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The following is a list of notable deaths in
January 2009.
January 2009
- Lino Aldani, 82,
Italian
science fiction
writer, lung
disease. [746209]
- Sir John
Fuller, 91, Australian politician and monarchist, member of New South Wales Legislative
Council (1961–1978), cancer. [746210]
- Harry
Hill, 92, British
bronze medal-winning Olympic
cyclist , pneumonia. [746211]
- Thérèse Lavoie-Roux, 80,
Canadian
politician, after long
illness. [746212]
- Eddie Logan, 98,
American
Negro league baseball player, stroke. [746213]
- Dewey
Martin, 68, Canadian
-born
American
drummer (Buffalo
Springfield). [746214]
- Nagesh, 75,
Indian
film comedian, after short illness. [746215]
- Des Newton, 67,
British
craftsman,
maker of model ships in
bottles. [746216]
- Clint Ritchie,
70, American
actor (One Life to
Live), blood clot after heart surgery. [746217]
- Daniel
Seligman, 84, American
columnist (Fortune), multiple myeloma. [746218]
- Erland von
Koch, 98, Swedish
composer. [746219] (Swedish)
- Joanna
Wiszniewicz, 61, Polish
historian. [746220] (Polish)
- José de Almeida Batista
Pereira, 91, Brazilian
Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Guaxupé
(1964–1976). [746221]
- Hans Beck, 79,
German
inventor, creator of Playmobil toys. [746222]
- Mike
Francis, 47, Italian
pop musician, lung
cancer. [746223]
- John Gordy, 73,
American
football player
(Detroit Lions), pancreatic cancer. [746224]
- H. Guy Hunt, 75,
American
politician, Governor of Alabama (1987–1993),
lung cancer. [746225]
- Safar Iranpak,
61, Iranian
footballer,
lung cancer. [746226]
- Ingemar
Johansson, 76, Swedish
world heavyweight boxing
champion (1959–1960), complications from pneumonia. [746227]
- Sune Jonsson,
78, Swedish
photographer and writer. [746228] (Swedish)
- Teddy Mayer, 73,
American
motor racing entrepreneur. [746229]
- Milton Parker,
90, American
businessman, owner of the Carnegie Deli
, respiratory
problems. [746230]
- James
Schevill, 88, American
poet and playwright, stroke.
[746231]
- Stephen
Zetterberg, 92, American
attorney and politician. [746232]
- Pawlu
Aquilina, 79, Maltese
poet and writer. [746233]
- René Berger,
93, Swiss
writer, philosopher and
art historian. [746234] (French)
- Charles Clews,
89, Maltese
comedian. [746235]
- Hank Crawford,
74, American
jazz, rhythm and blues saxophonist, complications from a stroke. [746236]
- Bill Frindall,
69, British
cricket statistician,
Legionnaire's disease.
[746237]
- Karl Gass, 91,
German
documentary filmmaker, natural causes. [746238] (German)
- Hélio
Gracie, 95, Brazilian
martial artist, creator
of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.
[746239]
- George
Holmes, 81, British
historian. [746240]
- John
Martyn, 60, British
singer and songwriter,
pneumonia. [746241]
- Gyula
Pálóczi, 46, Hungarian
athlete, heart disease. [746242]
- Roy Saunders,
78, British
footballer (Liverpool, Swansea City). [746243]
- Charles H. Smelser, 88, American
politician, Maryland Delegate (1955–1963)
and State Senator
(1967–1995). [746244].
- Roy Somlyo, 83,
American
theatre producer,
cancer. [746245]
- François
Villiers, 88, French
film director. [746246] (French)
- Robert S. Barton, 83, American
computer
engineer. [746247]
- Gene Corbett,
95, American
baseball player (Philadelphia Phillies).
[746248]
- Glenn
Davis, 74, American
Olympic gold medal hurdler, after
long illness. [746249]
- John Patrick
Diggins, 73, American
historian, colorectal cancer. [746250]
- Lucille M. Mair, 84, Jamaican
diplomat. [746251]
- Vasilij Melik,
88, Slovenian
historian. [746252] (Slovenian)
- Billy Powell,
56, American
musician (Lynyrd Skynyrd), heart attack. [746253]
- Berta
Rosenberg, 112, German
-born
American
supercentenarian,
oldest Jewish person. [746254]
- Mira Rostova,
99, Russian
-born American
acting coach. [746255]
- Peter Serry, 35,
Kenyan
football
player, coach and administrator, fire. [746256]
- Robert L. Stone, 87, American
CEO of The Hertz Corporation, heart failure. [746257]
- Angel
Wainaina, 25, Kenyan
actress, fire. [746258]
- Wendell Wyatt,
91, American
politician, member of the
United States
House of Representatives for Oregon
(1964–1975). [746259]
- Mamman Bello
Ali, 50, Nigerian
politician, Senator (1999–2007), Governor of Yobe State since
2007, leukemia. [746260]
- Connie
Buckley, 93, Irish
hurler. [746261]
- Christian
Enzensberger, 77, German
anglicist, author and
translator. [746262] (German)
- Koji Kakizawa,
75, Japanese
politician, Minister for
Foreign Affairs (1994), esophageal
cancer. [746263]
- Blair Lent, 79,
American
author and illustrator (Tikki Tikki Tembo), pneumonia. [746264]
- Michael
Majerus, 54, British
geneticist. [746265]
- Aubrey
Powell, 90, British
footballer. [746266]
- Mino Reitano,
64, Italian
singer, after long illness. [746267] (Italian)
- Sharat
Sardana, 40, British
screenwriter (Goodness Gracious
Me), streptococcal
infection. [746268]
- John Updike, 76,
American
author (Rabbit Is Rich, The Witches of Eastwick),
lung cancer. [746269]
- R. Venkataraman, 98, Indian
politician, President (1987–1992), multiple organ failure.
