Deaths in August 2011

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The following is a list of notable deaths in August 2011.

August 2011

31

• Paul Abisheganaden, 97, Singaporean music conductor and Cultural Medallion recipient. [1]
• Wade Belak, 35, Canadian ice hockey player (Toronto Maple Leafs, Nashville Predators), suicide. [2]
• Cal Christensen, 84, American basketball player (Milwaukee Hawks, Rochester Royals), heart failure. [3]
• Denis Collins, 58, Australian football player, heart attack. [4]
• Abderrahmane Mahjoub, 82, Moroccan-born French footballer. [5]
• Robert Muir, 91, Canadian politician, MP and Senator. [6]
• Dave Petrie, 64, Scottish politician, Member of the Scottish Parliament for Highlands and Islands (2006–2007). [7]
• Valery Rozhdestvensky, 72, Soviet cosmonaut. [8] (Russian)
• Betty Skelton Erde, 85 American aerobatics pilot and Women Airforce Service Pilots veteran. [9]
• Jack Stephens, 78, American basketball player (St. Louis Hawks). [10]
• Radoslav Stojanović, 81, Serbian politician and law expert (University of Belgrade), co-founder of the Democratic Party. [11] (Serbian)
• Peter Twiss, 90, British test pilot. [12]
• Rosel Zech, 69, German actress (Veronika Voss, Aimée & Jaguar), cancer. [13]

30

• Alla Bayanova, 97, Russian singer, People's Artist of Russia, cancer. [14] (Russian)
• Faye Blackstone, 96, American rodeo star, cancer. [15]
• Revo Jõgisalu, 35, Estonian rapper, skin cancer. [16] (Estonian)
• Peggy Lloyd, 98, American stage actress. [17]
• Wambui Otieno, 75, Kenyan politician. [18]
• Cactus Pryor, 88, American broadcaster, Alzheimer's disease. [19]
• Lou Zaeske, 69, American founder of English-only movement, advocate for Czech ethnic causes. [20]

29

• Ayala Zacks Abramov, 99, Israeli art patron. [21]
• John Bancroft, 82, British architect. [22]
• David "Honeyboy" Edwards, 96, American blues guitarist and singer, heart failure. [23]
• Khamis Gaddafi, 28, Libyan seventh son of Muammar Gaddafi, commander of the Khamis Brigade, airstrike. [24] (Arabic)
• R. B. McDowell, 97, Irish historian. [25]
• Mark Ovendale, 37, English footballer (Luton Town, Bournemouth), cancer. [26]
• David P. Reynolds, 96, American businessman and Thoroughbred racehorse breeder. [27]
• Abdullah Senussi, 61/62, Libyan brother-in-law of Muammar Gaddafi, airstrike. [28] (Arabic)
• Junpei Takiguchi, 80, Japanese voice actor and narrator (Dragon Ball, Yatterman, Mazinger Z), stomach cancer. [29]

28

• Billy Drake, 93, British fighter pilot. [30]
• Bernie Gallacher, 44, British footballer (Aston Villa). [31]
• Bruno Gamberini, 61, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Campinas (since 2004). [32]
• Len Ganley, 68, Northern Irish snooker referee. [33]
• George Green, 59, American songwriter ("Hurts So Good", "Crumblin' Down"), lung cancer. [34]
• Leonard Harris, 81, American actor, arts and theater critic (WCBS-TV), complications of pneumonia. [35]
• Leonidas Kyrkos, 87, Greek politician, after short illness. [36] (Greek)
• Dmitri Royster, 87, American hierarch (Orthodox Church in America), Archbishop of the Diocese of the South (1978–2009). [37]
• Tony Sale, 80, British computer scientist. [38]

27

• Heribert Barrera i Costa, 94, Spanish politician. [39] (Spanish)
• Eve Brent, 82, American actress (The Green Mile). [40]
• Frank Fanovich, 88, American baseball player (Cincinnati Reds, Philadelphia Athletics). [41]
• Lykourgos Kallergis, 97, Greek actor, director and politician. [42]
• Stetson Kennedy, 94, American folklorist and civil rights activist. [43]
• Kim Tai Chung, 68, Korean actor and martial artist, internal stomach bleeding. [44]
• Nico Minardos, 81, Greek actor (Istanbul, Twelve Hours to Kill, The Twilight Zone), natural causes. [45]
• Daniel Morcombe, 13, Australian schoolboy, missing since 2003. [46] (death confirmed on this date)
• John Parke, 74, Northern Irish footballer (Linfield, Hibernian, Sunderland, Northern Ireland), Alzheimer's disease. [47]
• Iya Savvina, 75, Russian actress, People's Artist of the USSR. [48] (Russian)
• N. F. Simpson, 92, British dramatist. [49]
• Keith Tantlinger, 92, American mechanical engineer and inventor. [50]

