Deaths in May 2009

The following is a list of deaths in May 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

 * Delara Darabi, 22, Iranian convicted murderer, executed by hanging.
 * Fred Delmare, 87, German actor, complications from pneumonia.
 * Ric Estrada, 81, Cuban-born American comic book artist (Superman, Batman), co-creator of Power Girl, prostate cancer.
 * Danny Gans, 52, American entertainer.
 * Norman Gash, 97, British historian.
 * Brian Grove, 88, Australian cricketer.
 * Albert Hamilton Gordon, 107, American businessman.
 * George Hannan, 98, Australian politician.
 * Jokke Kangaskorpi, 37, Finnish footballer.
 * Jack D. Maltester, 95, American politician, mayor of San Leandro, California.
 * Derek Noonan, 62, British rugby league and rugby union player.
 * Marc Rocco, 46, American film director (Murder in the First, Where the Day Takes You) and screenwriter.
 * Sunline, 13, New Zealand champion racehorse, euthanized.
 * John Wilke, 54, American investigative reporter, pancreatic cancer.

2

 * Alfred Appel Jr., 75, American scholar, expert on Vladimir Nabokov, heart failure.
 * K. Balaji, 74, Indian Tamil actor and producer, multiple organ failure.
 * Augusto Boal, 78, Brazilian dramatist and theater director (Theatre of the Oppressed), respiratory failure.
 * Víctor Andrés Catena, 84, Spanish screenwriter and director.
 * Marilyn French, 79, American writer, heart failure.
 * Harold Hankins, 78, British electrical engineer and academic administrator, Vice-Chancellor of UMIST.
 * Kiyoshiro Imawano, 58, Japanese rock musician.
 * Janus Kamban, 95, Faroese sculptor and graphic designer.
 * Jack Kemp, 73, American politician and football player, candidate for Vice President (1996), cancer.
 * Carole C. Noon, 59, American primatologist, founder of Save the Chimps, pancreatic cancer.
 * Robert Pauley, 85, American executive, President of ABC Radio (1961–1967), heart failure.
 * Virginia Prince, 96, American transgender activist.

3

 * Dobby Campbell, 86, Scottish football player (Chelsea, Scotland) and manager.
 * Robert B. Choate Jr., 84, American food lobbyist.
 * Committed, 29, American thoroughbred racehorse, euthanized.
 * John Elsworthy, 77, Welsh football player (Ipswich Town).
 * Eddie Hui, 65, Hong Kong public servant, Commissioner of Police (1994–2001), cancer.
 * Eleanor Perenyi, 91, American gardener and writer, cerebral hemorrhage.
 * Ram Balkrushna Shewalkar, 78, Indian Marathi writer, cardiac arrest.
 * Ralph Thompson, 95, British animal artist.

4

 * Nicholas Clemente, 80, American judge (New York Supreme Court).
 * Dom DeLuise, 75, American actor (The Cannonball Run, The Secret of NIMH, Spaceballs), kidney failure.
 * Sir Geoffrey Foot, 93, Australian politician.
 * Edward Stewart Kennedy, 97, American historian.
 * Charles Lugano, 59, Kenyan politician, after short illness.
 * Martha Mason, 71, American author, lived 60 years in an iron lung.
 * Fritz Muliar, 89, Austrian actor.
 * Jane Randolph, 93, American actress.
 * Gisela Stein, 73, German actress.

5

 * Benjamín Flores, 24, Mexican boxer, brain injury during a match.
 * David S. King, 91, American politician, U.S. Representative for Utah (1959–1963).
 * Richard Miller, 83, American operatic tenor and educator, Professor Emeritus of Voice (Oberlin Conservatory of Music).
 * Dewey Smith, 36, American diver.
 * Elsie B. Washington, 66, American author, wrote first African American romance novel, multiple sclerosis and cancer.
 * Murasaki Yamada, 60, Japanese manga artist.

6

 * Peyman Abadi, 37, Iranian actor, car accident.
 * Erik Bluemel, 32, American professor (University of Denver), bicycle accident.
 * Sam Cohn, 79, American talent agent, after short illness.
 * Leon Despres, 101, American attorney and politician, heart failure.
 * Ean Evans, 48, American bassist (Lynyrd Skynyrd), cancer.
 * Sima Eyvazova, 75, Azerbaijani diplomat, first Permanent Representative to the UN.
 * Kevin Grubb, 31, American NASCAR driver, suicide by gunshot.
 * Sid Laverents, 100, American amateur filmmaker, pneumonia.
 * Lev Loseff, 71, Russian poet and literary critic.
 * Bob Meyer, 76, Australian logician, lung cancer.
 * W. Wesley Peterson, 85, American mathematician and computer scientist.
 * Valentin Varennikov, 85, Russian general.
 * Viola Wills, 69, American pop singer, cancer.

