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List of notable deaths in a month
The following is a list of notable deaths in December 2009 .
Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence:
Name, age, country of citizenship at birth, subsequent country of citizenship (if applicable), reason for notability, cause of death (if known), and reference.
December 2009
1
Christoph Budde , 46, German football player (
Borussia Mönchengladbach ), swine flu.
[1]
Maurice Clemmons , 37, American felon, perpetrator of the
2009 shooting of Lakewood, Washington, police officers , shot.
[2]
Neil Dougall , 88, British footballer (
Plymouth Argyle ).
[3]
Tommy Henrich , 96, American baseball player (
New York Yankees ).
[4]
Bilal Omer Khan , 55,
Pakistani general , victim of
December 2009 Rawalpindi terrorist attack
[5]
Bill Lister , 86, American honky tonk singer.
[6]
Alberto Martínez , 59, Uruguayan football player (
FK Austria Wien ), heart failure.
[7]
Cordelia Oliver , 86, Scottish painter, journalist and art critic.
[8]
Ramses Shaffy , 76, Dutch singer and actor, esophageal cancer.
[9]
Shilendra Kumar Singh , 77, Indian politician,
Governor of Rajasthan (2007–2009).
[10]
Éva Szörényi , 92, Hungarian actress,
Kossuth Prize winner.
[11]
Donald Washington, Sr. , 79, American jazz tenor saxophonist, lung cancer.
[12]
2
Harold A. Ackerman , 81, American federal judge, natural causes.
[13]
Luis María Bandrés , 65, Spanish leader of
Basque Nationalist Party .
[14]
Elizabeth Berridge , 89, British novelist.
[15]
Foge Fazio , 71, American football coach, leukemia.
[16]
Shoji Hashimoto , 75, Japanese go master, myocardial infarction.
[17]
Ikuo Hirayama , 79, Japanese painter, stroke.
[18]
Maggie Jones , 75, British actress (
Coronation Street ).
[19]
Jozo Križanović , 65, Bosnian politician,
Croat member of the Presidency (2001–2002), complications from surgery.
[20]
Brian Morrison , 76, Australian priest and humanitarian.
[21]
Luiz Lombardi Neto , 69, Brazilian announcer (
Silvio Santos television program), stroke.
[22]
Aaron Schroeder , 83, American songwriter, Alzheimer's disease.
[23]
Ian Thompson , 74, Australian politician, member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly (1971–1993).
[24]
Vjekoslav Šutej , 58, Croatian conductor, leukemia.
[25]
Eric Woolfson , 64, Scottish singer and keyboardist (
The Alan Parsons Project ), cancer.
[26]
3
Ibrahim Hassan Addou , Somali Higher Education Minister,
bombing .[
citation needed ]
Qamar Aden Ali , 52, Somali Health Minister,
bombing .
[27]
Swadesh Bose , 81, Bangladeshi economist.
[28]
Nat Boxer , 84, American Academy Award-winning sound engineer (
Apocalypse Now ), natural causes.
[29]
Estêvão Cardoso de Avellar , 92, Brazilian Roman Catholic Bishop of
Uberlândia (1978–1992).
[30]
Paula Hawkins , 82, American politician, Senator from Florida (1981–1987), complications from a fall.
[31]
István Iglódi , 65, Hungarian actor.
[32]
Leila Lopes , 50, Brazilian actress, suicide.
[33]
Bert Main , 90, Australian zoologist.
[34]
Brian Harold Mason , 92, New Zealand scientist, renal failure.
[35]
Curtis Nkondo , 81, South African politician, activist and diplomat.
[36]
Pat Power , 67, Australian politician, member of the
Victorian Legislative Council for
Jika Jika (1992–1999).
[37]
Sam Salt , 69, British rear admiral, captain of
HMS Sheffield during the Falklands War.
[38]
Peter Scanlon , 78, American accountant and chairman (
Coopers & Lybrand ), cancer.
[39]
Åsmund L. Strømnes , 82, Norwegian educationalist.
[40]
Valbjörn Þorláksson , 75, Icelandic decathlete.
