Famous People Who Died in July 1997

Jul 2 Jimmy Stewart, American actor (The Philadelphia Story and It's a Wonderful Life), dies of a pulmonary embolism at 89

Jul 4 Charles Kuralt, news anchor (CBS Sunday Morning), dies at 62
Jul 5 Mrs. Miller, American singer (A Lover's Missouri), dies at 89
Jul 6 Brun Smith, New Zealand cricket batsman (4 Tests @ 47.40), dies at 75
Jul 7 Jerry Doggett, American sportscaster (Brooklyn and Los Angeles Dodgers), dies at 80
Jul 13 Alexandra Danilova, Russian-American ballerina (The Turning Point), dies at 92
Jul 13 Miguel Ángel Blanco, Spanish politician (b. 1968)
Jul 15 Alan Chaig, paleontologist (Carl Sagan of BBC), dies at 70

Jul 15 Gianni Versace, Italian fashion designer (Versace), shot and murdered by Andrew Cunanan at 50

Jul 16 Dora Maar, French photographer, painter and poet, lover of Picasso, dies at 89
Jul 18 Eugene M. Shoemaker, American planetary scientist and geologist (Shoemaker-Levy comet), dies at 69
Jul 20 Linda Stirling, college prof/B movie actress (Pretender), dies at 75
Jul 20 Clifford McWatt, West Indian cricket wicketkeeper (6 Tests, 10 dismissals), dies in a car crash at 75
Jul 23 Chūhei Nambu, Japanese track and field athlete (Olympic gold 1932), dies at 93

Jul 24 Andrew Cunanan, serial killer (Gianni Versage), commits suicide
Jul 24 Saw Maung, general/president of Myanmar (Burma) (1988-92), dies
Jul 24 William J. Brennan, Jr. American Supreme Court judge (1956-90), dies at 91
Jul 24 Brian Glover, British actor and wrestler (Alien 3, Kes), dies of a brain tumour at 63
Jul 24 Frank Parker, American tennis player (4-time Grand Slam singles winner), dies at 81

Jul 25 Ben Hogan, American golfer (9-time major title winner; US masters 1951, 53), dies of a stroke at 84

Jul 25 Dora Maar, Picasso model/companion, dies at 89
Jul 25 Margaret Farrer, midwife, dies at 83
Jul 27 K'Tut Tantri, broadcaster/hotelier, dies at 99
Jul 27 Isabel Dean, English actress (Five Days One Summer Virgin Island, Ransom), dies at 79
Jul 28 Seni Pramoj, Prime Minister of Thailand (1945-46, 75, 76), dies
Jul 28 Rosalie Crutchley, British actress (Armchair Theatre: Black Limelight, Four Weddings and a Funeral), dies at 77
Jul 29 Chuck Wayne [Jagelka], America session and jazz guitarist ( Woody Herman; George Shearing; Tony Bennett), dies of emphysema at 74

Jul 30 Bảo Đại, last Emperor of Vietnam (1926-45) and Chief of State of South Vietnam (1949-55), dies at 85