Deaths in May 2009
The following is a list of deaths in May 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.
May 2009[edit]
1[edit]
- Delara Darabi, 22, Iranian convicted murderer, executed by hanging.[1]
- Fred Delmare, 87, German actor, complications from pneumonia.[2]
- Ric Estrada, 81, Cuban-born American penciler of comic books, prostate cancer.[3]
- Danny Gans, 52, American entertainer.[4]
- Norman Gash, 97, British historian.[5]
- Brian Grove, 88, Australian cricketer.[6]
- Albert Hamilton Gordon, 107, American businessman.[7]
- George Hannan, 98, Australian politician.[8]
- Jokke Kangaskorpi, 37, Finnish footballer.[9]
- Jack D. Maltester, 95, American politician, mayor of San Leandro, California.[10]
- Derek Noonan, 62, British rugby league and rugby union player.[11]
- Marc Rocco, 46, American film director (Murder in the First, Where the Day Takes You) and screenwriter.[12]
- Sunline, 13, New Zealand champion racehorse, euthanized.[13]
- John Wilke, 54, American investigative reporter, pancreatic cancer.[14]
2[edit]
- Alfred Appel, 75, American scholar, expert on Vladimir Nabokov, heart failure.[15]
- K. Balaji, 74, Indian Tamil actor and producer, multiple organ failure.[16]
- Augusto Boal, 78, Brazilian dramatist and theater director (Theatre of the Oppressed), respiratory failure.[17]
- Víctor Andrés Catena, 84, Spanish screenwriter and director.[18]
- Marilyn French, 79, American writer, heart failure.[19]
- Harold Hankins, 78, British electrical engineer and academic administrator, Vice-Chancellor of UMIST.[20]
- Kiyoshiro Imawano, 58, Japanese rock musician.[21]
- Janus Kamban, 95, Faroese sculptor and graphic designer.[22]
- Jack Kemp, 73, American politician and football player, candidate for Vice President (1996), cancer.[23]
- Carole C. Noon, 59, American primatologist, founder of Save the Chimps, pancreatic cancer.[24]
- Robert Pauley, 85, American executive, President of ABC Radio (1961–1967), heart failure.[25]
- Virginia Prince, 96, American transgender activist.[26]
3[edit]
- Dobby Campbell, 86, Scottish football player (Chelsea, Scotland) and manager.[27]
- Robert B. Choate, Jr., 84, American food lobbyist.[28]
- Committed, 29, American thoroughbred racehorse, euthanized.[29]
- John Elsworthy, 77, Welsh football player (Ipswich Town).[30]
- Hui Ki On, 65, Hong Kong public servant, Commissioner of Police (1994–2001), cancer.[31]
- Eleanor Perenyi, 91, American gardener and writer, cerebral hemorrhage.[32]
- Ram Shewalkar, 78, Indian Marathi writer, cardiac arrest.[33]
- Ralph Thompson, 95, British animal artist.[34]
4[edit]
- Nicholas Clemente, 80, American judge (New York Supreme Court).[35]
- Dom DeLuise, 75, American actor and comedian (The Cannonball Run, The Secret of NIMH), writer and chef, kidney failure.[36]
- Sir Geoffrey Foot, 93, Australian politician.[37]
- Edward Stewart Kennedy, 97, American historian.[38]
- Charles Lugano, 59, Kenyan politician, after short illness.[39]
- Martha Mason, 71, American author, lived 60 years in an iron lung.[40]
- Fritz Muliar, 89, Austrian actor.[41]
- Jane Randolph, 93, American actress.[42]
- Gisela Stein, 73, German actress.[43]
5[edit]
- Benjamín Flores, 24, Mexican boxer, brain injury during a match.[44]
- David S. King, 91, American politician, U.S. Representative for Utah (1959–1963).[45]
- Richard Miller, 83, American operatic tenor and educator, Professor Emeritus of Voice (Oberlin Conservatory of Music).[46]
- Dewey Smith, 36, American diver.[47]
- Elsie B. Washington, 66, American author, wrote first African American romance novel, multiple sclerosis and cancer.[48]