[41]
Richard Todd , 90, Irish-born British Academy Award-nominated actor (
The Hasty Heart ,
The Dam Busters ), (
The Longest Day ), cancer.
[42]
Ahmed Abdulahi Waayeel , Somali Education Minister,
bombing .
[27]
Bobby Wayne Woods , 44, American convicted rapist, kidnapper and murderer,
execution by lethal injection .
[43]
Torrie Zito , 76, American pianist and arranger, emphysema.
[44]
4
Richard T. Antoun , 77, American anthropologist and professor, stabbed.
[45]
Harold Bell , 90, American marketer, licensing agent and technical advisor, creator of
Woodsy Owl .
[46]
Liam Clancy , 74, Irish folk singer (
The Clancy Brothers ), pulmonary fibrosis.
[47]
Tim Costello , 64, American labor and anti-globalization advocate, pancreatic cancer.
[48]
Matthew Luo Duxi , 90, Chinese Roman Catholic Bishop of
Jiading .
[49]
Jérôme-Michel-Francis Martin , 68, French Roman Catholic Bishop of
Berbérati (1987–1991).
[50]
Bryan O'Byrne , 78, American character actor.
[51]
Spyridon , 83, Greek Metropolitan Bishop of
Lagkadas , after long illness.
[52]
Vyacheslav Tikhonov , 81, Russian actor (
Seventeen Moments of Spring ).
[53]
Stephen Toulmin , 87, British philosopher and author, heart failure.
[54]
Jordi Solé Tura , 79, Spanish politician and lawyer, co-author of
Spanish Constitution and Minister of Culture (1991–1993).
[55]
Umaga , 36, American professional wrestler, prescription drug overdose.
[56]
Mall Vaasma , 64, Estonian mycologist.
[57]
Mary Curtis Verna , 88, American operatic soprano (
Metropolitan Opera ), complications from a broken hip.
[58]
Francis Wilford-Smith , 82, British cartoonist.
[59]
5
Jerry Birn , 86, American television writer.
[60]
Nina Fishman , 63, British historian and political activist, cancer.
[61]
Alfred Hrdlicka , 81, Austrian architect and draughtsman.
[62]
Otto Graf Lambsdorff , 82, German politician, Minister of Economics (1977–1982; 1982–1984).
[63]
William Lederer , 97, American author (
The Ugly American ), respiratory failure.
[64]
Kálmán Markovits , 78, Hungarian Olympic gold (
1952 ,
1956 ) and bronze (
1960 ) medalist in water polo.
[65]
Tim "Barrel Man" McKernan , 69, American fan of the
Denver Broncos , lung failure.
[66]
Garfield Morgan , 78, British actor (
The Sweeney ), cancer.
[67]
Malcolm Perry , 80, American attending physician to President
John F. Kennedy after his assassination, lung cancer.[
citation needed ]
Manuel Prado y Colón de Carvajal , 78, Spanish diplomat.
[68]
Dumitru Puntea , 66, Moldovan politician.
[69]
Jim Rohn , 79, American entrepreneur, author and motivational speaker, pulmonary fibrosis.
[70]
Jack Rose , 38, American guitarist, heart attack.
[71]
Princess Vimolchatra of Thailand , 88, Thai royal, cousin of King
Bhumibol Adulyadej , renal failure.
[72]
William A. Wilson (diplomat) , 95, American Ambassador to the Holy See (1984–1986).
[73]
6
Dennis P. Collins , 85, American politician, mayor of
Bayonne, New Jersey (1974–1990).
[74]
Rupprecht Geiger , 101, German painter.
[75]
Dermott Monteith , 66, Irish cricketer.
[76]
John Pittenger , 79, American politician, Pennsylvania Secretary of Education (1972–1976), Parkinson's disease.
[77]
Bina Rai , 78, Indian actress (
Anarkali ), heart attack.
[78]
Daouda Sow , 76, Senegalese politician, President of National Assembly (1984–1998).
[79]
7
Bruce C. Allen , 54, American guitarist and vocalist (
The Suburbs ), organ failure.
