and coach (b. 1927) June 28 – Kiichi Miyazawa, 78th Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1919) July–August July 3 Claude Pompidou, French philanthropist (b. 1912) Boots Randolph, American saxophonist (b. 1927) July 5 – Régine Crespin, French soprano (b. 1927) July 8 – Chandra Shekhar, Indian politician and eighth Prime Minister (b. 1927) July 11 Lady Bird Johnson, former First Lady of the United States (b. 1912) Alfonso López Michelsen, 32nd Colombian President (b. 1913) July 20 – Kai Siegbahn, Swedish physicist (b. 1918) July 22 László Kovács, Hungarian-American cinematographer (b. 1933) Ulrich Mühe, German actor (b. 1953) Jean Stablinski, French cyclist of Polish origin (b. 1932) July 23 Ernst Otto Fischer, German chemist (b. 1918) Mohammed Zahir Shah, last King of Afghanistan (b. 1914) July 24 – Albert Ellis, American psychologist (b. 1913) July 28 – Isidore Isou, French poet, film critic and artist (b. 1925) July 30 Michelangelo Antonioni, Italian film director (b. 1912) Teoctist Arăpaşu, Ex-Romanian Orthodox Church Patriarch (b. 1915) Ingmar Bergman, Swedish film director (b. 1918) August 1 – Ryan Cox, South African professional road racing cyclist (b. 1979) August 4 – Lee Hazlewood, American country and pop singer, songwriter, and record producer (b. 1929) August 5 – Jean-Marie Lustiger, French Cardinal Archbishop of Paris (b. 1926) August 10 – Tony Wilson, English broadcaster, nightclub manager, and record label owner (b. 1950) August 12 – Merv Griffin, American television personality (b. 1925) August 16 – Max Roach, American percussionist, drummer, and composer (b. 1924) August 20 – Leona Helmsley, American hotel operator and real estate investor (b. 1920) August 24 – Abdul Rahman Arif, 3rd President of Iraq (b. 1916) August 25 – Raymond Barre, French politician and economist (b. 1924) August 26 – Gaston Thorn, Luxembourger politician, 19th Prime Minister of Luxembourg (b. 1928) August 28 – Miyoshi Umeki, Japanese actress (b. 1929) August 29 – Pierre Messmer, French politician (b. 1916) September–October September 3 – Steve Fossett, American businessman, aviator, sailor, and adventurer (b. 1944) September 6 Madeleine L'Engle, American writer (b. 1918) Luciano Pavarotti, Italian tenor (b. 1935) September 7 – John Compton, Prime Minister of Saint Lucia (b. 1925) September 10 Anita Roddick, English entrepreneur (b. 1942) Jane Wyman, American actress (b. 1917) September 11 – Joe Zawinul, Austrian musician (b. 1932) September 15 – Colin McRae, Scottish world rally champion (b. 1968) September 16 – Robert Jordan, American author (b.