Deaths in September 2009

The following is a list of deaths in September 2009.

September 2009

1

• Dick Berg, 87, American screenwriter and television producer, fall.
• Jake Drake-Brockman, 53, British musician (Echo & the Bunnymen) and sound recordist, motorcycle accident.
• Jock Buchanan, 74, Scottish footballer (Hibernian).
• Aubrey Buxton, Baron Buxton of Alsa, 91, British television executive and conservationist.
• Carlos Alberto Menezes Direito, 66, Brazilian judge (Supreme Federal Court) (2007–2009), pancreatic cancer.
• Jang Jin-young, 35, South Korean actress, stomach cancer.
• Wycliffe Johnson, 47, Jamaican Reggae musician and composer, heart failure.
• Erich Kunzel, 74, American conductor (Cincinnati Pops Orchestra), cancer.
• Maria Christina of Bourbon-Parma, 84, Spanish royal (House of Bourbon-Parma), daughter of Elias, Duke of Parma.
• Wayne E. Meyer, 83, American Rear-Admiral, Aegis Combat System manager, heart failure.
• Francis Rogallo, 97, American aeronautical inventor (Rogallo wing).
• John Stephens, 43, American football player (New England Patriots), NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year (1988), car accident.
• Alexis Tioseco, 28, Filipino-born Canadian film critic, shot.
• Sir Oliver Wright, 88, British diplomat.

2

• Hylton Ackerman, 62, South African cricketer, after long illness.
• Guy Babylon, 52, American musician (Elton John band), heart attack.
• Brian Boshier, 77, British cricketer.
• Jon Eydmann, 41, British band manager (Suede), heart attack.
• Donald Hamilton Fraser, 80, British painter.
• Bill Hefner, 79, American politician, member of the House of Representatives for North Carolina (1975–1999), brain aneurysm.
• Tibor Kristóf, 67, Hungarian voice actor, Hungarian voice of Sean Connery, Morgan Freeman and Darth Vader. (Hungarian)
• Abdullah Laghmani, 40s, Afghan Secret Service chief, bomb blast.
• Mr Percival, 33, Australian pelican, animal actor (Storm Boy), natural causes.
• John Poole, 82, British sculptor.
• Christian Poveda, 54, French photojournalist and documentary filmmaker, shot.
• Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy, 60, Indian politician, Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh (since 2004), helicopter crash.
• Mohamed Alí Seineldín, 75, Argentine military commander and putschist (Carapintadas).
• Robert Spinrad, 77, American computer pioneer, director of the Palo Alto Research Center, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
• Ismael Valenzuela, 74, American jockey, after long illness.
• Jeffrey Wernick, 56, American animation executive (DIC Animation City) and sports agent.

3

• Nicola Chapman, Baroness Chapman, 48, British peer, member of the House of Lords, brittle bone disease.
• Hulda Regehr Clark, 80, Canadian alternative medicine practitioner.
• Christine D'Haen, 85, Belgian poet. (Dutch)
• Giovanni Melis Fois, 92, Italian Bishop of Nuoro (1970–1992).
• Caro Jones, 86, American casting director (Rocky, The Karate Kid, The Beverly Hillbillies, Green Acres), multiple myeloma.
• Edith Kaplan, 85, American neuropsychologist.
• Alec MacLachlan, 30, British hostage in Iraq (death confirmed on this date).
• Yukhym Shkolnykov, 70, Ukrainian association football coach. (Ukrainian)

4

• Buddy Blattner, 89, American sportscaster, baseball and table tennis player, complications from lung cancer.
• Iain Cuthbertson, 79, British actor.
• Allan Ekelund, 91, Swedish film producer, collaborator with Ingmar Bergman. (Swedish)
• Guy Guillabert, 78, French Olympic bronze medal-winning (1956) rower.
• Skip Miller, 62, American music industry executive, president of Motown Records, heart attack.
• Franz Olah, 99, Austrian politician, Interior Minister (1963–1964).
• Carl Reindel, 74, American actor.
• Keith Waterhouse, 80, British author and playwright (Billy Liar), natural causes.
• Bill Welch, 68, American politician, mayor of State College, Pennsylvania, complications after leg surgery.

