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The following is a list of notable deaths in January 2009 .
January 2009 [ edit ]
Aarne Arvonen , 111, Finnish supercentenarian, last surviving veteran of the Finnish Civil War . [1] (Finnish)
Todd H. Bullard , 77, American educator, complications from diabetes. [2]
Walter Haynes , 80, American steel guitarist. [3]
John Morrow , 77, British Presbyterian minister and peace activist. Archived February 13, 2012 at the Wayback Machine
Fahid Mohammed Ally Msalam , 32, Kenyan al-Qaeda leader, allegedly behind Marriott hotel bombings, airstrike. [4]
Claiborne Pell , 90, American Senator from Rhode Island (1961–1997), creator of the Pell Grant , Parkinson's disease. Archived July 23, 2010 at the Wayback Machine
Gert Petersen , 81, Danish journalist and politician. Archived June 5, 2011 at the Wayback Machine
Robert Prince , 89, American Major, recipient of the Distinguished Service Cross . [5]
Edmund Purdom , 84, British actor. [6]
Nizar Rayan , 49, Palestinian Hamas military and political leader, airstrike . [7]
Willard Warren Scott, Jr. , 82, American general, head of United States Military Academy (1981–1986), Parkinson's disease. [8]
Johannes Mario Simmel , 84, Austrian writer. [9]
Henry King Stanford , 92, American academic, president of the University of Miami (1962–1981). [10]
Helen Suzman , 91, South African anti-apartheid activist and politician, MP (1953–1989). [11]
Sheikh Ahmed Salim Swedan , 39, Kenyan al-Qaeda leader, airstrike. [12]
Leonard Andrews , 83, American art patron, prostate cancer. [13]
Inger Christensen , 73, Danish poet, novelist and essayist. [14]
John DeFrancis , 97, American sinologist. [15]
Ralph Gibson , 84, American flying ace of the Korean War. [16]
Hank DeZonie , 86, American basketball player. [17]
Steven Gilborn , 72, American actor (Ellen ), cancer. [18]
Valentina Giovagnini , 28, Italian singer, car crash. [19] (Italian)
Ian Greaves , 76, British footballer and manager (Mansfield Town , Bolton Wanderers ). [20]
Tony Gregory , 61, Irish politician, member of Dáil Éireann , cancer. [21]
Joe Henry , 78, American baseball player (Memphis Red Sox , Negro Leagues ). [22]
Ryuzo Hiraki , 77, Japanese footballer, pneumonia. [23]
Albert Horner , 95, Canadian politician, MP for The Battlefords (1958–1968). [24]
Maria de Jesus , 115, Portuguese supercentenarian, world's verified oldest person, septic shock. [25]
John Olav Larssen , 81, Norwegian evangelical preacher. [26] (Norwegian)
Rashid III bin Ahmad Al Mu'alla , 78, Emirati ruler of Umm al-Quwain . [27]
József Sákovics , 81, Hungarian Olympic fencer. [28]
Nick Scandone , 42, American yachtsman, paralympian gold medallist (2008), Lou Gehrig's disease. [29]
Cy Thomas , 82, British ice hockey player. [30]
Olgierd Zienkiewicz , 87, British civil engineer. [31]
Abu Zakaria al-Jamal , 49, Palestinian senior Hamas leader, air strike . [32]
Kjelfrid Brusveen , 82, Norwegian cross-country skier. [33]
Charles Camilleri , 77, Maltese composer. [34]
John Grindrod , 89, Australian Anglican prelate, Archbishop of Brisbane (1980–1989). [35]
Peter English , 71, Scottish professor of agriculture and author, heart failure.[36]
Pat Hingle , 84, American actor (Batman , Norma Rae , Hang 'Em High ), blood cancer. [37]
Li Zuopeng , 94, Chinese general and politician. [38]
Ulf G. Lindén , 71, Swedish entrepreneur, heart failure. [39] (Swedish)
Sam McQuagg , 73, American race car driver, NASCAR Rookie of the Year (1965), cancer. Archived October 7, 2012 at the Wayback Machine
Hisayasu Nagata , 39, Japanese politician, suicide by jumping. [40]
Olga San Juan , 81, American actress, kidney failure. [41]
Matt Sczesny , 76, American scout for the Boston Red Sox , cancer. [42]
Sir Alan Walters , 82, British economist. [43]
Lei Clijsters , 52, Belgian footballer and coach, father of Kim Clijsters , lung cancer. [44]
Betty Freeman , 87, American philanthropist. [45]
K. K. Govind , 92, Indian freedom fighter. [46]
Gedalio Grinberg , 77, Cuban-born American founder of Movado Group , natural causes. [47]
Ivan Gubijan , 85, Croatian hammer thrower, Olympic medalist (1948 ), after long illness. [48]
India , 18, American pet cat of George W. Bush . [49]
Gert Jonke , 62, Austrian writer and poet, cancer. [50]
Arvid Knutsen , 64, Norwegian footballer (Viking FK ), brain tumor. [51] (Norwegian)
