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Deaths in August 2012
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The following is a list of notable deaths in August 2012.
Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence:
- Name, age, country of citizenship and reason for notability, established cause of death, reference (and language of reference, if not English).
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August 2012
1
- Ülkü Adatepe, 79, Turkish adoptee, adopted daughter of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, traffic collision.[1]
- Archie Baxter, 90, Australian footballer.[2]
- Joan Bernard, 94, British academic, first Principal of Trevelyan College, Durham.[3]
- Dorothy D'Anna, 94, American actress.[4]
- Sami Damian, 82, Romanian-born Jewish literary critic and essayist.[5]
- Don Erickson, 80, American baseball player (Philadelphia Phillies).[6]
- David Eyton-Jones, 88, British Army officer.[7]
- Liselotte Funcke, 94, German politician.[8]
- Aldo Maldera, 58, Italian footballer (AC Milan).[9]
- Riccardo Ruotolo, 83, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Manfredonia-Vieste-San Giovanni Rotondo (1995–2004).[10]
- Abel Salinas, 82, Peruvian politician.[11]
- Douglas Townsend, 90, American composer and musicologist.[12]
- Barry Trapnell, 88, English cricketer and headmaster.[13]
- Keiko Tsushima, 86, Japanese actress (Seven Samurai), stomach cancer.[14]
- Gustavo Vassallo, 92, Argentine fencer.[15]
2
- Thor Axelsson, 91, Finnish sprint canoer.[16]
- Alistair Bell, 82, British judge and politician.[17]
- Jacques Caufrier, 70, Belgian Olympic water polo player (1960 and 1964).[18]
- Ruy de Freitas, 95, Brazilian Olympic bronze medal-winning (1948) basketball player, multiple organ failure.[19]
- Felix De Smedt, 88, Belgian pioneer judo teacher.[20]
- Amos Hakham, 91, Israeli Bible scholar, first winner of the International Bible Contest (1958).[21]
- Sir Gabriel Horn, 85, British biologist.[22]
- Magnus Isacsson, 64, Canadian documentary filmmaker (Maxime, McDuff & McDo), cancer.[23]
- Jimmy Jones, 82, American pop singer ("Handy Man", "Good Timin'").[24]
- Sir John Keegan, 78, British military historian and journalist.[25]
- Giovanni Lucchi, 69, Italian bow maker.[26]
- Jacques Marty, 72, French Olympic boxer.[27]
- Bernd Meier, 40, German footballer, heart attack.[28]
- Jean Merrill, 89, American children's author (The Pushcart War), cancer.[29]
- Marguerite Piazza, 90, American singer, heart failure.[30]
- Cesare Pinarello, 79, Italian Olympic dual bronze medallist racing cyclist (1952, 1956).[31]
- Gilbert Prouteau, 95, French poet and film director.[32]
- William Smith, 4th Viscount Hambleden, 82, British peer, cancer.[33]
- Jacques-Raymond Tremblay, 88, Canadian politician.[34]
- Mihaela Ursuleasa, 33, Romanian pianist, cerebral hemorrhage.[35]
- Herman van Ham, 81, Dutch head chef.[36]
3
- Jan Muhammad Baloch, 60, Pakistani Olympic boxer.[37]
- John Berry, 67, English speedway promoter (Ipswich Witches) and national team manager.[38]
- Garth Burkett, 85, Australian football player.[39]
- Fernando Cavaleiro, 95, Portuguese Olympic equestrian.[40]
- Chang Do-yong, 89, South Korean general, politician and professor, dementia.[41]
- Al Conway, 82, American football player and official.[42]
- Frank Evans, 90, American Negro league baseball player.[43]
- Martin Fleischmann, 85, Czech-born British chemist, complications of Parkinson's disease.[44]
- Giorgi Gomiashvili, 39, Georgian business executive and diplomat, suicide by gunshot.[45]
- Paul McCracken, 96, American economist, Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers (1969–1971).[46]
- John Pritchard, 85, American basketball player.[47]
- George Shanard, 86, American politician and agribusinessman.[48]
4
- István Andrássy, 85, Hungarian nematologist.[49]
- Johnnie Bassett, 76, American blues musician, cancer.[50]
- Josy Braun, 74, Luxembourgish writer, journalist and translator.[51]
- Abdul Matin Chowdhury, 78, Bangladeshi politician, old age complications.[52]
- Giuseppe Coco, 76, Italian comics artist and illustrator.[53]
- Brian Crozier, 94, British author and journalist.[54]
- Metin Erksan, 83, Turkish film director, renal failure.[55]
- Hanley Funderburk, 81, American academic administrator, President of Auburn University (1980–1983).[56]
- Con Houlihan, 86, Irish sports journalist.[57]
- John J. Phelan Jr., 81, American financier and chief executive (New York Stock Exchange).[58]
- Bud Riley, 86, American CFL coach (Winnipeg Blue Bombers, Hamilton Tiger-cats).[59]
- Arnie Risen, 87, American Hall of Fame basketball player (Boston Celtics, Rochester Royals), complications from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and lung cancer.[60]
- Henry Scholberg, 91, American bibliographer.[61]
- Jimmy Thomson, 75, Scottish footballer (Dunfermline Athletic).[62]
5
- Erwin Axer, 95, Polish theatre director.[63]
- Michel Daerden, 62, Belgian politician, heart attack.[64]
- Benjamin W. Heineman, 98, American railroad executive.[65]
- Fred Matua, 28, American football player, heart failure.[66]
