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The following is a list of notable deaths in June 2011 .
June 2011 [ edit ]
Jaehoon Ahn , 70, North Korean-born American journalist and researcher, founding director of Radio Free Asia Korean language service. [1]
Munir Dar , 76, Pakistani field hockey player, 1960 Olympic gold medalist. [2]
Matt Fong , 57, American politician, California State Treasurer (1995–1999), skin cancer. [3]
Frank Ponta , 75, Australian paralympian , after long illness. [4]
Devi Prasad , 89, Indian artist and peace activist. [5]
Haleh Sahabi , 54, Iranian humanitarian, daughter of Ezzatollah Sahabi , cardiac arrest. [6]
Albert Wiggins , 76, American Olympic swimmer, aortic dissection. [7]
Ray Bryant , 79, American jazz pianist, after long illness. [8]
Mark Cooney , 60, American football player (Green Bay Packers ). [9]
Ron Dunn , 83, Australian rules footballer. [10]
Willem Duys , 82, Dutch radio and television presenter and record producer, infection. [11] (Dutch)
Josephine Hart , 69, Irish-born British novelist and poetry promoter, ovarian cancer. [12]
Sir Philip Holland , 94, British politician, MP for Acton (1959–1964); Carlton (1966–1983) and Gedling (1983–1987). [13]
Walter R. Peterson, Jr. , 88, American politician, Governor of New Hampshire (1969–1973), lung cancer. [14]
Willie Phiri , 57, Zambian footballer. [15]
Geronimo Pratt , 63, American political activist (Black Panther Party ), heart attack. [16]
Philip Rahtz , 90, British archaeologist. [17]
Joel Rosenberg , 57, American science fiction author, heart attack. [18]
Albertina Sisulu , 92, South African anti-apartheid activist. [19]
Keith Smith , 93, Australian radio and television personality (The Pied Piper ), children's writer. [20]
Lavina Washines , 71, American tribal leader, first female leader of the Yakima Nation (2006–2008). [21]
Lee J. Ames , 90, American artist and illustrator, heart failure. [22]
James Arness , 88, American actor (Gunsmoke ), natural causes. [23]
Harry Bernstein , 101, British-born American author. [24]
Wally Boag , 90, American performer (Disneyland 's Golden Horseshoe Revue ). [25]
Marion Fuller Brown , 94, American politician and environmental activist. [26]
Papa Joe Chevalier , 62, American sports talk radio host, stroke. [27]
Bruce Crozier , 72, Canadian politician, Ontario MPP for Essex South (1993–1999) and Essex (since 1999), aortic aneurysm. [28]
Andrew Gold , 59, American singer-songwriter ("Lonely Boy ", "Thank You for Being a Friend "), heart attack. [29]
Pat Jackson , 95, English film and television director. [30]
John Henry Johnson , 81, American football player (San Francisco 49ers , Pittsburgh Steelers ) and Hall of Famer . [31]
Miriam Karlin , 85, British actress and activist, cancer. [32]
Ilyas Kashmiri , 47, Pakistani jihadist militant, leader of Harkatul Jihad al-Islami , drone strike . [33]
Jack Kevorkian , 83, American physician and right to die activist, pulmonary thrombosis. [34]
Bhajan Lal , 80, Indian politician, Chief Minister of Haryana (1979–1985; 1991–1996), cardiac arrest. [35]
Peter Murphy , 88, Irish television presenter (RTÉ ). [36]
Sammy Ofer , 89, Israeli businessman, after long illness. [37]
Ray Pahl , 75, British sociologist, cancer. [38]
Jack Richardson , 89, Australian politician, member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Ashfield (1952–1953). [39]
Benny Spellman , 79, American R&B singer, respiratory failure. [40]
Gus Tyler , 99, American socialist activist. [41]
Jan van Roessel , 86, Dutch Olympic footballer (Willem II Tilburg ). [42]
Dimi Mint Abba , 52, Mauritanian singer, brain haemorrhage. [43]
