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Deaths in January 2009
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The following is a list of notable deaths in January 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.
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January 2009
1
- Todd Bullard, 77, American educator, complications from diabetes.[1]
- Dennis Ford, 77, South African Olympic swimmer.[2]
- Walter Haynes, 80, American steel guitarist.[3]
- Ramashreya Jha, 80, Indian musicologist, complications following heart surgery.[4]
- John Morrow, 77, British Presbyterian minister and peace activist.[5]
- Fahid Mohammed Ally Msalam, 32, Kenyan al-Qaeda leader, allegedly behind Marriott hotel bombings, airstrike.[6]
- Claiborne Pell, 90, American Senator from Rhode Island (1961–1997), creator of the Pell Grant, Parkinson's disease.[7]
- Gert Petersen, 81, Danish journalist and politician.[8]
- Robert Prince, 89, American Major, recipient of the Distinguished Service Cross.[9]
- Edmund Purdom, 84, British actor.[10]
- Nizar Rayan, 49, Palestinian Hamas military and political leader, airstrike.[11]
- Willard Warren Scott Jr., 82, American general, head of United States Military Academy (1981–1986), Parkinson's disease.[12]
- Johannes Mario Simmel, 84, Austrian writer.[13]
- Henry King Stanford, 92, American academic, president of the University of Miami (1962–1981).[14]
- Helen Suzman, 91, South African anti-apartheid activist and politician, MP (1953–1989).[15]
- Sheikh Ahmed Salim Swedan, 48, Kenyan al-Qaeda leader, airstrike.[6]
- Robert Saxton Taylor, 90, American library scholar.[16]
2
- Dnyaneshwar Agashe, 66, Indian cricketer and businessman, heart attack.[17]
- Leonard Andrews, 83, American art patron, prostate cancer.[18]
- Inger Christensen, 73, Danish poet, novelist and essayist.[19]
- John DeFrancis, 97, American sinologist.[20]
- Pavel Deyev, 67, Soviet Olympic equestrian.[21]
- Ralph Gibson, 84, American flying ace of the Korean War.[22]
- Hank DeZonie, 86, American basketball player.[23]
- Steven Gilborn, 72, American actor (Ellen), cancer.[24]
- Valentina Giovagnini, 28, Italian singer, car crash.[25]
- Ian Greaves, 76, British footballer and manager (Mansfield Town, Bolton Wanderers).[26]
- Tony Gregory, 61, Irish politician, member of Dáil Éireann, cancer.[27]
- Joe Henry, 78, American baseball player (Memphis Red Sox, Negro leagues).[28]
- Ryuzo Hiraki, 77, Japanese footballer, pneumonia.[29]
- Albert Horner, 95, Canadian politician, MP for The Battlefords (1958–1968).[30]
- John Olav Larssen, 81, Norwegian evangelical preacher.[31]
- Rashid bin Ahmad Al Mualla II, 78, Emirati ruler of Umm al-Quwain.[32]
- József Sákovics, 81, Hungarian Olympic fencer.[33]
- Nick Scandone, 42, American yachtsman, paralympian gold medallist (2008), Lou Gehrig's disease.[34]
- Cy Thomas, 82, British ice hockey player (Toronto Maple Leafs, Chicago Blackhawks).[35]
- Olgierd Zienkiewicz, 87, British civil engineer.[36]
3
- Abu Zakaria al-Jamal, 49, Palestinian senior Hamas leader, air strike.[37][citation needed]
- Kjelfrid Brusveen, 82, Norwegian cross-country skier.[38]
- Charles Camilleri, 77, Maltese composer.[39]
- John Grindrod, 89, Australian Anglican prelate, Archbishop of Brisbane (1980–1989).[40]
- Peter English, 71, Scottish professor of agriculture and author, heart failure.[41]
- Betty Freeman, 87, American philanthropist.[42]
- Pat Hingle, 84, American actor (Batman, Norma Rae, Hang 'Em High), myelodysplasia.[43]
- Li Zuopeng, 94, Chinese general and politician.[44]
- Ulf G. Lindén, 71, Swedish entrepreneur, heart failure.[45]
- Sam McQuagg, 73, American race car driver, NASCAR Rookie of the Year (1965), cancer.[46]
- Hisayasu Nagata, 39, Japanese politician, suicide by jumping.[47]
- Olga San Juan, 81, American actress, kidney failure.[48]
- Matt Sczesny, 76, American scout for the Boston Red Sox, cancer.[49]
- Sir Alan Walters, 82, British economist.[50]
4
- Lei Clijsters, 52, Belgian footballer and coach, father of Kim Clijsters, lung cancer.[51]
- Sonny Fai, 20, New Zealand rugby league player, drowned.[52]
- Oswaldo Domingues, 91, Brazilian Olympic sprinter.[53]
- K. K. Govind, 92, Indian freedom fighter.[54]
- Gedalio Grinberg, 77, Cuban-born American founder of Movado Group, natural causes.[55]
- Ivan Gubijan, 85, Croatian hammer thrower, Olympic medalist (1948), after long illness.[56]
