Deaths in September 2011
Appearance
The following people died in September 2011.
September 2011
- Mark Blackburn, British numismatist, cancer.[1]
- Jan Lammers, 84, Dutch Olympic athlete (1948). [1] (Dutch)
- Liu Huang A-tao, 90, Taiwanese activist, first comfort woman to sue Japan for compensation. [2]
- Abdulrahman al-Nuaimi, 67, Bahraini opposition leader, founder of the PFLB and the NDA. [3]
- Alexandru Pesamosca, 81, Romanian surgeon and pediatrician, cardiac arrest. [4]
- Kamal Salibi, 82, Lebanese historian. [5]
- Edgar Benson, 88, Canadian politician and diplomat. [6]
- Roberto Bruce, 32, Chilean television journalist, plane crash. [7]
- Felipe Camiroaga, 44, Chilean television presenter, plane crash. [8]
- Tony Corsari, 84, Belgian television host, cancer. [9] (Dutch)
- Allan Hubbard, 83, New Zealand businessman, car accident. [10]
- Shrinivas Khale, 85, Indian composer. [11]
- Lennart Magnusson, 87, Swedish Olympic silver medal-winning (1952) fencer. [12]
- José María Montes, 91, Argentine Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Chascomús (1983–1996). [13]
- Noramfaizul Mohd Nor, 39, Malaysian television camera operator (Bernama), shot. [14]
- Trulshik Rinpoche, 88, Tibetan lama. [15]
- Jehangir Sabavala, 89, Indian artist. [16]
- Bernard William Smith, 94, Australian art historian and critic. [17]
- Alberto Zalamea, 82, Colombian journalist and politician, Ambassador to Côte d'Ivoire, Venezuela and Italy. [18]
- Julio Casas Regueiro, 75, Cuban politician, Vice President and Defense Minister (since 2008), heart attack. [19]
- Andrzej Maria Deskur, 87, Polish Roman Catholic cardinal, President of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications (1973–1984). [20]
- Don Fambrough, 88, American football player and head coach (University of Kansas), injuries from a fall. [21]
- Finn Helgesen, 92, Norwegian Olympic gold medal-winning (1948) speed skater. [22] (Norwegian)
- John Hoover, 91, American artist. [23]
- Sándor Képíró, 97, Hungarian World War II veteran acquitted of Nazi war crimes. [24]
- Sumant Misra, 88, Indian tennis player. [25]
- Lalla Aicha, 81, Moroccan princess, first female Arab ambassador, Ambassador to United Kingdom (1965–1969); Greece (1969–1970); Italy (1970–1973). [26]
- Victor Bussie, 92, American labor activist, president of Louisiana AFL–CIO, stomach cancer. [27]
- Hugh Fox, 79, American poet and novelist. [28]
- Hilde Heltberg, 51, Norwegian musician, cancer. [29]
- Dave Hoover, 56, American comics artist (Captain America, Starman). [30]
- Bill Kunkel, 61, American video game designer and magazine editor, heart attack. [31]
- Fermo Mino Martinazzoli, 79, Italian politician, after long illness. [32] (Italian)
- Jag Mundhra, 62, Indian film director (Bawandar). [33]
- Lee Roy Selmon, 56, American Hall of Fame football player (Tampa Bay Buccaneers), stroke. [34]
- Dana Wilson, 28, New Zealand rugby league player, car accident. [35]
- Robert Ballaman, 85, Swiss footballer, participated in 1954 World Cup. [36]
- Reidar Børjeson, 80, Norwegian Olympic figure skater (1952). [37] (Norwegian)
- Andrew Zolile T. Brook, 81, South African Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Umtata (1979–1995). [38]
- Angioletta Coradini, 65, Italian astrophysicist, cancer. [39] (Italian)
- Charles S. Dubin, 92, American film and television director (Hawaii Five-O, Kojak, M*A*S*H), natural causes. [40]
- Salvatore Licitra, 43, Italian tenor, injuries from a motor scooter accident. [41]
- Vann Nath, 66, Cambodian painter. [42]
- Bobby Rhine, 35, American soccer player (FC Dallas), heart attack. [43]
- Peter Thuruthikonam, 82, Indian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Vijayapuram (1988–2006), heart attack. [44][permanent dead link]
