Deaths in October 2008
The following is a list of notable deaths in October 2008.
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Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence:
- Name, age, country of citizenship at birth, subsequent country of citizenship (if applicable), reason for notability, cause of death (if known), and reference.
October 2008
1
- Robert Arthur, 83, American actor (Twelve O'Clock High), heart failure.[1]
- Ian Collier, 65, British singer and actor (Doctor Who).[2]
- Robert Couturier, 103, French sculptor.[3]
- Bill Flagg, 79, British Anglican prelate, Bishop of Peru (1973–1977).[4]
- Daphney Hlomuka, 59, South African actress, kidney cancer.[5]
- Val Jansante, 88, American football player (Pittsburgh Steelers).[6]
- Detlef Lewe, 69, German canoeist, 1972 Olympic bronze medalist, after brief illness.[7]
- House Peters, Jr., 92, American actor (Mr. Clean), pneumonia.[8]
- Nick Reynolds, 75, American folk musician (The Kingston Trio), acute respiratory disease.[9]
- Arlene Sherman, c. 61, American television producer.[10]
- LeJuan Simon, 27, Trinidadian athlete, complications of pulmonary hypertension.[11]
- Poornam Vishwanathan, 88, Indian actor, multiple organ failure.[12]
- Boris Yefimov, 109, Russian political cartoonist.[13]
2
- Bonnie Bluh, 82, American feminist writer, aortic dissection.[14]
- Choi Jin-sil, 39, South Korean actress, suicide by hanging.[15]
- Rob Guest, 58, British-born New Zealand actor and singer, stroke.[16]
- Anna Hagemann, 89, German Olympic athlete.[17]
- Shaharom Husain, 88, Malaysian historian.[18]
- Kataejar Jibas, 55, Marshallese politician, mayor of Bikini Atoll since 2007, injuries from a car accident.[19]
- John Sjoberg, 67, British footballer (Leicester City F.C.).[20]
- Slađjana Vidovic, 16, Student, Suicide by hanging
3
- Zulfiqar Ahmed, 82, Pakistani cricketer, cardiac arrest.[21]
- Mahir al-Zubaydi, Iraqi al-Qaeda leader, shot.[22]
- Geoffrey Davis, Australian doctor.[23]
- Allan Deane, 85, New Zealand cricketer.[24]
- Jean Foyer, 87, French politician, Minister of Justice (1962–1967) and Minister of Health (1972–1973).[25]
- Frederick Charles Hurrell, 80, British Royal Air Force officer.[26]
- Hugo Ironside, 90, British soldier.[27]
- Johnny "J", 39, American hip-hop producer, apparent suicide by jumping.[28]
- Rajendra Singh Lodha, 66, Indian accountant, chairman of the Birla Corporation, heart attack.[29]
- George Thomson, Baron Thomson of Monifieth, 87, British businessman and journalist, MP (1952–1973), viral infection.[30]
4
- Harry Bath, 83, Australian National Rugby League player and coach, after long illness.[31]
- Ted Briggs, 85, British sailor, last survivor of the sinking of HMS Hood.[32]
- Craig Fertig, 66, American football player and coach, kidney failure.[33]
- Al Gallodoro, 95, American jazz musician, after brief illness.[34]
- Derek Jones, 81, British colonial official, Hong Kong Secretary for Economic Services (1973–1976), Environment (1976–1981).[35]
- Saul Laskin, 90, Canadian politician, first mayor of Thunder Bay, heart attack.[36]
- Peter Vansittart, 88, British writer.[37]
5
- Ernest Beutler, 80, American hematologist, lymphoma.[38]
- Kim Chan, 90, Chinese-born American actor.[39]
- Leopoldo Elia, 82, Italian legal scholar, President of the Constitutional Court, Minister of Foreign Affairs (1994).[40]
- Servando González, 85, Mexican documentary film director.[41]
- Mohamed Moumou, 43, Iraqi al-Qaeda second-in-command, shot.[42]
- Howard G. Munson, 84, American judge.[43]
- Iba N'Diaye, 80, Senegalese painter, heart failure.[44]