[746270]
- Billy Wilson, 81, American
football player
(San Francisco 49ers), cancer. [746271]
- James
Brady, 80, American
columnist (PARADE, New York Post). [746272]
- Ahmad Hasan
Dani, 88, Pakistani
archaeologist.
[746273]
- Jerry Fowler,
68, American
football player
(Houston Oilers), Louisiana
Elections
Commissioner (1980–2000), heart
failure. [746274]
- John Isaacs, 93,
American
basketball player
(New York Renaissance),
stroke. [746275]
- Roy Johnson, 49, American
baseball player, heart attack. [746276]
- Zakan Jugelia,
Abkhaz
politician, shot. [746277]
- Don Ladner, 60,
New
Zealand
rugby league player,
heart attack. [746278]
- Sir Donald
Luddington, 88, British
High Commissioner for
Western Pacific (1973–76), Hong Kong
ICAC
Commissioner (1978–80). [746279]
- Avraham
Ravitz, 75, Israeli
politician, member of the
Knesset
(1988–2009), heart
failure. [746280]
- David
Sabiston, 84, American
physician, pioneer of heart
surgery, stroke. [746281]
- Alan Scott, 72, Australian oven manufacturer, heart
failure. [746282]
- Mamadou Dia, 98,
Senegalese
politician, Prime Minister (1957–1962).
[746283]
- Leon Klenicki,
78, American
rabbi, colorectal cancer. [746284]
- Ewald Kooiman,
70, Dutch
organist, cardiac
arrest. [746285] (German)
- Ed Lyons, 85,
American
baseball player (Washington Senators). [746286]
- Kim Manners, 58,
American
television
producer and director
(The X-Files, Supernatural), lung cancer. [746287]
- John Murray,
93, Australian politician. [746288]
- Hiroshi
Oguchi, 58, Japanese
artist and musician. [746289]
- Antonio
Pagán, 50, American
politician, New York City Councilman (1992–1998),
Commissioner of Employment (1998–2002). [746290]
- Marguerite, Baroness de
Reuter, 96, British
aristocrat, last heir of
the Reuters family, granddaughter-in-law of
Paul Reuter. [746291]
- Gérard
Blanc, 61, French
singer and guitarist, cerebral hemorrhage. [746292]
- Fernando
Cornejo, 39, Chilean
footballer,
stomach cancer. [746293]
- Mariana
Bridi da Costa, 20, Brazilian
model, complications
from necrotic septicemia. [746294]
- Olivia Irvine
Dodge, 90, American
philanthropist.
[746295]
- Leonard
Gaskin, 88, American
jazz bassist. [746296]
- Marie Glory, 103,
French
actress. [746297] (French)
- Reg
Gutteridge, 84, British
boxing commentator and journalist, after short illness. [746298]
- Edith Hahn
Beer, 95, Austrian
Holocaust survivor.
[746299]
- Diane Holland,
78, British
actress, bronchial pneumonia. [746300]
- Karl
Koller, 79, Austrian
footballer,
Alzheimer's disease.
[746301]
- Len Perme, 91,
American
baseball player.
[746302]
- Olga Raggio, 82,
Italian
-born American
art scholar and curator, cancer. [746303]
- Thomas
Ambrose Tschoepe, 93, American
Bishop of
Dallas.
[746304]
- Kay Yow, 66, American
women's
basketball coach (NC State
), breast
cancer. [746305]
- H. J. Blackham, 105,
British
humanist and
writer. [746306]
- Martin
Delaney, 63, American
HIV activist, complications from liver cancer. [746307]
- Irving
Feiner, 84, American
freedom of speech
advocate, ruptured cerebral
aneurysm. [746308]
- Helen
Maksagak, 77, Canadian
politician, first
Inuk Northwest Territories
Commissioner (1995–1999) and Nunavut (1999–2000).
