Deaths in August 2009

The following is a list of deaths in August 2009.

August 2009

1

• Jerome Anderson, 55, American basketball player (Boston Celtics) and coach, after long illness.
• Corazon Aquino, 76, Filipino politician, first female President (1986–1992), colon cancer.
• Devendra Nath Dwivedi, 74, Indian politician, Governor designate of Gujurat.
• Edward D. Ives, 83, American folklorist and professor.
• Keith Macklin, 78, British journalist and broadcaster.
• George Taylor Morris, 62, American radio personality, throat cancer.
• Nicholas D'Antonio Salza, 93, Honduran Bishop of Juticalpa (1963–1977).
• Naomi Sims, 61, American model and author, breast cancer.
• Rana Chandra Singh, 78, Pakistani politician.
• Howard Smit, 98, American film make-up artist (The Wizard of Oz).
• Panakkad Sayeed Mohammedali Shihab Thangal, 73, Indian politician, cardiac arrest.
• Princess Felicitas of Prussia, 75, German princess, great-granddaughter of Kaiser Wilhelm II.
• Borka Vučić, 84, Serbian politician and banker, car accident.

2

• Shafiq al-Hout, 77, Palestinian politician, co-founder of the Palestine Liberation Organization, cancer.
• Adolf Endler, 78, German writer. (German)
• Hironoshin Furuhashi, 80, Japanese swimmer, Vice President of FINA, natural causes.
• Mark Green, 92, British prelate, Bishop of Aston (1972–1982).
• Antonio Lopes dos Santos, 92, Portuguese general, Governor of Macau (1962–1966), Cape Verde (1969–1974).
• Billy Lee Riley, 75, American rockabilly musician, cancer.
• Stanley Robertson, 68, British folk singer and storyteller.
• Michael A. Wiener, 71, American radio mogul (Infinity Broadcasting) and philanthropist, cancer.
• Sidney Zion, 75, American journalist, cancer.

3

• Subhas Chakrabarty, 66, Indian politician.
• Christopher Elrington, 79, English historian, general editor of the Victoria County History.
• Zelik Epstein, 96, American rabbi and rosh yeshiva.
• Charles Gwathmey, 71, American architect, esophageal cancer.
• Walter Philip Leber, 90, American Governor of the Panama Canal Zone (1967–1971).
• Nikolaos Makarezos, 90, Greek army officer, leader of the Greek military junta of 1967–1974.
• Svend Petersen, 88, Danish Olympic bronze medal-winning (1952) rower. (Danish)
• Zinovy Vysokovsky, 76, Russian actor. (Russian)

4

• Dave Ames, 72, American football player (New York Titans), Lou Gehrig's disease.
• Svend Auken, 66, Danish politician, prostate cancer.
• Benson, c. 25, British common carp, voted as Britain's Favourite Carp (death announced on this date).
• George I. Cannon, 89, American church leader (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints).
• Charles Gaylord, 72, American martial arts grandmaster (Kajukenbo).
• Sir David Haslam, 86, British admiral.
• Ergash Karimov, 75, Uzbek actor and comedian.
• Amos Kenan, 82, Israeli columnist, painter, sculptor, playwright and novelist, Alzheimer's disease.
• Joseph Msika, 85, Zimbabwean politician, Vice President (since 1999).
• Roger Rae, 70, Scottish trombonist.
• Gonzalo Santos, 68, Northern Mariana Island Cabinet member, educator and principal, lung cancer.
• Blake Snyder, 51, American screenwriter and author, cardiac arrest.
• Ole A. Sørli, 63, Norwegian manager and record producer. (Norwegian)
• Mbah Surip, 60, Indonesian reggae singer, suspected heart attack.
• Robert Mitsuhiro Takasugi, 78, American federal judge.
• Martha Ware, 91, American judge, first female judge in Plymouth County, Massachusetts.
• James Wiegold, 75, Welsh mathematician, leukaemia.

5

• Gerald Cohen, 68, Canadian Marxist political philosopher.
• Jordi Sabater Pi, 87, Spanish ethologist, discovered albino gorilla Snowflake.
• Sheikha Hessa bint Salman Al Khalifa, c. 76, Bahraini royal, widow of Isa ibn Salman Al Khalifah, mother of King Hamad ibn Isa Al Khalifah.
• Budd Schulberg, 95, American screenwriter (On the Waterfront), playwright and novelist, natural causes.
• Al Tomko, 77, Canadian professional wrestler, pancreatic cancer.

