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===1901–present=== *[[1905]] – [[Walter Kittredge]], American violinist and composer (born 1834) *[[1913]] – [[Louis Hémon]], French-Canadian author (born 1880) *[[1917]] – [[Tom Thomson]], Canadian painter (born 1877) *[[1921]] – [[Ellen Oliver (suffragette)]], British suffragette and purity activist (born 1870)<ref name=":0">{{Cite ODNB|title=Barltrop, Mabel [name in religion Octavia] (1866–1934), prophet and founder of the Panacea Society|url=https://www.oxforddnb.com/display/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-93402|access-date=20 April 2024|date=2012|language=en|doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/93402|last1=Shaw|first1=Jane}}</ref> *[[1930]] – [[Joseph Ward]], Australian-New Zealand businessman and politician, 17th [[Prime Minister of New Zealand]] (born 1856) *[[1933]] – [[Anthony Hope]], English author and playwright (born 1863) *[[1934]] – [[Benjamin Baillaud]], French astronomer and academic (born 1848) *[[1939]] – [[Havelock Ellis]], English psychologist and author (born 1859) *[[1941]] – [[Moses Schorr]], Polish rabbi, historian, and politician (born 1874) *[[1942]] – [[Louis Franchet d'Espèrey]], Algerian-French general (born 1856) * 1942 – [[Refik Saydam]], Turkish physician and politician, 5th [[Prime Minister of Turkey]] (born 1881) *[[1943]] – [[Jean Moulin]], French soldier (born 1899) *[[1950]] – [[Othmar Spann]], Austrian sociologist, economist, and philosopher (born 1878) *[[1952]] – [[August Alle]], Estonian lawyer, author, and poet (born 1890) *[[1956]] – [[Giovanni Papini]], Italian journalist, author, and critic (born 1881) *[[1965]] – [[Thomas Sigismund Stribling]], American lawyer and author (born 1881) *[[1967]] – [[Vivien Leigh]], British actress (born 1913)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Edge |first1=Simon |title=Salacious secrets lay behind the glamorous life of Gone With The Wind star Vivien Leigh |url=https://www.express.co.uk/celebrity-news/440670/Salacious-secrets-lay-behind-the-glamorous-life-of-Gone-With-The-Wind-star-Vivien-Leigh |access-date=28 June 2022 |work=[[Daily Express]] |date=2 November 2013 |quote=She died at her flat in London's Belgravia on July 8, 1967 when the TB flared up again. On the night her death was announced, every theatre in central London turned out its front of house lights for an hour.}}</ref> *[[1968]] – [[Désiré Mérchez]], French swimmer and water polo player (born 1882) *[[1971]] – [[Kurt Reidemeister]], German mathematician connected to the Vienna Circle (born 1893) *[[1972]] – [[Ghassan Kanafani]], Palestinian writer and politician (born 1936) *[[1973]] – [[Gene L. Coon]], American screenwriter and producer (born 1924) * 1973 – [[Ben-Zion Dinur]], Russian-Israeli educator and politician, 4th [[Education Minister of Israel]] (born 1884) * 1973 – [[Wilfred Rhodes]], English cricketer and coach (born 1877) *[[1979]] – [[Sin-Itiro Tomonaga]], Japanese physicist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (born 1906) * 1979 – [[Michael Wilding]], English actor (born 1912) * 1979 – [[Robert Burns Woodward]], American chemist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (born 1917) * 1981 – [[Joe McDonnell (hunger striker)]], Irish Republican Army member (born 1951)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://republicansinnfein.org/hunger-strike-roll-of-honour/|title=Roll of Honor/Hunger Strikers|date=6 May 2014}}</ref> *[[1981]] – [[Bill Hallahan]], American baseball player (born 1902) *[[1985]] – [[Phil Foster]], American actor and screenwriter (born 1913) * 1985 – [[Jean-Paul Le Chanois]], French actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1909) *[[1986]] – [[Skeeter Webb]], American baseball player and manager (born 1909) *[[1987]] – [[Lionel Chevrier]], Canadian lawyer and politician, 27th [[Minister of Justice (Canada)|Canadian Minister of Justice]] (born 1903) * 1987 – [[Gerardo Diego]], Spanish poet and author (born 1896) *[[1988]] – [[Ray Barbuti]], American runner and football player (born 1905) *[[1990]] – [[Howard Duff]], American actor (born 1913) *[[1991]] – [[James Franciscus]], American actor (born 1934) *[[1993]] – [[Abul Hasan Jashori]], Bangladeshi Islamic scholar and freedom fighter (born 1918)<ref>{{cite Banglapedia|author=Afaz Uddin, Muhammad|article=Jashori, Abul Hasan}}</ref> *[[1994]] – [[Christian-Jaque]], French director and screenwriter (born 1904) * 1994 – [[Kim Il Sung]], North Korean commander and politician, [[Eternal leaders of North Korea#Presidency of North Korea before 1994|President of North Korea]] (born 1912) * 1994 – [[Lars-Eric Lindblad]], Swedish-American businessman and explorer (born 1927) * 1994 – [[Dick Sargent]], American actor (born 1930) *[[1996]] – [[Irene Prador]], Austrian-born actress and writer (born 1911) *[[1998]] – [[Lilí Álvarez]], Spanish tennis player, author, and feminist (born 1905)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://dbe.rah.es/biografias/6893/elia-maria-gonzalez-alvarez-y-lopez-chicheri|title=Elia María González Álvarez y