[746309]
- Sybil Moses, 69,
American
judge (New Jersey Superior Court) and
lawyer, breast
cancer. [746310]
- George Perle,
93, American
composer, after long
illness. [746311]
- Anna
Radziwiłł, 69, Polish
historian and politician. [746312]
- Robert W. Scott, 79, American
politician, Governor of North Carolina
(1969–1973), natural causes.
[746313]
- Percy
Smith, 86, Canadian
politician, Member of Parliament for
Northumberland—Miramichi
(1968–1974). [746314]
- Panapasa
Balekana, 79, Fijian
-born Solomon Island
co-writer of the Solomon Islands national
anthem. [746315]
- John Alan
Beesley, 81, Canadian
diplomat. [746316]
- Chau Sen
Cocsal Chhum, 103, Cambodian
politician, Prime Minister (1962).
[746317]
- Bob
Doyle, 93, Irish
activist, last surviving Irish
member of the International
Brigade in the Spanish Civil
War. [746318]
- Bill Herchman,
75, American
football
player. [746319]
- Vivian Illing,
108, American
centenarian, one of the
last survivors of the 1906
San Francisco earthquake. [746320]
- Pentti Kouri,
59, Finnish
economist and investor, after long illness. [746321] (Finnish)
- Liang Yusheng,
85, Chinese
novelist, natural causes. [746322]
- Clément
Pinault, 23, French
footballer,
heart attack. [746323]
- Darrell
Sandeen, 73, American
actor (L.A. Confidential), stroke. [746324]
- Louis-Paul-Armand Simonneaux,
93, French
bishop of
Versailles.
[746325]
- Billy Werber,
100, American
baseball player, last
living teammate of Babe Ruth, oldest
living MLB player, natural causes. [746326]
- Mbongeleni Zondi, 39, South African Zulu chief,
shot. [746327]
- Irina
Belotelkin, 96, Russian
-born American
couturier. [746328]
- Ernie Bourne, 82, Australian actor. [746329]
- Pat Crawford, 75, Australian Test
cricketer, after long illness. [746330]
- Vic Crowe, 76,
British
footballer
(Aston Villa, Peterborough) and manager (Aston
Villa, Portland
Timbers), after long illness. [746331]
- Shane Dronett,
38, American
football player
(Atlanta Falcons), suicide. [746332]
- Astrid
Folstad, 76, Norwegian
actress. [746333] (Norwegian)
- Jean Jadot, 99,
Belgian
Roman Catholic prelate and diplomat, Vatican Ambassador
to the US (1974–1980), after long illness. [746334]
- Finn
Kobberø, 73, Danish
badminton player.
[746335]
- Horace R. Kornegay, 84, American
politician, member of the
U.S.
House of
Representatives from North Carolina
(1961–1969). [746336]
- Kunal Mitra, 44,
Indian
actor, heart attack. [746337]
- Peter
Persidis, 61, Austrian
footballer,
cancer. [746338]
- Veatrice Rice,
59, American
television
personality (Jimmy Kimmel
Live!), cancer. [746339]
- Daphne Rooke, 94, South African author.
[746340]
- Charles H. Schneer, 88, American
film producer
(Jason and the
Argonauts), Alzheimer's
disease. [746341]
- Chris
Chianelli, 58, American
hobbyist, writer and television
host, natural causes.
[746342]
- Constance
Cook, 89, American
politician, member of the
New York State Assembly
(1963–1974). [746343]
- Johnny Dixon,
85, British
footballer
(Aston Villa), complications from
Alzheimer's disease.
[746344]
- David S. Dodge, 86, American
President of
American
University of Beirut
(1996–1997), cancer.
[746345]
- Joe
Domnanovich, 89, American
football
player. [746346]
- Mark Fernando,
67, Sri
Lankan
jurist, member of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka,
cancer. [746347]
- Mickey Gee, 64,
British
rock and roll guitarist, emphysema. [746348]
- Stéphanos II Ghattas, 89, Egyptian
Coptic Catholic
prelate,
Patriarch of Alexandria (1986–2006). [746349]
- Stan Hagen, 68,
Canadian
member of the Legislative Assembly of British
Columbia
(1986–1991, since 2001), heart attack. [746350]
- Dante Lavelli,
85, American
football player
(Cleveland Browns), Hall of
Famer
(1975), heart
failure. [746351]
- David Newman, 75, American
jazz saxophonist (Fathead), pancreatic cancer. [746352]
- Dina Vierny, 89,
Russian
-born French
model.
[746353]
- Anastasia
Baburova, 25, Russian
journalist, shot. [746354]
- E. Balanandan,
84, Indian
politician and trade
unionist, lung cancer.
[746355]
- Beatrice
Farve, 113, American
supercentenarian,
verified second oldest person in the
world. [746356]
- Hugh
Lindsay, 81, British
Roman Catholic
prelate, Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle
. [746357]
- Stanislav
Markelov, 34, Russian
civil rights lawyer, shot.
[746358]
- Dennis
Fountain Page, 89, British
Anglican prelate, Bishop of Lancaster
(1975–1985). [746359]
- Raymond
Parker, 89, British
sprint canoer.