26

• Aloysius Ambrozic, 81, Slovenian-born Canadian Roman Catholic cardinal, Archbishop of Toronto (1990–2006). [51]
• George Band, 82, British mountaineer. [52]
• Patrick C. Fischer, 75, American computer scientist and Unabomber target. [53]
• Susan Fromberg Schaeffer, 71, American novelist and educator, complications of a stroke. [54]
• John McAleese, 61, British SAS soldier involved in the Iranian Embassy Siege. [55]
• Elvis Reifer, 50, Barbadian cricketer. [56]
• Donn A. Starry, 86, American army officer, Commanding General, TRADOC (1977–1981). [57]
• B. Jeff Stone, 75, American rockabilly singer-songwriter. [58]
• Nadine Winter, 87, American politician, member of the Council of the District of Columbia (1975–1991). [59]

25

• A. A. Birch, Jr., 78, American lawyer and judge, Chief Justice of the Tennessee Supreme Court. [60]
• Donna Christanello, 69, American professional wrestler, heart attack. [61]
• Jyles Coggins, 90, American politician, Mayor of Raleigh, North Carolina (1975–1977). [62]
• Lazar Mojsov, 90, Macedonian politician, President of the Presidency of Yugoslavia (1987–1988). [63] (Serbian)
• Eugene Nida, 96, American linguist and bible translator. [64]
• Ruth Thomas, 84, British writer. [65]

24

• Frank DiLeo, 63, American music industry executive and actor (Goodfellas, Wayne's World), heart complications. [66]
• Esther Gordy Edwards, 91, American Motown executive, creator of Hitsville U.S.A.. [67]
• Seyhan Erözçelik, 49, Turkish poet. [68]
• Mike Flanagan, 59, American baseball player (Baltimore Orioles, Toronto Blue Jays), suicide by gunshot. [69]
• Jenő Gerbovits, 86, Hungarian politician, minister without portfolio (1990–1991), tractor accident. [70] (Hungarian)
• Paul Harney, 82, American golfer. [71]
• Jack Hayes, 92, American composer and orchestrator (The Color Purple, The Unsinkable Molly Brown), natural causes. [72]
• Clemente Isnard, 94, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Nova Friburgo (1960–1992). [73]
• George Knight, 90, British footballer. [74]
• Joyce McDougall, 91, New Zealand-French psychoanalyst. [75]
• Graeme Moody, 60, New Zealand sports broadcaster, drowned. [76]
• Alfons Van Brandt, 84, Belgian footballer. [77] (Dutch)

23

• Paul Francis Duffy, 79, American-born Zambian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Mongu (1997–2011).[78]
• Clare Hodges, 54, British campaigner for the medical use of cannabis, multiple sclerosis. [79]
• Sybil Jason, 83, American child actress. [80]
• David Lunn-Rockliffe, 86, British businessman co-founder of the River and Rowing Museum, heart failure. [81]
• Frank Potenza, 77, American police officer and actor (Jimmy Kimmel Live!), cancer. [82]
• Hasballah M. Saad, 63, Indonesian politician, Human Rights Minister (1999–2000). [83]
• Peter Terpeluk, Jr., 63, American diplomat, Ambassador to Luxembourg (2002–2005), heart attack. [84]
• June Wayne, 93, American artist and print maker. [85]

