Deaths in August 2011

The following is a list of notable deaths in August 2011.

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

 * Concha Alós, 85, Spanish writer.
 * Stan Barstow, 83, English novelist.
 * Joe Caffie, 80, American baseball player (Cleveland Indians, Cleveland Buckeyes).
 * Carmela Marie Cristiano, 83, American Roman Catholic nun (Sisters of Charity of Saint Elizabeth), first nun to seek political office in New Jersey.
 * Florentina Gómez Miranda, 99, Argentine lawyer and women's rights activist.
 * Gamini Goonesena, 80, Sri Lankan cricketer.
 * Chieko N. Okazaki, 84, American Mormon women's leader, first non-Caucasian woman to hold a senior position in the LDS church, heart failure.
 * Ken Payne, 60, American football player (Green Bay Packers).
 * Alex Pitko, 97, American baseball player.
 * Zhanna Prokhorenko, 71, Russian film actress (Ballad of a Soldier).

2

 * Leslie Esdaile Banks, 51, American author (The Vampire Huntress Legend Series), adrenal cancer.
 * Baruj Benacerraf, 90, Venezuelan-born American immunologist, Nobel laureate (1980).
 * Ralph Berkowitz, 100, American composer.
 * Igor Chepusov, 61, Soviet and American producer, script writer and director.
 * Meldric Daluz, 90, Indian Olympic gold medal-winning (1952) field hockey player.
 * Al Federoff, 87, American baseball player (Detroit Tigers).
 * Asadullo Gulomov, 58, Tajik politician, Deputy Prime Minister (since 2006).
 * Andrey Kapitsa, 80, Russian geographer and explorer, discovered and named Lake Vostok.
 * Clarence E. Miller, 93, American politician, U.S. Representative from Ohio (1967–1993), pneumonia.
 * Attilio Pavesi, 100, Italian Olympic cyclist, oldest living Olympic champion.
 * Richard Pearson, 93, Welsh actor (The Yellow Rolls-Royce).
 * José Sanchis Grau, 79, Spanish comic book artist.
 * James Ford Seale, 76, American murderer, Ku Klux Klan member.
 * Markku Yli-Isotalo, 58, Finnish Olympic wrestler

3

 * Rudolf Brazda, 98, German concentration camp prisoner, last known survivor of pink triangle homosexual deportation.
 * Richard Cates, 85, American lawyer.
 * Annette Charles, 63, American actress (Grease), complications of lung cancer.
 * Antonio Diaz, 83, Filipino politician, Representative from Zambales (1969–1972, 1992–2001, 2004–2011).
 * Jackie Hudson, 76, American nun and peace activist.
 * Ingrid Luterkort, 101, Swedish actress.
 * Andrew McDermott, 45, British singer (Threshold), complications of kidney failure.
 * Simona Monyová, 44, Czech writer, stabbed.
 * Ray Patterson, 89, American basketball executive (Milwaukee Bucks, Houston Rockets).
 * Nikolai Arnoldovich Petrov, 68, Russian pianist, People's Artist of the USSR, stroke.
 * José Ignacio Rivero, 90, Cuban journalist.
 * William Sleator, 66, American science fiction writer (Interstellar Pig).
 * Bubba Smith, 66, American football player (Baltimore Colts) and actor (Police Academy, Stroker Ace).
 * Mohsen Koochebaghi Tabrizi, 87, Iranian Shi'ite Muslim marja, heart attack.
 * Allan Watkins, 89, Welsh cricketer, after short illness.

4

 * David B. Barrett, 83, American professor.
 * Alan Blackshaw, 78, English mountaineer and civil servant, cancer.
 * Michael Bukht, 69, British radio executive, television personality and chef who worked as Michael Barry.
 * Mark Duggan, 29, British crime suspect, shot.
 * Naoki Matsuda, 34, Japanese footballer (Yokohama F. Marinos, national team), suspected heart attack.
 * Conrad Schnitzler, 74, German musician (Tangerine Dream, Kluster, Eruption, Berlin Express), stomach cancer.
 * Erika Thijs, 51, Belgian politician, Senator (since 1995), cancer.
 * Sherman White, 82, American basketball player (Long Island University).

