Deaths in January 2011
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The following is a list of notable deaths in January 2011.
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.
January 2011
1
- Anna Anni, 84, Italian costume designer (Otello, Tea with Mussolini, Callas Forever).[1]
- Georgiy Ball, 83, Russian writer.[2]
- Branko Bokun, 90, Yugoslavian writer.[3]
- Peter Branson, 86, British admiral.[4]
- Sir Robin Carnegie, 84, British army general.[5]
- Charles Fambrough, 60, American jazz musician and composer.[6]
- Bruce Halliday, 84, Canadian physician and politician, MP for Oxford (1974–1993).[7]
- Gerd Michael Henneberg, 88, German actor.[8]
- Sonia Humphrey, 63, Australian television presenter and journalist.[9]
- Flemming Jørgensen, 63, Danish actor and musician (Bamses Venner), heart attack.[10]
- Verne Langdon, 69, American musician, record producer and make-up artist.[11]
- Constantin Marin, 85, Romanian musician, conductor and composer.[12]
- John Olguin, 89, American aquarium official, director of the Cabrillo Marine Aquarium (1949–1987).[13]
- Billy Joe Patton, 88, American golfer.[14]
- Louise Reiss, 90, American physician, co-ordinator of the Baby Tooth Survey.[15]
- John Rice, 92, American baseball umpire (1955–1973).[16]
- Faizal Yusof, 32, Malaysian actor, heart attack.[17]
2
- Bali Ram Bhagat, 88, Indian politician, Speaker of the Lok Sabha (1976–1977) and Governor of Rajasthan (1993–1998).[18]
- Mia Bustam, 90, Indonesian painter, writer, and political prisoner[19]
- Kate Ebli, 52, American politician, member of the Michigan House of Representatives (2006–2010).[20]
- Anne Francis, 80, American actress (Honey West, Forbidden Planet, The Twilight Zone), pancreatic cancer.[21]
- Peter Hobbs, 92, French-born American actor (Barney Miller, Lou Grant, The Odd Couple).[22]
- Hans Kalt, 86, Swiss rower, Olympic silver (1948) and bronze (1952) medalist.[23]
- Émile Masson Jr., 95, Belgian cyclist, winner of Paris–Roubaix and La Flèche Wallonne classic cycle races.[24]
- John Osborne, 74, Montserratian politician, Chief Minister (1978–1991; 2001–2006), after long illness.[25]
- Pete Postlethwaite, 64, British actor (In the Name of the Father, Amistad, The Usual Suspects), pancreatic cancer.[26]
- William R. Ratchford, 76, American politician, U.S. Representative from Connecticut (1979–1985), complications from Parkinson's disease.[27]
- Bill Robertson, 93, Australian intelligence officer.[28]
- Miriam Seegar, 103, American silent film actress and interior designer.[29]
- Shen Tianhui, 87, Chinese chemist, academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences.[30]
- Patricia Smith, 80, American actress (The Spirit of St. Louis, The Bob Newhart Show, The Debbie Reynolds Show), heart failure.[31]
- Margot Stevenson, 98, American stage and radio actress (The Shadow).[32]
- Szeto Wah, 79, Hong Kong political activist, lung cancer.[33]
- Robert Trumble, 91, Australian writer and musician.[34]
- Hari Uppal, 84, Indian dancer and dance academy founder.[35]
- Richard Winters, 92, American army officer and World War II veteran, depicted in Band of Brothers, Parkinson's disease.[36]
3
- Julia Bonds, 58, American activist, cancer.[37]
- Fadil Hadžić, 88, Croatian filmmaker, screenwriter, playwright and journalist.[38]
- Jill Haworth, 65, English actress (Exodus, In Harm's Way, Cabaret, The Outer Limits), natural causes.[39]
- Zbigniew Jaremski, 61, Polish athlete, 1976 Olympic silver medalist.[40]
- Michael Kennelly, 96, Irish-born American Jesuit priest, President of Loyola University New Orleans (1970–1974), founder of Strake Jesuit College Prep.[41]
- Suchitra Mitra, 86, Indian singer, cardiac arrest.[42]
- Alfred Proksch, 102, Austrian athlete and graphic designer.[43]
- Yosef Shiloach, 69, Israeli actor, cancer.[44]
- Anatoliy Skorokhod, 81, Ukrainian mathematician.[45]
- Paul Soldner, 89, American ceramicist.[46]
- Eva Strittmatter, 80, German writer.[47]
- William Takaku, Papua New Guinean film and theatre actor, screenwriter and theatre director.[48]
- Stanley Tolliver, 85, American attorney and civil rights advocate.[49]
- Nakamura Tomijūrō V, 81, Japanese Kabuki actor, Living National Treasure.[50]
- Alec Woodall, 92, British politician, MP for Hemsworth (1974–1987).[51]
4
- Mohamed Bouazizi, 26, Tunisian protestor, self-immolation.[52]
- Albert E. Bradbury, 93, American politician.[53]
