Deaths in February 2011

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

February 2011

28

• Netiva Ben-Yehuda, 82, Israeli author and radio personality. [1]
• Scott Cary, 87, American baseball player (Washington Senators). [2]
• Harvey Dorfman, 75, American sports psychologist. [3]
• Ernest Eastman, 83, Liberian diplomat, Foreign Minister (1983–1986), Secretary General of the Mano River Union. [4]
• Emmy, 21, Albanian singer, vehicular homicide. [5] (Albanian)
• Annie Girardot, 79, French actress, Alzheimer's disease. [6]
• Peter J. Gomes, 69, American preacher, theologian and author, professor at Harvard Divinity School, brain aneurysm and heart attack. [7]
• Nick LaTour, 82, American character actor and singer, complications from cancer. [8]
• Jozef Massy, 96, Belgian Olympic sprint canoer. [9]
• Günter Mast, 84, German businessman (Jägermeister). [10] (German)
• Thanasis Pouliadis, 71, Greek entrepreneur, founder of Pouliadis Associates Corporation. [11] (Greek)
• Aracy de Carvalho Guimarães Rosa, 102, Brazilian diplomatic clerk, natural causes. [12] (Portuguese)
• Jane Russell, 89, American actress (The Outlaw, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes), respiratory illness. [13]
• Jan van Schijndel, 83, Dutch footballer (1952 Summer Olympics). [14] (Dutch)
• Allan Williams, 88, Canadian politician, Attorney General of British Columbia (1979–1983), after long illness. [15]
• Wally Yonamine, 85, American baseball (Yomiuri Giants, Chunichi Dragons) and football player (San Francisco 49ers), prostate cancer. [16]
• Doyald Young, 84, American logotype designer, complications of heart surgery. [17]

27

• Frank Alesia, 67, American actor and director (Pajama Party, Riot on Sunset Strip, C'mon, Let's Live a Little), natural causes. [18]
• Frank Buckles, 110, American supercentenarian soldier, last living U.S. World War I veteran, natural causes. [19]
• J. Elliot Cameron, 88, American educator and religious leader, natural causes. [20]
• Margaret Eliot, 97, British music teacher and musician. [21]
• Necmettin Erbakan, 84, Turkish politician, Prime Minister (1996–1997). [22]
• James Gruber, 82, American teacher and early gay rights activist, last surviving member of the Mattachine Society. [23]
• Maurice Guigue, 98, French football referee (1958 FIFA World Cup Final). [24]
• Eddie Kirkland, 88, American blues guitarist, car accident. [25]
• Agnes Milowka, 29, Australian technical diver, drowning. [26]
• Amparo Muñoz, 56, Spanish actress, Miss Universe 1974. [27]
• Skonk Nicholson, 94, South African teacher and rugby union coach (Maritzburg College, 1948–1982). [28]
• Emerson Rodwell, 89, Australian cricketer and soldier. [29]
• Moacyr Scliar, 73, Brazilian physician and writer, stroke. [30] (Portuguese)
• Duke Snider, 84, American Baseball Hall of Famer (New York Mets, San Francisco Giants). [31]
• Gary Winick, 49, American film director (13 Going on 30, Letters to Juliet), pneumonia. [32]