- Ken Ogata, 71, Japanese actor (The Ballad of Narayama), liver cancer.[45]
- Hans Richter, 89, German actor and director (Emil and the Detectives).[46]
- Lloyd Thaxton, 81, American television personality, multiple myeloma.[47]
6Parkash Kaur,Indian living in uk.Passed after a long illness early morning about 6 o'clock. Mother to 4 children.(1936-2007)
- Peter Avery, 85, British scholar and Iranian specialist.[48]
- Larry Belcher, 61, American politician, member of Kentucky House of Representatives (1999–2002, since 2006), car accident.[49]
- Paul Clark, 68, British judge.[50]
- Peter Cox, 82, Australian politician.[51]
- Paavo Haavikko, 77, Finnish poet and playwright, after long illness.[52]
- Olga Kaljakin, 57, American art director, film poster designer (The Last Samurai, Field of Dreams), emphysema.[53]
- Nadia Nerina, 80, South African ballerina.[54]
- Janaka Perera, 62, Sri Lankan general and politician, bomb blast injuries.[55]
- Anne Margrethe Strømsheim, 94, Norwegian resistance member.[56]
- Sir John Young, 88, Australian jurist, Chief Justice of Victoria (1974–1991), Lieutenant-Governor of Victoria (1974–1995).[57]
7
- Peter Copley, 93, British actor.[58]
- Bruce Dal Canton, 66, American baseball player, esophageal cancer.[59]
- Leslie Hardman, 95, British Army Jewish chaplain at liberation of Bergen-Belsen.[60]
- George Kissell, 88, American baseball coach (St. Louis Cardinals), car accident.[61]
- Ivar Mathisen, 88, Norwegian Olympic silver medal-winning (1948) sprint canoer.[62]
- DeWayne McKinney, 47, American ATM entrepreneur wrongfully convicted of murder, traffic accident.[63]
- George Emil Palade, 95, Romanian cell biologist, Nobel Prize laureate (Physiology or Medicine, 1974).[64]
- Miles Richmond, 85, British painter.[65]
8
- Chicão, 59, Brazilian footballer.[66]
- Jim Drake, 77, British rugby league player.[67]
- Bob Friend, 70, British newscaster, cancer.[68]
- Gidget Gein, 39, American bassist (Marilyn Manson), drug overdose.[69]
- Tanya Halesworth, 73, Australian television news presenter, cancer.[70]
- Eileen Herlie, 90, British-born American actress (Hamlet, All My Children), complications of pneumonia.[71]
- Norman Hogg, Baron Hogg of Cumbernauld, 70, British politician, MP (1979–1997), cancer.[72]
- Les McCrabb, 93, American baseball player (Philadelphia Athletics).[73]
9
- Albert Hall, 74, American hammer throw champion, complications from Alzheimer's disease.[74]
- Milan Kymlicka, 72, Czech-born Canadian composer and conductor.[75]
- David Lett, 69, American winemaker, heart failure.[76]
- Bert Loxley, 74, British footballer and manager, after long illness.[77]
- Ardeshir Mohasses, 70, Iranian illustrator and cartoonist, heart attack.[78]
- Judith Wachs, 70, American musician (Voice of the Turtle) and promoter of Sephardic music, cancer.[79]
10
- James Benson, 63, American entrepreneur (SpaceDev), brain tumor.[80]
- Alton Ellis, 70, Jamaican singer, lymphatic cancer.[81]
- Sid Hudson, 93, American baseball player.[82]
- Muhammad Aslam Khan Khattak, 100, Pakistani politician and diplomat, after long illness.[83]
- Gerald Leeman, 86, American wrestler, Olympic silver medallist (1948).[84]
- Kazuyoshi Miura, 61, Japanese businessman, murder suspect, suicide by hanging.[85]
- Javad Nurbakhsh, 81, Iranian spiritual leader.[86]
- Jiřina Petrovická, 85, Czech actress.[87]
- Alexey Prokurorov, 44, Russian cross-country skier, car accident.[88]
- Leo Rosner, 90, Polish-born Australian musician, Holocaust survivor in Schindler's List, complications of Alzheimer's disease.[89]
- Kurt Weinzierl, 77, Austrian actor.[90]
11
- Vija Artmane, 79, Latvian actress, complications from strokes.[91]
