Deaths in January 2009

The following is a list of notable deaths in January 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

 * Todd Bullard, 77, American educator, complications from diabetes.
 * Dennis Ford, 77, South African Olympic swimmer.
 * Walter Haynes, 80, American steel guitarist.
 * John Morrow, 77, British Presbyterian minister and peace activist.
 * Fahid Mohammed Ally Msalam, 32, Kenyan al-Qaeda leader, allegedly behind Marriott hotel bombings, airstrike.
 * Claiborne Pell, 90, American Senator from Rhode Island (1961–1997), creator of the Pell Grant, Parkinson's disease.
 * Gert Petersen, 81, Danish journalist and politician.
 * Robert Prince, 89, American Major, recipient of the Distinguished Service Cross.
 * Edmund Purdom, 84, British actor.
 * Nizar Rayan, 49, Palestinian Hamas military and political leader, airstrike.
 * Willard Warren Scott Jr., 82, American general, head of United States Military Academy (1981–1986), Parkinson's disease.
 * Johannes Mario Simmel, 84, Austrian writer.
 * Henry King Stanford, 92, American academic, president of the University of Miami (1962–1981).
 * Helen Suzman, 91, South African anti-apartheid activist and politician, MP (1953–1989).
 * Sheikh Ahmed Salim Swedan, 48, Kenyan al-Qaeda leader, airstrike.
 * Robert Saxton Taylor, 90, American library scholar.

2

 * Dnyaneshwar Agashe, 66, Indian cricketer and businessman, heart attack.
 * Leonard Andrews, 83, American art patron, prostate cancer.
 * Inger Christensen, 73, Danish poet, novelist and essayist.
 * John DeFrancis, 97, American sinologist.
 * Pavel Deyev, 67, Soviet Olympic equestrian.
 * Ralph Gibson, 84, American flying ace of the Korean War.
 * Hank DeZonie, 86, American basketball player.
 * Steven Gilborn, 72, American actor (Ellen), cancer.
 * Valentina Giovagnini, 28, Italian singer, car crash.
 * Ian Greaves, 76, British footballer and manager (Mansfield Town, Bolton Wanderers).
 * Tony Gregory, 61, Irish politician, member of Dáil Éireann, cancer.
 * Joe Henry, 78, American baseball player (Memphis Red Sox, Negro leagues).
 * Ryuzo Hiraki, 77, Japanese footballer, pneumonia.
 * Albert Horner, 95, Canadian politician, MP for The Battlefords (1958–1968).
 * John Olav Larssen, 81, Norwegian evangelical preacher.
 * Rashid bin Ahmad Al Mualla II, 78, Emirati ruler of Umm al-Quwain.
 * József Sákovics, 81, Hungarian Olympic fencer.
 * Nick Scandone, 42, American yachtsman, paralympian gold medallist (2008), Lou Gehrig's disease.
 * Cy Thomas, 82, British ice hockey player (Toronto Maple Leafs, Chicago Blackhawks).
 * Olgierd Zienkiewicz, 87, British civil engineer.

3

 * Abu Zakaria al-Jamal, 49, Palestinian senior Hamas leader, air strike.
 * Kjelfrid Brusveen, 82, Norwegian cross-country skier.
 * Charles Camilleri, 77, Maltese composer.
 * John Grindrod, 89, Australian Anglican prelate, Archbishop of Brisbane (1980–1989).
 * Peter English, 71, Scottish professor of agriculture and author, heart failure.
 * Betty Freeman, 87, American philanthropist.
 * Pat Hingle, 84, American actor (Batman, Norma Rae, Hang 'Em High), myelodysplasia.
 * Li Zuopeng, 94, Chinese general and politician.
 * Ulf G. Lindén, 71, Swedish entrepreneur, heart failure.
 * Sam McQuagg, 73, American race car driver, NASCAR Rookie of the Year (1965), cancer.
 * Hisayasu Nagata, 39, Japanese politician, suicide by jumping.
 * Olga San Juan, 81, American actress, kidney failure.
 * Matt Sczesny, 76, American scout for the Boston Red Sox, cancer.
 * Sir Alan Walters, 82, British economist.