- India, 18, American pet cat of George W. Bush.[57]
- Gert Jonke, 62, Austrian writer and poet, cancer.[58]
- Arvid Knutsen, 64, Norwegian footballer (Viking FK), brain tumor.[59]
- Jon Latimer, 44, British historian, heart attack.[60]
- Bob Lazarus, 52, American comedian, leukemia.[61]
- Sudhir Ranjan Majumdar, 75, Indian politician, Chief Minister of Tripura (1988–1992), heart attack.[62]
- John McGillicuddy, 78, American CEO of Manufacturers Hanover (1971–1991), Chemical Banking (1991–1993), prostate cancer.[63]
- Vladimir Repyev, 52, Russian Olympic silver medal-winning (1980) handball player.[64]
- Giselle Salandy, 21, Trinidadian boxer, car accident.[65]
5
- Griffin Bell, 90, American judge, Fifth Circuit Appeals Court (1961–1976), U.S. Attorney General (1977–1979), pancreatic cancer.[66]
- Evangelos Depastas, 76, Greek Olympic runner.[67]
- Harry Kinnard, 93, American Army lieutenant general.[68]
- Dale Livingston, 63, American football player (Green Bay Packers), complications from heart surgery.[69]
- Mario Magnotta, 66, Italian Internet celebrity, pulmonary embolism.[70]
- Adolf Merckle, 74, German businessman, suicide by train.[71]
- Stanton Parris, 78, Barbadian cricket umpire, after short illness.[72]
- Roland Piquepaille, 62, French software engineer and technology writer, complications from digestive virus.[73]
- Carl Pohlad, 93, American banker, owner of the Minnesota Twins.[74]
- Jimmy Rayner, 73, English footballer (Peterborough United).[75]
- Verna Mae Slone, 94, American author and quilter, complications from a fall.[76]
- Mircea Stănescu, 39, Romanian politician, MP (2004–2008), apparent suicide by gunshot.[77]
- Ned Tanen, 77, American executive (Universal Pictures), natural causes.[78]
- Sam Taylor, 74, American blues musician, complications from heart disease.[79]
6
- Ron Asheton, 60, American rock guitarist (The Stooges), heart attack (death announced on this date).[80]
- Nino Bongiovanni, 97, American baseball player.[81]
- Brahmkumar Bhatt, 87, Indian politician and Indian independence activist.[82]
- Geoffrey Brooke, 88, British Olympic modern pentathlete.[83]
- Vivian Della Chiesa, 94, American soprano and Broadway theatre performer.[84]
- Robert T. Connor, 90, American politician, Staten Island Borough President (1966–1977).[85]
- Maria Dimitriadi, 58, Greek singer, lung disease.[citation needed]
- John T. Elfvin, 91, American federal judge, justice of the Western District of New York since 1974.[86]
- Alan Geisler, 78, American condiment inventor and food chemist, protein disorder.[87]
- Cheryl Holdridge, 64, American actress (The Mickey Mouse Club), lung cancer.[88]
- John Riley Holt, 90, British physicist.[89]
- Róbert Ilosfalvy, 81, Hungarian opera singer.[90]
- Claude Jeter, 94, American gospel music singer.[91]
- John Scott Martin, 83, British actor (Doctor Who, I, Claudius, Z-Cars), Parkinson's disease.[92]
- Richard Seaver, 82, American owner of Arcade Publishing, heart attack.[93]
- Ghulam Mohammad Shah, 88, Indian politician, Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir (1984–1986), after long illness.[94]
- John Street, 77, British snooker referee, pulmonary disease.[95]
- Victor Sumulong, 62, Filipino politician, Congressman (1998–2007), Mayor of Antipolo since 2007, diabetes.[96]
- Charlie Thomson, 78, Scottish footballer (Clyde, Chelsea, Nottingham Forest).[97]
7
- Aimé Adam, 95, Canadian politician.[98]
- Yaakov Banai, 89, Israeli Lehi commander.[99]
- J. D. H. Catleugh, 88, British artist.[100]
- Alfie Conn Sr., 82, Scottish footballer (Hearts, Raith Rovers, Scotland).[101]
- Robert G. Eaton, 71, Canadian politician, cancer.[102]
- Alex van Heerden, 34, South African musician, car accident.[103]
- Jacques Littlefield, 59, American owner of the Military Vehicle Technology Foundation, colon cancer.[104]
- Robert T. Monagan, 88, American politician, Speaker of the California State Assembly (1969–1970), after long illness.[105]
- Puck Oversloot, 94, Dutch swimmer, Olympic silver medallist (1932).[106]
- Anália de Victória Pereira, 67, Angolan politician.[107]
- Ray Dennis Steckler, 70, American film director (Rat Pfink a Boo Boo), cardiac arrest.[108]
- Bob Wilkins, 76, American television personality, horror film host, complications from Alzheimer's disease.[109]
8
- Magdaleno Cano, 75, Mexican Olympic cyclist.[110]
- Alberto Eliani, 86, Italian football player and manager.[111]
