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Actors Who Died in July 2022

  • Jul 2 Alain de Cadenet, English auto racer (3 x 24 Hours of Le Mans class 3rd place) and broadcaster (Speed Channel, ESPN, Velocity Channel, Petrolicious website), dies at 76
  • Jul 3 Ni Kuang, Hong Kong-American screenwriter and novelist (The 36th Chamber of Shaolin), dies at 87 [1]
  • Jul 4 Hank Goldberg, American sports broadcaster (radio colour commentator Miami Dolphins 1978-92; ESPN2, ESPN Radio), dies from chronic kidney disease at 82

James Caan (1940-2022)

Jul 6 American actor (Brian's Song; The Godfather; Rollerball; Misery; Elf), dies at 82 [1] [2]

  • Jul 7 (Patrick Henry) "Adam" Wade, American pop singer (The Writing On The Wall), actor (Kiss Me Goodbye), and 1st US Black game show host (Musical Chairs), dies of complications from Parkinson's disease at 87
  • Jul 8 Larry Storch, American stage and screen comic and character actor (F Troop - "Cpl. Agarn"; Tennessee Tuxedo - "Prof. Whoopee"), dies at 99
  • Jul 8 Tony Sirico, American actor (The Sopranos - "Paulie Walnuts"; Cop Land; Family Guy), dies at 79
  • Jul 11 Monty Norman [Noserovitch], British big band singer, songwriter (False Hearted Lover), and film composer (James Bond Theme), dies at 94
  • Jul 14 Ivana Trump (née Zelníčková), Czech-American model and ex-wife of Donald Trump (1st Wives Club), dies after a fall inside her Manhattan apartment at 73
  • Jul 21 Taurean Blacque [Herbert Middleton Jr], American stage and screen actor (Hill Street Blues - "Det. Neal Washington"), and adoption advocate, dies at 82
  • Jul 23 Bob Rafelson, American Emmy Award-winning television producer (The Monkees), and film maker (Five Easy Pieces; Easy Rider; Head), dies at 89
  • Jul 24 David Warner, British Emmy Award-winning stage, screen, radio, and voice actor (Masada; Star Trek VI; Time Bandits), dies of lung cancer at 80
  • Jul 25 Paul Sorvino, American stage and screen actor (Goodfellas; Law and Order, 1991-92; Dick Tracy; That's Life), dies at 83
  • Jul 25 Yoko Shimada, Japanese actress (Mariko in the miniseries Shōgun) and author (Kir Royal), dies of rectal cancer complications at 69 in a solitary death after no one showed up to claim her body [1]
  • Jul 26 Joan Kenmore, American child actress (The Wizard of Oz), dies at 90
  • Jul 27 Burt Metcalfe, Canadian-American television actor (Father of the Bride), screenwriter and producer (M*A*S*H), dies of sepsis at 87
  • Jul 27 Mary Alice [Smith], American stage and screen actress (Fences - Tony Award, 1987; I'll Fly Away - Emmy Award, 1993; A Different World - "Lettie"), dies at 85 or 80 [year of birth disputed]
  • Jul 27 Tony Dow, American actor (Leave it to Beaver - "Wally"), director, and sculptor, dies of cancer at 77
  • Jul 28 Bernard Cribbins, British character actor (Old Jack’s Boat; Doctor Who – “Wilfred Mott”; The Railway Children), voice-over artist (The Wombles; Jackanory), and novelty song singer (Right Said Fred), dies at 93
  • Jul 30 Pat Carroll, American comedienne and Emmy Award-winning actress (The Little Mermaid - "Ursula"; Make Room for Daddy), dies at 95
  • Jul 30 [Grace] Nichelle Nichols, American actress (Star Trek - "Lt. Uhura") and singer (Down To Earth; "Fly Me To The Moon"), dies at 89