlois, 85, Canadian politician.{{Cite web|url=https://www.legacy.com/amp/obituaries/ottawacitizen/158929714|title=Paul LANGLOIS Obituary (2012) - Ottawa Citizen|website=www.legacy.com}}
Jorge Legorreta, 62, Mexican architect and urbanist, stroke.[http://mexico.cnn.com/nacional/2012/07/17/el-arquitecto-jorge-legorreta-muere-a-los-63-anos-en-la-ciudad-de-mexico El arquitecto Jorge Legorreta muere a los 63 años en la Ciudad de México] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120813083152/http://mexico.cnn.com/nacional/2012/07/17/el-arquitecto-jorge-legorreta-muere-a-los-63-anos-en-la-ciudad-de-mexico |date=2012-08-13 }}
Forrest S. McCartney, 81, American USAF lieutenant general, director of the Kennedy Space Center (1986–1991).{{Cite web|url=http://www.floridatoday.com/article/20120718/SPACE/120718011/Director-who-led-KSC-after-Challenger-disaster-dies|title=Director who led KSC after Challenger disaster dies}}
Jean-François Mertens, 66, Belgian mathematician.{{Cite web|url=https://theoryclass.wordpress.com/2012/08/07/jean-francois-mertens-1946-2012/|title=Jean-Francois Mertens, 1946-2012|date=August 7, 2012}}
İlhan Mimaroğlu, 86, Turkish-born American composer and record producer, pneumonia.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/19/arts/music/ilhan-mimaroglu-composer-and-producer-is-dead-at-86.html|title=Ilhan Mimaroglu, Composer and Producer, Dies at 86|first=Peter|last=Keepnews| newspaper=The New York Times |date=July 18, 2012}}

*Ms. Melodie, 43, American rapper.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/rap-pioneer-ramona-parker-aka-ms-melodie-member-boogie-productions-ex-wife-krs-one-dead-43-article-1.1117356|title=Rap pioneer Ramona Parker aka Ms. Melodie, member of Boogie Down Productions and ex-wife of KRS-One, dead at 43|first=Bill|last=Hutchinson|website=nydailynews.com}}

Morgan Paull, 67, American actor (Blade Runner, Norma Rae, Patton), stomach cancer.{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2012/film/news/actor-morgan-paull-dies-at-67-1118056684/|title=Actor Morgan Paull dies at 67|author=Variety Staff|date=July 17, 2012}}
William Raspberry, 76, American journalist and newspaper columnist (The Washington Post), prostate cancer.[https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/william-raspberry-dies-washington-post-columnist-wrote-about-social-issues-including-race-poverty/2012/07/17/gJQAS210qW_story.html?hpid=z2 William Raspberry dies: Washington Post columnist wrote about social issues including race, poverty]
Marsha Singh, 57, British politician, MP for Bradford West (1997–2012).{{Cite web|url=https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/9821473.former-bradford-mp-marsha-singh-dies/|title=Former Bradford MP Marsha Singh dies|website=Bradford Telegraph and Argus}}
Wahengbam Nipamacha Singh, 82, Indian politician, Chief Minister of Manipur (1997–2001).[https://archive.today/20130103164755/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-07-17/guwahati/32713598_1_okram-ibobi-singh-chief-minister-imphal-west-district Former Manipur CM Wahengbam Nipamacha Singh passes away]
Iet van Feggelen, 90, Dutch backstroke swimmer and world record holder.[http://www.knzb.nl/actueel/nieuws/bericht/1000018389/iet_koster__van_feggelen_overleden/ Iet Koster- van Feggelen overleden] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141018013617/http://www.knzb.nl/actueel/nieuws/bericht/1000018389/iet_koster__van_feggelen_overleden/ |date=2014-10-18 }} (Dutch)
William L. Wainwright, 64, American politician, member of the North Carolina House of Representatives (since 1991), cancer.[http://www.newsobserver.com/2012/07/17/2204566/rep-william-wainwright-a-leading.html Rep. William Wainwright, a leading Democrat, has died] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120720215027/http://www.newsobserver.com/2012/07/17/2204566/rep-william-wainwright-a-leading.html |date=2012-07-20 }}

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A. Lee Chandler, 89, American jurist, Chief Justice of South Carolina (1994).{{Cite web|url=https://www.carolana.com/SC/Courts/sc_supreme_court_justice_alc.html|title=South Carolina Supreme Court Justices - Archie Lee Chandler|website=www.carolana.com}}
Robert Creamer, 90, American sportswriter and author, prostate cancer.{{cite news|last=Martin|first=Douglas|title=Robert W. Creamer, Biographer of Babe Ruth, Dies at 90|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/20/sports/robert-w-creamer-biographer-of-babe-ruth-dies-at-90.html|access-date=July 20, 2012|newspaper=The New York Times|date=July 19, 2012}}
Yosef Shalom Eliashiv, 102, Israeli rabbi, leader of Orthodox Judaism, heart failure.{{cite web|url=http://www.haaretz.com/news/national/rabbi-elyashiv-venerated-leader-in-ultra-orthodox-community-dies-at-102-1.451991|title=Rabbi Elyashiv, venerated leader in ultra-Orthodox community, dies at 102|date=18 July 2012|access-date=18 July 2012|author=Yair Ettinger|work=Haaretz}}
Jean François-Poncet, 83, French politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs (1978–1981), stroke.{{cite news|title=Jean François-Poncet est mort|url=http://www.gala.fr/l_actu/c_est_officiel/jean_francois-poncet_est_mort_268956|date=18 July 2012|access-date=18 July 2012|author=Laure Costey|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130107003747/http://www.gala.fr/l_actu/c_est_officiel/jean_francois-poncet_est_mort_268956|archive-date=2013-01-07|url-status=dead}}
Aston Greathead, 91, New Zealand artist.{{cite news|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/timaru-herald/news/7412866/Greathead-an-artist-even-as-a-schoolboy|title=Greathead an artist even as a schoolboy|work=Stuff |date=4 August 2012|access-date=13 December 2012}}
Harvey Hess, 73, American poet and arts critic.{{cite news|author=Melody Parker|url=http://wcfcourier.com/news/local/long-time-courier-arts-critic-harvey-hess-dies-at/article_7891e9f6-4495-5520-8d6f-bedbc4646d61.html|title=Long-time Courier arts critic Harvey Hess dies at 73|newspaper=Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier |publisher=Wcfcourier.com|date=2012-07-24|access-date=2012-12-11}}
Rajesh Khanna, 69, Indian actor and film producer, cancer.{{cite web|url=http://www.indiavision.com/news/article/entertainment/325551/rajesh-khanna-passes-away-at-70|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130126075458/http://www.indiavision.com/news/article/entertainment/325551/rajesh-khanna-passes-away-at-70|url-status=dead|archive-date=26 January 2013|title=Rajesh Khanna passes away at 70.|date=18 July 2012|publisher=Indiavision news}}
Robert Kurz, 68, German philosopher.[http://www.spiegel.de/kultur/gesellschaft/publizist-und-philosoph-robert-kurz-ist-tot-a-845455.html "Erneuerer des Marxismus: Robert Kurz ist tot"] Spiegel Online. 20 July 2012. Retrieved 19 September 2012.
Seppo Liitsola, 79, Finnish ice hockey player and coach.{{Cite web|url=http://www.aamulehti.fi/Kiekko/1194756408453/artikkeli/suomalainen+jaakiekkolegenda+on+poissa.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120725201722/http://www.aamulehti.fi/Kiekko/1194756408453/artikkeli/suomalainen+jaakiekkolegenda+on+poissa.html|url-status=dead |title=Suomalainen jääkiekkolegenda on poissa|archivedate=July 25, 2012}}
Günther Maleuda, 81, German politician, President of the People's Chamber (1989–1990).{{cite news|url=http://www.berliner-zeitung.de/berlin/guenther-maleuda-frueherer-ddr-funktionaer-maleuda-tot,10809148,16667200.html|title=Günther Maleuda: Früherer DDR-Funktionär Maleuda tot|last=Deutsche Presse-Agentur|date=20 August 2012|newspaper=Berliner Zeitung|language=de}}
Pancho Martin, 86, Cuban racehorse trainer (Sham).{{cite news|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/breaking/chi-hall-of-fame-trainer-martin-dies-20120719,0,218401.story|title=Hall of Fame trainer Martin dies|work=Chicago Tribune|date=19 July 2012|access-date=19 July 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120720120159/http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/breaking/chi-hall-of-fame-trainer-martin-dies-20120719,0,218401.story|archive-date=20 July 2012|url-status=dead}}
Isidoro Martínez-Vela, 87, Spanish Olympic swimmer.{{Cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ma/isidoro-martinez-vela-1.html|title=Isidoro MartÃnez-Vela Bio, Stats, and Results | Olympics at Sports-Reference.com|date=April 18, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418100305/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ma/isidoro-martinez-vela-1.html|archive-date=2020-04-18}}
Jack Matthews, 92, Welsh rugby union player and doctor.{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-18896672|title=Dr Jack Matthews Wales rugby legend dies| work=BBC News |date=July 18, 2012}}
Dawoud Rajiha, 65, Syrian politician, Minister of Defense (since 2011), bomb blast.{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2012/07/18/world/meast/syria-unrest/index.html?hpt=hp_t1|title=Top Syrian officials killed in major blow to al-Assad's regime|publisher=CNN |date=18 July 2012|access-date=18 July 2012}}
Assef Shawkat, 62, Syrian politician, deputy Minister of Defense, bomb blast.
Ernest Toovey, 90, Australian cricketer and baseball player.{{cite news|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/australia/content/story/572874.html|title=Ernest Toovey dies aged 90|date=18 July 2012|work=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=29 July 2012}}
Sir Geofroy Tory, 99, British diplomat, High Commissioner to Malaya (1957–1963) and Malta (1967–1970) and Ambassador to Ireland (1964–1967).{{Cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/politics-obituaries/9600062/Sir-Geofroy-Tory.html|title=Sir Geofroy Tory|website=www.telegraph.co.uk}}
Hasan Turkmani, 77, Syrian politician, Minister of Defense (2004–2009), Chief of Crisis Operations (since 2011), bomb blast.