[80]
Frank M. Coffin , 90, American politician, Representative from Maine (1957–1961), complications of aortic aneurysm surgery.
[81]
Royden G. Derrick , 94, American general authority of the
LDS Church , natural causes.
[82]
Al Dorow , 80, American football player (
Washington Redskins ,
New York Titans ), bone cancer.
[83]
Shunkichi Hamada , 99, Japanese Olympic silver medal-winning (
1932 ) field hockey player.
[84]
Rose Kaufman , 70, American screenwriter, cancer.
[85]
Lorenzo Ochoa Salas , Mexican archeologist.
[86]
Grady Patterson , 85, American politician, South Carolina state Treasurer (1966–1995; 1999–2007), natural causes.
[87]
Carlene Hatcher Polite , 77, American novelist, cancer.
[88]
Mark Ritts , 63, American actor and puppeteer (
Beakman's World ), kidney cancer.
[89]
Ray Solomonoff , 83, American physicist and artificial intelligence pioneer.
[90]
Pyotr Vail , 60, Russian essayist and journalist.
[91]
8
James Bingham , 84, British artist.
[92]
Kenneth Biros , 51, American convicted murderer,
execution by lethal injection .
[93]
Joan Bridge , 97, British costume designer.[
citation needed ]
Su Cruickshank , 63, Australian jazz singer and actress (
Young Einstein ), heart and kidney failure.
[94]
Luis Días , 57, Dominican musician and songwriter, heart attack.
[95]
Dean Fasano , 54, American vocalist (
Prophet ,
Message ), coronary artery disease.
[96]
John Givens , 83, American basketball coach (
Kentucky Colonels , 1967).
[97]
Arthur Glasser , 95, American missionary and theologian.
[98]
Karel Klančnik , 92, Yugoslavian Olympic ski jumper.
[99]
Elza Medeiros , 88, Brazilian nurse, World War II veteran.
[100]
William C. McInnes , 86, American Jesuit, president of
Fairfield University (1964–1973);
USF (1973–1976).
[101]
Anthony Sanusi , 98, Nigerian Roman Catholic Bishop of
Ijebu-Ode (1969–1990).
[102]
Fred Sheffield , 86, American basketball player.
Sir Philip Watson , 90, British admiral.
[103]
9
Luiz Carlos Alborghetti , 64, Brazilian television presenter and politician, lung cancer.
[104]
Gene Barry , 90, American actor (
The War of the Worlds ,
Burke's Law ,
Bat Masterson ), heart failure.
[105]
Roger Jacobi , 62, British archaeologist.
[106]
Sa'ad Khair , 56, Jordanian secret service chief, heart attack.
[107]
Piotr Krzywicki , 45, Polish politician, pancreatic cancer.
[108]
Kjell Eugenio Laugerud García , 79, Guatemalan President (1974–1978), complications from cancer.
[109]
Rodrigo Carazo Odio , 82, Costa Rican politician, President (1978–1982), heart failure.
[110]
Faramarz Payvar , 77, Iranian composer and santur player, brain damage.[
citation needed ]
Onofre Cândido Rosa , 85, Brazilian Roman Catholic Bishop of
Jardim (1981–1999).
[111]
Goldie Semple , 56, Canadian stage actor, breast cancer.
[112]
Norman Sykes , 83, English footballer (
Bristol Rovers ).
[113]
10
Apolonia Muñoz Abarca , 89, American activist.
[114]
Gene Carpenter , 70, American football coach.
[115]
Dilip Chitre , 70, Indian poet, cancer.
[116]
Kenny Dino , 70, American pop singer.
[117]
Jean-Robert Gauthier , 80, Canadian MP for
Ottawa East (1972–1974),
Ottawa—Vanier (1974–1994); Senator (1994–2004), stroke.
[118]
Sir John Gingell , 84, British Air Chief Marshal and
Black Rod (1985–1992).
[119]
Thomas Hoving , 78, American director of the
Metropolitan Museum of Art (1967–1977), lung cancer.
[120]
Sir Alan Huggins , 88, British jurist, vice-president of the
Court of Appeal of Hong Kong (1980–1987).
