Deaths in December 2009
List of notable deaths in a month
The following is a list of notable deaths in December 2009 .
Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence:
Name, age, country of citizenship at birth, subsequent country of citizenship (if applicable), reason for notability, cause of death (if known), and reference.
December 2009
1
Christoph Budde , 46, German football player (Borussia Mönchengladbach ), swine flu.[1]
Maurice Clemmons , 37, American felon, perpetrator of the 2009 shooting of Lakewood, Washington, police officers , shot.[2]
Neil Dougall , 88, British footballer (Plymouth Argyle ).[3]
Tommy Henrich , 96, American baseball player (New York Yankees ).[4]
Bilal Omer Khan , 55, Pakistani general , victim of December 2009 Rawalpindi terrorist attack [5]
Bill Lister , 86, American honky tonk singer.[6]
Alberto Martínez , 59, Uruguayan football player (FK Austria Wien ), heart failure.[7]
Cordelia Oliver , 86, Scottish painter, journalist and art critic.[8]
Ramses Shaffy , 76, Dutch singer and actor, esophageal cancer.[9]
Shilendra Kumar Singh , 77, Indian politician, Governor of Rajasthan (2007–2009).[10]
Éva Szörényi , 92, Hungarian actress, Kossuth Prize winner.[11]
Donald Washington Sr. , 79, American jazz tenor saxophonist, lung cancer.[12]
2
Harold A. Ackerman , 81, American federal judge, natural causes.[13]
Luis María Bandrés , 65, Spanish leader of Basque Nationalist Party .[14]
Elizabeth Berridge , 89, British novelist.[15]
Foge Fazio , 71, American football coach, leukemia.[16]
Shoji Hashimoto , 75, Japanese go master, myocardial infarction.[17]
Ikuo Hirayama , 79, Japanese painter, stroke.[18]
Maggie Jones , 75, British actress (Coronation Street ).[19]
Jozo Križanović , 65, Bosnian politician, Croat member of the Presidency (2001–2002), complications from surgery.[20]
Brian Morrison , 76, Australian priest and humanitarian.[21]
Luís Lombardi Neto , 69, Brazilian announcer (Silvio Santos television program), stroke.[22]
Aaron Schroeder , 83, American songwriter, Alzheimer's disease.[23]
Ian Thompson , 74, Australian politician, member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly (1971–1993).[24]
Vjekoslav Šutej , 58, Croatian conductor, leukemia.[25]
Eric Woolfson , 64, Scottish singer and keyboardist (The Alan Parsons Project ), cancer.[26]
3
Ibrahim Hassan Addou , Somali Higher Education Minister, bombing .[citation needed ]
Qamar Aden Ali , 52, Somali Health Minister, bombing .[27]
Swadesh Bose , 81, Bangladeshi economist.[28]
Nat Boxer , 84, American sound engineer (Apocalypse Now , The Godfather Part II , The Conversation ), Oscar winner (1980 ).[29]
Estêvão Cardoso de Avellar , 92, Brazilian Roman Catholic Bishop of Uberlândia (1978–1992).[30]
Paula Hawkins , 82, American politician, Senator from Florida (1981–1987), complications from a fall.[31]
István Iglódi , 65, Hungarian actor.[32]
Leila Lopes , 50, Brazilian actress, suicide.[33]
Bert Main , 90, Australian zoologist.[34]
Brian Mason , 92, New Zealand scientist, renal failure.[35]
Curtis Nkondo , 81, South African politician, activist and diplomat.[36]
Pat Power , 67, Australian politician, member of the Victorian Legislative Council for Jika Jika (1992–1999).[37]
Sam Salt , 69, British rear admiral, captain of HMS Sheffield during the Falklands War.[38]
Peter Scanlon , 78, American accountant and chairman (Coopers & Lybrand ), cancer.[39]
Åsmund L. Strømnes , 82, Norwegian educationalist.[40]
Valbjörn Þorláksson , 75, Icelandic decathlete.[41]
Richard Todd , 90, Irish-born British Academy Award-nominated actor (The Hasty Heart , The Dam Busters ), (The Longest Day ), cancer.[42]
