Deaths in November 2008

The following is a list of notable deaths in November 2008.

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

 * Badaró, 74, Brazilian-Portuguese actor and comedian, stomach cancer.
 * Jimmy Carl Black, 70, American Cheyenne drummer and vocalist (The Mothers of Invention), lung cancer.
 * Dermot Curtis, 76, Irish footballer (Bristol City, Ipswich Town, Republic of Ireland), after long illness.
 * David de Caires, 70, Guyanese journalist and editor, founder of Stabroek News, complications from heart attack.
 * Flockton Grey, 28, British racehorse, heart attack.
 * Oscar Lathlin, 61, Canadian politician, member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba since 1990.
 * Nathaniel Mayer, 64, American rhythm & blues singer, stroke.
 * Jacques Piccard, 86, Belgian-born Swiss oceanographer and explorer.
 * Rosetta Reitz, 84, American jazz historian and record company founder, cardiopulmonary disease.
 * Jack Reno, 72, American country music singer, brain cancer.
 * Shakir Stewart, 34, American vice president of Def Jam Recordings, suicide by gunshot.
 * Yma Sumac, 86, Peruvian soprano, cancer.
 * Tan Jiazhen, 99, Chinese geneticist, multiple organ dysfunction syndrome.
 * Tony Tarracino, 92, American saloon keeper and politician, heart and lung ailments.

2

 * Ahmed al-Mirghani, 67, Sudanese politician, President (1986–1989).
 * Joseph Alliluyev, 63, Russian cardiologist, grandson of Joseph Stalin.
 * James Armsey, 90, American automotive executive, director of the Ford Foundation (1960–1967).
 * George F. Grant, 102, American angler, author and conservationist, natural causes.
 * Kenneth P. Johnson, 74, American newspaper editor (Dallas Times Herald), heart infection.
 * Jim Koleff, 55, Canadian hockey player and coach, cancer.
 * Domenico Leccisi, 88, Italian politician, stole corpse of Benito Mussolini, heart and respiratory disease.
 * Henry Loomis, 89, American Director of Voice of America (1958–1965), Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and Pick's diseases.
 * Jacques Lunis, 85, French Olympic silver medal-winning (1948) athlete.
 * Elijah Mudenda, 81, Zambian politician, Prime Minister (1975–1977).
 * Bill Stall, 71, American Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist (Los Angeles Times), complications from pulmonary disease.
 * Terence Tolbert, 44, American political campaign director for Barack Obama in Nevada, heart attack.

3

 * John Adams, 89, British rear admiral.
 * Charles T. Cross, 86, American diplomat, Ambassador to Singapore (1969–1972), Consul General in Hong Kong (1974–1977).
 * Mike Davis, 68, American boating advocate.
 * Alan Ford, 84, American Olympic swimmer, emphysema.
 * Jean Fournet, 95, French conductor.
 * Edward McMichael, 53, American tuba player, bludgeoned.
 * Brooks Mileson, 60, British football club owner (Gretna F.C.), complications from chronic fatigue syndrome and brain infection.
 * Lalit Mohan Sharma, 80, Indian jurist, Chief Justice (1992–1993).
 * Edward Sheehan, 78, American foreign correspondent, allergic reaction to medication.
 * Lhofei Shiozawa, 67, Brazilian judoka.
 * Josep Maria Socías, 71, Spanish lawyer and politician, Mayor of Barcelona (1976–1979).
 * Cecil W. Stoughton, 88, American Presidential photographer (Kennedy, Johnson), complications from hip replacement.
 * John Trudeau, 81, American music promoter, founder of the Britt Festival, heart failure.
 * I. Bernard Weinstein, 78, American cancer researcher, kidney disease.

4

 * Khertek Anchimaa-Toka, 96, Russian politician, chairman of Tuvan Parliament (1940–1944), world's first female head of state.
 * Evelio Arias Ramos, 42, Mexican actor, comedian and singer.
 * Ernesto Aura, 68, Spanish voice actor, cancer.
 * Lennart Bergelin, 83, Swedish tennis player and coach, heart failure.
 * Paddy Buckley, 83, Scottish footballer (Aberdeen, St Johnstone).
 * Jheryl Busby, 59, American record executive.
 * Gérald Coppenrath, 86, French journalist and Senator (1958–1962) for Tahiti, brother of Hubert and Michel Coppenrath.
 * Michael Crichton, 66, American author (Jurassic Park, The Andromeda Strain) and television producer (ER), throat cancer.
 * Rosella Hightower, 88, American ballerina, stroke.
 * Byron Lee, 73, Jamaican musician and record producer, bladder cancer.
 * Syd Lucas, 108, British World War I veteran.
 * Juan Camilo Mouriño, 37, Mexican Secretary of the Interior since 2008, plane crash.
 * Orlando Owoh, 76, Nigerian musician, stroke.
 * José Luis Santiago Vasconcelos, 51, Mexican politician, plane crash.