- Shigeri Akabane, 70, Japanese professional wrestler, heart attack. [45]
- Hans Apel, 79, German politician, Finance Minister (1974–1978) and Defence Minister (1978–1982). [46] (German)
- Jordan Belson, 85, American filmmaker, heart failure. [47]
- Bruce Dan, 64, American researcher (toxic shock syndrome), complications of a bone marrow transplant. [48]
- Dan David, 82, Romanian-born Israeli businessman and philanthropist, brain hemorrhage. [49]
- Archduke Felix of Austria, 95, Austrian royal, last surviving child of Charles I of Austria. [50][permanent dead link]
- Michael S. Hart, 64, American author, inventor of the e-book and founder of Project Gutenberg, heart attack. [51]
- George Kuchar, 69, American film director, prostate cancer. [52]
- Ted Longshaw, 85, British businessman and sports administrator. [53]
- Janusz Morgenstern, 88, Polish filmmaker. [54]
- Wardell Quezergue, 81, American music arranger, producer and bandleader, heart failure. [55]
- Raphaël Marie Ze, 78, Cameroonian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Sangmélima (1992–2008). [56]
- Max Boisot, 67, British academic, cancer. [57]
- Gabriel Bullet, 90, Swiss Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Lausanne, Geneva and Fribourg (1970–1993). [58]
- Derek Grierson, 79, Scottish footballer. [59]
- Jang Hyo-Jo, 55, South Korean baseball player (Samsung Lions, Lotte Giants), liver cancer. [60]
- Harold Mair, 92, Australian politician. [61]
- Eddie Marshall, 73, American jazz drummer. [62]
- Gabriel Valdés, 92, Chilean politician and diplomat, President of the Senate of Chile (1990–1996), Foreign Minister (1964–1970). [63]
- Hiroe Yuki, 62, Japanese badminton player. [64]
- Notable ice hockey players and coaches among the 44 killed in the 2011 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash: [65]
- Vitali Anikeyenko, 24, Ukrainian defenseman (Metallurg Novokuznetsk)
- Mikhail Balandin, 31, Russian defenseman (UHC Dynamo, HC CSKA Moscow, Mytishchi Atlant)
- Gennady Churilov, 24, Russian centre (Lokomotiv Yaroslavl)
- Pavol Demitra, 36, Slovakian centre (St. Louis Blues, Vancouver Canucks, Minnesota Wild)
- Robert Dietrich, 25, German defenseman (DEG Metro Stars, Milwaukee Admirals, EC Peiting)
- Marat Kalimulin, 23, Russian defenseman (HC Lada Togliatti, Lokomotiv Yaroslavl)
- Alexander Kalyanin, 23, Russian right wing (Lokomotiv Yaroslavl)
- Alexander Karpovtsev, 41, Russian coach and former player (New York Rangers, Chicago Blackhawks, HC Dynamo Moscow), world champion (as player, 1993)
- Andrei Kiryukhin, 24, Russian right wing (Lokomotiv Yaroslavl)
- Nikita Klyukin, 21, Russian centre (Lokomotiv Yaroslavl), world U18 champion (2007)
- Igor Korolev, 41, Russian coach and former player (Winnipeg Jets, Toronto Maple Leafs, Atlant Moscow Oblast)
- Stefan Liv, 30, Swedish goalie (HV71, Toledo Storm, HC Sibir), Olympic gold medalist (2006), world champion (2006)
- Jan Marek, 31, Czech centre (HC Oceláři Třinec, HC Sparta Praha, Metallurg Magnitogorsk)
- Brad McCrimmon, 52, Canadian coach and former player (Philadelphia Flyers, Detroit Red Wings, Hartford Whalers)
- Sergei Ostapchuk, 21, Belarusian right wing (Rouyn-Noranda Huskies, Lokomotiv Yaroslavl)
- Karel Rachůnek, 32, Czech defenseman (Ottawa Senators, Orli Znojmo, New Jersey Devils), world champion (2010)
- Ruslan Salei, 36, Belarusian defenseman (Colorado Avalanche, Florida Panthers, Anaheim Ducks)
- Maxim Shuvalov, 18, Russian defenseman (Lokomotiv Yaroslavl)
- Kārlis Skrastiņš, 37, Latvian defenseman (Nashville Predators, Dallas Stars, HK Riga 2000)
- Pavel Snurnitsyn, 19, Russian left wing (Lokomotiv Yaroslavl)