Ahmed Abdulahi Waayeel , Somali Education Minister, bombing .[27]
Bobby Wayne Woods , 44, American convicted rapist, kidnapper and murderer, execution by lethal injection .[43]
Torrie Zito , 76, American pianist and arranger, emphysema.[44]
4
Richard T. Antoun , 77, American anthropologist and professor, stabbed.[45]
Harold Bell , 90, American marketer, licensing agent and technical advisor, creator of Woodsy Owl .[46]
Liam Clancy , 74, Irish folk singer (The Clancy Brothers ), pulmonary fibrosis.[47]
Tim Costello , 64, American labor and anti-globalization advocate, pancreatic cancer.[48]
Matthew Luo Duxi , 90, Chinese Roman Catholic Bishop of Jiading .[49]
Jérôme-Michel-Francis Martin , 68, French Roman Catholic Bishop of Berbérati (1987–1991).[50]
Bryan O'Byrne , 78, American character actor.[51]
Vyacheslav Tikhonov , 81, Russian actor (Seventeen Moments of Spring ).[52]
Stephen Toulmin , 87, British philosopher and author, heart failure.[53]
Spyridon Trantellis , 83, Greek Metropolitan Bishop of Lagkadas , after long illness.[54]
Jordi Solé Tura , 79, Spanish politician and lawyer, co-author of Spanish Constitution and Minister of Culture (1991–1993).[55]
Umaga , 36, American professional wrestler (WWE ), prescription drug overdose.[56]
Mall Vaasma , 64, Estonian mycologist.[57]
Mary Curtis Verna , 88, American operatic soprano (Metropolitan Opera ), complications from a broken hip.[58]
Francis Wilford-Smith , 82, British cartoonist.[59]
5
Barrel Man , 69, American fan of the Denver Broncos , lung failure.[60]
Jerry Birn , 86, American television writer (The Young and the Restless ).[61]
Nina Fishman , 63, British historian and political activist, cancer.[62]
Alfred Hrdlicka , 81, Austrian architect and draughtsman.[63]
Otto Graf Lambsdorff , 82, German politician, Minister of Economics (1977–1982; 1982–1984).[64]
William Lederer , 97, American author (The Ugly American ), respiratory failure.[65]
Kálmán Markovits , 78, Hungarian Olympic gold (1952 , 1956 ) and bronze (1960 ) medalist in water polo.[66]
Garfield Morgan , 78, British actor (The Sweeney ), cancer.[67]
Malcolm Perry , 80, American attending physician to President John F. Kennedy after his assassination, lung cancer.[citation needed ]
Manuel Prado y Colón de Carvajal , 78, Spanish diplomat.[68]
Dumitru Puntea , 66, Moldovan politician.[69]
Jim Rohn , 79, American entrepreneur, author and motivational speaker, pulmonary fibrosis.[70]
Jack Rose , 38, American guitarist, heart attack.[71]
Princess Vimolchatra of Thailand , 88, Thai royal, cousin of King Bhumibol Adulyadej , renal failure.[72]
William A. Wilson , 95, American Ambassador to the Holy See (1984–1986).[73]
6
Dennis P. Collins , 85, American politician, mayor of Bayonne, New Jersey (1974–1990).[74]
Rupprecht Geiger , 101, German painter.[75]
Dermott Monteith , 66, Irish cricketer.[76]
John Pittenger , 79, American politician, Pennsylvania Secretary of Education (1972–1976), Parkinson's disease.[77]
Bina Rai , 78, Indian actress (Anarkali ), heart attack.[78]
Daouda Sow , 76, Senegalese politician, President of National Assembly (1984–1998).[79]
7
Frank M. Coffin , 90, American politician, Representative from Maine (1957–1961), complications of aortic aneurysm surgery.[80]
Royden G. Derrick , 94, American general authority of the LDS Church , natural causes.[81]
Al Dorow , 80, American football player (Washington Redskins , New York Titans ), bone cancer.[82]
Shunkichi Hamada , 99, Japanese Olympic silver medal-winning (1932 ) field hockey player.[83]
Lorenzo Ochoa Salas , Mexican archeologist.[84]
Grady Patterson , 85, American politician, South Carolina state Treasurer (1966–1995; 1999–2007), natural causes.[85]