- Daniel Awdry, 84, British politician, MP for Chippenham (1962–1979).[92]
- William Claxton, 80, American photographer, complications of heart failure.[93]
- Kevin Foster, 39, American baseball player, renal cancer.[94]
- Jörg Haider, 58, Austrian politician, Governor of Carinthia (1989–1991, since 1999), leader of the FPÖ and BZÖ, car accident.[95]
- Russ Hamilton, 76, British singer.[96]
- Ernst-Paul Hasselbach, 42, Surinamese-born Dutch television producer, car accident.[97]
- Neal Hefti, 85, American composer ("Batman Theme", "The Odd Couple Theme"), heart attack.[98]
- William J. Higginson, 69, American poet and translator.[99]
- Randy Johnston, 20, American male model, accidental drug overdose.[100][101]
- Hayley Marie Kohle, 26, Canadian fashion model, suicide by jumping.[102]
- Badar Munir, 68, Pakistani actor, complications of cardiac arrest.[103]
- Scarlett, 13, American stray cat, name source of the Scarlett Award for Animal Heroism, animal euthanasia.[104]
- Mark Shivas, 70, British film and television producer, Head of BBC Drama (1988–1993).[105]
- Allan Spear, 71, American politician, first openly gay member of Minnesota Senate (1973–2000), complications of heart surgery.[106]
- Gil Stratton, 86, American television and radio sportscaster (Los Angeles Rams, Santa Anita Racetrack), heart failure.[107]
- Nelson Symonds, 75, Canadian jazz guitarist, heart attack,[108]
12
- Sukha Bose, 77, Indian cricket umpire.[109]
- Lenvil Elliott, 57, American football player (San Francisco 49ers, Cincinnati Bengals), heart attack.[110]
- Chuck Evans, 41, American football player (Minnesota Vikings), heart failure.[111]
- Sir Dick Franks, 88, British Head of the Secret Intelligence Service (1979–1982).[112]
- Roy K. Moore, 94, American FBI agent known for civil rights investigations, pneumonia.[113]
- Cliff Nobles, 67, American pop musician, cancer.[114]
- Rudolf Pangsepp, 87, Estonian book designer and artist.[115]
- James E. Reilly, 60, American soap opera writer, complications from cardiac surgery.[116]
- John R. Reilly, 80, American lawyer, adviser to six Democratic presidential candidates, cancer.[117]
- Allan Rosenfield, 75, American physician, dean of Columbia University School of Public Health (1986–2008), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.[118]
- Emil Steinberger, 79, American physician, lung cancer.[119]
- Adam Watene, 31, Cook Islands rugby league player, heart attack.[120]
Vineet Maurya due to heart attack on 16 10 2008
13
- Khryss Adalia, 62, Filipino film, television and stage director, colorectal cancer.[121]
- Pablo Barrachina Estevan, 95, Spanish bishop of Orihuela-Alicante (1954–1989).[122]
- Alexei Cherepanov, 19, Russian ice hockey player, acute cardiomyopathy.[123]
- Arthur J. Crowns, 86, American politician and academic lawyer.[124]
- Guillaume Depardieu, 37, French actor, pneumonia.[125]
- Antonio José González Zumárraga, 83, Ecuadorian cardinal, stomach cancer.[126]
- Luciana Pignatelli, 73, Italian socialite, suicide.[127]
- Matthew John Rinaldo, 77, American politician, member of the House of Representatives (1973–1993), Parkinson's disease.[128]
- Paul Rogers, 87, American politician, member of the House of Representatives (1957–1979), lung cancer.[129]
- Frank Rosenthal, 79, American gaming executive, sports handicapper, inspiration for the 1995 film Casino, heart attack.[130]
- Eduardus Sangsun, 65, Indonesian bishop of Ruteng, heart attack.[131]
- Françoise Seigner, 80, French comedian and actress, pancreatic cancer.[132]
- Eduardo Serrano, 97, Venezuelan musician, conductor and composer.[133]
