Deaths in April 2011

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The following is a list of notable deaths in April 2011.

April 2011

1

• Peter Baumann, 75, Swiss psychiatrist. (German)
• Lou Gorman, 82, American baseball executive and general manager (Boston Red Sox, Seattle Mariners).
• Jane Gregory, 51, British Olympic equestrian, heart attack.
• George Gryaznov, 77, Russian Orthodox Archbishop of Chelyabinsk and Zlatoust (1989–1996), stroke. (Russian)
• Manning Marable, 60, American professor (Columbia University).
• Edel Ojeda, 82, Mexican Olympic boxer. (Spanish)
• Georgi Rusev, 82, Bulgarian theatre and film actor. (Bulgarian)
• Siri Skare, 52, Norwegian lieutenant colonel, first Norwegian female military pilot.
• Varkey Vithayathil, 83, Indian Syro-Malabar Catholic hierarch, Cardinal (from 2001), Major Archbishop of Ernakulam-Angamaly (from 1999).
• Brynle Williams, 62, Welsh activist (fuel protests) and politician, AM for North Wales (from 2003).

2

• Reshat Bardhi, 76, Albanian religious figure, head of the Bektashi order.
• Larry Finch, 60, American basketball player and coach (Memphis Tigers).
• John C. Haas, 92, American businessman (Rohm and Haas), natural causes.
• Efrain Loyola, 94, Cuban flautist.
• James McNulty, 92, Canadian politician, MP for Lincoln (1962–1968) and St. Catharines (1968–1972).
• Jess Osuna, 82, American character actor (Three Days of the Condor).
• Larry Parr, 64, American chess player.
• Tom Silverio, 65, Dominican-born American baseball player (California Angels). (Spanish)
• Bill Varney, 77, American sound editor (Raiders of the Lost Ark, Back to the Future, Dune).
• Paul Violi, 66, American poet, cancer.
• Sandra Zober, 83, American actress.

3

• Rafique Alam, 81, Indian politician, heart attack.
• Amy Applegren, 83, American baseball player (All-American Girls Professional Baseball League).
• Ulli Beier, 88, German writer.
• William Henry Bullock, 83, American Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Des Moines (1987–1993) and Madison (1993–2003), lung cancer.
• James Martin Fitzgerald, 90, American jurist, justice of the Alaska Supreme Court (1972–1974), judge of the District Court for the District of Alaska (1974–2006).
• Martin Horton, 76, English cricketer, after long illness.
• Kevin Jarre, 56, American screenwriter (Tombstone, Glory, The Mummy), heart failure.
• Yevgeny Lyadin, 84, Russian footballer. (Russian)
• Marian Pankowski, 91, Polish writer.
• William Prusoff, 90, American pharmacologist.
• Calvin Russell, 62, American protest singer-songwriter and guitarist.
• Mandi Schwartz, 23, Canadian college ice hockey player, acute myeloid leukemia.
• Gustavo Sondermann, 29, Brazilian racing driver, race crash. (Portuguese)
• John A. Tory, 81, Canadian lawyer and corporate executive, stroke.

4

• John Adler, 51, American politician, U.S. Representative from New Jersey (2009–2011), infective endocarditis.
• Scott Columbus, 54, American drummer (Manowar).
• Jackson Lago, 76, Brazilian politician, Governor of Maranhão (2007–2009), cancer. (Portuguese)
• Ned McWherter, 80, American politician, Speaker of the Tennessee House of Representatives (1973–1987) and Governor (1987–1995), cancer.
• Juliano Mer-Khamis, 52, Israeli actor and political activist, shot.
• John Niven, 89, Scottish footballer (East Fife F.C.).
• Witta Pohl, 73, German actress. (German)
• Wayne Robson, 64, Canadian actor (The Red Green Show).
• Craig Thomas, 68, Welsh author, pneumonia.
• Juan Tuñas, 93, Cuban footballer. (Spanish)
• Vakur Versan, 93, Turkish jurist, professor of administrative law (Istanbul University). (Turkish)
• Boško Vuksanović, 83, Croatian water polo player. (Croatian)

5

• Baruch Samuel Blumberg, 85, American doctor, Nobel laureate in medicine, heart attack.
• L. J. Davis, 70, American writer.
• John Mahoney, 61, American politician.
• Ange-Félix Patassé, 74, Central African politician, Prime Minister (1976–1978) and President (1993–2003).
• Gil Robbins, 80, American folk singer (The Highwaymen) and actor, father of Tim Robbins, prostate cancer.
• Larry Shepard, 92, American baseball manager (Pittsburgh Pirates) and coach (Cincinnati Reds).

