Deaths in June 2011

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

June 2011

30

• Reginald Augustine, 97, American CIA officer and Nazi hunter, pneumonia. [1]
• Barry Bremen, 64, American marketing executive and sports imposter, cancer. [2]
• Don Buddin, 77, American baseball player (Boston Red Sox, Houston Colt .45s, Detroit Tigers). [3]
• Preston Carpenter, 77, American football player (Cleveland Browns, Pittsburgh Steelers, Washington Redskins). [4]
• David Dunseith, 76, British broadcaster (BBC Radio Ulster). [5]
• Ron Foster, 61, American rock drummer and singer (Iron City Houserockers), liver cancer. [6]
• Tom Kruse, 96, Australian outback mailman and documentary subject (The Back of Beyond). [7]
• Sir David Loram, 86, British admiral. [8]
• Jimmy Roselli, 85, American singer, heart complications. [9]
• Jay Dee Springbett, 36, British-born Australian record industry executive and Australian Idol judge. [10]
• Georg Sterzinsky, 75, German Roman Catholic cardinal, Archbishop of Berlin (1989–2011), after long illness. [11]
• Sean Wight, 47, Scottish-born Australian football player, lung cancer. [12]

29

• Billy Beck, 86, American actor and clown. [13]
• Larry Bogdanow, 64, American restaurant architect, brain tumor. [14]
• Billy Costello, 55, American boxer, lung cancer. [15]
• Desmond Fennell, 77, British judge. [16]
• Stevan Gardinovački, 75, Serbian actor. [17] (Serbian)
• Stefano Gobbi, 81, Italian priest, founder of the Marian Movement of Priests. [18] (German)
• Perry Jordan, 62, American guitarist (Heartsfield). [19]
• Domenico Pecile, 88, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Latina-Terracina-Sezze-Priverno (1983–1998). [20]
• K. D. Sethna, 106, Indian scholar and writer. [21]
• Herb St. John, 85, American football player (Brooklyn Dodgers, Chicago Hornets). [22]

28

• Billy Baldwin, 62, American baseball player (Detroit Tigers, New York Mets). [23]
• Giorgio Bernardin, 83, Italian footballer. [24] (Italian)
• Carlos Diarte, 57, Paraguayan footballer, cancer. [25] (Spanish)
• Benton Flippen, 90, American fiddler, heart attack. [26]
• Howard Fox, 90, American baseball executive, President of the Minnesota Twins (1984–1987). [27]
• Richard Fox, 57, Irish-born British jockey and actor. [28]
• Aleksey Mazhukov, 75, Russian composer. [29] (Russian)
• Aleksandr Novikov, 64, Russian politician, former deputy mayor of Moscow, suicide. [30]
• Angélico Vieira, 28, Portuguese actor (Morangos com Açúcar) and singer (D'ZRT), car accident. [31]
• Michael Wenning, 75, South African-born American minister, leukemia and kidney failure. [32]

27

• Ken Bainbridge, 90, British football player. [33] (death reported on this date)
• Betty Callaway, 83, British ice skating trainer (Torvill and Dean). [34]
• Lorenzo Charles, 47, American basketball player (NC State, Atlanta Hawks), bus accident. [35]
• Mike Doyle, 64, English footballer (Manchester City), liver failure. [36]
• Orvin B. Fjare, 93, American politician, U.S. Representative from Montana (1955–1957). [37]
• Cassandra Hodges, 28, American voice actress (Hell Girl, Glass Fleet). [38]
• Michel Yehuda Lefkowitz, 97, Israeli rabbi. [39]
• Thierry Martens, 69, Belgian author of science fiction, detective novels and comics. [40] (French)
• Erling Olsen, 84, Danish politician, natural causes. [41] (Danish)
• Richard Harding Poff, 87, American judge and politician, U.S. Representative from Virginia (1953–1972). [42]
• Lura Lynn Ryan, 76, American First Lady of Illinois (1999-2003), cancer. [43]
• Elmer Sexauer, 85, American baseball player (Brooklyn Dodgers), cardiac arrest. [44]
• Elaine Stewart, 81, American actress and model, after long illness. [45]
• Charles W. Whalen, Jr., 90, American politician, U.S. Representative from Ohio (1967–1979). [46]
• Maciej Zembaty, 67, Polish writer and singer. [47] (Polish)

