Deaths in November 2009

The following is a list of notable deaths in November 2009.

Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence:
* Name, age, country of citizenship at birth, subsequent country of citizenship (if applicable), reason for notability, cause of death (if known), and reference.

November 2009

1

*Zev Aelony, 71, American civil rights activist.
*Sakher Habash, 69, Palestinian party official (Fatah), stroke.
*Esther Hautzig, 79, American Holocaust survivor and writer.
*Endel Laas, 94, Estonian forest scientist.
*Manfred Losch, 70, German Olympic athlete.
*Seán Mac Fhionnghaile, 57, Irish actor, cancer.
*Arturo Salazar Mejía, 88, Colombian Roman Catholic Bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Pasto, Pasto.
*Alda Merini, 78, Italian poet.
*Gopal Mishra, 77, Indian journalist.
*Gus Mitges, 90, Canadian politician, MP for Grey—Simcoe (1972–1988) and Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound (federal electoral district), Bruce—Grey (1988–1993).
*Alan Ogg, 42, American basketball player (Miami Heat), complications from staphylococcal infection.
*Robert H. Rines, 87, American scientist, inventor, composer and Loch Ness Monster expert, heart failure.
*Achim Stocker, 74, German football official, chairman of SC Freiburg, heart attack.
*George Zoritch, 92, Russian-born American dancer.

2

*Haya bint Abdulaziz Al Saud, 80, Saudi royal, sister of Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, King Abdullah.
*Nien Cheng, 94, Chinese author and political prisoner.
*Lou Filippo, 83, American boxing referee and judge, member of the World Boxing Hall of Fame, stroke.
*Evelyn Hofer, 87, German-born photographer.
*Brian James (actor), Brian James, 91, Australian actor, complications from a fall.
*Shabtai Kalmanovich, 61, Russian former KGB spy, president of WBC Spartak Moscow Region, shot.
*Keith Kettleborough, 74, British footballer (Sheffield United F.C., Sheffield United).
*José Luis López Vázquez, 87, Spanish actor.
*Yael Lotan (writer), Yael Lotan, 74, Israeli writer, editor and translator, liver cancer.
*Phil Lumpkin, 57, American NBA player and high school basketball coach, pneumonia.
*Ron Moeller, 71, American baseball player.
*Roman Moravec, 58, Slovak Olympic athlete.
*Beverley O'Sullivan, 28, Irish singer, traffic collision.
*Amir Pnueli, 68, Israeli computer scientist and Turing Award winner.
*Glenn Remick, 58, American founder of American Darters Association, member of National Darts Hall of Fame, amyloidosis.
*Mark Smith (musician), Mark Smith, 49, British bassist (The Waterboys) and record producer.
*Leonard Steinberg, Baron Steinberg, 73, British businessman and life peer.
*Lonnie Zamora, 76, American alleged UFO witness, heart failure.

3

*Charles August, 90, American businessman, founder of Monro Muffler Brake.
*Francisco Ayala (novelist), Francisco Ayala, 103, Spanish novelist, natural causes.
*Archie Baird, 90, Scottish footballer (Aberdeen F.C., Aberdeen).
*Carl Ballantine, 92, American actor (''McHale's Navy''), natural causes.
*Brother Blue, 88, American storyteller, performance artist.
*Dodo Chichinadze, 84, Georgian actress.
*John Crofton, Sir John Crofton, 97, British medical pioneer.
*Jean B. Cryor, 70, American politician, cancer.
*Shel Dorf, 76, American founder of San Diego Comic-Con, diabetes-related complications.
*Parry Gordon, 64, English rugby league player.
*Tamás Lossonczy, 105, Hungarian abstract painter.
*Lorissa McComas, 38, American softcore model and actress.
*Toshiyuki Mimura, 61, Japanese baseball player and manager (Hiroshima Toyo Carp).
*Alice S. Rossi, 87, American sociologist and feminist.

