Deaths in August 2009

The following is a list of deaths in August 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

 * Jerome Anderson, 55, American basketball player (Boston Celtics) and coach.
 * Corazon Aquino, 76, Filipino politician, first female President (1986–1992), colon cancer.
 * Devendra Nath Dwivedi, 74, Indian politician, Governor designate of Gujarat.
 * Edward D. Ives, 83, American folklorist and professor.
 * Keith Macklin, 78, British journalist and broadcaster.
 * George Taylor Morris, 62, American radio personality, throat cancer.
 * Nicholas D'Antonio Salza, 93, Honduran Bishop of Juticalpa (1963–1977).
 * Naomi Sims, 61, American model and author, breast cancer.
 * Rana Chandra Singh, 78, Pakistani politician.
 * Howard Smit, 98, American film make-up artist (The Wizard of Oz).
 * Panakkad Sayeed Mohammedali Shihab Thangal, 73, Indian politician, cardiac arrest.
 * Borka Vučić, 83, Serbian politician and banker, traffic collision.

2

 * Shafiq al-Hout, 77, Palestinian politician, co-founder of the Palestine Liberation Organization, cancer.
 * Adolf Endler, 78, German writer.
 * Hironoshin Furuhashi, 80, Japanese swimmer, Vice President of FINA.
 * Mark Green, 92, British prelate, Bishop of Aston (1972–1982).
 * Billy Lee Riley, 75, American rockabilly musician, cancer.
 * Stanley Robertson, 68, British folk singer and storyteller.
 * Michael A. Wiener, 71, American radio mogul (Infinity Broadcasting) and philanthropist, cancer.
 * Sidney Zion, 75, American journalist, cancer.

3

 * Subhas Chakraborty, 66, Indian politician.
 * Christopher Elrington, 79, English historian, general editor of the Victoria County History.
 * Zelik Epstein, 96, American rabbi and rosh yeshiva.
 * Charles Gwathmey, 71, American architect, esophageal cancer.
 * Walter Philip Leber, 90, American Governor of the Panama Canal Zone (1967–1971).
 * Nikolaos Makarezos, 90, Greek army officer, leader of the Greek military junta of 1967–1974.
 * Reiko Ohara, 62, Japanese actress, intracerebral hemorrhage.
 * Svend Ove Pedersen, 88, Danish Olympic bronze medal-winning (1952) rower.
 * Zinovy Vysokovsky, 76, Russian actor.

4

 * Hirotugu Akaike, 81, Japanese statistician, pneumonia.
 * David Ames, 72, American football player (New York Titans), complications from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
 * Svend Auken, 66, Danish politician, prostate cancer.
 * Benson, appr. 25, British common carp, voted as Britain's Favourite Carp (death announced on this date).
 * George I. Cannon, 89, American church leader (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints).
 * Ross Dufty, 81, Australian cricketer.
 * Sir David Haslam, 86, British admiral.
 * Jo O-ryeon, 56, South Korean Olympic swimmer.
 * Ergash Karimov, 75, Uzbek actor and comedian.
 * Amos Kenan, 82, Israeli columnist, painter, sculptor, playwright and novelist, Alzheimer's disease.
 * Günther Morbach, 81, German classical bass in opera and concert.
 * Joseph Msika, 85, Zimbabwean politician, Vice President, stroke.
 * Gonzalo Santos, 68, Northern Mariana Island Cabinet member, educator and principal, lung cancer.
 * Blake Snyder, 51, American screenwriter (Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot, Blank Check) and author (Save The Cat! The Last Book on Screenwriting You'll Ever Need), cardiac arrest.
 * Ole A. Sørli, 63, Norwegian manager and record producer.
 * Mbah Surip, 60, Indonesian reggae singer, heart attack.
 * Robert Mitsuhiro Takasugi, 78, American federal judge.
 * Martha Ware, 91, American judge, first female judge in Plymouth County, Massachusetts.
 * James Wiegold, 75, Welsh mathematician, leukemia.

