Deaths in July 2011
The following is a list of notable deaths in July 2011.
July 2011
1
- Jane Baker, 88, American community organizer and politician, first female Mayor of San Mateo, California. [1]
- Leslie Brooks, 89, American actress. [2]
- Edmund Snow Carpenter, 88, American anthropologist. [3]
- Charlie Craig, 73, American songwriter ("She's Single Again", "The Generation Gap"), lung cancer. [4]
- Willie Fernie, 82, Scottish footballer, Alzheimer's disease. [5]
- Bud Grant, 79, American television executive, president of CBS (1980–1987). [6]
- Anne LaBastille, 75, American author and ecologist. [7]
- Bébé Manga, 60, Cameroonian singer, cardiac arrest. [8] (French)
- Bob McCann, 47, American basketball player (Minnesota Timberwolves, Washington Bullets), heart failure. [9]
- Harold Nelson, 88, New Zealand Olympic runner. [10]
- Jean-Louis Rosier, 86, French racecar driver. [11] (French)
2
- Khalid Aziz, 73, Pakistan cricket umpire. [12]
- Itamar Franco, 81, Brazilian politician, President (1992–1995), leukemia. [13]
- Magnar G. Huseby, 82, Norwegian engineer and politician. [14] (Norwegian)
- Olivera Marković, 86, Serbian actress. [15] (Serbian)
- Ross Martin, 68, Australian Olympic cross-country skier, cycling accident. [16]
- Chaturanan Mishra, 86, Indian politician and trade union leader, after long illness. [17]
- Sir Oliver Napier, 75, Northern Irish politician, leader of the Alliance Party of Northern Ireland (1972–1984). [18]
- Robert Sklar, 75, American film historian, cycling accident. [19]
- Juno Stover-Irwin, 82, American diver, Olympic silver (1956) and bronze (1952) medalist. [20]
3
- Iain Blair, 69, British romance novelist, published under the name Emma Blair. [21]
- Francis King, 88, British writer. [22]
- Anna Massey, 73, British actress (Frenzy, Hotel du Lac), cancer. [23]
- Fred Newman, 76, American psychotherapist. [24]
- Sir Roy Redgrave, 85, British Army general. [25]
- Len Sassaman, 31, American cryptographer, suicide. [26]
- John C. Truesdale, 89, American public servant, National Labor Relations Board chairman (1998–2000), cancer. [27]
4
- Şerban Cantacuzino, 70, Romanian actor and nobleman, descendant of Wallachian Prince Şerban Cantacuzino. [28]
- Wes Covington, 79, American baseball player (Milwaukee Braves, Kansas City Athletics, Philadelphia Phillies), cancer. [29]
- John Davies Evans, 86, British archaeologist. [30]
- Rusty Farley, 57, American politician, member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives (2011). [31]
- Otto von Habsburg, 98, Austro-Hungarian royal and politician, MEP (1979–1999). [32]
- Billy Hardee, 56, American football player (Denver Broncos, Ottawa Rough Riders), motorcycle accident. [33]
- Zurab Kapianidze, 74, Georgian actor and politician, MP (1999–2003). [34]
- Pablo McNeil, 71, Jamaican Olympic athlete and coach, after long illness. [35]
- Lawrence R. Newman, 86, American advocate for the deaf. [36]
- Jane Scott, 92, American rock music critic. [37]
- William G. Thrash, 94, American Marine Corps lieutenant general. [38]
- Neil Turner, 77, Australian politician, Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland (1996–1998); MLA for Warrego (1974–1986) and Nicklin (1990–1998). [39]
- Gerhard Unger, 95, German opera singer. [40]
5
- Jaap Blokker, 69, Dutch businessman, cancer. [41]
- Neil Dougherty, 50, American basketball coach (TCU). [42]
- Joy F. Evans, 85, American women's leader in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. [43]
- Malcolm Forsyth, 74, South African-born Canadian trombonist and composer, pancreatic cancer. [44]
- David Getches, 68, American educator and Native American rights lawyer, pancreatic cancer. [45]
- Armen Gilliam, 47, American basketball player (Phoenix Suns, New Jersey Nets, Milwaukee Bucks), heart attack. [46]
- George Lang, 86, Hungarian-born American restaurateur and cookbook author, Alzheimer's disease. [47]
- Odd Mæhlum, 89, Norwegian Olympic track and field athlete. [48]
