The following is a list of notable deaths in December 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.
December 2008
1
Thomas R. Adams , 87, American librarian.[ 1]
Paul Benedict , 70, American television actor (The Jeffersons ).[ 2]
James Bree , 85, British actor (On Her Majesty's Secret Service , Satan's Slave , Doctor Who ).[ 3]
Beverly Dustrude , 82, American baseball player (AAGPBL )[ 4]
Betty Goodwin , 85, Canadian artist.[ 5]
Jodami , 23, Irish-bred, British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse, injury.[ 6]
Tom Kirby , 61, Irish darts player, pancreatic cancer.[ 7]
Siegfried Knappe , 91, German Wehrmacht artillery and General Staff officer, author (Soldat ).[ 8]
Mikel Laboa , 74, Spanish Basque singer and songwriter.[ 9]
Raymond Lederer , 70, American politician, U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania (1977–1981), lung cancer.[ 10]
Lav Mantula , 79, Yugoslavian football player and coach.[ 11]
Emanuel Rackman , 98, American Orthodox rabbi; President of Bar-Ilan University.[ 12]
H. Sridhar , 50, Indian sound engineer, heart attack.[ 13]
Dorothy Sterling , 95, American writer and historian.[ 14]
Sir John Wall , 78, British jurist and blind rights campaigner.[ 15]
Joseph B. Wirthlin , 91, American Mormon prelate, Apostle of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, natural causes.[ 16]
2
Carlos María Abascal Carranza , 59, Mexican public official, Secretary of the Interior (2005–2006), cancer.[ 17]
Kathleen Baskin-Ball , 50, American minister (United Methodist Church ), cancer.[ 18]
Frank Crean , 92, Australian politician, Treasurer (1972–1974), Deputy Prime Minister (1975), after short illness.[ 19]
Elizabeth Warnock Fernea , 81, American writer, filmmaker and scholar, after long illness.[ 20]
Leïla Karam , 80, Lebanese actress, after long illness.[ 21]
Margarita Karapanou , 62, Greek author, respiratory problems.[ 22]
Pyotr Latyshev , 60, Russian politician, presidential envoy to Urals Federal District .[citation needed ]
Patrick Maitland, 17th Earl of Lauderdale , 97, British aristocrat and politician.[ 23]
Henry Molaison , 82, American amnesiac, subject of brain science study, respiratory failure.[ 24]
Odetta , 77, American folk singer and human rights activist, heart disease.[ 25]
Edward S. Rogers Jr. , 75, Canadian businessman, CEO of Rogers Communications and owner of the Toronto Blue Jays , heart failure.[ 26]
3
William Pierson, Jr. , 97, American art historian.[ 27]
Oliver Selfridge , 82, British-born American computer scientist, pioneer of artificial intelligence , injuries from a fall.[ 28]
William Spoelhof , 98, American academic, President of Calvin College (1951–1976), complications from a fall.[ 29]
Ignacio Uría Mendizábal, 71, Spanish businessman, shot.[ 30]
Elmer Valentine , 85, American nightclub owner.[ 31]
Derek Wadsworth , 69, British composer and jazz trombonist.[ 32]
Alex Widmer , 52, Swiss executive, CEO of Julius Baer bank.[ 33]
Robert Zajonc , 85, Polish-born American psychologist, pancreatic cancer.[ 34]
4
Forrest J. Ackerman , 92, American science fiction expert, heart failure.[ 35]
Steve Bradley , 32, American wrestler.[ 36]
Jan Kemp , 59, American academic, exposed bias in passing college football players, complications from Alzheimer's disease.[ 37]
Warren M. Robbins , 85, American art collector, complications from a fall.[ 38]
Richard Van Allan , 73, British opera singer, lung cancer.[ 39]
5
A. Bernard Ackerman , 72, American dermatopathologist, heart failure.[ 40]
Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow , 79, Estonian-born Russian primate of the Russian Orthodox Church since 1990, heart failure.[ 41]
Jimmy Anderson , 55, American rodeo clown, heart disease.[ 42]
George Brecht , 82, American artist (Fluxus ), natural causes.[ 43]
Martyn Crook , 52, Australian footballer and coach, heart attack.[ 44]
Constantin Ticu Dumitrescu , 80, Romanian politician, cancer.[ 45]
Nina Foch , 84, Dutch-born American actress (Executive Suite , Spartacus , The Ten Commandments ), myelodysplasia .[ 46]