4

 * Lei Clijsters, 52, Belgian footballer and coach, father of Kim Clijsters, lung cancer.
 * Sonny Fai, 20, New Zealand rugby league player, drowned.
 * Oswaldo Domingues, 91, Brazilian Olympic sprinter.
 * K. K. Govind, 92, Indian freedom fighter.
 * Gedalio Grinberg, 77, Cuban-born American founder of Movado Group, natural causes.
 * Ivan Gubijan, 85, Croatian hammer thrower, Olympic medalist (1948), after long illness.
 * India, 18, American pet cat of George W. Bush.
 * Gert Jonke, 62, Austrian writer and poet, cancer.
 * Arvid Knutsen, 64, Norwegian footballer (Viking FK), brain tumor.
 * Jon Latimer, 44, British historian, heart attack.
 * Bob Lazarus, 52, American comedian, leukemia.
 * Sudhir Ranjan Majumdar, 75, Indian politician, Chief Minister of Tripura (1988–1992), heart attack.
 * John McGillicuddy, 78, American CEO of Manufacturers Hanover (1971–1991), Chemical Banking (1991–1993), prostate cancer.
 * Vladimir Repyev, 52, Russian Olympic silver medal-winning (1980) handball player.
 * Giselle Salandy, 21, Trinidadian boxer, car accident.

5

 * Griffin Bell, 90, American judge, Fifth Circuit Appeals Court (1961–1976), U.S. Attorney General (1977–1979), pancreatic cancer.
 * Evangelos Depastas, 76, Greek Olympic runner.
 * Harry Kinnard, 93, American Army lieutenant general.
 * Dale Livingston, 63, American football player (Green Bay Packers), complications from heart surgery.
 * Mario Magnotta, 66, Italian Internet celebrity, pulmonary embolism.
 * Adolf Merckle, 74, German businessman, suicide by train impact.
 * Stanton Parris, 78, Barbadian cricket umpire, after short illness.
 * Roland Piquepaille, 62, French software engineer and technology writer, complications from digestive virus.
 * Carl Pohlad, 93, American banker, owner of the Minnesota Twins.
 * Jimmy Rayner, 73, English footballer (Peterborough United).
 * Verna Mae Slone, 94, American author and quilter, complications from a fall.
 * Mircea Stănescu, 39, Romanian politician, MP (2004–2008), apparent suicide by gunshot.
 * Ned Tanen, 77, American executive (Universal Pictures), natural causes.
 * Sam Taylor, 74, American blues musician, complications from heart disease.

6

 * Ron Asheton, 60, American rock guitarist (The Stooges), heart attack (death announced on this date).
 * Nino Bongiovanni, 97, American baseball player.
 * Brahmkumar Bhatt, 87, Indian politician and Indian independence activist.
 * Geoffrey Brooke, 88, British Olympic modern pentathlete.
 * Vivian Della Chiesa, 94, American soprano and Broadway theatre performer.
 * Robert T. Connor, 90, American politician, Staten Island Borough President (1966–1977).
 * Maria Dimitriadi, 58, Greek singer, lung disease.
 * John T. Elfvin, 91, American federal judge, justice of the Western District of New York since 1974.
 * Alan Geisler, 78, American condiment inventor and food chemist, protein disorder.
 * Cheryl Holdridge, 64, American actress (The Mickey Mouse Club), lung cancer.
 * John Riley Holt, 90, British physicist.
 * Róbert Ilosfalvy, 81, Hungarian opera singer.
 * Claude Jeter, 94, American gospel music singer.
 * John Scott Martin, 83, British actor (Doctor Who, I, Claudius, Z-Cars), Parkinson's disease.
 * Richard Seaver, 82, American owner of Arcade Publishing, heart attack.
 * Ghulam Mohammad Shah, 88, Indian politician, Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir (1984–1986), after long illness.
 * John Street, 77, British snooker referee, pulmonary disease.
 * Victor Sumulong, 62, Filipino politician, Congressman (1998–2007), Mayor of Antipolo since 2007, diabetes.
 * Charlie Thomson, 78, Scottish footballer (Clyde, Chelsea, Nottingham Forest).

7

 * Aimé Adam, 95, Canadian politician.
 * Yaakov Banai, 89, Israeli Lehi commander.
 * J. D. H. Catleugh, 88, British artist.
 * Alfie Conn Sr., 82, Scottish footballer (Hearts, Raith Rovers, Scotland).
 * Alex van Heerden, 34, South African musician, car accident.
 * Jacques Littlefield, 59, American owner of the Military Vehicle Technology Foundation, colon cancer.
 * Robert T. Monagan, 88, American politician, Speaker of the California State Assembly (1969–1970), after long illness.
 * Puck Oversloot, 94, Dutch swimmer, Olympic silver medallist (1932).
 * Anália de Victória Pereira, 67, Angolan politician.
 * Ray Dennis Steckler, 70, American film director (Rat Pfink a Boo Boo), cardiac arrest.
 * Bob Wilkins, 76, American television personality, horror film host, complications from Alzheimer's disease.

