Deaths in April 2009

The following is a list of deaths in April 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.

1

 * Arne Andersson, 91, Swedish middle distance runner and former world record holder (1500m).
 * Umberto Betti, 87, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Cardinal of Santi Vito, Modesto e Crescenzio since 2007.
 * John Blankenchip, 89, American educator, theater director and designer, after short illness.
 * Paul Dean, Baron Dean of Harptree, 84, British politician, Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons (1982–1992).
 * Margreta Elkins, 78, Australian mezzo-soprano, cancer.
 * Duane Jarvis, 51, American guitarist and singer-songwriter, colon cancer.
 * Marsel Markulin, 72, Croatian Olympic gymnast.
 * Marcos Moshinsky, 88, Ukrainian-born Mexican physicist.
 * Daniel Joseph O'Hern, 78, American jurist, member of the New Jersey Supreme Court (1981–2000), melanoma.
 * Elaine Cancilla Orbach, 69, American actress, wife of Jerry Orbach, pneumonia.
 * Lou Perryman, 67, American actor (Poltergeist, The Blues Brothers, Boys Don't Cry), stabbed.
 * Miguel Ángel Suárez, 69, Puerto Rican actor, esophageal cancer.
 * Ian Tomlinson, 47, British pedestrian allegedly assaulted by police at 2009 G-20 London summit protests, abdominal haemorrhage.

2

 * Ghulam Mohammed Baloch, 50, Pakistani politician.
 * Exotic Dancer, 9, French-bred British racehorse, heart attack after race.
 * Ev Faunce, 82, American football player and coach.
 * Guttorm Hansen, 88, Norwegian politician, President of Parliament (1973–1981).
 * Taj Muhammad Jamali, 70, Pakistani politician, Chief Minister of Balochistan (1990–1993).
 * Albert Sanschagrin, 97, Canadian Bishop of Saint-Hyacinthe (1967–1979).
 * Bud Shank, 82, American alto saxophonist, pulmonary failure.
 * Frank Springer, 79, American comic book artist (Dazzler, Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D., She-Hulk), prostate cancer.
 * Andrew Steiner, 100, Czechoslovak-American architect and Jewish resistance member during the Holocaust.

3

 * Ken Anderson, 33, American football player (Chicago Bears), heart attack.
 * James G. Boswell II, 86, American businessman, natural causes.
 * Tom Braden, 92, American journalist and author (Eight Is Enough), cardiac arrest.
 * Eva Evdokimova, 60, Swiss-born American ballerina, complications of cancer.
 * Charlie Kennedy, 81, American alto saxophonist, pulmonary disease.
 * John King, 55, American ukulele player, heart attack.
 * Victor Millan, 89, American actor (Touch of Evil, Scarface, Giant) and theatre professor.
 * Alexei Parshchikov, 54, Russian poet.
 * Crodowaldo Pavan, 89, Brazilian biologist and geneticist, multiple organ dysfunction syndrome and cancer.
 * Tom Smith, 88, British make-up artist (Gandhi, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Return of the Jedi), heart attack.
 * Jerome Waldie, 84, American politician, Representative from California (1966–1975).

4

 * Trevor Bull, 64, British Olympic cyclist.
 * Jobie Dajka, 27, Australian track cyclist, 2002 Keirin world champion.
 * Adriano Directo Emperado, 82, American martial artist (kajukenbo).
 * Maxine Cooper, 84, American actress (Kiss Me Deadly), natural causes
 * Netherwood Hughes, 108, British fourth-to-last veteran of World War I.
 * Jody McCrea, 74, American actor, cardiac arrest.
 * Gonzalo Olave, 25, Chilean actor, motorcycle accident.
 * Herbert Scheinberg, 89, American physician, pneumonia.
 * Nelly Sindayen, 59, Filipino journalist, Manila correspondent for Time magazine, complications from diabetic stroke.
 * Cecil Skotnes, 82, South African artist, pneumonia.
 * Armand Tanny, 90, American bodybuilder, natural causes.
 * Marvin Webster, 56, American basketball player (Seattle SuperSonics), natural causes.

