Deaths in August 2010

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

August 2010

1

• Robert F. Boyle, 100, American art director and production designer (North By Northwest, The Birds), natural causes.
• Bruce Garvey, 70, British-born Canadian journalist, lung cancer.Archived August 24, 2010, at the Wayback Machine.
• Lolita Lebrón, 90, Puerto Rican nationalist.
• William MacVane, 95, American surgeon and politician, mayor of Portland, Maine (1971).
• Stig Mårtensson, 87, Swedish Olympic cyclist.
• K. M. Mathew, 93, Indian newspaper editor (Malayala Manorama).
• Eric Tindill, 99, New Zealand cricketer and rugby union player.

2

• Ian Castles, 75, Australian public servant, Australian Statistician (1986–1994).
• Makh Daniels, 28, American heavy metal singer (Early Graves), car accident.
• James Hunter, 56, American football player (Detroit Lions), apparent heart attack.
• Mitch Jayne, 82, American bluegrass bassist (The Dillards) and actor (The Andy Griffith Show), cancer.
• Ole Ivar Lovaas, 83, Norwegian psychologist and researcher (Lovaas technique), Alzheimer's disease.
• José María Silvero, 78, Argentine footballer. (Spanish)
• Jan Wilson, 66, British politician, Leader of Sheffield City Council (1997–1999, 2002–2008), lung cancer.

3

• Marilyn Buck, 62, American activist and terrorist, uterine cancer.
• Bruce M. Cohen, 65, American rabbi, cancer.
• James L. Gray, 84, British engineer.
• Bobby Hebb, 72, American singer-songwriter ("Sunny"), lung cancer.
• Norman Walsh, 77, Zimbabwean air marshal.
• Edmund Zientara, 81, Polish Olympic footballer. (Polish)

4

• Robert E. Davis, 70, American jurist, Chief Justice of the Kansas Supreme Court (2009–2010).
• Gary Johnson, 57, American football player (San Diego Chargers), stroke.
• Jim Kennan, 64, Australian lawyer and politician, Deputy Premier of Victoria (1990–1992), cancer.
• Henry A. Lardy, 92, American biochemist.
• Daikirin Takayoshi, 68, Japanese sumo wrestler, pancreatic cancer.

5

• Robert Baker Aitken, 93, American Zen Buddhist teacher, pneumonia.
• Godfrey Binaisa, 90, Ugandan politician, President (1979–1981).
• Francisco María González, 92, Mexican Roman Catholic prelate. (Spanish)
• Sue Napier, 62, Australian politician, Leader of the Tasmanian Opposition (1999–2001), breast cancer.
• Jürgen Oesten, 96, German seaman, U-boat commander during World War II.
• Yuri Shishlov, 65, Russian football coach, shot.

6

• Ultus Alvarez, 78, Cuban baseball player.
• Cacilda Borges Barbosa, 96, Brazilian electronic musician. (Portuguese)
• Julian Besag, 65, British statistician.
• Catfish Collins, 66, American guitarist (James Brown, Bootsy's Rubber Band, Parliament-Funkadelic), cancer.
• Chris Dedrick, 62, American musician (The Free Design) and composer (Ray Bradbury Theatre), cancer.
• David C. Dolby, 64, American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient.
• Fredrik Ericsson, 35, Swedish mountaineer, falling accident on K2.
• Constantin Guirma, 90, Burkinabé Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Kaya (1969–1996).
• Tony Judt, 62, British historian, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
• John Louis Mansi, 83, British actor, lung cancer.
• Jeff McLean, 63, Australian rugby football player, cancer.
• Knut Østby, 87, Norwegian sprint canoer, Olympic silver medalist (1948). (Norwegian)
• Jack Phipps, 84, British arts administrator.

7

• Roberto Cantoral, 75, Mexican composer, heart attack.
• Bruno Cremer, 80, French actor (Is Paris Burning?, Sorcerer, Maigret).
• Keith Drumright, 55, American baseball player (Houston Astros, Oakland Athletics).
• Jerry Flint, 79, American automotive journalist (Forbes), stroke.
• Leonid Gorbenko, 71, Russian politician, governor of Kaliningrad Oblast (1996–2000). (Russian)
• Alex Johns, 43, American film producer (The Ant Bully) and television producer (Futurama), after long illness.
• John Nelder, 85, British statistician, President of the Royal Statistical Society (1985–1986).