8

 * Magdaleno Cano, 75, Mexican Olympic cyclist.
 * Alberto Eliani, 86, Italian football player and manager.
 * Don Galloway, 71, American actor (Ironside, The Big Chill, Gunfight in Abilene), stroke.
 * Björn Haugan, 66, Norwegian operatic lyric tenor.
 * Gaston Lenôtre, 88, French pastry chef.
 * Irène Mélikoff, 91, Russian-born French Turkologist.
 * Charles Morgan Jr., 78, American lawyer, complications of Alzheimer's disease.
 * Richard John Neuhaus, 72, Canadian-born American Roman Catholic priest and theologian, founder of First Things, cancer.
 * Zbigniew Podlecki, 68, Polish motorcycle speedway rider.
 * Deborah Riedel, 50, Australian soprano, cancer.
 * Leonidas Vargas, 60, Colombian drug trafficker, shot.
 * Cornelia Wallace, 69, American First Lady of Alabama (1971–1978), second wife of George Wallace, cancer.
 * Lasantha Wickrematunge, 50, Sri Lankan journalist, shot.

9

 * István Antal, 50, Romanian Olympic ice hockey player, cardiac arrest.
 * Dave Dee, 67, British singer (Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich), prostate cancer.
 * Harry Endo, 87, American actor (Hawaii Five-O), stroke.
 * Rob Gauntlett, 21, British mountaineer, youngest Briton to climb Mount Everest, climbing accident.
 * Jon Hager, 67, American country musician and comedian (Hee Haw).
 * René Herms, 26, German middle-distance runner.
 * Joe Hirsch, 80, American horse racing journalist, Parkinson's disease.
 * T. Llew Jones, 93, British Welsh language writer.
 * Peter Lane, Baron Lane of Horsell, 83, British businessman and politician.
 * Pál Németh, 71, Hungarian hammer throw coach, heart failure.
 * Kaarle Ojanen, 90, Finnish chess player.
 * Dave Roberts, 64, American baseball pitcher (Houston Astros, San Diego Padres, Detroit Tigers), lung cancer.
 * Jean Sassi, 91, French army colonel.
 * Jack F. Shaw, 70, American cross country running coach.
 * David Smiley, 92, British SOE officer.
 * Ljubica Sokić, 94, Serbian painter.
 * Tom Van Flandern, 68, American astronomer, colon cancer.
 * Sir Neil Wheeler, 91, British Air Chief Marshal.
 * Frank Williams, 50, American baseball player (San Francisco Giants, Cincinnati Reds, Detroit Tigers), heart attack.

10

 * Georges Cravenne, 94, French publicity agent, founder of the César Award.
 * Peter Kollock, 49, American sociologist, motorcycle accident.
 * Pio Laghi, 86, Italian Cardinal for San Pietro in Vincoli, Vatican Ambassador to the US (1980–1990), hematologic disease.
 * Liliana Lozano, 30, Colombian actress and beauty queen, shot.
 * Gil Mains, 79, American football player.
 * Jean Pelletier, 73, Canadian politician, Mayor of Quebec City (1977–1989), Chief of Staff (1993–2001), complications of colon cancer.
 * Eluned Phillips, 94, British writer, crowned bard at the National Eisteddfod of Wales (1967, 1983), pneumonia.
 * Colin Phipps, 74, British petroleum geologist and MP (1974–1979).
 * Ivor Spencer, 84, British toastmaster.
 * Bill Stone, 108, British World War I veteran.
 * Coosje van Bruggen, 66, Dutch-born American sculptor, wife of Claes Oldenburg, breast cancer.
 * Jack Wheeler, 89, British footballer.
 * Sidney Wood, 97, American tennis player, Hall of Fame (1964), third-youngest winner of Wimbledon (1931).
 * Ray Yoshida, 78, American painter, cancer.
 * Elżbieta Zawacka, 99, Polish World War II freedom fighter.