22

• Atiyah Abd al-Rahman, 40, Libyan-born Afghan Al-Qaeda leader. [86]
• Abdul Aziz Abdul Ghani, 72, Yemeni politician, Prime Minister (1994–1997). [87]
• Ray Abruzzese, 73, American football player (Buffalo Bills, New York Jets). [88]
• Nickolas Ashford, 70, American R&B singer (Ashford & Simpson) and songwriter ("Ain't No Mountain High Enough"), throat cancer. [89]
• Vicco von Bülow, 87, German cartoonist and actor. [90] (German)
• John Howard Davies, 72, English television producer and director (Fawlty Towers, The Good Life), former child actor (Oliver Twist), cancer. [91]
• Kamal el-Shennawi, 89, Egyptian actor. [92]
• Jesper Klein, 66, Danish actor, liver cancer. [93] (Danish)
• Jack Layton, 61, Canadian politician, Leader of the Official Opposition (2011) and New Democratic Party (2003–2011), cancer. [94]
• Jerry Leiber, 78, American songwriter ("Stand By Me", "Hound Dog", "Jailhouse Rock", "Kansas City"), cardiopulmonary failure. [95]
• Samuel Menashe, 85, American poet, natural causes. [96]
• Žarko Nikolić, 74, Serbian footballer. [97] (Serbian)
• Casey Ribicoff, 88, American socialite and philanthropist, lung cancer. [98]
• Michael Showers, 45, American actor (Treme, Breaking Bad, The Vampire Diaries), drowned. [99]
• Thomas Syme, 83, British Olympic ice hockey player. [100]

21

• Christine Cole Catley, 88, New Zealand journalist, publisher and author, lung cancer. [101])
• Sir Donald Farquharson, 83, British jurist. [102]
• Brian Harrison, 89, Australian-born British politician and businessman, MP for Maldon (1955–1974). [103]
• Budd Hopkins, 80, American artist and UFO researcher, liver cancer. [104]
• John R. Hubbard, 92, American diplomat, President of University of Southern California (1970–1980), United States Ambassador to India (1988–1989). [105]
• John J. Kelley, 80, American Olympic long-distance runner, winner of the 1957 Boston Marathon. [106]
• Ezra Sued, 88, Argentine footballer (Racing Club de Avellaneda), infection. [107] (Spanish)
• Muga Takewaki, 67, Japanese actor, cerebrovascular disease. [108] (Japanese)
• Edith Tiempo, 92, Filipino author, National Artist of the Philippines, heart attack. [109]

20

• Reza Badiyi, 81, Iranian-born American television director (Mission: Impossible, The Six Million Dollar Man). [110]
• Ross Barbour, 82, American singer, last founding member of The Four Freshmen, lung cancer. [111]
• Fred Fay, 66, American leader in the disability rights movement. [112]
• Charles S. Gubser, 95, American politician, U.S. Representative from California (1953–1974). [113]
• Rafael Halperin, 87, Israeli businessman and professional wrestler. [114]
• Patricia Hardy, 79, American actress, colon cancer. [115]
• Angelo Maria Rivato, 86, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Ponta de Pedras (1967–2002).[116]
• Ram Sharan Sharma, 91, Indian historian. [117]
• Vernon Stratton, 83, British Olympic sailor. [118]

19

• John Abley, 81, Australian football player, cardiac arrest. [119]
• Merv Brooks, 92, Australian footballer. [120]
• Gil Courtemanche, 68, Canadian journalist and novelist (Un dimanche à la piscine à Kigali), cancer. [121] (French)
• Gun Hägglund, 79, Swedish television personality, world's first female television news presenter, after short illness. [122] (Swedish)
• Kerima Polotan Tuvera, 85, Filipino author and journalist. [123]
• Brian Pope, 100, English rugby union player. [124]
• Raúl Ruiz, 70, Chilean film director (Three Lives and Only One Death, Time Regained), pulmonary infection. [125]
• Jimmy Sangster, 83, British director and screenwriter (Hammer Films). [126]
• Vilem Sokol, 96, American conductor and music professor, cancer. [127]
• Yevhen Yevseyev, 24, Ukrainian footballer, car accident. [128]

18

• Samir Chanda, 51, Indian art film director, cardiac arrest. [129]
• Simon De Jong, 69, Canadian politician, MP for Regina East (1979–1988) and Regina—Qu'Appelle (1988–1997), leukemia. [130]
• Bill Gray, 88, American football player (Washington Redskins). [131]
• Johnson, 58, Indian film music composer, cardiac arrest. [132]
• Paul Lockyer, 61, Australian journalist, helicopter crash. [133]
• Herb Pfuhl, 83, American politician, longest-serving Mayor of Johnstown, Pennsylvania (1971–1977, 1982–1993). [134]
• Maurice M. Rapport, 91, American neuroscience biochemist. [135]
• Scotty Robertson, 81, American basketball coach (New Orleans Jazz, Chicago Bulls, Detroit Pistons), cancer. [136]
• Jerome J. Shestack, 88, American human rights activist and attorney, President of American Bar Association (1997–1998). [137]
• Jean Tabary, 81, French comic strip artist. [138] (French)
• Norm Willey, 83, American football player (Philadelphia Eagles). [139]