6

• Thøger Birkeland, 89, Danish children's book author. (Danish)
• Igor Birman, 85, Russian-born American writer and economist.
• Jim Blair, 64, Scottish footballer, natural causes.
• John Bottomley, 50, Canadian singer-songwriter, suicide.
• Mike Campbell, 78, Zimbabwean farmer, challenged Robert Mugabe (Campbell v Zimbabwe), complications from torture.
• Giuseppe Comini, 88, Italian Olympic fencer. (Italian)
• Robin Lindsay, 97, British Olympic silver medal-winning (1948) field hockey player.
• Coyote McCloud, 68, American disc jockey.
• Johnny Morris, 87, English footballer.
• Skip O'Brien, 60, American actor (CSI, The Hitcher, Blow), complications from prostate cancer.
• Fritiof S. Sjöstrand, 98, Swedish physician and histologist.
• F. Gordon A. Stone, 85, British chemist.
• Sujatha, 58, Indian actress.
• Hans Tiedge, 73, German spy.

7

• Bruce Cowan, 85, Australian politician, member of the House of Representatives (1980–1993).
• Edward Edwards, 77, American serial killer, natural causes.
• Hugh FitzRoy, 11th Duke of Grafton, 92, British aristocrat.
• Pierre Gauvreau, 88, Canadian painter and television screenplay writer.
• Blažena Holišová, 80, Czech film and theatre actress. (Czech)
• Arthur Lessac, 101, American voice trainer.
• E. J. McGuire, 58, Canadian ice hockey coach and scout, cancer.
• Hedzer Rijpstra, 91, Dutch politician. (Dutch)
• Victor Surdu, 63, Romanian politician, first post-Communist Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development.

8

• Mario Branch, 31, American football player (Tennessee Titans, Amsterdam Admirals, Philadelphia Soul), heart failure.
• Daniel Catán, 62, Mexican composer.
• David S. Clarke, 69, Australian businessman, chairman of Macquarie Group (1985–2007), stomach cancer.
• John McCracken, 76, American sculptor.
• Ian Molyneux, 38, British Royal Navy officer, George Medal recipient, shooting.
• John Pugsley, 77, American libertarian speaker and writer.
• Donald Shanks, 70, Australian operatic bass-baritone, heart attack.
• Vasilijs Stepanovs, 83, Latvian weightlifter and Olympic silver medalist (1956 Melbourne). (Latvian)
• Hedda Sterne, 100, Romanian-born American painter and printmaker.
• Elena Zuasti, 75, Uruguayan stage actress and comedian, heart failure. (Spanish)

9

• Pierre Celis, 86, Belgian brewer (Celis), cancer. (Dutch)
• Robert Coleman-Senghor, 71, American English professor, torn aorta.
• Chip Fairway, 38, American wrestler.
• Nicholas Goodhart, 91, British marine engineer and glider pilot.
• Jerry Lawson, 70, American videogame console engineer.
• Sidney Lumet, 86, American film director (12 Angry Men, Dog Day Afternoon, Network), lymphoma.
• Roger Nichols, 66, American sound engineer and record producer (Steely Dan), pancreatic cancer.
• Yolande Palfrey, 54, British actress (Blake's 7, Doctor Who), brain tumour.
• Orrin Tucker, 100, American orchestra leader.
• Randy Wood, 94, American record producer, founder of Dot Records.

10

• Bill Brill, 79, American sportswriter and newspaper editor, esophageal cancer.
• Violet Cowden, 94, American pilot, member of Women Airforce Service Pilots during World War II, heart failure.
• Don Merton, 72, New Zealand conservationist.
• Thelma Pressman, 89, American microwave cooking consultant, opened first microwave cooking school in the United States.
• Mikhail Rusyayev, 46, Russian footballer. (Russian)
• Bob Shaw, 89, American football player (Los Angeles Rams).
• Homer Smith, 79, American football coach (Army Black Knights), cancer.
• Phil Solomon, 86, Northern Irish music executive.
• Francis E. Sweeney, 77, American jurist, Ohio Supreme Court justice (1993–2004).
• Stephen Watson, 56, South African writer and critic, cancer.