- Daniil Sobchenko, 20, Russian centre (Lokomotiv Yaroslavl), world junior champion (2011)
- Ivan Tkachenko, 31, Russian left/right wing (HC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk, Lokomotiv Yaroslavl)
- Pavel Trakhanov, 33, Russian defenseman (HC MVD, Severstal Cherepovets, HC CSKA Moscow)
- Yuri Urychev, 20, Russian defenseman (Lokomotiv Yaroslavl), world junior champion (2011)
- Josef Vašíček, 30, Czech centre (Carolina Hurricanes, New York Islanders, HC Slavia Prague), world junior champion (2000), world champion (2005)
- Alexander Vasyunov, 23, Russian left wing (Lowell Devils, Lokomotiv Yaroslavl)
- Alexander Vyukhin, 38, Ukrainian goalie (Sokil Kyiv, HC Sibir, Avangard Omsk)
- Artem Yarchuk, 21, Russian left wing (Lokomotiv Yaroslavl)
- David Bitner, 62, American political leader, Chairman of the Republican Party of Florida (2011), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. [66]
- Mary Fickett, 83, American actress (All My Children), complications of Alzheimer's disease. [67]
- Jesse Jefferson, 62, American baseball player (Baltimore Orioles, Toronto Blue Jays), prostate cancer. [68]
- Usman Jibrin, Niegrian air force officer and politician, Governor of North Central State (1975–1977).[2]
- Keo Nakama, 91, American swimmer. [69]
- Sir Hilary Synnott, 66, British diplomat. [70]
- Võ Chí Công, 99, Vietnamese politician, President (1987–1992). [71]
- Emilianos Zacharopoulos, 96, Turkish-born Greek Orthodox hierarch, Metropolitan (since 1959). [72] (French)
- Valentino Braitenberg, 85, Italian neuroscientist. [73] (Italian)
- Werner Geeser, 63, Swiss Olympic cross-country skier, cancer. [74] (German)
- Laurie Hughes, 87, English football player (Liverpool). [75]
- Daniel Hulet, 66, Belgian cartoonist. [76] (in French)
- William Lesick, 88, Canadian politician, MP for Edmonton East (1984–1988). [77]
- Herbert Lomas, 87, British poet. [78]
- Ignace Matondo Kwa Nzambi, 79, Congolese Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Basankusu (1974–1998) and Molegbe (1998–2007). [79]
- Khairy Shalaby, 73, Egyptian writer. [80]
- Peter Sneath, 87, British microbiologist. [81]
- Dušan Trbojević, 86, Serbian composer. [82]
- David E. L. Choong, 82, Malaysian badminton player. [83]
- Graham Collier, 74, British jazz bassist. [84]
- Joe B. Finley, 87, American rancher, co-founder of United Independent School District. [85]
- Bernice Lake, 78, Anguillan-born Antiguan jurist, first Eastern Caribbean woman to be appointed Queen's Counsel. [86]
- Cecil Marshall, 71, Canadian cricketer. [87]
- Sabino Augusto Montanaro, 89, Paraguayan politician, Minister of the Interior (1968–1989). [88]
- Eric Prabhakar, 86, Indian Olympic athlete (1948). [89]
- Cliff Robertson, 88, American actor (Charly, Spider-Man, PT 109), natural causes. [90]
- Sam Pata Emani Tagelagi, 75, Niuean politician, first Speaker of the Niue Assembly (1976–1993), long illness. [91]
- Douglas Allen, Baron Croham, 93, British civil servant, Head of the Home Civil Service (1974–1977). [92]
- Christian Bakkerud, 26, Danish racing driver, injuries sustained in a car accident. [93]
- Lilly Bølviken, 97, Norwegian judge. [94] (Norwegian)
- Cliff Brittle, 69, English sports administrator, Chairman of the Rugby Football Union (1996–1998). [95]
- Shirley Chambers, 97, American actress. [96]
- Arthur Evans, 68, American gay rights activist and author, aortic aneurysm. [97]
- Ralph Gubbins, 79, English football player (Bolton Wanderers, Hull City, Tranmere Rovers). [98]
- İsmet Kotak, 72, Turkish Cypriot journalist and politician, Member of Parliament, Labour Minister (1969–1976), Industry Minister (1982–1983), aortic dissection.[99] (Turkish)