[121]
Colin James , 83, British Anglican prelate, Bishop of Winchester (1985–1995), chest infection.
[122]
József Kóczián , 83, Hungarian table tennis player.
[123]
William L. Reilly , 94, American Jesuit and philosophy professor, President of
Le Moyne College (1964–1976).
[124]
11
Brindley Benn , 86, Guyanese politician, Deputy Prime Minister, natural causes.
[125]
Francisco Piquer , 87, Spanish actor.
[126]
Ciarán Mac Mathúna , 84, Irish radio presenter and music collector.
[127]
Eric Wrinkles , 49, American convicted murderer,
execution by lethal injection .
[128]
12
Val Avery , 85, American actor (
The Killing of a Chinese Bookie ) .
[129]
Klavdiya Boyarskikh , 70, Russian cross-country skier,
Olympic gold medalist (1964).
[130]
Charles MacAlester Copland , 99, British Anglican priest,
Dean of Argyll and The Isles (1977–1979).
[131]
Charles Davis , 84, American actor, heart attack.
[132]
Ali Gharbi , 54, Tunisian swimmer.
[133]
Robert G. Heft , 67, American designer of the 50-star American flag.
[134]
Howard Wesley Johnson , 87, American educator, president of
MIT (1966–1971).
[135]
Napoleon A. Jones Jr. , 69, American federal judge.
[136]
Manuel Ruiz Sosa , 72, Spanish footballer and coach.
[137]
Eugene van Tamelen , 84, American chemist, cancer.
[138]
13
Dan Barton , 88, American actor and voice-over actor, heart failure and kidney disease.
[139]
Julian Fane , 82, British author.
[140]
Moyra Fraser , 86, Australian-born British actress (
As Time Goes By ).
[141]
Yvonne King , 89, American singer (
The King Sisters ).
[142]
Börje Langefors , 94, Swedish engineer and computer scientist.
[143]
Arne Næss , 84, Norwegian politician, Mayor of Bergen.
[144]
Piergiorgio Nesti , 78, Italian Roman Catholic archbishop of
Camerino-San Severino Marche .
[145]
Paul Samuelson , 94, American economist, Nobel Prize winner (1970).
[146]
Sha'ari Tadin , 77, Singaporean educator and public servant, Parkinson's disease.
[147]
Thomas F. Stroock , 84, American politician, Ambassador to Guatemala (1989–1992).
[148]
Larry Sultan , 63, American photographer, cancer.
[149]
Wilton Cezar Xavier , 62, Brazilian footballer.
[150]
14
Alan A'Court , 75, English footballer (
Liverpool ,
England ), cancer.
[151]
Jack Denham , 85, Australian horse trainer, winner of 1997
Caulfield and
Melbourne Cup (
Might and Power ).
[152]
Chris Feinstein , 42, American bassist (
The Cardinals ).
[153]
Stocker Fontelieu , 86, American actor and executive director (New Orleans theatre), complications from a fall.
[154]
Conard Fowkes , 76, American actor (
Dark Shadows ).
[155]
Miodrag Jovanović , 87, Serbian Olympic silver medal-winning (
1948 ) footballer.
[156]
George McKinnon , 91, American basketball and baseball coach.
[157]
David Pecaut , 54, Canadian municipal entrepreneur, colorectal cancer.
[158]
Daniel Piscopo , 89, Maltese politician.
[159]
Sol Price , 93, American businessman, founder of
Price Club , natural causes.
[160]
15
Curtis Allina , 87, American businessman, executive of
Pez Candy (1955–1979), heart failure.
[161]
C. D. B. Bryan , 73, American author (Friendly Fire ), cancer.
[162]
Sir Chris Clarke , 68, British politician, leader of
Somerset County Council .
[163]
Milena Müllerová , 86, Czech gymnast, Olympic champion (
1948 ).
[164]
Arnaldo Ribeiro , 79, Brazilian Roman Catholic archbishop of
Ribeirão Preto (1988–2006).
[165]
Oral Roberts , 91, American evangelist, founder of
Oral Roberts University , complications from pneumonia.
