Deaths in July 2010

The following is a list of notable deaths in July 2010.

July 2010

1

• Black Tie Affair, 24, American Thoroughbred racehorse, euthanized.
• Alison Booker, 47, British radio broadcaster (BBC Oxford), breast cancer.
• Francisco Claver, 84, Filipino Jesuit priest, first Igorot bishop, Bishop of Malaybalay (1969–1984).
• Gareth Clayton, 68, Australian politician, member of the House of Representatives (1974–1975).
• Don Coryell, 85, American football coach (San Diego Chargers, St. Louis Cardinals).
• Arnold Friberg, 96, American painter, complications from a fall.
• Geoffrey Hutchings, 71, English actor, viral infection.
• Lele, 24, Puerto Rican rapper, shot. (Spanish)
• Aurelio Macchi, 94, Argentine sculptor.
• Eleanor Morse, 97, American art collector, co-founder of the Salvador Dali Museum, after long illness.
• Eddie Moussa, 26, Swedish footballer (Assyriska Föreningen), shot.
• George Newcom, 63, American drummer (The Loading Zone), heart attack.
• Omar Yoke Lin Ong, 92, Malaysian politician, minister and ambassador, founder of the Malaysian Chinese Association.
• John Rinne, 86, Finnish Orthodox prelate, archbishop of Karelia and All Finland (1987–2001).
• Ilene Woods, 81, American singer and actress (Cinderella), complications from Alzheimer's disease.
• Betty Lou Young, 91, American writer and conservationist, after short illness.

2

• Dame Beryl Bainbridge, 77, English novelist (Harriet Said..., An Awfully Big Adventure), cancer.
• Mahfoud Ali Beiba, 57, Sahrawi politician and negotiator, President of Sahrawi National Council (2003–2010), heart attack.
• Frank Colacurcio, Sr., 93, American organized crime figure.
• Stephen Kanner, 54, American architect, co-founder of the A+D Museum, cancer.
• Simon Kornblit, 76 Belgian-born American studio executive, Executive Vice President of worldwide marketing (Universal Pictures), myeloid leukemia.
• Fred Maryanski, 63, American educator, President of Nevada State College (2005–2010).
• Carl Adam Petri, 83, German computer scientist. (German)
• Félix Pons, 68, Spanish politician, President of the Congress of Deputies (1986–1996), cancer. (Spanish)
• M. G. Radhakrishnan, 70, Indian music director, liver disease.
• Leonard Searle, 79, American astronomer.
• Johnny Sellers, 72, American jockey.
• Singspiel, 18, Irish Thoroughbred racehorse, euthanized.
• Steve Stanlee, 90, American professional wrestler.
• Tommy Tabermann, 62, Finnish poet and politician, Member of Parliament (2007–2010), brain tumour.
• Laurent Terzieff, 75, French actor, lung complications.
• Ann Waldron, 85, American writer and biographer, heart failure.

3

• Carlo Aymonino, 83, Italian architect. (Italian)
• Murray Chercover, 80, Canadian broadcaster and CEO (CTV Television), complications from pneumonia.
• Abu Daoud, 73, Palestinian politician and military commander, planned 1972 Summer Olympics Munich massacre, kidney failure.
• William Dougherty, 78, American politician, Lieutenant Governor of South Dakota (1971–1975), cancer.
• Herbert Erhardt, 79, German footballer, 1954 FIFA World Cup winner (German)
• Dieter Frerichs, 72, German hedge fund manager, suicide.
• Colin Gardner, 69, British football manager, brain cancer.
• Kirsten Heisig, 48, German politician and juvenile magistrate, suicide. (body discovered on this date)
• Israel Hicks, 66, American stage director (Pittsburgh Cycle), prostate cancer.
• Cle Jeltes, 86, Dutch sailor. (Dutch)
• Carlos Juárez, 94, Argentine politician, Governor of Santiago del Estero Province, cardiac arrest. (Spanish)
• Ed Limato, 73, American talent agent, after long illness.
• Oguri Cap, 25, Japanese Thoroughbred racehorse, euthanized.
• Clara Claiborne Park, 86, American author, complications from a fall.
• Roberto Piva, 72, Brazilian poet and writer, complications from Parkinson's disease. (Portuguese)
• Sir Frederick Warner, 100, British chemical engineer.

