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The following is a list of notable deaths in June 2008.
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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June 2008
1
- Anne d'Harnoncourt, 64, American chief executive of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, natural causes.[1]
- Brian Doyle, 77, Australian Olympic bronze medal-winning (1956) rower.[2]
- Maurizio Galli, 75, Italian Roman Catholic bishop, Bishop of Fidenza (1998–2007).[3]
- Al Jones, 62, British folk singer.[4]
- Terry Keane, 68, Irish columnist and fashion journalist, long illness.[5]
- Alton Kelley, 67, American graphic designer and psychedelic artist, after long illness.[6]
- Tommy Lapid, 76, Israeli journalist and politician, deputy prime minister (2003–2004), cancer.[7]
- Pat Regan, 53, British anti-gun activist, stabbing.[8]
- Yves Saint Laurent, 71, French fashion designer, founder of Yves Saint Laurent brand, brain cancer.[9]
- Jon Vickers, 82, British trade union leader.[10]
- Alicia Zubasnabar de De la Cuadra, 92, Argentine human rights activist, first President of the Grandmothers of the Plaza de Mayo.[11]
2
- Nasser bin Zayed Al Nahyan, 41, Emirati royal, helicopter crash.[12]
- Sheela Basrur, 51, Canadian health administrator, Toronto medical officer of health during SARS crisis, leiomyosarcoma.[13]
- Sheriff Mustapha Dibba, 71, Gambian politician, first Vice President (1965–1975), speaker (2002–2006), heart attack.[14]
- Bo Diddley, 79, American rock and roll and blues singer, songwriter, and guitarist, heart failure.[15]
- Nodar Dzhordzhikiya, 86, Georgian Olympic silver medal-winning (1952) basketball player.[16] ()
- Ferenc Fejtő, 98, Hungarian-born French historian and journalist, after long illness.[17]
- Hiroshi Inoue, 90, Japanese entomologist[18]
- Ángel Malvicino, 87, Argentine Olympic rower.[19]
- Ken Naganuma, 77, Japanese football player and manager.[20]
- Mel Ferrer, 90, American actor, film director and producer heart failure (War and Peace, Lili).[21]
- Lois Roisman, 70, American philanthropist and playwright, heart failure.[22]
- Paul Sills, 80, American theater director and comedian, co-founder of The Second City improv troupe, pneumonia.[23]
- Frank Tsosie Thompson, 87, American Navajo code talker and World War II veteran.[24]
3
- Ken Aitken, 79, Australian footballer.[25]
- John A. Choi Jae-seon, 96, South Korean Bishop of Pusan (1957–1973).[26]
- John Creaney, 74, Northern Irish barrister.[27]
- Pat Egan, 90, Canadian ice hockey defenceman (Boston Bruins).[28]
- Trevor Kaine, 80, Australian chief minister of the ACT (1989–1991).[29]
- Grigory Romanov, 85, Russian first secretary of the Leningrad obkom (1970–1983), Politburo member (1976–1985).[30]
- Carl H. Stevens Jr., 78, American evangelist, heart failure.[31]
4
- Travis Alexander, 30, American motivational speaker, homicide by stabbing.[32]
- John Armitt, 82, New Zealand wrestler.[33]
- Matthew J. Bruccoli, 76, American professor of English at University of South Carolina, expert on F. Scott Fitzgerald.[34]
- Jack Byrne, 57, Canadian member of Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly, mayor of LB-MC-OC (1986–1993).[35]
- Ruby Chow, 87, American Chinese restaurateur.[36]
- Bill Finegan, 91, American jazz arranger and bandleader, pneumonia.[37]
- Ivan Herasymov, 87, Ukrainian politician, oldest member of the Verkhovna Rada.[38]
- John Long, 94, British Anglican priest, Archdeacon of Ely (1970–1981).[39]
- Harriet McBryde Johnson, 50, American attorney and disability rights activist.[40]
- Agata Mróz-Olszewska, 26, Polish international volleyball player, myelodysplastic syndrome.[41]
- Frank Muller, 57, Dutch-born American actor and audiobook narrator.[42]
