Deaths in January 2011

The following is a list of notable deaths in January 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

 * Anna Anni, 84, Italian costume designer (Otello).
 * Georgiy Ball, 83, Russian writer.
 * Branko Bokun, 90, Yugoslavian writer.
 * Peter Branson, 86, British admiral.
 * Sir Robin Carnegie, 84, British army general.
 * Charles Fambrough, 60, American jazz musician and composer.
 * Bruce Halliday, 84, Canadian physician and politician, MP for Oxford (1974–1993).
 * Gerd Michael Henneberg, 88, German actor.
 * Sonia Humphrey, 63, Australian television presenter and journalist.
 * Flemming Jørgensen, 63, Danish actor and musician (Bamses Venner), heart attack.
 * Verne Langdon, 69, American musician, record producer and make-up artist.
 * Constantin Marin, 85, Romanian musician, conductor and composer.
 * John Olguin, 89, American aquarium official, director of the Cabrillo Marine Aquarium (1949–1987).
 * Billy Joe Patton, 88, American golfer.
 * Louise Reiss, 90, American physician, co-ordinator of the Baby Tooth Survey.
 * John Rice, 92, American baseball umpire (1955–1973).
 * Faizal Yusof, 32, Malaysian actor, heart attack.

2

 * Bali Ram Bhagat, 88, Indian politician, Speaker of the Lok Sabha (1976–1977) and Governor of Rajasthan (1993–1998).
 * Kate Ebli, 52, American politician, member of the Michigan House of Representatives (2006–2010).
 * Anne Francis, 80, American actress (Honey West, Forbidden Planet, The Twilight Zone), pancreatic cancer.
 * Peter Hobbs, 92, French-born American character actor (Barney Miller, Lou Grant, The Odd Couple), after brief illness.
 * Hans Kalt, 86, Swiss rower, Olympic silver (1948) and bronze (1952) medalist.
 * Émile Masson Jr., 95, Belgian cyclist, winner of Paris–Roubaix and La Flèche Wallonne classic cycle races.
 * John Osborne, 74, Montserratian politician, Chief Minister (1978–1991; 2001–2006), after long illness.
 * Pete Postlethwaite, 64, British actor (In the Name of the Father, Amistad, The Usual Suspects), pancreatic cancer.
 * William R. Ratchford, 76, American politician, U.S. Representative from Connecticut (1979–1985), complications from Parkinson's disease.
 * Bill Robertson, 93, Australian intelligence officer.
 * Miriam Seegar, 103, American silent film actress and interior designer.
 * Shen Tianhui, 87, Chinese chemist, academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences.
 * Patricia Smith, 80, American actress (The Spirit of St. Louis, The Bob Newhart Show, The Debbie Reynolds Show), heart failure.
 * Margot Stevenson, 98, American stage and radio actress (The Shadow).
 * Szeto Wah, 79, Hong Kong political activist, lung cancer.
 * Robert Trumble, 91, Australian writer and musician.
 * Hari Uppal, 84, Indian dancer and dance academy founder.
 * Richard Winters, 92, American army officer and World War II veteran, depicted in Band of Brothers, Parkinson's disease.

3

 * Julia Bonds, 58, American activist, cancer.
 * Fadil Hadžić, 88, Croatian filmmaker, screenwriter, playwright and journalist.
 * Jill Haworth, 65, English actress (Exodus, In Harm's Way, Cabaret, The Outer Limits), natural causes.
 * Zbigniew Jaremski, 61, Polish athlete, 1976 Olympic silver medalist.
 * Michael Kennelly, 96, Irish-born American Jesuit priest, President of Loyola University New Orleans (1970–1974), founder of Strake Jesuit College Prep.
 * Suchitra Mitra, 86, Indian singer, cardiac arrest.
 * Alfred Proksch, 102, Austrian athlete and graphic designer.
 * Yosef Shiloach, 69, Israeli actor, cancer.
 * Anatoliy Skorokhod, 81, Ukrainian mathematician.
 * Paul Soldner, 89, American ceramicist.
 * Eva Strittmatter, 80, German writer.
 * William Takaku, Papua New Guinean film and theatre actor, screenwriter and theatre director.
 * Stanley Tolliver, 85, American attorney and civil rights advocate.
 * Nakamura Tomijyuro V, 81, Japanese Kabuki actor, Living National Treasure.
 * Alec Woodall, 92, British politician, MP for Hemsworth (1974–1987).

