Deaths in January 2011

The following is a list of notable deaths in January 2011.

January 2011

1

• Nikolay Abramov, 26, Russian footballer. (Russian)
• Anna Anni, 84, Italian costume designer (Otello). (Italian)
• Georgiy Ball, 83, Russian writer. (Russian)
• Branko Bokun, 90, Yugoslavian writer.
• Peter Branson, 86, British admiral.
• Sir Robin Carnegie, 84, British army general.
• Marin Constantin, 85, Romanian musician, conductor and composer.
• Charles Fambrough, 60, American jazz musician and composer.
• Gil Garfield, 77, American songwriter and musician (The Cheers), cancer.
• Bruce Halliday, 84, Canadian physician and politician, MP for Oxford (1974–1993).
• Gerd Michael Henneberg, 88, German actor. (German)
• Sonia Humphrey, 63, Australian television presenter and journalist.^[1]
• Flemming Jørgensen, 63, Danish actor and musician (Bamses Venner), heart attack. (Danish)
• Verne Langdon, 69, American musician, record producer and make-up artist.
• John Olguin, 89, American aquarium official, director of the Cabrillo Marine Aquarium (1949–1987).
• Billy Joe Patton, 88, American golfer.
• Louise Reiss, 90, American physician, co-ordinator of the Baby Tooth Survey.
• John Rice, 92, American baseball umpire (1955–1973).
• Faizal Yusof, 32, Malaysian actor, heart attack.

2

• Bali Ram Bhagat, 88, Indian politician, Speaker of the Lok Sabha (1976–1977) and Governor of Rajasthan (1993–1998).
• Kate Ebli, 52, American politician, member of the Michigan House of Representatives (2006–2010).
• Anne Francis, 80, American actress (Honey West, Forbidden Planet, The Twilight Zone), pancreatic cancer.
• Peter Hobbs, 92, French-born American character actor (Barney Miller, Lou Grant, The Odd Couple), after brief illness.
• Hans Kalt, 86, Swiss rower, Olympic silver (1948) and bronze (1952) medalist. (French)
• Émile Masson Jr., 95, Belgian cyclist, winner of Paris–Roubaix and La Flèche Wallonne classic cycle races.
• John Osborne, 74, Montserratian politician, Chief Minister (1978–1991; 2001–2006), after long illness.
• Pete Postlethwaite, 64, British actor (In the Name of the Father, Inception, The Usual Suspects), pancreatic cancer.
• William R. Ratchford, 76, American politician, U.S. Representative from Connecticut (1979–1985), complications from Parkinson's disease.
• Bill Robertson, 93, Australian intelligence officer.
• Miriam Seegar, 103, American silent film actress and interior designer.
• Shen Tianhui, 87, female chemist, academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences. (Chinese)
• Patricia Smith, 80, American actress (The Spirit of St. Louis, The Bob Newhart Show, The Debbie Reynolds Show), heart failure.
• Margot Stevenson, 98, American stage and radio actress (The Shadow).
• Szeto Wah, 79, Hong Kong political activist, lung cancer.
• Robert Trumble, 91, Australian writer and musician.
• Richard Winters, 92, American army officer and World War II veteran, basis of book and miniseries Band of Brothers, Parkinson's disease.

3

• Julia Bonds, 58, American activist, cancer.
• Fadil Hadžić, 88, Croatian filmmaker, screenwriter, playwright and journalist. (Croatian)
• Jill Haworth, 65, English actress (Exodus, In Harm's Way, Cabaret, The Outer Limits), natural causes.
• Zbigniew Jaremski, 61, Polish athlete, 1976 Olympic silver medalist. (Polish)
• Michael Kennelly, 96, Irish-born American Jesuit priest; President of Loyola University New Orleans (1970–1974), founder of Strake Jesuit College Prep.
• Suchitra Mitra, 86, Indian singer, cardiac arrest.
• Alfred Proksch, 102, Austrian athlete and graphic designer. (German)
• Yosef Shiloach, 69, Israeli actor.
• Anatoliy Skorokhod, 81, Ukrainian mathematician.
• Paul Soldner, 89, American ceramicist.
• Eva Strittmatter, 80, German writer. (German)
• William Takaku, Papua New Guinean film and theatre actor, screenwriter and theatre director.
• Stanley Tolliver, 85, American attorney and civil rights advocate.
• Nakamura Tomijyuro V, 81, Japanese Kabuki actor, Living National Treasure. (Japanese)
• Alec Woodall, 92, British politician, MP for Hemsworth (1974–1987).