26

• Kostas Andriopoulos, 26, Greek footballer (PAOK, Veria), leukemia. [33] (Greek)
• Judith Coplon, 89, American political analyst, convicted of espionage. [34]
• Susan Crosland, 84, American journalist, widow of Anthony Crosland. [35]
• Richard F. Daines, 60, American physician, Commissioner of the New York State Department of Health (2007–2010). [36]
• Jon Fitch, 60, American politician, Arkansas State Representative (1979–1983) and State Senator (1983–2002), complications of a stroke. [37]
• Eugene Fodor, 60, American violinist, cirrhosis. [38]
• Ed Frutig, 92, American football player (Green Bay Packers, Detroit Lions). [39]
• Greg Goossen, 65, American baseball player (New York Mets) and actor (Wyatt Earp, Unforgiven). [40]
• Bill Grigsby, 89, American radio sportscaster (Kansas City Chiefs), prostate cancer and fall. [41]
• Cynthia Holcomb Hall, 82, American circuit judge for the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (1984–1997), cancer. [42]
• Shawn Lee, 44, American football player (Miami Dolphins, Chicago Bears). [43]
• Arnošt Lustig, 84, Czech writer and Holocaust survivor, cancer. [44]
• James A. McClure, 86, American politician, U.S. Representative (1967–1973) and Senator from Idaho (1973–1991), following multiple strokes. [45]
• Richard J. Naughton, 64, American vice admiral, Superintendent of the U.S. Naval Academy (2002–2003). [46]
• Dean Richards, 36, British footballer (Bradford City, Wolverhampton, Southampton, Tottenham). [47]
• Jorge Santoro, 66, Brazilian footballer, heart attack. [48]
• Roch Thériault, 63, Canadian cult leader and convicted murderer, murdered in prison. [49]
• Mark Tulin, 62, American bass player (The Electric Prunes, The Smashing Pumpkins), heart attack. [50]
• Zhu Guangya, 86, Chinese nuclear physicist, helped develop nation's first atomic bomb. [51]

25

• John Thomas Chambers, Jr., 82, American politician, only African-American Mayor of Annapolis (1981), heart attack. [52]
• Rick Coonce, 64, American drummer (The Grass Roots). [53]
• Aminath Faiza, 82, Maldivian poet and author. [54]
• Manny Fried, 97, American playwright and actor. [55]
• Peter Hildreth, 82, British Olympic hurdler, 1950 European Championships medalist. [56]
• John Miner, 92, American attorney, prosecutor responsible for investigating the death of Marilyn Monroe. [57]
• Eneas Perdomo, 80, Venezuelan folk singer. [58] (Spanish)
• Suze Rotolo, 67, American artist, lung cancer. [59]
• Carola Scarpa, 39, Brazilian socialite, multiple organ failure. [60] (Portuguese)

24

• Yozhef Betsa, 81, Ukrainian Olympic gold medal-winning (1956) footballer. [61] (Russian)
• Jerrold Kessel, 66, South African-born Israeli journalist (CNN), cancer. [62]
• Anant Pai, 81, Indian educator and comics creator (Amar Chitra Katha). [63]
• Robert Reguly, 80, Canadian journalist (Toronto Star), heart disease. [64]
• Harry Walsh, 97, Canadian lawyer, complications from a fall. [65]
• Jens Winther, 50, Danish jazz trumpet player, stroke. [66] (Danish)

23

• Matthew Carr, 57, British figurative artist, leukaemia . [67]
• James Damman, 78, American politician, Lieutenant Governor of Michigan (1975–1979), cancer. [68]
• Joseph H. Flom, 87, American corporate lawyer, heart failure. [69]
• Rebekah Johansson, Swedish model, apparent suicide. [70] (Swedish)
• Gustav Just, 89, German journalist and politician. [71] (German)
• Adney Y. Komatsu, 87, American religious leader (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints). [72]
• Jean Lartéguy, 90, French soldier, war correspondent and writer. [73] (Spanish)
• Frank Prout, 89, British Olympic sprint canoer and businessman. [74]
• Mullapudi Venkata Ramana, 79, Indian screenwriter and film producer. [75]
• Nirmala Srivastava, 87, Indian spiritual leader, founder of Sahaja Yoga religious movement. [76]
• Mike Zimring, 94, American radio actor and theatrical agent. [77]