- Curtis Osborne, 38, American murderer, execution by lethal injection.[43]
- Jonathan Routh, 80, British co-star of UK Candid Camera.[44]
- Nikos Sergianopoulos, 55, Greek actor, homicide by stabbing.[45]
- James Young, 78, American White House physician (John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson).[46]
5
- Rajendra Agnihotri, 70, Indian politician.[47]
- Frank Blackmore, 92, British traffic engineer and inventor of the mini-roundabout.[48]
- Angus Calder, 66, British historian and writer, lung cancer.[49]
- Dick Evans, 86, Australian politician, member of the New South Wales Legislative Council (1969–1978).[50]
- Colin Kay, 82, New Zealand Mayor of Auckland (1980–1983), stroke.[51]
- Misha Lajovic, 86, Slovenian-born Australian politician, Senator for New South Wales (1975–1985).[52]
- Jacklyn H. Lucas, 80, American World War II veteran, youngest marine to be awarded the Medal of Honor, cancer.[53]
- Eugenio Montejo, 70, Venezuelan poet, essayist and ambassador, stomach cancer.[54]
- Bruce Purchase, 69, New Zealand-born British actor.[55]
- Rubén Váldez, 85, Peruvian Olympic shooter.[56]
- Vic Wilson, 87, British cricketer, captain of Yorkshire, Wisden Cricketer of the Year (1961).[57]
6
- Bobby Anderson, 75, American actor (It's a Wonderful Life), cancer.[58]
- Jimmy Croll, 88, American Hall of Fame thoroughbred race horse trainer.[59]
- David Mark Hill, 48, American spree killer.[60]
- Saeko Himuro, 51, Japanese novelist and essayist, lung cancer.[61]
- Ray Mallouf, 89, American football player (Chicago Cardinals).[citation needed]
- Gene Persson, 74, American theatrical and film producer (You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown).[62]
- László Péter, 78, Hungarian historian.[63]
- Ferenc Sánta, 81, Hungarian author.[64]
- Ed Tchorzewski, 65, Canadian politician, Saskatchewan finance minister and Legislative Assembly member, cancer.[65]
- Paul Tessier, 90, French plastic surgeon.[66]
- Victor Wégria, 71, Belgian football player (Belgium, RFC Liège).[67]
- Dwight White, 58, American football player (Pittsburgh Steelers), complications from back surgery.[68]
- Francisco José Ynduráin, 67, Spanish physicist.[69]
7
- Ed Beatty, 76, American football player (San Francisco 49ers, Pittsburgh Steelers).[70]
- Jimmy Bonthrone, 76, Scottish footballer and manager (Aberdeen F.C.).[71]
- Bill Coday, 66, American singer, stroke.[72]
- Nasteh Dahir, 36, Somali journalist, vice-president of the National Union of Somali Journalists, shot.[73]
- Thomas Erskine, 91, Australian politician, member of the New South Wales Legislative Council (1970–1978).[74]
- Rudy Fernandez, 55, Filipino action movie star, periampullary cancer.[75]
- Joseph Kabui, 53–54, Papua New Guinean secessionist, first president of the Autonomous Region of Bougainville, heart attack.[76]
- Mustafa Khalil, 87, Egyptian prime minister (1978–1980), architect of the Camp David Accords peace treaty.[77]
- Roelof Koops, 98, Dutch Olympic speed skater.[78]
- Jim McKay, 86, American sportscaster (Wide World of Sports, 12 Olympic Games), natural causes.[79]
- Dino Risi, 91, Italian film director (Il Sorpasso, Profumo di donna), natural causes.[80]
- Horst Skoff, 39, Austrian tennis player, heart attack.[81]
- Erick Wujcik, 57, American game designer, pancreatic cancer.[82]
8
- Šaban Bajramović, 72, Serbian Romani musician, heart attack.[83]
- Charles-Noël Barbès, 93, Canadian politician, Member of Parliament (1957–1958).[84]
- Florența Crăciunescu, 53, Romanian Olympic bronze medal-winning (1984) discus thrower.[85]
- Gene Damschroder, 86, American politician, member of the Ohio House of Representatives (1973–1983), plane crash.[86]
- Jake Flake, 72, American politician, Arizona representative (1997–2005) and senator since 2005, heart attack.[87]