- Martin E. Segal, 96, Russian-born American entrepreneur (Film Society of Lincoln Center).[67]
- Sister Boom Boom, 57, American gay rights activist, member of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, liver cancer.[68]
- Kirk Urso, 22, American soccer player, heart failure.[69]
- Chavela Vargas, 93, Costa Rican-born Mexican singer-songwriter, respiratory arrest.[70]
- Roland Charles Wagner, 51, French author, traffic collision.[71]
- Péter Zwack, 85, Hungarian businessman, philanthropist, diplomat and U.S. ambassador.[72]
- Manie van Zyl, 83, South African Olympic wrestler.[73]
6
- Míne Bean Uí Chribín, 84, Irish conservative campaigner.[74]
- Celso Blues Boy, 56, Brazilian singer and guitarist, laryngeal cancer.[75]
- Valentin Chernykh, 77, Russian screenwriter.[76]
- Douglas Alan Clark, 95, American pilot.[77]
- Richard Cragun, 67, American ballet dancer, heart attack.[78]
- Marvin Hamlisch, 68, American composer and arranger (The Way We Were, A Chorus Line, The Sting), EGOT winner, lung failure.[79]
- Robert Hughes, 74, Australian art critic and writer (The Fatal Shore).[80]
- Gerry Kearby, 65, American businessman, traffic collision.[81]
- Sir Bernard Lovell, 98, British astronomer.[82]
- Mark O'Donnell, 58, American playwright (Hairspray, Cry-Baby) and author, respiratory arrest.[83]
- Boris Razinsky, 79, Russian football player.[84]
- Ruggiero Ricci, 94, American violinist, heart failure.[85]
- Dan Roundfield, 59, American basketball player (Atlanta Hawks), drowning.[86]
- Shunpei Ueyama, 91, Japanese philosopher.[87]
- Frits Vandenboer, 78, Belgian footballer.[88]
- Eleftherios Veryvakis, 77, Greek politician.[89]
- Gregor W. Yeates, 68, New Zealand soil zoologist and ecologist.[90]
7
- Murtuz Alasgarov, 83, Azerbaijani politician, Speaker of the National Assembly (1996–2005).[91]
- Fritzi Jane Courtney, 89, American actress.[92]
- George Crawford, 86, Australian politician, member of the Victorian Legislative Council for Jika Jika (1985–1992).[93]
- Judith Crist, 90, American film critic.[94]
- Luc de Heusch, 85, Belgian filmmaker and academic.[95]
- Sabahattin Kalender, 93, Turkish composer.[96]
- Vladimir Kobzev, 52, Russian football player and coach, stroke.[97]
- Donald C. Paup, 73, American badminton player and academic.[98]
- Anna Piaggi, 81, Italian fashion writer.[99]
- Ranking Trevor, 60, Jamaican reggae musician, traffic collision.[100]
- Veljko Rogošić, 71, Croatian Olympic long-distance swimmer.[101]
- Hans Hammond Rossbach, 80, Norwegian politician.[102]
- Samala Sadasiva, 84, Indian writer.[103]
- Sir John Joseph Swaine, 80, Hong Kong politician and barrister, President of the Legislative Council (1993–1995).[104]
- Marvin Lee Wilson, 54, American convicted murderer, execution by lethal injection.[105]
- Mayer Zald, 81, American sociologist.[106]
- Dušan Zbavitel, 87, Czech Indologist.[107]
8
- Fay Ajzenberg-Selove, 86, German-born American physicist.[108]
- Japie Basson, 94, South African politician.[109]
- Hans Camenzind, 78, Swiss electronics engineer.[110]
- Aung Shwe Prue Chowdhury, 98, Bangladeshi politician.[111]
- Lou Costello, 76, English footballer.[112]
- András Domahidy, 92, Hungarian-Australian novelist and librarian.[113]
- Ruth Etchells, 81, English poet and college principal.[114]
- Sancho Gracia, 75, Spanish actor, lung cancer.[115]
- Azizul Haque, 93, Bangladeshi Islamic scholar and politician.[116]
- Georgios Katsifaras, 77, Greek politician.[117]
- Surya Lesmana, 68, Indonesian football player and manager, heart attack.[118]
- Kurt Maetzig, 101, German film director.[119]
9
- José Aruego, 80, Filipino children's book author and illustrator.[120]
- Harry G. Barnes Jr., 86, American diplomat.[121]
- Ralph W. Beiting, 88, American priest.[122]
- Max Bound, 87, Australian environmental activist and trade unionist.[123]
- Gerard J. Campbell, 92, American Jesuit and academic, President of Georgetown University (1964–1968).[124]
- Carnegie, 21, British-bred French-trained Thoroughbred racehorse, winner of the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe (1994), euthanized (death announced on this date).[125]
- Ananda Dassanayake, 92, Sri Lankan politician.[126]
- Carl Davis, 77, American record producer ("Duke of Earl", "(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher"), lung disease.[127]
- Tom Dockrell, 88, American ice hockey player and coach.[128]
- Pyotr Fomenko, 80, Soviet and Russian film and theater director, teacher, and artistic director.[129]
- Gene F. Franklin, 85, American control theorist, professor emeritus of electrical engineering (Stanford University).[130]
- Al Freeman Jr., 78, American actor (Malcolm X, My Sweet Charlie, One Life to Live) and professor.[131]
- Dale Olson, 78, American publicist, cancer.[132]
- David Rakoff, 47, Canadian-born American writer and actor (Capote, Strangers with Candy), cancer.[133]
- Hjalte Rasmussen, 71, Danish academic.[134]
- Carmen Belén Richardson, 81, Puerto Rican actress and comedian.[135]
- Jan Sawka, 65, Polish-born American artist and architect, heart attack.[136]