- Fonce Mizell, 68, American jazz and R&B record producer (Mizell Brothers). [49]
- Mika Myllylä, 41, Finnish cross country skier, 1998 Olympic gold medalist. [50] (body found on this date)
- Theodore Roszak, 77, American scholar (The Making of a Counter Culture), cancer. [51]
- Hanna Segal, 92, British psychoanalyst. [52]
- John Sweet, 95, American actor (A Canterbury Tale). [53]
- Gordon Tootoosis, 69, Canadian actor (Pocahontas, Legends of the Fall) and activist, pneumonia. [54]
- Cy Twombly, 83, American painter, cancer. [55]
- Shinji Wada, 61, Japanese manga artist (Sukeban Deka). [56] (death reported on this date)
6
- Steve Cardiff, 53, Canadian politician, automobile accident. [57]
- Paul-André Crépeau, 85, Canadian legal academic. [58]
- Daniel Mortimer Friedman, 95, American jurist. [59]
- Mani Kaul, 66, Indian filmmaker, after long illness. [60]
- George Edward Kimball, 67, American boxing columnist (Boston Herald), esophageal cancer. [61]
- Marketa Kimbrell, 82, American actress, Alzheimer's disease. [62]
- Warren Leslie, 84, American author, journalist and business executive. [63]
- John Mackey, 69, American Hall of Fame football player (Baltimore Colts, San Diego Chargers). [64]
- Josef Suk, 81, Czech violinist, prostate cancer. [65]
- Andreas Waldherr, 43, Austrian rally driver, workshop accident. [66]
- Mark Whitehead, 50, American Olympic cyclist. [67]
- Keith Wilson, 69, British production designer (Space: 1999). [68]
- Gabriele Zeilinger, 93, Austrian Olympic fencer. [69]
7
- Ricardo Alegría, 90, Puerto Rican anthropologist, complications of heart disease. [70]
- Peter Aucoin, 67, Canadian educator (Dalhousie University). [71]
- Bill Boddy, 98, British motor sport journalist. [72]
- Ganapathi Bose, 72, Indian cricketer. [73]
- Frank Brenchley, 93, British diplomat. [74]
- Allan W. Eckert, 80, American historian. [75]
- Manuel Galbán, 80, Cuban guitarist (Buena Vista Social Club), heart attack. [76]
- Rasika Joshi, 39, Indian actress, leukemia. [77]
- Yuri Kukin, 78, Russian singer-songwriter. [78] (Russian)
- Humberto Leal Garcia, 38, Mexican murderer, lethal injection. [79]
- José Carlos Martínez, 48, Argentine politician, Senator (since 2007), car crash. [80] (Spanish)
- Rizalino Navarro, 72, Filipino business executive, Secretary of Trade and Industry (1992–1996), heart attack. [81]
- Miguel Gatan Purugganan, 79, Filipino Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Ilagan (1974–1999). [82]
- Olav Versto, 60, Norwegian journalist and editor (Verdens Gang), apparent drowning. [83] (Norwegian)
- Dick Williams, 82, American baseball player and manager (Oakland Athletics), Hall of Famer, ruptured aortic aneurysm. [84]
8
- Kenny Baker, 85, American fiddler, complications from a stroke. [85]
- Roberts Blossom, 87, American actor (Doc Hollywood, Escape from Alcatraz, Home Alone). [86]
- William R. Corliss, 84, American physicist and writer. [87]
- Sam Denoff, 83, American Emmy Award-winning television writer (The Dick Van Dyke Show, That Girl), Alzheimer's disease. [88]
- Aleksis Dreimanis, 96, Latvian-born Canadian geologist. [89]
- Pete Duranko, 67, American football player (Denver Broncos), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. [90]
- Mary Fenech Adami, 77, Maltese First Lady (2004–2009), wife of Prime Minister Eddie Fenech Adami, heart attack. [91]
- Betty Ford, 93, American First Lady (1974–1977) and co-founder of Betty Ford Center. [92]
- Norman Hampson, 89, British historian. [93]
- Bidzina Kvernadze, 82, Georgian composer, Parkinson's disease. [94]
- Camille Lembi Zaneli, 61, Congolese Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Isangi (since 2000), plane crash. [95]
- George McAnthony, 45, Italian country singer, heart attack. [96]
- Paul Michael, 84, American actor, heart failure. [97]
- Adolfo Sánchez Vázquez, 95, Spanish-born Mexican philosopher, writer and educator. [98]
9
- Don Ackerman, 80, American basketball player (New York Knicks), after short illness. [99]