- Murasaki Yamada, 60, Japanese manga artist.[49]
6[edit]
- Peyman Abadi, 37, Iranian actor, car accident.[50]
- Erik Bluemel, 32, American professor (University of Denver), bicycle accident.[51]
- Sam Cohn, 79, American talent agent, after short illness.[52]
- Leon Despres, 101, American attorney and politician, heart failure.[53]
- Ean Evans, 48, American bassist (Lynyrd Skynyrd), cancer.[54]
- Sima Eyvazova, 75, Azerbaijani diplomat, first Permanent Representative to the UN.[55]
- Kevin Grubb, 31, American NASCAR driver, suicide by gunshot.[56]
- Sid Laverents, 100, American amateur filmmaker, pneumonia.[57]
- Lev Losev, 71, Russian poet and literary critic.[58]
- Bob Meyer, 76, Australian logician, lung cancer.[59]
- W. Wesley Peterson, 85, American mathematician and computer scientist.[60]
- Valentin Varennikov, 85, Russian general.[61]
- Viola Wills, 69, American pop singer, cancer.[62]
7[edit]
- Robin Blaser, 83, American-born Canadian poet, Griffin Poetry Prize winner.[63]
- Mickey Carroll, 89, American actor (The Wizard of Oz).[64]
- Ian Cundy, 64, British Anglican prelate, Bishop of Peterborough, mesothelioma.[65]
- Linda Dangcil, 66, American actress (The Flying Nun), throat cancer.[66]
- John Furia, Jr., 79, American screenwriter (The Twilight Zone, Dr. Kildare), President of the Writers Guild, West (1973–1975).[67]
- Alan Gilbertson, 81, New Zealand cricketer.[68]
- Tony Marsh, 77, British racing driver.[69]
- David Mellor, 78, British industrial designer, manufacturer and retailer.[70]
- Frank Melton, 60, American politician, mayor of Jackson, Mississippi.[71]
- John Murphy, 95, Irish building contractor.[72]
- Danny Ozark, 85, American baseball manager.[73]
- Brian Sorenson, 79, New Zealand cricketer.[74]
- Wayland Young, 2nd Baron Kennet, 85, British politician and writer.[75]
8[edit]
- Gianni Baget Bozzo, 84, Italian Roman Catholic priest and politician.[76]
- Fons Brydenbach, 54, Belgian athlete, cancer.[77]
- Dom DiMaggio, 92, American baseball player (Boston Red Sox), brother of Joe DiMaggio, pneumonia.[78]
- Hideyuki Fujisawa, 83, Japanese Go player, aspiration pneumonia.[79]
- Carlos Kloppenburg, 89, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Novo Hamburgo (1986–1995).[80]
- Ninel Kurgapkina, 80, Russian prima ballerina, road accident.[81]
- Greg Palmer, 61, American writer, television reporter and Emmy Award-winning journalist, lung cancer.[82]
- Bud Shrake, 77, American journalist and novelist, lung cancer.[83]
- Eunice Taylor, 75, American baseball player (Kenosha Comets).[84]
9[edit]
- Eileen Albright, 81, American baseball player (AAGPBL)[85]
- Stephen Bruton, 60, American songwriter and guitarist (Kris Kristofferson band), throat cancer.[86]
- Chuck Daly, 78, American basketball coach, pancreatic cancer.[87]
- Travis Edmonson, 76, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Bud & Travis), heart failure.[88]
- Michael Fox, 75, British-born Israeli lawyer.[89]
- Cyril Edwin Hart, 96, British forestry expert.[90]
- Henry T. King, 89, American attorney, Nuremberg trials prosecutor, cancer.[91]
- David Marcus, 85, Irish literary editor, after long illness.[92]
- Ernest Millington, 93, British politician and educator, last living World War II-era member of the British Parliament.[93]
- Eugene Smith, 88, American gospel singer.[94]
- Evgenios Spatharis, 85, Greek shadow play artist, fall.[95]
- Mendi Rodan, 80, Romanian-born Israeli conductor and violinist, cancer.[96]
- Jean-Claude Van Geenberghe, 46, Belgian-born Ukrainian equestrian.[97]