- Mel Stuart, 83, American film director (If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium; Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory), cancer.[137]
- Erol Togay, 62, Turkish footballer.[138]
10
- James Lloyd Abbot Jr., 94, American U.S. Navy rear admiral.[139]
- Umar Sulaiman Al-Ashqar, 72, Jordanian academic.[140]
- Altay Sarsenuly Amanzholov, 78, Kazakh Turkologist.[141]
- Art Andrew, 81, United States Virgin Islands Olympic sailor.[142]
- William G. Bade, 88, American mathematician.[143]
- Robert C. Becklin, 86, American businessman and politician.[144]
- Billy Bootle, 86, English footballer.[145]
- Philippe Bugalski, 49, French rally driver, injuries from fall.[146]
- Suresh Dalal, 79, Indian poet and writer in Gujarati language, heart attack.[147]
- Amjad Hameed Khan Dasti, 94, Pakistani politician.[148]
- Ioan Dicezare, 95, Romanian WWII fighter pilot ace.[149]
- Joe Douse, 82, American Negro League baseball player.[150]
- Irving Fein, 101, American film and television producer, manager of Jack Benny and George Burns.[151]
- Madeleine Leininger, 87, American nursing theorist.[152]
- William W. Momyer, 95, American air force general, heart ailment.[153]
- Carlo Rambaldi, 86, Italian special effects artist (Alien, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial), Oscar winner (1976, 1980, 1983).[154]
11
- Red Bastien, 81, American professional wrestler, Alzheimer's disease.[155]
- Carlo Curley, 59, American classical organist.[156]
- Michael Dokes, 54, American former WBA heavyweight champion boxer, liver cancer.[157]
- Marco Antonio Dorantes García, 76, Mexican football referee.[158]
- Beverly Milton Dyck, 78, Canadian politician, progressive supranuclear palsy.[159]
- Hans Einstein, 89, American physician.[160]
- Karl Fleming, 84, American journalist, respiratory complications.[161]
- Von Freeman, 88, American hard bop jazz tenor saxophonist, heart failure.[162]
- Lucy Gallardo, 82, Argentine-born Mexican film and telenovela actress (How the Garcia Girls Spent Their Summer), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.[163]
- Hilary Gardner, 90, South African cricketer.[164]
- Heidi Holland, 64, Zimbabwean journalist and author, apparent suicide by hanging.[165]
- Shafaat Jamil, 72, Bangladesh Army officer.[166]
- Bhadriraju Krishnamurti, 84, Indian linguist.[167]
- R. Duncan Luce, 87, American cognitive scientist.[168]
- Henning Moritzen, 84, Danish actor, heart attack.[169]
- Dame Simone Prendergast, 82, British public servant and philanthropist.[170]
- Bill Rafferty, 68, American comedian and television host (Blockbusters, Card Sharks, Real People), heart failure.[171]
- Stuart Randall, Baron Randall of St Budeaux, 74, British politician, MP for Kingston upon Hull West (1983–1997).[172]
- Roger Sandall, 79, New Zealand anthropologist and writer.[173]
- Sid Waddell, 72, British darts commentator and author, bowel cancer.[174]
- Susan Weiner, 66, American politician, Mayor of Savannah (1992–1996), complications from surgery.[175]
12
- Eileen Beasley, 91, Welsh teacher and Welsh language campaigner, pancreatic cancer.[176]
- Ève Cournoyer, 43, Canadian singer-songwriter.[177]
- Prabuddha Dasgupta, 55, Indian fashion photographer, heart attack.[178]
- Alex Falconer, 72, Scottish politician, MEP for Mid Scotland and Fife (1984–1999).[179]
- Pedro Gasset, 88, Spanish Olympic field hockey player.[180]
- Jerry Grant, 77, American race car driver, liver failure and diabetes.[181]
- Dominic Hibberd, 71, English biographer, pneumonia-induced corticobasal degeneration.[182]
- Barbara Kimenye, 82, British-born Ugandan children's author.[183]
- Joe Kubert, 85, Polish-born American comic book artist (Sgt. Rock, Hawkman), multiple myeloma.[184]
- Jakov Labura, 74, Croatian Olympic rower.[185]
- Frank Martin, 73, American defense attorney and politician, Mayor of Columbus, Georgia (1991–1994), pancreatic cancer.[186]
- Robert W. McNitt, 97, American U.S. Navy rear admiral, dean of admissions at the U.S. Naval Academy, heart failure.[187]
- Édgar Morales Pérez, Mexican politician, mayor-elect of Matehuala, shooting.[188]
- Alf Morris, Baron Morris, 84, British politician and disability rights campaigner, MP for Manchester Wythenshawe (1964–1997).[189]
- Jackie Watters, 92, Scottish footballer (Celtic).[190]
13
- Hugo Bedau, 85, American philosopher, complications from Parkinson's disease.[191]
- Beverly Bender, 94, American sculptor.[192]
- Helen Gurley Brown, 90, American author, publisher, and businesswoman; editor-in-chief of Cosmopolitan magazine (1965–1997).[193]
- Robert Bruce, 96, Scottish composer.[194]
- Jimmy Carr, 79, American football player (Philadelphia Eagles).[195]
- Dan Daniels, 90, American sportscaster.[196]
- Salvador Escudero, 69, Filipino politician, cancer.[197]
- E. X. Giroux, 88, U.S.-born Canadian writer.[198]
- Kathi Goertzen, 54, American journalist and television anchor (KOMO-TV), benign brain tumors.[199]
- Nellie Gray, 88, American anti-abortion activist and lawyer, natural causes. (body discovered on this date)[200]
- Ray Jordon, 75, Australian cricketer and football coach, cancer.[201]
- Deborah Scaling Kiley, 54, American shipwreck survivor, sailor, author, motivational speaker and businesswoman.[202]