4

• Robert Neil Butler, 83, American physician, Pulitzer Prize winner (Why Survive? Being Old in America), founder of NIA, leukemia.
• Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah, 74, Lebanese militant, spiritual leader to Hezbollah.
• Glenn Falkenstein, 78, American magician, complications of Alzheimer's disease.
• John Hampton, 103, American philanthropist, co-founder of Toys for Tots.
• Alf Howard, 104, Australian explorer.
• Hwang Yau-tai, 98, Taiwanese musician and composer, multiple organ failure.
• Oscar Kruger, 77, Canadian football player (Edmonton Eskimos), after long illness.

5

• Nasr Abu Zayd, 66, Egyptian Qur'anic theologian, brain infection.
• Jim Bohlen, 84, American-born Canadian environmentalist, founder of Greenpeace.
• William R. Callahan, 78, American Jesuit priest, challenged policies of the Vatican, Parkinson's disease.
• Brazeal Dennard, 81, American conductor.
• David Fanshawe, 68, British composer (African Sanctus), explorer and ethnomusicologist, stroke.
• Jia Hongsheng, 43, Chinese actor, suicide by jumping.
• Andriy Horak, 64, Ukrainian Orthodox prelate, Metropolitan of Lviv and Sokal in Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Kyivan Patriarchate (since 1993), after long illness. (Ukrainian)
• Juanita M. Kreps, 89, American economist, Secretary of Commerce (1977–1979), Alzheimer's disease.
• Pete Morgan, 71, British poet.
• Bob Probert, 45, Canadian ice hockey player (Detroit Red Wings, Chicago Blackhawks), suspected heart attack.
• Victor Rodrigues, 66, Indian Konkani litterateur and novelist.
• Cesare Siepi, 87, Italian opera singer, respiratory failure.
• Elton Younger, 91, British general.

6

• Jan Blokker, 83, Dutch journalist. (Dutch)
• Harvey Fuqua, 80, American rhythm and blues singer (The Moonglows), and record producer (Marvin Gaye), heart attack.
• Kristofer Leirdal, 94, Norwegian sculptor. (Norwegian)
• Stanislaus Tobias Magombo, 42, Malawian Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Lilongwe (2009–2010).
• A. T. Mahmud, 80, Indonesian composer and television host, pneumonia.
• Igor Misko, 23, Russian ice hockey player (SKA Saint Petersburg), cardiac arrest.
• John North, 89, American football player (Baltimore Colts) and coach (New Orleans Saints), after long illness.
• José Rico Pérez, 92, Spanish businessman, president of Hércules CF. (Spanish)
• Ramón Eduardo Ruiz, 88, American historian of Mexico and Latin America.
• Alekos Sofianidis, 77, Turkish-born Greek footballer, manager of the Greece national football team (1988–1989). (Turkish)
• Rebecca Spikings-Goldsman, 42, American film producer, heart attack.
• Simion Stanciu, 60, Romanian pan flautist, after long illness.
• Roberto Suárez, 82, Cuban-born American newspaper publisher (El Nuevo Herald), complications from Alzheimer's disease.
• Roy Waller, 69, British radio presenter, liver disease.

7

• Emilio Q. Daddario, 91, American politician, U.S. Representative for Connecticut (1959–1971), heart failure.
• Frank Dochnal, 89, American racecar driver.
• Bob Harvie, Sri Lankan cricket commentator.
• John Henning, 73, American newscaster (WNAC, WCVB, WBZ), complications from leukemia.
• Robbie Jansen, 60, South African jazz musician, after long illness.
• Moko, 4, New Zealand dolphin, beached.
• Brian O'Shaughnessy, 84, Australian philosopher.
• Sándor Páll, 56, Serbian politician, leader of Democratic Fellowship of Vojvodina Hungarians. (Hungarian)
• Bill Porter, 79, American sound engineer.
• Luz Sapag, 66, Argentine politician, mayor of San Martín de los Andes (2007–2010), car crash. (Spanish)