Jon Latimer , 44, British historian, heart attack. [52]
Bob Lazarus , 52, American comedian, leukemia. [53]
Sudhir Ranjan Majumdar , 75, Indian politician, Chief Minister of Tripura (1988–1992), heart attack. [54]
John McGillicuddy , 78, American CEO of Manufacturers Hanover (1971–1991), Chemical Banking (1991–1993), prostate cancer. [55]
Vladimir Repev , 52, Russian Olympic silver medal-winning (1980 ) handball player. Archived March 19, 2012 at the Wayback Machine (Russian)
Giselle Salandy , 21, Trinidadian boxer, car accident. [56]
Griffin Bell , 90, American judge, Fifth Circuit Appeals Court (1961–1976), U.S. Attorney General (1977–1979), pancreatic cancer. [57]
Sonny Fai , 20, New Zealand rugby league player (New Zealand Warriors ), missing presumed drowned. [58]
Harry Kinnard , 93, American Army lieutenant general. [59]
Dale Livingston , 63, American football player (Green Bay Packers ), complications from heart surgery. [60]
Mario Magnotta , 66, Italian Internet celebrity, pulmonary embolism. [61] (Italian)
Adolf Merckle , 74, German businessman, suicide by train impact. [62]
Stanton Parris , 78, Barbadian cricket umpire, after short illness. [63]
Roland Piquepaille , 62, French software engineer and technology writer, complications from digestive virus. [64]
Carl Pohlad , 93, American banker, owner of the Minnesota Twins . [65]
Jimmy Rayner , 73, English footballer (Peterborough United ). [66]
Verna Mae Slone , 94, American author and quilter, complications from a fall. [67]
Mircea Stănescu , 39, Romanian politician, MP (2004–2008), apparent suicide by gunshot. [68]
Ned Tanen , 77, American executive (Universal Pictures ), natural causes. [69]
Sam Taylor , 74, American blues musician, complications from heart disease. [70]
Ron Asheton , 60, American rock guitarist (The Stooges ), heart attack (death announced on this date). [71]
Nino Bongiovanni , 97, American baseball player. [72]
Geoffrey Brooke , 88, British Olympic modern pentathlete. [73]
Vivian Della Chiesa , 94, American soprano and Broadway theatre performer. [74]
Robert T. Connor , 90, American politician, Staten Island Borough President (1966–1977). [75]
Maria Dimitriadi , 57, Greek singer, lung disease. [76]
John T. Elfvin , 91, American federal judge, justice of the Western District of New York since 1974. [77]
Manuela Fernández-Fojaco , 113, Spanish supercentenarian, verified oldest person in Europe. [78] (Spanish)
Alan Geisler , 78, American condiment inventor and food chemist, protein disorder. Archived February 17, 2009 at the Wayback Machine
Cheryl Holdridge , 64, American actress (The Mickey Mouse Club ), lung cancer. [79]
John Holt , 90, British physicist. Archived July 29, 2010 at the Wayback Machine
Robert Ilosfalvy , 81, Hungarian opera singer. Archived February 17, 2012 at the Wayback Machine (Hungarian)
Claude Jeter , 94, American gospel music singer. [80]
Frank Richard Maloney , 63, American writer and poet. [81]
John Scott Martin , 83, British actor (Doctor Who , I, Claudius , Z-Cars ), Parkinson's disease. [82]
Richard Seaver , 82, American owner of Arcade Publishing , heart attack. [83]
Ghulam Mohammad Shah , 88, Indian politician, Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir (1984–1986), after long illness. [84]
John Street , 77, British snooker referee, pulmonary disease. [85]
Victor Sumulong , 62, Filipino politician, Congressman (1998–2007), Mayor of Antipolo City since 2007, diabetes. [86]
Charlie Thomson , 78, Scottish footballer (Clyde , Chelsea , Nottingham Forest ). [87]
Yaakov Banai , 89, Israeli Lehi commander. [88] (Hebrew)
Don Callender , 81, American businessman, founder of Marie Callender's restaurants. [89]
J. D. H. Catleugh , 88, British artist. [90]
Alfie Conn, Sr. , 82, Scottish footballer (Hearts , Raith Rovers , Scotland ). [91]
Alex van Heerden , 34, South African musician, car accident. [92]
Jacques Littlefield , 59, American owner of the Military Vehicle Technology Foundation , colon cancer. [93]
Robert T. Monagan , 88, American politician, Speaker of the California State Assembly (1969–1970), after long illness. [94]
Puck Oversloot , 94, Dutch swimmer, Olympic silver medallist (1932 ). [95] (Dutch)
Anália de Victória Pereira , 67, Angolan politician. [96]
Ray Dennis Steckler , 70, American film director (Rat Pfink a Boo Boo ), cardiac arrest. [97]