- George Zinkhan, 57, American academic and suspected murderer, suicide by gunshot.[98]
10[edit]
- Ibn al-Shaykh al-Libi, 45-46, Libyan Al-Qaeda paramilitary trainer accused of terrorism, alleged suicide.[99]
- Robert John Cornell, 89, American politician and Roman Catholic priest, U.S. Representative from Wisconsin (1975–1979).[100]
- Sergio Escobedo, 78, Mexican Olympic modern pentathlete and fencer.[101]
- Johnnie Johnson, 91, English cricketer.[102]
- James Kirkup, 91, British poet, translator and travel writer, stroke.[103]
- Rodrigo Rosenberg Marzano, 47, Guatemalan lawyer, shot.[104]
- Clive Scott, 64, British keyboardist and songwriter (Jigsaw), stroke.[105]
- Brian Simnjanovski, 27, American football player (Berlin Thunder), car accident.[106]
- Robert J. Sinclair, 77, American executive, CEO of Saab-Scania of America, cancer.[107]
11[edit]
- Pat Booth, 66, British model and writer, cancer.[108]
- Lude Check, 91, Canadian ice hockey player.[109]
- Abel Goumba, 82, Central African politician, Prime Minister (1957–1958, 1959, 2003) and vice-president (2003–2005).[110]
- Claudio Huepe, 69, Chilean politician and diplomat, heart attack.[111]
- Bill Kelso, 69, American baseball player.[112]
- Mark Landon, 60, American actor, adopted son of Michael Landon.[113]
- Shanthi Lekha, 79, Sri Lankan actress.[114]
- Antonio Lopes dos Santos, 92, Portuguese general, Governor of Macau (1962–1966), Cape Verde (1969–1974).[115]
- S. M. Nanda, 93, Indian admiral, Chief of Naval Staff (1970–1973).[116]
- Peter Philips, 81, Australian politician, Member of the New South Wales Legislative Council (1976–1988).[117]
- Sir Richard Posnett, 89, British colonial administrator, Governor of Belize (1972–1976) and Bermuda (1981–1983).[118]
- Leonard Shlain, 71, American surgeon and writer, brain cancer.[119]
12[edit]
- Christopher Bathurst, 3rd Viscount Bledisloe, 74, British aristocrat and politician, heart failure.[120]
- Dame Heather Begg, 76, New Zealand operatic soprano, leukemia.[121]
- Mohan Saliya Ellawala, 61, Sri Lankan politician, Governor of Sabaragamuwa Province (2008–2009), after long illness.[122]
- Eden Ross Lipson, 66, American book editor, pancreatic cancer.[123]
- Thomas Nordseth-Tiller, 28, Norwegian screenwriter (Max Manus), cancer.[124]
- Roger Planchon, 77, French theatre director, heart attack.[125]
- Sidique Ali Merican, 78, Malaysian sprinter, stroke.[126]
- Ted Sampley, 63, American POW/MIA activist, complications from heart surgery.[127]
- Antonio Vega, 51, Spanish pop singer-songwriter (Nacha Pop), pneumonia.[128]
- Heini Walter, 81, Swiss racing driver.[129]
13[edit]
- Frank Aletter, 83, American character actor (It's About Time), cancer.[130]
- Ron Cameron, 85, Canadian Olympic rower.Ron Cameron
- Waldemar Levy Cardoso, 108, Brazilian Field Marshal, WWI-era veteran.[131]
- Achille Compagnoni, 94, Italian mountaineer, first person to ascend K2.[132]
- Don Cordner, 87, Australian footballer.[133]
- Rafael Escalona, 81, Colombian Vallenato composer and troubador.[134]
- Norbert Eschmann, 75, Swiss footballer.[135]
- Ernest Kline, 79, American politician, Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania (1971–1979).[136]
- Iwan Schmid, 61, Swiss Olympic cyclist.[137]
- Anne Scott-James, 96, British journalist and author, widow of Sir Osbert Lancaster.[138]
- L. William Seidman, 88, American public servant, Chairman of the FDIC (1985–1991), after short illness.[139]
- Joe Tandy, 26, British auto racing team owner, car crash.[140]
14[edit]
- Barathea, 19, Irish racehorse, euthanized.[141]
