Deaths in August 2008
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The following is a list of notable deaths in August 2008.
August 2008
1
- Carlos Aponte, 69, Colombian footballer. (Spanish)
- Pauline Baynes, 85, British illustrator (The Chronicles of Narnia, The Lord of the Rings).
- Peter Jackson, 80, Australian fashion designer, prostate cancer.
- Ashok Mankad, 61, Indian cricketer.
- Chief Mqalo, 91, South African Chief of the AmaKhuze Tribe, Alice.
- Harkishan Singh Surjeet, 92, Indian politician, cardiac arrest.
- Butch White, 72, British cricketer (Hampshire, Glamorgan, England).
2
- Fujio Akatsuka, 72, Japanese manga artist, pneumonia.
- Thomas John Ashton, 3rd Baron Ashton of Hyde, 81, British aristocrat and banker.
- Rolf Bae, 33, Norwegian mountaineer, fall from K2.
- Geoffrey Ballard, 76, Canadian businessman and fuel cell scientist, founder of Ballard Power Systems.
- Pérez Celis, 69, Argentine plastic artist, leukaemia.
- Affonso Évora, 89, Brazilian Olympic bronze medal-winning (1948) basketball player.
- Helga Gitmark, 78, Norwegian politician. (Norwegian)
- Christopher González, 65, Jamaican sculptor and painter, cancer.
- Kåre Grøndahl Hagem, 93, Norwegian politician. (Norwegian)
- Allen Kolstad, 76, American politician, lieutenant governor of Montana (1988–1991), cancer.
- Ger McDonnell, 37, Irish mountaineer, first Irishman to reach K2 summit, climbing accident.
- Peter Rodman, 64, American foreign policy expert, leukemia.
- John F. Seiberling, 89, American politician, representative from Ohio (1971–1987), respiratory failure.
3
- Anton Allemann, 72, Swiss footballer (PSV Eindhoven, 1. FC Nuremberg, Grasshopper Zürich), heart attack. (French)
- Skip Caray, 68, American broadcaster for baseball (Atlanta Braves) and basketball (Hawks), son of Harry Caray, bronchitis.
- Erik Darling, 74, American songwriter, folk musician, lymphoma.
- Roger Dean, 65, British guitarist, brain cancer.
- Babatunde Jose, 82, Nigerian journalist and newspaper editor.
- Jeffrey S. Medkeff, 39, American astronomer and science writer, liver cancer.
- Robert Montgomery, 78, American lawyer.
- Aurelius H. Piper Sr., 92, American hereditary chief of the Golden Hill Paugussett Indian Nation since 1959, natural causes.
- Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, 89, Russian novelist and historian, Nobel Prize winner (1970), heart failure.
- Louis Teicher, 83, American classical pianist (Ferrante & Teicher), heart failure.
4
- Alberto Achacaz Walakial, 79, Chilean craftsman, one of the last full-blooded Alacaluf, blood poisoning.
- Sally Insul, 92, American actress, heart failure.
- Craig Jones, 23, British motorcycle racer, head injuries from a race crash.
- Peter Kass, 85, American actor, director and teacher.
- Eri Kawai, 43, Japanese pop and classical singer, liver cancer.
- Robert Maheu, 90, American businessman, aide to Howard Hughes.
- Nicola Rescigno, 92, American opera conductor, complications from broken femur.
- Johnny Thio, 63, Belgian football player and coach, myocardial rupture.
- Greg Weld, 64, American racing driver and businessman, heart attack.
5
- Bruno Dallansky, 79, Austrian actor. (German)
- Robert Hazard, 59, American musician and songwriter ("Girls Just Want to Have Fun"), pancreatic cancer.
- Jack Kamen, 88, American comic book artist (Tales from the Crypt, The Vault of Horror), cancer.
- Reg Lindsay, 79, Australian country music singer and songwriter, pneumonia.
- José Medellín, 33, Mexican convicted murderer, execution in Texas by lethal injection.
- Gary Mooney, 78, American animator (Sleeping Beauty, Lady and the Tramp, George of the Jungle), cancer.
- Daniel L. Norris, 73, Canadian commissioner of the Northwest Territories (1989–1994), heart failure.
- Eva Pflug, 79, German actress (Raumpatrouille Orion). (German)
- Manuel de Almeida Trindade, 90, Portuguese bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Aveiro (1962–1988). (Portuguese)
6
- Robert Nason Beck, 80, American scientist, myelodysplasia.
- John K. Cooley, 80, American author (Unholy Wars), journalist and expert of Middle East affairs, cancer.