11

 * Maurice L. Albertson, 91, American Peace Corps architect, founder of Village Earth.
 * Quirino De Ascaniis, 100, Italian priest.
 * Anabel Bosch, 32, Filipino singer, cerebral aneurysm.
 * Andy DeMize, 25, American drummer (Nekromantix), car accident.
 * Shigeo Fukuda, 76, Japanese sculptor and graphic artist, subarachnoid hemorrhage.
 * Jack Gifford, 68, American businessman (Maxim Integrated Products), heart attack.
 * Epeli Hauʻofa, 70, Fijian writer and anthropologist, after short illness.
 * Bert Hazell, 101, British politician and trade unionist, MP (1964–1970), oldest modern MP.
 * Bob Kilby, 64, British motorcycle speedway rider, cancer.
 * Pat Lindsey, 72, American politician, member of the Alabama Senate (1967–1974, since 1982), heart attack.
 * Freddie Mack, 74, British boxer and musician.
 * Ricardo Martínez de Hoyos, 90, Mexican painter, pneumonia.
 * François de Noailles, 103, French noble.
 * Tom O'Horgan, 84, American theater director (Hair, Jesus Christ Superstar), complications of Alzheimer's disease.
 * Wally Olds, 59, American Olympic ice hockey silver medal-winning player (1972), colon cancer.
 * Frederic M. Richards, 83, American biochemist, natural causes.
 * Vivian Ridler, 95, British printer.
 * Lorene Rogers, 94, American educator, President of the University of Texas at Austin (1974–1979).
 * Milan Rúfus, 80, Slovak poet and academic.
 * Daryl Seaman, 86, Canadian businessman, co-owner of the Calgary Flames.
 * Jon Tvedt, 42, Norwegian orienteer and mountain runner, fall.
 * Victor Vacquier, 101, American geophysicist, pneumonia.
 * David Vine, 74, British sports presenter, heart attack.
 * Olle Wänlund, 85, Swedish Olympic cyclist.

12

 * Claude Berri, 74, French film director (Jean de Florette, Manon des Sources), Academy Award winner, stroke.
 * Russ Craft, 89, American football player (Philadelphia Eagles, Pittsburgh Steelers).
 * Friaça, 84, Brazilian footballer, multiple organ failure.
 * Walter Harris, 77, Canadian artist.
 * Mick Imlah, 52, British poet, motor neurone disease.
 * David Kerr, 86, British politician, MP for Wandsworth Central (1964–1970).
 * Arne Næss, 96, Norwegian philosopher, founder of deep ecology.
 * Michael Russell, 88, Irish Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Waterford and Lismore.
 * Alejandro Sokol, 48, Argentine rock and roll musician, cardio-respiratory failure.
 * Allen Zwerdling, 86, American theatre director and actor.

13

 * Ayman Alkurd, 34, Palestinian footballer, airstrike.
 * Pedro Aguilar, 81, American dancer, heart failure.
 * Hortense Calisher, 97, American author.
 * Tommy Casey, 78, British footballer.
 * Cousin Junior, 48, American professional wrestler, heart attack.
 * Mikhail Donskoy, 61, Russian programmer, co-developer of the first world computer chess champion (Kaissa).
 * John Edmondson, 2nd Baron Sandford, 88, British naval officer, politician, and Anglican priest.
 * Mary Ejercito, 103, Filipino mother of Joseph Estrada, heart seizure and stomach aneurysm.
 * Preston Gómez, 85, Cuban-born American baseball player, coach and manager (San Diego Padres).
 * Umar Israilov, 27, Russian critic of Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov, shot.
 * Jean Keene, 85, American bird feeder, natural causes.
 * Gary Kurfirst, 61, American music manager.
 * Sir Dai Llewellyn, 62, British socialite, bone cancer.
 * Patrick McGoohan, 80, American-born Irish actor (The Prisoner, Braveheart, Escape from Alcatraz), after short illness.
 * Elizabeth Paterson-Brown, 87, Scottish curler.
 * James B. Pearson, 88, American politician, U.S. Senator from Kansas (1962–1978).
 * Mansour Rahbani, 83, Lebanese composer and musician, pneumonia.
 * Nicholas Andrew Rey, 70, Polish-born American diplomat, Ambassador to Poland (1993–1997), lung cancer.
 * W. D. Snodgrass, 83, American poet, lung cancer.
 * Folke Sundquist, 83, Swedish actor.
 * Richard Tyler, 92, British architect.
 * Eben van Zijl, 77, Namibian politician.
 * Nancy Bird Walton, 93, Australian aviator, natural causes.
 * Peter Ward, 95, British Olympic athlete.

14

 * Trammell Crow, 94, American real estate developer.
 * Mike Derrick, 65, American baseball player (Boston Red Sox).
 * Dušan Džamonja, 80, Croatian sculptor, heart failure.
 * Peter E. Fleming Jr., 79, American criminal defense lawyer, complications from lung surgery.
 * Jan Kaplický, 71, Czech-born British architect.
 * The Mighty Duke, 77, Trinidadian calypsonian, myelofibrosis.
 * Ricardo Montalbán, 88, Mexican-born American actor (Fantasy Island, Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, The Naked Gun), Emmy winner (1978), heart failure.
 * Angela Morley, 84, British composer and conductor.
 * Aron Moscona, 87, Israeli-born American biologist, heart failure.
 * Leo Rwabwogo, 59, Ugandan boxer, Olympic medallist (1968, 1972).
 * Gennadiy Shatkov, 76, Russian Soviet-era boxer, Olympic gold medalist (1956).