6

• Bahadır Akkuzu, 54, Turkish musician, heart attack. (Turkish)
• Riccardo Cassin, 100, Italian mountaineer.
• Savka Dabčević-Kučar, 85, Croatian politician. (Croatian)
• Willy DeVille, 58, American singer–songwriter (Mink DeVille), pancreatic cancer.
• Stanley Haidasz, 86, Canadian politician, MP for Trinity (1957–1958) and Parkdale (1962–1978), Senator (1978–1998).
• Charles Townsend Harrison, 67, British art historian.
• John Hughes, 59, American director, screenwriter, and producer (Home Alone, The Breakfast Club), heart attack.
• Anthony Impreveduto, 61, American corrupt politician, member of the New Jersey General Assembly (1987–2004), lymphoma.
• Jack T. Kirby, 70, American historian, winner of the 2007 Bancroft Prize, heart failure.
• Anilza Leoni, 75, Brazilian actress, emphysema. (Portuguese)
• Donald Marshall, Jr., 55, Canadian wrongfully convicted of murder, complications from a 2003 lung transplant.
• Murali, 55, Indian actor, heart attack.
• Reiko Ohara, 62, Japanese actress (body discovered on this date).
• Willibrordus S. Rendra, 73, Indonesian poet.
• Sam, 4, Australian koala made famous after the 2009 Black Saturday bushfires, euthanised.
• Aram Tigran, 75, Armenian singer and oud player.
• Otha Young, 66, American musician and songwriter, cancer.

7

• Jimmy Bedford, 69, American distiller (Jack Daniel's), heart attack.
• Frank G. Dickey, 91, American educator, president of the University of Kentucky (1956–1963), after long illness.
• Gibson, 7, American Great Dane, recognized by Guinness Book of World Records as world's tallest dog, bone cancer.
• Carleen Hutchins, 98, American violin maker.
• Taha Muhie-eldin Marouf, 80, Iraqi politician, Vice President (1975–2003).
• Gulshan Kumar Mehta, 72, Indian songwriter, heart failure.
• John Harber Phillips, 75, Australian jurist, Chief Justice of Victoria (1991–2003), after long illness.
• Danko Popović, 81, Serbian writer. (Serbian)
• Louis E. Saavedra, 76, American politician, Mayor of Albuquerque, New Mexico (1973; 1989–1993), brain cancer.
• Mike Seeger, 75, American folk musician, folklorist and banjo player, cancer.
• Tatiana Stepa, 46, Romanian singer, cancer. (Romanian)
• Seiichi Tagawa, 91, Japanese politician, party leader (New Liberal Club), natural causes.
• Anne Wexler, 79, American political adviser and lobbyist, breast cancer.

8

• Alfonso Calderón, 78, Chilean writer and poet, heart attack.
• Yehuda Cohen, 95, Israeli Supreme Court justice. (Hebrew)
• Cal Ermer, 85, American baseball coach and manager (Minnesota Twins).
• Harold Hitchcock, 95, British artist.
• Daniel Jarque, 26, Spanish footballer, heart attack.
• Pål Kraby, 77, Norwegian barrister and businessman. (Norwegian)
• Peter Milton, 80, Australian politician, MP (1980–1990).
• Jone Railomo, 28, Fijian rugby player, member of the Fiji 2007 Rugby World Cup team, after short illness.
• Barnett Rosenberg, 82, American chemist, discovered cisplatin.
• Raul Solnado, 79, Portuguese actor and comedian, heart condition. (Portuguese)
• Michael Viner, 65, American record producer (Incredible Bongo Band), cancer.

9

• Frank Borth, 91, American comic book artist.
• Tommy Clinton, 83, Irish footballer.
• Thierry Jonquet, 55, French writer. (French)
• William Lindsay Osteen, Sr., 79, American judge of the District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina (1991–2006).
• John Quade, 71, American character actor (Every Which Way But Loose, The Outlaw Josey Wales), natural causes.
• Rodney Scott Webb, 74, American federal judge, cancer.
• Jasmine You, 30, Japanese bassist (Versailles).