11

• Billy Bang, 63, American jazz violinist, lung cancer.
• Lewis Binford, 80, American archaeologist, heart failure.
• Jimmy Briggs, 74, Scottish footballer (Dundee United).
• Akis Cleanthous, 47, Cypriot politician, chairman of the Stock Exchange (2003–2007), Minister of Education and Culture (2007–2008), heart attack.
• John D'Orazio, 55, Australian politician, member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly for Ballajura (2001–2008), heart attack during surgery.
• La Esterella, 91, Flemish singer.
• Billy Gray, 83, English footballer (Nottingham Forest).
• Murtaza Hassan, Pakistani stage comedian, hepatitis and liver cancer.
• Sir Simon Milton, 49, British politician, London Deputy Mayor for Policy and Planning, after short illness.
• Doug Newlands, 79, Scottish footballer (Aberdeen, Burnley).
• Peter Ruehl, 64, American-born Australian columnist.
• Angela Scoular, 65, British actress, suicide by poisoning.
• Larry Sweeney, 30, American professional wrestler and manager, suicide by hanging.
• Eric Wall, 95, British Anglican bishop, Bishop of Huntingdon (1972–1980)

12

• Sachin Bhowmick, 80, Indian screenwriter, heart attack.
• Lee Bradley Brown, 39, British tourist, died in police custody in Dubai.
• Ronnie Coyle, 46, Scottish footballer (Celtic, Raith Rovers), leukemia.
• Sidney Harman, 92, American businessman and publisher (Newsweek), acute myeloid leukemia.
• Eddie Joost, 94, American baseball player and manager (Philadelphia Athletics, Cincinnati Reds).
• Robert Lokossimbayé, 35, Chadian footballer.
• Buster Martin, 104?, French-born British longevity claimant.
• Aleksandar Petaković, 81, Serbian football player. (Serbian)
• Jānis Polis, 72, Latvian pharmacologist, discovered rimantadine. (Russian)
• Ioan Şişeştean, 74, Romanian Catholic hierarch, Bishop of Maramureş (since 1994).
• Désiré Tagro, 52, Ivorian politician, Interior Minister, chief of staff for Laurent Gbagbo, shot.
• Miroslav Tichý, 84, Czech photographer.

13

• Danny Fiszman, 66, British football director (Arsenal), cancer.
• Seeta bint Abdul Aziz, 80, Saudi royal, sister of King Abdullah, after long illness.

14

• Rosihan Anwar, 88, Indonesian journalist, heart failure.
• Trevor Bannister, 76, British actor (Are You Being Served?, Last of the Summer Wine, The Dustbinmen), heart attack.
• Walter Breuning, 114, American supercentenarian, world's third oldest man ever.
• George Brookes, 76, Australian politician, member of the Tasmanian Legislative Council (1991–1997).
• Jon Cedar, 80, American character actor (Hogan's Heroes), leukemia.
• Patrick Cullinan, 77, South African writer.
• Louis Jean Dufaux, 79, French Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Grenoble (1989–2006).
• Bernie Flowers, 81, American football player (Baltimore Colts).
• Joe Dan Gold, 68, American college basketball coach (Mississippi State).
• Jean Gratton, 86, Canadian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Mont-Laurier (1978–2001).
• Cyrus Harvey, Jr., 85, American entrepreneur, stroke.
• William Lipscomb, 91, American chemist, pneumonia.
• Arthur Marx, 89, American writer, son of Groucho Marx.
• Rami Reddy, 52, Indian actor, kidney failure.

15

• Vittorio Arrigoni, 36, Italian activist, hanged.
• Babu Baral, 47, Pakistani comedian, cancer.
• Reno Bertoia, 76, Italian-born Canadian baseball player (Detroit Tigers, Minnesota Twins), lymphoma.
• Walter Brown, 85, Australian Olympic bronze medal-winning (1956) canoer.
• Elmer Carter, 100, American Negro league baseball player.
• William Cook, 80, American entrepreneur, philanthropist and historic preservationist, heart failure.
• Hélio Gueiros, 85, Brazilian politician, Governor of Pará (1987–1991), Mayor of Belém (1993–1996), renal disease. (Portuguese)
• Michael Hurley, 87, Irish Jesuit and ecumenical theologian, co-founder of the Irish School of Ecumenics.
• Vincenzo La Scola, 53, Italian tenor, heart attack.
• Bobo Osborne, 75, American baseball player (Detroit Tigers).
• Nicholas Selby, 85, British actor.
• Beryl Shipley, 84, American basketball coach (University of Louisiana at Lafayette, San Diego Conquistadors).
• E. T. York, 88, American agronomist, educator and presidential adviser.