- Michitaka Kinami, 87, Japanese Olympic hurdler.[88]
- Ruslana Korshunova, 20, Kazakh supermodel, suicide by jumping.[89]
- Danilo Lagbas, 56, Filipino politician, member of the House of Representatives since 2004, lung and liver cancer.[90]
- Abdul Samad Rohani, 25, Afghan journalist, shot.[91]
- Peter Rühmkorf, 78, German writer, cancer.[92]
- Edith Derby Williams, 90, American historian, granddaughter of Theodore Roosevelt.[93]
9
- Karen Asrian, 28, Armenian chess grandmaster, heart attack.[94]
- Algis Budrys, 77, American science fiction writer.[95]
- Peter Jon de Vos, 69, American diplomat.[96]
- Nan Hoover, 77, American-born Dutch artist.[97]
- Alton W. Knappenberger, 84, American Medal of Honor recipient.[98]
- Esteban Mellino, 63, Argentine actor, heart attack.[99]
- Josef Minsch, 66, Swiss Olympic alpine skier.[100]
- Elly M. Peterson, 94, American first female chair of Michigan Republican Party (1965–1969).[101]
10
- Chinghiz Aitmatov, 79, Kyrgyzstani writer (The Day Lasts More Than a Hundred Years), respiratory and renal failure.[citation needed]
- Gesner Armand, 71, Haitian painter.[citation needed]
- Eliot Asinof, 88, American writer (Eight Men Out), pneumonia.[102]
- Ralph Bacerra, 70, American ceramic artist, lung cancer.[103]
- David Brierly, 73, British actor, (Doctor Who), cancer.[104]
- Tyrone Jones, 46, American Canadian football linebacker (Winnipeg Blue Bombers), brain cancer.[105]
- Kipkalya Kones, 56, Kenyan politician, plane crash.[106]
- Lorna Laboso, 47, Kenyan politician, plane crash.[107]
- John Rauch, 80, American football coach and player.[108]
11
- Lamidi Adedibu, 80, Nigerian politician.[109]
- Ove Andersson, 70, Swedish rally driver and principal of the Toyota F1 racing team, rally crash.[110]
- Reid Bryson, 88, American meteorologist.[111]
- Brian Budd, 56, Canadian soccer player.[112]
- Jean Desailly, 87, French actor.[113]
- Mitch Frerotte, 43, American football player (Buffalo Bills), heart attack.[114]
- Sir Frank Hassett, 90, Australian head of the Australian Defence Force (1975–1977).[115]
- Taras Kermauner, 78, Slovenian literary historian, philosopher and playwright.[116]
- Adam Ledwoń, 34, Polish footballer, suicide by hanging.[117]
- Anne Clark Martindell, 93, American politician and diplomat, ambassador to New Zealand (1979–1981).[118]
- Mickey McMahan, 77, American big band musician (Les Brown and Lawrence Welk orchestras), neuropathy.[119]
- James Reaney, 81, Canadian playwright.[120]
- Gunnar Solum, 78, Norwegian politician.[121]
- Võ Văn Kiệt, 85, Vietnamese politician, reformist, prime minister (1991–1997).[122]
12
- Ward Boston, 84, American Navy attorney, investigated USS Liberty incident, complications from pneumonia.[123]
- Danny Davis, 83, American country musician and trumpet player, cardiac arrest.[124]
- Miroslav Dvořák, 56, Czech ice hockey player (Philadelphia Flyers), throat cancer.[125]
- Charlie Jones, 77, American sportscaster, heart attack.[126]
- Dan Kuykendall, 83, American politician, representative from Tennessee (1967–1975).[127]
- Stewart Rawlings Mott, 70, American philanthropist, cancer.[128]
- Gunther Stent, 84, German molecular biologist, pneumonia.[129]
- Derek Tapscott, 75, British football international (Arsenal, Cardiff City, Wales).[130]
13
- Mel Krause, 80, American college baseball coach and player, myeloid leukemia.[131]
- Maryon Lane, 77, South African ballerina.[132]
- Bruce Lester, 96, British actor.[133]
- John Malcolm, 72, Scottish actor.[134]
- Tim Russert, 58, American journalist and television host (Meet the Press), coronary thrombosis.[135]
- Sir Dennis Weatherstone, 77, British banker, cancer.[136]
14
- Baldev Singh Khiala, 73, Indian Politician, member of legislative assembly.