5

 * Jean-Claude Bajeux, 79, Haitian activist and scholar, lung cancer.
 * Gerry Davidson, 90, American masters athlete, stroke.
 * Erol Erduran, 78, Cypriot educator and writer.
 * Dudley E. Faver, 94, American Air Force major general and academic.
 * Marion D. Hanks, 89, American Mormon leader.
 * Grahame Jarratt, 82, New Zealand rower.
 * Hazel Johnson-Brown, 83, American Army nurse and general, Alzheimer's disease.
 * Andrzej Lepper, 57, Polish politician, suspected suicide by hanging.
 * Elphas Mukonoweshuro, 58, Zimbabwean academic and politician.
 * Gary Nixon, 70, American motorcycle racer, complications from a heart attack.
 * Francesco Quinn, 48, Italian-born American actor (Platoon, Transformers: Dark of the Moon, The Shield), heart attack.
 * Aziz Shavershian, 22, Australian bodybuilder and model, heart attack.
 * Adi Talmor, 58, Israeli journalist and news presenter, assisted suicide.
 * Stan Willemse, 86, British footballer (Chelsea).

6

 * Bernadine Healy, 67, American cardiologist, director of the National Institutes of Health (1991–1993), brain cancer.
 * Fred Imus, 69, American songwriter and radio talk show host, brother of Don Imus.
 * Kuno Klötzer, 89, German football coach.
 * Fe del Mundo, 99, Filipino pediatrician, National Scientist of the Philippines, heart attack.
 * Roman Opałka, 79, French-born Polish painter.
 * John W. Ryan, 81, American academic administrator, President of Indiana University (1971–1987).
 * Jerry Smith, 80, American football player (San Francisco 49ers) and coach (Denver Broncos).
 * John Wood, 81, English actor (WarGames, Chocolat, Sabrina), Tony winner (1976).

7

 * Eric Anthony Abrahams, 71, Jamaican public servant.
 * Joseph Candolfi, 89, Swiss Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Basel (1983–1996).
 * Hugh Carey, 92, American politician, Governor of New York (1975–1982) and U.S. Representative (1961–1974).
 * Rocco Colonna, 77, American politician, Member of the Ohio House of Representatives (1975–1988).
 * Charles Coventry, 52, Zimbabwean cricket umpire.
 * Cornelius Elanjikal, 92, Indian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Verapoly (1987–1996).
 * Eddie Gibbins, 85, English footballer.
 * Marshall Grant, 83, American double bassist (Tennessee Two).
 * F. M. Hardacre, 96, American academic and college football coach.
 * Mark Hatfield, 89, American politician, Governor of Oregon (1959–1967) and U.S. Senator (1967–1997).
 * Harri Holkeri, 74, Finnish politician, Prime Minister (1987–1991), after long illness.
 * Paul Meier, 87, American mathematician (Kaplan–Meier estimator), complications from a stroke.
 * George Naghi, 59, Romanian businessman, founder of Aldis SRL, boating accident.
 * Tom Radney, 79, American politician, member of the Alabama Senate (1967–1971), after long illness.
 * Jiří Traxler, 99, Czech-born Canadian jazz pianist.
 * Nancy Wake, 98, New Zealand-born Australian French Resistance leader, chest infection.
 * Charles Wyly, 77, American businessman and philanthropist, co-founder of Michaels Stores, automobile accident.
 * Joe Yamanaka, 64, Japanese rock singer, lung cancer.

