Deaths in July 2009
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The following is a list of deaths in July 2009.
July 2009
1
- Alexis Argüello, 57, Nicaraguan boxer and politician, mayor of Managua, suspected suicide by gunshot. [1]
- Marwa El-Sherbini, 31, Egyptian pharmacist and vilification victim, stabbed. [2]
- Karl Malden, 97, American Academy Award winning actor (A Streetcar Named Desire), natural causes. [3]
- Anna Karen Morrow, 94, American actress (Peyton Place), natural causes. [4]
- John Henry Moss, 90, American baseball executive (South Atlantic League), mayor of Kings Mountain, North Carolina. [5]
- Onni Palaste, 91, Finnish soldier and writer, Winter War veteran, natural causes. [6] (Finnish)
- David Pears, 87, British philosopher. [7]
- Baltasar Porcel, 72, Spanish Catalan writer, cancer. [8]
- Andree Layton Roaf, 68, American jurist, first black woman on Arkansas Supreme Court. [9]
- Mollie Sugden, 86, British actress (Are You Being Served?), heart failure. [10]
- Rupert Thorneloe, 39, British soldier, Commanding Officer of the 1st Battalion Welsh Guards, improvised explosive device. [11]
- Norman Welton, 81, American journalist, photo editor for the Associated Press, colon cancer. [12]
- Jean Yoyotte, 81, French Egyptologist. [13]
- Lyudmila Zykina, 80, Russian singer, Hero of Socialist Labor, cardiac arrest. [14]
2
- Pasquale Borgomeo, 76, Vatican director of Radio Vatican, after long illness. [15]
- Steve Brennan, 57, Irish-born American reporter and editor (The Hollywood Reporter), cancer. [16]
- Susan Fernandez, 52, Filipina activist and singer, ovarian cancer. [17]
- M. K. Chandrashekaran, 72, Indian zoologist, after brief illness. [18]
- Kaj Hansen, 68, Danish football player. [19] (Danish)
- Martin Hengel, 82, German theologian. [20]
- Herbert G. Klein, 91, American journalist, White House Communications Director for President Richard Nixon. [21]
- Tyeb Mehta, 84, Indian painter, heart attack. [22]
- Robert Daniel Potter, 86, American judge, member of the District Court for the Western District of North Carolina (1981–1994). [23]
- Bert Schneider, 71, Austrian Grand Prix motorcycle racer. [24] (German)
- Clyde Shugart, 92, American football player (Washington Redskins), stroke. [25]
- Robert E. L. Taylor, 96, American publisher and chairman of the Philadelphia Bulletin. [26]
3
- Jorge Enrique Adoum, 83, Ecuadorian poet and writer. [27]
- Alauddin Al-Azad, 77, Bangladeshi author, natural causes. [28]
- John Barry, 84, American president and CEO of WD-40, pulmonary fibrosis. [29]
- John Blackburn, 84, American administrator (University of Alabama), myelodysplastic syndrome. [30]
- Frank Devine, 77, New Zealand-born Australian newspaper editor, after long illness. [31]
- Gabriel Fino Noriega, 42, Honduran journalist, shot. [32]
- E. J. Josey, 85, American librarian and civil rights activist, natural causes. [33]
- John Keel, 79, American ufologist and writer (The Mothman Prophecies), heart failure. [34]
- Barbara Margolis, 79, American prisoners' rights advocate, official greeter for New York City, cancer. [35]
- Victor Smorgon, 96, Ukrainian-born Australian industrialist, natural causes. [36]
4
- Jim Chapin, 89, American jazz drummer. [37]
- Robert E. Hopkins, 94, American optical engineer. [38]
- Brenda Joyce, 92, American actress (Tarzan and the Amazons). [39]
- Béla Király, 97, Hungarian general and historian, natural causes. [40]
- Allen Klein, 77, American businessman, Beatles and Rolling Stones manager, Alzheimer's disease. [41]
- Drake Levin, 62, American guitarist (Paul Revere & the Raiders), cancer. [42]
- Robert Louis-Dreyfus, 63, French-born Swiss billionaire, leukemia. [43]