4

*Win Aung (minister), Win Aung, 65, Burmese politician and military officer, Minister of Foreign Affairs (1998–2004).
*William H. Avery (politician), William H. Avery, 98, American politician, representative for Kansas (1955–1965), Governor of Kansas (1965–1967).
*Don Beaven, Sir Don Beaven, 85, New Zealand scientist and diabetes researcher, house fire.
*Ivan Biakov, 65, Russian Olympic gold medal-winning biathlete (1972 Winter Olympics, 1972, 1976 Winter Olympics, 1976)
*Hubertus Brandenburg, 85, German-born Roman Catholic Roman Catholic Diocese of Stockholm, Bishop of Stockholm (1977–1998).
*Stefano Chiodi, 52, Italian footballer.
*Art D'Lugoff, 85, American jazz nightclub owner (The Village Gate), heart attack.
*Kabun Mutō, 82, Japanese politician, Minister for Foreign Affairs (1993), pancreatic cancer.
*Thomas P. O'Malley, 79, American academic, president of Loyola Marymount University (1991–1999), heart attack.
*Antonio Pelle, 77, Italian 'Ndrangheta boss, heart attack.
*David Tree, 94, British actor.

5

*Peter Chen Bolu, 96, Chinese Roman Catholic Bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Daming, Daming.
*I. F. Clarke, 91, British literary scholar.
*Roy Collins, 75, English cricketer.
*Adam Firestorm, 32, New Zealand-born Canadian professional wrestler, suicide.
*Luigi Fuin, 81, Italian footballer.
*Félix Luna, 84, Argentina, Argentinian historian.
*Lucien Maelfait, 90, French cyclist.
*Barrie Rickards, 71, British palaeontologist and angler, cancer.
*Winifred Tumim, Winifred Tumim, Lady Tumim, 73, British charity executive and campaigner.

6

*Manuel Arvizu, 90, Mexican Roman Catholic Bishop of Roman Catholic Territorial Prelature of Jesús María del Nayar, Jesús María del Nayar.
*Nick Counter, 69, American film executive and lawyer.
*Dimitri De Fauw, 28, Belgian track cyclist, suicide.
*Abraham Escudero Montoya, 69, Colombian Roman Catholic Bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Palmira, Palmira.
*Robert Hilborn Falls, 85, Canadian admiral, Chief of the Defence Staff (Canada), Chief of the Defence Staff (1977–1980).
*Waldo Hunt, 88, American publisher.
*Gylman Ilkin, 95, Soviet and Azerbaijani writer.
*Jacno, 52, French musician, cancer.
*Otomar Krejča, 87, Czech theatre director.
*Hans Lund, 59, American poker player, cancer.
*Antonio Rosario Mennonna, 103, Italian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church.
*Tommy Reis, 95, American baseball player.
*Donald Rix, 78, Canadian pathologist and philanthropist.
*Manuel Solís Palma, 91, Panamanian President (1988–1989), pulmonary edema.
*Ron Sproat, 77, American television writer (''Dark Shadows''), heart attack.

7

* Yelena Bondarchuk, 47, Russian actress, breast cancer.
*Gene D. Cohen, 65, American psychiatrist, prostate cancer.
*Bob Dillinger, 91, American baseball player.
*Anselmo Duarte, 89, Brazilian actor, screenwriter and film director, complications from a stroke.
*Bernardo Garza Sada, 79, Mexican businessman, founder of ALFA (Mexico), ALFA.
*Donald Harington (writer), Donald Harington, 73, American author, cancer.
*Chris Harman, 66, British socialist journalist and activist.
*Billy Ingham, 57, British footballer (Burnley F.C., Burnley).
*Joe Maross, 86, American actor, cardiac arrest.
*Alayna Morgan, 61, American obese woman.
*Allan Mulder, 81, Australian politician, MP (1972–1975).
*David C. Smith (historian), David C. Smith, 80, American historian.

8

*Ellen Ahrndt, 87, American baseball player (All-American Girls Professional Baseball League).
*Hiley Edwards, 58, English cricketer (Devon County Cricket Club, Devon), cancer.
*Jerry Fuchs, 34, American drummer (Maserati (band), Maserati, !!!), fall.
*Armin Gessert, 46, German video game developer, heart attack.
*Vitaly Ginzburg, 93, Russian physicist, Nobel Prize laureate.
*Burleigh Hines, 74, American journalist.
*Patrick Howard-Dobson, Sir Patrick Howard-Dobson, 88, British army general.
*Karl Kroeber, 83, American literary scholar of Native American literature, cancer.
*Malcolm Laycock, 71, British radio DJ.
*Igor Starygin, 63, Russian actor, complications from a stroke.