8

• Aleksandr Bokovikov, 53, Russian politician, governor of Evenk Autonomous Okrug (1997–2001), heart attack.
• Ken Boyes, 75, English footballer (York City F.C.).
• Charlie Davao, 75, Filipino actor, colorectal cancer.
• David Dixon, 87, American businessman, founder of the United States Football League.
• Ted Kowalski, 79, Canadian singer (The Diamonds), heart disease .
• Alan Myers, 77, British translator.
• Patricia Neal, 84, American actress, 1964 Academy Award winner (Hud), lung cancer.
• Jack Parnell, 87, British musician and bandleader (The Muppet Show), cancer.
• Bernhard Philberth, 83, German physicist, engineer, philosopher and theologian.
• Matthew Simmons, 67, American businessman and economist.
• Massamasso Tchangai, 32, Togolese footballer, after brief illness.

9

• Tab Baker, 50, American actor (Prison Break), heart attack.
• George DiCenzo, 70, American character actor (Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Helter Skelter) and voice actor (He Man and the Masters of the Universe).
• Fernando Fernández, 70, Spanish illustrator and comic artist, after long illness.
• Robin Warwick Gibson, 66, British art historian.
• Gene Hermanski, 90, American baseball player (Brooklyn Dodgers).
• Calvin "Fuzz" Jones, 84, American blues bassist and singer.
• Herbert Kirschner, 85, German Olympic sprint canoer.
• Jay Larkin, 59, American television boxing executive (Showtime), brain tumor.
• Harry Lindbäck, 83, Swedish Olympic sprint canoer.
• Paul K. Longmore, 64, American historian and disability activist.
• Mariam Baharum, 75, Singaporean actress, natural causes.
• Juan Marichal, 88, Spanish historian.
• Paul Milstein, 88, American real estate developer.
• Roy Pinney, 98, American herpetologist, photographer, war correspondent and writer.
• Ronald Reid-Daly, 83, South African army officer (Rhodesian Army), founder and commander of the Selous Scouts.
• Ted Stevens, 86, American politician, Senator from Alaska (1968–2009), inventor of the term series of tubes, victim of 2010 Alaska plane crash.
• Mary Anne Warren, 63, American philosopher and academic.
• John Yaremko, 91, Canadian politician, MPP for Bellwoods (1951–1975).

10

• Gordon Robertson Cameron, 88, Canadian politician, Commissioner of Yukon (1962–1966).
• Brian Clark, 67, English footballer (Cardiff City F.C.), after long illness.
• Dana Dawson, 36, American actress and singer, colorectal cancer.
• Séamus Dolan, 95, Irish politician, Teachta Dála (1961–1965) and Senator (1965–1969, 1973–1982).
• Marie de Garis, 100, Guernseyan author.
• Antonio Pettigrew, 42, American athletics coach, 1991 world champion and 2000 Olympic sprinter, suicide by overdose of medication.
• Leo Pinto, 96, Indian field hockey player, Olympic gold medalist (1948).
• Jimmy Reid, 78, Scottish trade unionist and journalist.
• Armando Robles Godoy, 87, Peruvian film director, heart failure.
• Radomír Šimůnek, Sr., 48, Czech racing cyclist, after long illness.
• Adam Stansfield, 31, English footballer (Exeter City F.C.), colorectal cancer.
• Shirley Thomson, 80, Canadian arts administrator, heart attack.
• David L. Wolper, 82, American film and television producer (North and South, Roots, The Thorn Birds), heart failure and Parkinson's disease.

11

• David Hull, 75, American philosopher, pancreatic cancer.
• Sir Geoffrey Johnson Smith, 86, British politician, MP for Holborn and St Pancras South (1959–1964), East Grinstead (1965–1983) and Wealden (1983–2001).
• Nellie King, 82, American baseball player and public address announcer (Pittsburgh Pirates).
• Ger Lagendijk, 68, Dutch footballer (Hermes DVS) and football agent, heart attack. (Dutch)
• Markus Liebherr, 62, Swiss businessman, owner of Southampton F.C.
• Dan Rostenkowski, 82, American politician, Representative from Illinois (1959–1995), lung cancer.
• Bruno Schleinstein, 78, German actor.
• Sesenne, 96, Saint Lucian singer.
• Lou Smit, 75, American police detective, investigated JonBenét Ramsey case, colorectal cancer.
• James Mourilyan Tanner, 90, British paediatrician.
• Sir Ron Trotter, 82, New Zealand businessman, cancer.
• Arnold Zellner, 83, American econometrician and statistician, cancer.

