Deaths in November 2009

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The following is a list of notable deaths in November 2009.

November 2009

30

• Christopher Anvil, 84, American science fiction writer. [1]
• George Atkins, 92, Canadian radio and TV presenter (CBC), founder of Farm Radio International, kidney failure. [2]
• Asim Butt, 42, Pakistani-born British cricketer. [3]
• Emile Eid, 84, Lebanese Roman Catholic titular bishop of Sarepta dei Maroniti. [4]
• Brent Green, 33, Australian football player, drowned. [5]
• Paul Naschy, 75, Spanish actor, screenwriter and director. [6]
• Milorad Pavić, 80, Serbian writer, heart failure. [7]
• Lucian Pulvermacher, 91, American head of the True Catholic Church. [8]

29

• Prince Alexander of Belgium, 67, Belgian royal, pulmonary embolism. [9] (French)
• Andrew Donald Booth, 91, British computer scientist. [10]
• Mary Call Darby Collins, 98, American First Lady of Florida (1955–1961), after long illness. [11]
• Nora David, Baroness David, 96, British politician, member of the House of Lords. [12]
• Gilbert-Antoine Duchêne, 90, French Bishop of Saint-Claude (1975–1994). [13]
• Princess Farial of Egypt, 71, Egyptian royal, oldest child of King Farouk, stomach cancer. [14]
• Robert Holdstock, 61, British science fiction author, Escherichia coli infection. [15]
• Solange Magnano, 38, Argentinian beauty queen (Miss Argentina, 1994), pulmonary embolism. [16]
• Richard Mayne, 83, British international civil servant, broadcaster and critic. [17]
• Karl Peglau, 82, German traffic psychologist, creator of the Ampelmännchen traffic lights. [18]
• Lee Pelty, 74, American stage actor, lung cancer. [19]
• Jerneja Perc, 38, Slovenian athlete, cancer. [20] (Slovenian)
• Roy Hendry Thomson, 77, British politician. [21]

28

• Gilles Carle, 81, Canadian film director and screenwriter, complications from Parkinson's disease. [22]
• David Aaron Clark, 49, American pornographic actor and film director, pulmonary embolism. [23]
• Bjartmar Gjerde, 78, Norwegian politician, cabinet minister and broadcasting executive. [24] (Norwegian)
• Bob Keane, 87, American music producer and manager, founder of Del-Fi Records, renal failure. [25]
• Eric Waldram Kemp, 94, British Church of England theologian, Bishop of Chichester (1974–2001). [26]
• Tony Kendall, 73, Italian actor (Kommissar X series), after short illness. [27]
• Patrick Konchellah, 41, Kenyan runner, stomach cancer. [28]
• Henk Kossen, 85, Dutch Mennonite theologian. [29] (Dutch)
• Koichi Saito, 80, Japanese film director and photographer, pneumonia. [30]
• Joaquín Vargas Gómez, 84, Mexican media owner, founder of MVS Comunicaciones, natural causes. [31] (Spanish)

27

• Al Alberts, 87, American singer (The Four Aces), kidney failure. [32]
• Jacques Baratier, 91, French film director and screenwriter. [33] (French)
• Erich Böhme, 79, German journalist, editor of Der Spiegel (1973–1989), cancer. [34]
• Jacques Braunstein, 78, Romanian-born Venezuelan economist, publicist and jazz disc jockey, heart failure. [35] (Spanish)
• William Bresnan, 75, American businessman, founder of Bresnan Communications, cancer. [36]
• Bess Lomax Hawes, 88, American folklorist and musician, stroke. [37]
• Geneviève Joy, 90, French pianist. [38]
• Alice McGrath, 92, American activist (Sleepy Lagoon murder trial), infection from a chronic illness. [39]
• Mike Penner, 52, American sportswriter (Los Angeles Times), suicide. [40]
• Irving Tripp, 88, American comic book artist (Little Lulu), cancer. [41]
• Larry Turner, 70, American politician, member of the Tennessee House of Representatives (since 1985), after long illness. [42]
• Warren Vanders, 79, American actor, lung cancer. [43]

