footballer (b. 1928) July 4 Dr. John Bodkin Adams, British suspected serial killer (b. 1899) Ted Berrigan, American poet (b. 1934) July 5 – Harry James, American musician and band leader (b. 1916) July 7 – Herman Kahn, American futurist (b. 1922) July 9 – Keith Wickenden, British politician (b. 1932) July 10 Werner Egk, German composer (b. 1901) Estrellita Castro, Spanish singer and actress (b. 1908) July 11 – Ross Macdonald, American-Canadian writer (b. 1915) July 12 – Chris Wood, British rock musician, lead singer and guitarist of the band Traffic (b. 1944) July 14 – Jack MacBryan, English cricketer (b. 1892) July 15 – Eddie Foy, Jr., American actor (b. 1905) July 16 Michel Micombero, Burundian military officer and statesman, 8th Prime Minister and 1st President of Burundi (b. 1940) Samson Raphaelson, American screenwriter (b. 1894) July 17 – Roosevelt Sykes, American blues musician (b. 1906) July 20 – Frank Reynolds, American journalist (b. 1923) July 23 – Georges Auric, French composer (b. 1899) July 25 – Jerome Moross, American composer (b. 1913) July 26 Larry Gains, Canadian boxer (b. 1901) Charlie Rivel, Spanish Catalan circus clown (b. 1896) July 29 Luis Buñuel, Spanish filmmaker (b. 1900) Rocco Chinnici, Italian judge (b. 1925) Raymond Massey, Canadian actor (b. 1896) David Niven, British soldier and actor (b. 1910) July 30 Howard Dietz, American lyricist (b. 1896) Lynn Fontanne, British actress (b. 1887) August August 1 – Lilian Mercedes Letona, Salvadoran guerrilla (b. 1954) August 2 – James Jamerson, American musician (b. 1936) August 3 – Carolyn Jones, American actress (b. 1930) August 4 – Jobriath, American rock musician and actor (b. 1946) August 5 Bart Bok, Dutch-born American astronomer (b. 1906) Judy Canova, American actress (b. 1913) August 6 – Klaus Nomi, German singer and performance artist (b. 1944) August 10 – José Baptista Pinheiro de Azevedo, Portuguese military officer and political figure, 104th Prime Minister of Portugal (b. 1917) August 11 – Mamie Phipps Clark, American psychologist (b. 1917) August 16 Earl Averill, American baseball player and member of the MLB Hall of Fame (b. 1902) Heinz Warneke, American sculptor (b. 1895) August 17 – Ira Gershwin, American lyricist (b. 1896) August 18 – Sir Nikolaus Pevsner, German-born British art historian (b. 1902) August 21 – Benigno Aquino Jr., Filipino politician (b. 1932) August 24 – Scott Nearing, American political activist, economist, and simple living advocate (b. 1883)