Remove ads
The following people died in September 2011.
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
- Sidney Asch, 92, American lawyer, judge, and author.[1]
- Mark Blackburn, 58, British numismatist, cancer.[2]
- Jan Lammers, 84, Dutch Olympic athlete (1948).[3]
- Liu Huang A-tao, 90, Taiwanese activist, first comfort woman to sue Japan for compensation.[4]
- Abdulrahman al-Nuaimi, 67, Bahraini opposition leader, founder of the PFLB and the NDA.[5]
- Alexandru Pesamosca, 81, Romanian surgeon and pediatrician, cardiac arrest.[6]
- Kamal Salibi, 82, Lebanese historian.[7]
2
- Edgar Benson, 88, Canadian politician and diplomat.[8]
- Roberto Bruce, 32, Chilean television journalist, plane crash.[9]
- Felipe Camiroaga, 44, Chilean television presenter, plane crash.[10]
- Tony Corsari, 84, Belgian television host, cancer.[11]
- Allan Hubbard, 83, New Zealand businessman, car accident.[12]
- Shrinivas Khale, 85, Indian composer.[13]
- Lennart Magnusson, 87, Swedish Olympic silver medal-winning (1952) fencer.[14]
- José María Montes, 91, Argentine Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Chascomús (1983–1996).[15]
- Katsuichi Mori, 81, Japanese Olympic diver.[16]
- Noramfaizul Mohd Nor, 39, Malaysian television camera operator (Bernama), shot.[17]
- Trulshik Rinpoche, 88, Tibetan lama.[18]
- Jehangir Sabavala, 89, Indian artist.[19]
- Bernard Smith, 94, Australian art historian and critic.[20]
- Alberto Zalamea Costa, 82, Colombian journalist and politician, Ambassador to Côte d'Ivoire, Venezuela and Italy.[21]
3
- Renato Barisani, 92, Italian sculptor and painter.[22]
- Júlia Bonet Fité, 89, Andorran businesswoman.[23]
- Julio Casas Regueiro, 75, Cuban politician, Vice President and Defense Minister (since 2008), heart attack.[24]
- Andrzej Maria Deskur, 87, Polish Roman Catholic cardinal, President of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications (1973–1984).[25]
- Don Fambrough, 88, American football player and head coach (University of Kansas), injuries from a fall.[26]
- Finn Helgesen, 92, Norwegian Olympic gold medal-winning (1948) speed skater.[27]
- John Hoover, 91, American artist.[28]
- Sándor Képíró, 97, Hungarian World War II veteran acquitted of Nazi war crimes.[29]
- Sumant Misra, 88, Indian tennis player.[30]
4
- Lalla Aicha, 81, Moroccan princess, first female Arab ambassador, Ambassador to United Kingdom (1965–1969); Greece (1969–1970); Italy (1970–1973).[31]
- Hugh Fox, 79, American poet and novelist.[32]
- Hilde Heltberg, 51, Norwegian musician, cancer.[33]
- Dave Hoover, 56, American comic book artist (Captain America, Starman).[34]
- Bill Kunkel, 61, American video game designer and magazine editor, heart attack.[35]
- Mino Martinazzoli, 79, Italian politician, after long illness.[36]
- Jag Mundhra, 62, Indian film director (Bawandar).[37]
- Hakkı Boran Ögelman, 71, Turkish physicist.[38]
- Lee Roy Selmon, 56, American Hall of Fame football player (Tampa Bay Buccaneers), stroke.[39]
- Sarah Webb, British housing executive.[40]
- Dana Wilson, 28, New Zealand rugby league player, car accident.[41]
5
- Robert Ballaman, 85, Swiss footballer, participated in 1954 World Cup.[42]
- Reidar Børjeson, 80, Norwegian Olympic figure skater (1952).[43]
- Andrew Zolile T. Brook, 81, South African Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Umtata (1979–1995).[44]
- Angioletta Coradini, 65, Italian astrophysicist, cancer.[45]
- Charles S. Dubin, 92, American film and television director (Hawaii Five-O, Kojak, M*A*S*H).[46]
- Carol Frick, 78, American Olympic diver.[47]
- Salvatore Licitra, 43, Italian tenor, injuries from a motor scooter accident.[48]
