- July 10
- Zheng Xiaoyu, head of State Food and Drug Administration of the People's Republic of China, is executed. [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]
- July 12
- 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 20
- Death of Bill Flemming at age 80 from prostate cancer; sportscaster (60-year career, ABC's Wide World of Sports (1961-), covered more than 600 events, TV announcer for 11 Olympics). [457]
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- Death of senator Antonio Carlos Magalhães, three-time governor of Bahia state, in Brazil at age 79. [101.39]
- July 22
- 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 29
- 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]
- Swedish film director Ingmar Bergman dies, at age 89, at home on Fårö island, off the Baltic coast of Sweden. [7] [38]
- August 5
- Death of Aaron Jean-Marie Cardinal Lustiger, French Cardinal Archbishop of Paris, France (born 1926). [38] [45.76]
- August 6
- Death of Philip Keatley at age 77; writer/producer (The Beachcombers, Cariboo Country, Cold Case). [457]
- 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 at age 82 of prostate cancer; singer (Freddy Martin's Orchestra, "I've Got a Lovely Bunch of Coconuts"), TV host (Tonight Show, Merv Griffin Show), TV show creator (Jeopardy, Wheel of Fortune). [5] [38] [457]
- August 13
- 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 China, Zhang Shuhong, owner of a toy manufacturing company, commits suicide. His company made the flswed toys for Mattel. [45.58]
- August 17
- Death of Eddie Griffin, American basketball player (born 1982). [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 24
- Death of Abdul Rahman Arif, fourth President of Iraq (born 1916). [38]
- August 29
- Death of Richard Jewell, American falsely accused of bombing the Centennial Olympic Park (born 1962). [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 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]
- September 9
- Death of Helmut Senekowitsch, Austrian football player 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 Ralph Kent, Walt Disney Company artist, 1963-2004. [256.B15]
- September 11
- Death of Ian Porterfield, Scottish football player (born 1946). [38]
- September 19
- Death of Antoine Ghanem, Lebanese politician (born 1943). [38]
- September 21
- Death of Hallgeir Brenden, Norwegian athlete (born 1929). [38]
- September 22
- Death of Marcel Marceau, French mime artist (born 1923). [38]
- September 25
- Death of Haidar Abdel Shafi, at age 88, founder and member of the Palestinian Liberation Organization, medical doctor. [188.101]
- September 27
- Death of Bill Perry, South African football player, scored winning goal in the 1953 FA Cup Final (born 1930). [38]
- September 28
- Death of Wally Parks, American founder of the National Hot Rod Association (born 1913). [38]
- September 30
- Death of Milan Jelic, Bosnian-Serb politician (born 1956). [38]
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