5

 * Ian Anderson, 54, Scottish footballer.
 * V. T. Arasu, 82, Singaporean journalist, civil servant, editor and author, pancreatic cancer.
 * Věra Černá, 70, Czech Olympic athlete.
 * Baldev Raj Chopra, 94, Indian film director, after long illness.
 * Sofron Dmyterko, 91, Ukrainian Greek Catholic bishop of Ivano-Frankivsk.
 * Sir Paul Greening, 80, British admiral and courtier.
 * Michael Higgins, 88, American actor (Rumble Fish, The Stepford Wives, Swimfan), heart failure.
 * Félix Lebuhotel, 76, French cyclist.
 * John Leonard, 69, American media and cultural critic, complications from lung cancer.
 * Norm Marshall, 89, Canadian broadcaster.
 * Clark Miller, 70, American football player, heart attack.
 * John Odom, 26, American professional baseball player, accidental drug overdose.

6

 * Ronald Davis, 52, American health advocate, president of the AMA (2007–2008), pancreatic cancer.
 * Mahmoud Haroon, 88, Pakistani politician and newspaper founder.
 * Sir John Hermon, 79, British police officer, Chief Constable of the Royal Ulster Constabulary (1980–1989), Alzheimer's disease.
 * Larry James, 61, American track athlete and Olympic gold medalist (1968), cancer.
 * Phil Reed, 59, American politician, member of New York City Council (1998–2005), complications of pneumonia from leukemia.
 * Joe Wendryhoski, 69, American football player (Los Angeles Rams, New Orleans Saints), cancer and stroke.
 * George Winterton, 61, Australian lawyer and professor of constitutional law, cancer.

7

 * Carl Allen, 88, American football player.
 * Tetsuya Chikushi, 73, Japanese journalist and news anchor, lung cancer.
 * José Bezerra Coutinho, 98, Brazilian bishop of Estância.
 * Heiko Engelkes, 75, German television journalist (ARD), cancer.
 * Hedley Howarth, 64, New Zealand cricketer.
 * Wik Jongsma, 65, Dutch actor, cancer.
 * Hidetaka Nishiyama, 80, Japanese karate master, cancer.
 * Heather Pick, 38, American newscaster (WBNS-TV), breast cancer.
 * Jody Reynolds, 75, American singer and guitarist, liver cancer.
 * Lyle Williams, 66, American politician, member of the House of Representatives for Ohio (1979–1985), heart attack.
 * Abraham Woods, 80, American civil rights leader, cancer.

8

 * Bodil Aakre, 86, Norwegian jurist and politician.
 * Arne Argus, 83, Swedish newspaper journalist and sports executive.
 * Mary Lou Beschorner, 79, American baseball player (AAGPBL)
 * James Byrne, 62, Irish musician.
 * Richard Fortman, 93, American checkers champion.
 * Régis Genaux, 35, Belgian footballer, heart failure due to pulmonary embolism.
 * Joe Hyams, 85, American Hollywood columnist and author, coronary artery disease.
 * Mieczysław Rakowski, 81, Polish politician, Prime Minister (1988–1989), Workers' Party Chairman (1989–1990), cancer.
 * Florence Wald, 91, American nurse, hospice pioneer.

9

 * Joanne H. Alter, 81, American activist and politician, cancer.
 * Gerald Arthur, 95, Australian cricketer.
 * Fernand Goux, 108, French penultimate veteran of World War I.
 * Huda bin Abdul Haq, 48, Indonesian terrorist in 2002 Bali bombings, execution by firing squad.
 * Anton Huiskes, 80, Dutch Olympic speed skater.
 * Hok Lundy, 58, Cambodian National Police Commissioner, helicopter crash.
 * Carl D. Keith, 88, American co-inventor of the catalytic converter.
 * Miriam Makeba, 76, South African singer, heart attack.
 * John Milsum, 83, Canadian control engineer.
 * Amrozi bin Nurhasyim, 46, Indonesian terrorist in 2002 Bali bombings, execution by firing squad.
 * Preacher Roe, 92, American baseball pitcher (St. Louis Cardinals, Pittsburgh Pirates, Brooklyn Dodgers), colon cancer.
 * Stanisław Różewicz, 84, Polish film director.
 * Imam Samudra, 38, Indonesian terrorist in 2002 Bali bombings, execution by firing squad.

