Deaths in December 2009 explained
The following is a list of notable deaths in December 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.
December 2009
1
- Christoph Budde, 46, German football player (Borussia Mönchengladbach), swine flu.[1]
- Maurice Clemmons, 37, American felon, perpetrator of the 2009 shooting of Lakewood, Washington, police officers, shot.[2]
- Neil Dougall, 88, British footballer (Plymouth Argyle).[3]
- Tommy Henrich, 96, American baseball player (New York Yankees).[4]
- Bilal Omer Khan, 55, Pakistani general, victim of December 2009 Rawalpindi terrorist attack[5]
- Bill Lister, 86, American honky tonk singer.[6]
- Alberto Martínez, 59, Uruguayan football player (FK Austria Wien), heart failure.[7]
- Cordelia Oliver, 86, Scottish painter, journalist and art critic.[8]
- Ramses Shaffy, 76, Dutch singer and actor, esophageal cancer.[9]
- Shilendra Kumar Singh, 77, Indian politician, Governor of Rajasthan (2007–2009).[10]
- Éva Szörényi, 92, Hungarian actress, Kossuth Prize winner.[11]
- Donald Washington Sr., 79, American jazz tenor saxophonist, lung cancer.[12]
2
- Harold A. Ackerman, 81, American federal judge, natural causes.[13]
- Luis María Bandrés, 65, Spanish leader of Basque Nationalist Party.[14]
- Elizabeth Berridge, 89, British novelist.[15]
- Foge Fazio, 71, American football coach, leukemia.[16]
- Shoji Hashimoto, 75, Japanese go master, myocardial infarction.[17]
- Ikuo Hirayama, 79, Japanese painter, stroke.[18]
- Maggie Jones, 75, British actress (Coronation Street).[19]
- Jozo Križanović, 65, Bosnian politician, Croat member of the Presidency (2001–2002), complications from surgery.[20]
- Brian Morrison, 76, Australian priest and humanitarian.[21]
- Luís Lombardi Neto, 69, Brazilian announcer (Silvio Santos television program), stroke.[22]
- Aaron Schroeder, 83, American songwriter, Alzheimer's disease.[23]
- Ian Thompson, 74, Australian politician, member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly (1971 - 1993).[24]
- Vjekoslav Šutej, 58, Croatian conductor, leukemia.[25]
- Eric Woolfson, 64, Scottish singer and keyboardist (The Alan Parsons Project), cancer.[26]
3
- Ibrahim Hassan Addou, Somali Higher Education Minister, bombing.
- Qamar Aden Ali, 52, Somali Health Minister, bombing.[27]
- Swadesh Bose, 81, Bangladeshi economist.[28]
- Nat Boxer, 84, American sound engineer (Apocalypse Now, The Godfather Part II, The Conversation), Oscar winner (1980).[29]
- Estêvão Cardoso de Avellar, 92, Brazilian Roman Catholic Bishop of Uberlândia (1978–1992).[30]
- Paula Hawkins, 82, American politician, Senator from Florida (1981–1987), complications from a fall.[31]
- István Iglódi, 65, Hungarian actor.[32]
- Leila Lopes, 50, Brazilian actress, suicide by poisoning.[33]
- Bert Main, 90, Australian zoologist.[34]
- Brian Mason, 92, New Zealand scientist, renal failure.[35]
- Curtis Nkondo, 81, South African politician, activist and diplomat.[36]
- Pat Power, 67, Australian politician, member of the Victorian Legislative Council for Jika Jika (1992 - 1999).[37]
- Sam Salt, 69, British rear admiral, captain of during the Falklands War.[38]
- Peter Scanlon, 78, American accountant and chairman (Coopers & Lybrand), cancer.[39]
- Åsmund L. Strømnes, 82, Norwegian educationalist.[40]
- Valbjörn Þorláksson, 75, Icelandic decathlete.[41]
- Richard Todd, 90, Irish-born British Academy Award-nominated actor (The Hasty Heart, The Dam Busters), (The Longest Day), cancer.[42]
- Ahmed Abdulahi Waayeel, Somali Education Minister, bombing.[27]
- Bobby Wayne Woods, 44, American convicted rapist, kidnapper and murderer, execution by lethal injection.[43]
- Torrie Zito, 76, American pianist and arranger, emphysema.[44]
4
- Richard T. Antoun, 77, American anthropologist and professor, stabbed.[45]
- Harold Bell, 90, American marketer, licensing agent and technical advisor, creator of Woodsy Owl.[46]
- Liam Clancy, 74, Irish folk singer (The Clancy Brothers), pulmonary fibrosis.[47]
- Marjorie Kowalski Cole, 56, American writer.
