Deaths In September 2012

The following is a list of notable deaths in September 2012.

Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence:
*Name, age, country of citizenship and reason for notability, established cause of death, reference.

September 2012

1

* Joseph Banchong Aribarg, 85, Thai Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Nakhon Sawan (1976–1998).
*Sean Bergin, 64, South African jazz musician.
*Badal Das, 47, Bangladeshi footballer, cardiac arrest.
* Hal David, 91, American lyricist (" Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head"), complications from a stroke.
* Boak Jobbins, 65, Australian Anglican cleric, Dean of Sydney (1992–2002), heart attack.
* Sat Mahajan, 85, Indian politician, MLA in Himachal Pradesh (1977–1996, 2003–2007) and MP for Kangra (1996–1998), cardiac arrest.
*Smarck Michel, 75, Haitian businessman and politician, Prime Minister (1994–1995), brain tumor.
* David R. Morrison, 71, Scottish writer and painter.
*William Petzäll, 24, Swedish politician, MP for Dalarna County (since 2010), suspected drug overdose.
* Dmitri Plavinsky, 75, Russian artist.
*Arnaldo Putzu, 85, Italian film poster artist.
* Rainbows For Life, 24, Canadian Thoroughbred racehorse, winner of the 1990 Summer Stakes, Cup and Saucer Stakes and Coronation Futurity Stakes, euthanized.
* Sy Schulman, 86, American civil engineer and politician, Mayor of White Plains, New York (1993–1997), cancer.
* Jon Tolaas, 73, Norwegian poet and novelist.

2

*Mark Abrahamian, 46, American musician (Starship), heart attack.
* Yugo Araki, 87, Japanese Olympic equestrian.
* Adolf Bierbrauer, 97, German artist, painter and sculptor.
* Anil Bordia, 78, Indian educationist, social activist and civil servant, cardiac arrest.
*Jack Boucher, 80, American photographer (Historic American Buildings Survey), heart disease.
* Peter Wilson Coldham, 85, British genealogist.
* Bob Johnstone, 82, Canadian broadcaster (CBC Radio), cancer.
* John C. Marshall, 71, British musician.
*Emmanuel Nunes, 71, Portuguese composer.
* Blas Riquelme, 83, Paraguayan politician and businessman.
*Len Stephan, 77, Australian politician, member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly (1979–2001).
*Bert Worner, 82, Australian football player (Geelong).

3

*Ralph Angelo Bernardi, 83, Australian mayor and businessman.
* Griselda Blanco, 69, Colombian-born American drug lord, shooting.
*Edward Boccia, 91, American painter and poet.
* Sir Andrew Crockett, 69, British banker.
* Bira Kesari Deo, 85, Indian politician.
*Bob DiPietro, 85, American baseball player (Boston Red Sox), cancer.
* Harold Dunaway, 78, American stock car driver.
*Michael Clarke Duncan, 54, American actor ('' The Green Mile'', '' Armageddon'', ''Daredevil''), heart attack.
* Ottó Foky, 85, Hungarian animator.
* Hyatt M. Gibbs, 74, American physicist.
* Siegfried Jamrowski, 94, German Luftwaffe pilot and Iron Cross recipient.
*Sun Myung Moon, 92, South Korean religious figure, founder of the Unification Church and ''The Washington Times'', pneumonia.
* Tito Oreta, 73, Filipino politician, Mayor of Malabon (since 2004), lung cancer.
*Charlie Rose, 73, American politician, U.S. Representative from North Carolina (1973–1997), Parkinson's disease.
*Ola Vincent, 87, Nigerian economist and banker, Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (1977–1982).

4

* Hamzah Abu Samah, 88, Malaysian politician and sports administrator, MP for Raub (1967–1978) and Temerloh (1978–1980), President of AFC (1978–1994).
* José Santos Arias, 84, Chilean football player.
*Avraham Avigdorov, 83, Israeli soldier, Hero of Israel recipient.
* Siân Busby, 51, British writer, lung cancer.
*Leila Danette, 103, American actress.
*Arleen Day, 63, Canadian curler.
*André Delelis, 88, French politician, MP for Pas-de-Calais (1983–1992).
* William Engvick, 98, American lyricist.
*Hélio Gonçalves Heleno, 77, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Caratinga (1979–2011).
*Albert Marre, 87, American stage actor, director and producer, widower of soprano Joan Diener, following a long illness.
*Ian Parrott, 96, British composer and academic.
*George Savitsky, 88, American football player (Philadelphia Eagles), complications from pneumonia.
* Sigrid Schjetne, 16, Norwegian homicide victim. (body found on this date)
* Syed Mustafa Siraj, 82, Indian writer.
*Milan Vukelić, 76, Serbian football player.

5

* Mirella Avalle, 90, Italian sprinter.
*Ediz Bahtiyaroğlu, 26, Turkish footballer (Eskişehirspor), heart attack.
* Dorothy Caley, 92, Canadian figure skater.
*Eric Deeral, 79, Australian politician, Queensland MLA for Cook (1974–1977), first Aboriginal member of the Queensland Parliament.
* Ian Dick, 86, Australian cricketer and field hockey player.
*Vasily Dyakonov, 66, Russian politician, Governor of Krasnodar Krai (1991–1992).
* Martin Filchock, 100, American cartoonist and artist.
* Robert Morgan Fink, 96, American biochemist.
*Victoria Fyodorova, 66, Russian film actress.
*Christian Marin, 83, French film actor (''Le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez'', ''Gendarme in New York'').
*John Lawrence, 2nd Baron Oaksey, 83, British peer and horse racing journalist.
* Tapio Säynevirta, 47, Finnish Olympic sports shooter.
* Joe South, 72, American singer-songwriter (" Down in the Boondocks", "Hush", "Rose Garden"), heart failure.
*Gord Strate, 77, Canadian ice hockey player (Detroit Red Wings).