10

• Laurie Bickerton, 92, Australian football player.
• Josef Burg, 97, Ukrainian Yiddish writer, stroke.
• Albert L. Gordon, 94, American gay rights legal activist, natural causes.
• Rita Inos, 55, Northern Mariana Island educator and politician, first female candidate for Lieutenant Governor, cancer.
• Andy Kessler, 48, American skateboarder, cardiac arrest following wasp sting.
• Ede Király, 82, Hungarian Olympic silver medal-winning (1948) figure skater. (Hungarian)
• Urpo Korhonen, 86, Finnish Olympic gold medal-winning (1952) cross-country skier. (Finnish)
• Sylvia Lennick, 93, Canadian actress and comedienne, complications from pneumonia.
• Merlyn Mantle, 77, American author, widow of Mickey Mantle, Alzheimer's disease.
• Art McKinlay, 77, American Olympic silver medal-winning (1956) rower, heart attack.
• Zarema Sadulayeva, 33, Russian activist, head of children's aid organization in Chechnya, shot.
• Renzo Sambo, 67, Italian Olympic gold medal-winning (1968) rower. (Italian)
• Thomas C. Slater, 68, American politician, member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives (since 1994), lung cancer.
• Yosef Tamir, 94, Israeli politician and environmental activist, member of the Knesset (1965–1981).
• Francisco Valdés, 66, Chilean footballer, heart failure. (Spanish)

11

• Malik Akhmedilov, 33, Russian journalist, shot.
• Campbell R. Bridges, 71, British gemologist and adventurer, stabbed.
• Nuala Fennell, 73, Irish politician.
• José Ramón García Antón, 61, Spanish engineer and politician in Valencian Community.
• Valeriu Lazarov, 73, Romanian-born Spanish television producer, natural causes.
• Aykut Oray, 67, Turkish actor, heart attack.
• Behjat Sadr, 85, Iranian painter, heart attack.
• Eunice Kennedy Shriver, 88, American activist, founder of the Special Olympics, sister of John F. Kennedy.
• Jan Sillo, 32, South African footballer, car accident.
• Kitty White, 86, American jazz vocalist, stroke.
• Margaret Bush Wilson, 90, American lawyer and activist, multiple organ failure.

12

• Rashied Ali, 74, American jazz drummer, heart attack.
• Ruslan Amerkhanov, Russian official, Ingushetia construction minister, shot.
• Howard M. Ervin, 93, American Christian scholar.
• Ruth Ford, 98, American model and actress.
• Gladys Gillem, 88, American professional wrestler, Alzheimer's disease.
• John Gregson, Baron Gregson, 85, British businessman and politician.
• Zaw One, 64, Burmese actor and singer, liver disease.
• Nalin Seneviratne, 78, Sri Lankan general, Commander of the Army (1985–1988).
• Karl Von Hess, 90, American professional wrestler, Alzheimer's disease.
• Shingo Yamashiro, 70, Japanese actor, pneumonia.

13

• John Bentley, 92, British actor (Crossroads).
• M. Watt Espy, 77, American researcher and author on capital punishment.
• Lavelle Felton, 29, American basketball player (Paderborn Baskets), shot.
• Brian McLaughlin, 54, British footballer (Celtic, Motherwell).
• Joseph Gilles Napoléon Ouellet, 87, Canadian archbishop of Rimouski.
• Les Paul, 94, American guitarist and inventor, complications from pneumonia.
• Al Purvis, 80, Canadian Olympic gold medal-winning ice hockey player (1952).
• Bob Taggart, 109, British centenarian, oldest man in Scotland. .
• Dobby Walker, 90, American labor lawyer, stroke.
• Eleutherius Winance, 100, Belgian-born American monk, philosophy professor, founder of St. Andrew's Abbey, heart attack.

14

• Frank Branston, 70, British politician, Mayor of the Borough of Bedford, aortic aneurysm.
• John Hughes, 74, British politician, MP for Coventry North East (1987–1992).
• Ted Kennedy, 83, Canadian hockey player (Toronto Maple Leafs), heart failure.
• Lawrence Lucie, 101, American jazz guitarist.
• Kimani Maruge, 90, Kenyan student, oldest man to start primary school, stomach cancer.
• Philip Saltzman, 80, Mexican-born American television writer and producer (Columbo, Barnaby Jones), natural causes.
• Gerolf Steiner, 101, German zoologist. (German)

15

• Kenneth Bacon, 64, American president of Refugees International, Asst Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs, melanoma.
• Florin Bogardo, 67, Romanian singer, following a long illness. (Romanian)
• Virginia Davis, 90, American child actress.
• Jim Dickinson, 67, American musician and record producer.
• Jasmine Fiore, 28, American Playboy model, strangled.
• Shūe Matsubayashi, 89, Japanese film director, heart failure. (Japanese)
• Abdel Latif Moussa, 47, Palestinian cleric, leader of Jund Ansar Allah, bomb blast.
• Sammy Petrillo, 74, American comedian, cancer.
• André Prokovsky, 70, French dancer, cancer.
• Louis Rosen, 91, American nuclear physicist (Manhattan Project), inventor of the atom smasher, subdural hematoma.
• Malcolm Richard Wilkey, 90, American federal judge and diplomat.