9

*Sedley Andrus, 94, British herald.
*Al Cervi, 92, American basketball player and coach (Rochester Royals, Syracuse Nationals).
*Earl Cooley (smokejumper), Earl Cooley, 98, American smokejumper.
*Clen Denning, 98, Australian footballer, oldest surviving Australian Football League player.
*Henry L. Kimelman, 88, American Ambassador to Haiti (1980–1981), heart failure.
*Earsell Mackbee, 68, American football player (Minnesota Vikings), complications following a stroke.
*Ib Olsen, 80, Danish Olympic bronze medal-winning (1948 Summer Olympics, 1948) rower.
*Mehdi Sahabi, 66, Iranian writer and translator, heart attack.
*Charles Proctor Sifton, 74, American federal judge, sarcoidosis.
*Stephen Verney, 90, British Anglican prelate, Bishop of Repton (1977–1985).
*Nick Waterlow, 69, British-born Australian artistic director and curator, stabbed.

10

*Robert Cameron (photographer), Robert Cameron, 98, American aerial photographer.
*Gheorghe Dinică, 75, Romanian actor, cardiac arrest.
*Robert Enke, 32, German footballer, suicide by train.
*Tomaž Humar, 40, Slovenian mountaineer, mountaineering accident.
*Amadi Ikwechegh, 58, Nigerian naval officer, protracted illness following a stroke.
*Simple Kapadia, 51, Indian actress and costume designer, cancer.
*Dick Katz, 85, American jazz pianist and arranger, lung cancer.
*David Lloyd (writer), David Lloyd, 75, American comedy writer ("Chuckles Bites the Dust"), prostate cancer.
*Uolevi Manninen, 72, Finnish Olympic basketball player.
*Hisaya Morishige, 96, Japanese actor, natural causes.
*John Allen Muhammad, 48, American convicted spree killer (Beltway sniper attacks, Beltway Sniper), executed by lethal injection.
*Anne Mustoe, 76, British headmistress, cyclist and writer.
*Ramin Pourandarjani, 26, Iranian doctor, whistleblower on use of torture, poisoned.
*José Afonso Ribeiro, 80, Brazilian Roman Catholic Bishop of Roman Catholic Territorial Prelature of Borba, Borba.

11

*Dámaso Ruiz-Jarabo Colomer, 60, Spanish jurist, Advocate General of the European Court of Justice.
*Keith Fagnou, 38, Canadian organic chemist, complications of H1N1 influenza.
*Ehsan Fatahian, 28, Iranian Kurdish activist, executed by hanging.
*William Ganz, 90, Slovakia, Slovak-born American cardiologist, co-inventor of the pulmonary artery catheter, natural causes.
*Henry Jayasena, 78, Sri Lankan actor, colon cancer.
*Irving Kriesberg, 90, American expressionist artist, complications from Parkinson's disease.
*Tom Merriman, 85, American jingle composer, complications from a fall.
*Marvin Minoff, 78, American film and television producer (''The Nixon Interviews'', ''Patch Adams (film), Patch Adams'').
*John Jay O'Connor, 79, American lawyer, husband of Sandra Day O'Connor, Alzheimer's disease.
*Helge Reiss, 81, Norwegian actor.

12

*Elisabeth Aasen, 87, Norwegian politician.
*Mohamed Abdi Aware, Somali judge, Chief Justice of Puntland, shot.
*Vagrich Bakhchanyan, 71, Ukrainian-born American painter, apparent suicide.
*Frances Lasker Brody, 93, American art collector and philanthropist.
*Eleanor Hovda, 69, American composer and dancer.
*Robert Kendall (actor), Robert Kendall, 82, American actor, heart attack.
*Willy Kernen, 80, Swiss footballer, participated in 1950 FIFA World Cup, World Cup (1950, 1954 FIFA World Cup, 1954, 1962 FIFA World Cup, 1962).
*James R. Lilley, 81, American diplomat, ambassador to South Korea and China, complications linked to prostate cancer.
*Henri Sérandour, 72, French International Olympic Committee member, former head of the French National Olympic Committee.
*Florence Temko, 88, American origami expert, heart failure.
*Paul Wendkos, 87, American television and film director (''Gidget (film), Gidget''), complications of a stroke.
*Emanuel Zisman, 74, Israeli politician, Member of Knesset (1988–1999).