Joseph Gardner , 38, American convicted murderer and fugitive, execution by lethal injection.[ 47]
Beverly Garland , 82, American actress (My Three Sons ), after long illness.[ 48]
Paris Herouni , 75, Armenian scientist and professor.[ 49]
Sir Basil Kelly , 88, British politician and jurist, after short illness.[ 50]
Rawson Macharia , 96, Kenyan perjurer against Jomo Kenyatta , traffic accident.[ 51]
Jean-Pierre Nguema , 76, Gabonese politician, member of the Senate of Gabon.[ 52]
Anca Parghel , 51, Romanian jazz singer, metastatic breast cancer.[ 53]
Richard Topus , 84, American World War II messenger pigeon trainer and business executive, kidney failure.[ 54]
Dick Vertlieb , 78, American baseball and basketball executive.[ 55]
Wild Again , 28, American Thoroughbred racehorse, euthanized.[ 56]
6
Tamar Adar , 69, Israeli children's author and poet.[ 57]
John Cumming , 78, Scottish footballer (Hearts , Scotland ).[ 58]
Larry Devlin , 86, American CIA agent, emphysema.[ 59]
Sir Curtis Keeble , 86, British diplomat, Ambassador to the USSR (1978–1982).[ 60]
Gérard Lauzier , 76, French cartoonist and film director, after long illness.[ 61]
Elliot Manyika , 53, Zimbabwean politician, road accident.[ 62]
Richard Marsland , 32, Australian radio host, apparent suicide.[ 63]
Lloyd Ohlin , 90, American criminologist, complications of Shy–Drager syndrome.[ 64]
Ivan Semedi , 87, Ukrainian Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Mukacheve .[ 65]
Sunny von Bülow , 76, American heiress, cardiopulmonary arrest.[ 66]
Peter Wardle , 77, New Zealand botanist.[ 67]
7
Abul Ahsan , 71, Bangladeshi diplomat and politician, cardiac arrest.[ 68]
Marky Cielo , 20, Filipino Igorot actor, suspected acute pancreatitis.[ 69]
Jimmy Gourley , 82, American jazz guitarist.[ 70]
Herbert Hutner , 99, American chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee on the Arts (1982–1990).[ 71]
George Kuzma , 83, American Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of the Byzantine Catholic Eparchy of Van Nuys .[ 72]
Kerryn McCann , 41, Australian Olympic athlete, breast cancer.[ 73]
Georges Nguyen Van Loc , 75, French police officer, writer and actor.[ 74]
James H. Pomerene , 88, American electrical engineer.[ 75]
Roger Sonnabend , 83, American hotelier.[ 76]
John Ellis Williams , 84, British author.[ 77]
Dennis Yost , 65, American singer (Classics IV ), respiratory failure.[ 78]
Mahbub Jamal Zahedi , 79, Pakistani journalist and philatelist, paralysis.[ 79]
8
Maurice Andrieux , 83, French politician.[ 80]
Manzoor Hussain Atif , 81, Pakistani field hockey player and administrator, after long illness.[ 81]
Frank K. Edmondson , 96, American astronomer.[ 82]
Xavier Perrot , 76, Swiss auto racer.[ 83]
Oliver Postgate , 83, British animator (Bagpuss , Clangers ).[ 84]
Robert Prosky , 77, American actor (The Natural , Broadcast News , Hill Street Blues ), complications following heart surgery.[ 85]
Bob Spiers , 63, British television director (Absolutely Fabulous , Fawlty Towers ).[ 86]
William S. Stevens , 60, American lawyer, heart attack.[ 87]
Hillary Waugh , 88, American mystery writer.[ 88]
9
Jonathan Bailey , 69, British Angelican prelate, Bishop of Derby (1995–2005) and Clerk of the Closet (1997–2005).[ 89]
Emmanuel Bitanga , 55, Cameroonian Olympic sprinter.[ 90]
Ibrahim Dossey , 36, Ghanaian footballer, car accident.[ 91]
James Fergason , 74, American inventor.[ 92]
Yuri Glazkov , 69, Russian cosmonaut.[ 93]
Dražan Jerković , 72, Croatian football player and manager, heart failure.[ 94]
José María Larrauri Lafuente , 90, Spanish Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Vitoria .[ 95]
Howard Pack , 90, American businessman, shipping magnate, heart failure.[ 96]
William Neff Patman , 81, American politician, U.S. Representative for Texas (1981–1985), cancer.[ 97]
Pentti Rummakko , 65, Finnish Olympic runner.[ 98]
George Turman , 80, American politician, Lieutenant Governor of Montana (1981–1989), natural causes.[ 99]