- Christopher Wicking, 65, British screenwriter.[134]
14
- Barrington J. Bayley, 71, British science fiction author, complications of colorectal cancer.[135]
- Richard Cooey, 41, American convicted murderer, executed by lethal injection.[136]
- Robert Furman, 93, American spy during World War II, foreign intelligence chief for Manhattan Project, metastatic melanoma.[137]
- Antonio Iannucci, 94, Italian archbishop of Pescara-Penne (1959–1990).[138]
- Ray Lowry, 64, British cartoonist and illustrator, after long illness.[139]
- Anne Mackenzie-Stuart, 78, British political activist.[140]
- Pat Moss, 73, British rally driver, sister of Stirling Moss, cancer.[141]
- Martin Peake, 2nd Viscount Ingleby, 82, British peer, activist for the disabled.[142]
- Kazimieras Petkevičius, 82, Lithuanian basketball player and coach.[143]
- Dame Daphne Purves, 99, New Zealand educator.[144]
- Superman, 26, England Hero.[145]
15
- Edie Adams, 81, American actress and singer, pneumonia and cancer.[146]
- Fazıl Hüsnü Dağlarca, 94, Turkish poet, chronic renal failure.[147]
- Nathan Davis, 91, American actor.[148]
- Chris Mims, 38, American football player.[149]
- Jack Narz, 85, American game show host (Concentration), complications from strokes.[150]
- Suzzanna, 66, Indonesian actress, complications of diabetes.[151]
- Eddie Thompson, 68, British businessman, chairman of Dundee United, prostate cancer.[152]
- Des Townson, 74, New Zealand yacht designer, cancer.[153]
- Tom Tresh, 70, American baseball player (New York Yankees, Detroit Tigers), heart attack.[154]
- Roderick Walker, 76, British SAS commander.[155]
- Wang Yung-ching, 91, Taiwanese entrepreneur and billionaire, founder of Formosa Plastics.[156]
16
- Germán Abad Valenzuela, 89, Ecuadorian radiologist.[157]
- Ere Kokkonen, 70, Finnish film director, after illness.[158]
- David Lee, 70, Canadian sound engineer.[159]
- Paul L. Montgomery, 72, American journalist and reporter (The New York Times), cancer.[160]
- Dagmar Normet, 87, Estonian writer and translator.[161]
- Jack Reynolds, 71, American professional wrestling announcer (WWWF/WWF), complications from surgery.[162]
17
- George M. Keller, 84, American oil executive, founder of Chevron Corporation, complications from orthopedic surgery.[163]
- Prince Ludwig of Bavaria, 95, German prince, member of the House of Wittelsbach.[164]
- Urmas Ott, 53, Estonian journalist and television host, heart attack.[165]
- Santo Bartolomeo Quadri, 88, Italian archbishop of Modena-Nonantola (1983–1996).[166]
- Bill Reilly, 70, American publisher, founder of Primedia, bone and prostate cancer.[167]
- Levi Stubbs, 72, American vocalist (The Four Tops), complications of cancer and stroke.[168]
- Nick Weatherspoon, 58, American basketball player, natural causes.[169]
- Ben Weider, 85, Canadian bodybuilding promoter and Napoleon scholar.[170]
18
- Evelyn Ay Sempier, 75, American beauty pageant winner, Miss America (1954), colorectal cancer.[171]
- Salvatore Boccaccio, 70, Italian bishop of Frosinone-Veroli-Ferentino.[172]
- Albert Boime, 75, American art historian, myelofibrosis.[173]
- Alfredo E. Evangelista, 82, Filipino archaeologist, discovered the Laguna Copperplate Inscription.[174]
- Charley Fox, 88, Canadian pilot credited with strafing Erwin Rommel's car, car accident.[175]
- Peter Gordeno, 69, British actor, singer and dancer.[176]
- Tormod Haugen, 63, Norwegian children's author, after long illness.[177]
- E. K. Mawlong, 62, Indian politician, Chief Minister of Meghalaya (2000–2001).[178]
- Dave McKenna, 78, American jazz pianist, lung cancer.[179]
