Deaths in December 2009
The following is a list of notable deaths in December 2009.
Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence:
- Name, age, country of citizenship at birth, subsequent country of citizenship (if applicable), reason for notability, cause of death (if known), and reference.
December 2009
1
- Christoph Budde, 46, German football player (Borussia Mönchengladbach), swine flu.[1]
- Maurice Clemmons, 37, American felon, perpetrator of the 2009 shooting of Lakewood, Washington, police officers, shot.[2]
- Neil Dougall, 88, British footballer (Plymouth Argyle).[3]
- Tommy Henrich, 96, American baseball player (New York Yankees).[4]
- Bilal Omer Khan, 55, Pakistani general, victim of December 2009 Rawalpindi terrorist attack[5]
- Bill Lister, 86, American honky tonk singer.[6]
- Alberto Martínez, 59, Uruguayan football player (FK Austria Wien), heart failure.[7]
- Cordelia Oliver, 86, Scottish painter, journalist and art critic.[8]
- Ramses Shaffy, 76, Dutch singer and actor, esophageal cancer.[9]
- Shilendra Kumar Singh, 77, Indian politician, Governor of Rajasthan (2007–2009).[10]
- Éva Szörényi, 92, Hungarian actress, Kossuth Prize winner.[11]
- Donald Washington, Sr., 79, American jazz tenor saxophonist, lung cancer.[12]
2
- Harold A. Ackerman, 81, American federal judge, natural causes.[13]
- Luis María Bandrés, 65, Spanish leader of Basque Nationalist Party.[14]
- Elizabeth Berridge, 89, British novelist.[15]
- Foge Fazio, 71, American football coach, leukemia.[16]
- Shoji Hashimoto, 75, Japanese go master, myocardial infarction.[17]
- Ikuo Hirayama, 79, Japanese painter, stroke.[18]
- Maggie Jones, 75, British actress (Coronation Street).[19]
- Jozo Križanović, 65, Bosnian politician, Croat member of the Presidency (2001–2002), complications from surgery.[20]
- Brian Morrison, 76, Australian priest and humanitarian.[21]
- Luiz Lombardi Neto, 69, Brazilian announcer (Silvio Santos television program), stroke.[22]
- Aaron Schroeder, 83, American songwriter, Alzheimer's disease.[23]
- Ian Thompson, 74, Australian politician, member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly (1971–1993).[24]
- Vjekoslav Šutej, 58, Croatian conductor, leukemia.[25]
- Eric Woolfson, 64, Scottish singer and keyboardist (The Alan Parsons Project), cancer.[26]
3
- Ibrahim Hassan Addou, Somali Higher Education Minister, bombing.[citation needed]
- Qamar Aden Ali, Somali Health Minister, bombing.[27]
- Swadesh Bose, 81, Bangladeshi economist.[28]
- Nat Boxer, 84, American Academy Award-winning sound engineer (Apocalypse Now), natural causes.[29]
- Estêvão Cardoso de Avellar, 92, Brazilian Roman Catholic Bishop of Uberlândia (1978–1992).[30]
- Paula Hawkins, 82, American politician, Senator from Florida (1981–1987), complications from a fall.[31]
- István Iglódi, 65, Hungarian actor.[32]
- Leila Lopes, 50, Brazilian actress, suicide.[33]
- Bert Main, 90, Australian zoologist.[34]
- Brian Harold Mason, 92, New Zealand scientist, renal failure.[35]
- Curtis Nkondo, 81, South African politician, activist and diplomat.[36]
- Pat Power, 67, Australian politician, member of the Victorian Legislative Council for Jika Jika (1992–1999).[37]
- Sam Salt, 69, British rear admiral, captain of HMS Sheffield during the Falklands War.[38]
- Peter Scanlon, 78, American accountant and chairman (Coopers & Lybrand), cancer.[39]
- Åsmund L. Strømnes, 82, Norwegian educationalist.[40]
- Valbjörn Þorláksson, 75, Icelandic decathlete.[41]
- Richard Todd, 90, Irish-born British Academy Award-nominated actor (The Hasty Heart, The Dam Busters), (The Longest Day), cancer.[42]
- Ahmed Abdulahi Waayeel, Somali Education Minister, bombing.[27]
- Bobby Wayne Woods, 44, American convicted rapist, kidnapper and murderer, execution by lethal injection.[43]