10
Henning Christiansen , 76, Danish composer.[ 100]
Mildred Constantine , 95, American curator (Museum of Modern Art ), heart failure.[ 101]
Chaudhary Munawwar Hasan , 44, Indian politician, car accident.[ 102]
Dorothy Porter , 54, Australian poet (The Monkey's Mask ), breast cancer.[ 103]
Didith Reyes , 60, Filipino singer, heart attack and rupture of the pancreas.[ 104]
Chris Richardson , 28, American basketball player (Harlem Globetrotters ), brain aneurysm.[ 105]
Owen Wade , 87, British medical researcher and physician.[ 106]
Mizuki Yamada , 80, Japanese Olympic sailor.[ 107]
Sal Yvars , 84, American baseball player (New York Giants ), amyloidosis.[ 108]
11
Ali Alatas , 76, Indonesian politician, Foreign Minister (1988–1999), heart attack.[ 109]
Maddie Blaustein , 48, American voice actress (Pokémon , Yu-Gi-Oh! , Chaotic ), stomach virus.[ 110]
Ron Carey , 72, American labor leader (Teamsters ), lung cancer.[ 111]
Robert Chandler , 80, American CBS executive, heart failure.[ 112]
Elie Amsini Kiswaya , 80, Congolese Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Sakania-Kipushi .[ 113]
Angeliki Laiou , 67, Greek historian, anaplastic thyroid cancer.[ 114]
Bettie Page , 85, American pin-up model and actress, complications from a heart attack.[ 115]
Robert Shepherd , 71, American academic lawyer.[ 116]
Yeh Shih-tao , 83, Taiwanese writer, colorectal cancer.[ 117]
12
David Charteris, 12th Earl of Wemyss , 96, British aristocrat and public servant.[ 118]
Paddy Dooley , 82, Irish Olympic rower.[ 119]
Avery Dulles , 90, American Roman Catholic Jesuit priest, theologian and cardinal.[ 120]
Max Elbin , 88, American golfer, president of the PGA (1965−1968), heart failure.[ 121]
Daniel Carleton Gajdusek , 85, American virologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine (1976).[ 122]
Sigitas Geda , 65, Lithuanian poet.[ 123]
Van Johnson , 92, American actor (Battleground , The Caine Mutiny , Brigadoon ).[ 124]
Emmanuel Kasonde , 72, Zambian economist and politician, Finance Minister (1967−1971).[ 125]
Tassos Papadopoulos , 74, Cypriot politician, President (2003−2008), small cell lung carcinoma.[ 126]
Maksym Pashayev , 20, Ukrainian footballer, car accident.[ 127]
Amalia Solórzano , 97, Mexican First Lady (1934–1940), respiratory complications.[ 128]
Robin Toner , 54, American journalist (The New York Times ), colon cancer.[ 129]
13
Doris Totten Chase , 85, American painter and sculptor.[ 130]
Christmas Past , 29, American Thoroughbred racehorse, infirmities of old age.[ 131]
Sir David Clutterbuck , 95, British admiral.[ 132]
John Drake , 49, New Zealand rugby union player.[ 133]
Mario Álvarez Dugan , 77, Dominican journalist and newspaper editor, heart problems.[ 134]
Otto Felix , 65, American actor (Up in Smoke ), amyloidosis.[ 135]
Vince Karalius , 76, British rugby league player, cancer.[ 136]
Shan Lloyd , 55, British journalist.[ 137]
David Margolis , 78, American industrialist, cardiac arrest.[ 138]
Maurice Meersman , 86, Belgian cyclist.[ 139]
Kjartan Slettemark , 76, Norwegian political artist, heart failure.[ 140]
Kathy Staff , 80, British actress (Last of the Summer Wine , Crossroads , Mary Reilly ), brain tumour.[ 141]
Horst Tappert , 85, German actor (Derrick ).[ 142]
14
Véronique Ahoyo , 69, Beninese politician, car accident.[ 143]
K. P. Appan , 72, Indian literary critic.[ 144]
Mike Bell , 37, American professional wrestler (WWF , ECW ), heart attack.[ 145]
Hank Goldup , 90, Canadian ice hockey player.[ 146]
Henri G. Hers , 85, Belgian biochemist.[ 147]
William Kaufmann , 90, American nuclear strategist, adviser to seven Defense Secretaries, Alzheimer's disease.[ 148]
Carl Kotchian , 94, American aviation executive, president of Lockheed .[ 149]
Gastón Parra Luzardo , 75, Venezuelan academic and banker, after long illness.[ 150]
Candida Tobin , 82, British music educator.[ 151]
Nick Willhite , 67, American baseball pitcher, cancer.[ 152]
15
Hassib Ben Ammar , 84, Tunisian politician and journalist/editor.[ 153]