- Princess Francine of Montenegro, 58, Montenegrin fashion designer, wife of Prince Nicholas of Montenegro.
- Gene Galusha, 66, American actor and narrator.
- Simon Gray, 71, British playwright, abdominal aortic aneurysm.
- Karl Kuehl, 70, American baseball scout, coach and manager (Montreal Expos), pulmonary fibrosis.
- Anthony Russo, 71, American whistleblower (Pentagon Papers).
- Jud Taylor, 68, American television director and actor, kidney failure.
- Reg Whitehouse, 75, Canadian football player (Saskatchewan Roughriders).
7
- Bernie Brillstein, 77, American film producer, chronic pulmonary disease.
- Juan Bustos, 72, Chilean politician, liver cancer.
- Ralph Klein, 77, Israeli basketball player and coach, intestinal cancer.
- Andrea Pininfarina, 51, Italian businessman, CEO of Pininfarina, motorcycle accident.
- Clarence Rost, 94, Canadian ice hockey player.
8
- Ralph Edward Dodge, 101, American bishop of the Methodist Church.
- Antonio Gava, 78, Italian politician, minister of the interior (1988–1990), after long illness.
- Orville Moody, 74, American professional golfer, winner of 1969 U.S. Open.
- Eleo Pomare, 70, Colombian modern dance choreographer, cancer.
- Henk Starreveld, 94, Dutch Olympic canoer.
9
- Sir Stanley Bailey, 81, British chief constable of Northumbria Police (1975–1991).
- Peter Coe, 88, British athletics coach, father of Sebastian Coe.
- Colm Condon, 87, Irish lawyer, Attorney General (1965–1973).
- Bob Cunis, 67, New Zealand cricketer.
- Mahmoud Darwish, 67, Palestinian poet, complications from open heart surgery.
- Archie Elliott, Lord Elliott, 85, British judge.
- Jacob Landau, 74, American journalist, attorney, co-founder of Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, after long illness.
- Bernie Mac, 50, American comedian and actor (The Bernie Mac Show, Bad Santa, Friday), complications from pneumonia.
- Gilbert Morand, 85, French military patrol runner. (French)
- Greg Urwin, 61, Australian diplomat, Secretary General of the Pacific Islands Forum (2004–2008), cancer.
- Denis Vetchinov, 32, Russian army major, recipient of Hero of the Russian Federation award, killed in action.
- Vivian Shun-wen Wu, 95, Taiwanese entrepreneur, chairwoman of Yulon Motor, heart failure.
10
- Lee Clark, 71, Canadian politician, MP for Brandon—Souris (1983–1993).
- John Esmonde, 71, British television writer, half of Esmonde and Larbey (Please Sir!, The Good Life).
- Isaac Hayes, 65, American soul and funk musician ("Theme from Shaft"), actor (South Park), stroke.
- William A. Knowlton, 88, American general.
- Howard G. Minsky, 94, American film producer (Love Story).
- Terence Rigby, 71, British actor, lung cancer.
- Alexander Slobodyanik, 65, Ukrainian pianist, meningitis.
- František Tikal, 75, Czech ice hockey player. (German)
- David Nigel de Lorentz Young, 76, British Bishop of Ripon (1977–1999).
11
- Agneta Bolme Börjefors, 67, Swedish television presenter and royal reporter. (Swedish)
- Henry B. R. Brown, 82, American investment banker, aneurysm.
- John S. Bull, 73, American NASA astronaut.
- Sir Bill Cotton, 80, British television executive.
- George Deem, 75, American artist, lung cancer.
- George Furth, 75, American playwright, actor and librettist, collaborator with Stephen Sondheim.
- Don Helms, 81, American steel guitarist.
- James Hoyt, 83, American soldier, member of the Buchenwald liberation team.
- Anatoly Khrapaty, 45, Kazakh Olympic weightlifter (USSR and Kazakhstan), motorcycle accident.
- Günther Schifter, 84, Austrian journalist and radio presenter. (German)
- Fred Sinowatz, 79, Austrian politician, chancellor of Austria (1983–1986).
- Darren Taylor, 42, American gang member turned peacemaker, cancer.
- Rhoshii Wells, 31, American boxer, Olympic medallist, shot.
12
- Christie Allen, 53, Australian pop singer, pancreatic cancer.
- Michael Baxandall, 74, British art historian, Parkinson's disease.
- Gilles Bilodeau, 53, Canadian NHL and World Hockey Association player.
- Mick Clough, 80, Australian politician, member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly (1976–1988, 1991–1999).
- Dottie Wiltse Collins, 84, American AAGPBL baseball pitcher (Fort Wayne Daisies).