- Tim Costello, 64, American labor and anti-globalization advocate, pancreatic cancer.[48]
- Matthew Luo Duxi, 90, Chinese Roman Catholic Bishop of Jiading.[49]
- Jérôme-Michel-Francis Martin, 68, French Roman Catholic Bishop of Berbérati (1987–1991).[50]
- Bryan O'Byrne, 78, American character actor.[51]
- Vyacheslav Tikhonov, 81, Russian actor (Seventeen Moments of Spring).[52]
- Stephen Toulmin, 87, British philosopher and author, heart failure.[53]
- Spyridon Trantellis, 83, Greek Metropolitan Bishop of Lagkadas, after long illness.[54]
- Jordi Solé Tura, 79, Spanish politician and lawyer, co-author of Spanish Constitution and Minister of Culture (1991–1993).[55]
- Umaga, 36, American professional wrestler (WWE), prescription drug overdose.[56]
- Mall Vaasma, 64, Estonian mycologist.[57]
- Mary Curtis Verna, 88, American operatic soprano (Metropolitan Opera), complications from a broken hip.[58]
- Francis Wilford-Smith, 82, British cartoonist.[59]
5
- Barrel Man, 69, American fan of the Denver Broncos, lung failure.[60]
- Jerry Birn, 86, American television writer (The Young and the Restless).[61]
- Nina Fishman, 63, British historian and political activist, cancer.[62]
- Alfred Hrdlicka, 81, Austrian architect and draughtsman.[63]
- Otto Graf Lambsdorff, 82, German politician, Minister of Economics (1977–1982; 1982–1984).[64]
- William Lederer, 97, American author (The Ugly American), respiratory failure.[65]
- Kálmán Markovits, 78, Hungarian Olympic gold (1952, 1956) and bronze (1960) medalist in water polo.[66]
- Garfield Morgan, 78, British actor (The Sweeney), cancer.[67]
- Malcolm Perry, 80, American attending physician to President John F. Kennedy after his assassination, lung cancer.
- Manuel Prado y Colón de Carvajal, 78, Spanish diplomat.[68]
- Dumitru Puntea, 66, Moldovan politician.[69]
- Jim Rohn, 79, American entrepreneur, author and motivational speaker, pulmonary fibrosis.[70]
- Jack Rose, 38, American guitarist, heart attack.[71]
- Princess Vimolchatra of Thailand, 88, Thai royal, cousin of King Bhumibol Adulyadej, renal failure.[72]
- William A. Wilson, 95, American Ambassador to the Holy See (1984–1986).[73]
6
- Dennis P. Collins, 85, American politician, mayor of Bayonne, New Jersey (1974–1990).[74]
- Rupprecht Geiger, 101, German painter.[75]
- Dermott Monteith, 66, Irish cricketer.[76]
- John Pittenger, 79, American politician, Pennsylvania Secretary of Education (1972–1976), Parkinson's disease.[77]
- Bina Rai, 78, Indian actress (Anarkali), heart attack.[78]
- Daouda Sow, 76, Senegalese politician, President of National Assembly (1984–1998).[79]
7
- Frank M. Coffin, 90, American politician, Representative from Maine (1957–1961), complications of aortic aneurysm surgery.[80]
- Royden G. Derrick, 94, American general authority of the LDS Church, natural causes.[81]
- Al Dorow, 80, American football player (Washington Redskins, New York Titans), bone cancer.[82]
- Shunkichi Hamada, 99, Japanese Olympic silver medal-winning (1932) field hockey player.[83]
- Lorenzo Ochoa Salas, Mexican archeologist.[84]
- Grady Patterson, 85, American politician, South Carolina state Treasurer (1966–1995; 1999–2007), natural causes.[85]
- Carlene Hatcher Polite, 77, American novelist, cancer.[86]
- Mark Ritts, 63, American actor and puppeteer (Beakman's World), kidney cancer.[87]
- Ray Solomonoff, 83, American physicist and artificial intelligence pioneer.[88]
- Pyotr Vail, 60, Russian essayist and journalist.[89]
8
- James Bingham, 84, British artist.[90]