- Torrie Zito, 76, American pianist and arranger, emphysema.[44]
4
- Richard T. Antoun, 77, American anthropologist and professor, stabbed.[45]
- Harold Bell, 90, American marketer, licensing agent and technical advisor, creator of Woodsy Owl.[46]
- Liam Clancy, 74, Irish folk singer (The Clancy Brothers), pulmonary fibrosis.[47]
- Tim Costello, 64, American labor and anti-globalization advocate, pancreatic cancer.[48]
- Matthew Luo Duxi, 90, Chinese Roman Catholic Bishop of Jiading.[49]
- Jérôme-Michel-Francis Martin, 68, French Roman Catholic Bishop of Berbérati (1987–1991).[50]
- Bryan O'Byrne, 78, American character actor.[51]
- Spyridon, 83, Greek Metropolitan Bishop of Lagkadas, after long illness.[52]
- Vyacheslav Tikhonov, 81, Russian actor (Seventeen Moments of Spring).[53]
- Stephen Toulmin, 87, British philosopher and author, heart failure.[54]
- Jordi Solé Tura, 79, Spanish politician and lawyer, co-author of Spanish Constitution and Minister of Culture (1991–1993).[55]
- Umaga, 36, American professional wrestler, prescription drug overdose.[56]
- Mall Vaasma, 64, Estonian mycologist.[57]
- Mary Curtis Verna, 88, American operatic soprano (Metropolitan Opera), complications from a broken hip.[58]
- Francis Wilford-Smith, 82, British cartoonist.[59]
5
- Jerry Birn, 86, American television writer.[60]
- Nina Fishman, 63, British historian and political activist, cancer.[61]
- Alfred Hrdlicka, 81, Austrian architect and draughtsman.[62]
- Otto Graf Lambsdorff, 82, German politician, Minister of Economics (1977–1982; 1982–1984).[63]
- William Lederer, 97, American author (The Ugly American), respiratory failure.[64]
- Kálmán Markovits, 78, Hungarian Olympic gold (1952, 1956) and bronze (1960) medalist in water polo.[65]
- Tim "Barrel Man" McKernan, 69, American fan of the Denver Broncos, lung failure.[66]
- Garfield Morgan, 78, British actor (The Sweeney), cancer.[67]
- Malcolm Perry, 80, American attending physician to President John F. Kennedy after his assassination, lung cancer.[citation needed]
- Manuel Prado y Colón de Carvajal, 78, Spanish diplomat.[68]
- Dumitru Puntea, 66, Moldovan politician.[69]
- Jim Rohn, 79, American entrepreneur, author and motivational speaker, pulmonary fibrosis.[70]
- Jack Rose, 38, American guitarist, heart attack.[71]
- Princess Vimolchatra of Thailand, 88, Thai royal, cousin of King Bhumibol Adulyadej, renal failure.[72]
- William A. Wilson (diplomat), 95, American Ambassador to the Holy See (1984–1986).[73]
6
- Dennis P. Collins, 85, American politician, mayor of Bayonne, New Jersey (1974–1990).[74]
- Rupprecht Geiger, 101, German painter.[75]
- Dermott Monteith, 66, Irish cricketer.[76]
- John Pittenger, 79, American politician, Pennsylvania Secretary of Education (1972–1976), Parkinson's disease.[77]
- Bina Rai, 78, Indian actress (Anarkali), heart attack.[78]
- Daouda Sow, 76, Senegalese politician, President of National Assembly (1984–1998).[79]
7
- Bruce C. Allen, 54, American guitarist and vocalist (The Suburbs), organ failure.[80]
- Frank M. Coffin, 90, American politician, Representative from Maine (1957–1961), complications of aortic aneurysm surgery.[81]
- Royden G. Derrick, 94, American general authority of the LDS Church, natural causes.[82]
- Al Dorow, 80, American football player (Washington Redskins, New York Titans), bone cancer.[83]
- Shunkichi Hamada, 99, Japanese Olympic silver medal-winning (1932) field hockey player.[84]
- Rose Kaufman, 70, American screenwriter, cancer.[85]
- Lorenzo Ochoa Salas, Mexican archeologist.[86]
- Grady Patterson, 85, American politician, South Carolina state Treasurer (1966–1995; 1999–2007), natural causes.[87]
- Carlene Hatcher Polite, 77, American novelist, cancer.[88]