5

• Gani Fawehinmi, 71, Nigerian lawyer and human rights activist, lung cancer. Archived January 31, 2010 at the Wayback Machine
• Carl Hovde, 82, American professor, Dean during the Columbia University protests of 1968, lung cancer.
• Mickie Jones, American bassist (Angel), liver cancer.
• Jesse Mahelona, 26, American football player (Tennessee Titans), car accident.
• Richard Merkin, 70, American artist.
• Saifur Rahman, 77, Bangladeshi politician, longest-serving Finance Minister, car accident.
• Ron Raikes, 61, American politician, Nebraska state senator (1998–2008), farm accident.
• Richard D. Robinson, 88, American educator.
• Charlie Waller, 87, American football coach.

6

• Christopher John Banda, 36, Malawian footballer.
• Harcharan Singh Brar, 87, Indian politician, Chief Minister of Punjab (1995–1996), after long illness. Archived February 19, 2012 at the Wayback Machine
• Vanja Drach, 77, Croatian actor. (Croatian)
• Gerhart Friedlander, 93, German-born American nuclear chemist, coronary disease.
• Helgi Hóseasson, 89, Icelandic activist.
• Jose Francisco Fuentes, 43, Mexican politician, shot.
• Catherine Gaskin, 80, Irish-born Australian novelist, ovarian cancer.
• Nada Iveljić, 79, Croatian writer. (Croatian)
• John Merino, 42, Ecuadorian colonel, head of presidential security for Rafael Correa, swine flu.
• Syed Abdul Mujeeb, 52, Pakistani physician and pathologist, heart attack.
• David J. Ritchie, 58, American game designer.
• Sim, 83, French comic actor. (French)
• Tatyana Ustinova, 96, Russian geologist. (Russian)
• Stephen White, 81, Irish Gaelic footballer, member of Ireland Team of the Century, after short illness.
• Sir David Glyndwr Tudor Williams, 78, British academic, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge (1989–1996), cancer.

7

• Medea Chakhava, 88, Georgian theatre and film actress.
• Frank Coghlan, Jr., 93, American silent film actor.
• Norman Curtis, 84, English football player and manager (Sheffield Wednesday, Doncaster Rovers).
• John T. Elson, 78, American religion editor (Time).
• Eddie Locke, 79, American jazz drummer.
• Fred Mills, 74, Canadian musician (Canadian Brass), car accident.
• Ra'anan Naim, 73, Israeli politician, Member of Knesset (1981–1984).
• Colin Sharp, 56, British musician and writer, brain haemorrhage.
• Paul Lê Dac Trong, 91, Vietnamese Bishop of Hanoi (1994–2006).
• Christos Vartzakis, 98, Greek athlete. (Greek)

8

• Aleksandr Aksyonov, 85, Belarusian PM of Byelorussian SSR (1978–1983), Soviet Ambassador to Poland (1983–1986).
• Army Archerd, 90, American entertainment columnist (Variety), malignant mesothelioma.
• Ray Barrett, 82, Australian film, television and theatre actor, brain haemorrhage.
• Aage Bohr, 87, Danish physicist, winner of Nobel Prize in Physics (1975).
• Mike Bongiorno, 85, American-born Italian television presenter, heart failure.
• Rica Erickson, 101, Australian naturalist, artist and author.
• Henry Sheldon Fitch, 99, American herpetologist.
• Rogelio Borja Flores, 74, Filipino sports writer, respiratory failure.
• Annie Le, 24, American graduate student, homicide.
• Kyle Woodring, 42, American drummer (Survivor), apparent suicide by hanging. Archived September 14, 2009 at the Wayback Machine

9

• Kevin Carmody, 84, Australian cricket umpire.
• Guillermo de Cun, 80, Cuban actor.
• Eric Davidson, 94, Canadian blind mechanic, survivor of the Halifax Explosion.
• Anthony G. Evans, 66, British scientist.
• Léon Glovacki, 81, French footballer, played in 1954 FIFA World Cup. Archived January 13, 2010 at the Wayback Machine (French)
• James Krenov, 88, American cabinetmaker.
• Stanley Cornwell Lewis, 103, British painter and illustrator. Archived June 8, 2011 at the Wayback Machine
• Steve Mann, 66, American songwriter and guitarist.
• Frank Mazzuca, 87, Canadian businessman, mayor of Capreol, Ontario.
• Sultan Munadi, 32, Afghan journalist, translator and correspondent (The New York Times), shot.
• Andrzej Śliwiński, 70, Polish Bishop of Elbląg (1992–2003).