Valentin Berlinsky , 83, Russian cellist, after long illness.[ 154]
Mike Blum , 65, Canadian football player (Toronto Argonauts , Hamilton Tiger-Cats ), cerebral hemorrhage.[ 155]
Carlo Caracciolo , 83, Italian publisher (La Repubblica ).[ 156]
León Febres Cordero , 77, Ecuadorian president (1984–1988), complications from pulmonary emphysema.[ 157]
Davey Graham , 68, British guitarist, lung cancer.[ 158]
Wanda Koczeska , 71, Polish actress.[ 159]
David Lieber , 83, Polish-born American biblical scholar, lung ailment.[ 160]
John W. Powell , 89, Chinese-born American journalist tried for sedition, complications from pneumonia.[ 161]
Gian Franco Romagnoli , 82, Italian chef, author, television personality.[ 162]
Clyde Sproat , 78, American musician.[ 163]
Anne-Cath. Vestly , 88, Norwegian children's writer and actress.[ 164]
John Webster , 95, Australian activist.[ 165]
Jay E. Welch , 83, American musician, founder of the Mormon Youth Symphony and Chorus .[ 166]
16
Claudio Apollonio , 87, Italian ice hockey player.[ 167]
Peg Batty , 88, New Zealand cricketer.[ 168]
Evelyn Bonaci , 92, Maltese politician, MP .[ 169]
Sam Bottoms , 53, American actor (Apocalypse Now , The Last Picture Show , The Outlaw Josey Wales ), glioblastoma multiforme.[ 170]
Richard Coleman , 78, British actor.[ 171]
George Constantinou , 75, Cypriot-born Papua New Guinean businessman, aggravated assault during carjacking.[ 172]
Serigne Lamine Diop , 74, Senegalese statistician and politician.[ 173]
Julius Fast , 89, American writer.[ 174]
Harold Gramatges , 90, Cuban composer and pianist.[ 175]
Joe Krol , 89, Canadian football player (Toronto Argonauts ).[ 176]
Norberto Raffo , 69, Argentinian football player and manager (Banfield ).[ 177]
John E. Sprizzo , 73, American jurist, organ failure.[ 178]
Zlatko Šugman , 76, Slovenian actor, illness.[ 179]
17
Elizabeth Abrahams , 83, South African political activist and trade unionist.[ 180]
Turgun Alimatov , 85, Uzbek musician.[ 181]
Ismet Bajramović , 42, Bosnian reputed organized crime figure and wartime commander, suicide by gunshot.[ 182]
Sammy Baugh , 94, American football player (Washington Redskins ) and member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame .[ 183]
Freddy Breck , 66, German schlager singer, cancer.[ 184]
Ved Prakash Goyal , 82, Indian politician, brain tumor.[ 185]
Gregoire , 66, Congolese African-born primate, oldest known chimpanzee.[ 186]
Ai Iijima , 36, Japanese media personality and AIDS activist, former adult film actress, pneumonia.[ 187]
Justin Levens , 28, American mixed martial art fighter, possible suicide by gunshot.[ 188]
Luis Félix López , 76, Ecuadorian writer and politician, Secretary of Government, cancer.[ 189]
Willoughby Sharp , 72, American artist, art dealer, curator and impresario, throat cancer.[ 190]
Dave Smith , 53, American baseball pitcher (Houston Astros ), heart attack.[ 191]
Feliciano Vierra Tavares , 88, American musician and singer, father of the Tavares Brothers , prostate cancer.[ 192]
Henry Ashby Turner , 76, American historian, melanoma.[ 193]
Nina Varlamova , 54, Russian politician, mayor of Kandalaksha , stabbed.[ 194]
18
Majel Barrett , 76, American actress (Star Trek ), leukemia.[ 195]
Peter Malam Brothers , 91, British Royal Air Force pilot, Battle of Britain ace.[ 196]
Pete Case , 67, American football player (New York Giants ), after long illness.[ 197]
John Costelloe , 47, American actor (The Sopranos , Kazaam , Die Hard 2 ), suicide by gunshot.[ 198]
Jack Douglas , 81, British comedy actor (Carry On films ), pneumonia.[ 199]
Mark Felt , 95, American public official, deputy director of the FBI, "Deep Throat " in the Watergate scandal , heart failure.[ 200]
Hannah Frank , 100, British sculptor.[ 201]
Nahla Hussain al-Shaly , 37, Iraqi women's rights activist, shot and decapitated.[ 202]
Robert Jonquet , 83, French footballer, after long illness.[ 203]
Ian MacMillan , 67, American author.[ 204]
Mellory Manning , 27, New Zealand murder victim.