- Syed Wajid Ali, 97, Pakistani business magnate, member of the IOC.[137]
- Jerry M. Anderson, 74, American academic administrator.[138]
- Charles Albert Buswell, 94, American Roman Catholic bishop of Pueblo (1959–1979).[139]
- Chu Fusung, 93, Taiwanese foreign minister (1979–1987).[140]
- Kees Fens, 78, Dutch essayist.[141]
- Jamelão, 95, Brazilian samba singer, multiple organ failure.[142]
- Alan Johnston, Lord Johnston, 66, British judge, heart attack.[143]
- Rafael del Pino, 87, Spanish businessman.[144]
- Emilio Óscar Rabasa, 84, Mexican secretary of foreign affairs (1970–1975), heart failure.[145]
- Esbjörn Svensson, 44, Swedish jazz musician, diving accident.[146]
- Werner Vetterli, 79, Swiss Olympic modern pentathlete.[147]
15
- Mel Agee, 39, American football player (Atlanta Falcons), heart attack.[148]
- Thangamma Appakutty, 83, Sri Lankan social activist and educator.[149]
- Franklin Otis Booth, Jr., 84, American billionaire, Los Angeles Times executive, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.[150]
- John Buzhardt, 71, American baseball player (1958–1968).[151]
- Ray Getliffe, 94, Canadian ice hockey player, liver cancer.[152]
- Johnathan Goddard, 27, American football player, motorcycle accident.[153]
- Billy Muffett, 77, American baseball pitcher.[154]
- Walter Netsch, 88, American architect, pneumonia.[155]
- Ole-Jørgen Nilsen, 72, Norwegian actor and theatre director, Bechterew's disease.[156]
- Tony Schwartz, 84, American co-creator of President Johnson's "Daisy ad", heart valve stenosis.[157]
- Jon Tecedor, 32, Spanish weightlifter, motorcycle accident.[158]
- Stan Winston, 62, American special effects and make-up artist (Jurassic Park, The Terminator, Aliens), Oscar winner (1987, 1992, 1994), multiple myeloma.[159]
16
- Tom Compernolle, 32, Belgian national 5000m and cross country running champion, traffic collision.[160]
- Mike Dukes, 72, American professional football player, traffic collision.[161]
- Gareth Jones, 28, Welsh rugby union player (Neath), complications of neck injury during game.[162]
- Margaret Kitchin, 94, British pianist.[163]
- René Paul, 87, British Olympic fencer.[164]
- Bert Shepard, 87, American baseball pitcher (Washington Senators).[165]
- Mario Rigoni Stern, 86, Italian writer and World War II veteran.[166]
- David Topliss, 58, British rugby league footballer, heart attack.[167]
- Caylee Anthony, 2, American murder victim.
17
- Ingela Agardh, 59, Swedish journalist and television presenter, breast cancer.[168]
- Henry Beckman, 86, Canadian character actor and screenwriter.[169]
- Sarah Bryant, 26, British soldier, improvised explosive device.[170]
- Henry Chadwick, 87, British theologian, dean of Christ Church, Oxford (1969–1979).[171]
- Cyd Charisse, 86, American actress and dancer (Singin' in the Rain, The Band Wagon), heart attack.[172]
- Hewitt Crane, 81, American computer engineer, complications of Alzheimer's disease.[173]
- Wally Denny, 101, American deputy chief scout of Scouts Canada.[174]
- Davey Lee, 83, American child actor.[175]
- Henryk Mandelbaum, 85, Polish survivor of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp.[176]
- Tsutomu Miyazaki, 45, Japanese serial killer, execution by hanging.[177]
- Josef Pohnetal, 83, Austrian Olympic cyclist.[178]
- Mark Sacks, 54, British philosopher, prostate cancer.[179]
- Michael Shernoff, 57, American AIDS activist, pancreatic cancer.[180]
18
- Jean Delannoy, 100, French film director (La symphonie pastorale, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Les amitiés particulières).[181]
- Stella Greenall, 81, British education activist.[182]
- Marion Jorgensen, 96, American philanthropist and civic leader.[183]
- Miyuki Kanbe, 24, Japanese actress, heart failure.[184]
- Ed Lorraine, 80, Canadian politician and farmer.[185]
- Tasha Tudor, 92, American author and illustrator.[186]
19
- David Caminer, 92, British computer pioneer.[187]
- Tim Carter, 40, British football goalkeeper (Sunderland, Millwall), goalkeeping coach, suspected suicide by hanging.[188]
