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The following is a list of notable deaths in January 2007.
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.
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January 2007
1
- A. I. Bezzerides, 98, Turkish-American novelist and screenwriter, injuries from a fall.[1]
- Leonard Fraser, 55, Australian serial killer, heart attack.[2]
- Julius Hegyi, 83, American conductor, Alzheimer's disease.[3]
- Charles Hyatt, 75, Jamaican actor (Club Paradise, Cool Runnings, The Bushbaby), lung cancer.[4]
- Tad Jones, 54, American jazz music historian, complications from a fall.[5]
- Ernie Koy, 97, American baseball player.[6]
- Roland Levinsky, 63, South African medical scientist, Plymouth University Vice Chancellor, electric shock induced heart attack.[7]
- Tillie Olsen, 94, American writer, natural causes.[8]
- Del Reeves, 74, American country singer, emphysema.[9]
- Eleonore Schoenfeld, 81, Slovenian-born cellist and teacher at USC Thornton School of Music, heart attack.[10]
- Darrent Williams, 24, American football player (Denver Broncos), shot.[11]
2
- Garry Betty, 49, American CEO of Earthlink, adrenocortical carcinoma.[12]
- Sir Eric Denton, 77, British marine biologist.[13]
- Elizabeth Fox-Genovese, 65, American historian, complications from surgery.[14]
- Sergio Jiménez, 69, Mexican actor, heart attack.[15]
- Mauno Jokipii, 82, Finnish professor and World War II researcher, complications after hip replacement surgery.[16]
- Teddy Kollek, 95, Israeli Mayor of Jerusalem (1965–1993), natural causes.[17]
- Don Massengale, 69, American PGA Tour golf player, heart attack.[18]
- A. Richard Newton, 55, Australian-born technology pioneer and professor at University of California, Berkeley, pancreatic cancer.[19]
- Paek Nam-sun, 78, North Korean Foreign minister.[20]
- David Perkins, 87, American Stanford University geneticist, after short illness.[21]
- Dan Shaver, 56, American NASCAR driver and ARCA race car driver/owner, cancer.[22]
- Robert C. Solomon, 64, American scholar of continental philosophy.[23]
3
- Annibale Ciarniello, 106, Italian World War I veteran.[24]
- János Fürst, 71, Hungarian-born orchestral conductor, cancer.[25]
- William Jencks, 79, American biochemist.[26]
- Jim Mooney, 83, Australian politician, member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly (1976–1979).[27]
- Earl Reibel, 76, Canadian ice hockey forward (Detroit Red Wings), 1956 Lady Byng Trophy winner, complications of stroke.[28]
- Calvin William Verity Jr., 89, United States Secretary of Commerce (1987–1989), complications from pneumonia.[29]
- Sir Cecil Walker, 82, British Ulster Unionist MP for North Belfast (1983–2001), heart attack.[30]
- Michael Yeats, 85, Irish Fianna Fáil senator (1961–1981) and son of W. B. Yeats.[31]
4
- Léo Tarcísio Gonçalves Pereira SCJ, 45, Brazilian Roman Catholic priest and Founder of the "Bethânia" Community (1995–2007), lymphoma.[32]
- Juma Akukweti, 59, Tanzanian MP for Chama Cha Mapinduzi (1990–2007), injuries from plane crash.[33]
- Ben Gannon, 54, Australian theatre, film and television producer, cancer.[34]
- Christopher Greenbury, 55, American film editor (American Beauty, There's Something About Mary, Daddy Day Care).[35]
- Helen Hill, 36, American independent film-maker, shot.[36]
- Sir Lewis Hodges, 88, British Air Chief Marshal.[37]
- Gren, 72, British newspaper cartoonist.[38]
- Steve Krantz, 83, American film and TV producer (Fritz the Cat), husband of Judith Krantz, complications of pneumonia.[39]