6

* Ed Barker, 81, American football player (Pittsburgh Penguins, Washington Redskins).
*Elisabeth Böhm, 91, German architect.
*Susan Clark, 48, American sailor, cancer.
*Lawrie Dring, 81, British Scouter, President of the Baden-Powell Scouts' Association.
*Jake Eberts, 71, Canadian film producer ('' City of Joy'', '' Super Mario Bros.'', '' Grey Owl''), executive and financier, cancer.
* Frank Godwin, 95, British film producer ('' Woman in a Dressing Gown'').
* Jerome Horwitz, 93, American scientist.
* Jerome Kilty, 90, American actor and playwright.
*Alan Kimber, 63, English swimmer, cancer.
* Maram, 6, American Thoroughbred racehorse, winner of the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf (2008), euthanized.
* Art Modell, 87, American businessman, owner of the Baltimore Ravens (1996–2004), heart failure.
*Bertil Norström, 88, Swedish actor.
* Terry Nutkins, 66, British TV presenter and naturalist, leukaemia.
*Oscar Rossi, 82, Argentine football player.
* Herbert O. Sparrow, 82, Canadian politician, Senator for Saskatchewan (1968–2005).
* Horacio Vázquez-Rial, 65, Argentine-born Spanish writer, cancer.
*Roger Wotton, 92, Australian politician, member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly (1968–1971, 1973–1991).

7

*Rudi M. Brewster, 80, American judge.
* Richard Bucher, 56, Swiss Olympic ice hockey player, heart attack.
* C. Edwin Creed, 91, American football coach.
* Gerry Culliton, 76, Irish rugby player.
*Leszek Drogosz, 79, Polish Olympic bronze medal-winning (1960) boxer, cancer.
*César Fernández Ardavín, 89, Spanish film director (''El Lazarillo de Tormes'').
*Abdul Ghafoor, 70, Pakistani footballer.
* Bob Lambert, 55, American entertainment industry executive (The Walt Disney Company).
*Louise LaPlanche, 93, American actress.
*Aleksandr Maksimenkov, 60, Russian football coach and player.
* Dorothy McGuire, 84, American singer, complications of Parkinson's disease.
* Alphonse Nzoungou, 74, Congolese politician.Parfait Wilfried Douniama
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* Maestro Reverendo, 57, Spanish musician and composer, cancer.
*Nicole Russell, Duchess of Bedford, 92, French-born British television producer and socialite.
* Rollin Sullivan, 93, American country music entertainer (Lonzo and Oscar).
*Daniel Weinreb, 53, American computer scientist and programmer, cancer.

8

*Adnan Farhan Abd Al Latif, 30–31, Yemeni detainee (Guantánamo Bay).
* María Elvia Amaya Araujo, 58, Mexican psychologist, philanthropist, and politician, multiple myeloma.
*Xavier-Marie Baronnet, 85, French-born Seychellois Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Port Victoria o Seychelles (1995–2002).
*Adolf Bechtold, 86, German footballer (Eintracht Frankfurt).
* Aleksandr Belyavsky, 80, Russian actor.
* Brian Crossley, 85, English-born Australian actor ('' Adventure Island'') and director.
* Luís d'Andrea, 78, Brazilian Roman Catholic bishop.
* Bob Hale, 78, American baseball player (Baltimore Orioles, Cleveland Indians, New York Yankees).
* Leigh Hamilton, 62, New Zealand-born American actress (''Forced Vengeance'', ''Gas Food Lodging'', '' Hocus Pocus'').
*Ronald Hamowy, 75, American historian.
*Peter Hussing, 64, German Olympic bronze medallist boxer (1972).
* André Kempinaire, 83, Belgian politician.
*Mike Martineau, 53, American television writer ('' Rescue Me'', '' Mad About You''), heart disease.
*Bill Moggridge, 69, British industrial designer, cancer.
*Mārtiņš Roze, 47, Latvian politician, Minister of Agriculture (2002–2009), blood clot.
* Allyre Sirois, 89, Canadian jurist.
* Thomas Szasz, 92, Hungarian-born American psychiatrist.
*Elizabeth Wood-Ellem, 81, Tongan historian.
*Ocak Işık Yurtçu, 67, Turkish journalist.
*Mario Armond Zamparelli, 91, American design artist and painter, husband of Maureen Hingert.

9

* Hugh Bentall, 92, British pioneer surgeon.
* Donna Bruton, 58, American painter.
* Günter Discher, 87, German musician.
* Larry Gibson, 66, American environmentalist, heart attack..
* Rudolf Kleiner, 88, Swiss Olympic speed skater.
*Verghese Kurien, 90, Indian engineer and businessman, kidney failure.
*Désiré Letort, 69, French cyclist.
* John McCarthy, 22, Australian AFL footballer (Port Adelaide), fall from a building.
* Monsun, 22, German Thoroughbred racehorse, winner of the Aral-Pokal (1993) and Preis von Europa (1993, 1994), euthanized.
*José Rodrigues de Souza, 86, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Juazeiro (1975–2003).
*Mike Scarry, 92, American football player and coach.
* Ron Taylor, 78, Australian marine conservationist, myeloid leukemia.
*Ron Tindall, 76, English footballer ( Chelsea).