Carlene Hatcher Polite , 77, American novelist, cancer.[86]
Mark Ritts , 63, American actor and puppeteer (Beakman's World ), kidney cancer.[87]
Ray Solomonoff , 83, American physicist and artificial intelligence pioneer.[88]
Pyotr Vail , 60, Russian essayist and journalist.[89]
8
James Bingham , 84, British artist.[90]
Kenneth Biros , 51, American convicted murderer, execution by lethal injection .[91]
Joan Bridge , 97, British costume designer (A Man for All Seasons , Julia , Fiddler on the Roof ), Oscar winner (1967 ).[92]
Su Cruickshank , 63, Australian jazz singer and actress (Young Einstein ), heart and kidney failure.[93]
Luis Días , 57, Dominican musician and songwriter, heart attack.[94]
Dean Fasano , 54, American vocalist (Prophet , Message ), coronary artery disease.[95]
John Givens , 83, American basketball coach (Kentucky Colonels , 1967).[96]
Arthur Glasser , 95, American missionary and theologian.[97]
Karel Klančnik , 92, Yugoslavian Olympic ski jumper.[98]
Elza Medeiros , 88, Brazilian nurse, World War II veteran.[99]
William C. McInnes , 86, American Jesuit, president of Fairfield University (1964–1973); USF (1973–1976).[100]
Anthony Sanusi , 98, Nigerian Roman Catholic Bishop of Ijebu-Ode (1969–1990).[101]
Fred Sheffield , 86, American basketball player.
Sir Philip Watson , 90, British admiral.[102]
9
Luiz Carlos Alborghetti , 64, Brazilian television presenter and politician, lung cancer.[103]
Gene Barry , 90, American actor (The War of the Worlds , Burke's Law , Bat Masterson ), heart failure.[104]
Roger Jacobi , 62, British archaeologist.[105]
Sa'ad Khair , 56, Jordanian secret service chief, heart attack.[106]
Piotr Krzywicki , 45, Polish politician, pancreatic cancer.[107]
Kjell Eugenio Laugerud García , 79, Guatemalan President (1974–1978), complications from cancer.[108]
Rodrigo Carazo Odio , 82, Costa Rican politician, President (1978–1982), heart failure.[109]
Faramarz Payvar , 77, Iranian composer and santur player, brain damage.[citation needed ]
Onofre Cândido Rosa , 85, Brazilian Roman Catholic Bishop of Jardim (1981–1999).[110]
Goldie Semple , 56, Canadian stage actor, breast cancer.[111]
Norman Sykes , 83, English footballer (Bristol Rovers ).[112]
10
Apolonia Muñoz Abarca , 89, American activist.[113]
Gene Carpenter , 70, American football coach.[114]
Dilip Chitre , 70, Indian poet, cancer.[115]
Kenny Dino , 70, American pop singer.[116]
Jean-Robert Gauthier , 80, Canadian MP for Ottawa East (1972–1974), Ottawa—Vanier (1974–1994); Senator (1994–2004), stroke.[117]
Sir John Gingell , 84, British Air Chief Marshal and Black Rod (1985–1992).[118]
Thomas Hoving , 78, American director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (1967–1977), lung cancer.[119]
Sir Alan Huggins , 88, British jurist, vice-president of the Court of Appeal of Hong Kong (1980–1987).[120]
Colin James , 83, British Anglican prelate, Bishop of Winchester (1985–1995), chest infection.[121]
József Kóczián , 83, Hungarian table tennis player.[122]
William L. Reilly , 94, American Jesuit and philosophy professor, President of Le Moyne College (1964–1976).[123]
11
Brindley Benn , 86, Guyanese politician, Deputy Prime Minister, natural causes.[124]
Ernest E. Chabot , 87, American politician.[125]
Francisco Piquer , 87, Spanish actor.[126]
Ciarán Mac Mathúna , 84, Irish radio presenter and music collector.[127]
Eric Wrinkles , 49, American convicted murderer, execution by lethal injection .[128]
12
Val Avery , 85, American actor (The Killing of a Chinese Bookie ) .[129]
Klavdiya Boyarskikh , 70, Russian cross-country skier, Olympic gold medalist (1964).[130]
Charles Copland , 99, British Anglican priest, Dean of Argyll and The Isles (1977–1979).[131]