- Donald Erb, 81, American avant-garde composer.
- George Gick, 92, American Major League Baseball player (Chicago White Sox).
- Rust Hills, 83, American fiction editor (Esquire), cardiac arrest.
- Lester Hogan, 88, American physicist, complications of Alzheimer's disease.
- Vilma Jamnická, 101, Austro-Hungarian-born Slovakian actress and astrologer. (Slovak)
- Francis Lacassin, 76, French editor. (France)
- Herm Schneidman, 94, American football player.
- Stan Storimans, 39, Dutch photojournalist and cameraman, mortar fire.
- Bill Stulla, 97, American children's television show host.
13
- Sandy Allen, 53, American tallest woman in the world (according to Guinness World Records).
- Henri Cartan, 104, French mathematician.
- Bill Gwatney, 48, American politician, Arkansas state senator (1992–2002), Democratic Party of Arkansas chairman, shot.
- John MacDougall, 60, British politician, MP for Glenrothes since 2005 and Central Fife (2001–2005), mesothelioma.
- Missy, 40, American pornographic actress, accidental overdose of prescription medication.
- Jon Nödtveidt, 31, Swedish guitarist and vocalist (Dissection).
- Nollaig Ó Gadhra, 64, Irish language activist, journalist and historian, co-founder of Teilifís na Gaeilge.
- Dino Toso, 39, Italian automotive engineer, Renault F1 director of aerodynamics, cancer.
- Jack Weil, 107, American founder of Rockmount Ranch Wear, oldest working CEO.
- Stuart Cary Welch, 80, American scholar and collector of Indian and Islamic art.
14
- Seiji Aochi, 66 Japanese ski jumper, stomach cancer.
- Allen Bares, 71, American member of the Louisiana State Legislature (1972–1992), French language proponent, stroke.
- Sandy Bruce-Lockhart, Baron Bruce-Lockhart, 66, British politician and local government leader, cancer.
- Ralph Feigin, 70, American pediatrician, lung cancer.
- Percy Irausquin, 39, Aruban fashion designer, cerebral hemorrhage.
- Carlton John, 92/93, West Indian cricket umpire.
- Marius Maziers, 93, French prelate of the Roman Catholic Church.
- Michael Anthony Rodriguez, 45, American murderer, member of the Texas Seven, execution by lethal injection.
- Lita Roza, 82, British singer, first British female to top the UK singles chart.
- Bob Worthington, 72, American honorary consul of the Cook Islands to the United States (1985–2008).
15
- Carlos Meglia, 50, Argentine comic book artist.
- James Orthwein, 84, American businessman, cancer.
- Gladys Powers, 109, British-born last World War I veteran living in Canada, served with the WAAC and WRAF.
- Leroy Sievers, 53, American journalist, colon cancer.
- Vic Toweel, 79, South African boxer, bantamweight world champion (1952–1954).
- Jerry Wexler, 91, American record producer, heart failure.
- Darrin Winston, 42, American baseball player (Philadelphia Phillies, 1997–1998), leukemia.
16
- Hugh Butt, 98, American physician.
- Dorival Caymmi, 94, Brazilian songwriter and singer, multiple organ failure.
- Roberta Collins, 63, American actress, drug overdose.
- Michel-Gaspard Coppenrath, 72, Tahitian archbishop of Papeete (1973–1999), ruptured aneurysm.
- Ronnie Drew, 73, Irish singer, founding member of The Dubliners, after long illness.
- Masanobu Fukuoka, 95, Japanese microbiologist, pioneer of no-till grain cultivation.
- Elena Leuşteanu, 73, Romanian gymnast and three-time Olympic medalist, pancreatic cancer. (Romanian)
- Fanny Mikey, 78, Argentine-born Colombian theatre actress, renal failure.
- Johnny Moore, 70, Jamaican trumpeter, founding member of The Skatalites, cancer.
- Alfred Rainer, 20, Austrian Nordic combined skier, paragliding accident.
- Helge Uuetoa, 71, Estonian stage designer, beaten. (Estonian)
17
- Marie Fisher, 77, Australian politician, Member of the New South Wales Legislative Council (1978–1988).
- Dave Freeman, 47, American author (100 Things To Do Before You Die), injuries from fall.
- Maudie Hopkins, 93, American last certified Civil War widow.
- Philip Saffman, 77, American mathematician.
- Franco Sensi, 82, Italian businessman, president of A.S. Roma since 1993, respiratory failure.
18
- Jeannette Eyerly, 100, American author and columnist.
