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Deaths in June 2009
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The following is a list of deaths in June 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), what subject was known for, cause of death (if known), and reference.
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June 2009
1
- Thomas Berry, 94, American cultural historian and ecotheologian.[1]
- Bob Christie, 85, American racing driver.[2]
- Ken Clark, 81, American actor, heart attack.[3]
- Ernest R. May, 80, American historian (Harvard University), complications from cancer surgery.[4]
- Vincent O'Brien, 92, Irish race horse trainer.[5]
- Aleksandr Potupa, 64, Belarusian politician, physicist, economist and writer.[6]
- Jerry Rosenberg, 72, American jailhouse lawyer, natural causes.[7]
- Parvin Soleimani, 86, Iranian actress, brain tumor.[8]
- Dirk du Toit, 65, South African politician, suspected heart failure.[9]
- Notable people that died in the crash of Air France Flight 447:
- Octavio Augusto Ceva Antunes, Brazilian professor of chemistry and pharmaceutics.[10]
- Silvio Barbato, 50, Italian-born Brazilian conductor and composer.[11]
- Pablo Dreyfus, 39-40, Argentine arms control expert.[12]
- Izabela Maria Furtado Kestler, 49, Brazilian professor of German studies.[13]
- Giambattista Lenzi, 58, Italian politician.[14]
- Fatma Ceren Necipoğlu, 36, Turkish classical harpist and academic (Anadolu University in Eskişehir).[15]
- Prince Pedro Luiz of Orléans-Braganza, 26, Brazilian prince.[16]
2
- William Booth, 70, Irish Anglican priest, Deputy Clerk of the Closet (1991–2007).[17]
- Chung Kai-lai, 92, Chinese-born American mathematician.[18]
- Jaye F. Dyer, 81-82, American energy executive.[19]
- David Eddings, 77, American fantasy author.[20]
- John Ernsting, 81, British Air Vice-Marshal, expert in aviation medicine.[21]
- FrancEyE, 87, American poet, complications from a hip fracture.[22]
- Terry Hankins, 34, American serial killer, execution by lethal injection.[23]
- Alfred Kern, 85, American novelist and academic.[24]
- Tony Maggs, 72, South African racing driver, cancer.[25]
- Palghat R. Raghu, 81, Burmese-born Indian musician, cardiac arrest.[26]
- Kidane-Mariam Teklehaimanot, 75, Ethiopian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Adigrat (1985–2001).[27]
- Paul O. Williams, 74, American science fiction author, aortic dissection.[28]
3
- Geoffrey Bingham, 90, Australian evangelical Christian writer.[29]
- David Bromige, 75, British-born Canadian poet and academic, winner of the Pushcart Prize, complications from diabetes.[30]
- Sam Butera, 81, American saxophonist, Alzheimer's disease.[31]
- James F. Calvert, 88, American naval officer, 46th Superintendent of the U.S. Naval Academy, heart failure.[32]
- David Carradine, 72, American actor (Kung Fu, Kill Bill, Boxcar Bertha) and film director, erotic asphyxiation.[33]
- Do Kum-bong, 79, South Korean actress.[34]
- Sam George, 56, Canadian activist, native rights campaigner who advocated for the Ipperwash Inquiry following the Ipperwash Crisis, pancreatic and lung cancer.[35]
- Thomas Gill, 87, American politician, U.S. Representative from Hawaii (1963–1965), after long illness.[36]
- Frank Harrison, 69, American politician, U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania (1983–1985), natural causes.[37]
- Geir Høgsnes, 58, Norwegian sociologist.[38]
- Peter Landin, 78, British computer scientist, prostate cancer.[39]