- Grady Chapman, 81, American doo-wop singer (The Robins), heart failure.[54]
- Chrysanth Chepil, 73, Russian Orthodox prelate, Metropolitan of Vyatka-Slobodskoy.[55]
- B. H. Friedman, 84, American author and art critic, pneumonia.[56]
- Keki Byramjee Grant, 90, Indian cardiologist.[57]
- Sir John Gray, 92, British physiologist.[58]
- Cyril M. Harris, 93, American acoustical engineer.[59]
- Hadayatullah Hübsch, 64, German journalist.[60]
- Mick Karn, 52, Cypriot-born British musician (Japan), cancer.[61]
- Dick King-Smith, 88, British author (The Sheep-Pig, The Water Horse, The Queen's Nose).[62]
- Gustavo Kupinski, 36, Argentine guitarist (Los Piojos), traffic collision.[63]
- Herb Mitchell, 73, American actor (The Practice, Gettysburg, Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me).[64]
- Coen Moulijn, 73, Dutch footballer, brain haemorrhage.[65]
- Ali-Reza Pahlavi, 44, Iranian royal, son of Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, suicide by gunshot.[66]
- Ronald Parfitt, 97, British Olympic fencer.[67]
- Gerry Rafferty, 63, Scottish singer-songwriter ("Baker Street", "Stuck in the Middle with You", "Right Down the Line"), liver failure.[68]
- Jack Richardson, 90, British chemical engineer.[69]
- Salmaan Taseer, 66, Pakistani politician, Governor of Punjab (since 2008), shot.[70]
- Bob Usdane, 74, American politician, member of the Arizona Senate (1977–1991), after a short illness.[71]
5
- Ross Cain, 54, Nauruan politician.[72]
- Jim Duncan, 86, American football player (New York Giants) and coach (Saskatchewan Roughriders, Calgary Stampeders).[73]
- Paul Egertson, 75, American Lutheran bishop, heart attack.[74]
- David Hart, 66, British political activist, author and playwright, motor neurone disease.[75]
- Lily Marinho, 89, Brazilian philanthropist, UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador, respiratory failure.[76]
- Malangatana Ngwenya, 74, Mozambican poet and painter, after long illness.[77]
- Jack Oliver, 87, American scientist, provided seismic evidence supporting plate tectonics.[78]
- Helene Palmer, 82, British actress (Coronation Street).[79]
- Agustin Perdices, 76, Filipino politician, Governor of Negros Oriental (since 2010), stomach cancer.[80]
- Assar Rönnlund, 75, Swedish cross-country skier, world and Olympic champion.[81]
- Brian Rust, 88, British jazz discographer and music journalist.[82]
- David G. Trager, 73, American jurist, pancreatic cancer.[83]
- Bill Zeller, 27, American computer programmer, complications from a suicide attempt.[84]
6
- Leovigildo Banaag, 67, Filipino politician, cardiac arrest.[85]
- Rudi Bass, 96, Austrian-born American graphic artist, illustrator and writer.[86]
- John Bendor-Samuel, 81, British missionary and linguist, traffic collision.[87]
- Tom Cavanagh, 28, American ice hockey player (San Jose Sharks), blunt force trauma.[88]
- Susana Chávez, 36, Mexican poet and human rights activist, strangled.[89]
- Francisco de la Rosa, 44, Dominican baseball player (Baltimore Orioles), after a long illness.[90]
- Ryne Duren, 81, American baseball player (Philadelphia Phillies, New York Yankees).[91]
- Ohan Durian, 88, Armenian composer.[92]
- Gad Granach, 95, German memoirist, son of Alexander Granach.[93]
- John D. Kendall, 93, American musical educator (Suzuki method), complications of a stroke.[94]
- Irving Farmer Kennedy, 88, Canadian World War II fighter pilot.[95]
- Aron Kincaid, 70, American actor (The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini, Batman: the Animated Series, The Transformers), heart failure.[96]
- Gary Mason, 48, British boxer, cycling collision.[97]
- Uche Okafor, 43, Nigerian footballer, murdered.[98]
- Andrzej Przeździecki, 84, Polish Olympic fencer and trainer.[99]
- Anthony S. Seminerio, 75, American politician and convicted felon, member of the New York State Assembly (1979–2009).[100]
- Pyotr Sumin, 64, Russian politician, Governor of Chelyabinsk Oblast (1996–2010).[101]
- Donald J. Tyson, 80, American business executive, Chairman of Tyson Foods (1967–2001), cancer.[102]
- Vang Pao, 81, Lao army general and Hmong community leader, Commander of the Secret Army, pneumonia.[103]
- Reg Ward, 82, British chief executive of London Docklands Development Corporation (1981–1987).[104]
- Dagmar Wilson, 94, American anti-nuclear activist, heart failure.[105]
7
- Helga Bachmann, 79, Icelandic actress and director.[106]