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Humayun Ahmed, 63, Bangladeshi writer, colorectal cancer.{{cite news|title=Humayun Ahmed dies |date=2012-07-19 |url=http://bdnews24.com/details.php?cid=2&id=228520 |work=Bdnews24.com |access-date=2012-07-19 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120721122422/http://www.bdnews24.com/details.php?id=228520&cid=2 |archive-date=2012-07-21 }}
Tom Davis, 59, American comedian and television writer (Saturday Night Live), four-time Emmy winner, throat and neck cancer.{{cite news|title=Tom Davis Dies at 59; 'SNL' Writer and Comedy Partner to a Future Senator|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/20/arts/television/tom-davis-saturday-night-live-comedy-writer-dies-at-59.html|access-date=19 July 2012|newspaper=The New York Times|date=19 July 2012|first=Douglas|last=Martin}}
P. N. Dhar, 94, Indian economist.{{cite news|author=Staff|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-07-19/india/32746172_1_pn-dhar-eminent-economist-shimla-accord|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130103130100/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-07-19/india/32746172_1_pn-dhar-eminent-economist-shimla-accord|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 January 2013|title=PN Dhar, a close advisor of Indira Gandhi, passes away|date=19 July 2012|work=The Times of India|access-date=3 August 2012}}
Brian Dobson, 80, English archaeologist.{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/9558984/Brian-Dobson.html |title=Brian Dobson |newspaper=Telegraph |date=2012-09-21 |access-date=2013-04-01 |location=London}}
Klaus Eyferth, 83, German psychologist.{{Cite web |url=https://www.dgps.de/index.php?id=143&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=1133&cHash=f74881791d955575c503b911c67e1790 |title=DGPS: Nachruf Professor Dr. Klaus Eyferth |access-date=2021-05-06 |archive-date=2021-05-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210506154825/https://www.dgps.de/index.php?id=143&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=1133&cHash=f74881791d955575c503b911c67e1790 |url-status=dead }}
George French, 85, English footballer.{{Cite web|url=http://www.gazette-news.co.uk/archive/2012/08/03/Deaths/9855250.George_Noah_French/|title = Archive news from the Gazette}}
Mohammad Hassan Ganji, 100, Iranian meteorologist and academic, brain hemorrhage.{{cite web|url=http://www.radiozamaneh.com/news/iran/2012/07/20/17235|title=پدر علم جغرافیای ایران درگذشت | رادیو زمانه|publisher=Radiozamaneh|date=2012-03-20|access-date=2012-07-20}}
Archer King, 95, American theatrical agent.{{cite news|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/24/archer-king-dead-broadway-agent_n_1697972.html|title=Archer King Dead: Broadway Agent, Producer Dies At 95|publisher=Huffingtonpost.com|date=2011-12-27|access-date=2012-07-27}}
Anthony Melio, 80, American politician, Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives (1987–2010), complications from an appendectomy.{{cite web|url=http://www.phillyburbs.com/my_town/bristol/source-tony-melio-dead-at/article_6403ede0-d793-5d17-b77a-cc42e9958b26.html |title=Tony Melio dead at 80; services set for Monday, Tuesday |publisher=Calkins Media |date=22 July 2012 |access-date=22 July 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121012010722/http://www.phillyburbs.com/my_town/bristol/source-tony-melio-dead-at/article_6403ede0-d793-5d17-b77a-cc42e9958b26.html |archive-date=12 October 2012 }}
Hans Nowak, 75, German footballer (FC Bayern Munich).{{cite web|url=http://www.fcbayern.telekom.de/de/aktuell/news/2012/35949.php|title=FC Bayern trauert um Hans Nowak|language=de|publisher=FC Bayern Munich|date=19 July 2012|access-date=19 July 2012}}
William Staub, 96, American engineer, developer of the commercial treadmill.{{cite web|url=http://msn.foxsports.com/other/story/william-staub-dies-treadmill-developer-age-96-072412|title=Treadmill developer dies at age 96|work=Fox Sports|date=July 24, 2012|access-date=July 24, 2012}}
Omar Suleiman, 76, Egyptian general and politician, Vice President (2011), heart attack.{{cite news|title=Egypt's ex-spy chief Omar Suleiman dies|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-18899004|date=19 July 2012|access-date=19 July 2012|newspaper=BBC}}
E. V. Thompson, 81, British author.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-18234258|title=EV Thompson dies at Launceston|publisher=Bbc.co.uk|date=1 January 1970|access-date=20 July 2012}}
Sylvia Woods, 86, American restaurateur, founder of Sylvia's Restaurant of Harlem, Alzheimer's disease.{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2012/07/19/us/obit-sylvia-woods/index.html|title='Queen of Soul Food' Sylvia Woods dead at 86|publisher=CNN.com|access-date=2012-07-20|date=19 July 2012}}
Valiulla Yakupov, 48, Russian Tatar Islamic cleric, shot.{{cite news|last=Loiko|first=Sergei L.|title=In Russia, attacks in Tatarstan kill cleric, injure another|url=https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2012-jul-19-la-fg-russia-clerics-20120720-story.html|date=19 July 2012|access-date=22 July 2012|newspaper=Los Angeles Times}}

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Karin Andersson, 93, Swedish politician, Minister for Gender Equality (1979-1982).{{Cite web|url=https://www.hn.se/1.3225919|title=Karin Andersson har avlidit|first=Doris|last=Gunnarsson|date=July 26, 2012|website=hn.se}}
Margaret Bhatty, 81, Indian schoolteacher, freelance journalist and writer.{{Cite web|url=https://penguin.co.in/book_author/margaret-bhatty/|title = Margaret Bhatty}}
Sir Alastair Burnet, 84, British journalist and broadcaster, complications following strokes.{{cite web|url=http://www.itv.com/news/story/2012-07-20/alastair-burnet-dies-aged-84|title=Sir Alastair Burnet dies aged 84|publisher=Itv.com|access-date=20 July 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120721054725/http://www.itv.com/news/story/2012-07-20/alastair-burnet-dies-aged-84/|archive-date=21 July 2012}}
Andrew Davidson, 2nd Viscount Davidson, 83, British peer and politician.{{cite news|author=Staff|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/9427489/Viscount-Davidson.html|title=2nd Viscount Davidson dies.|newspaper=The Telegraph|access-date=26 July 2012|location=London|date=25 July 2012}}
Jack Davis, 81, American Olympic silver medal-winning (1952, 1956) hurdler, complications from a fall.{{cite web|url=http://www.usctrojans.com/sports/c-track/spec-rel/072312aab.html|title=Former Trojan Olympic Hurdler Davis Passes Away|publisher=usctrogans.com|access-date=2012-07-23|archive-date=2016-03-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303192739/http://www.usctrojans.com/sports/c-track/spec-rel/072312aab.html|url-status=dead}}
Aharon Dolgopolsky, 81, Russian-born Israeli linguist.{{cite web|url=https://eleven.co.il/article/11453|title=Долгопольский Ахарон. Электронная еврейская энциклопедия|publisher=Eleven.co.il|date=4 July 2006|access-date=27 August 2012}}
Tony Epper, 73, American actor and stuntman (Bram Stoker's Dracula, The Rock, Thelma and Louise), cancer.{{cite magazine|url=https://variety.com/2012/film/news/actor-stuntman-tony-epper-dies-at-73-1118057223/|title=Actor-stuntman Tony Epper dies at 73|magazine=Variety|access-date=2012-07-31}}
Tommy Farrell, 74-75, Irish footballer.{{Cite web | url=https://rip.ie/showdn.php?dn=169238 | title=Death Notice of Thomas (Tommy) FARRELL }}

* José Hermano Saraiva, 92, Portuguese historian and jurist.{{cite web|url=https://diariodigital.sapo.pt/news.asp?id_news=583345|title=Morreu o historiador José Hermano Saraiva|publisher=Diariodigital.sapo.pt|access-date=20 July 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120829235119/http://diariodigital.sapo.pt/news.asp?id_news=583345|archive-date=29 August 2012|url-status=dead}}

Hisham Ikhtiyar, 70–71, Syrian military and security official, injuries from bomb blast.{{cite news|title=Syria attack: Security chief Ikhtiar dies from wounds|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-18920733|access-date=20 July 2012|newspaper=BBC|date=20 July 2012}}
Ahmed Jdey, 61, Tunisian author, historian, and professor.{{Cite web|url=http://nawaat.org/portail/2012/09/12/ahmed-jdey-gafsa-thala-kasserine-et-siliana-representent-le-triangle-de-la-mort-en-tunisie/|title=Ahmed Jdey :"Gafsa, Thala-Kasserine et Siliana représentent le triangle de la mort en Tunisie"|date=12 September 2012 }}
Émile Kets, 88, Belgian Olympic basketball player.{{Cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ke/emile-kets-1.html|title=Émile Kets Bio, Stats, and Results | Olympics at Sports-Reference.com|date=April 18, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418080939/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ke/emile-kets-1.html|archive-date=2020-04-18}}
Max Leo, 70–71, German Olympic luger.{{cite news|title=Max Leo aus der Oberau verstarb am Freitag nach schwerer Krankheit im Kreise seiner Familie.|url=http://www.suedost-news.de/home_artikel,-Sein-Herz-hing-am-TSV-_arid,2971.html|access-date=21 November 2012|language=de|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151127152639/http://www.suedost-news.de/home_artikel%2C-Sein-Herz-hing-am-TSV-_arid%2C2971.html|archive-date=27 November 2015}}
Lit de Justice, 22, American Thoroughbred racehorse, infirmities of old age.[https://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/127602/sprint-champion-lit-de-justice-dies Sprint champion Lit de Justice dies] BloodHorse
John Monteith, 81, British academic.{{cite web|last=Azam|first=Sayed|url=http://announce.jpress.co.uk/18328487?s_source=jpsc_scot|title=John Monteith obituary|publisher=Announce.jpress.co.uk|date=20 July 2012|access-date=27 July 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130420155716/http://announce.jpress.co.uk/18328487?s_source=jpsc_scot|archive-date=2013-04-20|url-status=dead}}
Hanne Marthe Narud, 54, Norwegian political scientist, cancer.{{cite news|url=http://www.nrk.no/nyheter/norge/1.8252930|title=Hanne Marthe Narud er død|last=Sætre|first=Jonas|date=21 July 2012|publisher=Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation|language=no|access-date=24 July 2012}}
Fioravante Perrotta, 80, American lawyer and political aide.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/28/nyregion/fioravante-g-perrotta-aide-to-lindsay-and-rockefeller-dies-at-80.html?_r=1|title=Fioravante G. Perrotta, Influential Aide to Governor Rockefeller and Others, Dies at 80|work=The New York Times|date=July 26, 2012|first=Douglas|last=Martin}}
Dorothy Germain Porter, 88, American golfer.{{cite web|url=http://www.usga.org/news/2012/July/Five-Time-USGA-Champ-Dot-Porter-Dies|title=Dorothy Porter, 1949 Women's Amateur Champion dies, aged 88|first=Rhonda|last=Glenn|date=July 23, 2012|publisher=USGA|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121015084331/http://www.usga.org/news/2012/July/Five-Time-USGA-Champ-Dot-Porter-Dies/|archive-date=October 15, 2012}}
Goldie Rogers, 61, Canadian professional wrestler, stroke.{{cite news|url=http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/2012/07/23/20017556.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130101073407/http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/2012/07/23/20017556.html|url-status=usurped|archive-date=January 1, 2013|title=Goldie Rogers, dead at 61, was Cobourg through and through|last=Oliver|first=Greg|date=21 July 2012|publisher=Canoe Slam! Wrestling|access-date=26 July 2012}}
Simon Ward, 70, English actor (Loot, Young Winston, The Three Musketeers).{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/9418982/Actor-Simon-Ward-dies-aged-70-after-long-illness.html|title=Actor Simon Ward dies aged 70 after long illness|date=22 July 2012|access-date=22 July 2012|newspaper=The Telegraph|location=London}}