- Don Galloway, 71, American actor (Ironside, The Big Chill, Gunfight in Abilene), stroke.[112]
- Björn Haugan, 66, Norwegian operatic lyric tenor.[113]
- Lamya, 45, British singer, heart attack.[114]
- Gaston Lenôtre, 88, French pastry chef.[115]
- Irène Mélikoff, 91, Russian-born French Turkologist.[116]
- Charles Morgan Jr., 78, American lawyer, complications of Alzheimer's disease.[117]
- Richard John Neuhaus, 72, Canadian-born American Roman Catholic priest and theologian, founder of First Things, cancer.[118]
- Zbigniew Podlecki, 68, Polish motorcycle speedway rider.[119]
- Deborah Riedel, 50, Australian soprano, cancer.[120]
- Leonidas Vargas, 60, Colombian drug trafficker, shot.[121]
- Cornelia Wallace, 69, American First Lady of Alabama (1971–1978), second wife of George Wallace, cancer.[122]
- Lasantha Wickrematunge, 50, Sri Lankan journalist, shot.[123]
9
- István Antal, 50, Romanian Olympic ice hockey player, cardiac arrest.[124]
- Dave Dee, 67, British singer (Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich), prostate cancer.[125]
- Harry Endo, 87, American actor (Hawaii Five-O), stroke.[126]
- Rob Gauntlett, 21, British mountaineer, youngest Briton to climb Mount Everest, climbing accident.[127]
- Jon Hager, 67, American country musician and comedian (Hee Haw).[128]
- René Herms, 26, German middle-distance runner.[129]
- Joe Hirsch, 80, American horse racing journalist, Parkinson's disease.[130]
- T. Llew Jones, 93, British Welsh language writer.[131]
- Peter Lane, Baron Lane of Horsell, 83, British businessman and politician.[132]
- Pál Németh, 71, Hungarian hammer throw coach, heart failure.[133]
- Kaarle Ojanen, 90, Finnish chess player.[134]
- Dave Roberts, 64, American baseball pitcher (Houston Astros, San Diego Padres, Detroit Tigers), lung cancer.[135]
- Jean Sassi, 91, French army colonel.[136]
- Jack F. Shaw, 70, American cross country running coach.[137]
- David Smiley, 92, British SOE officer.[138]
- Ljubica Sokić, 94, Serbian painter.[139]
- Tom Van Flandern, 68, American astronomer, colon cancer.[140]
- Sir Neil Wheeler, 91, British Air Chief Marshal.[141]
- Frank Williams, 50, American baseball player (San Francisco Giants, Cincinnati Reds, Detroit Tigers), heart attack.[142]
10
- Georges Cravenne, 94, French publicity agent, founder of the César Award.[143]
- Isabelle of Salm-Salm, 105, German royal.[144]
- Peter Kollock, 49, American sociologist, motorcycle accident.[145]
- Pio Laghi, 86, Italian Cardinal for San Pietro in Vincoli, Vatican Ambassador to the US (1980–1990), hematologic disease.[146]
- Liliana Lozano, 30, Colombian actress and beauty queen, shot.[147]
- Gil Mains, 79, American football player.[148]
- Jean Pelletier, 73, Canadian politician, Mayor of Quebec City (1977–1989), Chief of Staff (1993–2001), complications of colon cancer.[149]
- Eluned Phillips, 94, British writer, crowned bard at the National Eisteddfod of Wales (1967, 1983), pneumonia.[150]
- Colin Phipps, 74, British petroleum geologist and MP (1974–1979).[151]
- Ivor Spencer, 84, British toastmaster.[152]
- Bill Stone, 108, British World War I veteran.[153]
- Coosje van Bruggen, 66, Dutch-born American sculptor, wife of Claes Oldenburg, breast cancer.[154]
- Jack Wheeler, 89, British footballer.[155]
- Sidney Wood, 97, American tennis player, Hall of Fame (1964), third-youngest winner of Wimbledon (1931).[156]
- Ray Yoshida, 78, American painter, cancer.[157]
- Elżbieta Zawacka, 99, Polish World War II freedom fighter.[158]
11
- Maurice L. Albertson, 91, American Peace Corps architect, founder of Village Earth.[159]
- Quirino De Ascaniis, 100, Italian priest.[160]
- Anabel Bosch, 32, Filipino singer, cerebral aneurysm.[161]
- Andy DeMize, 25, American drummer (Nekromantix), car accident.[162]
- Shigeo Fukuda, 76, Japanese sculptor and graphic artist, subarachnoid hemorrhage.[163]
- Jack Gifford, 68, American businessman (Maxim Integrated Products), heart attack.[164]
- Epeli Hauʻofa, 70, Fijian writer and anthropologist, after short illness.[165]
- Bert Hazell, 101, British politician and trade unionist, MP (1964–1970), oldest modern MP.[166]
- Bob Kilby, 64, British motorcycle speedway rider, cancer.[167]
- Li Sizhong, 87, Chinese ichthyologist.[168]
- Pat Lindsey, 72, American politician, member of the Alabama Senate (1967–1974, since 1982), heart attack.[169]
- Freddie Mack, 74, British boxer and musician.[170]