4

• Mohamed Bouazizi, 26, Tunisian protestor, self-immolation.
• Grady Chapman, 81, American doo-wop singer (The Robins), heart failure.
• Chrysanth Chepil, 73, Russian Orthodox prelate, Metropolitan of Vyatka-Slobodskoy. (Russian)
• B. H. Friedman, 84, American author and art critic, pneumonia.
• Cyril M. Harris, 93, American acoustical engineer.
• Hadayatullah Hübsch, 64, German journalist. (German)
• Mick Karn, 52, Cypriot-born British musician (Japan), cancer.
• Dick King-Smith, 88, British author (The Sheep-Pig, The Water Horse).
• Gustavo Kupinski, 36, Argentine guitarist (Los Piojos), car crash.
• Coen Moulijn, 73, Dutch footballer, brain haemorrhage.
• Ali-Reza Pahlavi, 44, Iranian royal, son of Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, suicide by gunshot.
• Ronald Parfitt, 97, British Olympic fencer.
• Gerry Rafferty, 63, Scottish singer-songwriter ("Baker Street"), liver failure.
• Jack Richardson, 90, British chemical engineer.
• Salmaan Taseer, 66, Pakistani politician, Governor of Punjab (since 2008), shot.
• Bob Usdane, 74, American politician, member of the Arizona Senate (1977–1991), after a short illness.

5

• Jim Duncan, 86, American football player and coach.
• Paul Egertson, 75, American Lutheran bishop, heart attack.
• David Hart, 66, British political activist, author and playwright, motor neurone disease.
• Lily Marinho, 89, Brazilian philanthropist, UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador, respiratory failure.
• Malangatana Ngwenya, 74, Mozambican poet and painter, after long illness.
• Jack Ertle Oliver, 87, American scientist, provided seismic evidence supporting plate tectonics.
• Helene Palmer, 82, British actress (Coronation Street).
• Agustin Perdices, 76, Filipino politician, Governor of Negros Oriental (since 2010), stomach cancer.
• Assar Rönnlund, 75, Swedish cross-country skier, world and Olympic champion. (Swedish)
• Brian Rust, 88, British jazz discographer and music journalist.
• David G. Trager, 73, American jurist, pancreatic cancer.
• Bill Zeller, 27, American computer programmer, injuries from a suicide attempt.

6

• Rudi Bass, 96, Austrian-born American graphic artist, illustrator and writer.
• John Bendor-Samuel, 81, British missionary and linguist, car accident.
• Tom Cavanagh, 28, American ice hockey player (San Jose Sharks), blunt force trauma.
• Susana Chávez, 36, Mexican poet and human rights activist, strangled.
• Francisco de la Rosa, 44, Dominican baseball player (Baltimore Orioles), after a long illness.
• Ryne Duren, 81, American baseball player (Philadelphia Phillies, New York Yankees).
• Ohan Durian, 88, Armenian composer.
• Gad Granach, 95, German memoirist, son of Alexander Granach. (German)
• John D. Kendall, 93, American musical educator (Suzuki method), complications of a stroke.
• Irving Farmer Kennedy, 88, Canadian World War II fighter pilot.
• Aron Kincaid, 70, American actor (The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini) and voice actor (Batman, The Transformers), heart failure.
• Gary Mason, 48, British boxer, cycling collision.
• Uche Okafor, 43, Nigerian footballer, murdered.
• Andrzej Przeździecki, 84, Polish Olympic fencer and trainer. (Polish)
• Anthony Seminerio, 75, American politician and convicted felon, member of the New York State Assembly (1979–2009).
• Pyotr Sumin, 64, Russian politician, Governor of Chelyabinsk Oblast (1996–2010). (Russian)
• Donald J. Tyson, 80, American business executive, Chairman of Tyson Foods (1967–2001), cancer.
• Vang Pao, 81, Lao army general and Hmong community leader, Commander of the Secret Army, pneumonia.
• Reg Ward, 82, British developer, chief executive of London Docklands Development Corporation (1981–1987).
• Dagmar Wilson, 94, American anti-nuclear activist, heart failure.