26

• Avery Clayton, 62, American executive director, heart attack. [44]
• Peter Forakis, 82, American artist. [45]
• Robert J. Fox, 81, American Catholic priest, cancer. [46]
• Nikola Kovachev, 75, Bulgarian football player and manager. [47] (Bulgarian)
• Lis Løwert, 89, Danish film actress. [48] (Danish)
• Geoffrey Moorhouse, 77, British journalist and author, stroke. [49]

25

• Beatrice Gray, 98, American actress. [50]
• Giorgio Carbone, 73, Italian self-proclaimed head of state of the Principality of Seborga micronation. [51]
• Frans Haarsma, 88, Dutch professor for pastoral theology. [52] (Dutch)

24

• José Arraño Acevedo, 88, Chilean writer and historian, pneumonia. [53] (Spanish)
• Amy Black, 36, British mezzo-soprano opera singer. [54]
• Chan Hung Lit, 66, Hong Kong actor, heart failure. [55]
• Francis French, 7th Baron de Freyne, 82, Irish aristocrat. [56]
• Abe Pollin, 85, American businessman, owner of Washington Wizards and Washington Capitals, corticobasal degeneration. [57]
• Hale Smith, 84, American composer and arranger, complications of a stroke. [58]
• Samak Sundaravej, 74, Thai politician, Prime Minister (2008), liver cancer. [59]

23

• Philip Kueber, 75, Canadian Olympic silver medal-winning (1956) rower. [60]
• Pim Koopman, 56, Dutch progressive rock drummer (Kayak). [61]
• Richard Meale, 77, Australian composer. [62]
• Tony Parry, 64, British footballer (Hartlepool United), pneumonia. [63]
• Pat Quinn, 74, Irish businessman, founder of the Quinnsworth supermarket chain, renal failure. [64]
• Yang Xianyi, 94, Chinese translator. [65]

22

• Billy Joe Daugherty, 57, American Christian minister, lymphoma. [66]
• Sir John Grugeon, 81, British politician. [67]
• Ali Kordan, 51, Iranian politician, Minister of the Interior (2008), multiple myeloma. [68]
• Juan Carlos Muñoz, 90, Argentinian footballer, heart attack. [69] (Spanish)
• Haydain Neale, 39, Canadian singer–songwriter (jacksoul), lung cancer. [70]
• Francisco Rodriguez, 25, American Golden Gloves boxer, brain injury sustained during match. [71]
• Emile Vanfasse, 69, French Polynesian politician, Finance Minister (2004–2006). [72]

21

• Gerhard Aspheim, 79, Norwegian jazz trombonist. [73] (Norwegian)
• Bernard Bonnin, 70, Filipino actor, diabetes. [74]
• Konstantin Feoktistov, 83, Russian cosmonaut and aerospace engineer. [75] (Russian)
• Tom Janik, 69, American football player (Denver Broncos, Buffalo Bills). [76]
• Rena Kanokogi, 74, American judoka, multiple myeloma. [77]
• Paige Palmer, 93, American fitness trainer. [78]
• Allen Shelton, 73, American banjo player, leukemia. [79]
• Art Savage, 58, American owner of the San Jose Sharks (1990-96) and Sacramento Rivercats (2000-09), lung cancer. [80]

20

• Martino Gomiero, 85, Italian Roman Catholic Bishop of Adria-Rovigo. [81]
• Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi, 78, Pakistani politician, Chief Minister of Sindh (1973–1977); Prime Minister (1990), after long illness. [82]
• Lino Lacedelli, 83, Italian mountaineer, first man to reach the summit of K2. [83]
• H. C. Robbins Landon, 83, American musicologist. [84]
• Celso Pitta, 63, Brazilian politician, Mayor of São Paulo (1997–2000), colorectal cancer. [85]
• Herbert Richers, 86, Brazilian filmmaker and voice artist, kidney failure. [86] (Portuguese)
• Max Robertson, 94, British radio broadcaster. [87]
• Alejandro R. Ruiz, 85, American World War II Medal of Honor recipient. [88]
• Lester Shubin, 84, American developer of the bulletproof Kevlar vest, heart attack. [89]
• Elisabeth Söderström, 82, Swedish soprano, complications from a stroke. [90]
• Roman Trakhtenberg, 41, Russian actor, television and radio presenter, heart attack. [91]
• Charis Wilson, 95, American model and writer. [92]