13

*Roy Butler (American politician), Roy Butler, 83, American politician, first directly elected mayor of Austin, Texas (1971–1975), complications from a fall.
*Emin Doybak, 78–79, Turkish Olympic sprinter.
*Michał Gajownik, 27, Polish Olympic sprint canoer, traffic collision.
*Ueli Gegenschatz, 38, Swiss BASE jumper, jumping accident.
*Dell Hymes, 82, American anthropologist, linguist and folklorist, complications of Alzheimer's disease.
*Blas Jiménez, 60, Dominican nationalist, poet and essayist.
*Bruce King, 85, American politician, three-term Governor of New Mexico, complications from heart procedure.
*Ron Klimkowski, 65, American baseball player, heart failure.
*Bernard Kolélas, 76, Congolese politician, Mayor of Brazzaville, prime minister (1997).
*Mara Manzan, 57, Brazilian actress, lung cancer.
*John J. O'Connor (journalist), John J. O'Connor, 76, American television critic (''The New York Times''), lung cancer.
*Armen Takhtajan, 99, Soviet botanist.

14

*Nikolay Anikin, 77, Russian-born American Olympic gold medal skiing champion (Nordic skiing at the 1956 Winter Olympics, 1956 Olympics), cancer.
*Edgar Fay, 101, British judge.
*Moshe Gidron, 84, Israeli Major General.
*John F. Gregory, 82, American optical engineer.
*Thomas Hollyman, 89, American photographer.
*Niels Ingwersen, 74, Danish scholar."On the death of Professor Emeritus Niels Ingwerson"
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*Travis LaRue, 96, American politician, Mayor of Austin, Texas (1969–1971).
*John McWilliam, 68, British politician, MP for Blaydon (UK Parliament constituency), Blaydon (1979–2005).
*Lewis Millett, 88, American Medal of Honor recipient.
*David A. Olsen, 71, American businessman.
* Ladislav Sitenský, 90, Czech photographer.

15

*Derek B, 44, British rapper, heart attack.
*Tia Barrett, 62, New Zealand ambassador and diplomat, High Commissioner to the Cook Islands (2009).
*Richard Carlyle, 95, Canadian actor.
*Ray Charnley, 74, English footballer (Blackpool F.C., Blackpool, Morecambe F.C., Morecambe).
*Dennis Cole, 69, American actor, renal failure.
*Andriy Fedchuk, 29, Ukrainian Olympic bronze medal-winning boxer (2000 Summer Olympics, 2000), traffic collision.
*Karol Galba, 88, Slovak football official.
*Pierre Harmel, 98, Belgian politician, prime minister (1965–1966).
*Natalicio Lima, 91, Brazilian guitarist (Los Indios Tabajaras), stomach cancer.
*Ambrose Mathalaimuthu, 84, Indian Bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Coimbatore, Coimbatore.
*Hans Matthöfer, 84, German politician, minister of finance (1978–1982).
*Anna Mendelssohn, 61, British poet and political activist (Angry Brigade), brain tumour.
*Allan Murdmaa, 75, Estonian architect.
*Ken Ober, 52, American comedian and game show host ''(Remote Control (game show), Remote Control)''.
*Pavle, Serbian Patriarch, 95, Serbian 44th Patriarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church, cardiac arrest.
*Jim Pead, 85, Australian politician.
*Jocelyn Quivrin, 30, French actor, traffic collision.
*Earl Wentz, 71, American composer and performer.

16

*Pablo Amaringo, 71, Peruvian artist.
*Eddie Bell (halfback), Eddie Bell, 78, American football player (Philadelphia Eagles, New York Titans (football), New York Titans), heart failure.
*Jeff Clyne, 72, British jazz bassist, heart attack.
*Antonio de Nigris, 31, Mexican football player, heart failure.
*Robert J. Frankel, 68, American thoroughbred horse trainer, leukemia.
*Ken Kirk, 71, American football player.
*Jan Leighton, 87, American actor, complications from a stroke.
*Anne-Sofie Østvedt, 89, Norwegian intelligence operative for XU.
*Jack Wong Sue, 84, Australian Z Special Unit member and businessman.
*Harry Taylor (ice hockey), Harry Taylor, 83, Canadian ice hockey player.
*Bucky Williams, 102, American baseball player, second-oldest Negro league baseball player.
*Edward Woodward, 79, British actor (''The Equalizer (1985 TV series), The Equalizer'', ''The Wicker Man'', ''Hot Fuzz'').