10

* Muslehuddin Ahmad, 80, Bangladeshi diplomat and university administrator, consequences of stroke.
*Raquel Correa, 78, Chilean journalist, cerebral damage followed by heart failure.
* Sam Dansie, 85, Australian forester and botanist.
*Vondell Darr, 93, American actress.
* György Enyedi, 82, Hungarian geographer.
*Robert Gammage, 74, American jurist and politician, member of the House of Representatives (1977–1979), heart attack.
*Lance LeGault, 77, American actor ('' The A-Team'', ''Magnum, P.I.'', '' Home on the Range''), heart failure.
*Stanley Long, 78, British cinematographer and film director, natural causes.
*Tadahiro Matsushita, 73, Japanese politician, member of the House of Representatives (1993–2005, since 2007).
* Robert B. McKeon, 58, American businessman and philanthropist, suicide.
* John Moffatt, 89, English actor and playwright.
*Ernesto de la Peña, 84, Mexican writer.
*Tom Saffell, 91, American baseball player (Pittsburgh Pirates) and executive, President of Gulf Coast League (1979–2009), pneumonia.
* Steven Springer, 60, American guitarist and songwriter, lung cancer.
*Hans Joachim Störig, 97, German non-fiction author, translator and publisher.
*James Wellbeloved, 86, British politician, MP for Erith and Crayford (1965–1983).
*Edwin P. Wilson, 84, American CIA and U.S. Naval Intelligence officer, complications of surgery.

11

* Zia Ahmed, 58, Bangladeshi Army officer.
* Rolf Bjørn Backe, 78, Norwegian footballer.
*Bruce Bolling, 67, American politician, prostate cancer.
*Finn Bergesen, 67, Norwegian business executive and lawyer, cancer.
* Tibor Csernai, 73, Hungarian Olympic champion footballer (1964).
*Erwin Dold, 92, German pilot.
* Rein Etruk, 74, Estonian chess player.
* Tomas Evjen, 39, Norwegian film producer (''Dead Snow'').
*Tony Goldman, 68, American real estate developer, art impresario and preservationist (SoHo, Miami Beach Architectural District).
*Maurice Keen, 78, British historian.
*Sergio Livingstone, 92, Chilean footballer and sports commentator.
*Charles Pidjot, 50, New Caledonian politician, President of the Caledonian Union.
*Irving S. Reed, 88, American mathematician and engineer.
*Manuel Salvat Dalmau, 86, Spanish publisher.
*Sean Smith (diplomat), Sean Smith, 34, American diplomat serving in Libya, injuries sustained during U.S. Consulate attack in Benghazi.
*Bruce Von Hoff, 68, American baseball player (Houston Astros).

12

*Jimmy Andrews, 85, Scottish footballer.
*Siarhei Artsiukhin, 35, Russian wrestler, European Greco-Roman wrestling champion, heart attack.
*Radoslav Brzobohatý, 79, Czech actor, stroke.
*Charles Kennedy Comans, 97, Australian lawyer, First Parliamentary Counsel of the Commonwealth (1972–1977).
*Shaun Cummins, 44, British boxer, murdered (body found on that day).
*Glen Doherty, 42, American company employee, mortar attack.
*Arkadii Dragomoshchenko, 66, Russian poet.
*Jon Finlayson, 74, Australian actor (''Zoo Family''), cancer.
*Alfred Henningsen, 94, Norwegian military officer and politician.
*Geoffrey Horrocks (mathematician), Geoffrey Horrocks, 79, British mathematician.
*Derek Jameson, 82, British journalist and broadcaster, heart attack.
*Michael Lee (Zimbabwean cricketer), Michael Lee, 76, Zimbabwean cricketer.
*Keith Lewis (Australian cricketer), Keith Lewis, 89, Australian cricketer.
*Janet Liang, 25, American health advocate, lymphoblastic leukemia.
*Rafał Piszcz, 71, Polish Olympic bronze medal-winning (Canoeing at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's K-2 1000 metres, 1972) sprint canoer.
*Suicide of Audrie Pott, Audrie Pott, 15, American cyberbullying victim, suicide by hanging.
*William Schatzkamer, 96, American pianist and conductor.
*Tom Sims, 62, American skate and snowboarder, founder of Sims Snowboards, cardiac arrest.
*J. Christopher Stevens, 52, American diplomat, United States Ambassador to Libya, U.S. Ambassador to Libya (2012), smoke inhalation during U.S. Consulate attack in Benghazi.
*Sid Watkins, 84, British neurosurgeon, Formula One safety and medical delegate.
*Whobegotyou, 7, Australian Thoroughbred racehorse.

