Deaths in December 2010

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

December 2010

1

• Berlenti Abdul Hamid, 75, Egyptian actress, stroke.
• Adriaan Blaauw, 96, Dutch astronomer. (Dutch)
• Helen Boatwright, 94, American soprano, complications from a fall.
• Hillard Elkins, 81, American talent manager and film producer (Alice's Restaurant, Richard Pryor: Live in Concert), heart attack.
• Frank S. Emi, 94, American member of the Fair Play Committee.
• Shahla Jahed, 39, Iranian convicted murderer, executed by hanging.
• Charles N. Millican, 94, American academic, founding president of the University of Central Florida.
• Richard P. Myers, 62, American politician, member of the Illinois House of Representatives (1995–2010), prostate cancer.

2

• Michael Bunluen Mansap, 81, Thai Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Ubon Ratchathani (1976–2006).
• Michele Giordano, 80, Italian Roman Catholic cardinal, Archbishop of Naples (1987–2006).
• Chane't Johnson, 34, American actress, heart attack.
• Lee Huan, 93, Taiwanese politician, Premier of the Republic of China (1989–1990), cardiopulmonary failure.
• Ernâni Lopes, 68, Portuguese politician, Minister of Finance (1983–1985). (German)

3

• Marvin Bass, 91, American college football player and coach.
• Hugues Cuénod, 108, Swiss tenor.
• Phil Jasner, 68, American sportswriter, cancer.
• Elaine Kaufman, 81, American restaurateur, founder of Elaine's, emphysema and pulmonary hypertension.
• Donald Pass, 80, British abstract painter.
• José Ramos Delgado, 75, Argentine footballer and coach, Alzheimer's disease. (Spanish)
• Ron Santo, 70, American baseball player and broadcaster (Chicago Cubs), member of MLB Hall of Fame, complications from diabetes and bladder cancer.
• Skip Young, 59, American professional wrestler.

4

• Manish Acharya, 40, Indian film director and actor, fall from horse.
• Pamela Bryant, 51, American model, actress (H.O.T.S.), and Playboy Playmate of the Month (April 1978), natural causes.
• Bryan Bush, 76, American politician.
• Pierre de Beaumont, 96, Franco-American founder of Brookstone.
• Lia Dorana, 92, Dutch actress and comedian. (Dutch)
• Cathy Harvin, 56, American politician, member of the South Carolina House of Representatives (since 2006), breast cancer.
• Torodd Hauer, 88, Norwegian Olympic speed skater.
• King Curtis Iaukea, 73, American professional wrestler, after long illness.
• Jacques Lafleur, 78, French politician, leader of New Caledonia anti-independence movement.
• Ken Lehman, 82, American baseball player (Brooklyn Dodgers).
• Heather Stilwell, 66, Canadian pro-life activist and politician, leader of the Christian Heritage Party (1993–1994), breast cancer.
• Dagoberto Suárez Melo, 35, Colombian politician, Governor of Guaviare (2010), car crash. (Spanish)

5

• Alan Armer, 88, American Emmy Award-winning television producer (The Fugitive), colon cancer.
• Shamil Burziyev, 25, Russian footballer, car crash. (Russian)
• David French, 71, Canadian playwright, cancer.
• María Ester Gatti, 92, Uruguayan human rights activist.
• Heda Margolius Kovály, 91, Czech author and Holocaust survivor.
• John Leslie, 65, American pornographic film actor and director, heart attack.
• Don Meredith, 72, American football player (Dallas Cowboys) and commentator (Monday Night Football), brain hemorrhage.
• John Thomas Steinbock, 73, American Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Santa Rosa (1987–1991) and Fresno (since 1991), lung cancer.
• Virgilio Teixeira, 93, Portuguese actor (Return of the Seven, The Fall of the Roman Empire, El Cid). (Portuguese)