26

• Roberto Bruce, 78, Chilean comedian, cardiac arrest. [48] (Spanish)
• Joseph Cornacchia, 78, American board game manufacturer, co-owner of Kentucky Derby winners Strike the Gold and Go for Gin. [49]
• Edith Fellows, 88, American actress, natural causes. [50]
• Simon Heere Heeresma, 79, Dutch writer. [51] (Dutch)
• Norma Lyon, 81, American farmer and butter sculpture artist. [52]
• Robert Morris, 78, American cryptographer, complications of dementia. [53]
• Sidney Hollis Radner, 91, American collector of Harry Houdini memorabilia. [54]
• Alan Rodger, Baron Rodger of Earlsferry, 66, British Supreme Court judge. [55]
• Christopher Shale, 56, British political aide. [56]
• Jan van Beveren, 63, Dutch football player and coach. [57] (Dutch)
• Barry Wilkins, 64, Canadian hockey player (Vancouver Canucks, Boston Bruins), lung cancer. [58]

25

• George Ballas, 85, American entrepreneur, inventor of the Weed Eater. [59]
• Nick Charles, 64, American sportscaster (CNN Sports Tonight), bladder cancer. [60]
• Shelby Grant, 74, American actress (Our Man Flint, Fantastic Voyage, Medical Center), brain aneurysm. [61]
• Martin H. Greenberg, 70, American anthologist, cancer. [62]
• Jean Harris, 66, American politican and LGBT activist. [63]
• Jan Kułakowski, 80, Polish politician, Member of the European Parliament (2004–2009). [64]
• Eugene H. Kummel, 88, American advertising executive, stroke. [65]
• J.O. Patterson, Jr., 76, American politician and religious leader, first black mayor of Memphis (1982). [66]
• Alice Playten, 63, American actress (Henry, Sweet Henry), heart failure. [67]
• Goff Richards, 66, English brass band arranger and composer, illness. [68]
• Betty Roberts, 88, American politician and judge, Oregon Supreme Court (1982–1986), pulmonary fibrosis. [69]
• Paulo Renato Souza, 65, Brazilian politician, Minister of Education (1995–2002), heart attack. [70] (Portuguese)
• Margaret Tyzack, 79, British actress (2001: A Space Odyssey, Match Point), short illness. [71]

24

• Chris Cahill, 54, American skateboarder (Z-Boys). [72]
• William Druhan. 63, American Mayor of Purcellville, Virginia (2002–2006), pancreatic cancer. [73]
• Tomislav Ivić, 77, Croatian football coach (Ajax, Anderlecht). [74] (Dutch)
• Nisar Ahmed Khan, 110, Pakistani supercentenarian, thought to be oldest Pakistani. [75]
• Richie Myers, 81, American baseball player (Chicago Cubs), complications from a fall. [76]
• F. Gilman Spencer, 85, American Pulitzer Prize-winning newspaper editor. [77]
• A. H. Woodfull, 98, British product designer. [78]

23

• Vladislav Achalov, 65, Russian general and activist. [79]
• Mel Berns, Jr., 71, American make-up artist. [80]
• J. Warren Bettis, 86, American jurist. [81]
• Gene Colan, 84, American comic book artist (Daredevil, Howard the Duck), complications from cancer and liver disease. [82]
• Gaye Delorme, 64, Canadian musician, heart attack. [83]
• Peter Falk, 83, American actor (Columbo, Murder, Inc., Pocketful of Miracles, The Princess Bride). [84]
• Stéphane Franke, 47, German athlete. [85] (German)
• Len King, 86, Australian politician and jurist, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of South Australia (1978–1995). [86]
• Dennis Marshall, 25, Costa Rican footballer, car crash. [87]
• Patricia Merbreier, 86, American actress and television personality (Captain Noah and His Magical Ark). [88]
• Basil Mitchell, 94, British philosopher. [89]
• Christiane Desroches Noblecourt, 97, French Egyptologist. [90]
• Attilio Ruffini, 85, Italian politician, Minister of Defence (1977–1980) and Minister of Foreign Affairs (1980). [91] (Italian)
• Fred Steiner, 88, American television composer (Perry Mason, Star Trek, The Twilight Zone). [92]

