Deaths in 2011

The following is a list of notable deaths in 2011. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence:

• Name, age, country of citizenship and reason for notability, established cause of death, reference, language of reference if not English.

January 2011

21

• Charles Zwolsman, 55, Dutch racing driver. [1] (Dutch)

20

• Luis Jaime Cisneros Vizquerra, 89, Peruvian linguist and professor. [2] (Spanish)
• Mohamad Hidhir Abu Hassan, 54, Malaysian politician, member of the State Assembly of Malacca, heart attack. [3]
• Sonya Peres, 87, Israeli wife of President Shimon Peres. [4]
• Reynolds Price, 77, American author, professor at Duke University. [5]
• John Jacob Rhodes III, 67, American politician, Representative from Arizona (1987–1993). [6]
• Sexy Cora, 23, German pornographic actress, cardiac arrest. [7] (German)
• Gus Zernial, 87, American baseball player (Athletics, Tigers, White Sox). [8]

19

• George Franck, 92, American football player (New York Giants). [9]
• Abel Guerrero García, Mexican politician, Mayor of Ajacuba, shot. [10] (Spanish)
• Mihai Ionescu, 74, Romanian footballer (Petrolul Ploieşti, Romania). [11] (Romanian)
• Jose Kusugak, 60, Canadian Inuit leader, bladder cancer.
• Spyros Linardos, 76, Greek meteorologist, stroke. [12] (Greek)
• Ramiro Saraiva Guerreiro, 93, Brazilian politician, Minister of External Relations (1979–1985). [13] (Portuguese)
• Wilfrid Sheed, 80, English-born American novelist and essayist, urosepsis. [14]
• Carla Swart, 23, South African cyclist, traffic accident. [15]
• Malina Zasadzińska, 81, Polish radio personality and broadcaster. [16] (Polish)

18

• George Crowe, 89, American baseball player. [17]
• Eugenia Escudero, 96, Mexican Olympic fencer. [18] (Spanish)
• Duncan Hall, 85, Australian rugby league player. [19]
• Purushottam Das Jalota, 84, Indian singer. [20]
• Jean Pierre XVIII Kasparian, 83, Egyptian-born Lebanese Armenian Catholic Patriarch of Cilicia, head of the Armenian Catholic Church (1982–1998). [21]
• Cristian Paţurcă, 46, Romanian composer. [22] (body found on this date)
• Milton Rogovin, 101, American documentary photographer. [23]
• Jacques Sarr, 76, Senegalese Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Thiès (since 1986). [24]
• Sargent Shriver, 95, American diplomat and activist, U.S. vice-presidential candidate (1972), complications from Alzheimer's disease. [25]
• Wital Taras, 54, Belarusian journalist, cancer. [26] (Polish)

17

• Pintu Bhattacharya, 71, Indian singer. [27]
• Sigurjón Brink, 36, Icelandic singer. [28]
• Sir Bernard Crossland, 87, British engineer, Pro-Vice-Chancellor of Queen's University Belfast (1978–1982). [29]
• Keith Davey, 84, Canadian politician and campaign organizer, Senator (1966–1996). [30]
• Gita Dey, 79, Indian actress, cardiac arrest. [31]
• Jean Dutourd, 91, French novelist. [32] (French)
• Don Kirshner, 76, American record producer and songwriter, host of Don Kirshner's Rock Concert, heart failure. [33]
• Robert W. Mackenzie, 82, Canadian labour organizer and politician, Ontario Minister of Labour (1990–1994). [34]
• John Ross, 72, American activist, author and journalist, liver cancer. [35]
• Shinichiro Sakurai, 81, Japanese automotive engineer. heart failure. [36] (Japanese)