8

• David Blackwell, 91, American academic, stroke.
• David Blewitt, 81, American film editor (Ghostbusters, The Competition), Parkinson's disease.
• Anders Bratholm, 90, Norwegian jurist. (Norwegian)
• Robert Freitag, 94, Austrian-born Swiss actor. (German)
• Clint Hartung, 87, American baseball player (New York Giants).
• Donald Hawgood, 93, Canadian Olympic silver medal-winning (1952) canoeist.
• Lelio Luttazzi, 87, Italian composer actor, television and radio presenter.
• Maje McDonnell, 89, American baseball coach and official (Philadelphia Phillies).
• Achdiat Karta Mihardja, 99, Indonesian novelist and playwright, stroke.
• Thomas C. Peebles, 89, American physician, isolated the measles virus.
• Willi Railo, 69, Norwegian sports psychologist. (Norwegian)
• Patrick Rice, 64, Irish human rights activist.
• Maria Olivia da Silva, 130?, Brazilian supercentenarian and oldest citizen claimant. (Portuguese)
• Melvin Turpin, 49, American basketball player, suicide by gunshot.
• Peter Walker, 68, Australian football player, cancer.

9

• Yehuda Amital, 85, Israeli rabbi and politician.
• Jessica Anderson, 93, Australian writer (Tirra Lirra by the River).
• Kenneth Beard, 83, British cathedral organist.
• Mark Bytheway, 44, British Quizzing world champion, esophageal cancer.
• Eleanor Coen, 93, American artist.
• Basil Davidson, 95, British journalist and historian.
• Sir Marrack Goulding, 73, British diplomat.
• Clément Joseph Marie Raymond Guillon, 78, French Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Quimper and Leon. (French)
• Daryl Hunt, 53, American football player (Houston Oilers), heart attack.
• Vonetta McGee, 65, American actress (Blacula, The Eiger Sanction), cardiac arrest.
• Milt Morin, 67, American football player (Cleveland Browns), heart attack.
• Nobuyoshi Tamura, 77, Japanese aikidoka, cancer.
• Frank Verdi, 84, American baseball player (New York Yankees).

10

• Eric Batchelor, 89, New Zealand soldier, awarded Distinguished Conduct Medal for bravery.
• Ray Beachey, 94, Canadian historian.
• John Coates, 88, British naval architect.
• David Gay, 90, English Army officer, cricketer and educator, awarded Military Cross for bravery.
• Seán Dublin Bay Rockall Loftus, 82, Irish politician and lawyer, TD for Dublin North–East (1981–1982).
• Sugar Minott, 54, Jamaican reggae singer.
• Ed Palmquist, 77, American baseball player.
• Aldo Sambrell, 79, Spanish actor, stroke. (Spanish)
• Robert Spillane, 45, American actor (EZ Streets) and playwright, son of gangster Mickey Spillane, fall.
• George W. Webber, 90, American minister, President of New York Theological Seminary, complications of Alzheimer's disease.

11

• Sheila Amos, 63, American film editor (The Thing About My Folks), leukaemia.
• Stuart F. Feldman, 73, American lawyer and lobbyist, co-founded the Vietnam Veterans of America, pneumonia.
• Walter Hawkins, 61, American gospel music singer ("Oh Happy Day"), pancreatic cancer.
• Daja Wangchuk Meston, 39, Tibetan-born American Buddhist monk.
• Marco Aurelio Martínez Tijerina, 45, Mexican journalist, shot.
• Bob Sheppard, 99, American public address announcer (New York Yankees, New York Giants).
• Rudi Strittich, 88, Austrian football player and coach. (German)
• Arthur Williams, 63, American criminal, head injury from car crash.

