Deaths in August 2011

The following is a list of notable deaths in August 2011.

August 2011

1

• Stan Barstow, 83, English novelist.
• Joe Caffie, 80, American baseball player (Cleveland Indians, Cleveland Buckeyes).
• Carmela Marie Cristiano, 83, American Roman Catholic nun (Sisters of Charity of Saint Elizabeth); first nun to seek political office in New Jersey.
• Florentina Gómez Miranda, 99, Argentine lawyer and women's rights activist.
• Gamini Goonesena, 80, Sri Lankan cricketer.
• Chieko N. Okazaki, 84, American Mormon women's leader, first non-Caucasian woman to hold a senior position in the LDS church, heart failure.
• Ken Payne, 60, American football player (Green Bay Packers).
• Alex Pitko, 97, American baseball player.
• Zhanna Prokhorenko, 71, Russian film actress (Ballad of a Soldier). (Russian)

2

• Leslie Esdaile Banks, 51, American author (The Vampire Huntress Legend Series), adrenal cancer.
• Baruj Benacerraf, 90, Venezuelan-born American immunologist, Nobel laureate (1980).
• Ralph Berkowitz, 100, American composer.
• DeLois Barrett Campbell, 85, American gospel singer (The Barrett Sisters), pulmonary embolism.
• Meldric Daluz, 90, Indian Olympic gold medal-winning (1952) field hockey player.
• Al Federoff, 87, American baseball player (Detroit Tigers).
• James M. Flinchum, 94, American journalist.
• Asadullo Gulomov, 58, Tajik politician, Deputy Prime Minister (since 2006). (Russian)
• Andrey Kapitsa, 80, Russian geographer and explorer, discovered and named Lake Vostok.
• Clarence E. Miller, 93, American politician, U.S. Representative from Ohio (1967–1993), pneumonia.
• Attilio Pavesi, 100, Italian Olympic cyclist, oldest living Olympic champion. (Italian)
• Richard Pearson, 93, Welsh actor (The Yellow Rolls-Royce).
• Venere Pizzinato, 114, Italian supercentenarian, oldest person in Europe and third-oldest living person in the world.
• José Sanchis Grau, 79, Spanish comic book artist. (Valencian)
• James Ford Seale, 76, American murderer, Ku Klux Klan member.

3

• Rudolf Brazda, 98, German concentration camp prisoner, last known survivor of pink triangle homosexual deportation.
• Richard Cates, 85, American lawyer.
• Annette Charles, 63, American actress (Grease), complications of lung cancer.
• Antonio M. Diaz, 83, Filipino politician, Representative from Zambales (1969–1972, 1992–2001, 2004–2011).
• Jackie Hudson, 76, American nun and peace activist.
• Ingrid Luterkort, 101, Swedish actress. (Swedish)
• Andrew McDermott, 45, British singer (Threshold), complications of kidney failure. (German)
• Simona Monyová, 44, Czech writer, stabbed. (Czech)
• Ray Patterson, 89, American basketball executive (Milwaukee Bucks, Houston Rockets).
• Nikolai Arnoldovich Petrov, 68, Russian pianist, People's Artist of the USSR, stroke.
• José Ignacio Rivero, 90, Cuban journalist. (Spanish)
• William Sleator, 66, American science fiction writer (Interstellar Pig).
• Bubba Smith, 66, American football player (Baltimore Colts) and actor (Police Academy).
• Mohsen Koochebaghi Tabrizi, 87, Iranian Shi'ite Muslim marja, heart attack. (Persian)
• Allan Watkins, 89, Welsh cricketer, after short illness.

4

• Alan Blackshaw, 78, English mountaineer and civil servant, cancer.
• Michael Bukht, 69, British radio executive, television personality and chef who worked as Michael Barry.
• Mark Duggan, 29, British crime suspect, shot.
• Naoki Matsuda, 34, Japanese footballer, suspected heart attack.
• Conrad Schnitzler, 74, German musician (Tangerine Dream, Kluster, Eruption, Berlin Express), stomach cancer.
• Erika Thijs, 51, Belgian politician, Senator (since 1995), cancer. (Dutch)
• Sherman White, 82, American basketball player (Long Island University).