- Red Borom, 95, American baseball player (Detroit Tigers).[107]
- Eddie Carr, 87, American football player (San Francisco 49ers).[108]
- Carlos Castro, 65, Portuguese journalist, bludgeoned.[109]
- Derek Gardner, 79, British vehicle and Formula One car designer.[110]
- Robert P. Hanrahan, 76, American politician, U.S. Representative from Illinois (1973–1975).[111]
- George Harris, 77, American Olympic judoka, leukemia.[112]
- Bill "Tiger" Johnson, 84, American football player (San Francisco 49ers) and coach (Cincinnati Bengals).[113]
- Krzysztof Kolberger, 60, Polish actor, cancer.[114]
- Włodzimierz Ławniczak, 51, Polish journalist, Chairman of Telewizja Polska, after long illness.[115]
- Val Puccio, 45, American professional wrestler.[116]
- Alberte Pullman, 90, French theoretical and quantum chemist.[117]
- Richard Bordeaux Parker, 87, American diplomat.[118]
- Bobby Robinson, 93, American record producer.[119]
- Simona Senoner, 17, Italian ski jumper.[120]
- José Vidal, 70, Dominican baseball player (Cleveland Indians, Seattle Pilots), cancer.[121]
8
- Noel Andrews, 79, Irish boxing commentator.[122]
- Joey Carew, 73, Trinidadian cricketer (West Indies), arteriosclerosis.[123]
- Willi Dansgaard, 88, Danish paleoclimatologist.[124]
- Jiří Dienstbier, 73, Czech politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs (1989–1992).[125]
- Peter Donaldson, 58, Canadian actor (The Sweet Hereafter, Emily of New Moon, Road to Avonlea), lung cancer.[126]
- Hans Ulrich Engelmann, 89, German composer.[127]
- Mike Gambrill, 75, British Olympic cyclist, bronze medalist (1956).[128]
- José García, 84, Uruguayan footballer.[129]
- Oleg Grabar, 81, American Islamic art historian, heart failure.[130]
- Ángel Pedraza, 48, Spanish footballer and manager, cancer.[131]
- Manuel Pestana Filho, 82, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Anápolis (1978–2004).[132]
- Juan Piquer Simón, 74, Spanish film director (Pieces, Slugs), lung cancer.[133]
- John Roll, 63, American jurist, shot.[134]
- Del Reisman, 86, American television producer (The Twilight Zone, The Untouchables) and writer, President of WGAW (1991–1993), cardiac arrest.[135]
- Elfa Secioria, 51, Indonesian jazz pianist.[136]
- Thorbjørn Svenssen, 86, Norwegian footballer, record 104 appearances for the national team, stroke.[137]
- Morton Sweig, 95, American businessman.[138]
- Marcia Torres, 60–61, Chilean hairstylist and entertainer, first transgender woman that had a sex reassignment surgery in Latin America.[139]
- Christopher Trumbo, 70, American screenwriter, kidney cancer.[140]
- William F. Walsh, 98, American politician, Mayor of Syracuse, New York (1961–1969), Congressman (1973–1979).[141]
- Moshe Yess, 67, Canadian composer and singer, cancer.[142]
9
- James Acord, 66, American sculptor, suicide.[143]
- Vítor Alves, 75, Portuguese soldier and politician, member of the MFA, responsible for the Carnation Revolution, cancer.[144]
- Richard Butcher, 29, English footballer (Macclesfield Town), natural causes.[145]
- Ruth Cavin, 92, American mystery novel editor, lung cancer.[146]
- Debbie Friedman, 59, American songwriter, pneumonia.[147]
- Sir Ernest Lee-Steere, 98, Australian horse racing official, Lord Mayor of Perth, Western Australia (1972–1978).[148]
- Makinti Napanangka, 80s, Australian Papunya Tula artist.[149]
- Howard Wallace Pollock, 90, American politician, U.S. Representative from Alaska (1967–1971).[150]
- Dave Sisler, 79, American baseball player (Boston Red Sox, Cincinnati Reds), prostate cancer.[151]
- Georges Vanbrabant, 84, Belgian Olympian
- Jerzy Woźniak, 78, Polish footballer (Legia Warszawa).[152]
- Peter Yates, 81, British film director and producer (Bullitt, Breaking Away, Krull).[153]
10
- Liana Alexandra, 63, Romanian music educator and composer.[154]
- Naseerullah Babar, 82, Pakistani soldier and politician, Governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (1976–1977) and Interior Minister (1993–1996).[155]
- Arthur Barrett, 83, English footballer.[156]
- Bill Bower, 93, American aviator, last surviving pilot of Doolittle Raid, complications from a fall.[157]
- John Dye, 47, American actor (Touched by an Angel, Tour of Duty, Jack's Place), heart attack.[158]
- Dorothy Franey, 97, American Olympic speed skater.[159]
- Cookie Gilchrist, 75, American football player (Buffalo Bills, Denver Broncos), cancer.[160]
