The following is a list of deaths in July 2009.
Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence:
Name, age, country of citizenship at birth, subsequent country of citizenship (if applicable), reason for notability, cause of death (if known), and reference.
July 2009
1 Alexis Argüello, 57, Nicaraguan former triple world champion boxer and politician, mayor of Managua, suspected suicide by gunshot. Marwa El-Sherbini, 31, Egyptian pharmacist and vilification victim, stabbed. Karl Malden, 97, American actor (A Streetcar Named Desire, On the Waterfront, The Streets of San Francisco), Oscar winner (1952). Anna Karen Morrow, 94, American actress (Peyton Place), natural causes. John Henry Moss, 90, American baseball executive (South Atlantic League), mayor of Kings Mountain, North Carolina. Onni Palaste, 91, Finnish soldier and writer, Winter War veteran, natural causes.Sotakirjailija Onni Palaste on kuollut David Pears, 87, British philosopher. Baltasar Porcel, 72, Spanish Catalan writer, cancer. Andree Layton Roaf, 68, American jurist, first black woman on Arkansas Supreme Court.Muskegon Heights native, Arkansas judge, dead at 68 Mollie Sugden, 86, British actress (Are You Being Served?), heart failure. Rupert Thorneloe, 39, British soldier, Commanding Officer of the 1st Battalion Welsh Guards, improvised explosive device. Norman Welton, 81, American journalist, photo editor for the Associated Press, colon cancer.Norman Welton, former AP photo editor, dies at 81 Jean Yoyotte, 81, French Egyptologist. Lyudmila Zykina, 80, Russian singer, Hero of Socialist Labor, cardiac arrest.
2 Adésio, 76, Brazilian footballer. Pasquale Borgomeo, 76, Vatican director of Radio Vatican, after long illness. Steve Brennan, 57, Irish-born American reporter and editor (The Hollywood Reporter), cancer. M. K. Chandrashekaran, 71, Indian zoologist, after brief illness. Susan Fernandez, 52, Filipina activist and singer, ovarian cancer.Singer Susan Fernandez succumbs to cancer Kaj Hansen, 68, Danish football player. Martin Hengel, 82, German theologian. Colin Hillman, 46, Welsh rugby player and coach, pancreatic cancer. Herb Klein, 91, American journalist, White House Communications Director for President Richard Nixon. Tyeb Mehta, 83, Indian painter, heart attack. David Morley, 86, British paediatrician. James Oluleye, 79, Nigerian army general and politician.General Oluleye's legacy Robert Daniel Potter, 86, American judge, member of the District Court for the Western District of North Carolina (1981–1994). Petro Ruçi, 52, Albanian football player (Flamurtari, national team).U nda nga jeta mjeshtri i sportit Petro Ruci Bert Schneider, 71, Austrian Grand Prix motorcycle racer. Clyde Shugart, 92, American football player (Washington Redskins), stroke. Robert E. L. Taylor, 96, American publisher and chairman of the Philadelphia Bulletin.
3 Jorge Enrique Adoum, 83, Ecuadorian poet and writer. Alauddin Al-Azad, 77, Bangladeshi author, natural causes. John Barry, 84, American president and CEO of WD-40, pulmonary fibrosis. John Blackburn, 84, American administrator (University of Alabama), myelodysplastic syndrome. Frank Devine, 77, New Zealand-born Australian newspaper editor, after long illness. Charles K. Eastman, 79, American screenwriter and script doctor, heart disease. Gabriel Fino Noriega, 42, Honduran journalist, shot. E. J. Josey, 85, American librarian and civil rights activist, natural causes. John Keel, 79, American ufologist and writer (The Mothman Prophecies), heart failure. Barbara Margolis, 79, American prisoners' rights advocate, official greeter for New York City, cancer. Victor Smorgon, 96, Ukrainian-born Australian industrialist, natural causes.