- Hervé Le Cléac'h, 97, French Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Taiohae o Tefenuaenata (1973–1986).[203]
- W. Michael Mathes, 76, American historian, expert on the history of Baja California.[204]
- Johnny Munkhammar, 37, Swedish politician, MP (2010–2012) and writer, adenoid cystic carcinoma.[205]
- Johnny Pesky, 92, American baseball player, manager, and coach (Boston Red Sox).[206]
- Joan Roberts, 95, American musical theatre actress (Oklahoma!), heart failure.[207]
- Typhoon Tracy, 6, Australian Thoroughbred racehorse, winner of the Coolmore Classic (2009) and Futurity Stakes (2010).[208]
14
- Maja Bošković-Stulli, 89, Croatian historian, writer, publisher and academic.[209]
- Remy Charlip, 83, American dancer.[210]
- Colorspin, 29, French-bred, British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse and broodmare, suspected heart attack.[211]
- Vilasrao Deshmukh, 67, Indian politician, kidney and liver failure.[212]
- Svetozar Gligorić, 89, Serbian chess grandmaster, stroke.[213]
- Brian Green, 77, British football coach and player.[214]
- Svein Hansen, 69, Norwegian ice hockey player.[215]
- Sergey Kapitsa, 84, Russian physicist, demographer, and television host; son of Pyotr Kapitsa.[216]
- Billy Kerr, 67, Irish Olympic cyclist.[217]
- Marilyn Leavitt-Imblum, 66, American embroidery designer.[218]
- Charles Maynard, 42, Bahamian politician, chairman of the opposition Free National Movement (since 2012), apparent heart attack.[219]
- Anna Orso, 73, Italian actress.[220]
- Ron Palillo, 63, American actor (Welcome Back, Kotter, Rubik, the Amazing Cube, Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives), heart attack.[221]
- Al Rabin, 76, American producer and director (Days of Our Lives).[222]
- Rosemary Rice, 87, American radio and television actress (Archie Andrews, Mama).[223]
- Smoke, American donkey, therapy animal for the United States Marine Corps.[224]
- Phyllis Thaxter, 92, American actress (Superman, Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo, The World of Henry Orient), complications from Alzheimer's disease.[225]
- Zhou Kehua, 42, Chinese criminal, shooting.[226]
15
- Elson Iazegi Beyruth, 70, Brazilian footballer, complications of diabetes.[227]
- Bob Birch, 56, American musician (Elton John), apparent suicide by gunshot.[228]
- Jeffery Boswall, 81, British naturalist and broadcaster, cancer.[229]
- Richard B. Brewer, 61, American chief executive officer (Myrexis), cancer.[230]
- Altamiro Carrilho, 87, Brazilian musician and composer, lung cancer.[231]
- Enzo Cavazzoni, 80, Italian Olympic water polo player.[232]
- Biff Elliot, 89, American actor (Alfred Hitchcock Presents, I, the Jury, The Enemy Below).[233]
- Joaquín Filba, 89, Spanish cyclist.[234]
- Punch Gunalan, 68, Malaysian badminton player, liver cancer.[235]
- Harry Harrison, 87, American science fiction writer (Make Room! Make Room!, The Stainless Steel Rat).[236]
- Henry Herx, 79, American film critic, complications from liver cancer.[237]
- Ralph Holman, 94, American biochemist.[238]
- Matthew Ianniello, 92, American mobster, member of the Genovese crime family.[239]
- Elisabeth von Janota-Bzowski, 99, German graphic artist and postage stamp designer.[240]
- Müşfik Kenter, 79, Turkish theater actor, lung cancer.[241]
- Colleen B. Lemmon, 85, American Latter Day Saint counselor.[242]
- Ashok Mehta, 65, Indian cinematographer (Bandit Queen), lung cancer.[243]
- Carina Moberg, 46, Swedish politician, MP for Stockholm County (1994–2012), cancer.[244]
- Albert (Peto) Nicholas, 61, Cook Islands politician, heart attack.[245]
- Burl Osborne, 75, American publisher, chairman of the Associated Press (2002–2007), after short illness.[246]
- Mitchell Todd, 21, British rugby player (Nottingham), traffic collision.[247]
- Sir Ray Whitney, 81, British politician, MP for Wycombe (1978–2001).[248]
- Heinz Wittig, 74, German Olympic water polo player.[249]
- Arbën Xhaferi, 64, Macedonian politician and Albanian-rights activist, complications from a stroke.[250]
16
- Peter Joseph Bis, app. 61, American homeless man, heart attack.[251]
- Larry R. Brown, 69, American politician, member of the North Carolina House of Representatives (since 2005), heart attack.[252]
- Candice Cohen-Ahnine, app. 35, French-born former Saudi royal, fall from apartment window.[253]
- T. G. Kamala Devi, 81, Indian actor and playback singer.[254]
- Evon Dickson, 77, New Zealand cricketer.[255]
- Akiva Ehrenfeld, 90, Austrian-born Israeli Orthodox Jewish rabbi.[256]
- Martine Franck, 74, Belgian photographer, bone marrow cancer.[257]
- Owsley Brown Frazier, 77, American philanthropist.[citation needed]
- Jang Hyun-kyu, 30, South Korean footballer, suspected heart attack.[258]
- Phil Kelly, 73, Irish footballer.[259]
- William Kent, 93, American artist.[260]
- Constance Kgosiemang, 66, Namibian politician, paramount chief of the Tswana people, heart attack.[261]
- Princess Lalla Amina of Morocco, 58, Moroccan royal, daughter of Mohammed V of Morocco, lung cancer.[262]
- Marvin Meyer, 64, American biblical scholar, cancer.[263]