12

• Isaac Bonewits, 60, American Neopagan leader and author, colorectal cancer.
• Guido de Marco, 79, Maltese politician, President (1999–2004), President of the United Nations General Assembly (1990).
• Laurence Gardner, 67, British writer and academic, lecturer on historical revisionism, after long illness.
• Richie Hayward, 64, American drummer (Little Feat), liver cancer.
• Manfred Homberg, 77, German Olympic boxer. (German)
• André Kim, 74, South Korean fashion designer, pneumonia.
• Victor Kremer, 78, Luxembourgian Olympic shooter.
• Mario Laguë, 52, Canadian diplomat, Liberal Party communications director, road accident.
• Artur Olech, 70, Polish boxer, Olympic silver medalist (1964, 1968). (Polish)
• Andrew Roth, 91, American-born British biographer and journalist, prostate cancer.
• Paul Ryan Rudd, 70, American actor (Beacon Hill, The Betsy), pancreatic cancer.
• Mohammad Ali Taraghijah, 67, Iranian painter.
• Luis Tascón, 41, Venezuelan politician, member of the National Assembly, colorectal cancer.

13

• Panagiotis Bahramis, 34, Greek footballer (Veria F.C.), fishing accident. (Greek)
• Helen Berg, 78, American statistician and politician, mayor of Corvallis, Oregon (1994–2006), peritoneal mesothelioma.
• Lance Cade, 29, American professional wrestler, heart failure.
• Patrick Cauvin, 77, French novelist, complications from cancer.
• Jacques Maurice Faivre, 76, French Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Le Mans (1997–2008), heart attack.
• Alejandro Febrero, 85, Spanish swimmer.
• Albert Frost, 96, British businessman.
• Esteban Jordan, 71, American accordionist, complications from liver cancer.
• Edward Kean, 85, American television writer (Howdy Doody), complications from emphysema.
• Alberto Müller Rojas, 75, Venezuelan military officer and politician, adviser to Hugo Chávez.
• Edwin Newman, 91, American journalist and newscaster (NBC News), pneumonia.
• Isaac Passy, 82, Bulgarian philosopher and art historian.
• Phil Petillo, 64, American luthier and engineer.
• Jan Reinås, 66, Norwegian businessman, cancer. (Norwegian)
• David Rowland, 86, American industrial designer.
• Craig Van Tilbury, 53, American guitarist and chess master, heart attack.
• Janaki Venkataraman, 89, Indian First Lady (1987–1992), after short illness.

14

• Mervyn Alexander, 85, British Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Clifton (1974–2001).
• Rallis Kopsidis, 81, Greek painter. (Greek)
• Herman Leonard, 87, American jazz photographer.
• Abbey Lincoln, 80, American jazz singer and actress (For Love of Ivy, Nothing But a Man).
• Lynn Lowe, 74, American politician, Chairman of the Arkansas Republican Party (1974–1980).
• Terje Stigen, 88, Norwegian author. (Norwegian)
• Sherman W. Tribbitt, 87, American politician, Governor of Delaware (1973–1977).
• Gloria Winters, 78, American actress (The Life of Riley, Sky King), complications from pneumonia.

15

• Ahmad Alaadeen, 76, American jazz musician, bladder cancer.
• Ghazi Abdul Rahman Algosaibi, 70, Saudi Minister of Labour, after long illness.
• Dan Avey, 69, American radio personality, cancer.
• Joe L. Brown, 91, American baseball executive (Pittsburgh Pirates), after long illness.
• Denis E. Dillon, 76, American lawyer and politician, District Attorney of Nassau County, New York (1974–2005), lymphoma.
• James J. Kilpatrick, 89, American columnist and grammarian.
• Philip Markoff, 24, American murder suspect, suicide.
• Harrison Price, 89, American businessman, theme park pioneer.
• Lionel Régal, 35, French hillclimbing racer, car accident.
• Robert Wilson, 53, American musician (The Gap Band), heart attack.