- Jack Ross, 110, Australian supercentenarian, last surviving Australian veteran of World War I.[40]
- Shih Kien, 96, Hong Kong actor (Enter the Dragon).[41]
- Koko Taylor, 80, American blues musician, complications from gastrointestinal surgery.[42]
4
- Mojisola Adekunle-Obasanjo, 65, Nigerian army officer and politician.[43]
- Lev Brovarskyi, 60, Ukrainian Soviet-era footballer and coach.[44]
- Robert Colescott, 83, American painter, U.S. representative to Venice Biennale (1997).[45]
- Ward Costello, 89, American actor and composer, complications from a stroke.[46]
- Philip D. Curtin, 87, American historian, pneumonia.[47]
- Luc Alfons de Hovre, 83, Belgian Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Mechelen-Brussels (1982–2002).[48]
- John F. Henning, 93, American politician and diplomat, United States Ambassador to New Zealand (1967–1969).[49]
- Dorothy Layton, 96, American actress (County Hospital).[50]
- Chris O'Brien, 57, Australian oncologist, surgeon on the reality television program RPA, brain tumour.[51]
- Randy Smith, 60, American basketball player (Buffalo Braves), 1978 NBA All-Star Game MVP, heart attack.[52]
5
- Rodolfo Almirón, 73, Argentine police officer and death squad leader (AAA).[53]
- Bernard Barker, 92, Cuban-born American intelligence operative, Watergate burglar, lung cancer.[54]
- Peter L. Bernstein, 90, American economic historian, pneumonia.[55]
- Alan Berkman, 63, American physician and activist, lymphoma.[56]
- Fleur Cowles, 101, American writer, editor and artist.[57]
- Baciro Dabó, 51, Guinea-Bissauan politician, presidential candidate, shot.[58]
- Jeff Hanson, 31, American singer–songwriter, mixed drug toxicity.[59]
- Ola Hudson, 62, American fashion designer and costumier, cancer.[60]
- Richard Jacobs, 83, American real estate developer, owner of the Cleveland Indians (1986–2001), after long illness.[61]
- Luo Jing, 48, Chinese news presenter, lymphoma.[62]
- Adilgerei Magomedtagirov, 53, Russian general, Interior Minister for the Republic of Dagestan, shot.[63]
- Rajeev Motwani, 47, Indian-born American academic, advisor for Google, Inc.[64]
- Boris Pokrovsky, 97, Russian opera director, People's Artist of the USSR.[65]
- Helder Proença, Guinea-Bissauan politician, Minister of Defense, shot.[66]
- Haydn Tanner, 92, British rugby union player.[67]
- George Edward Wahlen, 84, American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient, after long illness.[68]
6
- Charles Arnold-Baker, 90, British historian.[69]
- Luke Cole, 46, American environmental lawyer, road accident.[70]
- Jean Dausset, 92, French immunologist, Nobel Prize in Medicine (1980).[71]
- Bobby Haarms, 75, Dutch football player and coach.[72]
- Mary Howard de Liagre, 96, American actress (Abe Lincoln in Illinois, Swamp Water).[73]
- Jim Owens, 82, American college football coach (Washington Huskies), complications from hypertension and heart problems.[74]
- Pio Sagapolutele, 39, American Samoan footballer (Cleveland Browns, New England Patriots), aneurysm.[75]
7
- Roy Boe, 79, American businessman, owner of New Jersey Nets (1969–1978), New York Islanders (1972–1979), heart failure.[76]
- Leonard Guttridge, 90, English historian and author.[77]
- Hugh Hopper, 64, British progressive rock bassist and composer (Soft Machine), leukaemia.[78]
- Willie Kilmarnock, 87, Scottish footballer (Motherwell).[79]
- Gordon Lennon, 26, Northern Irish footballer (Dumbarton), car crash.[80]