17

*José Aboulker, 89, Algerian World War II resistance fighter.
*Peter Armstrong (priest), Peter Armstrong, 80, American Roman Catholic priest, apparent heart attack.
*John Craxton, 87, British painter.
*Michael Dias, 88, Sri Lankan-born British legal scholar.
*Niku Kheradmand, 77, Iranian actress, complications of a heart attack.
*Nikolay Olyalin, 68, Russian actor.
*Sy Syms, 83, American entrepreneur, founder and chairman of off-price clothier SYMS, heart failure.

18

*Johnny Almond, 63, British jazz and rock musician (Mark-Almond), cancer.
*Abrar Alvi, 82, Indian film director and screenwriter (Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam), stomach complications.
*Albert Crewe, 82, British-born American physicist, invented scanning transmission electron microscope, Parkinson's disease.
*Jeanne-Claude, 74, French environmental artist (''The Gates''), complications from a ruptured brain aneurysm.
*Gordon Hewit, 51, British Olympic swimmer.
*Red Robbins, 65, American basketball player, cancer.
*Salem Saad, 31, Emirati footballer (Al Nasr SC (Dubai), Al-Nasr SC), heart attack.
*Ana Vásquez-Bronfman, 77, Chilean sociologist and writer.

19

*Frank Beattie, 76, Scottish footballer (Kilmarnock F.C.).
*Johnny Delgado, 61, Filipino actor, lymphoma.
*John Gray (British banker), John Gray, 75, British banker.
*Daul Kim, 20, South Korean fashion model, suicide by hanging.
*Pat Mackie, 95, New Zealand-born Australian trade unionist.
*Denis McNamara, 83, British Olympic wrestler.
*David Nokes, 61, British scholar.
*Noel Power, Sir Noel Power, 79, Australian acting Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Hong Kong (1996–1997), heart attack.
*Jim Stanfield, 62, Canadian ice hockey player.
*Nao Takasugi, 87, American politician, member of the California State Assembly (1993–1999), stroke.

20

*Robert Foxcroft, 75, Canadian Olympic fencer.
*Martino Gomiero, 85, Italian Roman Catholic Bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Adria-Rovigo, Adria-Rovigo.
*Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi, 78, Pakistani politician, Chief Minister of Sindh (1973–1977); prime minister (1990).
*Mayer Kirshenblatt, 93, Canadian painter.
*Lino Lacedelli, 83, Italian mountaineer, 1954 Italian Karakoram expedition to K2, first man to reach the summit of K2.
*H. C. Robbins Landon, 83, American musicologist.
*Celso Pitta, 63, Brazilian politician, Mayor of São Paulo (1997–2000), colorectal cancer.
*Herbert Richers, 86, Brazilian filmmaker and voice artist, kidney failure.
*Max Robertson, 94, British radio broadcaster.
*Alejandro R. Ruiz, 85, American World War II Medal of Honor recipient.
*Lester Shubin, 84, American developer of the bulletproof Kevlar vest, heart attack.
*Elisabeth Söderström, 82, Swedish soprano, complications from a stroke.
*Roman Trakhtenberg, 41, Russian actor, television and radio presenter, heart attack.
*Ted Weill, 84, American politician.
*Charis Wilson, 95, American model and writer.

21

*Gerhard Aspheim, 79, Norwegian jazz trombonist.
*Bernard Bonnin, 70, Filipino actor, diabetes.
*Edward Fennessy, Sir Edward Fennessy, 97, British electronic engineer.
*Konstantin Feoktistov, 83, Russian cosmonaut and aerospace engineer.
*Frank Fidler, 86, English footballer (AFC Bournemouth, Bournemouth, Hereford United).
*Tom Janik, 69, American footballer (Denver Broncos, Buffalo Bills).
*Ken Krueger, 83, American publisher, co-founder and chairman of San Diego Comic-Con International, heart attack.
*Rena Kanokogi, 74, American judoka, multiple myeloma.
*Johnny Påhlsson, 68, Swedish Olympic sport shooter.
*Paige Palmer, 93, American fitness trainer.
*Art Savage, 58, American CEO (San Jose Sharks) (1990–1996) and co-owner (Sacramento River Cats) (1999–2009), lung cancer.
*Allen Shelton, 73, American banjo player, leukemia.