- Bob Milliken, 80, American Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher (1953–1954), cardiac arrest.[40]
- Gáspár Nagy, 57, Hungarian poet and writer.[41]
- Sandro Salvadore, 67, Italian footballer, heart attack.[42]
- Jan Schröder, 65, Dutch cyclist.[43]
- Marais Viljoen, 91, South African president (1979–1984), heart failure.[44]
5
- Momofuku Ando, 96, Taiwanese-born inventor of Nissin instant ramen noodles including the Cup Noodle, heart failure.[45]
- E. J. Hughes, 93, Canadian painter, heart failure.[46]
- Chih Ree Sun, 83, Chinese-American physicist and poet, kidney and lung cancer.[47]
- Francis Sullivan, 89, Canadian Olympic gold medal-winning (1952) ice hockey player.[48]
6
- Bill W. Clayton, 78, American Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives (1975–1983), natural causes.[49]
- Mario Danelo, 21, American football placekicker for University of Southern California, fall from a cliff.[50][51]
- Yvon Durelle, 77, Canadian boxing champion, complications from a stroke.[52]
- Frédéric Etsou-Nzabi-Bamungwabi, 76, Congolese Cardinal Archbishop of Kinshasa, complications of diabetes.[53]
- Antonella Kerr, Marchioness of Lothian, 84, British journalist and broadcaster.[54]
- Charmion King, 81, Canadian actress.[55]
- Sneaky Pete Kleinow, 72, American special effects artist and pedal steel guitarist (Flying Burrito Brothers), Alzheimer's disease.[56]
- Suad Nasr, 53, Egyptian actress, complications from liposuction.[57]
- Annelies Reinhold, 90, Austrian actress.[58]
- Mohamed Lamine Sanha, Bissau-Guinean Navy Chief of Staff, shot.[59]
- Ira D. Wallach, 97, American philanthropist and CEO of Central National-Gottesman (1956–1979).[60]
- Roberta Wohlstetter, 94, American historian of military intelligence.[61]
7
- Bobby Hamilton, 49, American NASCAR driver, 2004 Craftsman Truck Series Champion, head and neck cancer.[62][63]
- Magnus Magnusson, 77, Icelandic television presenter (Mastermind, 1972–1997), pancreatic cancer.[64]
- Ernesto Martínez, 55, Cuban Olympic bronze medal-winning volleyball player (1972, 1976, 1980).[65]
- Olli-Matti Multamäki, 58, Finnish commander of the Finnish Army, illness.[66]
- Lou Palazzi, 85, American football player and umpire.[67]
- Hotte Paksha Rangaswamy, 74, Indian politician, Guinness World Record-holder for contesting elections, brief illness.[68]
8
- Jane Bolin, 98, American New York City family court judge (1939–1979) and first African American female judge.[69]
- Arthur Cockfield, Baron Cockfield, 90, British proponent of the European single market and Vice President of the European Commission (1985-1989).[70]
- Ken Cranston, 89, English test cricketer (1947–1948).[71]
- Yvonne De Carlo, 84, Canadian-born American actress (The Ten Commandments, The Munsters, McLintock!).[72]
- David Ervine, 53, Northern Irish leader of the Progressive Unionist Party, complications from heart attack and stroke.[73]
- Peter Flanagan, 65, British rugby league player for Great Britain and Hull KR.[74]
- Han Bong-soo, 75, Korean martial arts master and film fight choreographer.[75]
- José Quaglio, 80, Italian actor and theatre director.[76]
- Italo Sarrocco, 108, Italian World War I veteran.[77]
- Iwao Takamoto, 81, American animator (Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!, Sleeping Beauty) and film director (Charlotte's Web), heart failure.[78][79]
- Judith Vladeck, 83, American labor lawyer and women's rights advocate, complications of infection.[80][81]
9
- Cocoa Samoa, 61, professional wrestler.[82]
- Dame Joyanne Bracewell, 72, British senior judge of the Family Division of the High Court, breast cancer.[83]
