Deaths in October 2011

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

October 2011

1

• Butch Ballard, 92, American jazz drummer. [1]
• David Bedford, 74, British composer and musician. [2]
• Georgina Cookson, 92, British actress. [3]
• Philo Dibble, 60, American diplomat. [4]
• Robert Finigan, 68, American wine critic. [5]
• Ruby Langford Ginibi, 77, Australian author and Aboriginal historian. [6]
• José Ángel Ibáñez, 61, Mexican educator and politician, MP (2003–2006). [7] (Spanish)
• Paulos Mantovanis, 65, Cypriot Orthodox hierarch, Metropolitan of Kyrenia (since 1994). [8] (Greek)
• Sholom Rivkin, 85, American rabbi, last chief rabbi of St. Louis, and of a city in the United States. [9]
• Johnny Schmitz, 90, American baseball player (Chicago Cubs, Brooklyn Dodgers). [10]
• George Smith, 84, American baseball and basketball player. [11]
• Sven Tumba, 80, Swedish ice hockey player (world champion 1953, 1957, 1962), footballer and golfer, prostate cancer. [12]

2

• Vasily Aleksanyan, 39, Russian lawyer and businessman, Executive Vice President of Yukos, complications from AIDS. [13]
• Andrija Fuderer, 80, Croatian-born Belgian chess player. [14]
• Don Lapre, 47, American television pitchman, suicide by cutting throat. [15]
• Taha Muhammad Ali, 80, Palestinian poet. [16]
• Peter Przygodda, 69, German film editor, cancer. [17] (German)
• Efraín Recinos, 83, Guatemalan architect, muralist and artist, designer of the Centro Cultural Miguel Ángel Asturias. [18]
• John Romonosky, 82, American baseball player (St. Louis Cardinals, Washington Senators). [19]
• Cindy Shatto, 54, Canadian Olympic diver (1976), lung cancer. [20]
• Pavlos Tassios, 69, Greek film director. [21] (Greek)
• Piero Weiss, 83, Italian pianist and author, pneumonia. [22]
• Moshe Wertman, 87, Israeli politician. [23]

3

• Anésio Argenton, 80, Brazilian Olympic cyclist. [24]
• Jim Conroy, 73, Canadian football player (Ottawa Rough Riders). [25]
• George Harrison, 72, American Olympic gold medal-winning (1960) swimmer, cancer. [26]
• Ovidio de Jesús, 78, Puerto Rican Olympic sprinter (1956, 1960). [27] (Spanish)
• Aden Meinel, 88, American astronomer and optical scientist. [28]
• Jim Neal, 81, American basketball player (Syracuse Nationals, Baltimore Bullets). [29]
• Zakaria Zerouali, 33, Moroccan footballer. [30] (French)

4

• Doris Belack, 85, American actress (Law & Order, One Life to Live, Tootsie), natural causes. [31]
• Yelena Chernykh, 32, Russian actress, traffic collision. [32] (Russian)
• Ruth Currier, 85, American dancer, choreographer and dance teacher. [33]
• Vittorio Curtoni, 61, Italian science fiction writer and translator. [34] (Italian)
• Kenneth H. Dahlberg, 94, American businessman and World War II fighter ace, natural causes. [35]
• Di Gribble, 69, Australian publisher, pancreatic cancer. [36]
• Ralph Hodgin, 96, American baseball player (Boston Bees, Chicago White Sox). [37]
• Hanan Porat, 67, Israeli rabbi, educator and politician, cancer. [38]
• Shmuel Shilo, 81, Israeli actor and director, cancer. [39]
• Muzaffer Tema, 92, Turkish actor. [40] (Turkish)
• Géza Tóth, 79, Hungarian Olympic silver medal-winning (1964) weightlifter. [41]