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Alexander Cockburn, 71, Scottish political journalist and writer, cancer.[https://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/23/nyregion/alexander-cockburn-left-wing-writer-dies-at-71.html Alexander Cockburn, Acerbic Writer and Critic, Dies at 71]
Michael Crozier, 75, New Zealand politician and physicist.{{Cite web |date=July 22, 2012 |title=ACT Mourns Loss Of Former Party President Michael Crozier |url=https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1207/S00284/act-mourns-loss-of-former-party-president-michael-crozier.htm |access-date=2022-05-22 |website=www.scoop.co.nz}}
Jessica Dublin, 94, American actress.{{cite web| url = https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/nytimes/obituary.aspx?n=jessica-dublin&pid=159058851| title = JESSICA DUBLIN Obituary (2012) - New York, NY - New York Times| website = Legacy.com}}
Jean Ferniot, 93, French journalist and novelist.{{Cite web|url=https://data.bnf.fr/en/11902587/jean_ferniot/ |title=Jean Ferniot (1918-2012)|website=data.bnf.fr}}
Annie France, 97, French actress.{{Cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0088303/|title=Annie France|website=IMDb}}
Geoffrey Hattersley-Smith, 89, British glaciologist.{{Cite web|title=Geoffrey Hattersley-Smith |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/9439365/Geoffrey-Hattersley-Smith.html|website=www.telegraph.co.uk}}
Ismail Hutson, 73, Malaysian actor, heart complications.{{Cite web |url=http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=%2F2012%2F7%2F21%2Fnation%2F20120721164624&sec=nation |title=Veteran actor Ismail Hutson dies |access-date=2012-07-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120721203158/http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=%2F2012%2F7%2F21%2Fnation%2F20120721164624&sec=nation |archive-date=2012-07-21 |url-status=dead }}
Richard Jessup, 87, American Olympic sailor.{{Cite web|title=Richard Jessup |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/100838 |website=www.olympedia.org}}
Marie Kruckel, 88, American baseball player (AAGPBL).{{Cite web|url=https://www.aagpbl.org/profiles/marie-kruckel-kruck/99|title=Marie Kruckel (|website=www.aagpbl.org}}
Andrzej Łapicki, 87, Latvian-born Polish actor.{{Cite web|url=http://www.rp.pl/artykul/2,916827-Andrzej-Lapicki-nie-zyje.html|title=Andrzej Łapicki nie żyje||access-date=2012-08-08|archive-date=2015-09-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150919223913/http://www.rp.pl/artykul/2,916827-Andrzej-Lapicki-nie-zyje.html|url-status=dead}}
Susanne Lothar, 51, German actress (The White Ribbon).{{Cite news|url=https://www.spiegel.de/kultur/kino/susanne-lothar-ist-tot-a-846446.html|title=Susanne Lothar ist tot| newspaper=Der Spiegel |date=July 25, 2012|via=www.spiegel.de}}
Mike Lynn, 76, American football executive (Minnesota Vikings).{{Cite web|url=https://sports.yahoo.com/news/former-vikings-gm-mike-lynn-231408782--nfl.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120725120004/http://sports.yahoo.com/news/former-vikings-gm-mike-lynn-231408782--nfl.html|url-status=dead |title=Former Vikings GM Mike Lynn dead at 76|archivedate=July 25, 2012}}
Ali Podrimja, 69, Albanian poet.{{Cite web|url=https://www.news24.com/Channel/Poet-found-dead-in-France-20120722|title=Poet found dead in France|website=Channel}}
James D. Ramage, 96, American naval aviator.[http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2012/jul/27/tp-james-d-ramage James D. Ramage dies]
Angharad Rees, 68, Welsh actress (Poldark), pancreatic cancer.{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-18940018|title=Poldark actress Angharad Rees dies from cancer| work=BBC News |date=July 21, 2012}}
Gene Stipe, 85, American politician, Oklahoma State Senator (1957–2003).{{Cite web|url=http://normantranscript.com/headlines/x1289992059/Gene-Stipe-dies|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20130208141423/http://normantranscript.com/headlines/x1289992059/Gene-Stipe-dies|url-status=dead|title=Gene Stipe dies » Headlines » The Norman Transcript|access-date=2012-08-08|archive-date=2013-02-08}}
Vida Stout, 82, New Zealand academic.{{Cite web |url=http://www.biol.canterbury.ac.nz/newsletter/2012/news241_12.shtml |title=Biological Sciences Dept. profile of Vida Stout |access-date=2012-09-24 |archive-date=2013-12-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203005319/http://www.biol.canterbury.ac.nz/newsletter/2012/news241_12.shtml |url-status=dead }}
Don Wilson, 74, English cricketer.{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/cricket/18940782|title=Ex-Yorkshire spinner Wilson dies| work=BBC Sport }}

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Leonard Alexander, 90, Australian cricketer.{{Cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/player/leonard-alexander-3946|title=Leonard Alexander profile and biography, stats, records, averages, photos and videos|website=ESPNcricinfo}}
Miguel Arteche, 86, Chilean poet and novelist.{{cite web|url=http://www.memoriachilena.cl/temas/index.asp?id_ut=miguelarteche%281926-%29|title=Memoria Chilena: Miguel Arteche (1926-2012)|publisher=Memoriachilena.cl|access-date=28 August 2012|language=es}}
Eric Bell, 82, English footballer (Bolton Wanderers), complications from Alzheimer's disease.{{cite web|url=http://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/sport/9831176.Wanderers__1953_FA_Cup_Final_goalscorer_Eric_Bell_dies__aged_82|title=Wanderers' 1953 FA Cup Final goalscorer Eric Bell dies, aged 82|publisher=Theboltonnews.co.uk|access-date=23 July 2012}}
James F. Brandau, 79, American aviator.{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/InMemoriamForJamesBrandau/|title=Remembering James Brandau|website=www.facebook.com}}
Charles Bray, 89–90, British painter and glass sculptor.{{Cite web|url=http://studioglas.jimdo.com/|title=Home|website=studioglass Webseite!}}
Jim Carlen, 79, American college football player and coach.{{Cite web|url=https://sports.yahoo.com/news/former-college-football-coach-jim-213521349--ncaaf.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120725093419/http://sports.yahoo.com/news/former-college-football-coach-jim-213521349--ncaaf.html|url-status=dead |title=Former college football coach Jim Carlen dies|archivedate=July 25, 2012}}

* Ding Guangen, 82, Chinese politician, Minister of Railways (1985–1988).{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/23/world/asia/ding-guangen-former-china-propaganda-chief-dies-at-83.html?_r=1|title=Ding Guangen, Former China Propaganda Chief, Dies at 83|access-date=22 July 2012 | work=The New York Times|date=22 July 2012}}

Miguel Gaspar, 84, Mexican baseball player.{{Cite web|url=http://www.beisbolmundial.com/562_blog/1675313_fallece-pilo-gaspar-leyenda-del-beisbol-mexicano.html|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20130628184555/http://www.beisbolmundial.com/562_blog/1675313_fallece-pilo-gaspar-leyenda-del-beisbol-mexicano.html|url-status=dead|title=Fallece "Pilo" Gaspar, leyenda del beisbol mexicano :: Revista Multimedia :: Blog|access-date=2013-06-01|archive-date=2013-06-28}} (Spanish)
Tommy Higginson, 75, English footballer (Brentford).{{Cite web|url=http://www.getwestlondon.co.uk/sport/other-sport/tribute-former-brentford-legend-higginson-5974380|title=Tribute to former Brentford legend Higginson|first=Tim|last=Street|date=August 5, 2012|website=MyLondon}}
Kashinath Jalmi, 62, Indian politician.{{cite news|author=Staff|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-07-23/goa/32803492_1_leader-cardiac-problems-goa-medical-college|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130103151953/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-07-23/goa/32803492_1_leader-cardiac-problems-goa-medical-college|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 January 2013|title=Kashinath Jhalmi passes away|date=23 July 2012|work=The Times of India|access-date=28 September 2012}}
Ernie Machin, 68, English footballer (Coventry City, Plymouth Argyle).{{cite web|url=http://www.ccfpa.co.uk/?p=6621|title=Ernie Machin passes away|publisher=ccfc.co.uk|access-date=23 July 2012}}
Nan Merriman, 92, American opera singer.{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-passings-20120802,0,3957503.story|title=PASSINGS: John Finnegan, Nan Merriman, Sidney Reznick|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=2012-08-03|date=2 August 2012}}
George Armitage Miller, 92, American psychologist (The Magical Number Seven, Plus or Minus Two).{{cite web|last=Hotchkiss|first=Michael|url=http://www.princeton.edu/main/news/archive/S34/33/10E46/index.xml|title=George Miller, Princeton psychology professor and cognitive pioneer, dies|publisher=Princeton.edu|access-date=2012-07-27}}
Vincent O'Keefe, 92, American Jesuit cleric, President of Fordham University (1963–1965).{{cite web|url=http://www.americamagazine.org/blog/entry.cfm?blog_id=2&entry_id=5252|title=America Magazine RIP Vincent O'Keefe, SJ|publisher=Americamagazine.org|date=2012-07-24|access-date=2012-12-09}}
Oswaldo Payá, 60, Cuban dissident, recipient of the 2002 Sakharov Prize, traffic collision.{{Cite web|url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/breaking-news/cuba-dissident-oswaldo-paya-reported-dead/story-e6frf7k6-1226432550549|title=Oswaldo Payá dies, aged 60.}}
Fern Persons, 101, American actress (Field of Dreams, Hoosiers, Risky Business).{{cite magazine|url=https://variety.com/2012/film/news/actress-fern-persons-dies-at-101-1118057064/|title=Actress Fern Persons dies at 101|magazine=Variety|access-date=2012-07-26}}
Frank Pierson, 87, American film director and screenwriter (Dog Day Afternoon, Cool Hand Luke, A Star is Born), Oscar winner (1976).{{cite news|title=Frank Pierson dies at 87; Oscar-winning screenwriter|url=https://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-frank-pierson-20120724,0,3655207.story|access-date=25 July 2012|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=24 July 2012|first=Nicole|last=Sperling}}
Håkon Randal, 82, Norwegian politician.{{cite web|author=AV: pål andreas mæland|url=http://www.bt.no/nyheter/lokalt/Hakon-Randal-er-dod-2738915.html|title=Håkon Randal er død|publisher=bt.no|access-date=2012-08-28|language=no}}
Roberto Sebastian, 68, Filipino government official, heart attack.Staff report (July 25, 2012). [http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/266745/cbb/former-agriculture-chief-sebastian-69-passes-away Former Agriculture chief Sebastian, 69, passes away.] GMA News
Ed Stevens, 87, American baseball player (Brooklyn Dodgers, Pittsburgh Pirates).{{Cite web|url=https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/houstonchronicle/name/eddie-stevens-obituary?id=21140850|title=Eddie "Big Ed" Stevens Obituary (2012) Houston Chronicle|website=Legacy.com}}
Bohdan Stupka, 70, Ukrainian actor, People's Artist of USSR, bone cancer.{{cite web|url=http://www.unian.ua/news/516166-pomer-bogdan-stupka.html|title=Помер Богдан Ступка|access-date=22 July 2012}}
Herbert Vogel, 89, American modern art collector and philanthropist, natural causes.[https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/22/art-collector-herbert-vog_0_n_1693524.html Herbert Vogel Dead: Top Art Collector Dies At 89]
Warren Winkelstein, 90, American epidemiologist.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/06/health/dr-warren-winkelstein-jr-dies-at-90.html|title=Warren Winkelstein Jr., 90, Medical Sleuth|date=August 5, 2012|work=The New York Times|first=Denise|last=Grady}}