- Joe Gores, 79, American novelist and screenwriter.[161]
- John Gross, 75, British literary critic.[162]
- Miklós Hofer, 79, Hungarian architect.[163]
- Bert Kinnear, 87, British Olympic swimmer.[164]
- Bora Kostić, 80, Serbian footballer (Red Star Belgrade).[165]
- Shota Kviraia, 58, Georgian politician and security officer.[166]
- Gideon Njoku, 63, Nigerian footballer and coach, cardiac arrest.[167]
- Vivek Shauq, 47, Indian actor, comedian, writer and singer, heart attack.[168]
- A. W. B. Simpson, 79, British legal historian.[169]
- María Elena Walsh, 80, Argentine musician, poet and writer ("Manuelita la tortuga"), after long illness.[170]
- John Ward, 90, American Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles (1963–1996).[171]
- Margaret Whiting, 86, American pop singer ("A Tree in the Meadow", "Moonlight in Vermont"), natural causes.[172]
- Lomasontfo Dludlu, Swazi politician.[173]
11
- Zoltán Berczik, 73, Hungarian table tennis player and coach.[174]
- Ralph Campbell, 64, American politician, North Carolina state auditor (1992–2004), lung cancer.[175]
- Dame Barbara Clayton, 88, British pathologist.[176]
- Zoë Dominic, 90, English photographer.[177]
- Milan Ercegan, 94, Yugoslavian president of the International Federation of Associated Wrestling Styles (1972–2002).[178]
- Kozo Haraguchi, 100, Japanese track and field athlete, respiratory failure.[179]
- André Marchand, 84, Canadian politician, member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec.[180]
- Matti Mattson, 94, American veteran of the Spanish Civil War (Abraham Lincoln Brigade).[181]
- John Modinos, 84, Cypriot opera baritone, heart failure.[182]
- David Nelson, 74, American actor (The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet, Peyton Place, Cry-Baby), colon cancer.[183]
- Knut Olsen, 57, Norwegian journalist and television presenter, cancer.[184]
- Alfio Peraboni, 56, Italian Olympic bronze medal-winning (1980, 1984) sailor, cerebral hemorrhage.[185]
- Won-il Rhee, 50, South Korean digital art curator, heart attack.[186]
- Ze'ev Segal, 63, Israeli jurist and legal analyst.[187]
- Marcel Trudel, 93, Canadian historian and author, cancer.[188]
12
- Aswismarmo, 85, Indonesian major general.
- Clemar Bucci, 90, Argentine racing driver.[189]
- Hans Bütikofer, 95, Swiss Olympic silver medal-winning (1936) bobsledder.[190]
- Howard Engleman, 91, American college basketball player.[191]
- Paul Picerni, 88, American actor (The Untouchables, The Young Marrieds, House of Wax), heart attack.[192]
- Terje Sagvolden, 65, Norwegian neuroscientist.[193]
- Kenneth Stevenson, 61, British Anglican prelate, Bishop of Portsmouth (1995–2009), cancer.[194]
- Dawn Sylvia-Stasiewicz, 52, American dog trainer (Bo) and author, respiratory distress.[195]
13
- Wali Khan Babar, 29, Pakistani journalist, gunshot.[196]
- Alan Butler, 80, South African priest.[197]
- Frank Calabro, 86, Italian-born Australian transport operator and politician, MLC (1970–1988).[198]
- Mick Cremin, 87, Australian rugby union footballer.[199]
- Egon Drews, 84, German Olympic bronze medal-winning (1952) flatwater canoer.[200]
- Tuviah Friedman, 88, Israeli Nazi hunter.[201]
- Michel Gratton, 58, Canadian journalist, Press Secretary to Prime Minister Brian Mulroney (1984–1987).[202]
- Albert Heijn Jr., 83, Dutch entrepreneur, owner of the Albert Heijn supermarket chain.[203]
- Greg Hjorth, 47, Australian mathematician and chess player, heart attack.[204]
- Hellmut Lange, 87, German actor (Serenade for Two Spies, Diamond Safari).[205]
- Charles Muscat, 48, Maltese footballer.[206]
- Prabhakar Panshikar, 79, Indian stage actor, after long illness.[207]
- Allen Salter, 74, Canadian Olympic weightlifter.[208]
- Ellen Stewart, 91, American theater director.[209]
- Marian Woyna Orlewicz, 97, Polish cross country skier.[210]
14
- Eduardo Armella, 82, Argentine Olympic shooter.[211]
- Sun Axelsson, 75, Swedish novelist.[212]
- Julio Barragán, 82, Argentine painter.[213]
- Salvatore Cancemi, 68, Italian mafiosi, stroke.[214]
- Georgia Carroll, 91, American fashion model and actress (Yankee Doodle Dandy).[215]
- David Coren, 93, Israeli politician, member of the Knesset (1969–1977).[216]
- Dr. Creep, 69, American television host.[217]
- Stephanie Glaser, 90, Swiss actress.[218]
- Marty Gold, 95, American composer, pianist and bandleader.[219]
- Toshiyuki Hosokawa, 70, Japanese actor, acute subdural hematoma.[220]
