- Jul 1 Richard Ward, African American actor (Death of a Salesman, Beacon Hill), dies of a heart attack at 64
- Jul 1 Vsevolod Bobrov, Soviet ice hockey left wing (Olympic gold 1956) and soccer striker (3 caps), dies at 56
- Jul 3 Louis Durey, French composer, dies at 91
- Jul 4 Lee Wai Tong, Chinese footballer, dies at 73
Elizabeth Ryan (1891-1979)
Jul 5 American tennis player (26 Grand Slam doubles titles), dies at 87
- Jul 5 Judson Laire, American stage and screen actor (I Remember Mama - "Papa"; Advise and Consent), dies at 76
- Jul 6 Van McCoy, American musician and songwriter (The Hustle), dies of a heart attack at 39
- Jul 7 Dalton Conyngham, South African cricket medium-pace bowler (1 Test, 2 wickets; Natal, Transvaal, Western Province), dies at 82
- Jul 8 Charles Kynard, American soul, jazz, and funk Hammond B-3 organ player (Reelin With The Feelin'), dies at 46
- Jul 8 Michael Wilding, British actor (Stage Fright, Courtney Affair, World of Suzie Wong), dies from a head injury at 66
- Jul 8 Robert B. Woodward, American organic chemist (Nobel 1965), dies at 62
- Jul 8 Sin-Itiro Tomonaga, Japanese physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1906)
- Jul 9 Betty Evans Grayson, American softball pitcher (National Softball Hall of Fame 1959; Chicago Queens), dies at 53
- Jul 9 Cornelia Otis Skinner, American actress and writer (When Our Hearts Were Young & Gay), dies at 78
- Jul 10 Arthur Fiedler, American orchestra leader (Boston Pops), dies at 84
- Jul 11 Claude Wagner, French Canadian judge and politician, dies at 54
- Jul 12 Kalervo Tuukkanen, Finnish composer, dies at 69
- Jul 12 Minnie Ripperton [Andrea Davis], American pop, R&B, and disco singer-songwriter ("Lovin' You"), dies of breast cancer at 31
- Jul 13 Corine Griffith, dies at 84
- Jul 14 George De Witt, American TV host (Name that Tune), dies at 56
- Jul 15 Gustavo Díaz Ordaz, Mexican politician (President of Mexico 1964-70), dies of cancer at 68
- Jul 16 Alfred Deller, English countertenor (b. 1912)
- Jul 16 James F Mcintyre, archbishop of Los Angeles, dies at 93
- Jul 17 Doug Meintjes, South African cricket pace bowler (v England 1922-23), dies
- Jul 21 Ludwig Renn, German writer, dies at 90
- Jul 22 Mikhail Soschtschenko, Soviet Russian writer (The Regained Youth; Before the Dawn), dies at 83
- Jul 22 Sándor Kocsis, Hungarian footballer (Budapest Honvéd), dies at 49
- Jul 22 Tony "Two-Ton" Galento, American heavyweight boxer and actor (On the Waterfront), dies at 69
- Jul 23 Joseph Kessel, French journalist and novelist (Army of the Shadows), dies at 81
- Jul 24 Archie Duncan, Scottish actor (The Adventures of Robin Hood, Sherlock Holmes), dies at 65
- Jul 24 Greg Davis, Australian rugby union flanker (39 Tests, 16 as captain; NSW, Drummoyne DRFC), dies from a brain tumour at 39
- Jul 27 Ettore Manni, Italian actor (Street People, Divine Nymph, Fatal Desire, Heroes in Hell), accidentally shoots himself at 52
- Jul 27 Shirley Mason, actress (Let it Rain, Dark Skies), dies at 79
- Jul 28 Charles Shadwell, British conductor (BBC Variety Orchestra, 1936-46), and bandleader dies at 81
- Jul 29 Bill Todman, American television producer (b. 1916)
Herbert Marcuse (1898-1979)
Jul 29 German-American communist philosopher (One-Dimensional Man, Eros & Civilization), dies at 81
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