16

• Gerry Alexander, 82, Jamaican cricketer.
• Bijan, 67, Iranian-born American fashion designer, stroke.
• Allan Blakeney, 85, Canadian politician, Premier of Saskatchewan (1971–1982), complications from liver cancer.
• Chinesinho, 76, Brazilian footballer, Alzheimer's disease. (Portuguese)
• Stanley Glenn, 84, American baseball player and executive (Negro league baseball).
• Bjørn Oscar Gulbrandsen, 85, Norwegian Olympic ice hockey player and sailor.
• Bill Kinnamon, 91, American Major League Baseball umpire.
• Serge LeClerc, 61, Canadian pardoned criminal and politician, MLA for Saskatoon Northwest (2007–2010), complications from colon and bowel cancer.
• William A. Rusher, 87, American columnist, publisher of National Review (1957–1988).
• Dan Monroe Russell, Jr., 98, American federal judge, natural causes.
• Sol Saks, 100, American screenwriter, creator of Bewitched.
• Hermod Skånland, 85, Norwegian Central Bank governor (1985–1993). (Norwegian)
• Harold Volkmer, 80, American politician, U.S. Representative from Missouri (1977–1997), pneumonia.

17

• Nasser Al-Kharafi, 67, Kuwaiti businessman (M. A. Kharafi & Sons), heart attack.
• James S. Albus, 75, American engineer.
• Bob Block, 89, British comedy writer (Rentaghost, Life with The Lyons).
• Joel Colton, 92, American historian, heart failure.
• Osamu Dezaki, 67, Japanese animator (Space Adventure Cobra, Tomorrow's Joe), lung cancer. (Japanese)
• Alfred Freedman, 94, American psychiatrist, declassified homosexuality as a mental illness, complications following hip surgery.
• Eric Gross, 84, Austrian-born Australian composer.
• Josefa Köster, 92, German Olympic sprint canoer.
• Eddie Leadbeater, 83, English cricketer, after short illness.
• Oldřich Lomecký, 90, Czech Olympic sprint canoer. (Czech)
• Blair Milan, 29, Australian actor and television presenter, acute myeloid leukaemia.
• Nikos Papazoglou, 63, Greek singer-songwriter, cancer.
• AJ Perez, 18, Filipino actor, traffic accident.
• Raúl Sánchez Díaz Martell, 96, Mexican politician, Governor of Baja California (1965–1971).
• Michael Sarrazin, 70, Canadian actor (They Shoot Horses, Don't They?; The Flim-Flam Man; For Pete's Sake), cancer.
• Bhawani Singh, 79, Indian noble, titular Maharaja of Jaipur (since 1970).
• Dennis E. Stowell, 66, American politician, member of the Utah State Senate (2007–2011), cancer.
• Ken Taylor, 88, British television scriptwriter (The Jewel in the Crown).
• Robert Vickrey, 84, American artist.
• Victor Ward, 87, Canadian miner, survivor of the 1956 Springhill Mine disaster, after long illness.

18

• Olubayo Adefemi, 25, Nigerian footballer, car accident.
• Sadiq Ali, 58, Indian politician.
• Pietro Ferrero Jr., 47, Italian businessman (Ferrero SpA), bicycle accident.
• Kjell Håkonsen, 75, Norwegian harness racer and trainer. (Norwegian)
• Yu-ri Kim, 22, South Korean fashion model, apparent suicide.
• Bob Plant, 95, British soldier, recipient of the Military Cross.
• Mason Rudolph, 76, American golfer.
• Giovanni Saldarini, 86, Italian cardinal, Archbishop of Turin (1989–1999), natural causes. (Italian)
• William Donald Schaefer, 89, American politician, Governor of Maryland (1987–1995), pneumonia.
• Israpil Velijanov, 42, Dagastani militant leader. (Russian)
• Ivica Vidović, 72, Croatian actor, after long illness. (Croatian)

19

• Anne Blonstein, 52, British poet.
• Lynn Chandnois, 86, American football player (Pittsburgh Steelers).
• Lisa Head, 29, British soldier, improvised explosive device.
• Richard P. Klocko, 96, American Air Force lieutenant general.
• Norm Masters, 77, American football player (Green Bay Packers), cancer.
• Aage Møst, 87, Norwegian sports official, President of the Norwegian Athletics Association (1956–1965).
• Serge Nubret, 72, French bodybuilder and actor (Pumping Iron).
• Elisabeth Sladen, 65, British actress (Doctor Who, The Sarah Jane Adventures), cancer.
• Grete Waitz, 57, Norwegian marathon runner, cancer.