- Vann Nath, 66, Cambodian painter.[49]
- Bobby Rhine, 35, American soccer player (FC Dallas), heart attack.[50]
- Peter Thuruthikonam, 82, Indian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Vijayapuram (1988–2006), heart attack.[51]
6
- Hans Apel, 79, German politician, Finance Minister (1974–1978) and Defence Minister (1978–1982).[52]
- Jordan Belson, 85, American filmmaker, heart failure.[53]
- Bruce Dan, 64, American researcher (toxic shock syndrome), complications of a bone marrow transplant.[54]
- Dan David, 82, Romanian-born Israeli businessman and philanthropist, brain hemorrhage.[55]
- Archduke Felix of Austria, 95, Austrian royal, last surviving child of Charles I of Austria.[56]
- Michael S. Hart, 64, American author, inventor of the e-book and founder of Project Gutenberg, heart attack.[57]
- George Kuchar, 69, American film director, prostate cancer.[58]
- Little Tokyo, 70, Japanese professional wrestler, heart attack.[59]
- Ted Longshaw, 85, British businessman and sports administrator.[60]
- Janusz Morgenstern, 88, Polish filmmaker.[61]
- Wardell Quezergue, 81, American music arranger, producer and bandleader, heart failure.[62]
- Raphaël Marie Ze, 78, Cameroonian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Sangmélima (1992–2008).[63]
7
- Max Boisot, 67, British academic, cancer.[64]
- Gabriel Bullet, 90, Swiss Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Lausanne, Geneva and Fribourg (1970–1993).[65]
- Derek Grierson, 79, Scottish footballer.[66]
- Jang Hyo-jo, 55, South Korean baseball player (Samsung Lions, Lotte Giants), liver cancer.[67]
- Harold Mair, 92, Australian politician.[68]
- Eddie Marshall, 73, American jazz drummer.[69]
- Gabriel Valdés, 92, Chilean politician and diplomat, President of the Senate of Chile (1990–1996), Foreign Minister (1964–1970).[70]
- Hiroe Yuki, 62, Japanese badminton player.[71]
- Notable ice hockey players and coaches among the 44 killed in the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash:[72]
- Vitali Anikeyenko, 24, Ukrainian defenseman (Metallurg Novokuznetsk)
- Mikhail Balandin, 31, Russian defenseman (UHC Dynamo, HC CSKA Moscow, Mytishchi Atlant)
- Gennady Churilov, 24, Russian centre (Lokomotiv Yaroslavl)
- Pavol Demitra, 36, Slovakian centre (St. Louis Blues, Vancouver Canucks, Minnesota Wild)
- Robert Dietrich, 25, German defenseman (DEG Metro Stars, Milwaukee Admirals, EC Peiting)
- Marat Kalimulin, 23, Russian defenseman (HC Lada Togliatti, Lokomotiv Yaroslavl)
- Alexander Kalyanin, 23, Russian right wing (Lokomotiv Yaroslavl)
- Alexander Karpovtsev, 41, Russian coach and former player (New York Rangers, Chicago Blackhawks, HC Dynamo Moscow), world champion (as player, 1993)
- Andrei Kiryukhin, 24, Russian right wing (Lokomotiv Yaroslavl)
- Nikita Klyukin, 21, Russian centre (Lokomotiv Yaroslavl), world U18 champion (2007)
- Igor Korolev, 41, Russian coach and former player (Winnipeg Jets, Toronto Maple Leafs, Atlant Moscow Oblast)
- Stefan Liv, 30, Swedish goalie (HV71, Toledo Storm, HC Sibir), Olympic gold medalist (2006), world champion (2006)
- Jan Marek, 31, Czech centre (HC Oceláři Třinec, HC Sparta Praha, Metallurg Magnitogorsk)
- Brad McCrimmon, 52, Canadian coach and former player (Philadelphia Flyers, Detroit Red Wings, Hartford Whalers)
- Sergei Ostapchuk, 21, Belarusian right wing (Rouyn-Noranda Huskies, Lokomotiv Yaroslavl)
- Karel Rachůnek, 32, Czech defenseman (Ottawa Senators, Orli Znojmo, New Jersey Devils), world champion (2010)
- Ruslan Salei, 36, Belarusian defenseman (Colorado Avalanche, Florida Panthers, Anaheim Ducks)