5

• Jean-Claude Bajeux, 79, Haitian activist and scholar, lung cancer.
• Gerry Davidson, 90, American masters athlete, stroke.
• Erol Erduran, 78, Cypriot educator and writer.
• Dudley E. Faver, 94, American Air Force major general and academic.
• Marion D. Hanks, 89, American Mormon leader.
• Hazel Johnson-Brown, 83, American Army nurse and general, Alzheimer's disease.
• Donald Ray Kennard, 74, American politician, member of the Louisiana House of Representatives (1976–2008), brain aneurysm rupture.
• Andrzej Lepper, 57, Polish politician, suspected suicide by hanging.
• Gary Nixon, 70, American motorcycle racer, complications from a heart attack.
• Francesco Quinn, 48, Italian-born American actor (Platoon, The Young and the Restless), son of Anthony Quinn, heart attack.
• Aziz Shavershian, 22, Australian bodybuilder and model, heart attack.
• Adi Talmor, 58, Israeli journalist and news presenter, assisted suicide.
• Stan Willemse, 86, British footballer (Chelsea).

6

• Bernadine Healy, 67, American cardiologist, director of the National Institutes of Health (1991–1993), brain cancer.
• Fred Imus, 69, American songwriter and radio talk show host, brother of Don Imus. (body found on this date)
• Kuno Klötzer, 89, German football coach. (German)
• Fe del Mundo, 99, Filipino pediatrician, National Scientist of the Philippines, heart attack.
• Roman Opałka, 79, French-born Polish painter. (Polish)
• John W. Ryan, 81, American academic administrator, President of Indiana University (1971–1987).
• Jerry Smith, 80, American football player (San Francisco 49ers) and coach (Denver Broncos).
• John Wood, 81, English actor (WarGames, Chocolat).

7

• Joseph Candolfi, 89, Swiss Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Basel (1983–1996). (German)
• Hugh Carey, 92, American politician, Governor of New York (1975–1982) and U.S. Representative (1961–1974).
• Rocco Colonna, 77, American politician, Member of the Ohio House of Representatives (1975–1988).
• Cornelius Elanjikal, 92, Indian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Verapoly (1987–1996). (Malayalam)
• Eddie Gibbins, 85, English footballer.
• Marshall Grant, 83, American double bassist (Tennessee Two).
• F. M. Hardacre, 96, American academic and college football coach.
• Mark Hatfield, 89, American politician, Governor of Oregon (1959–1967) and U.S. Senator (1967–1997).
• Harri Holkeri, 74, Finnish politician, Prime Minister (1987–1991), after long illness.
• Paul Meier, 87, American mathematician (Kaplan–Meier estimator), complications from a stroke.
• George Naghi, 59, Romanian businessman, founder of Aldis SRL, boating accident.
• Tom Radney, 79, American politician, member of the Alabama Senate (1967–1971), after long illness.
• Jiří Traxler, 99, Czech-born Canadian jazz pianist. (Czech)
• Nancy Wake, 98, New Zealand-born Australian French Resistance leader, chest infection.
• Charles Wyly, 77, American businessman and philanthropist, co-founder of Michaels Stores, automobile accident.
• Joe Yamanaka, 64, Japanese rock singer, lung cancer. .

8

• Neal Abberley, 67, English cricketer, heart and lung condition.
• Ray Anderson, 77, American entrepreneur, cancer.
• Mike Barrett, 67, American Olympic and professional basketball player (Virginia Squires, San Diego Conquistadors).
• Ruth Brinker, 89, American AIDS and nutrition activist, founder of Project Open Hand, vascular dementia.
• Royal Copeland, 86, Canadian football player (Toronto Argonauts), Alzheimer's disease.
• Cem Erman, 64, Turkish actor and composer. (Turkish)
• Kurt Johansson, 97, Swedish Olympic sport shooter. (Swedish)
• Anastasios Peponis, 87, Greek politician and author, heart problems. (Greek)
• Federico Richter Fernandez-Prada, 89, Peruvian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Ayacucho/Huamanga (1979–1991). (Spanish)
• Hind Rostom, 81, Egyptian actress, heart attack.
• Jiřina Švorcová, 83, Czech actress and pro-Communist activist. (Czech)
• Harry Hillel Wellington, 84, American lawyer, Dean of Yale Law School (1975–1985) and New York Law School (1992–2000), brain tumor.
• Guillermo Zarur, 72, Mexican actor, complications of kidney and heart disease. (Spanish)