8

 * Neal Abberley, 67, English cricketer, heart and lung condition.
 * Ray Anderson, 77, American entrepreneur, cancer.
 * Mike Barrett, 67, American Olympic and professional basketball player (Virginia Squires, San Diego Conquistadors).
 * Ruth Brinker, 89, American AIDS and nutrition activist, founder of Project Open Hand, vascular dementia.
 * Royal Copeland, 86, Canadian football player (Toronto Argonauts), Alzheimer's disease.
 * Cem Erman, 64, Turkish actor and composer.
 * Fred Ingaldson, 78, Canadian Olympic basketball player.
 * Kurt Johansson, 97, Swedish Olympic sport shooter.
 * Anastasios Peponis, 87, Greek politician and author, heart problems.
 * Federico Richter Fernandez-Prada, 89, Peruvian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Ayacucho/Huamanga (1979–1991).
 * Hind Rostom, 81, Egyptian actress, heart attack.
 * Jiřina Švorcová, 83, Czech actress and pro-Communist activist.
 * Chandrashekhar Vijay, 77, Indian Jain Monk.
 * Harry H. Wellington, 84, American lawyer, Dean of Yale Law School (1975–1985) and New York Law School (1992–2000), brain tumor.
 * Guillermo Zarur, 79, Mexican actor, complications of kidney and heart disease.

9

 * Wendy Babcock, 32, Canadian advocate for the rights of prostitutes, suspected suicide.
 * Roberto Busa, 97, Italian Jesuit priest, pioneer in Digital Humanities.
 * Adolphe-Maria Gustave Hardy, 91, French Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Beauvais (1985–1995).
 * Yoshihiro Hamaguchi, 85, Japanese Olympic swimmer, heart failure.
 * Jimmy Harris, 76, American football player (University of Oklahoma, Dallas Cowboys, Philadelphia Eagles), natural causes.
 * Kolapo Ishola, 77, Nigerian politician, Governor of Oyo State (1991–1993).
 * Eleanor Josaitis, 79, American activist, co-founder of Focus: HOPE, peritoneal cancer.
 * Julian Kenny, 81, Trinidadian zoologist, environmentalist and politician, Senator (1995–2001).
 * Mimi Lee, 91, American chemist, First Lady of Maryland (1977–1979), heart failure.
 * Werner W. Wallroth, 81, German film director.

10

 * P. C. Alexander, 90, Indian politician, Governor of Tamil Nadu (1988–1990), Maharashtra (1993–2002) and Goa (1996–1998).
 * Moraíto Chico II, 54, Spanish musician, cancer.
 * Arnaud Desjardins, 86, French philosopher.
 * Norton Fredrick, 73, Sri Lankan cricketer, illness.
 * Billy Grammer, 85, American country singer.
 * Selwyn Griffith, 83, Welsh poet.
 * Oldřich Machač, 65, Czech Olympic silver (1968, 1976) and bronze (1972) medal-winning ice hockey player, heart failure.
 * Babak Masoumi, 39, Iranian futsal player and coach, blood cancer.
 * Lilia Michel, 85, Mexican actress.
 * Mark Sinyangwe, 31, Zambian footballer.

11

 * Agustín Romualdo Álvarez Rodríguez, 88, Spanish-born Venezuelan Roman Catholic prelate, Vicar Apostolic of Machiques (1986–1995).
 * V. R. Athavale, 92, Indian singer.
 * Robert Breer, 84, American experimental filmmaker.
 * Don Chandler, 76, American football player (New York Giants, Green Bay Packers).
 * George Devol, 99, American inventor, creator of Unimate, the first industrial robot.
 * Karen Drambjan, 57, Armenian-born Estonian activist, shot.
 * Ignacio Flores, 58, Mexican football player (Cruz Azul, national team), shot.
 * Mateo Flores, 89, Guatemalan Olympic athlete.
 * Noach Flug, 86, Polish-born Israeli economist, advocate for rights of Holocaust survivors.
 * Richard Floyd, 80, American politician and lawmaker.
 * Clair George, 81, American CIA officer (Iran–Contra affair), cardiac arrest.
 * David Holbrook, 88, English writer and academic.
 * Jani Lane, 47, American musician (Warrant).
 * Scott LeDoux, 62, American boxer, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
 * Karen Overington, 59, Australian politician, Victorian MLA for Ballarat West (1999–2010).
 * Bob Shamansky, 84, American politician, U.S. Representative from Ohio (1981–1983).
 * Johann Traxler, 52, Austrian Olympic cyclist.
 * Joe Trimble, 80, American baseball player (Boston Red Sox, Pittsburgh Pirates).
 * Paul Wilkinson, 74, British academic, expert on the study of terrorism (University of St Andrews).
 * Bob Will, 80, American baseball player (Chicago Cubs).