- Mark Ritts, 63, American actor and puppeteer (Beakman's World), kidney cancer.[89]
- Ray Solomonoff, 83, American physicist and artificial intelligence pioneer.[90]
- Pyotr Vail, 60, Russian essayist and journalist.[91]
8
- James Bingham, 84, British artist.[92]
- Kenneth Biros, 51, American convicted murderer, execution by lethal injection.[93]
- Joan Bridge, 97, British costume designer.[citation needed]
- Su Cruickshank, 63, Australian jazz singer and actress (Young Einstein), heart and kidney failure.[94]
- Luis Días, 57, Dominican musician and songwriter, heart attack.[95]
- Dean Fasano, 54, American vocalist (Prophet, Message), coronary artery disease.[96]
- John Givens, 83, American basketball coach (Kentucky Colonels, 1967).[97]
- Arthur Glasser, 95, American missionary and theologian.[98]
- Karel Klančnik, 92, Yugoslavian Olympic ski jumper.[99]
- Elza Medeiros, 88, Brazilian nurse, World War II veteran.[100] (Portuguese)
- William C. McInnes, 86, American Jesuit, president of Fairfield University (1964–1973); USF (1973–1976).[101]
- Anthony Sanusi, 98, Nigerian Roman Catholic Bishop of Ijebu-Ode (1969–1990).[102]
- Fred Sheffield, 86, American basketball player.
- Sir Philip Watson, 90, British admiral.[103]
9
- Luiz Carlos Alborghetti, 64, Brazilian television presenter and politician, lung cancer.[104]
- Gene Barry, 90, American actor (The War of the Worlds, Burke's Law, Bat Masterson), heart failure.[105]
- Roger Jacobi, 62, British archaeologist.[106]
- Sa'ad Khair, 56, Jordanian secret service chief, heart attack.[107]
- Piotr Krzywicki, 45, Polish politician, pancreatic cancer.[108]
- Kjell Eugenio Laugerud García, 79, Guatemalan President (1974–1978), complications from cancer.[109]
- Rodrigo Carazo Odio, 82, Costa Rican politician, President (1978–1982), heart failure.[110]
- Faramarz Payvar, 77, Iranian composer and santur player, brain damage.[citation needed]
- Onofre Cândido Rosa, 85, Brazilian Roman Catholic Bishop of Jardim (1981–1999).[111]
- Goldie Semple, 56, Canadian stage actor, breast cancer.[112]
- Norman Sykes, 83, English footballer (Bristol Rovers).[113]
10
- Apolonia Muñoz Abarca, 89, American activist.[114]
- Gene Carpenter, 70, American football coach.[115]
- Dilip Chitre, 70, Indian poet, cancer.[116]
- Kenny Dino, 70, American pop singer.[117]
- Jean-Robert Gauthier, 80, Canadian MP for Ottawa East (1972–1974), Ottawa—Vanier (1974–1994); Senator (1994–2004), stroke.[118]
- Sir John Gingell, 84, British Air Chief Marshal and Black Rod (1985–1992).[119]
- Thomas Hoving, 78, American director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (1967–1977), lung cancer.[120]
- Sir Alan Huggins, 88, British jurist, vice-president of the Court of Appeal of Hong Kong (1980–1987).[121]
- Colin James, 83, British Anglican prelate, Bishop of Winchester (1985–1995), chest infection.[122]
- József Kóczián, 83, Hungarian table tennis player.[123]
- William L. Reilly, 94, American Jesuit and philosophy professor, President of Le Moyne College (1964–1976).[124]
11
- Brindley Benn, 86, Guyanese politician, Deputy Prime Minister, natural causes.[125]
- Francisco Piquer, 87, Spanish actor.[126]
- Ciarán Mac Mathúna, 84, Irish radio presenter and music collector.[127]
- Eric Wrinkles, 49, American convicted murderer, execution by lethal injection.[128]
12
- Val Avery, 85, American actor (The Killing of a Chinese Bookie).[129]
- Klavdiya Boyarskikh, 70, Russian cross-country skier, Olympic gold medalist (1964).[130]
- Charles MacAlester Copland, 99, British Anglican priest, Dean of Argyll and The Isles (1977–1979).[131]
- Charles Davis, 84, American actor, heart attack.[132]
- Ali Gharbi, 54, Tunisian swimmer.[133]
- Robert G. Heft, 67, American designer of the 50-star American flag.[134]