- Kenny Rankin, 69, American singer-songwriter, lung cancer.[81]
- Peter Townsend, 81, British sociologist, pneumonia.[82]
- Baron Vaea, 88, Tongan politician, Prime Minister (1991–2000), after short illness.[83]
8
- Om Prakash Aditya, 72, Indian poet, car accident.[84]
- Omar Bongo, 73, Gabonese politician, President (1967–2009), heart attack.[85]
- Frank Dasso, 91, American baseball player.[86]
- Sheila Finestone, 82, Canadian politician, MP for Mount Royal (1984–1999) and Senator (1999–2002), cancer.[87]
- Aage Rou Jensen, 84, Danish footballer.[88]
- Harold Norse, 92, American poet.[89]
- Johnny Palermo, 27, American actor (Just for Kicks, Everybody Hates Chris), car accident.[90]
- Matt Simpson, 73, British poet and literary critic.[91]
- Habib Tanvir, 85, Indian playwright and theatre director, after short illness.[92]
9
- Duke Bainum, 56, American politician (Hawaii House of Representatives, Honolulu City Council), aortic aneurysm.[93]
- Norman E. Brinker, 78, American restaurateur (Brinker International), aspiration pneumonia.[94]
- Cyril Connell Jr., 81, Australian rugby league player.[95]
- Edward Hanrahan, 88, American lawyer, State's Attorney (Cook County, Illinois), leukemia.[96]
- Jean Hugel, 84, French winemaker (Alsace wine), cancer.[97]
- Bill Lillard, 90, American baseball player (Philadelphia Athletics).[98]
- Jack Littrell, 80, American baseball player, Alzheimer's disease.[99]
- Dick May, 78, American racing driver, after long illness.[100]
- John Francis Mitchell, 81, American electronics engineer, president of Motorola.[101]
- Vera Mutafchieva, 80, Bulgarian historian.[102]
- Michael Roof, 32, American actor (xXx, Black Hawk Down, The Dukes of Hazzard), suicide by hanging.[103]
- Dave Simons, 54, American comic book artist, cancer.[104]
- Arne Tovik, 53, Norwegian newspaper editor and journalist.[105]
- Karl Michael Vogler, 80, German actor.[106]
10
- Barry Beckett, 66, American record producer, session musician, keyboardist (Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section), natural causes.[107]
- Rick Bébout, 59, American-born Canadian gay activist, journalist, and publisher of The Body Politic, complications from a stroke.[108]
- Andrew Wendell Bogue, 90, American federal judge.[109]
- John A. Eddy, 78, American astronomer, cancer.[110]
- Tenniel Evans, 83, British actor.[111]
- Xaver Frick, 96, Liechtensteinian Olympic athlete and cross-country skier.[112]
- Aza Gazgireyeva, 54, Russian jurist, senior judge in Ingushetia, shot.[113]
- Huey Long, 105, American singer (The Ink Spots).[114]
- Nguyễn Khắc Ngư, 100, Vietnamese Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Long Xuyên (1960–1997).[115]
- Jack Nimitz, 79, American jazz baritone saxophonist, complications from emphysema.[116]
- Marian Pour-El, 81, American mathematical logician.[117]
- Richard Quick, 66, American swimming and diving coach, brain tumor.[118]
- Stelios Skevofilakas, 70, Greek footballer (AEK Athens), stomach cancer.[119]
- Helle Virkner, 83, Danish actress and first lady, cancer.[120]
11
- Viacheslav Aliabiev, 75, Ukrainian footballer (Shakhtyor Stalino), USSR Cup winner (1961, 1962), cancer.[121]
- Sidney W. Bijou, 100, American child psychologist.[122]
- Marian Goliński, 59, Polish politician, car accident.[123]
- Woodie Held, 77, American baseball player (Cleveland Indians), brain cancer.[124]
- Jakob Kjersem, 83, Norwegian Olympic athlete.[125]
- Frank J. Low, 75, American physicist and astronomer.[126]