22

• Sir John Agnew, 6th Baronet, 60, British landowner, prostate cancer. [93]
• Kader Asmal, 76, South African politician, heart attack. [94]
• Anatoli Bitkov, 38, Russian journalist and broadcaster, homicide. [95] (Russian)
• Fanny de Sivers, 90, Estonian linguist and translator. [96] (Estonian)
• Carmelo Juan Giaquinta, 81, Argentinian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Resistencia (1993–2005). [97]
• Harley Hotchkiss, 83, Canadian businessman, member of Hockey Hall of Fame, prostate cancer. [98]
• Robert Miller, 72, American art dealer, infection. [99]
• Cyril Ornadel, 87, British conductor and composer. [100]
• Coşkun Özarı, 80, Turkish football player and coach. [101]
• David Rayfiel, 87, American screenwriter (Out of Africa, Three Days of the Condor), heart failure. [102]
• Jared Southwick, 34, American rock guitarist (The Dream Is Dead), liver and kidney disease. [103]
• Mike Waterson, 70, British folk singer, cancer. [104]
• John Waite, 81, South African cricketer. [105]
• Zbyněk Zeman, 82, Czech historian. [106]

21

• E. M. Broner, 83, American author, multiple organ failure. [107]
• Arthur Budgett, 95, British racehorse trainer. [108]
• Mark Gerard, 76, American racehorse trainer. [109]
• Anthony Herrera, 57, American actor (As the World Turns), cancer. [110]
• Kothapalli Jayashankar, 76, Indian educator and politician, after long illness. [111]
• Bruce Kinloch, 91, British soldier and game warden. [112]
• Robert Kroetsch, 83, Canadian novelist and poet, car crash. [113]
• Suresh Tendulkar, 72, Indian economist, cardiac arrest. [114]
• Maria Gomes Valentim, 114, Brazilian supercentenarian, world's oldest person. [115]

20

• Thomas N. Armstrong III, 78, American museum curator. [116]
• Ryan Dunn, 34, American reality television star (Jackass, Viva La Bam), car accident. [117]
• Magomet Isayev, 83, Russian Esperantist, translator and linguist. [118] (Russian)
• Domnitsa Lanitou-Kavounidou, 97, Greek Olympic athlete. [119] (Greek)
• Sophia Levkovskaya, 45, Russian composer, cancer. [120] (Russian)
• Miguel Ángel López Velasco, 55, Mexican journalist, shot. [121]
• Ottilie Patterson, 79. Irish singer. [122]
• Vladimir Pettay, 38, Russian football referee, plane crash. [123]
• Clodosbaldo Russián, 72, Venezuelan public official, Comptroller General (since 1999), kidney failure. [124]
• Eric Swenson, 64, American co-founder of Thrasher, suicide by gunshot. [125]

19

• Don Diamond, 90, American actor (F Troop, The Adventures of Kit Carson, Zorro). [126]
• Tom Hungerford, 96, Australian author. [127]
• Rezső Kende, 102, Hungarian Olympic gymnast. [128]
• John Kerr, Sr., 67, Scottish-born Canadian soccer player. [129]
• Joel Simon, 59, American movie executive (WWE Studios), pancreatic cancer. [130]
• Angelos Tzekis, 60, Greek politician. [131]

18

• Echendu Adiele, 32, Nigerian footballer. [132]
• Ulrich Biesinger, 77, German football player. [133] (German)
• Yelena Bonner, 88, Russian human rights activist, after long illness. [134]
• Wilza Carla, 75, Brazilian actress. [135] (Portuguese)
• Frederick Chiluba, 68, Zambian politician, President (1991–2002), heart attack. [136]
• Clarence Clemons, 69, American saxophonist (E Street Band) and singer ("You're a Friend Of Mine"), complications following a stroke. [137]
• Karl Frei, 94, Swiss Olympic gold medal-winning (1948) gymnast. [138] (German)
• Brian Haw, 62, English protestor and peace campaigner, lung cancer. [139]
• Gustaf Kjellvander, 31, Swedish singer-songwriter. [140] (Swedish)
• Benedek Litkey, 69, Hungarian Olympic sailor. [141] (Hungarian)
• Bob Pease, 70, American integrated circuit engineer. [142]
• John Perumattam, 89, Indian Syro-Malabar Catholic hierarch, Bishop of Ujjain (1968–1998). [143]
• Shlomo Pinto, 57, Israeli paralympic athlete. [144] (Hebrew)
• Morris Pollard, 95, American microbiologist. [145]