Lilian Jackson Braun , 97, American author (Cat Who series ), natural causes. [44]
Claudio Bravo , 74, Chilean painter, epilepsy. [45]
Tommy Brent , 88, American theatrical producer. [46]
Lindsey Durlacher , 36, American Greco-Roman wrestler . [47]
Lawrence Eagleburger , 80, American diplomat and politician, Secretary of State (1992–1993). [48]
Curth Flatow , 91, German dramatist and screenwriter, natural causes. [49] (German)
Maurice Garrel , 88, French actor. [50] (French)
Donald Hewlett , 90, English actor, pneumonia. [51]
Juan Francisco Luis , 70, U.S. Virgin Islands politician, Governor of the United States Virgin Islands (1978–1987), Lieutenant Governor (1975–1978). [52]
Rosenery Mello do Nascimento , 45, Brazilian model and Playboy Playmate , brain aneurysm. [6] (Portuguese)
Ian Mitchell , 86, English cricketer, natural causes.[53]
Andreas P. Nielsen , 58, Danish author and composer, cancer. [54] (Danish)
Martin Rushent , 63, English record producer (Buzzcocks , Human League , The Stranglers ). [55]
Betty Taylor , 91, American performer (Disneyland 's Golden Horseshoe Revue ). [56]
Felix Zandman , 83, American entrepreneur. [57]
Mark H. Beaubien, Jr. , 68, American politician, member of the Illinois House of Representatives (since 1997). [58]
Léon Bollendorff , 96, Luxembourgian politician. [59] (Luxembourgish)
Scott Bostwick , 49, American football player and coach (Western Washington , Northwest Missouri State ), heart attack. [60]
Leon Botha , 26, South African artist and musical performer, progeria-related heart failure. [61] (Afrikaans)
John Glasby , 82, British chemist and writer. [62]
Azam Khan , 61, Bangladeshi pop singer, cancer. [63]
Gordon Lorenz , 61, British songwriter. [64]
Ludo Martens , 65, Belgian political activist. [65] (French)
Célestin Oliver , 80, French Olympic footballer. [66] (French)
Ken Purpur , 79, American ice hockey player. [67]
John R. Alison , 98, American airman, launched the Allied Reoccupation of Burma during World War II. [68]
Rafael Arnal , 96, Venezuelan Olympic shooter. [69]
John Boswall , 91, British actor. [70]
Claudio Cavazza , 77, Italian entrepreneur, founder of Sigma-Tau pharmaceuticals. [71]
Bill Closs , 89, American basketball player (Philadelphia Warriors , Fort Wayne Pistons ). [72]
Declan Costello , 84, Irish politician, TD for Dublin North–West (1951–1969); Dublin South–West (1973–1977), Attorney General (1973–1977) and High Court judge. [73]
Eleanor Dapkus , 87, American baseball player (All-American Girls Professional Baseball League ), breast cancer. [74]
Dulce Figueiredo , 83, Brazilian First Lady (1979–1985), widow of João Figueiredo . [75] (Portuguese)
Benjamín González , 53, Spanish Olympic athlete, mountaineering accident. [76] (Spanish) (body found on this date)
James A. Green (Pennsylvania politician) , 80, Pennsylvania Commissioner of Elections, Pennsylvania State Representative, Butler County Commissioner, Slippery Rock Borough Council member.[ 1]
Stefan Kuryłowicz , 62, Polish architect, plane crash. [77]
Amnon Niv , 81, Israeli architect. [78]
Masashi Ohuchi , 67, Japanese weightlifter, Olympic silver (1968 ) and bronze (1964 ) medalist. [79]
Shrek , 16, New Zealand celebrity sheep, euthanised. [80]
Paul Dickson , 74, American football player (St. Louis Rams , Dallas Cowboys , Minnesota Vikings ), blood infection. [81]
Angelino Fons , 75, Spanish film director. [82] (Spanish)
Walid Gholmieh , 73, Lebanese musician, director of Conservatoire Libanais . [83]
Genaro Hernández , 45, American boxer, cancer. [84]
Liam Kelly , 88, Irish republican and politician. [85]