10

• Frank Batten, 82, American businessman, founder of The Weather Channel, after long illness.
• Lou Bender, 99, American basketball pioneer who popularized the sport in New York City, cancer.
• Kerry Brown, 51, Canadian professional wrestler, liver failure.
• Lisle Carter, Jr, 83, American administrator, complications from pneumonia.
• Lyn Hamilton, 65, Canadian author, cancer.
• Sam Hinton, 92, American folk singer and marine biologist.
• Margaret Holmes, 100, Australian peace activist.
• Robert H. Miller, 90, American jurist, Chief Justice of the Kansas Supreme Court (1988–1990).
• Gertrude Noone, 110, American supercentenarian, oldest person in Connecticut and world's oldest military veteran.
• Patricia Robinson, 79, Trinidadian economist, First Lady (1997–2003), wife of A. N. R. Robinson.
• Yoshifumi Tajima, 91, Japanese actor in Kaiju films, esophageal cancer. (Japanese)
• Tony Thornton, 49, American professional boxer, injuries from a motorcycle accident.

11

• Sarane Alexandrian, 82, French art historian and philosopher.
• Juan Almeida Bosque, 82, Cuban politician, Vice President of the Council of State, cardiac arrest.
• Gertrude Baines, 115, American supercentenarian, world's oldest person, suspected heart attack.
• William Beck, 49, American businessman, co-owner of the Charlotte Bobcats, plane crash.
• James E. Bromwell, 89, American politician, Representative for Iowa (1961–1965), after short illness.
• Jim Carroll, 60, American author (The Basketball Diaries), poet and musician, heart attack.
• Mool Chand Chowhan, 82, Indian sports official, after short illness.
• Pierre Cossette, 85, Canadian television producer, brought the Grammy Awards to television.
• Larry Gelbart, 81, American comedy writer (M*A*S*H) and blogger (The Huffington Post), cancer.
• Bob Greenberg, 75, American record executive, stroke.
• Crystal Lee Jordan, 68, American union organizer, inspiration for Norma Rae, brain cancer.
• Zakes Mokae, 75, South African-born American actor (Gross Anatomy), complications of a stroke.
• Georgios Papoulias, 82, Greek politician and diplomat, Foreign Minister (1989, 1990), suicide. (Greek)
• John Pattison, 92, New Zealand World War II pilot.
• Henny van Schoonhoven, 39, Dutch footballer, cancer. (Dutch)
• Crystal Lee Sutton, 68, American union organizer.
• Felicia Tang, 31, Singaporean-born American actress and model, suffocated.
• Yoshito Usui, 51, Japanese manga artist (Crayon Shin-chan), mountaineering accident.

12

• Thabet bin Laden, 49, Saudi businessman and patriarch, brother of al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden.
• Norman Borlaug, 95, American agronomist and humanitarian, Nobel Peace Prize laureate (1970), cancer.
• Dominik Brunner, 50, German businessman and manager, blunt trauma.
• Jeanne Clemson, 87, American theatre director, actress and educator, Parkinson's disease.
• Raj Singh Dungarpur, 73, Indian cricket player and administrator, after long illness.
• George Eckstein, 81, American television writer and producer (The Fugitive), lung cancer.
• Edward Gelsthorpe, 88, American marketing executive.
• Alfred Gottschalk, 79, German-born American President of Hebrew Union College, Reform Judaism leader, traffic collision.
• William Hoffman, 84, American novelist.
• Shah Abdul Karim, 93, Bangladeshi musician, respiratory problems.
• Jack Kramer, 88, American tennis player, cancer.
• Brian Mier, 74, Australian politician, member of the Victorian Legislative Council for Waverley (1982–1996).
• Antônio Olinto, 90, Brazilian writer, multiple organ failure. (Portuguese)
• Danny Pang, 42, Taiwanese-born American hedge fund manager.
• Beth Rickey, 53, American political activist. Archived January 20, 2013 at the Wayback Machine
• Willy Ronis, 99, French photographer.
• Fred Sherman, 86, American economist and business commentator, multiple health problems.
• Lawrence B. Slobodkin, 81, American ecologist.
• Bill Sparkman, 51, American substitute teacher and census worker, hanged.