Charles Davis , 84, American actor, heart attack.[132]
Ali Gharbi , 54, Tunisian swimmer.[133]
Howard Wesley Johnson , 87, American educator, president of MIT (1966–1971).[134]
Napoleon A. Jones Jr. , 69, American federal judge.[135]
Manuel Ruiz Sosa , 72, Spanish footballer and coach.[136]
Eugene van Tamelen , 84, American chemist, cancer.[137]
13
Dan Barton , 88, American actor, heart failure and kidney disease.[138]
Julian Fane , 82, British author.[139]
Moyra Fraser , 86, Australian-born British actress (As Time Goes By ).[140]
Yvonne King , 89, American singer (The King Sisters ).[141]
Börje Langefors , 94, Swedish engineer and computer scientist.[142]
Arne Næss , 84, Norwegian politician, Mayor of Bergen.[143]
Piergiorgio Nesti , 78, Italian Roman Catholic archbishop of Camerino-San Severino Marche .[144]
Paul Samuelson , 94, American economist, Nobel Prize winner (1970).[145]
Sha'ari Tadin , 77, Singaporean educator and public servant, Parkinson's disease.[146]
Thomas F. Stroock , 84, American politician, Ambassador to Guatemala (1989–1992).[147]
Larry Sultan , 63, American photographer, cancer.[148]
Wilton , 62, Brazilian footballer.[149]
14
Alan A'Court , 75, English footballer (Liverpool , England ), cancer.[150]
Jack Denham , 85, Australian horse trainer, winner of 1997 Caulfield and Melbourne Cup (Might and Power ).[151]
Chris Feinstein , 42, American bassist (The Cardinals ).[152]
Stocker Fontelieu , 86, American actor and executive director (New Orleans theatre), complications from a fall.[153]
Conard Fowkes , 76, American actor (Dark Shadows ).[154]
Miodrag Jovanović , 87, Serbian Olympic silver medal-winning (1948 ) footballer.[155]
George McKinnon , 91, American basketball and baseball coach.[156]
David Pecaut , 54, Canadian municipal entrepreneur, colorectal cancer.[157]
Daniel Piscopo , 89, Maltese politician.[158]
Sol Price , 93, American businessman, founder of Price Club , natural causes.[159]
15
Curtis Allina , 87, American businessman, executive of Pez Candy (1955–1979), heart failure.[160]
C. D. B. Bryan , 73, American author, cancer.[161]
Sir Chris Clarke , 68, British politician, leader of Somerset County Council .[162]
Milena Müllerová , 86, Czech gymnast, Olympic champion (1948 ).[163]
Arnaldo Ribeiro , 79, Brazilian Roman Catholic archbishop of Ribeirão Preto (1988–2006).[164]
Oral Roberts , 91, American evangelist, founder of Oral Roberts University , complications from pneumonia.[165]
James Rossant , 81, American architect, designer of Reston, Virginia , leukemia.[166]
Herbert Spiegel , 95, American psychiatrist.[167]
16
Arturo Beltrán Leyva , 48, Mexican drug lord, shot.[168]
Arthur Cores , 52, American businessman, founder of Boston Market , esophageal cancer.[169]
Drexell R. Davis , 88, American politician, Kentucky Secretary of State and state treasurer.[170]
Roy E. Disney , 79, American entertainment executive (The Walt Disney Company ), nephew of Walt Disney , stomach cancer.[171]
Karel Dufek , 93, Czechoslovak diplomat, Spanish Civil War veteran.[172]
Yegor Gaidar , 53, Russian politician, acting Prime Minister (1992), thrombus.[173]
Dennis Herod , 86, English footballer (Stoke City ).[174]
Fred Honsberger , 58, American radio personality.[175]
T. G. H. James , 86, British egyptologist.[176]
Kelly Kwalik , 53-54, Indonesian West Papua separatist leader and commander (Free Papua Movement ), shot.[177]
Dame Victoire Ridsdale, Lady Ridsdale , 88, British politician, World War II intelligence agent, inspiration for Miss Moneypenny .[178]
Manto Tshabalala-Msimang , 69, South African politician, Minister of Health (1999–2008), complications from a liver transplant.[179]