- Liu Huaqing, 94, Chinese naval commander (1982–1988).[221]
- Peter Post, 77, Dutch cyclist, winner of the 1964 Paris–Roubaix event.[222]
- Betty Mae Tiger Jumper, 88, American health official and tribal leader, first woman to lead the Seminole tribe (1967–71).[223]
- Trish Keenan, 42, British musician, Broadcast.[224]
- Ben Wada, 80, Japanese television director, esophageal cancer.[225]
- Per Olav Wiken, 73, Norwegian Olympic silver medal-winning 1968 sailor.[226]
15
- Ellen Alaküla, 83, Estonian actress and theatre teacher.[227]
- Gaston Allaire, 94, Canadian musicologist.[228]
- Minhaj Barna, 89, Pakistani journalist.[229]
- Kenneth Grant, 86, British occultist and writer, head of the Typhonian Order.[230]
- Roy Hartsfield, 85, American baseball player (Boston Braves) and first manager of Toronto Blue Jays, complications of liver cancer.[231]
- Harvey James, 58, Australian musician (Sherbet), lung cancer.[232]
- Michael Langham, 91, English stage director and actor, complications from a chest infection.[233]
- Romulus Linney, 80, American playwright, lung cancer.[234]
- Nat Lofthouse, 85, English footballer (Bolton Wanderers, England).[235]
- Ed Lowe, 64, American journalist (Newsday, The Long Island Press), liver cancer.[236]
- Mike Vibert, 60, Jersey politician, Minister for Education, Sport and Culture (2005–2008), heart attack.[237]
- Susannah York, 72, English actress (Tom Jones, Superman, They Shoot Horses, Don't They?), BAFTA winner (1971), bone marrow cancer.[238]
- Hilde Zach, 68, Austrian politician, Mayor of Innsbruck (2002–2010).[239]
- Zeng Xianyi, 74, Chinese professor of legal history.[240]
16
- Augusto Algueró, 76, Spanish composer and conductor, cardiac arrest.[241]
- Miguel Ángel Álvarez, 88, Puerto Rican comedian and actor, respiratory failure.[242]
- Celestino Armas, 75, Venezuelan engineer and politician, Minister for Energy and Mines (1989–1992).[243]
- 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).[244]
- Hovhannes Bedros XVIII Kasparian, 83, Egyptian-born Lebanese Armenian Catholic prelate, Patriarch of Cilicia (1982–1998).[245]
- Milton Levine, 97, American entrepreneur, inventor of Uncle Milton's Ant Farm.[246]
- Steve Prestwich, 56, British-born Australian drummer (Cold Chisel, Little River Band) and songwriter, brain tumour.[247]
- Reinaldo Pünder, 72, German-born Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Coroatá (since 1978).[248]
- Ye Peida, 95, Chinese telecommunications engineer, President of the Beijing Institute of Posts and Telecommunications.[249]
- Stefka Yordanova, 64, Bulgarian sprinter and middle-distance runner.[250]
17
- Marina Abroskina, 43, Russian basketball player, brain tumor.
- Jürgen Barth, 67, German Olympic cyclist.[251]
- Marcello Bazzana, 57, Italian Olympic ski jumper.[252]
- Brian Boobbyer, 82, English rugby union player and cricketer.[253]
- David Bradby, 68, British theatre scholar.[254]
- Sjonni Brink, 36, Icelandic musician and singer, complications from a stroke.[255]
- Sir Bernard Crossland, 87, British engineer, Pro-Vice-Chancellor of Queen's University Belfast (1978–1982).[256]
- Perry Currin, 82, American baseball player (St. Louis Browns), heart failure.[257]
- Keith Davey, 84, Canadian politician and campaign organizer, Senator (1966–1996).[258]
- Gita Dey, 79, Indian actress, cardiac arrest.[259]
- Jean Dutourd, 91, French novelist.[260]
- Vern Kaiser, 85, Canadian ice hockey player (Montreal Canadiens).[261]
- Don Kirshner, 76, American record producer and songwriter, host of Don Kirshner's Rock Concert, heart failure.[262]
- Robert W. Mackenzie, 82, Canadian labour organizer and politician, Ontario Minister of Labour (1990–1994).[263]
- John Ross, 72, American activist, author and journalist, liver cancer.[264]
- Shinichiro Sakurai, 81, Japanese automotive engineer, heart failure.[265]
18
- Charlie Cowdrey, 77, American football coach (Illinois State University, Southwestern College).[266]
- George Crowe, 89, American baseball player (St. Louis Cardinals).[267]
- Jerre DeNoble, 87, American baseball player (All-American Girls Professional Baseball League).[268]
- Eugenia Escudero, 96, Mexican Olympic fencer.[269]
- Al Grunwald, 80, American baseball player.[270]
- Duncan Hall, 85, Australian rugby league player.[271]
- John Herivel, 92, British codebreaker at Bletchley Park.[272]