7

 * Robin Blaser, 83, American-born Canadian poet, Griffin Poetry Prize winner.
 * Mickey Carroll, 89, American actor (The Wizard of Oz).
 * Ian Cundy, 64, British Anglican prelate, Bishop of Peterborough, mesothelioma.
 * Linda Dangcil, 66, American actress (The Flying Nun, Jem, The Bad Pack), throat cancer.
 * John Furia Jr., 79, American screenwriter (The Twilight Zone, Dr. Kildare), President of the Writers Guild, West (1973–1975).
 * Alan Gilbertson, 81, New Zealand cricketer.
 * Tony Marsh, 77, British racing driver.
 * David Mellor, 78, British industrial designer, manufacturer and retailer.
 * Frank Melton, 60, American politician, mayor of Jackson, Mississippi.
 * John Murphy, 95, Irish building contractor.
 * Danny Ozark, 85, American baseball manager.
 * Brian Sorenson, 79, New Zealand cricketer.
 * Wayland Young, 2nd Baron Kennet, 85, British politician and writer.

8

 * Gianni Baget Bozzo, 84, Italian Roman Catholic priest and politician.
 * Fons Brydenbach, 54, Belgian athlete, cancer.
 * Dom DiMaggio, 92, American baseball player (Boston Red Sox), brother of Joe DiMaggio, pneumonia.
 * Hideyuki Fujisawa, 83, Japanese Go player, aspiration pneumonia.
 * Carlos Kloppenburg, 89, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Novo Hamburgo (1986–1995).
 * Ninel Kurgapkina, 80, Russian prima ballerina, road accident.
 * Greg Palmer, 61, American writer, television reporter and Emmy Award-winning journalist, lung cancer.
 * Bud Shrake, 77, American journalist and novelist, lung cancer.
 * Eunice Taylor, 75, American baseball player (Kenosha Comets).

9

 * Eileen Albright, 81, American baseball player (AAGPBL)
 * Stephen Bruton, 60, American songwriter and guitarist (Kris Kristofferson band), throat cancer.
 * Chuck Daly, 78, American basketball coach, pancreatic cancer.
 * Travis Edmonson, 76, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Bud & Travis), heart failure.
 * Michael Fox, 75, British-born Israeli lawyer.
 * Cyril Edwin Hart, 96, British forestry expert.
 * Henry T. King, 89, American attorney, Nuremberg trials prosecutor, cancer.
 * David Marcus, 85, Irish literary editor, after long illness.
 * Ernest Millington, 93, British politician and educator, last living World War II-era member of the British Parliament.
 * Eugene Smith, 88, American gospel singer.
 * Evgenios Spatharis, 85, Greek shadow play artist, fall.
 * Mendi Rodan, 80, Romanian-born Israeli conductor and violinist, cancer.
 * Jean-Claude Van Geenberghe, 46, Belgian-born Ukrainian equestrian.
 * George Zinkhan, 57, American academic and suspected murderer, suicide by gunshot.

10

 * Ibn al-Shaykh al-Libi, 45-46, Libyan Al-Qaeda paramilitary trainer accused of terrorism, alleged suicide.
 * Robert John Cornell, 89, American politician and Roman Catholic priest, U.S. Representative from Wisconsin (1975–1979).
 * Sergio Escobedo, 78, Mexican Olympic modern pentathlete and fencer.
 * Johnnie Johnson, 91, English cricketer.
 * James Kirkup, 91, British poet, translator and travel writer, stroke.
 * Rodrigo Rosenberg Marzano, 47, Guatemalan lawyer, shot.
 * Brian Simnjanovski, 27, American football player (Berlin Thunder), car accident.
 * Robert J. Sinclair, 77, American executive, CEO of Saab-Scania of America, cancer.