- Kenneth Biros, 51, American convicted murderer, execution by lethal injection.[91]
- Joan Bridge, 97, British costume designer (A Man for All Seasons, Julia, Fiddler on the Roof), Oscar winner (1967).[92]
- Su Cruickshank, 63, Australian jazz singer and actress (Young Einstein), heart and kidney failure.[93]
- Luis Días, 57, Dominican musician and songwriter, heart attack.[94]
- Dean Fasano, 54, American vocalist (Prophet, Message), coronary artery disease.[95]
- John Givens, 83, American basketball coach (Kentucky Colonels, 1967).[96]
- Arthur Glasser, 95, American missionary and theologian.[97]
- Karel Klančnik, 92, Yugoslavian Olympic ski jumper.[98]
- Elza Medeiros, 88, Brazilian nurse, World War II veteran.[99]
- William C. McInnes, 86, American Jesuit, president of Fairfield University (1964–1973); USF (1973–1976).[100]
- Anthony Sanusi, 98, Nigerian Roman Catholic Bishop of Ijebu-Ode (1969–1990).[101]
- Fred Sheffield, 86, American basketball player.
- Sir Philip Watson, 90, British admiral.[102]
9
- Luiz Carlos Alborghetti, 64, Brazilian television presenter and politician, lung cancer.[103]
- Gene Barry, 90, American actor (The War of the Worlds, Burke's Law, Bat Masterson), heart failure.[104]
- Roger Jacobi, 62, British archaeologist.[105]
- Sa'ad Khair, 56, Jordanian secret service chief, heart attack.[106]
- Piotr Krzywicki, 45, Polish politician, pancreatic cancer.[107]
- Kjell Eugenio Laugerud García, 79, Guatemalan President (1974–1978), complications from cancer.[108]
- Rodrigo Carazo Odio, 82, Costa Rican politician, President (1978–1982), heart failure.[109]
- Faramarz Payvar, 77, Iranian composer and santur player, brain damage.
- Onofre Cândido Rosa, 85, Brazilian Roman Catholic Bishop of Jardim (1981–1999).[110]
- Goldie Semple, 56, Canadian stage actor, breast cancer.[111]
- Norman Sykes, 83, English footballer (Bristol Rovers).[112]
10
- Apolonia Muñoz Abarca, 89, American activist.[113]
- Gene Carpenter, 70, American football coach.[114]
- Dilip Chitre, 70, Indian poet, cancer.[115]
- Kenny Dino, 70, American pop singer.[116]
- Jean-Robert Gauthier, 80, Canadian MP for Ottawa East (1972–1974), Ottawa—Vanier (1974–1994); Senator (1994–2004), stroke.[117]
- Sir John Gingell, 84, British Air Chief Marshal and Black Rod (1985–1992).[118]
- Thomas Hoving, 78, American director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (1967–1977), lung cancer.[119]
- Sir Alan Huggins, 88, British jurist, vice-president of the Court of Appeal of Hong Kong (1980–1987).[120]
- Colin James, 83, British Anglican prelate, Bishop of Winchester (1985–1995), chest infection.[121]
- József Kóczián, 83, Hungarian table tennis player.[122]
- William L. Reilly, 94, American Jesuit and philosophy professor, President of Le Moyne College (1964–1976).[123]
11
- Brindley Benn, 86, Guyanese politician, Deputy Prime Minister, natural causes.[124]
- Ernest E. Chabot, 87, American politician.[125]
- Francisco Piquer, 87, Spanish actor.[126]
- Ciarán Mac Mathúna, 84, Irish radio presenter and music collector.[127]
- Eric Wrinkles, 49, American convicted murderer, execution by lethal injection.[128]
12
- Val Avery, 85, American actor (The Killing of a Chinese Bookie).[129]
- Klavdiya Boyarskikh, 70, Russian cross-country skier, Olympic gold medalist (1964).[130]
- Charles Copland, 99, British Anglican priest, Dean of Argyll and The Isles (1977–1979).[131]
- Charles Davis, 84, American actor, heart attack.[132]
- Ali Gharbi, 54, Tunisian swimmer.[133]
- Howard Wesley Johnson, 87, American educator, president of MIT (1966 - 1971).[134]