- Maxim Shuvalov, 18, Russian defenseman (Lokomotiv Yaroslavl)
- Kārlis Skrastiņš, 37, Latvian defenseman (Nashville Predators, Dallas Stars, HK Riga 2000)
- Pavel Snurnitsyn, 19, Russian left wing (Lokomotiv Yaroslavl)
- Daniil Sobchenko, 20, Russian centre (Lokomotiv Yaroslavl), world junior champion (2011)
- Ivan Tkachenko, 31, Russian left/right wing (HC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk, Lokomotiv Yaroslavl)
- Pavel Trakhanov, 33, Russian defenseman (HC MVD, Severstal Cherepovets, HC CSKA Moscow)
- Yuri Urychev, 20, Russian defenseman (Lokomotiv Yaroslavl), world junior champion (2011)
- Josef Vašíček, 30, Czech centre (Carolina Hurricanes, New York Islanders, HC Slavia Prague), world junior champion (2000), world champion (2005)
- Alexander Vasyunov, 23, Russian left wing (Lowell Devils, Lokomotiv Yaroslavl)
- Alexander Vyukhin, 38, Ukrainian goalie (Sokil Kyiv, HC Sibir, Avangard Omsk)
- Artem Yarchuk, 21, Russian left wing (Lokomotiv Yaroslavl)
8
- David Bitner, 62, American political leader, Chairman of the Republican Party of Florida (2011), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.[73]
- Mary Fickett, 83, American actress (All My Children), complications from Alzheimer's disease.[74]
- Jesse Jefferson, 62, American baseball player (Baltimore Orioles, Toronto Blue Jays), prostate cancer.[75]
- Usman Jibrin, 68–69, Nigerian air force officer and politician, Governor of North Central State (1975–1977).[76]
- Keo Nakama, 91, American swimmer.[77]
- Sir Hilary Synnott, 66, British diplomat.[78]
- Võ Chí Công, 99, Vietnamese politician, President (1987–1992).[79]
- Emilianos Zacharopoulos, 96, Turkish-born Greek Orthodox hierarch, Metropolitan (since 1959).[80]
9
- Valentino Braitenberg, 85, Italian neuroscientist.[81]
- Werner Geeser, 63, Swiss Olympic cross-country skier, cancer.[82]
- Laurie Hughes, 87, English football player (Liverpool).[83]
- Daniel Hulet, 66, Belgian cartoonist.[84]
- William Lesick, 88, Canadian politician, MP for Edmonton East (1984–1988).[85]
- Herbert Lomas, 87, British poet.[86]
- Ignace Matondo Kwa Nzambi, 79, Congolese Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Basankusu (1974–1998) and Molegbe (1998–2007).[87]
- Khairy Shalaby, 73, Egyptian writer.[88]
- Peter Sneath, 87, British microbiologist.[89]
10
- David E. L. Choong, 82, Malaysian badminton player.[90]
- Graham Collier, 74, British jazz bassist.[91]
- Bernice Lake, 78, Anguillan-born Antiguan jurist, first Eastern Caribbean woman to be appointed Queen's Counsel.[92]
- Cecil Marshall, 71, Canadian cricketer.[93]
- Sabino Augusto Montanaro, 89, Paraguayan politician, Minister of the Interior (1968–1989).[94]
- Eric Prabhakar, 86, Indian Olympic athlete (1948).[95]
- Cliff Robertson, 88, American actor (Charly, Spider-Man, PT 109), Oscar winner (1969).[96]
- Sam Pata Emani Tagelagi, 75, Niuean politician, first Speaker of the Niue Assembly (1976–1993), long illness.[97]
11
- Douglas Allen, Baron Croham, 93, British civil servant, Head of the Home Civil Service (1974–1977).[98]
- Art Atwood, 37, American bodybuilder, heart attack.[99]
- Christian Bakkerud, 26, Danish racing driver, injuries sustained in a car accident.[100]
- Lilly Bølviken, 97, Norwegian judge.[101]
- Cliff Brittle, 69, English sports administrator, Chairman of the Rugby Football Union (1996–1998).[102]
- Shirley Chambers, 97, American actress.[citation needed]
- Cláudio Deodato, 64, Brazilian Olympic footballer (1968).[103]
- Arthur Evans, 68, American gay rights activist and author, aortic aneurysm.[104]
- Ralph Gubbins, 79, English football player (Bolton Wanderers, Hull City, Tranmere Rovers).[105]