12

• Günter Behnisch, 88, German architect.
• Buff Cobb, 82, American actress and talk show host.
• Olga Guillot, 87, Cuban singer, infarction.
• James P. Hogan, 69, British science fiction author.
• Henryk Jankowski, 73, Polish Roman Catholic priest.
• Tuli Kupferberg, 86, American poet, cartoonist and musician (The Fugs).
• Paul Locatelli, 71, American Jesuit priest and accountant, Chancellor (2008–2010) and President (1988–2008) of Santa Clara University, pancreatic cancer.
• Thomas Morahan, 78, American politician, member of the New York State Assembly (1981–1982); State Senator (1999–2010), leukemia.
• Paulo Moura, 77, Brazilian saxophonist and clarinetist, lymphoma.
• Pius Njawé, 53, Cameroonian journalist and activist, car accident.
• Harvey Pekar, 70, American comic book writer (American Splendor) and music critic, accidental medication overdose.
• Mau Piailug, 78, Micronesian navigator.
• Bernardino Rivera Alvarez, 85, Bolivian Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Potosí.

13

• Vernon Baker, 90, American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient, cancer.
• Ken Barnes, 81, British footballer, lung cancer.
• Amanda Berenguer, 89, Uruguayan poet. (Spanish)
• Gilly Coman, 50, British actress (Bread), suspected heart attack.
• Dave Cox, 72, American politician, member of the California State Assembly (1998–2004), state senator (2004–2010), prostate cancer.
• Nino Defilippis, 78, Italian cyclist. (Italian)
• Gene Goodreault, 91, American football player (Boston College), after long illness.
• Alan Hume, 85, British cinematographer (Return of the Jedi, A Fish Called Wanda).
• Pentti Linnosvuo, 77, Finnish shooter, 1956 and 1964 Olympic champion. (Finnish)
• Lloyd Morain, 93, American businessman, philanthropist, writer and humanist.
• André Kagwa Rwisereka, 60, Rwandan politician, murder.
• Manohari Singh, 79, Indian saxophonist, heart attack.
• George Steinbrenner, 80, American baseball team owner (New York Yankees), heart attack.

14

• Charles Beirne, 71, American Jesuit priest, president of Le Moyne College (2000–2007), cancer.
• Mike Kerruish, 61, Manx politician and chief judge.
• Seymour London, 95, American doctor, invented automatic sphygmomanometer, heart disease.
• Gene Ludwig, 72, American jazz organist.
• Sir Charles Mackerras, 84, American-born Australian conductor, cancer.
• Mădălina Manole, 43, Romanian pop singer, suicide. (Romanian)
• Tetsuo Mizutori, 71, Japanese voice actor.
• Derek Nicholls, 63, English cricketer, stroke.
• Joseph Rodericks, 83, Indian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Jamshedpur (1970–1996).
• Eduardo Sánchez Junco, 67, Spanish businessman, founder and owner of Hello!.
• Christopher Story, 72, British editor and intelligence analyst, after short illness.
• SJ Stovall, 84, American politician, mayor of Arlington, Texas (1977–1983).

15

• James E. Akins, 83, American diplomat, Ambassador to Saudi Arabia (1973–1976), heart attack.
• Wye Jamison Allanbrook, 67, American musicologist, cancer.
• Nicolas Carone, 93, American painter.
• Hank Cochran, 74, American country music singer-songwriter, pancreatic cancer.
• Peter Fernandez, 83, American voice actor (Speed Racer), lung cancer.
• Tom Gage, 67, American Olympic hammer thrower, heart failure.
• Kip King, 72, American actor, voice actor and comedian, after long illness.
• Sally Laird, 54, British editor (Index on Censorship) and translator.
• Billy Loes, 80, American baseball player (Brooklyn Dodgers), complications from diabetes.
• Luo Pinchao, 98, Chinese opera singer.
• Billy McKinney, 83, American politician, member of Georgia House of Representatives (1973–2003), cancer.
• Busi Mhlongo, 62, South African singer.
• Saša Marković Mikrob, 50, Serbian artist and journalist. (Serbian)
• Daisuke Ochida, 31, Japanese vocalist (Kagerou).
• Robin Roe, 81, Irish rugby union player, British Army chaplain.
• Knut Stensholm, 56, Norwegian drummer (Sambandet). (Norwegian)

16

• Verily Anderson, 95, British novelist, memoirist and biographer.
• Aleksandr Boloshev, 63, Russian Soviet basketball player, 1972 Olympic gold medalist, stroke.
• Eunice Bowman, 111, British supercentenarian, was oldest person in the United Kingdom.
• James Gammon, 70, American actor (Major League, Nash Bridges), liver cancer.
• Kenny Kuhn, 73, American baseball player (Cleveland Indians), pancreatic cancer.
• Carlos Torres Vila, 63, Argentine folk singer, after long illness.
• David Twersky, 60, American journalist, cancer.