- Abune Paulos, 76, Ethiopian patriarch of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, heart attack.[264]
- Bystrík Režucha, 77, Slovak conductor.[265]
- William Windom, 88, American actor (Murder She Wrote, To Kill a Mockingbird, Star Trek), heart failure.[266]
- Katsumi Yamauchi, 100, Japanese politician, mayor of Iwata, Shizuoka, natural causes.[267]
17
- Joan Bielski, 88, Australian activist.[268]
- Aase Bjerkholt, 97, Norwegian politician and government minister, Minister of Family and Consumer Affairs (1956–1963, 1963–1965).[269]
- Pál Bogár, 84, Hungarian Olympic basketball player.[270]
- Amparo Cuevas, 81, Spanish Roman Catholic seer.[271]
- Axel Edelstam, 88, Swedish diplomat.[272]
- Joey Kovar, 29, American reality TV star (The Real World: Hollywood, Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew), opiate intoxication.[273]
- Geoffrey Lees, 92, English cricketer and educator, prolonged illness.[274]
- John Lynch-Staunton, 82, Canadian politician, Senator (1990–2005), leader of the Conservative Party (2003–2004), heart attack.[275]
- Willem G. van Maanen, 91, Dutch journalist and writer.[276]
- Panos Markovic, 87, Greek football coach and player.[277]
- Lou Martin, 63, Northern Irish musician (Rory Gallagher).[278]
- Brian Oakley, 84, British civil servant and scientist.[279]
- Shirley W. Palmer-Ball, 82, American businessman and politician.[280]
- Veronique Peck, 80, French-born American arts patron.[281]
- Victor Poor, 79, American engineer, co-developer of the microchip and various radio developments, cancer.[282]
- Patrick Ricard, 67, French entrepreneur (Pernod Ricard), complications from a heart attack.[283]
18
- Samuel Anderson, 82, Cuban Olympic hurdler.[284]
- Hisham al-Hayali, Iraqi politician, Governor of Diyala Governorate (2012), traffic collision.[285]
- Tayseer al-Mashhadani, Iraqi engineer and politician, traffic collision.[285]
- Alan Bateman, 76, Australian film producer and television screenwriter, cancer.[286]
- Harrison Begay, 94, American painter.[287]
- George Bowers, 68, American film editor (A League of Their Own, The Country Bears, Harlem Nights), complications following heart surgery.[288]
- Lourival Mendes França, Brazilian draughts player.[289]
- Robert B. Gaither, 83, American mechanical engineer.[290]
- Les Kaine, 76, Australian footballer (Hawthorn).[291]
- John Kovatch, 92, American football player (Washington Redskins).[292]
- Scott McKenzie, 73, American singer ("San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair)") and songwriter ("Kokomo"), Guillain–Barré syndrome.[293]
- Ra. Ki. Rangarajan, 85, Indian Tamil language writer.[294]
- Jesse Robredo, 54, Filipino politician, Mayor of Naga City (1988–1998, 2001–2010), Secretary of the Interior and Local Government (since 2010), plane crash.[295]
- Eilif Straume, 83, Norwegian writer and critic.[296]
19
- Ghazi al-Sadiq, Sudanese politician, Minister of Guidance and Religious Endowments, plane crash.[297]
- Yuriy Avanesov, 77, Soviet football player and coach.[298]
- Doug Dench, 82, Australian football player.[299]
- Hellmut Geissner, 86, German scholar.[300]
- Donal Henahan, 91, American music critic.[301]
- Ivar Iversen, 97, Norwegian Olympic sprint canoeist.[302]
- Laura Latini, 42, Italian voice actress, cancer.[303]
- Maïté Nahyr, 64, South African-born Belgian actress.[304]
- Samia Yusuf Omar, 21, Somali Olympic runner, drowning. (death announced on this date)[305]
- Tony Scott, 68, British film director (Top Gun, True Romance, Man on Fire) and producer, suicide by jumping.[306]
- Edmund Skellings, 80, American poet.[307]
20
- Agnes World, 17, American-bred, Japanese-trained Thoroughbred racehorse and sire.[308]
- Seweryn Chajtman, 93, Polish scientist.[309]
- Lucy Dickenson, 32, Welsh charity worker, road accident.[310]
- Phyllis Diller, 95, American comedian and actress (The Pruitts of Southampton, Splendor in the Grass, A Bug's Life).[311]
- Virginia Dwyer, 92, American actress (Another World, As the World Turns, Guiding Light).[312]
- Juan Edmunds Rapahango, 89, Chilean Rapa Nui politician.[313]
- Daryl Hine, 76, American poet, editor, and translator, intestinal blockage.[314]
- Jacob Matijevic, 64, American engineer (NASA).[315]
- Dom Mintoff, 96, Maltese politician, Prime Minister (1955–1958, 1971–1984), natural causes.[316]
- Len Quested, 87, English footballer.[317]
- Kapu Rajaiah, 87, Indian painter, complication of Parkinson's disease.[318]
- Alexander Saxton, 93, American novelist and historian.[319]
- Mika Yamamoto, 45, Japanese journalist, shooting.[320]
- Meles Zenawi, 57, Ethiopian politician, President (1991–1995), Prime Minister (since 1995), liver cancer.[321]
21
- Vinus van Baalen, 70, Dutch Olympic swimmer.[322]
- Paul Bassim, 89, Lebanese Roman Catholic prelate, Vicar Apostolic of Beirut (1974–1999).[323]
- Joe Cunningham, 80–81, Northern Irish Gaelic footballer.[324]
- Tissa David, 91, Hungarian-born American animator (Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure), cancer.[325]
- John Davidson, 87, American politician, member of the Illinois Senate (1973–1993), natural causes.[326]