12

 * Patricia Acioli, 47, Brazilian judge and feminist, shot.
 * Austin-Emile Burke, 89, Canadian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Halifax (1991–1998).
 * Ernie Johnson, 87, American baseball player (Boston Braves/Milwaukee Braves, Baltimore Orioles) and broadcaster (Atlanta Braves).
 * Karl Kittsteiner, 91, German cyclist and National Champion (1946).
 * Charles P. Murray, Jr., 89, American Army colonel, Medal of Honor recipient, heart failure.
 * Robert Robinson, 83, English radio and television presenter.
 * Francisco Solano López, 83, Argentine comics artist (El Eternauta), complications from a stroke.
 * Pierpaolo Spangaro, 69, Italian Olympic swimmer.

13

 * Álvaro Lara, 26, Chilean footballer, traffic collision.
 * Chris Lawrence, 78, British racing driver and engineer, cancer.
 * Ctirad Mašín, 81, Czech resistance fighter.
 * Tareque Masud, 54, Bangladeshi independent film director, traffic collision.
 * Mishuk Munier, 52, Bangladeshi journalist, photography director, media specialist and cinematographer, traffic collision.
 * Jesús del Pozo, 65, Spanish fashion designer, pulmonary emphysema.
 * Topi Sorsakoski, 58, Finnish singer, lung cancer.
 * Ellen Winther, 78, Danish opera singer and actress.

14

 * Fritz Bach, 77, Austrian-born American transplant physician and immunologist.
 * Jonathan Bacon, 30, American gangster, shot.
 * Albert Brown, 105, American World War II veteran, oldest survivor of Bataan Death March.
 * Kase2 (Jeff Brown), 52, graffiti writer and contributor to the hip-hop movement.
 * Yekaterina Golubeva, 44, Russian actress.
 * Shammi Kapoor, 79, Indian film actor and director, renal failure.
 * Fritz Korbach, 66, German football player and manager, laryngeal cancer.
 * Paul Reeves, 78, New Zealand Anglican archbishop, Primate (1980–1985), Governor-General (1985–1990), cancer.
 * Friedrich Schoenfelder, 94, German actor.
 * Shawn Tompkins, 37, Canadian kickboxer and mixed martial artist, suspected heart attack.

15

 * Nenad Bijedić, 51, Bosnian football manager, cancer.
 * Colin Harvey, 50, British science fiction writer and editor, stroke.
 * Michael Legat, 88, British author and publisher.
 * Peter Mair, 60, Irish political scientist.
 * Solomon Mujuru, 62, Zimbabwean military officer and politician, injuries from a fire.
 * Wim Peeters, 85, South African Olympic shooter.
 * Hugo Perié, 67, Argentine politician, MP (since 2003), Montoneros militant, lung disease.
 * Sif Ruud, 95, Swedish actress.
 * Rick Rypien, 27, Canadian ice hockey player (Vancouver Canucks), suicide.
 * Tōru Shōriki, 92, Japanese baseball team owner (Tokyo Giants), sepsis.
 * Betty Thatcher, 67, British lyricist (Renaissance), cancer.