16

• Augusto Algueró, 76, Spanish composer and conductor, cardiac arrest. [37]
• Miguel Ángel Álvarez, 88, Puerto Rican comedian and actor, respiratory failure. [38]
• Julian Asquith, 2nd Earl of Oxford and Asquith, 94, British aristocrat and diplomat, Administrator of Saint Lucia (1958–1962), Governor of the Seychelles (1962–1967). [39]
• Edward Chlapowski, 88, American Navy radioman, announced Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, cancer. [40]
• Thelmo Cunanan, 72, Filipino general, diplomat and business executive (National Oil Company, SSS), cancer. [41]
• Steve Prestwich, 56, British-born Australian drummer (Cold Chisel, Little River Band) and songwriter, brain tumour. [42]
• Reinaldo Pünder, 72, German-born Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Coroatá (since 1978). [43]
• Alcides Silveira, 72, Uruguayan footballer. [44] (Spanish)
• Stefka Yordanova, 64, Bulgarian sprinter and middle distance runner. [45]

15

• Patti Gilbert, 79, American voice and character actress (Batman), complications from diabetes. [46]
• Roy Hartsfield, 85, American baseball player, first manager of Toronto Blue Jays, complications of liver cancer. [47]
• Harvey James, 58, Australian musician (Sherbet), lung cancer. [48]
• Michael Langham, 91, English stage director and actor, complications from a chest infection. [49]
• Patrick Leclercq, 60, German journalist (ARD). [50] (German)
• Romulus Linney, 80, American playwright, father of actress Laura Linney, lung cancer. [51]
• Nat Lofthouse, 85, English footballer (Bolton Wanderers, England). [52]
• Ed Lowe, 64, American journalist (Newsday, The Long Island Press), liver cancer. [53]
• Royal Marshall, 43, American radio producer (The Neal Boortz Show), heart attack. [54]
• Roque Muñoz, 83, Dominican sports official, International Olympic Committee member, prostate cancer. [55]
• Mike Vibert, 60, Jersey politician, Minister for Education, Sport and Culture (2005–2008), heart attack. [56]
• Susannah York, 72, English actress (They Shoot Horses, Don't They?; Superman), bone marrow cancer. [57]
• Hilde Zach, 68, Austrian politician, Mayor of Innsbruck (2002–2010). [58] (German)

14

• Sun Axelsson, 75, Swedish novelist. [59] (Swedish)
• Georgia Carroll, 91, American fashion model and actress (Yankee Doodle Dandy). [60]
• Reggie Doucet, 25, American college football player, shot. [61]
• Dr. Creep, 69, American television host. [62]
• Stephanie Glaser, 90, Swiss actress. [63]
• Toshiyuki Hosokawa, 70, Japanese actor, acute subdural hematoma. [64]
• Trish Keenan, 42, British musician (Broadcast), pneumonia. [65]
• Liu Huaqing, 94, Chinese naval commander (1982–1988). [66]
• David MacSwan, 51, Australian theatre director. [67]
• Peter Post, 77, Dutch cyclist. [68] (Dutch)
• Betty Mae Tiger Jumper, 88, American health official and tribal leader, first woman to lead the Seminole tribe (1967–1971). [69]
• Imed Trabelsi, Tunisian businessman and politician, stabbed. [70] (French)
• Penny Tweedie, British photographer. [71]
• Ben Wada, 80, Japanese television director, esophageal cancer. [72]
• Mississippi Winn, 113, American supercentenarian. [73]