- Antonín Kubálek, 75, Czech-born Canadian pianist, complications from a brain tumour.[273]
- Jim McManus, 70, American tennis player.[274]
- Cristian Pațurcă, 46, Romanian composer.[275]
- Milton Rogovin, 101, American documentary photographer.[276]
- Jacques Sarr, 76, Senegalese Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Thiès (since 1986).[277]
- Sargent Shriver, 95, American diplomat and politician, Ambassador to France (1968–1970), vice presidential nominee (1972), complications from Alzheimer's disease.[278]
- Edgar Tafel, 98, American architect.[279]
19
- John Barnes, 94, Australian cricketer.[280]
- Neva Egan, 96, American educator, First Lady of Alaska (1959–1966, 1970–1974), widow of William Allen Egan.[281]
- George Franck, 92, American football player (New York Giants).[282]
- Wayne R. Grisham, 88, American politician, Representative from California (1979–1983).[283]
- Mihai Ionescu, 74, Romanian footballer (Petrolul Ploieşti, Romania).[284]
- Jose Kusugak, 60, Canadian Inuit leader, bladder cancer.[285]
- James O'Gwynn, 82, American country music singer, pneumonia.[286]
- Bryce Postles, 79, New Zealand cricketer.[287]
- Ramiro Saraiva Guerreiro, 92, Brazilian politician, Minister of External Relations (1979–1985).[288]
- Bob Scott, 79, Australian politician, member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Cook (1977–1989).[289]
- Wilfrid Sheed, 80, English-born American novelist and essayist, urosepsis.[290]
- Carla Swart, 23, South African cyclist, traffic collision.[291]
- Hira Devi Waiba, 71, Nepali folk singer, injuries from a fire.[292]
- Bob Young, 87, American news journalist and anchor (ABC World News).[293]
20
- Kenth Andersson, 66, Swedish middle-distance runner.[294]
- Maurice Brown, 91, British Royal Air Force fighter pilot.[295]
- José Luis Castro Aguirre, 67, Mexican ichthyologist.[296]
- Eduardo Davino, 81, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Palestrina (1997–2005).[297]
- Bruce Gordon, 94, American actor (The Untouchables, Peyton Place, Piranha).[298]
- Ernest McCulloch, 84, Canadian biologist.[299]
- Miesque, 27, French racehorse, euthanized.[300]
- F. A. Nettelbeck, 60, American poet.[301]
- José Ortiz, 63, Puerto Rican baseball player.[302]
- Sonia Peres, 87, Israeli First Lady.[303]
- Reynolds Price, 77, American author, professor at Duke University, heart attack.[304]
- John Jacob Rhodes III, 67, American politician, U.S. Representative from Arizona (1987–1993).[305]
- Eugénio Salessu, 87, Angolan Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Malanje (1977–1998).[306]
- Sexy Cora, 23, German pornographic actress, complications from breast enlargement surgery.[307]
- William F. Shipley, 89, American linguist, complications from pneumonia.[308]
- Alan Uglow, 69, British-born American painter, lung cancer.[309]
- Gus Zernial, 87, American baseball player (Oakland Athletics, Detroit Tigers, Chicago White Sox), heart failure.[310]
21
- Theoni V. Aldredge, 88, Greek-born American costume designer (Ghostbusters, Network, The Great Gatsby), Oscar winner (1975).[311]
- Robert Cohu, 99, French Olympic basketball player.[312]
- Peter Demos, 87, Australian Olympic basketball player.[313]
- Jay Garner, 82, American actor (Pennies from Heaven, Buck Rogers in the 25th Century), respiratory failure.[314]
- Tony Geiss, 86, American television writer and composer (Sesame Street), Emmy award winner, complications from a fall.[315]
- Emanuele Gerada, 90, Maltese Roman Catholic prelate, Titular Archbishop of Nomentum, Apostolic Nuncio to Ireland (1989–1995).[316]
- Herb Gray, 76, American-born Canadian football player (Winnipeg Blue Bombers).[317]
- Barney F. Hajiro, 94, American soldier, formerly the oldest living Medal of Honor recipient.[318]
- Wally Hughes, 76, English football coach.[319]
- Dennis Oppenheim, 72, American artist, liver cancer.[320]
- E. V. V. Satyanarayana, 54, Indian Telugu movie director, throat cancer and cardiac arrest.[321]
22
- Virgil Akins, 82, American boxer, world welterweight champion (1958).[322]
- Solange Bertrand, 97, French artist.[323]
- Sir Chandos Blair, 91, British army general.[324]
- Ralph Felton, 78, American football player (Washington Redskins).[325]
- Aslam Khokhar, 91, Pakistani cricketer.[326]
- Quentin Orlando, 91, American politician, Member of the Pennsylvania State Senate (1973–1980).[327]
- Park Wan-suh, 79, South Korean novelist, cancer.[328]