16

• Alistair Campbell, 84, New Zealand poet, after short illness.
• Mualla Eyüboğlu, 90, Turkish architect, one of the country's first female architects, heart failure.
• Paul Healion, 31, Irish cyclist, car crash.
• Warren E. Hearnes, 86, American politician, Governor of Missouri (1965–1973), after brief illness.
• Khalid bin Mahfouz, 60, Saudi Arabian billionaire banker, heart attack.
• Richard Moore, 83, American cinematographer, co-founder of Panavision.
• John Mulagada, 71, Indian Bishop of Eluru, first Dalit to become a bishop.
• Ed Reimers, 96, American character actor (Star Trek, The Barefoot Executive).
• Laurie Rowley, 68, British comedy writer (The Two Ronnies, Not the Nine O'Clock News), heart attack.
• Robert Thieme, 91, American dispensationalist theologian.
• Igor Tkachenko, 45, Russian Air Force pilot (Russian Knights), stunt collision.
• Burl Toler, 81, American football official, first African American official in the NFL.

17

• Paul Hogue, 69, American basketball player, heart and kidney failure.
• Tullio Kezich, 80, Italian film critic. (Italian)
• Grażyna Miller, 52, Polish poet and translator. (Polish)
• Tiffany Simelane, 21, Swazi beauty pageant contestant, Miss Swaziland 2008, suicide by poisoning.
• Davey Williams, 81, American baseball player (New York Giants) .

18

• Hildegard Behrens, 72, German soprano, aortic aneurysm. (German)
• Charles Bond, 94, American Air Force general, pilot with Flying Tigers, dementia.
• Rose Friedman, 98, Ukrainian-born American economist, widow of Milton Friedman.
• Wilf Diedricks, 64, South African cricket umpire.
• Jason Getsy, 33, American convicted murderer, executed by lethal injection in Ohio.
• Dic Jones, 75, Welsh poet.
• Kim Dae-jung, 83, South Korean politician, President (1998–2003), Nobel Peace Prize recipient, heart failure.
• Hugo Loetscher, 79, Swiss author, complications following surgery. (German)
• Jack McGeorge, 60, American munitions analyst and BDSM activist, complications of heart surgery.
• Robert Novak, 78, American conservative author and pundit, brain cancer.
• Fernanda Pivano, 92, Italian writer, journalist, translator and critic, after long illness. (Italian)
• Anthony Trevelyan Rogers, 96, New Zealand politician.
• Mária Vadász, 59, Hungarian Olympic bronze medal-winning team handball player at 1976 Olympics. (Hungarian)
• Geertje Wielema, 75, Dutch swimmer. (Dutch)

19

• Paul Ashbee, 91, British archaeologist.
• Carlos González Nova, 92, Mexican businessman.
• Donald M. Grant, 82, American science fiction publisher.
• Don Hewitt, 86, American television producer, creator of 60 Minutes, pancreatic cancer.
• Harry Kermode, 87, Canadian Olympic basketball player.
• John Marek, 47, American convicted murderer, executed by lethal injection in Florida.
• Anthony Petro Mayalla, 69, Tanzanian archbishop of Mwanza (since 1987).
• Edward Rondthaler, 104, American typographist.
• Vic Snell, 81, British footballer, following a long illness.
• Park M. Strader, 64, American politician, cancer.
• Bobby Thomson, 65, British footballer, prostate cancer.

20

• Semyon Farada, 75, Russian actor, after long illness.
• Carlos González Nova, 92, Mexican businessman, founder of Comercial Mexicana supermarket chain.
• Larry Knechtel, 69, American keyboardist (Bread), bassist and session musician (The Beach Boys, The Doors), heart attack.
• Karla Kuskin, 77, American children's author and illustrator, corticobasal degeneration.
• Dudu Topaz, 62, Israeli actor, suicide by hanging.
• Gordon Woods, 57, American veterinary scientist, created first cloned mule (Idaho Gem).