20

• Allan Brown, 84, Scottish football player and manager (Blackpool, Scotland).
• Tim Hetherington, 40, British photojournalist and filmmaker (Restrepo), mortar attack.
• Chris Hondros, 41, American photojournalist, mortar attack.
• Osvaldo Miranda, 95, Argentine actor (Cita en las estrellas).
• Patricia Ofori, 29, Ghanaian international footballer (2003 & 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup), traffic collision.
• Madelyn Pugh, 90, American screenwriter (I Love Lucy, The Mothers-in-Law) and producer (Alice).
• Tul Bahadur Pun, 88, Nepali World War II veteran, recipient of the Victoria Cross, cardiac complications.
• Hubert Schlafly, 91, American engineer, co-inventor of the TelePrompter.
• Kerry Smith, 58, New Zealand actress and broadcaster, melanoma.
• Erwin Strahl, 82, Austrian actor. (German)

21

• Beverly Barton, 64, American romance author, heart failure.
• Tine Bryld, 71, Danish social worker, writer, radio host and letters editor. (Danish)
• Annalisa Ericson, 97, Swedish actress (Summer Interlude). (Swedish)
• Helen J. Frye, 80, American federal judge, after long illness.
• Reginald C. Fuller, 102, British Roman Catholic priest and author.
• Harold Garfinkel, 93, American sociologist.
• W. J. Gruffydd, 94, Welsh poet.
• Catharina Halkes, 90, Dutch theologian and feminist Dutch
• Jim Heise, 80, American baseball player (Washington Senators), complications from surgery.
• Jess Stonestreet Jackson, Jr., 81, American wine entrepreneur, founder of Kendall-Jackson, cancer.
• Ken Kostick, 57, Canadian cooking show host (What's for Dinner?), complications of pancreatitis.
• Max Mathews, 84, American engineer and computer music composer, complications from pneumonia.
• Muhannad, 41, Saudi al Qaeda fighter in Chechnya, shot.
• Sofía Silva, 82, Venezuelan winner of first Miss Venezuela title (1952). (Spanish)
• Yoshiko Tanaka, 55, Japanese actress (Godzilla vs. Biollante) and singer (Candies), breast cancer. (Japanese)
• Walter van de Walle, 88, Canadian politician, MP for Pembina (1986–1988) and St. Albert (1988–1993).

22

• Moin Akhter, 60, Pakistani actor and comedian, heart attack.
• Patrick Billingsley, 85, American mathematician and actor.
• Cheung Sai Ho, 35, Hong Kong footballer, suicide by jumping. (Chinese)
• Wiel Coerver, 86, Dutch footballer and manager. (Dutch)
• Eldon Davis, 94, American architect, creator of Googie architecture, founder of Armet & Davis.
• Hazel Dickens, 75, American bluegrass singer.
• Madhava Gudi, 70, Indian Hindustani classical vocalist.
• Siarhei Lahun, 22, Belarusian weightlifter, car accident.
• Sidney Michaels, 83, American playwright and screenwriter (The Night They Raided Minsky's), Alzheimer's disease.
• Merle Greene Robertson, 97, American artist and archeologist.
• José Torres Martino, 94, Puerto Rican painter and writer, after long illness.
• João Maria Tudela, 81, Portuguese singer. (Portuguese)