19

• Frank Beattie, 76, Scottish footballer (Kilmarnock F.C.), after long illness. [93]
• Johnny Delgado, 61, Filipino actor, lymphoma. [94]
• Daul Kim, 20, South Korean fashion model, suicide by hanging. [95]
• Pat Mackie, 95, New Zealand-born Australian trade unionist. [96]
• Sir Noel Power, 79, Australian acting Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Hong Kong (1996–1997), heart attack. [97]
• Jim Stanfield, 62, Canadian ice hockey player. [98]
• Nao Takasugi, 87, American politician, member of the California State Assembly (1993–1999), stroke. [99]
• Uga VII, 4, American English bulldog mascot (University of Georgia), heart attack. [100]

18

• Johnny Almond, 63, British jazz and rock musician (Mark-Almond), cancer. [101]
• Abrar Alvi, 82, Indian film director and screenwriter (Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam), stomach complications. [102].
• Albert Crewe, 82, British-born American physicist, invented scanning transmission electron microscope, Parkinson's disease. [103]
• Jeanne-Claude, 74, French environmental artist (The Gates), complications from a ruptured brain aneurysm. [104]
• Red Robbins, 65, American basketball player, cancer. [105]
• Salem Saad, 31, Emirati footballer (Al-Nasr SC), heart attack. [106]

17

• John Craxton, 87, British painter. [107]
• Niku Kheradmand, 77, Iranian actress, complications of a heart attack. [108]
• Nikolay Olyalin, 68, Russian actor. [109] (Russian)
• Sy Syms, 83, American entrepreneur, founder and chairman of off-price clothier SYMS, heart failure. [110]

16

• Eddie Bell, 78, American football player (Philadelphia Eagles, New York Titans), heart failure. [111]
• Jeff Clyne, 72, British jazz bassist, heart attack. [112]
• Antonio de Nigris, 31, Mexican football player, heart failure. [113]
• Robert J. Frankel, 68, American thoroughbred horse trainer, leukemia. [114]
• Jan Leighton, 87, American actor, complications from a stroke. [115]
• Anne-Sofie Østvedt, 89, Norwegian intelligence operative for XU. [116] (Norwegian)
• Jack Wong Sue, 84, Australian Z Special Unit member and businessman. [117]
• Harry Taylor, 83, Canadian ice hockey player. [118]
• Olivia Patricia Thomas, 114, American supercentenarian, third-oldest person in the world. [119]
• Bucky Williams, 102, American baseball player, second-oldest Negro League Baseball player. [120]
• Edward Woodward, 79, British film and television actor, natural causes. [121]

15

• Derek B, 44, British rapper, heart attack. [122]
• Tia Barrett, 62, New Zealand ambassador and diplomat, High Commissioner to the Cook Islands (2009), after short illness. [123]
• Richard Carlyle, 95, Canadian actor. [124]
• Ray Charnley, 74, English footballer (Blackpool, Morecambe), after long illness. [125]
• Dennis Cole, 69, American actor, liver failure. [126]
• Andriy Fedchuk, 29, Ukrainian Olympic bronze medal-winning boxer (2000), traffic collision. [127] (Russian)
• Pierre Harmel, 98, Belgian politician, Prime Minister (1965–1966). [128] (Dutch)
• Natalicio Lima, 91, Brazilian guitarist (Los Indios Tabajaras), stomach cancer. [129]
• Ambrose Mathalaimuthu, 84, Indian Bishop of Coimbatore. [130]
• Hans Matthöfer, 84, German politician, Minister of Finance (1978–1982). [131] (German)
• Anna Mendelssohn, 61, British poet and political activist (Angry Brigade), brain tumour. [132]
• Allan Murdmaa, 75, Estonian architect. [133] (Estonian)
• Ken Ober, 52, American comedian and game show host (Remote Control). [134]
• Patriarch Pavle, 95, Serbian 44th Patriarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church, cardiac arrest. [135]
• Jocelyn Quivrin, 30, French actor, car accident. [136] (French)
• Earl Wentz, 71, American composer and performer, after long illness. [137]