- Ion Dincă, 78, Romanian Deputy Prime Minister and Mayor of Bucharest during the Communist era.[84]
- Maureen Orcutt, 99, American golf champion.[85]
- Yelena Petushkova, 66, Russian equestrian, double medallist at the 1972 Olympics, after long illness.[86][87]
- Irma St. Paule, 80, Ukrainian-born American actress (Thinner, 12 Monkeys, The Cemetery Club).[88]
- Elmer Symons, 29, South African off-road motorcycle racer, accident during the Dakar Rally.[89]
- Jean-Pierre Vernant, 93, French historian and anthropologist.[90]
10
- Harry Baxter, 85, British soldier.[91]
- Ray Beck, 75, American football player (New York Giants).[92]
- Harry Horse, 46, British cartoonist and children's book author (The Last... series), suicide by stabbing.[93]
- Carlo Ponti, 94, Italian film producer (Doctor Zhivago, La Strada, Marriage Italian Style), Oscar winner (1957), pulmonary complications.[94]
- Sixto Rojas, 24, Paraguayan footballer.[95]
- Bradford Washburn, 96, American cartographer, mountaineer and founder of the Boston Museum of Science, heart failure.[96]
11
- Solveig Dommartin, 45, French actress, trapeze artist in Wim Wenders' Wings of Desire, heart attack.[97]
- Tudor Gates, 77, English screenwriter (Barbarella, Twins of Evil, The Vampire Lovers).[98]
- Bob MacQuarrie, 80, Canadian politician (1981–1985).[99]
- Kéba Mbaye, 82, Senegalese judge, vice president of the International Court of Justice and vice president of the International Olympic Committee.[100]
- Dale Noyd, 73, American Air Force captain and Vietnam War conscientious objector, emphysema.[101]
- Donald Edward Osterbrock, 82, American astronomer, heart attack.[102]
- Bryan Pearce, 77, British painter.[103]
- Robert Anton Wilson, 74, American novelist, futurist and conspiracy theory researcher, post-polio syndrome.[104]
12
- Jimmy Cheatham, 82, American jazz trombonist.[105]
- Alice Coltrane, 69, American jazz musician and widow of John Coltrane, respiratory failure.[106][107]
- Stephen Gilbert, 96, British painter and sculptor.[108]
- Sir James Killen, 81, Australian Minister for Defence (1975–1982).[109]
- Terrance B. Lettsome, 71, British Virgin Islands politician, illness.[110]
- Olivier Prechac, 58, French Olympic ice hockey player
- Larry Stewart, 58, American philanthropist known in Kansas City as "Secret Santa", esophageal cancer.[111]
- Adolfas Varanauskas, 72, Lithuanian Olympic athlete.[112]
13
- Michael Brecker, 57, American jazz saxophonist, leukemia.[113]
- Chalky, 17, British Jack Russell terrier, celebrity pet of Rick Stein.[114]
- Cho Tat-wah, 91, Hong Kong wuxia actor, stomach hemorrhage.[115]
- Doyle Holly, 70, American bassist for Buck Owens' Buckaroos (1963–1971), prostate cancer.[116]
- Henri-Jean Martin, 82, French librarian and book historian, cancer.[117]
- Danny Oakes, 95, American USAC champion midget car driver.[118]
- Augustin Diamacoune Senghor, 78, Senegalese separatist leader.[119]
14
- Gido Babilonia, 40, Filipino basketball player, pulmonary embolism.[120]
- Darlene Conley, 72, American actress (The Bold and the Beautiful, The Young and the Restless, Faces), stomach cancer.[121]
- John Hawkins, 62, Canadian composer.[122]
- Beate Hermelin, 87, German psychologist.[123]
- Barbara Kelly, 82, Canadian-born British actress (What's My Line), cancer.[124]
- Robert Noortman, 60, Dutch art dealer, heart attack.[125]
- Vassilis Photopoulos, 72, Greek art director (Zorba the Greek), Oscar winner (1965).[126]
- Peter Prendergast, 60, Welsh artist.[127]
15
- Awad Hamed al-Bandar, 61, Iraqi former chief judge, execution by hanging.[128]
- Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti, 55, Iraqi former leader of the Iraqi Intelligence Service, half-brother of Saddam Hussein, execution by hanging.[128]
- Leonard Berg, 79, American neurologist, creator of the Clinical Dementia Rating scale, stroke.[129]
- Bo Yibo, 98, Chinese politician known for urging crackdown on Tiananmen Square protests of 1989.[130]
- Sir John Boynton, 88, British local government official.[131]
- Colette Caillat, 86, French Sanskrit scholar.[132]
- Isaac Fanous, 87, Egyptian artist and scholar who specialized in Coptic art.[133]
- James Hillier, 91, Canadian-born American inventor of first practical electron microscope, stroke.[134]
- Ardeshir Hosseinpour, 44, Iranian nuclear physicist.[135]
- Bruce Kenrick, 86, British social activist and clergyman.[136]
- Aart Koopmans, 60, Dutch founder of the Alternative Elfstedentocht speed skating series, pneumonia.[137]
- Richard Musgrave, 96, German-born Harvard economist and government adviser, natural causes.[138]
- Percy Saltzman, 91, Canadian meteorologist and television personality, first person to appear on Canadian CBLT Toronto television.[139]
- Colin Thurston, 59, British record producer (Duran Duran, Magazine, The Human League, Kajagoogoo).[140]
16
- Ron Carey, 71, American actor (Barney Miller, History of the World, Part I, The Montefuscos), stroke.[141]
- Rudolf August Oetker, 90, German food industry magnate (Oetker Group) and philanthropist.[142]
- Benny Parsons, 65, American racecar driver, won 1973 Winston Cup, complications from lung cancer.[143]
- René Riffaud, 108, one of France's last surviving World War I veterans.[144]
- Jainal Antel Sali, Jr., 42, Filipino terrorist and a commander of Abu Sayyaf, shot in an army raid.[145]
- Yuri Stern, 57, Israeli politician, cancer.[146]
- Betty Trezza, 82, American baseball player in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League, heart attack.[147]
- Gisela Uhlen, 87, German actress.[148]
- David Vanole, 43, American soccer goalkeeper, heart condition.[149]
17
- Ülle Aaskivi, 56, Estonian politician.[150]
- Alice Auma, 50, Ugandan rebel leader and founder of the Holy Spirit Movement.[151][152]
- Art Buchwald, 81, American humorist and columnist, kidney failure.[153][154]
- Ralph Henstock, 83, British mathematician.[155]
- Yevhen Kushnaryov, 55, Ukrainian politician and a deputy leader of the Party of Regions, shot while hunting.[156]
- Virtue Hampton Whitted, 84, American jazz musician, member of The Hampton Sisters, stroke.[157]
18
- Cyril Baselios, 71, Indian Major Archbishop of the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church, heart attack.[158]
- Julie Winnefred Bertrand, 115, supercentenarian, oldest living Canadian and oldest verified living recognized woman at the time of her death[159]
- Brent Liles, 43, American bassist (Social Distortion, Agent Orange), traffic accident.[160]
- Charles H. O'Brien, 86, American judge, Tennessee Supreme Court (1987–1994).[161]
- Bonaventure Patrick Paul, 77, Pakistani Roman Catholic Bishop of Hyderabad.[162]
19
- Bam Bam Bigelow, 45, American professional wrestler (WWF, ECW, NJPW), drug overdose.[163][164]
- Fiama Hasse Pais Brandão, 69, Portuguese poet, dramatist, essayist and translator, long illness.[165]
- Gerhard Bronner, 84, Austrian composer and cabaret artist, complications following a stroke.[166]
- Hrant Dink, 52, Armenian-Turkish editor, journalist and columnist, shot.[167][168]
- Denny Doherty, 66, Canadian singer, abdominal aneurysm.[169][170][171]