Kim Jun-Yop , 91, South Korean historian. [86] (Chinese)
Vladimir Lavrov , 91, Soviet diplomat and ambassador. [87] (Russian)
José Pagán , 76, Puerto Rican baseball player (San Francisco Giants , Pittsburgh Pirates ), Alzheimer's disease. [88]
Mietek Pemper , 91, Polish-born German Holocaust survivor, compiled and typed Oskar Schindler 's list. [89]
Nataraja Ramakrishna , 88, Indian dance guru, after long illness. [90]
Maksud Sadikov , 48, Russian Islamic scholar and theologian, shot. [91]
Jorge Semprún , 87, Spanish writer and politician. [92] (Spanish)
Leonard B. Stern , 87, American television director, producer, and writer (Get Smart ), creator of The Honeymooners , co-creator of Mad Libs . [93]
Edgar Tekere , 74, Zimbabwean politician, cancer. [94]
Gavriel Tsifroni , 96, Israeli journalist. [95] (Hebrew)
Haim Yisraeli , 84, Israeli civil servant. [96]
Anatole Abragam , 96, French physicist. [97] (French)
Larry Border , 60, American politician, member of the West Virginia House of Delegates (since 1990), stroke. [98]
Nasir Jalil , 56, Singaporean footballer. [99]
George Landow , 67, American experimental filmmaker.[100]
Clara Luper , 88, American civil rights activist, after long illness. [101]
John Mackenzie , 83, Scottish film director (The Long Good Friday , Ruby ). [102]
Paul Massie , 78, Canadian BAFTA -winning actor and educator. [103]
Fazul Abdullah Mohammed , 38?, Comorian al-Qaeda terrorist, planned 1998 United States embassy bombings , shot. [104]
Jim Northrup , 71, American baseball player (Detroit Tigers , Montreal Expos , Baltimore Orioles ), seizure. [105]
Steve Popovich , 68, American record executive, founder of Cleveland International Records . [106]
Alan Rubin , 68, American trumpeter (The Blues Brothers ), lung cancer . [107]
Roy Skelton , 79, British actor (Rainbow , Doctor Who ), stroke. [108]
Oliver William Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes , 85, British Anglican priest, Dean of Lincoln (1969–1989). [109]
Jamil Fakhri , 65, Pakistani actor, after long illness. [110]
M. F. Husain , 95, Indian artist, heart attack. [111]
Josip Katalinski , 63, Bosnian footballer, after long illness. [112] (Croatian)
Tomoko Kawakami , 41, Japanese voice actress (Fushigi Yûgi , Revolutionary Girl Utena ), ovarian cancer. [113]
Ali Khodadadi , 64, Iranian carpet weaver, heart failure. [114]
Mike Mitchell , 55, American basketball player (Cleveland Cavaliers , San Antonio Spurs ), cancer. [115]
Idwal Robling , 84, Welsh Olympic footballer and broadcaster. [116]
Vladimir Shalin , 46, Russian football player and coach. [117] (Russian)
Billy Shipp , 80, American football player (New York Giants , Toronto Argonauts , Montreal Alouettes ). [118]
Ignazio Vella , 82, American artisanal cheesemaker and businessman, long illness. [119]
Art Balinger , 96, American actor. [120]
Jeanne Bice , 71, American entrepreneur and television personality. [121]
Pam Brown , 58, American politician, Nebraska state senator (1995–2006), ovarian cancer. [122]
Yuri Budanov , 47, Russian military officer and war criminal, shot. [123]
Cosimo Caliandro , 29, Italian middle distance runner, motorcycle collision. [124]
Mary E. Clarke , 86, American army general. [125]
Theo Dubois , 100, Canadian rower. [126]
Abdi Shakur Sheikh Hassan , Somali politician, Interior Minister (since 2010), suicide bombing. [127]
Kenny Hawkes , 42, British DJ and music producer, after short illness. [128]
James P. Hosty , 86, American law-enforcement agent (FBI), prostate cancer. [129]
Esmond Kentish , 94, Jamaican Test cricketer. [130]
Sir Patrick Leigh Fermor , 96, British author and soldier. [131]