4

 * Mohamed Bouazizi, 26, Tunisian protestor, self-immolation.
 * Grady Chapman, 81, American doo-wop singer (The Robins), heart failure.
 * Chrysanth Chepil, 73, Russian Orthodox prelate, Metropolitan of Vyatka-Slobodskoy.
 * B. H. Friedman, 84, American author and art critic, pneumonia.
 * Keki Byramjee Grant, 90, Indian cardiologist.
 * Sir John Gray, 92, British physiologist.
 * Cyril M. Harris, 93, American acoustical engineer.
 * Hadayatullah Hübsch, 64, German journalist.
 * Mick Karn, 52, Cypriot-born British musician (Japan), cancer.
 * Dick King-Smith, 88, British author (The Sheep-Pig, The Water Horse, The Queen's Nose).
 * Gustavo Kupinski, 36, Argentine guitarist (Los Piojos), car crash.
 * Herb Mitchell, 73, American actor (The Practice, Gettysburg, Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me).
 * Coen Moulijn, 73, Dutch footballer, brain haemorrhage.
 * Ali-Reza Pahlavi, 44, Iranian royal, son of Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, suicide by gunshot.
 * Ronald Parfitt, 97, British Olympic fencer.
 * Gerry Rafferty, 63, Scottish singer-songwriter ("Baker Street", "Stuck in the Middle with You", "Right Down the Line"), liver failure.
 * Jack Richardson, 90, British chemical engineer.
 * Salmaan Taseer, 66, Pakistani politician, Governor of Punjab (since 2008), shot.
 * Bob Usdane, 74, American politician, member of the Arizona Senate (1977–1991), after a short illness.

5

 * Jim Duncan, 86, American football player and coach.
 * Paul Egertson, 75, American Lutheran bishop, heart attack.
 * David Hart, 66, British political activist, author and playwright, motor neurone disease.
 * Lily Marinho, 89, Brazilian philanthropist, UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador, respiratory failure.
 * Malangatana Ngwenya, 74, Mozambican poet and painter, after long illness.
 * Jack Oliver, 87, American scientist, provided seismic evidence supporting plate tectonics.
 * Helene Palmer, 82, British actress (Coronation Street).
 * Agustin Perdices, 76, Filipino politician, Governor of Negros Oriental (since 2010), stomach cancer.
 * Assar Rönnlund, 75, Swedish cross-country skier, world and Olympic champion.
 * Brian Rust, 88, British jazz discographer and music journalist.
 * David G. Trager, 73, American jurist, pancreatic cancer.
 * Bill Zeller, 27, American computer programmer, injuries from a suicide attempt.

6

 * Leovigildo Banaag, 67, Filipino politician, cardiac arrest.
 * Rudi Bass, 96, Austrian-born American graphic artist, illustrator and writer.
 * John Bendor-Samuel, 81, British missionary and linguist, car accident.
 * Tom Cavanagh, 28, American ice hockey player (San Jose Sharks), blunt force trauma.
 * Susana Chávez, 36, Mexican poet and human rights activist, strangled.
 * Francisco de la Rosa, 44, Dominican baseball player (Baltimore Orioles), after a long illness.
 * Ryne Duren, 81, American baseball player (Philadelphia Phillies, New York Yankees).
 * Ohan Durian, 88, Armenian composer.
 * Gad Granach, 95, German memoirist, son of Alexander Granach.
 * John D. Kendall, 93, American musical educator (Suzuki method), complications of a stroke.
 * Irving Farmer Kennedy, 88, Canadian World War II fighter pilot.
 * Aron Kincaid, 70, American actor (The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini, Batman: the Animated Series, The Transformers), heart failure.
 * Gary Mason, 48, British boxer, cycling collision.
 * Uche Okafor, 43, Nigerian footballer, murdered.
 * Andrzej Przeździecki, 84, Polish Olympic fencer and trainer.
 * Anthony S. Seminerio, 75, American politician and convicted felon, member of the New York State Assembly (1979–2009).
 * Pyotr Sumin, 64, Russian politician, Governor of Chelyabinsk Oblast (1996–2010).
 * Donald J. Tyson, 80, American business executive, Chairman of Tyson Foods (1967–2001), cancer.
 * Vang Pao, 81, Lao army general and Hmong community leader, Commander of the Secret Army, pneumonia.
 * Reg Ward, 82, British chief executive of London Docklands Development Corporation (1981–1987).
 * Dagmar Wilson, 94, American anti-nuclear activist, heart failure.