16

 * Vladimir Antakov, 54, Soviet Olympic hockey player.
 * Andrej Bajuk, 67, Slovenian politician and economist, Prime Minister (2000), stroke.
 * Mihri Belli, 96, Turkish politician and writer, respiratory failure.
 * Creed Black, 86, American newspaper publisher (Lexington Herald-Leader).
 * Huw Ceredig, 69, Welsh actor.
 * Albert Facchiano, 101, American mobster.
 * Akiko Futaba, 96, Japanese ryūkōka singer.
 * Ahmet Kıbıl, 58, Turkish Olympic skier.
 * Bruno Monti, 81, Italian Olympic cyclist.
 * Frank Munro, 63, Scottish footballer (Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.), heart attack.
 * Pete Pihos, 87, American Hall of Fame football player (Philadelphia Eagles), Alzheimer's disease.
 * Leo Rodríguez, 82, Mexican baseball player.
 * Ramesh Saxena, 66, Indian cricketer, brain haemorrhage.
 * Bernard William Schmitt, 82, American Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Wheeling-Charleston (1989–2004).
 * Aud Talle, 65, Norwegian social anthropologist.

17

 * Augustus Aikhomu, 72, Nigerian admiral and politician, Vice President (1986–1993).
 * Hrach Bartikyan, 84, Armenian academician.
 * Vasyl Dzharty, 53, Ukrainian politician, Prime Minister of Crimea (since 2010), cancer.
 * Gualtiero Jacopetti, 91, Italian documentary film director.
 * Michel Mohrt, 97, French writer, member of the Académie française (since 1985).
 * Pierre Quinon, 49, French pole vaulter and Olympic champion (1984), suicide.
 * Bill Robinson, 72, New Zealand scientist.

18

 * John Bean, 48, Australian cinematographer, helicopter crash.
 * Samir Chanda, 53, Indian art film director, cardiac arrest.
 * Peter George Davis, 87, English Royal Marine officer,
 * Simon De Jong, 69, Canadian politician, MP for Regina East (1979–1988) and Regina—Qu'Appelle (1988–1997), leukemia.
 * Bill Gray, 88, American football player (Washington Redskins).
 * Johnson, 58, Indian film music composer, cardiac arrest.
 * Paul Lockyer, 61, Australian journalist, helicopter crash.
 * Herb Pfuhl, 83, American politician, longest-serving mayor of Johnstown, Pennsylvania (1971–1977, 1982–1993).
 * Maurice M. Rapport, 91, American neuroscience biochemist.
 * Scotty Robertson, 81, American basketball coach (New Orleans Jazz, Chicago Bulls, Detroit Pistons), cancer.
 * Jerome J. Shestack, 88, American human rights activist and attorney, President of American Bar Association (1997–1998).
 * Jean Tabary, 81, French comic strip artist.
 * Norm Willey, 83, American football player (Philadelphia Eagles).

19

 * John Abley, 81, Australian football player, cardiac arrest.
 * Hendrina Afrikaner, 58–59, Namibian politician, car accident.
 * Merv Brooks, 92, Australian footballer.
 * Gil Courtemanche, 68, Canadian journalist and novelist (Un dimanche à la piscine à Kigali), cancer.
 * Gun Hägglund, 79, Swedish television personality, Sweden's first female television news presenter, after short illness.
 * Kerima Polotan Tuvera, 85, Filipino author and journalist.
 * Brian Pope, 100, English rugby union player.
 * Raúl Ruiz, 70, Chilean film director (Three Lives and Only One Death, Time Regained), pulmonary infection.
 * Jimmy Sangster, 83, British director and screenwriter (Hammer Films).
 * Vilem Sokol, 96, American conductor and music professor, cancer.
 * Vladimir Torban, 78, Soviet basketballer, 1956 Olympic silver medalist, two-times European champion.
 * Yevhen Yevseyev, 24, Ukrainian footballer, car accident.