17

• Nick Bacon, 64, American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient, cancer.
• John R. Branca, 81, American Chairman of the New York State Athletic Commission, vascular disease.
• Fred Carter, Jr., 76, American musician, stroke.
• Bernard Giraudeau, 63, French actor, cancer. (French)
• Denise Jefferson, 65, American dancer, director of the Ailey School, ovarian cancer.
• Larry Keith, 79, American actor (All My Children), cancer.
• Shaun Mawer, 50, English footballer (Grimsby Town F.C.), kidney failure.
• Pres Romanillos, 47, Filipino-born American animator (Mulan, Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron), complications from leukemia.
• Shirley Silvey, 82, American animator (The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show, Dudley Do-Right Show, George of the Jungle), heart failure.
• Ioannis Stefas, 61, Greek footballer (PAOK F.C.), cancer. (Greek)
• Evaristus Thatho Bitsoane, 71, Mosotho Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Qacha’s Nek (1981–2010).
• Gunārs Ulmanis, 71, Latvian footballer (FK Daugava Rīga), natural causes. (Latvian)

18

• Ashpan Annie, 94, Canadian survivor of the Halifax Explosion.
• Barry Bresnihan, 66, Irish rugby union player and rheumatologist.
• Jorge Cepernic, 95, Argentine politician, governor of Santa Cruz Province (1973–1976), after long illness.
• Johnny Colan, 88, American boxer.
• Thomas Hare, 87, British Anglican prelate, Bishop of Pontefract (1971–1992).
• John Methuen, 62, British Anglican priest, Dean of Ripon (1995–2005).

19

• Joseph Aghoghovbia, 69, Nigerian Olympic footballer.
• Cécile Aubry, 81, French film actress, author, screenwriter and director, lung cancer. (French)
• Rory Brady, 52, Irish public servant, Attorney General (2002–2007).
• Jon Cleary, 92, Australian novelist (The Sundowners, High Road to China), creator of Scobie Malone.
• Daiki Sato, 21, Japanese footballer. (Japanese)
• Mac Foster, 68, American boxer, heart failure.
• Sokratis Giolias, 37, Greek reporter, shot. (Greek)
• Gerson Goldhaber, 86, American physicist, natural causes.
• Andy Hummel, 59, American musician (Big Star), cancer.
• Antoinette Meyer, 90, Swiss Olympic silver medal-winning (1948) alpine skier. (German)
• Jim Neu, 66, American playwright, lung cancer.
• Stephen Schneider, 65, American climate scientist, heart attack.
• Kottakkal Sivaraman, 74, Indian Kathakali actor.
• David Warren, 85, Australian inventor of the flight data recorder.

20

• Tyras S. Athey, 83, American politician, Maryland House of Delegates (1967–1993), Secretary of State (1993–1995).
• Milon K. Banerji, 82, Indian jurist, Attorney General (1992–1996, 2004–2009), after long illness.
• Raúl Arsenio Casado, 81, Argentine Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Tucumán (1994–1999).
• Carlos Dávila Dávila, 96, American judge, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico (1961–1984). (Spanish)
• Sir Randal Elliott, 87, New Zealand surgeon and campaigner for safety glass, after short illness.
• Carl Gordon, 78, American actor (Roc), non-Hodgkin lymphoma.
• Iris Gower, 75, Welsh novelist, after short illness.
• Benedikt Sigurðsson Gröndal, 86, Icelandic politician, Prime Minister (1979–1980). (Icelandic)
• Amit Jethwa, 33, Indian environmental activist, shot.
• Jimmy McMath, 60, American baseball player.
• Lin Tsung-yi, 89, Taiwanese psychiatrist.
• Sir Robin McLaren, 75, British diplomat. cancer.
• Thomas Molnar, 89, American Roman Catholic philosopher, historian and political theorist.
• Yūzo Nakamura, 68, Japanese Olympic gold (1972) and bronze (1964) medal-winning volleyball player. (Japanese)
• Peta Rutter, 51, New Zealand actress (Power Rangers Mystic Force), brain tumour.
• Robert Sandall, 58, British radio presenter and music journalist, cancer.
• Peter Walls, 83, British-born Rhodesian military commander.