- Howard Wesley Johnson, 87, American educator, president of MIT (1966–1971).[135]
- Napoleon A. Jones Jr., 69, American federal judge.[136]
- Manuel Ruiz Sosa, 72, Spanish footballer and coach.[137]
- Eugene van Tamelen, 84, American chemist, cancer.[138]
13
- Dan Barton, 88, American actor and voice-over actor, heart failure and kidney disease.[139]
- Julian Fane, 82, British author.[140]
- Moyra Fraser, 86, Australian-born British actress (As Time Goes By).[141]
- Yvonne King, 89, American singer (The King Sisters).[142]
- Börje Langefors, 94, Swedish engineer and computer scientist.[143]
- Arne Næss, 84, Norwegian politician, Mayor of Bergen.[144]
- Piergiorgio Nesti, 78, Italian Roman Catholic archbishop of Camerino-San Severino Marche.[145]
- Paul Samuelson, 94, American economist, Nobel Prize winner (1970).[146]
- Sha'ari Tadin, 77, Singaporean educator and public servant, Parkinson's disease.[147]
- Thomas F. Stroock, 84, American politician, Ambassador to Guatemala (1989–1992).[148]
- Larry Sultan, 63, American photographer, cancer.[149]
- Wilton Cezar Xavier, 62, Brazilian footballer.[150]
14
- Alan A'Court, 75, English footballer (Liverpool, England), cancer.[151]
- Jack Denham, 85, Australian horse trainer, winner of 1997 Caulfield and Melbourne Cup (Might and Power).[152]
- Chris Feinstein, 42, American bassist (The Cardinals).[153]
- Stocker Fontelieu, 86, American actor and executive director (New Orleans theatre), complications from a fall.[154]
- Conard Fowkes, 76, American actor (Dark Shadows).[155]
- Miodrag Jovanović, 87, Serbian Olympic silver medal-winning (1948) footballer.[156]
- George McKinnon, 91, American basketball and baseball coach.[157]
- David Pecaut, 54, Canadian municipal entrepreneur, colorectal cancer.[158]
- Daniel Piscopo, 89, Maltese politician.[159]
- Sol Price, 93, American businessman, founder of Price Club, natural causes.[160]
15
- Curtis Allina, 87, American businessman, executive of Pez Candy (1955–1979), heart failure.[161]
- C. D. B. Bryan, 73, American author (Friendly Fire), cancer.[162]
- Sir Chris Clarke, 68, British politician, leader of Somerset County Council.[163]
- Milena Müllerová, 86, Czech gymnast, Olympic champion (1948).[164]
- Arnaldo Ribeiro, 79, Brazilian Roman Catholic archbishop of Ribeirão Preto (1988–2006).[165]
- Oral Roberts, 91, American evangelist, founder of Oral Roberts University, complications from pneumonia.[166]
- James Rossant, 81, American architect, designer of Reston, Virginia, leukemia.[167]
- Herbert Spiegel, 95, American psychiatrist.[168]
16
- Arturo Beltrán Leyva, 48, Mexican drug lord, shot.[169]
- Arthur Cores, 52, American businessman, founder of Boston Market, esophageal cancer.[170]
- Drexell R. Davis, 88, American politician, Kentucky Secretary of State and state treasurer.[171]
- Roy E. Disney, 79, American entertainment executive (The Walt Disney Company), nephew of Walt Disney, stomach cancer.[172]
- Karel Dufek, 93, Czechoslovak diplomat, Spanish Civil War veteran.[173]
- Yegor Gaidar, 53, Russian politician, acting Prime Minister (1992), thrombus.[174]
- Dennis Herod, 86, English footballer (Stoke City).[175]
- Fred Honsberger, 58, American radio personality.[176]
- T. G. H. James, 86, British egyptologist.[177]
- Kelly Kwalik, Indonesian West Papua separatist leader and commander (Free Papua Movement), shot.[178]
- Dame Victoire Ridsdale, Lady Ridsdale, 88, British politician, World War II intelligence agent, inspiration for Miss Moneypenny.[179]
- Manto Tshabalala-Msimang, 69, South African politician, Minister of Health (1999–2008), complications from a liver transplant.[180]
- Vladimir Turchinsky, 46, Russian actor, bodybuilder and showman, heart attack.[181]
- Josef Voß, 72, German Roman Catholic Auxiliary Bishop of Munster, Titular Bishop of Thisiduo (since 1988).[182]