- Cheikh Amadou Fall, 62, Senegalese Olympic basketball player.[189]
- Anselm Genders, 88, British clergyman, Bishop of Bermuda (1977–1982).[190]
- Barun Sengupta, 74, Indian journalist, after long illness.[191]
- Bennie Swain, 77, American basketball player (Boston Celtics), cancer.[192]
- Bomber Wells, 77, British cricketer.[193]
20
- Adelaide Bishop, 79, American operatic soprano, musical theatre actress, and opera director, traffic collision.[194]
- Wilber Hardee, 89, American founder of Hardee's fast food restaurant.[195]
- Mohammed al Janahi, Emirati film and theatre actor, art director.[196]
- James Earl Reed, 49, American convicted murderer, execution by electric chair.[197]
- Jean-Pierre Thystère Tchicaya, 72, Congolese politician.[198]
21
- Harry J. Aleo, 88, American businessman.[199]
- Adalberto Almeida y Merino, 92, Mexican prelate.[200]
- Scott Kalitta, 46, American drag racer (NHRA), race crash.[201]
- Kermit Love, 91, American puppeteer (The Muppets, Sesame Street), heart failure.[202]
- William Vince, 44, Canadian film producer (Capote, Air Bud, Just Friends), cancer.[203]
- Freddie Williams, 65, British businessman and bookmaker, heart attack.[204]
22
- Timothy Ansah, 88, Ghanaian educationist and politician.[205]
- Odd Aukrust, 92, Norwegian economist.[206]
- Bryan J. Baptiste, 52, American politician, mayor of Kauai, cardiac arrest.[207]
- Jon-Erik Beckjord, 69, American paranormal researcher, prostate cancer.[208]
- Natalia Bekhtereva, 83, Russian neuroscientist and psychologist.[209]
- George Carlin, 71, American comedian and actor (Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure, The Prince of Tides, Dogma), heart failure.[210]
- Albert Cossery, 94, Egyptian-born French writer.[211]
- Dino Crescentini, 60, Sammarinese Olympic bobsledder.[212]
- Jens Petter Ekornes, 66, Norwegian entrepreneur.[213]
- Dody Goodman, 93, American actress (Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman, Grease, Splash).[214]
- Jane McGrath, 42, British-born Australian cancer support campaigner, wife of Glenn McGrath, complications of cancer surgery.[215]
- Revius Ortique, Jr, 84, American jurist, first African American Louisiana Supreme Court justice, complications of a stroke.[216]
- Ron Stitfall, 82, British footballer (Cardiff City, Wales).[217]
- Fyodor Uglov, 103, Russian oldest practicing surgeon in the world.[218]
23
- Claudio Capone, 55, Italian voice actor, stroke.[219]
- Arthur Chung, 90, Guyanese politician, first president (1970–1980).[220]
- John Furlong, 75, American actor.[221]
- Vic Hershkowitz, 89, American handball player, lung disease.[222]
- Mick Hill, 60, Welsh footballer (Sheffield United, Ipswich, Crystal Palace, Wales).[223]
- Judith Holzmeister, 88, Austrian actress.[224]
- Fabrizia Ramondino, 72, Italian writer.[225]
- Vlado Taneski, 56, Macedonian journalist, murder suspect, suicide.[226]
24
- Maurice Russell Brown, 95, Canadian mining journalist.[227]
- Ruth Cardoso, 77, Brazilian anthropologist and professor, wife of Fernando Henrique Cardoso, cardiac arrhythmia.[228]
- Dave Carpenter, 48, American jazz bassist, heart attack.[229]
- Eric Chia, 74, Malaysian industrialist.[230]
- Charlie Dempsey, 86, New Zealand football official, after short illness.[231]
- Charles W. Dryden, 87, American serviceman and academic, member of the Tuskegee Airmen.[232]
- Leonid Hurwicz, 90, American economist, mathematician and 2007 Nobel laureate.[233]
- Viktor Kuzkin, 67, Russian ice hockey player, diving accident.[234]
- Mallikarjuna Rao, 57, Indian actor, leukaemia.[235]
- Shao Hua, 69, Chinese photographer, PLA major general, daughter-in-law of Mao Zedong.[236]
- Józef Szajna, 86, Polish stage director and painter, natural causes.[237]
- Ira Tucker, 83, American lead singer (The Dixie Hummingbirds), heart failure.[238]
25
- G. M. Banatwala, 74, Indian Islamic spokesman in parliament.[239]
- Gerard Batliner, 79, Liechtensteinian head of government (1962–1970).[140]
- Warren J. Ferguson, 87, American federal judge (Ninth Circuit).[240]
- Betty Hanson, 89, Manx politician, first woman elected to the Legislative Council of the Tynwald (1982–1988).[241]