10

 * Sarah Blacher Cohen, 72, American professor of Jewish literature, complications of Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease.
 * Kiyosi Itô, 93, Japanese mathematician, respiratory failure.
 * Nikola Kavaja, 76, Serbian anti-communist activist and aircraft hijacker, heart attack.
 * Li Ximing, 82, Chinese leader of Beijing Communist Party.
 * Howard Reig, 87, American television announcer.
 * Arthur Shawcross, 63, American serial killer, cardiac arrest.
 * Wannes Van de Velde, 71, Belgian singer and artist, leukemia.

11

 * Mustafa Şekip Birgöl, 105, Turkish last veteran of the Turkish War of Independence.
 * C. Harmon Brown, 78, American physician, pioneer of sports medicine, cancer.
 * Tom Hunt, 85, American chairman of Hunt Petroleum, leukemia.
 * Ľubomír Kadnár, 67, Czechoslovak Olympic sprint canoer.
 * Francisco Lozano, 76, Mexican Olympic cyclist.
 * Alessandro Maggiolini, 77, Italian Bishop of Como, lung cancer.
 * María Elena Marqués, 83, Mexican actress, heart failure.
 * Lasse Sandberg, 84, Swedish writer and illustrator of children's literature.
 * Herb Score, 75, American baseball pitcher and broadcaster (Cleveland Indians), after long illness.
 * Jack Scott, 85, British weather forecaster, cancer.
 * Kanhaiyalal Sethia, 89, Indian poet.

12

 * Richard Rhys, 9th Baron Dynevor, 73, British aristocrat and patron of the arts, cancer.
 * Tim L. Hall, 83, American politician, U.S. Representative from Illinois (1975–1977).
 * Catherine Baker Knoll, 78, American politician, Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania since 2003, neuroendocrine cancer.
 * Vladas Michelevičius, 84, Lithuanian bishop of Vilkaviškis.
 * Mitch Mitchell, 61, British drummer (The Jimi Hendrix Experience), natural causes.
 * Margaret Moncrieff, 87, British cellist.
 * George Morrison, 59, Canadian ice hockey player, brain tumour.
 * Rex Neame, 72, English cricketer.
 * Serge Nigg, 84, French composer.
 * Raymond Routledge, 77, American bodybuilder, AAU Mr. America (1961).

13

 * Jules Archer, 93, American author.
 * Marcello Fondato, 84, Italian screenwriter and director.
 * Bette Garber, 65, American photographer, pneumonia.
 * Mustapha Oukacha, 75, Moroccan politician, president of the Assembly of Councillors.
 * Ian Ridley, 74, Australian footballer (Melbourne Demons), emphysema.
 * Paco Ignacio Taibo I, 84, Mexican writer and journalist, pneumonia.

14

 * Knut Bjørnsen, 76, Norwegian sports commentator and journalist, pancreatic cancer.
 * Michael Ugwu Eneja, 89, Nigerian Bishop of Enugu.
 * Sir Bernard Feilden, 89, British conservation activist and restoration architect.
 * Lung Fong, 54, Hong Kong actor, lung cancer,
 * Irving Gertz, 93, American composer.
 * Christel Goltz, 96, German soprano.
 * Kristin Hunter, 77, American writer.
 * Adrian Kantrowitz, 90, American physician, performed the first pediatric heart transplant, heart failure.
 * Tsvetanka Khristova, 46, Bulgarian athlete, Olympic dual medallist in discus throw, cancer.
 * Robert Leith-Macgregor, 91, British World War II pilot.
 * Charles Le Quintrec, 82, French poet.
 * Shaukat Hussein Mazari, 60, Pakistani politician, heart attack.
 * Ajit Kumar Panja, 72, Indian politician, oral cancer.