9

• Wendy Babcock, 32, Canadian advocate for the rights of prostitutes, suspected suicide.
• Roberto Busa, 97, Italian Jesuit priest, pioneer in Digital Humanities.
• Adolphe-Maria Gustave Hardy, 91, French Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Beauvais (1985–1995).
• Yoshihiro Hamaguchi, 85, Japanese Olympic swimmer, heart failure.
• Jimmy Harris, 76, American football player (University of Oklahoma, Dallas Cowboys, Philadelphia Eagles), natural causes.
• Kolapo Ishola, 77, Nigerian politician, Governor of Oyo State (1991–1993).
• Eleanor Josaitis, 79, American activist, co-founder of Focus: HOPE, peritoneal cancer.
• Julian Kenny, 81, Trinidadian zoologist, environmentalist and politician, Senator (1995–2001).
• Mimi Lee, 91, American chemist, First Lady of Maryland (1977–1979), heart failure.
• Werner W. Wallroth, 81, German film director.

10

• P. C. Alexander, 90, Indian politician, Governor of Tamil Nadu (1988–1990), Maharashtra (1993–2002) and Goa (1996–1998).
• Moraíto Chico II, 54, Spanish musician, cancer. (Spanish)
• Arnaud Desjardins, 86, French philosopher. (French)
• Norton Fredrick, 73, Sri Lankan cricketer, illness.
• Billy Grammer, 85, American country singer.
• Selwyn Griffith, 83, Welsh poet. (Welsh)
• Oldřich Machač, 65, Czech Olympic silver (1968, 1976) and bronze (1972) medal-winning ice hockey player, heart failure.
• Babak Masoumi, 39, Iranian futsal player and coach, blood cancer. (Farsi)
• Lilia Michel, 85, Mexican actress. (Spanish)
• Mark Sinyangwe, 38, Zambian footballer.

11

• Agustín Romualdo Alvarez Rodríguez, 88, Spanish-born Venezuelan Roman Catholic prelate, Vicar Apostolic of Machiques (1986–1995).
• Don Chandler, 76, American football player (New York Giants, Green Bay Packers).
• George Devol, 99, American inventor, creator of Unimate, the first industrial robot.
• Karen Drambjan, 57, Armenian-born Estonian activist, shot.
• Ignacio Flores, 58, Mexican football player (Cruz Azul, national team), shot. (Spanish)
• Mateo Flores, 89, Guatemalan Olympic athlete. (Spanish)
• Noah Flug, 86, Polish-born Israeli economist, advocate for rights of Holocaust survivors.
• Richard Floyd, 80, American politician and lawmaker.
• Clair George, 81, American CIA officer (Iran–Contra affair), cardiac arrest.
• David Holbrook, 88, English writer and academic.
• Jani Lane, 47, American musician (Warrant).
• Scott LeDoux, 62, American boxer, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
• Karen Overington, 59, Australian politician, Victorian MLA for Ballarat West (1999–2010).
• Bob Shamansky, 84, American politician, U.S. Representative from Ohio (1981–1983).
• Joe Trimble, 80, American baseball player (Boston Red Sox, Pittsburgh Pirates).
• Paul Wilkinson, 74, British academic, expert on the study of terrorism (University of St Andrews).
• Bob Will, 80, American baseball player (Chicago Cubs).

12

• Austin-Emile Burke, 89, Canadian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Halifax (1991–1998).
• Geertruida Draaisma, 109, Dutch centenarian, oldest verified person in the Netherlands.
• Ernie Johnson, 87, American baseball player (Boston/Milwaukee Braves, Baltimore Orioles) and broadcaster (Atlanta Braves).
• Charles P. Murray, Jr., 89, American Army colonel, Medal of Honor recipient, heart failure.
• Robert Robinson, 83, English radio and television presenter.
• Francisco Solano López, 83, Argentine comics artist (El Eternauta), complications from a stroke. (Spanish)

13

• Robert Breer, 84, American experimental filmmaker.
• Álvaro Lara, 26, Chilean footballer, traffic collision. (Spanish)
• Chris Lawrence, 78, British racing driver and engineer, cancer.
• Ctirad Mašín, 81, Czech resistance fighter.
• Tareque Masud, 54, Bangladeshi independent film director, traffic collision.
• Jesús del Pozo, 65, Spanish fashion designer, pulmonary emphysema.
• Topi Sorsakoski, 58, Finnish singer, lung cancer.
• Ellen Winther, 78, Danish opera singer and actress.