7

 * Helga Bachmann, 79, Icelandic actress and director.
 * Red Borom, 95, American baseball player (Detroit Tigers).
 * Eddie Carr, 87, American football player (San Francisco 49ers).
 * Carlos Castro, 65, Portuguese journalist, bludgeoned.
 * Derek Gardner, 79, British vehicle and Formula One car designer.
 * Robert P. Hanrahan, 76, American politician, U.S. Representative from Illinois (1973–1975).
 * George Harris, 77, American Olympic judoka, leukemia.
 * Bill "Tiger" Johnson, 84, American football player (San Francisco 49ers) and coach (Cincinnati Bengals).
 * Krzysztof Kolberger, 60, Polish actor, cancer.
 * Włodzimierz Ławniczak, 51, Polish journalist, Chairman of Telewizja Polska, after long illness.
 * Val Puccio, 45, American professional wrestler.
 * Richard Bordeaux Parker, 87, American diplomat.
 * Bobby Robinson, 93, American record producer.
 * Simona Senoner, 17, Italian ski jumper.
 * José Vidal, 70, Dominican baseball player (Cleveland Indians, Seattle Pilots), cancer.

8

 * Noel Andrews, 79, Irish boxing commentator.
 * Joey Carew, 73, Trinidadian cricketer (West Indies), arteriosclerosis.
 * Willi Dansgaard, 88, Danish paleoclimatologist.
 * Jiří Dienstbier, 73, Czech politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs (1989–1992).
 * Peter Donaldson, 58, Canadian actor (The Sweet Hereafter, Emily of New Moon, Road to Avonlea), lung cancer.
 * Hans Ulrich Engelmann, 89, German composer.
 * Mike Gambrill, 75, British Olympic cyclist, bronze medalist (1956).
 * José García, 84, Uruguayan footballer
 * Oleg Grabar, 81, American Islamic art historian, heart failure.
 * Ángel Pedraza, 48, Spanish footballer and manager, cancer.
 * Manuel Pestana Filho, 82, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Anápolis (1978–2004).
 * Juan Piquer Simón, 74, Spanish film director (Pieces, Slugs), lung cancer.
 * John Roll, 63, American jurist, shot.
 * Del Reisman, 86, American television producer (The Twilight Zone, The Untouchables) and writer, President of WGAW (1991–1993), cardiac arrest.
 * Elfa Secioria, 51, Indonesian jazz pianist.
 * Thorbjørn Svenssen, 86, Norwegian footballer, record 104 appearances for the national team, stroke.
 * Morton Sweig, 95, American businessman.
 * Christopher Trumbo, 70, American screenwriter, kidney cancer.
 * William F. Walsh, 98, American politician, Mayor of Syracuse, New York (1961–1969), Congressman (1973–1979).
 * Moshe Yess, 67, Canadian composer and singer, cancer.

9

 * James Acord, 66, American sculptor, suicide.
 * Vítor Alves, 75, Portuguese soldier and politician, member of the MFA, responsible for the Carnation Revolution, cancer.
 * Richard Butcher, 29, English footballer (Macclesfield Town), natural causes.
 * Ruth Cavin, 92, American mystery novel editor, lung cancer.
 * Debbie Friedman, 59, American songwriter, pneumonia.
 * Sir Ernest Lee-Steere, 98, Australian horse racing official, Lord Mayor of Perth, Western Australia (1972–1978).
 * Makinti Napanangka, 80s, Australian Papunya Tula artist.
 * Howard Wallace Pollock, 90, American politician, U.S. Representative from Alaska (1967–1971).
 * Dave Sisler, 79, American baseball player (Boston Red Sox, Cincinnati Reds), prostate cancer.
 * Georges Van Brabant, 84, Belgian Olympian
 * Jerzy Woźniak, 78, Polish footballer (Legia Warszawa).
 * Peter Yates, 81, British film director and producer (Bullitt, Breaking Away, Krull).

10

 * Liana Alexandra, 63, Romanian music educator and composer.
 * Naseerullah Babar, 82, Pakistani soldier and politician, Governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (1976–1977) and Interior Minister (1993–1996).
 * Arthur Barrett, 83, English footballer.
 * Bill Bower, 93, American aviator, last surviving pilot of Doolittle Raid, complications from a fall.
 * John Dye, 47, American actor (Touched by an Angel, Tour of Duty, Jack's Place), heart attack.
 * Dorothy Franey, 97, American Olympic speed skater.
 * Cookie Gilchrist, 75, American football player (Buffalo Bills, Denver Broncos), cancer.
 * Joe Gores, 79, American novelist and screenwriter.
 * John Gross, 75, British literary critic.
 * Miklós Hofer, 79, Hungarian architect.
 * Bert Kinnear, 87, British Olympic swimmer.
 * Bora Kostić, 80, Serbian footballer (Red Star Belgrade).
 * Shota Kviraia, 58, Georgian politician and security officer.
 * Gideon Njoku, 63, Nigerian footballer and coach, cardiac arrest.
 * Vivek Shauq, 47, Indian actor, comedian, writer and singer, heart attack.
 * A. W. B. Simpson, 79, British legal historian.
 * María Elena Walsh, 80, Argentine musician, poet and writer ("Manuelita la tortuga"), after long illness.
 * John Ward, 90, American Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles (1963–1996).
 * Gary Whitbread, 53, British cricketer.
 * Margaret Whiting, 86, American pop singer ("A Tree in the Meadow", "Moonlight in Vermont"), natural causes.