17

• Kjell Bohlin, 82, Norwegian politician. [146] (Norwegian)
• David Brockhoff, 83, Australian rugby union player and coach. [147]
• Byron Burford, 90, American artist, natural causes. [148]
• Jacquie de Creed, 54, British stuntwoman, air crash. [149]
• Betty Fox, 71, Canadian cancer research activist, founder of the Terry Fox Foundation. [150]
• Ben Grussendorf, 69, American politician, Speaker of the Alaska House of Representatives (1985–1989; 1991–1993). [151]
• Ruth M. Kirk, 81, American politician, Maryland House of Delegates (1983–2011). [152]
• Fernando Larraín Munita, 76, Chilean humorist, prostate cancer. [153] (Spanish)
• Carlos Mosse, Argentine politician, lung cancer. [154] (Spanish)
• Rex Mossop, 83, Australian rugby player and television commentator. [155]
• Calvin Scott, 73, American musician. [156]
• Nathan Sharon, 86, Israeli biochemist. [157] (Hebrew)
• George M. White, 90, American architect, Architect of the Capitol (1971–1995), complications of Parkinson’s disease. [158]
• Robert White, 87, American TV writer (The Real McCoys, My Favorite Martian), heart attack. [159]

16

• Gerald Abramovitz, 82, South African architect and designer, assault-related injuries. [160]
• James Allason, 98, British politician and soldier, MP for Hemel Hempstead (1959–1974). [161]
• Claudia Bryar, 93, American actress (Psycho II). [162]
• Wild Man Fischer, 66, American street musician, heart failure. [163]
• Abrar Hussain, 46, Pakistani Olympic boxer, shot. [164]
• Yehuda Kiel, 94, Israeli educator and biblical scholar. [165]
• Östen Mäkitalo, 72, Swedish electrical engineer. [166]
• Eddy Nicholson, 73, American art collector, Lewy body disease. [167]
• Dorice Reid, 67, Cook Islander tourism official and businesswoman, High Commissioner designate to New Zealand. [168]
• Pavel Stolbov, 81, Russian Olympic gold medal-winning (1956) gymnast. [169] (Russian)
• Twins Seven Seven, 67, Nigerian artist, complications of a stroke. [170]

15

• Bob Banner, 89, American television producer and director (The Carol Burnett Show), Parkinson's disease. [171]
• Joko Beck, 94, American Zen Buddhist teacher, founder of the Ordinary Mind School, after long illness. [172]
• John Ehrman, 91, British historian. [173]
• Ted Gray, 86, American baseball player (Detroit Tigers). [174]
• Bill Haast, 100, American snake expert, director of the Miami Serpentarium. [175]
• Zack du Plessis, 61, South African actor (Orkney Snork Nie). [176]
• Linda Scheid, 68, American politician, Minnesota state senator (since 1997), ovarian cancer. [177]
• Sir Apenera Short, 95, Cook Islands politician, Queen's Representative (1990–2000). [178]
• Mae Wheeler, 77, American singer and event producer, after long illness. [179]

14

• Tom Addison, 75, American football player (New England Patriots). [180]
• Milivoj Ašner, 98, Croatian-born Austrian Nazi war criminal. [181]
• Ambrose Griffiths, 82, British Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle (1992–2004). [182]
• Asad Ali Khan, 74, Indian musician, recipient of the Padma Bhushan. [183]
• Augusto Ramírez Ocampo, 77, Colombian politician, Mayor of Bogotá (1982–1984), Foreign Minister (1984–1986), heart ailment. [184]
• Oscar Sambrano Urdaneta, 82, Venezuelan writer. [185] (Spanish)
• Peter Schamoni, 77, German film director. [186]
• Mack Self, 81, American rockabilly musician. [187]
• Badi Uzzaman, 72, Indian-born British actor, chest infection. [188]

13

• Germano Meneghel, 49, Brazilian vocalist (Olodum). [189] (Spanish)
• Jérôme Nday Kanyangu Lukundwe, 82, Congolese Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Kongolo (1971–2007). [190]
• Betty Neumar, 79, American murder suspect. [191]
• William J. Spahr, 89, American CIA analyst and author, pneumonia. [192]
• Burt Styler, 86, American screenwriter, heart failure. [193]