Bob Wilkins , 76, American television personality, horror film host, complications from Alzheimer's disease. [98]
Magdaleno Cano , 75, Mexican Olympic cyclist. [99]
Don Galloway , 71, American actor (Ironside ), stroke. [100]
Björn Haugan , 66, Norwegian operatic lyric tenor. [101]
Gaston Lenôtre , 88, French pastry chef and caterer, after long illness. Archived February 21, 2009 at the Wayback Machine
Irene Melikoff , 91, Russian-born French Turkologist . [102]
Charles Morgan, Jr. , 78, American lawyer, complications of Alzheimer's disease. [103]
Richard John Neuhaus , 72, Canadian-born American Roman Catholic priest and theologian, founder of First Things , cancer. [104]
Zbigniew Podlecki , 68, Polish motorcycle speedway rider. [105]
Deborah Riedel , 50, Australian soprano, cancer. [106]
Leonidas Vargas , 60, Colombian drug trafficker, shot. [107]
Cornelia Wallace , 69, American First Lady of Alabama (1971–1978), second wife of George Wallace , cancer. [108]
Lasantha Wickrematunge , 50, Sri Lankan journalist, shot. [109]
Istvan Antal , 50, Romanian Olympic ice hockey player, cardiac arrest. [110] (Romanian)
Dave Dee , 67, British singer (Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich ), prostate cancer. [111]
Harry Endo , 87, American actor (Hawaii Five-O ), stroke. [112]
Jon Hager , 67, American country musician and comedian (Hee Haw ). [113]
René Herms , 26, German middle distance runner. [114]
Joe Hirsch , 80, American horse racing journalist, Parkinson's disease. [115]
T. Llew Jones , 93, British Welsh language writer. [116]
Peter Lane, Baron Lane of Horsell , 83, British businessman and politician. [117]
Pál Németh , 71, Hungarian hammer throw coach, heart failure. [118]
Kaarle Ojanen , 90, Finnish chess player. [119]
Dave Roberts , 64, American baseball pitcher, lung cancer. [120]
Jean Sassi , 91, French army colonel. Archived February 20, 2012 at the Wayback Machine (French)
Jack F. Shaw , 70, American cross country running coach. [121]
David Smiley , 92, British SOE officer. [122]
Ljubica Sokić , 94, Serbian painter. [123] (Serbian)
Tom Van Flandern , 68, American astronomer, colon cancer. [124]
Sir Neil Wheeler , 91, British Air Chief Marshal . [125]
Frank Williams , 50, American baseball player, heart attack. [126]
Anabel Bosch , 32, Filipino singer, cerebral aneurysm. [127]
Georges Cravenne , 94, French publicity agent, founder of the César Award . [128]
Rob Gauntlett , 21, British mountaineer, youngest Briton to climb Mount Everest, climbing accident. [129]
Peter Kollock , 49, American sociologist, motorcycle accident. [130]
Gil Mains , 79, American football player. [131]
Jean Pelletier , 73, Canadian politician, Mayor of Quebec City (1977–1989), Chief of Staff (1993–2001), cancer. [132]
Eluned Phillips , 94, British writer, crowned bard at the National Eisteddfod of Wales (1967, 1983), pneumonia. [133]
Colin Phipps , 74, British petroleum geologist and MP (1974–1979). [134]
Ivor Spencer , 84, British toastmaster. [135]
Bill Stone , 108, British World War I veteran. [136]
Coosje van Bruggen , 66, Dutch-born American sculptor, wife of Claes Oldenburg , breast cancer. [137]
Jack Wheeler , 89, British footballer. [138]
Sidney Wood , 97, American tennis player, Hall of Fame (1964), third-youngest winner of Wimbledon (1931). [139]
Ray Yoshida , 78, American painter, cancer. [140]
Elżbieta Zawacka , 99, Polish World War II freedom fighter. [141]
Maurice L. Albertson , 91, American Peace Corps architect, founder of Village Earth . [142]
Quirino De Ascaniis , 100, Italian priest. [143]
Andy DeMize , 25, American drummer (Nekromantix ), car accident. [144]
Shigeo Fukuda , 76, Japanese sculptor and graphic artist, subarachnoid hemorrhage. [145]
Jack Gifford , 68, American businessman (Maxim Integrated Products ), heart attack. [146]
Epeli Hau'ofa , 70, Fijian writer and anthropologist, after short illness. [147]
Bert Hazell , 101, British politician and trade unionist; MP (1964–1970), oldest modern MP. [148]
Bob Kilby , 64, British motorcycle speedway rider, cancer. [149]
Pio Laghi , 86, Italian Cardinal for San Pietro in Vincoli , Vatican Ambassador to the US (1980–1990), hematologic disease. [150]
Pat Lindsey , 72, American politician, member of the Alabama Senate (1967–1974, since 1982), heart attack. [151]