13

• José Aramburu Topete, 92, Spanish army general. [74]
• Alexandru Caragea, 58, Romanian politician and educator. [75] (Romanian)
• David Coren, 93, Israeli politician. [76] (Hebrew)
• Tommy Crain, 59, American guitarist (The Charlie Daniels Band). [77]
• Mick Cremin, 87, Australian rugby union footballer. [78]
• Dan Filie, 56, American television writer and producer (Xena: Warrior Princess, Hercules: The Legendary Journeys). [79]
• Tuviah Friedman, 88, Israeli Nazi hunter. [80]
• Michel Gratton, 58, Canadian journalist, press secretary for Prime Minister Brian Mulroney. [81]
• Luis Jiménez Mata, 45, Mexican politician, Mayor of Santiago Amoltepec, shot. [82] (Spanish)
• Alex Kirst, 47, Canadian-American drummer (Iggy Pop, The Nymphs), hit and run. [83]
• Charles Muscat, 48, Maltese footballer. [84]
• Prabhakar Panshikar, 79, Indian stage actor, after long illness. [85]
• Ellen Stewart, 91, American theater director. [86]
• Emanuele Testa, 87, Italian archaeologist and academic, member of Studium Biblicum Franciscanum. [87] (Italian)
• Marian Woyna-Orlewicz, 97, Polish cross country skier. [88] (Polish)

12

• Clemar Bucci, 90, Argentine racing driver. [89] (Spanish)
• Daniela Conolly, 39, Brazilian fashion stylist and designer, mudslide. [90] (Portuguese)
• Howard Engleman, 91, American college basketball player. [91]
• Albert Heijn, 83, Dutch entrepreneur, owner of the Albert Heijn supermarket chain. [92]
• Henny King, 75, Canadian journalist and philanthropist, former wife of Solomon King. [93]
• Paul Picerni, 88, American actor (The Untouchables), heart attack. [94]
• Kenneth Stevenson, 61, British Anglican prelate, Bishop of Portsmouth (1995–2009). [95]
• Dawn Sylvia-Stasiewicz, 52, American dog trainer (Bo) and author, respiratory distress. [96]
• Stewart Williams, 85, Welsh historian. [97]

11

• Zoltán Berczik, 73, Hungarian table tennis player and coach. [98] (Hungarian)
• Susana Chávez, 36, Mexican poet and human rights activist, strangled. [99] (death confirmed on this date)
• Zoe Dominic, 90, British photographer. [100]
• Kitty Godley, 84, British artist, former wife of Lucien Freud. [101]
• Kozo Haraguchi, 100, Japanese track and field athlete, respiratory failure. [102] (Japanese)
• Al Koslik, 76, Canadian stage and television actor, stroke. [103]
• Audrey Lawson-Johnston, 95, American-born British RMS Lusitania passenger and last survivor. [104]
• Matti Mattson, 94, American mercenary (Abraham Lincoln Brigade). [105]
• John Modinos, 84, Cypriot opera baritone, heart failure. [106]
• David Nelson, 74, American actor (The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet), colon cancer. [107]
• Knut Olsen, 57, Norwegian journalist and television presenter, cancer. [108] (Norwegian)
• Won-il Rhee, 50, South Korean digital art curator, heart attack. [109] (German)
• Terry Seabrooke, 78, British magician. [110]
• Ze'ev Segal, 64, Israeli jurisprudent. [111]
• Lietta Tornabuoni, 79, Italian film critic, complications from a fall. [112] (Italian)
• Marcel Trudel, 93, Canadian historian and author, cancer. [113]

10

• Naseerullah Babar, 82, Pakistani soldier and politician, Governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (1976–1977) and Interior Minister (1993–1996). [114]
• Bill Bower, 93, American aviator, last surviving pilot of Doolittle Raid, complications from a fall. [115]
• John Dye, 47, American actor (Touched by an Angel). [116]
• Dorothy Franey, 97, American Olympic speed skater. [117]
• Cookie Gilchrist, 75, American football player, cancer. [118]
• Joe Gores, 79, American novelist and screenwriter. [119]
• John Gross, 75, British literary critic. [120]
• Miklós Hofer, 79, Hungarian architect. [121] (Hungarian)
• Bora Kostić, 80, Serbian footballer (Red Star Belgrade). [122] (Serbian)
• Alberto León, 37, Spanish mountain bike rider, involved in Operación Galgo, suicide. [123] (body found on this date)
• Juanito Navarro, 86, Spanish actor, heart failure. [124] (Spanish)
• Gideon Njoku, 63, Nigerian footballer and coach, cardiac arrest. [125]
• Abraham Ortíz Rosales, Mexican politician, Mayor of Temoac, shot. [126]
• Boško Petrović, 75, Croatian vibraphonist and music producer. [127]
• Vivek Shauq, 47, Indian actor, comedian, writer and singer, heart attack. [128]
• A. W. B. Simpson, 79, British legal historian. [129]
• María Elena Walsh, 80, Argentine musician, poet and writer ("Manuelita la tortuga"), after long illness. [130]
• John J. Ward, 90, American Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles (1963–1996). [131]
• Margaret Whiting, 86, American pop singer ("A Tree in the Meadow", "Moonlight in Vermont"), natural causes. [132]