15

 * Glen Brand, 85, American wrestler, Olympic gold medalist (1948).
 * Matthew Cianciulli, 66, American politician, member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives (1977–1979), heart failure.
 * Peter Fellgett, 86, British physicist.
 * Donald Finkel, 79, American poet, complications from Alzheimer's disease.
 * Grace Hartigan, 86, American painter, liver failure.
 * Louis Ormont, 90, American psychologist.
 * Ivan Southall, 87, Australian children's author, cancer.

16

 * Salah al-Deen Hafez, 70, Egyptian writer.
 * Bruno Maldaner, 84, Brazilian Bishop of Frederico Westphalen.
 * Jan Krugier, 80, Polish born Swiss art dealer and holocaust survivor.
 * Luisín Landáez, 77, Venezuelan-Chilean cumbia singer.
 * Tony Reedus, 49, American jazz drummer.
 * Reg Varney, 92, British comedy actor (On the Buses).

17

 * Don Albinson, 86, American industrial designer.
 * Peter Aldis, 81, British footballer.
 * Yaakov Alperon, 53, Israeli organized crime mobster, car bomb.
 * Irv Anderson, 81, American politician.
 * Eugene Andolsek, 87, American artistic draughtsman, pneumonia and sepsis.
 * Sir James Baddiley, 90, British microbiologist.
 * Irving Brecher, 94, American comedy writer, heart attack.
 * Ennio de Concini, 84, Italian Academy Award–winning screenwriter.
 * Debby, 42, Soviet-born Canadian oldest living polar bear, third-oldest known bear, euthanasia due to multiple organ failure.
 * Malcolm Dalrymple, 85, British Olympic athlete.
 * Jean-Marie Demange, 65, French member of the National Assembly, Mayor of Thionville (1995–2008), suicide.
 * Jay Katz, 86, German-born American physician and medical ethicist, heart failure.
 * Tafadzwa Madondo, 27, Zimbabwean cricketer, motorcycle accident.
 * George Stephen Morrison, 89, American admiral, father of Jim Morrison.
 * Pete Newell, 93, Canadian-born American basketball coach.
 * Guy Peellaert, 74, Belgian painter, illustrator and photographer, cancer.
 * Floyd Weaver, 67, American baseball player.

18

 * Manuel Castro Ruiz, 90, Mexican Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop (1965–1969) and Archbishop (1969–1995) of Yucatán.
 * George C. Chesbro, 68, American novelist, heart failure.
 * George Green, 81, American NASCAR racing driver.
 * Paul H. Todd, Jr., 87, American politician, member of the House of Representatives from Michigan (1965–1967).

19

 * Farah Weheliye Addo, 68, Somali sports administrator, heart attack.
 * Ameer Faisal Alavi, 54, Pakistani general, shot.
 * Chester Anderson, 90, American football and wrestling coach.
 * Clive Barnes, 81, American theatre and dance critic, liver cancer.
 * Karl Bissinger, 94, American photographer.
 * Carole Caldwell Graebner, 65, American tennis player, cancer.
 * John Michael Hayes, 89, American screenwriter (Rear Window, BUtterfield 8, To Catch a Thief).
 * Norman McVicker, 68, English cricketer.
 * M. N. Nambiar, 89, Indian actor, after short illness.
 * Edel von Rothe, 83, German ballerina,

20

 * Teresa Amuli, 61, Mozambican politician, brain tumor.
 * Raffaele Andreassi, 84, Italian film director.
 * Seth Anthony, 93, Ghanaian soldier and diplomat.
 * Aurora Correa, 78, Spanish-born Mexican exiled, writer and educator.
 * Boris Fyodorov, 50, Russian politician and banker, stroke.
 * Bennie Gonzales, 84, American Southwestern-style architect (Heard Museum), Alzheimer's disease.
 * Betty James, 90, American businesswoman, co-founder of the Slinky company, wife of Richard T. James.
 * Bob Jeter, 71, American football player (Green Bay Packers, Chicago Bears), heart attack.
 * Jan Machulski, 80, Polish actor (Vabank), heart attack.
 * Jim Mattox, 65, American politician, member of the House of Representatives (1977–1983), Texas Attorney General (1983–1991).
 * June Vincent, 88, American actor.