Freddie Mack , 74, British boxer and musician. [152]
Ricardo Martínez de Hoyos , 90, Mexican painter, pneumonia. [153] (Spanish)
François, 9th duc de Noailles , 103, French noble. [154] (Dutch)
Tom O'Horgan , 84, American theater director (Hair , Jesus Christ Superstar ), complications of Alzheimer's disease. [155]
Wally Olds , 59, American Olympic ice hockey silver medal-winning player (1972 ), colon cancer. [156]
Frederic M. Richards , 83, American biochemist, natural causes. [157]
Vivian Ridler , 95, British printer. [158]
Lorene Rogers , 94, American educator, President of the University of Texas at Austin (1974–1979). [159]
Milan Rúfus , 80, Slovak poet and academic. Archived February 17, 2012 at the Wayback Machine
Daryl Seaman , 86, Canadian businessman, co-owner of the Calgary Flames . [160]
Jon Tvedt , 42, Norwegian orienteer and mountain runner, fall. [161] (Norwegian)
Victor Vacquier , 101, American geophysicist, pneumonia. [162]
David Vine , 74, British sports presenter, heart attack. [163]
Olle Wänlund , 85, Swedish Olympic cyclist. [164]
Claude Berri , 74, French film director (Jean de Florette , Manon des Sources ), Academy Award winner, stroke. [165]
Russ Craft , 89, American football player (Philadelphia Eagles , Pittsburgh Steelers ). Archived September 28, 2011 at the Wayback Machine
Friaça , 84, Brazilian footballer, multiple organ failure. [166]
Mick Imlah , 52, British poet, motor neurone disease. [167]
David Kerr , 86, British politician, MP for Wandsworth Central (1964–1970). [168]
Arne Næss , 96, Norwegian philosopher, founder of deep ecology . Archived February 5, 2009 at the Wayback Machine
Michael Russell , 88, Irish Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Waterford and Lismore . [169]
Alejandro Sokol , 48, Argentine rock and roll musician, cardio-respiratory failure. [170]
Allen Zwerdling , 86, American theatre director and actor. [171]
Ayman Alkurd , 34, Palestinian footballer, airstrike . [172]
Pedro Aguilar , 81, American dancer, heart failure. [173]
Hortense Calisher , 97, American author. [174]
Tommy Casey , 78, British footballer. Archived January 15, 2009 at the Wayback Machine
Cousin Junior , 48, American professional wrestler, heart attack. [175]
Mikhail Donskoy , 61, Russian programmer, co-developer of the first world computer chess champion (Kaissa ). [176]
John Edmondson, 2nd Baron Sandford , 88, British politician and Anglican priest. [177]
Mary Ejercito , 103, Filipino mother of Joseph Estrada , heart seizure and stomach aneurysm. [178]
Preston Gómez , 85, Cuban-born American baseball player, coach and manager (San Diego Padres ). [179]
Umar Israilov , 27, Russian critic of Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov , shot. [180]
Jean Keene , 85, American bird feeder, natural causes. [181]
Gary Kurfirst , 61, American music manager. [182]
Sir Dai Llewellyn , 62, British socialite, bone cancer. [183]
Patrick McGoohan , 80, American-born Irish actor (The Prisoner , Braveheart ), after short illness. [184]
James B. Pearson , 88, American politician, U.S. Senator from Kansas (1962–1978). [185]
Mansour Rahbani , 83, Lebanese composer and musician, pneumonia. [186]
Nicholas Andrew Rey , 70, Polish-born American diplomat, Ambassador to Poland (1993–1997), lung cancer. [187]
William De Witt Snodgrass , 83, American poet, lung cancer. [188]
Folke Sundquist , 83, Swedish actor. [189]
Richard Tyler , 92, British architect. [190]
Eben van Zijl , 77, Namibian politician. [191]
Nancy Bird Walton , 93, Australian aviator, natural causes. [192]
Peter Ward , 95, British Olympic athlete. [193]
Trammell Crow , 94, American real estate developer. [194]
Mike Derrick , 65, American baseball player (Boston Red Sox ). [195]
Dušan Džamonja , 80, Croatian sculptor, heart failure. [196]
Peter E. Fleming Jr. , 79, American criminal defense lawyer, complications from lung surgery. [197]
Jan Kaplický , 71, Czech-born British architect. [198]
The Mighty Duke , 77, Trinidadian calypsonian, myelofibrosis. [199]
Ricardo Montalbán , 88, Mexican-born American actor (Fantasy Island , Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan ), heart failure. [200]
Angela Morley , 84, British composer and conductor. [201]
Aron Moscona , 87, Israeli-born American biologist, heart failure. [202]
Leo Rwabwogo , 59, Ugandan boxer, Olympic medallist (1968 , 1972 ). [203]