- Bill Lefebvre, 91, American baseball pitcher for Boston Red Sox (1938–1939) and Washington Senators (1943–1944).[172]
- Murat Nasyrov, 37, Russian pop singer of Uyghur ethnicity, suicide by jumping.[173]
20
- Éric Aubijoux, 42, French motorcycle rider, possible cardiac arrest during Dakar Rally.[174]
- Charles Blakey Blackmar, 84, American jurist (Supreme Court of Missouri).[175]
- Dan Christensen, 64, American abstract painter, heart failure due to polymyositis.[176]
- Brian Eatwell, 67, British production designer (The Man Who Fell to Earth, The Three Musketeers, Walkabout).[177]
- Lloyd Francis, 86, Canadian MP and Speaker of the Canadian House of Commons (1984), stomach cancer.[178]
- Christopher Helm, 69, British publisher and ornithologist.[179]
- Sir David Mostyn, 78, British Army general, Adjutant-General to the Forces (1986–1988).[180]
- Anatol Rapoport, 95, Russian-born American mathematical psychologist and peace activist.[181]
- Alfredo Ripstein, 90, Mexican movie producer, respiratory failure.[182]
- Vern Ruhle, 55, American Major League Baseball pitcher and pitching coach, multiple myeloma.[183]
- George Smathers, 93, American politician, United States Senator (D-FL; 1951–1969), stroke complications.[184]
- Alida de Vries, 92, Dutch women's 4 × 100 m relay runner at the 1936 Summer Olympics.[185]
21
- Maria Cioncan, 29, Romanian runner and medalist at 2004 Summer Olympics, car accident.[186]
- Peter Clarke, 58, British Children's Commissioner for Wales, cancer.[187]
- Myrtle Devenish, 94, Welsh actress (Time Bandits).[188]
- Richard Ollard, 83, British historian and biographer.[189]
- Peer Raben, 66, German composer, mainly of film music associated with Rainer Werner Fassbinder.[190]
- Barbara Seranella, 50, American author, liver failure.[191]
- U;Nee, 25, Korean pop singer, suicide by hanging.[192]
22
- John Arthur, 60, American philosopher, lung cancer.[193]
- Doug Blasdell, 44, American Bravo television network trainer on Work Out.[194]
- L. M. Boyd, 79, American newspaper columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle.[195]
- Toulo de Graffenried, 92, Swiss Formula One racing driver (1950–1956).[196][197]
- Victoria Hopper, 97, British stage and film actress.[198]
- Ramón Marsal, 72, Spanish footballer for Real Madrid.[199]
- Michael Nolan, Baron Nolan, 78, English Law Lord and first chairman of the Committee on Standards in Public Life, degenerative illness.[200]
- Elizaphan Ntakirutimana, 83, Rwandan pastor convicted of participation in the Rwandan genocide.[201]
- Abbé Pierre, 94, French founder of the Emmaüs movement, lung infection.[202]
23
- Syed Hussein Alatas, 78, Malaysian academic, writer and Gerakan Party founding president, heart attack.[203]
- Disco D, 26, American hip hop producer, suicide by hanging.[204]
- E. Howard Hunt, 88, American Watergate scandal principal, pneumonia.[205]
- Dick Joyce, 63, American baseball player.[206]
- Ryszard Kapuściński, 74, Polish journalist, author of book about The Soccer War.[207]
- John Majhor, 53, Canadian and American radio and TV broadcaster, cancer.[208]
- Leopoldo Pirelli, 81, Italian chairman of Pirelli (1965–1996).[209]
- Wally Ridley, 93, English record producer and songwriter.[210]
- David M. Ronne, 63, American sound engineer (On Golden Pond, Silverado, Face/Off).[211]
24
- İsmail Cem, 66, Turkish politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs (1997–2002), lung cancer.[212]
- Jean-François Deniau, 78, French writer and statesman, member of the Académie française.[213]
- Krystyna Feldman, 90, Polish actress, lung cancer.[214]