16

• John Amyas Alexander, 78, British archaeologist.
• Nicola Cabibbo, 75, Italian physicist, President of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, respiratory problems.
• Christopher Freeman, 88, British economist.
• Dimitrios Ioannidis, 87, Greek army officer, junta leader.
• Frank Ryan, 50, American plastic surgeon, car crash.
• Narayan Gangaram Surve, 83, Indian poet, after short illness.
• Bobby Thomson, 86, Scottish-born American baseball player (Shot Heard 'Round the World), after long illness.

17

• Francesco Cossiga, 82, Italian politician, Prime Minister (1979–1980) and President (1985–1992), respiratory problems.
• Frank C. Garland, 60, American epidemiologist, esophageal cancer.
• C. Joseph Genster, 92, American marketer (Metrecal), natural causes.
• Don Graham, 96, American real estate developer (Ala Moana Center), pneumonia.
• Franc Gubenšek, 72, Slovene biochemist, Alzheimer's disease.
• Amin al-Hindi, 70, Palestinian intelligence chief of the National Authority, pancreatic cancer.
• Sir Frank Kermode, 90, British literary critic and writer.
• Ludvík Kundera, 90, Czech writer and translator, recipient of the Jaroslav Seifert Prize.
• Alejandro Maclean, 41, Spanish television, film producer and aerobatics pilot, plane crash.
• François Marcantoni, 90, French gangster. (French)
• Eugene McDonnell, 83, American computer scientist.
• Bill Millin, 88, British soldier, bagpiper during World War II.
• Edwin Morgan, 90, Scottish poet, The Scots Makar, pneumonia.
• Ricardo José Weberberger, 70, Austrian-born Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Barreiras (1979–2010).

18

• William Breuer, 87, American military historian.
• Carlos Hugo of Bourbon-Parma, 80, Spanish aristocrat, Carlist pretender to the Throne, cancer.
• Edelmiro Cavazos, 38, Mexican politician, mayor of Santiago, shot. (body found on this date)
• Hal Connolly, 79, American hammer thrower, Olympic gold medalist (1956), brain trauma.
• Fiona Coyne, 45, South African television presenter (The Weakest Link), suspected suicide.
• Martin Dannenberg, 94, American World War II soldier, located the Nuremberg Laws, natural causes.
• Sepp Daxenberger, 48, German politician, bone marrow cancer. (German)
• Steve DeLong, 67, American football player (San Diego Chargers).
• Kenny Edwards, 64, American singer-songwriter (The Stone Poneys), prostate cancer.
• Rina Franchetti, 102, Italian actress. (Italian)
• Robert Gundlach, 84, American physicist and inventor.
• Benjamin Kaplan, 99, American jurist, Associate Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (1972–1981), pneumonia.
• Ryszard Kosiński, 55, Polish Olympic sprint canoer. (Polish)
• Christopher Kovacevich, 82, American Orthodox prelate, Metropolitan of Libertyville and Chicago, cancer.
• Mario G. Obledo, 78, American politician and activist, co-founder of MALDEF, heart attack.
• Efraim Sevela, 82, Russian writer and screenwriter. (Russian)
• Rod Shealy, 56, American political consultant, cerebral hemorrhage.
• Subair, 48, Indian actor, heart attack.
• Héctor Velásquez, 58, Chilean Olympic boxer, stroke. (Spanish)
• William Wilson, 97, British solicitor and politician (MP for Coventry South 1964–1974, Coventry South East 1974–1983).

19

• Skandor Akbar, 75, American professional wrestler and wrestling manager.
• Michael Been, 60, American musician (The Call) and actor (The Last Temptation of Christ), heart attack.
• Gerhard Beil, 84, East German politician.
• Zenon Bortkevich, 73, Azerbaijani Olympic bronze medal-winning (1964) water polo player. (Russian)
• Ahna Capri, 66, American actress (Enter the Dragon), car accident.
• Jackson Gillis, 93, American television writer (Columbo, Perry Mason), pneumonia.
• Suzanne Grossmann, 72, American actress and television writer, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
• Dick Maloney, 77, Canadian singer.
• Anker Sørensen, 84, Danish film editor and director.

