References are numbered in [brackets], which are listed here. A number after the dot gives the page in the source.

Last updated: 2008 August 9.

2007 July 1 Death of Gottfried von Bismarck, German aristocrat and socialite (born 1962). [38] July 2 Death of Brahim Déby, son of Chadian president Idriss Déby (born 1980). [38] Death of Vojislav Nikcevic, Montenegrin professor and linguist (born 1935). [38] Death of Beverly Sills, American soprano (born 1929). [38] Death of Dilip Sardesai, Indian cricketer (born 1940). [38] Death of Jimmy Walker, American basketball player (born 1944). [38] Death of Hy Zaret, American lyricist and composer (born 1907). [38] July 3 Death of Claude Pompidou, wife of President of France Georges Pompidou (born 1912). [38] Death of Boots Randolph, American saxophone player (born 1927). [38] July 4 Death of Baris Akarsu, Turkish musician (born 1979). [38] Death of José Roberto Espinosa, Mexican commentator (born 1948). [38] Death of Liane Bahler, German cyclist (born 1982). [38] Death of Johnny Frigo, American jazz violinist and bassist (born 1916). [38] Death of Bill Pinkney, American singer (born 1925). [38] Death of Osvaldo Romo, Chilean agent of the Pinochet's Dirección de Inteligencia Nacional (DINA) (born 1938). [38] July 5 Death of George Melly, English singer/jazzman/writer, at age 80 (born 1926). [38] [97.92] Death of Régine Crespin, French soprano (born 1927). [38] July 6 Death of Lois Wyse, American advertising executive, author, and columnist (born 1926). [38] July 9 Death of Charles Lane, American actor (born 1905). [38] July 10 Zheng Xiaoyu, head of State Food and Drug Administration of the People's Republic of China, is executed. [38] Death of Abdul Rashid Ghazi, Pakistani cleric (born 1964). [38] Death of Corbin Harney, an elder and spiritual leader of the Newe (Western Shoshone) people (born 1920). [38] July 11 Death of Claudia Alta "Lady Bird" Johnson, former First Lady of the United States, environmentalist, at age 94 (born 1912). [38] [100.85] Death of Alfonso López Michelsen, 32nd Colombian President (born 1913). [38] Death of Ed Mirvish, Canadian businessman and philanthropist (born 1914). [38] Death of Shag Crawford, American umpire in Major League Baseball (born 1916). [38] Death of Jimmy Skinner, Detroit Red Wings head coach (born 1917). [38] Death of Richard Franklin, Australian film director (born 1948). [38] July 12 Death of Nigel Dempster, British journalist, author, broadcaster and diarist (b.1941). [38] Death of Pat Fordice, First Lady of Mississippi from 1992 until 2000 (born 1935). [38] Death of Jim Mitchell, pioneer in the pornographic film industry (born 1945). [38] Death of Larry Staverman, American professional basketball player and coach (born 1936). [38] Death of Stan Zemanek, Australian radio broadcaster (born 1947). [38] Death of Mr. Butch, American homeless man living on the streets of Boston, also known as "King of Kenmore Square" (born 1951). [38] July 14 Death of John Ferguson, Canadian professional hockey player, coach and executive (born 1938). [38] July 19 Death of A. K. Faezul Huq, Bangladeshi lawyer and politician (born 1945). [38] July 20 Death of Tammy Faye Messner, American evangelist (born 1942). [38] Death of senator Antonio Carlos Magalhães, three-time governor of Bahia state, in Brazil at age 79. [101.39] July 22 Death of Mike Coolbaugh, American baseball player and coach (born 1972). [38] Death of László Kovács, Hungarian-American cinematographer (born 1933). [38] Death of Ulrich Mühe, German actor (born 1953). [38] Death of Jean Stablinski, French cyclist of Polish origin (born 1932). [38] Death of Aleksandr Tatarskiy, Russian animation film director (born 1950). [38] Death of Jarrod Cunningham, New Zealand rugby player (born 1968). [38] Death of Mohammed Zahir Shah, last King of Afghanistan (ruled 1933-1973) at age 92 (born 1914). [101.88] (July 23 [38]) July 23 Death of Benjamin Libet, American pioneering scientist in the field of human consciousness (born 