22

• Kjell Bjartveit, 83, Norwegian physician and politician. [78] (Norwegian)
• Brian Bonsor, 84, Scottish composer and music teacher. [79]
• George Buksar, 84, American football player (Chicago Hornets, Washington Redskins). [80]
• Nicholas Courtney, 81, British actor (Doctor Who). [81]
• Beau Dollar, 69, American singer and drummer, long illness. [82]
• Jean Dinning, 86, American songwriter ("Teen Angel"); sister of Mark Dinning. [83]
• Jo Giles, 40, New Zealand television personality and sportswoman, earthquake. [84]
• Ion Hobana, 80, Romanian science fiction author. [85]
• Amanda Hooper, 30, New Zealand field hockey representative, earthquake. [86]
• Jud McAtee, 91, Canadian-born American ice hockey player (Detroit Red Wings, Chicago Blackhawks). [87]
• James R. McCartney, 90, American politician, Secretary of State of West Virginia (1975–1977). [88]
• Bill Nimmo, 93, American radio and television announcer (Who Do You Trust?, The Jackie Gleason Show) and game show host (Keep It in the Family). [89]
• Ivo Pavelić, 103, Croatian footballer and Olympic swimmer. [90]

21

• Odón Alonso, 85, Spanish conductor and composer. [91]
• Jean Baeza, 68, French footballer. [92] (French)
• Bob Boyd, 55, American professional golfer, leukemia. [93]
• Ben Fricke, 35, American football player (Dallas Cowboys), colon cancer. [94]
• Edwin D. Kilbourne, 90, American research scientist and influenza vaccine expert. [95]
• Dick Klugman, 87, Australian politician, member of the House of Representatives (1969–1990). [96]
• Anne Muirhead Mathams, 97, Scottish education and disability campaigner. [97]
• Dwayne McDuffie, 49, American comic book writer, editor and animator (Milestone Media), complications following heart surgery. [98]
• Bernard Nathanson, 84, American pro-choice activist and co-founder of NARAL, later pro-life activist and writer, cancer. [99]
• Jerzy Nowosielski, 88, Polish painter, graphic artist, scenographer and illustrator. [100]
• Russell W. Peterson, 94, American politician, Governor of Delaware (1969–1973), stroke. [101]
• Kenneth Pillar, 86, British Anglican prelate, Bishop of Hertford (1982–1989). [102]
• Aranmula Ponnamma, 96, Indian actress. [103]
• Premananda, 59, Sri Lankan-born Indian religious leader, convicted rapist and murderer. [104]
• Rudy Robbins, 77, American singer and actor. [105]
• Haila Stoddard, 97, American actress and Broadway producer. [106]
• Judith Sulzberger, 87, American physician. [107]
• Antonín Švorc, 77, Czech operatic bass-baritone. [108] (Czech)

20

• Drew Baur, 66, American banker, co-owner of the St. Louis Cardinals, heart attack. [109]
• Barbara Harmer, 57, British aviator, first female Concorde pilot, cancer. [110]
• Betty Hicks, 90, American golfer (LPGA Tour), Alzheimer's disease. [111]
• Troy Jackson, 35, American basketball player (AND1 Mixtape Tour). [112]
• Tony Kellow, 58, British footballer (Exeter City). [113]
• Jay Landesman, 91, American publisher, writer and nightclub proprietor, husband of Fran Landesman. [114]
• Frank A. McClintock, 90, American mechanical engineer. [115]
• Sir Fred Phillips, 92, Kittitian politician, Administrator (1966–1967) and Governor of Saint Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla (1967–1969). [116]
• Helmut Ringelmann, 84, German film and television producer, organ failure. [117] (German)
• Noemí Simonetto de Portela, 85, Argentine Olympic silver medal-winning (1948) athlete. [118] (Spanish)
• Malaysia Vasudevan, 66, Indian actor and playback singer, heart failure. [119] [120]
• Mehdi Mohammed Zeyo, 49, Libyan activist, explosion. [121]