13

*Jean-Claude Abric, 70, French psychologist.
*Obo Addy, 76, Ghanaian drummer, National Heritage Fellowship recipient (1996), liver cancer.
*Michel Baud, 48, French Egyptologist, suicide.
*Aditya Dev, 23, Indian bodybuilder, ruptured brain aneurysm.
*John E. Dohms, 65, American microbiologist. (disappeared on this date)
*William Duckworth (composer), William Duckworth, 69, American composer, pancreatic cancer.
*Griffith Edwards, 83, Indian-born British psychiatrist and addiction specialist.
*Dilhan Eryurt, 85, Turkish astrophysicist, heart attack.
*Robyn Few, 53, American sex worker rights activist (Sex Workers Outreach Project USA), cancer.
*Tomlinson Fort Jr., 80, American chemist.
*Pedro E. Guerrero, 95, American photographer, cancer.
*Leopold Koss, 92, American pathologist.
*Lehri (actor), Lehri, 83, Pakistani actor and comedian, complications from diabetes.
*Peter Lougheed, 84, Canadian politician, Premier of Alberta (1971–1985); Legislative Assembly of Alberta, MLA for Calgary-West (1967–1986), natural causes.
*Brian Óg Maguire, 24, Irish Gaelic football player, industrial accident.
*Mary Rose McGeady, 84, American Roman Catholic nun.
*Edgar Metcalfe, 78, English actor, director and writer, liver cancer.
*Ranganath Misra, 85, Indian jurist, List of Chief Justices of India, Chief Justice (1990–1991), neurological disorder.
*Jack Pierce (baseball), Jack Pierce, 64, American baseball player (Atlanta Braves, Detroit Tigers), heart attack.
*Otto Stich, 85, Swiss politician, President of the Confederation (Switzerland), President of the Confederation (1988, 1994).
*John Turner (Minor Counties cricketer), John Turner, 63, English cricketer.

14

*Jacques Antoine, 88, French game show writer, creator of Fort Boyard (TV series), ''Fort Boyard'' and ''The Crystal Maze'', cardiac arrest.
*Pinkie Barnes, 97, English table tennis player.
*Don Binney, 72, New Zealand painter, cardiac arrest.
*Jaylee Burley Mead, 83, American astronomer.
* Eduardo Castro Luque, 48, Mexican politician, shooting.
*Joy Drayton, Dame Joy Drayton, 96, New Zealand academic, educator and politician.
*Frank Dudley (footballer), Frank Dudley, 87, English footballer.
*Stephen Dunham, 48, American actor (''The Mummy (1999 film), The Mummy'', ''What I Like About You (TV series), What I Like About You'', ''Monster-in-Law''), heart attack.
*Gérard Ghidini, 69, French slalom canoeist.
*Kan Yuet-keung, Sir Yuet-Keung Kan, 99, Hong Kong banker, politician, and lawyer, senior unofficial member of the Executive Council of Hong Kong, Executive Council (1974–1980).
*Michel Leduc, 71, Canadian politician, last mayor of LaSalle, Quebec, Canada (1983–2001) before amalgamation, cancer.
*Winston Rekert, 63, Canadian actor (''Neon Rider'', ''Battlestar Galactica (2004 TV series), Battlestar Galactica''), cancer.
*Louis Simpson, 89, American poet, Alzheimer's disease.
*András Szente, 72, Hungarian sprint canoer, Olympic dual silver medalist (1960).

15

*Tibor Antalpéter, 82, Hungarian volleyball player and diplomat, List of Ambassadors of Hungary to the United Kingdom, Ambassador to the United Kingdom (1990–1995).
*Fred Bodsworth, 93, Canadian writer.
*Predrag Brzaković, 47, Serbian footballer, heart attack.
*Carlos Calderón de la Barca, 77, Mexican football player.
*Pilar Coll, 83, Spanish activist, missionary and lawyer.
*James "Sugar Boy" Crawford, 77, American rhythm and blues singer.
*Olga Ferri, 83, Argentine ballet dancer.
*Jean-Louis Heinrich, 69, French footballer.
*George Hurst (conductor), George Hurst, 86, British conductor.
*Arthur Magugu, 78, Kenyan politician, Finance minister, Minister for Finance (1982–1988), MP for Githunguri Constituency, Githunguri (1969–1988, 2002–2007).
*Pierre Mondy, 87, French actor (''Now Where Did the 7th Company Get to?'') and director (''La Cage aux Folles (play), La Cage aux Folles''), lymphoma.
*Paul Okesene, 44, Samoan rugby league player, heart attack.
*Stephen Paul (physicist), Stephen Paul, 58, American physicist.
*Max Soriano, 86, American baseball team co-owner (Seattle Pilots).
*Nevin Spence, 22, Irish rugby union player (Ulster Rugby, Ulster), slurry tank gas poisoning.
*K. S. Sudarshan, 81, Indian nationalist, Sarsanghchalak of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, RSS (2000–2009), heart attack.

16

*John Coates (producer), John Coates, 84, British animated film producer (''The Snowman''), cancer.
*Charles E. Collins (politician), Charles E. Collins, 83, American politician and activist.
*Dana Deshler, 75, American politician.
*John Ingle, 84, American actor (''Death Becomes Her'', ''General Hospital'', ''Batman & Robin (film), Batman & Robin''), cancer.
*Roman Kroitor, 85, Canadian filmmaker.
*Julien J. LeBourgeois, 88, American vice admiral, heart and kidney ailments.
*Loose Mohan, 84, Indian actor, respiratory issues.
*Shinichi Nishimiya, 60, Japanese diplomat, Ambassador-designate to China (2012), acute heart failure.
*Princess Ragnhild, Mrs. Lorentzen, 82, Norwegian royal, eldest child of Olav V of Norway, King Olav V.
* Jaime Serrano Cedillo, 45, Mexican politician, stabbing.
*Muhammadjon Shakuri, 87, Tajik academic, cancer.
*Suthivelu, 65, Indian film actor and comedian, cardiac arrest.
*Friedrich Zimmermann, 87, German politician, Ministry of the Interior (Germany), Minister of the Interior (1982–1989); Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Urban Development, Minister of Transport (1989–1991).