14

• Albert Brown, 105, American veteran, oldest survivor of Bataan Death March.
• Yekaterina Golubeva, 44, Russian actress. (French)
• Shammi Kapoor, 79, Indian film actor and director, renal failure.
• Fritz Korbach, 66, German football player and manager, laryngeal cancer. (Dutch)
• Paul Reeves, 78, New Zealand Anglican archbishop, Primate (1980–1985), Governor-General (1985–1990), cancer.
• Friedrich Schoenfelder, 94, German actor. (German)
• Shawn Tompkins, 37, Canadian kickboxer and mixed martial artist, suspected heart attack.

15

• Nenad Bijedić, 51, Bosnian football manager, cancer. (Turkish)
• Pap Dean, 95, American political cartoonist.
• Colin Harvey, 50, British science fiction writer and editor, stroke.
• Michael Legat, 88, British author and publisher.
• Peter Mair, 60, Irish political scientist.
• Solomon Mujuru, 62, Zimbabwean military officer and politician, injuries from a fire.
• Hugo Perié, 67, Argentine politician, MP (since 2003), Montoneros militant, lung disease. (Spanish)
• Sif Ruud, 95, Swedish actress. (Swedish)
• Rick Rypien, 27, Canadian ice hockey player (Vancouver Canucks), suicide.
• Tōru Shōriki, 92, Japanese baseball team owner (Tokyo Giants), sepsis. (Japanese)
• Betty Thatcher, 67, British lyricist (Renaissance), cancer.

16

• Andrej Bajuk, 67, Slovenian politician and economist, Prime Minister (2000), stroke.
• Mihri Belli, 96, Turkish politician and writer, respiratory failure. (Turkish)
• Creed Black, 86, American newspaper publisher (Lexington Herald-Leader).
• Huw Ceredig, 69, Welsh actor.
• Albert Facchiano, 101, American mobster.
• Akiko Futaba, 96, Japanese ryūkōka singer. (Japanese)
• Bruno Monti, 81, Italian Olympic cyclist.
• Frank Munro, 63, Scottish footballer (Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.), heart attack.
• Pete Pihos, 87, American Hall of Fame football player (Philadelphia Eagles), Alzheimer's disease.
• Leo Rodriguez, 82, Mexican baseball player.
• Ramesh Saxena, 66, Indian cricketer, brain haemorrhage.
• Bernard William Schmitt, 82, American Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Wheeling-Charleston (1989–2004).
• Aud Talle, 65, Norwegian social anthropologist.

17

• Augustus Aikhomu, 72, Nigerian admiral and politician, Vice President (1986–1993).
• Vasyl Dzharty, 53, Ukrainian politician, Prime Minister of Crimea (since 2010), cancer.
• Gualtiero Jacopetti, 91, Italian documentary film director. (Italian)
• Michel Mohrt, 97, French writer, member of the Académie française (since 1985). (French)
• Pierre Quinon, 49, French pole vaulter and Olympic champion, suicide.
• William Robinson, 72, New Zealand scientist.

18

• Samir Chanda, 51, Indian art film director, cardiac arrest.
• Peter George Davis, 87, Royal Marine officer,
• Simon De Jong, 69, Canadian politician, MP for Regina East (1979–1988) and Regina—Qu'Appelle (1988–1997), leukemia.
• Bill Gray, 88, American football player (Washington Redskins).
• Johnson, 58, Indian film music composer, cardiac arrest.
• Paul Lockyer, 61, Australian journalist, helicopter crash.
• Herb Pfuhl, 83, American politician, longest-serving Mayor of Johnstown, Pennsylvania (1971–1977, 1982–1993).
• Maurice M. Rapport, 91, American neuroscience biochemist.
• Scotty Robertson, 81, American basketball coach (New Orleans Jazz, Chicago Bulls, Detroit Pistons), cancer.
• Jerome J. Shestack, 88, American human rights activist and attorney, President of American Bar Association (1997–1998).
• Jean Tabary, 81, French comic strip artist. (French)
• Norm Willey, 83, American football player (Philadelphia Eagles).