- Steve McNair, 36, American football player (Tennessee Titans, Baltimore Ravens), shot. [44]
- Hugh Millais, 79, British actor and adventurer. [45]
- Robert Mitchell, 96, American organist, pneumonia. [46]
- Khan Mohammad, 81, Pakistani cricketer, prostate cancer. [47]
- Leo Mol, 94, Ukrainian-born Canadian sculptor. [48]
- Lasse Strömstedt, 74, Swedish writer. [49]
- Jean-Baptiste Tati Loutard, 70, Congolese politician, Minister of State. [50]
- Laurence Villiers, 7th Earl of Clarendon, 76, British aristocrat. [51]
5
- John Bachar, 52, American rock climber, fall. [52]
- Peter Blaker, Baron Blaker, 86, British diplomat and politician, MP for Blackpool South (1964–1992), pneumonia. [53]
- Lou Creekmur, 82, American football player (Detroit Lions) and member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame. [54]
- Takeo Doi, 89, Japanese psychoanalyst. [55]
- Alfred John Ellory, 89, British flautist. [56]
- Oscar Murton, Baron Murton of Lindisfarne, 95, British politician, MP for Poole (1964–1979). [57]
- John Orman, 60, American professor and politician, self-appointed chairman of Connecticut for Lieberman party. [58]
- Bob Titchenal, 91, American football player and coach. [59]
- Waldo Von Erich, 75, Canadian professional wrestler, fall. [60]
6
- Vasily Aksyonov, 76, Russian novelist, stroke. [61]
- Mihai Baicu, 33, Romanian footballer, heart attack. [62]
- Patrick Tracy Burris, 41, American criminal, suspected South Carolina spree killer, shot. [63]
- Rene Capo, 48, Cuban-born American judo Olympic (1988, 1996), lung cancer. [64]
- Johnny Collins, 71, British folk singer. [65]
- Marlon Green, 80, American pilot. [66]
- Oscar G. Mayer, Jr., 95, American business executive (Oscar Mayer). [67]
- Robert McNamara, 93, American business executive, Secretary of Defense (1961–1968), natural causes. [68]
- Mathieu Montcourt, 24, French tennis player, cardiac arrest. [69]
- Jim Reid, 75, British folk musician, after short illness. [70]
- Robert L. Short, 76, American theologian (The Gospel According to Peanuts). [71]
- Martin Streek, 45, Canadian disc jockey, suspected suicide. [72]
- Bleddyn Williams, 86, British rugby player, captain of Wales and British Lions, after long illness. [73]
7
- Anabaa, 17, American Thoroughbred racehorse, peritonitis after undergoing surgery from colic.[74]
- Richard Reader Harris, 96, British businessman and politician, MP for Heston and Isleworth (1950–1970). [75]
- John Marshall, 77, American sculptor. [76]
8
- Harry Gray, 89, American CEO and chairman of United Technologies Corporation. [77]
- Bertha Hertogh, 72, Dutch woman whose adoption led to ethnic riots in Singapore in 1950, leukemia. [78]
- Robert Isabell, 57, American event planner, heart attack. [79]
- Edward Kenna, 90, Australian soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross. [80]
- Judi Ann Mason, 54, American screenwriter, television producer (Good Times) and playwright, aortic dissection. [81]
- Waldo McBurney, 106, American beekeeper, oldest worker in the United States. [82]
- Nelson Munsey, 61, American football player (Baltimore Colts), heart disease. [83]
- Edgar O'Ballance, 90, British military historian. [84]
- Lou Pagliaro, 90, American table tennis player, national champion (1940–1942, 1952). [85]
- Yury Shlyapin, 77, Russian water polo player, Olympic bronze medalist (1956). [86] (Russian)
9
- William C. Conner, 89, American federal judge (District Court for the Southern District of New York). [87]
- Magomed Gadaborshev, Russian Colonel, Head of Ingushetia Forensics and Investigations Center, shot. [88]