- Christel Peters, 93, German actress.[127]
- Carl Pursell, 76, American politician, U.S. Representative from Michigan (1977–1993), heart disease.[128]
- Ricardo Rangel, 85, Mozambican photojournalist.[129]
- Sumire, 21, Japanese fashion model, brain hemorrhage.[130]
- Roger Terry, 87, American airman (Tuskegee Airmen), heart failure.[131]
- Peter Wheeler, 65, British chemical engineer and businessman, owner of TVR, after short illness.[132]
- Heinrich Zoller, 86, Swiss botanist, after a short illness[133]
12
- Shailaja Acharya, 65, Nepalese politician, Deputy Prime Minister (1998), Alzheimer's disease and pneumonia.[134]
- Annesley Dias, 82, Sri Lankan comedian,[135]
- Robinson Everett, 81, American judge, member of the Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces since 1980.[136]
- Charles Fenton, 97, Australian politician, member (1957–1981) and President (1972–1981) of the Tasmanian Legislative Council.[137]
- Peter Gowan, 63, British professor of politics, mesothelioma.[138]
- Andy Hughes, 43, British musician (The Orb), producer and DJ.[139]
- Ivan Lichter, 91, New Zealand physician, pioneer in palliative care.[140]
- Félix Malloum, 76, Chadian politician, President (1975–1979), cardiac arrest.[141]
- Rosa Markmann, 101, Chilean First Lady (1946–1952).[142]
13
- Bashir Aushev, 62, Russian public official, Deputy Prime Minister of Ingushetia (2002–2008), shot.[143]
- Otilio Galíndez, 73, Venezuelan poet and composer.[144]
- Mitsuharu Misawa, 46, Japanese professional wrestler (AJPW), spinal cord injury.[145]
- John Saville, 93, British Marxist economic and social historian.[146]
14
- Khalil Abi-Nader, 87, Lebanese Maronite prelate, archbishop of Beirut (1986–1996).[147]
- Bob Bogle, 69, American guitarist (The Ventures), non-Hodgkin lymphoma.[148]
- Angela Coughlan, 56, Canadian swimmer, bronze medalist (1968 Summer Olympics), multiple myeloma.[149]
- Ivan Della Mea, 68, Italian singer–songwriter and author, after long illness.[150]
- Yasuharu Hasebe, 77, Japanese film director, pneumonia.[151]
- Dorothy Kozak, 77, Canadian Olympic sprinter.[152]
- Li Wenqing, 79, Chinese politician.[153]
- William McIntyre, 91, Canadian jurist, Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada (1979–1989), throat cancer.[154]
- Moumouni Adamou Djermakoye, 70, Nigerien politician.[155]
- Carlos Pardo, 33, Mexican NASCAR race driver, race crash.[156]
- Jackie Ronne, 89, American explorer, first American woman to visit Antarctica, cancer.[157]
- Frederick Sontag, 84, American academic and author, professor of philosophy (Pomona College), heart failure.[158]
- Abel Tador, 24, Nigerian footballer, shot.[159]
- Hal Woodeshick, 76, American baseball player (Houston Colt .45s), after long illness.[160]
15
- Sohrab Aarabi, 19, Iranian student, shot.[161]
- George Belotti, 74, American football player, complications of a stroke.[162]
- Antonio Bianco, 57, South African diamond cutter, cancer.[163]
- Helen Boosalis, 89, American politician, Mayor of Lincoln, Nebraska (1975–1983), brain tumor.[164]
- Charles Horan, 85, British police officer.[165]
- Joginder, 59, Indian actor.[166]
- Allan King, 79, Canadian film director (Warrendale, Termini Station, Silence of the North), brain tumor.[167]
- Henryk Lewczuk, 85, Polish soldier. [168]
- Desmond Moran, 60, Australian criminal, member of Moran family, shot.[169]
16
- John Anthony, 76, British Olympic shooter.[170]