[166]
James Rossant , 81, American architect, designer of
Reston, Virginia , leukemia.
[167]
Herbert Spiegel , 95, American psychiatrist.
[168]
16
Arturo Beltrán Leyva , 48, Mexican drug lord, shot.
[169]
Arthur Cores , 52, American businessman, founder of
Boston Market , esophageal cancer.
[170]
Drexell R. Davis , 88, American politician, Kentucky Secretary of State and state treasurer.
[171]
Roy E. Disney , 79, American entertainment executive (
The Walt Disney Company ), nephew of
Walt Disney , stomach cancer.
[172]
Karel Dufek , 93, Czechoslovak diplomat,
Spanish Civil War veteran.
[173]
Yegor Gaidar , 53, Russian politician, acting Prime Minister (1992), thrombus.
[174]
Dennis Herod , 86, English footballer (
Stoke City ).
[175]
Fred Honsberger , 58, American radio personality.
[176]
T. G. H. James , 86, British egyptologist.
[177]
Kelly Kwalik , 53-54, Indonesian West Papua separatist leader and commander (
Free Papua Movement ), shot.
[178]
Dame Victoire Ridsdale, Lady Ridsdale , 88, British politician, World War II intelligence agent, inspiration for
Miss Moneypenny .
[179]
Manto Tshabalala-Msimang , 69, South African politician, Minister of Health (1999–2008), complications from a liver transplant.
[180]
Vladimir Turchinsky , 46, Russian actor, bodybuilder and showman, heart attack.
[181]
Josef Voß , 72, German Roman Catholic Auxiliary Bishop of
Munster , Titular Bishop of Thisiduo (since 1988).
[182]
Bob Waldmire , 64, American
Route 66 artist, cancer.
[183]
17
Amin al-Hafiz , 88, Syrian politician, President (1963–1966).
[184]
P.R. Anthonis , 98, Sri Lankan surgeon.
[185]
Alaina Reed Hall , 63, American actress (
Sesame Street ,
227 ), breast cancer.
[186]
Chris Henry , 26, American football player (
Cincinnati Bengals ), blunt force trauma after fall from vehicle.
[187]
Warren Hogan , 80, Australian economics professor and government adviser, cancer.
[188]
Jennifer Jones , 90, American Academy Award-winning actress (
The Song of Bernadette ), natural causes.
[189]
Michel Leblond , 77, French Olympic footballer.
[190]
Miljenko Mihić , 75, Serbian football coach.
[191]
Dan O'Bannon , 63, American screenwriter (
Alien ,
Total Recall ,
Blue Thunder ), Crohn's disease.
[192]
Samuel Victor Perry , 91, British biochemist.
[193]
Hans Pfenninger , 80, Swiss Olympic cyclist.
[194]
Albert Ràfols-Casamada , 86, Spanish artist.
[195]
18
Fred Bachrach , 95, Dutch art historian.
[196]
Charlie Balun , 61, American artist and journalist, cancer.
[197]
José Bardina , 70, Spanish-Venezuelan actor, bladder cancer.
[198]
Oskar Danon , 96, Bosnian conductor and composer.[
citation needed ]
John Henry Fischer , 99, American educator, President of
Teachers College, Columbia University (1962–1974), heart failure.
[199]
Connie Hines , 78, American actress (
Mister Ed ), heart failure.
[200]
Harold Lundrigan , 81, Canadian businessman.
[201]
Archimandrite Joasaph , 47, American Head of the Russian Ecclesiastical Mission in Jerusalem of the
ROCOR , cancer.
[202]
László Nagy , 88, Hungarian-born Swiss Secretary General of the
World Organization of the Scout Movement (1968–1988).
[203]
Job (Osacky) , 63, American archbishop of the Orthodox Church in America.
[204]
Georgina Parkinson , 71, English ballet dancer and ballet mistress, cancer.
[205]
Mike Simpson , 47, American politician, Michigan state Representative (since 2006), heart attack.
[206]
Del St. John , 78, Canadian-born Austrian ice hockey player.
[207]
Bob Willoughby , 82, American photographer, cancer.