5

 * Wouter Barendrecht, 43, Dutch film producer, heart failure.
 * Guy Brown, 72, Canadian politician, mayor of Springhill, Nova Scotia (2004–2008), after long illness.
 * Thomas R. Byrne, 86, American politician, Mayor of Saint Paul, Minnesota (1966–1970), cancer.
 * Tony D, 42, American hip hop DJ and musician, car accident.
 * Sir Michael Giddings, 88, British air marshal.
 * I. J. Good, 92, British mathematician, statistician and cryptographer, natural causes.
 * Sir Neil MacCormick, 67, British jurist and Scottish nationalist politician, cancer.
 * Alfredo Marcano, 62, Venezuelan former WBA world super featherweight (junior lightweight) champion boxer.
 * Rocco Morabito, 88, American Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer.
 * Nancy Overton, 83, American pop singer (The Chordettes), esophageal cancer.
 * Constantine Papadakis, 63, Greek-born American president of Drexel University, complications from lung cancer.
 * William Tobin, 83, American journalist, esophageal cancer.
 * George Tribe, 88, Australian cricketer.
 * Ole Gabriel Ueland, 78, Norwegian politician.
 * David Wheatley, 59, British film and television director, after long illness.

6

 * A-Sun, 34, Taiwanese singer, breast cancer.
 * Steve Cannon, 81, American radio personality (WCCO), cancer.
 * J. M. S. Careless, 90, Canadian historian.
 * Luigi Casola, 87, Italian cyclist.
 * Dwight Crandell, 86, American volcanologist, heart attack.
 * Dorothy Cullman, 91, American philanthropist, complications of brain injury.
 * Russell E. Dunham, 89, American war veteran, Medal of Honor recipient, heart failure.
 * Jacques Hustin, 69, Belgian singer-songwriter.
 * Shawn Mackay, 26, Australian rugby union player (Brumbies), cardiac arrest following car accident.
 * Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri, 71, South African Minister of Communications (since 1999) and acting President (2008), natural causes.
 * Andrzej Stelmachowski, 84, Polish academic and politician.
 * Mari Trini, 61, Spanish pop singer and actress.
 * Svetlana Ulmasova, 56, Uzbekistani athlete.
 * Damouré Zika, 85, Nigerien film actor and traditional healer, after long illness.

7

 * Dave Arneson, 61, American game designer, co-creator of Dungeons & Dragons, cancer.
 * Samuel Beer, 97, American academic, expert on British government.
 * Raja Chelliah, 86, Indian economist, founder of Madras School of Economics, after short illness.
 * Stanley Jaki, 84, Hungarian-born American theologian, heart attack.
 * Philip Moore, Baron Moore of Wolvercote, 88, British private secretary to Queen Elizabeth II (1977–1986).
 * Paddy O'Hanlon, 65, Irish politician and barrister, after short illness.
 * Leo Prieto, 88, Filipino sports executive, PBA Commissioner (1975–1982), stroke.
 * Gordon Slynn, Baron Slynn of Hadley, 79, British jurist, cancer.
 * Michael Stern, 98, American journalist and philanthropist, co-founder of Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum, pancreatic cancer.
 * Hyacinth Tungutalum, 62, Australian politician, heart attack.
 * Jack Wrangler, 62, American pornographic film actor, writer, and producer, emphysema.

8

 * Lennie Bennett, 70, British comedian and game show host (Lucky Ladders), after short illness.
 * Jane Bryan, 90, American actress, after long illness.
 * Willard Fuller, 93, American faith healer.
 * Henri Meschonnic, 76, French poet, linguist, translator and theoretician.
 * Dan Miller, 67, American television journalist (WSMV, KCBS), heart attack.
 * Piotr Morawski, 32, Polish mountain climber, mountaineering accident.
 * Marat Nyýazow, 75, Turkmen-born Soviet sport shooter, Olympic silver medalist (1960).
 * Jean Overton Fuller, 94, British writer and painter.
 * Tam Paton, 70, Scottish music manager and spokesperson for the Bay City Rollers, suspected heart attack.
 * Tori Stafford, 8, Canadian murder victim, blunt trauma.
 * David Winans, 74, American gospel singer, heart attack.