19

• John Abley, 81, Australian football player, cardiac arrest.
• Merv Brooks, 92, Australian footballer.
• Gil Courtemanche, 68, Canadian journalist and novelist (Un dimanche à la piscine à Kigali), cancer. (French)
• Gun Hägglund, 79, Swedish television personality, world's first female television news presenter, after short illness. (Swedish)
• Kerima Polotan Tuvera, 85, Filipino author and journalist.
• Brian Pope, 100, English rugby union player.
• Raúl Ruiz, 70, Chilean film director (Three Lives and Only One Death, Time Regained), pulmonary infection.
• Jimmy Sangster, 83, British director and screenwriter (Hammer Films).
• Vilem Sokol, 96, American conductor and music professor, cancer.
• Yevhen Yevseyev, 24, Ukrainian footballer, car accident.

20

• George C. Axtell, 90, American military officer, United States Marine Corps lieutenant-general.
• Reza Badiyi, 81, Iranian-born American television director (Mission: Impossible, The Six Million Dollar Man).
• Ross Barbour, 82, American singer, last founding member of The Four Freshmen, lung cancer.
• Fred Fay, 66, American leader in the disability rights movement.
• Charles S. Gubser, 95, American politician, U.S. Representative from California (1953–1974).
• Rafael Halperin, 87, Israeli businessman and professional wrestler.
• Patricia Hardy, 79, American actress, colon cancer.
• Jethu Singh Rajpurohit, 90, Indian politician.
• Angelo Maria Rivato, 86, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Ponta de Pedras (1967–2002).
• Ram Sharan Sharma, 91, Indian historian.
• Vernon Stratton, 83, British Olympic sailor.

21

• Dame Christine Cole Catley, 88, New Zealand journalist, publisher and author, lung cancer. )
• Sir Donald Farquharson, 83, British jurist.
• Brian Harrison, 89, Australian-born British politician and businessman, MP for Maldon (1955–1974).
• Budd Hopkins, 80, American artist and UFO researcher, liver cancer.
• John R. Hubbard, 92, American diplomat, President of University of Southern California (1970–1980), United States Ambassador to India (1988–1989).
• John J. Kelley, 80, American Olympic long-distance runner, winner of the 1957 Boston Marathon.
• Ezra Sued, 88, Argentine footballer (Racing Club de Avellaneda), infection. (Spanish)
• Muga Takewaki, 67, Japanese actor, cerebrovascular disease. (Japanese)
• Edith Tiempo, 92, Filipino author, National Artist of the Philippines, heart attack.

22

• Atiyah Abd al-Rahman, 40, Libyan-born Afghan Al-Qaeda leader.
• Abdul Aziz Abdul Ghani, 72, Yemeni politician, Prime Minister (1994–1997).
• Ray Abruzzese, 73, American football player (Buffalo Bills, New York Jets).
• Nickolas Ashford, 70, American R&B singer (Ashford & Simpson) and songwriter ("Ain't No Mountain High Enough"), throat cancer.
• Vicco von Bülow, 87, German cartoonist and actor.
• John Howard Davies, 72, English television producer and director (Fawlty Towers, The Good Life), former child actor (Oliver Twist), cancer.
• Kamal el-Shennawi, 89, Egyptian actor.
• Jesper Klein, 66, Danish actor, liver cancer. (Danish)
• Jack Layton, 61, Canadian politician, Leader of the Official Opposition (2011) and New Democratic Party (2003–2011), cancer.
• Jerry Leiber, 78, American songwriter ("Stand By Me", "Hound Dog", "Jailhouse Rock"), cardiopulmonary failure.
• Samuel Menashe, 85, American poet, natural causes.
• Žarko Nikolić, 74, Serbian footballer. (Serbian)
• Casey Ribicoff, 88, American socialite and philanthropist, lung cancer.
• Michael Showers, 45, American actor (Treme, The Vampire Diaries), drowned.
• Thomas Syme, 83, British Olympic ice hockey player.