Vladimir Turchinsky , 46, Russian actor, bodybuilder and showman, heart attack.[180]
Josef Voß , 72, German Roman Catholic Auxiliary Bishop of Munster , Titular Bishop of Thisiduo (since 1988).[181]
Bob Waldmire , 64, American Route 66 artist, cancer.[182]
17
Amin al-Hafiz , 88, Syrian politician, President (1963–1966).[183]
P. R. Anthonis , 98, Sri Lankan surgeon.[184]
Alaina Reed Hall , 63, American actress (Sesame Street , 227 ), breast cancer.[185]
Chris Henry , 26, American football player (Cincinnati Bengals ), blunt force trauma after fall from vehicle.[186]
Jennifer Jones , 90, American Academy Award-winning actress (The Song of Bernadette ), natural causes.[187]
Michel Leblond , 77, French Olympic footballer.[188]
Miljenko Mihić , 75, Serbian football coach.[189]
Dan O'Bannon , 63, American screenwriter (Alien , Total Recall , Blue Thunder ), Crohn's disease.[190]
Samuel Victor Perry , 91, British biochemist.[191]
Hans Pfenninger , 80, Swiss Olympic cyclist.[192]
Albert Ràfols-Casamada , 86, Spanish artist.[193]
18
Fred Bachrach , 95, Dutch art historian.[194]
Chas Balun , 61, American artist and journalist, cancer.[195]
José Bardina , 70, Spanish-Venezuelan actor, bladder cancer.[196]
Oskar Danon , 96, Bosnian conductor and composer.[citation needed ]
John Henry Fischer , 99, American educator, President of Teachers College, Columbia University (1962–1974), heart failure.[197]
Connie Hines , 78, American actress (Mister Ed ), heart failure.[198]
Harold Lundrigan , 81, Canadian businessman.[199]
Archimandrite Joasaph , 47, American Head of the Russian Ecclesiastical Mission in Jerusalem of the ROCOR , cancer.[200]
László Nagy , 88, Hungarian-born Swiss Secretary General of the World Organization of the Scout Movement (1968–1988).[201]
Job Osacky , 63, American archbishop of the Orthodox Church in America.[202]
Georgina Parkinson , 71, English ballet dancer and ballet mistress, cancer.[203]
Mike Simpson , 47, American politician, Michigan state Representative (since 2006), heart attack.[204]
Adelbert St. John , 78, Canadian-born Austrian ice hockey player.[205]
Bob Willoughby , 82, American photographer, cancer.[206]
Robin Wood , 78, British film critic, leukemia.[207]
Rex Yetman , 76, Canadian bluegrass mandolin player [208]
Jack Zilly , 88, American football player (Los Angeles Rams ).[209]
19
Charles Birch , 91, Australian geneticist.[210]
Tony Bukovich , 94, American ice hockey player (Detroit Red Wings ).[211]
Margaret Christensen , 88, Australian actress.[212]
Edith Díaz , 70, Puerto Rican-born American actress, heart failure.[213]
Lincoln Gordon , 96, American diplomat and academic, Ambassador to Brazil (1961–1966), President of Johns Hopkins University (1967–1971).[214]
Grand Ayatollah Hussein-Ali Montazeri , 87, Iranian cleric and dissident, natural causes.[215]
Zeki Ökten , 68, Turkish film director, heart disease.[216]
Kim Peek , 58, American savant, inspiration for Rain Man , heart attack.[217]
Donald Pickering , 76, British actor (The Pallisers , A Bridge Too Far , The Man Who Knew Too Little ).[218]
Roger Rawson , 70, American politician, former majority leader of the Utah House of Representatives, liver disease.[219]
Loren Singer , 86, American novelist (The Parallax View ).[220]
20
Joan Brosnan Walsh , 71, Irish actress (Fair City ), motor neurone disease.[221]
Jack Brownsword , 86, British footballer (Scunthorpe United ).[222]
James Gurley , 69, American guitarist (Big Brother and the Holding Company ), heart attack.[223]
Jack Hixon , 88, British football scout.[224]
Arun Krushnaji Kamble , 56, Indian Dalit activist, drowned.[225] (body discovered on this date)
Yiannis Moralis , 93, Greek visual artist.[226]