- Napoleon A. Jones Jr., 69, American federal judge.[135]
- Manuel Ruiz Sosa, 72, Spanish footballer and coach.[136]
- Eugene van Tamelen, 84, American chemist, cancer.[137]
13
- Dan Barton, 88, American actor, heart failure and kidney disease.[138]
- Julian Fane, 82, British author.[139]
- Moyra Fraser, 86, Australian-born British actress (As Time Goes By).[140]
- Yvonne King, 89, American singer (The King Sisters).[141]
- Börje Langefors, 94, Swedish engineer and computer scientist.[142]
- Arne Næss, 84, Norwegian politician, Mayor of Bergen.[143]
- Piergiorgio Nesti, 78, Italian Roman Catholic archbishop of Camerino-San Severino Marche.[144]
- Paul Samuelson, 94, American economist, Nobel Prize winner (1970).[145]
- Sha'ari Tadin, 77, Singaporean educator and public servant, Parkinson's disease.[146]
- Thomas F. Stroock, 84, American politician, Ambassador to Guatemala (1989–1992).[147]
- Larry Sultan, 63, American photographer, cancer.[148]
- Wilton, 62, Brazilian footballer.[149]
14
- Alan A'Court, 75, English footballer (Liverpool, England), cancer.[150]
- Jack Denham, 85, Australian horse trainer, winner of 1997 Caulfield and Melbourne Cup (Might and Power).[151]
- Chris Feinstein, 42, American bassist (The Cardinals).[152]
- Stocker Fontelieu, 86, American actor and executive director (New Orleans theatre), complications from a fall.[153]
- Conard Fowkes, 76, American actor (Dark Shadows).[154]
- Miodrag Jovanović, 87, Serbian Olympic silver medal-winning (1948) footballer.[155]
- George McKinnon, 91, American basketball and baseball coach.[156]
- David Pecaut, 54, Canadian municipal entrepreneur, colorectal cancer.[157]
- Daniel Piscopo, 89, Maltese politician.[158]
- Sol Price, 93, American businessman, founder of Price Club, natural causes.[159]
15
- Curtis Allina, 87, American businessman, executive of Pez Candy (1955–1979), heart failure.[160]
- C. D. B. Bryan, 73, American author, cancer.[161]
- Sir Chris Clarke, 68, British politician, leader of Somerset County Council.[162]
- Milena Müllerová, 86, Czech gymnast, Olympic champion (1948).[163]
- Arnaldo Ribeiro, 79, Brazilian Roman Catholic archbishop of Ribeirão Preto (1988–2006).[164]
- Oral Roberts, 91, American evangelist, founder of Oral Roberts University, complications from pneumonia.[165]
- James Rossant, 81, American architect, designer of Reston, Virginia, leukemia.[166]
- Herbert Spiegel, 95, American psychiatrist.[167]
16
- Arturo Beltrán Leyva, 48, Mexican drug lord, shot.[168]
- Arthur Cores, 52, American businessman, founder of Boston Market, esophageal cancer.[169]
- Drexell R. Davis, 88, American politician, Kentucky Secretary of State and state treasurer.[170]
- Roy E. Disney, 79, American entertainment executive (The Walt Disney Company), nephew of Walt Disney, stomach cancer.[171]
- Karel Dufek, 93, Czechoslovak diplomat, Spanish Civil War veteran.[172]
- Yegor Gaidar, 53, Russian politician, acting Prime Minister (1992), thrombus.[173]
- Dennis Herod, 86, English footballer (Stoke City).[174]
- Fred Honsberger, 58, American radio personality.[175]
- T. G. H. James, 86, British egyptologist.[176]
- Kelly Kwalik, 53-54, Indonesian West Papua separatist leader and commander (Free Papua Movement), shot.[177]
- Dame Victoire Ridsdale, Lady Ridsdale, 88, British politician, World War II intelligence agent, inspiration for Miss Moneypenny.[178]
- Manto Tshabalala-Msimang, 69, South African politician, Minister of Health (1999–2008), complications from a liver transplant.[179]