9

• Vítor Alves, 75, Portuguese soldier and politician, member of the MFA, responsible for the Carnation Revolution, cancer. [133] (Portuguese)
• Richard Butcher, 29, English footballer (Macclesfield Town), natural causes. [134]
• Ruth Cavin, 92, American mystery novel editor, lung cancer. [135]
• Nínawa Daher, 31, Argentine journalist and news presenter (C5N), car crash. [136] (Spanish)
• Debbie Friedman, 59, American songwriter, pneumonia. [137]
• Marian Kiełbaszczak, 95, Polish anime director. [138] (Polish)
• Gaston L'Heureux, 67, Canadian announcer, diabetes. [139] (French)
• Sir Ernest Lee-Steere, 98, Australian horse racing official, Lord Mayor of Perth (1972–1978). [140]
• Tom Lubbock, 53, British art critic, brain cancer. [141]
• Makinti Napanangka, 80s, Australian Papunya Tula artist. [142]
• Maria Paradowska, 78, Polish historian. [143] (Polish)
• Howard Wallace Pollock, 90, American politician, Representative from Alaska (1967–1971). [144]
• Dave Sisler, 79, American baseball player (Boston Red Sox, Cincinnati Reds), prostate cancer. [145]
• Jerzy Woźniak, 78, Polish footballer (Legia Warszawa). [146] (Polish)
• Peter Yates, 81, British film director and producer (Bullitt, Breaking Away, Krull). [147]
• Yue Lei, 50, Singaporean singer, nose cancer. [148]

8

• Josep Artigas, 87, Spanish international footballer. [149] (Catalan)
• Padma Atluri, 39, American television writer (90210, Men in Trees), uterine cancer. [150]
• Joey Carew, 73, Trinidadian cricketer (West Indies), arteriosclerosis. [151]
• Willi Dansgaard, 88, Danish paleoclimatologist. [152]
• Jiří Dienstbier, 73, Czech politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs (1989–1992). [153]
• Peter Donaldson, 58, Canadian actor (The Sweet Hereafter, Emily of New Moon, Road to Avonlea), lung cancer. [154]
• Oleg Grabar, 81, American Islamic art historian, heart failure. [155]
• Ángel Pedraza, 48, Spanish footballer and manager, cancer. [156] (Catalan)
• Manuel Pestana Filho, 82, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Anápolis (1978–2004). [157]
• John Roll, 63, American jurist, shot. [158]
• Del Reisman, 86, American television producer (The Twilight Zone, The Untouchables) and writer, President of WGAW (1991–1993), cardiac arrest. [159]
• Elfa Secioria, 51, Indonesian jazz pianist. [160]
• Thorbjørn Svenssen, 86, Norwegian footballer, record 104 appearances for the national team, stroke. [161] (Norwegian)
• Morton Sweig, 95, American businessman. [162]
• Christopher Trumbo, 70, American screenwriter, kidney cancer. [163]
• William F. Walsh, 98, American politician, Mayor of Syracuse, New York (1961–1969), Congressman (1973–1979). [164]