Conor Cruise O'Brien , 91, Irish politician, writer and academic.[ 205]
Ivan Rabuzin , 87, Croatian painter.[ 206]
Harold Snyder , 86, American pharmaceuticals magnate, pioneer of generic drugs , respiratory failure.[ 207]
Paul Weyrich , 66, American conservative activist, co-founder of The Heritage Foundation think tank, diabetes.[ 208]
19
James Bevel , 72, American civil rights leader, pancreatic cancer.[ 209]
Page Cavanaugh , 86, American jazz pianist and singer, kidney failure.[ 210]
Carol Chomsky , 78, American linguist, wife of Noam Chomsky , cancer.[ 211]
Michael Connell , 45, American political strategist, plane crash.[ 212]
Kenny Cox , 68, American jazz musician, lung cancer.[ 213]
Sir Bernard Crick , 79, British political theorist, cancer.[ 214]
Dock Ellis , 63, American baseball player (Pittsburgh Pirates ), cirrhosis.[ 215]
Vi Hilbert , 90, American tribal leader.[ 216]
Neal Kenyon , 79, American theater director.[ 217]
Joe L. Kincheloe , 58, American professor, heart attack.[ 218]
Matt Kofler , 49, American football player (Buffalo Bills , Indianapolis Colts ).[ 219]
Derek Stanford , 90, British poet and critic.[ 220]
Sam Tingle , 87, Zimbabwean racing driver.[ 221]
20
Samuele Bacchiocchi , 70, Italian theologian, liver cancer.[ 222]
Joseph Conombo , 91, Burkinabé politician, Prime Minister of Upper Volta (1978–1980).[ 223]
Jack Kuehler , 76, American electrical engineer, president of I.B.M. (1989–1993), Parkinson's disease.[ 224]
Gabriel Larraín Valdivieso , 83, Chilean Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of the diocese of Santiago de Chile .[ 225]
Olga Lepeshinskaya , 92, Ukrainian-born Russian ballerina .[ 226]
Joel Mandelstam , 89, British biochemist and microbiologist.[ 227]
Adrian Mitchell , 76, British poet, heart attack.[ 228]
Robert Mulligan , 83, American film director (To Kill a Mockingbird ), heart disease.[ 229]
Albin Planinc , 64, Slovenian chess grandmaster, after long illness.[ 230]
Dorothy Sarnoff , 94, American opera singer, actress and self-help consultant.[ 231]
Igor Troubetzkoy , 96, Russian auto racer.[ 232]
21
Chayben Abou-Nehra , 34, Belizean businessman, suicide by gunshot.[ 233]
Lady Anne Cavendish-Bentinck , 92, British noble.[ 234]
James Fulton , 58, Canadian politician, MP for Skeena (1979–1993), colon cancer.[ 235]
Teddy Gueritz , 89, British Royal Navy admiral.[ 236]
Christopher Hibbert , 84, British historian.[ 237]
Ron Hornaday, Sr. , 77, American NASCAR driver, cancer.[ 238]
Al Meyerhoff , 61, American lawyer, complications from leukemia.[ 239]
Carlos Manuel Santiago , 82, Puerto Rican baseball player (Negro leagues ), heart failure.[ 240]
Dale Wasserman , 94, American playwright (Man of La Mancha ), heart failure.[ 241]
Maurice Zilber , 88, Egyptian horse trainer, cancer.[ 242]
22
Yoshiro Asakuma , 94, Japanese Olympic athlete.[ 243]
Anand Babla , 54, Fijian politician, MP (1992–2006), after long illness.[ 244]
Coy Bacon , 66, American football player (Los Angeles Rams , Cincinnati Bengals , Washington Redskins ).[ 245]
Lansana Conté , 74, Guinean politician, President of Guinea since 1984, after long illness.[ 246]
Norm Cook , 53, American basketball player (Kansas Jayhawks , Boston Celtics ).[ 247]
Ossie Dawson , 89, South African cricketer.[ 248]
Jani Lehtonen , 40, Finnish pole vaulter.[ 249]
Robert J. Marshall , 90, American minister, president of the Lutheran Church in America (1968–1978), heart failure.[ 250]
Hugh Myers , 78, American chess player and author.[ 251]