15

 * Abdirahman Ahmed, Somali politician, shot.
 * Boris Apostolov, 83, Bulgarian Olympic footballer.
 * Ovini Bokini, 64, Fijian chief and politician.
 * Maurice Chappaz, 92, Swiss author and poet.
 * Olivier Clément, 87, French Eastern Orthodox theologian.
 * William Close, 84, American physician, helped stem 2007 Congo ebola epidemic, father of Glenn Close, heart attack.
 * Veronika Dudarova, 92, Russian symphony conductor.
 * Tommy Jones, 54, American baseball player, manager and coach, brain cancer.
 * Tommy Muñiz, 86, Puerto Rican television producer and comedian, after long illness.
 * Said Seyam, 50, Palestinian government official, Interior Minister (2006–2007), airstrike.
 * Tapan Sinha, 84, Indian film director, bronchopneumonia.
 * Craig Stimac, 54, American baseball player (San Diego Padres), suicide.
 * Lillian Willoughby, 93, American Quaker activist, founder of Take Back the Night.

16

 * Aad Bak, 82, Dutch football player.
 * Sidney Brichto, 72, American-born British Liberal rabbi.
 * Jim Carvin, 79, American political strategist, heart failure.
 * Joe Erskine, 78, American boxer and ultramarathon runner.
 * Judith Hoffberg, 74, American art librarian and archivist, lymphoma.
 * Claudio Milar, 34, Uruguayan footballer, bus crash.
 * Gordon Whitey Mitchell, 76, American jazz musician and comedy writer (Get Smart, All in the Family, The Jeffersons), cancer.
 * Sir John Mortimer, 85, British barrister, novelist and dramatist (Rumpole of the Bailey), after long illness.
 * Robert Palmer, 74, American vintner, blood infection.
 * Bogdan Tirnanić, 67, Serbian journalist.
 * Joop Wille, 88, Dutch footballer (EDO and The Netherlands).
 * Andrew Wyeth, 91, American painter (Christina's World), after short illness.

17

 * Tomislav Crnković, 79, Croatian footballer.
 * Susanna Foster, 84, American actress and singer (Phantom of the Opera).
 * Gary Hill, 67, American basketball player.
 * Anders Isaksson, 65, Swedish writer, reporter and historian.
 * Mary Lundby, 60, American politician, member of the Iowa Senate since 1995, cervical cancer.
 * Malcolm MacPherson, 65, American journalist, heart attack.
 * Paul Nicholls, 62, Australian first-class cricketer, cancer.
 * Marjorie Parker Smith, 92, American figure skater.
 * Mike Parkinson, 60, New Zealand rugby union player.
 * Edmund Leopold de Rothschild, 93, British financier and horticulturist.
 * Arthur Weisberg, 77, American bassoonist, pancreatic cancer.
 * Kamil Zvelebil, 80, Czech scholar of Indian literature and linguistics, cancer.

18

 * Max Borges Jr., 90, Cuban architect.
 * Kathleen Byron, 88, British actress (Black Narcissus, The Elephant Man, Saving Private Ryan).
 * Holly Coors, 88, American conservative political activist and philanthropist, after long illness.
 * Tony Hart, 83, British artist and television presenter.
 * Nora Kovach, 77, Hungarian-born American ballerina, after short illness.
 * Bob May, 69, American actor (Lost in Space), heart failure.
 * Zenonas Petrauskas, 58, Lithuanian lawyer and politician.
 * Bal Samant, 85, Indian writer, after long illness.
 * Seymour Schwartzman, 79, American cantor and operatic baritone.
 * James E. Swett, 88, American fighter pilot, Medal of Honor recipient, after long illness.
 * Grigore Vieru, 73, Moldovan poet, car accident.

19

 * Anastasia Baburova, 25, Russian journalist, shot.
 * E. Balanandan, 84, Indian politician and trade unionist, lung cancer.
 * Hugh Lindsay, 81, British Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle.
 * Stanislav Markelov, 34, Russian civil rights lawyer, shot.
 * Dennis Page, 89, British Anglican prelate, Bishop of Lancaster (1975–1985).
 * Viking Palm, 85, Swedish Olympic gold medal-winning (1952) wrestler.
 * Raymond Parker, 89, British sprint canoer.
 * Luigi Preti, 94, Italian politician, natural causes.
 * José Torres, 72, Puerto Rican boxer, Olympic silver medallist (1956), heart attack.