Brittany Murphy , 32, American actress (Clueless , King of the Hill , 8 Mile ), pneumonia.[227]
Shari Rhodes , 71, American casting director (Jaws , Close Encounters of the Third Kind , Breaking Bad ).[228]
Vera Rich , 73, British poet, journalist, historian, and translator.[229]
Lester Rodney , 98, American sports journalist.[230]
Arnold Stang , 91, American actor (Top Cat , It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World , The Man with the Golden Arm ), pneumonia.[231]
Ira Trombley , 57, American politician, member of the Vermont House of Representatives (since 2002), natural causes.[232]
21
Suryakant Acharya , 80, Indian politician, natural causes.[233]
Jaime Agudelo , 84, Colombian comedian, respiratory failure.[234]
Craigie Aitchison , 83, British painter.[235]
Dick Archer , 82, Australian politician, member of the Tasmanian Legislative Council (1980–1992).[236]
Ann Nixon Cooper , 107, American civil rights activist, mentioned in President Obama's election victory speech .[237]
James Cowley , 90, British recipient of the Distinguished Conduct Medal .[238]
Rick Hube , 62, American politician, member of the Vermont House of Representatives (since 1998).[239]
David Isaacs , 63, Jamaican singer (The Itals ).[240]
Pete King , 80, British saxophonist, co-founder of Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club .[241]
Edwin G. Krebs , 91, American Nobel Prize-winning biochemist.[242]
Christos Lambrakis , 75, Greek businessman, publisher and journalist, multiple organ failure.[243]
Marianne Stone , 87, British character actress (Carry On ).[244]
22
Al Bernardin , 81, American restaurateur, inventor of the Quarter Pounder , stroke.[245]
Mick Cocks , 54, Australian guitarist (Rose Tattoo ), liver cancer.[246]
Luis Francisco Cuéllar , 69, Colombian politician, Governor of Caqueta , assassination by cut throat.[247]
Michael Currie , 81, American actor (Dark Shadows , Sudden Impact ).[248]
Bernhard Droog , 88, Dutch actor, pneumonia.[249]
Milena Dvorská , 71, Czech film actress.[250]
Edward Maitland-Makgill-Crichton , 93, British army general.[251]
Andy Manson , 73, Australian politician, member of the New South Wales Legislative Council (1995–2000).[252]
Duncan Paterson , 66, Scottish rugby union player and administrator.[253]
Sir Bob Phillis , 64, British media executive, cancer.[254]
Albert Scanlon , 74, English footballer (Manchester United ), survivor of Munich air disaster .[255]
Piers Wardle , 49, British artist, brain haemorrhage.[256]
23
Lucas Abadamloora , 71, Ghanaian Roman Catholic Bishop of Navrongo-Bolgatanga (1994–2009).[257]
Lilo Allgayer , 94, German Olympic fencer.[258]
Ike Aronowicz , 86, Israeli captain of the SS Exodus .[259]
Grigory Baklanov , 86, Russian novelist.[260]
Charles Bullen , 90, American politician, Utah House of Representatives (1971–1977) and Senate (1977–1985).[261]
Robert L. Howard , 70, American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient (1971), pancreatic cancer.[262]
Micah Naftalin , 76, American advocate for Soviet Jews.[263]
Ngapoi Ngawang Jigme , 99, Chinese politician, Chairman of the Tibet Autonomous Region (1964–1968; 1981–1983).[264]
Peter O'Hagan , Irish politician.[265]
Edward Schillebeeckx , 95, Belgian theologian.[266]
Rainer Zepperitz , 79, Indonesian-born German double bassist.[267]
24
Marcus Bakker , 86, Dutch politician, party leader of the Communist Party of the Netherlands (1963–1982).[268]
Stan Benjamin , 95, American baseball player (Philadelphia Phillies ) and scout (Houston Astros ).[269]
Giulio Bosetti , 79, Italian actor and film director, cancer.[citation needed ]
Rafael Caldera , 93, Venezuelan politician, President (1969–1974; 1994–1999).[270]