23

• Paul Francis Duffy, 79, American-born Zambian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Mongu (1997–2011).
• Rolando Mendoza, 56, Filipino Hostage taker, former Filipino police officer (1981-2008), shot during Manila hostage crisis.
• Clare Hodges, 54, British campaigner for the medical use of cannabis, multiple sclerosis.
• Markéta Fialková, 55, Czech-born Albanian diplomat, Czech Ambassdor to Albania.
• Sybil Jason, 83, American child actress.
• David Lunn-Rockliffe, 86, British businessman co-founder of the River and Rowing Museum, heart failure.
• Frank Potenza, 77, American police officer and actor (Jimmy Kimmel Live!), cancer.
• Hasballah M. Saad, 63, Indonesian politician, Human Rights Minister (1999–2000).
• Peter Terpeluk, Jr., 63, American diplomat, Ambassador to Luxembourg (2002–2005), heart attack.
• June Wayne, 93, American artist and print maker.
• Willie Williams, 86, American Negro league baseball player.

24

• Frank DiLeo, 63, American music industry executive and actor (Goodfellas, Wayne's World), heart complications.
• Esther Gordy Edwards, 91, American Motown executive, creator of Hitsville U.S.A..
• Seyhan Erözçelik, 49, Turkish poet.
• Mike Flanagan, 59, American baseball player (Baltimore Orioles, Toronto Blue Jays), suicide by gunshot.
• Frederick A. Fox, 80, American composer and music educator.
• Jenő Gerbovits, 86, Hungarian politician, minister without portfolio (1990–1991), tractor accident. (Hungarian)
• Paul Harney, 82, American golfer.
• Jack Hayes, 92, American composer and orchestrator (The Color Purple, The Unsinkable Molly Brown), natural causes.
• Clemente Isnard, 94, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Nova Friburgo (1960–1992).
• George Knight, 90, British footballer.
• Joyce McDougall, 91, New Zealand-French psychoanalyst.
• Graeme Moody, 60, New Zealand sports broadcaster, drowned.
• Alfons Van Brandt, 84, Belgian footballer. (Dutch)

25

• A. A. Birch, Jr., 78, American lawyer and judge, Chief Justice of the Tennessee Supreme Court.
• Donna Christanello, 69, American professional wrestler, heart attack.
• Jyles Coggins, 90, American politician, Mayor of Raleigh, North Carolina (1975–1977).
• Elliott Johnston, 93, Australian jurist, Judge of the Supreme Court of South Australia (1983–1988).
• Lazar Mojsov, 90, Macedonian politician, President of the Presidency of Yugoslavia (1987–1988). (Serbian)
• Eugene Nida, 96, American linguist and bible translator.
• Anne Sharp, 94, Scottish coloratura soprano.
• Ruth Thomas, 84, British writer.

26

• Aloysius Ambrozic, 81, Slovenian-born Canadian Roman Catholic cardinal, Archbishop of Toronto (1990–2006).
• George Band, 82, British mountaineer.
• C. K. Barrett, 94, British theologian.
• Patrick C. Fischer, 75, American computer scientist and Unabomber target.
• Susan Fromberg Schaeffer, 71, American novelist and educator, complications of a stroke.
• John McAleese, 61, British SAS soldier involved in the Iranian Embassy Siege.
• Elvis Reifer, 50, Barbadian cricketer.
• Donn A. Starry, 86, American army officer, Commanding General, TRADOC (1977–1981).
• B. Jeff Stone, 75, American rockabilly singer-songwriter.
• Nadine Winter, 87, American politician, member of the Council of the District of Columbia (1975–1991).