- Isabell Masters, 98, American politician, third-party candidate for President of the United States (1984, 1992, 1996, 2000 and 2004). [100]
- Yuli Ofer, 87, Romanian-born Israeli businessman and entrepreneur. [101]
- Walter Righter, 87, American clergyman, bishop in the Episcopal Church, after long illness. [102]
- Andy Whitfield, 39, Welsh-born Australian actor (Spartacus: Blood and Sand), non-Hodgkin lymphoma. [103]
- Bill Cash, 92, American Negro league baseball player. [104]
- Frits Castricum, 64, Dutch politician, Member of the House of Representatives (1977–1994) and the Senate (1999–2003). [105] (Dutch)
- Alexander Galimov, 26, Russian ice hockey player, injuries sustained in the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash. [106]
- Mohammed Ghani Hikmat, 82, Iraqi sculptor, kidney failure. [107]
- Peter van Huizen, 79, Malaysian Olympic field hockey player. [108]
- Ralph Lomma, 87, American mini golf entrepreneur. [109]
- Allen Morgan, 86, American Olympic gold medal-winning (1948) coxswain, cancer. [110]
- Wade Mainer, 104, American bluegrass musician, heart failure. [111]
- Petro Tronko, 96, Ukrainian academician. [112] (Russian)
- Walter Bonatti, 81, Italian mountain climber. [113]
- John Calley, 81, American movie studio executive. [114]
- Wilma Lee Cooper, 90, American country music singer, natural causes. [115]
- Sam DeLuca, 75, American football player and broadcaster (New York Jets), pancreatic cancer. [116]
- Arno Fischer, 84, German photographer. [117] (German)
- Paul Gallant, 67, Canadian entrepreneur, inventor of Puzz-3D, cancer. [118]
- Jack Garner, 84, American actor (The Rockford Files, My Fellow Americans), brother of James Garner. [119]
- Richard Hamilton, 89, British artist. [120]
- David Jull, 66, Australian politician, Member of the House of Representatives (1975–1983, 1984–2007). [121]
- Joe Krupa, 78, American football player (Pittsburgh Steelers), heart ailment. [122]
- DJ Mehdi, 34, French musician. [123]
- Harlan Erwin Mitchell, 87, American politician, U.S. Representative from Georgia (1958–1961). [124]
- Carl Oglesby, 76, American anti-war activist, lung cancer. [125]
- Gautam Rajadhyaksha, 60, Indian photographer. [126]
- Steven Michael Woods, Jr., 31, American murderer, executed by lethal injection. [127]
- Harishchandra Birajdar, 61, Indian Olympic wrestler (1972). [128]
- Lewis Brown, 56, American basketball player (Washington Bullets), heart attack. [129]
- Choi Dong-Won, 53, South Korean baseball player (Lotte Giants, Samsung Lions), colon cancer. [130]
- Desmond FitzGerald, 29th Knight of Glin, 74, Irish hereditary knight. [131]
- Jorge Lavat, 78, Mexican actor. [132] (Spanish)
- Teodor Moraru, 73, Romanian painter. [133] (Romanian)
- Rudolf Mössbauer, 82, German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (1961). [134] (German)
- Frank Parkin, 80, British sociologist and novelist. [135]
- Buddy Tinsley, 87, American-born Canadian football player (Winnipeg Blue Bombers). [136]
- Malcolm Wallop, 78, American politician, United States Senator from Wyoming (1977–1995). [137]
- Frances Bay, 92, Canadian character actress (Happy Gilmore, Blue Velvet, The Middle). [138]
- Parey Branton, 92, American politician, Louisiana State Representative (1960–1972), Mayor of Shongaloo (1972–1990). [139]
- Lynn A. Davis, 78, American lawyer, United States Marshal for the Eastern District of Arkansas (1969–1974). [140]
- José Manuel Rodriguez Delgado, 96, Spanish scientist and professor. [141] (Spanish)
- Clemente Faccani, 90, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Apostolic Nuncio to Kenya (1983–1995) and Seychelles (1985–1994). [142]
- Georges Fillioud, 82, French politician. [143] (French)