21

 * Jules Aarons, 87, American space physicist.
 * Jimmy Abson, 88, Canadian football player.
 * Augustus Barber, 87, American businessman, cardiac arrest.
 * Giacomo Bozzano, 75, Italian Olympic boxer.
 * Marco Allen Chapman, 37, American convicted murderer, execution by lethal injection.
 * Tom Gish, 82, American journalist and publisher, kidney failure and heart problems.
 * Gleb Plaksin, 83, French-born Russian actor.
 * Andrew Rowe, 73, British politician, MP for Faversham and Mid Kent (1983–2001), prostate cancer.

22

 * Garnet Bougoure, 85, Australian jockey.
 * MC Breed, 37, American rapper, kidney failure.
 * Alan Gordon, 64, American songwriter ("Happy Together").
 * Mario Fernando Hernández, 41, Honduran politician, Deputy Speaker of the National Congress, shot.
 * Ibrahim Nasir, 82, Maldivian President (1968–1978).
 * Rashid Rauf, 27, British-born Pakistani al-Qaeda terrorist, air strike.
 * Sandy Ruby, 67, American entrepreneur, founder of Tech Hifi and Computer City, diabetes.
 * Ted Wykes, 87, Australian cricket umpire, cancer.

23

 * Ahmad Aghalou, 59, Iranian actor.
 * Richard Hickox, 60, British conductor, heart attack.
 * Jean Markale, 80, French writer and poet.
 * Fred McAlister, 80, American baseball scout (St. Louis Cardinals).
 * Mihail Velsvebel, 82, Estonian Olympic athlete.

24

 * Charlotte Armstrong, 84, American baseball player (AAGPBL)
 * Tom Burgess, 82, Canadian baseball player and coach, cancer.
 * Frank Cieciorka, 69, American graphic artist and anti-war activist, emphysema.
 * Richey James Edwards, 27, British musician (Manic Street Preachers), declared dead on this date (missing since February 1995).
 * Bep Guidolin, 82, Canadian ice hockey player and coach.
 * Michael Lee, 39, British rock drummer, seizure.
 * Kenny MacLean, 52, Canadian bassist (Platinum Blonde), heart attack.
 * Ray Perrault, 82, Canadian politician, Senator (1973–2001), Liberal Leader of Senate (1974–1982), Parkinson's disease.
 * John Frederick Powell, 93, British air marshal.
 * Stefan Schörghuber, 47, German brewing magnate, heart failure.
 * John R. Stallings, 73, American mathematician.
 * Cecil H. Underwood, 86, American politician, Governor of West Virginia (1957–1961, 1997–2001).

25

 * Sunday Ajibade Adenihun, 69, Nigerian politician, heart attack.
 * William Dowd, 86, American harpsichord maker.
 * Beno Eckmann, 91, Swiss mathematician.
 * Ruth Alice Erickson, 95, American Director of the Navy Nurse Corps (1962–1966), pneumonia.
 * Christian Fechner, 64, French film producer.
 * Helmut Friedlaender, 95, German-born American book collector.
 * William Gibson, 94, American playwright (The Miracle Worker).
 * Leonard Goodwin, 93, British pharmacologist.
 * Randy Gumpert, 90, American baseball player.
 * David M. Jones, 94, American Air Force officer, Doolittle Raider.
 * George Keegan, 80, Australian politician, heart attack.
 * Max Oppy, 84, Australian footballer (Richmond).
 * Brian Pearce, 93, British Marxist historian and translator.
 * Dudley Savage, 88, British BBC radio presenter.
 * Gerald Schoenfeld, 84, American theater impresario.
 * Antanas Vaičius, 82, Lithuanian Roman Catholic prelate, Apostolic Administrator (1982–1989) and Bishop (1989–2001) of Telšiai.

26

 * Kees Aarts, 66, Dutch soccer player.
 * Bob Blake, 94, American ice hockey player.
 * Ralph Burkei, 51, German television producer, fall.
 * Edna Parker, 115, American supercentenarian, oldest validated living person.
 * Edwin Ernest Salpeter, 83, Austrian-born American astrophysicist, leukemia.
 * De'Angelo Wilson, 29, American actor (8 Mile, Antwone Fisher), suicide by hanging.
 * Yang Jia, 28, Chinese mass murderer, executed.
 * Vitaly Karayev, 46, Russian mayor of Vladikavkaz.
 * Notable people killed in the November 2008 Mumbai attacks:
 * Ashok Kamte, 43, Indian additional commissioner of Mumbai Police.
 * Hemant Karkare, 54, Indian chief of the Mumbai Anti Terrorist Squad.
 * Vijay Salaskar, 51, Indian encounter specialist with Mumbai Police.
 * Loumia Hiridjee, 46, Malagasy-born French businesswoman.
 * Gavriel Holtzberg, 29, Israeli-born American rabbi.
 * Andreas Liveras, 73, Cypriot-born British business tycoon.