7

• Red Borom, 95, American baseball player (Detroit Tigers).
• Carlos Castro, 65, Portuguese journalist, bludgeoned.
• Derek Gardner, 79, British vehicle and Formula One car designer.
• Robert P. Hanrahan, 76, American politician, U.S. Representative from Illinois (1973–1975).
• George Harris, 77, American Olympic judoka, leukemia.
• Bill Johnson, 84, American football player (San Francisco 49ers) and coach (Cincinnati Bengals).
• Krzysztof Kolberger, 60, Polish actor, cancer. (Polish)
• Włodzimierz Ławniczak, 51, Polish journalist, Chairman of Telewizja Polska, after long illness. (Polish)
• Val Puccio, 45, American professional wrestler.
• Richard Bordeaux Parker, 87, American diplomat.
• Bobby Robinson, 93, American record producer.
• Simona Senoner, 17, Italian ski jumper.
• José Vidal, 70, Dominican baseball player (Cleveland Indians, Seattle Pilots), cancer. (Spanish)

8

• Josep Artigas, 87, Spanish international footballer. (Catalan)
• Joey Carew, 73, Trinidadian cricketer (West Indies), arteriosclerosis.
• Willi Dansgaard, 88, Danish paleoclimatologist.
• Jiří Dienstbier, 73, Czech politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs (1989–1992).
• Peter Donaldson, 58, Canadian actor (The Sweet Hereafter, Emily of New Moon, Road to Avonlea), lung cancer.
• Hans Ulrich Engelmann, 89, German composer. (German)
• Mike Gambrill, 75, British Olympic cyclist, bronze medalist (1956).
• Oleg Grabar, 81, American Islamic art historian, heart failure.
• Ángel Pedraza, 48, Spanish footballer and manager, cancer. (Catalan)
• Manuel Pestana Filho, 82, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Anápolis (1978–2004).
• Juan Piquer Simón, 74, Spanish film director (Pieces, Slugs), lung cancer.
• John Roll, 63, American jurist, shot.
• Del Reisman, 86, American television producer (The Twilight Zone, The Untouchables) and writer, President of WGAW (1991–1993), cardiac arrest.
• Elfa Secioria, 51, Indonesian jazz pianist.
• Thorbjørn Svenssen, 86, Norwegian footballer, record 104 appearances for the national team, stroke. (Norwegian)
• Morton Sweig, 95, American businessman.
• Christopher Trumbo, 70, American screenwriter, kidney cancer.
• William F. Walsh, 98, American politician, Mayor of Syracuse, New York (1961–1969), Congressman (1973–1979).
• Moshe Yess, 67, Canadian composer and singer, cancer.

9

• Vítor Alves, 75, Portuguese soldier and politician, member of the MFA, responsible for the Carnation Revolution, cancer. (Portuguese)
• Noel Andrews, 79, Irish boxing commentator.
• Richard Butcher, 29, English footballer (Macclesfield Town), natural causes.
• Ruth Cavin, 92, American mystery novel editor, lung cancer.
• Debbie Friedman, 59, American songwriter, pneumonia.
• Sir Ernest Lee-Steere, 98, Australian horse racing official, Lord Mayor of Perth, Western Australia (1972–1978).
• Makinti Napanangka, 80s, Australian Papunya Tula artist.
• Howard Wallace Pollock, 90, American politician, U.S. Representative from Alaska (1967–1971).
• Dave Sisler, 79, American baseball player (Boston Red Sox, Cincinnati Reds), prostate cancer.
• Jerzy Woźniak, 78, Polish footballer (Legia Warszawa). (Polish)
• Peter Yates, 81, British film director and producer (Bullitt, Breaking Away, Krull).

