Deaths in March 2009

The following is a list of deaths in March 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

 * Robert Haggiag, 95, Libyan-born American film producer (Candy).
 * Ken Henry, 80, American Olympic gold medal-winning (1952) speed skater.
 * Charles S. Lieber, 78, Belgian-born American nutritionist, stomach cancer.
 * Paolo Maffei, 83, Italian astronomer and science fiction writer.
 * Alf Pike, 91, Canadian ice hockey player and head coach (New York Rangers).
 * Pepe Rubianes, 61, Spanish Catalan actor and theatre director, lung cancer.
 * Eric Simms, 87, British ornithologist, writer and conservationist.
 * Joan Turner, 86, British actress.

2

 * Ernest Ashworth, 80, American country music singer, member of Grand Ole Opry.
 * Michael Baker, 52, Canadian politician, member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly since 1998, cancer.
 * Halit Balamir, appr. 87, Turkish Olympic silver medal-winning (1948) wrestler, myocardial infarction.
 * Ernst Benda, 84, German politician, Interior Minister (1968–1969) and President, Federal Constitutional Court (1971–1983).
 * Andy Bowman, 74, Scottish footballer (Hearts, Newport County), after long illness.
 * Robert Bruce, 65, British-born New Zealand professional wrestler and talent agent, after short illness.
 * Chris Finnegan, 64, British boxer, Olympic middleweight champion (1968), complications from pneumonia.
 * Alexandre Léontieff, 60, French politician, President of French Polynesia (1987–1991), heart attack.
 * Ann Marie Rogers, 57, British activist, campaigner for breast cancer drug Herceptin, breast cancer.
 * Jacob T. Schwartz, 79, American mathematician and computer scientist, liver cancer.
 * Urban Sea, 20, French racehorse and broodmare, Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe winner (1993), complications during foaling.
 * João Bernardo Vieira, 69, Guinea-Bissauan politician, Prime Minister (1978–1980) and President (1980–1999, since 2005), shot.

3

 * Sydney Chaplin, 82, American actor.
 * Frederick Conyngham, 7th Marquess Conyngham, 84, Irish nobleman, cancer.
 * Sebastian Faisst, 20, German handball player, heart failure.
 * Flemming Flindt, 72, Danish choreographer, after short illness.
 * Frank Ford, 92, American radio talk show host, stroke.
 * Åke Lindman, 81, Finnish actor and film director, after long illness.
 * Luis Mena Arroyo, 88, Mexican prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Mexico.
 * Gilbert Parent, 73, Canadian politician, Speaker (1994–2001) and Member of Parliament (1974–1984, 1988–2000), colon cancer.
 * Barbara Wright, 93, British translator.

4

 * Joseph Bloch, 91, American pianist and professor, heart attack.
 * John Cephas, 78, American Piedmont blues guitarist, natural causes.
 * Yvon Cormier, 70, Canadian professional wrestler, bone marrow cancer.
 * Horton Foote, 92, American playwright (The Trip to Bountiful) and screenwriter (To Kill a Mockingbird, Tender Mercies), Oscar winner (1963, 1984).
 * Patricia De Martelaere, 51, Belgian writer and philosopher, complications of brain tumor.
 * George McAfee, 90, American Hall of Fame football player (Chicago Bears).
 * Harry Parkes, 89, British footballer (Aston Villa).
 * Vasili Postnov, 46, Tajikistani footballer.
 * Salvatore Samperi, 64, Italian film director.
 * Triztán Vindtorn, 66, Norwegian poet.

5

 * Mario Acuña, 68, Argentinian-born American astrophysicist, multiple myeloma.
 * Valeri Broshin, 46, Russian footballer, cancer.
 * Francis Essex, 79, British television producer.
 * Temima Gezari, 103, American artist, natural causes.
 * Thomas T. Goldsmith Jr., 99, American engineer, pioneer of television technology, complications of hip fracture.
 * Janez Gradišnik, 91, Slovenian author and translator.
 * Mac Henderson, 101, British rugby union player (Scotland) and businessman.
 * Jitsuo Inagaki, 80, Japanese politician, illness.
 * Oscar Kamau Kingara, 38, Kenyan lawyer and human rights activist, shot.
 * Hung-Chang Lin, 89, Chinese-born American inventor, lung cancer.
 * John Paul Oulu, Kenyan human rights activist, shot.
 * Dave Pureifory, 59, American football player (Detroit Lions), prostate cancer.