- Genoveva Dawson, 94, Argentine botanist, curator, teacher, and explorer.[327]
- Hans Josephsohn, 92, Swiss sculptor.[328]
- Delcia Kite, 88, Australian politician, member of the New South Wales Legislative Council (1976–1995).[329]
- Kyle Larsen, 62, American contract bridge player.[330]
- Georg Leber, 91, German politician, Minister of Defence (1972–1978).[331]
- Shimon Lev-Ari, 70, Israeli actor, theatre director and translator.[332]
- Gary Mara, 50, Australian rugby league player (Balmain Tigers), traffic collision.[333]
- Taketoshi Naito, 86, Japanese actor.[334]
- Don Raleigh, 86, Canadian ice hockey player (New York Rangers), complications of a fall.[335]
- J. Frank Raley Jr., 85, American politician, member of the Maryland Senate (1963–1966), heart attack.[336]
- Roy Speer, 80, American businessman (Home Shopping Network).[337]
- Guy Spitaels, 80, Belgian politician, Leader of the Socialist Party (1981–1992), Minister-President of Wallonia (1992–1994), brain tumor.[338]
- William Thurston, 65, American mathematician, melanoma.[339]
- Sergio Toppi, 79, Italian cartoonist, cancer.[340]
- Ivan the Gorilla, 49–50, gorilla who didn't see his kind for 27 years, chest tumor.[citation needed]
22
- Houcine Anafal, 59, Moroccan footballer, heart attack.[341]
- Bernie Anderson, 71, Australian footballer.[342]
- Nina Bawden, 87, British author (Carrie's War).[343]
- Larry Carp, 86, American attorney and diplomat.[344]
- David K. Cheng, 94, Chinese-born American professor.[345]
- Charles Flores, 41, Cuban-born American jazz bassist, throat cancer.[346]
- José Foralosso, 74, Italian-born Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Marabá (2000–2012), complications from a stroke.[347]
- Trevor French, Australian Paralympic swimmer.[348]
- Guy Landry Hazoumé, 72, Beninese politician and poet.[349]
- Paulino Matip Nhial, 69–70, South Sudanese military leader and politician, complications of diabetes.[350]
- Paul Shan Kuo-hsi, 88, Taiwanese Roman Catholic cardinal, Bishop of Kaohsiung (1991–2006), pneumonia.[351]
- Martin Shikuku, 79, Kenyan politician, MP for Butere (1963–1975, 1979–1988, 1992–1997), cancer.[352]
- Jeffrey Stone, 85, American actor, model for Prince Charming in Cinderella.[353]
- András Szennay, 91, Hungarian Roman Catholic prelate, Abbot of the Pannonhalma Archabbey (1973–1991).[354]
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- Col Campbell, 78, Australian gardener, cancer.[355]
- Paul Ch'eng Shih-kuang, 96, Taiwanese Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Tainan (1966–1990).[356]
- Jean-Luc Delarue, 48, French television producer and host, stomach cancer.[357]
- Aubrey Dunn Sr., 84, American politician, member of the New Mexico Senate (1965–1980), cancer.[358]
- James Fogle, 75, American author (Drugstore Cowboy), mesothelioma.[359]
- Byard Lancaster, 70, American jazz multi-instrumentalist, pancreatic cancer.[360]
- Howard Lee, 77, Bermudian Olympic sailor.[361]
- Edith Mastenbroek, 37, Dutch politician, Member of the European Parliament (2004–2008), cardiac arrest.[362]
- Bob Myrick, 59, American baseball player (New York Mets), heart attack.[363]
- Merv Neagle, 54, Australian AFL football player (Essendon), traffic collision.[364]
- Jerry Nelson, 78, American puppeteer (The Muppet Show, Sesame Street, Fraggle Rock), prostate cancer and COPD.[365]
- James Serrin, 85, American mathematician.[366]
- Josepha Sherman, 65, American science fiction author.[367]
- Steve Van Buren, 91, American Hall of Fame football player (Philadelphia Eagles), pneumonia.[368]
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- Henry H. Black, 83, American marine.[369]
- Werner Braun, 86, German musicologist.[370]
- Cornelia Brierly, 99, American architect.[371]
- Bud Chamberlain, 92, American baseball player and realtor.[372]
- Dadullah, app. 47, Pakistani Taliban leader (Bajaur Agency), airstrike.[373]
- Richard William Davis, 70, American child murderer and rapist, natural causes.[374]
- Aleksander Donner, 65, Ukrainian handball coach.[375]
- Lijon Eknilang, 66, Marshallese anti–nuclear weapons activist. (death reported on this date)[376]
- Pauli Ellefsen, 76, Faroese politician, Prime Minister (1981–1985).[377]
- Sir Richard Evans, 84, British diplomat, Ambassador to the People's Republic of China (1984–1988).[378]
- Félix Miélli Venerando, 74, Brazilian footballer, 1970 FIFA World Cup winner, cardiac arrest.[379]
- Steve Franken, 80, American actor (Bewitched, The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis), cancer.[380]
- Bud Goodall, 59, American scholar and writer, pancreatic cancer.[381][circular reference]
- Gerd Greune, 63, German politician.[382]
- Zygmunt Kiszkurno, 91, Polish Olympic sport shooter.[383]
- Claire Malis, 69, American actress (One Life to Live, From Here to Eternity, The Facts of Life), heart failure and pneumonia.[384]
- Dale Sommers, 68, American radio personality, Addison's disease.[385]
- Maureen Toal, 82, Irish actress.[386]
- Krum Yanev, 83, Bulgarian Olympic footballer.[387]
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- Florencio Amarilla, 77, Paraguayan footballer, coach and actor.[388]
