basketball player (b. 1964) June 8 René Bousquet, head of the Vichy France Police (b. 1909) Severo Sarduy, Cuban poet (b. 1937) June 9 Arthur Alexander, American musician (b. 1940) Alexis Smith, Canadian-born American actress and singer (b. 1921) June 10 Arleen Auger, American soprano singer (b. 1939) Richard Webb, American actor (b. 1915) June 11 Bernard Bresslaw, English actor (b. 1934) Ray Sharkey, American actor (b. 1952) June 13 – Deke Slayton, American astronaut (b. 1924) June 15 John Connally, American politician (b. 1917) James Hunt, British racing driver (b. 1947) June 19 William Golding, English writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1911) Szymon Goldberg, Polish-born violinist (b. 1909) June 22 – Pat Nixon, First Lady of the United States (b. 1912) June 24 – Archie Williams, American Olympic athlete (b. 1915) June 26 – Roy Campanella, American baseball player (b. 1921) June 28 GG Allin, American punk singer (b. 1956) Boris Christoff, Bulgarian opera singer (b. 1914) June 29 Héctor Lavoe, Puerto Rican salsa singer (b. 1946) Bentong Kali, Malaysian-Tamil criminal and gangster (b. 1961) June 30 – Spanky McFarland, American actor (b. 1928) July July 2 – Fred Gwynne, American actor and comedian (b. 1926) July 3 Don Drysdale, American baseball player (b. 1936) Joe DeRita, American comedian (b. 1909) July 4 Anne Shirley, American actress (b. 1918) Lola Gaos, Spanish actress (b. 1921) July 7 – Mia Zapata, American punk musician (b. 1965) July 8 – Abul Hasan Jashori, Bangladeshi Islamic scholar and freedom fighter (b. 1918) July 10 – Masuji Ibuse, Japanese writer (b. 1898) July 13 – Davey Allison, American stock car driver (b. 1961) July 14 – Léo Ferré, French poet and singer-songwriter (b. 1916) July 15 Hugo Ballivián, Bolivian general, 44th President of Bolivia (b. 1901) David Brian, American actor (b. 1914) July 18 – Jean Negulesco, Romanian-born film director (b. 1900) July 19 – Gordon Gray, Scottish cardinal (b. 1910) July 25 – Nan Grey, American actress (b. 1918) July 26 – Matthew Ridgway, American army general (b. 1895) July 27 – Reggie Lewis, American basketball player (b. 1965) July 30 – Edward Bernard Raczyński, Polish aristocrat, diplomat, writer, and politician, 8th President of Poland (b. 1891) July 31 Lola Alvarez Bravo, Mexican photographer (b. 1903) King Baudouin of Belgium (b. 1930) August August 1 – Claire Du Brey, American actress (b. 1892) August 3 – James Donald, Scottish actor (b. 1917)