- Dorothy Harrell, 87, American baseball player (All-American Girls Professional Baseball League). [144]
- John Hubert Kelly, 72, American diplomat. [145]
- Khalid Abdel Nasser, 62, Egyptian professor, eldest son of Gamal Abdel Nasser. [146]
- Mo Rothman, 92, Canadian-born American movie executive, persuaded Charlie Chaplin to return to the United States, Parkinson's disease. [147]
- Nykodym Rusnak, 90, Ukrainian Orthodox hierarch, Metropolitan of Kharkiv and Bohodukhiv (since 1989). [148][permanent dead link]
- Regina Smendzianka, 86, Polish pianist. [149] (Polish)
- Bill Taylor, 81, American baseball player (New York Giants, Detroit Tigers). [150]
- Otakar Vávra, 100, Czech film director, screenwriter and pedagogue. [151] (Czech)
- Roger Belanger, 45, Canadian ice hockey player (Pittsburgh Penguins), heart attack. [152]
- Sir Brian Burnett, 98, British Air Chief Marshal, Chairman of the All England Club. [153]
- John P. Carroll, 12, American bulldog, mascot of Georgetown University. [154]
- Bryce Crawford, 96, American scientist, member of the United States National Academy of Sciences. [155]
- Jordi Dauder, 73, Spanish actor. [156] (Spanish)
- Norma Eberhardt, 82, American actress (Live Fast, Die Young, The Return of Dracula), stroke. [157]
- Dave Gavitt, 73, American basketball coach, founder of the Big East Conference. [158]
- Sir William Hawthorne, 98, British aerospace engineer. [159]
- Kara Kennedy, 51, American television producer, daughter of Ted Kennedy, heart attack. [160]
- Jean Leclant, 91, French archaeologist and Egyptologist. [161] (French)
- Stephen Mueller, 63, American painter, cancer. [162]
- Ted Mullighan, 72, Australian jurist, cancer. [163]
- Willie "Big Eyes" Smith, 75, American blues musician. [164]
- Tom Wilson, Sr., 80, American cartoonist (Ziggy). [165]
- Pedro Estay, 82, Chilean Olympic shooter. [166]
- Robert Frascino, 59, American immunologist. [167]
- Ernest House Sr., 65, American tribal leader, Chairman of the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe (1982–2010), injuries from a motorcycle accident. [168]
- Colin Madigan, 90, Australian architect. [169]
- Fedon Matheou, 87, Greek basketball player and coach. [170] (Greek)
- Eleanor Mondale, 51, American television personality, daughter of Walter Mondale, brain cancer. [171]
- Charles H. Percy, 91, American politician, Senator from Illinois (1967–1985), Alzheimer's disease. [172]
- Kurt Sanderling, 98, German conductor. [173]
- Ferenc Szojka, 80, Hungarian footballer. [174] (Hungarian)
- Moisés Villanueva de la Luz, 47, Mexican politician, MP (2011). [175] (body found on this date)
- Peter Wright, 82, British police officer. [176]
- Tomasz Zygadło, 63, Polish film director. [177]
- Jack Adler, 94, American comic book artist. [178]
- Paul Bach, 72, English journalist and editor (Saga Magazine). [179]
- Mohammed Bassiouni, 74, Egyptian diplomat, Ambassador to Israel (1986–2000). [180]
- Tom Daly, 93, Canadian movie director and producer, long illness. [181]
- Norma Holloway Johnson, 79, American federal judge, first African American woman to serve as a district court chief judge, stroke. [182]
- Bayless Manning, 88, American lawyer, Dean of Stanford Law School (1964–1971), first President of the Council on Foreign Relations. [183]
- William F. May, 95, American film society founder (Film Society of Lincoln Center), heart failure. [184]
- Marcelino Palentini, 68, Italian-born Argentinian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Jujuy (since 1995). [185]
- Jamey Rodemeyer, 14, American gay activist, suicide by hanging. [186]
- Ivo Škrabalo, 77, Croatian writer, director and actor. [187] (Croatian)