11

 * Zoltán Berczik, 73, Hungarian table tennis player and coach.
 * Ralph Campbell, 64, American politician, North Carolina state auditor (1992–2004), lung cancer.
 * Dame Barbara Clayton, 88, British pathologist.
 * Zoë Dominic, 90, English photographer.
 * Egon Drews, 84, German Olympic bronze medal-winning (1952) flatwater canoer.
 * Milan Ercegan, 94, Yugoslavian president of the International Federation of Associated Wrestling Styles (1972–2002).
 * Kozo Haraguchi, 100, Japanese track and field athlete, respiratory failure.
 * André Marchand, 84, Canadian politician, member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec.
 * Matti Mattson, 94, American veteran of the Spanish Civil War (Abraham Lincoln Brigade).
 * John Modinos, 84, Cypriot opera baritone, heart failure.
 * David Nelson, 74, American actor (The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet, Peyton Place, Cry-Baby), colon cancer.
 * Knut Olsen, 57, Norwegian journalist and television presenter, cancer.
 * Alfio Peraboni, 56, Italian Olympic bronze medal-winning (1980, 1984) sailor, cerebral hemorrhage.
 * Won-il Rhee, 50, South Korean digital art curator, heart attack.
 * Ze'ev Segal, 63, Israeli jurist and legal analyst.
 * Marcel Trudel, 93, Canadian historian and author, cancer.

12

 * Aswismarmo, 85, Indonesian major general.
 * Clemar Bucci, 90, Argentine racing driver.
 * Hans Bütikofer, 95, Swiss Olympic silver medal-winning (1936) bobsledder.
 * Howard Engleman, 91, American college basketball player.
 * Paul Picerni, 88, American actor (The Untouchables, The Young Marrieds, House of Wax), heart attack.
 * Terje Sagvolden, 65, Norwegian neuroscientist.
 * Kenneth Stevenson, 61, British Anglican prelate, Bishop of Portsmouth (1995–2009), cancer.
 * Dawn Sylvia-Stasiewicz, 52, American dog trainer (Bo) and author, respiratory distress.

13

 * Wali Khan Babar, 29, Pakistani journalist, gunshot.
 * Alan Butler, 80, South African priest.
 * Frank Calabro, 86, Italian-born Australian transport operator and politician, MLC (1970–1988).
 * Mick Cremin, 87, Australian rugby union footballer.
 * Tuviah Friedman, 88, Israeli Nazi hunter.
 * Michel Gratton, 58, Canadian journalist, Press Secretary to Prime Minister Brian Mulroney (1984–1987).
 * Albert Heijn Jr., 83, Dutch entrepreneur, owner of the Albert Heijn supermarket chain.
 * Greg Hjorth, 47, Australian mathematician and chess player, heart attack.
 * Hellmut Lange, 87, German actor (Serenade for Two Spies, Diamond Safari).
 * Charles Muscat, 48, Maltese footballer.
 * Prabhakar Panshikar, 79, Indian stage actor, after long illness.
 * Allen Salter, 74, Canadian Olympic weightlifter.
 * Ellen Stewart, 91, American theater director.
 * Marian Woyna-Orlewicz, 97, Polish cross country skier.

14

 * Eduardo Armella, 82, Argentine Olympic shooter.
 * Sun Axelsson, 75, Swedish novelist.
 * Julio Barragán, 82, Argentine painter.
 * Salvatore Cancemi, 68, Italian mafiosi, stroke.
 * Georgia Carroll, 91, American fashion model and actress (Yankee Doodle Dandy).
 * David Coren, 93, Israeli politician, member of the Knesset (1969–1977).
 * Dr. Creep, 69, American television host.
 * Stephanie Glaser, 90, Swiss actress.
 * Marty Gold, 95, American composer, pianist and bandleader.
 * Toshiyuki Hosokawa, 70, Japanese actor, acute subdural hematoma.
 * Liu Huaqing, 94, Chinese naval commander (1982–1988).
 * Peter Post, 77, Dutch cyclist, winner of the 1964 Paris–Roubaix event.
 * Betty Mae Tiger Jumper, 88, American health official and tribal leader, first woman to lead the Seminole tribe (1967–71).
 * Ben Wada, 80, Japanese television director, esophageal cancer.
 * Per Olav Wiken, 73, Norwegian Olympic silver medal-winning 1968 sailor.