6

 * Jim Bellows, 86, American newspaper editor, Alzheimer's disease.
 * Silvio Cesare Bonicelli, 76, Italian Bishop of Parma.
 * James Clyde, Baron Clyde, 77, British judge, Lord of Appeal in Ordinary (1996–2001), cancer.
 * Colleen Howe, 76, American sports agent, wife of Gordie Howe, Pick's disease.
 * George Keverian, 77, American politician, member (1967–1991) and Speaker (1985–1991) of the Massachusetts House.
 * Francis Magalona, 44, Filipino actor and rapper, leukemia.
 * Kennedy McIntosh, 60, American basketball player, stroke.
 * Vivian Murray, 76, Irish businessman, chairman of An Post and Bord Iascaigh Mhara, after long illness.
 * Henri Pousseur, 79, Belgian composer.
 * Eduardo Rodríguez, 57, Puerto Rican baseball player, septic shock.
 * Christon Tembo, 64, Zambian politician, Vice President (1997–2001).
 * Susan Tsvangirai, 50, Zimbabwean wife of Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, car collision.

7

 * Steve Bernard, 61, American businessman, founder of Cape Cod Potato Chips, pancreatic cancer.
 * Michael Bowen, 71, American artist, complications of poliomyelitis.
 * Jimmy Boyd, 70, American actor and singer ("I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus"), cancer.
 * Daniel E. Button, 91, American politician, member of the House of Representatives for New York (1967–1971), after long illness.
 * Chan Yun, 93, Taiwanese Buddhist monk and teacher of meditation.
 * Schuyler Chapin, 86, American general manager of the Metropolitan Opera (1972–1975).
 * David Gaiman, 75, British businessman, public relations director for the Church of Scientology, heart attack.
 * Jang Ja-yeon, 26, South Korean actress (Boys Over Flowers), suicide by hanging.
 * Dmitri Kozlov, 89, Russian aerospace engineer, founder of Progress State Research and Production Space Center.
 * Barbara Parker, 62, American novelist, after long illness.
 * Tullio Pinelli, 100, Italian screenwriter (La strada).
 * Anton Shokh, 49, Ukrainian football player and coach.

8

 * Girdhari Lal Bhargava, 73, Indian politician, heart attack.
 * Ali Bongo, 79, Indian-born British magician, pneumonia.
 * James Allen Keast, 86, Australian ornithologist.
 * Willie King, 65, American blues musician, heart attack.
 * Hank Locklin, 91, American country music singer, member of Grand Ole Opry.
 * Anna Manahan, 84, Irish actress, multiple organ failure.
 * Zbigniew Religa, 70, Polish cardiac surgeon and politician, Minister of Health (2005–2007), cancer.
 * Robert Soost, 88, American botanist, heart attack.
 * Ernest Trova, 82, American artist, heart failure.
 * Mary Warburg, 100, American philanthropist.

9

 * Timothy Abell, 78, English cricketer and field hockey player.
 * Adiele Afigbo, 71, Nigerian historian.
 * Hanne Darboven, 68, German artist, lymphoma.
 * Eddie Lowe, 83, British footballer and manager.
 * Joseph Martin, 84, American Roman Catholic priest, addiction counselor and author, heart disease.
 * Larry Regan, 78, Canadian ice hockey player and general manager (Los Angeles Kings), Parkinson's disease.
 * Russell Spears, 92, American stonemason, elder of the Narragansett tribe.
 * Frank Stockwell, 80, Irish footballer.
 * Guillermo Thorndike, 69, Peruvian journalist, writer and editor, co-founder of La República, heart attack.