14

• Nikolay Anikin, 77, Russian-born American Olympic gold medal skiing champion (1956 Olympics), cancer. [138]
• Edgar Fay, 101, British judge. [139]
• Moshe Gidron, 84, Israeli Major General. [140]
• Thomas Hollyman, 89, American photographer. [141]
• Travis LaRue, 96, American politician, Mayor of Austin, Texas (1969–1971). [142]
• John David McWilliam, 68, British politician, Member of Parliament for Blaydon (1979–2005). [143]
• Lewis Millett, 88, American Medal of Honor recipient. [144]
• David A. Olsen, 71, American businessman, after short illness. [145]
• Ladislav Sitenský, 90, Czech photographer. [146]

13

• Roy Butler, 83, American politician, first directly elected Mayor of Austin, Texas, (1971–1975), complications from a fall. [147]
• Michał Gajownik, 27, Polish Olympic sprint canoer, traffic collision. [148] (Polish)
• Ueli Gegenschatz, 38, Swiss BASE jumper, jumping accident. [149] (German)
• Dell Hymes, 82, American anthropologist, linguist and folklorist, complications of Alzheimer's disease. [150]
• Bruce King, 85, American politician, three-term Governor of New Mexico, complications from heart procedure. [151]
• Ron Klimkowski, 65, American baseball player, heart failure. [152]
• Mara Manzan, 57, Brazilian actress, lung cancer. [153] (Portuguese)
• John J. O'Connor, 76, American television critic (The New York Times), lung cancer. [154]
• Armen Takhtajan, 99, Soviet botanist. [155] (Russian)

12

• Mohamed Abdi Aware, Somali judge, Chief Justice of Puntland, shot. [156]
• Vagrich Bakhchanyan, 71, Ukrainian-born American painter, apparent suicide. [157] (Russian)
• Dámaso Ruiz-Jarabo Colomer, 60, Spanish judge, Advocate-General of the European Court of Justice. [158]
• Robert Kendall, 82, American actor, heart attack. [159]
• Willy Kernen, 80, Swiss footballer, participated in World Cup (1950, 1954, 1962). [160]
• Bernard Kolélas, 76, Congolese politician, Mayor of Brazzaville, Prime Minister (1997). [161]
• James R. Lilley, 81, American diplomat, ambassador to South Korea and China, complications linked to prostate cancer. [162]
• Henri Sérandour, 72, French IOC member, former head of the French National Olympic Committee. [163]
• Paul Wendkos, 87, American television and film director (Gidget), complications of a stroke. [164]
• Emanuel Zisman, 74, Israeli politician, Member of Knesset (1988–1999). [165]

11

• Ehsan Fatahian, 28, Iranian Kurdish activist, executed by hanging. [166]
• Henry Jayasena, 78, Sri Lankan actor. [167]
• Irving Kriesberg, 90, American expressionist artist, complications from Parkinson's disease. [168]
• Tom Merriman, 85, American jingle composer, complications from a fall. [169]
• Marvin Minoff, 78, American film and television producer (The Nixon Interviews, Patch Adams). [170]
• John Jay O'Connor, 79, American lawyer, husband of Sandra Day O'Connor, Alzheimer's disease. [171]
• Helge Reiss, 81, Norwegian actor. [172] (Norwegian)

10

• Gheorghe Dinică, 75, Romanian actor, cardiac arrest. [173] (Romanian)
• Robert Enke, 32, German footballer, suicide by train impact. [174]
• William Ganz, 90, Slovakian-born American cardiologist, co-inventor of the pulmonary artery catheter, natural causes. [175]
• Tomaž Humar, 40, Slovenian mountaineer, mountaineering accident. [176]
• Simple Kapadia, 51, Indian actress and costume designer, cancer. [177]
• Dick Katz, 85, American jazz pianist and arranger, lung cancer. [178]
• David Lloyd, 75, American comedy writer ("Chuckles Bites the Dust"), prostate cancer. [179]
• Uolevi Manninen, 72, Finnish Olympic basketball player. [180] (Finnish)
• Hisaya Morishige, 96, Japanese actor, natural causes. [181]
• John Allen Muhammad, 48, American spree killer (Beltway Sniper), execution by lethal injection. [182]
• Anne Mustoe, 76, British headmistress, cyclist and writer. [183]
• Ramin Pourandarjani, 26, Iranian doctor, whistleblower on use of torture, poisoned. [184]
• José Afonso Ribeiro, 80, Brazilian Roman Catholic Bishop of Borba. [185] (Portuguese)