- Wolfgang Iser, 80, German literary scholar and founder of Reader-response criticism.[215]
- Bryan Kocis, 44, American gay pornography producer, stabbed.[216]
- Guadalupe Larriva, 50, Ecuadorian Defense Minister, helicopter crash.[217]
- John W. Lavelle, 57, American Member of the New York State Assembly, stroke.[218]
- A. H. de Oliveira Marques, 73, Portuguese historian, heart failure.[219]
- Emiliano Mercado del Toro, 115, Puerto Rican WW I veteran, was world's oldest person, natural causes.[220]
- David Morris, 76, British Labour MEP (1984–99) and Chairman of CND Cymru.[221]
- Mendy Samstein, 68, American civil rights activist, organizer for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, carcinoid cancer.[222]
- Daniel Stern, 79, American University of Houston professor, Warner Bros. and CBS Vice President, heart surgery complications.[223]
- Peter Tompkins, 87, American journalist and writer (The Secret Life of Plants).[224]
25
- Ken Kavanaugh, 90, American National Football League player, complications from pneumonia.[225]
- Majid Khadduri, 97, Iraqi–born American founder of the SAIS Middle East Studies program, failure to thrive.[226][227]
- Charlotte Thompson Reid, 93, American singer and Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives.[228]
- Jack Lang, 85, American sportswriter and secretary-treasurer of the Baseball Writers Association (1966–1988).[229][230]
- Eleanor McGovern, 85, American wife of Senator and Presidential candidate George McGovern.[231][232]
- Hideo Ogata, 73, Japanese founding editor of Animage, stomach cancer.[233]
- Roberta Semple Salter, 96, American evangelist, daughter of Aimee Semple McPherson and co-creator of Name That Tune.[234]
26
- Charles Brunier, 105, French veteran of WWI and WWII who claimed to have been the inspiration for Papillon.[235]
- Avis M. Dry, 85, British-born clinical psychologist and author on work of Carl Jung.
- Sharon Tyler Herbst, 64, American author of The Food Lover's Companion cookbook, ovarian cancer.[236]
- Jean Ichbiah, 66, French computer scientist and chief designer of the Ada programming language, brain cancer.[237]
- Max Kelly, 76, Australian mathematics professor and leading researcher into category theory.[238]
- Jimmy Ledgard, 84, British rugby league player for Great Britain, Dewsbury and Leigh.[74]
- Emanuele Luzzati, 85, Italian painter, Oscar-nominated production designer and animator.[239]
- David Grey Rattray, 48, South African historian of the Anglo-Zulu War, shot.[240]
- Glen Tetley, 80, American choreographer and dancer, melanoma.[241][242]
- Iwuchukwu Amara Tochi, 21, Nigerian convicted of drug trafficking in Singapore, execution by hanging.[243]
- Philip J. Thomas, 85, Canadian folklorist.[244]
- Hans Wegner, 92, Danish furniture designer.[245]
- Gump Worsley, 77, Canadian ice hockey player (New York Rangers, Montreal Canadiens, Minnesota North Stars), heart attack.[246]
27
- Trevor Allan, 80, Australian rugby union player and TV commentator, cancer.[74][247]
- Tige Andrews, 86, American actor (The Mod Squad, The Detectives, Mister Roberts), cardiac arrest.[248]
- Marcheline Bertrand, 56, American actress, cancer.[249]
- Bob Carroll Jr., 88, American television writer (I Love Lucy).[250][251]
- Paul Channon, 71, British MP for Southend West (1959–1997) and government minister.[252]
- Bing Devine, 90, American general manager of the National League's St. Louis Cardinals baseball team (1958–1964, 1968–1978).[253]
- Claudio Guillén, 82, Spanish writer, member of the Royal Spanish Academy and son of Jorge Guillén, heart attack.[254]