Brian Lenihan, Jnr , 52, Irish politician, TD for Dublin West (since 1996) and Minister for Finance (2008–2011), pancreatic cancer. [132]
Godfrey Myles , 42, American football player (Dallas Cowboys ), stroke. [133]
Franz Reitz , 82, German cyclist, National Champion (1957) [134]
Jim Rodnunsky , 54, Canadian-born American cinematographer and technician, inventor of the Cablecam system, brain cancer. [135]
Hoda Saber , 52, Iranian dissident, heart attack following a hunger strike. [136]
Al Schwimmer , 94, American-born Israeli businessman, founder of Israel Aerospace Industries . [137]
Barbara Starfield , 78, American paediatrician , advocate for primary health care . [138]
Carol Montgomery Stone , 96, American actress. [139]
György Szabados , 71, Hungarian physician, pianist, and composer. [140]
Sven-Olof Walldoff , 82, Swedish conductor and composer. [141] (death announced on this date)
Paul Alter , 89, American television director (Family Feud ). [142]
Giorgio Celli , 75, Italian entomologist and politician (The Greens–European Free Alliance ). [143] (Italian)
Gustav Ciamaga , 81, Canadian composer, music educator and writer, cancer. [144]
Robert Marie Jean Victor de Chevigny , 90, French-born Mauritanian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Nouakchott (1973–1995). [145]
Jyotirmoy Dey , 56, Indian journalist, shot. [146]
Gunnar Fischer , 100, Swedish cinematographer (The Seventh Seal ). [147]
Eliyahu M. Goldratt , 64, Israeli physicist and management guru. [148]
Kurt Nielsen , 80, Danish tennis player, only Dane to have played in a men's Grand Slam singles final. [149] (Danish)
Graham B. Purcell, Jr. , 92, American politician, U.S. Representative from Texas (1962–1973). [150]
Seth Putnam , 43, American musician (Anal Cunt ). [151]
Wolfgang Reinhardt , 68, German Olympic silver medal-winning (1964 ) pole vaulter. [152] (German)
Raúl Marcelo Pacífico Scozzina , 89, Argentinian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Formosa (1957–1978). [153]
Darko Radovanović , 35, Serbian singer, traffic collision. [154] (Serbian)
Vitali Silitski , 38, Belarusian political scientist, kidney cancer. [155]
Jack Smith , 82, British artist. [156]
William Carrington Thompson , 95, American politician and jurist, Virginia House of Delegates (1959–1968), Senate (1968–1973) and Supreme Court (1980–1983). [157]
René Audet , 91, Canadian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Joliette (1968–1990). [158]
Geoffrey Fisken , 95, New Zealand World War II flying ace . [159]
Carl Gardner , 83, American singer (The Coasters ). [160]
Alan Haberman , 81, American grocer, first to use the barcode system, heart and lung disease. [161]
John Hospers , 93, American philosopher, first Libertarian Party presidential candidate (1972). [162]
Christopher Neame , 68, British film and TV producer and writer, aneurysm. [163]
Kathryn Tucker Windham , 93, American author and journalist. [164]
Sir John Wilton , 89, British diplomat. [165]
Laura Ziskin , 61, American film producer (Pretty Woman , Spider-Man , What About Bob? ), breast cancer. [166]
David C. Baldus , 75, American educator and anti-death penalty activist, cancer. [167]
Hugh John Beazley , 94, British Royal Air Force airman. [168]
Johannes Kemperman , 86, Dutch mathematician. [169]
Germano Meneghel , 49, Brazilian vocalist (Olodum ). [170] (Spanish)
Jérôme Nday Kanyangu Lukundwe , 82, Congolese Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Kongolo (1971–2007). [171]
Betty Neumar , 79, American murder suspect. [172]
Romeo Olea , 49, Filipino radio journalist (DWEB ), shot. [173]
