- Jul 1 Moshé Feldenkrais, Ukrainian-Israeli engineer and physicist (founder of the Feldenkrais method), dies at 80
- Jul 2 Paul Dozois, Quebec politician (b. 1908)
- Jul 2 Ramiro Cortes, Mexican-American composer, dies of heart failure at 50
- Jul 3 Raoul Salan, French Army general and leader of OAS; Secret Army Organization (Algeria), dies at 85
- Jul 4 Jimmie Spheeris, American singer-songwriter ("You Must Be Laughing Somewhere"; "Let It Flow"), dies when his motorcycle is struck by drunken driver at 34
- Jul 5 Don Elliott [Helfman], American jazz trumpeter, vibraphonist, mellophone player, and vocalist, dies of cancer at 57
- Jul 5 Gaston Vandermeulen, Flemish actor (Heilig Experiment, The Arrival of Joachim Stiller), dies at 79
- Jul 7 Carl Boenish, American father of BASE jumping, dies at 43
- Jul 7 Flora Robson, actress (Great Day, Frieda), dies in her sleep at 82
- Jul 8 Brassaï [Gyula Halász], Hungarian-French artist, dies at 84
- Jul 8 Christine McIntyre, American actress and singer (The Three Stooges, The Rangers' Round-Up), dies from cancer at 73
- Jul 9 Peter Hurd, American painter (Portrait of Jose Herrera), dies at 80
- Jul 9 Randall Thompson, American composer (Trip to Nahant), dies at 85
- Jul 11 Karel Mengelberg, Dutch composer and conductor, dies at 81
- Jul 13 John Davis, American weightlifter (Olympic gold bantamweight 1948, heavyweight 1952), dies from cancer at 63
- Jul 14 Al Schacht [Clown prince of baseball], American baseball player, dies at 91
- Jul 14 Ernest Tidyman, American author and screenwriter (Shaft; The French Connection), dies at 56
- Jul 14 Kenny Delmar, American comedian (School House), dies at 74
- Jul 14 Philippe Wynne, American soul singer ("I'll Be Around"), dies of a heart attack at 43
- Jul 14 Siegfried Köhler, German composer (Tausend Sterne sind ein Dom), dies at 57
- Jul 16 Billy Williams, American singer (Your Show of Shows), dies at 73
- Jul 17 J Delos Jewkes, American light opera, vaudeville, choral (Mormon Tabernacle), film and television bass singer, and actor (Stars And Stripes Forever; The Music Man; The Andy Griffith Show), dies of a heart attack at 89
- Jul 19 Carol Eberts Veazie, actress (Maude Endles-Norby), dies at 89
- Jul 19 Faina Ranevskaya, Russian actress (b. 1896)
- Jul 19 Geert Lubberhuizen, Dutch publisher (Busy Bee), dies at 68
- Jul 20 Gail Kubik, American composer (Gerald McBoing Boing), dies at 69
- Jul 20 Jim Fixx, American jogger and writer (Jim Fixx on Running), dies at 52
- Jul 21 Michael Osborne, American rock guitarist and vocalist (Axe), dies at 34
- Jul 23 Lloyd Gough, American actor (Sunset Boulevard, The Front, The Green Hornet), dies of aortic aneurysm at 76
- Jul 25 Bryan Hextall, Canadian Hockey Hall of Fame right wing (NY Rangers; 3-time 1st team NHL All Star), dies from a heart attack at 70
- Jul 25 Willie Mae "Big Mama" Thornton, American rhythm-and-blues singer and songwriter ("Hound Dog"; "Ball & Chain"; "Stronger Than Dirt"), dies of heart and liver disorders at 57
Ed Gein (1906-1984)
Jul 26 American serial killer who was the inspiration for the films "Psycho" and "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre", dies of lung cancer at 77
George Gallup (1901-1984)
Jul 26 American survey sampling pioneer and inventor of the Gallup poll, dies of a heart attack at 82
- Jul 27 Guillermo Díaz-Plaja, Spanish literary and poet (Lorca), dies at 75
- Jul 27 James Mason, British actor (Lolita, North by Northwest, Bloodline, Boys From Brazil), dies of a heart attack at 75
- Jul 27 Oswald Jacoby, US contract bridge champion, dies at 81
- Jul 28 Ahti Sonninen, Finnish composer (Pessi and Illusia, Rauhaa, vain rauhaa), dies at 70
- Jul 28 Bess Flowers 'The Queen of Hollywood Extras', American actress (View from Pompey's Head), dies at 85
- Jul 29 Fred Waring, American bandleader, conductor, and Waring Blender namesake, dies at 84
- Jul 29 Woodrow Parfey, American actor (Time Express), dies at 61 of a heart attack
- Jul 30 Maurice Tremlett, cricketer (England pace bowler 1948-49), dies
- Jul 31 Bill Raisch, American one armed actor (The Fugitive, Spartacus, Sweet Smell of Success), dies from lung cancer at 79
- Jul 31 Paul Le Flem, French composer and music critic, dies at 103
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