- Kamleshwar, 75, Indian writer and television executive, heart attack.[255]
- Philippe Lacoue-Labarthe, 66, French professor of aesthetics at University of Strasbourg, respiratory insufficiency.[256]
- Herbert Reinecker, 92, German novelist, dramatist and screenwriter (Derrick).[257]
- Yang Chuan-kwang, 73, Taiwanese silver medalist in decathlon at 1960 Summer Olympics, brain hemorrhage.[258]
28
- Ivan Boszormenyi-Nagy, 86, Hungarian-American psychiatrist, complications from Parkinson's disease.[259]
- Malcolm Bowie, 63, English scholar of French literature and Master of Christ's College, Cambridge (2002–2006).[260]
- Carlo Clerici, 77, Swiss road racing cyclist who won 1954 Giro d'Italia, cancer.[261]
- Cyril Demarne, 101, British wartime firefighter.[262]
- Robert Drinan, 86, American Democratic Representative and law professor, pneumonia/congestive heart failure.[263]
- Beatrice Hsu, 28, Taiwanese actress, cardiac arrest following car accident.[264]
- Fiona Jones, 49, British politician, Labour MP for Newark (1997–2001), alcoholic liver disease[265]
- Alf Large, 88, Norwegian Olympic bobsledder.[266]
- O. P. Nayyar, 81, Indian music director for Bollywood films, cardiac arrest.[267]
- Deborah Orin, 59, American bureau chief in Washington for the New York Post, cancer.[268]
- Yelena Romanova, 43, Russian track and field athlete, 3000 metres gold medalist at 1992 Summer Olympics.[269]
- Karel Svoboda, 68, Czech composer, suicide by gunshot.[270]
- Emma Tillman, 114, American who was the recognised world's oldest person.[271]
- Johnny Williams, 80, British champion professional boxer in the 1940s and 50s.[272]
29
- Barbaro, 3, American racehorse, 2006 Kentucky Derby winner, euthanized after contracting laminitis.[273]
- José D'Elía, 90, Uruguayan labor leader and politician.[274]
- Art Fowler, 84, American Major League Baseball pitcher and pitching coach.[275]
- Robert Meier, 109, German oldest living man, World War I veteran.[276]
- Dick Wingfield-Digby, 95, British Anglican priest, Dean of Peterborough (1966–1980).[277]
- William D. Winston, 74, American politician.[278]
30
- Sir Stephen Berthon, 84, British admiral, cancer.[279]
- Stu Inman, 80, American National Basketball Association executive, heart attack.[280]
- Griffith Jones, 97, British actor.[281]
- Nikos Kourkoulos, 72, Greek actor and artistic director of the National Theatre of Greece, cancer.[282]
- Max Lanier, 91, American baseball player.[283]
- Gordon Macklin, 78, American stock broker, NASD President (1970–1987), oversaw NASDAQ start, stroke.[284]
- John Matsudaira, 84, American painter.[285]
- Calvin Plimpton, 88, American president of Amherst College (1960–1971), complications from surgery.[286]
- Sidney Sheldon, 89, American author and TV producer (I Dream of Jeannie), complications from pneumonia.[287]
31
- Kirill Babitzin, 56, Finnish singer, 9th in 1984 Eurovision Song Contest.[288]
- Lee Bergere, 88, American actor (Dynasty).[289]
- Molly Ivins, 62, American newspaper columnist, political commentator and author, breast cancer.[290]
- Mohammed Jamal Khalifa, 49, Saudi brother-in-law of Osama bin Laden, shot.[291]
- Olevi Kull, 51, Estonian ecologist.[292]
- Arben Minga, 47, Albanian football player, pancreatic cancer.[293]
- Ronald Muldrow, 57, American jazz guitarist.[294]
- Douglas T. Ross, 77, American who created APT (programming language) and led MIT CAD project.[295]
- Hokishe Sema, 85, Indian politician, Chief Minister of Nagaland.[296]
- Adelaide Tambo, 77, South African activist and wife of Oliver Tambo.[297]
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