7

• Helga Bachmann, 79, Icelandic actress. [165] (Icelandic)
• Red Borom, 95, American baseball player. [166]
• Carlos Castro, 65, Portuguese journalist, bludgeoned. [167]
• Derek Gardner, 79, British vehicle and Formula One car designer. [168]
• George Harris, 77, American Olympic judoka, leukemia. [169]
• Bill Johnson, 84, American football player (San Francisco 49ers) and coach (Cincinnati Bengals). [170]
• Phil Kennemore, 57, American bassist (Y&T), lung cancer. [171]
• Krzysztof Kolberger, 60, Polish actor, cancer. [172] (Polish)
• Włodzimierz Ławniczak, 51, Polish journalist, Chairman of Telewizja Polska, after long illness. [173] (Polish)
• Val Puccio, 45, American professional wrestler. [174]
• Geoff Raymond, 89, Australian newsreader, after sudden illness. [175]
• Bobby Robinson, 93, American record producer. [176]
• Hélio Saboya, 80, Brazilian lawyer and jurist, lung cancer. [177] (Portuguese)
• Simona Senoner, 17, Italian ski jumper. [178]
• Saúl Vara Rivera, Mexican politician, Mayor of Zaragoza, Coahuila (since 2009), shot. [179] (Spanish) (body found on this date)
• José Vidal, 70, Dominican baseball player (Cleveland Indians, Seattle Pilots). [180] (Spanish)

6

• Anna Bratsou, 82, Greek actress, cancer. [181] (Greek)
• Sir Richard Carter, 75, New Zealand businessman. [182]
• Tom Cavanagh, 28, American ice hockey player (San Jose Sharks), blunt force trauma. [183]
• Gary Claxton, 50, American country singer, suicide. [184]
• Francisco de la Rosa, 44, Dominican baseball player (Orioles). [185]
• Ryne Duren, 81, American baseball player (Angels, Phillies, Yankees). [186]
• Gad Granach, 95, German memoirist, son of Alexander Granach. [187] (German)
• Aron Kincaid, 70, American actor (The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini) and voice actor (Batman, The Transformers), heart failure. [188]
• Gary Mason, 48, British boxer, cycling collision. [189]
• Uche Okafor, 43, Nigerian footballer, suicide. [190]
• Andrzej Przeździecki, 84, Polish Olympic fencer and trainer. [191] (Polish)
• Jaime Humberto Sánchez Vásquez, Colombian politician, Mayor of Santo Domingo, Antioquia (since 2008), shot. [192] (Spanish)
• Anthony Seminerio, 75, American politician and convicted felon, member of the New York State Assembly (1979–2009). [193]
• Pyotr Sumin, 64, Russian politician, Governor of Chelyabinsk Oblast (1996–2010). [194] (Russian)
• Donald J. Tyson, 80, American business executive, Chairman of Tyson Foods (1967–2001), cancer. [195]
• Vang Pao, 81, Lao army general and Hmong community leader, Commander of the Secret Army, pneumonia. [196]
• Joan Vass, 85, American fashion designer. [197]
• Reg Ward, 82, British developer, chief executive of London Docklands Development Corporation (1981–1987). [198]
• Richard Wiedamann, 78, German musician and composer. [199] (German)

5

• Nikos Dokas, 76, Greek journalist (Eleftherotypia). [200] (Greek)
• Jim Duncan, 86, American football player and coach. [201]
• Paul Egertson, 75, American Lutheran bishop, heart attack. [202]
• Renee Hanover, 85, American attorney and lesbian activist. [203]
• David Hart, 66, British political activist, author and playwright, motor neurone disease. [204]
• Oleksandr Korobchynskyi, 41, Ukrainian politician, Leader of Party of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs of Ukraine, shot. [205] (Polish)
• Lily Marinho, 89, Brazilian philanthropist, UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador, respiratory failure. [206] (Portuguese)
• Malangatana Ngwenya, 74, Mozambican poet and painter, after long illness. [207]
• John Ertle Oliver, 87, American scientist, provided seismic evidence supporting plate tectonics. [208]
• Helene Palmer, 82, British actress (Coronation Street). [209]
• Agustin Perdices, 76, Filipino politician, Governor of Negros Oriental (since 2010), stomach cancer. [210]
• Assar Rönnlund, 75, Swedish cross-country skier, world and Olympic champion. [211] (Swedish)
• Brian Rust, 88, British jazz discographer and music journalist. [212] (German)
• David G. Trager, 73, American jurist, pancreatic cancer. [213]
• Keijiro Yamashita, 71, Japanese rockabilly singer. [214] (Japanese)
• Bill Zeller, 27, American computer programmer, injuries from a suicide attempt. [215]