- Neil Armstrong, 82, American astronaut, first person to walk on the Moon, complications from surgery.[389]
- R. Palmer Beasley, 76, American physician, public health educator, and epidemiologist, pancreatic cancer.[390]
- Ray Booty, 79, English cyclist, British Empire and Commonwealth Games gold medallist (1958), cancer.[391]
- Stephen Bradford, 48, English cricket player (Lincolnshire).[392]
- Willard C. Butcher, 85, American banker, cancer.[393]
- Joshua Casteel, 32, American soldier and playwright, lung cancer.[394]
- Stanley Crooks, 70, American tribal leader, Chairman of the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community (1992–2012), respiratory ailment.[395]
- Wisse Dekker, 88, Dutch businessman, traffic collision.[396]
- Georg Feuerstein, 65, German-born Canadian scholar of Hinduism.[397]
- Roger Fisher, 90, American academic.[398]
- Vesna Girardi-Jurkić, 68, Croatian archeologist and museologist.[399]
- Roberto González Barrera, 82, Mexican businessman, founder of Gruma, cancer.[400]
- Donald Gorrie, 79, Scottish politician, MSP for Central Scotland (1999–2007), MP for Edinburgh West (1997–2001).[401]
- Aurélio Granada Escudeiro, 92, Portuguese Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Angra (1979–1996), pneumonia.[402]
- Angkarn Kalayanapong, 86, Thai poet and artist, heart disease and diabetes.[403]
- Eduardo Koaik, 86, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Piracicaba (1984–2002), cancer.[404]
- V. K. Lakshmanan, 80, Indian politician, MP for Coimbatore East (1991–2006).[405]
- Richard Norris, 80, British Olympic bronze medallist field hockey player (1952).[406]
- Emilio Pacione, 92, Scottish footballer (Dundee United).[407]
- Manola Saavedra, 76, Spanish-born Mexican actress.[408]
- Pontus Schultz, 40, Swedish journalist, ravine fall during 2012 Haute Route bicycle race.[409]
- Juan Valdez, 74, American land rights activist.[410]
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- Russ Alben, 82, American advertising executive.[411]
- Reginald Bartholomew, 76, American diplomat, cancer.[412]
- Jacques Bensimon, 69, Canadian film executive, cancer.[413]
- Gérard Bitsindou, 70, Congolese politician.[414]
- Viredo Espinosa, 83, Cuban artist, vascular disease.[415]
- Robert T. Gannett, 94, American politician and lawyer.[416]
- John Goldkamp, 64, American criminologist, multiple myeloma.[417]
- George Gunther, 92, American politician.[418]
- A. K. Hangal, 98, Indian actor, complications from a fall.[419]
- Countess Alix de Lannoy, 70, Belgian countess, mother of Stéphanie de Lannoy, stroke.[420]
- Peter L. Shelton, 67, American architect, cancer.[421]
- Karsten Anker Solhaug, 97, Norwegian salvationist.[422]
- Alan Steen, 90, English footballer (Wolverhampton Wanderers).[423]
- Krzysztof Wilmanski, 72, Polish physicist, pancreatic cancer.[424]
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- Neville Alexander, 75, South African revolutionary and linguist, cancer.[425]
- Aurora Bautista, 86, Spanish film actress.[426]
- Malcolm Browne, 81, American journalist and photographer (1964 Pulitzer Prize), complications of Parkinson's disease.[427]
- Irwin Cohen, 60, American judoka, amyloidosis and myelodysplastic syndromes.[428]
- Tony Dumper, 88, British Anglican prelate, Bishop of Dudley (1977–1993).[429]
- Richard L. Fisher, 64, American politician and energy executive, heart attack.[430]
- Art Heyman, 71, American basketball player (New York Knicks, Philadelphia 76ers).[431]
- Allan Horsfall, 84, British gay rights activist.[432]
- Ivica Horvat, 86, Croatian football player and manager.[433]
- Richard Keyes, 81, American painter.[434]
- Sir Richard Kingsland, 95, Australian RAAF pilot and public servant.[435]
- Geliy Korzhev, 87, Russian painter.[436]
- Karl Lennert, 91, German physician and pathologist.[437]
- Leonard Linsky, 90, American philosopher.[438]
- Louis Ncamiso Ndlovu, 67, Swazi Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Manzini (1985–2012), heart failure.[439]
- Antoine Redin, 77, French footballer and football manager.[440]
- Aboud Rogo, 44, Kenyan Islamic cleric, shooting.[441]
- Russell Scott, 91, American clown and television host (Blinky's Fun Club), pneumonia.[442]
- Tomáš Sedláček, 94, Czech general, anti-Nazi resistance member, and political prisoner, melanoma.[443]
- Tao Wei, 46, Chinese football player and commentator, heart attack.[444]
- Roger J. White, 71, British-born American Episcopal prelate, Bishop of Milwaukee (1985–2003), brain aneurysm.[445]
- Albert George Wilson, 94, American astronomer.[446]
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- Akhlakul Hossain Ahmed, 85, Bangladeshi physician and politician.[447]
- Said Afandi al-Chirkawi, 74, Russian Muslim Sufi leader, suicide bomb attack.[448]
- Sir Rhodes Boyson, 87, British educator, author and politician, MP for Brent North (1974–1997).[449]
- Norm Dussault, 86, American ice hockey player (Montreal Canadiens).[450]
- Maffeo Giovanni Ducoli, 93, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Belluno-Feltre (1975–1996).[451]
- Eva Figes, 80, English author.[452]