10

• Liana Alexandra, 63, Romanian music educator and composer. (Romanian)
• Naseerullah Babar, 82, Pakistani soldier and politician, Governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (1976–1977) and Interior Minister (1993–1996).
• Bill Bower, 93, American aviator, last surviving pilot of Doolittle Raid, complications from a fall.
• John Dye, 47, American actor (Touched by an Angel), heart attack.
• Dorothy Franey, 97, American Olympic speed skater.
• Cookie Gilchrist, 75, American football player (Buffalo Bills, Denver Broncos), cancer.
• Joe Gores, 79, American novelist and screenwriter.
• John Gross, 75, British literary critic.
• Miklós Hofer, 79, Hungarian architect. (Hungarian)
• Bert Kinnear, 87, British Olympic swimmer.
• Bora Kostić, 80, Serbian footballer (Red Star Belgrade). (Serbian)
• Shota Kviraia, 58, Georgian politician and security officer. (Russian)
• Gideon Njoku, 63, Nigerian footballer and coach, cardiac arrest.
• Vivek Shauq, 47, Indian actor, comedian, writer and singer, heart attack.
• A. W. B. Simpson, 79, British legal historian.
• María Elena Walsh, 80, Argentine musician, poet and writer ("Manuelita la tortuga"), after long illness.
• John J. Ward, 90, American Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles (1963–1996).
• Gary Whitbread, 53, British cricketer.
• Margaret Whiting, 86, American pop singer ("A Tree in the Meadow", "Moonlight in Vermont"), natural causes.

11

• Zoltán Berczik, 73, Hungarian table tennis player and coach.
• Ralph Campbell, 64, American politician, North Carolina state auditor (1992–2004), lung cancer.
• Susana Chávez, 36, Mexican poet and human rights activist, strangled. (death confirmed on this date)
• Zoë Dominic, 90, English photographer.
• Egon Drews, 84, German Olympic bronze medal-winning (1952) flatwater canoer.
• Milan Ercegan, 95, Yugoslavian president of the International Federation of Associated Wrestling Styles (1972–2002).
• Kozo Haraguchi, 100, Japanese track and field athlete, respiratory failure. (Japanese)
• Audrey Lawson-Johnston, 95, American-born British RMS Lusitania passenger and last survivor.
• Matti Mattson, 94, American veteran of the Spanish Civil War (Abraham Lincoln Brigade).
• Butch McCord, 85, American Negro league baseball player.
• John Modinos, 84, Cypriot opera baritone, heart failure.
• David Nelson, 74, American actor (The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet, Cry-Baby), colon cancer.
• Knut Olsen, 57, Norwegian journalist and television presenter, cancer. (Norwegian)
• Alfio Peraboni, 56, Italian Olympic bronze medal-winning (1980, 1984) sailor, cerebral hemorrhage. (Italian)
• Won-il Rhee, 50, South Korean digital art curator, heart attack.
• Ze'ev Segal, 63, Israeli jurist and legal analyst.
• Marcel Trudel, 93, Canadian historian and author, cancer.

12

• Clemar Bucci, 90, Argentine racing driver. (Spanish)
• Hans Bütikofer, 95, Swiss Olympic silver medal-winning (1936) bobsledder. (German)
• Howard Engleman, 91, American college basketball player.
• Paul Picerni, 88, American actor (The Untouchables), heart attack.
• Kenneth Stevenson, 61, British Anglican prelate, Bishop of Portsmouth (1995–2009), cancer.
• Dawn Sylvia-Stasiewicz, 52, American dog trainer (Bo) and author, respiratory distress.

13

• Wali Khan Babar, 29, Pakistani journalist, gunshot.
• Alan Butler, 80, South African priest.
• Frank Calabro, 86, Italian-born Australian transport operator and politician, MLC (1970–1988).
• Mick Cremin, 87, Australian rugby union footballer.
• Tuviah Friedman, 88, Israeli Nazi hunter.
• Michel Gratton, 58, Canadian journalist, Press Secretary to Prime Minister Brian Mulroney (1984–1987). (French)
• Albert Heijn, 83, Dutch entrepreneur, owner of the Albert Heijn supermarket chain.
• Hellmut Lange, 87, German actor (Serenade for Two Spies, Diamond Safari). (German)
• Charles Muscat, 48, Maltese footballer.
• Prabhakar Panshikar, 79, Indian stage actor, after long illness.
• Ellen Stewart, 91, American theater director.
• Marian Woyna-Orlewicz, 97, Polish cross country skier. (Polish)