20

• Johnny Bailey, 43, American football player (Chicago Bears, Arizona Cardinals), pancreatic cancer.
• James Dooge, 88, Irish politician and academic, Senator (1961–1977; 1981–1987), Minister for Foreign Affairs (1981–1982).
• Samuel Gaumain, 95, French Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Moundou (1960–1974).
• Charles Haddon, 22, British musician (Ou Est Le Swimming Pool), suicide by jumping.
• Gyda Hansen, 72, Danish actress, cancer. (Danish)
• Jack Horkheimer, 72, American public television host (Jack Horkheimer: Star Gazer), executive director of Miami Planetarium, respiratory ailment.
• Samuel Lehtonen, 89, Finnish Lutheran prelate, bishop of Helsinki. (Finnish)
• Tiberio Murgia, 81, Italian actor. (Italian)
• Conny Mus, 59, Dutch journalist, cardiac arrest. (Dutch)
• Charles S. Roberts, 80, American game designer and railroad historian.
• Franz Schurmann, 84, American founder of Pacific News Service, Cold War expert on China, Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease.
• Howard Boyd Turrentine, 96, American federal judge.
• David J. Weber, 69, American historian and author on the American Southwest, multiple myeloma.

21

• Alberto Ablondi, 85, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Livorno (1970–2000).
• Gheorghe Apostol, 97, Romanian politician, General Secretary of the Romanian Communist Party (1954–1955).
• Calvin Blignault, 30, South African mechanical engineer, traffic collision.
• Satch Davidson, 75, American baseball umpire (National League).
• Nancy Dolman, 58, Canadian actress (Soap), wife of Martin Short, natural causes.
• Harold Dow, 62, American television news correspondent (48 Hours), asthma.
• Rodolfo Enrique Fogwill, 69, Argentine writer, lung cancer.
• Melody Gersbach, 23, Filipina beauty queen, Binibining Pilipinas International (2009), car crash.
• Chloé Graftiaux, 23, Belgian rock climber, mountaineering accident.
• Hugo Guerrero Martinheitz, 86, Peruvian journalist, commentator and radio host, cardiac arrest.
• Sir Peter Gwynn-Jones, 70, British herald, Garter Principal King of Arms (1995–2010).
• Gyda Hansen, 72, Danish actress, cancer. (Danish)
• Masaru Nashimoto, 65, Japanese reporter, lung cancer.
• Christoph Schlingensief, 49, German film and theatre director, lung cancer.
• Lakhdar Ben Tobbal, Algerian politician. (Arabic translation)

22

• Raúl Belén, 79, Argentine footballer. (Spanish)
• Stjepan Bobek, 86, Yugoslavian footballer (1950 and 1954 FIFA World Cups, 1948 and 1952 Olympic silver medalist).
• Gheorghe Fiat, 81, Romanian Olympic bronze medal-winning (1952) boxer. (Romanian)
• Raymond Hawkey, 80, British graphic designer.
• Robert S. Ingersoll, 96, American politician, Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs (1974), Deputy Secretary of State (1974–1976).
• Bengt Lindroos, 91, Swedish architect (Kaknästornet). (Swedish)
• Sir Donald Maitland, 88, British diplomat.
• Michel Montignac, 66, French nutritionist, creator of Montignac diet.
• Conny Stuart, 96, Dutch singer and actress.

23

• Marcel Albert, 92, French aviator, World War II flying ace.
• Tito Burns, 89, British musician, prostate cancer.
• Kihachirō Kawamoto, 85, Japanese puppet designer and animator.
• Dave McElhatton, 81, American television news anchor, complications of a stroke.
• Carlos Mendo, 77, Spanish journalist, founder of El País newspaper, after long illness.
• Natalie Nevins, 85, American singer (The Lawrence Welk Show), complications from hip surgery.
• Bill Phillips, 74, American country music singer.
• George Thornewell Smith, 93, American politician and jurist, Lieutenant Governor of Georgia (1967–1971), Supreme Court of Georgia (1981–1991).
• George David Weiss, 89, American composer ("What a Wonderful World", "Can't Help Falling in Love", "The Lion Sleeps Tonight"), natural causes.
• Gareth Williams, 31, British intelligence officer (GCHQ seconded to MI6). (body discovered on this date)