- Shulamith Firestone, 67, Canadian-born American feminist writer (The Dialectic of Sex).[453]
- Dave Fredrickson, 85, American archaeologist, anthropologist, and folk singer.[454]
- William Pascal Kikoti, 55, Tanzanian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Mpanda (since 2000), complications of high blood pressure.[455]
- Dick McBride, 84, American beat poet.[456]
- Saul Merin, 79, Israeli ophthalmologist.[457]
- K. Pankajakshan, 84, Indian politician, MLA in Kerala (1971–1977, 1980–1991), cardiac arrest.[458]
- Alfred Schmidt, 81, German philosopher.[459]
- Ramón Sota, 74, Spanish golfer, pneumonia.[460]
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- Said Aburish, 77, Palestinian journalist.[461]
- Margie Foote, 82, American politician.[462]
- Ruth Goldbloom, 88, Canadian philanthropist, co-founder of the Pier 21 museum, cancer.[463]
- Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke, 59, British academic and author (The Occult Roots of Nazism), cancer.[464]
- Shoshichi Kobayashi, 80, Japanese mathematician.[465]
- Anne McKnight, 88, American opera singer.[466]
- Les Moss, 87, American baseball player (St. Louis Browns).[467]
- Daniel O'Keefe, 84, American author and editor (Reader's Digest), inventor of Festivus.[468]
- Sergei Ovchinnikov, 43, Russian volleyball coach (women's national team), suspected suicide by hanging.[469]
- Jeremy Pope, 76, New Zealand activist and lawyer.[470]
- Donald E. Tewes, 96, American businessman and politician, Representative from Wisconsin (1957–1959).[471]
- Valyra, 3, British-bred French-trained Thoroughbred racehorse, winner of the Prix de Diane (2012), euthanized.[472]
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- Bernardo Bonezzi, 48, Spanish film music composer.[473]
- Daire Brehan, 55, Irish broadcaster, actress and barrister, cancer.[474]
- L. Macon Epps, 92, American engineer, inventor, author and poet.[475]
- Gaeton Fonzi, 76, American investigative journalist, complications from Parkinson's disease.[476]
- Kristian Fougner, 93, Norwegian engineer and resistance member.[477]
- Paul Friedrichs, 72, German motocross racer.[478]
- Bill Kini, 75, New Zealand boxer and rugby player, cancer.[479]
- Igor Kvasha, 79, Russian actor.[480]
- Carlos Larrañaga, 75, Spanish actor, cardiac decompensation.[481]
- Chris Lighty, 44, American talent manager, co-founder of Violator Entertainment, suicide by gunshot.[482]
- Nat Peeples, 86, American professional baseball player.[483]
- Don Richard Riso, 66, American teacher and author, cancer.[484]
- Jacek Sempoliński, 85, Polish painter, art professor, critic, and essayist.[485]
- Anton Skulberg, 90, Norwegian scientist and politician, MP for Østfold (1969–1972, 1974–1977).[486]
- Vidar Theisen, 79, Norwegian meteorologist and weather presenter, Parkinson's disease.[487]
- Gabriel Vahanian, 85, French Christian theologian.[488]
- Christopher Williams, 85, British Olympic bobsledder.[489]
- Xin Kegui, 61, Chinese academic and civil engineer.[490]
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- Cornelis Christiaan Berg, 78, Dutch botanist.[491]
- Max Bygraves, 89, British singer, variety performer, and TV game show host (Family Fortunes), complications from Alzheimer's disease.[492]
- Lucas Luis Dónnelly, 91, Argentine Roman Catholic prelate.[493]
- Mark J. Dworkin, 66, Canadian writer.[494]
- Rajvinder Kaur Gill, 40, Canadian banker, strangulation.[495]
- Tom Keating, 69, American football player (Oakland Raiders), prostate cancer.[496]
- Alan M. Kriegsman, 84, American dance critic (1976 Pulitzer Prize for Criticism), heart disease.[497]
- Kris Kin, 12, American-bred British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse, winner of The Derby (2003), cervical fracture. (death announced on this date)[498]
- Joe Lewis, 68, American martial arts master, actor, brain tumor.[499]
- Carlo Maria Martini, 85, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Cardinal Archbishop of Milan (1979–2002), Parkinson's disease.[500]
- Frank B. McDonald, 87, American astrophysicist.[501]
- Pedro Medina Avendaño, 96, Colombian poet.[502]
- Steven Smith Mijiga, 74, Malawian civil servant, Post Master General.[503]
- Anthony Mathias Mundadan, 88, Indian priest.[504]
- Kashiram Rana, 74, Indian politician, MLA for Surat East (1975–1980) and MP for Surat (1989–2009), heart attack.[505]
- Heraldine Rock, 79, Saint Lucian educator and politician.[506]
- John C. Shabaz, 81, American judge and politician, member of the Wisconsin State Assembly (1964–1979).[507]
- Sergey Sokolov, 101, Soviet military commander, Marshal of the Soviet Union, Minister of Defense of the Soviet Union (1984–1987).[508]
- Theatrical, 30, Irish-bred American Thoroughbred racehorse, winner of the Breeders' Cup Turf (1987), euthanized.[509]
- Edward Vincent, 78, American politician, first African-American Mayor of Inglewood, California (1983–1996), member of the California State Assembly (1996–2000).[510]
- Norbert Walter, 67, German economist.[511]
- Mahmoud El-Gohary, 74, Egyptian football player and coach, complications of a stroke.[512]
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