- Peter Arundell, 75, British racing driver, pulmonary fibrosis.[171]
- Emmanuel Constant, 81, Haitian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Les Gonaïves (1966–2003).[172]
- Paul A. Fino, 95, American politician, U.S. Representative from New York (1953–1968).[173]
- Celia Fremlin, 95, British crime novelist.[174]
- D. Mark Hegsted, 95, American nutritionist, research led to recommended decrease in dietary saturated fats.[175]
- Eleanor Himmelfarb, 98, American artist, teacher and conservationist.[176]
- Charlie Mariano, 85, American jazz alto saxophonist, cancer.[177]
- Tina Marsh, 55, American jazz vocalist, breast cancer.[178]
- Frank Herbert Mason, 88, American artist and teacher.[179]
- Proud Accolade, 7, American Thoroughbred racehorse, neurological disorder.[180]
- Sheila Rodwell, 62, British epidemiologist.[181]
17
- Joji Banuve, 68-69, Fijian politician, Minister for Local Government and the Environment, after short illness.[182]
- José Calvário, 58, Portuguese maestro and orchestrator, complications from heart attack.[183]
- Ralf Dahrendorf, Baron Dahrendorf, 80, German-born British sociologist and politician, cancer.[184]
- Alejandro Doria, 72, Argentine film director, pneumonia.[185]
- Patrick Dowling, 89, British television producer.[186]
- Eon, 55, British musician, complications from pneumonia.[187]
- José Ignacio García Hamilton, 65, Argentine politician and historian.[188]
- Jane Aiken Hodge, 91, American-born British writer, suicide by drug overdose.[189]
- Wayne L. Horvitz, 88, American labor mediator, cancer.[190]
- John Houghtaling, 92, American businessman and inventor (Magic Fingers vibrating bed), complications from a fall.[191]
- IZ the Wiz, 50, American graffiti artist, heart attack.[192]
- Darrell Powers, 86, American soldier (Easy Company).[193]
- Dusty Rhodes, 82, American baseball player (New York Giants), complications from diabetes and emphysema.[194]
- Ali Said, Somali public servant, chief of police (Mogadishu), shot.[195]
- Perry Salles, 70, Brazilian actor (Mandala, Cinderela Baiana, O Clone) and film director, lung cancer.[196]
- Shacky Tauro, 49, Zimbabwean footballer, after short illness.[197]
- Tony Wong, 60, Canadian politician.[198]
- Gordon Wray, 57, British-born Canadian politician.[199]
18
- Omar Hashi Aden, Somali politician, Minister of Security, suicide bomb attack.[200]
- Giovanni Arrighi, 71, Italian economist.[201]
- Hortensia Bussi, 94, Chilean First Lady (1970–1973), widow of President Salvador Allende, natural causes.[202]
- Victor Cosson, 93, French road bicycle racer.[203]
- Terry Griffiths, 64, Australian politician.[204]
- Sir Henry Hodge, 65, British jurist, High Court judge since 2004, acute myeloid leukaemia.[205]
- Heyward Isham, 82, American diplomat.[206]
- Ali Akbar Khan, 87, Indian sarod player, kidney failure.[207]
19
- Alberto Andrade, 65, Peruvian politician, pulmonary fibrosis.[208]
- Sir Derrick Bailey, 90, British cricketer and baronet, son of diamond tycoon and politician Sir Abe Bailey.[209]
- H. A. Boucher, 88, American politician, first elected Lieutenant Governor of Alaska (1970–1974).[210]
- Ron Crocombe, 79, New Zealand academic (University of the South Pacific), heart attack.[211]
- Vicenç Ferrer Moncho, 89, Spanish Jesuit missionary and philanthropist.[212]
- Shelly Gross, 88, American Broadway producer, bladder cancer.[213]
- Jörg Hube, 65, German actor, cancer.[214]
- Arthur W. Lehman, 91, American euphonium player, pulmonary fibrosis.[215]