- Manny Farber, 91, American film critic and painter.
- Genuine Risk, 31, American racehorse, 1980 Kentucky Derby winner.
- Pervis Jackson, 70, American R&B bass singer (The Spinners), cancer.
- Jumoke, 18, American western lowland gorilla, complications of early pregnancy.
- Floyd Peters, 72, American football player, complications from Alzheimer's disease.
19
- Leo Abse, 91, British politician, MP (1958–1987), reformer of laws on homosexuality and divorce.
- Julius Carry, 56, American actor (The Last Dragon), pancreatic cancer.
- Binyamin Gibli, 89, Israeli head of military intelligence.
- Bob Humphrys, 56, British BBC sports presenter, lung cancer.
- Algimantas Masiulis, 77, Lithuanian actor. (Russian)
- Habib Miyan, 140?, Indian claimant to title of world's oldest person.
- LeRoi Moore, 46, American saxophonist (Dave Matthews Band), complications from ATV accident.
- Mikhail Mukasei, 101, Russian spy.
- Levy Mwanawasa, 59, Zambian politician, president since 2002, complications from stroke.
- Diane Webber, 76, American model and actress.
20
- Mario Bertok, 79, Croatian chess grandmaster and journalist, drowned. (Croatian)
- Chao Yao-dong, 92, Taiwanese minister of economic affairs, multiple organ dysfunction syndrome. (Chinese)
- Ed Freeman, 80, American U.S. Army helicopter pilot, recipient of the Medal of Honor, complications of Parkinson's disease.
- Phil Guy, 68, American blues guitarist, brother of Buddy Guy, pancreatic cancer.
- Larry Hennessy, 79, American basketball player (Philadelphia Warriors, Syracuse Nationals).
- Hua Guofeng, 87, Chinese premier (1976–1980), chairman of the Communist Party of China (1976–1981).
- Clair Isbister, 92, Australian paediatrician.
- Edward Jaworski, 82, American Olympic water polo player (1952).
- Dick Jones, 97, American politician, Wyoming state senator (1955–1974), complications from surgery.
- Eric Longworth, 90, British actor (Dad's Army).
- Leopoldo Serran, 66, Brazilian screenwriter, liver cancer.
- Stephanie Tubbs Jones, 58, American member of the House of Representatives from Ohio since 1999, cerebral hemorrhage.
- Gene Upshaw, 63, American NFL player (Oakland Raiders), executive director of NFLPA, pancreatic cancer.
21
- Fred Crane, 90, American film and television actor (Gone with the Wind), complications from surgery.
- Iosif Constantin Drăgan, 91, Romanian businessman and historian. (Romanian)
- Jerry Finn, 39, American record producer (Blink-182, Green Day, Morrissey), cerebral hemorrhage.
- Don Fox, 72, British rugby league player (Wakefield).
- Buddy Harman, 79, American session musician, heart failure.
- Lee Eon, 27, South Korean actor and model, motorcycle accident.
- Laurence Urdang, 81, American lexicographer, heart failure.
- Wolfgang Vogel, 82, German lawyer, negotiator in prisoner exchange programs during the Cold War.
22
- Frank Cornish, 40, American football player (Dallas Cowboys), apparent heart attack.
- Jeff MacKay, 59, American film and television actor, (Magnum, P.I., Tales of the Gold Monkey), liver complications.
- Mike J. Manning, 65, Australian-born Papua New Guinean anti-corruption activist and economist, heart attack.
- Muriel Kallis Steinberg Newman, 94, American abstract expressionist art collector, natural causes.
- Ralph Young, 90, American singer (Sandler and Young).
23
- Jimmy Cleveland, 82, American jazz trombonist.
- Ruth Cohen, 78, American actress and extra (Seinfeld), heart attack.
- Leo Elter, 78, American football player, heart failure.
- Steve Foley, 49, American drummer (The Replacements, Bash & Pop), drug overdose.
- Doris Gibson, 98, Peruvian journalist, founder of Caretas magazine.
- Ian Hibell, 74, British cyclist, hit and run car crash.
- Yuri Nosenko, 81, Soviet-born Ukrainian KGB agent who defected to United States, after a long illness.
- John Russell, 89, British-born American art critic and author.
- Thomas Huckle Weller, 93, American virologist, Nobel Prize winner (Medicine, 1954).
24
- Gerard W. Ford, 83, American co-founder of Ford Modeling Agency, endocarditis.
- Riitta Immonen, 90, Finnish fashion designer and entrepreneur, co-founder of Marimekko.
- Tad Mosel, 86, American Pulitzer Prize–winning playwright (All the Way Home).