19

• Suresh Babu, 58, Indian Olympic athlete, cirrhosis. [122]
• Florinda Chico, 84, Spanish actress, respiratory disease. [123]
• Norman Corner, 68, British footballer. [124]
• Donald L. Cox, 74, American leader of the Black Panther Party. [125]
• Ollie Matson, 80, American Hall of Fame football player (St. Louis Rams, Philadelphia Eagles), complications from dementia. [126]
• Anson Rainey, 81, American academic and author, pancreatic cancer. [127]
• Ernő Solymosi, 70, Hungarian Olympic bronze medal-winning (1960) football player. [128] (Hungarian)
• Dietrich Stobbe, 72, German politician, Mayor of West Berlin (1977–1981). [129] (German)
• Max Wilk, 90, American playwright, screenwriter and author. [130]
• Richard L. Williams, 87, American jurist, District Judge for the Eastern District of Virginia (1979–1992), natural causes. [131]
• Yuan Xuefen, 88, Chinese Yueju opera actress. [132]

18

• Cayle Chernin, 63, Canadian actress (Goin' Down the Road), cancer. [133]
• Len Gilmore, 93, American baseball player (Pittsburgh Pirates). [134]
• Spook Jacobs, 85, American baseball player (Philadelphia/Kansas City Athletics, Pittsburgh Pirates). [135]
• Catherine Jourdan, 62, French actress, pulmonary embolism. [136] (French)
• Buddy Lewis, 94, American baseball player (Washington Senators), cancer. [137]
• Abdost Rind, 27, Pakistani journalist, shot. [138]
• Walter Seltzer, 96, American film producer (Soylent Green, The Omega Man). [139]
• Marshall Stoneham, 70, British physicist, complications of surgery. [140]
• Bob Tanna, c. 96, Indian amateur radio operator. [141]
• Tykhon Zhylyakov, 42, Ukrainian Orthodox Bishop of Kremenchuk and Lubny (since 2009), cardiac arrest. [142] (Ukrainian)

17

• Ricky Bell, 36, American football player (Chicago Bears, Jacksonville Jaguars, Winnipeg Blue Bombers). [143]
• David Bradby, 68, British drama and theatre scholar, cancer. [144]
• George Clarke, 89, British footballer (Ipswich Town). [145]
• Dave Duerson, 50, American football player (Phoenix Cardinals, New York Giants), suicide by gunshot. [146]
• Francis Anthony Gomes, 79, Bangladeshi Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Mymensingh (1987–2006). [147]
• Ron Hickman, 78, South African-born British inventor (Black & Decker Workmate, Lotus Elan). [148]
• Steve Horn, 79, American politician, U.S. Representative from California (1993–2003), complications from Alzheimer's disease. [149]
• Augustine Hu Daguo, 88, Chinese Roman Catholic underground bishop of Guiyang. [150]
• George Lewis, 93, Trinidad and Tobago Olympic track and field athlete. [151]
• James McLure, 59, American playwright. [152]
• Michelle Monkhouse, 19, Canadian fashion model, car accident. [153]
• Bill Monroe, 90, American journalist, host of Meet the Press (1975–1984), complications from hypertension. [154]
• Perry Moore, 39, American author (Hero) and film producer (The Chronicles of Narnia), apparent drug overdose. [155]
• Vivien Noakes, 74, British literary critic, cancer. [156]
• Gustave Olombe Atelumbu Musilamu, 83, Congolese Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Wamba (1968–1990). [157]

16

• Hans Joachim Alpers, 67, German writer and editor of science fiction and fantasy. [158] (German)
• Neal Amundson, 95, American chemical engineer. [159]
• William A. Bablitch, 69, American politician, Wisconsin State Senator (1983–2003) and Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice (1983–2002). [160]
• Alfred Burke, 92, British actor (Public Eye, Enemy at the Door), chest infection. [161]
• Jack Calfee, 69, American economist and author, heart attack. [162]
• Tonny van Ede, 86, Dutch football player (Sparta Rotterdam). [163] (Dutch)
• Dorian Gray, 75, Italian actress, suicide by gunshot. [164] (Italian)
• Len Lesser, 88, American actor (Seinfeld, Everybody Loves Raymond), cancer-related pneumonia. [165]
• Justinas Marcinkevičius, 80, Lithuanian poet and playwright. [166] (Lithuanian)
• Santi Santamaria, 53, Spanish chef. [167]
• David Shapiro, 58, American jazz musician. [168]