- James J. Rhoades, 66, American politician, member of the Pennsylvania State Senate since 1981, car accident.[180]
- Dee Dee Warwick, 66, American soul singer, sister of Dionne Warwick, after long illness.[181]
- Xie Jin, 84, Chinese film director.[182]
19
- Richard Blackwell, 86, American fashion critic ("Mr. Blackwell's Ten Worst Dressed Women"), intestinal infection.[183]
- John A. Campbell, 67, Australian-born American lumber executive, president and CEO of Pacific Lumber Company, cancer.[184]
- Tony Dean, 67, American outdoors broadcaster, complications from appendectomy.[185]
- Marilyn Ferguson, 70, American writer (The Aquarian Conspiracy), heart attack.[186]
- Hal Kant, 77, American lawyer for the Grateful Dead, pancreatic cancer.[187]
- Lia Maivia, 81, Samoan wrestling promoter, wife of Peter Maivia, grandmother of Dwayne Johnson.[188]
- Harry T. Mangurian, Jr., 82, American businessman and horse breeder, former owner of the Boston Celtics, leukemia.[189]
- Mireille Marokvia, 99, French writer.[190]
- Rudy Ray Moore, 81, American comedian and actor (Dolemite), complications from diabetes.[191]
- Robert B. Nett, 86, American Medal of Honor recipient, after brief illness.[192]
- Nigel Plews, 74, British cricket umpire, renal cancer.[193]
- Gianni Raimondi, 85, Italian lyric tenor.[194]
- Gail Robinson, 62, American soprano, complications from rheumatoid arthritis.[195]
- Arthur Sendas, 72, Brazilian supermarket magnate, shot.[196]
- Lou Stringer, 91, American baseball player (Chicago Cubs and Boston Red Sox).[197]
- Doreen Wilber, 78, American archer, 1972 Olympic gold medallist, Alzheimer's disease.[198]
20
- Daniel Aguillón, 24, Mexican boxer, brain death caused by knockout.[199]
- Sœur Emmanuelle, 99, Belgian-born French nun, natural causes.[200]
- Shamsiah Fakeh, 84, Malaysian independence activist, lung infection.[201]
- Vittorio Foa, 98, Italian politician, journalist and writer.[202]
- James Gleeson, 92, Australian art critic and surrealist painter.[203]
- William Headline, 76, American CNN bureau chief, fall.[204]
- Gene Hickerson, 73, American football player (Cleveland Browns) and member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, after long illness.[205]
- Pat Kavanagh, 68, British literary agent, wife of Julian Barnes, brain tumour.[206]
- Joe Lutz, 83, American baseball player (St. Louis Browns), after long illness.[207]
- David Myers, 37, British rugby league player (Widnes and England), car accident.[208]
- John Ringham, 80, British actor.[209]
- Bobi Sourander, 79, Finnish-born Swedish journalist and author.[210]
- C. V. Sridhar, 73, Indian filmmaker, cardiac arrest.[211]
- Krzysztof Zaleski, 60, Polish actor, after long illness.[212]
21
- Sonja Bernadotte, 64, German-born Swedish countess, breast cancer.[213]
- Alex Close, 86, Belgian road bicycle racer, winner of Tour of Belgium (1955) and Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré (1956).[214]
- Jake Crawford, 80, American Major League Baseball player.[215]
- George Edwards, 87, British footballer (Wales).[216]
- Richard J. Keane, 75, American politician, member of the New York State Assembly.[217]
- Peter Levinson, 74, American music industry biographer, fall.[218]
- Ram Ruhee, 81, Mauritian founder of the National Olympic Committee, IOC member, after long illness.[219]
- James John Skinner, 85, Irish-born Zambian jurist and politician.[220]
22
- Robert Adlard, 92, British Olympic silver medal-winning (1948) field hockey player.[221]
- Robert C. Cannon, 91, American jurist.[222]
- William Warren Conolly, 87, Caymanian politician.[223]
- Lou Dorfsman, 90, American television graphic designer, heart failure.[224]