- Bob Waldmire, 64, American Route 66 artist, cancer.[183]
17
- Amin al-Hafiz, 88, Syrian politician, President (1963–1966).[184]
- P.R. Anthonis, 98, Sri Lankan surgeon.[185]
- Alaina Reed Hall, 63, American actress (Sesame Street, 227), breast cancer.[186]
- Chris Henry, 26, American football player (Cincinnati Bengals), blunt force trauma after fall from vehicle.[187]
- Warren Hogan, 80, Australian economics professor and government adviser, cancer.[188]
- Jennifer Jones, 90, American Academy Award-winning actress (The Song of Bernadette), natural causes.[189]
- Michel Leblond, 77, French Olympic footballer.[190]
- Miljenko Mihić, 75, Serbian football coach.[191]
- Dan O'Bannon, 63, American screenwriter (Alien, Total Recall, Blue Thunder), Crohn's disease.[192]
- Samuel Victor Perry, 91, British biochemist.[193]
- Hans Pfenninger, 80, Swiss Olympic cyclist.[194]
- Albert Ràfols-Casamada, 86, Spanish artist.[195]
18
- Fred Bachrach, 95, Dutch art historian.[196]
- Charlie Balun, 61, American artist and journalist, cancer.[197]
- José Bardina, 70, Spanish-Venezuelan actor, bladder cancer.[198]
- Oskar Danon, 96, Bosnian conductor and composer.[citation needed]
- John Henry Fischer, 99, American educator, President of Teachers College, Columbia University (1962–1974), heart failure.[199]
- Connie Hines, 78, American actress (Mister Ed), heart failure.[200]
- Harold Lundrigan, 81, Canadian businessman.[201]
- Archimandrite Joasaph, 47, American Head of the Russian Ecclesiastical Mission in Jerusalem of the ROCOR, cancer.[202]
- László Nagy, 88, Hungarian-born Swiss Secretary General of the World Organization of the Scout Movement (1968–1988).[203]
- Job (Osacky), 63, American archbishop of the Orthodox Church in America.[204]
- Georgina Parkinson, 71, English ballet dancer and ballet mistress, cancer.[205]
- Mike Simpson, 47, American politician, Michigan state Representative (since 2006), heart attack.[206]
- Del St. John, 78, Canadian-born Austrian ice hockey player.[207] (German)
- Bob Willoughby, 82, American photographer, cancer.[208]
- Robin Wood, 78, British film critic, leukemia.[209]
- Rex Yetman, 76, Canadian bluegrass mandolin player [210]
- Jack Zilly, 88, American football player (Los Angeles Rams).[211]
19
- Charles Birch, 91, Australian geneticist.[212]
- Tony Bukovich, 94, American ice hockey player (Detroit Red Wings).[213]
- Margaret Christensen, 88, Australian actress.[214]
- Edith Diaz, 70, Puerto Rican-born American actress, heart failure.[215]
- Lincoln Gordon, 96, American diplomat and academic, Ambassador to Brazil (1961–1966), President of Johns Hopkins University (1967–1971).[216]
- Grand Ayatollah Hussein-Ali Montazeri, 87, Iranian cleric and dissident, natural causes.[217]
- Zeki Ökten, 68, Turkish film director, heart disease.[218]
- Kim Peek, 58, American savant, inspiration for Rain Man, heart attack.[219]
- Donald Pickering, 76, British actor.[220]
- Roger Rawson, 70, American politician, former majority leader of the Utah House of Representatives, liver disease.[221]
- Loren Singer, 86, American novelist (The Parallax View).[222]
20
- Joan Brosnan Walsh, 71, Irish actress (Fair City), motor neurone disease.[223]
- Jack Brownsword, 86, British footballer (Scunthorpe United).[224]
- Neil Farrington, 38, British drummer (Cerebral Fix).[225]
- Erik Gates, 47, American electrician and model rocket expert (MythBusters), injuries sustained in a fall from roof.[226]
- James Gurley, 69, American guitarist (Big Brother and the Holding Company), heart attack.[227]
- Jack Hixon, 88, British football scout.[228]
- Arun Krushnaji Kamble, 56, Indian Dalit activist, drowned.[229] (body discovered on this date)
- Yiannis Moralis, 93, Greek visual artist.[230]