11

 * Pat Booth, 66, British model and writer, cancer.
 * Lude Check, 91, Canadian ice hockey player.
 * Abel Goumba, 82, Central African politician, Prime Minister (1957–1958, 1959, 2003) and vice-president (2003–2005).
 * Claudio Huepe, 69, Chilean politician and diplomat, heart attack.
 * Bill Kelso, 69, American baseball player.
 * Mark Landon, 60, American actor, adopted son of Michael Landon.
 * Shanthi Lekha, 79, Sri Lankan actress.
 * António Lopes dos Santos, 92, Portuguese general, Governor of Macau (1962–1966), Cape Verde (1969–1974).
 * Sardarilal Mathradas Nanda, 93, Indian admiral, Chief of Naval Staff (1970–1973).
 * Peter Philips, 81, Australian politician, Member of the New South Wales Legislative Council (1976–1988).
 * Sir Richard Posnett, 89, British colonial administrator, Governor of Belize (1972–1976) and Bermuda (1981–1983).
 * Leonard Shlain, 71, American surgeon and writer, brain cancer.

12

 * Christopher Bathurst, 3rd Viscount Bledisloe, 74, British aristocrat and politician, heart failure.
 * Dame Heather Begg, 76, New Zealand operatic soprano, leukemia.
 * Mohan Ellawala, 61, Sri Lankan politician, Governor of Sabaragamuwa Province (2008–2009), after long illness.
 * Eden Ross Lipson, 66, American book editor, pancreatic cancer.
 * Thomas Nordseth-Tiller, 28, Norwegian screenwriter (Max Manus), cancer.
 * Roger Planchon, 77, French theatre director, heart attack.
 * Sidique Ali Merican, 78, Malaysian sprinter, stroke.
 * Ted Sampley, 63, American POW/MIA activist, complications from heart surgery.
 * Antonio Vega, 51, Spanish pop singer-songwriter (Nacha Pop), pneumonia.
 * Heini Walter, 81, Swiss racing driver.

13

 * Frank Aletter, 83, American character actor (It's About Time), cancer.
 * Ron Cameron, 85, Canadian Olympic rower.
 * Waldemar Levy Cardoso, 108, Brazilian Field Marshal, WWI-era veteran.
 * Achille Compagnoni, 94, Italian mountaineer, first person to ascend K2.
 * Don Cordner, 87, Australian footballer.
 * Rafael Escalona, 81, Colombian Vallenato composer and troubador.
 * Norbert Eschmann, 75, Swiss footballer.
 * Ernest Kline, 79, American politician, Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania (1971–1979).
 * Iwan Schmid, 61, Swiss Olympic cyclist.
 * Anne Scott-James, 96, British journalist and author, widow of Sir Osbert Lancaster.
 * L. William Seidman, 88, American public servant, Chairman of the FDIC (1985–1991), after short illness.
 * Joe Tandy, 26, British auto racing team owner, car crash.

14

 * Barathea, 19, Irish racehorse, euthanized.
 * Monica Bleibtreu, 65, Austrian actress, screenwriter and drama teacher, cancer.
 * Bob Boyd, 81, American football player.
 * Newt Heisley, 88, American commercial artist, designer of POW/MIA flag, after long illness.
 * Ken Hollyman, 86, Welsh footballer (Cardiff City, Newport County).
 * Marian McDougall, 95, American amateur golfer.
 * Buddy Montgomery, 79, American jazz musician, heart failure.
 * William J. Passmore, 77, American jockey, complications from emphysema.
 * Bob Rosburg, 82, American golfer and television color analyst, fall.
 * George Williams, 69, American baseball player.

15

 * Susanna Agnelli, 87, Italian politician and writer, Minister of Foreign Affairs (1995–1996).
 * Alexander Gordon Bearn, 86, British physician.
 * Broad Brush, 26, American thoroughbred racehorse, euthanized.
 * Si Frumkin, 78, Lithuanian-born Holocaust survivor.
 * Alan Hackney, 84, British screenwriter.
 * Mordechai Limon, 85, Israeli admiral, Commander of the Navy (1950–1954).
 * Cheikh Hamidou Kane Mathiara, 69, Senegalese economist and politician.
 * Rodger McFarlane, 54, American gay rights activist, first executive director of Gay Men's Health Crisis, suicide.
 * Mohammad-Amin Riahi, 86, Iranian historian and literary scholar.
 * Edwin S. Shneidman, 91, American suicidologist.
 * Helvi Sipilä, 94, Finnish diplomat.
 * Roy Talbot, 94, Bermudan calypso musician, last surviving member of original Talbot Brothers.
 * Bud Tingwell, 86, Australian actor, prostate cancer.
 * Wayman Tisdale, 44, American basketball player and jazz bassist, cancer.
 * Hubert van Es, 67, Dutch photographer at the fall of Saigon, brain hemorrhage.