13

• Philip Aziz, 86, Canadian artist, cancer.
• Felix Bowness, 87, British actor (Hi-de-Hi!)
• Paul Burke, 83, American actor (Naked City), leukemia.
• Malcolm Casadaban, 60, American molecular genetics professor, plague.
• Lonny Frey, 99, American baseball player, oldest living MLB All-Star.
• Arnold Laven, 87, American film and television director (The Rifleman, The Big Valley), pneumonia.
• Paul Shirtliff, 46, English footballer (Sheffield Wednesday, Northampton Town), cancer.
• Sarah E. Wright, 80, American novelist, complications of cancer.

14

• Keith Floyd, 65, British chef, heart attack.
• Henry Gibson, 73, American actor (Laugh-In, Boston Legal), cancer.
• Bobby Graham, 69, British session drummer, stomach cancer.
• Jing Shuping, 91, Chinese businessman, founder of Minsheng Bank.
• Mike Leyland, 68, Australian travel documentary host (Leyland Brothers), complications of Parkinson's disease.
• Ralph S. Moore, 102, American horticulturist, natural causes.
• Saleh Ali Saleh Nabhan, c. 30, Kenyan terrorist, airstrike.
• Jody Powell, 65, American White House Press Secretary for President Jimmy Carter, heart attack.
• John Rarick, 85, American politician, Representative for Louisiana (1967–1975), cancer.
• Darren Sutherland, 27, Irish boxer, 2008 Olympic bronze medalist, suicide by hanging.
• Patrick Swayze, 57, American actor (Dirty Dancing, Ghost, The Outsiders), pancreatic cancer.
• Lily Tembo, 27, Zambian musician, songwriter and journalist, complications of gastritis. Archived September 23, 2009 at the Wayback Machine
• Titus, 35, African silverback gorilla.
• Elio Zagato, 88, Italian car designer.

15

• Nicu Constantin, 70, Romanian actor. (Romanian)
• George Crumbley, 86, American founder of the Peach Bowl.
• Fred Cusick, 90, American sports commentator (Boston Bruins), complications from bladder cancer.
• Leon Eisenberg, 87, American child psychiatrist, prostate cancer.
• Tommy Greenhough, 77, British cricketer.
• Troy Kennedy Martin, 77, British screenwriter (Z-Cars, Edge of Darkness, The Italian Job), liver cancer.
• Michael Knox, 48, American co-founder of Park Place Productions, producer of John Madden Football, colon cancer.
• Espiridion Laxa, 79, Filipino independent film producer, prostate cancer.
• Gerald Lestz, 95, American columnist and author, founder of the Demuth Museum.
• Trevor Rhone, 69, Jamaican playwright, heart attack.

16

• Brian Barron, 69, British journalist and war correspondent, cancer.
• Timothy Bateson, 83, British actor. Archived December 3, 2009 at the Wayback Machine
• Myles Brand, 67, American NCAA president, pancreatic cancer. Archived September 23, 2009 at the Wayback Machine
• W. Horace Carter, 88, American newspaper publisher, 1953 Pulitzer Prize winner, heart attack.
• Monte Clark, 72, American football player and coach (Detroit Lions), cancer.
• Luciano Emmer, 91, Italian film director (Three Girls from Rome). (Italian)
• Sotero Laurel, 90, Filipino politician, Senator (1986–1992), President Pro Tempore (1990–1991), after long illness.
• John Littlewood, 78, British chess player Archived September 28, 2009 at the Wayback Machine
• Lori Mai, 31, German-American folk rock singer, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
• Ernst Märzendorfer, 88, Austrian conductor, after long illness.
• Johnny Mullins, 86, American songwriter, Alzheimer's disease.
• Julian Niemczyk, 89, American Ambassador to Czechoslovakia (1986–1989), cardiac arrest.
• Filip Nikolic, 35, French singer and actor, drug overdose. (French)
• Steve Romanik, 85, American football player (Chicago Bears), after long illness.
• Melvin Simon, 82, American shopping mall developer (Simon Property Group), producer (Porky's), Indiana Pacers owner.
• Mary Travers, 72, American singer (Peter, Paul and Mary), leukemia.
• Dorothy Wellman, 95, American dancer and actress, widow of William Wellman.