15

 * Ellen Alaküla, 83, Estonian actress and theatre teacher.
 * Gaston Allaire, 94, Canadian musicologist.
 * Minhaj Barna, 89, Pakistani journalist.
 * Kenneth Grant, 86, British occultist and writer, head of the Typhonian Order.
 * Roy Hartsfield, 85, American baseball player (Boston Braves) and first manager of Toronto Blue Jays, complications of liver cancer.
 * Harvey James, 58, Australian musician (Sherbet), lung cancer.
 * Michael Langham, 91, English stage director and actor, complications from a chest infection.
 * Romulus Linney, 80, American playwright, lung cancer.
 * Nat Lofthouse, 85, English footballer (Bolton Wanderers, England).
 * Ed Lowe, 64, American journalist (Newsday, The Long Island Press), liver cancer.
 * Mike Vibert, 60, Jersey politician, Minister for Education, Sport and Culture (2005–2008), heart attack.
 * Susannah York, 72, English actress (Tom Jones, Superman, They Shoot Horses, Don't They?), bone marrow cancer.
 * Hilde Zach, 68, Austrian politician, Mayor of Innsbruck (2002–2010).
 * Zeng Xianyi, 74, Chinese professor of legal history.

16

 * Augusto Algueró, 76, Spanish composer and conductor, cardiac arrest.
 * Miguel Ángel Álvarez, 88, Puerto Rican comedian and actor, respiratory failure.
 * Julian Asquith, 2nd Earl of Oxford and Asquith, 94, British aristocrat and diplomat, Administrator of Saint Lucia (1958–1962), Governor of the Seychelles (1962–1967).
 * David Crowley, 72, American politician, cancer.
 * Hovhannes Bedros XVIII Kasparian, 83, Egyptian-born Lebanese Armenian Catholic prelate, Patriarch of Cilicia (1982–1998).
 * Milton Levine, 97, American entrepreneur, inventor of Uncle Milton's Ant Farm.
 * Steve Prestwich, 56, British-born Australian drummer (Cold Chisel, Little River Band) and songwriter, brain tumour.
 * Reinaldo Pünder, 72, German-born Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Coroatá (since 1978).
 * Ye Peida, 95, Chinese telecommunications engineer, President of the Beijing Institute of Posts and Telecommunications.
 * Stefka Yordanova, 64, Bulgarian sprinter and middle-distance runner.

17

 * Marina Abroskina, 43, Russian basketball player, brain tumor.
 * Jürgen Barth, 67, German Olympic cyclist.
 * Brian Boobbyer, 82, English rugby union player and cricketer.
 * David Bradby, 68, British theatre scholar.
 * Sjonni Brink, 36, Icelandic musician and singer, complications from a stroke.
 * Sir Bernard Crossland, 87, British engineer, Pro-Vice-Chancellor of Queen's University Belfast (1978–1982).
 * Perry Currin, 82, American baseball player (St. Louis Browns), heart failure.
 * Keith Davey, 84, Canadian politician and campaign organizer, Senator (1966–1996).
 * Gita Dey, 79, Indian actress, cardiac arrest.
 * Jean Dutourd, 91, French novelist.
 * Vern Kaiser, 85, Canadian ice hockey player (Montreal Canadiens).
 * Don Kirshner, 76, American record producer and songwriter, host of Don Kirshner's Rock Concert, heart failure.
 * Robert W. Mackenzie, 82, Canadian labour organizer and politician, Ontario Minister of Labour (1990–1994).
 * John Ross, 72, American activist, author and journalist, liver cancer.
 * Shinichiro Sakurai, 81, Japanese automotive engineer, heart failure.