- İsmet Kotak, 72, Turkish Cypriot journalist and politician, Member of Parliament, Labour Minister (1969–1976), Industry Minister (1982–1983), aortic dissection.[106]
- Isabell Masters, 98, American politician, third-party candidate for President of the United States (1984, 1992, 1996, 2000 and 2004).[107]
- Yuli Ofer, 87, Romanian-born Israeli businessman and entrepreneur.[108]
- Walter C. Righter, 87, American clergyman, bishop in the Episcopal Church, after long illness.[109]
- Andy Whitfield, 39, Welsh-born Australian actor (Spartacus: Blood and Sand), non-Hodgkin lymphoma.[110]
12
- Bill Cash, 92, American Negro league baseball player.[111]
- Frits Castricum, 64, Dutch politician, Member of the House of Representatives (1977–1994) and the Senate (1999–2003).[112]
- Alexander Galimov, 26, Russian ice hockey player, injuries sustained in the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash.[113]
- Mohammed Ghani Hikmat, 82, Iraqi sculptor, kidney failure.[114]
- Peter van Huizen, 79, Malaysian Olympic field hockey player.[115]
- Ralph Lomma, 87, American mini golf entrepreneur.[116]
- Wade Mainer, 104, American bluegrass musician, heart failure.[117]
- Allen Morgan, 86, American Olympic gold medal-winning (1948) coxswain, cancer.[118]
- Petro Tronko, 96, Ukrainian academician.[citation needed]
13
- Walter Bonatti, 81, Italian mountain climber.[119]
- John Calley, 81, American movie studio executive.[120]
- Wilma Lee Cooper, 90, American country music singer, natural causes.[121]
- Sam DeLuca, 75, American football player and broadcaster (New York Jets), pancreatic cancer.[122]
- Arno Fischer, 84, German photographer.[123]
- Paul Gallant, 67, Canadian entrepreneur, inventor of Puzz-3D, cancer.[124]
- Jack Garner, 84, American actor (The Rockford Files, My Fellow Americans), brother of James Garner.[125]
- Richard Hamilton, 89, British artist.[126]
- David Jull, 66, Australian politician, Member of the House of Representatives (1975–1983, 1984–2007).[127]
- Joe Krupa, 78, American football player (Pittsburgh Steelers), heart ailment.[128]
- DJ Mehdi, 34, French hip hop and house producer.[129]
- Harlan Erwin Mitchell, 87, American politician, U.S. Representative from Georgia (1958–1961).[130]
- Carl Oglesby, 76, American anti-war activist, lung cancer.[131]
- Gautam Rajadhyaksha, 60, Indian photographer.[132]
- Steven Michael Woods, Jr., 31, American murderer, executed by lethal injection.[133]
14
- Harishchandra Birajdar, 61, Indian Olympic wrestler (1972).[134]
- Lewis Brown, 56, American basketball player (Washington Bullets), heart attack.[135]
- Choi Dong-Won, 53, South Korean baseball player (Lotte Giants, Samsung Lions), colon cancer.[136]
- Desmond FitzGerald, 29th Knight of Glin, 74, Irish hereditary knight.[137]
- Jorge Lavat, 78, Mexican actor.[138]
- Teodor Moraru, 73, Romanian painter.[139]
- Rudolf Mössbauer, 82, German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (1961).[140]
- Frank Parkin, 80, British sociologist and novelist.[141]
- Buddy Tinsley, 87, American-born Canadian football player (Winnipeg Blue Bombers).[142]
- Malcolm Wallop, 78, American politician, United States Senator from Wyoming (1977–1995).[143]
15
- Frances Bay, 92, Canadian character actress (Happy Gilmore, Blue Velvet, The Middle).[144]
- José Manuel Rodriguez Delgado, 96, Spanish scientist and professor.[145]
- Clemente Faccani, 90, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Apostolic Nuncio to Kenya (1983–1995) and Seychelles (1985–1994).[146]
- Georges Fillioud, 82, French politician.[147]