21

• Bae Ki-Suk, 23, South Korean boxer, brain injury sustained during a match.
• Luis Corvalán, 93, Chilean politician, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Chile (1958–1989), natural causes.
• Edna Healey, 92, British writer, wife of Denis Healey, heart failure.
• Ralph Houk, 90, American baseball player (New York Yankees) and manager (New York Yankees, Detroit Tigers, Boston Red Sox), natural causes.
• John E. Irving, 78, Canadian businessman, after short illness.
• Randy Jackson, 61, American football player (Buffalo Bills, Philadelphia Eagles), pancreatic cancer.
• Mabel Lang, 92, American archaeologist.
• Doug Oldham, 79, American gospel music singer, complications from a fall.
• Anthony Rolfe Johnson, 69, English tenor, Alzheimer's disease.
• Wesley C. Skiles, 52, American underwater photographer and filmmaker, drowning.
• Domingos Gabriel Wisniewski, 82, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Apucarana (1983–2005). (Portuguese)

22

• Magnolia Antonino, 94, Filipino politician, Senator (1969–1972).
• Harry Beckett, 75, Barbadian-born British trumpeter and flugelhorn player, stroke.
• Alvin Boretz, 91, American television writer (Armstrong Circle Theatre, N.Y.P.D.).
• Dick Buckley, 85, American jazz historian and DJ, pneumonia.
• Herbert Giersch, 89, German economist. (German)
• Kenny Guinn, 73, American politician, Governor of Nevada (1999–2007), fall.
• Peter Hart, 46, Canadian historian, brain hemorrhage.
• Bernard Knox, 95, British-born American classicist, heart failure.
• Milan Paumer, 79, Czech anti-communist fighter (1948–1953), heart failure.
• Rebel Randall, 88, American actress.
• Florencio Vargas, 78, Filipino politician, Representative for 2nd District of Cagayan (2004–2010), leukemia.
• Phillip Walker, 73, American blues musician, heart failure.

23

• Willem Breuker, 65, Dutch jazz musician, lung cancer.
• Kenyon Cotton, 36, American football player (Baltimore Ravens, 1997–1998), complications following surgery.
• Louis Danto, 81, Polish-born Canadian singer.
• Freddie Dunkelman, 90, British Olympic ice hockey player.
• Sol Encel, 85, Polish-born Australian sociologist.
• Jan Halldoff, 70, Swedish film director. (Swedish)
• A. Sreedhara Menon, 84, Indian historian.
• Feodosiy Petsyna, 60, Ukrainian Orthodox prelate, archbishop of Drohobych and Sambir in Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Kyivan Patriarchate (1994–2006) and Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church (since 2007), diabetes mellitus. (Ukrainian)
• Daniel Schorr, 93, American journalist (CBS News, National Public Radio).
• Dorothy Stowe, 89, American-born Canadian activist, co-founder of Greenpeace.
• Bertrand Vac, 95, Canadian writer and surgeon.
• Vic Ziegel, 72, American sports writer (Daily News), lung cancer.