18

 * Charlie Cowdrey, 77, American football coach (Illinois State University, Southwestern College).
 * George Crowe, 89, American baseball player (St. Louis Cardinals).
 * Jerre DeNoble, 87, American baseball player (All-American Girls Professional Baseball League).
 * Eugenia Escudero, 96, Mexican Olympic fencer.
 * Al Grunwald, 80, American baseball player.
 * Duncan Hall, 85, Australian rugby league player.
 * John Herivel, 92, British codebreaker at Bletchley Park.
 * Antonín Kubálek, 75, Czech-born Canadian pianist, complications from a brain tumour.
 * Jim McManus, 70, American tennis player.
 * Cristian Paţurcă, 46, Romanian composer.
 * Milton Rogovin, 101, American documentary photographer.
 * Jacques Sarr, 76, Senegalese Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Thiès (since 1986).
 * Sargent Shriver, 95, American diplomat and politician, Ambassador to France (1968–1970), vice presidential nominee (1972), complications from Alzheimer's disease.
 * Edgar Tafel, 98, American architect.

19

 * John Barnes, 94, Australian cricketer.
 * Neva Egan, 96, American educator, First Lady of Alaska (1959–1966, 1970–1974), widow of William Allen Egan.
 * George Franck, 92, American football player (New York Giants).
 * Wayne R. Grisham, 88, American politician, Representative from California (1979–1983).
 * Mihai Ionescu, 74, Romanian footballer (Petrolul Ploieşti, Romania).
 * Jose Kusugak, 60, Canadian Inuit leader, bladder cancer.
 * James O'Gwynn, 82, American country music singer, pneumonia.
 * Bryce Postles, 79, New Zealand cricketer.
 * Ramiro Saraiva Guerreiro, 92, Brazilian politician, Minister of External Relations (1979–1985).
 * Bob Scott, 79, Australian politician, member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Cook (1977–1989).
 * Wilfrid Sheed, 80, English-born American novelist and essayist, urosepsis.
 * Carla Swart, 23, South African cyclist, traffic accident.
 * Hira Devi Waiba, 71, Nepali folk singer, injuries from a fire.
 * Bob Young, 87, American news journalist and anchor (ABC World News).

20

 * Kenth Andersson, 66, Swedish middle-distance runner.
 * Maurice Brown, 91, British Royal Air Force fighter pilot.
 * José Luis Castro Aguirre, 67, Mexican ichthyologist.
 * Eduardo Davino, 81, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Palestrina (1997–2005).
 * Bruce Gordon, 94, American actor (The Untouchables, Peyton Place, Piranha).
 * Ernest McCulloch, 84, Canadian biologist.
 * Miesque, 27, French racehorse, euthanized.
 * F. A. Nettelbeck, 60, American poet.
 * José Ortiz, 63, Puerto Rican baseball player.
 * Sonia Peres, 87, Israeli First Lady.
 * Reynolds Price, 77, American author, professor at Duke University, heart attack.
 * John Jacob Rhodes III, 67, American politician, U.S. Representative from Arizona (1987–1993).
 * Eugénio Salessu, 87, Angolan Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Malanje (1977–1998).
 * Sexy Cora, 23, German pornographic actress, complications from breast enlargement surgery.
 * William Shipley, 89, American linguist, complications of pneumonia.
 * Alan Uglow, 69, British-born American painter, lung cancer.
 * Gus Zernial, 87, American baseball player (Oakland Athletics, Detroit Tigers, Chicago White Sox), heart failure.

21

 * Theoni V. Aldredge, 88, Greek-born American costume designer (Ghostbusters, Network, The Great Gatsby), Oscar winner (1975).
 * Robert Cohu, 99, French Olympic basketball player.
 * Peter Demos, 87, Australian Olympic basketball player.
 * Jay Garner, 82, American actor (Pennies from Heaven, Buck Rogers in the 25th Century), respiratory failure.
 * Tony Geiss, 86, American television writer and composer (Sesame Street), Emmy award winner, complications from a fall.
 * Emanuele Gerada, 90, Maltese Roman Catholic prelate, Titular Archbishop of Nomentum, Apostolic Nuncio to Ireland (1989–1995).
 * Herb Gray, 76, American-born Canadian football player (Winnipeg Blue Bombers).
 * Barney F. Hajiro, 94, American soldier, formerly the oldest living Medal of Honor recipient.
 * Wally Hughes, 76, English football coach.
 * Dennis Oppenheim, 72, American artist, liver cancer.
 * E. V. V. Satyanarayana, 54, Indian Telugu movie director, throat cancer and cardiac arrest.