12

• René Audet, 91, Canadian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Joliette (1968–1990). [194]
• Geoffrey Fisken, 95, New Zealand World War II flying ace. [195]
• Carl Gardner, 83, American singer (The Coasters). [196]
• Alan Haberman, 81, American grocer, first to use the barcode system, heart and lung disease. [197]
• John Hospers, 93, American philosopher, first Libertarian Party presidential candidate (1972). [198]
• Kathryn Tucker Windham, 93, American author and journalist. [199]
• Sir John Wilton, 89, British diplomat. [200]
• Laura Ziskin, 61, American film producer (Pretty Woman, Spider-Man, What About Bob?), breast cancer. [201]

11

• Paul Alter, 89, American television director (Family Feud). [202]
• Giorgio Celli, 75, Italian entomologist and politician (The Greens–European Free Alliance). [203] (Italian)
• Robert Marie Jean Victor de Chevigny, 90, French-born Mauritanian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Nouakchott (1973–1995). [204]
• Jyotirmoy Dey, 56, Indian journalist, shot. [205]
• Gunnar Fischer, 100, Swedish cinematographer (The Seventh Seal). [206]
• Eliyahu M. Goldratt, 64, Israeli physicist and management guru. [207]
• Kurt Nielsen, 80, Danish tennis player, only Dane to have played in a men's Grand Slam singles final. [208] (Danish)
• Graham B. Purcell, Jr., 92, American politician, U.S. Representative from Texas (1962–1973). [209]
• Seth Putnam, 43, American musician (Anal Cunt). [210]
• Raúl Marcelo Pacífico Scozzina, 89, Argentinian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Formosa (1957–1978). [211]
• Jack Smith, 82, British artist. [212]
• William Carrington Thompson, 95, American politician, Virginia House of Delegates (1959–1968), Virginia Senate (1968–1973) and Supreme Court (1980–1983). [213]

10

• Art Balinger, 96, American actor. [214]
• Jeanne Bice, 71, American entrepreneur and television personality. [215]
• Pam Brown, 58, American politician, Nebraska state senator (1995–2006), ovarian cancer. [216]
• Yuri Budanov, 47, Russian military officer and war criminal, shot. [217]
• Cosimo Caliandro, 29, Italian middle distance runner, motorcycle collision. [218]
• Theo Dubois, 100, Canadian rower. [219]
• Abdi Shakur Sheikh Hassan, Somali politician, Interior Minister (since 2010), suicide bombing. [220]
• Kenny Hawkes, British DJ and music producer, after short illness. [221]
• James P. Hosty, 86, American FBI agent, prostate cancer. [222]
• Esmond Kentish, 94, Jamaican Test cricketer. [223]
• Sir Patrick Leigh Fermor, 96, British author and soldier. [224]
• Brian Lenihan, Jnr, 52, Irish politician, TD for Dublin West (since 1996) and Minister for Finance (2008–2011), pancreatic cancer. [225]
• Godfrey Myles, 42, American football player (Dallas Cowboys), heart attack. [226]
• Jim Rodnunsky, 54, Canadian-born American cinematographer and technician, inventor of the Cablecam system, brain cancer. [227]
• Hoda Saber, 52, Iranian dissident, heart attack following a hunger strike. [228]
• Al Schwimmer, 94, American-born Israeli businessman, founder of Israel Aerospace Industries. [229]
• György Szabados, 71, Hungarian physician, pianist, and composer. [230]
• Sven-Olof Walldoff, 82, Swedish conductor and composer. [231] (death announced on this date)

9

• Jamil Fakhri, 65, Pakistani actor, after long illness. [232]
• M. F. Husain, 95, Indian artist, heart attack. [233]
• Josip Katalinski, 63, Bosnian footballer, after long illness. [234] (Croatian)
• Tomoko Kawakami, 41, Japanese voice actress (Fushigi Yûgi, Revolutionary Girl Utena), ovarian cancer. [235]
• Mike Mitchell, 55, American basketball player (Cleveland Cavaliers, San Antonio Spurs), cancer. [236]
• Idwal Robling, 84, Welsh Olympic footballer and broadcaster. [237]
• Ignazio Vella, 82, American artisanal cheesemaker and businessman, long illness. [238]