17

• Tommy Burnett, 67, American politician, Tennessee House of Representatives (1970–1990).
• Virginia Chadwick, 64, Australian politician, cancer.
• Frank Deasy, 49, Irish Emmy Award-winning screenwriter (Prime Suspect: The Final Act), liver cancer.
• Dick Durock, 72, American actor and stuntman (Swamp Thing), pancreatic cancer.
• Sue Eakin, 90, American historian.
• Bernie Fuchs, 76, American illustrator, esophageal cancer.
• Dick Hoover, 79, American professional bowler.
• Randy Johnson, 65, American football player (Atlanta Falcons).
• Leon Kirchner, 90, American Pulitzer Prize-winning composer, heart failure.
• Bob Kowalkowski, 65, American football player and coach (Detroit Lions).
• Robert Searcy, 88, American member of the Tuskegee Airmen, colorectal cancer.
• Noordin Mohammad Top, 41, Malaysian terrorist, shot.
• Geoff Williamson, 86, Australian Olympic bronze medal-winning (1952) rower.

18

• Peter Denyer, 62, British actor (Please Sir!).
• James Donnewald, 84, American politician, Illinois Treasurer (1983–1987).
• Doug Fisher, 89, Canadian journalist and politician, MP for Port Arthur (1957–1965).
• Pearl Hackney, 92, British actress, widow of Eric Barker.
• Mahlon Hoagland, 87, American biochemist.
• Irving Kristol, 89, American neoconservative advocate and editor (The Public Interest), lung cancer.
• Natalia Shvedova, 92, Russian lexicologist. (Russian)
• John J. Wild, 95, American physician, co-developer of ultrasound use in cancer detection.

19

• Willy Breinholst, 91, Danish author. (Danish)
• Alan Deyermond, 77, British hispanist.
• Arthur Ferrante, 88, American pianist (Ferrante & Teicher), natural causes.
• Stevie Gray, 42, British footballer (Aberdeen FC, 1983–1990). .
• Víctor Israel, 80, Spanish actor.
• Monty Kaser, 67, American professional golfer, prostate cancer.
• Milton Meltzer, 94, American historian and author, esophageal cancer.
• Maurizio Montalbini, 56, Italian sociologist and caver, heart failure.
• Elizaveta Mukasei, 97, Russian Soviet-era spy, wife of Mikhail Mukasei.
• Jose Antonio Ortega Bonet, 79, Cuban-born businessman and philanthropist, founder of Sazón Goya Food Company, cancer.
• Roc Raida, 37, American turntablist (The X-Ecutioners), spinal cord injury.
• Joseph-Marie Sardou, 86, French archbishop Emeritus of Monaco.
• Eduard Zimmermann, 80, German journalist and television presenter. (German)

20

• Freddy Bienstock, 81, American music publisher (Carlin America).
• Herman Córdoba, 19, Colombian footballer, car accident.
• Bertil Gärtner, 84, Swedish Lutheran bishop of Gothenburg (1970–1991). (Swedish)
• John Hart, 91, American actor (The Lone Ranger).
• Ken Hough, 80, New Zealand cricketer and footballer.
• Yusuf Khan, Pakistani actor, cardiac arrest.
• Booker Moore, 50, American football player (Buffalo Bills), heart attack.
• Bayo Ohu, 45, Nigerian journalist and news editor (The Guardian), shot.

21

• Robert Ginty, 60, American actor and director, cancer.
• Michael Lockett, 29, British soldier, improvised explosive device.
• Miroslav Stefan Marusyn, 85, Ukrainian archbishop, Secretary Emeritus of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches.
• Piers Merchant, 58, British politician, MP for Newcastle upon Tyne Central (1983–1987) and Beckenham (1992–1997), cancer.
• Parviz Meshkatian, 54, Iranian musician and composer, cardiac arrest.
• Junzo Shono, 88, Japanese author, member of the Japan Art Academy.
• Sula Wolff, 85, British child psychiatrist.