- Facundo Cabral, 74, Argentine singer and songwriter, shot. [100]
- Ralph Goldston, 82, American football player (Philadelphia Eagles, Hamilton Tiger-Cats). [101]
- Carl T. Langford, 92, American politician, Mayor of Orlando, Florida (1967–1980). [102]
- Percy Oliver, 92, Australian Olympic swimmer. [103]
- Arvo Salo, 79, Finnish writer and politician, MP (1966–1970, 1979–1983) and Minister of Culture (1982–1983). [104] (Finnish)
- Hideo Tanaka, 78, Japanese director (Sukeban Deka The Movie), stomach cancer. [105] (Japanese)
- Lee Vines, 92, Canadian-born American television announcer (What's My Line?) and actor, complications from a fall and pneumonia. [106]
- Würzel, 61, British guitarist (Motörhead), ventricular fibrillation. [107]
10
- Pierrette Alarie, 89, Canadian soprano, wife of tenor Léopold Simoneau. [108]
- Travis Bean, 63, American guitar maker, cancer. [109]
- Roberto Guerrero, 86-87, Argentine Olympic cyclist. [110]
- Ajit Das Gupta, 86, Indian cricketer. [111]
- Ragnar Lundberg, 86, Swedish athlete. [112] (Swedish)
- Frank Mascara, 81, American politician, U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania (1995–2003), lung cancer. [113]
- Roland Petit, 87, French ballet dancer and choreographer, leukemia. [114]
- Kelly Thomas, 37, American homeless man, beaten. [115]
- Deacon Turner, 56, American football player (Cincinnati Bengals), shot. [116]
- Malcolm Wild, 79, Australian soccer player. [117]
11
- Henry Carlisle, 84, American translator, novelist and anti-censorship activist. [118]
- Helen Crummy, 91, British social activist. [119]
- Michael Evans, 59, British Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of East Anglia (since 2003), prostate cancer. [120]
- Tom Gehrels, 86, Dutch-born American astronomer. [121]
- Rob Grill, 67, American singer and songwriter (The Grass Roots). [122]
- Alex Hay, 78, British golf journalist. [123]
- Andreas Ioannides, 53, Cypriot navy chief, explosion. [124]
- Jaroslav Jiřík, 71, Czech hockey player (St. Louis Blues), plane crash. [125]
- George Lascelles, 7th Earl of Harewood, 88, British aristocrat, magazine editor and arts administrator, first cousin of Queen Elizabeth II. [126]
- Herbert Matayoshi, 82, American politician, Mayor of Hawaii County (1974–1984). [127]
- Richard F. Pedersen, 86, American diplomat, President of American University of Cairo (1977–1990). [128]
- Sir Filoimea Telito, 66, Tuvaluan President of the Church of Tuvalu, Governor General (2005–2010), heart attack. [129]
- Steve Trimble, 53, American football player (Denver Broncos), heart attack. [130]
12
- Aftab Ahmad Khan, 87, Pakistani military officer, heart attack. [131]
- Premangsu Chatterjee, 83, Indian cricketer. [132]
- Peter Crampton, 79, British politician, member of the European Parliament (1989–1999), suspected brain haemorrhage. [133]
- William Crozier, 81, Irish artist. [134]
- Bob Fraser, 65–66, American actor, producer and writer, melanoma. [135]
- Bolesław Gładych, 93, Polish World War II flying ace. [136] (Polish)
- Howard Hilton, 47, American baseball player (St. Louis Cardinals). [137]
- Ahmed Wali Karzai, 50, Afghan politician, brother of President Hamid Karzai, shot. [138]
- Jokapeci Koroi, 79, Fijian politician, President of Fiji Labour Party (1991–2011). [139]
- Francisco Villagrán Kramer, 84, Guatemalan politician, Vice President (1978–1980). [140]
- Kurt Lundquist, 85, Swedish Olympic bronze medal-winning (1948) athlete. [141] (Swedish)
- Peter Newmark, 95, British educator and scholar. [142]
- Charles Asa Schleck, 86, American Roman Catholic prelate, titular archbishop and under-secretary of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples (1995–2000). [143]
- Rudy Schulze, 82, Canadian Olympic shooter. [144]
- Sherwood Schwartz, 94, American television producer, creator of The Brady Bunch and Gilligan's Island. [145]
- Tony Stevens, 63, American choreographer, dancer and actor, Hodgkin's lymphoma. [146]
- Zdeněk Sýkora, 91, Czech abstract painter. [147]