20

 * George C. Axtell, 90, American military officer, United States Marine Corps lieutenant-general.
 * Reza Badiyi, 81, Iranian-born American television director (Mission: Impossible, The Six Million Dollar Man).
 * Ross Barbour, 82, American singer, last founding member of The Four Freshmen, lung cancer.
 * Fred Fay, 66, American leader in the disability rights movement.
 * Charles Gubser, 95, American politician, U.S. Representative from California (1953–1974).
 * Rafael Halperin, 87, Israeli businessman and professional wrestler.
 * Patricia Hardy, 79, American actress, colon cancer.
 * Chal Port, 80, American baseball coach (The Citadel).
 * Jethu Singh Rajpurohit, 90, Indian politician.
 * Angelo Maria Rivato, 86, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Ponta de Pedras (1967–2002).
 * Ram Sharan Sharma, 91, Indian historian.
 * Vernon Stratton, 83, British Olympic sailor.

21

 * Dharani Dhar Awasthi, 88, Indian botanist, taxonomist, and lichenologist.
 * Dame Christine Cole Catley, 88, New Zealand journalist, publisher and author, lung cancer.
 * Sir Donald Farquharson, 83, British jurist.
 * Patrick Guillemin, 60, French actor and voice actor, heart attack.
 * Brian Harrison, 89, Australian-born British politician and businessman, MP for Maldon (1955–1974).
 * Budd Hopkins, 80, American artist and UFO researcher, liver cancer.
 * John R. Hubbard, 92, American diplomat, President of University of Southern California (1970–1980), United States Ambassador to India (1988–1989).
 * John J. Kelley, 80, American Olympic long-distance runner, winner of the 1957 Boston Marathon.
 * Irène Pittelioen, 84, French Olympic gymnast.
 * Ezra Sued, 88, Argentine footballer (Racing Club de Avellaneda), infection.
 * Muga Takewaki, 67, Japanese actor, cerebrovascular disease.
 * Edith Tiempo, 92, Filipino author, National Artist of the Philippines, heart attack.

22

 * Atiyah Abd al-Rahman, 40, Libyan-born Afghan Al-Qaeda leader.
 * Abdul Aziz Abdul Ghani, 72, Yemeni politician, Prime Minister (1994–1997).
 * Ray Abruzzese, 73, American football player (Buffalo Bills, New York Jets).
 * Nickolas Ashford, 70, American R&B singer (Ashford & Simpson) and songwriter ("Ain't No Mountain High Enough"), throat cancer.
 * John Howard Davies, 72, English television producer and director (Fawlty Towers, The Good Life), former child actor (Oliver Twist), cancer.
 * Kamal el-Shennawi, 89, Egyptian actor.
 * Joan Gerber, 76, American voice actress (DuckTales).
 * Jesper Klein, 66, Danish actor, liver cancer.
 * Jack Layton, 61, Canadian politician, Leader of the Official Opposition (2011) and New Democratic Party (2003–2011), cancer.
 * Jerry Leiber, 78, American songwriter ("Stand By Me", "Hound Dog", "Jailhouse Rock"), cardiopulmonary failure.
 * Loriot, 87, German cartoonist and actor.
 * Samuel Menashe, 85, American poet, natural causes.
 * Žarko Nikolić, 74, Serbian footballer.
 * Casey Ribicoff, 88, American socialite and philanthropist, lung cancer.
 * Michael Showers, 45, American actor (Treme, The Vampire Diaries, The Tree of Life), drowned.
 * Thomas Syme, 83, British Olympic ice hockey player.

23

 * Akhtaruzzaman, 65, Bangladeshi film director.
 * J.C. Daniel, 84, Indian naturalist, lung cancer.
 * Paul Francis Duffy, 79, American-born Zambian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Mongu (1997–2011).
 * Clare Hodges, 54, British campaigner for the medical use of cannabis, multiple sclerosis.
 * Sybil Jason, 83, American child actress.
 * David Lunn-Rockliffe, 86, British businessman co-founder of the River and Rowing Museum, heart failure.
 * Jim Peckham, 81, American Olympic wrestler.
 * Frank Potenza, 77, American police officer and actor (Jimmy Kimmel Live!), cancer.
 * Hasballah M. Saad, 63, Indonesian politician, Human Rights Minister (1999–2000).
 * Peter Terpeluk, Jr., 63, American diplomat, Ambassador to Luxembourg (2002–2005), heart attack.
 * June Wayne, 93, American artist and print maker.
 * Willie Williams, 86, American Negro league baseball player.

