Deaths in 2011

The following is a list of notable deaths in 2011.

Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence:

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

October 2011

8

• Al Davis, 82, American owner of the Oakland Raiders. [1]
• Zaheer Ahmad, 63, Pakistani-born American doctor, cerebral hemorrhage. [2]
• Nina Sorokina, 69, Russian ballerina, People's Artist of the USSR. [3] (Russian)
• Roger Williams, 87, American pianist, pancreatic cancer. [4]

7

• Ramiz Alia, 85, Albanian politician, First Secretary of the Party of Labour (1985–1991); President (1991–1992), lung complications. [5]
• Julien Bailleul, 23, French footballer. [6]
• George Baker, 80, English actor (I, Claudius, The Ruth Rendell Mysteries), pneumonia following a stroke. [7]
• Fernando Charrier, 80, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Alessandria della Paglia (1989–2007). [8]
• Charles Cuprill Oppenheimer, 95, Puerto Rican general. [9] (Spanish)
• Peter Jaks, 45, Swiss hockey player. [10] (Italian)
• Neoklis Lechoudis, 55, Greek basketball player and coach, traffic collision. [11] (Greek)
• Gianni Musy, 80, Italian dubber. [12] (Italian)
• Julio Mario Santo Domingo, 87, Colombian businessman (SABMiller), [13] (Spanish)
• Mishaal al-Tammo, 53, Syrian politician, shot. [14]

6

• Diane Cilento, 78, Australian actress (Tom Jones, The Wicker Man), cancer. [15]
• Birgit Rosengren, 98, Swedish actress. [16] (Swedish)
• Igor Shmakov, 26, Russian actor, leukemia. [17]
• Neil Street, 80, Australian speedway rider. [18]

5

• Níver Arboleda, 43, Colombian footballer, heart attack. [19] (Spanish)
• Derrick Bell, 80, American law professor (Harvard University), originated critical race theory, carcinoid cancer. [20]
• Graham Dilley, 52, English cricketer, cancer. [21]
• Enver Faja, 77, Albanian architect and diplomat, after long illness. [22]
• Bert Jansch, 67, Scottish folk guitarist, singer and songwriter (Pentangle), cancer. [23]
• Steve Jobs, 56, American computer entrepreneur and inventor, co-founder of Apple Inc., pancreatic cancer. [24]
• Achilleas Karagiozopoulos, 56, Greek politician, cancer. [25] (Greek)
• Charles Napier, 75, American actor (The Silence of the Lambs, The Blues Brothers). [26]
• Fred Shuttlesworth, 89, American civil rights leader. [27]
• Gökşin Sipahioğlu, 84, Turkish photographer. [28] (French).
• Sarkis Soghanalian, 82, Turkish-born Armenian arms dealer. [29]

4

• Doris Belack, 85, American actress (Law & Order, One Life to Live, Tootsie), natural causes. [30]
• Yelena Chernykh, 32, Russian actress, traffic collision. [31] (Russian)
• Kenneth H. Dahlberg, 94, American businessman and World War II fighter ace, natural causes. [32]
• Diana Gribble, 69, Australian publisher (McPhee Gribble), cancer. [33]
• Ralph Hodgin, 96, American baseball player (Boston Bees, Chicago White Sox). [34]
• Dustin Kellogg, 18, American baseball player, traffic collision. [35]
• Hanan Porat, 67, Israeli rabbi, educator and politician, cancer. [36]
• Shmuel Shilo, 81, Israeli actor and director, cancer. [37]
• Aleksandr Yegorov, 59, Russian actor, traffic collision. [38] (Russian)
• Valentina Yudina, 52, Russian actress, traffic collision. [39] (Russian)

3

• Kay Armen, 95, American singer, actress and composer. [40]
• Argyris Fatouros, 79, Greek law professor. [41] (Greek)
• Mikko Laine, 30, Finnish rock musician, truck accident. [42]
• Aden Meinel, 88, American astronomer and optical scientist. [43]
• David I. Mitchell, 79, American set designer (Annie), cancer. [44]
• Jim Neal, 81, American basketball player (Syracuse Nationals, Baltimore Bullets). [45]
• Arthur C. Nielsen, Jr., 92, American businessman (ACNielsen), Parkinson's disease. [46]
• Rollin Post, 81, American television reporter. [47]

2

• Vasily Aleksanyan, 39, Russian lawyer and businessman, Executive Vice President of Yukos, complications from AIDS. [48]
• Don Lapre, 47, American television pitchman, suicide. [49]
• Taha Muhammad Ali, 80, Palestinian poet. [50]
• Peter Przygodda, 69, German film editor, cancer. [51] (German)
• John Romonosky, 82, American baseball player (St. Louis Cardinals, Washington Senators). [52]
• François Abu Salem, 60, French-born Palestinian actor and director. [53]
• Pavlos Tassios, 69, Greek film director. [54] (Greek)
• Moshe Wertman, 87, Israeli politician. [55]

1

• Hans Christian Alsvik, 75, Norwegian television presenter. [56] (Norwegian)
• David Bedford, 74, British composer and musician. [57]
• Len Castle, 86, New Zealand potter. [58]
• Ruby Langford Ginibi, 77, Australian author and Aboriginal historian. [59]
• Paulos Mantovanis, 65, Cypriot Orthodox hierarch, Metropolitan of Kyrenia (since 1994). [60] (Greek)
• Sholom Rivkin, 85, American rabbi, last chief rabbi of St. Louis and the United States. [61]
• Johnny Schmitz, 90, American baseball player (Chicago Cubs, Brooklyn Dodgers, Washington Senators). [62]
• Sven Tumba, 80, Swedish ice hockey player (world champion 1953, 1957 and 1962), footballer and golfer, prostate cancer. [63]

September 2011

See Deaths in September 2011.

August 2011

See Deaths in August 2011.

July 2011

See Deaths in July 2011.

June 2011

See Deaths in June 2011.

May 2011

See Deaths in May 2011.

April 2011

See Deaths in April 2011.

March 2011

See Deaths in March 2011.

February 2011

See Deaths in February 2011.

January 2011

See Deaths in January 2011.

External links

• General obituaries
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  • Variety magazine
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• Canadian obituaries
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• German obituaries
  • Der Tagesspiegel (German)
• South African obituaries
  • Mail & Guardian
• United Kingdom obituaries
  • The Guardian
  • The Independent
  • The Scotsman
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• United States obituaries
  • The Boston Globe
  • Los Angeles Times
  • The Miami Herald
  • The New York Times
  • The Washington Post

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, ...