- Ricardo Martínez de Hoyos, 90, Mexican painter, pneumonia.[171]
- François de Noailles, 103, French noble.[172]
- Tom O'Horgan, 84, American theater director (Hair, Jesus Christ Superstar), complications of Alzheimer's disease.[173]
- Wally Olds, 59, American Olympic ice hockey silver medal-winning player (1972), colon cancer.[174]
- Frederic M. Richards, 83, American biochemist, natural causes.[175]
- Vivian Ridler, 95, British printer.[176]
- Lorene Rogers, 94, American educator, President of the University of Texas at Austin (1974–1979).[177]
- Milan Rúfus, 80, Slovak poet and academic.[178]
- Daryl Seaman, 86, Canadian businessman, co-owner of the Calgary Flames.[179]
- Jon Tvedt, 42, Norwegian orienteer and mountain runner, fall.[180]
- Victor Vacquier, 101, American geophysicist, pneumonia.[181]
- David Vine, 74, British sports presenter, heart attack.[182]
- Olle Wänlund, 85, Swedish Olympic cyclist.[183]
12
- Claude Berri, 74, French film director (Jean de Florette, Manon des Sources), Academy Award winner, stroke.[184]
- Russ Craft, 89, American football player (Philadelphia Eagles, Pittsburgh Steelers).[185]
- Friaça, 84, Brazilian footballer, multiple organ failure.[186]
- Walter Harris, 77, Canadian artist.[187]
- Mick Imlah, 52, British poet, motor neurone disease.[188]
- David Kerr, 86, British politician, MP for Wandsworth Central (1964–1970).[189]
- Jack Erik Kjuus, 81, Norwegian politician.[190]
- Alan Lew, 65, American rabbi.[191]
- Arne Næss, 96, Norwegian philosopher, founder of deep ecology.[192]
- Michael Russell, 88, Irish Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Waterford and Lismore.[193]
- Alejandro Sokol, 48, Argentine rock and roll musician, cardio-respiratory failure.[194]
- Allen Zwerdling, 86, American theatre director and actor.[195]
13
- Ayman Alkurd, 28, Palestinian footballer, airstrike.[196]
- Pedro Aguilar, 81, American dancer, heart failure.[197]
- Hortense Calisher, 97, American author.[198]
- Tommy Casey, 78, British footballer.[199]
- Cousin Junior, 48, American professional wrestler, heart attack.[200]
- Mikhail Donskoy, 61, Russian programmer, co-developer of the first world computer chess champion (Kaissa).[201]
- John Edmondson, 2nd Baron Sandford, 88, British naval officer, politician, and Anglican priest.[202]
- Mary Ejercito, 103, Filipino mother of Joseph Estrada, heart seizure and stomach aneurysm.[203]
- Preston Gómez, 85, Cuban-born American baseball player, coach and manager (San Diego Padres).[204]
- Umar Israilov, 27, Russian critic of Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov, shot.[205]
- Jean Keene, 85, American bird feeder, natural causes.[206]
- Gary Kurfirst, 61, American music manager.[207]
- Sir Dai Llewellyn, 62, British socialite, bone cancer.[208]
- Patrick McGoohan, 80, American-born Irish actor (The Prisoner, Braveheart, Escape from Alcatraz), after short illness.[209]
- Elizabeth Paterson-Brown, 87, Scottish curler.[210]
- James B. Pearson, 88, American politician, U.S. Senator from Kansas (1962–1978).[211]
- Mansour Rahbani, 83, Lebanese composer and musician, pneumonia.[212]
- Nicholas Andrew Rey, 70, Polish-born American diplomat, Ambassador to Poland (1993–1997), lung cancer.[213]
- W. D. Snodgrass, 83, American poet, lung cancer.[214]
- Folke Sundquist, 83, Swedish actor.[215]
- Richard Tyler, 92, British architect.[216]
- Eben van Zijl, 77, Namibian politician.[217]
- Nancy Bird Walton, 93, Australian aviator, natural causes.[218]
- Peter Ward, 95, British Olympic athlete.[219]
14
- Trammell Crow, 94, American real estate developer.[220]
- Mike Derrick, 65, American baseball player (Boston Red Sox).[221]
- Dušan Džamonja, 80, Croatian sculptor, heart failure.[222]
- Peter E. Fleming Jr., 79, American criminal defense lawyer, complications from lung surgery.[223]
- Jan Kaplický, 71, Czech-born British architect.[224]
- The Mighty Duke, 77, Trinidadian calypsonian, myelofibrosis.[225]
- Ricardo Montalbán, 88, Mexican-born American actor (Fantasy Island, Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, The Naked Gun), Emmy winner (1978), heart failure.[226]
- Angela Morley, 84, British composer and conductor.[227]
- Aron Moscona, 87, Israeli-born American biologist, heart failure.[228]
- Leo Rwabwogo, 59, Ugandan boxer, Olympic medallist (1968, 1972).[229]
- Gennadiy Shatkov, 76, Russian Soviet-era boxer, Olympic gold medalist (1956).[230]