5

 * G. A. Cohen, 68, Canadian Marxist political philosopher.
 * Jordi Sabater Pi, 87, Spanish ethologist, discovered albino gorilla Snowflake.
 * Sheikha Hessa bint Salman Al Khalifa, appr. 76, Bahraini royal, widow of Isa ibn Salman Al Khalifah, mother of King Hamad ibn Isa Al Khalifah.
 * Baitullah Mehsud, appr. 35, Pakistani militant, injuries resulting from a military strike.
 * Budd Schulberg, 95, American screenwriter (On the Waterfront, The Harder They Fall, A Face in the Crowd), Oscar winner (1955).
 * Daljit Singh, 73-74, Indian cricketer.
 * Al Tomko, 77, Canadian professional wrestler, pancreatic cancer.

6

 * Bahadır Akkuzu, 54, Turkish musician, heart attack.
 * Rolf Back, 81, Finnish Olympic sprinter. Rolf Back
 * Helen Brotherton, 95, British conservationist.
 * Maup Caransa, 93, Dutch property developer.
 * Riccardo Cassin, 100, Italian mountaineer.
 * Savka Dabčević-Kučar, 85, Croatian politician.
 * Willy DeVille, 58, American singer–songwriter (Mink DeVille), pancreatic cancer.
 * Stanley Haidasz, 86, Canadian politician, MP for Trinity (1957–1958) and Parkdale (1962–1978), Senator (1978–1998).
 * Charles Harrison, 67, British art historian.
 * John Hughes, 59, American film director (The Breakfast Club, Ferris Bueller's Day Off) and screenwriter (Home Alone), heart attack.
 * Anthony Impreveduto, 61, American corrupt politician, member of the New Jersey General Assembly (1987–2004), lymphoma.
 * Jack T. Kirby, 70, American historian, winner of the 2007 Bancroft Prize, heart failure.
 * Anilza Leoni, 75, Brazilian actress, emphysema.
 * Donald Marshall Jr., 55, Canadian wrongfully convicted of murder, complications from a lung transplant.
 * Murali, 55, Indian actor, heart attack.
 * Willibrordus S. Rendra, 73, Indonesian poet.
 * Sam, 4, Australian koala made famous after the 2009 Black Saturday bushfires, euthanised.
 * Aram Tigran, 75, Armenian singer and oud player.
 * Otha Young, 66, American musician and songwriter, cancer.

7

 * Jimmy Bedford, 69, American distiller (Jack Daniel's), heart attack.
 * Frank G. Dickey, 91, American educator, president of the University of Kentucky (1956–1963).
 * Gibson, 7, American Great Dane therapy dog, recognized by Guinness Book of World Records as world's tallest dog, bone cancer.
 * Carleen Hutchins, 98, American violin maker.
 * Taha Muhie-eldin Marouf, 80, Iraqi politician, Vice President (1975–2003).
 * Gulshan Kumar Mehta, 72, Indian songwriter, heart failure.
 * John Harber Phillips, 75, Australian jurist, Chief Justice of Victoria (1991–2003).
 * Danko Popović, 81, Serbian writer.
 * Louis E. Saavedra, 76, American politician, Mayor of Albuquerque, New Mexico (1973; 1989–1993), brain cancer.
 * Mike Seeger, 75, American folk musician, folklorist and banjo player, cancer.
 * Paul Silver, 60, American seismologist, traffic collision.
 * Sergio Stefanini, 87, Italian Olympic basketball player
 * Tatiana Stepa, 46, Romanian folk singer, cervical cancer.
 * Seiichi Tagawa, 91, Japanese politician, party leader (New Liberal Club).
 * Anne Wexler, 79, American political adviser and lobbyist, breast cancer.