[746360]
- Luigi Preti, 94,
Italian
politician, natural causes. [746361] (Italian)
- José Torres, 72, Puerto Rican boxer,
Olympic silver medallist , heart attack. [746362]
- Joop Wille, 88,
Dutch
footballer (EDO and The Netherlands).
[746363] (Dutch)
- Max Borges
Jr., 90, Cuban
architect. [746364]
- Kathleen
Byron, 88, British
actress (Black Narcissus, A Matter of Life and
Death, The House in
the Square), after long illness. [746365]
- Holly Coors, 88,
American
activist and philanthropist, after long illness.
[746366]
- Tony Hart, 83,
British
artist and television presenter. [746367]
- Nora Kovach, 77,
Hungarian
-born American
ballerina, after short
illness. [746368]
- Bob May, 69,
American
actor (Lost in Space, The Time Tunnel), heart failure. [746369]
- Zenonas
Petrauskas, 58, Lithuanian
lawyer and politician. [746370] (Lithuanian)
- Bal Samant, 85,
Indian
writer, after long
illness. [746371]
- James E. Swett, 88, American
fighter pilot, Medal of Honor recipient, after long
illness. [746372]
- Grigore Vieru,
73, Moldovan
poet, car accident. [746373]
- Tomislav
Crnković, 79, Croatian
footballer. [746374] (Croatian)
- Susanna
Foster, 84, American
actress and singer (Phantom of the
Opera). [746375]
- Gary
Hill, 67, American
basketball player.
[746376]
- Anders
Isaksson, 65, Swedish
writer, reporter and historian. [746377] (Swedish)
- Mary Lundby, 60,
American
politician, member of the
Iowa
Senate
since 1995, cervical
cancer. [746378]
- Malcolm MacPherson, 65, American
journalist, heart attack. [746379]
- Paul Nicholls, 62,
Australian first-class cricketer, cancer. [746380]
- Marjorie
Parker Smith, 92, American
figure skater.
[746381]
- Mike
Parkinson, 60, New
Zealand
rugby union
player. [746382]
- Edmund Leopold de Rothschild,
93, British
financier and horticulturist. [746383]
- Arthur
Weisberg, 77, American
bassoonist, pancreatic cancer. [746384]
- Sidney
Brichto, 72, American
-born British
Liberal
rabbi. [746385]
- Jim Carvin, 79,
American
political strategist,
heart failure. [746386]
- Joe
Erskine, 78, American
boxer and ultramarathon runner. [746387]
- Judith
Hoffberg, 74, American
art librarian and archivist,
lymphoma. [746388]
- Claudio Milar,
34, Uruguayan
footballer,
bus crash. [746389]
- Whitey
Mitchell, 76, American
jazz musician and
comedy writer (Get Smart, All in the Family, The Jeffersons), cancer. [746390]
- Sir John
Mortimer, 85, British
barrister, novelist and dramatist
(Rumpole of the
Bailey), after long illness. [746391]
- Robert
Palmer, 74, American
vintner, blood infection. [746392]
- Bogdan
Tirnanić, 67, Serbian
journalist.
[746393] (Serbian)
- Andrew Wyeth,
91, American
painter (Christina's World), after short
illness. [746394]
- Abdirahman
Ahmed, Somali
politician, shot. [746395]
- Ovini Bokini,
64, Fijian
chief and politician. [746396]
- Maurice
Chappaz, 92, Swiss
author and poet. [746397]
- Olivier
Clement, 87, French
Eastern Orthodox
theologian. [746398] (Romanian)
- William Close,
84, American
physician, helped stem
2007 Congo ebola epidemic, father
of actress Glenn Close, heart attack. [746399]
- Veronica
Dudarova, 92, Russian
symphony conductor. [746400]
- Tommy
Jones, 54, American
baseball player, manager
and coach, brain cancer. [746401]
- Tommy Muñiz, 86, Puerto Rican television producer and comedian, after long illness. [746402]
- Said Seyam, 50,
Palestinian
government official, Interior
Minister (2006–2007), airstrike.
[746403]
- Tapan Sinha, 84,
Indian
film director,
bronchopneumonia. [746404]
- Craig Stimac,
54, American
baseball player
(San Diego Padres),
suicide. [746405] (Italian)
- Lillian
Willoughby, 93, American
Quaker
activist, founder of Take Back the Night. [746406]
- Trammell Crow,
94, American
real estate
developer. [746407]
- Mike
Derrick, 65, American
baseball player (Boston Red Sox). [746408]
- Dušan
Džamonja, 80, Croatian
sculptor, heart failure. [746409]
- Peter E. Fleming Jr., 79, American
criminal defense
lawyer, complications from lung surgery. [746410]
- Jan
Kaplický, 71, Czech
-born
British
architect. [746411]
- The Mighty
Duke, 77, Trinidadian
calypsonian,
myelofibrosis. [746412]
- Ricardo
Montalbán, 88, Mexican
-born American
actor (Fantasy Island, Star Trek II: The Wrath of
Khan), heart failure.