1916). [38] July 24 Death of Albert Ellis, American psychologist (born 1913). [38] July 26 Death of Skip Prosser, American basketball coach (born 1950). [38] July 27 Death of James Oyebola, British heavyweight boxer (born 1961). [38] July 29 Death of Mike Reid, British comedian and actor (born 1940). [38] Death of Tom Snyder, American talk show host (born 1936). [38] July 30 Death of Michelangelo Antonioni, Italian film director (born 1912). [38] Death of Teoctist Arapasu, Ex-Romanian Orthodox Church Patriarch (born 1915). [38] Death of Bill Walsh, American football coach (born 1931). [38] Swedish film director Ingmar Bergman dies, at age 89, at home on Fårö island, off the Baltic coast of Sweden. [7] [38] August 1 Death of Tommy Makem, Irish folk musician (born 1932). [38] Death of Ryan Cox, South African professional road racing cyclist (born 1979). [38] Death of Veikko Karvonen, Finnish athlete (born 1926). [38] August 2 Death of Holden Roberto, Angolan nationalist leader (born 1923). [38] Death of Chauncey Bailey, American columnist and newspaper editor (born 1949). [38] August 3 Death of James T. Callahan, American actor (born 1930). [38] Death of John Gardner, British author (born 1926). [38] August 4 Death of Lee Hazlewood, American country singer, songwriter and producer (born 1929). [38] Death of Frank Mancuso, American baseball player and politician (born 1918). [38] August 5 Death of Oliver Hill, American lawyer (born 1907). [38] Death of Aaron Jean-Marie Cardinal Lustiger, French Cardinal Archbishop of Paris, France (born 1926). [38] [45.76] August 6 Death of Heinz Barth, German war criminal (born 1920). [38] August 7 Death of Hal Fishman, Los Angeles-based local news anchor (born 1931). [38] Death of Ernesto Alonso, Mexican soap opera actor, director and producer, best known as "Señor Telenovela" (born 1917). [38] Death of Angus Tait, New Zealand electronics innovator and businessman (born 1919). [38] August 8 Death of Ma Lik, Chinese politician (born 1952). [38] Death of Melville Shavelson, American film director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1917). [38] August 9 Death of Joe O'Donnell, American documentary photographer and photojournalist (born 1922). [38] August 10 Death of Tony Wilson, English broadcaster, nightclub manager, and record label owner (born 1950). [38] Death of James Faust, an Apostle in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (born 1920). [38] August 12 Death of Merv Griffin, American TV personality (born 1925). [38] August 13 Death of Brooke Astor, American socialite and philanthropist, in New York at age 105 (born 1902). [38] [68.79] Death of Phil Rizzuto, American baseball player and announcer (born 1917). [38] Death of Brian Adams, American professional wrestler (born 1964). [38] August 14 In western Uganda, a 29-year-old miner dies of Marburg disease, likely contracted from bats in the Kitaka gold mine. [45.40] Death of Tikhon Khrennikov, Russian composer (born 1913 in Yelets, Russia). [38] [77.77] In China, Zhang Shuhong, owner of a toy manufacturing company, commits suicide. His company made the flswed toys for Mattel. [45.58] August 15 Death of Richard Bradshaw, British opera conductor (born 1944). [38] Death of John Gofman, American Manhattan Project scientist and advocate (born 1918). [38] Death of Sam Pollock, Canadian sports executive (born 1925). [38] August 16 Death of Max Roach, American percussionist, drummer, and composer (born 1924). [38] August 17 Death of Eddie Griffin, American basketball player (born 1982). [38] August 18 Death of Michael Deaver, American political adviser (born 1938). [38] August 20 Death of Leona Helmsley, American hotel operator and real estate investor, in New York at age 87 (born 1920). [38] [68.79] August 21 Death of Elizabeth P. Hoisington, American brigadier general (born 1918). [38] Death of Qurratulain Hyder, Indian novelist (born 1926). [38] August 24 Death of Abdul Rahman Arif, fourth President of Iraq (born 1916). [38] August 