- Morris Sullivan, 91, American co-founder of Sullivan Bluth Studios (An American Tail, The Land Before Time).
- Wei Wei, 88, Chinese poet and writer, liver cancer.
25
- Randa Chahal, 54, Lebanese film maker, cancer.
- Marpessa Dawn, 74, American actress (Black Orpheus), heart attack.
- Kevin Duckworth, 44, American NBA basketball player, heart failure resulting from hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
- Ahmed Faraz, 74, Pakistani poet.
- Hardwicke Knight, 97, New Zealand historian.
- Pavle Kozjek, 49, Slovenian mountaineer, climbing accident.
- Jabir Herbert Muhammad, 79, American businessman, long-time manager of Muhammad Ali, complications from heart surgery.
- Vassili Nesterenko, 73, Belarusian physicist. (French)
- Pehr Henrik Nordgren, 64, Finnish composer, after long illness. (Finnish)
- Mario Peña, 56, Peruvian congressman, lymphoma.
- Josef Tal, 97, Israeli composer, natural causes. (German)
- John Thoday, 91, British geneticist.
26
- Pierre Colas, 32, German Mayanist scholar, assistant professor in anthropology at Vanderbilt University, shot.
- Bob Mountford, 56, British footballer (Port Vale, Rochdale), cancer.
- Ed Vega, 72, Puerto Rican novelist.
- Hazel Warp, 93, American stuntwoman (Gone with the Wind).
- Barbara Warren, 65, American triathlete, bicycle crash.
27
- Del Martin, 87, American gay rights activist, first legal same-sex marriage in California, complications from bone fracture.
- Isa Meireles, 76, Portuguese journalist and writer. (Portuguese)
- Chittaranjan Mitra, 82, Indian scientist and administrator.
- Abie Nathan, 81, Israeli peace activist, founder of Voice of Peace radio station.
- Mark Priestley, 32, Australian actor (All Saints), suicide.
- Olavo Setúbal, 85, Brazilian politician and banker, mayor of São Paulo (1975–1979), heart failure.
28
- İlhan Berk, 89, Turkish poet.
- Harold Challenor, 86, British war hero (Operation Speedwell) and corrupt Metropolitan police officer.
- Phil Hill, 81, American racing driver, 1961 Formula One world champion, complications of Parkinson's disease.
- Ralph Kovel, 88, American antiques expert and author, complications of broken hip.
- Gilbert Moorer, 67, American rhythm & blues singer (The Esquires), complications from throat cancer.
- Swami Chidananda Saraswati, 91, Indian spiritual leader, president of the Divine Life Society.
- Sigurbjörn Einarsson, 97, Icelandic bishop of the Church of Iceland (1959–1981). (Icelandic)
- Wonderful Smith, 97, American comedian, natural causes.
- Michel Vastel, 68, Canadian journalist and columnist, throat cancer.
29
- Bridget Cracroft-Eley, 74, British Lord Lieutenant of Lincolnshire since 1995.
- Jayshree Gadkar, 66, Indian actress.
- David Lumsden of Cushnie, 75, British Garioch Pursuivant.
- Geoffrey Perkins, 55, British comedy producer, writer and performer, head of comedy for BBC, road accident.
- Peter Snow, 81, British artist and theatre designer.
30
- Krishna Kumar Birla, 89, Indian industrialist and politician, after brief illness.
- Tommy Bolt, 92, American professional golfer, 1958 U.S. Open champion, liver failure.
- Robin Bullough, 78, British mathematical physicist.
- Brian Hambly, 71, Australian rugby league player.
- Killer Kowalski, 81, Canadian professional wrestler, heart attack.
- Eldon Rathburn, 92, Canadian composer, after brief illness.
- Gilberto Rincón Gallardo, 69, Mexican politician, presidential candidate.
- William Howard Wriggins, 90, American academic, ambassador to Sri Lanka and Maldives (1977–1979).
31
- Meir Avizohar, 84, Israeli politician and academic.
- Jean-Marie Berckmans, 54, Belgian writer, lung disease. (Dutch)
- Ken Campbell, 66, British actor.
- Jamie Dolan, 39, British footballer (Motherwell F.C.), heart attack.
- Edwin O. Guthman, 89, American Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist, amyloidosis.
- Ike Pappas, 75, American CBS journalist, broadcast murder of Lee Harvey Oswald, heart failure.
- Victor Yates, 69, New Zealand rugby footballer.
- Magomed Yevloyev, 37, Ingush journalist and owner of the opposition news website Ingushetiya.ru, shot.
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