[746413]
- Angela Morley,
84, British
composer and conductor. [746414]
- Aron Moscona,
87, Israeli
-born American
biologist, heart failure. [746415]
- Leo Rwabwogo, 59, Ugandan boxer, Olympic medallist (1968, 1972). [746416]
- Gennadiy
Shatkov, 76, Russian
Soviet
-era boxer, Olympic gold medalist
(1956). [746417]
- Ayman Alkurd,
34, Palestinian
footballer,
airstrike.
[746418]
- Pedro Aguilar,
81, American
dancer, heart failure. [746419]
- Hortense
Calisher, 97, American
author. [746420]
- Tommy Casey, 78,
British
footballer. [746421]
- Mikhail
Donskoy, 61, Russian
programmer, co-developer
of the first world
computer chess champion (Kaissa).
[746422]
- John Edmondson, 2nd Baron
Sandford, 88, British
politician and Anglican priest.
[746423]
- Mary Ejercito,
103, Filipino
mother of former President Joseph Estrada, heart seizure and stomach aneurysm. [746424]
- Preston
Gómez, 85, Cuban
-born
American
baseball player, coach and manager (San
Diego Padres). [746425]
- Umar Israilov,
27, Russian
critic of Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov, shot. [746426]
- Lanny Kean, 48,
American
professional
wrestler, heart
attack. [746427]
- Jean Keene, 85,
American
bird feeder, natural causes. [746428]
- Gary Kurfirst,
61, American
music manager.
[746429]
- Sir Dai
Llewellyn, 62, British
socialite, bone cancer. [746430]
- Patrick
McGoohan, 80, American
-born Irish
actor (The Prisoner, Braveheart), after short illness.
[746431]
- James B. Pearson, 88, American
politician, member of the
United States Senate from Kansas (1962–1978). [746432]
- Mansour
Rahbani, 83, Lebanese
composer and musician, pneumonia. [746433]
- Nicholas
Andrew Rey, 70, Polish
-born
American
diplomat, Ambassador to Poland
(1993–1997), lung cancer.
[746434]
- William De Witt Snodgrass, 83,
American
poet, lung cancer. [746435]
- Folke
Sundquist, 83, Swedish
actor. [746436] (Swedish)
- Richard Tyler, 92, British
architect. [746437]
- Eben van Zijl,
77, Namibian
politician.
[746438] (German)
- Nancy Bird Walton, 93,
Australian aviator,
natural causes. [746439]
- Peter
Ward, 95, British
Olympic athlete. [746440]
- Claude Berri,
74, French
film director
(Jean de Florette,
Manon des Sources),
Academy Award winner, stroke. [746441]
- Russ Craft, 89,
American
football player
(Philadelphia Eagles, Pittsburgh Steelers). [746442]
- Friaça, 84,
Brazilian
footballer,
multiple organ
failure. [746443]
- Mick Imlah, 52,
British
poet, motor neurone disease. [746444]
- David
Kerr, 86, British
politician, MP for Wandsworth
Central (1964–1970). [746445]
- Arne Næss,
96, Norwegian
philosopher, founder of
deep ecology. [746446]
- Michael
Russell, 88, Irish
Roman Catholic
prelate, Bishop of Waterford and
Lismore. [746447]
- Alejandro
Sokol, 48, Argentine
rock and roll
musician, cardio-respiratory
failure. [746448] (Spanish)
- B. V. Subbamma, 83,
Indian
Lutheran theologian. [746449]
- Allen
Zwerdling, 86, American
theatre director
and actor. [746450]
- Maurice L. Albertson, 91, American
Peace Corps architect,
founder of Village Earth.
[746451]
- Andy DeMize, 25,
American
drummer (Nekromantix), car
accident. [746452]
- Shigeo Fukuda,
76, Japanese
sculptor and graphic artist, subarachnoid hemorrhage.
[746453]
- Jack
Gifford, 68, American
businessman (Maxim Integrated Products),
heart attack. [746454]
- Epeli Hau'ofa,
70, Fijian
writer and anthropologist, after short illness.
[746455]
- Bert Hazell,
101, British
politician and trade unionist; MP (1964–1970), oldest
modern MP. [746456]
- Bob Kilby, 64,
British
motorcycle
speedway rider, cancer. [746457]
- Pio Laghi, 86,
Italian
Cardinal for
San Pietro
in Vincoli
, Vatican Ambassador
to the US (1980–1990), hematologic disease. [746458]
- Pat Lindsey, 72,
American
politician, member of the
Alabama Senate (1967–1974, since
1982), heart attack.
[746459]
- Freddie Mack,
74, British
boxer and musician. [746460]
- Ricardo Martínez de Hoyos,
90, Mexican
painter, pneumonia. [746461] (Spanish)
- François, 9th duc de
Noailles, 103, French
noble.