15

• Dame Judith Binney, 70, New Zealand historian and author. [169]
• Charles Epstein, 77, American geneticist and Unabomber victim, pancreatic cancer. [170]
• Joe Frazier, 88, American baseball player (St. Louis Cardinals) and manager (New York Mets). [171]
• Sidney Harth, 85, American violinist and conductor, respiratory complications. [172]
• George Marsaglia, 87, American mathematician and computer scientist. developed diehard tests, heart attack. [173]
• François Nourissier, 83, French journalist and writer, complications from Parkinsons disease. [174] (French)
• Cyril Stein, 82, British businessman. [175]

14

• Sean Boru, 57, Irish actor and author. [176]
• Peter Feteris, 58, Dutch footballer. [177] (Dutch)
• David F. Friedman, 87, American film producer (Blood Feast), heart failure. [178]
• Cecil Kaiser, 94, American Negro league baseball player, injuries from a fall. [179]
• Catherine Clark Kroeger, 85, American author, professor and New Testament scholar, brief illness. [180]
• Catherine Masters, 111, British supercentenarian, third-oldest living person in the UK, last living person born in Scotland in the 19th century. [181]
• Peter Pilkington, Baron Pilkington of Oxenford, 77, British academic and life peer, Chairman of the BCC (1992–1996). [182]
• Sir George Shearing, 91, British-born American jazz pianist (Lullaby of Birdland), heart failure. [183]
• John Strauss, 90, American film and television composer (Amadeus, Car 54, Where Are You?), Parkinson's disease. [184]

13

• Arnfinn Bergmann, 82, Norwegian ski jumper and Olympic champion, after brief illness. [185] (Norwegian)
• Bustanil Arifin, 85, Indonesian politician. [186]
• Manuel Esperón, 99, Mexican composer and actor, respiratory arrest. [187] (Spanish)
• Oakley Hall III, 60, American playwright, heart attack. [188]
• Larry Holden, 49, Irish actor (Batman Begins, Memento), cancer. [189]
• Inese Jaunzeme, 78, Latvian javelin thrower and Olympic gold medalist (1956 Melbourne). [190] (Latvian)
• Nobutoshi Kihara, 84, Japanese electronics engineer for Sony. [191]
• Paul Marcus, 56, British television producer; cancer. [192]
• T. P. McKenna, 81, Irish actor (The Avengers, Doctor Who). [193]
• Brian Shaw, 79/80, British rugby league player. [194]
• Shi Yafeng, 91, Chinese geologist. [195] (Chinese)

12

• Peter Alexander, 84, Austrian actor and singer. [196] (German)
• Ching Arellano, 50, Filipino actor and comedian, heart failure. [197]
• Kevin Barry, Sr., 74, New Zealand boxing coach, after long illness. [198]
• Gino Cimoli, 81, American baseball player (Brooklyn Dodgers, Pittsburgh Pirates), heart and kidney complications. [199]
• Mato Damjanović, 83, Croatian chess grandmaster. [200] (Croatian)
• Ernesto De Pascale, 52, Italian music promoter, producer and critic. [201]
• Mark C. Ebersole, 89, American educator. [202]
• James Elliott, 82, British-born Australian actor (Number 96), Lewy body dementia. [203]
• Betty Garrett, 91, American actress (On the Town, All in the Family, Laverne & Shirley), aortic aneurysm. [204]
• Fedor den Hertog, 64, Dutch cyclist and Olympic medallist, prostate cancer. [205]
• Konstantinos Kosmopoulos, 83, Greek politician, Mayor of Thessaloniki (1989–1999), cardiac arrest. [206] (Greek)
• Kenneth Mars, 75, American actor (Young Frankenstein, The Producers, The Little Mermaid), pancreatic cancer. [207]
• John Monson, 11th Baron Monson, 78, British aristocrat and politician, head injuries following a fall. [208]
• Saleh Abdul Aziz Al Rajhi, 99, Saudi Arabian businessman, founder of Al-Rajhi Bank, heart attack. [209]
• Bridgett Rollins, 54, American model (Playboy), cancer. [210]
• Joanne Siegel, 93, American widow of Superman co-creator Jerry Siegel, model for Lois Lane. [211]
• Vipindas, 72, Indian cinematographer and director, short illness. [212]
• Frank Whitten, 68, New Zealand actor (Outrageous Fortune), cancer. [213]