23

• Mushtaq Ahmad, 79, Pakistani Olympic gold medal-winning (1960) field hockey player.
• Ed Austin, 84, American attorney and politician, Mayor of Jacksonville, Florida (1991–1995).
• Dmytro Blazheyovskyi, 100, Ukrainian priest, historian and embroiderer. (Ukrainian)
• Ghafoor Butt, 74, Pakistani cricketer and umpire.
• James Casey, 88, British comedian.
• Bill Flynn, 59, Australian politician, member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland for Lockyer (2001–2004), parliamentary leader of One Nation (2001–2004).
• Sid Fournet, 78, American football player (New York Jets, Pittsburgh Steelers).
• David Hackett, 84, American government official (President's Committee on Juvenile Delinquency and Youth Crime, 1961–1964), complications of diabetes.
• Tom King, 68, American guitarist and songwriter (The Outsiders), heart failure.
• Peter Li Hongye, 91, Chinese underground Roman Catholic prelate, clandestine bishop of Luoyang.
• Peter Lieberson, 64, American composer, complications of lymphoma.
• Terence Longdon, 88, British actor.
• Huey P. Meaux, 82, American record producer.
• Milorad Bata Mihailović, 88, Serbian painter. (Serbian)
• Noxolo Nogwaza, 24, South African lesbian activist, stabbed.
• Norio Ohga, 81, Japanese businessman, president and CEO of Sony, multiple organ failure.
• Ready Teddy, 23, New Zealand eventing horse, complications from colic.
• Geoffrey Russell, 4th Baron Ampthill, 89, British politician.
• Mohammad Abdus Sattar, 85, Indian Olympic footballer, pneumonia.
• Phillip Shriver, 88, American historian and college administrator.
• Max van der Stoel, 86, Dutch politician and diplomat, Minister of Foreign Affairs (1973–1977, 1981–1982).
• John Sullivan, 64, British writer (Only Fools and Horses), viral pneumonia.
• Dutch Tilders, 69, Australian blues musician, cancer.

24

• Sathya Sai Baba, 84, Indian spiritual guru, founder of the Sathya Sai Organization, multiple organ failure.
• Nawang Gombu, 79, Tibetan-born Indian mountaineer, after short illness.
• Alimirah Hanfere, 95, Ethiopian sultan of the Aussa Sultanate.
• Sir Denis Mahon, 100, British art historian and philanthropist.
• Madame Nhu, 87, South Vietnamese First Lady (1955–1963), after short illness.
• Joan Peyser, 80, American musicologist, after heart surgery.
• Marie-France Pisier, 66, French actress (The Other Side of Midnight), drowning.
• Colin Snedden, 93, New Zealand cricketer.

25

• Winrich Behr, 93, German World War II Panzer captain, recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.
• Ira Cohen, 76, American poet, renal failure.
• William Craig, 86, Northern Irish politician, founder of Vanguard Unionist Progressive Party, MP for Belfast East (1974–1979).
• Abdoulaye Hamani Diori, 65, Nigerien politician, after long illness. (French)
• María Isbert, 94, Spanish actress.
• Lawrence Lee, 101, British stained glass artist.
• Joe Perry, 84, American football player (San Francisco 49ers), member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
• Poly Styrene, 53, British musician (X-Ray Spex), breast cancer.
• Gonzalo Rojas, 93, Chilean poet. (Spanish)
• Güven Sazak, 76, Turkish businessman, chairman of Fenerbahçe S.K. (1993–1994).
• Minoru Tanaka, 44, Japanese actor (Ultraman Mebius & Ultraman Brothers, Kamen Rider W Returns – Kamen Rider Accel), suspected suicide by hanging.
• Avraham Tiar, 87, Israeli politician, member of the Knesset (1961–1969).
• Bobby Thompson, 57, American baseball player (Texas Rangers).
• Elizabeth Wicken, 83, Canadian baseball player (All-American Girls Professional Baseball League).

26

• Douglas Chaffee, 75, American artist.
• John Cossette, 54, American television producer (Grammy Awards).
• Roger Gimbel, 86, American Emmy Award-winning television producer (Chernobyl: The Final Warning, S.O.S. Titanic), pneumonia.
• Lynn Hauldren, 89, American copywriter and product spokesperson (Empire Carpet).
• José María Izuzquiza Herranz, 85, Spanish-born Peruvian Roman Catholic prelate, Vicar Apostolic of Jaén en Peru (1987–2001).
• Sir Henry Leach, 87, British admiral.
• Jim Mandich, 62, American football player and announcer (Miami Dolphins), bile duct cancer.
• Don Miles, 75, American baseball player (Los Angeles Dodgers).
• Islwyn Morris, 90, Welsh actor.
• Sadler's Wells, 30, American racehorse.
• Phoebe Snow, 60, American singer-songwriter ("Poetry Man"), brain hemorrhage.
• Hector Sutherland, 81, Australian cyclist.
• Samuel Zoll, 76, American jurist and politician, Mayor of Salem, Massachusetts (1970–1973), gallbladder cancer.