17

• Augustus Aikhomu, 72, Nigerian admiral and politician, Vice President (1986–1993). [140]
• Vasyl Dzharty, 53, Ukrainian politician, Prime Minister of Crimea (since 2010), cancer. [141]
• Gualtiero Jacopetti, 91, Italian documentary film director. [142] (Italian)
• Michel Mohrt, 97, French writer, member of the Académie française (since 1985). [143] (French)
• Pierre Quinon, 49, French pole vaulter and Olympic champion, suicide. [144]

16

• Andrej Bajuk, 67, Slovenian politician and economist, Prime Minister (2000), stroke. [145]
• Mihri Belli, 96, Turkish politician and writer, respiratory failure. [146] (Turkish)
• Creed Black, 86, American newspaper publisher (Lexington Herald-Leader). [147]
• Huw Ceredig, 69, Welsh actor. [148]
• Albert Facchiano, 101, American mobster. [149]
• Akiko Futaba, 96, Japanese ryūkōka singer. [150] (Japanese)
• Frank Munro, 63, Scottish footballer (Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.), heart attack. [151]
• Pete Pihos, 87, American Hall of Fame football player (Philadelphia Eagles), Alzheimer's disease. [152]
• Ramesh Saxena, 66, Indian cricketer, brain haemorrhage. [153]
• Bernard William Schmitt, 82, American Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Wheeling-Charleston (1989–2004). [154]
• Aud Talle, 65, Norwegian social anthropologist. [155]

15

• Nenad Bijedić, 51, Bosnian football manager, cancer. [156] (Turkish)
• Pap Dean, 95, American political cartoonist. [157]
• Colin Harvey, 50, British science fiction writer and editor, stroke. [158]
• Michael Legat, 88, British author and publisher. [159]
• Peter Mair, 60, Irish political scientist. [160]
• Solomon Mujuru, 62, Zimbabwean military officer and politician, injuries from a fire. [161]
• Hugo Perié, 67, Argentine politician, MP (since 2003), Montoneros militant, lung disease. [162] (Spanish)
• Sif Ruud, 95, Swedish actress. [163] (Swedish)
• Rick Rypien, 27, Canadian ice hockey player (Vancouver Canucks), suicide. [164]
• Tōru Shōriki, 92, Japanese baseball team owner (Tokyo Giants), sepsis. [165] (Japanese)
• Betty Thatcher, 67, British lyricist (Renaissance), cancer. [166]

14

• Albert Brown, 105, American veteran, oldest survivor of Bataan Death March. [167]
• Yekaterina Golubeva, 44, Russian actress. [168] (French)
• Shammi Kapoor, 79, Indian film actor and director, renal failure. [169]
• Fritz Korbach, 66, German football player and manager, laryngeal cancer. [170] (Dutch)
• Paul Reeves, 78, New Zealand Anglican archbishop, Primate (1980–1985), Governor-General (1985–1990), cancer. [171]
• Friedrich Schoenfelder, 94, German actor. [172] (German)
• Shawn Tompkins, 37, Canadian kickboxer and mixed martial artist, suspected heart attack. [173]

13

• Robert Breer, 84, American experimental filmmaker. [174]
• Chris Lawrence, 78, British racing driver and engineer, cancer. [175]
• Ctirad Mašín, 81, Czech resistance fighter. [176]
• Tareque Masud, 54, Bangladeshi independent film director, traffic collision. [177]
• Jesús del Pozo, 65, Spanish fashion designer, pulmonary emphysema. [178]
• Topi Sorsakoski, 58, Finnish singer, lung cancer. [179]
• Ellen Winther, 78, Danish opera singer and actress. [180]