- Swian Zanoni, 23, Brazilian motocross rider, race accident. [188]
- George Benton, 78, American boxer, pneumonia. [189]
- Thomas Capano, 61, American convicted murderer, heart attack. [190]
- Jo Carson, 64, American writer. [191]
- Bernard Collomb, 80, French racing driver. [192] (French)
- Dolores Hope, 102, American philanthropist, widow of Bob Hope, natural causes. [193]
- Little Yellow Jacket 15, American bucking bull. [194]
- Ginger McCain, 80, British horse trainer, cancer. [195]
- George Cadle Price, 92, Belizean politician, Prime Minister (1981–1984; 1989–1993). [196]
- Johnny Răducanu, 79, Romanian jazz musician, cardiac arrest. [197] (Romanian)
- Arvid Andersson, 92, Swedish Olympic weightlifter. [198]
- Johnny Barend, 82, American professional wrestler, natural causes. [199]
- Monte J. Brough, 72, American religious leader in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. [200]
- Frank Driggs, 81, American Grammy Award-winning jazz producer, musician and archivist, natural causes. [201]
- Oscar Handlin, 95, American historian. [202]
- Bobby Henry, 59, Scottish singer and guitarist. [203]
- Michael Jarvis, 73, British horse trainer. [204]
- Aleksei Mamykin, 75, Russian footballer and coach. [205] (Russian)
- Burhanuddin Rabbani, 70, Afghan politician, President (1992–1996, 2001), bomb attack. [206]
- Victor Blanchard Scheffer, 104, American mammologist and author, natural causes. [207]
- Gaby Stenberg, 88, Swedish actress. [208] (Swedish)
- Per Unckel, 63, Swedish politician, Governor of Stockholm County (since 2007), cancer. [209]
- Urpo Vähäranta, 85, Finnish Olympic athlete. [210]
- Arch West, 97, American marketing executive credited with developing Doritos. [211]
- Robert Whitaker, 71, British photographer, shot The Beatles' butcher album cover, cancer. [212]
- Joe Abeywickrama, 84, Sri Lankan actor. [213]
- Troy Davis, 42, American convicted murderer, executed by lethal injection. [214]
- Michael Julian Drake, 65, American planetary scientist. [215]
- John Du Cann, 66, British musician (Atomic Rooster), heart attack. [216]
- Paulette Dubost, 100, French actress (The Rules of the Game, The Last Metro). [217]
- Ben Feleo, 85, Filipino film director. [218]
- Mickey Rottner, 92, American basketball player (Sheboygan Red Skins, Chicago Stags). [219]
- Pamela Ann Rymer, 70, American federal judge, cancer. [220]
- Naoki Sugiura, 79, Japanese actor, lung cancer. [221] (Japanese)
- Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi, 70, Indian cricketer, ninth and last Nawab of Pataudi (1952–1971), lung disease. [222]
- Peter E. Berger, 67, American film editor (Fatal Attraction, Star Trek, Alvin and the Chipmunks), leukemia. [223]
- Jonathan Cecil, 72, English actor. [224]
- Cengiz Dağcı, 92, Turkish Crimean novelist and poet. [225] (Turkish)
- John H. Dick, 92, American naval officer and college basketball player. [226]
- Robert Mistele, 91, American football coach. [227]
- Margaret Ogola, 53, Kenyan author. [228]
- Asbjørn Osnes, 79, Norwegian Olympic ski jumper. [229] (Norwegian)
- Whatumoana Paki, 85, New Zealand Māori royal elder, widower of Te Atairangikaahu, father of King Tuheitia. [230]
- Aristides Pereira, 87, Cape Verdean politician and guerrilla leader, President (1975–1991). [231]
- Vic Roby, 93, American radio and television announcer. [232]
- Knut Steen, 86, Norwegian sculptor. [233] (Norwegian)
- Vesta Williams, 53, American R&B singer, hypertensive heart disease. [234]
- Orlando Brown Sr., 40, American football player (Cleveland Browns, Baltimore Ravens), diabetic ketoacidosis. [235][permanent dead link]
- Hubert Constant, 80, Haitian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Cap-Haïtien (2003–2008). [236]