11

• Nubia Barahona, 10, American child abuse victim, beaten. [214]
• John Patrick Barnes, 69, American civic leader, heart attack. [215]
• Bad News Brown, 33, Canadian rapper and harmonica player, beaten and shot. [216]
• Sir Arthur Bryan, 87, British businessman. [217]
• Tom Carnegie, 91, American sports announcer (Indianapolis Motor Speedway). [218]
• Bo Carpelan, 84, Finnish poet and author. [219]
• John Clay, 86, English cricketer. [220]
• Steve Dacri, 58, American magician, cancer. [221]
• Joe R. Greenhill, 96, American attorney, Chief Justice of the Texas Supreme Court (1972–1982). [222]
• Roy Gussow. 92, American sculptor, heart attack. [223]
• Gerry Huth, 77, American football player (New York Giants, Philadelphia Eagles, Minnesota Vikings). [224]
• Christian J. Lambertsen, 93, American diving engineer, inventor of first SCUBA device, renal failure. [225]
• Earle Morris, Jr., 82, American politician, Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina (1971–1975). [226]
• Josef Pirrung, 61, German footballer, cancer. [227] (German)
• Chuck Tanner, 82, American baseball manager (Pittsburgh Pirates) and player (Los Angeles Dodgers), after long illness. [228]

10

• Trevor Bailey, 87, British Test cricketer and BBC radio broadcaster (Test Match Special), house fire. [229]
• Emory Bellard, 83, American college football coach (Texas A&M University, Mississippi State University), creator of wishbone offense, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. [230]
• Doug Davis, 66, American football player (Minnesota Vikings). [231]
• Claus Helmut Drese, 88, German theatre and opera administrator. [232] (German)
• Saad El Shazly, 88, Egyptian military leader. [233]
• Joshua Goldberg, 43, American website editor, son of Lucianne Goldberg and brother of Jonah Goldberg, injuries sustained in a fall. [234]
• Michael Harsegor, 86, Israeli historian. [235]
• Bill Justice, 97, American animator, natural causes. [236]
• Blanche Honegger Moyse, 101, American conductor. [237]
• Oleg Lavrentiev, 84, Russian nuclear physicist. [238] (Russian)
• Jon Petrovich, 63, American journalist, executive at CNN, cancer. [239]
• Fred Speck, 63, Canadian ice hockey player (Detroit Red Wings). [240]
• Lynne Walker, 54, British music and theatre critic, cancer. [241]
• Józef Życiński, 62, Polish Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Lublin (since 1997), myocardial infarction. [242]

9

• Miltiadis Evert, 71, Greek politician and minister, Mayor of Athens (1987–1989) and President of New Democracy (1993–1997), after a long illness. [243]
• Leroy R. Hassell, Sr., 55, American jurist, Justice of the Virginia Supreme Court (since 1989) and Chief Justice (2003–2011). [244]
• David Sánchez Juliao, 65, Colombian author. [245] (Spanish)
• Jimmy Lemi Milla, 62, Southern Sudanese politician, shot. [246]
• Alicia Pietri, 87, Venezuelan First Lady (1969–1974; 1994–1999), widow of President Rafael Caldera. [247]