24

• Theo Albrecht, 88, German entrepreneur and billionnaire (Aldi Nord, Trader Joe's).
• John Callahan, 59, American cartoonist and musician.
• Alex Higgins, 61, Northern Irish snooker player, malnutrition, pneumonia, bronchial condition and throat cancer.
• Hugh Mason, 95, British Olympic rower.
• Mia Oremović, 91, Croatian actress, natural causes. (Croatian)
• Jean-Louis Pezant, 71, French member of the Constitutional Council of France (since 2004). (French)
• Sir John Riddell, 13th Baronet, 76, British public servant, Private Secretary to the Prince of Wales (1985–1990).
• Håkon Sandvold, 89, Norwegian industrialist. (Norwegian)
• Véronique Silver, 77, French actress. (French)
• Igor Talankin, 82, Russian film director and screenwriter, People's Artist of the USSR. (Russian)

25

• David Alexander, 77, American academic, cancer.
• Vasco de Almeida e Costa, 77, Portuguese politician, Prime Minister (1976) and Governor of Macau (1981–1986), after long illness.
• Kamel Asaad, 78, Lebanese politician, after long illness.
• Donald C. Backer, 66, American astrophysicist and radio astronomer.
• Barrie Devenport, 75, New Zealand swimmer, cancer.
• Judith Peabody, 80, American socialite and philanthropist, complications of strokes.
• Nathan Quinones, 79, American educator, New York City School Chancellor (1984–1987), stroke.
• Erich Steidtmann, 95, German Nazi SS officer.
• Henk Vonhoff, 79, Dutch politician, Queen's Commissioner of Groningen (1980–1996), after short illness. (Dutch)
• Redford White, 54, Filipino actor and comedian, brain tumor.

26

• John Barbero, 65, American public address announcer (Pittsburgh Penguins, 1972–2008), brain tumor.
• Sir Brian Bell, 82, Papua New Guinean businessman and philanthropist.
• Al Goodman, 67, American soul singer (Ray, Goodman & Brown), heart failure.
• Eric Hill, 87, English cricketer.
• Jake Jacobs, 73, American baseball player.
• Ben Keith, 73, American rock musician and record producer, heart attack.
• Charles Allen Moye Jr., 92, American judge, member of the District Court for the Northern District of Georgia since 1970.
• Brigitte Schwaiger, 61, Austrian writer. (German)
• Sivakant Tiwari, 64, Singaporean lawyer (Singapore Legal Service), cerebral hemorrhage.

27

• Andraos Abouna, 67, Iraqi Chaldean Catholic prelate, auxiliary bishop of Baghdad (2002–2010), renal failure. (Italian)
• Ravi Baswani, 63, Indian actor and comedian, heart attack.
• Maury Chaykin, 61, American-born Canadian actor (Dances with Wolves, My Cousin Vinny, A Nero Wolfe Mystery), kidney failure.
• Jon Douglas, 73, American college athlete and realtor.
• Harry Galbreath, 45, American football player (Miami Dolphins), heart condition.
• Edward Gamblin, 62, Canadian First Nations singer-songwriter
• André Geerts, 54, Belgian cartoonist, cancer. (French)
• Alan Gilbert, 65, Australian academic administrator and historian, foundıng Vice Chancellor of the University of Manchester, illness.
• Wallace Souza, 51, Brazilian television presenter, politician and criminal.
• Jack Tatum, 61, American football player (Oakland Raiders), heart attack.
• Elinor Z. Taylor, 89, American politician, member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives (1977–2006).
• Morrie Yohai, 90, American businessman, inventor of Cheez Doodles, natural causes.

28

• Thomas Anderson, 71, Australian Olympic gold medal-winning (1972) sailor.
• John Aylesworth, 80, Canadian-born American television writer and producer, co-creator of Hee Haw, complications of pneumonia.
• Michael Batterberry, 78, American editor, founder of Food and Wine Magazine, cancer.
• Ivy Bean, 104, British Internet celebrity, one of the oldest people on Facebook and Twitter, natural causes.
• Abdul Mannan Bhuiyan, 67, Bangladeshi politician.
• Bob Fenimore, 84, American football player (Chicago Bears), cancer.
• Arthur Gish, 70, American peace activist and author, tractor accident.
• Todd Hardy, 53, Canadian politician, MLAY for Whitehorse Centre (1996–2000, since 2002), leader of the Yukon NDP (2002–2009).
• Kemal Idris, 87, Indonesian Army general and political dissident, pneumonia.
• George P. Lee, 67, American Mormon leader and sex offender, first Native American to become a general authority of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
• Sven Ljungberg, 96, Swedish visual artist. (Swedish)
• J. J. Maura, 61, American television announcer and voiceover artist (WCAU, QVC), cancer.
• István Móna, 69, Hungarian Olympic modern pentathlete, gold medalist (1968 Summer Olympics). (Hungarian)
• Sir Daniel Pettit, 95, British Olympic footballer and industrialist.
• Derf Scratch, 58, American bassist (Fear).
• Katarzyna Sobczyk, 65, Polish singer, breast cancer. (Polish)
• David William, 84, British-born Canadian actor and artistic director, head injury.
• Lorenzen Wright, 34, American basketball player (Memphis Grizzlies), shot. (body found on this day)