- Luciano Galbo, 68, Italian cyclist. [237]
- Danny Litwhiler, 95, American baseball player and coach. [238]
- Guy Marcoux, 87, Canadian politician. [239] (French)
- Rolland W. Redlin, 91, American politician, U.S. Representative from North Dakota (1965–1967). [240]
- Douglas Stuart, 20th Earl of Moray, 83, British aristocrat. [241]
- Joseph Trinh Chinh Truc, 85, Vietnamese Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Ban Me Thuot (1990–2000). [242]
- José Miguel Varas, 83, Chilean writer. [243] (Spanish)
- Carl Wood, 81, Australian in vitro fertilisation pioneer, Alzheimer's disease. [244]
- Robert Chasowa, 25, Malawian political activist. [245]
- Surinder Kapoor, 86, Indian film producer, cardiac arrest. [246]
- Tony Knap, 96, American college football coach, Alzheimer's disease. [247]
- Konstantin Lerner, 61, Ukrainian chess grandmaster. [248]
- Emanuel Litvinoff, 96, British writer and human rights campaigner. [249]
- George Palliser, 92, British World War II fighter pilot. [250]
- Gusty Spence, 78, British Ulster loyalist, leader of the Ulster Volunteer Force. [251]
- Ken Yamauchi, 67, Japanese actor, pneumonia. [252]
- Theyab Awana, 21, Emirati footballer, traffic accident. [253]
- Denis Cannan, 92, British playwright. [254]
- Tony Conyers, 83, British journalist. [255]
- Erling Lars Dale, 65, Norwegian educationalist, cancer. [256] (Norwegian)
- Norman Lawson, 75, English footballer and cricketer. [257]
- Sissy Löwinger, 70, Austrian actress, daughter of Paul Löwinger. [258] (German)
- Wangari Maathai, 71, Kenyan environmental activist, MP and Nobel Peace Prize winner, cancer. [259]
- Helen Reichert, 109, American talk show personality and New York University professor. [260][permanent dead link]
- Ali St. Louis, 52, Trinidadian Olympic athlete, traffic accident. [261]
- Robert Blinc, 76, Slovene physicist. [262]
- Sergio Bonelli, 78, Italian comic book author and publisher. [263]
- Bob Cassilly, 61, American sculptor, founder of City Museum, bulldozer accident. [264]
- Jessy Dixon, 73, American gospel musician. [265]
- David Zelag Goodman, 81, American screenwriter (Straw Dogs), progressive supranuclear palsy. [266]
- Jerry Haynes, 84, American actor, Parkinson's disease. [267]
- Harry Muskee, 70, Dutch blues singer and musician (Cuby + Blizzards), cancer. [268]
- Uan Rasey, 90, American film trumpeter (Chinatown, Singin' in the Rain), heart ailment. [269]
- Michael Shor, 91, Israeli security official, CEO of Israel Military Industries (1972–1989). [270] (Hebrew)
- Ron Toomer, 81, American roller coaster designer. [271]
- David Croft, 89, British television comedy writer and producer (Are You Being Served?, Dad's Army). [272]
- Sara Douglass, 54, Australian fantasy author, ovarian cancer. [273]
- Ida Fink, 89, Israeli Polish-language author. [274]
- Wilson Greatbatch, 92, American engineer, inventor of the implantable cardiac pacemaker. [275]
- Dave Hill, 74, American golfer, complications from emphysema. [276]
- Imre Makovecz, 75, Hungarian architect. [277]
- Richard W. Mallary, 82, American politician, U.S. Representative from Vermont (1972–1975). [278]
- Johnny "Country" Mathis, 80, American country music singer-songwriter. [279]
- Jesús María Pereda, 73, Spanish football player and manager. [280]
- Stuart Spencer, 79, Australian footballer. [281]
- Joe Tofflemire, 46, American football player (Seattle Seahawks), heart failure. [282]
- Erik Wedersøe, 73, Danish actor. [283] (Danish)
- Johnnie Wright, 97, American country music singer (Johnnie & Jack), husband of Kitty Wells. [284]
- Cizia Zykë, 61, French writer and adventurer. [285] (French)
- Javaid Anwar, 57, Pakistani poet.