- Dorothy Harrell, 87, American baseball player (All-American Girls Professional Baseball League).[148]
- John Hubert Kelly, 72, American diplomat.[149]
- Khalid Abdel Nasser, 62, Egyptian professor, eldest son of Gamal Abdel Nasser.[150]
- Mo Rothman, 92, Canadian-born American movie executive, persuaded Charlie Chaplin to return to the United States, Parkinson's disease.[151]
- Nykodym Rusnak, 90, Ukrainian Orthodox hierarch, Metropolitan of Kharkiv and Bohodukhiv (since 1989).[152]
- Regina Smendzianka, 86, Polish pianist.[153]
- Bill Taylor, 81, American baseball player (New York Giants, Detroit Tigers).[154]
- Otakar Vávra, 100, Czech film director, screenwriter and pedagogue.[155]
16
- Ramon Amigó Anglès, 86, Spanish writer and teacher.[156]
- Lloyd Barber, 79, Canadian university executive.[157]
- Roger Belanger, 45, Canadian ice hockey player (Pittsburgh Penguins), heart attack.[158]
- Sir Brian Burnett, 98, British Air Chief Marshal, Chairman of the All England Club.[159]
- Bryce Crawford, 96, American scientist, member of the United States National Academy of Sciences.[160]
- Jordi Dauder, 73, Spanish actor.[161]
- Norma Eberhardt, 82, American actress (Live Fast, Die Young, The Return of Dracula), stroke.[162]
- Dave Gavitt, 73, American basketball coach, founder of the Big East Conference.[163]
- Sir William Hawthorne, 98, British aerospace engineer.[164]
- Kara Kennedy, 51, American television producer, daughter of Ted Kennedy, heart attack.[165]
- Jean Leclant, 91, French archaeologist and Egyptologist.[166]
- Stephen Mueller, 63, American painter, cancer.[167]
- Ted Mullighan, 72, Australian jurist, cancer.[168]
- Willie "Big Eyes" Smith, 75, American blues musician.[169]
- Tom Wilson, Sr., 80, American cartoonist (Ziggy).[170]
17
- Roger Agache, 85, French archaeologist.[171]
- Pedro Estay, 82, Chilean Olympic shooter.[172]
- Robert Frascino, 59, American immunologist.[173]
- Ernest House Sr., 65, American tribal leader, Chairman of the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe (1982–2010), injuries from a motorcycle accident.[174]
- Colin Madigan, 90, Australian architect.[175]
- Faidon Matthaiou, 87, Greek basketball player and coach.[176]
- George MacDonald Sacko, 75, Liberian footballer.[177]
- Eleanor Mondale, 51, American television personality, daughter of Walter Mondale, brain cancer.[178]
- Charles H. Percy, 91, American politician, Senator from Illinois (1967–1985), Alzheimer's disease.[179]
- Kurt Sanderling, 98, German conductor.[180]
- Ferenc Szojka, 80, Hungarian footballer.[181]
- Moisés Villanueva de la Luz, 47, Mexican politician, MP (2011).[182] (body found on this date)
- Peter Wright, 82, British police officer.[183]
- Tomasz Zygadło, 63, Polish film director.[184]
18
- Jack Adler, 94, American comic book artist.[185]
- Paul Bach, 72, English journalist and editor (Saga Magazine).[186]
- Mohammed Bassiouni, 74, Egyptian diplomat, Ambassador to Israel (1986–2000).[187]
- Tom Daly, 93, Canadian movie director and producer, long illness.[188]
- Norma Holloway Johnson, 79, American federal judge, first African American woman to serve as a district court chief judge, stroke.[189]
- Bayless Manning, 88, American lawyer, Dean of Stanford Law School (1964–1971), first President of the Council on Foreign Relations.[190]
- William F. May, 95, American film society founder (Film Society of Lincoln Center), heart failure.[191]
- Marcelino Palentini, 68, Italian-born Argentinian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Jujuy (since 1995).[192]
- Aleksandr Potapov, 67, Soviet Olympic sailor.[193]