20

 * Chris Chianelli, 58, American hobbyist, writer and television host, natural causes.
 * Constance E. Cook, 89, American politician, member of the New York State Assembly (1963–1974).
 * Austin Denney, 65, American football player (Chicago Bears, Buffalo Bills).
 * Johnny Dixon, 85, British footballer (Aston Villa), complications from Alzheimer's disease.
 * David S. Dodge, 86, American President of American University of Beirut (1996–1997), cancer.
 * Joe Domnanovich, 89, American football player.
 * Mark Fernando, 67, Sri Lankan judge, member of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka, cancer.
 * Mickey Gee, 64, British rock and roll guitarist, emphysema.
 * Stéphanos II Ghattas, 89, Egyptian Coptic Catholic prelate, Patriarch of Alexandria (1986–2006).
 * Stan Hagen, 68, Canadian politician, member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia (1986–1991, since 2001), heart attack.
 * Dante Lavelli, 85, American football player (Cleveland Browns), Hall of Famer (1975), heart failure.
 * David "Fathead" Newman, 75, American jazz saxophonist (Fathead), pancreatic cancer.
 * Dina Vierny, 89, Russian-born French model.
 * Sheila Walsh, 80, British romantic novelist.
 * Leonard Albert Wiseman, 93, British chemist and scientific administrator.

21

 * Irina Belotelkin, 96, Russian-born American couturier.
 * Ernie Bourne, 82, Australian actor.
 * Pat Crawford, 75, Australian Test cricketer, after long illness.
 * Vic Crowe, 76, British footballer (Aston Villa, Peterborough) and manager (Aston Villa, Portland Timbers), after long illness.
 * Shane Dronett, 38, American football player (Atlanta Falcons), suicide.
 * Astrid Folstad, 76, Norwegian actress.
 * Jean Jadot, 99, Belgian prelate and diplomat, Vatican Ambassador to the US (1974–1980), after long illness.
 * Leonard Kemp, 99, Australian cricketer.
 * Finn Kobberø, 73, Danish badminton player.
 * Horace R. Kornegay, 84, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from North Carolina (1961–1969).
 * Krista Kilvet, 62, Estonian journalist, politician and diplomat.
 * Sally Ledger, 47, English literary scholar.
 * Kunal Mitra, 44, Indian actor, heart attack.
 * Peter Persidis, 61, Austrian footballer, cancer.
 * Veatrice Rice, 59, American television personality (Jimmy Kimmel Live!), cancer.
 * Daphne Rooke, 94, South African author.
 * Charles H. Schneer, 88, American film producer (Jason and the Argonauts), Alzheimer's disease.

22

 * Panapasa Balekana, 79, Fijian-born Solomon Island co-writer of the Solomon Islands national anthem.
 * John Alan Beesley, 81, Canadian diplomat.
 * Chau Sen Cocsal Chhum, 103, Cambodian politician, Prime Minister (1962).
 * Bob Doyle, 93, Irish activist, last surviving Irish member of the International Brigade in the Spanish Civil War.
 * Bill Herchman, 75, American football player.
 * Sveinn Ingvarsson, 94, Icelandic Olympic sprinter.
 * Pentti Kouri, 59, Finnish economist and investor, after long illness.
 * Liang Yusheng, 85, Chinese novelist, natural causes.
 * Reginald Perkins, 53, American serial killer, execution by lethal injection.
 * Clément Pinault, 23, French footballer, heart attack.
 * Darrell Sandeen, 73, American actor (L.A. Confidential), stroke.
 * Louis-Paul-Armand Simonneaux, 93, French Bishop of Versailles.
 * Billy Werber, 100, American baseball player, last living teammate of Babe Ruth, oldest living Major League Baseball player, natural causes.
 * Mbongeleni Zondi, 39, South African Zulu chief, shot.

