King Jr. (b. 1904) July July 1 – Juan Perón, Argentine army general and politician, 2-time President of Argentina (b. 1895) July 2 Sonia Holm, English actress (b. 1920) Edith L. Sharp, Canadian writer (b. 1911) July 4 Georgette Heyer, British writer (b. 1902) André Randall, French actor (b. 1892) July 6 – Joseph Baldacchino, Maltese archaeologist (b. 1894) July 7 Leon Shamroy, American Academy Award-winning cinematographer (b. 1901) Cornelius Vanderbilt IV, American publisher and member of the Vanderbilt Family (b. 1898) July 8 Mário Simões Dias, Portuguese violinist (b. 1902) Margaret Furse, British Academy Award-winning costume designer for Anne of the Thousand Days (b. 1911) July 9 – Earl Warren, American jurist and politician, Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court (b. 1891) July 10 – Nancy Wickwire, American soap opera actress (b. 1925) July 11 Edward Beck, British army officer (b. 1880) Pär Lagerkvist, Swedish writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1891) July 12 – Sonja Ludvigsen, Norwegian politician (b. 1928) July 13 Patrick Blackett, Baron Blackett, British physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1897) Prince Christian of Schaumburg-Lippe (b. 1898) July 14 Dame Sibyl Hathaway, Seigneur of Sark (b. 1884) Carl Andrew Spaatz, U.S. Air Force general (b. 1891) July 15 William Albrecht, Chairman of the Department of Soils at the University of Missouri (b. 1888) Christine Chubbuck, American TV personality (b. 1944) Victor Negus, British surgeon (b. 1887) July 17 – Dizzy Dean, American baseball player (St. Louis Cardinals) and a member of the MLB Hall of Fame (b. 1910) July 19 – Joe Flynn, American actor (b. 1924) July 20 – Charles Rudolph d'Olive, American World War I ace (b. 1896) July 22 – Wayne Morse, American lawyer, politician, and United States Senator from Oregon (1945–1969) (b. 1900) July 23 – Peter Lei, Bishop of Hong Kong (b. 1922) July 24 – Sir James Chadwick, British physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1891) July 25 – Robert Hanbidge, Canadian lawyer and politician, Mayor of Kerrobert and 12th Lieutenant-Governor of Saskatchewan (b. 1891) July 27 – Joop Pelser, Dutch footballer (b. 1892) July 29 Cass Elliot, American vocalist (b. 1941) Erich Kästner, German author (b. 1899) July 30 – Lev Knipper, Soviet composer (b. 1898) August August 2 – Cyril Smith, English virtuoso concert pianist (b. 1909) August 3 Edna Murphy, American actress of the silent era (b. 1899) Almira Sessions, American character actress (b. 1888) August 4