5

• Edward Acquah, 76, Ghanaian Olympic footballer (1964). [42]
• Níver Arboleda, 43, Colombian footballer, heart attack. [43] (Spanish)
• Derrick Bell, 80, American law professor (Harvard University), originated critical race theory, carcinoid cancer. [44]
• Anita Caspary, 95, American Catholic nun, founder of the Immaculate Heart Community. [45]
• Graham Dilley, 52, British cricketer, cancer. [46]
• Enver Faja, 77, Albanian architect and diplomat, Ambassador to Poland (1992–1996), after long illness. [47]
• Richard Holmlund, 47, Swedish football manager, car accident. [48] (Swedish)
• Peter Jaks, 45, Swiss Olympic ice hockey player (1998, 1992), suicide by standing in front of a train. [49]
• Bert Jansch, 67, Scottish folk guitarist, singer and songwriter (Pentangle), cancer. [50]
• Steve Jobs, 56, American computer entrepreneur and inventor, co-founder of Apple Inc., pancreatic cancer. [51]
• Pietro Lombardi, 89, Italian Olympic gold medal-winning (1948) wrestler. [52] (Italian)
• Charles Napier, 75, American actor (Philadelphia, The Blues Brothers). [53]
• Fred Shuttlesworth, 89, American civil rights leader. [54]
• Sarkis Soghanalian, 82, Syrian-born Armenian arms dealer. [55]
• Leon Walter Tillage, 74, American writer. [56]

6

• Zdravko Ceraj, 91, Serbian Olympic athlete. [57] (Croatian)
• Diane Cilento, 78, Australian actress (Tom Jones, The Wicker Man), cancer. [58]
• William S. Dietrich II, 73, American industrialist and philanthropist. [59]
• Mathur Krishnamurthy, 82, Indian arts patron. [60]
• Daniel Lind Lagerlöf, 42, Swedish director, presumed drowned. [61]
• Marilyn Nash, 84, American actress (Monsieur Verdoux, Unknown World). [62]
• Birgit Rosengren, 98, Swedish actress. [63]
• Igor Shmakov, 26, Russian actor, leukemia. [64]
• Neil Street, 80, Australian speedway rider. [65]
• Alasdair Turner, 41, British scientist, stomach cancer. [66]
• Phil Walker, 67, British newspaper editor. [67]

7

• Zaheer Ahmad, 63, Pakistani-born American doctor, brain hemorrhage. [68]
• John Alderson, 89, British police officer and media commentator, Chief Constable of Devon and Cornwall Constabulary (1973–1982). [69]
• Ramiz Alia, 85, Albanian politician, First Secretary of the Party of Labour (1985–1991), President (1991–1992), lung disease. [70]
• Julien Bailleul, 23, French footballer. [71]
• George Baker, 80, British actor (I, Claudius, The Ruth Rendell Mysteries), pneumonia following a stroke. [72]
• Frederick Cardozo, 94, British soldier and SOE veteran. [73]
• Fernando Charrier, 80, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Alessandria della Paglia (1989–2007). [74]
• Charles Cuprill Oppenheimer, 95, Puerto Rican general. [75] (Spanish)
• Haji Amir Bux Junejo, 95, Pakistani politician. [76]
• Paul Kent, 80, American actor (Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, Three's Company), multiple myeloma. [77]
• Fred Kingsbury, 84, American Olympic bronze medal-winning (1948) rower. [78]
• Andrew Laszlo, 85, Hungarian-born American cinematographer (First Blood, The Warriors, Newsies). [79]
• David Macey, 62, British historian, complications of lung cancer. [80]
• Lulama Masikazana, 38, South African cricketer. [81]
• Enrique Monsonís, 80, Spanish politician, President of the Generalitat Valenciana (1979–1982). [82]
• Gianni Musy, 80, Italian actor. [83]
• Michel Peissel, 74, French explorer and author, heart attack. [84]
• Milan Puskar, 77, American pharmacist, co-founder of Mylan, cancer. [85]
• Julio Mario Santo Domingo, 88, Colombian businessman (SABMiller). [86]
• Mildred Savage, 92, American author (Parrish). [87]
• Bill Smith, 75, British fell runner and author. [88] (body discovered on this date)
• Avner Treinin, 83, Israeli poet and chemist. [89]

8

• Al Davis, 82, American football coach and team owner (Oakland Raiders), heart failure. [90]
• José de las Fuentes Rodríguez, 91, Mexican politician and lawyer, Governor of Coahuila (1981–1987). [91]
• Dorothy Heathcote, 85, British drama teacher and academic. [92]
• David Hess, 75, American actor (The Last House on the Left), singer and songwriter, heart attack. [93]
• Arthur F. Holmes, 87, American professor of Philosophy. [94]
• Gregory Possehl, 70, American archaeologist. [95]
• Shirley Prestia, 64, American actress (Home Improvement, Dharma & Greg, What Women Want). [96]
• Bharatha Lakshman Premachandra, 55, Sri Lankan politician, Member of Parliament (1994–2000), shot. [97]
• Harold W. Rood, 89, American political scientist and author. Harold R. Rood (1922–2011)
• Nina Sorokina, 69, Russian principal dancer. [98] (Russian)
• Mikey Welsh, 40, American artist and musician (Weezer). [99]
• Roger Williams, 87, American pianist (Autumn Leaves), pancreatic cancer. [100]
• Ingvar Wixell, 80, Swedish opera singer. [101]