22

 * Virgil Akins, 82, American boxer, world welterweight champion (1958).
 * Solange Bertrand, 97, French artist.
 * Sir Chandos Blair, 91, British army general.
 * Ralph Felton, 78, American football player (Washington Redskins).
 * Aslam Khokhar, 91, Pakistani cricketer.
 * Quentin Orlando, 91, American politician, Member of the Pennsylvania State Senate (1973–1980).
 * Park Wan-suh, 79, South Korean novelist, cancer.
 * René Piché, 79, Canadian politician.
 * Bobby Poe, 77, American pop singer, songwriter and promoter, blood clot.
 * Gary Schreider, 76, Canadian football player.
 * William Schreyer, 83, American business executive, chairman and CEO of Merrill Lynch (1985–1993).
 * Lois Smith, 81, Canadian dancer (National Ballet of Canada).
 * Tullia Zevi, 91, Italian journalist and politician, leader of the Italian Jewish community.

23

 * Danny Brabham, 69, American football player (Houston Oilers, Cincinnati Bengals).
 * Ed Dyas, 71, American football player (Auburn Tigers), member of the College Football Hall of Fame, stomach cancer.
 * Peter Gibb, 56, Australian criminal, heart attack.
 * Ole Kopreitan, 73, Norwegian political activist.
 * Jack LaLanne, 96, American fitness and nutritional expert, pneumonia.
 * Poppa Neutrino, 77, American adventurer, crossed Atlantic Ocean on raft made of discarded material, heart failure.
 * Louise Raggio, 91, American lawyer.
 * Novica Tadić, 62, Yugoslavian poet.
 * Neil Truscott, 88, Australian diplomat.

24

 * Alec Boden, 85, Scottish footballer (Celtic).
 * Bernd Eichinger, 61, German film producer (The NeverEnding Story, Resident Evil, Fantastic Four), heart attack.
 * David Frye, 77, American satirist and Richard Nixon impersonator, cardiopulmonary arrest.
 * Phil Gallie, 71, British politician, MP for Ayr (1992–97), MSP for South of Scotland (1999–2007).
 * Barrie Lee Hall, Jr., 61, American jazz trumpeter and band leader (Duke Ellington).
 * Basil F. Heath, 93, Canadian-born American Mohawk actor and stuntman.
 * Bhimsen Joshi, 88, Indian musician, Bharat Ratna laureate.
 * Francisco Mata, 78, Venezuelan folk singer and composer.
 * Jack Matheson, 86, Canadian sports journalist.
 * Samuel Ruiz, 86, Mexican Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of San Cristóbal de las Casas (1959–2000).
 * Anna Yablonskaya, 29, Ukrainian playwright, bombing.

25

 * Daniel Bell, 91, American sociologist.
 * Vincent Cronin, 86, British writer.
 * Alison Geissler, 103, British glass engraver.
 * Bill Holden, 82, English footballer.
 * Arto Javanainen, 51, Finnish ice hockey player (Pittsburgh Penguins), after long illness.
 * Kotha Satchidananda Murthy, 86, Indian philosopher.
 * Ganga Bahadur Thapa, 75–76, Nepalese Olympic runner.

26

 * Anna Avanzini, 93, Italian Olympic gymnast.
 * Robert Crook, 81, American politician, member of the Mississippi State Senate (1964–1992).
 * Mike DeBardeleben, 70, American criminal, pneumonia.
 * John Herbert, 81, Brazilian actor, emphysema.
 * Gladys Horton, 65, American R&B singer (The Marvelettes), complications from a stroke.
 * David Kato, 46, Ugandan gay rights activist, bludgeoned with hammer.
 * R. F. Langley, 72, British poet and diarist.
 * Charlie Louvin, 83, American country music singer (The Louvin Brothers), pancreatic cancer.
 * María Mercader, 92, Spanish actress.
 * Eddie Mordue, 83, British saxophonist.
 * Tore Sjöstrand, 89, Swedish Olympic gold medal-winning (1948) athlete.

27

 * Charlie Callas, 86, American comedian and actor (Pete's Dragon, Silent Movie, Switch).
 * Liana Dumitrescu, 38, Romanian politician, member of the Chamber of Deputies (since 2004), stroke.
 * William L. Eagleton, 84, American diplomat.
 * Mārtiņš Freimanis, 33, Latvian musician (F.L.Y.) and actor, performed at Eurovision Song Contest 2003, influenza.
 * Henri Goosen, 84, French Olympic diver.
 * Hannemor Gram, 92, Norwegian Olympic alpine skier.
 * Boyd Kirkland, 60, American animation producer and director (Batman: The Animated Series, X-Men: Evolution, G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero), pulmonary fibrosis.
 * Wenceslau Malta, 79, Brazilian Olympic modern pentathlete.
 * Vaughn Mancha, 89, American football player (Boston Yanks), heart failure.
 * Svein Mathisen, 58, Norwegian footballer (IK Start), cancer.
 * Butch McCord, 85, American Negro league baseball player.
 * Diana Norman, 77, British author and journalist.
 * Don Rondo, 81, American singer ("White Silver Sands"), lung cancer.
 * Tøger Seidenfaden, 53, Danish newspaper editor-in-chief (Politiken), cancer.
 * Guy J. Velella, 66, American politician and convicted criminal, New York State Assemblyman (1973–1982) and State Senator (1986–2004), lung cancer.
 * Kjeld Vibe, 83, Norwegian diplomat, ambassador to the United States.
 * William Williams, 83, Canadian metallurgical engineer.