10

 * Brian Barry, 73, British philosopher.
 * Denis Begbie, 94, South African cricketer.
 * Derek Benfield, 82, British actor.
 * Jack Capper, 77, British footballer.
 * Dick Daugherty, 79, American football player (Los Angeles Rams).
 * Nancy Eiesland, 44, American theologian and author, lung cancer.
 * Jack Grimes, 82, American actor and voice actor (Speed Racer).
 * Aaron Gural, 91, American real estate executive, pneumonia.
 * Tom Hanson, 41, Canadian photojournalist, heart attack.
 * George Hedges, 57, American lawyer and archaeologist, melanoma.
 * Ralph Mercado, 67, American music promoter (RMM Records & Video), cancer.
 * Anel Omar Rodríguez, 47, Panamanian politician, Minister of Culture, shot.
 * Michael Shannon, 55, American pediatrician.

11

 * Paul W. Airey, 85, American Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force (1967–1969), complications from heart failure.
 * Péter Bacsó, 81, Hungarian film director, after long illness.
 * Frances Blaisdell, 97, American flautist.
 * Arthur Code, 85, American astronomer, complications of lung condition.
 * Charles Lewis Jr., 45, American businessman, co-founder of mixed martial arts apparel company Tapout, car accident.
 * Grady Lewis, 92, American basketball player, executive with Converse.
 * Harvey Lowe, 90, Canadian broadcaster and yo-yo world champion, after long illness.

12

 * Leonore Annenberg, 91, American philanthropist, Chief of Protocol of the United States (1981–1982), natural causes.
 * Kalman Bloch, 95, American clarinetist.
 * Yann Brekilien, 88, French author, Breton language advocate.
 * Jesús Elizondo, 78, Mexican Olympic shooter.
 * Martin Knowlton, 88, American adult education innovator, founder of Elderhostel.
 * Reginald C. Lindsay, 63, American jurist, member of the District Court for Massachusetts since 1993, after long illness.
 * Milan Stitt, 68, American playwright.
 * Ferenc Szabó, 88, Hungarian footballer (Ferencvárosi TC).
 * Huw Thomas, 81, Welsh broadcaster.
 * Blanca Varela, 82, Peruvian poet.
 * David Wood, 86, British Army officer, last surviving platoon commander of the Pegasus Bridge operation during World War II.

13

 * Medferiashwork Abebe, 84, Ethiopian royal.
 * Claude Black, 92, American civil rights advocate, after long illness.
 * Betsy Blair, 85, American actress (Marty), cancer.
 * Claude Brinegar, 82, American politician, United States Secretary of Transportation (1973–1975), natural causes.
 * Anne Brown, 96, American-born Norwegian opera singer.
 * William Davidson, 86, American businessman, owner of the Detroit Pistons, Tampa Bay Lightning.
 * Endal, 13, British service dog, stroke.
 * Keith Herber, 60, American role-playing game designer.
 * Alan W. Livingston, 91, American music executive, President of Capitol Records, creator of Bozo the clown.
 * James Purdy, 94, American novelist, poet and playwright.
 * Medet Sadyrkulov, 55, Kyrgyz politician, car crash.
 * Andrew Saunders, 77, British civil servant.
 * Test, 33, Canadian professional wrestler (WWE), accidental overdose.

14

 * Alain Bashung, 61, French singer, composer and actor, lung cancer.
 * Edith Lucie Bongo, 45, Congolese wife of Gabon President Omar Bongo, after long illness.
 * Altovise Davis, 65, American actress and dancer, widow of Sammy Davis, Jr., stroke.
 * Terence Edmond, 69, British actor (Z-Cars), bronchiectasis.
 * Ronald Max Hartwell, 88, Australian economic historian.
 * Citizen Kafka, 61, American broadcaster and musician.
 * Millard Kaufman, 92, American screenwriter (Bad Day at Black Rock), co-creator of Mr. Magoo.
 * Abdul Rahman Khleifawi, 78–79, Syrian politician, Prime Minister (1971–1972, 1976–1978).
 * Patrick Kinna, 95, British stenographer to Winston Churchill.
 * Jeff Komlo, 52, American football player, fugitive, car crash.
 * Robin Mukherjee, 65, Indian cricketer.
 * Coy Watson Jr., 96, American silent film child actor, stomach cancer.