8

 * Alfonso Calderón, 78, Chilean writer and poet, heart attack.
 * Yehuda Cohen, 95, Israeli Supreme Court justice.
 * Cal Ermer, 85, American baseball coach and manager (Minnesota Twins).
 * Harold Hitchcock, 95, British artist.
 * Daniel Jarque, 26, Spanish footballer, heart attack.
 * Pål Kraby, 77, Norwegian barrister and businessman.
 * Peter Milton, 80, Australian politician, MP (1980–1990).
 * Jone Railomo, 28, Fijian rugby player, member of the Fiji 2007 Rugby World Cup team.
 * Barnett Rosenberg, 82, American chemist, discovered cisplatin.
 * Raul Solnado, 79, Portuguese actor and comedian, cardiovascular disease.
 * Michael Viner, 65, American record producer (Incredible Bongo Band), cancer.
 * Jerry Wisdom, 61, Bahamian Olympic sprinter.

9

 * Frank Borth, 91, American comic book artist.
 * Tommy Clinton, 83, Irish footballer (Everton, Republic of Ireland).
 * Thierry Jonquet, 55, French writer.
 * William Lindsay Osteen Sr., 79, American judge of the District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina (1991–2006).
 * John Quade, 71, American character actor (Every Which Way But Loose, The Outlaw Josey Wales).
 * Rodney Scott Webb, 74, American federal judge, cancer.
 * Jasmine You, 30, Japanese bassist (Versailles).

10

 * Laurie Bickerton, 92, Australian football player.
 * Josef Burg, 97, Ukrainian Yiddish writer, stroke.
 * Alik Djabrailov, 42, Russian charity worker, shot.
 * Peter Dunnill, 71, British biochemical engineer.
 * Albert L. Gordon, 94, American gay rights legal activist.
 * Rita Inos, 55, Northern Mariana Island educator and politician, first female candidate for Lieutenant Governor, cancer.
 * Andy Kessler, 48, American skateboarder, wasp sting.
 * Ede Király, 82, Hungarian Olympic silver medal-winning (1948) figure skater.
 * Urpo Korhonen, 86, Finnish Olympic gold medal-winning (1952) cross-country skier.
 * Sylvia Lennick, 93, Canadian actress and comedian, complications from pneumonia.
 * Merlyn Mantle, 77, American author, widow of Mickey Mantle, Alzheimer's disease.
 * Art McKinlay, 77, American Olympic silver medal-winning (1956) rower, heart attack.
 * Zarema Sadulayeva, 33, Russian activist, head of children's aid organization in Chechnya, shot.
 * Renzo Sambo, 67, Italian Olympic gold medal-winning (1968) rower.
 * Thomas C. Slater, 68, American politician, member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives (since 1994), lung cancer.
 * Yosef Tamir, 94, Israeli politician and environmental activist, member of the Knesset (1965–1981).
 * Francisco Valdés, 66, Chilean footballer, heart failure.

11

 * Bektas Abubakirov, 36, Kazakhstani boxer.
 * Malik Akhmedilov, 33, Russian journalist, shot.
 * Campbell R. Bridges, 71, British gemologist and adventurer, speared.
 * Nuala Fennell, 73, Irish politician.
 * José Ramón García Antón, 61, Spanish engineer and politician in Valencian Community.
 * Tom Hennies, 70, American police officer and politician.
 * Valeriu Lazarov, 73, Romanian-born Spanish television producer.
 * Aykut Oray, 67, Turkish actor, heart attack.
 * Behjat Sadr, 85, Iranian painter, heart attack.
 * Eunice Kennedy Shriver, 88, American activist, founder of the Special Olympics, sister of John F. Kennedy.
 * Jan Sillo, 32, South African footballer, traffic collision.
 * Kitty White, 86, American jazz vocalist, stroke.
 * Margaret Bush Wilson, 90, American lawyer and activist, multiple organ failure.

12

 * Rashied Ali, 74, American jazz drummer, heart attack.
 * Ruslan Amerkhanov, Russian official, Ingushetia construction minister, shot.
 * Howard M. Ervin, 93, American Christian scholar.
 * Ruth Ford, 98, American model and actress.
 * Gladys Gillem, 88, American professional wrestler, Alzheimer's disease.
 * John Gregson, Baron Gregson, 85, British businessman and politician.
 * Stephen MacDonald, 76, British actor, director and playwright.
 * Zaw One, 64, Burmese actor and singer, liver disease.
 * Nalin Seneviratne, 78, Sri Lankan general, Commander of the Army (1985–1988).
 * Karl Von Hess, 90, American professional wrestler, Alzheimer's disease.
 * Shingo Yamashiro, 70, Japanese actor, pneumonia.