9

• Kei Aoyama, 32, Japanese manga artist, suicide by hanging. [102]
• Ray Aranha, 72, American actor (Dead Man Walking, Die Hard with a Vengeance, Married People). [103]
• Robert Boochever, 94, American federal judge. [104]
• Bill Brown, 69, American disc jockey (WCBS-FM). [105]
• Rob Buckman, 63, British-born Canadian oncologist and comedian. [106]
• Antonis Christeas, 74, Greek basketball player (AEK Athens) and coach. [107] (Greek)
• Chauncey Hardy, 23, American basketball player, heart attack following beating. [108])
• Pavel Karelin, 21, Russian ski jumper, traffic accident. [109]
• Mark Kingston, 77, British actor. [110]
• Jakkampudi Rammohan Rao, 58, Indian politician, member of the Legislative Assembly of Andhra Pradesh. [111]
• Manuel Prado Perez-Rosas, 88, Peruvian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Trujillo (1976–1999). [112]
• James Worrall, 97, Canadian Olympic athlete (1936) and administrator. [113]

10

• Ray Aghayan, 83, Iranian-born American costume designer (Funny Lady, Doctor Dolittle). [114]
• Milton Castellanos Everardo, 91, Mexican politician, President of Chamber of Deputies (1951), Governor of Baja California (1971–1977). [115] (Spanish)
• Alan Fudge, 67, American actor (7th Heaven, Matlock, Hawaii Five-O), lung and liver cancer. [116]
• Shikan Nakamura VII, 83, Japanese kabuki performer, Living National Treasure. [117]
• Uno Röndahl, 87, Swedish author. [118] (Danish)
• Albert Rosellini, 101, American politician, Governor of Washington (1957–1965), complications from pneumonia. [119]
• Jagjit Singh, 70, Indian musician, brain haemorrhage. [120]
• Otto Tausig, 89, Austrian writer, director and actor. [121] (German)

11

• Amin al-Shami, Yemeni air force colonel, car bomb. [122]
• Yerahmiel Assa, 92, Israeli politician. [123]
• Kim Brown, 66, British-born Finnish musician, cancer. [124] (Finnish)
• George "Mojo" Buford, 81, American blues harmonica player. [125]
• Cy Buker, 92, American baseball player (Brooklyn Dodgers). [126]
• Adrian Cowell, 77, British documentary film maker. [127]
• Ion Diaconescu, 94, Romanian politician, President of Chamber of Deputies (1996–2000), heart failure. [128]
• Doctor X, 43, Mexican professional wrestler, shot. [129] (Spanish)
• Bob Galvin, 89, American businessman, CEO of Motorola (1959–1986). [130]
• Freddie Gruber, 84, American jazz drummer. [131]
• Nauman Habib, 32, Pakistani cricketer, murdered. [132]
• Henk Hofs, 60, Dutch footballer (Vitesse Arnhem). [133] (Dutch)
• Keith Holman, 84, Australian rugby league player and referee. [134]
• Dieudonné Kabongo, 61, Congolese-born Belgian comedian, musician and actor (Lumumba). [135]
• Frank Kameny, 86, American gay rights activist. [136]
• Paul Martin, 79, American baseball player. [137]
• Ewald Osers, 94, Czech translator and poet. [138]
• František Sokol, 72, Czech Olympic bronze medal-winning (1968) volleyball player. [139] (Czech)
• Derek Ward, 76. English footballer. [140]