15

 * Jumadi Abdi, 26, Indonesian footballer.
 * Nikolai Afanasyev, 92, Russian firearms designer.
 * Richard Aoki, 71, American civil rights activist.
 * Miguel Bernad, 91, Filipino Jesuit priest, academician and writer.
 * Billy C. Clark, 80, American writer.
 * Edmund Hockridge, 89, Canadian singer and actor.
 * Pirkle Jones, 95, American photojournalist.
 * Paulo Eduardo Andrade Ponte, 77, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of São Luís do Maranhão.
 * Michael Quinn, 86, American Lasallian brother and psychology professor, President of Saint Mary's College (1962–1969).
 * William Schwartz, 86, American nephrologist.
 * Ron Silver, 62, American actor (Ali, Timecop, The West Wing) and political activist, Tony winner (1988), esophageal cancer.
 * Alan Suddick, 64, British footballer, cancer.
 * Shinkichi Tajiri, 85, American-born Dutch sculptor.
 * Gunnar Tjörnebo, 81, Swedish steeplechase athlete.
 * Elmer Weingartner, 90, American baseball player.
 * Harry Zachariah, 97, Australian cricketer.
 * Lionel Ziprin, 84, American poet, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

16

 * Bill Burns, 75, Australian politician.
 * Roland Dantes, 67, Filipino film actor and martial arts instructor, heart failure.
 * Carolyn Dezurik, 90, American country musician.
 * Franz Feldinger, 80, Austrian Olympic footballer.
 * Marjorie Grene, 98, American philosopher, after short illness.
 * Sir Nicholas Henderson, 89, British diplomat.
 * Nicholas Hughes, 47, American marine biologist, son of Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes, suicide by hanging.
 * Jack Lawrence, 96, American songwriter, complications from fall.
 * Miljenko Licul, 62, Slovenian graphic designer.
 * Ramón Mantilla Duarte, 83, Colombian Bishop of Ipiales (1985–1987).
 * Popcorn Sutton, 62, American moonshiner, suspected suicide by carbon monoxide poisoning.

17

 * Lester Davenport, 77, American blues musician, prostate cancer.
 * Edith Hahn Beer, 95, Austrian author, Holocaust survivor, natural causes.
 * Clodovil Hernandes, 71, Brazilian fashion stylist, politician and television presenter, stroke.
 * Morton Lachman, 90, American television writer and producer (The Bob Hope Show, All in the Family, Gimme a Break!), complications from diabetes and heart attack.
 * Whitey Lockman, 82, American baseball player (San Francisco Giants), pulmonary complications.
 * Jane Mayhall, 90, American poet.
 * Dale Memmelaar, 72, American football player (Cleveland Browns)
 * Roi Wilson, 87, British Royal Navy officer.

18

 * Eddie Bo, 79, American singer and pianist, heart attack.
 * Ed Callahan, 79, American credit union administrator, blood complications.
 * Gianni Giansanti, 52, Italian photographer, bone cancer.
 * Des Healey, 81, Australian rules footballer.
 * Kent Henry, 59, American guitarist.
 * Lil E. Tee, 20, American racehorse, Kentucky Derby winner (1992), euthanized.
 * Yeremey Parnov, 73, Russian writer.
 * Moultrie Patten, 89, American actor (Northern Exposure) and jazz musician, pneumonia,
 * Pocholo Ramirez, 76, Filipino race car driver and television host, cancer.
 * Natasha Richardson, 45, British actress (Cabaret, The Parent Trap, Maid in Manhattan), Tony winner (1998), epidural hematoma.
 * Luis Rojas Mena, 91, Mexican Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Culiacán (1969–1993).
 * Glenn Sundby, 87, American gymnast, co-founder of USA Gymnastics, founder of International Gymnastics Hall of Fame.
 * Donald Tolmie, 85, Canadian politician, MP for Welland (1965–1972).
 * Earl Wood, 97, American physiologist, co-inventor of the G-suit.

