Deaths in 2014

This is a chronology of notable deaths in 2014. Names are reported under the date of death. Names under each date are reported in alphabetical order by family name or pseudonym. Deaths of notable animals and other organisms are also reported here if they first have their own page. A typical entry reports information in the following sequence:

• Name, age, country of citizenship and reason for notability, established cause of death, reference.

February 2014

8

7

• Georgina Henry, 53, British journalist, deputy editor of The Guardian (1995–2006), cancer.^[1]
• Tado Jimenez, 39, Filipino comedian, traffic collision.^[2]
• Nico Nicolaiewsky, 56, Brazilian musician and comedian, complications due to acute leukemia.^[3]
• Marty Plissner, 87, American political analyst (CBS News), coined phrase "too close to call," lung cancer.^[4]

6

• Vasiľ Biľak, 96, Czechoslovak politician, Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party (1968–1988).^[5]
• Cornelius Botha, 81, South African politician, Administrator of Natal Province (1990–1994), heart failure.^[6]
• Ralph Kiner, 91, American Hall of Fame baseball player (Pittsburgh Pirates) and announcer (New York Mets), natural causes.^[7]
• Maxine Kumin, 88, American poet and author, recipient of the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry (1973).^[8]
• Tōru Mori, 78, Japanese baseball player, hepatocellular carcinoma.^[9]
• David Robertson, 70, British Formula One driver manager (Jenson Button, Kimi Räikkönen) and Formula 3 Team owner (Double R Racing).^[10]
• Hazel Sampson, 103, American linguist, last speaker of the Klallam language.^[11]
• Vaçe Zela, 74, Albanian singer and guitarist, Merited Artist of Albania (1973), People's Artist of Albania (1977).^[12]

5

• Joop Ave, 79, Indonesian government official, Minister of Tourism, Post, and Telecommunication (1993–1998).^[13]
• Suzanne Basso, 59, American convicted murderer, execution by lethal injection.^[14]
• Carlos Borges, 82, Uruguayan footballer.^[15]
• Robert A. Dahl, 98, American political scientist and professor emeritus (Yale University).^[16]
• Richard Hayman, 93, American conductor (St. Louis Symphony).^[17]
• Samantha Juste, 69, British television personality (Top of the Pops), stroke.^[18]
• Darryl Robinson, 50, American mixologist.^[19] (body discovered on this date)
• Juthika Roy, 93, Indian bhajan singer.^[20]
• Tom Sandberg, 60, Norwegian art photographer.^[21]
• Rama Varma Kochaniyan Thampuran, 101, Indian royal (Cochin royal family).^[22]
• Tzeni Vanou, 74, Greek singer, cancer.^[23]

4

• Keith Allen, 90, Canadian ice hockey player and executive (Philadelphia Flyers), dementia.^[24]
• Eugenio Corti, 93, Italian writer (The Red Horse).^[25]
• Dennis Lota, 40, Zambian footballer.^[26]
• Hubert Luthe, 86, German Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Essen (1991–2002).^[27]
• Ștefan Stoica, 37, Romanian politician, Senator (2012–2014), cancer.^[28]
• Józef Trojak, 47, Polish footballer.^[29]
• Wu Ma, 71, Chinese-born Hong Kong actor and director, lung cancer.^[30]

3

• Rosendo Álvarez Gastón, 87, Spanish Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Jaca (1984–1989) and Almería (1989–2002).^[31]
• Louise Brough, 90, American Hall of Fame tennis player, ranked No. 1 (1955).^[32]
• Richard Bull, 89, American actor (Little House on the Prairie), natural causes.^[33]
• Isaac de Vega, 93, Spanish writer.^[34]
• Louan Gideon, 58, American actress (The Secret World of Alex Mack, Search for Tomorrow), cancer.^[35]
• Óscar González, 23, Mexican super bantamweight and featherweight boxer, injuries sustained in bout.^[36]
• Mircea Grosaru, 61, Romanian politician, MP (2000–2014) and jurist, cardiac arrest.^[37]
• Max Howell, 86, Australian educator and rugby union player, cancer.^[38]
• Gloria Leonard, 73, American pornographic actress and magazine publisher (High Society), complications from a stroke.^[39]
• Chiwanki Lyainga, 30, Zambian international footballer, stabbed.^[40]
• Igor Mazepa, 40, Russian motorsport team owner (Russian Time), thrombosis. ^[41]
• Joan Mondale, 83, American arts advocate, Second Lady of the United States (1977–1981).^[42]
• Barry Rubin, 64, American-born Israeli academic and writer, cancer.^[43]
• Bill Sinkin, 100, American equality and alternative energy activist.^[44]
• Hiroyuki Suzuki, 68, Japanese architectural historian, pneumonia.^[45]

2

• Gerd Albrecht, 78, German conductor, chief conductor of the Czech Philharmonic (1993–1996).^[46]
• Tommy Aquino, 21, American motorcycle racer, training collision.^[47]
• Karl Erik Bøhn, 48, Norwegian teacher, team handball player and coach, leukemia.^[48]
• Keith Bradshaw, 74, Welsh rugby union player.^[49]
• Bunny Rugs, 65, Jamaican reggae musician (Third World).^[50]
• Eduardo Coutinho, 80, Brazilian film director, stabbed.^[51]
• Philip Seymour Hoffman, 46, American actor (Capote, The Master, Doubt) and producer, winner of Academy Award for Best Actor (2005), suspected heroin overdose.^[52]
• J.D. 'Okhai Ojeikere, 83, Nigerian photographer.^[53]
• Sibusiso Papa, 26, South African footballer, traffic collision.^[54]
• Luis Raúl, 51, American Puerto Rican actor and comedian, bilateral pneumonia.^[55]
• Yves Ryan, 85, Canadian politician, Mayor of Montreal North (1963–2001), heart disease.^[56]
• Alfredo Sinclair, 98, Panamanian artist, heart failure.^[57]
• Nigel Walker, 54, English footballer.^[58]

1

• Floyd Adams, Jr., 68, American politician, Mayor of Savannah, Georgia (1996–2003).^[59]
• Luis Aragonés, 75, Spanish football player and manager.^[60]
• Prospero Nale Arellano, 77, Philippine Roman Catholic prelate, Prelate of Libmanan (1989–2008).^[61]
• Elisabetta Barbato, 92, Italian soprano.^[62]
• Tony Hateley, 72, English footballer.^[63]
• József Kökény, 73, Hungarian footballer.^[64]
• Murry Kasmuri, 64, Indonesian drummer (Koes Plus).^[65]
• Vasily Ivanovich Petrov, 97, Russian military officer, Marshal of the Soviet Union.^[66]
• Dave Power, 85, Australian Olympic bronze-medalist athlete (1960).^[67]
• Rene Ricard, 67, American poet, painter, and art critic, cancer.^[68]
• Maximilian Schell, 83, Austrian-Swiss actor (Judgment at Nuremberg), winner of Academy Award for Best Actor (1961), pneumonia.^[69]
• Gordon Zacks, 80, American businessman and presidential advisor, cancer.^[70]

Earlier months

• Deaths in January 2014

See also

References

External links

• The Guardian, UK obituaries
• Obituaries, Los Angeles Times
• The New York Times, US obituaries
• The Sydney Morning Herald, Australian obituaries