24

 * Frank DiLeo, 63, American music industry executive and actor (Goodfellas, Wayne's World), heart complications.
 * Esther Gordy Edwards, 91, American Motown executive, creator of Hitsville U.S.A. museum.
 * Seyhan Erözçelik, 49, Turkish poet.
 * Mike Flanagan, 59, American baseball player (Baltimore Orioles, Toronto Blue Jays), suicide by gunshot.
 * Frederick A. Fox, 80, American composer and music educator.
 * Jenő Gerbovits, 86, Hungarian politician, minister without portfolio (1990–1991), tractor accident.
 * Paul Harney, 82, American golfer.
 * Jack Hayes, 92, American composer and orchestrator (The Color Purple, The Unsinkable Molly Brown), natural causes.
 * Clemente Isnard, 94, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Nova Friburgo (1960–1992).
 * George Knight, 90, English footballer (Burnley).
 * Joyce McDougall, 91, New Zealand-French psychoanalyst.
 * Graeme Moody, 60, New Zealand sports broadcaster, drowned.
 * Yacoub Romanos, 76, Lebanese Olympic wrestler.
 * Alfons Van Brandt, 84, Belgian footballer.

25

 * Bandi Rajan Babu, 73, Indian photographer.
 * A. A. Birch, Jr., 78, American lawyer and judge, Chief Justice of the Tennessee Supreme Court.
 * Donna Christanello, 69, American professional wrestler, heart attack.
 * Jyles Coggins, 90, American politician, Mayor of Raleigh, North Carolina (1975–1977).
 * Elliott Johnston, 93, Australian jurist, Judge of the Supreme Court of South Australia (1983–1988).
 * Lazar Mojsov, 90, Macedonian politician, 10th. President of the Presidency of Yugoslavia (1987–1988).
 * Eugene Nida, 96, American linguist and bible translator.
 * Anne Sharp, 94, Scottish coloratura soprano.
 * Ruth Thomas, 84, British writer.

26

 * Aloysius Ambrozic, 81, Slovenian-born Canadian Roman Catholic cardinal, Archbishop of Toronto (1990–2006).
 * George Band, 82, British mountaineer.
 * C. K. Barrett, 94, British theologian.
 * Josephine Figlo, 88, American baseball player (AAGPBL).
 * Patrick C. Fischer, 75, American computer scientist and Unabomber target.
 * Susan Fromberg Schaeffer, 71, American novelist and educator, complications of a stroke.
 * John McAleese, 61, British SAS soldier involved in the Iranian Embassy Siege.
 * Elvis Reifer, 50, Barbadian cricketer.
 * Manuel Saavedra, 70, Chilean footballer
 * Donn A. Starry, 86, American army officer, Commanding General, TRADOC (1977–1981).
 * B. Jeff Stone, 75, American rockabilly singer-songwriter.
 * Nadine Winter, 87, American politician, member of the Council of the District of Columbia (1975–1991).

27

 * Heribert Barrera, 94, Spanish politician, President of the Parliament of Catalonia (1980–1984).
 * Eve Brent, 82, American actress (The Green Mile, Garfield, Adam-12).
 * Frank Fanovich, 88, American baseball player (Cincinnati Reds, Philadelphia Athletics).
 * Lykourgos Kallergis, 97, Greek actor, director and politician.
 * Stetson Kennedy, 94, American folklorist and civil rights activist.
 * Kim Tai-chung, 54, Korean actor and martial artist, internal stomach bleeding.
 * Nico Minardos, 81, Greek actor (Istanbul, Twelve Hours to Kill, The Twilight Zone), natural causes.
 * John Parke, 74, Northern Irish footballer (Linfield, Hibernian, Sunderland, Northern Ireland), Alzheimer's disease.
 * Tapio Pöyhönen, 83, Finnish Olympic basketball player
 * Iya Savvina, 75, Russian actress, People's Artist of the USSR.
 * N. F. Simpson, 92, British dramatist.
 * Keith Tantlinger, 92, American mechanical engineer and inventor.
 * Pat Villani, 57, American computer programmer (FreeDOS)