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Lars Ardelius, 85, Swedish psychologist and novelist, heart failure.{{Cite news|url=https://www.svd.se/a/26e43c6e-b9fa-3c43-a981-f607228266d3/lars-ardelius-har-avlidit|title=Lars Ardelius har avlidit| newspaper=Svenska Dagbladet |date=July 24, 2012|via=www.svd.se}}
Eddie Barker, 84, American reporter, natural causes.{{cite web| url = http://www.dallasnews.com/obituary-headlines/20120723-eddie-barker-dallas-radio-television-journalist-who-announced-jfk-death-dies-at-84.ece| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120727022459/http://www.dallasnews.com/obituary-headlines/20120723-eddie-barker-dallas-radio-television-journalist-who-announced-jfk-death-dies-at-84.ece| archive-date = 2012-07-27| title = Eddie Barker, Dallas radio, television journalist who announced JFK death, dies at 84 {{!}} Dallas-Fort Worth Obituaries - News for Dallas, Texas - The Dallas Morning News}}
Björn Folkow, 90, Swedish physiologist.{{Cite journal|url=https://doi.org/10.1111%2Fapha.12031|doi = 10.1111/apha.12031|title = Björn Folkow (1921-2012)|year = 2012|last1 = Nilsson|first1 = H.|last2 = Lundgren|first2 = O.|journal = Acta Physiologica|volume = 206|issue = 4|pages = 251–254|pmid = 23110468|url-access = subscription}}
Mirjana Gross, 90, Croatian historian.{{Cite journal|title=Mirjana Gross (1922–2012): In Memoriam|first1=Filip Šimetin|last1=Šegvić|first2=Nikolina Šimetin|last2=Šegvić|date=April 4, 2013|journal=Austrian History Yearbook|volume=44|pages=297–300|doi=10.1017/S0067237813000179|s2cid=231734794|doi-access=free}}
Graham Jackson, 45, British conductor and music director.{{Cite web|url=http://www.theguardian.com/music/2012/oct/02/graham-jackson|title=Graham Jackson obituary|first=Timothy|last=Reynish|date=October 2, 2012|website=The Guardian }}
Margaret Mahy, 76, New Zealand children's author, cancer.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/author-margaret-mahy-dead-at-76/N6OLCKJCC5CGEKJ7UGE25RCAFY/|title=Author Margaret Mahy dead at 76|website=The New Zealand Herald }}
Maria Emanuel, Margrave of Meissen, 86, German noble.[http://www.sz-online.de/Nachrichten/Sachsen/Enkel_des_letzten_saechsischen_Koenigs_ist_tot/articleid-3115092 Sächsische Zeitung] {{in lang|de}}
Louise Nippert, 100, American baseball team owner (Cincinnati Reds) and arts patron.{{Cite web|url=http://cincinnati.reds.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20120723&content_id=35421046&vkey=pr_cin&c_id=cin|title=Cincinnati Reds Mourn Death of Owner, Mrs. Louise Nippert}}{{dead link|date=October 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}
Peaks and Valleys, 20, Canadian Thoroughbred racehorse, winner of the Molson Export Million Stakes (1995).[http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/71485/canadian-champion-peaks-and-valleys-dies Canadian Champion Peaks and Valleys Dies BloodHorse.com] (death announced on this date)
Sally Ride, 61, American physicist and astronaut, first American woman in space, pancreatic cancer.{{Cite web |url=https://www.cnn.com/2012/07/23/us/sally-ride-dead/index.html|title=Sally Ride, first American woman in space, dies |date=July 23, 2012 |website=CNN }}
Lakshmi Sahgal, 97, Indian politician, army officer and revolutionist of the Indian independence movement, cardiac arrest.{{Cite web|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1120723/jsp/frontpage/story_15761639.jsp#.UA1DP45EQ0M|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120726230832/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1120723/jsp/frontpage/story_15761639.jsp#.UA1DP45EQ0M|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 26, 2012|title=Capt Lakshmi Sehgal, chief of INA women's regt, is dead}}
John Treloar, 84, Australian Olympic (1952) sprinter, Commonwealth Games gold medalist.[http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-sport/tributes-pour-in-for-olympian-treloar-20120724-22n0o.html Tributes pour in for Olympian Treloar]
Esther Tusquets, 75, Spanish publisher, writer and essayist, pneumonia.{{Cite web|url=http://www.cadenaser.com/cultura/articulo/muere-editora-escritora-esther-tusquets/csrcsrpor/20120723csrcsrcul_1/Tes|title=Muere la editora y escritora Esther Tusquets|access-date=2012-08-08|archive-date=2012-07-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120728001100/http://www.cadenaser.com/cultura/articulo/muere-editora-escritora-esther-tusquets/csrcsrpor/20120723csrcsrcul_1/Tes|url-status=dead}}
José Luis Uribarri, 75, Spanish television presenter and director (Televisión Española), cerebral hemorrhage.{{Cite web|url=https://www.rtve.es/noticias/20120723/jose-luis-uribarri-muere/548452.shtml|title=Muere José Luis Uribarri, el presentador que hizo historia en Eurovisión|first=VICKY|last=BOLAÑOS|date=July 23, 2012|website=RTVE.es}}
Duane Wood, 74, American football player (Kansas City Chiefs).[http://mcalesternews.com/obituaries/x825336028/Duane-Wood Duane Wood dies]

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Jerry Ahern, 66, American writer.{{Cite web|url=http://accesswdun.com/article/2012/7/251182|title=Author of "The Survivalist" series dies|website=AccessWDUN}}
Hamlet Bareh, 81, Indian writer, historian and film director.{{Cite web|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1120725/jsp/northeast/story_15768045.jsp#.V_bTfTKZORt|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151119123113/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1120725/jsp/northeast/story_15768045.jsp#.V_bTfTKZORt|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 19, 2015|title=Hamlet Bareh dies at 81}}
Donald Baxter, 85, Canadian neurologist.{{Cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/montrealgazette/obituary.aspx?n=donald-baxter&pid=158757362|title = Donald BAXTER Obituary (2012) - Montreal, Quebec - the Gazette|website = Legacy.com}}
Nevin Çokay, 82, Turkish painter and teacher.[http://www.sabah.com.tr/kultur_sanat/sergi/2012/07/26/ressam-nevin-cokay-hayatini-kaybetti Ressam Nevin Çokay hayatını kaybetti] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120730011814/http://www.sabah.com.tr/kultur_sanat/sergi/2012/07/26/ressam-nevin-cokay-hayatini-kaybetti |date=2012-07-30 }} (Turkish)
Kenneth Crook, 91, British diplomat, Ambassador to Afghanistan (1976–1979).{{Cite web|url=http://announcements.thetimes.co.uk/obituaries/timesonline-uk/obituary-preview.aspx?n=kenneth-crook&pid=158747976&referrer=2282|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402150105/http://announcements.thetimes.co.uk/obituaries/timesonline-uk/obituary-preview.aspx?n=kenneth-crook&pid=158747976&referrer=2282|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 2, 2015|title=Kenneth Crook obituary}}
Chad Everett, 75, American actor (Medical Center), lung cancer.{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/la-xpm-2012-jul-24-la-et-st-chad-everett-dead-medical-center-20120724-story.html|title=Chad Everett, star of 1970s TV drama 'Medical Center,' dies at 75|date=July 24, 2012|website=Los Angeles Times}}
Irvin Faust, 88, American author and educator, stroke.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/30/books/irvin-faust-author-and-guidance-counselor-dies-at-88.html|title=Irvin Faust, Author and Guidance Counselor, Dies at 88|first=Douglas|last=Martin| newspaper=The New York Times |date=July 30, 2012}}
Thelma Glass, 96, American civil rights leader, academic and geographer, last surviving member of the Women's Political Council.Denise Grady, [https://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/28/us/thelma-glass-organizer-of-alabama-bus-protests-dies-at-96.html "Thelma Glass, Organizer of Alabama Bus Protests, Dies at 96"]
Philip Hearnshaw, 59, Australian filmmaker{{Cite web|url=https://www.screenhub.com.au/news-article/features/film/screenhub/philip-hearnshaw-rip-238211|title=Philip Hearnshaw: RIP|last=ScreenHub|website=screenhub Australia|access-date=2020-04-08}}
Sherman Hemsley, 74, American actor (The Jeffersons, Amen, Dinosaurs), superior vena cava syndrome.{{Cite web|url=https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/news/-the-jeffersons--star-sherman-hemsley-dead-at-74.html|title='The Jeffersons' star Sherman Hemsley dead at 74|website=www.yahoo.com}}
Kuga, 5, Belgian Malinois military dog, complications from the wounds.{{cite news|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-10-26/dickin-medal-awarded-kuga-dog-canberra/10433054|title = Kuga was shot five times by the Taliban as he saved his mates' lives|newspaper = ABC News|date = 26 October 2018}}
Robert Ledley, 86, American scientist, inventor of the full-body CT scanner, Alzheimer's disease.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/26/us/robert-s-ledley-inventor-of-whole-body-ct-scanner-dies-at-86.html|title=Robert S. Ledley, Who Revolutionized Radiology, Is Dead at 86|first=Katie|last=Hafner| newspaper=The New York Times |date=July 26, 2012}}
Themo Lobos, 83, Chilean comic book writer and artist, respiratory failure.{{Cite web|url=http://www.latercera.com/noticia/cultura/2012/07/1453-473927-9-fallecio-themo-lobos-gran-dibujante-del-comic-chileno-y-padre-de-mampato.shtml|title=Falleció Themo Lobos, gran dibujante del comic chileno y padre de "Mampato"|access-date=2012-08-08|archive-date=2012-07-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120728042322/http://www.latercera.com/noticia/cultura/2012/07/1453-473927-9-fallecio-themo-lobos-gran-dibujante-del-comic-chileno-y-padre-de-mampato.shtml|url-status=dead}} (Spanish)
John Atta Mills, 68, Ghanaian politician, President (since 2009).{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-18972107|title=Ghana's President John Atta Mills dies| work=BBC News |date=July 24, 2012}}
Nancy Mudge, 82, American baseball player (AAGPBL).{{Cite web|url=http://www.aagpbl.org/index.cfm/profiles/cato-nancy-mudge/215|title=Nancy Mudge Cato}}
Mavelikkara Velukkutty Nair, 85, Indian musician.[https://web.archive.org/web/20131219080303/http://kaumudiglobal.com/innerpage1.php?newsid=23081 Mridangam player Mavelikkara Velukkutty Nair dies]
Michael H. Nash, 66, American historian, pulmonary embolism.Norman Markowitz, [http://peoplesworld.org/michael-nash-s-work-lives-on-historian-archivist-teacher-activist/ Michael Nash's Work Lives On: Historian, Archivist, Teacher-Activist"]
Gregorio Peces-Barba, 74, Spanish politician and jurist, President of the Congress of Deputies (1982-1986) and co-author of Spanish Constitution, renal failure.{{Cite web|url=https://english.elpais.com/elpais/2012/07/24/inenglish/1343147316_283571.html|title=Gregorio Peces-Barba dies at 74|date=July 24, 2012|website=EL PAÍS English Edition}}
Prime Defender, 8, British racehorse, winner of the Duke of York Stakes (2010), myocardial infarction.[https://web.archive.org/web/20220627114019/https://www.racingpost.com/news/horse-racing/prime-defender-dies-on-gallops/1078304/top/#newsArchiveTabs=last7DaysNews Prime Defender dies on gallops Horse Racing News Racing Post]
Hernán Raffo, 83, Chilean Olympic basketball player.{{Cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ra/hernan-raffo-1.html|title=HernÃ¡n Raffo Bio, Stats, and Results | Olympics at Sports-Reference.com|date=April 18, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418091033/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ra/hernan-raffo-1.html|archive-date=2020-04-18}}
Traleg Kyabgon Rinpoche, 57, Tibetan lama and teacher.{{Cite web|url=http://shambhalasun.com/sunspace/?p=27751|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120728031619/http://shambhalasun.com/sunspace/?p=27751|url-status=dead |title=Shambhalasun.com|archivedate=July 28, 2012|website=shambhalasun.com}}
Thanasis Tribonias, 28, Greek footballer, traffic collision.{{Cite web|url=http://www.astynomia.gr/index.php?option=ozo_content&perform=view&id=17941&Itemid=346&lang|title=Ειδικός Φρουρός Τριμπόνιας Αθανάσιος - Υπ. Εσωτερικών και Διοικητικής Ανασυγκρότησης - Ελληνική Αστυνομία|website=www.astynomia.gr}} (Greek)
James West, 98, American psychiatrist and surgeon, co-founder of the Betty Ford Center.{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-james-west-20120805-story.html|title=Dr. James West dies at 98; a founder of Betty Ford Center|date=August 5, 2012|website=Los Angeles Times}}