15
- Abdirahman Ahmed, Somali politician, shot.[231]
- Boris Apostolov, 83, Bulgarian Olympic footballer.[232]
- Ovini Bokini, 64, Fijian chief and politician.[233]
- Maurice Chappaz, 92, Swiss author and poet.[234]
- Olivier Clément, 87, French Eastern Orthodox theologian.[235]
- William Close, 84, American physician, helped stem 2007 Congo ebola epidemic, father of Glenn Close, heart attack.[236]
- Veronika Dudarova, 92, Russian symphony conductor.[237]
- Tommy Jones, 54, American baseball player, manager and coach, brain cancer.[238]
- Tommy Muñiz, 86, Puerto Rican television producer and comedian, after long illness.[239]
- Said Seyam, 50, Palestinian government official, Interior Minister (2006–2007), airstrike.[240]
- Tapan Sinha, 84, Indian film director, bronchopneumonia.[241]
- Craig Stimac, 54, American baseball player (San Diego Padres), suicide by gunshot.[242]
- Lillian Willoughby, 93, American Quaker activist, founder of Take Back the Night.[243]
16
- Aad Bak, 82, Dutch football player.[244]
- Sidney Brichto, 72, American-born British Liberal rabbi.[245]
- Jim Carvin, 79, American political strategist, heart failure.[246]
- Joe Erskine, 78, American boxer and ultramarathon runner.[247]
- Judith Hoffberg, 74, American art librarian and archivist, lymphoma.[248]
- Claudio Milar, 34, Uruguayan footballer, bus crash.[249]
- Gordon Whitey Mitchell, 76, American jazz musician and comedy writer (Get Smart, All in the Family, The Jeffersons), cancer.[250]
- Sir John Mortimer, 85, British barrister, novelist and dramatist (Rumpole of the Bailey), after long illness.[251]
- Robert Palmer, 74, American vintner, blood infection.[252]
- Bogdan Tirnanić, 67, Serbian journalist.[253]
- Joop Wille, 88, Dutch footballer (EDO and The Netherlands).[254]
- Andrew Wyeth, 91, American painter (Christina's World), after short illness.[255]
17
- Tomislav Crnković, 79, Croatian footballer.[256]
- Susanna Foster, 84, American actress and singer (Phantom of the Opera).[257]
- Gary Hill, 67, American basketball player.[258]
- Fiza Ibn-e-Faizi, 86, Urdu and Persian poet, prolonged illness.[259]
- Anders Isaksson, 65, Swedish writer, reporter and historian.[260]
- Mary Lundby, 60, American politician, member of the Iowa Senate since 1995, cervical cancer.[261]
- Malcolm MacPherson, 65, American journalist, heart attack.[262]
- Paul Nicholls, 62, Australian first-class cricketer, cancer.[263]
- Marjorie Parker Smith, 92, American figure skater.[264]
- Mike Parkinson, 60, New Zealand rugby union player.[265]
- Edmund Leopold de Rothschild, 93, British financier and horticulturist.[266]
- Arthur Weisberg, 77, American bassoonist, pancreatic cancer.[267]
- Kamil Zvelebil, 80, Czech scholar of Indian literature and linguistics, cancer.[268]
18
- Max Borges Jr., 90, Cuban architect.[269]
- Kathleen Byron, 88, British actress (Black Narcissus, The Elephant Man, Saving Private Ryan).[270]
- Holly Coors, 88, American conservative political activist and philanthropist, after long illness.[271]
- Tony Hart, 83, British artist and television presenter.[272]
- Marta Ingarden, 87, Polish and Ukrainian architect.[273]
- Nora Kovach, 77, Hungarian-born American ballerina, after short illness.[274]
- Bob May, 69, American actor (Lost in Space), heart failure.[275]
- Zenonas Petrauskas, 58, Lithuanian lawyer and politician.[276]
- Bal Samant, 84, Indian writer, after long illness.[277]
- Seymour Schwartzman, 78, American cantor and operatic baritone.[278]
- James E. Swett, 88, American fighter pilot, Medal of Honor recipient, after long illness.[279]
- Grigore Vieru, 73, Moldovan poet, car accident.[280]
19
- Anastasia Baburova, 25, Russian journalist, shot.[281]
- E. Balanandan, 84, Indian politician and trade unionist, lung cancer.[282]
- Hugh Lindsay, 81, British Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle.[283]
- Stanislav Markelov, 34, Russian civil rights lawyer, shot.[284]
- Dennis Page, 89, British Anglican prelate, Bishop of Lancaster (1975–1985).[285]
- Viking Palm, 85, Swedish Olympic gold medal-winning (1952) wrestler.[286]
- Raymond Parker, 89, British sprint canoer.[287]
- Luigi Preti, 94, Italian politician, natural causes.[288]
- José Torres, 72, Puerto Rican boxer, Olympic silver medallist (1956), heart attack.[289]
20
- Chris Chianelli, 58, American hobbyist, writer and television host, natural causes.[290]