9

 * Nick Adenhart, 22, American baseball pitcher (Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim), car accident.
 * Edgar Buchwalder, 92, Swiss Olympic cyclist and silver medalist.
 * Randy Cain, 63, American singer (The Delfonics).
 * Mike Casey, 60, American college basketball player (Kentucky Wildcats) (1967–1971), heart disease.
 * Colin Jordan, 85, British politician and Neo-Nazi activist.
 * Ernest Manirumva, Burundian anti-corruption activist (OLUCOME), stabbed.
 * Shakti Samanta, 83, Indian film director and producer, cardiac arrest.
 * Dale Swann, 61, American character actor, complications of stroke.

10

 * Richard Arnell, 91, English composer.
 * John Spoor Broome, 91, American rancher and philanthropist.
 * Richard Cartwright, 95, British Anglican prelate, Bishop of Plymouth (1972–1982).
 * Blake Chanslor, 88, American businessman, founder of Blake's Lotaburger.
 * Deborah Digges, 59, American poet, apparent suicide by jumping.
 * Frank Morris, 85, Canadian football player and executive, after long illness.
 * Naum Olev, 70, Russian lyricist.
 * Yevgeny Vesnik, 86, Russian actor, stroke.

11

 * Aida Abdullayeva, 86, Azerbaijani harpist.
 * Jim Brodie, 88, New Zealand geologist, oceanographer and geophysicist.
 * Mickey Cafagna, 65, American politician, mayor of Poway, California, complications from kidney cancer.
 * Simon Channing Williams, 63, British film producer, cancer.
 * Albert Chernenko, 74, Russian philosopher, son of Konstantin Chernenko.
 * Rob Dickson, 45, Australian football player, winner of Australian Survivor, car accident.
 * Gerda Gilboe, 94, Danish actress.
 * Judith Krug, 69, American librarian, founder of Banned Books Week, stomach cancer.
 * René Monory, 85, French politician, President of the Senate (1992–1998).
 * Tita Muñoz, 82, Filipino actress, after long illness.
 * Jimmy Neighbour, 58, British footballer (Norwich City, Tottenham Hotspur), heart attack.
 * Vishnu Prabhakar, 97, Indian writer, after long illness.
 * Johnny Roadhouse, 88, British saxophonist.
 * Al Rosenbaum, 82, American sculptor, co-founder of the Virginia Holocaust Museum.
 * Corín Tellado, 81, Spanish novelist, heart failure.
 * Zeke Zarchy, 93, American swing music jazz trumpeter.

12

 * Sitara Achakzai, 52, Afghan women's rights activist and politician, shot.
 * Javier de Bengoechea, 89, Spanish poet.
 * Danny Cameron, 85, Canadian politician, Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick (1991–1995).
 * Marilyn Chambers, 56, American pornographic film actress (Behind the Green Door), erotic dancer, and politician, heart disease.
 * Kent Douglas, 73, Canadian ice hockey player (Toronto Maple Leafs), cancer
 * Gene Handley, 94, American baseball player.
 * Mike Keen, 69, British footballer, after short illness.
 * Hans Kleppen, 102, Norwegian ski jumper.
 * Sir Kirby Laing, 92, British civil engineer.
 * Sir John Maddox, 83, British science writer, editor (Nature, 1966–1973, 1980–1995).
 * Stephen Minarik, 49, American politician, chairman of the New York Republican State Committee (2004–2006), heart attack.
 * Ephraim Obot, 72, Nigerian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Idah since 1977.
 * Franklin Rosemont, 65, American surrealist poet, labor historian and co-founder of the Chicago Surrealist Group.
 * Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick, 58, American writer and critical theorist, pioneer of queer studies, breast cancer.
 * Ishaq Shahryar, 73, Afghan-born American scientist and ambassador.
 * Derek Weiler, 40, Canadian editor and writer.

13

 * John Armitage, 88, Australian politician, MP (1961–1963, 1969–1983).
 * Björn Borg, 89, Swedish Olympic swimmer.
 * Stefan Brecht, 84, German poet, son of Bertolt Brecht and Helene Weigel, after long illness.
 * Frank Costigan, 78, Australian lawyer and royal commissioner, head of the Costigan Commission.
 * Tony Eckstein, 85, American politician and veterinarian.
 * Mark Fidrych, 54, American baseball pitcher (Detroit Tigers), suffocation.
 * Jack D. Hunter, 87, American author, cancer.
 * Harry Kalas, 73, American sportscaster, heart attack.
 * Ossie Lambert, 82, Australian cricketer.
 * Ángel Miguel, 79, Spanish professional golfer.
 * Bruce Snyder, 69, American football coach, melanoma.
 * Alfred Swift, 77, South African Olympic cyclist.
 * Teo Usuelli, 78, Italian film score composer.
 * Kevin Walton, 90, British winner of the Albert Medal.
 * Zhu Min, 83, Chinese professor and daughter of Zhu De.