22

*Billy Joe Daugherty, 57, American Christian minister, lymphoma.
*John Grugeon, Sir John Grugeon, 81, British politician.
*Jeong Nam-gyu, 40, South Korean serial killer, suicide.
*Ali Kordan, 51, Iranian politician, Minister of the Interior (2008), multiple myeloma.
*Juan Carlos Muñoz (footballer, born 1919), Juan Carlos Muñoz, 90, Argentinian footballer, heart attack.
*Haydain Neale, 39, Canadian singer–songwriter (jacksoul), lung cancer.
*Francisco Rodriguez (boxer, born 1984), Francisco Rodriguez, 25, American Golden Gloves boxer, brain injury sustained during match.
*Émile Vanfasse, 69, French Polynesian politician, finance minister (2004–2006).

23

*José Arraño Acevedo, 88, Chilean writer and historian, pneumonia.
*Paul K. Carlton, 88, American Air Force general.
*Jean-Édouard Desmedt, 83, Belgian scientist.
*Philip Kueber, 75, Canadian Olympic silver medal-winning (1956 Summer Olympics, 1956) rower.
*Pim Koopman, 56, Dutch progressive rock drummer (Kayak (band), Kayak).
*Richard Meale, 77, Australian composer.
*Tony Parry, 64, British footballer (Hartlepool United F.C., Hartlepool United), pneumonia.
*Pat Quinn (businessman), Pat Quinn, 74, Irish businessman, founder of the Quinnsworth supermarket chain, renal failure.
*Frederick H. Schultz, 80, American businessman and politician, Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives (1969–1970).
*Yang Xianyi, 94, Chinese translator.

24

*Ayub Afridi (drug lord), Ayub Afridi, 70-79, Pakistani drug smuggler and politician.
*Amy Black (mezzo-soprano), Amy Black, 36, British mezzo-soprano opera singer.
*Chan Hung-lit, 66, Hong Kong actor, heart failure.
*Francis French, 7th Baron de Freyne, 82, Irish aristocrat.
*Gonçalves Isabelinha, 100, Portuguese footballer and physician.
*Kan Ishii, 80, Japanese composer.
*Irena Nawrocka, 92, Polish Olympic fencer.
*George Parsons (rugby), George Parsons, 83, British rugby union and rugby league player.
*Abe Pollin, 85, American businessman, owner of Washington Wizards and Washington Capitals, corticobasal degeneration.
*Hale Smith, 84, American composer and arranger, complications of a stroke.
*Samak Sundaravej, 74, Thai politician, prime minister (2008), liver cancer.

25

*Albert Dolhats, 88, French cyclist.
*Jean Serge Essous, 74, Congolese musician.
*Beatrice Gray, 98, American actress.
*Giorgio Carbone, 73, Italian self-proclaimed head of state of the Principality of Seborga micronation.
*Frans Haarsma, 88, Dutch professor of pastoral theology.
*William Norman (cricketer), William Norman, 77, New Zealand cricketer.

26

*Avery Clayton, 62, American executive director, heart attack.
*Gordon Easson, 81, Scottish footballer.
*Peter Forakis, 82, American artist.
*Robert J. Fox, 81, American Catholic priest, cancer.
*Nikola Kovachev, 75, Bulgarian football player and manager.
*Lis Løwert, 89, Danish film actress.
*Geoffrey Moorhouse, 77, British journalist and author, stroke.
*Ecaterina Stahl-Iencic, 60, Romanian Olympic fencer.

