Daicoviciu, Romanian historian and archaeologist (b. 1898) June June 8 – Emmy Göring nee'' Sonnemann, German actress, second wife of Hermann Göring (b. 1893) June 9 – Erich von Manstein, German field marshal (b. 1887) June 10 – William Inge, American playwright (b. 1913) June 30 Nancy Mitford, English novelist (b. 1904) Vasyl Velychkovsky C.Ss.R, Ukrainian Catholic bishop and martyr; beatified on 27 June 2001 (b. 1903) July July 2 – Betty Grable, American actress (b. 1916) July 6 Joe E. Brown, American actor and comedian (b. 1891) Otto Klemperer, German conductor (b. 1885) July 7 Max Horkheimer, German philosopher and sociologist (b. 1895) Veronica Lake, American actress (b. 1922) July 8 Ben-Zion Dinur, Russian-born Israeli educator, historian and politician (b. 1884) Wilfred Rhodes, English cricketer (b. 1877) July 11 Alexander Mosolov, Russian composer (b. 1900) Robert Ryan, American actor (b. 1909) July 12 – Lon Chaney Jr., American actor (b. 1906) July 13 – Willy Fritsch, German actor (b. 1901) July 18 – Jack Hawkins, British actor (b. 1910) July 20 Mikhail Isakovsky, Russian poet (b. 1900) Bruce Lee, Chinese-American martial artist and actor (b. 1940) Robert Smithson, American artist (b. 1938) July 23 – Eddie Rickenbacker, American World War I flying ace and race car driver (b. 1890) July 24 – Julián Acuña Galé, Cuban botanist (b. 1900) July 25 Dezső Pattantyús-Ábrahám, Prime Minister of Hungary (b. 1875) Louis St. Laurent, 12th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1882) July 26 – Konstantinos Georgakopoulos, Greek lawyer and professor, 152nd Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1890) July 29 Henri Charrière, French writer (b. 1906) Julio Adalberto Rivera Carballo, 34th President of El Salvador (b. 1921) Roger Williamson, British racing driver (b. 1948) July 31 – Annibale Bergonzoli, Italian general (b. 1884) August August 1 Gian Francesco Malipiero, Italian composer (b. 1882) Walter Ulbricht, East German politician, former leader of the Communist Party and 2nd head of State of the GDR (b. 1893) Nikos Zachariadis, Greek politician, former leader of the Communist Party of Greece (b. 1903) August 2 – Jean-Pierre Melville, French film director (b. 1917) August 4 – Eddie Condon, American jazz musician (b. 1905) August 6 Fulgencio Batista, 9th and 12th President of Cuba (b. 1901) James Beck, British actor (b. 1929) August 9 – Charles Daniels, American Olympic swimmer (b. 1885) August 10 – Douglas Kennedy, American actor (b. 1915) August 11 – Peggie Castle, American actress