Erkki Puolakka , 83, Finnish Olympic runner.[ 252]
Alfred Shaheen , 86, American textile manufacturer, popularized the Hawaiian shirt , complications of diabetes.[ 253]
Guy Warren , 85, Ghanaian jazz musician, illness.[ 254]
23
Clint Ballard, Jr. , 77, American songwriter ("You're No Good ").[ 255]
Manuel Benitez , 39, American child actor and FBI fugitive, shot.[ 256]
Narciso Bernardo , 71, Filipino basketball player, cardiac arrest.[ 257]
Thomas Congdon , 77, American editor, Parkinson's disease and heart failure.[ 258]
Frank Krog , 54, Norwegian actor.[ 259]
Mitsugu Saotome , 82, Japanese author.[ 260]
Héctor Thomas , 70, Venezuelan Olympic decathlete, cancer.[ 261]
Ron Unsworth , 85, British Olympic hurdler.[ 262]
Thierry de la Villehuchet , 65, French money manager and businessman, apparent suicide by drug overdose and exsanguination .[ 263]
Eric Charles Twelves Wilson , 96, British recipient of the Victoria Cross.[ 264]
Arnold Jacob Wolf , 84, American rabbi, heart attack.[ 265]
24
Ian Ballinger , 83, New Zealand sport shooter, 1968 Olympic medallist .[ 266]
Ray Deakin , 49, British footballer (Bolton Wanderers , Burnley ), brain cancer.[ 267]
Stanley Eveling , 83, British playwright.[ 268]
Gordon Fairweather , 85, Canadian politician, MP for Royal , New Brunswick (1962–1977).[ 269]
Ralph Harris , 87, British journalist, respiratory failure.[ 270]
Samuel P. Huntington , 81, American political scientist, heart failure and complications of diabetes.[ 271]
Harold Pinter , 78, British playwright (The Homecoming ), recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature (2005), throat cancer.[ 272]
Rik Renders , 86, Belgian cyclist.[ 273]
Alf Robertson , 67, Swedish singer and composer.[ 274]
Ruhlmann , 23, American Thoroughbred racehorse, aneurism.[ 275]
25
Edd Cartier , 94, American illustrator (The Shadow ).[ 276]
Alvah Chapman, Jr. , 87, American publisher and philanthropist, pneumonia.[ 277]
Justin Eilers , 30, American mixed martial artist, shot.[ 278]
Olívio Aurélio Fazza , 83, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of the Diocese of Foz do Iguaçu .[ 279]
Leo Frankowski , 65, American science fiction author.[ 280]
William Glendon , 89, American attorney.[ 281]
Lars Hollmer , 60, Swedish musician.[ 282]
Eartha Kitt , 81, American singer and actress (Batman , The Emperor's New Groove , Holes ), colon cancer.[ 283]
Ann Savage , 87, American actress (Detour ), complications from stroke.[ 284]
Robert Ward , 70, American blues singer and guitarist.[ 285]
Colin White , 57, British naval historian, cancer.[ 286]
26
Jaroslav Fikejz , 81, Czech Olympic athlete.[ 287]
Israel Horowitz , 92, American record producer.[ 288]
Eberhard Kneisl , 92, Austrian Olympic alpine skier.[ 289]
Gösta Krantz , 83, Swedish actor.[ 290]
Mikhail Krichevsky , 111, Ukrainian supercentenarian.[ 291]
Alan W. Lear , 55, Scottish writer.[ 292]
George Miller , 69, British footballer and manager (Falkirk FC , Wolverhampton Wanderers ), cancer.[ 293]
Sir Kenneth Stoddart , 94, British Lord Lieutenant of Merseyside (1979–1989).[ 294]
Dick Voris , 86, American football player and coach.[ 295]
J. Lamar Worzel , 89, American oceanographer, heart attack.[ 296]
Wyvetter H. Younge , 78, American politician, member of the Illinois House of Representatives since 1975, surgical complications.[ 297]
27
Arild Andresen , 80, Norwegian footballer and ice hockey player (Vålerenga ).[ 298]
Rodrigo Arango Velásquez , 83, Colombian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of the Diocese of Buga .[ 299]