24

• Douglas K. Amdahl, 91, American jurist, Chief Justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court (1981–1989).
• Maixent Coly, 60, Senegalese Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Ziguinchor (since 1995).
• Idiris Muse Elmi, Somali politician, member of the Transitional Federal Parliament, victim of Muna Hotel attack.
• Geddi Abdi Gadid, Somali politician, member of the Transitional Federal Parliament, victim of Muna Hotel attack.
• Pierre Marie Gallois, 99, French brigadier general and geopolitician.
• Satoshi Kon, 46, Japanese film director (Perfect Blue, Millennium Actress), pancreatic cancer.
• Sir Graham Liggins, 84, New Zealand scientist, after long illness.
• Ian McDougall, 65, Canadian television producer, sudden heart failure.
• Bulle Hassan Mo'allim, Somali politician, member of the Transitional Federal Parliament, victim of Muna Hotel attack.
• Scotty Moylan, 94, Guamanian businessman and entrepreneur.
• Vladimir Msryan, 72, Armenian actor.
• Mohamed Hassan M. Nur, Somali politician, member of the Transitional Federal Parliament, victim of Muna Hotel attack.
• Acácio Rodrigues Alves, 85, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Palmares (1962–2000).
• William B. Saxbe, 94, American politician, Senator from Ohio (1969–1974) and Attorney General (1974–1975), pancreatic cancer.
• Mitsuyo Seo, 98, Japanese animator.
• Gibson Sibanda, 66, Zimbabwean politician, cancer.

25

• Daniel P. Davison, 85, American banker and chairman (J.P. Morgan, Christie's, Metropolitan Museum, Burlington Northern), pancreatic cancer.
• Esther Earl, 16, American activist and vlogger, thyroid cancer.
• Andrew S. C. Ehrenberg, 84, British marketing scientist.
• Norm McAtee, 89, Canadian ice hockey player.
• Howard McDiarmid, 83, Canadian physician and politician, cancer.
• Clive Mitchell, 91, Australian politician, member of the Victorian Legislative Council (1968–1973).
• Jaime Prieto Amaya, 69, Colombian Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Barrancabermeja (1993–2008) and Cúcuta (since 2008).

26

• Frank Baumgartl, 55, German Olympic bronze medal-winning (1976) steeplechaser, heart failure. (German)
• John Karefa-Smart, 95, Sierra Leonean politician, Foreign Minister (1961–1964).
• Steve Laore, 46, Solomon Islands politician.
• William B. Lenoir, 71, American NASA astronaut, head injury.
• Bob Maitland, 86, British Olympic silver medal-winning (1948) cyclist, heart attack.
• Cal McLish, 84, American baseball player.
• Raimon Panikkar, 91, Spanish theologian. (Spanish)
• Jack Pitney, 47, American marketing executive (BMW North America), promoter of the Mini Cooper, tractor accident.
• Rustum Roy, 86, Indian physicist.
• Charlotte Tansey, 88, Canadian educator.
• Walter Wolfrum, 87, German World War II Luftwaffe fighter ace.

27

• Fermo Camellini, 95, Italian-born French road bicycle racer.
• Corinne Day, 48, British photographer (Vogue), brain tumour.
• Anton Geesink, 76, Dutch judoka, 1964 Olympic gold medalist and member of the IOC.
• Bernard Goldberg, 84, American businessman, co-founder of Raymour & Flanigan, Alzheimer's disease.
• George Hitchcock, 96, American poet and publisher.
• Marampudi Joji, 67, Indian Roman Catholic prelate, archbishop of Hyderabad (since 2000), cardiac arrest.
• Ravindra Kelekar, 85, Indian author, poet and activist, after short illness.
• Andrew McIntosh, Baron McIntosh of Haringey, 77, British politician and life peer, Greater London Council member (1973–1983), Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard (1997–2003).
• Alexander Monin, 55, Russian vocalist (Kruiz), peritonitis.
• Oscar Ntwagae, 33, South African footballer, hit by automobile.
• Tony Osborne, 84, American professional wrestler.
• Simone Scatizzi, 79, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Fiesole (1977–1981) and Pistoia (1981–2006).
• Colin Tennant, 3rd Baron Glenconner, 83, Scottish noble, developer of Mustique.
• Luna Vachon, 48, Canadian professional wrestler, drug overdose.
• Sigurd Verdal, 83, Norwegian politician. (Norwegian)
• Thomas White, Jr., 71, American politician, member of the New York City Council (1992–2001, since 2006).