12

• Austin-Emile Burke, 89, Canadian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Halifax (1991–1998).[181]
• Geertruida Draaisma, 109, Dutch centenarian, oldest verified person in the Netherlands. [182]
• Ernie Johnson, 87, American baseball player (Boston/Milwaukee Braves, Baltimore Orioles) and broadcaster (Atlanta Braves). [183]
• Charles P. Murray, Jr., 89, American Army colonel, Medal of Honor recipient, heart failure. [184]
• Robert Robinson, 83, English radio and television presenter. [185]
• Francisco Solano López, 83, Argentine comics artist (El Eternauta), complications from a stroke. [186] (Spanish)

11

• Agustín Romualdo Alvarez Rodríguez, 88, Spanish-born Venezuelan Roman Catholic prelate, Vicar Apostolic of Machiques (1986–1995). [187]
• Don Chandler, 76, American football player (New York Giants, Green Bay Packers). [188]
• George Devol, 99, American inventor, creator of Unimate, the first industrial robot. [189]
• Karen Drambjan, 57, Armenian-born Estonian activist, shot. [190]
• Ignacio Flores, 58, Mexican football player (Cruz Azul, national team), shot. [191] (Spanish)
• Mateo Flores, 89, Guatemalan Olympic athlete. [192] (Spanish)
• Noah Flug, 86, Polish-born Israeli economist, advocate for rights of Holocaust survivors. [193]
• Richard Floyd, 80, American politician and lawmaker. [194]
• Clair George, 81, American CIA officer (Iran–Contra affair), cardiac arrest. [195]
• David Holbrook, 88, English writer and academic. [196]
• Jani Lane, 47, American musician (Warrant). [197]
• Scott LeDoux, 62, American boxer, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. [198]
• Karen Overington, 59, Australian politician, Victorian MLA for Ballarat West (1999–2010). [199]
• Bob Shamansky, 84, American politician, U.S. Representative from Ohio (1981–1983). [200]
• Joe Trimble, 80, American baseball player (Boston Red Sox, Pittsburgh Pirates). [201]
• Paul Wilkinson, 74, British academic, expert on the study of terrorism (University of St Andrews). [202]
• Bob Will, 80, American baseball player (Chicago Cubs). [203]

10

• P. C. Alexander, 90, Indian politician, Governor of Tamil Nadu (1988–1990), Maharashtra (1993–2002) and Goa (1996–1998). [204]
• Moraíto Chico II, 54, Spanish musician, cancer. [205] (Spanish)
• Arnaud Desjardins, 86, French philosopher. [206] (French)
• Norton Fredrick, 73, Sri Lankan cricketer, illness. [207]
• Billy Grammer, 85, American country singer. [208]
• Selwyn Griffith, 83, Welsh poet. [209] (Welsh)
• Oldřich Machač, 65, Czech Olympic silver (1968, 1976) and bronze (1972) medal-winning ice hockey player, heart failure. [210]
• Babak Masoumi, 39, Iranian futsal player and coach, blood cancer. [211] (Farsi)
• Lilia Michel, 85, Mexican actress. [212] (Spanish)
• Mark Sinyangwe, 38, Zambian footballer. [213]

9

• Wendy Babcock, 32, Canadian advocate for the rights of prostitutes, suspected suicide. [214]
• Roberto Busa, 97, Italian Jesuit priest, pioneer in Digital Humanities. [215]
• Adolphe-Maria Gustave Hardy, 91, French Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Beauvais (1985–1995). [216]
• Yoshihiro Hamaguchi, 85, Japanese Olympic swimmer, heart failure. [217]
• Jimmy Harris, 76, American football player (University of Oklahoma, Dallas Cowboys, Philadelphia Eagles), natural causes. [218]
• Kolapo Ishola, 77, Nigerian politician, Governor of Oyo State (1991–1993). [219]
• Eleanor Josaitis, 79, American activist, co-founder of Focus: HOPE, peritoneal cancer. [220]
• Julian Kenny, 81, Trinidadian zoologist, environmentalist and politician, Senator (1995–2001). [221]
• Mimi Lee, 91, American chemist, First Lady of Maryland (1977–1979), heart failure. [222]