- Jamey Rodemeyer, 14, American gay activist and bullying victim, suicide by hanging.[194]
- Ivo Škrabalo, 77, Croatian writer, director and actor.[195]
- Imre Varga, 66, Hungarian Olympic judoka.[196]
- Swian Zanoni, 23, Brazilian motocross rider, race accident.[197]
19
- George Benton, 78, American boxer, pneumonia.[198]
- Thomas Capano, 61, American convicted murderer, heart attack.[199]
- Jo Carson, 64, American writer.[200]
- Bernard Collomb, 80, French racing driver.[201]
- Dolores Hope, 102, American philanthropist, widow of Bob Hope, natural causes.[202]
- Little Yellow Jacket, 15, American bucking bull.[203]
- Ginger McCain, 80, British horse trainer, cancer.[204]
- George Cadle Price, 92, Belizean politician, Prime Minister (1981–1984; 1989–1993).[205]
- Johnny Răducanu, 79, Romanian jazz musician, cardiac arrest.[206]
- Mathieu Schiller, 32, French bodybuilder, shark attack.[207]
20
- Arvid Andersson, 92, Swedish Olympic weightlifter.[208]
- Johnny Barend, 82, American professional wrestler, natural causes.[209]
- Frank Driggs, 81, American Grammy Award-winning jazz producer, musician and archivist, natural causes.[210]
- Oscar Handlin, 95, American historian.[211]
- Michael Jarvis, 73, British horse trainer.[212]
- Aleksei Mamykin, 75, Russian footballer and coach.[213]
- Burhanuddin Rabbani, 70, Afghan politician, President (1992–1996, 2001), bomb attack.[214]
- Claude Rohla, 59, Luxembourgian Olympic archer.[215]
- Victor Blanchard Scheffer, 104, American mammalogist and author, natural causes.[216]
- Gaby Stenberg, 88, Swedish actress.[217]
- Per Unckel, 63, Swedish politician, Governor of Stockholm County (since 2007), cancer.[218]
- Urpo Vähäranta, 85, Finnish Olympic athlete.[219]
- Arch West, 97, American marketing executive credited with developing Doritos.[220]
- Robert Whitaker, 71, British photographer, shot The Beatles' butcher album cover, cancer.[221]
21
- Joe Abeywickrama, 84, Sri Lankan actor.[222]
- Lawrence Russell Brewer, 44, American convicted murderer, executed by lethal injection.[223]
- Troy Davis, 42, American convicted murderer, executed by lethal injection.[224]
- Michael Julian Drake, 65, American planetary scientist.[225]
- John Du Cann, 66, British musician (Atomic Rooster), heart attack.[226]
- Paulette Dubost, 100, French actress (The Rules of the Game, The Last Metro).[227]
- Ben Feleo, 85, Filipino film director.[228]
- Mickey Rottner, 92, American basketball player (Sheboygan Red Skins, Chicago Stags).[229]
- Pamela Ann Rymer, 70, American federal judge, cancer.[230]
- Naoki Sugiura, 79, Japanese actor, lung cancer.[231]
22
- Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi, 70, Indian cricketer, ninth and last Nawab of Pataudi (1952–1971), lung disease.[232]
- Peter E. Berger, 67, American film editor (Fatal Attraction, Star Trek, Alvin and the Chipmunks), leukemia.[233]
- Jonathan Cecil, 72, English actor.[234]
- Cengiz Dağcı, 92, Turkish language Crimean novelist and poet.[235]
- John H. Dick, 92, American naval officer and college basketball player.[236]
- Henry Lacey, 91, S African cricketer.[237]
- Robert Mistele, 91, American football coach.[238]
- Margaret Ogola, 53, Kenyan author.[239]
- Asbjørn Osnes, 79, Norwegian Olympic ski jumper.[240]
- Whatumoana Paki, 85, New Zealand Māori royal elder, widower of Te Atairangikaahu, father of King Tuheitia.[241]
- Aristides Pereira, 87, Cape Verdean politician and guerrilla leader, President (1975–1991).[242]
- Vic Roby, 93, American radio and television announcer.[243]
- Knut Steen, 86, Norwegian sculptor.[244]
- Vesta Williams, 53, American R&B singer, hypertensive heart disease.[245]
23