Gennadiy Shatkov , 76, Russian Soviet-era boxer, Olympic gold medalist (1956). [204]
Abdirahman Ahmed , Somali politician, shot. [205]
Ovini Bokini , 64, Fijian chief and politician. Archived January 20, 2009 at the Wayback Machine
Maurice Chappaz , 92, Swiss author and poet. [206]
Olivier Clement , 87, French Eastern Orthodox theologian. [207] (Romanian)
William Close , 84, American physician, helped stem 2007 Congo ebola epidemic , father of Glenn Close , heart attack. [208]
Veronika Dudarova , 92, Russian symphony conductor. [209]
Tommy Jones , 54, American baseball player, manager and coach, brain cancer. [210]
Tommy Muñiz , 86, Puerto Rican television producer and comedian, after long illness. [211] (Spanish)
Said Seyam , 50, Palestinian government official, Interior Minister (2006–2007), airstrike . [212]
Tapan Sinha , 84, Indian film director, bronchopneumonia. [213]
Craig Stimac , 54, American baseball player (San Diego Padres ), suicide. [214] (Italian)
Lillian Willoughby , 93, American Quaker activist, founder of Take Back the Night . Archived February 7, 2009 at the Wayback Machine
Sidney Brichto , 72, American-born British Liberal rabbi. [215]
Jim Carvin , 79, American political strategist, heart failure. [216]
Joe Erskine , 78, American boxer and ultramarathon runner. [217]
Judith Hoffberg , 74, American art librarian and archivist, lymphoma. [218]
Claudio Milar , 34, Uruguayan footballer, bus crash. [219]
Whitey Mitchell , 76, American jazz musician and comedy writer (Get Smart , All in the Family , The Jeffersons ), cancer. Archived February 27, 2009 at the Wayback Machine
Sir John Mortimer , 85, British barrister, novelist and dramatist (Rumpole of the Bailey ), after long illness. [220]
Robert Palmer , 74, American vintner, blood infection. [221]
Bogdan Tirnanić , 67, Serbian journalist. [222] (Serbian)
Andrew Wyeth , 91, American painter (Christina's World ), after short illness. [223]
Tomislav Crnković , 79, Croatian footballer. [224] (Croatian)
Susanna Foster , 84, American actress and singer (Phantom of the Opera ). [225]
Gary Hill , 67, American basketball player. [226]
Anders Isaksson , 65, Swedish writer, reporter and historian. [227] (Swedish)
Mary Lundby , 60, American politician, member of the Iowa Senate since 1995, cervical cancer. [228]
Malcolm MacPherson , 65, American journalist, heart attack. [229]
Paul Nicholls , 62, Australian first-class cricketer, cancer. [230]
Marjorie Parker Smith , 92, American figure skater. [231]
Mike Parkinson , 60, New Zealand rugby union player. [232]
Edmund Leopold de Rothschild , 93, British financier and horticulturist. [233]
Arthur Weisberg , 77, American bassoonist, pancreatic cancer. [234]
Kamil Zvelebil , 80, Czech scholar of Indian literature and linguistics, cancer. [235]
Max Borges Jr. , 90, Cuban architect. [236]
Kathleen Byron , 88, British actress (Black Narcissus , A Matter of Life and Death , The House in the Square ), after long illness. [237]
Holly Coors , 88, American activist and philanthropist, after long illness. [238]
Tony Hart , 83, British artist and television presenter. [239]
Nora Kovach , 77, Hungarian-born American ballerina, after short illness. [240]
Bob May , 69, American actor (Lost in Space , The Time Tunnel ), heart failure. [241]
Zenonas Petrauskas , 58, Lithuanian lawyer and politician. [242] (Lithuanian)
Bal Samant , 85, Indian writer, after long illness. [243]
James E. Swett , 88, American fighter pilot, Medal of Honor recipient, after long illness. [244]
Grigore Vieru , 73, Moldovan poet, car accident. [245] (Romanian)
Anastasia Baburova , 25, Russian journalist, shot. [246]
E. Balanandan , 84, Indian politician and trade unionist, lung cancer. [247]
Beatrice Farve , 113, American supercentenarian, verified second oldest person in the world. [248]
Hugh Lindsay , 81, British Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle . [249]
Stanislav Markelov , 34, Russian civil rights lawyer, shot. [250]
Dennis Fountain Page , 89, British Anglican prelate, Bishop of Lancaster (1975–1985). [251]
Viking Palm , 85, Swedish Olympic gold medal-winning (1952 ) wrestler. [252] (Swedish)
Raymond Parker , 89, British sprint canoer. [253]
Luigi Preti , 94, Italian politician, natural causes. [254] (Spanish)
José Torres , 72, Puerto Rican boxer, Olympic silver medallist (1956), heart attack. [255]