- Constance E. Cook, 89, American politician, member of the New York State Assembly (1963–1974).[291]
- Austin Denney, 65, American football player (Chicago Bears, Buffalo Bills).[292]
- Johnny Dixon, 85, British footballer (Aston Villa), complications from Alzheimer's disease.[293]
- David S. Dodge, 86, American President of American University of Beirut (1996–1997), cancer.[294]
- Joe Domnanovich, 89, American football player.[295]
- Cornell N. Dypski, 77, American legislator.[296]
- Mark Fernando, 67, Sri Lankan judge, member of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka, cancer.[297]
- Mickey Gee, 64, British rock and roll guitarist, emphysema.[298]
- Stéphanos II Ghattas, 89, Egyptian Coptic Catholic prelate, Patriarch of Alexandria (1986–2006).[299]
- Stan Hagen, 68, Canadian politician, member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia (1986–1991, since 2001), heart attack.[300]
- Bhogendra Jha, 85, Indian politician.[301]
- Dante Lavelli, 85, American football player (Cleveland Browns), Hall of Famer (1975), heart failure.[302]
- David "Fathead" Newman, 75, American jazz saxophonist (Fathead), pancreatic cancer.[303]
- Dina Vierny, 89, Russian-born French model.[304]
- Sheila Walsh, 80, British romantic novelist.[305]
- Leonard Albert Wiseman, 93, British chemist and scientific administrator.[306]
21
- Irina Belotelstink, 96, Russian-born American couturier.[307]
- Ernie Bourne, 82, Australian actor.[308]
- Pat Crawford, 75, Australian Test cricketer, after long illness.[309]
- Vic Crowe, 76, British footballer (Aston Villa, Peterborough) and manager (Aston Villa, Portland Timbers), after long illness.[310]
- Shane Dronett, 38, American football player (Atlanta Falcons), suicide by gunshot.[311]
- Astrid Folstad, 76, Norwegian actress.[312]
- Jean Jadot, 99, Belgian prelate and diplomat, Vatican Ambassador to the US (1974–1980), after long illness.[313]
- Leonard Kemp, 99, Australian cricketer.[314]
- Lajos Kiss, 68, Hungarian rower.[315]
- Finn Kobberø, 73, Danish badminton player.[316]
- Horace R. Kornegay, 84, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from North Carolina (1961–1969).[317]
- Krista Kilvet, 62, Estonian journalist, politician and diplomat.[318]
- Sally Ledger, 47, English literary scholar.[319]
- Kunal Mitra, 44, Indian actor, heart attack.[320]
- Peter Persidis, 61, Austrian footballer, cancer.[321]
- Veatrice Rice, 59, American television personality (Jimmy Kimmel Live!), cancer.[322]
- Daphne Rooke, 94, South African author.[323]
- Charles H. Schneer, 88, American film producer (Jason and the Argonauts), Alzheimer's disease.[324]
22
- Panapasa Balekana, 79, Fijian-born Solomon Island co-writer of the Solomon Islands national anthem.[325]
- John Alan Beesley, 81, Canadian diplomat.[326]
- Chau Sen Cocsal Chhum, 103, Cambodian politician, Prime Minister (1962).[327]
- Bob Doyle, 93, Irish activist, last surviving Irish member of the International Brigade in the Spanish Civil War.[328]
- Bill Herchman, 75, American football player.[329]
- Sveinn Ingvarsson, 94, Icelandic Olympic sprinter.[330]
- Pentti Kouri, 59, Finnish economist and investor, after long illness.[331]
- Liang Yusheng, 85, Chinese novelist, natural causes.[332]
- Reginald Perkins, 53, American serial killer, execution by lethal injection.[333]
- Clément Pinault, 23, French footballer, heart attack.[334]
- Darrell Sandeen, 73, American actor (L.A. Confidential), stroke.[335]
- Louis-Paul-Armand Simonneaux, 93, French Bishop of Versailles.[336]
- Billy Werber, 100, American baseball player, last living teammate of Babe Ruth, oldest living Major League Baseball player, natural causes.[337]
- Mbongeleni Zondi, 39, South African Zulu chief, shot.[338]
23
- Ilija Arnautović, 84, Yugoslavian architect.[339]
- Sir Richard Beaumont, 96, British diplomat.[340]
- H. J. Blackham, 105, British humanist and writer.[341]
- Martin Delaney, 63, American HIV activist, complications from liver cancer.[342]
- Helen Maksagak, 77, Canadian politician, first Inuk Northwest Territories Commissioner (1995–1999) and Nunavut (1999–2000).[343]
- Sybil Moses, 69, American judge (New Jersey Superior Court) and lawyer, breast cancer.[344]
- George Perle, 93, American composer, after long illness.[345]
- Anna Radziwiłł, 69, Polish historian and politician.[346]
- Robert W. Scott, 79, American politician, Governor of North Carolina (1969–1973), natural causes.[347]