16

 * Prospero Amatong, 77, Filipino politician, Congressman (1998–2007), Governor of Davao del Norte (1992–1998), fall.
 * Antonio Chocano, 96, Guatemalan Olympic fencer and diplomat, emphysema.
 * John E. Connelly, 82, American entrepreneur, founder of Gateway Clipper Fleet, heart failure.
 * David Halsey, 90, British Anglican prelate, Bishop of Carlisle (1972–1989), after short illness.
 * Sándor Katona, 66, Hungarian footballer and Olympic champion.
 * Craig G. Roberts, 78, American racehorse trainer.
 * Peter Sampson, 81, British footballer (Bristol Rovers), Alzheimer's disease.

17

 * Mohammad-Taqi Bahjat Foumani, 92, Iranian cleric, heart disease.
 * Mario Benedetti, 88, Uruguayan author and poet.
 * Daniel Carasso, 103, Greek-born French businessman (Groupe Danone).
 * Adolf Dickfeld, 99, German World War II Luftwaffe flying ace.
 * David Herbert Donald, 88, American historian, heart failure.
 * Murray Hamilton, 91, Australian politician, member of the Victorian Legislative Council (1967–1982).
 * Masaru Hayami, 84, Japanese public servant, Governor of the Bank of Japan (1998–2003), respiratory failure.
 * David Ireland, 78, American sculptor and conceptual artist, pneumonia.
 * Jung Seung-hye, 44, South Korean film producer, colon cancer.
 * Sunwoo Jin, 87, Korean politician and activist.
 * Guillermo Lora, 87, Bolivian revolutionary leader, liver cancer.
 * Dame Patricia Mackinnon, 97, Australian community worker and philanthropist, President of the Royal Children's Hospital.
 * Prakash Mehra, 69, Indian film producer and director, pneumonia and multiple organ failure.
 * William Moore, 60, British loyalist paramilitary, member of the Shankill Butchers, suspected heart attack.
 * Zdeněk Pospíšil, 84, Czech Olympic sprinter.
 * Peter Slabakov, 86, Bulgarian actor.
 * Ron Snidow, 67, American football player (Washington Redskins, Cleveland Browns), complications from Lou Gehrig's disease.
 * Octavia St. Laurent, 45, American trans woman and performer.
 * Al Tornabene, 86, American mobster.

18

 * Wayne Allwine, 62, American voice artist (Mickey Mouse).
 * Carole Cole, 64, American actress (Sanford and Son, Grady), daughter of Nat King Cole, lung cancer.
 * Dolla, 21, American rap artist, shot.
 * Sir David Hay, 92, Australian public servant, Ambassador to the United Nations, Administrator of Papua New Guinea.
 * K. Pattabhi Jois, 93, Indian yoga teacher, after short illness.
 * Paul Parin, 92, Swiss psychoanalyst, author and ethnologist.
 * Türkan Saylan, 74, Turkish doctor, cancer.
 * Lee Solters, 89, American press agent, natural causes.
 * Either killed in a missile attack or shot:
 * Pottu Amman, Sri Lankan rebel, leader of the LTTE intelligence wing.
 * Balasingham Nadesan, Sri Lankan rebel, political chief of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE).
 * Velupillai Prabhakaran, 54, Sri Lankan rebel, leader of the LTTE.
 * Soosai, 45, Sri Lankan rebel, leader of the LTTE naval wing (Sea Tigers).

19

 * Michael Preston Barr, 82, American composer, diabetes.
 * Robert F. Furchgott, 92, American scientist, Nobel Prize winner.
 * Andrei Ivanov, 42, Russian footballer.
 * Knut Hammer Larsen, 38, Norwegian footballer, leukemia.
 * Nicholas Maw, 73, British composer (Odyssey), heart failure.
 * Clint Smith, 95, Canadian ice hockey player (New York Rangers, Chicago Blackhawks).
 * Herbert York, 87, American physicist.