- Monica Bleibtreu, 65, Austrian actress, screenwriter and drama teacher, cancer.[142]
- Bob Boyd, 81, American football player.[143]
- Newt Heisley, 88, American commercial artist, designer of POW/MIA flag, after long illness.[144]
- Ken Hollyman, 86, Welsh footballer (Cardiff City, Newport County).[145]
- Marian McDougall, 95, American amateur golfer.[146]
- Buddy Montgomery, 79, American jazz musician, heart failure.[147]
- William J. Passmore, 77, American jockey, complications from emphysema.[148]
- Bob Rosburg, 82, American golfer and television color analyst, fall.[149]
- George Williams, 69, American baseball player.[150]
15[edit]
- Susanna Agnelli, 87, Italian politician and writer, Minister of Foreign Affairs (1995–1996).[151]
- Alexander Gordon Bearn, 86, British physician.[152]
- Broad Brush, 26, American thoroughbred racehorse, euthanized.[153]
- Si Frumkin, 78, Lithuanian-born Holocaust survivor.[154]
- Alan Hackney, 84, British screenwriter.[155]
- Mordechai Limon, 85, Israeli admiral, Commander of the Navy (1950–1954).[156]
- Cheikh Hamidou Kane Mathiara, 69, Senegalese economist and politician.[157]
- Rodger McFarlane, 54, American gay rights activist, first executive director of Gay Men's Health Crisis, suicide.[158]
- Mohammad-Amin Riahi, 86, Iranian historian and literary scholar.[159]
- Edwin S. Shneidman, 91, American suicidologist.[160]
- Helvi Sipilä, 94, Finnish diplomat.[161]
- Roy Talbot, 94, Bermudan calypso musician, last surviving member of original Talbot Brothers.[162]
- Bud Tingwell, 86, Australian actor, prostate cancer.[163]
- Wayman Tisdale, 44, American basketball player and jazz bassist, cancer.[164]
- Hubert van Es, 67, Dutch photographer at the fall of Saigon, brain hemorrhage.[165]
16[edit]
- Prospero Amatong, 77, Filipino politician, Congressman (1998–2007), Governor of Davao del Norte (1992–1998), fall.[166]
- Antonio Chocano, 96, Guatemalan Olympic fencer and diplomat, emphysema.[167]
- John E. Connelly, 82, American entrepreneur, founder of Gateway Clipper Fleet, heart failure.[168]
- Henry David Halsey, 90, British Anglican prelate, Bishop of Carlisle (1972–1989), after short illness.[169]
- Sándor Katona, 66, Hungarian footballer and Olympic champion.[170]
- Craig G. Roberts, 78, American racehorse trainer.[171]
- Peter Sampson, 81, British footballer (Bristol Rovers), Alzheimer's disease.[172]
17[edit]
- Mohammad-Taqi Bahjat Foumani, 92, Iranian cleric, heart disease.[citation needed]
- Mario Benedetti, 88, Uruguayan author and poet.[173]
- Daniel Carasso, 103, Greek-born French businessman (Groupe Danone).[174]
- Adolf Dickfeld, 99, German World War II Luftwaffe flying ace.[175]
- David Herbert Donald, 88, American historian, heart failure.[176]
- Murray Hamilton, 91, Australian politician, member of the Victorian Legislative Council (1967–1982).[177]
- Masaru Hayami, 84, Japanese public servant, Governor of the Bank of Japan (1998–2003), respiratory failure.[178]
- David Ireland, 78, American sculptor and conceptual artist, pneumonia.[179]
- Jung Seung-hye, 44, South Korean film producer, colon cancer.[180]
- Sunwoo Jin, 87, Korean politician and activist.[181]
- Guillermo Lora, 87, Bolivian revolutionary leader, liver cancer.[182]
- Dame Patricia Mackinnon, 97, Australian community worker and philanthropist, President of the Royal Children's Hospital.[183]
- Prakash Mehra, 69, Indian film producer and director, pneumonia and multiple organ failure.[184]
- William Moore, 60, British loyalist paramilitary, member of the Shankill Butchers, suspected heart attack.[185]