27

*Mariano Abarca, 51, Mexican activist, shot.
*Al Alberts, 87, American singer (The Four Aces), kidney failure.
*Jacques Baratier, 91, French film director and screenwriter.
*Erich Böhme, 79, German journalist, editor of ''Der Spiegel'' (1973–1989), cancer.
*Jacques Braunstein, 78, Romanian-born Venezuelan economist, publicist and jazz disc jockey, heart failure.
*William Bresnan, 75, American businessman, founder of Bresnan Communications, cancer.
*Jeffrey Grayson, 67, American businessman and criminal.
*Bess Lomax Hawes, 88, American folklorist and musician, stroke.
*Geneviève Joy, 90, French pianist.
*Alice McGrath, 92, American activist (Sleepy Lagoon murder trial), infection from a chronic illness.
*Anthony Mullens, Sir Anthony Mullens, 73, British army general.
*Mike Penner, 52, American sportswriter (''Los Angeles Times''), suicide by carbon monoxide poisoning.
*Irving Tripp, 88, American comic book artist (''Little Lulu''), cancer.
*Larry Turner (politician), Larry Turner, 70, American politician, member of the Tennessee House of Representatives (since 1985).
*Warren Vanders, 79, American actor, lung cancer.

28

*René Barret, 87, French cyclist.
*Gilles Carle, 81, Canadian film director and screenwriter, complications from Parkinson's disease.
*David Aaron Clark, 49, American pornographic actor and film director, pulmonary embolism.
*Bjartmar Gjerde, 78, Norwegian politician, cabinet minister and broadcasting executive.
*Bob Keane, 87, American music producer and manager, founder of Del-Fi Records, renal failure.
*Eric Kemp, 94, British Church of England theologian, Bishop of Chichester (1974–2001).
*Tony Kendall (actor), Tony Kendall, 73, Italian actor (''Kommissar X'' series).
*Patrick Konchellah, 41, Kenyan runner, stomach cancer.
*Samuel Martin (linguist), Samuel Martin, 85, American linguist.
*Kōichi Saitō (film director), Koichi Saito, 80, Japanese film director and photographer, pneumonia.
*Jerry Shipkey, 84, American football player (Pittsburgh Steelers, Chicago Bears).
* Joaquín Vargas Gómez, 84, Mexican media owner, founder of MVS Radio, MVS Comunicaciones, natural causes.

29

*Don Addis, 74, American strip artist, lung cancer.
* Prince Alexandre of Belgium, 67, Belgian royal, pulmonary embolism.
* Andrew Donald Booth, 91, British computer scientist.
* Mary Call Darby Collins, 98, American First Lady of Florida (1955–1961).
* George Cummins (footballer), George Cummins, 78, Irish footballer (Everton F.C., Everton, Luton Town F.C., Luton Town, Republic of Ireland national football team, Republic of Ireland).
* Nora David, Baroness David, 96, British politician, member of the House of Lords.
*Gilbert-Antoine Duchêne, 90, French Bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint-Claude, Saint-Claude (1975–1994).
* Princess Farial of Egypt, 71, Egyptian royal, oldest child of Farouk of Egypt, King Farouk, stomach cancer.
* Ghalib al-Hinai, 96, Omani Ibadi religious leader.
* Robert Holdstock, 61, British science fiction author, ''Escherichia coli'' infection.
* Solange Magnano, 38, Argentinian beauty queen (Miss Universe 1994, Miss Argentina, 1994), pulmonary embolism.
* Richard Mayne (administrator), Richard Mayne, 83, British international civil servant, broadcaster and critic.
* Karl Peglau, 82, German traffic psychologist, creator of the Ampelmännchen traffic lights.
* Lee Pelty, 74, American stage actor, lung cancer.
* Jerneja Perc, 38, Slovenian athlete, cancer.
* John Storm Roberts, 73, American ethnomusician.
* Roy Hendry Thomson, 77, British politician.

30

* Christopher Anvil, 84, American science fiction writer.
* George Atkins (broadcaster), George Atkins, 92, Canadian radio and TV presenter (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, CBC), founder of Farm Radio International, kidney failure.
*Mustafa Avcioğlu-Çakmak, 99, Turkish Olympic wrestler.
* Dot Bailey, 92, New Zealand cricketer.
* George Bickford, 82, Australian football player.
* Asim Butt (cricketer), Asim Butt, 42, Pakistani-born British cricketer.
* Emile Eid, 84, Lebanese Roman Catholic titular bishop of Sarepta dei Maroniti.
* Brent Green, 33, Australian football player, drowned.
* Charles Miller Metzner, 97, American federal judge.
* Paul Naschy, 75, Spanish actor, screenwriter and director, pancreatic cancer.
* Milorad Pavić, 80, Serbian writer, heart failure.
* Lucian Pulvermacher, 91, American head of the True Catholic Church.

References

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