12

• Franz Jozef Van Beeck, 81, Dutch author and Christian theologian. [141]
• Heinz Bennent, 90, German actor. [142] (German)
• Patricia Breslin, 80, American actress (The People's Choice, Peyton Place, The Twilight Zone), wife of Art Modell, pancreatitis. [143]
• Joel DiGregorio, 67, American keyboardist (The Charlie Daniels Band), car crash. [144]
• Peter Hammond, 87, British actor and television director. [145]
• Lowell H. Harrison, 88, American historian. [146]
• János Herskó, 85, Hungarian film director and actor. [147] (Hungarian)
• Vitali Kuznetsov, 70, Russian Olympic silver medal-winning (1972) judoka. [148]
• Paul Leka, 68, American pianist, arranger and songwriter ("Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye", "Green Tambourine"). [149]
• Vic Miles, 79, American reporter and news anchor. [150]
• Lewis Mills, 74, American college basketball coach (University of Richmond) and athletic director. [151]
• Dennis Ritchie, 70, American computer scientist, developer of the C programming language and the Unix operating system. [152] (body discovered on this date)
• Dick Thornett, 71, Australian triple international sportsman (water polo, rugby union and rugby league), heart disease. [153]
• Martin White, 102, Irish hurler. [154]
• Winstone Zulu, 47, Zambian AIDS and tuberculosis activist. [155]

13

• Sheila Allen, 78, British actress (Love Actually). [156]
• Irén Daruházi-Karcsics, 84, Hungarian Olympic silver (1948, 1952) and bronze (1952) medal-winning gymnast. [157]
• Chris Doig, 63, New Zealand opera singer and sports administrator, bowel cancer. [158]
• Hasan Güngör, 77, Turkish Olympic gold (1960) and silver (1964) medal-winning weightlifter. [159]
• Barbara Kent, 103, Canadian-born American silent film actress. [160]
• Tufele Liamatua, 71, American Samoan politician and paramount chief, first elected Lieutenant Governor of American Samoa (1978–1985). [161]
• Abdoulaye Seye, 77, Senegalese Olympic bronze medal-winning (1960) athlete. [162] (French)

14

• Reg Alcock, 63, Canadian politician, MP for Winnipeg South (1993–2006); President of the Treasury Board (2003–2006), heart attack. [163]
• Margaret Draper, 94, American radio actress and disc jockey, natural causes. [164]
• Michael Fitzpatrick, 69, Irish politician, TD for Kildare North (2007–2011), motor neurone disease. [165]
• Pierangelo Garegnani, 81, Italian economist and professor. [166]
• Ashawna Hailey, 62, American computer scientist. [167]
• Adam Hunter, 48, Scottish golfer, leukemia. [168]
• Arnaud Jacomet, 64, French historian, Secretary-General of the Western European Union (2009–2011), cancer. [169] (French)
• Laura Pollán, 63, Cuban opposition leader, founder of the Ladies in White, cardiorespiratory arrest. [170]
• Gunilla von Post, 79, Swedish socialite. [171]
• Jaladi Raja Rao, 79, Indian film lyricist and playwright. [172]
• Chuck Ruff, 60, American drummer (Edgar Winter, Sammy Hagar), after long illness. [173]

15

• David P. Demarest, 79, American academic and writer. [174]
• Betty Driver, 91, British singer and actress (Coronation Street), pneumonia. [175]
• Sir Donald Dunstan, 88, Australian military officer, Governor of South Australia (1982–1991). [176]
• Joan Jaykoski, 78, American AAGPBL baseball player, cancer. [177]
• Pierre Mamboundou, 65, Gabonese politician, leader of the Union of the Gabonese People (since 1989), heart attack. [178]
• Matthew G. Martínez, 82, American politician, U.S. Representative from California (1982–2001). [179]
• Earl McRae, 69, Canadian journalist (Ottawa Sun), apparent heart attack. [180]
• Sue Mengers, 79, American talent agent, pneumonia. [181]
• Tongai Moyo, 43, Zimbabwean musician, non Hodgkin's lymphoma. [182]
• Gerald Shapiro, 61, American fiction writer and academic. [183]
• Titus Thotawatte, 82, Sri Lankan director. [184]

16

• Hiroshi Arikawa, 70, Japanese voice actor. [185] (Japanese)
• Henry Bathurst, 8th Earl Bathurst, 84, British aristocrat and politician. [186]
• Ursula Cain, 84, German dancer and dance teacher. [187]
• Elouise P. Cobell, 65, American Native rights activist. [188]
• A. Donald Davies, 91, American Episcopal bishop of Dallas and Fort Worth. [189]
• Antony Gardner, 84, British politician, MP for Rushcliffe (1966–1970). [190]
• Miguel Ángel Granados Chapa, 70, Mexican journalist. [191]
• Charles Hamm, 86, American musicologist. [192]
• Rick Huseman, 38, American off-road race truck driver, airplane crash. [193]
• Virginia Knauer, 96, American consumer advocate and government official. [194]
• Tony Marchington, 55, English biotechnology entrepreneur and preservationist (Flying Scotsman). [195]
• Stanley Mitchell, 69, British translator, academic and author. [196]
• Caerwyn Roderick, 84, British politician, MP for Brecon & Radnor (1970–1979). [197]
• Pete Rugolo, 95, Italian-born American film and television composer (Kiss Me Kate, The Fugitive). [198]
• Henning Sjöström, 89, Swedish defense attorney, long illness. [199] (Swedish)
• Elisabeth Tankeu, 67, Cameroonian politician, Minister for Planning and Regional Development (1988–1992). [200]
• Dan Wheldon, 33, British IndyCar driver, racing accident. [201]
• Don Williams, 80, American baseball player (Pittsburgh Pirates, Kansas City Athletics). [202]