20

 * John Brown Jr., 88, American Navajo code talker.
 * Arthur Erickson, 84, Canadian architect (Simon Fraser University, Roy Thomson Hall).
 * Lucy Gordon, 28, British actress (Spider-Man 3, The Four Feathers), suicide by hanging.
 * Alan Kelly Sr., 72, Irish footballer (Preston North End, Republic of Ireland), cancer.
 * Matthew Krel, 64, Russian-born Australian conductor, founder of the SBS Youth Orchestra, encephalitis.
 * Randi Lindtner Næss, 104, Norwegian actress.
 * Nguyễn Bá Cẩn, 78, South Vietnamese politician, Prime Minister of South Vietnam (1975).
 * Simon Oates, 77, British actor, prostate cancer.
 * Larry Rice, 63, American racing driver, lung cancer.
 * María Amelia López Soliño, 97, Spanish blogger, world's oldest blogger.
 * Noel Stanton, 82, British founder of The Jesus Army.
 * Paul Vinar, 69, Australian footballer.
 * Ralph D. Winter, 84, American missionary (U.S. Center for World Mission), multiple myeloma and lymphoma.
 * Oleg Yankovsky, 65, Russian actor, pancreatic cancer.
 * Yehoshua Zettler, 91, Israeli resistance fighter (Lehi).
 * Jerzy Zubrzycki, 89, Polish-born Australian sociologist.

21

 * Ghader Abdollahzadeh, 83, Kurdish traditional musician.
 * Joan Alexander, 94, American radio actress (The Adventures of Superman), intestinal blockage.
 * Walter da Silva, 68, Brazilian footballer and coach, heart attack.
 * Fathi Eljahmi, 68, Libyan political activist, blood infection.
 * Barry England, 77, British novelist and playwright.
 * Anatoli Kirilov, 42, Bulgarian football coach (PFC Spartak Varna), car accident.
 * Him Mark Lai, 83, American historian, bladder cancer.
 * Sam Maloof, 93, American woodworker, pneumonia.
 * Rolf McPherson, 96, American evangelist, son of Aimee Semple McPherson, natural causes.
 * Robert Müller, 28, German ice hockey player, brain cancer.
 * K. Pathmanathan, 64, Sri Lankan politician.
 * Togo Tanaka, 93, American journalist, natural causes.

22

 * Alexander Mezhirov, 86, Russian poet.
 * Zé Rodrix, 61, Brazilian musician.
 * Yeo Woon-kay, 69, South Korean actress, kidney cancer.

23

 * Charles Donald Albury, 88, American co-pilot of the Bockscar at atomic bombing of Nagasaki, heart failure.
 * Sir Derek Bowett, 82, British academic lawyer, President of Queens' College, Cambridge (1970–1982).
 * Raleigh Brown, 87, American politician, state representative (Texas), heart attack.
 * Lawrence Daly, 84, British trade union leader.
 * Joseph Duval, 80, French Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Rouen (1981–2004).
 * Ken Gill, 81, British trade union leader.
 * David Lunceford, 75, American football player, Alzheimer's disease.
 * Nicholas J. Phillips, 75, British physicist.
 * Tadeusz Pyka, 79, Polish politician.
 * Roh Moo-hyun, 62, South Korean politician, President (2003–2008), suicide by jumping.
 * Sir Tangaroa Tangaroa, 88, Cook Islands public servant, Queen's Representative (1985–1990).

24

 * Jay Bennett, 45, American musician (Wilco) and songwriter, accidental drug overdose.
 * Jack Lewis, 84, American screenwriter, lung cancer.

25

 * Tajudeen Abdul-Raheem, 48, Nigerian Pan African activist, car accident.
 * Billy Baxter, 70, Scottish footballer (Ipswich Town), cancer.
 * Rolf Brahde, 91, Norwegian astronomer.
 * Amos Elon, 82, Austrian-born Israeli author and journalist.
 * Charly Höllering, 65, German jazz musician, heart attack.
 * Haakon Lie, 103, Norwegian politician.
 * Tomás Paquete, 85, Portuguese Olympic sprinter.
 * Ivan van Sertima, 74, Guyanese-born British historian, linguist and anthropologist (Rutgers University).

26

 * Antonio Braga, 80, Italian composer.
 * Thomas Claw, 87, American WWII Navajo Code talker.
 * Commanche Court, 16, Irish thoroughbred racehorse, euthanized.
 * Kaoru Kurimoto, 56, Japanese author, pancreatic cancer.
 * Doris Mühringer, 88, Austrian poet and children's writer.
 * Mihalis Papagiannakis, 68, Greek politician, MP, cancer.
 * Michael Ross, 89, American screenwriter and director (Three's Company), complications from a heart attack and stroke.
 * Ronald Takaki, 70, American sociologist, professor of ethnic studies (University of California, Berkeley), suicide.
 * Marek Walczewski, 72, Polish actor.
 * Peter Zezel, 44, Canadian ice hockey player (Philadelphia Flyers, Toronto Maple Leafs), haemolytic anemia.