- Orlando Brown Sr., 40, American football player (Cleveland Browns, Baltimore Ravens), diabetic ketoacidosis.[246]
- Hubert Constant, 80, Haitian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Cap-Haïtien (2003–2008).[247]
- Luciano Galbo, 68, Italian cyclist.[248]
- Danny Litwhiler, 95, American baseball player and coach.[249]
- Guy Marcoux, 87, Canadian politician.[250]
- Rolland W. Redlin, 91, American politician, U.S. Representative from North Dakota (1965–1967).[251]
- Douglas Stuart, 20th Earl of Moray, 83, British aristocrat.[252]
- Joseph Trinh Chinh Truc, 85, Vietnamese Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Ban Me Thuot (1990–2000).[253]
- José Miguel Varas, 83, Chilean writer.[254]
- Carl Wood, 81, Australian in vitro fertilisation pioneer, Alzheimer's disease.[255]
24
- Robert Chasowa, 25, Malawian political activist.[256]
- Surinder Kapoor, 86, Indian film producer, cardiac arrest.[257]
- Tony Knap, 96, American college football coach, Alzheimer's disease.[258]
- Konstantin Lerner, 61, Ukrainian chess grandmaster.[259]
- Emanuel Litvinoff, 96, British writer and human rights campaigner.[260]
- George Palliser, 92, British World War II fighter pilot.[261]
- Gusty Spence, 78, British Ulster loyalist, leader of the Ulster Volunteer Force.[262]
- Ken Yamauchi, 67, Japanese actor, pneumonia.[263]
25
- Len Allmond, 86, Australian rugby league footballer.[264]
- Theyab Awana, 21, Emirati footballer, traffic accident.[265]
- Denis Cannan, 92, British playwright.[266]
- Tony Conyers, 83, British journalist.[267]
- Erling Lars Dale, 65, Norwegian educationalist, cancer.[268]
- Norman Lawson, 75, English footballer and cricketer.[269]
- Sissy Löwinger, 70, Austrian actress, daughter of Paul Löwinger.[270]
- Wangari Maathai, 71, Kenyan environmental activist, MP and Nobel Peace Prize winner, cancer.[271]
- Helen Reichert, 109, American talk show personality and New York University professor.[272]
- Ali St. Louis, 52, Trinidadian Olympic athlete, traffic accident.[273]
26
- Sharon Anderson-Gold, 63, American professor, cancer.[274]
- Robert Blinc, 76, Slovene physicist.[275]
- Sergio Bonelli, 78, Italian comic book author and publisher.[276]
- Bob Cassilly, 61, American sculptor, founder of City Museum, bulldozer accident.[277]
- Jessy Dixon, 73, American gospel musician.[278]
- David Zelag Goodman, 81, American screenwriter (Straw Dogs), progressive supranuclear palsy.[279]
- Jerry Haynes, 84, American actor (RoboCop, Places in the Heart, Heartbreak Hotel), Parkinson's disease.[280]
- Harry Muskee, 70, Dutch blues singer and musician (Cuby + Blizzards), cancer.[281]
- Uan Rasey, 90, American trumpeter, heart ailment.[282]
- Michael Shor, 91, Israeli security official, CEO of Israel Military Industries (1972–1989).[283]
- Ron Toomer, 81, American roller coaster designer.[284]
27
- Mahmoud Abouelleil, 75-76, Egyptian politician.[285]
- Fernando Agüero, 94, Nicaraguan politician.[286]
- David Croft, 89, British television comedy writer and producer (Are You Being Served?, Dad's Army).[287]
- Sara Douglass, 54, Australian fantasy author, ovarian cancer.[288]
- Ida Fink, 89, Israeli Polish-language author.[289]
- Wilson Greatbatch, 92, American engineer, inventor of the implantable cardiac pacemaker.[290]
- Dave Hill, 74, American golfer, complications from emphysema.[291]
- Imre Makovecz, 75, Hungarian architect.[292]
- Richard W. Mallary, 82, American politician, U.S. Representative from Vermont (1972–1975).[293]
- "Country" Johnny Mathis, 80, American country music singer-songwriter.[294]
- Chus Pereda, 73, Spanish football player and manager.[295]