17

• John Morton Blum, 90, American political historian. [203]
• Ramaz Chkhikvadze, 83, Georgian-born English stage actor. [204]
• Barney Danson, 90, Canadian politician, MP for York North (1968–1979), Minister of National Defence (1976–1979). [205]
• Manfred Gerlach, 83, German politician, last Chairman of the State Council of East Germany (1989–1990). [206]
• Poul Glargaard, 69, Danish actor. [207] (Danish)
• Osvaldo Guidi, 47, Argentine actor, suicide by hanging. [208]
• Carl Lindner, Jr., 92, American businessman (United Dairy Farmers, Cincinnati Reds), cardiac arrest. [209]
• Elaine Nile, 75, Australian politician, member of the New South Wales Legislative Council (1988–2002), cancer. [210]
• Muiris Ó Rócháin, 67, Irish teacher and director of the Willie Clancy Summer School. [211]
• Ken Rush, 80, American NASCAR driver. [212]
• Piri Thomas, 83, American writer (Down These Mean Streets) and poet, pneumonia. [213]
• Edgar Villchur, 94, American inventor of the acoustic suspension loudspeaker. [214]
• Xin Huguang, 78, Chinese composer. [215] (Chinese)

18

• Bob Brunning, 68, British blues musician (Fleetwood Mac), heart attack. [216]
• George Chaloupka, 79, Czech-born Australian historian of indigenous art. [217]
• Ruby Cohn, 89, American theater scholar, Parkinson's disease. [218]
• Norman Corwin, 101, American radio writer, director and producer. [219]
• Paul Everac, 87, Romanian writer, cancer. [220] (Romanian)
• Tommy Grant, 76, Canadian football player (Hamilton Tiger-Cats). [221]
• Kent Hull, 50, American football player (Buffalo Bills), liver disease. [222]
• Jan Marian Kaczmarek, 90, Polish engineer and academic. [223] (Polish)
• Friedrich Kittler, 68, German literary scholar and media theorist. [224]
• Lee Soo-Chul, 45, South Korean football manager, suicide. [225]
• Merritt Ranew, 73, American baseball player (Chicago Cubs) [226]
• Michael Staikos, 65, Greek-born Austrian Orthodox hierarch, Metropolitan of Austria (since 1991). [227] (German)
• Jacques Thuillier, 83, French art historian. [228] (French)
• Andrea Zanzotto, 90, Italian poet. [229] (Italian)

19

• Édison Chará, 31, Colombian footballer, shot. [230]
• Kakkanadan, 76, Indian Malayalam writer. [231]
• Ken Meyerson, 47, American tennis agent. [232]
• Bohdan Osadchuk, 91, Ukrainian historian and journalist. [233]
• Hollis E. Roberts, 68, American politician, Chief of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma (1978–1997), convicted sex offender. [234]
• Jeff Rudom, 51, American basketball player and actor . [235]
• Tadeusz Sawicz, 97, Polish World War II fighter pilot. [236]
• Lars Sjösten, 70, Swedish jazz pianist and composer. [237] (Swedish)
• Ronald Smith, 67, British Olympic boxer (1964). [238]
• Jon Weaving, 80, Australian operatic tenor, pancreatic cancer. [239] [240]
• James Yannatos, 82, American composer and conductor. [241]