6

• Frank Bessac, 88, American anthropologist, stroke.
• Tom Crowe, 88, Irish-born British presenter (BBC Radio 3).
• Mark Dailey, 57, American-born Canadian television journalist and announcer, cancer.
• Ambrosio Echebarria Arroita, 88, Spanish Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Barbastro-Monzón (1974–1999).
• René Hauss, 82, French footballer. (French)
• Norman Hetherington, 89, Australian cartoonist and television personality.
• Ferenc Keszthelyi, 82, Hungarian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Vác (1992–2003).
• James Thomas Lynn, 83, American politician, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (1973–1975), complications from a stroke.
• Vic Lynn, 85, Canadian ice hockey player (Chicago Blackhawks, New York Rangers).
• Imre Mathesz, 73, Hungarian footballer and coach, car crash.
• Art Quimby, 77, American college basketball player (UConn).
• Hank Raymonds, 86, American college basketball coach (Marquette), cancer.
• Roy R. Rubottom, Jr., 98, American diplomat.
• Martin Russ, 79, American author and United States Marine.
• T. E. Srinivasan, 60, Indian cricketer, brain cancer.
• Júlio Tavares Rebimbas, 88, Portuguese Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Porto (1982–1997).
• Ellen Ugland, 57, Norwegian billionaire.

7

• Peter Andry, 83, Australian-born British record producer (Decca Records, EMI Classics), cancer.
• John E. Baldwin, 79, British astronomer.
• Hendrik Coetzee, 35, South African kayaker and adventurer, crocodile attack.
• Cardell Camper, 58, American baseball player.
• Elizabeth Edwards, 61, American author, lawyer and political activist, breast cancer.
• Fan Yew Teng, 68. Malaysian politician and human rights activist.
• John A. Ferraro, 64, American television actor and director, colon cancer.
• Samuel Pailthorpe King, 94, American district court judge (District of Hawaii, 1972–1984), injuries from a fall.
• Art Mahan, 97, American baseball player (Philadelphia Phillies) and college baseball coach (Villanova), heart failure.
• Gus Mercurio, 82, American-born Australian boxer and actor.
• Kari Tapio, 65, Finnish schlager singer, heart attack.
• Federico Vairo, 80, Argentine footballer and coach, stomach cancer. (Spanish)
• Armin Weiss, 83, German chemist and politician. (German)
• Arnold Weiss, 86, German-born American soldier, helped discover Adolf Hitler's will, pneumonia.

8

• Murray Armstrong, 94, Canadian ice hockey player (Detroit Red Wings, Toronto Maple Leafs) and coach (University of Denver), complications from a stroke.
• Walter Haeussermann, 96, German-born American rocket scientist, complications from a fall.
• John James, 76, Australian footballer, Brownlow Medallist, stroke.
• Trev Thoms, 60, British guitarist (Inner City Unit, Atomgods), pancreatic cancer.

9

• Andy Anderson, 97, American retired Major General, Mayor of Naples, Florida (1978–1982).
• John Makepeace Bennett, 89, Australian computer scientist.
• John du Pont, 72, American billionaire and murderer, natural causes.
• Chuck Jordan, 83, American automobile designer (General Motors).
• Alexander Kerst, 86, Austrian actor.
• James Moody, 85, American jazz saxophonist and flautist ("Moody's Mood for Love"), pancreatic cancer.
• Fausto Sarli, 83, Italian fashion designer.
• Dov Shilansky, 86, Israeli politician, Speaker of the Knesset (1988–1992).
• Thorvald Strömberg, 79, Finnish Olympic sprint canoeist. (Finnish)
• Boris Tishchenko, 71, Russian composer.
• Ángel Torres, 82, Cuban author and historian. (Spanish)
• George Russell Weller, 94, American salesman convicted of vehicular manslaughter.

10

• Ann Cindric, 88, American AAGPBL baseball player.
• Marcel Domingo, 86, French footballer.
• John Bennett Fenn, 93, American chemist and Nobel laureate.
• J. Michael Hagopian, 97, Ottoman-born American documentary filmmaker.
• George Pickow, 88, American photographer and film-maker.
• Jacques Swaters, 84, Belgian racing driver.

11

• José dos Santos Garcia, 97, Portuguese-born Mozambican Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Porto Amélia (1957–1975). (Portuguese)
• Dick Hoerner, 88, American football player (Los Angeles Rams), stroke.
• MacKenzie Miller, 89, American racehorse trainer, owner and breeder, Hall of Famer, complications of a stroke.
• Urszula Modrzyńska, 82, Polish actress. (Polish)
• Roger Nicole, 95, Swiss-born American Evangelical Christian theologian.
• Peter Risi, 60, Swiss footballer, after long illness. (German)
• Gene Spangler, 88, American football player (Detroit Lions).