- Alla Kazanskaya, 88, Russian actress, widow of Boris Barnet.[242]
- Charles Percy Parkhurst, 95, American museum curator and one of the "Monuments Men".[243]
- Bill Robinson, 86, Canadian ice hockey player.[244]
- Lyall Watson, 69, South African writer and botanist.[245]
26
- Raouf Abbas, 68, Egyptian historian.[246]
- Lilyan Chauvin, 82, French-born American actress (Private Benjamin, Catch Me If You Can, Predator 2).[247]
- Asbjørn Haugstvedt, 81, Norwegian Christian Democratic politician.[248]
- Tony Melody, 85, British actor.[249]
- Jeanne Omelenchuk, 77, American Olympic speed skater.[250]
27
- Frédéric Botton, 71, French composer.[251]
- Marie Castello, 93, American fortune teller made famous in Bruce Springsteen's 4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy).[252]
- Francesco Domenico Chiarello, 109, Italian penultimate national survivor of World War I.[253]
- Peter Dickson, 65, Australian Olympic rower, posterior cortical atrophy.[254]
- Günter Dohrow, 80, German Olympic athlete.[255]
- Sasha Gabor, 63, Hungarian-born Norwegian pornographic actor, heart failure.[256]
- Alex Garbowski, 86, American baseball player (Detroit Tigers).[257]
- Vinicio Gómez, 48, Guatemalan politician, minister of the interior (since 2008), helicopter crash.[258]
- Kalevi Heinänen, 81, Finnish Olympic basketball player.[259]
- Raymond Lefèvre, 78, French conductor.[251]
- Sam Manekshaw, 94, Indian field marshal and chief of Army Staff, bronchopneumonia.[260]
- Daihachi Oguchi, 84, Japanese master of taiko drumming, traffic collision.[261]
- Leonard Pennario, 83, American concert pianist, complications of Parkinson's disease.[262]
- Alejandro Puccio, 49-50, Argentine rugby player and convicted murderer (Puccio family), infection.[263]
- Lenka Reinerová, 92, Czech author.[264]
- Polk Robison, 96, American college basketball coach, natural causes.[265]
- Michael Turner, 37, American comic book artist (Witchblade, Justice League, Black Panther) and publisher, chondrosarcoma.[266]
28
- Irina Baronova, 89, Russian ballerina, last of the three "Baby Ballerinas".[267]
- Douglas Dollarhide, 85, American first black mayor of Compton, California.[268]
- Terry Fields, 71, British MP for Liverpool Broadgreen (1983–1992), lung cancer.[269]
- Sangeen Wali Khan, 49, Pakistani politician, lung cancer.[270]
- Ruslana Korshunova, 20, Kazakhstani model, suicide by jumping.[271]
- Nicolae Linca, 79, Romanian Olympic gold medal-winning boxer (1956).[272]
- Kenneth Macke, 69, American retail executive, complications of Parkinson's disease.[273]
- Ronnie Mathews, 72, American jazz pianist.[274]
- Christopher "Crip" McWilliams, 44, Irish member of the INLA, convicted murderer, cancer.[275]
- Stig Olin, 87, Swedish actor and songwriter.[276]
- Robert Seamans, 89, American space scientist, Deputy Administrator of NASA (1965–1968).[277]
- Robert Lewis Shayon, 95, American writer and radio producer, pneumonia.[278]
29
- Arthur R. Albohn, 86, American politician.[279]
- William R. Bennett, Jr., 78, American physicist, esophageal cancer.[280]
- Don S. Davis, 65, American character actor (Twin Peaks, Stargate SG-1, A League of Their Own), heart attack.[281]
- Ben Kinsella, 16, English murder victim, stabbing.[282]
- Eladio Vicuña Aránguiz, 97, Chilean prelate of the Roman Catholic Church, pneumonia.[283]
- Vladimir Vinogradov, 52, Russian banker.[284]
- Hewitt Wilson, 84, British Anglican priest, Chaplain-in-Chief of the RAF.[285]
30
- Frances Bult, 95, Australian Olympic swimmer.[286]
- Anthony Crockett, 62, Welsh Anglican prelate, Bishop of Bangor (2004–2008).[287]
- Just An Excuse, 9, New Zealand Standardbred racehorse, euthanized.[288]
- Kewal Krishan, 84, Indian politician, speaker of the Punjab Legislative Assembly (1973–1977, since 2002), heart attack.[289]
- Arthur Ryan Smith, 89, Canadian politician, serviceman and Order of Canada recipient, cancer.[290]
- Ángel Tavira, 83, Mexican musician and actor, kidney complications.[291]
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