- Vladimir Turchinsky, 46, Russian actor, bodybuilder and showman, heart attack.[180]
- Josef Voß, 72, German Roman Catholic Auxiliary Bishop of Munster, Titular Bishop of Thisiduo (since 1988).[181]
- Bob Waldmire, 64, American Route 66 artist, cancer.[182]
17
- Amin al-Hafiz, 88, Syrian politician, President (1963–1966).[183]
- P. R. Anthonis, 98, Sri Lankan surgeon.[184]
- Alaina Reed Hall, 63, American actress (Sesame Street, 227), breast cancer.[185]
- Chris Henry, 26, American football player (Cincinnati Bengals), blunt force trauma after fall from vehicle.[186]
- Jennifer Jones, 90, American Academy Award-winning actress (The Song of Bernadette), natural causes.[187]
- Michel Leblond, 77, French Olympic footballer.[188]
- Miljenko Mihić, 75, Serbian football coach.[189]
- Dan O'Bannon, 63, American screenwriter (Alien, Total Recall, Blue Thunder), Crohn's disease.[190]
- Samuel Victor Perry, 91, British biochemist.[191]
- Hans Pfenninger, 80, Swiss Olympic cyclist.[192]
- Albert Ràfols-Casamada, 86, Spanish artist.[193]
18
- Fred Bachrach, 95, Dutch art historian.[194]
- Chas Balun, 61, American artist and journalist, cancer.[195]
- José Bardina, 70, Spanish-Venezuelan actor, bladder cancer.[196]
- Oskar Danon, 96, Bosnian conductor and composer.
- John Henry Fischer, 99, American educator, President of Teachers College, Columbia University (1962–1974), heart failure.[197]
- Connie Hines, 78, American actress (Mister Ed), heart failure.[198]
- Harold Lundrigan, 81, Canadian businessman.[199]
- Archimandrite Joasaph, 47, American Head of the Russian Ecclesiastical Mission in Jerusalem of the ROCOR, cancer.[200]
- László Nagy, 88, Hungarian-born Swiss Secretary General of the World Organization of the Scout Movement (1968–1988).[201]
- Job Osacky, 63, American archbishop of the Orthodox Church in America.[202]
- Georgina Parkinson, 71, English ballet dancer and ballet mistress, cancer.[203]
- Mike Simpson, 47, American politician, Michigan state Representative (since 2006), heart attack.[204]
- Adelbert St. John, 78, Canadian-born Austrian ice hockey player.[205]
- Bob Willoughby, 82, American photographer, cancer.[206]
- Robin Wood, 78, British film critic, leukemia.[207]
- Rex Yetman, 76, Canadian bluegrass mandolin player [208]
- Jack Zilly, 88, American football player (Los Angeles Rams).[209]
19
- Charles Birch, 91, Australian geneticist.[210]
- Tony Bukovich, 94, American ice hockey player (Detroit Red Wings).[211]
- Margaret Christensen, 88, Australian actress.[212]
- Edith Díaz, 70, Puerto Rican-born American actress, heart failure.[213]
- Lincoln Gordon, 96, American diplomat and academic, Ambassador to Brazil (1961–1966), President of Johns Hopkins University (1967–1971).[214]
- Grand Ayatollah Hussein-Ali Montazeri, 87, Iranian cleric and dissident, natural causes.[215]
- Zeki Ökten, 68, Turkish film director, heart disease.[216]
- Kim Peek, 58, American savant, inspiration for Rain Man, heart attack.[217]
- Donald Pickering, 76, British actor (The Pallisers, A Bridge Too Far, The Man Who Knew Too Little).[218]
- Roger Rawson, 70, American politician, former majority leader of the Utah House of Representatives, liver disease.[219]
- Loren Singer, 86, American novelist (The Parallax View).[220]
20
- Joan Brosnan Walsh, 71, Irish actress (Fair City), motor neurone disease.[221]
- Jack Brownsword, 86, British footballer (Scunthorpe United).[222]
- James Gurley, 69, American guitarist (Big Brother and the Holding Company), heart attack.[223]
- Jack Hixon, 88, British football scout.[224]