28

 * Theo Blankenaauw, 87, Dutch track cyclist.
 * Billy Drake, 93, British fighter pilot.
 * Bernie Gallacher, 44, British footballer (Aston Villa).
 * Bruno Gamberini, 61, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Campinas (since 2004).
 * Len Ganley, 68, Northern Irish snooker referee.
 * George Green, 59, American songwriter ("Hurts So Good", "Crumblin' Down"), lung cancer.
 * Leonard Harris, 81, American actor, arts and theater critic (WCBS-TV), complications of pneumonia.
 * Leonidas Kyrkos, 87, Greek politician, after short illness.
 * Dmitri Royster, 87, American hierarch (Orthodox Church in America), Archbishop of the Diocese of the South (1978–2009).
 * Tony Sale, 80, British computer scientist.
 * Necip Torumtay, 84–85, Turkish general, Chief of the General Staff (1987–1990).

29

 * Ebenezer Adam, 91–92, Ghanaian teacher and politician.
 * Pauline Morrow Austin, 94, American physicist and meteorologist.
 * Jim Baechtold, 83, American basketball player.
 * John Bancroft, 82, British architect.
 * David "Honeyboy" Edwards, 96, American blues guitarist and singer, heart failure.
 * Khamis Gaddafi, 28, Libyan seventh son of Muammar Gaddafi, commander of the Khamis Brigade, airstrike.
 * R. B. McDowell, 97, Irish historian.
 * Mark Ovendale, 37, English footballer (Luton Town, Bournemouth), cancer.
 * David P. Reynolds, 96, American businessman and Thoroughbred racehorse breeder.
 * George Sutor, 67, American basketball player.
 * Junpei Takiguchi, 80, Japanese voice actor and narrator (Dragon Ball, Yatterman, Mazinger Z), stomach cancer.
 * Ayala Zacks-Abramov, 99, Israeli art patron.

30

 * Alla Bayanova, 97, Russian singer, People's Artist of Russia, cancer.
 * Faye Blackstone, 96, American rodeo star, cancer.
 * Ronald N. Hartman, 76, American professor of astronomy, planetarium director (Mt. San Antonio College).
 * Revo Jõgisalu, 35, Estonian rapper, melanoma.
 * Peggy Lloyd, 98, American stage actress.
 * Wambui Otieno, 75, Kenyan politician.
 * João Carlos Batista Pinheiro, 79, Brazilian footballer, prostate cancer.
 * Cactus Pryor, 88, American broadcaster, Alzheimer's disease.

31

 * Paul Abisheganaden, 97, Singaporean music conductor and Cultural Medallion recipient.
 * Wade Belak, 35, Canadian ice hockey player (Toronto Maple Leafs, Nashville Predators), suicide.
 * Cal Christensen, 84, American basketball player (Milwaukee Hawks, Rochester Royals), heart failure.
 * Denis Collins, 58, Australian football player, heart attack.
 * Abderrahmane Mahjoub, 82, Moroccan-born French footballer.
 * Robert Muir, 91, Canadian politician, MP and Senator.
 * Dave Petrie, 64, Scottish politician, Member of the Scottish Parliament for Highlands and Islands (2006–2007).
 * Valery Rozhdestvensky, 72, Soviet cosmonaut.
 * Betty Skelton, 85, American aerobatics pilot and Women Airforce Service Pilots veteran.
 * Jack Stephens, 78, American basketball player (St. Louis Hawks).
 * Radoslav Stojanović, 81, Serbian politician and law expert (University of Belgrade), co-founder of the Democratic Party.
 * Peter Twiss, 90, British test pilot.
 * Rosel Zech, 69, German actress (Veronika Voss, Aimée & Jaguar), cancer.