- George Haig, 2nd Earl Haig, 91, British Army officer, patron of military charities and artist. [89]
- Jessie Hollins, 39, American baseball player, drowned. [90]
- Ron Kennedy, 56, Canadian ice hockey player and trainer, brain cancer. [91]
- Frank Mickens, 63, American educator, natural causes. [92]
- Kinuthia Murugu, Kenyan Permanent Secretary, shot. [93]
- Henri Verbrugghe, 79, Belgian Olympic canoer. [94] (Dutch)
10
- Sir Edward Downes, 85, British conductor, assisted suicide. [95]
- Ebba Haslund, 91, Norwegian author. [96] (Norwegian)
- Patrick J. McManus, 54, American politician, Mayor of Lynn, Massachusetts (1992–2001). [97]
- Edward Durell Stone, Jr., 76, American landscape architect. [98]
- Zena Marshall, 83, Kenyan-born British actress (Dr. No), after short illness. [99]
11
- Maria del Carmen Bousada de Lara, 69, Spanish woman believed to be world's oldest mother, cancer. [100]
- John Caldwell, 71, Irish boxer, Olympic medalist (1956), world bantamweight champion (1961–1962), cancer. [101]
- Manuel Carrascalão, 75, East Timorese politician, cerebral embolism. [102] (Portuguese)
- Robert 'Dolly' Dunn, 68, Australian child molester, multiple organ failure. [103]
- Reg Fleming, 73, Canadian hockey player (Chicago Blackhawks). [104]
- Arturo Gatti, 37, Canadian boxer, strangulation. [105]
- Paul Hemphill, 73, American author, throat cancer. [106]
- Ji Xianlin, 97, Chinese linguist, paleographer, historian and writer, heart attack. [107] (Chinese)
- Lawyer Ron, 6, American Thoroughbred racehorse, complications after colic surgery. [108]
- Mark Mandala, 72, American television executive, president of ABC (1986–1994), heart attack. [109]
- Žan Marolt, 44, Bosnia-Herzegovinian actor. [110] (Bosnian)
- Geraint Owen, 43, British actor, cerebral haemorrhage. [111]
12
- Doris Barr, 87, Canadian baseball player, original member of All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. [112]
- Charles N. Brown, 72, American founding editor of Locus magazine. [113]
- Vinod Chaubey, 49, Indian police officer, shot in the Rajnandgaon ambush.[114]
- Tommy Cummings, 80, British football player (Burnley F.C.). [115]
- Donald MacCormick, 70, British television journalist, heart attack. [116]
- Shesha Palihakkara, 81, Sri Lankan dancer, actor and producer. [117]
- Christopher Prout, Baron Kingsland, 67, British politician and barrister, MEP (1979–1994), pulmonary embolism. [118]
- S. G. Sender, 78, Belgian pastry chef, after long illness. [119]
- Pavel Smeyan, 52, Russian singer and actor, cancer. [120]
- Nikola Stanchev, 78, Bulgarian wrestler, Olympic gold medalist. [121]
- Simon Vinkenoog, 80, Dutch poet and writer. [122]
- Jane Weinberger, 91, American author, widow of Caspar Weinberger, stroke. [123]
13
- Uma Aaltonen, 68, Finnish author, journalist and politician. [124]
- Amin al-Hafez, 83, Lebanese politician, Prime Minister (1973). [125]
- Giuseppe Alessi, 103, Italian politician, President of Sicily (1947–1949, 1955–1956). [126] (Italian)
- Robert Cushman, 62, American photograph curator (Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences). [127]
- Neil Munro, 62, Canadian director, actor and playwright, after long illness. [128]
- Nilu Phule, 78, Indian Marathi and Hindi film actor, esophageal cancer. [129]
- Vince Powell, 80, British scriptwriter (Love Thy Neighbour, Mind Your Language). [130]
- Beverly Roberts, 96, American actress, natural causes. [131]
- Dash Snow, 27, American artist, heroin overdose. [132]
14
- Pat Brady, 83, American football player (Pittsburgh Steelers), lymphoma. [133]
- Lucio Ceccarini, 78, Italian water polo player. [134] (Italian)