- Arun Krushnaji Kamble, 56, Indian Dalit activist, drowned.[225] (body discovered on this date)
- Yiannis Moralis, 93, Greek visual artist.[226]
- Brittany Murphy, 32, American actress (Clueless, King of the Hill, 8 Mile), pneumonia.[227]
- Shari Rhodes, 71, American casting director (Jaws, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Breaking Bad).[228]
- Vera Rich, 73, British poet, journalist, historian, and translator.[229]
- Lester Rodney, 98, American sports journalist.[230]
- Arnold Stang, 91, American actor (Top Cat, It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World, The Man with the Golden Arm), pneumonia.[231]
- Ira Trombley, 57, American politician, member of the Vermont House of Representatives (since 2002), natural causes.[232]
21
- Suryakant Acharya, 80, Indian politician, natural causes.[233]
- Jaime Agudelo, 84, Colombian comedian, respiratory failure.[234]
- Craigie Aitchison, 83, British painter.[235]
- Dick Archer, 82, Australian politician, member of the Tasmanian Legislative Council (1980–1992).[236]
- Ann Nixon Cooper, 107, American civil rights activist, mentioned in President Obama's election victory speech.[237]
- James Cowley, 90, British recipient of the Distinguished Conduct Medal.[238]
- Rick Hube, 62, American politician, member of the Vermont House of Representatives (since 1998).[239]
- David Isaacs, 63, Jamaican singer (The Itals).[240]
- Pete King, 80, British saxophonist, co-founder of Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club.[241]
- Edwin G. Krebs, 91, American Nobel Prize-winning biochemist.[242]
- Christos Lambrakis, 75, Greek businessman, publisher and journalist, multiple organ failure.[243]
- Marianne Stone, 87, British character actress (Carry On).[244]
22
- Al Bernardin, 81, American restaurateur, inventor of the Quarter Pounder, stroke.[245]
- Gilbert de Chambrun, 100, French politician.[246]
- Mick Cocks, 54, Australian guitarist (Rose Tattoo), liver cancer.[247]
- Luis Francisco Cuéllar, 69, Colombian politician, Governor of Caqueta, assassination by cut throat.[248]
- Michael Currie, 81, American actor (Dark Shadows, Sudden Impact).[249]
- Bernhard Droog, 88, Dutch actor, pneumonia.[250]
- Milena Dvorská, 71, Czech film actress.[251]
- Edward Maitland-Makgill-Crichton, 93, British army general.[252]
- Andy Manson, 73, Australian politician, member of the New South Wales Legislative Council (1995 - 2000).[253]
- Duncan Paterson, 66, Scottish rugby union player and administrator.[254]
- Sir Bob Phillis, 64, British media executive, cancer.[255]
- Albert Scanlon, 74, English footballer (Manchester United), survivor of Munich air disaster.[256]
- Piers Wardle, 49, British artist, brain haemorrhage.[257]
23
- Lucas Abadamloora, 71, Ghanaian Roman Catholic Bishop of Navrongo-Bolgatanga (1994–2009).[258]
- Lilo Allgayer, 94, German Olympic fencer.[259]
- Ike Aronowicz, 86, Israeli captain of the .[260]
- Grigory Baklanov, 86, Russian novelist.[261]
- Charles Bullen, 90, American politician, Utah House of Representatives (1971–1977) and Senate (1977–1985).[262]
- Robert L. Howard, 70, American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient (1971), pancreatic cancer.[263]
- Micah Naftalin, 76, American advocate for Soviet Jews.[264]
24
- Marcus Bakker, 86, Dutch politician, party leader of the Communist Party of the Netherlands (1963–1982).[269]
- Stan Benjamin, 95, American baseball player (Philadelphia Phillies) and scout (Houston Astros).[270]
- Giulio Bosetti, 79, Italian actor and film director, cancer.
