– George Reeves, American television actor (b. 1914) June 18 Ethel Barrymore, American stage and screen actress (b. 1879) Vincenzo Cardarelli, Italian poet (b. 1887) June 20 – Hitoshi Ashida, Japanese politician, 34th Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1887) June 22 Félix Guignot, French physician (b. 1882) Bruce Harlan, American Olympic diver (b. 1926) June 23 Cesare Maria De Vecchi, Italian soldier (b. 1884) Maria Gorczyńska, Polish actress (b. 1899) Boris Vian, French writer, poet, singer, and musician (b. 1920) June 25 Farajallah el-Helou, Lebanese militant (b. 1906) Charles Starkweather, American spree killer (b. 1938) June 27 Elias, Duke of Parma (b. 1880) Giovanni Pastrone, Italian actor, director and screenwriter (b. 1883) June 30 – José Vasconcelos, Mexican politician, writer and philosopher (b. 1882) July July 2 – Sergei Chetverikov, Russian biologist (b. 1880) July 3 – Johan Bojer, Norwegian novelist and dramatist (b. 1872) July 6 – George Grosz, German artist (b. 1893) July 7 Hermenegildo Anglada Camarasa, Spanish painter (b. 1871) Ernest Newman, English music critic (b. 1868) July 11 – Charlie Parker, English cricketer (b. 1882) July 14 – Grock, Swiss clown (b. 1880) July 15 Ernest Bloch, Swiss-born American composer (b. 1880) Agostino Gemelli, Italian Franciscan friar and reverend (b. 1878) July 17 – Billie Holiday, American singer (b. 1915) July 20 – William D. Leahy, American admiral (b. 1875) July 25 Yitzhak HaLevi Herzog, Polish-born Chief Rabbi of Ireland, and later of Israel (b. 1888) King Mutara III of Rwanda (b. 1911) July 26 – Manuel Altolaguirre, Spanish poet (b. 1905) July 27 – Aleksandar Tsankov, 21st Prime Minister of Bulgaria (b. 1879) July 30 Heinie Conklin, American actor (b. 1886) María Natividad Venegas de la Torre, Mexican Roman Catholic nun and saint (b. 1868) August August 2 – Mary Teresa Norton, American politician (b. 1875) August 3 Herb Byrne, Australian rules footballer (b. 1887) Fernando Carpi, Italian tenor (b. 1876) August 4 – Ioan Bălan, Romanian Orthodox prelate (b. 1880) August 5 – Edgar A. Guest, English poet (b. 1881) August 6 – Preston Sturges, American film director and writer (b. 1898) August 8 Albert Namatjira, Australian Aboriginal artist (b. 1902) Luigi Sturzo, Italian Roman Catholic priest and politician (b. 1871) Henry St. George Tucker, American Episcopal bishop and reverend (b. 1874) Luis Araquistáin, Spanish politician and writer (b. 1886) August 9 Emil František Burian, Czechoslovak poet (b. 1904) Noboru Ishizaki, Japanese admiral (b.