- Sam Church, 72, American labor leader (UMWA), complications of surgery. [135]
- Joe DiGangi, 94, American bullpen catcher (New York Yankees), natural causes. [136]
- Phyllis Gotlieb, 83, Canadian science fiction author, [137]
- Christopher Hipp, 47, American inventor (blade server) and entrepreneur, suspected embolism. [138]
- Dallas McKennon, 89, American actor and voice actor (Gumby, Buzz Buzzard, Archie Andrews), natural causes. [139]
- Kujtim Majaci, 47, Albanian footballer, heart attack. [140]
- Heinrich Schweiger, 77, Austrian actor, cardiovascular disease. [141]
- Jean Sommeng Vorachak, 76, Laotian Apostolic Vicar of Savannakhet. [142]
- Bill Young, 95, New Zealand politician and diplomat. [143]
- Zbigniew Zapasiewicz, 74, Polish actor and director. [144]
15
- Avraham Ahituv, 79, German-born Israeli intelligence chief, Director of the Shin Bet (1974–1980). [145]
- Khursheed Kamal Aziz, 81, Pakistani historian. [146]
- Seddon Bennington, 61, New Zealand chief executive of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, hypothermia. [147]
- Adama Drabo, 60/61, Malian filmmaker and playwright. [148]
- Natalya Estemirova, 50, Russian human rights activist in Chechnya and Ingushetia, shot. [149]
- Klára Fried-Bánfalvi, 78, Hungarian Olympic bronze medal-winning (1960) sprint canoeist. [150] (Hungarian)
- Brian Goodwin, 78, Canadian mathematician, fall from a bicycle. [151]
- Julius Shulman, 98, American architectural photographer. [152]
16
- Thomas Dao, 88, Chinese-born American physician, expert in breast cancer treatment, Pick's Disease. [153]
- Leslie Fernandez, 91, British WW2 Special Forces saboteur and trainer of Violette Szabó. [154]
- Charles Gonthier, 80, Canadian jurist, Supreme Court Justice (1989–2003). [155]
- Maurice Grimaud, 95, French police chief of Paris during the 1968 student uprising. [156]
- Otto Heino, 94, American ceramicist and potter, acute renal failure. [157]
- Jerry Holland, 54, American-born Canadian fiddler and composer, cancer. [158]
- Paulo Lopes de Faria, 78, Brazilian archbishop of Diamantina. [159] (Portuguese)
- D. K. Pattammal, 90, Indian Carnatic singer, after short illness. [160]
- Angelo Rizzo, 83, Italian archbishop of Ragusa. [161] (Italian)
- Yury Verlinsky, 65, Russian medical researcher, colorectal cancer. [162]
17
- Meir Amit, 88, Israeli major general and politician. [163]
- Gordon Burn, 61, British writer, cancer. [164]
- Walter Cronkite, 92, American television news anchor, cerebrovascular disease. [165]
- Richard H. Hall, 78, American ufologist, colon cancer. [166]
- Leszek Kołakowski, 81, Polish philosopher, historian of ideas and essayist. [167]
- Jean Margéot, 93, Mauritian cardinal. [168]
- Gordon Waller, 64, British singer (Peter and Gordon), cardiac arrest. [169]
18
- Henry Allingham, 113, British supercentenarian, world's oldest man and World War I veteran. [170]
- Annagul Annakuliyeva, 85, Turkmen opera singer and actress. [171]
- Jill Balcon, 84, British actress, widow of Cecil Day-Lewis and mother of Daniel Day-Lewis, brain tumour. [172]
- Yasmine Belmadi, 33, French actor, traffic collision. [173] (French)
- Lionel Casson, 94, American professor of Classics (New York University), author on ancient maritime history, pneumonia. [174]
- Ricardo Londoño, 59, Colombian racing driver, shot. [175]
- Steven Rothenberg, 50, American studio executive (Lions Gate Entertainment, Artisan Entertainment), stomach cancer. [176]
- Graham Stanton, 69, New Zealand-born British theologian. [177]
- Joel Weisman, 66, American physician and pioneer in AIDS detection, heart disease. [178]
19
- Sue Burns, 58, American businesswoman, principal owner of the San Francisco Giants, lung cancer. [179]