- Rafael Caldera, 93, Venezuelan politician, President (1969–1974; 1994–1999).[271]
- George Cowling, 89, British weatherman.[272]
- Victor Khain, 95, Russian geologist.[273]
- Terry Lawless, 76, British boxing manager and trainer.[274]
- Henry van Lieshout, 77, Dutch-born Papua New Guinean Roman Catholic Bishop of Lae (1966–2007).[275]
- George Michael, 70, American sportscaster and disc jockey, chronic lymphocytic leukemia.[276]
- Eysteinn Þórðarson, 75, Icelandic Olympic skier.Eysteinn Þórðarson
- Gero von Wilpert, 76, German literary scientist.[277]
- Brian Young, 79, British naval officer.[278]
25
- Christopher Bell, 35, American disability studies scholar.[279]
- Bill Burich, 92, American baseball player (Philadelphia Phillies).[280]
- Charlie Capps, 84, American politician, member of Mississippi House of Representatives (1972–2005).[281]
- Vic Chesnutt, 45, American folk rock musician, muscle relaxant overdose.[282]
- Rusty Dedrick, 91, American swing and bebop jazz trumpeter.[283]
- Knut Haugland, 92, Norwegian explorer and World War II veteran, last surviving member of the Kon-Tiki expedition.[284]
- Rick Kane, 55, American football player (Detroit Lions), pneumonia.[285]
- Morris E. Lasker, 92, American federal judge, cancer.[286]
- Rachel Wetzsteon, 42, American poet, suicide.[287]
26
- Charles F. Baird, 87, American politician.[288]
- Dennis Brutus, 85, South African poet and anti-Apartheid activist, prostate cancer.[289]
- Giuseppe Chiappella, 85, Italian football player and manager.[290]
- Peder Lunde Sr., 91, Norwegian Olympic silver medal-winning (1952) sailor.[291]
- Arthur McIntyre, 91, British cricketer.[292]
- Yves Rocher, 79, French entrepreneur and mayor of La Gacilly, founder of Yves Rocher Cosmetics.[293]
- Ihor Ševčenko, 87, Polish philologist.[294]
- Percy Sutton, 89, American civil rights activist, politician and attorney, Manhattan Borough President (1966–1977).[295]
- Jacques Sylla, 63, Malagasy politician, Prime Minister of Madagascar (2002–2007).[296]
- David Taylor, 63, British politician, MP for North West Leicestershire (since 1997), heart attack.[297]
- Norval White, 83, American author (AIA Guide to New York City), heart attack.[298]
- Felix Wurman, 51, American cellist, cancer.[299]
27
- Maryam Babangida, 61, Nigerian First Lady, wife of former President Ibrahim Babangida, ovarian cancer.[300]
- Gunnar Kemnitz, 82, Brazilian Olympic diver.[301]
- Terry L. Punt, 60, American politician, Pennsylvania State Senator (1989–2009) and State Representative (1979–1988).[302]
- Narra Venkateswara Rao, 62, Indian actor, cancer.