Joop Wille , 88, Dutch footballer (EDO and The Netherlands ). [256] (Dutch)
Chris Chianelli , 58, American hobbyist, writer and television host, natural causes. [257]
Constance Cook , 89, American politician, member of the New York State Assembly (1963–1974). [258]
Johnny Dixon , 85, British footballer (Aston Villa ), complications from Alzheimer's disease. [259]
David S. Dodge , 86, American President of American University of Beirut (1996–1997), cancer. [260]
Joe Domnanovich , 89, American football player. [261]
Mark Fernando , 67, Sri Lankan judge, member of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka, cancer. [262]
Mickey Gee , 64, British rock and roll guitarist, emphysema. [263]
Stéphanos II Ghattas , 89, Egyptian Coptic Catholic prelate, Patriarch of Alexandria (1986–2006). [264]
Stan Hagen , 68, Canadian politician, member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia (1986–1991, since 2001), heart attack. [265]
Dante Lavelli , 85, American football player (Cleveland Browns ), Hall of Famer (1975), heart failure. [266]
David Newman , 75, American jazz saxophonist (Fathead ), pancreatic cancer. [267]
Dina Vierny , 89, Russian-born French model. [268]
Sheila Walsh , 80, British romantic novelist. [269]
Irina Belotelkin , 96, Russian-born American couturier. [270]
Ernie Bourne , 82, Australian actor. [271]
Pat Crawford , 75, Australian Test cricketer, after long illness. [272]
Vic Crowe , 76, British footballer (Aston Villa , Peterborough ) and manager (Aston Villa , Portland Timbers ), after long illness. [273]
Shane Dronett , 38, American football player (Atlanta Falcons ), suicide. [274]
Astrid Folstad , 76, Norwegian actress. [275] (Norwegian)
Jean Jadot , 99, Belgian prelate and diplomat, Vatican Ambassador to the US (1974–1980), after long illness. [276]
Finn Kobberø , 73, Danish badminton player. [277]
Horace R. Kornegay , 84, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from North Carolina (1961–1969). [278]
Krista Kilvet , 62, Estonian journalist, politician and diplomat. [279] (Estonian)
Kunal Mitra , 44, Indian actor, heart attack. [280]
Peter Persidis , 61, Austrian footballer, cancer. [281]
Veatrice Rice , 59, American television personality (Jimmy Kimmel Live! ), cancer. [282]
Daphne Rooke , 94, South African author. [283]
Charles H. Schneer , 88, American film producer (Jason and the Argonauts ), Alzheimer's disease. [284]
Panapasa Balekana , 79, Fijian-born Solomon Island co-writer of the Solomon Islands national anthem . [285]
John Alan Beesley , 81, Canadian diplomat. [286]
Chau Sen Cocsal Chhum , 103, Cambodian politician, Prime Minister (1962). [287]
Bob Doyle , 93, Irish activist, last surviving Irish member of the International Brigade in the Spanish Civil War. [288]
Bill Herchman , 75, American football player. [289]
Vivian Illing , 108, American centenarian, one of the last survivors of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake . [290]
Pentti Kouri , 59, Finnish economist and investor, after long illness. [291] (Finnish)
Liang Yusheng , 85, Chinese novelist, natural causes. [292]
Clément Pinault , 23, French footballer, heart attack. Archived February 20, 2012 at the Wayback Machine
Darrell Sandeen , 73, American actor (L.A. Confidential ), stroke. [293]
Louis-Paul-Armand Simonneaux , 93, French Bishop of Versailles . [294]
Billy Werber , 100, American baseball player, last living teammate of Babe Ruth , oldest living Major League Baseball player, natural causes. [295]
Mbongeleni Zondi , 39, South African Zulu chief, shot. [296]
Ilija Arnautović , c. 85, Yugoslavian architect. [297] (Slovene)
Sir Richard Beaumont , 96, British diplomat. [298]
H. J. Blackham , 105, British humanist and writer. [299]
Martin Delaney , 63, American HIV activist, complications from liver cancer. [300]
Irving Feiner , 84, American freedom of speech advocate, ruptured cerebral aneurysm. [301]
Helen Maksagak , 77, Canadian politician, first Inuk Northwest Territories Commissioner (1995–1999) and Nunavut (1999–2000). [302]
Sybil Moses , 69, American judge (New Jersey Superior Court ) and lawyer, breast cancer. [303]
George Perle , 93, American composer, after long illness. [304]
Anna Radziwiłł , 69, Polish historian and politician. [305]