- Percy Smith, 86, Canadian politician, MP for Northumberland—Miramichi (1968–1974).[348]
- Thomas, 61, American activist, pulmonary disease.[349]
- Compton Vyfhuis, 76, Guyanese West Indian cricket umpire.[350]
24
- Susan Baird, 68, Scottish politician, Lord Provost of Glasgow (1988–1992).[351]
- Gérard Blanc, 61, French singer and guitarist, cerebral hemorrhage.[352]
- Fernando Cornejo, 39, Chilean footballer, stomach cancer.[353]
- Mariana Bridi Costa, 20, Brazilian model, complications from necrotic sepsis.[354]
- Olivia Irvine Dodge, 90, American philanthropist.[355]
- Leonard Gaskin, 88, American jazz bassist.[356]
- Marie Glory, 103, French actress.[357]
- Reg Gutteridge, 84, British boxing commentator and journalist, stroke.[358]
- Diane Holland, 78, British actress (Hi-de-Hi!), bronchial pneumonia.[359]
- Karl Koller, 79, Austrian footballer, Alzheimer's disease.[360]
- Len Perme, 91, American baseball player.[361]
- Olga Raggio, 82, Italian-born American art scholar and curator, cancer.[362]
- William Smith, 69, American theologian.[363]
- Thomas Ambrose Tschoepe, 93, American Bishop of Dallas.[364]
- Kay Yow, 66, American women's basketball coach (NC State), breast cancer.[365]
- Bernard C. Webber, 80, United States Coast Guardsman, heart attack.
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- Mamadou Dia, 98, Senegalese politician, Prime Minister (1957–1962).[366]
- León Klenicki, 78, American rabbi, colorectal cancer.[367]
- Ewald Kooiman, 70, Dutch organist, cardiac arrest.[368]
- Ed Lyons, 85, American baseball player (Washington Senators).[369]
- Kim Manners, 58, American television producer and director (The X-Files, Supernatural, 21 Jump Street), lung cancer.[370]
- John Murray, 93, Australian politician, MP (1958–1961).[371]
- Hiroshi Oguchi, 58, Japanese artist and musician.[372]
- Antonio Pagán, 50, American politician, New York City Councilman (1992–1998), Commissioner of Employment (1998–2002).[373]
- Marguerite, Baroness de Reuter, 96, British aristocrat, last heir of the Reuters family, granddaughter-in-law of Paul Reuter.[374]
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- Mamman Bello Ali, 50, Nigerian politician, Senator (1999–2007), Governor of Yobe State since 2007, leukemia.[375]
- Fernando Amaral, 84, Portuguese politician, President of the Assembly of the Republic (1984–1987).[376]
- James Brady, 80, American columnist (Parade, New York Post).[377]
- Ahmad Hasan Dani, 88, Pakistani archaeologist.[378]
- John Isaacs, 93, American basketball player (New York Renaissance), stroke.[379]
- Ivan Jensen, 86, Danish footballer.[380]
- Roy Johnson, 49, American baseball player, heart attack.[381]
- Zakan Jugelia, Abkhaz politician, shot.[382]
- Lucijan Kleva, 66, Slovenian rower.[383]
- Don Ladner, 60, New Zealand rugby league player, heart attack.[384]
- Sir Donald Luddington, 88, British High Commissioner for Western Pacific (1973–1976), Hong Kong ICAC Commissioner (1978–1980).[385]
- Gerry Merito, 70, New Zealand singer and guitarist.[386]
- Avraham Ravitz, 75, Israeli politician, member of the Knesset (1988–2009), heart failure.[387]
- David Sabiston, 84, American physician, pioneer of heart surgery, stroke.[388]
- Alan Scott, 72, Australian oven manufacturer, heart failure.[389]
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- Connie Buckley, 93, Irish hurler.[390]
- Christian Enzensberger, 77, German anglicist, author and translator.[391]
- Koji Kakizawa, 75, Japanese politician, Minister for Foreign Affairs (1994), esophageal cancer.[392]
- Blair Lent, 79, American author and illustrator (Tikki Tikki Tembo), pneumonia.[393]
- Michael Majerus, 54, British geneticist.[394]
- Aubrey Powell, 90, British footballer.[395]
- Mino Reitano, 64, Italian singer, after long illness.[396]
- Sharat Sardana, 40, British screenwriter (Goodness Gracious Me), streptococcal infection.[397]
- John Updike, 76, American author (Rabbit Is Rich, The Witches of Eastwick), lung cancer.[398]
- R. Venkataraman, 98, Indian politician, President (1987–1992), multiple organ failure.[399]
- Billy Wilson, 81, American football player (San Francisco 49ers), cancer.[400]
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- Robert S. Barton, 83, American computer engineer.[401]
- E. A. Chowdhury, 80, Bangladeshi police official.[402]
- Gene Corbett, 95, American baseball player (Philadelphia Phillies).[403]