- David Evans, 73, British politician, MP (1987–1997), cancer.[225]
- Jan Hijzelendoorn, 79, Dutch Olympic cyclist.[226]
- Ernest Kombo, 67, Congolese bishop of Owando, cancer.[227]
- David Lloyd Meredith, 74, British actor.[228]
- Paritosh Sen, 90, Indian artist, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.[229]
23
- Gianluigi Braschi, 45, Italian film producer (Life Is Beautiful), after long illness.[230]
- Derek Brewer, 85, British mediaevalist.[231]
- Oszkár Csuvik, 83, Hungarian water polo player, Olympic silver medalist (1948).[232]
- Danny Dill, 83, American songwriter ("Long Black Veil").[233]
- Kevin Finnegan, 60, British former European middleweight champion boxer.[234]
- E. Roger Muir, 89, American television producer, stroke.[235]
- Ivo Pukanić, 47, Croatian newspaper editor, assassination by car bomb.[236]
- F. W. Walbank, 98, British scholar of Greek history.[237]
24
- Moshe Cotel, 65, American pianist and composer, natural causes.[238]
- Howard French, 95, British newspaper editor.[239]
- Milton Katselas, 74, American film director, heart failure.[240]
- Premasiri Khemadasa, 71, Sri Lankan musician and composer.[241]
- Geoffrey McLean, 77, British police officer.
- Merl Saunders, 74, American keyboardist (The Grateful Dead), collaborator with Jerry Garcia, complications from a stroke.[242]
- Xiao Ke, 101, Chinese general in the People's Liberation Army, illness.[243]
- Helmut Zilk, 81, Austrian politician, Mayor of Vienna (1984–1994), heart failure.[244]
25
- John Axon, 48, British actor (The Royal), grandson of John Axon, heart attack.[245]
- Allen Blanchard, 79, Australian politician.[246]
- Gerard Damiano, 80, American adult film director (Deep Throat), stroke.[247]
- Colm Farrelly, Irish record producer who discovered Sinéad O'Connor and The Pale, after short illness.[248]
- Bob Gambold, 79, American football player (Los Angeles Rams, Philadelphia Eagles).[249]
- Irwin Gunsalus, 96, American biochemist, heart failure.[250]
- Amos E. Joel, Jr., 90, American inventor, pioneer of the cellphone.[251]
- Federico Luzzi, 28, Italian tennis player, leukemia.[252]
- Muslim Magomayev, 66, Azerbaijani singer.[253]
- Ian McColl, 81, British footballer, team manager for Scotland, natural causes.[254]
- Anne Pressly, 26, American television news anchor (KATV), injuries during home invasion.[255]
- Estelle Reiner, 94, American singer and actress (When Harry Met Sally...), wife of Carl Reiner, mother of Rob Reiner.[256]
- Hal Roth, 81, American sailor and author, lung cancer.[257]
- Tahereh Saffarzadeh, 72, Iranian poet and academic, cancer.[258]
- Maurice Stonefrost, 81, British civil servant.[259]
26
- Delfino Borroni, 110, Italian last known World War I veteran from Italy.[260]
- Gábor Delneky, 76, Hungarian Olympic fencer.[261]
- P. Cameron DeVore, 76, American First Amendment attorney, apparent heart attack.[262]
- Eileen Donaghy, 78, Irish singer, cancer.[263]
- Thomas Dunn, 82, American conductor, heart failure.[264]
- Tony Hillerman, 83, American mystery writer, pulmonary failure.[265]
- S.D. Jones, 63, Antiguan professional wrestler, stroke.[266]
- Karl Kassulke, 67, American football player (Minnesota Vikings), heart attack.[267]
- Pablo Montes, 62, Cuban athlete, heart attack.[268]
- Delmar Watson, 82, American child actor (Mr. Smith Goes to Washington), prostate cancer.[269]
27
- Dean Barnett, 41, American columnist and blogger, complications from cystic fibrosis.[270]
- Chris Bryant, 72, British screenwriter and actor.[271]
- Richard Carr-Gomm, 86, British soldier and philanthropist.[272]