14

• Eduardo Armella, 82, Argentine Olympic shooter.
• Sun Axelsson, 75, Swedish novelist. (Swedish)
• Salvatore Cancemi, 68, Italian mafiosi, stroke. (Italian)
• Georgia Carroll, 91, American fashion model and actress (Yankee Doodle Dandy).
• David Coren, 93, Israeli politician, member of the Knesset (1969–1977).
• Dr. Creep, 69, American television host.
• Stephanie Glaser, 90, Swiss actress. (German)
• Marty Gold, 95, American composer, pianist and bandleader.
• Toshiyuki Hosokawa, 70, Japanese actor, acute subdural hematoma.
• Liu Huaqing, 94, Chinese naval commander (1982–1988).
• Peter Post, 77, Dutch cyclist, winner of the 1964 Paris–Roubaix event.
• Betty Mae Tiger Jumper, 88, American health official and tribal leader, first woman to lead the Seminole tribe (1967–71).
• Ben Wada, 80, Japanese television director, esophageal cancer.
• Per Olav Wiken, 73, Norwegian Olympic silver medal-winning 1968 sailor.

15

• Gaston Allaire, 94, Canadian musicologist.
• Kenneth Grant, 86, British occultist and writer, head of the Typhonian Order.
• Roy Hartsfield, 85, American baseball player (Boston Braves) and first manager of Toronto Blue Jays, complications of liver cancer.
• Harvey James, 58, Australian musician (Sherbet), lung cancer.
• Michael Langham, 91, English stage director and actor, complications from a chest infection.
• Romulus Linney, 80, American playwright, lung cancer.
• Nat Lofthouse, 85, English footballer (Bolton Wanderers, England).
• Ed Lowe, 64, American journalist (Newsday, The Long Island Press), liver cancer.
• Mike Vibert, 60, Jersey politician, Minister for Education, Sport and Culture (2005–2008), heart attack.
• Susannah York, 72, English actress (Tom Jones, Superman), bone marrow cancer.
• Hilde Zach, 68, Austrian politician, Mayor of Innsbruck (2002–2010). (German)
• Zeng Xianyi, 74, Chinese professor of legal history. (Chinese)

16

• Augusto Algueró, 76, Spanish composer and conductor, cardiac arrest.
• Miguel Ángel Álvarez, 88, Puerto Rican comedian and actor, respiratory failure.
• Julian Asquith, 2nd Earl of Oxford and Asquith, 94, British aristocrat and diplomat, Administrator of Saint Lucia (1958–1962), Governor of the Seychelles (1962–1967).
• David Crowley, 72, American politician, cancer.
• Hovhannes Bedros XVIII Kasparian, 83, Egyptian-born Lebanese Armenian Catholic prelate, Patriarch of Cilicia (1982–1998).
• Milton Levine, 97, American entrepreneur, inventor of Uncle Milton's Ant Farm.
• Steve Prestwich, 56, British-born Australian drummer (Cold Chisel, Little River Band) and songwriter, brain tumour.
• Reinaldo Pünder, 72, German-born Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Coroatá (since 1978).
• Stefka Yordanova, 64, Bulgarian sprinter and middle distance runner.

17

• Jürgen Barth, 67, German Olympic cyclist.
• MK Binodini, 88, Indian writer.
• Brian Boobbyer, 82, English rugby union player and cricketer.
• David Bradby, 68, British theatre scholar.
• Sigurjón Brink, 36, Icelandic musician and singer, complications from a stroke. (Icelandic)
• Sir Bernard Crossland, 87, British engineer, Pro-Vice-Chancellor of Queen's University Belfast (1978–1982).
• Perry Currin, 82, American baseball player (St. Louis Browns), heart failure.
• Keith Davey, 84, Canadian politician and campaign organizer, Senator (1966–1996).
• Gita Dey, 79, Indian actress, cardiac arrest.
• Jean Dutourd, 91, French novelist.
• Vern Kaiser, 85, Canadian ice hockey player (Montreal Canadiens).
• Don Kirshner, 76, American record producer and songwriter, host of Don Kirshner's Rock Concert, heart failure.
• Robert W. Mackenzie, 82, Canadian labour organizer and politician, Ontario Minister of Labour (1990–1994).
• John Ross, 72, American activist, author and journalist, liver cancer.
• Shinichiro Sakurai, 81, Japanese automotive engineer. heart failure. (Japanese)