- Karen Harup, 84, Danish swimmer, Olympic champion (1948). [180] (Danish)
- Ingeborg Hunzinger, 94, German sculptor. [181] (German)
- Frank McCourt, 78, Irish-American author (Angela's Ashes), melanoma. [182]
- Gilberto Mestrinho, 81, Brazilian Governor of Amazonas (1959–1963, 1983–1987, 1991–1995), lung cancer. [183] (Portuguese)
- Cecil Mountford, 90, New Zealand rugby league player and coach. [184]
- Guillermo Schulenburg, 93, Mexican Abbot of the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe (1963–1996), natural causes. [185] (Spanish)
- Ray Shaw, 75, American journalist and publisher (American City Business Journals), complications from a wasp sting. [186]
- Bryan Stanley, 83, British trade unionist, General Secretary of the Post Office Engineering Union. [187]
- Henry Surtees, 18, British racing driver, Formula Two race accident. [188]
- Ebbe Wallén, 92, Swedish Olympic bobsledder. [189]
20
- Gene Amondson, 65, American politician, Prohibition Party nominee for U.S. President, stroke. [190]
- Ria Brieffies, 52, Dutch singer (Dolly Dots), lung cancer. [191] (Dutch)
- Edward T. Hall, 95, American anthropologist. [192]
- Bobby Knoxall, 75, British comedian. [193]
- Vedat Okyar, 64, Turkish journalist and footballer (Beşiktaş J.K.), colorectal cancer. [194] (Turkish)
- Stan Polley, 87, American music manager. [195]
- Charles E. Richardson, 74, American newspaper publisher. [196]
- Paul Fouad Tabet, 79, Lebanese archbishop, Nuncio to Greece (1996–2005). [197]
- Gösta Werner, 101, Swedish film director. [198]
- Carlton Willey, 78, American baseball player (Milwaukee Braves, New York Mets), lung cancer. [199]
21
- John Dawson, 64, American musician (New Riders of the Purple Sage), stomach cancer. [200]
- Armando del Moral, 93, Spanish-born American film journalist, natural causes. [201]
- Nelson Demarco, 84, Uruguayan basketball player, Olympic bronze medalist (1952, 1956). [202] (Spanish)
- Heinz Edelmann, 75, Czech-born German illustrator and designer, heart disease and renal failure. [203]
- Gidget, 15, American chihuahua, Taco Bell mascot, stroke. [204]
- Gangubai Hangal, 96, Indian Hindustani classical singer, cardiac arrest. [205]
- Marcel Jacob, 45, Swedish musician, suicide. [206]
- Yoshinori Kanada, 57, Japanese animator, heart attack. [207]
- Les Lye, 84, Canadian actor and broadcaster (You Can't Do That on Television). [208]
- Hiroshi Wakasugi, 74, Japanese orchestra conductor, multiple organ dysfunction syndrome. [209]
22
- Howard Engle, 89, American pediatrician, lead plaintiff in landmark tobacco lawsuit, lymphoma. [210]
- Richard M. Givan, 88, American judge, Chief Justice of the Indiana Supreme Court (1969–1994). [211]
- Peter Krieg, 61, German documentary filmmaker. [212] (German)
- Mark Leduc, 47, Canadian boxer, Olympic silver medalist (1992), heat stroke. [213]
- Herbert Morris, 94, American rower, Olympic gold medalist (1936). [214]
- Marco Antonio Nazareth, 23, Mexican boxer, cerebral hemorrhage. [215]
- Billy Parks, 61, American football player, melanoma. [216]
- Lynn Pressman Raymond, 97, American president of Pressman Toy Corporation. [217]
- John Ryan, 88, British cartoonist (Captain Pugwash). [218]
- Damian Steele, 33, American professional wrestler, brain aneurysm. [219]
- Aygyl Tajiyeva, 64, Turkmen politician and opposition activist, stroke. [220]
23
- Virginia Carroll, 95, American actress and model, natural causes. [221]
- E. Lynn Harris, 54, American author. [222]
- Talis Kitsing, 33, Estonian reality TV star. [223]
- Danny McBride, 63, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Sha Na Na), natural causes. [224].