- René Piché, 79, Canadian politician.[329]
- Bobby Poe, 77, American pop singer, songwriter and promoter, blood clot.[330]
- Gary Schreider, 76, Canadian football player.[331]
- William Schreyer, 83, American business executive, chairman and CEO of Merrill Lynch (1985–1993).[332]
- Lois Smith, 81, Canadian dancer (National Ballet of Canada).[333]
- Tullia Zevi, 91, Italian journalist and politician, leader of the Italian Jewish community.[334]
23
- Danny Brabham, 69, American football player (Houston Oilers, Cincinnati Bengals).[335]
- Ed Dyas, 71, American football player (Auburn Tigers), member of the College Football Hall of Fame, stomach cancer.[336]
- Peter Gibb, 56, Australian criminal, heart attack.[337]
- Ole Kopreitan, 73, Norwegian political activist.[338]
- Jack LaLanne, 96, American fitness and nutritional expert, pneumonia.[339]
- Poppa Neutrino, 77, American adventurer, crossed Atlantic Ocean on raft made of discarded material, heart failure.[340]
- Louise Raggio, 91, American lawyer.[341]
- Novica Tadić, 62, Yugoslavian poet.[342]
- Neil Truscott, 88, Australian diplomat.[343]
24
- Alec Boden, 85, Scottish footballer (Celtic).[344]
- Bernd Eichinger, 61, German film producer (The NeverEnding Story, Resident Evil, Fantastic Four), heart attack.[345]
- David Frye, 77, American satirist and Richard Nixon impersonator, cardiopulmonary arrest.[346]
- Phil Gallie, 71, British politician, MP for Ayr (1992–97), MSP for South of Scotland (1999–2007).[347]
- Barrie Lee Hall Jr., 61, American jazz trumpeter and band leader (Duke Ellington).[348]
- Basil F. Heath, 93, Canadian-born American Mohawk actor and stuntman.[349]
- Bhimsen Joshi, 88, Indian musician, Bharat Ratna laureate.[350]
- Francisco Mata, 78, Venezuelan folk singer and composer.[citation needed]
- Jack Matheson, 86, Canadian sports journalist.[351]
- Samuel Ruiz, 86, Mexican Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of San Cristóbal de las Casas (1959–2000).[352]
- Hanna Yablonska, 29, Ukrainian playwright, bombing.[353]
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- Daniel Bell, 91, American sociologist.[354]
- Vincent Cronin, 86, British writer.[355]
- Alison Geissler, 103, British glass engraver.[356]
- Bill Holden, 82, English footballer.[357]
- Arto Javanainen, 51, Finnish ice hockey player (Pittsburgh Penguins), after long illness.[358]
- K. Satchidananda Murty, 86, Indian philosopher.[359]
- Ganga Bahadur Thapa, 75–76, Nepalese Olympic runner.[360]
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- Anna Avanzini, 93, Italian Olympic gymnast.[361]
- Robert Crook, 81, American politician, member of the Mississippi State Senate (1964–1992).[362]
- Mike DeBardeleben, 70, American criminal, pneumonia.[363]
- John Herbert, 81, Brazilian actor, emphysema.[364]
- Gladys Horton, 65, American R&B singer (The Marvelettes), complications from a stroke.[365]
- David Kato, 46, Ugandan gay rights activist, bludgeoned with hammer.[366]
- R. F. Langley, 72, British poet and diarist.[367]
- Charlie Louvin, 83, American country music singer (The Louvin Brothers), pancreatic cancer.[368]
- María Mercader, 92, Spanish actress.[369]
- Eddie Mordue, 83, British saxophonist.[370]
- Tore Sjöstrand, 89, Swedish Olympic gold medal-winning (1948) athlete.[371]
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- Charlie Callas, 86, American comedian and actor (Pete's Dragon, Silent Movie, Switch).[372]
- Liana Dumitrescu, 38, Romanian politician, member of the Chamber of Deputies (since 2004), stroke.[373]
- William L. Eagleton, 84, American diplomat.[374]
- Mārtiņš Freimanis, 33, Latvian musician (F.L.Y.) and actor, performed at Eurovision Song Contest 2003, influenza.[375]
- Henri Goosen, 84, French Olympic diver.[376]
- Hannemor Gram, 92, Norwegian Olympic alpine skier.[377]
- Boyd Kirkland, 60, American animation producer and director (Batman: The Animated Series, X-Men: Evolution, G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero), pulmonary fibrosis.[378]
- Wenceslau Malta, 79, Brazilian Olympic modern pentathlete.[379]
- Vaughn Mancha, 89, American football player (Boston Yanks), heart failure.[380]
- Svein Mathisen, 58, Norwegian footballer (IK Start), cancer.[381]
- Butch McCord, 85, American Negro league baseball player.[382]
- Diana Norman, 77, British author and journalist.[383]
- Don Rondo, 81, American singer ("White Silver Sands"), lung cancer.[384]