19

 * Paul Angelis, 66, English actor and writer (Z-Cars, Porridge, Yellow Submarine)
 * Felipe Santiago Benítez Ávalos, 82, Paraguayan archbishop of Asunción.
 * Maria Bergson, 95, American architect and designer.
 * Alastair Boyd, 7th Baron Kilmarnock, 81, British aristocrat, writer and politician.
 * Ion Dolănescu, 65, Romanian singer and politician, heart attack.
 * Ezio Flagello, 78, American opera singer, heart failure.
 * Harry Harris, 86, American television director (Fame, Falcon Crest), myelodysplasia.

20

 * Joseph Albright, 70, American jurist, member of the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, esophageal cancer.
 * Roberta Alison, 65, American tennis player, injuries sustained in fire.
 * Bill Bogash, 92, American roller derby skater, respiratory failure.
 * Mel Brown, 69, American blues guitarist, emphysema.
 * Abdellatif Filali, 81, Moroccan politician, Prime Minister (1994–1998).
 * Vicente Gandía, 84, Mexican artist of Spanish origin, heart attack.
 * Jaroslav Pitner, 83, Czech ice hockey coach.
 * Vladimir Savčić, 60, Serbian singer, cancer.
 * Pierre Skawinski, 96, French Olympic sprinter.
 * George Weber, 47, American radio broadcaster, stabbed.
 * Václav Winter, 84, Czech Olympic athlete.
 * Albina Yelkina, 76, Soviet Olympic athlete.

21

 * Bob Arbogast, 81, American radio and television personality, lung cancer.
 * Beach Towel, 22, American harness racehorse, Harness Horse of the Year (1990), colic.
 * John Cater, 77, British actor.
 * Drummond Erskine, 89, American actor (Late Show with David Letterman).
 * Winifred Foley, 94, British writer.
 * John Franklyn-Robbins, 84, British actor.
 * Doug Frith, 64, Canadian MP for Sudbury (1980–1988), Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development (1984), heart attack.
 * Joseph Jasgur, 89, American photographer, natural causes.
 * Vladimir Kuchmiy, 61, Russian newspaper chief editor (Sport Express).
 * Genoveva Matute, 94, Filipino writer.
 * Walt Poddubny, 49, Canadian ice hockey player (New York Rangers, Edmonton Oilers).
 * Khadijeh Saqafi, 95, Iranian widow of religious/political leader Ruhollah Khomeini, after long illness.

22

 * Frank Bogert, 99, American politician, Mayor of Palm Springs, California (1958–1966, 1982–1988).
 * Timothy Brinton, 79, British newsreader and politician, MP (1979–1987).
 * Awilda Carbia, 71, Puerto Rican actress, comedian, impersonator and television personality, pneumonia.
 * Ralph Cooperman, 81, British Olympic fencer.
 * Steve Doll, 48, American professional wrestler, blood clot.
 * Jade Goody, 27, British television personality (Big Brother), cervical cancer.
 * Archie Green, 91, Canadian-born American folklorist and musicologist, renal failure.
 * John L. Harper, 73, British biologist.
 * Reg Isidore, 59, Aruban drummer (Robin Trower, Peter Green), heart attack,
 * Howard Komives, 67, American basketball player (New York Knicks, Detroit Pistons), natural causes.
 * Guman Mal Lodha, 83, Indian judge and politician.
 * Aubrey Mayhew, 81, American music producer.
 * Abismo Negro, 37, Mexican lucha libre professional wrestler, drowned.
 * Kanta Rao, 85, Indian actor, liver cancer.
 * Geoffrey Sherman, 93, British Royal Marines officer, organised the ceremony for the Japanese surrender in 1945.
 * Aldo Vagnozzi, 83, American politician, member of the Michigan House of Representatives (2002–2006), cancer.
 * Leon Walker, 20, British rugby league player, natural causes (Wakefield Trinity Wildcats).