[746462] (Dutch)
- Tom O'Horgan,
84, American
theater
director
(Hair, Jesus Christ Superstar),
complications of Alzheimer's
disease. [746463]
- Frederic M. Richards, 83, American
biochemist, natural causes. [746464]
- Vivian Ridler,
95, British
printer.
[746465]
- Lorene Rogers,
94, American
educator, President of
the University of Texas at Austin (1974–1979). [746466]
- Milan
Rúfus, 80, Slovak
poet and academic. [746467]
- Daryl Seaman,
86, Canadian
businessman, co-owner of
the Calgary Flames. [746468]
- Jon Tvedt, 42,
Norwegian
orienteer and mountain runner, fall. [746469] (Norwegian)
- Victor
Vacquier, 101, American
geophysicist, pneumonia. [746470]
- David Vine, 74,
British
sports presenter,
heart attack. [746471]
- Anabel Bosch,
32, Filipino
singer, cerebral aneurysm. [746472]
- Georges
Cravenne, 94, French
publicity agent, founder
of the César Award. [746473]
- Rob Gauntlett,
21, British
mountaineer, youngest
Briton to climb Mount
Everest
, climbing accident. [746474]
- Peter Kollock,
49, American
sociologist, motorcycle accident. [746475]
- Gil Mains, 79,
American
football
player. [746476]
- Jean
Pelletier, 73, Canadian
politician, Mayor of Quebec City
(1977–1989), Chief of Staff
(1993–2001), cancer. [746477]
- Eluned
Phillips, 94, British
writer, crowned bard at the National Eisteddfod of Wales
(1967, 1983), pneumonia. [746478]
- Colin Phipps,
74, British
petroleum geologist and MP (1974–1979). [746479]
- Ivor Spencer,
84, British
toastmaster.
[746480]
- Bill Stone, 108,
British
World War I
veteran. [746481]
- Coosje van
Bruggen, 66, Dutch
-born
American
sculptor, wife of Claes Oldenburg, breast cancer. [746482]
- Jack Wheeler,
89, British
footballer. [746483]
- Sidney Wood, 97,
American
tennis player, Hall of
Fame
(1964), third-youngest winner of Wimbledon
(1931). [746484]
- Ray Yoshida, 78,
American
painter, cancer. [746485]
- Elżbieta
Zawacka, 99, Polish
World War II freedom
fighter. [746486]
- Dave Dee, 67,
British
singer (Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky,
Mick & Tich), prostate
cancer. [746487]
- Harry Endo, 87,
American
actor (Hawaii Five-O), stroke. [746488]
- Jon Hager, 67,
American
country musician and
comedian (Hee
Haw). [746489]
- René Herms,
26, German
middle distance runner.
[746490]
- Joe Hirsch, 80,
American
horse racing journalist, Parkinson's disease. [746491]
- T. Llew Jones,
93, British
Welsh language
writer. [746492]
- Peter Lane, Baron Lane of
Horsell, 83, British
businessman and politician. [746493]
- Pál
Németh, 71, Hungarian
hammer throw coach,
heart failure. [746494]
- Kaarle Ojanen,
90, Finnish
chess player.
[746495]
- Dave
Roberts, 64, American
baseball pitcher, lung
cancer. [746496]
- Jean Sassi, 91,
French
army colonel. [746497] (French)
- Jack F. Shaw, 70, American
cross country
running coach. [746498]
- David Smiley,
92, British
SOE
officer. [746499]
- Ljubica
Sokić, 94, Serbian
painter.
[746500] (Serbian)
- Tom Van
Flandern, 68, American
astronomer, colon cancer. [746501]
- Sir Neil
Wheeler, 91, British
Air Chief
Marshal. [746502]
- Frank
Williams, 50, American
baseball player, heart attack. [746503]
- Don Galloway,
71, American
actor (Ironside), stroke. [746504]
- Bjorn Haugan,
66, Norwegian
operatic lyric tenor.
[746505]
- Gaston
Lenôtre, 88, French
pastry chef and caterer, after long illness. [746506]
- Irene
Melikoff, 91, Russian
-born French
Turkologist.
[746507]
- Charles
Morgan, Jr., 78, American
lawyer, complications of
Alzheimer's disease.
[746508]
- Richard
John Neuhaus, 72, Canadian
-born American
Roman Catholic priest and theologian, founder of First Things, cancer. [746509]
- Zbigniew
Podlecki, 68, Polish
motorcycle speedway rider. [746510]
- Deborah Riedel, 50, Australian soprano,
cancer. [746511]
- Leonidas
Vargas, 60, Colombian
drug trafficker,
shot. [746512]
- Cornelia
Wallace, 69, American
First Lady of Alabama
(1971–1978), second wife of Governor George Wallace, cancer. [746513]
- Lasantha
Wickrematunge, 50, Sri
Lankan
journalist, shot. [746514]
- Yaakov Banai,
89, Israeli
Lehi commander. [746515] (Hebrew)
- Don Callender,
81, American
businessman, founder of Marie Callender's restaurants.