George Cowling , 89, British weatherman.[271]
Victor Khain , 95, Russian geologist.[272]
Terry Lawless , 76, British boxing manager and trainer.[273]
Henry van Lieshout , 77, Dutch-born Papua New Guinean Roman Catholic Bishop of Lae (1966–2007).[274]
George Michael , 70, American sportscaster and disc jockey, chronic lymphocytic leukemia.[275]
Eysteinn Þórðarson , 75, Icelandic Olympic skier.Eysteinn Þórðarson
Gero von Wilpert , 76, German literary scientist.[276]
Brian Young , 79, British naval officer.[277]
25
Christopher Bell , 35, American disability studies scholar.[278]
Bill Burich , 92, American baseball player (Philadelphia Phillies ).[279]
Charlie Capps , 84, American politician, member of Mississippi House of Representatives (1972–2005).[280]
Vic Chesnutt , 45, American folk rock musician, muscle relaxant overdose.[281]
Rusty Dedrick , 91, American swing and bebop jazz trumpeter.[282]
Knut Haugland , 92, Norwegian explorer and World War II veteran, last surviving member of the Kon-Tiki expedition.[283]
Rick Kane , 55, American football player (Detroit Lions ), pneumonia.[284]
Morris E. Lasker , 92, American federal judge, cancer.[285]
Rachel Wetzsteon , 42, American poet, suicide.[286]
26
Charles F. Baird , 87, American politician.[287]
Dennis Brutus , 85, South African poet and anti-Apartheid activist, prostate cancer.[288]
Giuseppe Chiappella , 85, Italian football player and manager.[289]
Peder Lunde Sr. , 91, Norwegian Olympic silver medal-winning (1952 ) sailor.[290]
Arthur McIntyre , 91, British cricketer.[291]
Yves Rocher , 79, French entrepreneur and mayor of La Gacilly , founder of Yves Rocher Cosmetics .[292]
Ihor Ševčenko , 87, Polish philologist.[293]
Percy Sutton , 89, American civil rights activist, politician and attorney, Manhattan Borough President (1966–1977).[294]
Jacques Sylla , 63, Malagasy politician, Prime Minister of Madagascar (2002–2007).[295]
David Taylor , 63, British politician, MP for North West Leicestershire (since 1997), heart attack.[296]
Norval White , 83, American author (AIA Guide to New York City ) , heart attack.[297]
Felix Wurman , 51, American cellist, cancer.[298]
27
Maryam Babangida , 61, Nigerian First Lady, wife of former President Ibrahim Babangida , ovarian cancer.[299]
Gunnar Kemnitz , 82, Brazilian Olympic diver.[300]
Terry L. Punt , 60, American politician, Pennsylvania State Senator (1989–2009) and State Representative (1979–1988).[301]
Narra Venkateswara Rao , 62, Indian actor, cancer.[citation needed ]
Isaac Schwartz , 86, Russian composer (White Sun of the Desert ).[302]
Takashi Takabayashi , 78, Japanese footballer.[303]
28
Allen Batsford , 77, British football manager (Wimbledon ), heart attack.[304]
Habib Bourguiba Jr. , 82, Tunisian diplomat and politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs (1964–1970).[305]
D. F. Cartwright , 93, British businessman.[306]
Sir Jack Harman , 89, British general.[307]
Zoltán Horváth , 30, Romanian-born Hungarian basketball player, car accident.[308]
Terry Matte , 66, Canadian television news producer, cancer.[309]
Manfred R. Schroeder , 83, German physicist.[310]
J. David Singer , 84, American political scientist.[311]
Witold Skulicz , 83, Polish artist.[312]
The Rev , 28, American hard rock and heavy metal drummer (Avenged Sevenfold ), drug overdose.[313]
29
Roberto Amadei , 76, Italian Roman Catholic monsignor, bishop of Bergamo (1991–2009).[314]
C. Ashwath , 71, Indian Kannada singer, liver and renal failure.[315]
Carlo Cerioni , 84, Italian Olympic basketball player.[316]
David Levine , 83, American caricaturist (The New York Review of Books ), prostate cancer.[317]