17

*Bafo Biyela, 31, South African footballer, after short illness.
*William S. Calli, 88, American lawyer and politician.
*Melvin Charney, 77, Canadian artist and architect.
*Alan Cleveley, 88, English cricketer.
*Prem Ram Dubey, 78, Indian activist, after prolonged illness.
*Esther Gamlielit, 93, Israeli singer.
*Pauline Hill, 86, American AAGPBL baseball player.
*Lou Kenton, 104, English potter and Spanish Civil War veteran.
*Édouard Leclerc, 85, French businessman, founder of E.Leclerc supermarket chain.
*Nikodimos of Ierissos, 81, Greek Orthodox prelate, Bishop of Ierissos (since 1981).
*Tridev Roy, 79, Bangladeshi-born Pakistani politician, Buddhist leader and Chakma people, Chakma raja (1953–1971), Ambassador to Argentina (1981–1996).
*Tedi Thurman, 89, American fashion model and actress.
*Russell E. Train, 92, American civil servant, Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, Administrator of the EPA (1973–1977) and President of the World Wildlife Fund, WWF (1978–1985).
*Ferenc Polikárp Zakar, 82, Hungarian Cistercian monk, Archabbot of the Zirc Abbey (1996–2010).

18

*Santiago Carrillo, 97, Spanish politician, veteran of the Spanish Civil War.
*Wantha Davis, 95, American female jockey and pioneer in thoroughbred horse racing.
*Peter Demos, 94, Canadian physicist.
*Deputed Testamony, 32, American Thoroughbred racehorse.
*Leo Goeke, 74, American opera singer, complications of strokes.
*Luís Goes, 79, Portuguese singer.
*Haim Hefer, 86, Israeli songwriter, poet, and writer.
*Michael Hurll, 75, British television producer, Parkinson's disease.
*Jim Jordan (Canadian politician), Jim Jordan, 84, Canadian politician, MP for Leeds—Grenville (1988–1997), cancer.
*Betty Kaunda, 84, Zambian First Lady of Zambia, First Lady (1964–1991), wife of Kenneth Kaunda.
*Jack Kralick, 77, American baseball player (Minnesota Twins, Washington Senators/Minnesota Twins), complications from strokes.
*Michel Joseph Kuehn, 89, French Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Chartres, Chartres (1978–1991).
*Jorge Manicera, 73, Uruguayan footballer.
*Ralph Marshall, 85, Bermudian politician, MP for Southampton West (1963–1993), pneumonia.
*Steve Sabol, 69, American filmmaker, co-founder of NFL Films, brain cancer.
*Olinto Sampaio Rubini, 78, Mexican footballer.
*Brian Woolnough, 63, British sports journalist, cancer.
*Wu Shaozu, 73, Chinese major general and politician, Chairperson of the Chinese Olympic Committee (1995–1999).

19

*Paul Adderley, 84, Bahamian politician and lawyer.
*Behnam Abu Alsoof, 80, Iraqi archaeologist, anthropologist, historian and writer, heart attack.
*Víctor Cabedo, 23, Spanish racing cyclist, road accident.
*Chief Bearhart, 19, Canadian Thoroughbred racehorse, winner of the 1997 Canadian International Stakes and Breeders' Cup Turf, heart failure.
*Patrick Creagh, 81, British poet and translator.Patrick Creagh
The Telegraph, 2 November 2012
*Rino Ferrario, 85, Italian footballer.
*Leopoldo Penna Franca, 53, Brazilian mathematician, heart attack.
*Cecil Gordon, 71, American NASCAR driver and team owner, cancer.
*Bettye Lane, 82, American photojournalist, cancer.
*Leonard Lerman, 87, American geneticist, complications of a chronic neurological disease.
*Elizabeth Percy, Duchess of Northumberland (born 1922), Elizabeth Percy, Duchess of Northumberland, 90, British peeress, widow of the Hugh Percy, 10th Duke of Northumberland, 10th Duke of Northumberland.
*The Richardson Gang, Charlie Richardson, 78, English mobster, peritonitis.
*Itamar Singer, 66, Romanian-born Israeli Hittitologist.

20

*Fortunato Baldelli, 77, Italian Roman Catholic cardinal, Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary (2009–2012).
*Robert G. Barrett, 69, Australian author (Les Norton series), cancer.
*Richard H. Cracroft, 76, American academic.
*Gianfranco Dell'Innocenti, 86, Italian footballer.
*Anatoli Fedorov, 76, Soviet and Russian rower and rowing coach.
*Alan Neville Gent, 84, English scientist.
*Robert Wayne Harris, 40, American mass murderer, execution by lethal injection.
*Ulla Lock, 78, Danish film actress.
*Paul O'Connor (hurler), Paul O'Connor, 49, Irish hurler (Cork senior football team, Cork).
*Michel Pech, 66, French football player (FC Nantes), cancer.
*Paul Pojman, 45, American philosopher, cancer.
*Herbert Rosendorfer, 78, German writer.
*Robert Sharer, 72, American Mayanist.
*Bhupendra Silwal, 76, Nepalese Olympic runner.
*Dinesh Thakur, 65, Indian theatre director and actor (''Rajnigandha''), kidney ailments.
*Tereska Torrès, 92, French writer.
*Dorothy Wedderburn, 87, British academic.