13
- Raymond Beckman, 86, American Olympic soccer player, coronary artery disease. [148]
- Giacomo Benevelli, 96, Italian sculptor. [149] (Italian)
- W. K. Brown, 88, American politician, member of the Louisiana House of Representatives (1960–1972), Alzheimer's disease. [150]
- Per-Erik Burud, 48, Norwegian businessman, boating accident. [151] (Norwegian)
- Al Debbo, 87, South African comedian. [152]
- Allan Jeans, 77, Australian football player and coach, pulmonary fibrosis. [153]
- John Mosca, 86, American restaurateur (Mosca's), prostate cancer. [154]
- Jerry Ragovoy, 80, American songwriter ("Time Is on My Side"), stroke. [155]
- Heinz Reincke, 86, German actor. [156] (German)
- Niall Shanks, 52, British-born North American philosopher. [157]
14
- Dekha Ibrahim Abdi, 47, Kenyan peace activist, recipient of the Right Livelihood Award, car accident. [158]
- Sissel Solbjørg Bjugn, 63, Norwegian poet and children's writer. [159] (Norwegian)
- Eric Delaney, 87, British percussionist and band leader. [160]
- William Lockhart Garwood, 79, American jurist (United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit), heart attack. [161]
- Noel Gayler, 96, American Navy admiral. [162]
- Leo Kirch, 84, German media entrepreneur. [163]
- Vladimir Kosinsky, 66, Russian swimmer, 1968 Olympic silver and bronze medalist. [164] (Russian)
- Terrence Lanni, 68, American casino executive, cancer. [165]
- Kennedy Ondiek, 44, Kenyan Olympic athlete. [166]
- Antonio Prieto, 85, Chilean singer and actor, cardiac arrest. [167] (Spanish)
15
- Helen Beverley, 94, American actress (Green Fields), natural causes. [168]
- Luis Enrique Sam Colop, 56, Guatemalan linguist. [169]
- Manuel Corral, 76, Spanish religious leader, Pope of the Palmarian Catholic Church (since 2005). [170] (Spanish)
- John Crook, 80, British ethologist. [171]
- Cuddly Dudley, 87, British rock and roll singer, natural causes. [172]
- Ed Flesh, 79, American art director, inventor of the Wheel of Fortune wheel, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. [173]
- Cornell MacNeil, 88, American operatic baritone. [174]
- John S. Toll, 87, American physicist and educational administrator, heart failure. [175]
- Googie Withers, 94, English actress. [176]
16
- Milo Anstadt, 91, Dutch journalist and writer. [177] (Dutch)
- Bertalan Bicskei, 66, Hungarian footballer and coach. [178] (Hungarian)
- Forrest Blue, 65, American football player (San Francisco 49ers, Baltimore Colts). [179]
- Geraint Bowen, 95, Welsh poet. [180]
- Rouhollah Dadashi, 30, Iranian powerlifter and bodybuilder, stabbed. [181] (Persian)
- Albin Małysiak, 94, Polish Roman Catholic prelate, auxiliary bishop of Kraków (1970–1993). [182] (Polish)
- Dame Katerina Mataira, 79, New Zealand educator and Māori language proponent, co-founder of Kura Kaupapa Māori. [183]
- Cesare Mazzolari, 74, Italian-born South Sudanese Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Rumbek (since 1998). [184]
- Joe McNamee, 84, American basketball player (Rochester Royals, Baltimore Bullets). [185]
- Keith Smith, 96, Australian engineer. [186]
- Charlie Woollett, 90, English footballer (Bradford City). [187]
17
- Juan Arza, 88, Spanish footballer and coach. [188] (Spanish)
- Dionysios Bairaktaris, 84, Greek Orthodox hierarch, Metropolitan of Chios, Psara and Inousses (since 1979). [189] (Greek)
- Juan María Bordaberry, 83, Uruguayan politician and dictator, President (1972–1976), after a long illness. [190]
- Georges Condominas, 90, French anthropologist. [191]
- Aba Dunner, 73, German-born Jewish religious activist. [192]
- Lo' Lo' Mohd Ghazali, 53, Malaysian politician, cancer. [193]
- Jan Mohammad Khan, Afghan presidential adviser, shot. [194]
- Jim Kincaid, 76, American news correspondent (ABC News), anchorman (WVEC) and essayist, heart attack. [195]
- John Kraaijkamp, Sr., 86, Dutch actor and comedian. [196] (Dutch)
- Takaji Mori, 67, Japanese Olympic bronze medal-winning (1968) footballer, renal pelvic cancer. [197]