18

• Charlie Cowdrey, 77, American football coach (Illinois State University, Southwestern College).
• George Crowe, 89, American baseball player (St. Louis Cardinals).
• Jerre Denoble, 87, American baseball player (All-American Girls Professional Baseball League).
• Eugenia Escudero, 96, Mexican Olympic fencer. (Spanish)
• Al Grunwald, 80, American baseball player.
• Duncan Hall, 85, Australian rugby league player.
• John Herivel, 92, British codebreaker at Bletchley Park.
• Antonín Kubálek, 75, Czech-born Canadian pianist, complications from a brain tumour.
• Jim McManus, 70, American tennis player.
• Cristian Paţurcă, 46, Romanian composer.
• Milton Rogovin, 101, American documentary photographer.
• Jacques Sarr, 76, Senegalese Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Thiès (since 1986).
• Sargent Shriver, 95, American diplomat and politician, Ambassador to France (1968–1970), Vice Presidential nominee (1972), complications from Alzheimer's disease.
• Edgar Tafel, 98, American architect.

19

• Neva Egan, 96, American educator, First Lady of Alaska (1959–1966, 1970–1974), widow of William Allen Egan.
• George Franck, 92, American football player (New York Giants).
• Wayne R. Grisham, 88, American politician, Representative from California (1979–1983).
• Mihai Ionescu, 74, Romanian footballer (Petrolul Ploieşti, Romania). (Romanian)
• Jose Kusugak, 60, Canadian Inuit leader, bladder cancer.
• Bryce Postles, 79, New Zealand cricketer.
• Ramiro Saraiva Guerreiro, 92, Brazilian politician, Minister of External Relations (1979–1985). (Portuguese)
• Bob Scott, 79, Australian politician, member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Cook (1977–1989).
• Wilfrid Sheed, 80, English-born American novelist and essayist, urosepsis.
• Carla Swart, 23, South African cyclist, traffic accident.
• Hira Devi Waiba, 71, Nepali folk singer, injuries from a fire.
• Bob Young, 87, American news journalist and anchor (ABC World News).

20

• Kenth Andersson, 66, Swedish middle-distance runner.
• Maurice Brown, 91, British Royal Air Force fighter pilot.
• José Luis Castro Aguirre, 67, Mexican ichthyologist.
• Eduardo Davino, 81, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Palestrina (1997–2005).
• Bruce Gordon, 94, American character actor (The Untouchables), after long illness.
• Ernest McCulloch, 84, Canadian biologist.
• Miesque, 27, French racehorse, euthanized.
• F. A. Nettelbeck, 60, American poet.
• José Ortiz, 63, Puerto Rican baseball player.
• Reynolds Price, 77, American author, professor at Duke University, heart attack.
• John Jacob Rhodes III, 67, American politician, U.S. Representative from Arizona (1987–1993).
• Eugénio Salessu, 87, Angolan Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Malanje (1977–1998).
• Sexy Cora, 23, German pornographic actress, complications from breast enlargement surgery.
• William Shipley, 89, American linguist, complications of pneumonia.
• Alan Uglow, 69, British-born American painter, lung cancer.
• Gus Zernial, 87, American baseball player (Oakland Athletics, Detroit Tigers, Chicago White Sox), heart failure.

21

• Theoni V. Aldredge, 88, Greek-born American costume designer (Ghostbusters, Network, The First Wives Club).
• Jay Garner, 82, American actor (Pennies from Heaven, Buck Rogers in the 25th Century), respiratory failure.
• Tony Geiss, 86, American television writer and composer (Sesame Street), Emmy award winner, complications from a fall.
• Emanuele Gerada, 90, Maltese Roman Catholic prelate, Titular Archbishop of Nomentum, Apostolic Nuncio to Ireland (1989–1995).
• Herb Gray, 76, American-born Canadian football player (Winnipeg Blue Bombers).
• Barney F. Hajiro, 94, American soldier, formerly the oldest living Medal of Honor recipient.
• Wally Hughes, 76, English football coach.
• Dennis Oppenheim, 72, American artist, liver cancer.
• E. V. V. Satyanarayana, 54, Indian Telugu movie director, throat cancer and cardiac arrest.