4

• Hélio Ary, 80, Brazilian actor, Alzheimer's disease. [216] (Portuguese)
• Grady Chapman, 81, American doo-wop singer (The Robins), heart failure. [217]
• Chrysanth, 73, Russian Orthodox prelate, Metropolitan of Vyatka-Slobodskoy. [218] (Russian)
• B. H. Friedman, 84, American author and art critic, pneumonia. [219]
• Hadayatullah Hübsch, 64, German journalist. [220] (German)
• Jeff Jacobs, 41, American trumpeter and keyboardist, cancer. [221]
• Mick Karn, 52, Cypriot-born British musician (Japan), cancer. [222]
• Dick King-Smith, 88, British author (The Sheep-Pig, The Water Horse). [223]
• Gustavo Kupinski, 36, Argentine guitarist (Los Piojos), car crash. [224]
• Coen Moulijn, 73, Dutch footballer. [225]
• Ali-Reza Pahlavi, 44, Iranian royal, son of Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, suicide by gunshot. [226]
• Gerry Rafferty, 63, Scottish singer-songwriter (Stealers Wheel), liver failure. [227]
• Jack Richardson, 90, British chemical engineer. [228]
• Eva Strittmatter, 80, German author and poet. [229] (German)
• Salmaan Taseer, 66, Pakistani politician, Governor of Punjab (since 2008), shot. [230]
• Bob Usdane, 74, American politician, member of the Arizona Senate (1977–1991), after a short illness. [231]
• Grete Helene Wiseth, 25, Norwegian handball player, car accident. [232] (Norwegian)
• Ahmed Yamani, 86, Palestinian political leader, founder of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, stroke. [233]

3

• Ronald Colapinto, 79, Canadian surgeon, liver cancer. [234]
• Jonas Falk, 66, Swedish character actor. [235] (Swedish)
• Geraldo Flach, 65, Brazilian musician and composer, cancer. [236] (Portuguese)
• Fadil Hadžić, 88, Croatian filmmaker, screenwriter, playwright and journalist. [237] (Croatian)
• Jill Haworth, 65, English actress (Exodus, In Harm's Way, Cabaret, The Outer Limits), natural causes. [238]
• Zbigniew Jaremski, 61, Polish athlete, 1976 Olympic silver medalist. [239] (Polish)
• Michael Kennelly, 96, Irish-born American Jesuit, President of Loyola University New Orleans (1970–1974), founder of Strake Jesuit College Prep. [240]
• Raj Kishore Kesari, 51, Indian politician, member of the Bihar Vidhan Sabha, stabbed. [241]
• Suchitra Mitra, 86, Indian singer, cardiac arrest. [242]
• Alfred Proksch, 102, Austrian athlete and graphic designer. [243] (German)
• Yosef Shiloach, 69, Israeli actor. [244]
• Anatoliy Skorokhod, 81, Ukrainian mathematician. [245]
• Paul Soldner, 89, American ceramicist. [246]
• Stanley Tolliver, 85, American attorney and civil rights advocate. [247]
• Nakamura Tomijyuro V, 81, Japanese Kabuki actor. [248] (Japanese)
• Alec Woodall, 92, British politician, MP for Hemsworth (1974–1987). [249]