[746516]
- J. D. H.
Catleugh, 88, British
artist. [746517]
- Alfie Conn,
Sr., 82, British
footballer. [746518]
- Alex van Heerden, 34, South African musician,
car accident. [746519]
- Jacques
Littlefield, 59, American
owner of the Military Vehicle Technology
Foundation
, colon
cancer. [746520]
- Robert T. Monagan, 88, American
politician, Speaker of the
California State Assembly (1969–1970), after long
illness. [746521]
- Puck
Oversloot, 94, Dutch
swimmer, Olympic silver
medallist (1932).
[746522] (Dutch)
- Anália de Victória
Pereira, 67, Angolan
politician.
[746523]
- Ray Dennis
Steckler, 70, American
film director
(Rat Pfink a Boo Boo),
cardiac arrest. [746524]
- Bob Wilkins, 76,
American
television
personality, horror film host, complications from Alzheimer's disease. [746525]
- Ron Asheton, 60,
American
rock guitarist (The
Stooges), heart attack
(death announced on this date). [746526]
- Nino
Bongiovanni, 97, American
baseball player.
[746527]
- Vivian Della
Chiesa, 94, American
soprano and Broadway
theatre
performer. [746528]
- Maria
Dimitriadi, 57, Greek
singer, lung
disease. [746529]
- John T. Elfvin, 91, American
federal judge, justice
of the
Western District of New York since 1974. [746530]
- Manuela Fernández-Fojaco, 113,
Spanish
supercentenarian, verified oldest person in
Europe. [746531]
- Alan Geisler,
78, American
condiment inventor and food
chemist, protein disorder.
[746532]
- Cheryl
Holdridge, 64, American
actress (The Mickey Mouse Club), lung cancer. [746533]
- John
Holt, 90, British
physicist. [746534]
- Robert
Ilosfalvy, 81, Hungarian
opera singer.
[746535] (Hungarian)
- Claude Jeter,
94, American
gospel music singer. [746536]
- Frank Richard Maloney, 63,
American
writer and poet. [746537]
- John Scott
Martin, 83, British
actor (Doctor Who, I,
Claudius, Z-Cars), Parkinson's disease. [746538]
- Richard
Seaver, 82, American
owner of Arcade
Publishing, heart
attack. [746539]
- Ghulam
Mohammad Shah, 88, Indian
politician, Chief
Minister of Jammu and Kashmir (1984–1986), after long
illness. [746540]
- John Street, 77, British
snooker referee, pulmonary disease. [746541]
- Victor
Sumulong, 62, Filipino
politician, Congressman
(1998–2007), Mayor of Antipolo
City since 2007, diabetes.
[746542]
- Charlie
Thomson, 78, British
footballer. [746543]
- Griffin Bell,
90, American
judge, Fifth
Circuit Appeals Court (1961–1976), U.S. Attorney General (1977–1979), pancreatic cancer. [746544]
- Sonny Fai, 20,
New
Zealand
rugby league player
(New Zealand Warriors), missing
presumed drowned. [746545]
- Gautam
Goswami, 43, Indian
civil servant accused of corruption, pancreatic cancer. [746546]
- Harry Kinnard,
93, American
Army lieutenant general. [746547]
- Dale
Livingston, 63, American
football player
(Green Bay Packers), complications
from heart surgery. [746548]
- Mario
Magnotta, 66, Italian
Internet
celebrity, pulmonary
embolism. [746549] (Italian)
- Adolf Merckle,
74, German
businessman, suicide by
train
impact. [746550]
- Zakaria
Mohieddin, 90, Egyptian
Prime
Minister (1965–1966). [746551] (Arabic)
- Stanton
Parris, 78, Barbadian
cricket umpire,
after short illness. [746552]
- Roland
Piquepaille, 62, French
software
engineer and technology writer, complications from digestive virus. [746553] (French)
- Carl Pohlad, 93,
American
banker, owner of the Minnesota Twins. [746554]
- Jimmy Rayner,
73, British
footballer. [746555]
- Verna Mae
Slone, 94, American
author and quilter, complications from a fall. [746556]
- Mircea
Stănescu, 39, Romanian
politician, MP (2004–2008), apparent
suicide by gunshot. [746557]
- Ned Tanen, 77,
American
executive
(Universal Pictures), natural causes. [746558]
- Sam
Taylor, 74, American
blues musician,
complications from heart
disease. [746559]
- Betty Freeman,
87, American
philanthropist. [746561]
- K. K.
Govind, 92, Indian
freedom
fighter. [746562]
- Gedalio
Grinberg, 77, Cuban
-born
American
founder of Movado
Group, natural causes.