- Zdeněk Pospíšil, 84, Czech Olympic sprinter.[186]
- Peter Slabakov, 86, Bulgarian actor.[187]
- Ron Snidow, 67, American football player (Washington Redskins, Cleveland Browns), complications from Lou Gehrig's disease.[188]
- Octavia St. Laurent, 45, American trans woman and performer.[189]
- Al Tornabene, 86, American mobster.[190]
18[edit]
- Wayne Allwine, 62, American voice artist (Mickey Mouse).[191]
- Carole Cole, 64, American actress (Sanford and Son, Grady), daughter of Nat King Cole, lung cancer.[192]
- Dolla, 21, American rap artist, shot.[193]
- Sir David Hay, 92, Australian public servant, Ambassador to the United Nations, Administrator of Papua New Guinea.[194]
- K. Pattabhi Jois, 93, Indian yoga teacher, after short illness.[195]
- Paul Parin, 92, Swiss psychoanalyst, author and ethnologist.[196]
- Türkan Saylan, 74, Turkish doctor, cancer.[197]
- Lee Solters, 89, American press agent, natural causes.[198]
- Either killed in a missile attack or shot:
- Balasingham Nadesan, Sri Lankan rebel, political chief of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE).[199]
- Velupillai Prabhakaran, 54, Sri Lankan rebel, leader of the LTTE.[199][200][201]
- Thillaiyampalam Sivanesan (aka "Colonel Soosai"), 45, Sri Lankan rebel, leader of the LTTE naval wing (Sea Tigers).[200][201]
- Shanmugalingam Sivashankar (aka "Pottu Amman"), Sri Lankan rebel, leader of the LTTE intelligence wing.[200][201]
19[edit]
- Michael Preston Barr, 82, American composer, diabetes.[202]
- Robert F. Furchgott, 92, American scientist, Nobel Prize winner.[203]
- Andrei Ivanov, 42, Russian footballer.[204]
- Knut Hammer Larsen, 38, Norwegian footballer, leukemia.[205]
- Nicholas Maw, 73, British composer (Odyssey), heart failure.[206]
- Clint Smith, 95, Canadian ice hockey player (New York Rangers, Chicago Blackhawks).[207]
- Herbert York, 87, American physicist.[208]
20[edit]
- John Brown Jr., 88, American Navajo code talker.[209]
- Arthur Erickson, 84, Canadian architect (Simon Fraser University, Roy Thomson Hall).[210]
- Lucy Gordon, 28, British actress (Spider-Man 3, The Four Feathers), suicide by hanging.[211]
- Alan Kelly, Sr., 72, Irish footballer (Preston North End, Republic of Ireland), cancer.[212]
- Matthew Krel, 64, Russian-born Australian conductor, founder of the SBS Youth Orchestra, encephalitis.[213]
- Randi Lindtner Næss, 104, Norwegian actress.[214]
- Nguyễn Bá Cẩn, 78, South Vietnamese politician, Prime Minister of South Vietnam (1975).[215]
- Simon Oates, 77, British actor, prostate cancer.[216]
- Larry Rice, 63, American racing driver, lung cancer.[217]
- María Amelia López Soliño, 97, Spanish blogger, world's oldest blogger.[218]
- Noel Stanton, 82, British founder of The Jesus Army.[219]
- Paul Vinar, 69, Australian footballer.[220]
- Ralph D. Winter, 84, American missionary (U.S. Center for World Mission), multiple myeloma and lymphoma.[221]
- Oleg Yankovsky, 65, Russian actor, pancreatic cancer.[222]
- Yehoshua Zettler, 91, Israeli resistance fighter (Lehi).[223]
- Jerzy Zubrzycki, 89, Polish-born Australian sociologist.[224]
21[edit]
- Ghader Abdollahzadeh, 83, Kurdish traditional musician.[225]
- Joan Alexander, 94, American radio actress (The Adventures of Superman), intestinal blockage.[226]
- Walter da Silva, 68, Brazilian footballer and coach, heart attack.[227]
- Fathi Eljahmi, 68, Libyan political activist, blood infection.[228]
- Barry England, 77, British novelist and playwright.[229]
- Anatoli Kirilov, 42, Bulgarian football coach (PFC Spartak Varna), car accident.[230]
- Him Mark Lai, 83, American historian, bladder cancer.[231]