- Brittany Murphy, 32, American actress (Clueless, King of the Hill, 8 Mile), pneumonia.[231]
- Shari Rhodes, 71, American casting director (Jaws, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Breaking Bad).[232]
- Vera Rich, 73, British poet, journalist, historian, and translator.[233]
- Lester Rodney, 98, American sports journalist.[234]
- Arnold Stang, 91, American actor (Top Cat, It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World), pneumonia.[235]
- Ira Trombley, 57, American politician, member of the Vermont House of Representatives (since 2002), natural causes.[236]
21
- Suryakant Acharya, 80, Indian politician, natural causes.[237]
- Jaime Agudelo, 84, Colombian comedian, respiratory failure.[238]
- Craigie Aitchison, 83, British painter.[239]
- Dick Archer, 82, Australian politician, member of the Tasmanian Legislative Council (1980–1992).[240]
- Ann Nixon Cooper, 107, American civil rights activist, mentioned in President Obama's election victory speech.[241]
- James Cowley, 90, British recipient of the Distinguished Conduct Medal.[242]
- Rick Hube, 62, American politician, member of the Vermont House of Representatives (since 1998).[243]
- David Isaacs, 63, Jamaican singer (The Itals).[244]
- Pete King, 80, British saxophonist, co-founder of Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club.[245]
- Edwin G. Krebs, 91, American Nobel Prize-winning biochemist.[246]
- Christos Lambrakis, 75, Greek businessman, publisher and journalist, multiple organ failure.[247]
- Marianne Stone, 87, British character actress (Carry On series).[248]
22
- Al Bernardin, 81, American restaurateur, inventor of the Quarter Pounder, stroke.[249]
- Mick Cocks, 54, Australian guitarist (Rose Tattoo), liver cancer.[250]
- Luis Francisco Cuéllar, 69, Colombian politician, Governor of Caqueta, assassination by cut throat.[251]
- Michael Currie, 81, American actor (Dark Shadows, Sudden Impact).[252]
- Bernhard Droog, 88, Dutch actor, pneumonia.[253]
- Milena Dvorská, 71, Czech film actress.[254]
- Edward Maitland-Makgill-Crichton, 93, British army general.[255]
- Andy Manson, 73, Australian politician, member of the New South Wales Legislative Council (1995–2000).[256]
- Duncan Paterson, 66, Scottish rugby union player and administrator.[257]
- Sir Bob Phillis, 64, British media executive, cancer.[258]
- Albert Scanlon, 74, English footballer (Manchester United), survivor of Munich air disaster.[259]
- Piers Wardle, 49, British artist, brain haemorrhage.[260]
23
- Lucas Abadamloora, 71, Ghanaian Roman Catholic Bishop of Navrongo-Bolgatanga (1994–2009).[261]
- Lilo Allgayer, 94, German Olympic fencer.[262]
- Ike Aronowicz, 86, Israeli captain of the SS Exodus.[263]
- Grigory Baklanov, 86, Russian novelist.[264]
- Charles Bullen, 90, American politician, Utah House of Representatives (1971–1977) and Senate (1977–1985).[265]
- Robert L. Howard, 70, American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient (1971), pancreatic cancer.[266]
- Micah Naftalin, 76, American advocate for Soviet Jews.[267]
- Ngapoi Ngawang Jigme, 99, Chinese politician, Chairman of the Tibet Autonomous Region (1964–1968; 1981–1983).[268]
- Peter O'Hagan, Irish politician.[269]
- Edward Schillebeeckx, 95, Belgian theologian.[270]
- Rainer Zepperitz, 79, Indonesian-born German double bassist.[271]
24
- Marcus Bakker, 86, Dutch politician, party leader of the Communist Party of the Netherlands (1963–1982).[272]
- Stan Benjamin, 95, American baseball player (Philadelphia Phillies) and scout (Houston Astros).[273]
- Giulio Bosetti, 79, Italian actor and film director, cancer.[citation needed]
- Rafael Caldera, 93, Venezuelan politician, President (1969–1974; 1994–1999).[274]
- George Cowling, 89, British weatherman.[275]