27

• Orlando Bosch, 84, Cuban exile, after long illness.
• Ibrahim Coulibaly, 47, Ivorian militia leader.
• Paul Vincent Donovan, 86, American Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Kalamazoo (1971–1994).
• Jack H. Goaslind, 83, American leader in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
• Igor Kon, 82, Russian philosopher, psychologist and sexologist.
• Rafael Menjívar Ochoa, 51, Salvadoran writer, journalist and translator, cancer. (Spanish)
• Marian Mercer, 75, American actress (It's a Living), complications from Alzheimer's disease.
• Dag Stokke, 44, Norwegian keyboardist (TNT), church organist and mastering engineer, cancer. (Norwegian)
• Harold Schnitzer, 87, American philanthropist and company executive (Schnitzer Steel), cancer.
• Harry Thuillier, 85, Irish Olympic fencer and radio presenter.
• Yvette Vickers, 81–82, American actress (Attack of the 50 Foot Woman), singer and model (Playboy). (body discovered on this date).
• Willem Albert Wagenaar, 69, Dutch psychologist.
• Michael Waltman, 64, American actor (Beyond the Law, Tower of Terror, National Lampoon's Van Wilder).
• David Wilkerson, 79, American Christian evangelist and author (The Cross and the Switchblade), car accident.

28

• Enrique Arancibia Clavel, 66, Chilean DINA agent.
• William Campbell, 87, American film and television actor (Love Me Tender, Star Trek, Dementia 13).
• Gene Fekete, 88, American football player (Cleveland Browns).
• Erhard Loretan, 52, Swiss mountaineer, third climber to scale all 14 eight-thousanders, climbing accident.
• Willie O'Neill, 70, Scottish football player (Celtic). (death announced on this date)
• E. Earl Patton, 83, American businessman and politician.
• Wilhelm Weidenbrück, 96, German Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipient. (German)

29

• Waldemar Baszanowski, 75, Polish weightlifter.
• Robert B. Duncan, 90, American politician, U.S. Representative from Oregon (1963–1967, 1975–1981).
• Asker Dzhappuyev, 40, Russian militant leader (Yarmuk Jamaat), shot.
• Salim Ghazal, 79, Syrian-born Lebanese Melkite Catholic hierarch, Curial bishop of Antioch for Melkites (2001–2005).
• Abdul Hameed, 83, Pakistani writer and novelist.
• Jeff Kargola, 27, American freestyle motocross rider, race accident.
• Vladimir Krainev, 67, Russian pianist, People's Artist of the USSR, aortic aneurysm. (Russian)
• David Mason, 85, British trumpeter, played trumpet solo on "Penny Lane", leukemia.
• Siamak Pourzand, 79, Iranian journalist and dissident, suicide by jumping.
• Joanna Russ, 74, American science fiction author, following a series of strokes.
• Walter Santoro, 89, Uruguayan politician, Minister of Industry (1963–1964), natural causes. (Spanish)

30

• Ronald D. Asmus, 53, American diplomat and political analyst, cancer.
• Saif al-Arab Gaddafi, 28-29, Libyan soldier, son of Muammar Gaddafi.
• Pete Gray, 30, Australian environmental activist, bowel cancer.
• Richard Holmes, 65, British military historian.
• Dorjee Khandu, 56, Indian Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh (since 2007), helicopter crash.
• Mike Krsnich, 79, American baseball player (Milwaukee Braves).
• Anthony Francis Mestice, 87, American Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of New York (1973–2001).
• Harry S. Morgan, 65, German pornographic actor, producer and director. (German) (body found on this date)
• Emilio Navarro, 105, Puerto Rican Negro league baseball player.
• Evald Okas, 95, Estonian painter. (Estonian)
• Daniel Quillen, 70, American mathematician.
• Ernesto Sabato, 99, Argentine writer (El Túnel, On Heroes and Tombs), pneumonia.
• Edgar Seymour, 98, American Olympic bobsledder.
• Apostolos Santas, 89, Greek Resistance veteran. (Greek)
• Eddie Turnbull, 88, Scottish football player and manager.