27

 * Adi Da, 69, American-born Fijian artist.
 * George MacPherson Docherty, 97, British-born American clergyman.
 * Armand Fabella, 78, Filipino educator, Secretary of Education (1992–1994).
 * Gideon Gechtman, 66, Israeli artist, heart failure.
 * Gil Heron, 87, Jamaican footballer.
 * Paul Hibbert, 56, Australian cricketer.
 * Cullen Hightower, 84, American author of quips and quotes.
 * Frances Janssen, 82, American baseball player (AAGPBL).
 * Patricia Marand, 74, American actress, brain cancer.
 * Andrew McKelvey, 74, American founder of Monster.com, pancreatic cancer.
 * Mike Minogue, 85, New Zealand politician, MP (1976–1984), cancer.
 * Verne Orr, 92, American politician, Secretary of the Air Force (1981–1985).
 * Pekka Pohjola, 56, Finnish bassist and composer.
 * Vishwanath Pratap Singh, 77, Indian Prime Minister (1989–1990), blood cancer and renal failure.
 * Andy Tomasic, 90, American football and baseball player.
 * Cornelius Clarkson Vermeule III, 83, American scholar of Greek and Roman art, complications from a stroke.

28

 * Alan Abbott, 82, English cricketer.
 * Raja Perempuan Budriah, 84, Queen of Malaysia (1960–1965).
 * Bill Finnegan, 80, American television and film producer (The Fabulous Baker Boys, Hawaii Five-O), Parkinson's disease.
 * John Harryson, 82, Swedish actor and entertainer.
 * Joža Karas, 82, Polish-born American musician and teacher.
 * Sir Hugh Laddie, 62, British intellectual property lawyer and High Court judge, cancer.
 * Raymond Meyzenq, 73, French cyclist.
 * Red Murff, 87, American baseball player (Milwaukee Braves) and scout.
 * Victor Nieto, 92, Colombian founder and director of the Cartagena Film Festival.
 * Edoardo Ricci, 80, Italian Bishop of San Miniato.
 * German Skurygin, 45, Russian race walker, heart attack.
 * Wo Weihan, 59, Chinese biochemist, executed.
 * Helena Wolińska-Brus, 89, Polish military prosecutor, pneumonia.
 * Robert Zarinsky, 68, American serial killer, pulmonary fibrosis.
 * Tukaram Omble, 54, Indian Assistant Sub-Inspector of Mumbai Police, shot.
 * Sandeep Unnikrishnan, 31, Major of NSG Commando, shot.
 * Gajender Singh Bisht, 36, NSG commando and Havildar, shot.

29

 * Bill Drake, 71, American radio programmer.
 * Ulises Dumont, 71, Argentine actor, heart problems.
 * Arthur Kantrowitz, 95, American physicist and engineer.
 * Chhabildas Mehta, 83, Indian politician, Chief Minister of Gujarat (1994–1995)
 * Sten Rudholm, 90, Swedish jurist, member of the Swedish Academy, natural causes.
 * Jørn Utzon, 90, Danish architect (Sydney Opera House), heart attack.
 * Georgi Vyun, 54, Russian football player and coach.
 * Robert Wade, 87, New Zealand-born British chess champion, pneumonia.

30

 * Béatrix Beck, 94, Belgian writer.
 * Thomas S. Crow, 74, American military officer, Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy (1979–1982), cancer.
 * Naomi Datta, 86, British bacteriologist.
 * Doris Dungey, 47, American financial blogger, ovarian cancer.
 * Munetaka Higuchi, 49, Japanese drummer (Loudness), liver cancer.
 * Ralph A. Lewin, 87, American biologist.
 * Pit Martin, 64, Canadian ice hockey player, drowned.
 * Nick George Montos, 92, American felon, oldest inmate in Massachusetts.
 * Peter Rees, Baron Rees, 81, British politician, Chief Secretary to the Treasury (1983–1985).
 * Miroslav Sláma, 91, Czechoslovakian Olympic ice hockey player.