- Duse Nacaratti, 76, Brazilian actress, respiratory failure. [225] (Portuguese)
- Thomas N. Schroth, 88, American editor (Congressional Quarterly), founder of The National Journal, heart failure. [226]
24
- José Carlos da Costa Araújo, 47, Brazilian goalkeeper, reserve at 1990 World Cup, abdominal cancer. [227] (Portuguese)
- Omar Dani, 85, Indonesian Commander of the National Air Force (1962–1965). [228]
- Friedrich Goldmann, 68, German composer and conductor. [229] (German)
- Austin Gresham, 84, British pathologist. [230]
- G. Alexander Heard, 92, American presidential advisor, Chancellor of Vanderbilt University (1963–1982). [231]
- John Panton, 92, British golfer. [232]
- Harry Towb, 83, British actor, cancer. [233]
25
- Yasmin Ahmad, 51, Malaysian film director, brain hemorrhage. [234]
- Rick Bryan, 47, American football player (Atlanta Falcons), heart attack. [235]
- Gladys Bustamante, 97, Jamaican trade unionist and activist, wife of Prime Minister Alexander Bustamante. [236]
- Alexis Cohen, 25, American singer, American Idol contestant, hit-and-run. [237]
- Vernon Forrest, 38, American boxer, shot. [238]
- Gerald Gardner, 83, Irish-born American mathematician, evidence led to ban on sex-segregated classified advertising. leukemia. [239]
- Erling Kristiansen, 85, Norwegian Olympic cyclist. [240]
- Ken Major, 80, British architect. [241]
- Stanley Middleton, 89, British author, cancer. [242]
- Harry Patch, 111, British supercentenarian, fourth-last surviving World War I veteran. [243]
- Herbert Pickering, 90, New Zealand politician. [244]
- Sarath Ranawaka, 58, Sri Lankan politician, after short illness. [245]
26
- John Brockway, 80, British swimmer. [246]
- Traugott Buhre, 80, German actor. [247] (German)
- Bhaskar Chandavarkar, 73, Indian sitarist and composer, cancer. [248]
- Merce Cunningham, 90, American choreographer, natural causes. [249]
- Richard Ferguson, 73, British barrister, Queen's Counsel for Northern Ireland and former politician. [250]
- Clayton Hill, 78, American actor (Dawn of the Dead, Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth), complications from pneumonia. [251]
- Lois Hunt, 84, American lyric soprano, complications from cardiac surgery. [252]
- Marcey Jacobson, 97, American photographer of indigenous peoples in Mexico, heart failure. [253]
- James E. King, 69, American politician, Florida state senator since 1999, pancreatic cancer. [254]
- Maria Sílvia, 65, Brazilian actress, lung cancer. [255] (Portuguese)
- Michael Steinberg, 80, American musicologist. [256]
- Sérgio Viotti, 82, Brazilian actor, cardiac arrest. [257] (Portuguese)
- Jerry Yanover, 62, Canadian political advisor. [258]
27
- Bernadette Cozart, 60/62, American gardener, urban gardening advocate, heart attack. [259]
- Dick Holub, 87, American basketball player (NY Knicks) and coach (FDU). [260]
- Domingos Lam, 81, Chinese Roman Catholic bishop of Macau. [261]
- Lee Orr, 92, Canadian Olympic athlete. [262]
- Luis Quintana, 57, Puerto Rican baseball player (California Angels), natural causes. [263]