22

• Manuel Bermejo Hernández, 73, Spanish politician, MP for Cáceres.
• Kole Casule, 88, Macedonian writer, after long illness.
• Edward Delaney, 79, Irish sculptor.
• Olaf Dufseth, 91, Norwegian Olympic Nordic combined and cross-country skier. (Norwegian)
• Andrea Maltarolli, 46, Brazilian telenovela screenwriter (Beleza Pura), cancer. (Portuguese)
• Bruce McPhee, 82, Australian race car driver, won Hardie Ferodo 500 (1968).
• Dirce Migliaccio, 76, Brazilian actress, pneumonia. (Portuguese)
• Summer Squall, 22, American thoroughbred racehorse, 1990 Preakness Stakes winner, euthanized.
• Charlotte Turgeon, 97, American chef and author, influenza.
• S. Varalakshmi, 84, Indian actress and singer, complications from a fall.
• Lucy Vodden, 46, British inspiration for The Beatles song "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds", lupus.
• Wess, 64, Italian singer, placed third in Eurovision Song Contest 1975.

23

• Paul B. Fay, 91, American politician, Acting Secretary of the Navy (1963), Alzheimer's disease.
• Gigolo FRH, 26, German-bred dressage horse, four-time Olympic gold medalist, euthanized.
• Ertuğrul Osman, 97, Turkish 43rd Head of the Imperial Ottoman Dynasty, lung and kidney failure.
• Dennis Pacey, 80, British footballer (Leyton Orient, Millwall), aneurysm. Archived February 24, 2012 at the Wayback Machine
• Stuart Robertson, 65, British-born Canadian journalist and gardener, complications of pneumonia.
• Bill Speirs, 57, British trade union leader, after long illness.
• George M. Sullivan, 87, American politician, Mayor of Anchorage, Alaska (1967–1981), lung cancer.
• Marie Wadley, 102, American co-founder of the Five Civilized Tribes Museum.
• Don Yarborough, 83, American politician, Parkinson's disease.

24

• Nelly Arcan, 35, Canadian novelist, suicide.
• Susan Atkins, 61, American murderer ('Manson Family' member), brain cancer.
• Pudhota Chinniah Balaswamy, 80, Indian Bishop of Nellore.
• Terry Bly, 73, British footballer (Norwich City, Peterborough United), heart attack.
• Forrest Church, 61, American Unitarian Universalist minister, author and theologian, esophageal cancer.
• Cryptoclearance, 25, American thoroughbred racehorse, complications from colic surgery.
• Joseph Satoshi Fukahori, 84, Japanese Bishop of Takamatsu.
• Joseph Gurwin, 89, Lithuanian-born American textile manufacturer and philanthropist, heart failure.
• Kevork Hovnanian, 86, Iraqi-born American businessman, founder of Hovnanian Enterprises.
• Rogers McVaugh, 100, American botanist.
• Sir Howard Morrison, 74, New Zealand singer, heart attack.
• Emile Norman, 91, American artist, natural causes.
• Robert Sahakyants, 59, Armenian animator, complications from heart surgery.
• Egon Solymossy, 87, Hungarian Olympic athlete (death announced on this date). (Hungarian)
• Mimi Weddell, 94, American actress (Student Bodies, The Thomas Crown Affair), after short illness.
• Margo Wilson, 66, Canadian psychologist.

25

• István Bujtor, 67, Hungarian actor and director, coccidiosis. (Hungarian)
• Pierre Falardeau, 62, Canadian film director, cancer.
• Alicia de Larrocha, 86, Spanish pianist.
• Maria Gulovich Liu, 87, Slovakian resistance member, cancer.
• Clifton Maloney, 71, American businessman, husband of U.S. Representative Carolyn B. Maloney, mountaineering accident.
• Steeve Nguema Ndong, 37, Gabonese Olympic judoka. Archived September 9, 2011 at the Wayback Machine (French)
• Francis Noel-Baker, 89, British politician, MP for Brentford and Chiswick (1945–1950) and Swindon (1955–1969).
• Bob Stupak, 67, American casino owner (Vegas World, Stratosphere Las Vegas), leukemia.
• David Will, 72, British vice president of FIFA, former Brechin City F.C. chairman, cancer.

