Famous People Who Died on July 12

• Chaney, Lon Jr. (1973)

  Larry Talbot, the guy who becomes The Wolf Man (1941)

• Douglas, David (1834)

  The Scottish botanist whose 19th centry exploits led to the Douglas-fir

• Dreyfus, Alfred (1935)

  The French captain wrongly accused of treason in 1894

• Erasmus (1526)

  The humanist scholar who wrote The Praise of Folly

• Hamilton, Alexander (1804)

  Co-author of The Federalist Papers

• Madison, Dolley (1849)

  Socialite First Lady of the United States, 1809-1817

• Murphy, Bridey (1995)

  Hypnotic regression celebrity of the 1950s

• Preston, Kelly (2020)

  The Jerry Maguire actress who was married to John Travolta

• Schwartz, Sherwood (2011)

  The creator of Gilligan's Island and The Brady Bunch

• Snow, Tony (2008)

  White House press secretary, 2006-07

• Westheimer, Ruth (2024)

  The short, spunky German sex expert of the late 20th century

See also: Born on July 12