2

• Anna Anni, 84, Italian costume designer (Otello). [250]
• Jan van Beek, 85, Dutch journalist. [251] (Dutch)
• Bali Ram Bhagat, 88, Indian politician, Speaker of the Lok Sabha (1976–1977) and Governor of Rajasthan (1993–1998). [252]
• Kate Ebli, 52, American politician, member of the Michigan House of Representatives (2006–2010). [253]
• Anne Francis, 80, American actress (Honey West, Forbidden Planet, The Twilight Zone), pancreatic cancer. [254]
• Peter Hobbs, 92, American character actor (Barney Miller, Lou Grant, The Odd Couple), after brief illness. [255]
• Hans Kalt, 86, Swiss rower, Olympic silver (1948) and bronze (1952) medalist. [256] (French)
• Hanna Kraan, 64, Dutch children's author. [257] (Dutch)
• Émile Masson Jr., 95, Belgian cyclist, winner of Paris–Roubaix and La Flèche Wallonne classic cycle races. [258]
• John Osborne, 74, Montserratian politician, Chief Minister (1978–1991; 2001–2006), after long illness. [259]
• Pete Postlethwaite, 64, British actor (In the Name of the Father, The Lost World: Jurassic Park, The Usual Suspects), cancer. [260]
• William R. Ratchford, 76, American politician, Representative from Connecticut (1979–1985), complications from Parkinson's disease. [261]
• Eliseu Resende, 81, Brazilian politician, intestinal cancer. [262] (Portuguese).
• Miriam Seegar, 103, American silent film actress and interior designer. [263]
• Patricia Smith, 80, American actress (The Spirit of St. Louis, The Bob Newhart Show, The Debbie Reynolds Show), heart failure. [264]
• Letícia Ferreira de Souza, 110, Brazilian supercentenarian. [265] (Portuguese).
• Margot Stevenson, 98, American stage and radio actress (The Shadow). [266]
• Szeto Wah, 79, Hong Kong political activist, lung cancer. [267]
• Robert Trumble, 91, Australian writer and musician. [268]
• Richard Winters, 92, American army officer and World War II veteran, basis of book and miniseries Band of Brothers, Parkinson's disease. [269]

1

• Nikolay Abramov, 26, Russian footballer. [270] (Russian)
• Sir Robin Carnegie, 84, British army general. [271]
• Marin Constantin, 85, Romanian musician, conductor and composer. [272] (Romanian)
• Charles Fambrough, 60, American jazz musician and composer. [273]
• Gil Garfield, 77, American songwriter and musician (The Cheers), cancer. [274]
• David Gurland, 43, American cabaret singer, brain hemorrhage. [275]
• Bruce Halliday, 84, Canadian physician and politician, MP for Oxford (1974–1993). [276]
• Gerd Michael Henneberg, 88, German actor. [277] (German)
• Flemming Jørgensen, 63, Danish actor and musician (Bamses Venner), heart attack. [278] (Danish)
• Verne Langdon, 69, American musician, record producer and make-up artist. [279]
• John Olguin, 89, American aquarium official, director of the Cabrillo Marine Aquarium. [280]
• Billy Joe Patton, 88, American golfer. [281]
• Albert Raisner, 88, French television presenter and harmonica player. [282] (French)
• Louise Reiss, 90, American physician, co-ordinator of the Baby Tooth Survey. [283]
• Pradeep Vijayakar, 59, Indian sports journalist (The Times of India), cancer. [284]
• Faizal Yusof, 32, Malaysian actor, heart attack. [285]

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For earlier deaths, see Deaths in 2010, Deaths in 2009, Deaths in 2008, Deaths in 2007, Deaths in 2006, Deaths in 2005, Deaths in 2004, Deaths in 2003, Deaths in 2002, Deaths in 2001, Deaths in 2000, Deaths in 1999, Deaths in 1998, 1997, 1996, 1995, 1994, 1993, 1992, 1991, 1990, 1989, 1988, ...