López-Chicheri|last=Riaño González|first=Catalina|website=Real Academia de la Historia (Royal Academy of History)|language=es|access-date=2019-08-03}}</ref> *[[1999]] – [[Pete Conrad]], American captain, pilot, and astronaut (born 1930) *[[2001]] – [[John O'Shea (director)|John O'Shea]], New Zealand director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1920) *[[2002]] – [[Ward Kimball]], American animator and trombonist (born 1914) *[[2004]] – [[Paula Danziger]], American author and educator (born 1944) *[[2005]] – [[Maurice Baquet]], French actor and cellist (born 1911) *[[2006]] – [[June Allyson]], American actress and singer (born 1917) *[[2007]] – [[Chandra Shekhar]], Indian lawyer and politician, 9th [[Prime Minister of India]] (born 1927) * 2007 – [[Jack B. Sowards]], American screenwriter and producer (born 1929) *[[2008]] – [[John Templeton]], American-born British businessman and philanthropist (born 1912) *[[2009]] – [[Midnight (musician)|Midnight]], American singer-songwriter (born 1962) *[[2011]] – [[Roberts Blossom]], American actor and poet (born 1924) * 2011 – [[Betty Ford]], First Lady of the United States (born 1918) *[[2012]] – [[Muhammed bin Saud Al Saud]], Saudi Arabian politician (born 1934) * 2012 – [[Ernest Borgnine]], American actor (born 1917) * 2012 – [[Gyang Dalyop Datong]], Nigerian physician and politician (born 1959) * 2012 – [[Martin Pakledinaz]], American costume designer (born 1953) *[[2013]] – [[Dick Gray]], American baseball player (born 1931) * 2013 – [[Edmund Morgan (historian)|Edmund Morgan]], American historian and author (born 1916) * 2013 – [[Claudiney Ramos]], Brazilian footballer (born 1980) * 2013 – [[Rubby Sherr]], American physicist and academic (born 1913) * 2013 – [[Sundri Uttamchandani]], Indian author (born 1924) * 2013 – [[Brett Walker]], American songwriter and producer (born 1961) *[[2014]] – [[Plínio de Arruda Sampaio]], Brazilian lawyer and politician (born 1930) * 2014 – [[John Evans (Idaho governor)|John V. Evans]], American soldier and politician, 27th [[Governor of Idaho]] (born 1925) * 2014 – [[Ben Pangelinan]], Guamanian businessman and politician (born 1956) * 2014 – [[Howard Siler]], American bobsledder and coach (born 1945) * 2014 – [[Tom Veryzer]], American baseball player (born 1953) *[[2015]] – [[Ken Stabler]], American football player and sportscaster (born 1945) * 2015 – [[James Tate (writer)|James Tate]], American poet (born 1943) *[[2016]] – [[Abdul Sattar Edhi]], Pakistani philanthropist (born 1928) *[[2018]] – [[Tab Hunter]], American actor, pop singer, film producer and author (born 1931)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newsday.com/entertainment/celebrities/recent-notable-deaths-1.1236203|title= Tab Hunter|date=2018-08-10|newspaper=Newsday Entertainment/Celebrities}}</ref> *[[2020]] – [[Naya Rivera]], American actress, model and singer (born 1987)<ref>{{cite news|last=Aiello|first=McKenna|title=Naya Rivera Dead at 33: Actress' Body Recovered 5 Days After Boating Accident|website=E! Online|date=July 13, 2020|url=https://www.eonline.com/news/1169008/naya-rivera-dead-at-33-actress-body-recovered-5-days-after-boating-accident?source=enewsapp-share&medium=share-icons&content=article-detail-page|access-date=July 13, 2020}}</ref> * 2020 – [[Alex Pullin]], Australian snowboarder (born 1987)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.onthisday.com/deaths/july/8|title=Famous Deaths on July 8|website=On This Day|access-date=2020-08-25}}</ref> *[[2022]] – [[Shinzo Abe]], Japanese politician (born 1954)<ref>{{cite news | url=https://edition.cnn.com/asia/live-news/shinzo-abe-japan-pm-collapses-nara-07-08-22-intl-hnk/index.html | title=July 8, 2022 Shinzo Abe shot dead in Nara, Japan | date=8 July 2022 |work=CNN}}</ref> * 2022 – [[Larry Storch]], American actor and comedian (born 1923)<ref name="barnes">{{cite news|url = https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/larry-storch-dead-f-troop-1235177225/|title = Larry Storch, Corporal Randolph Agarn on 'F Troop,' Dies at 99|newspaper = [[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date = July 8, 2022|accessdate = July 8, 2022|last = Barnes|first = Mike}}</ref> * 2022 – [[Luis Echeverría]], Mexican lawyer and politician (born 1922)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-07-14 |title=Luis Echeverría obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jul/14/luis-echeverria-obituary |access-date=2022-07-14 |website=the Guardian |language=en}}</ref> * 2022 – [[Tony Sirico]], American actor (born 1942)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Gates |first=Anita |date=2022-07-09 |title=Tony Sirico, an Eccentric Gangster on 'The Sopranos,' Dies at 79 |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/08/arts/television/tony-sirico-dead.html |access-date=2022-07-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220713140504/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/08/arts/television/tony-sirico-dead.html |archive-date=2022-07-13 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
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