8

• Neal Abberley, 67, English cricketer, heart and lung condition. [223]
• Ray Anderson, 77, American entrepreneur, cancer. [224]
• Mike Barrett, 67, American Olympic and professional basketball player (Virginia Squires, San Diego Conquistadors). [225]
• Ruth Brinker, 89, American AIDS and nutrition activist, founder of Project Open Hand, vascular dementia. [226]
• Royal Copeland, 86, Canadian football player (Toronto Argonauts), Alzheimer's disease. [227]
• Cem Erman, 64, Turkish actor and composer. [228] (Turkish)
• Kurt Johansson, 97, Swedish Olympic sport shooter. [229] (Swedish)
• Anastasios Peponis, 87, Greek politician and author, heart problems. [230] (Greek)
• Federico Richter Fernandez-Prada, 89, Peruvian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Ayacucho/Huamanga (1979–1991). [231] (Spanish)
• Hind Rostom, 81, Egyptian actress, heart attack. [232]
• Jiřina Švorcová, 83, Czech actress and pro-Communist activist. [233] (Czech)
• Harry Hillel Wellington, 84, American lawyer, Dean of Yale Law School (1975–1985) and New York Law School (1992–2000), brain tumor. [234]
• Guillermo Zarur, 72, Mexican actor, complications of kidney and heart disease. [235] (Spanish)

7

• Joseph Candolfi, 89, Swiss Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Basel (1983–1996). [236] (German)
• Hugh Carey, 92, American politician, Governor of New York (1975–1982) and U.S. Representative (1961–1974). [237]
• Cornelius Elanjikal, 92, Indian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Verapoly (1987–1996). [238] (Malayalam)
• Marshall Grant, 83, American double bassist (Tennessee Two). [239]
• F. M. Hardacre, 96, American academic and college football coach. [240]
• Mark Hatfield, 89, American politician, Governor of Oregon (1959–1967) and U.S. Senator (1967–1997). [241]
• Harri Holkeri, 74, Finnish politician, Prime Minister (1987–1991), after long illness. [242]
• Paul Meier, 87, American mathematician (Kaplan–Meier estimator), complications from a stroke. [243]
• George Naghi, 59, Romanian businessman, founder of Aldis SRL, boating accident. [244]
• Tom Radney, 79, American politician, member of the Alabama Senate (1967–1971), after long illness. [245]
• Jiří Traxler, 99, Czech-born Canadian jazz pianist. [246] (Czech)
• Nancy Wake, 98, New Zealand-born Australian French Resistance leader, chest infection. [247]
• Charles Wyly, 77, American businessman and philanthropist, co-founder of Michaels Stores, automobile accident. [248]
• Joe Yamanaka, 64, Japanese rock singer, lung cancer. [249] (Japanese).

6

• Bernadine Healy, 67, American cardiologist, director of the National Institutes of Health (1991–1993), brain cancer. [250]
• Fred Imus, 69, American songwriter and radio talk show host, brother of Don Imus. [251] (body found on this date)
• Kuno Klötzer, 89, German football coach. [252] (German)
• Fe del Mundo, 99, Filipino pediatrician, National Scientist of the Philippines, heart attack. [253]
• Roman Opałka, 79, French-born Polish painter. [254] (Polish)
• John W. Ryan, 81, American academic administrator, President of Indiana University (1971–1987). [255]
• Jerry Smith, 80, American football player (San Francisco 49ers) and coach (Denver Broncos). [256]
• John Wood, 81, English actor (WarGames, Chocolat). [257]

5

• Jean-Claude Bajeux, 79, Haitian activist and scholar, lung cancer. [258]
• Gerry Davidson, 90, American masters athlete, stroke. [259]
• Erol Erduran, 78, Cypriot educator and writer. [260]
• Dudley E. Faver, 94, American Air Force major general and academic. [261]
• Marion D. Hanks, 89, American Mormon leader. [262]
• Hazel Johnson-Brown, 83, American Army nurse and general, Alzheimer's disease. [263]
• Donald Ray Kennard, 74, American politician, member of the Louisiana House of Representatives (1976–2008), brain aneurysm rupture. [264]
• Andrzej Lepper, 57, Polish politician, suspected suicide by hanging. [265]
• Gary Nixon, 70, American motorcycle racer, complications from a heart attack. [266]
• Francesco Quinn, 48, Italian-born American actor (Platoon, The Young and the Restless), son of Anthony Quinn, heart attack. [267]
• Aziz Shavershian, 22, Australian bodybuilder and model, heart attack. [268]
• Adi Talmor, 58, Israeli journalist and news presenter, assisted suicide. [269]
• Stan Willemse, 86, British footballer (Chelsea). [270]