- Peter Newbrook, 88, British cinematographer and film producer.[216]
- Gary Papa, 54, American television sportscaster (WPVI-TV), prostate cancer.[217]
- Ken Roberts, 99, American actor and announcer, pneumonia.[218]
- Herschel Rosenthal, 91, American politician, member of the California Senate (1982–1998).[219]
- Bob Schuler, 66, American politician, member of the Ohio Senate since 2002, cancer.[220]
- Stan Sismey, 92, Australian cricketer.[221]
- Tomoji Tanabe, 113, Japanese supercentenarian, was world's oldest living man, heart failure.[222]
20
- Colin Bean, 83, British actor (Dad's Army).[223]
- Aldo Gargani, 76, Italian philosopher.[224]
- Joel Helleny, 52, American trombonist,[225]
- Ralph F. Hirschmann, 87, American biochemist (synthesis of the first enzyme), renal failure.[226]
- Nazir Jairazbhoy, 81, British-born American ethnomusicologist.[227]
- Naci Kınacıoğlu, 79-80, Turkish academician, legal scholar, interim Minister of Transport.[228]
- Patrick Kombayi, 70, Zimbabwean politician and businessman, complications from 1990 shooting.[229]
- Godfrey Rampling, 100, British athlete, 1936 Olympic relay champion, NATO commander, father of actress Charlotte Rampling.[230]
- Kenneth L. Reusser, 89, American Marine aviator, decorated veteran of World War II, Korean and Vietnam Wars.[231]
- Neda Agha-Soltan, 26, Iranian student.
- Anthony Yeo, 60, Singaporean counsellor, Burkitt's lymphoma.[232]
21
- Gilda Galán, 92, Puerto Rican actress.[233]
- Lorena Gale, 51, Canadian actress (Battlestar Galactica, The Perfect Score, The Butterfly Effect) and playwright, throat cancer.[234]
- José Nicomedes Grossi, 93, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Bom Jesus da Lapa (1962–1990).[235]
- Errol Harris, 101, South African philosopher.[236]
- Arthur Luft, 94, Manx politician and deemster.[237]
22
- Agnes Tachyon, 11, Japanese Thoroughbred racehorse, heart failure.[238]
- Betty Allen, 82, American operatic mezzo-soprano, kidney disease.[239]
- Bert Bank, 94, American radio pioneer and politician, Bataan Death March survivor.[240]
- David Farquhar, 82, Australian politician, member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly (1972–1976).[241]
- Alec Gallup, 81, American pollster, chairman of the Gallup Poll, heart disease.[242]
- June Gordon, Marchioness of Aberdeen and Temair, 95, British musician and patron of the arts.[243]
- Maj-Len Grönholm, 57, Finnish politician and beauty queen, councilwoman, Miss Finland (1972), cancer.[244]
- Akhtar Imam, 91, Bangladeshi educationist.[245]
- Moisei Itkis, 80, Soviet Olympic shooter.[246]
- Hanne Kjærholm, 79, Danish architect.[247]
- Billy Red Lyons, 77, Canadian professional wrestler, cancer.[248]
- Eddie Preston, 84, American jazz trumpeter.[249]
- Steve Race, 88, British broadcaster and musician.[250]
- Philip Simmons, 97, American blacksmith.[251]
- Karel Van Miert, 67, Belgian politician, European Commissioner (1989–1999), cardiac arrest resulting in fall.[252]
- Sam B. Williams, 88, American engineer and inventor.[253]
23
- Thurman Adams Jr., 80, American politician, member of the Delaware Senate since 1972, pancreatic cancer.[254]
- Raymond Berthiaume, 78, Canadian jazz musician, singer and record producer, cancer.[255]
- Phyllis Busansky, 72, American politician, county commissioner and supervisor of elections (Hillsborough County, Florida).[256]
- John Callaway, 72, American journalist (Chicago Tonight), heart attack.[257]