8

• Nick Arundel, 83, American journalist and publisher, pulmonary failure. [248]
• Roza Baglanova, 89, Kazakh singer, People's Artist of the USSR. [249] (Russian)
• Luiz Bueno, 74, Brazilian race car driver, cancer. [250] (Portuguese)
• Elaine Crowley, 83, Irish author. [251]
• Cliff Dapper, 91, American baseball player (Brooklyn Dodgers). [252]
• Bradley C. Livezey, 56, American ornithologist, car accident. [253]
• Tony Malinosky, 101, American baseball player (Brooklyn Dodgers). [254]
• Marie-Rose Morel, 38, Belgian politician, cancer. [255]
• Jorma Ojaharju, 72, Finnish author. [256] (Finnish)
• Charles O. Perry, 81, American sculptor, stomach cancer.[257]
• Angelo Reyes, 65, Filipino general and politician, suicide by gunshot. [258]
• Cesare Rubini, 87, Italian basketball player and coach, water polo player. [259] (German)
• Donald S. Sanford, 92, American film and television writer (Midway). [260]
• Marvin Sease, 64, American blues singer, pneumonia. [261]
• Ferbent Shehu, 78, Albanian dancer and choreographer, heart attack. [262] (Albanian)
• Eugenio Toussaint, 56, Mexican composer and jazz musician, heart attack. [263]

7

• Maria Altmann, 94, Austrian-born American art heiress, after long illness. [264]
• Jerry Ames, 80, American tapdancer and choreographer. [265]
• Hysen Hakani, 78, Albanian screenwriter and director, directed first Albanian short film. [266] (Albanian)
• Bobby Kuntz, 79, American CFL player (Toronto Argonauts, Hamilton Tiger-Cats), Parkinson's disease. [267]
• Eric Parsons, 87, British footballer. [268]
• Frank Roberts, 65, Australian boxer, first Australian Aboriginal Olympian (1964), heart attack. [269]

6

• Andrée Chedid, 90, Egyptian-born French poet and novelist. [270]
• Billy Gallier, 78, British footballer (Tamworth) and manager. [271]
• Josefa Iloilo, 90, Fijian politician, President (2000–2006; 2007–2009). [272]
• Gary Moore, 58, Irish rock guitarist and singer (Thin Lizzy), heart attack. [273]
• William Morais, 19, Brazilian footballer (América-MG), shot. [274] (Portuguese)
• John Nisby, 74, American football player (Pittsburgh Steelers, Washington Redskins), pneumonia. [275]
• Ken Olsen, 84, American engineer, co-founder of Digital Equipment Corporation. [276]
• James Watson, 59, British trumpeter, heart attack. [277]

5

• Fanizani Akuda, 78, Zimbabwean sculptor. [278]
• Omar Amiralay, 67, Syrian filmmaker, heart attack. [279]
• Eugeniusz Czajka, 83, Polish Olympic field hockey player. [280] (Polish)
• Ruth H. Funk, 93, American youth leader (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints). [281]
• John Paul Getty III, 54, American heir and kidnapping victim, grandson of J. Paul Getty and father of Balthazar Getty, after long illness. [282]
• Miriam Hansen, 61, American cinema scholar and professor (University of Chicago ), cancer. [283]
• Brian Jacques, 71, British fantasy author (Redwall), heart attack. [284]
• Adjie Massaid, 43, Indonesian actor, under-23 national football team manager and politician, heart attack. [285]
• Hiroko Nagata, 65, Japanese radical and murderer, vice-chairman of United Red Army. [286]
• Donald Peterman, 79, American cinematographer (Flashdance, Men in Black, Cocoon), complications from myelodysplastic syndrome. [287]
• Pertti Purhonen, 68, Finnish Olympic bronze medal-winning (1964) boxer, Alzheimer's disease. [288] (Finnish)
• Martin Quigley, Jr., 93, American publisher, spy and author. [289]
• Peggy Rea, 89, American character actress (Grace Under Fire, The Dukes of Hazzard, Step by Step, The Waltons), heart failure. [290]
• Charles E. Silberman, 86, American journalist and author (Criminal Violence, Criminal Justice), heart attack. [291]
• Pavel Vondruška, 85, Czech conductor and actor, accidental fall. [292] (Czech)
• Albert Yator, 17, Kenyan long-distance runner, world junior steeplechase medallist, bronchopneumonia. [293]