William J. Spahr , 89, American intelligence analyst (CIA ) and author, pneumonia. [174]
Burt Styler , 86, American screenwriter, heart failure. [175]
Tom Addison , 75, American football player (New England Patriots ). [176]
Milivoj Ašner , 98, Croatian-born Austrian Nazi war criminal. [177]
Helen Clifton , 63, British Salvation Army commissioner. [178]
Ambrose Griffiths , 82, British Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle (1992–2004). [179]
Asad Ali Khan , 74, Indian musician, recipient of the Padma Bhushan . [180]
Augusto Ramírez Ocampo , 77, Colombian politician, Mayor of Bogotá (1982–1984), Foreign Minister (1984–1986), heart ailment. [181]
Oscar Sambrano Urdaneta , 82, Venezuelan writer. [182] (Spanish)
Peter Schamoni , 77, German film director. [183]
Mack Self , 81, American rockabilly musician and songwriter. [184]
Badi Uzzaman , 72, Indian-British actor, chest infection. [185]
Bob Banner , 89, American television producer and director (The Carol Burnett Show ), Parkinson's disease. [186]
Joko Beck , 94, American Zen Buddhist teacher, founder of the Ordinary Mind School , after long illness. [187]
John Ehrman , 91, British historian. [188]
Ted Gray , 86, American baseball player (Detroit Tigers ). [189]
Bill Haast , 100, American snake expert, director of the Miami Serpentarium. [190]
Zack du Plessis , 61, South African actor (Orkney Snork Nie ). [191]
Linda Scheid , 68, American politician, Minnesota state senator (since 1997), ovarian cancer. [192]
Sir Apenera Short , 95, Cook Islands politician, Queen's Representative (1990–2000). [193]
Pavel Stolbov , 81, Russian gymnast, 1956 Olympic gold medalist. [194] (Russian)
Gerald Abramovitz , 82, South African architect and designer, assault-related injuries. [195]
James Allason , 98, British politician and soldier, MP for Hemel Hempstead (1959–1974). [196]
Claudia Bryar , 93, American actress (Psycho II ). [197]
Wild Man Fischer , 66, American street musician, heart failure. [198]
Abrar Hussain , 46, Pakistani Olympic boxer, shot. [199]
Yehuda Kiel , 94, Israeli educator and biblical scholar. [200]
Östen Mäkitalo , 72, Swedish electrical engineer. [201]
Dorice Reid , 67, Cook Islander tourism official and businesswoman, High Commissioner designate to New Zealand. [202]
Twins Seven Seven , 67, Nigerian artist, complications of a stroke. [203]
Kjell Bohlin , 82, Norwegian politician. [204] (Norwegian)
David Brockhoff , 83, Australian rugby union player and coach. [205]
Jacquie de Creed , 54, British stuntwoman, air crash. [206]
Betty Fox , 73, Canadian cancer research activist, founder of the Terry Fox Foundation . [207]
Ben Grussendorf , 69, American politician, Speaker of the Alaska House of Representatives (1985–1989; 1991–1993). [208]
E. Philip Howrey , 73, American economist, bicycle accident. [209]
Ruth M. Kirk , 81, American politician, Maryland House of Delegates (1983–2011). [210]
Rex Mossop , 83, Australian rugby player and television commentator. [211]
Nathan Sharon , 86, Israeli biochemist. [212]
George T. Walker , 98, American academic, President of University of Louisiana at Monroe (1958–1976). [213]
George M. White , 90, American architect, Architect of the Capitol (1971–1995), complications of Parkinson's disease. [214]
Echendu Adiele , 32, Nigerian footballer. [215]
Ulrich Biesinger , 77, German football player. [216] (German)
Yelena Bonner , 88, Russian human rights activist, after long illness. [217]
Cheryl B , 38, American poet and performance artist. [218]
Frederick Chiluba , 68, Zambian politician, President (1991–2002), heart attack. [219]