- Tøger Seidenfaden, 53, Danish newspaper editor-in-chief (Politiken), cancer.[385]
- Guy J. Velella, 66, American politician and convicted criminal, New York State Assemblyman (1973–1982) and State Senator (1986–2004), lung cancer.[386]
- Kjeld Vibe, 83, Norwegian diplomat, ambassador to the United States.[387]
- William Williams, 83, Canadian metallurgical engineer.[388]
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- Hamida Barmaki, 41, Afghan law professor and human rights activist, suicide bomb attack.[389]
- William Bartley, 94, American pilot.[390]
- Ken Carpenter, 84, American football player (Cleveland Browns).[391]
- Raymond Cohen, 91, British violinist.[392]
- Karen Cromie, 31, British Paralympian, suicide by jumping.[393]
- Sushil Kumar Dhara, 99, Indian revolutionary.[394]
- Dariush Homayoon, 82, Iranian politician and journalist, Minister of Information and Tourism (1977–1978).[395]
- Megan McNeil, 20, Canadian singer, adrenal cancer.[396]
- Dame Margaret Price, 69, British soprano, heart failure.[397]
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- Ian Abdulla, 63–64, Australian artist, cancer.[398]
- Hussein El-Alfy, 83, Egyptian rower.[399]
- Milton Babbitt, 94, American composer.[400]
- Zahra Bahrami, 46, Dutch-Iranian protestor and convicted drug trafficker, execution by hanging.[401]
- William J. Bate, 76, American politician.[402]
- José Llopis Corona, 92, Spanish footballer.[403]
- Bruce Jackson, 62, American audio engineer, plane crash.[404]
- Loreen Rice Lucas, 96, Canadian author.[405]
- Hemayel Martina, 20, Curaçaon poet, complications from a traffic collision.[406]
- Raymond McClean, 78, Northern Irish politician and doctor, Mayor of Derry (1973–1974).[407]
- Emilio Ogñénovich, 88, Argentine Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Mercedes-Luján (1982–2000).[408]
- Nora Sun, 72, Chinese-born American diplomat, businesswoman and author, granddaughter of Sun Yat-sen, injuries from car crash.[409]
- Dorothy Thompson, 87, British social historian.[410]
- Emanuel Vardi, 95, Israeli-born American violist, cancer.[411]
- Liza Vorfi, 86, Albanian stage actress, after long illness.[412]
- Norman Wilkinson, 79, English football player.[413]
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- Brian Barritt, 76, English author, artist, and counterculture figure.[414]
- John Barry, 77, British film score composer (From Russia with Love, Chaplin, Out of Africa), five-time Oscar winner, heart attack.[415]
- Ajahn Maha Bua, 97, Thai Buddhist monk.[416]
- J. Elliott Burch, 86, American hall of fame racehorse trainer, pneumonia.[417]
- Michael Herzog, 58, Austrian ice hockey player.[418]
- Charles Nolan, 53, American fashion designer, cancer of the head and neck.[419]
- Bernard O'Brien, 96, American politician, member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives (1965–1980).[420]
- Ian R. Porteous, 80, British mathematician.[421]
- Hisaye Yamamoto, 89, American author.[422]
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- Hernán Alvarado Solano, 65, Colombian Roman Catholic prelate, Vicar Apostolic of Guapi (since 2001).[423]
- Bartolomeu Anania, 89, Romanian Orthodox Metropolitan of Cluj-Napoca, Alba Iulia, Crişana and Maramureş (since 1993).[424]
- A. C. Bartulis, 83, American businessman and politician.[425]
- Raymond Challinor, 81, British historian.[426]
- Nikolay Dorizo, 87, Russian poet.[427]
- Zilpha Grant, 91, British Olympic swimmer.[428]
- Stuart Hood, 95, Scottish writer and television executive, controller of BBC Television (1961–1964).[429]
- Charles Kaman, 91, American aeronautical engineer, founder of Kaman Aircraft and Ovation Guitar Company.[430]
- Ningthoukhongjam Khelchandra, 90, Indian writer, lexicographer and historian.[431]
- Tally Monastyryov, 71, Soviet Olympic skier.[432]
- Nildo Parente, 76–77, Brazilian actor, stroke.[433]
- Mark Ryan, 51, British musician (Adam and the Ants), complications from liver damage.[434]
- Charles Sellier, 67, American film and television producer (The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams).[435]
- Michael Tolan, 85, American actor (The Greatest Story Ever Told, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Presumed Innocent), heart disease and renal failure.[436]
- Norman Uprichard, 82, Northern Irish footballer.[437]
- Doc Williams, 96, American country music performer.[438]