- Glenn Davis, 74, American Olympic gold medal hurdler, after long illness.[404]
- John Patrick Diggins, 73, American historian, colorectal cancer.[405]
- Fang Chengguo, 65, Chinese banker.[406]
- Lucille M. Mair, 84, Jamaican diplomat.[407]
- Vasilij Melik, 88, Slovenian historian.[408]
- Gyula Pálóczi, 46, Hungarian athlete, heart disease.[409]
- Billy Powell, 56, American musician (Lynyrd Skynyrd), heart attack.[410]
- Mira Rostova, 99, Russian-born American acting coach.[411]
- Peter Serry, 35, Kenyan football player, coach and administrator, fire.[412]
- Robert L. Stone, 87, American CEO of The Hertz Corporation, heart failure.[413]
- Angel Wainaina, 25, Kenyan actress, fire.[414]
- Wendell Wyatt, 91, American politician, member of the United States House of Representatives for Oregon (1964–1975).[415]
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- A. M. B. H. G. Abeyrathnebanda, 19, Sri Lankan soldier, explosion.[416]
- Pawlu Aquilina, 79, Maltese poet and writer.[417]
- René Berger, 93, Swiss writer, philosopher and art historian.[418]
- Juan Brotto, 69, Argentine Olympic cyclist.[419]
- Geraldine Bureker, 84, American baseball player (AAGPBL)[420]
- Charles Clews, 89, Maltese comedian.[421]
- Hank Crawford, 74, American jazz, rhythm and blues saxophonist, complications from a stroke.[422]
- John Harry Dunning, 81, British economist.[423]
- Bill Frindall, 69, British cricket statistician, Legionnaire's disease.[424]
- Karl Gass, 91, German documentary filmmaker, natural causes.[425]
- Hélio Gracie, 95, Brazilian martial artist, creator of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.[426]
- George Holmes, 81, British historian.[427]
- John Martyn, 60, British singer and songwriter, pneumonia.[428]
- Roger Pontet, 88, French cyclist.[429]
- Roy Saunders, 78, British footballer (Liverpool, Swansea City).[430]
- Charles H. Smelser, 88, American politician, Maryland Delegate (1955–1963) and State Senator (1967–1995).[431]
- Roy Somlyo, 83, American theatre producer, cancer.[432]
- François Villiers, 88, French film director.[433]
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- José de Almeida Batista Pereira, 91, Brazilian Bishop of Guaxupé (1964–1976).[434]
- João do Amaral Gurgel, 82, Brazilian engineer and businessman, Alzheimer's disease.[435]
- Hans Beck, 79, German inventor, creator of Playmobil toys.[436]
- Mike Francis, 47, Italian pop musician, lung cancer.[437]
- John Gordy, 73, American football player (Detroit Lions), pancreatic cancer.[438]
- H. Guy Hunt, 75, American politician, Governor of Alabama (1987–1993), lung cancer.[439]
- Safar Iranpak, 61, Iranian footballer, lung cancer.[440]
- Ingemar Johansson, 76, Swedish world heavyweight boxing champion (1959–1960), complications from pneumonia.[441]
- Sune Jonsson, 78, Swedish photographer and writer.[442]
- Gérard Lecointe, 96, French general.[443]
- Teddy Mayer, 73, American motor racing entrepreneur.[444]
- Milton Parker, 90, American businessman, owner of the Carnegie Deli, respiratory problems.[445]
- James Schevill, 88, American poet and playwright, stroke.[446]
- Stephen Zetterberg, 92, American attorney and politician.[447]
- Neiliezhü Üsou, 67, Indian influential Baptist preacher and public leader from the North-Eastern state of India, Nagaland.[448]
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- Lino Aldani, 82, Italian science fiction writer, lung disease.[449]
- Sir John Fuller, 91, Australian politician and monarchist, member of New South Wales Legislative Council (1961–1978), cancer.[450]
- Harry Hill, 92, British bronze medal-winning Olympic cyclist (1936), pneumonia.[451]
- Thérèse Lavoie-Roux, 80, Canadian politician, after long illness.[452]
- Francis Lévy, 78, French rugby player.[453]
- Eddie Logan, 98, American Negro league baseball player, stroke.[454]
- Dewey Martin, 68, Canadian-born American drummer (Buffalo Springfield).[455]
- Nagesh, 75, Indian film comedian, after short illness.[456]
- Des Newton, 67, British craftsman, maker of model ships in bottles.[457]
- Clint Ritchie, 70, American actor (One Life to Live), blood clot after heart surgery.[458]
- Daniel Seligman, 84, American columnist (Fortune), multiple myeloma.[459]
- Erland von Koch, 98, Swedish composer.[460]
- Joanna Wiszniewicz, 61, Polish historian.[461]
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