23

 * Ilija Arnautović, 84, Yugoslavian architect.
 * Sir Richard Beaumont, 96, British diplomat.
 * H. J. Blackham, 105, British humanist and writer.
 * Martin Delaney, 63, American HIV activist, complications from liver cancer.
 * Helen Maksagak, 77, Canadian politician, first Inuk Northwest Territories Commissioner (1995–1999) and Nunavut (1999–2000).
 * Sybil Moses, 69, American judge (New Jersey Superior Court) and lawyer, breast cancer.
 * George Perle, 93, American composer, after long illness.
 * Anna Radziwiłł, 69, Polish historian and politician.
 * Robert W. Scott, 79, American politician, Governor of North Carolina (1969–1973), natural causes.
 * Percy Smith, 86, Canadian politician, MP for Northumberland—Miramichi (1968–1974).
 * Thomas, 61, American activist, pulmonary disease.
 * Compton Vyfhuis, 76, Guyanese West Indian cricket umpire.

24

 * Susan Baird, 68, Scottish politician, Lord Provost of Glasgow (1988–1992).
 * Gérard Blanc, 61, French singer and guitarist, cerebral hemorrhage.
 * Fernando Cornejo, 39, Chilean footballer, stomach cancer.
 * Mariana Bridi Costa, 20, Brazilian model, complications from necrotic sepsis.
 * Olivia Irvine Dodge, 90, American philanthropist.
 * Leonard Gaskin, 88, American jazz bassist.
 * Marie Glory, 103, French actress.
 * Reg Gutteridge, 84, British boxing commentator and journalist, stroke.
 * Diane Holland, 78, British actress (Hi-de-Hi!), bronchial pneumonia.
 * Karl Koller, 79, Austrian footballer, Alzheimer's disease.
 * Len Perme, 91, American baseball player.
 * Olga Raggio, 82, Italian-born American art scholar and curator, cancer.
 * William Smith, 69, American theologian.
 * Thomas Ambrose Tschoepe, 93, American Bishop of Dallas.
 * Kay Yow, 66, American women's basketball coach (NC State), breast cancer.
 * Bernard C. Webber, 80, United States Coast Guardsman, heart attack.

25

 * Mamadou Dia, 98, Senegalese politician, Prime Minister (1957–1962).
 * León Klenicki, 78, American rabbi, colorectal cancer.
 * Ewald Kooiman, 70, Dutch organist, cardiac arrest.
 * Ed Lyons, 85, American baseball player (Washington Senators).
 * Kim Manners, 58, American television producer and director (The X-Files, Supernatural, 21 Jump Street), lung cancer.
 * John Murray, 93, Australian politician, MP (1958–1961).
 * Hiroshi Oguchi, 58, Japanese artist and musician.
 * Antonio Pagán, 50, American politician, New York City Councilman (1992–1998), Commissioner of Employment (1998–2002).
 * Marguerite, Baroness de Reuter, 96, British aristocrat, last heir of the Reuters family, granddaughter-in-law of Paul Reuter.

26

 * Mamman Bello Ali, 50, Nigerian politician, Senator (1999–2007), Governor of Yobe State since 2007, leukemia.
 * Fernando Amaral, 84, Portuguese politician, President of the Assembly of the Republic (1984–1987).
 * James Brady, 80, American columnist (Parade, New York Post).
 * Ahmad Hasan Dani, 88, Pakistani archaeologist.
 * John Isaacs, 93, American basketball player (New York Renaissance), stroke.
 * Ivan Jensen, 86, Danish footballer.
 * Roy Johnson, 49, American baseball player, heart attack.
 * Zakan Jugelia, Abkhaz politician, shot.
 * Don Ladner, 60, New Zealand rugby league player, heart attack.
 * Sir Donald Luddington, 88, British High Commissioner for Western Pacific (1973–1976), Hong Kong ICAC Commissioner (1978–1980).
 * Gerry Merito, 70, New Zealand singer and guitarist.
 * Avraham Ravitz, 75, Israeli politician, member of the Knesset (1988–2009), heart failure.
 * David Sabiston, 84, American physician, pioneer of heart surgery, stroke.
 * Alan Scott, 72, Australian oven manufacturer, heart failure.

27

 * Connie Buckley, 93, Irish hurler.
 * Christian Enzensberger, 77, German anglicist, author and translator.
 * Koji Kakizawa, 75, Japanese politician, Minister for Foreign Affairs (1994), esophageal cancer.
 * Blair Lent, 79, American author and illustrator (Tikki Tikki Tembo), pneumonia.
 * Michael Majerus, 54, British geneticist.
 * Aubrey Powell, 90, British footballer.
 * Mino Reitano, 64, Italian singer, after long illness.
 * Sharat Sardana, 40, British screenwriter (Goodness Gracious Me), streptococcal infection.
 * John Updike, 76, American author (Rabbit Is Rich, The Witches of Eastwick), lung cancer.
 * R. Venkataraman, 98, Indian politician, President (1987–1992), multiple organ failure.
 * Billy Wilson, 81, American football player (San Francisco 49ers), cancer.