- Joe Morris, Sr., 85, American Navajo World War II code talker. [198]
- David Ngoombujarra, 44, Australian actor. [199]
- Graciela Rivera, 90, Puerto Rican opera singer. [200]
- Ştefan Sameş, 59, Romanian footballer (Steaua București), cancer. [201] (Romanian)
- Alex Steinweiss, 94, American graphic designer, inventor of the album cover. [202]
- Taiji, 45, Japanese musician and singer-songwriter (X Japan), suicide by hanging. [203]
- Joe Lee Wilson, 75, American jazz singer. [204]
18
- Nat Allbright, 87, American radio broadcaster, pneumonia. [205]
- Salvador Bernárdez, 58, Honduran footballer, heart attack. [206] (Spanish)
- A. Dane Bowen, Jr., 84, American diplomat and educator. [207]
- Albert Driedger, 75, Canadian politician, stroke. [208]
- Sean Hoare, 47, British journalist (News of the World), whistleblower of the 2011 phone hacking scandal. [209] (body found on this date)
- E. A. J. Honigmann, 83, British Shakespearean scholar. [210]
- Magnus Malan, 81, South African politician, Minister of Defence (1980–1991), natural causes. [211]
- Giulio Rinaldi, 76, Italian Olympic boxer. [212]
- Bob Stenehjem, 59, American politician, member of the North Dakota Senate (since 1993), majority leader (since 2001), car accident. [213]
- Edson Stroll, 82, American actor (McHale's Navy), cancer. [214]
- James Wong, 89, Malaysian politician, first Deputy Chief Minister of Sarawak, leader of the national Opposition (1974), heart attack. [215]
- Bagley Wright, 87, American developer and philanthropist. [216]
19
- Sheila Burrell, 89, British actress. [217]
- William Leonard D’Mello, 80, Indian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Karwar (1976–2007). [218]
- Remo Gaspari, 90, Italian politician. [219] (Italian)
- Lil Greenwood, 86, American vocalist (Duke Ellington Orchestra). [220]
- Yoshio Harada, 71, Japanese actor, pneumonia. [221] (Japanese)
- Henrique Johannpötter, 78, German-born Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Bacabal (1989–1997). [222]
- Pierre Jonquères d'Oriola, 91, French equestrian, Olympic gold (1952, 1964) and silver (1964, 1968) medalist. [223]
- Jacques Jouanneau, 84, French actor. [224] (French)
- Brendan Kehoe, 40, Irish software developer and author, acute myeloid leukemia. [225]
- Karen Khachaturian, 90, Russian composer. [226] (Russian)
- Roy Meehan, 79, New Zealand Olympic wrestler. [227]
- James T. Molloy, 75, American government officer, last Doorkeeper of the House of Representatives (1974–1993), complications of diabetes. [228]
- Sir Julian Oswald, 77, British admiral. [229]
- Cec Thompson, 85, British rugby league player. [230]
20
- Armando Martín Borque, 90, Spanish entrepreneur. [231] (Spanish)
- Blaize Clement, 78, American mystery writer and psychologist, cancer. [232]
- Lucian Freud, 88, German-born British painter. [233]
- Isaia Italeli, 40s, Tuvaluan Cabinet minister. [234] (body found on this date)
- Myra Kraft, 68, American philanthropist, wife of New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft, cancer. [235]
- Jim Samios, 77, Australian politician, member of the New South Wales Legislative Council (1984–2003). [236]
- Gloria Sawai, 78, American-born Canadian author. [237]
- Mary Simpson, 85, American minister, first woman to be ordained by the American Episcopal Church. [238]
- Whetu Tirikatene-Sullivan, 79, New Zealand politician, longest-serving female member of the House of Representatives (1967–1996). [239]
21
- Franz Alt, 100, Austrian-born American mathematician. [240]
- Clément Cailleau, 88, French-born Senegalese Roman Catholic prelate, Prefect of Tambacounda (1970–1986). [241]
- Ashleigh Connor, 21, Australian soccer player, car accident. [242]
- Andrew Grant DeYoung, 37, American convicted murderer, executed by lethal injection. [243]
- Milly Del Rubio, 89, American singer (The Del Rubio Triplets). [244]
- Pedro Claro Meurice Estiu, 79, Cuban Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Santiago de Cuba (1970–2007). [245]