22

• Virgil Akins, 82, American boxer, world welterweight champion (1958).
• Solange Bertrand, 97, French artist. (French)
• Sir Chandos Blair, 91, British army general.
• Ralph Felton, 78, American football player (Washington Redskins).
• Aslam Khokhar, 91, Pakistani cricketer.
• Quentin Orlando, 91, American politician, Member of the Pennsylvania State Senate (1973–1980).
• Park Wan-suh, 79, South Korean novelist, cancer.
• René Piché, 79, Canadian politician.
• Bobby Poe, 77, American pop singer, songwriter and promoter, blood clot.
• William Schreyer, 83, American business executive, Chairman and CEO of Merrill Lynch (1985–1993).
• Lois Smith, 81, Canadian dancer (National Ballet of Canada).
• Tullia Zevi, 91, Italian journalist and politician, leader of the Italian Jewish community.

23

• Ed Dyas, 71, American football player (Auburn Tigers), member of the College Football Hall of Fame, stomach cancer.
• Peter Gibb, 56, Australian criminal, heart attack.
• Ole Kopreitan, 73, Norwegian political activist. (Norwegian)
• Jack LaLanne, 96, American fitness and nutritional expert, pneumonia.
• Poppa Neutrino, 77, American adventurer, crossed Atlantic Ocean on raft made of discarded material, heart failure.
• Louise Raggio, 91, American lawyer.
• Novica Tadić, 62, Yugoslavian poet. (Serbian)
• Neil Truscott, 88, Australian diplomat

24

• Alec Boden, 85, Scottish footballer (Celtic).
• Bernd Eichinger, 61, German film producer and director (The NeverEnding Story, Fantastic Four), heart attack.
• David Frye, 77, American satirist and Richard Nixon impersonator, cardiopulmonary arrest.
• Phil Gallie, 71, British politician, MP for Ayr (1992–97), MSP for South of Scotland (1999–2007).
• Barrie Lee Hall, Jr., 61, American jazz trumpeter and band leader (Duke Ellington).
• Bhimsen Joshi, 88, Indian musician, Bharat Ratna laureate.
• Francisco Mata, 78, Venezuelan folk singer and composer. (Spanish)
• Jack Matheson, 86, Canadian sports journalist.
• Samuel Ruiz, 86, Mexican Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of San Cristóbal de las Casas (1959–2000). (Spanish)
• Chief White Eagle, 93, Canadian-born American Mohawk actor and stuntman.
• Anna Yablonskaya, 29, Ukrainian playwright, bombing. (Russian)

25

• Daniel Bell, 91, American sociologist.
• Vincent Cronin, 86, British writer.
• Bill Holden, 82, English footballer.
• Arto Javanainen, 51, Finnish ice hockey player (Pittsburgh Penguins), after long illness. (Finnish)

26

• Robert Crook, 81, American politician, member of the Mississippi State Senate (1964–1992).
• John Herbert, 81, Brazilian actor, emphysema. (Portuguese)
• Gladys Horton, 65, American R&B singer (The Marvelettes), complications from a stroke.
• David Kato, 46, Ugandan gay rights activist, bludgeoned with hammer.
• R. F. Langley, 72, British poet and diarist.
• Charlie Louvin, 83, American country music singer (The Louvin Brothers), pancreatic cancer.
• Shawn McGrath, 34, American professional wrestler, suicide.
• María Mercader, 92, Spanish actress. (Spanish)
• Eddie Mordue, 83, British saxophonist.
• Tore Sjöstrand, 89, Swedish Olympic gold medal-winning (1948) athlete. (Swedish)