[208]
Robin Wood , 78, British film critic, leukemia.
[209]
Rex Yetman , 76, Canadian bluegrass mandolin player
[210]
Jack Zilly , 88, American football player (
Los Angeles Rams ).
[211]
19
Charles Birch , 91, Australian geneticist.
[212]
Tony Bukovich , 94, American ice hockey player (
Detroit Red Wings ).
[213]
Margaret Christensen , 88, Australian actress.
[214]
Edith Diaz , 70, Puerto Rican-born American actress, heart failure.
[215]
Lincoln Gordon , 96, American diplomat and academic, Ambassador to Brazil (1961–1966), President of
Johns Hopkins University (1967–1971).
[216]
Grand Ayatollah Hussein-Ali Montazeri , 87, Iranian cleric and dissident, natural causes.
[217]
Zeki Ökten , 68, Turkish film director, heart disease.
[218]
Kim Peek , 58, American savant, inspiration for
Rain Man , heart attack.
[219]
Donald Pickering , 76, British actor.
[220]
Roger Rawson , 70, American politician, former majority leader of the Utah House of Representatives, liver disease.
[221]
Loren Singer , 86, American novelist (
The Parallax View ).
[222]
20
Joan Brosnan Walsh , 71, Irish actress (
Fair City ), motor neurone disease.
[223]
Jack Brownsword , 86, British footballer (
Scunthorpe United ).
[224]
Neil Farrington , 38, British drummer (
Cerebral Fix ).
[225]
Erik Gates , 47, American electrician and model rocket expert (
MythBusters ), injuries sustained in a fall from roof.
[226]
James Gurley , 69, American guitarist (
Big Brother and the Holding Company ), heart attack.
[227]
Jack Hixon , 88, British football scout.
[228]
Arun Krushnaji Kamble , 56, Indian
Dalit activist, drowned.
[229] (body discovered on this date)
Yiannis Moralis , 93, Greek visual artist.
[230]
Brittany Murphy , 32, American actress (
Clueless ,
King of the Hill ,
8 Mile ), pneumonia.
[231]
Shari Rhodes , 71, American casting director (
Jaws ,
Close Encounters of the Third Kind ,
Breaking Bad ).
[232]
Vera Rich , 73, British poet, journalist, historian, and translator.
[233]
Lester Rodney , 98, American sports journalist.
[234]
Arnold Stang , 91, American actor (
Top Cat ,
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World ), pneumonia.
[235]
Ira Trombley , 57, American politician, member of the Vermont House of Representatives (since 2002), natural causes.
[236]
21
Suryakant Acharya , 80, Indian politician, natural causes.
[237]
Jaime Agudelo , 84, Colombian comedian, respiratory failure.
[238]
Craigie Aitchison , 83, British painter.
[239]
Dick Archer , 82, Australian politician, member of the
Tasmanian Legislative Council (1980–1992).
[240]
Ann Nixon Cooper , 107, American civil rights activist, mentioned in
President Obama's election victory speech .
[241]
James Cowley , 90, British recipient of the
Distinguished Conduct Medal .
[242]
Rick Hube , 62, American politician, member of the Vermont House of Representatives (since 1998).
[243]
David Isaacs , 63, Jamaican singer (
The Itals ).
[244]
Pete King , 80, British saxophonist, co-founder of
Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club .
[245]
Edwin G. Krebs , 91, American Nobel Prize-winning biochemist.
[246]
Christos Lambrakis , 75, Greek businessman, publisher and journalist, multiple organ failure.
[247]
Marianne Stone , 87, British character actress (
Carry On series).
[248]
22
Al Bernardin , 81, American restaurateur, inventor of the
Quarter Pounder , stroke.
[249]
Mick Cocks , 54, Australian guitarist (
Rose Tattoo ), liver cancer.
[250]
Luis Francisco Cuéllar , 69, Colombian politician, Governor of
Caqueta , assassination by cut throat.
[251]
Michael Currie , 81, American actor (
Dark Shadows ,
Sudden Impact ).
[252]
Bernhard Droog , 88, Dutch actor, pneumonia.