- Elliot Handler, 95, American businessman, co-founder of Mattel, namer of the Barbie doll, creator of Hot Wheels, heart failure. [246]
- William Hildenbrand, 89, American government officer, Secretary of the United States Senate (1981–1985). [247]
- Yevgeny Lopatin, 93, Russian Olympic silver medal-winning (1952) weightlifter. [248] (Russian)
- Slavomir Miklovš, 77, Croatian Greek Catholic hierarch, Bishop of Križevci (1983–2009). [249]
- Bruce Sundlun, 91, American politician, Governor of Rhode Island (1991–1995). [250]
- Kazimierz Świątek, 96, Estonian-born Belarusian Roman Catholic cardinal, Archbishop of Minsk-Mohilev (1991–2006). [251]
- Jack Thompson, 82, British politician, MP for Wansbeck (1983–1997). [252]
- Len Tolhurst, 85, Australian Olympic shooter. [253]
- Amelia Trice, 75, American Kootenai tribal leader and activist, leader of the last Indian war against the United States, cancer. [254]
- Elwy Yost, 86, Canadian television host and writer. [255]
22
- Tom Aldredge, 83, American actor (The Sopranos, Boardwalk Empire), lymphoma. [256]
- Linda Christian, 87, Mexican-born American actress, first Bond girl (1954 television adaptation of Casino Royale), colon cancer. [257]
- Dmitri Furman, 68, Russian historian and philosopher, after long illness. [258] (Russian)
- Volodymyr O. Kravets, 81, Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the United Nations, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Ukrainian SSR.
- Charles Taylor Manatt, 75, American lawyer and banker, Chair of Democratic National Committee (1981–1985), Ambassador to Dominican Republic (1999–2001), stroke. [259]
- Malcolm Muir, 96, American jurist. [260]
- Ifti Nasim, 64, Pakistani-born American poet and radio host, heart attack. [261]
- Tex Nelson, 74, American baseball player (Baltimore Orioles). [262]
- Cees de Wolf, 65, Dutch footballer (Ajax Amsterdam). [263] (Dutch)
23
- David Aiken, 93, American operatic baritone and opera director. [264]
- Mathilde Aussant, 113, French supercentenarian, oldest person in France. [265]
- Blair, 43, American poet. [266]
- Terence Boston, Baron Boston of Faversham, 81, British politician, MP for Faversham (1964–1970). [267]
- John Chervokas, 74, American advertising writer. [268]
- Robert Ettinger, 92, American cryonicist, respiratory failure. [269]
- Jack Fitzpatrick, 88, American entrepreneur and politician, co-founder of Country Curtains, Massachusetts State Senator (1973–1980). [270]
- Milton Gwirtzman, 78, American speech writer, advisor to the Kennedy family, metastatic melanoma. [271]
- Fran Landesman, 83, American lyricist and poet. [272]
- Butch Lewis, 65, American boxing promoter, heart attack. [273]
- Conrad Meyer, 89, British Anglican prelate, Bishop of Dorchester (1979–1988) [274]
- Bill Morrissey, 59, American singer-songwriter. [275]
- Nguyễn Cao Kỳ, 80, Vietnamese air force chief and political leader, Prime Minister of South Vietnam (1965–1967). [276]
- Richard Pike, 61, British chemist. [277]
- Darioush Rezaeinejad, 35, Iranian nuclear scientist, shot. [278]
- John Shalikashvili, 75, Polish-born American army general, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (1993–1997), stroke. [279]
- Elmer B. Staats, 97, American public servant, Comptroller General of the United States (1966–1981). [280]
- Amy Winehouse, 27, British singer-songwriter ("Rehab"), accidental alcohol poisoning. [281]
24
- Ron Davies, 85, Australian politician, Western Australian Opposition Leader (1978–1981). [282]
- Kaveinga Faʻanunu, 48, Tongan politician, MP for Tongatapu 9 (since 2010), head and neck cancer. [283]
- Tresa Hughes, 81, American actress (Another World, Don Juan DeMarco, Fame). [284]
- Gilbert Luján, 70, American painter, prostate cancer. [285]
- Paul Marchand, 74, Canadian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Timmins (since 1999). [286]
- Christopher Mayer, 57, American actor (The Dukes of Hazzard, Santa Barbara, Liar Liar). [287]