8

• Anatole Abragam, 96, French physicist. [239] (French)
• Larry Border, 60, American politician, member of the West Virginia House of Delegates (since 1990), stroke. [240]
• Nasir Jalil, 56, Singaporean footballer. [241]
• Clara Luper, 88, American civil rights activist, after long illness. [242]
• John Mackenzie, 83, British film director (The Long Good Friday, Ruby). [243]
• Paul Massie, 78, Canadian BAFTA-winning actor and theater professor. [244]
• Fazul Abdullah Mohammed, 38?, Comorian al-Qaeda terrorist, planned 1998 United States embassy bombings, shot. [245]
• Jim Northrup, 71, American baseball player (Detroit Tigers, Montreal Expos, Baltimore Orioles), seizure. [246]
• Steve Popovich, 68, American record executive, founder of Cleveland International Records. [247]
• Alan Rubin, 68, American trumpeter (The Blues Brothers), lung cancer . [248]
• Roy Skelton, 79, British actor (Rainbow, Doctor Who), stroke. [249]
• Oliver William Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes, 85, British Anglican priest, Dean of Lincoln (1969–1989). [250]

7

• Paul Dickson, 74, American football player (St. Louis Rams, Dallas Cowboys, Minnesota Vikings), blood infection. [251]
• Angelino Fons, 75, Spanish film director. [252] (Spanish)
• Walid Gholmieh, 73, Lebanese musician, director of Conservatoire Libanais. [253]
• Genaro Hernández, 45, American boxer, cancer. [254]
• Liam Kelly, 88, Irish republican and politician. [255]
• José Pagán, 76, Puerto Rican baseball player (San Francisco Giants, Pittsburgh Pirates), Alzheimer's disease. [256]
• Mietek Pemper, 91, Polish-born German Holocaust survivor, compiled and typed Oskar Schindler's list. [257]
• Nataraja Ramakrishna, 88, Indian dance guru, after long illness. [258]
• Maksud Sadikov, 48, Russian Islamic scholar and theologian, shot. [259]
• Jorge Semprún, 87, Spanish writer and politician. [260] (Spanish)
• Leonard B. Stern, 87, American television director, producer, and writer (Get Smart), creator of The Honeymooners, co-creator of Mad Libs. [261]
• Edgar Tekere, 74, Zimbabwean politician, cancer. [262]
• Gavriel Tsifroni, 96, Israeli journalist. [263] (Hebrew)
• Haim Yisraeli, 84, Israeli civil servant. [264]

6

• John R. Alison, 98, American World War II combat flying ace, launched the Allied Reoccupation of Burma. [265]
• Bill Closs, 89, American basketball player (Philadelphia Warriors, Fort Wayne Pistons). [266]
• Declan Costello, 84, Irish politician, TD for Dublin North West (1951–1969); Dublin South West (1973–1977), Attorney General (1973–1977) and High Court judge. [267]
• Dulce Figueiredo, 83, Brazilian First Lady (1979–1985), widow of João Figueiredo. [268] (Portuguese)
• Benjamín González, 53, Spanish Olympic athlete, mountaineering accident. [269] (Spanish) (body found on this date)
• Stefan Kuryłowicz, 62, Polish architect, plane crash. [270]
• Masashi Ohuchi, 67, Japanese Olympic silver (1968) and bronze (1964) medal-winning weightlifter. [271]
• Shrek, 16, New Zealand sheep known for its unshorn fleece, euthanised. [272]

5

• Mark H. Beaubien, Jr., 68, American politician, member of the Illinois House of Representatives (since 1997). [273]
• Scott Bostwick, 49, American football player and coach (Western Washington, Northwest Missouri State), heart attack. [274]
• Leon Botha, 26, South African artist and musical performer, progeria-related heart failure. [275] (Afrikaans)
• Azam Khan, 61, Bangladeshi pop singer, cancer. [276]
• Gordon Lorenz, 61, British songwriter. [277]
• Célestin Oliver, 80, French Olympic footballer. [278] (French)