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David Barby, 63, British antiques expert (Bargain Hunt), stroke.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-coventry-warwickshire-19014927|title=Television antiques expert David Barby dies, aged 63|publisher=Bbc.co.uk|date=2004-08-19|access-date=2012-07-29}}
James Coward, 97, British military aviator.{{cite news|title=Air Commodore James Coward|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/military-obituaries/air-force-obituaries/9515967/Air-Commodore-James-Coward.html|newspaper=The Telegraph|date=2 September 2012|location=London}}
Eugene Forrester, 86, American general.{{cite web |url=http://www.wilsonpost.com/obituaries/8665-services-set-for-gen-forrester-86 |title=Gen. Eugene Forrester, 86 |website=www.wilsonpost.com |access-date=27 January 2022 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130615181848/http://www.wilsonpost.com/obituaries/8665-services-set-for-gen-forrester-86 |archive-date=15 June 2013 |url-status=dead}}
Paul Frieden, 87, Luxembourgish Olympic athlete.{{Cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/fr/paul-frieden-1.html|title=Paul Frieden Bio, Stats, and Results | Olympics at Sports-Reference.com|date=April 18, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418022046/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/fr/paul-frieden-1.html|archive-date=2020-04-18}}
Suzy Gershman, 64, American author, widow of Michael Gershman, brain cancer.{{cite web|author=Jamie Stengle|url=https://news.yahoo.com/born-shop-author-suzy-gershman-dies-64-205406587.html|title='Born to Shop' author Suzy Gershman dies at 64|publisher=News.yahoo.com|access-date=2012-07-31}}
B. R. Ishara, 77, Indian film director, tuberculosis.{{cite web|url=http://www.netindian.in/news/2012/07/25/00020976/film-writer-director-b-r-ishara-passes-away-mumbai|title=Film writer-director B R Ishara passes away in Mumbai|publisher=Netindian.in|date=2012-07-22|access-date=2012-07-26}}
Barry Langford, 86, British television director and producer.{{cite web|author=Archive: 7/25/2012|url=http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/Flash.aspx/245834|title=TV Producer Who Fought Nazis Passes Away in Israel|publisher=Israel National News|date=25 July 2012|access-date=28 October 2012}}
Bruno Mazza, 88, Italian football player.{{cite news|url=http://www.ilnuovotorrazzo.it/read_news.asp?id=4230 |title=OGGI I FUNERALI DI BRUNO MAZZA, GRANDE CALCIATORE CREMASCO |date=28 July 2012 |publisher=Il Nuovo Torrazzo |language=it }} {{dead link|date=December 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
Greg Mohns, 62, American CFL coach and executive (BC Lions, Toronto Argonauts), throat cancer.{{cite web|url=https://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=401419|title=LONGTIME CFL EXECUTIVE GREG MOHNS PASSES AWAY|publisher=tsn.ca|date=2012-07-25|access-date=2012-07-26}}
Marceau Stricanne, 92, French footballer.{{cite web|url=http://www.infohac.com/site/news.php3?id=2031|title=Décès de Marceau Stricanne|publisher=Infohac.com|date=25 July 2012|access-date=29 July 2012|archive-date=10 March 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140310235723/http://www.infohac.com/site/news.php3?id=2031|url-status=dead}} (French)
Franz West, 65, Austrian artist, liver disease.{{cite news|url=http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/07/26/franz-west-celebrated-austrian-artist-dies-at-65|title=Franz West, Influential Austrian Sculptor, Dies at 65|work=The New York Times|date=2012-07-26|access-date=2012-07-26|first=Roberta|last=Smith}}

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Hüseyin Aktaş, 71, Turkish Olympic marathon runner.{{Cite web |url=http://www.atletizmdunyasi.com/haber/1171-bir-unutulmaz-huseyin-aktas |title=Bir unutulmaz: Hüseyin Aktaş |access-date=2017-06-25 |archive-date=2017-10-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171023062946/http://www.atletizmdunyasi.com/haber/1171-bir-unutulmaz-huseyin-aktas |url-status=dead }}
Don Bagley, 84, American jazz bassist and composer.{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/latimes/obituary.aspx?pid=158832870#fbLoggedOut|title=Donald Bagley obituary by Los Angeles Times|publisher=Legacy.com|access-date=2012-07-30}}
Miriam Ben-Porat, 94, Israeli Supreme Court judge, State Comptroller.{{Cite news|url=https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4260796,00.html|title=Prof. Miriam Ben-Porat dead at 94| newspaper=Ynetnews |date=July 26, 2012|via=www.ynetnews.com}}
Karl Benjamin, 86, American painter, heart failure.{{cite news|last=Muchnic|first=Suzanne|title=Karl Benjamin dies at 86; painter created colorful geometric works|url=https://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-karl-benjamin-20120727,0,7806947.story|access-date=27 July 2012|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=26 July 2012}}
Clayton Droullard, 87, American football coach.{{Cite web|url=http://m.siouxcityjournal.com/news/local/obituaries/clayton-a-droullard/article_1e6e6feb-150c-5286-af66-0789770bdc0b.html|title=Clayton A. Droullard|access-date=2021-01-11|archive-date=2012-12-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121231153424/http://m.siouxcityjournal.com/news/local/obituaries/clayton-a-droullard/article_1e6e6feb-150c-5286-af66-0789770bdc0b.html|url-status=dead}}
M. Patton Echols, 86, American attorney and politician.{{cite web|url=http://www.sungazette.net/arlington/news/first-republican-state-senator-from-arlington-dies-at/article_42dfe9d0-dbd2-11e1-a1fd-0019bb2963f4.html|title=First Republican State Senator from Arlington Dies at 86|work=Arlington Sun Gazette|date=August 1, 2012|access-date=August 1, 2012|author=McCaffery, Scott|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120928180358/http://www.sungazette.net/arlington/news/first-republican-state-senator-from-arlington-dies-at/article_42dfe9d0-dbd2-11e1-a1fd-0019bb2963f4.html|archive-date=September 28, 2012|url-status=dead}}
Joyce Fitch, 90, Australian tennis player.{{Cite web|url=http://tributes.smh.com.au/obituaries/smh-au/obituary.aspx?n=joyce-rymer-fitch&pid=159062885|title = Joyce RYMER Death Notice - Sydney, New South Wales | Sydney Morning Herald}}
John Gerassi, 81, French-American journalist.{{Cite web|url=http://www.fernandogerassi.com/|title=Fernando Gerassi Story|website=www.fernandogerassi.com|access-date=2021-05-14|archive-date=2009-12-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091206055452/http://www.fernandogerassi.com/|url-status=dead}}
Walter Goss, 84, American sound engineer (Deliverance, The Deep, Mean Streets).{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0331586|title=Walter Goss|website=imdb.com|access-date=2012-07-30}}
Lupe Ontiveros, 69, American actress (Desperate Housewives, Selena, The Goonies), liver cancer.{{Cite web|url=http://www.pochoblog.com/2012/07/27/in-memoriam-lupe-ontiveros/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121129153413/http://www.pochoblog.com/2012/07/27/in-memoriam-lupe-ontiveros/|url-status=dead |title=Notice of Lupe Ontiveros' death|archivedate=November 29, 2012}}
Pat Porter, 53, American Olympic (1984, 1988) distance runner, plane crash.{{cite web|url=http://www.myfoxphoenix.com/story/19125858/2012/07/26/olympic-runner-killed-when-plane-crashes-in-sedona |title=Olympic runner killed when plane crashes in Sedona |publisher=Myfoxphoenix.com |access-date=2012-07-27 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120730051649/http://www.myfoxphoenix.com/story/19125858/2012/07/26/olympic-runner-killed-when-plane-crashes-in-sedona |archive-date=2012-07-30 }}
Neil Reed, 36, American basketball player (Indiana) involved in Bob Knight controversy, heart attack.[https://web.archive.org/web/20120730000401/http://highschoolsports.nola.com/news/article/2308430138356018741/neil-reed-former-indiana-university-basketball-player-and-east-jefferson-high-school-standout-dead-at-age-36/ Neil Reed, former Indiana University basketball player and East Jefferson High School standout, dead at age 36]
Ralph Slatyer, 83, Australian biologist, Chief Scientist (1989–1992).{{cite news|last=Downie|first=Graham|title=Nation's first chief scientist dies at 83|url=http://www.canberratimes.com.au/act-news/nations-first-chief-scientist-dies-at-83-20120727-23081.html|access-date=28 July 2012|newspaper=canberratimes.com.au|date=28 July 2012}}
Mary Tamm, 62, English actress (Doctor Who), cancer.{{cite news|author=Press Association|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2012/jul/26/doctor-who-mary-tamm-dies?newsfeed=true|title=Doctor Who star Mary Tamm dies aged 62|newspaper=Guardian|access-date=26 July 2012|location=London|date=26 July 2012}}
James D. Watkins, 85, American Naval officer and cabinet member, Chief of Naval Operations (1982–1986), Chair of the President's Commission on the HIV Epidemic (1987–1988), Secretary of Energy (1989–1993), heart failure.{{cite news|author=T. Rees Shapiro |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/james-d-watkins-who-led-reagans-commission-on-aids-in-the-1980s-dies-at-85/2012/07/27/gJQA4LSpEX_story.html|title=James D. Watkins, who led Reagan's commission on AIDS in the 1980s, dies at 85|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=2012-07-29|date=29 July 2012}}