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 * Hamida Barmaki, 40, Afghan law professor and human rights activist, suicide bomb attack.
 * William Bartley, 94, American pilot.
 * Ken Carpenter, 84, American football player (Cleveland Browns).
 * Raymond Cohen, 91, British violinist.
 * Karen Cromie, 31, British Paralympian, suicide.
 * Sushil Kumar Dhara, 99, Indian revolutionary.
 * Dariush Homayoon, 82, Iranian politician and journalist, Minister of Information and Tourism (1977–1978).
 * Megan McNeil, 20, Canadian singer, adrenal cancer.
 * Dame Margaret Price, 69, British soprano, heart failure.

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 * Ian Abdulla, 63–64, Australian artist, cancer.
 * Hussein El-Alfy, 83, Egyptian rower.
 * Milton Babbitt, 94, American composer.
 * Zahra Bahrami, 46, Dutch-Iranian protestor and convicted drug trafficker, execution by hanging.
 * William J. Bate, 76, American politician.
 * José Llopis Corona, 92, Spanish footballer.
 * Bruce Jackson, 62, American audio engineer, plane crash.
 * Loreen Rice Lucas, 96, Canadian author.
 * Hemayel Martina, 20, Curaçaon poet, complications of car accident.
 * Raymond McClean, 78, Northern Irish politician and doctor, Mayor of Derry (1973–1974).
 * Emilio Ogñénovich, 88, Argentine Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Mercedes-Luján (1982–2000).
 * Nora Sun, 72, Chinese-born American diplomat, businesswoman and author, granddaughter of Sun Yat-sen, injuries from car crash.
 * Dorothy Thompson, 87, British social historian.
 * Emanuel Vardi, 95, Israeli-born American violist, cancer.
 * Liza Vorfi, 86, Albanian stage actress, after long illness.
 * Norman Wilkinson, 79, English football player.

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 * Brian Barritt, 76, English author, artist, and counterculture figure.
 * John Barry, 77, British film score composer (From Russia with Love, Chaplin, Out of Africa), five-time Oscar winner, heart attack.
 * Ajahn Maha Bua, 97, Thai Buddhist monk.
 * J. Elliott Burch, 86, American hall of fame racehorse trainer, pneumonia.
 * Michael Herzog, 58, Austrian ice hockey player.
 * Charles Nolan, 53, American fashion designer, cancer of the head and neck.
 * Bernard O'Brien, 96, American politician, member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives (1965–1980).
 * Ian R. Porteous, 80, British mathematician.
 * Hisaye Yamamoto, 89, American author.

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 * Hernán Alvarado Solano, 65, Colombian Roman Catholic prelate, Vicar Apostolic of Guapi (since 2001).
 * Bartolomeu Anania, 89, Romanian Orthodox Metropolitan of Cluj-Napoca, Alba Iulia, Crişana and Maramureş (since 1993).
 * A. C. Bartulis, 83, American businessman and politician.
 * Raymond Challinor, 81, British historian.
 * Nikolay Dorizo, 87, Russian poet.
 * Zilpha Grant, 91, British Olympic swimmer.
 * Stuart Hood, 95, Scottish writer and television executive, controller of BBC Television (1961–1964).
 * Charles Kaman, 91, American aeronautical engineer, founder of Kaman Aircraft and Ovation Guitar Company.
 * Tally Monastyryov, 71, Soviet Olympic skier.
 * Nildo Parente, 76–77, Brazilian actor, stroke.
 * Mark Ryan, 51, British musician (Adam and the Ants), complications from liver damage.
 * Charles Sellier, 67, American film and television producer (The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams).
 * N. Khelchandra Singh, 90, Indian writer, lexicographer and historian.
 * Michael Tolan, 85, American actor (The Greatest Story Ever Told, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Presumed Innocent), heart disease and renal failure.
 * Norman Uprichard, 82, Northern Irish footballer.
 * Doc Williams, 96, American country music performer.