- July 13
- Death of Compay Segundo, Cuban musician (Buena Vista Social Club) (born 1907). [24]
- July 18
- The body of David Kelly, a scientist at the British Ministry of Defence, is found a few miles from his home, leading to the Hutton inquiry. [24] (July 17 [1270.267])
- July 22
- Uday and Qusay Hussein, sons of Saddam Hussein, are killed by the U.S. military in Iraq, after being tipped off by an informant. [24]
- July 24
- Death of Al Eben at age 85; actor (Doc Bergman - Hawaii Five-0 TV show). [457]
- July 25
- Death of Erik Braunn ar age 52 of cardiac arrest in Los Angeles, California, USA; lead guitarist (Iron Butterfly - "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" (1968)), songwriter, musician, producer. [457]
- July 29
- Death of Luther Henderson Junior at age 84 of cancer; orchestra leader/arranger (50+ Broadway shows, arranged 100+ songs for The Canadian Brass, Duke Ellington, The Bell Telephone Hour, The Ed Sullivan Show, The Polly Bergen Show). [457]
- July 30
- Death of Sam Phillips at age 80; Sun Records founder (Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, Roy Orbison, Carl Perkins). [24] [457]
- August 4
- Death of Frederick Chapman Robbins, American pediatrician and virologist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1916). [24]
- August 16
- Death of Idi Amin, Ugandan dictator (born 1924). [24]
- August 19
- Death of Sérgio Vieira de Mello, Brazilian diplomat (born 1948). [24]
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- Death of Carlos Roberto Reina, President of Honduras (born 1926). [24]
- August 24
- Death of the East German author, Herbert Otto. Among his noted works are: Zeit der Störche (Time of the Storks), and the novel Der Traum vom Elch (The Dream of the Moose). [37]
- August 28
- In the USA, Brian Douglas Wells wears a time bomb explosive fastened to his neck, and dies. The event stands out as the most bizarre event in the history of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. [24]
- August 30
- Death of Charles Bronson AKA Charles Buchinsky of Alzheimer's and pneumonia at age 81; actor (Travels of Jaimie McPheeters, Empire, Family of Cops I, II, & III). [24] [457]
- September 5
- Death of Marie LaFeche AKA Gisele MacKenzie at age 76; singer and program host (CBC radio show, Your Hit Parade TV show, Jack Benny Show TV show, "Hard to Get" song). [457]
- September 7
- Death of Warren Zevon at age 56 of lung cancer; rocker and songwriter ("Excitable Boy", "Werewolves of London" (1978)). [24] [457]
- September 9
- Death of Hungarian-American physicist Edward Teller in Stanford, California, USA, "father of the hydrogen bomb", proposed the Strategic Defence Initiative. [24] [400.76]
- September 10
- Swedish Foreign Minister Anna Lindh is stabbed several times while shopping in Stockholm. She dies the following morning of heart and lung failure. (Mijailo Mijailovic is convicted of murder, and sentenced to life in prison.) [7]
- September 11
- Actor John Ritter is stricken by a previously undiagnosed heart problem during the taping of the TV sitcom 8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter, dying in hospital at age 54. [24] [467]
- September 12
- Death of Johnny Cash at age 71 of complications from diabetes that resulted in respiratory failure; country singer (Johnny Cash and the Tennessee Two - "I Walk the Line" (1956), "Ring of Fire", "A Boy Named Sue", "Folsom Prison Blues"). [5] [24] [457]
- September 13
- Indiana Governor Frank O'Bannon dies after suffering a stroke on September 8 in Chicago, Illinois. Joe Kernan, the Lieutenant Governor, is sworn in as Indiana's 48th Governor. [24]
- September 16
- Death of Sheb Wooley at age 82 from leukemia; singer/songwriter (Hee-Haw TV show theme song, "The Purple People Eater", CMA Comic of the Year), actor (Rawhide TV show). [24] [457]
- September 24
- Death of Edward Said, Palestinian-born literary critic (born 1935). [24]
- September 25
- Death of Franco Modigliani, Italian-born economist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1918). [24]
- September 26
- Death of Robert Palmer at age 54 of a heart attack; singer ("Addicted to Love" (Grammy award)). [24] [457]
- September 27