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Norman Alden, 87, American actor (Back to the Future, Ed Wood, Tora! Tora! Tora!).{{cite magazine|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/norman-alden-dies-mary-hartman-back-to-the-future-ed-wood-355726|title=Character Actor Norman Alden Dies at 87|magazine=The Hollywood Reporter|access-date=2012-07-30|first=Mike|last=Barnes|date=29 July 2012}}
Mati Angel, 73, Israeli paralympic athlete.{{Cite web |title=Mati Angel |url=https://www.paralympic.org/mati-angel |access-date=2023-10-06 |website=International Paralympic Committee |language=en |archive-date=2023-08-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230822152654/https://www.paralympic.org/mati-angel |url-status=live }}
R. G. Armstrong, 95, American actor (Predator, Dick Tracy, El Dorado) and playwright, natural causes.{{cite web|url=http://wearemoviegeeks.com/2012/07/r-g-armstrong-character-actor-dead-at-95|title=R. G. Armstrong – Character Actor Dead at 95|date=28 July 2012|publisher=We Are Movie Geeks|access-date=2012-07-29|archive-date=2012-08-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120805065302/http://wearemoviegeeks.com/2012/07/r-g-armstrong-character-actor-dead-at-95/|url-status=dead}}
Stefano Bemer, 48, Italian shoemaker.{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2012/jul/29/italian-shoemaker-stefano-bemer-dies|title=Italian shoemaker Stefano Bemer dies|website=TheGuardian.com|date=29 July 2012}}
Darryl Cotton, 62, Australian singer (Zoot, Cotton Keays & Morris) and television host (The Early Bird Show), liver cancer.{{cite web|title=Singer, actor Darryl Cotton dies|url=http://news.ninemsn.com.au/national/8506467/singer-actor-darryl-cotton-dies|work=ninemsn.com.au|access-date=26 July 2012|archive-date=29 July 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120729041745/http://news.ninemsn.com.au/national/8506467/singer-actor-darryl-cotton-dies|url-status=dead}}
Joe Crousen, 71, American football player and coach.{{Cite web|url=http://bigcountryhalloffame.org/joe-crousen/|title = Crousen, Joe | Big Country Athletic Hall of Fame}}
Geraldine L. Daniels, 78, American politician.{{Cite news |last=Toulson |first=Japheth |work=New York Amsterdam News |date=2012-08-16 |volume=103 |issue=32 |page=33 |url=http://connection.ebscohost.com/c/obituaries/79633024/harlem-leader-geraldine-daniels-passes |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150222175619/http://connection.ebscohost.com/c/obituaries/79633024/harlem-leader-geraldine-daniels-passes |archive-date=2015-02-22|title=Harlem leader Geraldine Daniels passes|via=EBSCO Connect}}
Brian Dorman, 75, Australian football player.{{Cite web|url=https://forever.collingwoodfc.com.au/players/brian-dorman/|title = Brian Dorman}}
Geoffrey Hughes, 68, English actor (Coronation Street, Yellow Submarine, Keeping Up Appearances), prostate cancer.{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/showbiz/s3/coronation-street/news/a395903/coronation-street-star-geoffrey-hughes-dies-aged-68.html|title='Coronation Street' star Geoffrey Hughes dies, aged 68|website=Digital Spy|author=Daniels, Colin|date=28 July 2012|access-date=28 July 2012}}
Art Malone, 64, American football player (Atlanta Falcons, Philadelphia Eagles).{{cite web|url=http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/former-NFL-running-back-art-malone-dies-073112|title=Ex-NFL running back Art Malone dies at age 64|publisher=Msn.foxsports.com|date=2012-06-29|access-date=2012-08-01}}
Tony Martin, 98, American actor and singer, widower of Cyd Charisse, natural causes.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-19060055|work=bbc.co.uk|date=2012-07-31|access-date=2012-07-31|title=US singer Tony Martin dies aged 98}}
Russ Mayberry, 86, Scottish-born American television director (Kojak, Magnum P.I., The Brady Bunch).{{cite magazine|url=https://variety.com/2012/scene/news/russ-mayberry-tv-director-dies-at-86-1118057276/|title=Russ Mayberry, TV director, dies at 86|magazine=Variety|access-date=2012-08-01}}
Bruce Schultz, 80, Australian Anglican prelate, Bishop of Grafton (1985–1998).{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/dailyexaminer-au/obituary-preview.aspx?n=bishop-bruce-allan-schultz&pid=158842959&referrer=2943 |title=Bishop Bruce Allan SCHULTZ's Obituary by The Daily Examiner |publisher=Legacy.com |date=2012-07-27 |access-date=2012-12-28}}
Hans Svedberg, 80, Swedish ice hockey player.{{cite news|url=http://www.kuriren.nu/nyheter/default.aspx?articleid=6505866|title=En ishockeykanon har tystnat|last=Fuhrman|first=Bo|date=2012-08-08|publisher=Norrbottens-Kuriren|language=sv|access-date=30 August 2012}}
Jack Taylor, 82, English football referee, officiated 1974 FIFA World Cup Final.{{cite news|title=Jack Taylor OBE, referee of 1974 World Cup final, dead aged 82|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/9433123/Jack-Taylor-OBE-referee-of-1974-World-Cup-final-dead-aged-82.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121209100653/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/9433123/Jack-Taylor-OBE-referee-of-1974-World-Cup-final-dead-aged-82.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=9 December 2012|access-date=27 July 2012|newspaper=Daily Telegraph|date=27 July 2012|location=London}}
Jan Trąbka, 81, Polish academic.{{cite web|author=Staff |url=http://www.wspomnijbliskich.pl/18394553 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130113205616/http://www.wspomnijbliskich.pl/18394553 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-01-13 |title=Jan Jakub Trąbka: Nekrologi |publisher=WspomnijBliskich.pl |access-date=2012-08-04 }}
Carl-Ludwig Wagner, 82, German politician, Minister-President of Rhineland-Palatinate (1988–1991).{{Cite news|url=https://www.welt.de/politik/deutschland/article108406325/Ex-Ministerpraesident-von-Rheinland-Pfalz-ist-tot.html|title=Carl-Ludwig Wagner: Ex-Ministerpräsident von Rheinland-Pfalz ist tot|newspaper=Die Welt |date=July 28, 2012|via=www.welt.de}}