4 Jean-Pierre Aguilar, 48, French entrepreneur, co-founder and CEO of Capital Fund Management, gliding accident. Jim Chapin, 89, American jazz drummer.Remembering Jim Chapin Robert E. Hopkins, 94, American optical engineer. Brenda Joyce, 92, American actress (Tarzan and the Amazons). Béla Király, 97, Hungarian general and historian, natural causes. Allen Klein, 77, American businessman, Beatles and Rolling Stones manager, Alzheimer's disease. Drake Levin, 62, American guitarist (Paul Revere & the Raiders), cancer.RIP: Drake Levin, guitarist with Paul Revere & Raiders Robert Louis-Dreyfus, 63, French-born Swiss billionaire, leukemia. Steve McNair, 36, American football player (Tennessee Titans, Baltimore Ravens), shot. Hugh Millais, 79, British actor and adventurer. Robert Mitchell, 96, American organist, pneumonia. Khan Mohammad, 81, Pakistani cricketer, prostate cancer.Pakistan mourns cricket legend Khan Mohammad Leo Mol, 94, Ukrainian-born Canadian sculptor.Leo Mol, Winnipeg sculptor, dies at 94 Lasse Strömstedt, 74, Swedish writer. *Jean-Baptiste Tati Loutard, 70, Congolese politician, Minister of State. Laurence Villiers, 7th Earl of Clarendon, 76, British aristocrat.7th Earl of Clarendon (1933-2009)
5 John Bachar, 52, American rock climber, fall. Peter Blaker, Baron Blaker, 86, British diplomat and politician, MP for Blackpool South (1964–1992), pneumonia. Lou Creekmur, 82, American football player (Detroit Lions) and member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Alfonso de Andrés, 71, Spanish Olympic athlete.Alfonso de Andrés Takeo Doi, 89, Japanese psychoanalyst. Harry Elliot, 89, British space scientist.Harry Elliot 1920–2009 Alfred John Ellory, 89, British flautist. Mihai Iacob, 76, Romanian film director. Naomi Lewis, 97, British poet."Naomi Lewis". theguardian.com. Retrieved 20 February 2023. Oscar Murton, Baron Murton of Lindisfarne, 95, British politician, MP for Poole (1964–1979). John Orman, 60, American professor and politician, self-appointed chairman of Connecticut for Lieberman party. Bob Titchenal, 91, American football player and coach. Waldo Von Erich, 75, Canadian professional wrestler, fall.
6 Vasily Aksyonov, 76, Russian novelist, stroke. Mihai Baicu, 33, Romanian footballer, heart attack. Patrick Tracy Burris, 41, American criminal, suspected South Carolina spree killer, shot. Rene Capo, 48, Cuban-born American Olympic judoka (1988, 1996), lung cancer. Johnny Collins, 71, British folk singer. Marlon Green, 80, American pilot. Oscar G. Mayer Jr., 95, American business executive (Oscar Mayer). Robert McNamara, 93, American business executive, Secretary of Defense (1961–1968), natural causes. Mathieu Montcourt, 24, French tennis player, cardiac arrest. Jim Reid, 75, British folk musician, after short illness. Robert L. Short, 76, American theologian (The Gospel According to Peanuts). Martin Streek, 45, Canadian disc jockey, suspected suicide. Bleddyn Williams, 86, British rugby player, captain of Wales and British Lions, after long illness.
7 Anabaa, 17, American Thoroughbred racehorse, peritonitis after undergoing surgery from colic. Mikhail Bachvarov, 73, Bulgarian Olympic sprinter.Почина Михаил Бъчваров Richard Reader Harris, 96, British businessman and politician, MP for Heston and Isleworth (1950–1970). John Marshall, 77, American sculptor.
8 John Fairey, 74, English aviator, plane crash. Harry Gray, 89, American CEO and chairman of United Technologies Corporation. Bertha Hertogh, 72, Dutch woman whose adoption led to ethnic riots in Singapore in 1950, leukemia.1950 Child Custody Victim Bertha Hertogh Dies at 72 Robert Isabell, 57, American event planner, heart attack. Edward Kenna, 90, Australian soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross. Judi Ann Mason, 54, American screenwriter, television producer (Good Times) and playwright, aortic dissection. Waldo McBurney, 106, American beekeeper, oldest worker in the United States.Waldo McBurney, country's oldest worker, dies at 106; known as beekeeper and runner Nelson Munsey, 61, American football player (Baltimore Colts), heart disease. Edgar O'Ballance, 90, British military historian. Lou Pagliaro, 90, American table tennis player, national champion (1940–1942, 1952).Lou Pagliaro, National Table Tennis Champion, Dies at 90 Yury Shlyapin, 77, Russian water polo player, Olympic bronze medalist (1956).