- Death of Donald O'Connor at age 78; actor/dancer (Francis the Talking Mule, Donald O'Connor Show). [23] [457]
- October 5
- Death of Dan Snyder, Canadian hockey player (born 1978). [24]
- October 7
- Death of Ellen Cannon Reed, American witch and author (born 1943). [24]
- October 12
- Death of Willie Shoemaker, American jockey (born 1931). [5] [24]
- October 13
- Death of Bertram Brockhouse, Canadian physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1918). [24]
- October 16
- Death of László Papp, Hungarian boxer (born 1926). [24]
- Death of Stu Hart, wrestling promoter (born 1915). [24]
- October 19
- Death of Alija Izetbegovic, Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina (born 1925). [24]
- Death of Michael Hegstrand (Hawk), WWE wrestler (born 1957). [24]
- October 21
- Death of Fred Berry at age 52 of heart trouble; actor (Rerun - What's Happening TV show). [24][457]
- November 5
- Death of Bobby Hatfield at age 63 of a heart attack in his sleep; singer (The Righteous Brothers - "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" (1964)). [24] [457]
- November 6
- Death of Mike Lockwood (Crash Holly), WWE wrestler (born 1971). [24]
- November 9
- Death of Art Carney at age 85; actor (Ed Norton - The Honeymooners). [5] [24] [457]
- November 10
- Death of Canaan Banana, first President of Zimbabwe (born 1936). [24]
- Death of Irv Kupcinet from pneumonia at age 91; columnist and TV personality (At Random). [24] [457]
- November 12
- Death of Jonathan Brandis at age 27 by hanging himself; actor (SeaQuest DSV). [24] [457]
- Death of Penny Singletonat age 95 after a stroke; actress (Blondie in the movies and on radio, voice of Jane Jetson - The Jetsons), labor activist. [24] [457]
- November 17
- Death of Don Gibson at age 75 of natural causes; American country music legend ("Oh, Lonesome Me", "Sea of Heartbreak"). [457]
- November 18
- Death of Michael Kamen, American composer (born 1948). [24]
- November 20
- Death of David Dacko, first President of the Central African Republic (born 1930). [24]
- November 26
- Death of Soulja Slim at age 25, shot to death in front of his home in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA; rapper (Juvenile - "Slow Motion"). [24] [457]
- December 5
- Death of Jack Keller, 1984 World Series of Poker champion. [24]
- December 6
- Death of Carlos Manuel Arana Osorio, President of Guatemala (born 1918). [24]
- December 7
- Death of Carl F. H. Henry, American theologian and publisher (born 1913). [24]
- Death of Azie Taylor Morton, U.S. Treasurer (born 1936). [24]
- December 8
- Death of Rubén González, Cuban pianist (Buena Vista Social Club) (born 1919). [24]
- December 9
- Death of Paul Simon, U.S. Senator from Illinois (born 1928). [24]
- December 12
- Death of Geidar Aliev, President of Azerbaijan. [24]
- Death of Keiko, Orca whale from Free Willy. [24]
- December 13
- Death of William Roth, U.S. Senator from Delaware (born 1921). [24]
- December 14
- Death of Jeanne Crain at age 78 in Santa Barbara, California, USA; actress (Meet Me in Saint Louis, GE Theatre, The US Steel Hour, Burke's Law). [24] [457]
- December 16
- Death of Robert Stanfield, Premier of Nova Scotia (born 1914). [24]
- Death of Madlyn Rhue at age 68 from pneumonia and multiple sclerosis; character actress (Murder She Wrote). [457]
- December 19
- Death of Hope Lange at age 72 from a colitis infection; actress (The Ghost and Mrs. Muir, The New Dick Van Dyke Show, Beulah Land TV mini-series). [24] [457]
- Death of Les Tremayne at age 90 of heart failure; actor (First Nighter radio show, The Thin Man radio show, The Falcon radio show, Betty and Bob radio show, The Romance of Helen Trent radio show, One Man's Family TV show, Ellery Queen TV show, Rin Tin Tin TV show, General Hospital TV show). [457]
- December 29
- Death of Earl Hindman of lung cancer at age 61; actor (Wilson - Home Improvement). [24] [457]
- Death of Archbishop Michael Courtney in a hail of bullets as his car is ambushed in Burundi. [100.58]
- December 30
- Death of David Bale, South African-born activist (born 1941). [24]
- Death of John Gregory Dunne, American writer (born 1932). [24]
- December 31
- Death of Arthur R. von Hippel, German-born physicist (born 1898). [24]
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