12

• Manuel Caballero, 79, Venezuelan historian, journalist and author, complications following prostate surgery. (Spanish)
• Lachhiman Gurung, 92, Nepalese-born British soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross.
• Raymond Kalisz, 83, American-born Papuan Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Wewak (1980–2002).
• Timothée Malendoma, 75, Central African politician, Prime Minister (1992–1993). (French)
• Ros Mey, 85, Cambodian-born American Buddhist monk and community leader, survivor of Khmer Rouge regime.
• Carleton Naiche-Palmer, 63, American tribal leader, President of the Mescalero Apache (2008–2010).
• Emmanuel Ogoli, 21, Nigerian footballer.
• B. S. Ranga, 93, Indian film director.
• Helen Roberts, 98, British singer and actress.
• William Thompson, 71, British politician, MP for West Tyrone (1997–2001).
• Tom Walkinshaw, 64, British engineer and racing team owner (Tom Walkinshaw Racing, Arrows), cancer.

13

• James Dibble, 87, Australian television news presenter, cancer.
• Claude Foussier, 85, French Olympic sports shooter.
• Maynard W. Glitman, 77, American diplomat, negotiator of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty, complications from dementia.
• Rick Griffiths, Australian Aboriginal activist and ATSIC commissioner.
• Richard Holbrooke, 69, American diplomat, Ambassador to Germany (1993–1994) and United Nations (1999–2001), complications from aortic dissection.
• Enrique Morente, 67, Spanish flamenco singer.
• Remmy Ongala, 63, Tanzanian singer.
• Karen Sorito, 49, American movie marketing executive, cancer.
• Takeshi Watabe, 74, Japanese voice actor (Cowboy Bebop, Fist of the North Star, Naruto), pneumonia.
• Woolly Wolstenholme, 63, British progressive rock musician (Barclay James Harvest), suicide.

14

• Håkon Christie, 88, Norwegian architect.
• Timothy Davlin, 53, American politician, Mayor of Springfield, Illinois (since 2003), suicide by gunshot.
• Robyn Dawes, 74, American psychologist and professor.
• Adalbert Eledui, 62, Palauan senator and conservationist, after long illness.
• Ruth Park, 93, New Zealand-born Australian novelist.
• Neva Patterson, 90, American actress (An Affair to Remember, All the President's Men), complications from a broken hip.
• Pascal Rakotomavo, 76, Malagasy politician, Prime Minister (1997–1998), cardiovascular attack.
• Dale Roberts, 24, English footballer (Rushden & Diamonds), suicide by hanging.
• Alberto Segado, 66, Argentine actor (Asesinato en el Senado de la Nación). (Spanish)

15

• Ken Ablack, 91, Trinidadian cricket player.
• Téclaire Bille, 22, Equatoguinean football player, road accident.
• Domini Blythe, 63, British-born Canadian stage and film actress (Mount Royal, Search for Tomorrow), cancer.
• Rachel Bromwich, 95, British scholar.
• Carlos Pinto Coelho, 66, Portuguese journalist and television personality, complications from aortic surgery. (Portuguese)
• Bernard Patrick Devlin, 89, Irish-born Roman Catholic Bishop of Gibraltar (1985–1998).
• Blake Edwards, 88, American film director, producer and screenwriter (The Pink Panther, Breakfast at Tiffany's), pneumonia.
• Anthony Enahoro, 87, Nigerian political activist.
• Pablo Ndong Esi, 41, Equatoguinean football player and manager, road accident. (French)
• Bob Feller, 92, American baseball player (Cleveland Indians), member of Baseball Hall of Fame, leukemia.
• Stan Heal, 90, Australian footballer, member of the Australian Football Hall of Fame.
• Solange Michel, 98, French mezzo-soprano. (French)
• Tom Newnham, 84, New Zealand political activist and educationalist, cancer.
• Jean Rollin, 72, French film director, actor and novelist, after long illness.
• Eugene Victor Wolfenstein, 70, American social theorist and psychoanalyst, professor of political science (UCLA), cancer.

16

• Irwin Abrams, 96, American historian.
• Richard Adeney, 90, British flautist.
• Frank Baldino, Jr., 57, American pharmacologist, founder of the pharmaceutical firm Cephalon, leukemia.
• Melvin E. Biddle, 87, American Medal of Honor recipient.
• LaVerne Butler, 84, American Baptist pastor and academic.
• John David Duty, 58, American convicted murderer, first person executed in the US using pentobarbital, executed by lethal injection.
• François Gayot, 83, Haitian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Cap-Haïtien (1974–2003).
• Reg Hope, 83, Australian politician, member of the Tasmanian Legislative Council (1979–1997).
• Sterling Lyon, 83, Canadian politician, Premier of Manitoba (1977–1981).
• E. Gene Smith, 74, American Tibetologist.
• A. T. Q. Stewart, 81, Northern Irish historian.
• Karen Tuttle, 90, American viola teacher, after long illness.