14

 * Richard Baker, 62, American surf apparel executive (Ocean Pacific), cancer.
 * Maurice Druon, 90, French novelist, Dean of the Académie française (French Academy), and French Resistance fighter.
 * Fuyuko Kamisaka, 78, Japanese historian, author and critic, cancer.
 * Les Keiter, 89, American sportscaster, natural causes.
 * Max Lake, 84, Australian winemaker, fall.
 * Marcus Loane, 97, Australian Anglican Primate (1978–1982), Archbishop of Sydney (1966–1982), after short illness.
 * Peter Rogers, 95, British film producer (Carry On series).
 * Royce Ryton, 84, British playwright.

15

 * Ed Blake, 83, American baseball player, after long illness.
 * Sir Clement Freud, 84, German-born British writer, broadcaster and politician, MP (1973–1987).
 * Merle Harmon, 82, American sportscaster, pneumonia.
 * Wisdom Siziba, 28, Zimbabwean cricketer, heart failure.
 * László Tisza, 101, Hungarian-born American physicist.

16

 * Patty Costello, 61, American ten-pin bowler, pancreatic cancer.
 * Michael Martin Dwyer, 24, Irish security guard, shot.
 * Sal Guarriello, 90, American politician, after short illness.
 * Tengiz Gudava, 55, Georgian-born Soviet dissident and journalist (RFE/RL).
 * Timothy J. Holst, 61, American circus ringmaster, after short illness.
 * James D. Houston, 75, American author, cancer.
 * Jim Lange, 82, American editorial cartoonist (The Oklahoman), after long illness.
 * Svein Longva, 65, Norwegian economist, State Conciliator (2005–2009).
 * Michel Mondésert, 92, French Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Grenoble.
 * Abdel Halim Muhammad, 99, Sudanese doctor, President of the CAF (1968–1972), member of Committee of Sovereignty of The Sudan (1964–1965).
 * Viktor Paskov, 59, Bulgarian writer, lung cancer.
 * Eduardo Rózsa-Flores, 49, Hungarian journalist, writer, actor and soldier, shot.
 * Saensak Muangsurin, 58, Thai former WBC light welterweight champion boxer (fastest ever pro champion), intestinal complications.

17

 * Sir Martin Garrod, 73, British army general, Commandant General Royal Marines (1987–1990).
 * Väinö Hakkarainen, 76, Finnish Olympic wrestler.
 * Carmen Leggio, 82, American jazz tenor saxophonist.
 * Midge Miller, 86, American politician, member of the Wisconsin State Assembly (1971–1985), cancer.
 * Honoré Desmond Sharrer, 88, American artist.

18

 * Tissa Abeysekara, 69, Sri Lankan film director, writer and actor, brain haemorrhage.
 * Yvon Bourges, 87, French politician and colonial administrator, Governor-General of French Equatorial Africa.
 * Toi Aukuso Cain, 50, Samoan politician and murderer, liver cancer.
 * Peter Dennis, 75, British actor (Sideways, Hadleigh, Shrek).
 * Edward George, Baron George, 70, British public official, Governor of the Bank of England (1993–2003), lung cancer.
 * Vernon Malone, 77, American politician, member of the North Carolina Senate (2003–2009), natural causes.
 * Bill Orton, 60, American politician, member of the US House of Representatives from Utah (1991–1997), ATV accident.
 * Stephanie Parker, 22, British actress (Belonging), apparent suicide by hanging.
 * Charles Peebler, 72, American advertising executive, progressive supranuclear palsy.
 * Whitelaw Reid, 95, American journalist, complications of lung and heart failure.
 * Kiril Vajarov, 21, Bulgarian ice hockey goaltender, member of the national team (2006–2009), stabbed.
 * Elías Wessin y Wessin, 84, Dominican politician and general, cardiac arrest.