- George Russell, 86, American jazz composer, complications from Alzheimer's disease. [264]
- Larry Siemering, 98, American college football head coach, complications from a fall. [265]
- Sybil, 3, British Downing Street cat, Chief Mouser to the Cabinet Office (2007–2008), after short illness. [266]
- Aeronwy Thomas, 66, British translator and writer, daughter of Dylan Thomas, cancer. [267]
- Michaël Zeeman, 50, Dutch literary critic, journalist, poet and writer, brain cancer. [268]
28
- Hermann J. Huber, 54, German journalist and writer, heart attack. [269] (German)
- Reverend Ike, 74, American evangelist, stroke. [270]
- Jim Johnson, 68, American football coach (Philadelphia Eagles), melanoma. [271]
- Kaori Kawamura, 38, Japanese singer, breast cancer. [272]
- Brian Mears, 78, British Chairman of Chelsea Football Club (1969–1991). [273]
- Leela Naidu, 69, Indian actress, Miss India (1954), after long illness. [274]
- Bernard Rosenthal, 94, American sculptor, stroke. [275]
- William G. Tapply, 69, American writer, leukemia, [276]
- Peter Tahourdin, 80, British-born Australian composer. [277]
29
- Dina Babbitt, 86, Czech-born American artist and Holocaust survivor, abdominal cancer. [278]
- Rajan P. Dev, 58, Indian actor, after short illness. [279]
- Gayatri Devi, 90, Indian royal, last Maharani of Jaipur (1939–1970), paralytic ileus. [280]
- Steve Fiorilla, 48, American artist. [281]
- Joanne Jordan, 88, American actress and spokesmodel, Parkinson's disease. [282]
- Ernest W. Lefever, 90, American foreign policy expert, founder of Ethics and Public Policy Center, dementia with Lewy bodies. [283]
- Paul McGrillen, 37, Scottish footballer (Motherwell F.C.). [284]
- Olga A. Méndez, 84, American politician, New York State Senator (1978–2004), breast cancer. [285]
- Steven Miessner, 48, American Academy Awards administrator, heart attack. [286]
- Renato Pagliari, 69, Italian-born British singer (Renée and Renato), brain cancer. [287]
- Edward Richardson, 79, Australian cricketer. [288]
- Zhuo Lin, 93, Chinese consultant, widow of Deng Xiaoping. [289]
30
- Yuri Kurnenin, 55, Belarusian football player and coach. [290] (Russian)
- Joy Langan, 66, Canadian politician, MP for Mission—Coquitlam (1988–1993), breast cancer. [291]
- Yoshihisa Maitani, 76, Japanese camera designer. [292]
- Mohammed Yusuf, 39, Nigerian sect leader (Boko Haram), shot. [293]
- Peter Zadek, 83, German stage director, film director and screenwriter, illness. [294] (German)
31
- Sir Edward Archdale, 87, British Royal Navy officer. [295]
- Tim Guest, 34, British writer, suspected heart attack. [296]
- David Hawkes, 86, British sinologist. [297]
- Chris Humphries, 62, British botanist. [298]
- Ted Nierenberg, 86, American entrepreneur, founder of Dansk International Designs, pancreatic cancer. [299]
- Sir Bobby Robson, 76, British footballer and manager, lung cancer. [300]
- Harry Alan Towers, 88, British film producer and screenwriter, after short illness. [301]