- Henry Metelmann, 88, German soldier and writer. [288]
- Virgilio Noè, 89, Italian Roman Catholic cardinal, Archpriest of the Basilica of Saint Peter (1991–2002). [289]
- Mike Palm, 86, American baseball player (Boston Red Sox). [290]
- Dan Peek, 60, American singer-songwriter (America). [291]
- David Servan-Schreiber, 50, French physician, neuroscientist and author, cancer. [292]
- G. D. Spradlin, 90, American actor (North Dallas Forty, The Godfather Part II). [293]
- Skip Thomas, 61, American football player (Oakland Raiders), apparent heart attack. [294]
- John Turner, 63, British social psychologist. [295]
- Jane White, 88, American actress (Beloved, Klute, Once Upon a Mattress). [296]
25
- Michael Cacoyannis, 89, Cypriot filmmaker (Zorba the Greek). [297]
- Bakır Çağlar, 69–70, Turkish jurist, lawyer and constitutional law professor, bleeding stomach. [298] (Turkish)
- V. S. Krishna Iyer, 89, Indian activist and politician, after long illness. [299]
- Mahmoud Mabsout, 69, Lebanese actor, heart attack. [300]
- Denis Meaney, 74, Australian rugby league player. [301]
- Arthur W. Murray, 92, American test pilot, Alzheimer's disease. [302]
- Jeret Peterson, 29, American free style skier, 2010 Winter Olympics silver medalist, suicide by gunshot. [303]
- Ravichandran, 71, Malaysian-born Indian actor, lung infection. [304]
- David Somerville, Canadian Anglican prelate. [305]
26
- Joe Arroyo, 55, Colombian singer. [306]
- Jacques Fatton, 85, French-born Swiss footballer. [307] (German)
- Frank Foster, 82, American jazz saxophonist and composer, complications from kidney failure. [308]
- Bobby Franklin, 54, American politician, member of the Georgia House of Representatives (since 1997), apparent heart attack. [309]
- Ahmed al-Gaddafi al-Qahsi, Libyan Army colonel, cousin and son-in-law of Muammar Gaddafi, air strike. [310]
- Richard Harris, 63, American football player (Philadelphia Eagles, Seattle Seahawks) and coach (Winnipeg Blue Bombers), heart attack. [311]
- Madhu Sudan Kanungo, 84, Indian scientist. [312]
- Sakyo Komatsu, 80, Japanese science fiction writer, pneumonia. [313]
- Georges Kwaïter, 83, Syrian-born Lebanese Melkite Catholic hierarch, Archbishop of Saïdā (1987–2006). [314]
- Elmer Lower, 98, American broadcast executive, president of ABC News (1963–1974). [315]
- Silvio Narizzano, 84, Canadian-born British film and television director. [316]
- Margaret Olley, 88, Australian painter. [317]
- John Read, 88, British documentary producer. [318]
- Josephine C. Reyes, 82, Filipino educator, President of Far Eastern University (1985–1989). [319]
- Denise Scharley, 94, French contralto. [320] (French)
- Howard Stein, 84, American financier, complications of a stroke. [321]
- Luis Ruiz Suarez, 97, Spanish-born Macanese Jesuit priest. [322]
27
- Wilfred Arsenault, 57, Canadian politician, cancer. [323]
- Rudolf Baláž, 70, Slovak Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Banská Bystrica (since 1990). [324]
- Richard Chavez, 81, American activist and labor organizer, brother of Cesar Chavez, complications from surgery. [325]
- Clyde Duncan, 57, West Indian cricket umpire, cancer. [326]
- Hilary Evans, 82, British picture librarian and author. [327]
- Charles Gittens, 82, American Secret Service agent, first black appointed to that position. [328]
- Ghulam Haider Hamidi, 65, Afghan politician, Mayor of Kandahar (since 2007), bombing. [329]
- Rei Harakami, 40, Japanese musician, cerebrovascular disease. [330]
- Hideki Irabu, 42, Japanese baseball player (Chiba Lotte Marines, New York Yankees, Montreal Expos), suicide by hanging. [331] (body discovered on this date)
- Agota Kristof, 75, Hungarian-born French novelist. [332]
- Jerome Liebling, 87, American photographer, filmmaker and academic (Hampshire College). [333]
- Polly Platt, 72, American film producer (Say Anything...), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. [334]
- Bejaratana Rajasuda, 85, Thai royal, only daughter of King Vajiravudh of Thailand. [335]