Paul Sapsford , 60, New Zealand rugby union player (Otago , national team ), injuries sustained in a jetboat accident.[318]
Akmal Shaikh , 53, Pakistani-born British drug trafficker, executed by lethal injection.[319]
M. S. Sivasankariah , 82, Indian cricket umpire.[320]
Robert H. Smith , 81, American real estate developer and philanthropist, creator of Crystal City, Virginia , stroke.[321]
Steve Williams , 49, American professional wrestler, throat cancer.[322]
30
Anthony Alaimo , 89, American federal judge (Southern District of Georgia ).[323]
Bessie Blount Griffin , 95, American inventor and forensic scientist.[324]
Peter Corren , 62, Canadian gay rights activist, cancer.[325]
Adrian Kivumbi Ddungu , 86, Ugandan Roman Catholic Bishop of Masaka .[326]
Maldwyn Evans , 72, Welsh bowler, world champion (1972 ).[327]
Rowland S. Howard , 50, Australian musician and songwriter (The Birthday Party ), liver cancer.[328]
Michelle Lang , 34, Canadian reporter (Calgary Herald ), IED explosion.[329]
Ruth Lilly , 94, American philanthropist (Eli Lilly and Company ), heart failure.[330]
Alberto Lysy , 74, Argentine violinist and composer.[331]
Gloria Nord , 87, American skater.[332]
Walter Pérez , 85, Uruguayan Olympic sprinter.[333]
Vasily Shandybin , 68, Russian politician.[334]
Peter Shirayanagi , 81, Japanese Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church.[335]
Jacquie Sturm , 82, New Zealand writer and poet.[336]
Vishnuvardhan , 59, Indian Kannada actor, cardiac arrest.[337]
Abdurrahman Wahid , 69, Indonesian politician, President (1999–2001), heart failure.[338]
Norman Walker , 74, Australian rules footballer.[339]
Perry Wilson , 93, American actress (Fear Strikes Out ).[340]
Leon Yao Liang , 86, Chinese bishop.[341]
Ivan Zulueta , 66, Spanish designer and film director.[342]
31
Arthur E. Bartlett , 76, American realtor, co-founder of Century 21 , Alzheimer's disease.[343]
Umalat Magomedov , 30, leader of the Vilayat Dagestan , terrorist, killed by Russian troops.
Tod Campeau , 86, Canadian ice hockey player.[344]
Giulio Corsini , 76, Italian football player and manager.[345]
John Cushnie , 66, Irish gardening expert and radio presenter, heart attack.[346]
Cahal Daly , 92, Irish Cardinal of the Roman Catholic church, Primate of All Ireland (1990–1996).[347]
Maurice Dupras , 86, Canadian politician.[348]
Ann Linnea Sandberg , 71, American immunologist.[349]
George M. Holmes , 80, American politician, member of the North Carolina General Assembly (1975–1977, 1979–2009).[350]
Ross Johnstone , 83, Canadian ice hockey player.[351]
Rashidi Kawawa , 83, Tanzanian politician, Prime Minister of Tanganyika (1962) and Tanzania (1972–1977).[352]
Justin Keating , 79, Irish humanist and Labour Party politician (Minister for Industry and Commerce, 1973–1977).[353]
Helen Lewis , 93, Czech -born British dancer and concentration camp survivor.[354]
Guido Lorraine , 97, Polish-born British actor.[355]
William May , 56, American-born Australian artistic director (Walking with Dinosaurs – The Live Experience ), pneumonia.[356]
Glauco Onorato , 73, Italian actor and voice actor.[citation needed ]
Bill Powell , 93, American golf course designer, stroke.[357]
Qian Xinzhong , 98, Chinese politician, Minister of Health (1965–1973, 1979–1983).[358]
Youssef Ibrahim Sarraf , 69, Egyptian Chaldean Bishop of Cairo (since 1984).[359]
Frans Seda , 83, Indonesian economist, Minister of Finance (1966–1968).[360]
William Tuohy , 83, American journalist and Pulitzer Prize-winning foreign correspondent, complications from heart surgery.[361]
Mikhail Vartanov , 72, Russian actor.[citation needed ]
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