9 William C. Conner, 89, American federal judge (District Court for the Southern District of New York). Magomed Gadaborshev, Russian Colonel, Head of Ingushetia Forensics and Investigations Center, shot. George Haig, 2nd Earl Haig, 91, British Army officer, patron of military charities and artist. Jessie Hollins, 39, American baseball player, drowned. Ron Kennedy, 56, Canadian ice hockey player and trainer, brain cancer. Frank Mickens, 63, American educator, natural causes. Kinuthia Murugu, Kenyan Permanent Secretary, shot. Henri Verbrugghe, 79, Belgian Olympic canoer.
10 John Caldwell, 71, Irish boxer, Olympic medalist (1956), world bantamweight champion (1961–1962), cancer. Sir Edward Downes, 85, British conductor, assisted suicide. Ebba Haslund, 91, Norwegian author. Jack B. Horner, 87, American politician. Patrick J. McManus, 54, American politician, Mayor of Lynn, Massachusetts (1992–2001).A city mourns former mayor Frank Seipelt, 48, German Olympic weightlifter (1984, 1988 and 1992 Olympics), motor vehicle accident. Edward Durell Stone Jr., 76, American landscape architect. Zena Marshall, 83, Kenyan-born British actress (Dr. No), after short illness.
11 Maria del Carmen Bousada de Lara, 69, Spanish woman believed to be world's oldest mother, cancer. Manuel Carrascalão, 75, East Timorese politician, cerebral embolism. Robert 'Dolly' Dunn, 68, Australian child molester, multiple organ failure. Reg Fleming, 73, Canadian hockey player (Chicago Blackhawks). Arturo Gatti, 37, Canadian boxer, strangulation. Paul Hemphill, 73, American author, throat cancer. *Ji Xianlin, 97, Chinese linguist, paleographer, historian and writer, heart attack. Lawyer Ron, 6, American Thoroughbred racehorse, complications after colic surgery. Mark Mandala, 72, American television executive, president of ABC (1986–1994), heart attack. Žan Marolt, 44, Bosnia-Herzegovinian actor. Geraint Owen, 43, British actor, cerebral haemorrhage. Cecil Smith, 92, American television and drama critic, journalist, screenwriter, television host, and World War II bomber pilot, congestive heart failure.
12 Doris Barr, 87, Canadian baseball player, original member of All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Charles N. Brown, 72, American founding editor of Locus magazine. Vinod Chaubey, 49, Indian police officer, shot in the Rajnandgaon ambush. Tommy Cummings, 80, British football player (Burnley F.C.).Tommy Cummings: 1928–2009 James Klass, 43, British DJ, colon cancer. Donald MacCormick, 70, British television journalist, heart attack. Shesha Palihakkara, 81, Sri Lankan dancer, actor and producer. Christopher Prout, Baron Kingsland, 67, British politician and barrister, MEP (1979–1994), pulmonary embolism. S. G. Sender, 78, Belgian pastry chef, after long illness. Pavel Smeyan, 52, Russian singer and actor, cancer. Nikola Stanchev, 78, Bulgarian wrestler, Olympic gold medalist.Nikola Stanchev, Bulgarian wrestler, Olympic champion Simon Vinkenoog, 80, Dutch poet and writer. Jane Weinberger, 91, American author, widow of Caspar Weinberger, stroke.
13 Uma Aaltonen, 68, Finnish author, journalist and politician. Amin al-Hafez, 83, Lebanese politician, Prime Minister (1973). Giuseppe Alessi, 103, Italian politician, President of Sicily (1947–1949, 1955–1956). Robert Cushman, 62, American photograph curator (Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences). Neil Munro, 62, Canadian director, actor and playwright, after long illness.Neil Munro, Canadian actor-director, dies at 62 Nilu Phule, 79, Indian Marathi and Hindi film actor, esophageal cancer. Vince Powell, 80, British scriptwriter (Love Thy Neighbour, Mind Your Language). Beverly Roberts, 96, American actress, natural causes.Actress Beverly Roberts dies Don Schneider, 86, American football player (Buffalo Bills). Dash Snow, 27, American artist, heroin overdose.
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