- Sir John Rawlins, 89, British naval officer, pioneer of diving medicine. [336]
- Eduard Rozovsky, 84, Russian cinematographer (Amphibian Man, White Sun of the Desert), car accident. [337]
- Richard Rutt, 85, British Anglican prelate, Bishop of Leicester (1979–1991) [338]
- Pietro Sambi, 73, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, titular archbishop and Apostolic Nuncio to the United States (since 2005), respiratory failure. [339]
- Judy Sowinski, 71, American roller derby skater and coach. [340]
- Francis John Spence, 85, Canadian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Kingston (1982–2002). [341]
- John Stott, 90, British Anglican priest. [342]
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- Frank Bender, 70, American forensic artist, pleural mesothelioma. [343]
- James E. Dyer, 64, American politician, Mayor of Danbury, Connecticut (1979–1987). [344]
- Ahmed Omed Khpulwak, 25, Afghan journalist (BBC News), explosion. [345]
- Agapito Lozada, 72, Filipino Olympic swimmer. [346]
- John Marburger, 70, American physicist and presidential adviser, non-Hodgkin lymphoma. [347]
- Brian O'Leary, 71, American scientist and NASA astronaut, cancer. [348]
- Christopher Walkden, 73, British Olympic swimmer. [349]
- John Milton Yinger, 95, American sociologist. [350]
- Abdul Fatah Younis, 67, Libyan rebel leader and government official, former Interior Minister, shot. [351]
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- Elazar Abuhatzeira, 70, Moroccan-born Israeli rabbi, stabbed. [352]
- John Edward Anderson, 93, American businessman and philanthropist, pneumonia. [353]
- Arild Braastad, 64, Norwegian diplomat. [354] (Norwegian)
- Joseph V. Brady, 89, American behavioral neuroscientist. [355]
- Enzo Coppini, 91, Italian cyclist. [356]
- Claude Laydu, 84, Belgian actor, heart condition. [357]
- Richard Marsh, Baron Marsh, 83, British politician and businessman, MP for Greenwich (1959–1971), Chairman of British Rail (1971–1976). [358]
- Nella Martinetti, 65, Swiss singer-songwriter, pancreatic cancer. [359]
- Gene McDaniels, 76, American singer-songwriter. [360]
- Ivan Milas, 72, Croatian politician. [361] (Croatian)
- Takeshi Miyaji, 45, Japanese video game designer and business executive (GunGriffon, Grandia). [362]
- Matthew J. Perry, 89, American federal judge. [363]
- Emeric Santo, 90, Australian Olympic fencer. [364]
- Agnes Varis, 81, American philanthropist, cancer. [365]
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- Hikmat Abu Zayd, 88, Egyptian politician, first female cabinet minister. [366]
- R.E.G. Davies, 90, British aviation historian. [367]
- Pêr Denez, 90, French Breton linguist and writer. [368]
- Clifton Hurburgh, 94, Australian cricketer. [369]
- Mario Echandi Jiménez, 96, Costa Rican politician, President (1958–1962), pneumonia. [370]
- Vincent Kympat, 64, Indian Roman Catholic prelate, first Bishop of Jowai (since 2006). [371]
- Daniel D. McCracken, 81, American computer scientist, cancer. [372]
- Sam Norkin, 94, American caricaturist and illustrator. [373]
- Bob Peterson, 79, American basketball player (New York Knicks, Baltimore Bullets, Milwaukee Hawks), cancer. [374]
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- Eliseo Alberto, 59, Cuban-born Mexican writer, complications from a kidney transplant. [375]
- Dorothy Brunson, 72, American businesswoman, first black woman to own a radio station, ovarian cancer. [376]
- Willie Corbett, 88, Scottish footballer (Celtic). [377]
- Clyde Holding, 80, Australian politician, federal minister (1984–1990). [378]
- John Hoyland, 76, English abstract painter, complications following heart surgery. [379]
- Louis, 59, Serbian singer, car accident. [380]
- Andrea Pazzagli, 51, Italian footballer (A.C. Milan), stroke. [381]
- Joseph Albert Rosario, 96, Indian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Amravati (1955–1995). [382]
- Binka Zhelyazkova, 88, Bulgarian director. [383]