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Vartan Achkarian, 76, Lebanese Armenian Catholic hierarch, Auxiliary Bishop of Beirut (1987–2011).{{Catholic-hierarchy|bishop|bachk|Bishop Vartan Achkarian, C.A.M.|21 January 2015}}
María Colina Lozano, 90, Peruvian politician.{{Cite web|url=https://elcomercio.pe/somos/historias/mujeres-precursoras-conoce-quienes-fueron-las-primeras-congresistas-peruanas-noticia/|title=Mujeres precursoras: Conoce quiénes fueron las primeras congresistas peruanas | SOMOS|date=30 January 2020}}
Adam Cullen, 46, Australian painter.{{cite news|title=Archibald winner Adam Cullen dies aged 47|url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/archibald-winner-adam-cullen-dies-aged-47-20120729-2365g.html|work=Sydney Morning Herald|access-date=29 July 2012}}
Phyllis Deane, 93, British economic historian.{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/professor-phyllis-deane-leading-and-influential-figure-in-the-field-of-economic-history-8191322.html|title=Professor Phyllis Deane: Leading and influential figure in the field of economic history|access-date=2012-10-02 | location=London|work=The Independent|first=Negley|last=Harte|date=1 October 2012}}
Amos Degani, 86, Israeli politician.{{cite web|url=https://www.knesset.gov.il/mk/eng/mk_eng.asp?mk_individual_id_t=355|title=Knesset Member Amos Degani|access-date=2012-07-30}}
Peter Evans-Freke, 11th Baron Carbery, 92, Anglo-Irish peer.{{cite news|author=Staff|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/obituaries/2012/0811/1224321982090.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130126141038/http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/obituaries/2012/0811/1224321982090.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 26, 2013|title=Anglo-Irish peer steeped in Catholicism|newspaper=The Irish Times|access-date=14 August 2012}}
Abu Fuard, 75, Sri Lankan cricket player and administrator.{{Cite web|url=http://www.sundaytimes.lk/130127/sports/abu-the-man-who-dared-for-sri-lankan-cricket-30346.html|title=Abu the man who dared for Sri Lankan cricket | The Sundaytimes Sri Lanka}}
Suzanne Giese, 66, Danish writer and women's rights activist, after a short illness.{{Cite web|url=http://www.dr.dk/nyheder/kultur/forfatteren-suzanne-giese-er-doed-66-aar|title=Forfatteren Suzanne Giese er død - 66 år|date=29 July 2012}}
Colin Horsley, 92, New Zealand-born British classical pianist.{{cite web|url=http://www.radionz.co.nz/concert/programmes/upbeat/audio/2526591/colin-horsley-obituary|title=Colin Horsley obituary|date=30 July 2012|publisher=Radio New Zealand |access-date=2012-08-01}}
Carol Kendall, 94, American author (The Gammage Cup, The Whisper of Glocken).{{cite web|url=http://obituaries.ljworld.com/obituaries/ljworld/obituary.aspx?n=carol-kendall&pid=158795513#fbLoggedOut|title=Carol Kendall obituary by The Lawrence Journal-World|publisher=Obituaries.ljworld.com|access-date=2012-07-29}}
James Marriott, 39, British film critic and author.{{cite web|title=Author James Marriott dead (1972–2012)|publisher=University of Bristol|date=17 August 2012|url=http://www.bris.ac.uk/news/2012/8731.html}}
Sepp Mayerl, 75, Austrian mountaineer, climbing incident.{{Cite web|url=https://www.austriantimes.at/kredit/|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20130114233604/http://austriantimes.at/news/General_News/2012-07-29/43209/Climber_Sepp_Mayerl_dead_after_cliff_plunge|url-status=dead|title=Kredite in Österreich - Kreditvergleich & Rechner | Raten berechnen|website=www.austriantimes.at|access-date=2022-04-04|archive-date=2013-01-14}}
William F. Milliken Jr., 101, American aerospace engineer, automotive engineer and racecar driver.{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/buffalonews/obituary.aspx?n=william-f-milliken&pid=158800414#fbLoggedOut|title=William F. Milliken obituary by Buffalo News|publisher=Legacy.com|access-date=2012-07-30}}
Ruth Mott, 95, British television cook.{{cite web|url=http://thehorticulturalchannel.info/2012/08/ruth-mott-cast-and-crew-tributes|title=Ruth Mott: Cast and Crew Tributes|publisher=thehorticulturalchannel.info|access-date=August 7, 2012|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120920023408/http://thehorticulturalchannel.info/2012/08/ruth-mott-cast-and-crew-tributes/|archive-date=September 20, 2012}}
Kazimiera Rykowska, 85, Polish Olympic athlete.{{Cite web|url=http://nekrologi.wyborcza.pl/0,11,,171077,Kazimiera-Rykowska-Z-Domu-Soboci%25C5%2584ska-kondolencje.html|title=Kazimiera Rykowska Z Domu Sobocińska, cała Polska, 31.07.2012 - kondolencje|website=nekrologi.wyborcza.pl}}
Víctor Saucedo, 92-93, Mexican Olympic equestrian.{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sa/victor-saucedo-1.html |title=VÃctor Saucedo Bio, Stats, and Results | Olympics at Sports-Reference.com |website=www.sports-reference.com |access-date=11 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418085222/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sa/victor-saucedo-1.html |archive-date=18 April 2020 |url-status=dead}}
David Thomas, 53, English cricketer, complications of multiple sclerosis.{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/current/story/574569.html|title=Surrey and Gloucestershire allrounder David Thomas dies|publisher=ESPN Cricinfo|access-date=2012-07-30}}

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Norman Blake, 78, British academic and scholar.{{Cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/norman-blake-scholar-and-author-who-published-widely-on-medieval-literature-8079414.html|title = Norman Blake: Scholar and author who published widely on medieval|website = Independent.co.uk|date = 24 August 2012}}
Chavis Carter, 21, American arrestant, suicide by gunshot.{{Cite web |url=http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504083_162-57496588-504083/chavis-carter-autopsy-rules-handcuffed-ark-mans-death-a-suicide-finds-multiple-drugs/ |title=Chavis Carter autopsy rules handcuffed Ark. Man's death a suicide, finds multiple drugs - Crimesider - CBS News |website=CBS News |access-date=2020-12-10 |archive-date=2013-11-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131104004352/http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504083_162-57496588-504083/chavis-carter-autopsy-rules-handcuffed-ark-mans-death-a-suicide-finds-multiple-drugs/ |url-status=dead }}
Tatiana Egorova, 42, Russian football manager and player.{{cite news|url=http://www.womensoccer.de/2012/08/01/russische-ex-nationalspielerin-tatiana-egorova-verstorben|title=Russische Ex-Nationalspielerin Tatiana Egorova verstorben|publisher=womensoccer.de|date=1 August 2012|language=de|access-date=30 August 2012|archive-date=4 August 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120804033927/http://www.womensoccer.de/2012/08/01/russische-ex-nationalspielerin-tatiana-egorova-verstorben/|url-status=dead}}
Osvaldo Fattoruso, 64, Uruguayan musician (Los Shakers, Opa), cancer.{{cite web |url=http://historico.elpais.com.uy/120730/pespec-654702/espectaculos/la-musica-perdio-a-un-innovador/ |title=Music loses an innovator |date=2012-07-30 |publisher=EL PAIS}} {{in lang|es}}
John Finnegan, 85, American actor (JFK, Last Action Hero, Mars Attacks!), complications from pneumonia.{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-passings-20120802,0,3957503.story|title=PASSING: John Finnegan|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=2012-08-02|date=2 August 2012}}
August Kowalczyk, 90, Polish actor, last survivor of 1942 Auschwitz concentration camp breakout.{{cite news|title=August Kowalczyk, Auschwitz 1942 Escape Survivor, Dead|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/30/august-kowalczyk-auschwitz-escape-survivor-dead_n_1719626.html|work=The Huffington Post|access-date=30 July 2012|date=30 July 2012}}
Chris Marker, 91, French writer, photographer, documentary film director (La jetée) and multimedia artist.{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/film-obituaries/9439368/Chris-Marker.html|newspaper=The Telegraph|date=2012-07-30|title=Chris Marker|access-date=2012-08-29|location=London}}
Suzanne Martel, 87, Canadian writer.{{cite news|title=Statement by the Honourable James Moore, Minister of Canadian Heritage and Official Languages, on the Passing of Suzanne Martel|url=http://www.pch.gc.ca/eng/1343764253412|access-date=22 December 2012|work=Canadian Heritage|date=July 31, 2012|location=Ottawa}}
James Mellaart, 87, English archaeologist, excavator of Çatalhöyük.{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/9450610/James-Mellaart.html|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|date=3 August 2012|title=Archaeologist James Mellaart dead|location=London}}
Sluggy Ranks, 45, Jamaican dancehall musician, injuries sustained in a car crash.[https://web.archive.org/web/20121127065553/http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/entertainment/Sluggy-Ranks-dies-in-crash_12295637 Sluggy Ranks dies in crash]
Vempati Chinna Satyam, 82, Indian dancer and teacher, multiple organ failure.{{cite news|author=Meera Srinivasan|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/article3700434.ece|title=Vempati Chinna Satyam no more|work=The Hindu|access-date=2012-08-01|location=Chennai, India|date=30 July 2012}}
Heinz Staab, 86, German chemist.{{cite web|url=http://www.mpg.de/5929728/Heinz_Staab_Nachruf|title=German chemist Heinz Staab dead|publisher=Mpg.de|access-date=2012-08-04|language=de}}
John Stampe, 55, Danish footballer, cancer.{{cite web|title=AGF-legende og tidligere anfører er død|url=http://politiken.dk/navne/ECE1702752/agf-legende-og-tidligere-anfoerer-er-doed|work=Politiken|access-date=31 July 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120730221016/http://politiken.dk/navne/ECE1702752/agf-legende-og-tidligere-anfoerer-er-doed/|archive-date=30 July 2012}}

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Donald J. Berthrong, 89, American historian, pneumonia.{{Cite web|url=https://www.cla.purdue.edu/History/news/archive/index.html|title=Stories 2009-2013 // Purdue College of Liberal Arts|access-date=2020-12-06|archive-date=2016-12-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161221004134/https://www.cla.purdue.edu/History/news/archive/index.html|url-status=dead}}
Maeve Binchy, 72, Irish novelist (Circle of Friends), columnist and public speaker, heart attack.{{cite news|url=http://www.rte.ie/news/2012/0730/writer-maeve-binchy-dies-aged-72.html |title=The writer Maeve Binchy has died aged 72, following a short illness. |publisher=rte.ie |access-date=30 July 2012 |date=30 July 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120801041515/http://www.rte.ie/news/2012/0730/writer-maeve-binchy-dies-aged-72.html |archive-date=1 August 2012 }}
George F. Cahill Jr., 85, American scientist.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/17/health/george-f-cahill-jr-diabetes-expert-dies-at-85.html|title=George F. Cahill Jr., Diabetes Expert, Dies at 85|work=The New York Times|date=August 17, 2012|first=Denise|last=Grady}}
Bill Doss, 43, American rock singer and guitarist (The Olivia Tremor Control, The Apples in Stereo), aneurysm.{{cite web|url=https://www.pitchfork.com/news/47328-bill-doss-of-olivia-tremor-control-has-died|title=Bill Doss of Olivia Tremor Control Has Died|publisher=Pitchfork Media|date=2012-07-31|access-date=2012-07-31}}
Elbert Allen Drummond, 68, American heir, businessman and philanthropist.{{Cite web|url=https://obits.al.com/us/obituaries/birmingham/name/e-a-drummond-obituary?pid=158889469|title=E.A. "LARRY" DRUMMOND Obituary (2012) The Birmingham News|website=Legacy.com}}
Stig Ossian Ericson, 88, Swedish actor and script writer.{{cite news|url=http://www.aftonbladet.se/nojesbladet/article15288457.ab|title=Stig Ossian Ericson har avlidit|newspaper=Aftonbladet|access-date=21 August 2012}}
Christopher Evans, 102, English chaplain and theologian.{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/religion-obituaries/9473329/The-Rev-Professor-Christopher-Evans.html|title=The Rev Professor Christopher Evans|newspaper=The Telegraph|access-date=August 13, 2012|location=London|date=13 August 2012}}
Les Green, 70, English footballer (Derby County) and manager (Tamworth), cancer.{{cite web|url=http://www.thelambs.co.uk/news/club-mourn-death-of-former-manager-1715.htm|title=Club mourn death of Former Manager|date=2 August 2012|publisher=TheLambs.co.uk|access-date=2 August 2012|archive-date=12 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190512041440/http://www.thelambs.co.uk/news/club-mourn-death-of-former-manager-1715.htm|url-status=dead}}
Jonathan Hardy, 71, New Zealand actor (Farscape, Mad Max, Moulin Rouge!) and screenwriter.{{cite news|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=10823485|title=Jonathan Hardy dies|publisher=The New Zealand Herald |access-date=2012-07-31|date=31 July 2012}}
József Hunics, 76, Hungarian Olympic sprint canoer.[https://archive.today/20130217173417/http://www.kajakkenusport.hu/hir/2012/07/30/elhunyt_hunics_jozsef_.html Elhunyt Hunics József] kajakkenusport.hu
Bill Kitchen, 51, Canadian ice hockey player (Montreal Canadiens), heart attack.{{cite web|author=DON CAMPBELL, The Ottawa Citizen July 31, 2012 |url=https://ottawacitizen.com/Sports/Hockey/Bill+Kitchen+consummate+teammate/7019477/story.html |title=Bill Kitchen was 'the consummate teammate' |publisher=Ottawacitizen.com |date=2012-07-31 |access-date=2012-08-09 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160207003457/http://www.ottawacitizen.com/Sports/Hockey/Bill%2BKitchen%2Bconsummate%2Bteammate/7019477/story.html |archive-date=February 7, 2016 }}
Mary Louise Rasmuson, 101, American philanthropist.{{cite news|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/adn/obituary.aspx?n=mary-louise-rasmuson&pid=158922743#fbLoggedOut|title=Mary Louise Rasmuson Obituary|newspaper=legacy.com|access-date=2012-08-04}}
Héctor Tizón, 82, Argentinian writer and diplomat.{{cite web|url=http://www.buenosairesherald.com/article/107579/a-great-writer-and-a-wonderful-human-being|title=A great writer and a wonderful human being|author=Andrew Graham-Yooll|work=Buenos Aires Herald|date=31 July 2012|access-date=31 July 2012|archive-date=21 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180821160350/http://www.buenosairesherald.com/article/107579/a-great-writer-and-a-wonderful-human-being|url-status=dead}}