13

 * John Bentley, 92, British actor (Crossroads).
 * M. Watt Espy, 77, American researcher and author on capital punishment.
 * Lavelle Felton, 29, American basketball player (Paderborn Baskets), shot.
 * Brian McLaughlin, 54, British footballer (Celtic, Motherwell).
 * Joseph Gilles Napoléon Ouellet, 87, Canadian archbishop of Rimouski.
 * Les Paul, 94, American guitarist and inventor, complications from pneumonia.
 * Al Purvis, 80, Canadian Olympic gold medal-winning ice hockey player (1952).
 * Dobby Walker, 90, American labor lawyer, stroke.
 * Eleutherius Winance, 100, Belgian-born American monk, philosophy professor, founder of St. Andrew's Abbey, heart attack.

14

 * Frank Branston, 70, British politician, Mayor of Bedford, aortic aneurysm.
 * John Hughes, 84, British politician, MP for Coventry North East (1987–1992).
 * Ted Kennedy, 83, Canadian hockey player (Toronto Maple Leafs), heart failure.
 * Lawrence Lucie, 101, American jazz guitarist.
 * Kimani Maruge, 90, Kenyan student, oldest man to start primary school, stomach cancer.
 * Philip Saltzman, 80, Mexican-born American television writer and producer (Columbo, Barnaby Jones).
 * Gerolf Steiner, 101, German zoologist.

15

 * Charles Anderson, 91, Australian politician, member of the New South Wales Legislative Council (1951–1953).
 * Kenneth Bacon, 64, American president of Refugees International, Asst Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs, melanoma.
 * Florin Bogardo, 67, Romanian singer.
 * Virginia Davis, 90, American child actress.
 * Jim Dickinson, 67, American musician and record producer.
 * Shūe Matsubayashi, 89, Japanese film director, heart failure.
 * Abdel Latif Moussa, 50, Palestinian cleric, leader of Jund Ansar Allah, bomb blast.
 * Sammy Petrillo, 74, American comedian, cancer.
 * André Prokovsky, 70, French dancer, cancer.
 * Louis Rosen, 91, American nuclear physicist (Manhattan Project), inventor of the atom smasher, subdural hematoma.
 * John Stroud, 54, British television director.
 * Malcolm Richard Wilkey, 90, American federal judge and diplomat.

16

 * Alistair Campbell, 84, New Zealand poet.
 * Mualla Eyüboğlu, 90, Turkish architect, one of the country's first female architects, heart failure.
 * Paul Healion, 31, Irish cyclist, traffic collision.
 * Warren E. Hearnes, 86, American politician, Governor of Missouri (1965–1973).
 * Khalid bin Mahfouz, 60, Saudi Arabian billionaire banker, heart attack.
 * Richard Moore, 83, American cinematographer, co-founder of Panavision.
 * John Mulagada, 71, Indian Bishop of Eluru, first Dalit to become a bishop.
 * Ed Reimers, 96, American character actor (Star Trek, The Barefoot Executive).
 * Laurie Rowley, 68, British comedy writer (The Two Ronnies, Not the Nine O'Clock News), heart attack.
 * Robert Thieme, 91, American dispensationalist theologian.
 * Igor Tkachenko, 45, Russian Air Force pilot (Russian Knights), stunt collision.
 * Burl Toler, 81, American football official, first African American official in the NFL.

17

 * Paul Hogue, 69, American basketball player, heart and kidney failure.
 * Patricia Kippax, 67, British Olympic sprinter.
 * Tullio Kezich, 80, Italian film critic.
 * Grażyna Miller, 52, Polish poet and translator.
 * Gildo Rodrigues, 69, Brazilian association football manager.
 * Tiffany Simelane, 21, Swazi beauty pageant contestant, Miss Swaziland 2008, suicide by poisoning.
 * Reno Thomas, 87, American politician, member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives.
 * Davey Williams, 81, American baseball player (New York Giants).
 * Viola Wyse, 61, Canadian Coast Salish tribal leader and civil servant.

