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