- Sam Maloof, 93, American woodworker, pneumonia.[232]
- Rolf McPherson, 96, American evangelist, son of Aimee Semple McPherson, natural causes.[233]
- Robert Müller, 28, German ice hockey player, brain cancer.[234]
- Kanagasabai Pathmanathan, 64, Sri Lankan politician.[235]
- Togo Tanaka, 93, American journalist, natural causes.[236]
22[edit]
- Alexander Mezhirov, 86, Russian poet.[237]
- Zé Rodrix, 61, Brazilian musician.[238]
- Yeo Woon Kye, 69, South Korean actress, kidney cancer.[239]
23[edit]
- Charles Albury, 88, American co-pilot of the Bockscar at atomic bombing of Nagasaki, heart failure.[240]
- Sir Derek Bowett, 82, British academic lawyer, President of Queens' College, Cambridge (1970–1982).[241]
- Raleigh Brown, 87, American politician, state representative (Texas), heart attack.[242]
- Lawrence Daly, 84, British trade union leader.[243]
- Joseph Duval, 80, French Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Rouen (1981–2004).[244]
- Ken Gill, 81, British trade union leader.[245]
- David Lunceford, 75, American football player, Alzheimer's disease.[246]
- Nicholas J. Phillips, 75, British physicist.[247]
- Tadeusz Pyka, 79, Polish politician.[248]
- Roh Moo-hyun, 62, South Korean politician, President (2003–2008), suicide by jumping.[249]
- Sir Tangaroa Tangaroa, 88, Cook Islands public servant, Queen's Representative (1985–1990).[250]
24[edit]
- Jay Bennett, 45, American musician (Wilco) and songwriter, accidental drug overdose.[251]
- Jack Lewis, 84, American screenwriter, lung cancer.[252]
25[edit]
- Tajudeen Abdul-Raheem, 48, Nigerian Pan African activist, car accident.[253]
- Billy Baxter, 70, Scottish footballer (Ipswich Town), cancer.[254]
- Rolf Brahde, 91, Norwegian astronomer.[255]
- Amos Elon, 82, Austrian-born Israeli author and journalist.[256]
- Charly Höllering, 65, German jazz musician, heart attack.[257]
- Haakon Lie, 103, Norwegian politician.[258]
- Tomás Paquete, 85, Portuguese Olympic sprinter.[259]
- Ivan van Sertima, 74, Guyanese-born British historian, linguist and anthropologist (Rutgers University).[260]
26[edit]
- Antonio Braga, 80, Italian composer.[261]
- Thomas Claw, 87, American WWII Navajo Code talker.[262]
- Commanche Court, 16, Irish thoroughbred racehorse, euthanized.[263]
- Kaoru Kurimoto, 56, Japanese author, pancreatic cancer.[264]
- Doris Mühringer, 88, Austrian poet and children's writer.[265]
- Mihalis Papagiannakis, 68, Greek politician, MP, cancer.[266]
- Michael Ross, 89, American screenwriter and director (Three's Company), complications from a heart attack and stroke.[267]
- Ronald Takaki, 70, American sociologist, professor of ethnic studies (University of California, Berkeley), suicide.[268]
- Marek Walczewski, 72, Polish actor.[269]
- Peter Zezel, 44, Canadian ice hockey player (Philadelphia Flyers, Toronto Maple Leafs), haemolytic anemia.[270]
27[edit]
- Ammo Baba, 74, Iraqi footballer and athletic trainer, diabetes.[271]
- Thomas Franck, 77, American lawyer.[272]
- Sir Clive Granger, 74, British economist, Nobel Prize winner for economics.[273]
- Eugene F. Grant, 68, American attorney and politician, Mayor of Medford (1978–1980), leukaemia.[274]
- Mona Grey, 98, British public servant, Chief Nursing Officer for Northern Ireland.[275]
- Abram Hoffer, 92, Canadian orthomolecular psychiatrist.[276]
- Gérard Jean-Juste, 62, Haitian political activist, after long illness.[277]
- Carol Anne O'Marie, 75, American Roman Catholic nun and mystery novelist, Parkinson's disease.[278]
- Sir William Refshauge, 96, Australian public health administrator.[279]