4

• Dimi Mint Abba, 52, Mauritanian singer, brain haemorrhage. [279]
• Lilian Jackson Braun, 97, American author (Cat Who series), natural causes. [280]
• Claudio Bravo, 74, Chilean painter, epilepsy. [281]
• Tommy Brent, 88, American theatrical producer. [282]
• Lindsey Durlacher, 36, American Greco-Roman wrestler. [283]
• Lawrence Eagleburger, 80, American diplomat and politician, Secretary of State (1992–1993). [284]
• Curth Flatow, 91, German dramatist and screenwriter, natural causes. [285] (German)
• Maurice Garrel, 88, French actor. [286] (French)
• Donald Hewlett, 90, English actor. [287]
• Rosenery Mello do Nascimento, 45, Brazilian model and Playboy Playmate, brain aneurysm. [6] (Portuguese)
• Andreas P. Nielsen, 58, Danish author and composer, cancer. [288] (Danish)
• Martin Rushent, 63, English record producer (Buzzcocks, Human League, The Stranglers). [289]
• Betty Taylor, 91, American performer (Disneyland's Golden Horseshoe Revue). [290]
• Felix Zandman, 83, American entrepreneur. [291]

3

• Lee J. Ames, 90, American artist and illustrator, heart failure. [292]
• James Arness, 88, American actor (Gunsmoke), natural causes. [293]
• Harry Bernstein, 101, British-born American author. [294]
• Wally Boag, 90, American performer (Disneyland's Golden Horseshoe Revue). [295]
• Marion Fuller Brown, 94, American politician and environmental activist. [296]
• Papa Joe Chevalier, 62, American sports talk radio host, stroke. [297]
• Bruce Crozier, 72, Canadian politician, Ontario MPP for Essex South (1993–1999) and Essex (since 1999), aortic aneurysm. [298]
• Andrew Gold, 59, American singer-songwriter ("Lonely Boy", "Thank You for Being a Friend"), heart attack. [299]
• Pat Jackson, 95, English film and television director. [300]
• John Henry Johnson, 81, American Hall of Fame football player (San Francisco 49ers, Pittsburgh Steelers). [301]
• Miriam Karlin, 85, British actress and activist, cancer. [302]
• Ilyas Kashmiri, 47, Pakistani leader of Harkatul Jihad al-Islami, drone strike. [303]
• Jack Kevorkian, 83, American right to die activist, pulmonary thrombosis. [304]
• Bhajan Lal, 80, Indian politician, Chief Minister of Haryana (1979–1985; 1991–1996), cardiac arrest. [305]
• Peter Murphy, 88, Irish television presenter (RTÉ). [306]
• Sammy Ofer, 89, Israeli businessman, after long illness. [307]
• Benny Spellman, 79, American R&B singer, respiratory failure. [308]
• Gus Tyler, 99, American socialist activist. [309]
• Jan van Roessel, 86, Dutch Olympic footballer (Willem II Tilburg). [310]

2

• Ray Bryant, 79, American jazz pianist, after long illness. [311]
• Willem Duys, 82, Dutch radio and television presenter and record producer, infection. [312] (Dutch)
• Josephine Hart, 69, Irish-born British novelist and poetry promoter, ovarian cancer. [313]
• Philip Holland, 94, British politician, MP for Acton (1959–1964); Carlton (1966–1983) and Gedling (1983–1987). [314]
• Walter R. Peterson, Jr., 88, American politician, Governor of New Hampshire (1969–1973), lung cancer. [315]
• Geronimo Pratt, 63, American political leader (Black Panther Party), heart attack. [316]
• Philip Rahtz, 90, British archaeologist. [317]
• Joel Rosenberg, 57, American science fiction author, heart attack. [318]
• Albertina Sisulu, 92, South African anti-apartheid activist. [319]
• Keith Smith, 93, Australian radio and television personality (The Pied Piper), children's writer. [320]
• Lavina Washines, 71, American tribal leader, first female leader of the Yakima Nation (2006–2008). [321]

1

• Jaehoon Ahn, 70, North Korean-born American journalist and researcher, founding director of Radio Free Asia Korean language service. [322]
• Munir Dar, 76, Pakistani Olympic gold medal-winning (1960) field hockey player. [323]
• Matt Fong, 57, American politician, California State Treasurer (1995–1999), skin cancer. [324]
• Frank Ponta, 75, Australian paralympian, after long illness. [325]
• Haleh Sahabi, 54, Iranian humanitarian, daughter of Ezzatollah Sahabi, cardiac arrest. [326]