9

• Sedley Andrus, 94, British herald. [186]
• Al Cervi, 92, American basketball player and coach (Rochester Royals, Syracuse Nationals). [187]
• Earl Cooley, 98, American smokejumper. [188]
• Clen Denning, 98, Australian footballer, oldest surviving VFL player. [189]
• Henry L. Kimelman, 88, American Ambassador to Haiti (1980–1981), heart failure. [190]
• Earsell Mackbee, 68, American football player (Minnesota Vikings), complications following a stroke. [191]
• Mehdi Sahabi, 66, Iranian writer and translator, heart attack. [192]
• Charles Proctor Sifton, 74, American federal judge, sarcoidosis. [193]
• Stephen Edmund Verney, 90, British Anglican prelate, Bishop of Repton (1977–1985). [194]
• Nick Waterlow, 69, British-born Australian artistic director and curator, stabbed. [195]

8

• Ellen Ahrndt, 87, American baseball player (All-American Girls Professional Baseball League). [196]
• Jerry Fuchs, 34, American drummer (Maserati, !!!), fall. [197]
• Armin Gessert, 46, German video game developer, heart attack. [198]
• Vitaly Ginzburg, 93, Russian physicist, Nobel Prize laureate. [199]
• Burleigh Hines, 77, American journalist. [200]
• Karl Kroeber, 83, American literary scholar of Native American literature, cancer. [201]
• Malcolm Laycock, 71, British radio DJ. [202]
• Igor Starygin, 63, Russian actor, complications of a stroke. [203] (Russian)

7

• Vic Davies, 55, Australian radio presenter, lung cancer. [204]
• Bob Dillinger, 91, American baseball player. [205]
• Anselmo Duarte, 89, Brazilian actor, screenwriter and film director, complications of a stroke. [206] (Portuguese)
• Bernardo Garza Sada, 79, Mexican businessman, founder of ALFA. [207]
• Donald Harington, 73, American author, cancer. [208]
• Chris Harman, 66, British socialist journalist and activist. [209]
• Billy Ingham, 57, British footballer (Burnley), after long illness. [210]
• Joe Maross, 86, American actor, cardiac arrest. [211]
• Allan Mulder, 81, Australian politician, MP (1972–1975). [212]

6

• Manuel Arvizu, 90, Mexican Roman Catholic Bishop of Jesús María del Nayar. [213]
• Nick Counter, 69, American film executive and lawyer. [214]
• Dimitri De Fauw, 28, Belgian track cyclist, suicide. [215]
• Abraham Escudero Montoya, 69, Colombian Roman Catholic Bishop of Palmira. [216] (Spanish)
• Jacno, 52, French musician, cancer. [217] (French)
• Otomar Krejča, 87, Czech theatre director. [218] (Czech)
• Hans Lund, 59, American poker player, cancer. [219]
• Antonio Rosario Mennonna, 103, Italian Prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. [220] (German)
• Tommy Reis, 95, American baseball player. [221]
• Donald Rix, 78. Canadian pathologist and philanthropist. [222]
• Manuel Solís, 91, Panamanian President (1988–1989), pulmonary edema. [223] (Spanish)
• Ron Sproat, 77, American television writer (Dark Shadows), heart attack. [224]

5

• Evan Chandler, 65, American father of Michael Jackson molestation accuser, suicide by gunshot. [225]
• Peter Chen Bolu, 96, Chinese Roman Catholic Bishop of Daming. [226]
• Adam Firestorm, 32, New Zealand-born Canadian professional wrestler, suicide. [227]
• Félix Luna, 84, Argentinian historian, after long illness. [228]
• Barrie Rickards, 71, British palaeontologist and angler, cancer. [229]