28

• Keith Batey, 91, British codebreaker during World War II.
• Daniel Ducarme, 56, Belgian politician, Minister-President of the Brussels Capital-Region (2003–2004), cancer. (Dutch)
• William P. Foster, 91, American marching band director (Florida A&M University).
• John Freeborn, 90, British fighter pilot and flying ace during World War II, age-related complications.
• Sinan Hasani, 88, Kosovar writer and politician, President of Yugoslavia (1986–1987). (Serbian)
• Isa Bakar, 58, Malaysian footballer.
• Augoustinos Kantiotes, 103, Greek Orthodox Metropolitan of Florina (1967–2000), renal failure. (Greek)
• Robin Loh, 81, Singaporean businessman, founder of Robina, Queensland, breathing difficulties.
• Sir Richard Peek, 96, British admiral.

29

• A. C. Baantjer, 86, Dutch author.
• Louis Bastide, 67, Malian judge and diplomat, President of the Supreme Court. (French)
• Totti Cohen, 78, Australian educational activist.
• James Deuter, 71, American actor (Early Edition).
• Ary Fernandes, 79, Brazilian filmmaker, stroke. (Portuguese)
• Gwen Gaze, 95, Australian-born American actress (I Cover the War).
• Lowell Jack, 85, American historian and broadcaster, cancer.
• Peter Lenz, 13, American motorcycle racer, racetrack crash.
• Victoria Longley, 49, Australian actress, breast cancer.

30

• J. C. Bailey, 27, American professional wrestler, brain aneurysm.
• Dejene Berhanu, 29, Ethiopian Olympic runner, suicide.
• Franklin Brito, 49, Venezuelan agricultural producer and protestor, starvation due to hunger strike.
• Alain Corneau, 67, French filmmaker, cancer.
• Henryk Czapczyk, 88, Polish footballer. (Polish)
• Patrick Dougherty, 78, Australian Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Bathurst (1983–2008).
• Owen Edwards, 76, British television executive, Director of BBC Wales (1974–1981).
• Lakshman Jayakody, 80, Sri Lankan politician, Minister of Buddhist Affairs (1994–2000), after short illness.
• Nicholas Lyell, Baron Lyell of Markyate, 71, British politician, MP (1979–2001),Solicitor General (1987–1992), Attorney General (1992–1997) and life peer, cancer.
• Jim MacLaren, 47, American triathlete.
• Irvin Rockman, 72, Australian politician and businessman, Lord Mayor of Melbourne (1977–1979), eye cancer.
• Mikhail Sado, 76, Russian Assyrian dissident, politician and scholar. (Russian)
• Philip Tisson, 24, Saint Lucian footballer, shot.
• Lynn Turner, 42, American murderer, suicide by overdose of prescription medication.
• Francisco Varallo, 100, Argentine footballer, last surviving participant in the 1930 FIFA World Cup.

31

• Joseph T. Ainsworth, 93, American physician.
• Vance Bourjaily, 87, American novelist.
• Laurent Fignon, 50, French road bicycle racer, winner of 1983 and 1984 Tour de France, lung cancer.
• Jean-Marie Kélétigui, 78, Ivorian Bishop Emeritus of Katiola.
• Gail Koff, 65, American lawyer and partner in Jacoby & Meyers, leukemia.
• Mick Lally, 64, Irish actor (Glenroe), heart failure and emphysema.
• Ken Orsatti, 78, American director of the Screen Actors Guild (1981–2000), pulmonary disease.
• Alexander Prosvirnin, c. 46, Ukrainian Olympic Nordic combined skier. (Ukrainian) (body found on this date)
• Vladimir Raitz, 88, Russian-born British entrepreneur.
• Sid Rawle, 64, British campaigner.
• John Rowswell, 55, Canadian politician, Mayor of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario.
• Vladimir Shkodrov, 80, Bulgarian astronomer, politician, professor and rector. (Bulgarian)