Events in Film & TV
COVID-19 Pandemic
Jul 18 Indian actor Amitabh Bachchan and his son Abhishek are hospitalized with COVID-19 in Mumbai
Music History
Jul 22 Kim Kardashian asks for understanding of her husband Kanye West's struggles with his bipolar disorder on Instagram
Deaths in Film & TV
- Jul 1 Hugh Downs, American TV journalist (20/20, Concentration), dies at 99
- Jul 3 Leonardo Villar, Brazilian actor (The Given Word), dies at 96
- Jul 5 Nick Cordero, Canadian Broadway actor (Bullets Over Broadway), dies of COVID-19 complications at 41
- Jul 5 Ragaa al-Gedawy, Egyptian actress (The Stranger), dies of COVID-19 at 81
- Jul 6 Ennio Morricone, Italian trumpeter, and composer of classical music and film scores ("The Mission"; "Cinema Paradiso"; "The Hateful Eight"), dies at 91 [1]
- Jul 8 Naya Rivera, American actress and singer (Glee; Step Up: High Water), drowns while swimming at Lake Piru, near Santa Clarita, California, at 33
- Jul 12 Kelly Preston, American actress (Mischief, Twins, A Tigers Tale), dies of breast cancer at 57
- Jul 16 Brigid Berlin, American actress (Andy Warhol films), dies at 80
- Jul 17 Zizi Jeanmaire, French dancer, singer and actress (Carmen), dies at 96
- Jul 18 Charles Papa, Kenyan comedian and actor (Papa Shirandula), dies at 58
- Jul 21 Annie Ross, British-American jazz singer (Lambert, Hendricks & Ross - "Twisted") and actress, dies from emphysema and heart disease, at 89 [1]
- Jul 22 Carlton Haselrig, American football guard (Pro Bowl 1992; Pittsburgh Steelers) and wrestler (6 x NCAA titles; Pitt-Johnstown), dies from liver disease at 54
- Jul 25 John Saxon, American actor (Bees, Nightmare on Elm St, Electric Horseman), dies of pneumonia at 83
Olivia de Havilland (1916-2020)
Jul 25 British-American Academy Award-winning actress (All the King's Men; The Adventures of Robin Hood; Gone With The Wind; The Heiress),, dies at 104
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