27

 * Ammo Baba, 74, Iraqi footballer and athletic trainer, diabetes.
 * Thomas M. Franck, 77, American lawyer.
 * Sir Clive Granger, 74, British economist, Nobel Prize winner for economics.
 * Mona Grey, 98, British public servant, Chief Nursing Officer for Northern Ireland.
 * Abram Hoffer, 92, Canadian orthomolecular psychiatrist.
 * Gérard Jean-Juste, 62, Haitian political activist, after long illness.
 * Carol Anne O'Marie, 75, American Roman Catholic nun and mystery novelist, Parkinson's disease.
 * Sir William Refshauge, 96, Australian public health administrator.
 * Paul Sharratt, 75, British-born American television producer, cancer.

28

 * Mort Abrahams, 93, American film and television producer (Planet of the Apes, The Man from U.N.C.L.E.), natural causes.
 * Terence Alexander, 86, British film and television actor (Bergerac).
 * Terry Barr, 73, American football player (Detroit Lions), Alzheimer's disease.
 * Manuel Collantes, 91, Filipino diplomat, Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs (1984), cardiac arrest.
 * Ed Dorohoy, 80, Canadian ice hockey player.
 * Carlton Forbes, 72, Jamaican-born British first-class cricketer.
 * Roger Kaffer, 81, American Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Joliet.
 * Luis María de Larrea y Legarreta, 91, Spanish Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Bilbao.
 * Lenrie Peters, 76, Gambian surgeon and novelist, after short illness.
 * Ercole Rabitti, 87, Italian footballer and trainer.
 * Oleg Shenin, 71, Russian politician, member of the Politburo of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1990–1991).
 * Umberto Silvestri, 93, Italian Olympic wrestler.
 * Betty Tancock, 98, Canadian Olympic swimmer (1932).
 * John Tolos, 78, Canadian professional wrestler, renal failure.

29

 * Hank Bassen, 76, Canadian ice hockey player (Detroit Red Wings), heart attack.
 * Kevin Beurle, 53, British scientist, hot air balloon accident.
 * Reginald Golledge, 71, Australian-born American geographer.
 * Phale Hale, 94, American politician, member of the Ohio House of Representatives.
 * Ed Murray, 80, American politician, speaker of the Tennessee House of Representatives (1987–1991).
 * Bill Perkins, 89, Australian footballer (Richmond).
 * Steve Prest, 43, British snooker player and coach, peritonitis.
 * Karine Ruby, 31, French Olympic gold (1998) and silver (2002) medal-winning snowboarder, fall.
 * Matt Zabitka, 88, American sportswriter.

30

 * Torsten Andersson, 82, Swedish painter.
 * Krystyna Borowicz, 86, Polish actress.
 * Luís Cabral, 78, Guinea-Bissauan politician, President (1973–1980).
 * Eva Dawes, 96, Canadian bronze medal-winning Olympic high jumper (1932), stroke.
 * Roberto Falaschi, 77, Italian cyclist.
 * Susanna Haapoja, 42, Finnish politician, cerebral haemorrhage.
 * Eric Hammond, 79, British trade unionist, General Secretary of the EETPU.
 * Ephraim Katzir, 93, Israeli biophysicist and politician, President (1973–1978).
 * Herma Kirchschläger, 93, Austrian widow of former President Rudolf Kirchschläger.
 * Waldemar Matuška, 76, Czech singer, pneumonia and heart failure.
 * Gaafar Nimeiry, 79, Sudanese politician, President (1969–1985).
 * Alexander Obregón, 32, Colombian footballer, car accident.

31

 * Martin Clemens, 94, British colonial administrator and soldier.
 * Millvina Dean, 97, British civil servant and cartographer, last living passenger aboard the RMS Titanic, pneumonia.
 * Brian Edrich, 86, British cricketer.
 * Sir John Holland, 94, Australian engineer, construction magnate.
 * Danny La Rue, 81, Irish-born British female impersonator and singer, prostate cancer.
 * Vyacheslav Nevinny, 74, Russian actor, diabetes.
 * Emil L. Smith, 97, American biochemist, heart attack.
 * Kamala Surayya, 75, Indian writer, after long illness.
 * George Tiller, 67, American physician and abortion provider, shot.