20

• Ronald Amess, 84, Australian Olympic ice hockey player. [242]
• Jerzy Bielecki, 90, Polish social worker, survivor of Auschwitz concentration camp, Polish Righteous among the Nations recipient. [243] (Polish)
• John Bosco Manat Chuabsamai, 75, Thai Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Ratchaburi (1985–2003). [244]
• Barry Feinstein, 80, American photographer and photojournalist. [245]
• Mutassim Gaddafi, 34, Libyan Army officer, fifth son of Muammar Gaddafi, shooting. [246]
• Muammar Gaddafi, 69, Libyan leader (1969–2011), shooting. [247]
• Gale Gillingham, 67, American football player (Green Bay Packers). [248]
• Abu-Bakr Yunis Jabr, 59, Libyan military officer and politician, Minister of Defence (1970–2011), shooting. [249]
• Hunter, 36, Australian rapper, cancer. [250]
• Sue Lloyd, 72, British actress (The Ipcress File, Crossroads). [251]
• Iztok Puc, 45, Slovenian handball player, only Olympian handball player to represent three countries, lung cancer. [252]
• Morris Tabaksblat, 74, Dutch industrialist. [253] (Dutch)
• Roger Tallon, 82, French industrial designer. [254] (French)
• Peter Taylor, 84/5, British botanist. [255]

21

• Hikmet Bilâ, 57, Turkish journalist and author, lung cancer. [256]
• Antonio Cassese, 74, Italian international law expert, Yugoslavian war crimes judge, cancer. [257]
• George Daniels, 85, British horologist. [258]
• Thomas Dillon, 61, American serial killer. [259]
• Yann Fouéré, 101, French Breton nationalist. [260]
• Bertram Nelson Herlong, 77, American bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Tennessee. [261]
• Digby Jacks, 66, British president of the National Union of Students (1971–1973). [262]
• Anis Mansour, 86, Egyptian writer and columnist, pneumonia. [263]
• Ettore Milano, 86, Italian cyclist. [264]
• Tone Pavček, 83, Slovenian author and translator. [265]
• Edmundo Ros, 100, Trinidadian-born British bandleader. [266]
• Scott White, 41, American politician, member of the Washington House of Representatives (2009–2011) and State Senator (2011), cardiomegaly complications. [267]

22

• Jan Boye, 49, Danish politician, complications from brain hemorrhage. [268] (Danish)
• Jean Dubuisson, 97, French architect. [269]
• Peter Goldie, 64, British philosopher. [270]
• Trevor Gordon, 96, Australian cricketer. [271]
• Kutty, 90, Indian political cartoonist. [272]
• Roger Moore, 73, American professional poker player. [273]
• Mullanezhi, 63, Indian poet and actor, heart attack. [274]
• Cathal O'Shannon, 83, Irish journalist and television presenter. [275]
• Robert Pierpoint, 86, American broadcast journalist, complications from surgery. [276]
• Roy Smalley, Jr., 85, American baseball player (Chicago Cubs, Milwaukee Braves, Philadelphia Phillies). [277]
• Sultan, Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, 83, Saudi royal, Minister of Defense and Aviation (since 1962) and Crown Prince (since 2005). [278]
• Ed Thompson, 66, American politician, Mayor of Tomah, Wisconsin (2008–2010), and gubernatorial candidate, pancreatic cancer. [279]

23

• Nusrat Bhutto, 82, Iranian-born Pakistani First Lady, widow of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and mother of Benazir Bhutto. [280]
• John Brown, 81, British Anglican bishop, Bishop in Cyprus and the Gulf (1987–1996)
• Joseph Dao, 75, Burkinabé-born Malian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Kayes (1978–2011). [281]
• Oscar Stanley Dawson, 87, Indian admiral, Chief of the Naval Staff (1982–1984), brain haemorrhage. [282]
• Winston Griffiths, 33, Jamaican footballer. [283]
• Herbert A. Hauptman, 94, American Nobel Prize-winning chemist (1985). [284]
• Florence Parry Heide, 92, American children's author. [285]
• Sir Frank Holmes, 87, New Zealand economist and government advisor. [286]
• William Franklin Lee III, 82, American music educator, Dean of University of Miami School of Music (1964–1982). [287]
• Bronislovas Lubys, 73, Lithuanian entrepreneur and politician, Prime Minister of Lithuania (1992–1993), heart attack. [288] (Lithuanian)
• John Makin, 61, British folk- and blues singer (Potverdekke! (It's great to be a Belgian)). [289]
• Miroslav Proft, 87, Czech Olympic shooter. [290]
• Amnon Salomon, 71, Israeli cinematographer. [291]
• Marco Simoncelli, 24, Italian motorcycle racer, race crash. [292]
• Tillie Taylor, 88, Canadian judge. [293]
• Bogdan Zakrzewski, 95, Polish historian and researcher of Polish literature. [294] (Polish)