Clarence Clemons , 69, American saxophonist (E Street Band ) and singer ("You're a Friend Of Mine "), complications following a stroke. [220]
A. Whitney Ellsworth , 75, American editor and publisher (The New York Review of Books ), pancreatic cancer. [221]
Karl Frei , 94, Swiss gymnast, 1948 Olympic gold medalist . [222] (German)
Brian Haw , 62, British peace activist, lung cancer. [223]
Gustaf Kjellvander , 31, Swedish singer-songwriter. [224] (Swedish)
Robin Nash , 84, British television producer. [225]
Bob Pease , 70, American integrated circuit engineer. [226]
John Perumattam , 89, Indian Syro-Malabar Catholic hierarch, Bishop of Ujjain (1968–1998). [227]
Shlomo Pinto , 57, Israeli Paralympic athlete. [228] (Hebrew)
Don Diamond , 90, American actor (F Troop , The Adventures of Kit Carson , Zorro ). [229]
Tom Hungerford , 96, Australian author. [230]
Rezső Kende , 102, Hungarian Olympic gymnast. [231]
John Kerr, Sr. , 67, Scottish-born Canadian soccer player. [232]
Fyodor Grigoryevich Reshetnikov , 91, Russian physicist, chemist, and metallurgist, academician of RAS . [233]
Thomas N. Armstrong III , 78, American museum curator. [234]
Ryan Dunn , 34, American reality television star (Jackass , Viva La Bam , CKY ), car crash. [235]
Safa Giray , 79/80, Turkish civil engineer and politician, 3-time minister. [236]
Magomet Isayev , 83, Russian Esperantist, translator and linguist. [237] (Russian)
Ottilie Patterson , 79, Northern Irish singer. [238]
Vladimir Pettay , 38, Russian football referee, plane crash . [239]
Eric Swenson , 64, American businessman, co-founder of Thrasher , suicide by gunshot. [240]
Robert H. Widmer , 95, American aeronautical engineer. [241]
E. M. Broner , 83, American author, multiple organ failure. [242]
Arthur Budgett , 95, British racehorse trainer. [243]
Tim Burke , 50, American wrestler. [244]
Mark Gerard , 76, American racehorse trainer. [245]
Anthony Herrera , 57, American actor (As the World Turns ), cancer. [246]
Kothapalli Jayashankar , 76, Indian educator and politician, after long illness. [247]
Bruce Kinloch , 91, British soldier and game warden. [248]
Robert Kroetsch , 83, Canadian novelist and poet, car crash. [249]
Suresh Tendulkar , 72, Indian economist, cardiac arrest. [250]
Maria Gomes Valentim , 114, Brazilian supercentenarian, world's oldest person, multiple organ failure. [251]
Sir John Agnew, 6th Baronet , 60, British landowner, prostate cancer. [252]
Kader Asmal , 76, South African politician, heart attack. [253]
Guy Coulombe , 75, Canadian civil servant, lung cancer. [254]
Fanny de Sivers , 90, Estonian linguist and translator. [255] (Estonian)
Carmelo Juan Giaquinta , 81, Argentinian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Resistencia (1993–2005). [256]
Harley Hotchkiss , 83, Canadian businessman, member of Hockey Hall of Fame, prostate cancer. [257]
Albert Johnson , 90, English footballer (Everton ), Alzheimer's disease. [258] (death announced on this date)
Robert Miller , 72, American art dealer, infection. [259]
Cyril Ornadel , 87, British conductor and composer. [260]
Coşkun Özarı , 80, Turkish footballer and coach. [261]
David Rayfiel , 87, American screenwriter (Out of Africa , Three Days of the Condor ), heart failure. [262]
Nataša Urbančič , 65, Slovene athlete. [263] (Slovenian)
Ken Vaughan , 76, Australian politician, member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland (1979–1995). [264]
Mike Waterson , 70, British folk singer, cancer. [265]
John Waite , 81, South African cricketer. [266]
Zbyněk Zeman , 82, Czech historian. [267]
Vladislav Achalov , 65, Russian general and activist. [268]
J. Warren Bettis , 86, American jurist. [269]