21

• Ernest Brown, 93, American tap dancer.
• Johnny Carter, 75, American singer (The Flamingos, The Dells), lung cancer.
• Edward Goldsmith, 80, British environmentalist.
• Chris McCubbins, 63, American-born Canadian Olympic athlete, leukemia.
• Leo Obstbaum, 40, Argentine-born Spanish design director for the 2010 Winter Olympics.
• Rex Shelley, 78, Singaporean author, lung cancer.
• Geoffrey Tozer, 54, Australian pianist, liver disease.
• Dean Turner, 37, Australian bassist (Magic Dirt), lung cancer.

22

• David Avadon, 60, American illusionist, heart attack.
• Horst E. Brandt, 86, German film director.
• Vicki Cruse, 40, American aerobatic pilot, air show accident.
• Muriel Duckworth, 100, Canadian feminist and activist, complications from a fall.
• Elmer Kelton, 83, American Western novelist, natural causes.
• Iftikhar Ali Khan, Pakistani general, Defence Secretary (1997–1999), heart attack.
• Erkki Laine, 51, Finnish ice hockey player, drowned. (Finnish)
• Beryl Wayne Sprinkel, 85, American economist, Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome.
• Adrien Zeller, 69, French politician and humanist, heart attack.

23

• Alexander Bozhkov, 58, Bulgarian politician, Deputy Prime Minister (1997–1999), cancer.
• Stanley Kaplan, 90, American businessman and scholastic test preparation pioneer, founder of Kaplan, Inc., heart disease.
• Baitullah Mehsud, c. 35, Pakistani militant, injuries resulting from a military strike.
• Anna-Maria Müller, 60, German luger, 1972 Winter Olympics women's singles gold medalist.
• Pierre Samuel, 87, French mathematician, arms control and environmental activist. (French)
• Edzo Toxopeus, 91, Dutch politician, Minister of the Interior (1959–1965). (Dutch)
• William Williams, 93, American businessman and team owner (Cincinnati Bengals, Cincinnati Reds).

24

• Joseph Corbett, Jr., 80, American murderer and kidnapper, suicide by gunshot.
• Sir Harry Fang, 86, Hong Kong orthopaedic surgeon, President of Rehabilitation International (1980–1984), respiratory failure.
• Frank Marcus Fernando, 77, Sri Lankan Bishop of Chilaw.
• Leif Flengsrud, 86, Norwegian Olympic cyclist. (Norwegian)
• Janullah Hashimzada, 40, Afghan journalist, Pakistan bureau chief for Shamshad TV, shot.
• Kashin, 40, New Zealand Asian elephant, euthanised.
• Joe Maneri, 82, American jazz composer, musician and inventor, complications of heart surgery.
• Eduardo V. Roquero, 59, Filipino politician, Representative (2004–2007), four-time Mayor of San Jose del Monte.
• Toni Sailer, 73, Austrian ski racer, laryngeal cancer.
• T. J. Turner, 46, American football player (Miami Dolphins), complications from a stroke.
• Jim Urbanek, 64, American football player (Miami Dolphins).

25

• Berle Adams, 92, American music industry executive (MCA), after long illness.
• Bob Carroll, 73, American historian and author.
• William Emerson, 86. American journalist and editor, stroke.
• Nikos Garoufallou, 72, Greek actor, car accident. (Greek)
• Ted Kennedy, 77, American politician, Senator from Massachusetts (1962–2009), brain cancer.
• Eduardo Mendoza Goiticoa, 92, Venezuelan politician, Minister of Agriculture (1945–1947). (Spanish)
• Carl K. Moeddel, 71, American Auxiliary Bishop of Cincinnati (1993–2007), after long illness.
• Ray Ramsey, 88, American football player (Chicago Cardinals), complications from a fall.
• Mandé Sidibé, 69, Malian politician and economist, Prime Minister (2000–2002), after short illness.