4

• Alan Blackshaw, 78, English mountaineer and civil servant, cancer. [271]
• Michael Bukht, 69, British radio executive, television personality and chef who worked as Michael Barry. [272]
• Naoki Matsuda, 34, Japanese footballer, suspected heart attack. [273]
• Conrad Schnitzler, 74, German musician (Tangerine Dream, Kluster, Eruption, Berlin Express), stomach cancer. [274]
• Erika Thijs, 51, Belgian politician, Senator (since 1995), cancer. [275] (Dutch)
• Sherman White, 82, American basketball player (Long Island University). [276]

3

• Rudolf Brazda, 98, German concentration camp prisoner, last known survivor of pink triangle homosexual deportation. [277]
• Richard Cates, 85, American lawyer. [278]
• Annette Charles, 63, American actress (Grease), complications of lung cancer. [279]
• Antonio M. Diaz, 83, Filipino politician, Representative from Zambales (1969–1972, 1992–2001, 2004–2011). [280]
• Ingrid Luterkort, 101, Swedish actress. [281] (Swedish)
• Andrew McDermott, 45, British singer (Threshold), complications of kidney failure. [282] (German)
• Simona Monyová, 44, Czech writer, stabbed. [283] (Czech)
• Ray Patterson, 89, American basketball executive (Milwaukee Bucks, Houston Rockets). [284]
• Nikolai Arnoldovich Petrov, 68, Russian pianist, People's Artist of the USSR, stroke. [285]
• William Sleator, 66, American science fiction writer (Interstellar Pig). [286]
• Bubba Smith, 66, American football player (Baltimore Colts) and actor (Police Academy). [287]
• Mohsen Koochebaghi Tabrizi, 87, Iranian Shi'ite Muslim marja, heart attack. [288] (Persian)
• Allan Watkins, 89, Welsh cricketer, after short illness. [289]

2

• Leslie Esdaile Banks, 51, American author (The Vampire Huntress Legend Series), adrenal cancer. [290]
• Baruj Benacerraf, 90, Venezuelan-born American immunologist, Nobel laureate (1980). [291]
• Ralph Berkowitz, 100, American composer. [292]
• DeLois Barrett Campbell, 85, American gospel singer (The Barrett Sisters), pulmonary embolism. [293]
• Al Federoff, 87, American baseball player (Detroit Tigers). [294]
• James M. Flinchum, 94, American journalist. [295]
• Asadullo Gulomov, 58, Tajik politician, Deputy Prime Minister (since 2006). [296] (Russian)
• Andrey Kapitsa, 80, Russian geographer and explorer, discovered and named Lake Vostok. [297]
• Clarence E. Miller, 93, American politician, U.S. Representative from Ohio (1967–1993), pneumonia. [298]
• Attilio Pavesi, 100, Italian Olympic cyclist, oldest living Olympic champion. [299] (Italian)
• Richard Pearson, 93, Welsh actor (The Yellow Rolls-Royce). [300]
• Venere Pizzinato, 114, Italian supercentenarian, oldest person in Europe and third-oldest living person in the world. [301]
• José Sanchis Grau, 79, Spanish comic book artist. [302] (Valencian)
• James Ford Seale, 76, American murderer, Ku Klux Klan member. [303]

1

• Stan Barstow, 83, English novelist. [304]
• Joe Caffie, 80, American baseball player (Cleveland Indians, Cleveland Buckeyes). [305]
• Carmela Marie Cristiano, 83, American Roman Catholic nun (Sisters of Charity of Saint Elizabeth); first nun to seek political office in New Jersey. [306]
• Florentina Gómez Miranda, 99, Argentine lawyer and women's rights activist. [307]
• Gamini Goonesena, 80, Sri Lankan cricketer. [308]
• Chieko N. Okazaki, 84, American Mormon women's leader, first non-Caucasian woman to hold a senior position in the LDS church, heart failure. [309]
• Ken Payne, 60, American football player (Green Bay Packers). [310]
• Alex Pitko, 97, American baseball player. [311]
• Zhanna Prokhorenko, 71, Russian film actress (Ballad of a Soldier). [312] (Russian)