- Harold H. Carstens, 84, American magazine publisher.[258]
- Gegham Ghandilyan, 35, Armenian actor, car accident.[259]
- İsmet Güney, 85, Cypriot artist and cartoonist, designed flag of the Republic of Cyprus, cancer.[260]
- Hanne Hiob, 86, German actress, daughter of poet and playwright Bertolt Brecht.[261]
- Akpan Isemin, 69-70, Nigerian politician.[262]
- Johny Joseph, 45, Haitian news presenter (Télévision Nationale d'Haiti), cancer.[263]
- Thomas M. King, 80, American Roman Catholic priest and theologian, expert on Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, heart attack.[264]
- Ed McMahon, 86, American television host (Star Search) and announcer (The Tonight Show).[265]
- Aram Miskaryan, 36, Armenian actor, car accident.[259]
- Jerri Nielsen, 57, American physician, treated herself for breast cancer on Antarctica in 1999, breast cancer.[266]
- Robin Plackett, 88, British statistician.[267]
- Jackie Swindells, 72, British footballer.[268]
24
- Irv Homer, 85, American talk show host, heart attack.[269]
- Olja Ivanjicki, 78, Serbian painter.[270]
- Tim Krekel, 58, American guitarist and songwriter, cancer.[271]
- Robèrt Lafont, 87, French academic.[272]
- Roméo LeBlanc, 81, Canadian politician (1973–1994), Governor General (1995–1999), Alzheimer's disease.[273]
- Robert B. Pamplin, 97, American executive, President of Georgia-Pacific (1957–1976).[274]
- Edward Arthur Thomas, 58, American football coach, NFL High School Football Coach of the Year (2005), shot.[275]
- Steven Wells, 49, British journalist and author, cancer.[276]
25
- Ramon Alcaraz, 93, Filipino World War II veteran and recipient of the Silver Star.[277]
- Don Coldsmith, 83, American western author, stroke.[278]
- Neera Desai, 84, Indian academician, political activist and Women's Studies pioneer.[279]
- George Ernest, 87, American film actor.[280]
- Farrah Fawcett, 62, American actress (Charlie's Angels, The Cannonball Run, Dr. T & the Women), anal cancer.[281]
- Morton Gottlieb, 88, American Broadway theatre producer, Tony Award winner (1971), natural causes.[282]
- James Baker Hall, 74, American poet and academic, Kentucky Poet Laureate (2001–2003), natural causes.[283]
- Tōshirō Ishida, 96, Japanese military employee, pneumonia.[284]
- Michael Jackson, 50, American singer ("Thriller", "Billie Jean", "Smooth Criminal") and dancer, nine-time Grammy winner, acute propofol intoxication.[285]
- Clifton Johnson, 67, American jurist, North Carolina Superior Court (1978–1982) and Court of Appeals (1982–1996).[286]
- Jack Johnson, 78, Canadian politician.[287]
- Brian Jones, 70, British poet.[288]
- Sylvia Levin, 91, American civic and voter registration activist, registered 47,000 new voters, stroke.[289]
- Shiv Charan Mathur, 83, Indian politician, Governor of Assam since 2008, Chief Minister of Rajasthan (1988–1989), cardiac arrest.[290]
- Mian Tufail Mohammad, 95, Pakistani politician, cerebral hemorrhage.[291]
- Bela Mukherjee, 89, Indian singer, widow of singer and composer Hemanta Mukherjee, natural causes.[292]
- Paul V. Nolan, 85, American physician and statesman, liver cancer.[293]
- Kaleem Omar, 72, Pakistani poet and journalist, heart failure.[294]
- Sky Saxon, 71, American rock musician (The Seeds), heart failure.[295]
- Hugh Scaife, 79, British set decorator (The Elephant Man, The Spy Who Loved Me, A Passage to India).[296]
- Zinaida Stahurskaya, 38, Belarusian cyclist, training collision (car accident).[297]