- Paul Sharratt, 75, British-born American television producer, cancer.[280]
28[edit]
- Mort Abrahams, 93, American film and television producer (Planet of the Apes, The Man from U.N.C.L.E.), natural causes.[281]
- Terence Alexander, 86, British film and television actor (Bergerac).[282]
- Terry Barr, 73, American football player (Detroit Lions), Alzheimer's disease.[283]
- Manuel Collantes, 91, Filipino diplomat, Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs (1984), cardiac arrest.[284]
- Ed Dorohoy, 80, Canadian ice hockey player.[285]
- Carlton Forbes, 72, Jamaican-born British first-class cricketer.[286]
- Roger Kaffer, 81, American Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Joliet.[287]
- Luis María de Larrea y Legarreta, 91, Spanish Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Bilbao.[288]
- Lenrie Peters, 76, Gambian surgeon and novelist, after short illness.[289]
- Ercole Rabitti, 87, Italian footballer and trainer.[290]
- Oleg Shenin, 71, Russian politician, member of the Politburo of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1990–1991).[291]
- Umberto Silvestri, 93, Italian Olympic wrestler.[292]
- Betty Tancock, 98, Canadian Olympic swimmer (1932).[293]
- John Tolos, 78, Canadian professional wrestler, renal failure.[294]
29[edit]
- Hank Bassen, 76, Canadian ice hockey player (Detroit Red Wings), heart attack.[295]
- Kevin Beurle, 53, British scientist, hot air balloon accident.[296]
- Reginald Golledge, 71, Australian-born American geographer.[297]
- Phale Hale, 94, American politician, member of the Ohio House of Representatives.[298]
- Ed Murray, 80, American politician, speaker of the Tennessee House of Representatives (1987–1991).[299]
- Bill Perkins, 89, Australian footballer (Richmond).[300]
- Steve Prest, 43, British snooker player and coach, peritonitis.[301]
- Karine Ruby, 31, French Olympic gold (1998) and silver (2002) medal-winning snowboarder, fall.[302]
- Matt Zabitka, 88, American sportswriter.[303]
30[edit]
- Torsten Andersson, 82, Swedish painter.[304]
- Krystyna Borowicz, 86, Polish actress.[305]
- Luís Cabral, 78, Guinea-Bissauan politician, President (1973–1980).[306]
- Eva Dawes, 96, Canadian bronze medal-winning Olympic high jumper (1932), stroke.[307]
- Roberto Falaschi, 77, Italian cyclist.[308]
- Susanna Haapoja, 42, Finnish politician, cerebral haemorrhage.[309]
- Eric Hammond, 79, British trade unionist, General Secretary of the EETPU.[310]
- Ephraim Katzir, 93, Israeli biophysicist and politician, President (1973–1978).[311]
- Herma Kirchschläger, 93, Austrian widow of former President Rudolf Kirchschläger.[312]
- Waldemar Matuška, 76, Czech singer, pneumonia and heart failure.[313]
- Gaafar Nimeiry, 79, Sudanese politician, President (1969–1985).[314]
- Alexander Obregón, 32, Colombian footballer, car accident.[315]
31[edit]
- Martin Clemens, 94, British colonial administrator and soldier.[316]
- Millvina Dean, 97, British civil servant and cartographer, last living passenger aboard the RMS Titanic, pneumonia.[317]
- Brian Edrich, 86, British cricketer.[318]
- Sir John Holland, 94, Australian engineer, construction magnate.[319]
- Danny La Rue, 81, Irish-born British female impersonator and singer, prostate cancer.[320]
- Vyacheslav Nevinny, 74, Russian actor, diabetes.[321]
- Emil L. Smith, 97, American biochemist, heart attack.[322]
- Kamala Surayya, 75, Indian writer, after long illness.[323]
- George Tiller, 67, American physician and abortion provider, shot.[324]
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