aviator (b. 1905) May 29 – Juan Ramón Jiménez, Spanish writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1881) June June 2 Townsend Cromwell, American oceanographer (plane crash) (b. 1922) Bell M. Shimada, American fisheries scientist (plane crash) (b. 1922) June 6 Lloyd Hughes, American actor (b. 1897) Virginia Pearson, American actress (b. 1886) June 8 – Nicola da Gesturi, Italian Roman Catholic priest and blessed (b. 1882) June 9 – Robert Donat, English actor (b. 1905) June 13 – Edwin Keppel Bennett, British writer (b. 1887) June 16 Imre Nagy, Hungarian politician, 44th Prime Minister of Hungary (executed) (b. 1896) Nereu Ramos, Brazilian politician, 20th President of Brazil (b. 1888) June 20 – Kurt Alder, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1902) June 21 Herbert Brenon, American film director (b. 1880) Robert L. Ghormley, American admiral (b. 1883) June 24 – George Orton, Canadian athlete (b. 1876) June 25 – Alfred Noyes, English poet (b. 1880) June 27 – Vytautas Augustauskas, Soviet educator (b. 1904) July July 2 – Martha Boswell, American singer (b. 1905) July 3 – Charles Bathurst, 1st Viscount Bledisloe, English politician, 4th Governor-General of New Zealand (b. 1867) July 5 – Patriarch Vikentije II (b. 1890) July 9 – James H. Flatley, American naval aviator and admiral (b. 1906) July 14 (killed during coup d'état): King Faisal II of Iraq (b. 1935; assassinated) 'Abd al-Ilah, Prince of Iraq (b. 1913; assassinated) Ibrahim Hashem, Jordanian lawyer and politician, 3-time Prime Minister of Jordan (b. 1888) July 15 – Nuri al-Said, Iraqi politician, 7th Prime Minister of Iraq (b. 1888) July 18 – Henri Farman, French aviator and aircraft company founder (b. 1874) July 20 – Franklin Pangborn, American actor (b. 1889) July 24 – Mabel Ballin, American actress (b. 1887) July 25 – Harry Warner, American studio executive (b. 1881) July 26 – Iven Carl Kincheloe Jr., American Korean War fighter ace and test pilot (b. 1928) July 27 – Claire Lee Chennault, American aviator and general, leader of the Flying Tigers (b. 1893) August August 1 – Albert E. Smith, English-born American stage magician, film director and producer (b. 1875) August 2 – Michele Navarra, Italian Sicilian Mafia boss (b. 1905) August 3 – Peter Collins, British Formula 1 driver (b. 1931) August 4 – Mario Zanin, Italian Roman Catholic prelate and monsignor (b. 1890) August 8 – Barbara Bennett, American actress (b. 1906) August 9 – Felipe