- Charles Dubin, 87, Canadian Chief Justice of Ontario (1990–1996), head of the Dubin Inquiry into drugs in sport, pneumonia.[273]
- Ray Ellis, 85, American musician, conductor and television producer, complications from melanoma.[274]
- Jack Houston, 90, Australian politician, member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland (1957–1980).[275]
- Heinz Krügel, 87, German footballer and coach, after long illness.[276]
- Ed Levy, 91, American baseball player (Philadelphia Phillies, New York Yankees).[277]
- Es'kia Mphahlele, 88, South African writer and academic, natural causes.[278]
- Frank Nagai, 76, Japanese singer.[279]
- Bernard W. Rogers, 87, American general, Commander of the US European Command (1979–1987).[280]
- Louis Secco, 81, Canadian Olympic gold medal-winning (1952) ice hockey player.[281]
- Roy Stewart, 83, Jamaican-born British actor (Live and Let Die, Doctor Who).[282]
- Andy Young, 83, Scottish footballer (Raith Rovers).[283]
28
- Buck Adams, 52, American pornographic actor and director, complications from heart failure.[284]
- Dina Cocea, 95, Romanian actress, heart attack.[285]
- Kung Te-cheng, 88, Chinese-born Taiwanese 77th generation descendant of Confucius, heart and respiratory failure.[286]
- Alexander Lowen, 97, American psychotherapist.[287]
- Bill Martin, 65, American realist painter, complications of lymphoma.[288]
- Pak Song-chol, 95, North Korean politician, Premier (1976–1977), after long illness.[289]
- Paul Pesthy, 70, American Olympic modern pentathlete and fencer.[290]
- Augusto Petró, 90, Brazilian bishop of Uruguaiana (1964–1995), complications from Alzheimer's disease.[291]
- John Ripley, 69, American Marine war hero.[292]
- Allan Scott, 85, Australian businessman and road transport magnate, complications from diabetes and heart condition.[293]
- George Sopkin, 94, American cellist, natural causes.[294]
- Ilus Vay, 85, Hungarian actress.[295]
29
- Gerald Arpino, 85, American dancer and choreographer, after long illness.[296]
- Mike Baker, 45, American singer (Shadow Gallery), heart attack.[297]
- Cor Brom, 76, Dutch footballer and coach, Parkinson's disease.[298]
- Anita Ellis, 88, Canadian-born American singer and actress, complications from Alzheimer's disease. (Death announced on this date).[299]
- Yiannis Koskiniatis, 25, Greek footballer, suicide by jumping.[300]
- Mae Mercer, 76, American blues singer.[301]
- William Wharton, 82, American painter and novelist (Birdy), infection.[302]
30
- Edith Evans Asbury, 98, American journalist (The New York Times), after long illness.[303]
- Fred Baron, 61, American trial lawyer and political fundraiser, multiple myeloma.[304]
- Robert H. Barrow, 86, American general, 27th Commandant of the Marine Corps (1979–1983).[305]
- Cundo Bermúdez, 94, Cuban artist.[306]
- Valentin Bubukin, 75, Russian footballer, after long illness.[307]
- John Cuckney, Baron Cuckney, 83, British financier and industrialist.[308]
- David Jeaffreson, 76, British colonial official, Hong Kong Secretary for Security (1982–1988), ICAC Commissioner (1988–1991).[309]
- Tom Moody, 78, American politician. Mayor of Columbus, Ohio (1972–1984).[310]
- Julius Neave, 89, British insurance executive.[311]
31
- Jonathan Bates, 68, British sound engineer.[312]
- John Daly, 71, British film producer, cancer.[313]
- Frank Navetta, 46, American guitarist (Descendents).[314]
- Sir John Page, 89, British politician, MP for Harrow West (1960–1987).[315]
- John Pearse, 69, British guitarist.[316]
- Studs Terkel, 96, American broadcaster and author (The Good War), complications from a fall.[317]
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