- James E. Bowman, 88, American physician. [286]
- Patrick Collinson, 82, British historian. [287]
- Pierre Dansereau, 99, Canadian ecologist. [288] (French)
- Heidi, 3, American-born cross-eyed opossum at Leipzig Zoo, euthanised. [289]
- Chingis Izmailov, 67, Russian psychophysiologist.
- Claude R. Kirk, Jr., 85, American politician, Governor of Florida (1967–1971). [290]
- Nick Navarro, 81, American law enforcement official, Sheriff of Broward County, Florida (1985–1992), complications of cancer. [291]
- Eddie Bockman, 91, American baseball player, manager and scout (Pittsburgh Pirates, New York Yankees). [292]
- Charles Brooks, 90, American editorial cartoonist. [293]
- Len Castle, 86, New Zealand potter. [294]
- Hella Haasse, 93, Dutch writer. [295] (Dutch)
- Philip Hannan, 98, American Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of New Orleans (1965–1988). [296]
- Nonie Lynch, 101, Irish traditional singer. [297]
- Tatyana Lioznova, 87, Russian film director (Seventeen Moments of Spring), People's Artist of the USSR. [298] (Russian)
- Vera Popkova, 68, Russian athlete, Olympic bronze medalist (1968). [299] (Russian)
- Sylvia Robinson, 76, American singer (Mickey & Sylvia), music producer and record label executive, heart failure. [300]
- Miriam Schmierer, 112, Australian supercentenarian, nation's oldest person. [301]
- Lojze Slak, 79, Slovene accordion player, bone cancer. [302] (Slovenian)
- Iain Sproat, 72, Scottish politician and journalist. [303]
- Va'aelua Eti Alesana, Samoan politician, President of the Tautua Samoa Party (since 2011). [304]
- João d'Avila Moreira Lima, 92, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro (1982–2002). [305]
- Anwar al-Awlaki, 40, American-born Yemeni cleric and Al-Qaeda official, airstrike. [306]
- Lee Davenport, 95, American physicist, helped develop SCR-584 radar, cancer. [307]
- Gilberto Fernandez, 76, Cuban-born American Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Miami (1997–2002). [308]
- Mykhaylo Forkash, 63, Ukrainian footballer. [309] (Ukrainian)
- Peter Gent, 69, American football player (Dallas Cowboys) and author (North Dallas Forty). [310]
- Alexander Grant, 86, New Zealand ballet dancer. [311]
- Mike Heimerdinger, 58, American football coach (Tennessee Titans), cancer. [312]
- Gaspar Henaine, 84, Mexican comedian. [313]
- Mumtaz Jajja, 63, Pakistani politician, dengue fever. [314]
- Roger G. Kennedy, 85, American civil servant, Director of the National Park Service (1993–1997), melanoma. [315]
- Samir Khan, 25, Saudi-born American jihadist and publisher (Inspire), airstrike. [316]
- Ram Dayal Munda, 72, Indian scholar and activist. [317]
- Sir Arthur Norman, 94, British industrialist. [318]
- Clifford Olson, 71, Canadian serial killer, cancer. [319]
- Ralph M. Steinman, 68, Canadian immunologist, announced as 2011 Nobel Laureate in Medicine, pancreatic cancer. [320]
- Marv Tarplin, 70, American guitarist and songwriter, original member of The Miracles. [321]