24

• Bob Beaumont, 79, American electric automobile manufacturer (Citicar), emphysema. [295]
• Margit Brandt, 66, Danish fashion designer, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. [296] (Danish)
• Robert Bropho, 81, Australian indigenous rights activist and convicted criminal, natural causes. [297]
• Liviu Ciulei, 88, Romanian actor, writer and director, after long illness. [298]
• Max Gillett, 84, Australian politician, member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly for Geelong West (1958–1964). [299]
• Harold Huskilson, 91, Canadian politician, member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly (1970–1993). [300]
• Kjell Johansson, 65, Swedish table tennis player. [301]
• Morio Kita, 84, Japanese novelist, essayist and psychiatrist. [302]
• Héctor López, 44, Mexican boxer, Olympic silver medal-winner (1984), drug overdose. [303]
• John McCarthy, 84, American computer scientist, creator of LISP and the term AI, heart disease. [304]
• Pat McNamara, 85, American Olympic speed skater. [305]
• Alan Morgan, 71, British Anglican prelate, Bishop of Sherwood (1989–2004). [306]
• Crescênzio Rinaldini, 85, Italian-born Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Araçuaí (1982–2001). [307]
• Sir Peter Siddell, 76, New Zealand artist, brain tumour. [308]
• Kirtanananda Swami, 74, American excommunicated Hare Krishna leader and convicted felon, kidney failure. [309]
• Bruno Weber, 80, Swiss artist and architect. [310]
• Ken Yamaguchi, 55, Japanese voice actor, illness. [311]

25

• Leonidas Andrianopoulos, 100, Greek footballer (Olympiacos F.C.). [312] (Greek)
• Perkins Bass, 99, American politician, U.S. Representative from New Hampshire (1955–1963). [313]
• Shirley Becke, 94, British police officer, first female to reach chief officer rank. [314]
• Bert Cueto, 74, Cuban baseball player (Minnesota Twins). [315]
• Arved Deringer, 98, German lawyer (Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer) and politician. [316]
• Sinikka Keskitalo, 60, Finnish Olympic long-distance runner. [317] (Finnish)
• Wyatt Knight, 56, American actor (Porky's), suicide by gunshot. [318]
• Manuel López Ochoa, 77, Mexican actor.
• Tom McNeeley, 74, American boxer, complications from a seizure. [319]
• Mohan Raghavan, 47, Indian Malayalam film director. [320]
• Fyodor Reut, 64, Soviet and later Russian soldier.
• Bernard Verdcourt, 86, British botanist. [321]
• Howard Wolpe, 71, American politician, U.S. Representative from Michigan (1979–1993). [322]
• Norrie Woodhall, 105, British stage actress. [323]

26

• Salvador Bernal, 66, Filipino designer, National Artist of the Philippines. [324]
• Daniel Burke, 82, American television executive, President of ABC (1986–1994), complications of diabetes. [325]
• Dave Cole, 81, American baseball player (Boston Braves, Milwaukee Braves, Chicago Cubs). [326]
• Mickey Kelly, 82, Irish hurler (Kilkenny GAA). [327]
• Aristide Laurent, 70, American publisher and LGBT civil rights advocate. [328]
• William A. Niskanen, 78, American economist, member of the Council of Economic Advisors (1981–1985), chairman of the Cato Institute (1985–2008), stroke. [329]
• Jona Senilagakali, 81, Fijian physician and diplomat, Prime Minister (2006–2007). [330]
• Jorge Soto, 66, Argentine golfer. [331] (Spanish)

27

• Tom Brown, 89, American tennis player. [332])
• T. Max Graham, 70, American actor (Article 99, Eraserhead), cancer. [333]
• Ronald Greeley, 72, American planetary scientist. [334]
• James Hillman, 85, American psychologist, proponent of archetypal psychology. [335]
• Ron Holmes, 48, American football player (Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Denver Broncos). [336]
• Eduard Kojnok, 78, Slovak Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Rožňava (1990–2008). [337] (Slovakian)
• Allen Mandelbaum, 85, American professor of Italian literature, poet and translator. [338]
• Robert Pritzker, 85, American billionaire industrialist, Parkinson's disease. [339]