27

• Charlie Callas, 86, American comedian and actor (Silent Movie, Switch).
• Liana Dumitrescu, 38, Romanian politician, member of the Chamber of Deputies (since 2004), stroke. (Romanian)
• William L. Eagleton, 84, American diplomat.
• Mārtiņš Freimanis, 33, Latvian musician (F.L.Y.) and actor, performed at Eurovision Song Contest 2003, influenza. (Latvian)
• Hannemor Gram, 92, Norwegian Olympic alpine skier. (Norwegian)
• Boyd Kirkland, 60, American animation producer and director (Batman: TAS, X-Men: Evolution), pulmonary fibrosis.
• Wenceslau Malta, 79, Brazilian Olympic modern pentathlete.
• Vaughn Mancha, 89, American football player (Boston Yanks), heart failure.
• Svein Mathisen, 58, Norwegian footballer (IK Start), cancer. (Norwegian)
• Diana Norman, 77, British author and journalist.
• Don Rondo, 81, American singer ("White Silver Sands"), lung cancer.
• Tøger Seidenfaden, 53, Danish newspaper editor-in-chief (Politiken), cancer.
• Guy Velella, 66, American politician and convicted criminal, New York State Assemblyman (1973–1982) and State Senator (1986–2004), lung cancer.
• William Williams, 83, Canadian metallurgical engineer.

28

• Hamida Barmaki, 40, Afghan law professor and human rights activist, suicide bomb attack.
• Ken Carpenter, 84, American football player (Cleveland Browns).
• Raymond Cohen, 91, British violinist.
• Karen Cromie, 31, British Paralympian, suicide.
• Sushil Kumar Dhara, 99, Indian revolutionary.
• Dariush Homayoon, 82, Iranian politician and journalist, Minister of Information and Tourism (1977–1978).
• Megan McNeil, 20, Canadian singer, adrenal cancer.
• Dame Margaret Price, 69, British soprano, heart failure.

29

• Milton Babbitt, 94, American composer.
• Zahra Bahrami, 46, Dutch-Iranian protestor and convicted drug trafficker, execution by hanging.
• José Llopis Corona, 92, Spanish footballer.
• Bruce Jackson, 62, American audio engineer, plane crash.
• Loreen Rice Lucas, 96, Canadian author.
• Hemayel Martina, 20, Curaçaon poet, complications of car accident. (Dutch)
• Raymond McClean, 78, Northern Irish politician and doctor, Mayor of Derry (1973–1974).
• Emilio Ogñénovich, 88, Argentine Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Mercedes-Luján (1982–2000).
• Nora Sun, 72, Chinese-born American diplomat, businesswoman and author, granddaughter of Sun Yat-sen, injuries from car crash.
• Dorothy Thompson, 87, British social historian.
• Emanuel Vardi, 95, Israeli-born American violist, cancer.
• Liza Vorfi, 86, Albanian stage actress, after long illness. (Albanian)
• Norman Wilkinson, 79, English football player.

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• John Barry, 77, British film score composer (From Russia with Love, Chaplin, Out of Africa), five-time Academy Award winner, heart attack.
• Ajahn Maha Bua, 97, Thai Buddhist monk. (Thai)
• J. Elliott Burch, 86, American hall of fame racehorse trainer, pneumonia.
• Charles Nolan, 53, American fashion designer, cancer of the head and neck.
• Bernard O'Brien, 96, American politician, member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives (1965–1980).
• Ian R. Porteous, 80, British mathematician.
• Hisaye Yamamoto, 89, American author.

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• Hernán Alvarado Solano, 65, Colombian Roman Catholic prelate, Vicar Apostolic of Guapi (since 2001).
• Bartolomeu Anania, 89, Romanian Orthodox Metropolitan of Cluj-Napoca, Alba Iulia, Crişana and Maramureş (since 1993).
• Raymond Challinor, 81, British historian.
• Nikolay Dorizo, 87, Russian poet. (Russian)
• Zilpha Grant, 91, British Olympic swimmer.
• Stuart Hood, 95, Scottish writer and television executive, controller of BBC Television (1961–1964).
• Charles Kaman, 91, American aeronautical engineer, founder of Kaman Aircraft and Ovation Guitar Company.
• Nildo Parente, 74, Brazilian actor, stroke. (Portuguese)
• Mark Ryan, 51, British musician (Adam and the Ants).
• Eunice Sanborn, 114, American supercentenarian, oldest living American at the time of her death and second oldest in world.
• Charles Sellier, 67, American film and television producer (The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams).
• Michael Tolan, 85, American actor (The Greatest Story Ever Told, The Mary Tyler Moore Show), heart disease and renal failure.
• Norman Uprichard, 82, Northern Irish footballer.
• Doc Williams, 96, American country music performer.

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