26

• Sir John Dyke Acland, 16th Baronet, 70, British aristocrat, car accident.
• Geoff Barrowcliffe, 77, British footballer (Derby County).
• Tony Chua, Filipino sports executive, Barako Bulls team manager, drowning during Tropical Storm Ketsana.
• Zygmunt Chychła, 83, Polish boxer, 1952 Olympic gold medalist. (Polish)
• W.I.B. Crealock, 89, British yacht designer.
• Amy Farris, 40, American fiddler, singer and songwriter.
• John Hyson, 81, American museum curator and historian.
• Paul Medhurst, 55, British-New Zealand cyclist.
• Nihat Nikerel, 59, Turkish actor, heart attack.
• Alfred Oglesby, 42, American football player (Miami Dolphins).
• R. Soeprapto, 85, Indonesian politician, Governor of Jakarta (1982–1987).
• David Underdown, 84, British historian, author of definitive work on Pride's Purge.

27

• John Connell, 69, American artist.
• Ivan Dykhovichny, 61, Russian film director, screenwriter, cancer.
• Donald Fisher, 81, American businessman, founder of The Gap, cancer.
• John Holmes, 57, British rugby league player, cancer.
• Henry Hopkins, 81, American curator and museum director, cancer.
• Charles Snead Houston, 96, American physician, mountaineer, inventor, author and filmmaker.
• Donal McLaughlin, 102, American architect, designer of the Flag of the United Nations, esophageal cancer.
• Brian Redman, 31, American bass player (3 Inches of Blood, Trial), scooter accident.
• Dewald Roode, 69, South African academic, accidental fall.
• William Safire, 79, American speechwriter and journalist (The New York Times), pancreatic cancer.
• Beau Velasco, Australian guitarist (The Death Set).

28

• Alimsultan Alkhamatov, 44, Russian official, head of the Khasavyurt region of Dagestan, shot.
• Apostolos, 85, Greek bishop of Kilkis. (Greek)
• René Bliard, 76, French footballer (Stade Reims) (death announced on this date).
• Annie Butler, 112, British supercentenarian.
• Guillermo Endara, 73, Panamanian politician, President (1989–1994).
• Ulf Larsson, 53, Swedish actor, stage director and revue artist. (Swedish)
• Best Ogedegbe, 55, Nigerian footballer, complications from surgery.
• Luis Sánchez-Moreno Lira, 83, Peruvian archbishop Emeritus of Arequipa.
• Don Thompson, 85, American baseball player (Brooklyn Dodgers), after long illness.

29

• Micheline Beauchemin, 79, Canadian tapestry and textile artist.
• Henry Bellmon, 88, American Governor of Oklahoma (1963–1967; 1987–1991), U.S. Senator (1969–1981), Parkinson's disease.
• Ebony Dickinson, 32, American basketball player, breast cancer.
• Gunnar Haugan, 84, Norwegian character actor. (Norwegian)
• Julian Hope, 2nd Baron Glendevon, 59, British opera producer, cancer.
• Margo Johns, 90, British actress.
• Greg Ladanyi, 57, American record producer and recording engineer, complications from a fall.
• Ray Nettles, 60, American-born Canadian football player (BC Lions), cancer.
• John L. Pollock, 69, American philosopher.
• Pavel Popovich, 78, Ukrainian-born Soviet cosmonaut.
• Ed Sherman, 97, American football coach (Muskingum College).
• Nick Strutt, 62, British country musician.
• Sperantza Vrana, 77 or 83, Greek film actress, singer and writer, heart attack. (Greek)

30

• Sir Alastair Aird, 78, British Royal courtier.
• Pentti Airikkala, 64, Finnish rally driver, prostate cancer.
• Rafael Arozarena, 86, Spanish writer and poet. (Spanish)
• Robert S. Baker, 93, British film and television producer (The Saint, The Persuaders!).
• John Couey, 51, American murderer, killer of Jessica Lunsford (the inspiration for Jessica's Law), anal cancer.
• Lee Fletcher, 43, American politician, Chief of staff of U.S. Representative John Cooksey, talk radio host (KBYO-FM), cancer.
• Roland La Starza, 82, American actor and professional boxer.
• Raúl Magaña, 69, Salvadoran footballer and manager, gastric cancer. (Spanish)
• Byron Palmer, 89, American actor, natural causes.
• Rao Birender Singh, 88, Indian politician, Chief Minister of Haryana (1967), cardiac arrest.