Robert W. Scott , 79, American politician, Governor of North Carolina (1969–1973), natural causes. Archived February 28, 2009 at the Wayback Machine
Percy Smith , 86, Canadian politician, MP for Northumberland—Miramichi (1968–1974). [306]
Thomas , 61, American activist, pulmonary disease. [307]
Compton Vyfhuis , 76, West Indian cricket umpire. [308]
Gérard Blanc , 61, French singer and guitarist, cerebral hemorrhage. [309]
Fernando Cornejo , 39, Chilean footballer, stomach cancer. Archived February 14, 2012 at the Wayback Machine
Mariana Bridi da Costa , 20, Brazilian model, complications from necrotic septicemia . [310]
Olivia Irvine Dodge , 90, American philanthropist. [311]
Leonard Gaskin , 88, American jazz bassist. [312]
Marie Glory , 103, French actress. [313]
Reg Gutteridge , 84, British boxing commentator and journalist, after short illness. Archived December 29, 2011 at the Wayback Machine
Edith Hahn Beer , 95, Austrian Holocaust survivor. [314]
Diane Holland , 78, British actress, bronchial pneumonia. [315]
Karl Koller , 79, Austrian footballer, Alzheimer's disease. [316]
Len Perme , 91, American baseball player. [317]
Olga Raggio , 82, Italian-born American art scholar and curator, cancer. [318]
William Smith , 69, American theologian. [319]
Thomas Ambrose Tschoepe , 93, American Bishop of Dallas . [320]
Kay Yow , 66, American women's basketball coach (NC State ), breast cancer. [321]
Mamadou Dia , 98, Senegalese politician, Prime Minister (1957–1962). [322]
Leon Klenicki , 78, American rabbi, colorectal cancer. [323]
Ewald Kooiman , 70, Dutch organist, cardiac arrest. [324] (German)
Ed Lyons , 85, American baseball player (Washington Senators ). [325]
Kim Manners , 58, American television producer and director (The X-Files , Supernatural ) , lung cancer. [326]
John Murray , 93, Australian politician, MP (1958–1961). Archived March 4, 2009 at the Wayback Machine
Hiroshi Oguchi , 58, Japanese artist and musician. [327]
Antonio Pagán , 50, American politician, New York City Councilman (1992–1998), Commissioner of Employment (1998–2002). [328]
Marguerite, Baroness de Reuter , 96, British aristocrat, last heir of the Reuters family, granddaughter-in-law of Paul Reuter . [329]
Fernando Amaral , 84, Portuguese politician, President of the Assembly of the Republic (1984–1987). [330]
James Brady , 80, American columnist (PARADE , New York Post ). [331]
Ahmad Hasan Dani , 88, Pakistani archaeologist. [332]
Jerry Fowler , 68, American football player (Houston Oilers ), Louisiana Elections Commissioner (1980–2000), heart failure. [333]
John Isaacs , 93, American basketball player (New York Renaissance ), stroke. [334]
Ivan Jensen , 86, Danish footballer. [335] (Danish)
Roy Johnson , 49, American baseball player, heart attack. [336]
Zakan Jugelia , Abkhaz politician, shot. [337]
Don Ladner , 60, New Zealand rugby league player, heart attack. [338]
Sir Donald Luddington , 88, British High Commissioner for Western Pacific (1973–76), Hong Kong ICAC Commissioner (1978–80). [339]
Avraham Ravitz , 75, Israeli politician, member of the Knesset (1988–2009), heart failure. [340]
David Sabiston , 84, American physician, pioneer of heart surgery , stroke. [341]
Alan Scott , 72, Australian oven manufacturer, heart failure. [342]
Philip J. Thomas , 92, Canadian folklorist. [343]
Mamman Bello Ali , 50, Nigerian politician, Senator (1999–2007), Governor of Yobe State since 2007, leukemia. Archived January 31, 2009 at the Wayback Machine
Connie Buckley , 93, Irish hurler. [344]
Christian Enzensberger , 77, German anglicist, author and translator. [345] (German)
Koji Kakizawa , 75, Japanese politician, Minister for Foreign Affairs (1994), esophageal cancer. [346]
Blair Lent , 79, American author and illustrator (Tikki Tikki Tembo ), pneumonia. [347]
Michael Majerus , 54, British geneticist. Archived October 25, 2012 at the Wayback Machine
Aubrey Powell , 90, British footballer. [348]
Mino Reitano , 64, Italian singer, after long illness. [349]
Sharat Sardana , 40, British screenwriter (Goodness Gracious Me ), streptococcal infection. [350]
John Updike , 76, American author (Rabbit Is Rich , The Witches of Eastwick ), lung cancer. [351]
R. Venkataraman , 98, Indian politician, President (1987–1992), multiple organ failure . [352]
Billy Wilson , 81, American football player (San Francisco 49ers ), cancer. [353]