25 Death of Raymond Barre, French politician and economist (born 1924). [38] Death of Ray Jones, English footballer (born 1988). [38] August 26 Death of Gaston Thorn, Luxembourger politician (born 1928). [38] August 28 Death of Antonio Puerta, Spanish footballer (born 1984). [38] Death of Paul MacCready, designer of flying machines, at age 81. [78] Death of Francisco Umbral, Spanish journalist, novelist, biographer and essayist (born 1935). [38] Death of Miyoshi Umeki, Japanese actress (born 1929). [38] Death of Nikola Nobilo, New Zealand winemaker (born 1913). [38] August 29 Death of Richard Jewell, American falsely accused of bombing the Centennial Olympic Park (born 1962). [38] Death of Pierre Messmer, French politician (born 1916). [38] Death of Chaswe Nsofwa, Zambian footballer (born 1978). [38] Death of James Muir Cameron Fletcher, New Zealand industrialist (born 1914). [38] August 30 Death of Michael Jackson, English writer (born 1942). [38] Death of Charles Vanik, American politician (born 1918). [38] August 31 Death of Gay Brewer, American golfer (born 1932). [38] September 1 Death of Tomás Medina Caracas, Colombian rebel leader (born 1965). [38] Death of Roy McKenzie, New Zealand philanthropist (born 1922). [38] September 2 Death of Max McNab, Canadian hockey player and hockey executive (born 1924). [38] September 3 Death of Jane Tomlinson, British charity fund raiser (born 1964). [38] Death of Syd Jackson, Maori activist and trade unionist (born 1939). [38] September 5 Death of Jennifer Dunn, American politician (born 1941). [38] Death of Paul Gillmor, American politician (born 1939). [38] Death of D. James Kennedy, American evangelist (born 1930). [38] September 6 Death of Madeleine L'Engle, American author (born 1918). [38] Death of Luciano Pavarotti, Italian tenor, at age 71 (born 1935). [38] [81.106] September 7 Death of Mark Weil, Uzbek theater director (born 1952). [38] September 8 Death of Charlie Parlato, American musician (born 1919). [38] September 9 Death of Helmut Senekowitsch, Austrian footballer and coach (born 1933). [38] September 10 Death of Anita Roddick, English entrepreneur, pioneer of green capitalism, founder of Body Shop in 1976 (born 1942). [38] [81.80] Death of Jane Wyman, American actress, former wife of Ronald Reagan (born 1917). [38] September 11 Death of Ian Porterfield, Scottish footballer (born 1946). [38] Death of Joe Zawinul, Austrian musician (born 1932). [38] September 13 Death of Whakahuihui Vercoe, New Zealand clergyman (born 1928). [38] September 14 Death of Benny Vansteelant, Belgian duathlete (born 1976). [38] September 15 Death of Colin McRae, Scottish world rally champion (born 1968). [38] Death of Aldemaro Romero, Venezuelan musician (born 1928). [38] Death of Brett Somers, American actress (born 1924). [38] September 16 Death of Robert Jordan, American author (born 1948). [38] September 19 Death of Antoine Ghanem, Lebanese politician (born 1943). [38] September 20 Death of Mahlon Clark, American musician (born 1923). [38] September 21 Death of Hallgeir Brenden, Norwegian athlete (born 1929). [38] Death of Alice Ghostley, American actress (born 1926). [38] Death of Rex Humbard, American evangelist (born 1919). [38] Death of Petar Stambolic, Serbian politician (born 1912). [38] September 22 Death of Marcel Marceau, French mime artist (born 1923). [38] September 23 Death of Ken Danby, Canadian artist (born 1940). [38] September 26 Death of Bill Wirtz, American businessman (born 1929). [38] September 27 Death of Bill Perry, South African footballer, scored winning goal in the 1953 FA Cup Final (born 1930). [38] Death of Avraham Shapira, Israeli chief rabbi (born 1914). [38] Death of Kenji Nagai, Japanese journalist (born 1957). [38] September 28 Death of Wally Parks, American founder of the National Hot Rod Association (born 1913). [38] September 29 Death of Lois Maxwell, Canadian actress (born 1927). [38] September 30 Death of Milan Jelic, Bosnian-Serb politician (born 1956). [38]