23

 * Manuel del Rosario, 93, Filipino Bishop of Malolos (1962–1977), pneumonia.
 * Geoff Holmes, 50, British cricketer.
 * Raúl Macías, 74, Mexican former NBA (now WBA) world bantamweight champion boxer, cancer.
 * Xavier Maniguet, 62, French intelligence agent, involved in the sinking of the Rainbow Warrior, plane crash.
 * Billy Rackard, 78, Irish hurler and Gaelic footballer.
 * Lloyd Ruby, 81, American auto racing driver.
 * Ronald Tavel, 72, American playwright, heart attack.
 * Tonda, 50, American Sumatran-born orangutan, oldest in captivity in United States.
 * Peter Wherrett, 72, Australian motoring journalist, cancer.

24

 * Robert Delford Brown, 78, American artist, drowned (body found on this date).
 * Irina Gabashvili, 48, Georgian-born American gymnast, cancer.
 * Uriel Jones, 74, American drummer (The Funk Brothers), complications from heart attack.
 * George Kell, 86, American baseball player (Detroit Tigers) and broadcaster, member of the Baseball Hall of Fame.
 * Hans Klenk, 89, German racing driver.
 * Denis Miller, 90, New Zealand airline and bomber pilot.
 * Gábor Ocskay, 33, Hungarian ice hockey player, heart attack.
 * Laurie Short, 93, Australian trade union leader.
 * Igor Stelnov, 46, Russian ice hockey player (HC CSKA Moscow), 1986 world champions team member, after long illness.

25

 * Frank Adams, 76, British footballer.
 * Steven Bach, 70, American film producer and author, cancer.
 * Johnny Blanchard, 76, American baseball player (New York Yankees), heart attack.
 * Marilyn Borden, 76, American actress (I Love Lucy), heart failure.
 * Bob Boucher, 68, British academic.
 * Donald W. Duncan, 79, American soldier and antiwar activist.
 * Yukio Endō, 72, Japanese gymnast, esophageal cancer.
 * John Hope Franklin, 94, American historian, Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient, heart failure.
 * Mari Kapi, 58, Papua New Guinean judge, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court (2003–2008), kidney failure.
 * Kosuke Koyama, 79, Japanese-born American theologian, pneumonia.
 * Manny Oquendo, 78, American percussionist (Tito Puente, Tito Rodríguez), heart attack.
 * Giovanni Parisi, 41, Italian Olympic featherweight champion boxer (1988), car accident.
 * Arthur Richman, 83, American baseball executive (New York Yankees, New York Mets) and writer (New York Daily Mirror).
 * Dan Seals, 61, American country music singer-songwriter (England Dan & John Ford Coley), mantle cell lymphoma.
 * Michael Ward, 77, British politician, MP for Peterborough (1974–1979).
 * Muhsin Yazıcıoğlu, 54, Turkish politician, founder of the Great Union Party, helicopter crash.

26

 * Griselda Álvarez, 95, Mexican politician and writer, Governor of Colima (1979–1985), natural causes.
 * Arne Bendiksen, 82, Norwegian singer, composer and record producer, heart failure.
 * Kim Bradley, 53, Australian surfer.
 * Gus Cifelli, 84, American football player (Detroit Lions), natural causes.
 * Larry Glick, 87, American talk radio host (WBZ), complications from cardiac surgery.
 * Edmund Lawson, 60, British barrister, stroke.
 * Wayne Lewellen, 65, American film studio executive (Paramount), cancer.
 * John Mayhew, 61, British drummer (Genesis), heart failure.
 * Shane McConkey, 39, Canadian extreme skier, base jumping accident.
 * Bob Scott, 70, British conservationist and ornithologist, cancer.
 * Ivan Wyatt, 85, New Zealand cricketer.