Gene Colan , 84, American comic book artist (Daredevil , Howard the Duck ), complications from liver disease and a broken hip. [270]
Gaye Delorme , 64, Canadian musician, heart attack. [271]
Peter Falk , 83, American actor (Columbo , Pocketful of Miracles , The Princess Bride ). [272]
Stéphane Franke , 47, German athlete. [273] (German)
Len King , 86, Australian politician and jurist, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of South Australia (1978–1995). [274]
Dennis Marshall , 25, Costa Rican footballer, car crash. [275]
Patricia Merbreier , 86, American actress and television personality (Captain Noah and His Magical Ark ). [276]
Basil Mitchell , 94, British philosopher. [277]
Christiane Desroches Noblecourt , 97, French Egyptologist . [278]
Arthur Motyer , 85, Canadian educator and writer. [279]
Attilio Ruffini , 85, Italian politician, Minister of Defence (1977–1980) and Minister of Foreign Affairs (1980). [280] (Italian)
Fred Steiner , 88, American television composer (Perry Mason , Star Trek , The Twilight Zone ). [281]
Michelle Brunner , 57, British bridge player, writer and teacher, breast cancer. [282]
Tomislav Ivić , 77, Croatian football coach (Ajax , Anderlecht ). [283] (Dutch)
Richie Myers , 81, American baseball player (Chicago Cubs ), complications from a fall. [284]
F. Gilman Spencer , 85, American Pulitzer Prize-winning newspaper editor. [285]
Richard Webster , 60, British historian and writer, heart failure. [286]
A. H. Woodfull , 98, British product designer. [287]
Friedrich Adrario , 92, German military officer. [288]
George Ballas , 85, American entrepreneur, inventor of the Weed Eater . [289]
Nick Charles , 64, American sportscaster (CNN Sports Tonight ), bladder cancer. [290]
Shelby Grant , 74, American actress (Our Man Flint , Fantastic Voyage , Medical Center ), brain aneurysm. [291]
Martin H. Greenberg , 70, American anthologist, cancer. [292]
Jean Harris , 66, American politician and LGBT activist. [293]
Jan Kułakowski , 80, Polish politician, Member of the European Parliament (2004–2009). [294]
Viktor Mikhaylov , 77, Russian nuclear scientist. [295]
J.O. Patterson, Jr. , 76, American politician and religious leader, first black mayor of Memphis (1982). [296]
Alice Playten , 63, American actress (Henry, Sweet Henry ), heart failure. [297]
Goff Richards , 66, English brass band arranger and composer, illness. [298]
Betty Roberts , 88, American politician and jurist, Oregon Supreme Court (1982–1986), pulmonary fibrosis. [299]
Paulo Renato Souza , 65, Brazilian politician, Minister of Education (1995–2002), heart attack. [300] (Portuguese)
Margaret Tyzack , 79, British actress (2001: A Space Odyssey , Match Point ), short illness. [301]
Edith Fellows , 88, American actress, natural causes. [302]
Simon Heere Heeresma , 79, Dutch writer. [303]
Jung Jung-suk , South Korean women's football player. [304]
Norma Lyon , 81, American farmer and butter sculpture artist. [305]
Robert Morris , 78, American cryptographer, complications of dementia. [306]
Sidney Hollis Radner , 91, American collector of Harry Houdini memorabilia. [307]
Alan Rodger, Baron Rodger of Earlsferry , 66, British jurist, Supreme Court judge. [308]
Christopher Shale , 56, British political aide. [309]
Jan van Beveren , 63, Dutch footballer and coach. [310]
Barry Wilkins , 64, Canadian hockey player (Vancouver Canucks , Boston Bruins ), lung cancer. [311]
Stuart Appelle , 65, American professor and writer. [312]
Ken Bainbridge , 90, English footballer (West Ham ). [313] (death reported on this date)
Betty Callaway , 83, British ice skating trainer (Torvill and Dean ). [314]