21

*Pedro de Almeida (athlete), Pedro de Almeida, 73, Portuguese Olympic athlete.
*Mike Baker (journalist), Mike Baker, 55, British journalist (BBC, ''The Guardian''), lung cancer.
*Konda Laxman Bapuji, 96, Indian politician and freedom fighter.
*Henry Bauchau, 99, Belgian psychoanalyst and author.
*Max C. Brewer, 88, Canadian scientist.
*Ed Conlin, 79, American basketball player (Syracuse Nationals, Philadelphia Warriors, Detroit Pistons).
*José Curbelo, 95, Cuban-born American jazz musician and manager, heart failure.
*Mary DeMelim, 82, American academic administrator.
*Yehuda Elkana, 78, Israeli historian and philosopher, President and Rector of the Central European University (1999–2009), cancer.
*Sven Hassel, 95, Danish-born German soldier and author.
*Karl-Gustav Kaisla, 68, Finnish ice hockey referee (Miracle on Ice).
*Gopalan Kasturi, 87, Indian newspaper editor (''The Hindu'').
*Bill King (Royal Navy officer), Bill King, 102, British naval officer, yachtsman, and author.
*Michael Rye, 94, American voice actor (''Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears'', ''Super Friends'').
*Bruno Schettino, 71, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Capua, Capua (since 1997).
*Mike Sparken, 82, French racing driver, cancer.
*Tom Umphlett, 81, American baseball player (Boston Red Sox, History of the Washington Senators, Washington Senators)
*Len Weare, 78, Welsh footballer (Newport County A.F.C., Newport County).
*John Woodcock (police officer), Sir John Woodcock, 80, British police officer, Chief Inspector of Constabulary (1990–1993).

22

*Hector Abhayavardhana, 93, Sri Lankan political theorist.
*Irving Adler, 99, American author, mathematician, and scientist.
*Anna-Lisa Augustsson, 87, Swedish sprinter.
*Rolf Bercht, 87, Brazilian Olympic sailor.
*Murder of Brandon Brown, Brandon Brown, 26, American football player, injuries sustained during beating.
*Juan H. Cintrón García, 93, Puerto Rican politician.
*Nicholas T. Clerk, 82, Ghanaian academic, natural causes.
*Robert Davidson (theologian), Robert Davidson, 85, Scottish theologian.
*Trevor Davies, 83–84, British basketball player.
*Grigory Frid, 97, Russian composer, artist and writer.
*Gideon Gadot, 71, Israeli journalist and politician, member of the Knesset (1984–1992).
*Lewis McGibbon, 80, English cricketer (Northamptonshire County Cricket Club, Northamptonshire).
*Mustaf Haji Mohamed, Somali politician and Federal Parliament of Somalia, MP, shooting.
*Harry Pilling, 69, British cricketer (Lancashire County Cricket Club, Lancashire).
*Jan Hendrik van den Berg, 98, Dutch psychiatrist.

23

*Caroline Iverson Ackerman, 94, American aviator, journalist, reporter and educator.
*Reubin Andres, 89, American gerontologist.
*Ashwini (actress), Ashwini, 45, Indian actress, liver illness.
*Bodo Bittner, 72, German Olympic bronze medallist bobsledder (1976).
*Henry Champ, 75, Canadian journalist (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation), lung cancer.
*Molly Clark, 89, Australian pastoral and tourism pioneer.
*Bennie L. Davis, 94, American general (Strategic Air Command, 1981–1985).
*Ralf Drecoll, 67, German Olympic high jumper.
*Andrew Duffy, 24, Irish football player and fan, drowning.
*Maria Pia Gardini, 75, Italian entrepreneur.
*Martí Gasull i Roig, 43, Spanish Catalan linguistic activist and a mountaineer, avalanche.
*Alberto González (humorist), Alberto González, 84, Cuban humorist and iconoclast.
*Pavel Grachev, 64, Russian general, Ministry of Defence (Russia), Minister of Defence (1992–1996), acute meningoencephalitis.
* K Lal, 88, Indian magician, brain cancer.
*Winrich Kolbe, 71, German-born American television director (''Star Trek'', ''Knight Rider (1982 TV series), Knight Rider'', ''Angel (1999 TV series), Angel''). (death announced on this date)
*Godfrey Milton-Thompson, Sir Godfrey Milton-Thompson, 82, British naval surgeon.
*John O'Neill (footballer, born 1935), John O'Neill, 77, Irish footballer (Preston North End F.C.).
*Albert Henry Ottenweller, 96, American Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Steubenville, Steubenville (1977–1992).
*Mulraj Rajda, 80, Indian writer, actor and director.
*Roberto Rodríguez (baseball), Roberto Rodríguez, 70, Venezuelan baseball player (Oakland Athletics, Kansas City/Oakland Athletics, San Diego Padres, Chicago Cubs), heart attack.
*Michael Rowland (prelate), Michael Rowland, 83, British-born South African Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Dundee, Dundee, South Africa (1983–2005).
*Corrie Sanders, 46, South African boxer, shooting.
*Sam Sniderman, 92, Canadian entrepreneur, founder of Sam the Record Man.
*Maths O. Sundqvist, 61, Swedish entrepreneur and business magnate, vehicle collision.
*Jean Taittinger, 89, French politician, Ministry of Justice (France), Minister of Justice (1973–1974).
*Jason Winrow, 41, American football player (New York Giants).
*Radya Yeroshina, 82, Russian cross-country skier.