- Victor Khain, 95, Russian geologist.[276]
- Terry Lawless, 76, British boxing manager and trainer.[277]
- Henry van Lieshout, 77, Dutch-born Papua New Guinean Roman Catholic Bishop of Lae (1966–2007).[278]
- George Michael, 70, American sportscaster and disc jockey, chronic lymphocytic leukemia.[279]
- Masahiko Shimura, 29, Japanese singer and musician, co-founder of the rock band Fujifabric.[280]
- Eysteinn Þórðarson, 75, Icelandic Olympic skier.Eysteinn Þórðarson
- Gero von Wilpert, 76, German literary scientist.[281]
- Brian Young, 79, British naval officer.[282]
25
- Christopher Bell, 35, American disability studies scholar.[283]
- Tony Bellamy, 63, American musician (Redbone), liver failure.[284]
- Bill Burich, 92, American baseball player (Philadelphia Phillies).[285]
- Charles Capps, 84, American politician, member of Mississippi House of Representatives (1972–2005).[286]
- Asheem Chakravarty, 50, Indian jazz fusion musician (Indian Ocean), heart attack.[287]
- Vic Chesnutt, 45, American folk rock musician, muscle relaxant overdose.[288]
- Rusty Dedrick, 91, American swing and bebop jazz trumpeter.[289]
- Knut Haugland, 92, Norwegian explorer and World War II veteran, last surviving member of the Kon-Tiki expedition.[290]
- Rick Kane, 55, American football player (Detroit Lions), pneumonia.[291]
- Morris E. Lasker, 92, American federal judge, cancer.[292]
- Rachel Wetzsteon, 42, American poet, suicide.[293]
26
- Charles F. Baird, 87, American politician.[294]
- Dennis Brutus, 85, South African poet and anti-Apartheid activist, prostate cancer.[295]
- Giuseppe Chiappella, 85, Italian football player and manager.[296]
- Peder Lunde, 91, Norwegian Olympic silver medal-winning (1952) sailor.[297]
- Arthur McIntyre, 91, British cricketer.[298]
- Yves Rocher, 79, French entrepreneur and mayor of La Gacilly, founder of Yves Rocher Cosmetics.[299]
- Ihor Ševčenko, 87, Polish philologist.[300]
- Percy Sutton, 89, American civil rights activist, politician and attorney, Manhattan Borough President (1966–1977).[301]
- Jacques Sylla, 63, Malagasy politician, Prime Minister of Madagascar (2002–2007).[302]
- David Taylor, 63, British politician, MP for North West Leicestershire (since 1997), heart attack.[303]
- Norval White, 83, American author (AIA Guide to New York City), heart attack.[304]
- Felix Wurman, 51, American cellist, cancer.[305]
27
- Maryam Babangida, 61, Nigerian First Lady, wife of former President Ibrahim Babangida, ovarian cancer.[306]
- Gunnar Kemnitz, 82, Brazilian Olympic diver.[307]
- Terry L. Punt, 60, American politician, Pennsylvania State Senator (1989–2009) and State Representative (1979–1988).[308]
- Narra Venkateswara Rao, Indian actor, cancer.[citation needed]
- Isaac Schwartz, 86, Russian composer (White Sun of the Desert).[309]
- Takashi Takabayashi, 78, Japanese footballer.[310]
28
- Allen Batsford, 77, British football manager (Wimbledon), heart attack.[311]
- Habib Bourguiba, Jr., 82, Tunisian diplomat and politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs (1964–1970).[312]
- D. F. Cartwright, 93, British businessman.[313]
- Sir Jack Harman, 89, British general.[314]
- Zoltán Horváth, 30, Romanian-born Hungarian basketball player, car accident.[315]
- Terry Matte, 66, Canadian television news producer, cancer.[316]
- Manfred R. Schroeder, 83, German physicist.[317]
- J. David Singer, 84, American political scientist.[318]
- Witold Skulicz, 83, Polish artist.[319]
- The Rev, 28, American hard rock and heavy metal drummer (Avenged Sevenfold), drug overdose.[320]
29
- Roberto Amadei, 76, Italian Roman Catholic monsignor, bishop of Bergamo (1991–2009).[321]
- C. Aswath, 71, Indian Kannada singer, liver and renal failure.[322]
- Carlo Cerioni, 84, Italian Olympic basketball player. Carlo Cerioni