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• Ricky Adams, 52, American baseball player (California Angels), cancer. [340]
• Campbell Christie, 74, Scottish trade unionist. [341]
• Willy De Clercq, 84, Belgian politician. [342]
• Beryl Davis, 87, British big band singer and actress. [343]
• R. Sheldon Duecker, 85, American prelate, bishop of the United Methodist Church. [344]
• Jiří Gruša, 72, Czech dissident, diplomat and writer. [345]
• Roger Kerr, 66, New Zealand public policy and business leader, executive director of the New Zealand Business Roundtable, metastatic melanoma. [346]
• Alvin Schwartz, 94, American comic book writer, heart-related complications. [347]
• Kan Singh Parihar, 98, Indian jurist. [348] (Hindi)
• Arnold Ruiner, 74, Austrian Olympic cyclist. [349]
• Sri Lal Sukla, 85, Indian writer, long illness. [350]
• Wilmer W. Tanner, 101, American zoologist. [351]
• Ed Walker, 94, American World War II veteran and writer, last surviving member of Castner's Cutthroats. [352]

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• Axel Axgil, 96, Danish gay rights activist. [353]
• Dolores Duffy, 76, American Olympic athlete and actress. [354]
• Lloyd G. Jackson, 93, American politician, President of West Virginia Senate (1969–1971). [355]
• Robert Lamoureux, 91, French comedian and film director. [356] (French)
• Yoland Levèque, 74, French Olympic boxer. [357] (French)
• Walter Norris, 79, American jazz pianist. [358]
• R. C. Pitts, 92, American Olympic gold medal-winning (1948) basketball player. [359]
• Ram Revilla, 22, Filipino actor, shot and stabbed. [360]
• Sir Jimmy Savile, 84, British disc jockey, television presenter (Top of the Pops, Jim'll Fix It) and charity fundraiser. [361]
• K. Suppu, 70, Indian politician. [362]
• Samdup Taso, 83, Indian hereditary priest. [363]
• Walter Vidarte, 80, Uruguayan actor. [364] (Spanish)
• Tom Watkins, 74, American football player (Cleveland Browns, Detroit Lions), after long illness. [365]
• Mano Wijeyeratne, 54, Sri Lankan politician. [366]

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• Serge Aubry, 69, Canadian ice hockey player (Quebec Nordiques), diabetes. [367] (French)
• Bob Barry, Sr., 80, American sports commentator. [368]
• T. M. Jacob, 61, Indian politician, member of the Kerala Legislative Assembly. [369]
• Tom Keith, 64, American radio personality (A Prairie Home Companion). [370]
• Jonas Kubilius, 90, Lithuanian mathematician. [371] (Lithuanian)
• Phyllis Love, 85, American actress (Friendly Persuasion, The Young Doctors), Alzheimer's disease. [372]
• Giles McCrary, 91, American art collector and museum owner. [373]
• Christopher Mega, 80, American politician and judge. [374]
• Cyril Parfitt, 97, British artist. [375]
• Virgilio Salimbeni, 91, Italian cyclist. [376]
• Mickey Scott, 64, German-born American baseball player (Baltimore Orioles, Montreal Expos). [377]
• David Utz, 87, American surgeon, removed Ronald Reagan's prostate, heart failure. [378]
• Richard Walls, 74, New Zealand politician and businessman, MP for Dunedin North (1975–1978) and Mayor of Dunedin (1989–1995). [379]
• Abbas-Ali Amid Zanjani, 74, Iranian cleric and politician, President of Tehran University (2005–2008), heart failure. [380]

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• Flórián Albert, 70, Hungarian footballer, European Footballer of the Year (1967). [381]
• Alberto Anchart, 80, Argentine actor (Venga a bailar el rock), cancer. [382]
• Liz Anderson, 81, American country music singer-songwriter, mother of Lynn Anderson, complications from heart and lung disease. [383]
• Mick Anglo, 95, British comic book writer and artist, creator of Marvelman. [384]
• Gilbert Cates, 77, American film director and producer (Academy Awards Telecast, Oh, God! Book II), founder of Geffen Playhouse. [385]
• James Forrester, 74, American physician and politician, North Carolina State Senator (since 1990). [386]
• Boris de Greiff, 81, Colombian chess master. [387] (Spanish)
• Alfred Hilbe, 83, Liechtenstein politician, Prime Minister (1970–1974). [388] (German)
• Len Killeen, 72, South African rugby league player. [389]
• Marios Leousis, 85, Greek magician. [390] (Greek)
• Ali Saibou, 71, Nigerien politician, President (1987–1993). [391]