19

 * Hirmis Aboona, 69, Iraqi historian.
 * J. G. Ballard, 78, British novelist, prostate cancer.
 * Doc Blanchard, 84, American college football player (Army), Heisman Trophy winner (1945), pneumonia.
 * Tilahun Gessesse, 68, Ethiopian singer.
 * Robert Gillis, 82, American football coach.
 * Tony Kett, 57, Irish politician, cancer.
 * Božo Kos, 77, Slovenian illustrator and caricaturist.
 * Kaimar-ud-Din bin Maidin, 66, Malaysian Olympic athlete.
 * Tharon Musser, 84, American lighting designer, after long illness.
 * Dicky Robinson, 82, British footballer (Middlesbrough), after long illness.
 * Terrell Starr, 82, American politician, member of the Georgia State Senate (1968–2006), heart failure.

20

 * Beata Asimakopoulou, 77, Greek actress, cancer.
 * Thomas Hill, 81, American actor (The NeverEnding Story, Newhart, McCabe & Mrs. Miller).
 * Qian Lingxi, 92, Chinese physicist and civil engineer, President of Dalian University of Technology.
 * Franco Rotella, 42, Italian footballer, melanoma.

21

 * Iqbal Bano, 74, Indian-born Pakistani singer, after short illness.
 * Paul Ebert, 76, American college baseball and basketball player and surgeon, myocardial infarction.
 * Robin Gillett, 83, British Lord Mayor of London (1976–1977).
 * Jack Jones, 96, British trade union leader, veteran of the International Brigades.
 * H. S. S. Lawrence, 85, Indian educationalist.
 * Vivian Maier, 83, American street photographer.
 * James Byron Moran, 78, American jurist (United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois), after long illness.
 * Santha Rama Rau, 86, Indian-born American writer, cardiac arrest.

22

 * Ken Annakin, 94, British film director (The Longest Day, Battle of the Bulge, Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines), complications from a heart attack and stroke.
 * Jack Cardiff, 94, British cinematographer (A Matter Of Life And Death, Black Narcissus, The African Queen), Oscar winner (1948).
 * Ron Cash, 59, American baseball player (Detroit Tigers).
 * Marilyn Cooper, 74, American actress (Woman of the Year, The Thorns, Family Business), Tony winner (1981).
 * Bill Disney, 77, American Olympic silver medal-winning (1960) speed skater, emphysema.
 * Bob Hamm, 74, American writer and Cajun humorist, complications related to cancer.
 * David Kellermann, 41, American businessman, CFO of Freddie Mac since 2008, suicide by hanging.
 * George Rawlings, 87, American politician, member of the Virginia House of Delegates (1964–1969).
 * Heinz Schröder, 80, German puppeteer.
 * Dudley Thornton, 89, British army officer.
 * Kim Weiskopf, 62, American television producer and writer (Married... with Children, Full House, Three's Company), pancreatic cancer.

23

 * William F. Barnes, 91, American football coach (UCLA), complications from pneumonia.
 * Kenneth Paul Block, 84, American fashion illustrator.
 * Sir Brian Corby, 79, British businessman, President of the CBI.
 * Gordon Gair, 92, Canadian lacrosse player.
 * Lam Sheung Yee, 74, Hong Kong footballer, coach, announcer and actor.
 * Ivan Madray, 74, Guyanese cricketer, hypertension.
 * Felipe Solís Olguín, 64, Mexican archaeologist, curator of the National Anthropology Museum, cardiac arrest.

24

 * Irving D. Chais, 83, American businessman, owner of the New York Doll Hospital, after long illness.
 * Tim Curry, 70, American attorney, District Attorney for Tarrant County, Texas, (1972–2009), lung cancer.
 * Margaret Gelling, 84, British toponymist.
 * Bo Leuf, 56, Swedish technology writer.
 * John Michell, 76, British author, cancer.
 * Sixto Palavecino, 94, Argentine poet and musician.
 * Michael Parsons, 48, Australian footballer, brain tumour.
 * Orville Howard Phillips, 85, Canadian politician, member of the Senate of Canada (1963–1999), stroke.
 * Franciszek Sobczak, 69, Polish Olympic fencer.
 * Timothy Wright, 61, American pastor and gospel singer, car accident.