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*Pierre Adam, 88, French Olympic gold medallist cyclist (1948).
*Abu Akash, Iraqi Al-Qaeda operative, drone strike.
*Edward A. Biery, 92, American film editor.
*Bruno Bobak, 88, Polish-born Canadian war artist, cancer.
*Annemarie Davidson, 91–92, German-born American artist.
*Sal Frederick, 86, American businessman and politician.
*Thilakan, 74, Indian Malayalam actor, heart attack.
*Pedro Vázquez Colmenares, 78, Mexican politician, Governor of Oaxaca (1980–1985).

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*Gordon Ada, 89, Australian biochemist.
*Billy Barnes (composer), Billy Barnes, 85, American composer and lyricist (''The Billy Barnes Revue''), complications from Alzheimer's disease.
*Shooting of Mohamed Bah, Mohamed Bah, 28, American police victim, shot.
*Wilfried Bode, 82, German Olympic water polo player.
*John Bond (footballer), John Bond, 79, English football player and manager.
*Audrey Deemer, 81, American baseball player.
*Neşet Ertaş, 74, Turkish folk musician, cancer.
*Maurice Stanley Friedman, 90, American philosopher.
*Lorenzo Gamboa, 93, Filipino emigrant.
*André Giamarchi, 81, French footballer.
*Trevor Hardy, 67, British serial killer, heart attack.
*Eric Ives, 81, British historian.
*Louise Johnson, Dame Louise Johnson, 71, British biochemist and protein crystallographer.
*Patrick Kalilombe, 79, Malawian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Lilongwe, Lilongwe (1972–1979).
*Nigel Leathern, 80, South African cricketer.
*Alonso Lujambio, 50, Mexican politician, Secretary of Public Education (2009–2012), multiple myeloma.
*Alfredo Machado, 59, Brazilian Olympic swimmer.
*Jakub Polák (anarchist), Jakub Polák, 60, Czech anarchist and Romani people, Romani rights activist, cancer.
*Andy Williams, 84, American singer ("Moon River") and entertainer, bladder cancer.

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*Edith Allard, 85, American ballerina.
*Pape Alioune Diop, Senegalese football player and manager (Senegal national football team, national team, 1982–1986), Alzheimer's disease.
*M'el Dowd, 79, American actress and singer (''Camelot (musical), Camelot'').
*Sylvia Fedoruk, 85, Canadian scientist, athlete, and politician, Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan (1988–1994), complications from a fall.
*Laura Fry, 45, British Olympic equestrian.
*Eugene Genovese, 82, American academic and author, cardiac ailment.
*Donald Gregg (cricketer), Donald Gregg, 88, Australian cricketer.
*Vance Heafner, 58, American golfer and director (Prestonwood Country Club), suspected heart attack.
*Johnny Lewis, 28, American actor (''Sons of Anarchy'', ''The O.C.'', ''Drake & Josh''), injuries from a fall.
*Maya Nasser, 33, Syrian journalist (Press TV), shooting.
*Tatsuo Nishida, 83, Japanese academic, heart attack.
*Florisvaldo de Oliveira, 53, Brazilian vigilante, serial killer and police officer, shot.
*Shah Saeed Ahmed Raipuri, 86, Indian religious leader.
*Arturo Rodenak, 81, Argentine-born Chilean footballer, complications of diabetes.
*Sam Steiger, 83, American politician, U.S. House of Representatives, U.S. Representative (1967–1977) and Arizona State Senate, Arizona Senator (1960–1967), complications from a stroke.
*James Sullivan (city manager), James Sullivan, 86, American public administrator, city manager of Cambridge, Massachusetts (1968–1970, 1974–1981), and Lowell, Massachusetts (1970–1974).

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*L. Adaikalaraj, 76, Indian politician.
*Eddie Bert, 90, American jazz trombonist.
*Sachiko Eto, 65, Japanese cult leader and serial killer, executed.
*Aleksandr Gorelik, 67, Russian pair skater and figure skating commentator.
*R. B. Greaves, 68, American singer ("Take a Letter Maria"), prostate cancer.
*Herbert Lom, 95, Czech-born British actor (''The Pink Panther (film series), The Pink Panther'', ''Spartacus (film), Spartacus'', ''Gambit (1966 film), Gambit'').
*Ted Boy Marino, 72, Italian-born Brazilian actor and telecatch wrestler, cardiac arrest.
*Joseph Parker, Jr., 95, American Navy physician, last surviving physician from Omaha Beach.
*John Silber, 86, American academic, President of Boston University, kidney failure.
*Sanjay Surkar, 53, Indian Marathi film director, heart attack.
*Rob Tetzlaff, 76, American Olympic cyclist.
*Frank Wilson (musician), Frank Wilson, 71, American songwriter and record producer, prostate cancer.