- Isaac Schwartz, 86, Russian composer (White Sun of the Desert).[303]
- Takashi Takabayashi, 78, Japanese footballer.[304]
28
- Allen Batsford, 77, British football manager (Wimbledon), heart attack.[305]
- Habib Bourguiba Jr., 82, Tunisian diplomat and politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs (1964–1970).[306]
- D. F. Cartwright, 93, British businessman.[307]
- Sir Jack Harman, 89, British general.[308]
- Zoltán Horváth, 30, Romanian-born Hungarian basketball player, traffic collision.[309]
- Terry Matte, 66, Canadian television news producer, cancer.[310]
- Manfred R. Schroeder, 83, German physicist.[311]
- J. David Singer, 84, American political scientist.[312]
- Witold Skulicz, 83, Polish artist.[313]
- The Rev, 28, American hard rock and heavy metal drummer (Avenged Sevenfold), drug overdose.[314]
29
- Roberto Amadei, 76, Italian Roman Catholic monsignor, bishop of Bergamo (1991–2009).[315]
- C. Ashwath, 71, Indian Kannada singer, liver and renal failure.[316]
- Carlo Cerioni, 84, Italian Olympic basketball player.[317]
- David Levine, 83, American caricaturist (The New York Review of Books), prostate cancer.[318]
- Paul Sapsford, 60, New Zealand rugby union player (Otago, national team), injuries sustained in a jetboat accident.[319]
- Akmal Shaikh, 53, Pakistani-born British drug trafficker, executed by lethal injection.[320]
- M. S. Sivasankariah, 82, Indian cricket umpire.[321]
- Robert H. Smith, 81, American real estate developer and philanthropist, creator of Crystal City, Virginia, stroke.[322]
- Steve Williams, 49, American professional wrestler, throat cancer.[323]
30
- Anthony Alaimo, 89, American federal judge (Southern District of Georgia).[324]
- Bessie Blount Griffin, 95, American inventor and forensic scientist.[325]
- Peter Corren, 62, Canadian gay rights activist, cancer.[326]
- Adrian Kivumbi Ddungu, 86, Ugandan Roman Catholic Bishop of Masaka.[327]
- Maldwyn Evans, 72, Welsh bowler, world champion (1972).[328]
- Rowland S. Howard, 50, Australian musician and songwriter (The Birthday Party), liver cancer.[329]
- Michelle Lang, 34, Canadian reporter (Calgary Herald), IED explosion.[330]
- Ruth Lilly, 94, American philanthropist (Eli Lilly and Company), heart failure.[331]
- Alberto Lysy, 74, Argentine violinist and composer.[332]
- Gloria Nord, 87, American skater.[333]
- Walter Pérez, 85, Uruguayan Olympic sprinter.[334]
- Vasily Shandybin, 68, Russian politician.[335]
- Peter Shirayanagi, 81, Japanese Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church.[336]
- Jacquie Sturm, 82, New Zealand writer and poet.[337]
- Vishnuvardhan, 59, Indian Kannada actor, cardiac arrest.[338]
- Abdurrahman Wahid, 69, Indonesian politician, President (1999–2001), heart failure.[339]
- Norman Walker, 74, Australian rules footballer.[340]
- Perry Wilson, 93, American actress (Fear Strikes Out).[341]
31
- Arthur E. Bartlett, 76, American realtor, co-founder of Century 21, Alzheimer's disease.[344]
- Umalat Magomedov, 30, leader of the Vilayat Dagestan, terrorist, killed by Russian troops.
- Tod Campeau, 86, Canadian ice hockey player.[345]
- Giulio Corsini, 76, Italian football player and manager.[346]
- John Cushnie, 66, Irish gardening expert and radio presenter, heart attack.[347]
- Cahal Daly, 92, Irish Cardinal of the Roman Catholic church, Primate of All Ireland (1990–1996).[348]
- Maurice Dupras, 86, Canadian politician.[349]
- Ann Linnea Sandberg, 71, American immunologist.[350]
- George M. Holmes, 80, American politician, member of the North Carolina General Assembly (1975–1977, 1979–2009).[351]
- Ross Johnstone, 83, Canadian ice hockey player.[352]
- Rashidi Kawawa, 83, Tanzanian politician, Prime Minister of Tanganyika (1962) and Tanzania (1972–1977).[353]
- Justin Keating, 79, Irish humanist and Labour Party politician (Minister for Industry and Commerce, 1973–1977).[354]
- Helen Lewis, 93, Czech-born British dancer and concentration camp survivor.[355]
- Guido Lorraine, 97, Polish-born British actor.[356]
- William May, 56, American-born Australian artistic director (Walking with Dinosaurs – The Live Experience), pneumonia.[357]
- Glauco Onorato, 73, Italian actor and voice actor.
- Bill Powell, 93, American golf course designer, stroke.[358]
- Qian Xinzhong, 98, Chinese politician, Minister of Health (1965–1973, 1979–1983).[359]
- Youssef Ibrahim Sarraf, 69, Egyptian Chaldean Bishop of Cairo (since 1984).[360]
- Frans Seda, 83, Indonesian economist, Minister of Finance (1966–1968).[361]
- William Tuohy, 83, American journalist and Pulitzer Prize-winning foreign correspondent, complications from heart surgery.[362]
- Mikhail Vartanov, 72, Russian actor.
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