28

 * Robert S. Barton, 83, American computer engineer.
 * Gene Corbett, 95, American baseball player (Philadelphia Phillies).
 * Glenn Davis, 74, American Olympic gold medal hurdler, after long illness.
 * John Patrick Diggins, 73, American historian, colorectal cancer.
 * Fang Chengguo, 65, Chinese banker.
 * Lucille M. Mair, 84, Jamaican diplomat.
 * Vasilij Melik, 88, Slovenian historian.
 * Gyula Pálóczi, 46, Hungarian athlete, heart disease.
 * Billy Powell, 56, American musician (Lynyrd Skynyrd), heart attack.
 * Mira Rostova, 99, Russian-born American acting coach.
 * Peter Serry, 35, Kenyan football player, coach and administrator, fire.
 * Robert L. Stone, 87, American CEO of The Hertz Corporation, heart failure.
 * Angel Wainaina, 25, Kenyan actress, fire.
 * Wendell Wyatt, 91, American politician, member of the United States House of Representatives for Oregon (1964–1975).

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 * A. M. B. H. G. Abeyrathnebanda, 19, Sri Lankan soldier, explosion.
 * Pawlu Aquilina, 79, Maltese poet and writer.
 * René Berger, 93, Swiss writer, philosopher and art historian.
 * Juan Brotto, 69, Argentine Olympic cyclist.
 * Geraldine Bureker, 84, American baseball player (AAGPBL)
 * Charles Clews, 89, Maltese comedian.
 * Hank Crawford, 74, American jazz, rhythm and blues saxophonist, complications from a stroke.
 * John Harry Dunning, 81, British economist.
 * Bill Frindall, 69, British cricket statistician, Legionnaire's disease.
 * Karl Gass, 91, German documentary filmmaker, natural causes.
 * Hélio Gracie, 95, Brazilian martial artist, creator of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.
 * George Holmes, 81, British historian.
 * John Martyn, 60, British singer and songwriter, pneumonia.
 * Roger Pontet, 88, French cyclist.
 * Roy Saunders, 78, British footballer (Liverpool, Swansea City).
 * Charles H. Smelser, 88, American politician, Maryland Delegate (1955–1963) and State Senator (1967–1995).
 * Roy Somlyo, 83, American theatre producer, cancer.
 * François Villiers, 88, French film director.

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 * José de Almeida Batista Pereira, 91, Brazilian Bishop of Guaxupé (1964–1976).
 * Hans Beck, 79, German inventor, creator of Playmobil toys.
 * Mike Francis, 47, Italian pop musician, lung cancer.
 * John Gordy, 73, American football player (Detroit Lions), pancreatic cancer.
 * H. Guy Hunt, 75, American politician, Governor of Alabama (1987–1993), lung cancer.
 * Safar Iranpak, 61, Iranian footballer, lung cancer.
 * Ingemar Johansson, 76, Swedish world heavyweight boxing champion (1959–1960), complications from pneumonia.
 * Sune Jonsson, 78, Swedish photographer and writer.
 * Gérard Lecointe, 96, French general.
 * Teddy Mayer, 73, American motor racing entrepreneur.
 * Milton Parker, 90, American businessman, owner of the Carnegie Deli, respiratory problems.
 * James Schevill, 88, American poet and playwright, stroke.
 * Stephen Zetterberg, 92, American attorney and politician.
 * Neiliezhü Üsou, 67, Indian influential Baptist preacher and public leader from the North-Eastern state of India, Nagaland.

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 * Lino Aldani, 82, Italian science fiction writer, lung disease.
 * Sir John Fuller, 91, Australian politician and monarchist, member of New South Wales Legislative Council (1961–1978), cancer.
 * Harry Hill, 92, British bronze medal-winning Olympic cyclist (1936), pneumonia.
 * Thérèse Lavoie-Roux, 80, Canadian politician, after long illness.
 * Eddie Logan, 98, American Negro league baseball player, stroke.
 * Dewey Martin, 68, Canadian-born American drummer (Buffalo Springfield).
 * Nagesh, 75, Indian film comedian, after short illness.
 * Des Newton, 67, British craftsman, maker of model ships in bottles.
 * Clint Ritchie, 70, American actor (One Life to Live), blood clot after heart surgery.
 * Daniel Seligman, 84, American columnist (Fortune), multiple myeloma.
 * Erland von Koch, 98, Swedish composer.
 * Joanna Wiszniewicz, 61, Polish historian.