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*Avraham Adan, 85, Israeli major general, cardiac arrest.
*Crispin Aubrey, 66, British journalist.
*Lateef Adegbite, 79, Nigerian politician and Muslim leader.
*Juan Baena, 62, Spanish footballer (Hércules CF), complications from brain surgery.
*Richard Bocking, 81, Canadian filmmaker.
*James E. Burke, 87, American businessman, CEO of Johnson & Johnson (1976–1989).
*Larry Cunningham, 74, Irish showband singer.
*Chris Economaki, 91, American motorsports journalist.
*Sam Gruneisen, 71, American football player (San Diego Chargers).
*Joe Habie, 55, Guatemalan businessman (Tikal Futura), helicopter crash.
*Kevin Harrold, 83, Australian politician, member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly (1973–1976).
*Jack Koehler, 82, German-born American media executive, White House Communications Director, White House communications director (1987), pancreatic cancer.
*Robert Manning (journalist), Robert Manning, 92, American journalist, lymphoma.
*Abdul Ghani Minhat, 76, Malaysian footballer, complications following surgery.
*Brajesh Mishra, 83, Indian diplomat, National Security Advisor (India), National Security Advisor (1998–2004), coronary artery disease.
*Michael O'Hare, 60, American actor (''Babylon 5'', ''C.H.U.D.'', ''The Ambulance''), heart attack.
*Ahmed Ramzy, 82, Egyptian actor (''Sira` Fi al-Mina'', ''Chitchat on the Nile, Thartharah Fawq al-Nil''), injuries from a fall.
*M. S. Shinde, 83, Indian film editor (''Sholay'').
*Pierluigi Vigna, 79, Italian magistrate, cancer.
*Stanisław Waśkiewicz, 65, Polish runner.

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*Hathloul bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, 70, Saudi Arabian prince, member of the House of Saud.
*Abdul Haq Baloch, 34, Pakistani journalist, shot.
*Carlos Büsser, 84, Argentine rear admiral, led the 1982 invasion of the Falkland Islands, heart attack.
*Hebe Camargo, 83, Brazilian television presenter, cardiac arrest.
*Robin Fior, 77, English graphic designer.
*Foulath Hadid, 75, Iraqi writer and academic.
*Michael Henry Heim, 69, American translator and academic, cancer.
*Abdul Rahim Malhas, 75, Jordanian politician, Health Minister (1993–1994), member of the Parliament of Jordan, House of Representatives (2003–2007).
*Henry F. May, 97, American historian.
*Nancy Millis, 90, Australian microbiologist.
*Yvonne Mounsey, 93, U.S.-based South African ballet dancer (New York City Ballet), cancer.
*Antônio Maria Mucciolo, 89, Italian-born Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Botucatu, Botucatu (1989–2000), multiple organ failure.
*Nan Huai-Chin, 95, Chinese Buddhist scholar, pneumonia.
*John M. Rodgers, 84, American politician, member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives.
*Nao Saejima, 44, Japanese model and actress, cancer.
*László Sebők, 74, Hungarian Olympic boxer.
*Knut Sydsæter, 74, Norwegian mathematician, drowning.
*Neil Smith (geographer), Neil Smith, 58, Scottish geographer, multiple organ failure.
*Bob Stevens (basketball), Bob Stevens, 88, American college basketball coach (Oklahoma Sooners men's basketball, Oklahoma, South Carolina Gamecocks men's basketball, South Carolina), boating accident.
*Punch Sulzberger, 86, American publisher (''The New York Times'').
*Mark Wiener, 61, American painter.
*Malcolm Wicks, 65, British politician, MP for Croydon North West (UK Parliament constituency), Croydon North West (1992–1997) and Croydon North (UK Parliament constituency), Croydon North (since 1997), cancer.
*Rakitha Wimaladarma, 27, Sri Lankan cricketer.

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*Turhan Bey, 90, Austrian-born American actor, Parkinson's disease.
*James Burchett, 81, Australian judge.
*Barry Commoner, 95, American biologist and politician, founder of the Citizens Party (United States), Citizen's Party, 1980 United States presidential election, 1980 presidential nominee.
*María Eugenia Cordovez, 77, Ecuadorian First Ladies and Gentlemen of Ecuador, First Lady (1984–1988), former wife of León Febres Cordero, cardiac arrest.
*Autran Dourado, 86, Brazilian writer, stomach bleeding.
*Gaariye, 63, Somalian poet.
*Dorothy Gillespie, 92, American artist and sculptor.
*Bobby Jaggers, 64, American professional wrestler, renal failure.
*Clara Stanton Jones, 99, American librarian, President of the American Library Association (1976–1977).
*Mary Freeman-Grenville, 12th Lady Kinloss, 90, Scottish peer.
*Mark R. Kravitz, 62, American federal judge, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
*P. J. Morley, 81, Irish politician, Teachta Dála, TD for Mayo East (Dáil constituency), Mayo East (1977–1997).
*Jack Morris (Jesuit), Jack Morris, 84, American Jesuit, founder of the Jesuit Volunteer Corps, cancer.
*The Rankin Family, Raylene Rankin, 52, Canadian singer (The Rankin Family), breast cancer.
*Barbara Ann Scott, 84, Canadian figure skater, Olympic gold medalist (Figure skating at the 1948 Winter Olympics, 1948).
*Boris Šprem, 56, Croatian politician, List of Speakers of the Croatian Parliament, President of Parliament (since 2011), plasmacytoma.
*Bob Wade (writer), Bob Wade, 92, American crime writer.
*Wang Zhongcheng, 86, Chinese academic.
*Jonathan Wentz, 21, American paralympic equestrian.
*Joseph B. Willigers, 81, Dutch-born Ugandan Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Jinja, Jinja (1967–2010).

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