27

• Heribert Barrera i Costa, 94, Spanish politician, President of the Parliament of Catalonia (1980–1984). (Spanish)
• Eve Brent, 82, American actress (The Green Mile).
• Frank Fanovich, 88, American baseball player (Cincinnati Reds, Philadelphia Athletics).
• Lykourgos Kallergis, 97, Greek actor, director and politician.
• Stetson Kennedy, 94, American folklorist and civil rights activist.
• Kim Tai Chung, 68, Korean actor and martial artist, internal stomach bleeding.
• Nico Minardos, 81, Greek actor (Istanbul, Twelve Hours to Kill, The Twilight Zone), natural causes.
• Daniel Morcombe, 13, Australian schoolboy, missing since 2003. (death confirmed on this date)
• John Parke, 74, Northern Irish footballer (Linfield, Hibernian, Sunderland, Northern Ireland), Alzheimer's disease.
• Iya Savvina, 75, Russian actress, People's Artist of the USSR. (Russian)
• N. F. Simpson, 92, British dramatist.
• Keith Tantlinger, 92, American mechanical engineer and inventor.

28

• Billy Drake, 93, British fighter pilot.
• Bernie Gallacher, 44, British footballer (Aston Villa).
• Bruno Gamberini, 61, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Campinas (since 2004).
• Len Ganley, 68, Northern Irish snooker referee.
• George Green, 59, American songwriter ("Hurts So Good", "Crumblin' Down"), lung cancer.
• Leonard Harris, 81, American actor, arts and theater critic (WCBS-TV), complications of pneumonia.
• Leonidas Kyrkos, 87, Greek politician, after short illness. (Greek)
• Dmitri Royster, 87, American hierarch (Orthodox Church in America), Archbishop of the Diocese of the South (1978–2009).
• Tony Sale, 80, British computer scientist.

29

• Ayala Zacks Abramov, 99, Israeli art patron.
• John Bancroft, 82, British architect.
• David "Honeyboy" Edwards, 96, American blues guitarist and singer, heart failure.
• Khamis Gaddafi, 28, Libyan seventh son of Muammar Gaddafi, commander of the Khamis Brigade, airstrike. (Arabic)
• R. B. McDowell, 97, Irish historian.
• Mark Ovendale, 37, English footballer (Luton Town, Bournemouth), cancer.
• David P. Reynolds, 96, American businessman and Thoroughbred racehorse breeder.
• Abdullah Senussi, 61/62, Libyan brother-in-law of Muammar Gaddafi, airstrike. (Arabic)
• Junpei Takiguchi, 80, Japanese voice actor and narrator (Dragon Ball, Yatterman, Mazinger Z), stomach cancer.

30

• Alla Bayanova, 97, Russian singer, People's Artist of Russia, cancer. (Russian)
• Faye Blackstone, 96, American rodeo star, cancer.
• Ronald N. Hartman, 76, American professor of astronomy, planetarium director (Mt. San Antonio College).
• Revo Jõgisalu, 35, Estonian rapper, skin cancer. (Estonian)
• Peggy Lloyd, 98, American stage actress.
• Wambui Otieno, 75, Kenyan politician.
• Cactus Pryor, 88, American broadcaster, Alzheimer's disease.
• Lou Zaeske, 69, American founder of English-only movement, advocate for Czech ethnic causes.

31

• Paul Abisheganaden, 97, Singaporean music conductor and Cultural Medallion recipient.
• Wade Belak, 35, Canadian ice hockey player (Toronto Maple Leafs, Nashville Predators), suicide.
• Cal Christensen, 84, American basketball player (Milwaukee Hawks, Rochester Royals), heart failure.
• Denis Collins, 58, Australian football player, heart attack.
• Abderrahmane Mahjoub, 82, Moroccan-born French footballer.
• Robert Muir, 91, Canadian politician, MP and Senator.
• Dave Petrie, 64, Scottish politician, Member of the Scottish Parliament for Highlands and Islands (2006–2007).
• Valery Rozhdestvensky, 72, Soviet cosmonaut. (Russian)
• Betty Skelton Erde, 85, American aerobatics pilot and Women Airforce Service Pilots veteran.
• Jack Stephens, 78, American basketball player (St. Louis Hawks).
• Radoslav Stojanović, 81, Serbian politician and law expert (University of Belgrade), co-founder of the Democratic Party. (Serbian)
• Peter Twiss, 90, British test pilot.
• Rosel Zech, 69, German actress (Veronika Voss, Aimée & Jaguar), cancer.