Lorenzo Charles , 47, American basketball player (NC State , Atlanta Hawks ), bus accident. [315]
Mike Doyle , 64, English footballer (Manchester City ), liver failure. [316]
Owen Drake , 75, American politician, member of the Alabama House of Representatives , cancer. [317]
Orvin B. Fjare , 93, American politician, U.S. Representative from Montana (1955–1957). [318]
Michel Yehuda Lefkowitz , 97, Israeli rabbi. [319]
Thierry Martens , 69, Belgian science fiction, detective novels, and comics author. [320] (French)
Erling Olsen , 84, Danish politician, natural causes. [321] (Danish)
Richard Harding Poff , 87, American jurist and politician, U.S. Representative from Virginia (1953–1972). [322]
Lura Lynn Ryan , 76, American First Lady of Illinois (1999–2003), cancer. [323]
Elmer Sexauer , 85, American baseball player (Brooklyn Dodgers ), cardiac arrest. [324]
Elaine Stewart , 81, American actress and model, after long illness. [325]
Charles W. Whalen, Jr. , 90, American politician, U.S. Representative from Ohio (1967–1979). [326]
Maciej Zembaty , 67, Polish writer and singer. [327] (Polish)
Billy Baldwin , 62, American baseball player (Detroit Tigers , New York Mets ). [328]
Giorgio Bernardin , 83, Italian footballer. [329] (Italian)
Benton Flippen , 90, American fiddler, heart attack. [330]
Howard Fox , 90, American baseball executive. [331]
Richard Fox , 57, Irish-born British jockey and actor. [332]
Osamu Kobayashi , 76, Japanese voice actor and executive director, pancreatic cancer. [333] (Japanese)
Newt Loken , 92, American gymnastics coach (University of Michigan ). [334]
Angélico Vieira , 28, Portuguese actor (Morangos com Açúcar ) and singer (D'ZRT ), car accident. [335]
Michael Wenning , 75, South African-born American minister, leukemia and kidney failure. [336]
Billy Beck , 86, American actor and clown. [337]
Larry Bogdanow , 64, American architect, brain tumor. [338]
Billy Costello , 55, American boxer, lung cancer. [339]
Carlos Diarte , 57, Paraguayan footballer, cancer. [340] (Spanish)
David Dunseith , 76, British broadcaster (BBC Radio Ulster ). [341]
Stefano Gobbi , 81, Italian Roman Catholic priest, founder of the Marian Movement of Priests . [342] (German)
Kaya Köstepen , 76, Turkish footballer. [343] (Turkish)
Domenico Pecile , 88, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Latina-Terracina-Sezze-Priverno (1983–1998). [344]
K. D. Sethna , 106, Indian scholar and writer. [345]
David G. Boschert , 63, American politician, member of the Maryland House of Delegates (1999–2007), cancer. [346]
Barry Bremen , 64, American marketing executive and sports imposter, cancer. [347]
Karl Brommann , 90, German Waffen-SS officer. [348] (Portuguese)
Don Buddin , 77, American baseball player (Boston Red Sox , Houston Colt .45s , Detroit Tigers ). [349]
Preston Carpenter , 77, American football player (Cleveland Browns , Pittsburgh Steelers , Washington Redskins ). [350]
Christy Essien-Igbokwe , 50, Nigerian musician. [351]
Tom Kruse , 96, Australian outback mailman and documentary subject (The Back of Beyond ). [352]
Sir David Loram , 86, British admiral. [353]
Ruth Roberts , 84, American songwriter ("Meet the Mets "), lung cancer. [354]
Jimmy Roselli , 85, American singer, heart complications. [355]
Jay Dee Springbett , 36, British-born Australian record industry executive and Australian Idol judge. [356]
Georg Sterzinsky , 75, German Roman Catholic cardinal, Archbishop of Berlin (1989–2011), after long illness. [357]
Sean Wight , 47, Scottish-born Australian football player, lung cancer. [358]
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