18

 * Mir Maswood Ali, 80, Indian-born Canadian mathematician, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.
 * Hildegard Behrens, 72, German soprano, aortic aneurysm.
 * Charles Bond, 94, American Air Force general, pilot with Flying Tigers, dementia.
 * Wilf Diedricks, 64, South African cricket umpire.
 * Rose Friedman, 98, Ukrainian-born American economist, widow of Milton Friedman.
 * Jason Getsy, 33, American convicted murderer, execution by lethal injection.
 * Dic Jones, 75, Welsh poet.
 * Kim Dae-jung, 85, South Korean politician, President (1998–2003), Nobel Peace Prize recipient, heart failure.
 * Hugo Loetscher, 79, Swiss author, complications from surgery.
 * Jack McGeorge, 60, American munitions analyst and BDSM activist, complications from heart surgery.
 * Peter Mui, 56, American fashion designer, heart failure.
 * Robert Novak, 78, American conservative author and pundit, brain cancer.
 * Fernanda Pivano, 92, Italian writer, journalist, translator and critic.
 * Rufus Rogers, 96, New Zealand politician.
 * Mária Vadász, 59, Hungarian Olympic bronze medal-winning team handball player at 1976 Olympics.
 * Geertje Wielema, 75, Dutch swimmer.

19

 * Paul Ashbee, 91, British archaeologist.
 * Carlos González Nova, 92, Mexican businessman.
 * Donald M. Grant, 82, American science fiction publisher.
 * Don Hewitt, 86, American television producer, creator of 60 Minutes, pancreatic cancer.
 * Harry Kermode, 87, Canadian Olympic basketball player.
 * John Marek, 47, American convicted murderer, execution by lethal injection.
 * Anthony Petro Mayalla, 69, Tanzanian archbishop of Mwanza (since 1987).
 * Edward Rondthaler, 104, American typographer.
 * Vic Snell, 81, English footballer (Ipswich Town).
 * Park M. Strader, 64, American politician, cancer.
 * Bobby Thomson, 65, British footballer, prostate cancer.

20

 * Marcel-André Buffet, 87, French Olympic sailor.
 * Semyon Farada, 75, Russian actor.
 * Larry Knechtel, 69, American keyboardist (Bread), bassist and session musician (The Beach Boys, The Doors), heart attack.
 * Karla Kuskin, 77, American children's author and illustrator, corticobasal degeneration.
 * Dudu Topaz, 62, Israeli actor, suicide by hanging.
 * Gordon Woods, 57, American veterinary scientist, created first cloned mule (Idaho Gem).

21

 * Ernest Brown, 93, American tap dancer.
 * Johnny Carter, 75, American singer (The Flamingos, The Dells), lung cancer.
 * Edward Goldsmith, 80, British environmentalist.
 * Christopher John Lamb, 59, British biochemist.
 * Chris McCubbins, 63, American-born Canadian Olympic athlete, leukemia.
 * Leo Obstbaum, 40, Argentine-born Spanish design director for the 2010 Winter Olympics.
 * Rex Shelley, 78, Singaporean author, lung cancer.
 * Geoffrey Tozer, 54, Australian pianist, liver disease.
 * Dean Turner, 37, Australian bassist (Magic Dirt), lung cancer.
 * Pedro Yoma, 82, Chilean Olympic track and field athlete.

22

 * David Avadon, 60, American illusionist, heart attack.
 * Horst E. Brandt, 86, German film director.
 * Vicki Cruse, 40, American aerobatic pilot, air show accident.
 * Muriel Duckworth, 100, Canadian feminist and activist, complications from a fall.
 * Elmer Kelton, 83, American Western novelist.
 * Iftikhar Ali Khan, Pakistani general, Defence Secretary (1997–1999), heart attack.
 * Erkki Laine, 51, Finnish ice hockey player, drowned.
 * Beryl Sprinkel, 85, American economist, Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome.
 * Adrien Zeller, 69, French politician and humanist, heart attack.