4

• Martial Célestin, 97, Haitian lawyer and diplomat, Prime Minister (1988). [294] (French)
• Robert L. Frye, 84, American educator. [295]
• Woodie Fryman, 70, American baseball player (Detroit Tigers, Montreal Expos). [296]
• Michael Habeck, 66, German actor, after short illness. [297] (German)
• Dame Olga Lopes-Seale, 92, Guyanese-born Barbadian broadcaster and singer. [298]
• Ahmed Mohamed Mahmoud, 41, Egyptian journalist, shot. [299]
• Lena Nyman, 66, Swedish actress (I Am Curious (Yellow), I Am Curious (Blue), Autumn Sonata), cancer. [300]
• Vasile Paraschiv, 82, Romanian political activist and dissident. [301] (Romanian)
• Tura Satana, 72, American actress (Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!), heart failure. [302]
• Lee Winfield, 64, American basketball player (Seattle SuperSonics, Buffalo Braves), colon cancer. [303]

3

• Ajib Ahmad, 63, Malaysian politician, Chief Minister of Johor (1982–1986). [304]
• Édouard Glissant, 82, Martiniquan poet and writer. [305]
• LeRoy Grannis, 93, American surfing photographer. [306]
• Tony Levin, 71, British jazz drummer. [307]
• Ron Piché, 75, Canadian baseball player (Atlanta Braves, St. Louis Cardinals), cancer. [308] (French)
• Maria Schneider, 58, French actress (Last Tango in Paris), cancer. [309]
• Tatyana Shmyga, 82, Russian operetta singer and film actress (Hussar Ballad), People's Artist of the USSR, vascular disease. [310]
• Machan Varghese, 50, Indian Malayalam film actor, cancer. [311]
• Neil Young, 66, British footballer (Manchester City), cancer. [312]
• Robert Young, 95, American Olympic silver medal-winning (1936) athlete. [313]

2

• Geoff Ainsworth, 64, Australian football player, cancer. [314]
• Federico Aguilar Alcuaz, 78, Filipino painter. [315]
• Edward Amy, 92, Canadian brigadier general. [316]
• Ian Anderson, 57, British politician, brain tumour. [317]
• Darrel Baldock, 72, Australian football player and coach, member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly (1972–1987) and Minister (1975–1982), stroke. [318]
• Daniela Castelo, 47, Argentine journalist and radio host, aneurysm. [319] (Spanish)
• Armando Chin Yong, 53, Malaysian opera singer, heart disease. [320]
• Jimmy Fell, 75, British footballer (Grimsby Town), natural causes. [321]
• Bill Foster, 78, American television director (Benson, Full House, The Mystery of Al Capone's Vaults), cancer. [322]
• Defne Joy Foster, 35, Turkish actress, presenter and VJ. [323]
• Awal Gul, 48, Afghan detainee in Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, heart attack. (169)
• Douglas M. Head, 80, American politician, Minnesota Attorney General (1967–1971), natural causes. [324]
• Rodney Hill, 89, British mathematician. [325]
• Clark Hulings, 88, American realist painter and physicist. [326]
• Margaret John, 84, British actress (Gavin & Stacey). [327]
• Eric Nicol, 91, Canadian writer. [328]
• René Verdon, 86, French-born American White House Executive Chef, leukemia. [329]

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• Ernst Badian, 85, Austrian classical scholar and history professor (Harvard University), complications from a fall. [330]
• Julio Barragán, 82, Argentine painter. [331] (Spanish)
• Lennox Fyfe, Baron Fyfe of Fairfield, 69, British politician. [332]
• Douglas Haig, 90, American child actor. [333]
• Stanisław Michalski, 78, Polish actor. [334] (Polish)
• Derek Rawcliffe, 89, British Anglican prelate, Bishop of Glasgow and Galloway (1981–1991). [335]
• Knut Risan, 80, Norwegian actor. [336] (Norwegian)
• Husik Santurjan, 91, Turkish-born Armenian archbishop of Armenian Apostolic Church. [337]
• Les Stubbs, 81, British footballer. [338]