Delaney Bramlett , 69, American songwriter and record producer, complications from gallbladder surgery.[ 300]
Sailor Brown , 93, British footballer and manager.[ 301]
Roque Cordero , 91, Panamanian-born American composer.[ 302]
John Fenton , 87, British Anglican priest and New Testament scholar.[ 303]
Robert Graham , 70, Mexican-born American sculptor, husband of actress Anjelica Huston , after long illness.[ 304]
Ian Harland , 76, British Anglican prelate, Bishop of Carlisle (1989–2000), after long illness.[ 305]
Michael Hicks , 80, British army general.[ 306]
Ja'afar of Negeri Sembilan , 86, Malaysian King (1994–1999), Great Ruler of Negeri Sembilan since 1967.[ 307]
Patricia Kneale , 83, British actress.[ 308]
Iain MacLean , 55, Australian politician, Western Australian MLC for North Metropolitan (1994–1996) and MLA for Wanneroo (1996–2001).[ 309]
Christine Maggiore , 52, American AIDS denialist, pneumonia.[ 310]
Sahu Mewalal , 82, Indian footballer, natural causes.[ 311]
Alfred Pfaff , 82, German footballer, 1954 FIFA World Cup winner.[ 312]
28
Quentin C. Aanenson , 87, American fighter pilot, cancer.[ 313]
A. O. L. Atkin , 83, American mathematician, complications from a fall.[ 314]
Willie Clark , 90, Scottish footballer (Hibernian , St Johnstone ).[ 315]
Vincent Ford , 68, Jamaican reggae songwriter ("No Woman, No Cry "), complications from diabetes.[ 316]
Donald Gleason , 88, American physician, creator of prostate cancer test, heart attack.[ 317]
Sir Michael Levey , 81, British art historian, Director of the National Gallery (1973–1986).[ 318]
Oliver Lincoln Lundquist , 92, American architect and industrial designer, created the United Nations logo, prostate cancer.[ 319]
Haralamb Zincă , 85, Romanian writer, Alzheimer's disease.[ 320]
29
Manjit Bawa , 67, Indian painter, after long illness.[ 321]
William Ellis Green , 85, Australian cartoonist.[ 322]
Jim Horne , 91, American model, heart failure.[ 323]
Freddie Hubbard , 70, American jazz trumpeter, complications from a heart attack.[ 324]
Victor H. Krulak , 95, American Marine Corps officer.[ 325]
Vladislav Lalicki , 73, Serbian production designer.[ 326]
Ted Lapidus , 79, French fashion designer, respiratory failure.[ 327]
Daniel Nagrin , 91, American choreographer and dancer.[ 328]
Alan Sargeson , 78, Australian chemist.[ 329]
Harlington Wood Jr. , 88, American lawyer.[ 330]
Yang Jinzong , 76, Chinese chemical engineer.[ 331]
30
Roy Boehm , 84, American Navy SEAL commander.[ 332]
Stewart Cleveland Cureton , 78, American pastor, President of the National Baptist Convention (1999).[ 333]
Richard Genelle , 47, American actor (Mighty Morphin Power Rangers , Power Rangers: Zeo ), heart attack.[ 334]
Bernie Hamilton , 80, American actor (Starsky and Hutch ), cardiac arrest.[ 335]
Paul Hofmann , 96, Austrian writer, informant against the Nazis.[ 336]
Peter Karmel , 86, Australian economist.[ 337]
Roy Saari , 63, American swimmer, Olympic gold medalist (1964).[ 338]
31
Stan Kielty , 83, English rugby league player (Halifax , national team ).[ 339]
Premjit Lall , 68, Indian tennis player, after long illness.[ 340]
Kazbek Pagiyev , 49, Russian politician, mayor of Vladikavkaz , shot.[ 341]
Brad Sullivan , 77, American actor (Slap Shot , The Prince of Tides , The Sting ), liver cancer.[ 342]
Vic Washington , 62, American football player (San Francisco 49ers ).[ 343]
Donald E. Westlake , 75, American mystery writer, heart attack.[ 344]
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