27

 * Alysheba, 25, American racehorse, Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner (1987), euthanized.
 * Sandra Cantu, 8, American homicide victim.
 * Jack Dreyfus, 95, American financier, pioneer of mutual funds.
 * Evert Grift, 86, Dutch Olympic cyclist.
 * Merle Hansen, 89, American civil rights activist, founding president of the North American Farm Alliance.
 * Dorothy Kelly, 79, American educator, President of the College of New Rochelle, heart attack.
 * Irving R. Levine, 86, American journalist (NBC news), prostate cancer.
 * Arnold Meri, 89, Estonian Red Army World War II veteran.
 * Penor Rinpoche, 77, Tibetan religious leader (Nyingma Buddhist tradition).

28

 * Earle Brucker Jr., 83, American baseball player.
 * Peter F. Donnelly, 70, American arts patron, vice-chairman of Americans for the Arts, complications of pancreatic cancer.
 * Inger Lise Gjørv, 70, Norwegian politician, cancer.
 * Janet Jagan, 88, American-born Guyanese President (1997–1999), abdominal aortic aneurysm.
 * Hugh Kelly, 85, British footballer (Blackpool), pneumonia.
 * Martin J. Klein, 84, American historian and physicist.
 * Helmut Noller, 89, German Olympic sprint canoer.
 * Jorge Preloran, 76, Argentine filmmaker, prostate cancer.

29

 * Ivor Dent, 85, Canadian Mayor of Edmonton (1968–1974), Alzheimer's disease.
 * Vladimir Fedotov, 66, Russian footballer and manager, Soviet Top League leading goalscorer (1964).
 * Monte Hale, 89, American country musician and actor (Giant).
 * Andy Hallett, 33, American actor (Angel), heart disease.
 * Maurice Jarre, 84, French film composer (Lawrence of Arabia, Doctor Zhivago, Ghost), Oscar winner (1963, 1966, 1985), cancer.
 * Helen Levitt, 95, American photographer, respiratory failure.
 * Miroslav Moravec, 70, Czech actor, cancer.
 * Earl Paulk, 81, American pastor, implicated in several sex scandals, cancer.
 * Lou Saban, 87, American football player (Cleveland Browns) and coach (Boston Patriots, Buffalo Bills), complications from fall.
 * Kanwaljit Singh, 67, Indian politician, traffic accident.
 * Helvecia Viera, 80, Chilean comedian and actress, stroke.
 * Gerrit Viljoen, 82, South African politician, Administrator-General of South-West Africa (1978–1980).

30

 * Shirl Bernheim, 87, American actress.
 * Burton Blumert, 80, American president of the Center for Libertarian Studies, chairman of Mises Institute, cancer.
 * Eugène Drenthe, 83, Surinamese playwright and poet.
 * Herman Franks, 95, American baseball manager, heart failure.
 * Andrea Mead Lawrence, 76, American alpine skier, cancer.
 * Eric Munoz, 61, American politician, member of the New Jersey General Assembly since 2001, complications of cardiac surgery.
 * Jackie Pretorius, 74, South African racing driver, assault during home invasion.
 * David Scott, 92, American art historian.
 * George Stoddard, 92, American financier, natural causes.
 * Loras Joseph Watters, 93, American Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Winona (1969–1986).
 * Sulim Yamadayev, 35, Russian military commander and Chechen warlord, shot.

31

 * Raúl Alfonsín, 82, Argentine President (1983–1989), lung cancer.
 * Jarl Alfredius, 66, Swedish journalist, prostate cancer.
 * John Atkins, 92, British writer.
 * Marga Barbu, 80, Romanian actress.
 * Michael Cox, 60, British novelist, cancer.
 * Paul E. Davis, 87, American college football coach.
 * Emory Elliott, 66, American academic, heart attack.
 * A. F. Golam Osmani, 76, Indian politician, lung cancer.
 * Hong Song-nam, 79, North Korean politician, Premier (1997–2003).
 * Gordon Kerr, 91, Canadian Olympic swimmer.
 * Choor Singh, 98, Singaporean jurist, member of the Supreme Court of Singapore (1963–1980).
 * Sir Reresby Sitwell, 81, British aristocrat and writer.