29

• Michèle Causse, 74, French lesbian theorist, author and translator. (French)
• Ignacio Coronel Villarreal, 56, Mexican drug lord (Sinaloa Cartel), shot.
• Martin Drew, 66, British jazz drummer, heart attack.
• António Feio, 55, Portuguese actor and comedian, pancreatic cancer. (Portuguese)
• C. I. Gunesekera, 90, Sri Lankan cricketer.
• Bob Kennedy, 89, American football player (New York Yanks).
• Sabina Mugabe, 75, Zimbabwean politician, MP (1985–2008) and sister of Robert Mugabe, after long illness.
• Joe Perrault, 85, American Olympic ski jumper.
• Nicolae Popescu, 72, Romanian mathematician. (Romanian)
• Peter R. Romero, 90, American art director (The Right Stuff, The Waltons).
• Robert C. Tucker, 92, American political scientist.
• Bernie West, 92, American screenwriter (All in the Family, Three's Company), complications from Alzheimer's disease.
• Alex Wilson, 76, British footballer (Portsmouth F.C.).
• Lorene Yarnell, 66, American mime artist (Shields and Yarnell), brain aneurysm.
• Zheng Ji, 110, Chinese nutritionist and biochemist, world's oldest professor. (Chinese)

30

• Robert M. Chanock, 86, American biologist.
• Chien Wei-zang, 96, Chinese physicist and applied mathematician.
• Jindřich Chmela, 86, Czech Olympic fencer. (Czech)
• Cyro Del Nero, 78, Brazilian scenographer (Fantástico), coronary disease. (Portuguese)
• Otto Joachim, 99, German-born Canadian violist and composer of electronic music.
• Gordon Massie, late 60s, Canadian Communist politician, cancer.
• Stanley Milburn, 83, British footballer.
• Keith Richman, 56, American physician and politician, California State Assemblyman (2000–2006), brain cancer.
• Roy Smith, 56, Australian politician, member of the New South Wales Legislative Council (2007–2010).

31

• Suso Cecchi d'Amico, 96, Italian screenwriter (Bicycle Thieves, Senso).
• James Atkinson, 81, American Olympic silver medal-winning (1952) bobsledder.
• Pedro Dellacha, 84, Argentine footballer. (Spanish)
• Clint Formby, 86, American radio broadcaster, cancer.
• Tony Fox, 82, British Olympic rower.
• Sir John Gorst, 82, British politician, MP for Hendon North (1970–1997).
• Laurence W. Lane Jr., 90, American publisher and diplomat, founder of Sunset magazine, Ambassador to Australia and Nauru, respiratory failure.
• Lee Lockwood, 78, American photojournalist, diabetes.
• Tom Mankiewicz, 68, American screenwriter (James Bond, Superman), cancer.
• Mitch Miller, 99, American music executive and television host (Sing Along with Mitch), after short illness.
• Mohammad Nouri, 80, Iranian singer, blood disorder.
• Dan Resin, 79, American actor (Caddyshack, On Our Own), complications from Parkinson's disease.
• George Richey, 74, American songwriter and record producer, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
• John Shaw, 76, British rugby league player.
• Clara Sherman, 96, American Navajo artist.
• Donald Shiley, 89, American engineer, co-inventor of the Bjork–Shiley heart valve.
• Iwan Tirta, 75, Indonesian batik fashion designer, complications from strokes.