[253]
Milena Dvorská , 71, Czech film actress.
[254]
Edward Maitland-Makgill-Crichton , 93, British army general.
[255]
Andy Manson , 73, Australian politician, member of the New South Wales Legislative Council (1995–2000).
[256]
Duncan Paterson , 66, Scottish rugby union player and administrator.
[257]
Sir Bob Phillis , 64, British media executive, cancer.
[258]
Albert Scanlon , 74, English footballer (
Manchester United ), survivor of
Munich air disaster .
[259]
Piers Wardle , 49, British artist, brain haemorrhage.
[260]
23
Lucas Abadamloora , 71, Ghanaian Roman Catholic Bishop of
Navrongo-Bolgatanga (1994–2009).
[261]
Lilo Allgayer , 94, German Olympic fencer.
[262]
Ike Aronowicz , 86, Israeli captain of the
SS Exodus .
[263]
Grigory Baklanov , 86, Russian novelist.
[264]
Charles Bullen , 90, American politician, Utah House of Representatives (1971–1977) and Senate (1977–1985).
[265]
Robert L. Howard , 70, American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient (1971), pancreatic cancer.
[266]
Micah Naftalin , 76, American advocate for Soviet Jews.
[267]
Ngapoi Ngawang Jigme , 99, Chinese politician, Chairman of the Tibet Autonomous Region (1964–1968; 1981–1983).
[268]
Peter O'Hagan , Irish politician.
[269]
Edward Schillebeeckx , 95, Belgian theologian.
[270]
Rainer Zepperitz , 79, Indonesian-born German double bassist.
[271]
24
Marcus Bakker , 86, Dutch politician, party leader of the Communist Party of the Netherlands (1963–1982).
[272]
Stan Benjamin , 95, American baseball player (
Philadelphia Phillies ) and scout (
Houston Astros ).
[273]
Giulio Bosetti , 79, Italian actor and film director, cancer.[
citation needed ]
Rafael Caldera , 93, Venezuelan politician, President (1969–1974; 1994–1999).
[274]
George Cowling , 89, British weatherman.
[275]
Victor Khain , 95, Russian geologist.
[276]
Terry Lawless , 76, British boxing manager and trainer.
[277]
Henry van Lieshout , 77, Dutch-born Papua New Guinean Roman Catholic Bishop of
Lae (1966–2007).
[278]
George Michael , 70, American sportscaster and disc jockey, chronic lymphocytic leukemia.
[279]
Masahiko Shimura , 29, Japanese singer and musician, co-founder of the rock band
Fujifabric .
[280]
Eysteinn Þórðarson , 75, Icelandic Olympic skier.
Eysteinn Þórðarson
Gero von Wilpert , 76, German literary scientist.
[281]
Brian Young , 79, British naval officer.
[282]
25
Christopher Bell , 35, American disability studies scholar.
[283]
Tony Bellamy , 63, American musician (
Redbone ), liver failure.
[284]
Bill Burich , 92, American baseball player (
Philadelphia Phillies ).
[285]
Charles Capps , 84, American politician, member of Mississippi House of Representatives (1972–2005).
[286]
Asheem Chakravarty , 50, Indian jazz fusion musician (
Indian Ocean ), heart attack.
[287]
Vic Chesnutt , 45, American folk rock musician, muscle relaxant overdose.
[288]
Rusty Dedrick , 91, American swing and bebop jazz trumpeter.
[289]
Knut Haugland , 92, Norwegian explorer and World War II veteran, last surviving member of the
Kon-Tiki expedition.
[290]
Rick Kane , 55, American football player (
Detroit Lions ), pneumonia.
[291]
Morris E. Lasker , 92, American federal judge, cancer.
[292]
Rachel Wetzsteon , 42, American poet, suicide.
[293]
26
Charles F. Baird , 87, American politician.
[294]
Dennis Brutus , 85, South African poet and anti-Apartheid activist, prostate cancer.
[295]
Giuseppe Chiappella , 85, Italian football player and manager.
[296]
Peder Lunde , 91, Norwegian Olympic silver medal-winning (
1952 ) sailor.
[297]
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