Robert S. Barton , 83, American computer engineer. Archived February 9, 2009 at the Wayback Machine
Gene Corbett , 95, American baseball player (Philadelphia Phillies ). [354]
Glenn Davis , 74, American Olympic gold medal hurdler, after long illness. Archived February 2, 2009 at the Wayback Machine
John Patrick Diggins , 73, American historian, colorectal cancer. [355]
Fang Chengguo , 65, Chinese banker. Archived May 9, 2013 at the Wayback Machine (Chinese)
Lucille M. Mair , 84, Jamaican diplomat. [356]
Vasilij Melik , 88, Slovenian historian. [357] (Slovenian)
Gyula Pálóczi , 46, Hungarian athlete, heart disease. Archived February 2, 2009 at the Wayback Machine
Billy Powell , 56, American musician (Lynyrd Skynyrd ), heart attack. [358]
Mira Rostova , 99, Russian-born American acting coach. [359]
Peter Serry , 35, Kenyan football player, coach and administrator, fire . [360]
Robert L. Stone , 87, American CEO of The Hertz Corporation , heart failure. [361]
Angel Wainaina , 25, Kenyan actress, fire . Archived July 4, 2010 at the Wayback Machine
Wendell Wyatt , 91, American politician, member of the United States House of Representatives for Oregon (1964–1975). [362]
Pawlu Aquilina , 79, Maltese poet and writer. [363]
René Berger , 93, Swiss writer, philosopher and art historian. [364]
Juan Brotto , 69, Argentine Olympic cyclist. [365]
Charles Clews , 89, Maltese comedian. [366]
Hank Crawford , 74, American jazz, rhythm and blues saxophonist, complications from a stroke. [367]
John Harry Dunning , 81, British economist. [368]
Bill Frindall , 69, British cricket statistician, Legionnaire's disease. [369]
Karl Gass , 91, German documentary filmmaker, natural causes. [370] (German)
Hélio Gracie , 95, Brazilian martial artist, creator of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu . [371]
George Holmes , 81, British historian. [372]
John Martyn , 60, British singer and songwriter, pneumonia. [373]
Roger Pontet , 88, French cyclist. [374]
Roy Saunders , 78, British footballer (Liverpool , Swansea City ). Archived May 24, 2011 at the Wayback Machine
Charles H. Smelser , 88, American politician, Maryland Delegate (1955–1963) and State Senator (1967–1995). [375] .
Roy Somlyo , 83, American theatre producer, cancer. [376]
François Villiers , 88, French film director. [377] (French)
José de Almeida Batista Pereira , 91, Brazilian Bishop of Guaxupé (1964–1976). [378]
Hans Beck , 79, German inventor, creator of Playmobil toys. [379]
Mike Francis , 47, Italian pop musician, lung cancer. [380]
John Gordy , 73, American football player (Detroit Lions ), pancreatic cancer. [381]
H. Guy Hunt , 75, American politician, Governor of Alabama (1987–1993), lung cancer. [382]
Safar Iranpak , 61, Iranian footballer, lung cancer. Archived July 29, 2012 at the Wayback Machine
Ingemar Johansson , 76, Swedish world heavyweight boxing champion (1959–1960), complications from pneumonia. [383]
Sune Jonsson , 78, Swedish photographer and writer. [384] (Swedish)
Teddy Mayer , 73, American motor racing entrepreneur. [385]
Milton Parker , 90, American businessman, owner of the Carnegie Deli , respiratory problems. [386]
James Schevill , 88, American poet and playwright, stroke. [387]
Stephen Zetterberg , 92, American attorney and politician. [388]
Neiliezhü Üsou , 67, influential Baptist preacher and public leader from the North-Eastern state of India, Nagaland . [389]
Lino Aldani , 82, Italian science fiction writer, lung disease. [390]
Sir John Fuller , 91, Australian politician and monarchist, member of New South Wales Legislative Council (1961–1978), cancer. Archived February 2, 2009 at the Wayback Machine
Harry Hill , 92, British bronze medal-winning Olympic cyclist (1936 ), pneumonia. [391]
Thérèse Lavoie-Roux , 80, Canadian politician, after long illness. [392] (French)
Eddie Logan , 98, American Negro league baseball player, stroke. [393]
Dewey Martin , 68, Canadian-born American drummer (Buffalo Springfield ). [394]
Nagesh , 75, Indian film comedian, after short illness. [395]
Des Newton , 67, British craftsman, maker of model ships in bottles. [396]
Clint Ritchie , 70, American actor (One Life to Live ), blood clot after heart surgery. [397]
Daniel Seligman , 84, American columnist (Fortune ), multiple myeloma. [398]
Erland von Koch , 98, Swedish composer. [399]
Joanna Wiszniewicz , 61, Polish historian. [400] (Polish)