23

 * Alexander Bozhkov, 58, Bulgarian politician, Deputy Prime Minister (1997–1999), cancer.
 * Stanley Kaplan, 90, American businessman and scholastic test preparation pioneer, founder of Kaplan, Inc., heart disease.
 * Anna-Maria Müller, 60, German luger, 1972 Winter Olympics women's singles gold medalist.
 * Pierre Samuel, 87, French mathematician, arms control and environmental activist.
 * Jan Sedivka, 91, Australian violinist.
 * Edzo Toxopeus, 91, Dutch politician, Minister of the Interior (1959–1965).
 * William Williams, 93, American businessman and team owner (Cincinnati Bengals, Cincinnati Reds).

24

 * Joseph Corbett Jr., 80, American murderer and kidnapper, suicide by gunshot.
 * Sir Harry Fang, 86, Hong Kong orthopaedic surgeon, President of Rehabilitation International (1980–1984), respiratory failure.
 * Frank Marcus Fernando, 77, Sri Lankan Bishop of Chilaw.
 * Leif Flengsrud, 86, Norwegian Olympic cyclist.
 * Janullah Hashimzada, 40, Afghan journalist, Pakistan bureau chief for Shamshad TV, shot.
 * Kashin, 40, New Zealand Asian elephant sponsored by ASB Bank, euthanised.
 * Joe Maneri, 82, American jazz composer, musician and inventor, complications from heart surgery.
 * Eduardo Roquero, 59, Filipino politician, Representative (2004–2007), four-time Mayor of San Jose del Monte.
 * Toni Sailer, 73, Austrian ski racer, laryngeal cancer.
 * T. J. Turner, 46, American football player (Miami Dolphins), complications from a stroke.
 * Jim Urbanek, 64, American football player (Miami Dolphins).

25

 * Berle Adams, 92, American music industry executive (MCA).
 * Bob Carroll, 73, American historian and author.
 * William Emerson, 86, American journalist and editor, stroke.
 * Nikos Garoufallou, 72, Greek actor, traffic collision.
 * Ted Kennedy, 77, American politician, Senator from Massachusetts (1962–2009), brain cancer.
 * Eduardo Mendoza Goiticoa, 92, Venezuelan politician, Minister of Agriculture (1945–1947), director of the Human Rights Foundation.
 * Carl K. Moeddel, 71, American Auxiliary Bishop of Cincinnati (1993–2007).
 * Ray Ramsey, 88, American football player (Chicago Cardinals), complications from a fall.
 * Mandé Sidibé, 69, Malian politician and economist, Prime Minister (2000–2002).

26

 * Abdul Aziz al-Hakim, 56, Iraqi politician, lung cancer.
 * Hyman Bloom, 96, Latvian-born American painter of mystical Jewish works.
 * Per Christensen, 75, Norwegian actor (Hotel Cæsar, Elling).
 * Sadie Corré, 91, British actress (The Rocky Horror Picture Show).
 * Dominick Dunne, 83, American writer and investigative journalist, bladder cancer.
 * Ellie Greenwich, 68, American songwriter ("Be My Baby", "Chapel of Love"), heart attack.
 * Sir Jack Harris, 2nd Baronet, 103, British-born New Zealand businessman.
 * Billy Kenneally, 83, Irish politician.
 * William Korey, 87, American lobbyist, Anti-Defamation League director, cardiac arrhythmia.
 * Lin Hui-kuan, 51, Taiwanese politician, MLY (2002–2009), sepsis.
 * Birger Skeie, 58, Norwegian marine services company chairman, heart attack.