- Stuart Spencer, 79, Australian footballer.[296]
- Joe Tofflemire, 46, American football player (Seattle Seahawks), heart failure.[297]
- Erik Wedersøe, 73, Danish actor.[298]
- Johnnie Wright, 97, American country music singer (Johnnie & Jack), husband of Kitty Wells.[299]
- Cizia Zykë, 61, French writer and adventurer.[300]
28
- James E. Bowman, 88, American physician.[301]
- Patrick Collinson, 82, British historian.[302]
- Pierre Dansereau, 99, Canadian ecologist.[303]
- Charles J. Donlan, 95, American NASA researcher and manager.[304]
- Heidi, 3, American-born cross-eyed opossum at Leipzig Zoo, euthanised.[305]
- Chingis Izmailov, 67, Russian psychophysiologist.[306]
- Claude R. Kirk, Jr., 85, American politician, Governor of Florida (1967–1971).[307]
- Nick Navarro, 81, American law enforcement official, Sheriff of Broward County, Florida (1985–1992), complications of cancer.[308]
29
- Eddie Bockman, 91, American baseball player, manager and scout (Pittsburgh Pirates, New York Yankees).[309]
- Charles Brooks, 90, American editorial cartoonist.[310]
- Len Castle, 86, New Zealand potter.[311]
- Hella Haasse, 93, Dutch writer.[312]
- Philip Hannan, 98, American Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of New Orleans (1965–1988).[313]
- Nonie Lynch, 101, Irish traditional singer.[314]
- Tatyana Lioznova, 87, Russian film director (Seventeen Moments of Spring), People's Artist of the USSR.[315]
- Vera Popkova, 68, Russian athlete, Olympic bronze medalist (1968).[316]
- Sylvia Robinson, 76, American singer (Mickey & Sylvia), music producer and record label executive, heart failure.[317]
- Lojze Slak, 79, Slovene accordion player, bone cancer.[318]
- Iain Sproat, 72, Scottish politician and journalist.[319]
30
- Va'aelua Eti Alesana, Samoan politician, President of the Tautua Samoa Party (since 2011).[320]
- João d'Avila Moreira Lima, 92, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro (1982–2002).[321]
- Anwar al-Awlaki, 40, American-born Yemeni cleric and Al-Qaeda official, airstrike.[322]
- Pilar Barril, 79, Spanish tennis player.[323]
- Lee Davenport, 95, American physicist, helped develop SCR-584 radar, cancer.[324]
- Gilberto Fernandez, 76, Cuban-born American Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Miami (1997–2002).[325]
- Mykhaylo Forkash, 63, Ukrainian footballer.[326]
- Peter Gent, 69, American football player (Dallas Cowboys) and author (North Dallas Forty).[327]
- Alexander Grant, 86, New Zealand ballet dancer.[328]
- Mike Heimerdinger, 58, American football coach (Tennessee Titans), cancer.[329]
- Gaspar Henaine, 84, Mexican comedian.[330]
- Mumtaz Jajja, 63, Pakistani politician, dengue fever.[331]
- Roger G. Kennedy, 85, American civil servant, Director of the National Park Service (1993–1997), melanoma.[332]
- Samir Khan, 25, Saudi-born American jihadist and publisher (Inspire), airstrike.[333]
- Ram Dayal Munda, 72, Indian scholar and activist.[334]
- Sir Arthur Norman, 94, British industrialist.[335]
- Clifford Olson, 71, Canadian serial killer, cancer.[336]
- Ralph M. Steinman, 68, Canadian immunologist, announced as 2011 Nobel Laureate in Medicine, pancreatic cancer.[337]
- Marv Tarplin, 70, American guitarist and songwriter, original member of The Miracles.[338]
Remove ads
Wikiwand in your browser!
Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.
Every time you click a link to Wikipedia, Wiktionary or Wikiquote in your browser's search results, it will show the modern Wikiwand interface.
Wikiwand extension is a five stars, simple, with minimum permission required to keep your browsing private, safe and transparent.
Remove ads