- Al Siebert, 75, American author and educator, colon cancer.[298]
- Anil Wilson, 62, Indian educator, Principal of St. Stephen's College, Delhi (1991–2007), pancreatic cancer.[299]
- Yasmine, 37, Belgian singer and television presenter, suicide by hanging.[300]
26
- Jo Amar, 79, Moroccan-born Israeli singer.[301]
- Bernard Ganley, 83, British rugby league player.[302]
- Amnon Kapeliouk, 78, Israeli journalist and author.[303]
27
- Ernst Barkmann, 89, German World War II Waffen-SS soldier and Panzer ace.[304]
- Frank Barlow, 98, British historian.[305]
- Victoriano Crémer, 102, Spanish poet and journalist, natural causes.[306]
- Mary Lou Forbes, 83, American journalist, Pulitzer Prize winner (1959), breast cancer.[307]
- Kishore Sarja, 50, Indian film director.[308]
- Willy Kyrklund, 88, Finnish-born Swedish author.[309]
- Fayette Pinkney, 61, American musician (The Three Degrees), respiratory failure.[310]
- Nanae Sasaki, 53, Japanese marathon runner, colorectal cancer.[311]
- Gale Storm, 87, American actress (My Little Margie, The Gale Storm Show).[312]
- Gordon Taylor, 93, British Anglican priest and Royal Navy chaplain.[313]
- Jackie Washington, 89, Canadian blues musician, complications from a heart attack.[314]
28
- Terry Black, 62, Canadian singer, multiple sclerosis.[315]
- Joseph Crowdy, 85, British soldier, Commandant of the Royal Army Medical Corps.[316]
- Josep Maria Guix Ferreres, 81, Spanish Roman Catholic prelate, archbishop of Vic (1983–2003).[317]
- Rita Keane, 86, Irish traditional singer.[318]
- A. K. Lohithadas, 54, Indian screenwriter and film director, heart attack.[319]
- Billy Mays, 50, American pitchman (OxiClean) and television host (Pitchmen), hypertensive heart disease.[320]
- Jeff Swanagan, 51, American founding executive director and president of the Georgia Aquarium, heart attack.[321]
- Fred Travalena, 66, American comedian and impressionist, non-Hodgkin lymphoma.[322]
- Tom Wilkes, 69, American graphic designer.[323]
- Maynard L. Young Jr., 84, American politician.[324]
- Yu Hyun-mok, 83, South Korean film director, cerebral infarction.[325]
29
- Dave Batters, 39, Canadian politician, MP for Palliser (2004–2008), suicide.[326]
- Joe Bowman, 84, American bootmaker and sharpshooter, heart attack.[327]
- Mohammad Hoqouqi, 72, Iranian poet, cirrhosis.[citation needed]
- Pauline Picard, 62, Canadian politician, MP for Drummond (1993–2008), lung cancer.[328]
- Jan Rubeš, 89, Czech-born Canadian actor (Witness, Snow Falling on Cedars, D2: The Mighty Ducks) and opera singer, stroke.[329]
- Sandra Warfield, 88, American operatic mezzo-soprano, complications from a stroke.[330]
30
- Pina Bausch, 68, German modern dance choreographer, cancer.[331]
- Paquito Cordero, 76, Puerto Rican actor, comedian and producer, respiratory disease.[332]
- Robert DePugh, 86, American anti-Communist activist.[333]
- Liam Fairhurst, 14, British fundraiser, synovial sarcoma.[334]
- Jay Kleven, 59, American baseball player.[335]
- James F. McNulty, Jr., 83, American politician, U.S. Representative from Arizona (1983–1985), Parkinson's disease.[336]
- Jan Molander, 89, Swedish actor and film director.[337]
- Luis Oliva, 101, Argentine Olympic athlete.[338]
- Harve Presnell, 75, American actor (Fargo, Saving Private Ryan, Patch Adams) and singer, pancreatic cancer.[339]
- Shi Pei Pu, 70, Chinese opera singer, gender-bending spy who was basis for M. Butterfly.[340]
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