25

 * Bea Arthur, 86, American actress (Maude, The Golden Girls, Mame), Emmy winner (1977, 1988), cancer.
 * Yamil Chade, 88, Lebanese-born Puerto Rican sports team owner and manager.
 * Hassan Hathout, 84, Egyptian-born American physician and interfaith campaigner.
 * Germán Martínez Hidalgo, 79, Mexican scientist.
 * John Marchi, 87, American politician, member of the New York State Senate (1957–2006), complications from pneumonia.
 * William Schmidt, 83, American composer.

26

 * James Addy, 69, Ghanaian athlete.
 * Salamo Arouch, 86, Greek-born Israeli boxer and Holocaust survivor.
 * Alan Bristow, 84, British businessman.
 * Hans Holzer, 89, Austrian-born American paranormal investigator and author, after long illness.
 * Geir Hovig, 64, Norwegian radio host, after short illness.
 * Danny Kladis, 92, American racecar driver.
 * Levan Mikeladze, 52, Georgian diplomat and politician, heart attack.
 * Dominic Motikoe, Lesotho politician, shot.
 * Colwyn Philipps, 3rd Viscount St Davids, 70, British aristocrat and politician.
 * Sir Pupuke Robati, 84, Cook Islands politician and doctor, Prime Minister (1987–1989).
 * Perez Zagorin, 88, American historian.

27

 * Ernie Barnes, 70, American neo-mannerist artist and football player, after short illness.
 * John Crispo, 75, Canadian economist and educator, prostate cancer.
 * Tom Deitz, 57, American science fiction author, heart failure.
 * Miroslav Filip, 80, Czech chess player.
 * Frank Gansz, 70, American football coach (Kansas City Chiefs), complications from knee replacement surgery.
 * Glen Gondrezick, 53, American basketball player, complications following heart transplant.
 * Feroz Khan, 69, Indian actor, cancer.
 * Frankie Manning, 94, American dancer and choreographer, pneumonia.
 * Edwin McClellan, 83, British Japanologist.
 * Evgeniya Miroshnichenko, 77, Ukrainian opera and chamber singer.
 * Karl Mullen, 82, Irish rugby union player.
 * Greg Page, 50, American boxer, complications from brain injury.
 * Paraluman, 85, Filipina actress.
 * Robley Rex, 107, American World War I-era veteran.
 * Woo Seung-yeon, 25, South Korean actress and model, suicide by hanging.

28

 * Bill Bailey, 75, British surfer.
 * Lota Delgado, 90, Filipina actress.
 * U. A. Fanthorpe, 79, British poet.
 * Fritz Gödicke, 89, German football player and manager.
 * Vern Gosdin, 74, American country music singer, complications from a stroke.
 * Ekaterina Maximova, 70, Russian ballet dancer.
 * Steinar Lem, 57, Norwegian environmentalist and anti-consumerism activist, cancer.
 * Richard Pratt, 74, Australian businessman, prostate cancer.
 * Valeria Peter Predescu, 62, Romanian singer, heart attack.
 * Ted Reynolds, 84, Canadian sportscaster (CBC Television).
 * Buddy Rose, 56, American professional wrestler.
 * Bruno Scolari, 48, Italian Olympic equestrian.
 * Pearse Wyse, 81, Irish politician.

29

 * Günther Bahr, 87, German Luftwaffe fighter pilot.
 * Jack Lohrke, 85, American baseball player, stroke.
 * Tom McGrath, 68, British poet and playwright, liver cancer.
 * William A. Price, 94, American journalist.
 * Charles L. Young Sr., 77, American politician, member of the Mississippi House of Representatives, heart attack.

30

 * Amparo Arozamena, 92, Mexican actress, heart attack.
 * Venetia Burney, 90, British teacher who named Pluto.
 * Maxime de la Falaise, 86, British model, socialite, fashion designer, cookbook writer and gastronome, natural causes.
 * Harold Fischer, 83, American Air Force officer, Korean War fighter ace and noted PoW, complications from surgery.
 * Mallory Horne, 84, American politician, member of Florida House of Representatives, President of Florida Senate, lung cancer.
 * Maurice Lindsay, 90, British poet and broadcaster.
 * McCoy McLemore, 67, American basketball player and television color analyst, cancer.
 * Henk Nijdam, 73, Dutch road bicycle racer, track pursuit world champion (1962).
 * David Picão, 85, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Santos (1996–2000).
 * Ron Richards, 80, British record producer.
 * Raymond J. Saulnier, 100, American economist.