- David Levine, 83, American caricaturist (The New York Review of Books), prostate cancer.[323]
- Paul Sapsford, 60, New Zealand rugby union player (Otago, national team), injuries sustained in a jetboat accident.[324]
- Akmal Shaikh, 53, Pakistani-born British drug trafficker, executed by lethal injection.[325]
- M. S. Sivasankariah, 82, Indian cricket umpire.[326]
- Robert H. Smith, 81, American real estate developer and philanthropist, creator of Crystal City, Virginia, stroke.[327]
- Steve Williams, 49, American professional wrestler, throat cancer.[328]
30
- Anthony Alaimo, 89, American federal judge (Southern District of Georgia).[329]
- Bessie Blount Griffin, 95, American inventor and forensic scientist.[330]
- Peter Corren, 62, Canadian gay rights activist, cancer.[331]
- Adrian Kivumbi Ddungu, 86, Ugandan Roman Catholic Bishop of Masaka.[332]
- Maldwyn Evans, 72, Welsh bowler, world champion (1972).[333]
- Rowland S. Howard, 50, Australian musician and songwriter (The Birthday Party), liver cancer.[334]
- Michelle Lang, 34, Canadian reporter (Calgary Herald), IED explosion.[335]
- Ruth Lilly, 94, American philanthropist (Eli Lilly and Company), heart failure.[336]
- Alberto Lysy, 74, Argentine violinist and composer.[337]
- Gloria Nord, 87, American skater.[338]
- Walter Pérez, 85, Uruguayan Olympic sprinter.[339]
- Vasiliy Shandybin, 68, Russian politician.[340]
- Peter Shirayanagi, 81, Japanese Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church.[341]
- Jacqueline Sturm, 82, New Zealand writer and poet.[342]
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- Abdurrahman Wahid, 69, Indonesian politician, President (1999–2001), heart failure.[344]
- Norman Walker, 74, Australian rules footballer.[345]
- Perry Wilson, 93, American actress (Fear Strikes Out).[346]
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- Arthur E. Bartlett, 76, American realtor, co-founder of Century 21, Alzheimer's disease.[349]
- Umalat Magomedov, 30, leader of the Vilayat Dagestan, terrorist, killed by Russian troops.
- Tod Campeau, 86, Canadian ice hockey player.[350]
- Giulio Corsini, 76, Italian football player and manager.[351]
- John Cushnie, 66, Irish gardening expert and radio presenter, heart attack.[352]
- Cahal Daly, 92, Irish Cardinal of the Roman Catholic church, Primate of All Ireland (1990–1996).[353]
- Maurice Dupras, 86, Canadian politician.[354]
- Ann Linnea Sandberg, 71, American immunologist.[355]
- George M. Holmes, 80, American politician, member of the North Carolina General Assembly (1975–1977, 1979–2009).[356]
- Ross Johnstone, 83, Canadian ice hockey player.[357]
- Rashidi Kawawa, 83, Tanzanian politician, Prime Minister of Tanganyika (1962) and Tanzania (1972–1977).[358]
- Justin Keating, 79, Irish humanist and Labour Party politician (Minister for Industry and Commerce, 1973–1977).[359]
- Helen Lewis, 93, Czech-born British dancer and concentration camp survivor.[360]
- Guido Lorraine, 97, Polish-born British actor.[361]
- William May, 56, American-born Australian artistic director (Walking with Dinosaurs – The Live Experience), pneumonia.[362]
- Glauco Onorato, 73, Italian actor and voice actor.[citation needed]
- Bill Powell, 93, American golf course designer, stroke.[363]
- Qian Xinzhong, 98, Chinese politician, Minister of Health (1965–1973, 1979–1983).[364]
- Youssef Ibrahim Sarraf, 69, Egyptian Chaldean Bishop of Cairo (since 1984).[365]
- Frans Seda, 83, Indonesian economist, Minister of Finance (1966–1968).[366]
- William Tuohy, 83, American journalist and Pulitzer Prize-winning foreign correspondent, complications from heart surgery.[367]
- Mikhail Vartanov, 72, Russian actor.[citation needed]
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