27

 * Harry Bell, 83, Canadian ice hockey player.
 * Nicholas Cavendish, 6th Baron Chesham, 67, British aristocrat and politician.
 * Shota Chochishvili, 59, Georgian Olympic gold medalist in judo, leukemia.
 * Alex Grass, 82, American businessman, founder of Rite Aid drugstores, lung cancer.
 * Dave Laut, 52, American Olympic bronze medalist in shot put, shot.
 * Sergey Mikhalkov, 96, Russian writer and poet (National Anthem of the Soviet Union and National Anthem of Russia).
 * Rafiu Oluwa, 78, Nigerian Olympic sprinter.
 * Joaquín Ruiz-Giménez, 96, Spanish politician.
 * Virgilio Savona, 89, Italian singer (Quartetto Cetra), Parkinson's disease.
 * Shing Fui-On, 54, Hong Kong actor, nasopharyngeal carcinoma.

28

 * Chanel, 21, American world's oldest dog.
 * DJ AM, 36, American club disc jockey and musician (Crazy Town), suspected drug overdose.
 * Richard Egan, 73, American businessman and diplomat, suicide by gunshot.
 * Emil Glad, 81, Croatian actor.
 * Noël Jones, 76, British prelate, Bishop of Sodor and Man (1989–2003), cancer.
 * Günter Kießling, 83, German general.
 * Eli Thompson, 36, American skydiver, skydiving accident.
 * Wayne Tippit, 76, American character actor (Melrose Place), respiratory insufficiency.
 * Henk van Ulsen, 82, Dutch actor.

29

 * Gennaro Angiulo, 90, American Mafia underboss, renal failure.
 * Chris Connor, 81, American jazz singer, cancer.
 * Simon Dee, 74, British radio disc jockey and television presenter, bone cancer.
 * Sam Etcheverry, 79, American-born Canadian football player, member of the Canadian Football Hall of Fame, cancer.
 * Gustavo Martínez Frías, 74, Colombian archbishop of Nueva Pamplona.
 * Frank Gardner, 78, Australian motor racing driver.
 * Pete Horeck, 86, Canadian ice hockey player, prostate cancer.
 * Mady Rahl, 94, German actress.
 * Dave Smith, 76, American college football player and coach, cancer.
 * Yolanda Varela, 79, Mexican film actress.

30

 * Medardas Čobotas, 81, Lithuanian politician.
 * Ildikó Kishonti, 62, Hungarian actress.
 * Marie Knight, 84, American gospel singer, pneumonia.
 * Sheila Lukins, 66, American cook and food writer, brain cancer.
 * Robert J. Matthews, 82, American Latter-day Saints educator and scholar, open-heart surgery complications.
 * Christos Palaiologos, 59, Greek left-wing politician, former mayor of Livadeia,
 * Jack Phillips, 87, American baseball player.
 * Mark Pringle, 50, Australian triathlete, road accident.
 * Kiki Sørum, 70, Norwegian fashion journalist.
 * Nancy Talbot, 89, American businesswoman, co-founder of Talbots retail stores, Alzheimer's disease.
 * Percy Tetzlaff, 89, New Zealand rugby union player (Waikato, Auckland, national team).
 * Simon Thirgood, 46, British biologist and ecologist, building collapse.

31

 * Asbjørn Aarseth, 73, Norwegian literary historian.
 * Abu Abbas, 75, Bangladeshi politician.
 * William Wright Abbot, 87, American archivist and historian, congestive heart failure.
 * John Choi Young-su, 67, South Korean archbishop of Daegu.
 * Ping Duenas, 78, Guamanian politician, heart attack.
 * Barry Flanagan, 68, British sculptor, motor neurone disease.
 * Jesse Fortune, 79, American blues singer.
 * Frederick Gore, 95, British artist.
 * Amos Hawley, 98, American sociologist.
 * Eddie Higgins, 77, American jazz pianist, cancer.
 * Torsten Lindberg, 92, Swedish Olympic gold medal-winning (1948) football player.
 * Eraño Manalo, 84, Filipino Executive Minister of the Iglesia ni Cristo (1963–2009), cardiopulmonary arrest.
 * Jack Manning, 93, American film, stage and television actor.
 * Anna Belle Clement O'Brien, 86, American politician, Tennessee state senator (1976–1996), complications from a fall.
 * George Piranian, 95, American mathematician.