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César Amaro, 64, Uruguayan classical guitarist.{{cite web|url=http://www.classicalguitardelcamp.com/viewtopic.php?t=70377&p=768053|title=Goodbye César Amaro|publisher=Classical Guitar|date=2 August 2012}}
Kevin Best, 80, Australian artist.{{cite news|url=http://tributes.smh.com.au/obituaries/smh-au/obituary.aspx?pid=158880839|title=Kevin Best obituary|publisher=Tributes.smh.com.au|date=31 July 2012|access-date=11 January 2013}}
Marie Brenden, 74, Norwegian politician.{{stortingetbio|MJB}}
Roy Bryce-Laporte, 78, American sociologist.Douglas Martin, [https://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/09/nyregion/roy-bryce-laporte-who-led-black-studies-program-at-yale-dies-at-78.html "Roy S. Bryce-Laporte, Who Led Black Studies at Yale, Dies at 78"] (obituary), New York Times, August 8, 2012.
Lucien Daloz, 81, French Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Besançon (1980–2003).{{Catholic-hierarchy|bishop|bdaloz|Archbishop Lucien Charles Gilbert Daloz|21 January 2015}}
Tatiana de la tierra, 51, Colombian writer.{{Cite web|url=https://dianelefer.wordpress.com/2012/08/01/in-tribute-tatiana-de-la-tierra/|title = In tribute: Tatiana de la tierra|date = August 2012}}
Ben Donnell, 76, American football player.{{Cite web|url=https://www.profootballarchives.com/playerd/donn00700.html|title = Ben Donnell Stats - Pro Football Archives}}
Bobby Edwards, 86, American singer.{{Cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/annistonstar/obituary.aspx?pid=158887893|title = Robert e. Moncrief Obituary (2012) the Anniston Star|website = Legacy.com}}
Raúl Fajardo Moreno, 82, Colombian architect.{{Cite web|url=http://www.elcolombiano.com/BancoConocimiento/R/raul_fajardo_moreno_su_obsesion_fue_la_arquitectura_de_calidad/raul_fajardo_moreno_su_obsesion_fue_la_arquitectura_de_calidad.asp|title=Raúl Fajardo Moreno, su obsesión fue la arquitectura de calidad|date=31 July 2012}}
Mollie Hunter, 90, Scottish writer.{{cite web|author=Staff|url=http://www.scotsman.com/news/obituaries/obituary-mollie-hunter-mcilwraith-writer-1-2453621|title=Obituary for writer Mollie Hunter|date=8 January 2005 |publisher=Scotsman.com|access-date=7 August 2012}}
Iryna Kalynets, 72, Ukrainian writer and Soviet dissident, wife of Ihor Kalynets, after long illness.{{cite web|url=http://risu.org.ua/ua/index/all_news/community/religion_and_society/49038|title=Померла поетеса-дисидентка Ірина Калинець|publisher=risu.org.ua|date=31 July 2012}}
Sydney Knowles, 90, British Royal Navy frogman (diver).{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/military-obituaries/naval-obituaries/9504631/Sydney-Knowles.html|title=Sydney Knowles|newspaper=The Telegraph|date=28 August 2012|location=London}}
Rudolf Kreitlein, 92, German football referee (1966 FIFA World Cup).{{cite web|url=https://www.dfb.de/index.php?id=511739&tx_dfbnews_pi1%5BshowUid%5D=35474&tx_dfbnews_pi4%5Bcat%5D=121 |title=DFB trauert um FIFA-Schiedsrichter Rudolf Kreitlein |work=German Football Association |date=1 August 2012 |language=de |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121115204549/https://www.dfb.de/index.php?id=511739&tx_dfbnews_pi1%5BshowUid%5D=35474&tx_dfbnews_pi4%5Bcat%5D=121 |archive-date=15 November 2012 }}
Eleanor Krohn Herrmann, 77, American nursing educator and historian.{{Cite web|url=https://www.wiareport.com/2012/08/in-memoriam-eleanor-krohn-herrmann-1935-2012/|title=In Memoriam: Eleanor Krohn Herrmann, 1935-2012|date=8 August 2012}}
Curt Levine, 64, American politician and attorney.{{cite web|last=Roth|first=Lauren|url=http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2012-08-03/news/os-obit-curt-levine-20120803_1_public-defender-public-servant-jessica-levine|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150521022034/http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2012-08-03/news/os-obit-curt-levine-20120803_1_public-defender-public-servant-jessica-levine|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 21, 2015|title=obituary Curt Levine, former Orange/Osceola public defender and a state representative for Boca Raton|publisher=Articles.orlandosentinel.com|date=2012-08-03|access-date=2012-08-14}}
Tess Mallos, 79, Australian cookbook author.{{cite news|last=Bolles|first=Scott|title=Cook served exotica to adoring millions|url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/obituaries/cook-served-exotica-to-adoring-millions-20120817-24drm.html|access-date=18 August 2012|newspaper=smh.com.au|date=18 August 2012}}
Abdi Jeylani Malaq Marshale, app. 43, Somali journalist and comedian, shot.{{cite news|last=Smith|first=David |title=Somali comedian who mocked Islamists is shot dead|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/aug/01/somali-comedian-islamists-shot-dead|access-date=2 August 2012|newspaper=The Guardian|date=1 August 2012|location=London}}
Mutsuko Miki, 95, Japanese activist, widow of former Prime Minister Takeo Miki, colon cancer.{{cite news |title=Mutsuko Miki, activist, wife of former prime minister, dies at 95 |work=Asahi Shimbun |date=4 August 2011 |url= http://ajw.asahi.com/article/behind_news/people/AJ201208040057 |access-date=31 July 2012 |archive-date=8 August 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120808065531/http://ajw.asahi.com/article/behind_news/people/AJ201208040057}}
Ítalo Piaggi, 77, Argentine army officer (Battle of Goose Green).{{cite news |url=http://www.malvinense.com.ar/sveteranos/2012/1625.htm|title=Falleció el Veterano de Guerra Ítalo Ángel Piaggi|date=August 1, 2012 |publisher=El Malvinense|language=es|access-date=29 August 2012}}
Lucio Quarantotto, 55, Italian songwriter and composer ("Con te partirò"), suicide by defenestration.{{cite news |last=Massimiliano Cortivo|title=Addio a Quarantotto, paroliere di Bocelli |url=http://corrieredelveneto.corriere.it/veneto/notizie/cultura_e_tempolibero/2012/1-agosto-2012/addio-quarantotto-paroliere-bocelli-2011260636192.shtml|access-date=1 August 2012|newspaper=Corriere della Sera|date=1 August 2012|language=it}}
Alfredo Ramos, 87, Brazilian footballer and coach.{{cite web |url=http://esportes.terra.com.br/sao-paulo/noticias/0,,OI6037498-EI19381,00-Morre+Alfredo+Ramos+exlateral+esquerdo+e+treinador+do+Sao+Paulo.html|title=Morre Alfredo Ramos, ex-lateral esquerdo e treinador do São Paulo |publisher=Esportes.terra.com.br|access-date=2 August 2012|language=pt|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120803005129/http://esportes.terra.com.br/sao-paulo/noticias/0,,OI6037498-EI19381,00-Morre+Alfredo+Ramos+exlateral+esquerdo+e+treinador+do+Sao+Paulo.html|archive-date=2012-08-03|url-status=dead}}
Ardalion Rastov, 86, Russian engineer and military designer.{{cite web|url=http://www.zhukvesti.ru/articles/detail/31230 |script-title=ru:Умер академик Растов — Жуковские ВЕСТИ |publisher=Zhukvesti.ru |date=30 July 2012 |access-date=4 August 2012 |language=ru |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120804185942/http://www.zhukvesti.ru/articles/detail/31230/ |archive-date= 4 August 2012 }}
Stefan Siczek, 74, Polish Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Radom (since 1992).{{Catholic-hierarchy|bishop|bsiczek|Bishop Stefan Siczek|21 January 2015}}
Tony Sly, 41, American punk rock singer and guitarist (No Use for a Name).{{cite web |url=http://www.spinner.ca/2012/08/01/tony-sly-dead-no-use-for-a-name-singer-dies-at-41|title=Tony Sly Dead: No Use for a Name Singer Dies at 41|publisher=Spinner.ca|access-date=2012-08-01|archive-date=2012-11-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121118115311/http://www.spinner.ca/2012/08/01/tony-sly-dead-no-use-for-a-name-singer-dies-at-41/|url-status=dead}}
Gore Vidal, 86, American writer (The City and the Pillar, Myra Breckinridge), political commentator and actor (Gattaca), pneumonia.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/01/books/gore-vidal-elegant-writer-dies-at-86.html?pagewanted=all|title=Gore Vidal Dies at 86; Prolific, Elegant, Acerbic Writer|newspaper=NY Times|date=August 1, 2012 |first=Charles|last=McGrath}}

References

External links

[https://www.imdb.com/search/name/?death_date=2012-07-01,2012-07-31&adult=include List of July 2012 deaths] at IMDb

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