[746563]
- Ivan Gubijan,
85, Croatian
hammer thrower,
Olympic medalist
(1948), after long
illness. [746564]
- India, 18,
American
pet cat of President George W. Bush. [746565]
- Gert Jonke, 62,
Austrian
writer and poet, cancer. [746566]
- Arvid Knutsen,
64, Norwegian
footballer
(Viking FK), brain
tumor. [746567] (Norwegian)
- Jon Latimer, 44,
British
historian, heart attack. [746568]
- Bob Lazarus, 52,
American
comedian, leukemia. [746569]
- Sudhir
Ranjan Majumdar, 75, Indian
politician, Chief Minister of Tripura
(1988–1992), heart
attack. [746570]
- John
McGillicuddy, 78, American
CEO of
Manufacturers Hanover
(1971–1991), Chemical Banking
(1991–1993), prostate cancer.
[746571]
- Giselle
Salandy, 21, Trinidadian
boxer, car accident. [746572]
- Abu Zakaria
al-Jamal, 49, Palestinian
senior Hamas leader,
air
strike. [746573]
- Charles
Camilleri, 77, Maltese
composer. [746574]
- John Grindrod, 89, Australian Anglican prelate, Archbishop of
Brisbane (1980–1989). [746575]
- Pat Hingle, 84,
American
actor (Splendor in the Grass,
Hang 'Em High, Batman), blood cancer. [746576]
- Li Zuopeng, 94,
Chinese
general and politician. [746577]
- Ulf G. Lindén, 71, Swedish
entrepreneur, heart failure. [746578] (Swedish)
- Sam McQuagg, 73,
American
race car driver, NASCAR Rookie of the Year (1965),
cancer. [746579]
- Hisayasu
Nagata, 39, Japanese
politician, suicide by jumping. [746580]
- Olga San Juan,
81, American
actress, kidney failure. [746581]
- Matt Sczesny,
76, American
scout for the Boston Red Sox, cancer. [746582]
- Sir Alan
Walters, 82, British
economist. [746583]
- Leonard
Andrews, 83, American
art patron, prostate cancer. [746584]
- Inger
Christensen, 73, Danish
poet, novelist and essayist. [746585]
- John
DeFrancis, 97, American
sinologist. [746586]
- Ralph Gibson, 84, American
flying ace of the
Korean War. [746587]
- Hank DeZonie,
86, American
basketball player.
[746588]
- Steven
Gilborn, 72, American
actor (Ellen), cancer. [746589]
- Valentina
Giovagnini, 28, Italian
singer, car crash. [746590] (Italian)
- Ian Greaves, 76,
British
footballer and
manager (Mansfield Town, Bolton Wanderers). [746591]
- Tony Gregory,
61, Irish
politician, member of
Dáil Éireann, cancer. [746592]
- Joe
Henry, 78, American
baseball player (Memphis Red Sox, Negro Leagues). [746593]
- Ryuzo Hiraki,
77, Japanese
footballer,
pneumonia. [746594]
- Maria de
Jesus, 115, Portuguese
supercentenarian, world's verified oldest person, septic
shock. [746595]
- John Olav
Larssen, 81, Norwegian
evangelical preacher. [746596] (Norwegian)
- Rashid III, 78, Emirati
ruler of Umm al-Quwain
. [746597]
- Nick Scandone,
42, American
yachtsman, paralympian gold medallist (2008), Lou Gehrig's disease.
[746598]
- Olgierd
Zienkiewicz, 87, British
civil
engineer. [746599]
- Aarne Arvonen,
111, Finnish
supercentenarian,
last
surviving veteran of the Finnish
Civil War. [746600] (Finnish)
- Todd H. Bullard, 77, American
educator, complications
from diabetes. [746601]
- Walter Haynes,
80, American
steel guitarist.
[746602]
- John Morrow, 77, British
Presbyterian minister and peace activist. [746603]
- Fahid
Mohammed Ally Msalam, 32, Kenyan
Al-Qaeda leader, allegedly behind Marriott hotel bombings, airstrike. [746604]
- Claiborne
Pell, 90, American
Senator from
Rhode
Island
(1961–1997), creator of the Pell Grant, Parkinson's disease. [746605]
- Gert Petersen,
81, Danish
journalist and politician. [746606] (Danish)
- Robert
Prince, 89, American
Major,
recipient of the Distinguished
Service Cross. [746607]
- Edmund Purdom,
84, British
actor. [746608]
- Nizar Rayan, 49,
Palestinian
Hamas military and political leader, airstrike.
[746609]
- Willard Warren Scott, Jr., 82,
American
general, head of United
States Military Academy
(1981–1986), Parkinson's disease. [746610]
- Johannes
Mario Simmel, 84, Austrian
writer. [746611]
- Henry King
Stanford, 92, American
academic, president of the University
of Miami
(1962–1981). [746612]
- Helen Suzman, 91, South African anti-apartheid
activist and politician, MP (1953–1989). [746613]
- Sheikh
Ahmed Salim Swedan, Kenyan
Al-Qaeda leader, airstrike.
[746614]