26

• Abdul Aziz al-Hakim, 56, Iraqi politician, lung cancer.
• Hyman Bloom, 96, Latvian-born American painter of mystical Jewish works.
• Per Christensen, 75, Norwegian actor (Hotel Cæsar, Elling). (Norwegian)
• Sadie Corre, 91, British actress (The Rocky Horror Picture Show).
• Dominick Dunne, 83, American writer and investigative journalist, bladder cancer.
• Ellie Greenwich, 68, American songwriter ("Be My Baby", "Chapel of Love"), heart attack.
• Sir Jack Harris, 2nd Baronet, 103, British-born New Zealand businessman.
• Billy Kenneally, 83, Irish politician.
• William Korey, 87, American lobbyist, Anti-Defamation League director, cardiac arrhythmia.
• Birger Skeie, 58, Norwegian businessman, chairman of TTS Marine, heart attack. (Norwegian)

27

• Nicholas Cavendish, 6th Baron Chesham, 67, British aristocrat and politician.
• Shota Chochishvili, 59, Georgian Olympic gold medalist in judo, leukemia. (Russian)
• Alex Grass, 82, American businessman, founder of Rite Aid drugstores, lung cancer.
• Dave Laut, 52, American Olympic bronze medalist in shot put, shot.
• Sergey Mikhalkov, 96, Russian writer and poet (National Anthem of the Soviet Union and National Anthem of Russia).
• Joaquín Ruiz-Giménez, 96, Spanish politician. (Spanish)
• Virgilio Savona, 89, Italian singer (Quartetto Cetra), Parkinson's disease. (Italian)
• Shing Fui-On, 54, Hong Kong actor, nasopharyngeal carcinoma.

28

• Richard Egan, 73, American businessman and diplomat, suicide by gunshot.
• Emil Glad, 81, Croatian actor. (Croatian)
• Adam Goldstein, 36, American club disc jockey and musician (Crazy Town), suspected drug overdose.
• Hubert D. Humphreys, 86, American historian.
• Noel Debroy Jones, 76, British prelate, Bishop of Sodor and Man (1989–2003), cancer.
• Günter Kießling, 83, German general. (German)
• Eli Thompson, 36, American skydiver, skydiving accident.
• Wayne Tippit, 76, American character actor (Melrose Place), after long illness.
• Henk van Ulsen, 82, Dutch actor. (Dutch)

29

• Gennaro Angiulo, 90, American Mafia underboss, renal failure.
• Chanel, 21, American dachshund, world's oldest dog, natural causes.
• Chris Connor, 81, American jazz singer, cancer.
• Simon Dee, 74, British radio disc jockey and television presenter, bone cancer.
• Sam Etcheverry, 79, American-born Canadian football player, member of the Canadian Football Hall of Fame, cancer.
• Gustavo Martínez Frías, 74, Colombian archbishop of Nueva Pamplona.
• Frank Gardner, 78, Australian motor racing driver.
• Pete Horeck, 86, Canadian ice hockey player, prostate cancer.
• Mady Rahl, 94, German actress. (German)
• Dave Smith, 76, American college football player and coach, cancer.
• James E. Stephenson, 83, American politician, Mayor of Ann Arbor, Michigan (1973–1975).
• Yolanda Varela, 79, Mexican film actress, natural causes. (Spanish)

30

• Medardas Čobotas, 81, Lithuanian politician. (Lithuanian)
• Ildikó Kishonti, 62, Hungarian actress. (Hungarian)
• Marie Knight, 84, American gospel singer, pneumonia.
• Sheila Lukins, 66, American cook and food writer, brain cancer.
• Robert J. Matthews, 82, American Latter-day Saints educator and scholar, open-heart surgery complications.
• Christos Palaiologos, 59, Greek left-wing politician, former mayor of Livadeia, (Greek)
• Jack Phillips, 87, American baseball player.
• Mark Pringle, 50, Australian triathlete, road accident.
• Kiki Sørum, 70, Norwegian fashion journalist. (Norwegian)
• Nancy Talbot, 89, American businesswoman, co-founder of Talbots retail stores, Alzheimer's disease.
• Simon Thirgood, 46, British biologist and ecologist, building collapse.

31

• John Choi Young-su, 67, South Korean archbishop of Daegu.
• Ping Duenas, 78, Guamanian politician, heart attack.
• Barry Flanagan, 68, British sculptor, motor neurone disease.
• Jesse Fortune, 79, American blues singer.
• Frederick Gore, 95, British artist.
• Amos Hawley, 98, American sociologist.
• Eddie Higgins, 77, American jazz pianist, cancer.
• Torsten Lindberg, 92, Swedish Olympic gold medal-winning (1948) football player. (Swedish)
• Eraño Manalo, 84, Filipino Executive Minister of the Iglesia ni Cristo (1963–2009), cardiopulmonary arrest.
• Jack Manning, 93, American film, stage and television actor.
• Anna Belle Clement O'Brien, 86, American politician, Tennessee state senator (1976–1996), complications from a fall.
• George Piranian, 95, American mathematician.