4

• Win Aung, 65, Burmese politician and military officer, Minister of Foreign Affairs (1998–2004). [230]
• William H. Avery, 98, American politician, Representative for Kansas (1955–1965), Governor of Kansas (1965–1967). [231]
• Don Beaven, 85, New Zealand scientist and diabetes researcher, house fire. [232]
• Ivan Biakov, 65, Russian Olympic gold medal-winning biathlete (1972, 1976). [233] (Ukrainian)
• Hubertus Brandenburg, 85, German-born Roman Catholic Bishop of Stockholm (1977–1998). [234] (Swedish).
• Stefano Chiodi, 52, Italian footballer. [235] (Italian)
• Art D'Lugoff, 85, American jazz nightclub owner (The Village Gate), heart attack. [236]
• Kabun Mutō, 82, Japanese politician, Minister for Foreign Affairs (1993), pancreatic cancer. [237]
• Thomas P. O'Malley, 79, American academic, President of Loyola Marymount University (1991–1999), heart attack. [238]
• Antonio Pelle, 77, Italian 'Ndrangheta boss, heart attack. [239]
• David Tree, 94, British actor. [240]

3

• Charles August, 90, American businessman, founder of Monro Muffler and Brake. [241]
• Francisco Ayala, 103, Spanish novelist, natural causes. [242] (Spanish)
• Archie Baird, 90, Scottish footballer (Aberdeen). [243]
• Carl Ballantine, 92, American actor (McHale's Navy), natural causes. [244]
• Brother Blue, 88, American storyteller, performance artist, after short illness. [245]
• Dodo Chichinadze, 84, Georgian actress. [246]
• Shel Dorf, 76, American founder of the San Diego Comic-Con, diabetes-related complications. [247]
• Parry Gordon, 64, English rugby league player. [248]
• Tamás Lossonczy, 105, Hungarian abstract painter. [249] (Hungarian)
• Lorissa McComas, 38, American softcore model and actress, after long illness. [250]
• Toshiyuki Mimura, 61, Japanese baseball player and manager (Hiroshima Toyo Carp). [251]

2

• Princess Haya bint Abdulaziz, 80, Saudi royal, sister of King Abdullah. [252]
• Nien Cheng, 94, Chinese author and political prisoner. [253]
• Lou Filippo, 83, American boxing referee and judge, member of the World Boxing Hall of Fame, stroke. [254]
• Ida Frabboni, 113, Italian supercentenarian. [255] (Italian)
• Evelyn Hofer, 87, German-born photographer. [256]
• Brian James, 91, Australian actor, complications after a fall. [257]
• Shabattai Kalmanovich, 61, Russian former KGB spy, President of WBC Spartak Moscow Region, shot. [258]
• Keith Kettleborough, 74, British footballer (Sheffield United) [259]
• Phil Lumpkin, 57, American NBA player and high school basketball coach, pneumonia. [260]
• Ron Moeller, 71, American baseball player. [261]
• Beverley O'Sullivan, 28, Irish singer, car crash. [262]
• Amir Pnueli, 68, Israeli computer scientist and Turing Award winner. [263]
• Glenn Remick, 58, American founder of American Darters Association, member of National Darts Hall of Fame, amyloidosis. [264]
• Mark Smith, 49, British bassist (The Waterboys) and record producer. [265]
• Leonard Steinberg, Baron Steinberg, 73, British businessman and life peer. [266]
• José Luis López Vázquez, 87, Spanish actor, after long illness. [267] (Spanish)

1

• Sakher Habash, 69, Palestinian party official (Fatah), stroke. [268]
• Esther Hautzig, 79, American Holocaust survivor and writer. [269]
• Seán Mac Fhionnghaile, 57, Irish actor, cancer. [270]
• Endel Laas, 94, Estonian forest scientist. [271] (Estonian)
• Arturo Salazar Mejía, 88, Colombian Roman Catholic Bishop of Pasto. [272] (Spanish)
• Alda Merini, 78, Italian poet. [273] (Italian)
• Gopal Mishra, 77, Indian journalist, after short illness. [274]
• Gus Mitges, 90, Canadian politician, MP for Grey—Simcoe (1972–1988) and Bruce—Grey (1988–1993). [275]
• Alan Ogg, 42, American basketball player (Miami Heat), complications from staphylococcal infection. [276]
• Robert H. Rines, 87, American scientist, inventor, composer and Loch Ness Monster expert, heart failure. [277]
• Achim Stocker, 74, German football official, Chairman of SC Freiburg, heart attack. [278] (German)
• George Zoritch, 92, Russian-born American dancer. [279]