17

• Glen Adams, 65, Jamaican musician.
• Captain Beefheart, 69, American rock musician and artist (Trout Mask Replica), complications from multiple sclerosis.
• Ralph Coates, 64, English footballer (Burnley, Tottenham Hotspur, Leyton Orient, England), stroke.
• Walt Dropo, 87, American baseball player (Boston Red Sox, Baltimore Orioles).
• Dick Gibson, 92, English racing driver.
• Eugene Goldwasser, 88, American scientist, first to purify EPO extracts, prostate cancer.
• Nikos Papatakis, 92, Greek film director.
• Martti Pennanen, 87, Finnish film and stage actor. (Finnish)
• Lina Romay, 91, American actress and singer.
• Sulaiman Taha, 59, Malaysian politician, member of the Johor State Legislative Assembly.
• Mikhail Umansky, 58, Russian-born German chess grandmaster. (German)

18

• John Bukovsky, 86, Slovak-born American Roman Catholic prelate, Apostolic Nuncio to Romania (1990–1994) and Russia (1994–2000).
• Phil Cavarretta, 94, American baseball player (Chicago Cubs, Chicago White Sox), complications from a stroke.
• Morris L. Cohen, 83, American legal librarian, leukemia.
• Clay Cole, 72, American television host (The Clay Cole Show) and DJ.
• Norberto Díaz, 58, Argentine actor. (Spanish)
• Rafael Fernández Álvarez, 97, Spanish politician, President of the Regional Council (1978–1981), first President of Asturias (1981–1983). (Spanish)
• Steven W. Fisher, 64, American judge, cancer.
• Max Jammer, 95, Israeli physicist. (Hebrew)
• Tasso Kavadia, 89, Greek actress and artist. (Greek)
• Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa, 70, Italian banker and politician, Minister of Economy and Finance (2006–2008), proponent of the Euro, heart attack. (Italian)
• James Pickles, 85, English circuit judge and tabloid columnist.
• Nash Roberts, 92, American television meteorologist.
• Jacqueline de Romilly, 97, French philologist. (French)
• Eric Schmertz, 84, American labor negotiator, Dean of the Hofstra University School of Law.

19

• Chris Condon, 88, American cinematographer (Jaws 3-D), 3D lens inventor.
• LeGrand R. Curtis, 86, American Elder of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church).
• Lupe Gigliotti, 84, Brazilian actress, lung cancer. (Portuguese)
• Anthony Howard, 76, British journalist, broadcaster and editor (New Statesman).
• Murali Kuttan, 56, Indian athlete, Asian Games medalist.
• Lucien Mathys, 86, Belgian cyclist.
• Trudy Pitts, 78, American jazz organist, pianist and vocalist, pancreatic cancer.
• Noah Qudah, 71, Jordanian Muslim scholar, Grand Mufti of Jordan (2007–2010).
• Roy Romain, 92, British Olympic swimmer, stroke.
• Helen Maynor Scheirbeck, 75, American educator and activist, stroke.
• Mark A. Smith, 45, British-born American professor of pathology, hit and run accident.

20

• John Alldis, 81, British chorus master and conductor.
• Donna Atwood, 85, American figure skater, respiratory problems.
• Aamer Bashir, 38, Pakistani cricketer, cancer.
• Jacqueline Courtney, 64, American actress (Another World, One Life to Live), metastatic melanoma.
• Giovanni Ferrofino, 98, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Apostolic Nuncio to Haiti (1960–1965) and to Ecuador (1965–1970)
• Brian Hanrahan, 61, British journalist, cancer.
• Steve Landesberg, 74, American actor (Barney Miller, Forgetting Sarah Marshall), colorectal cancer.
• James R. Mann, 90, American politician, U.S. Representative from South Carolina (1969–1979), Alzheimer's disease.
• Magnolia Shorty, 28, American rapper, shot.
• Patricia Thompson, 63, American television producer, Emmy Award-winning documentary director, cerebral hemorrhage.

21

• Enzo Bearzot, 83, Italian World Cup-winning football manager and player. (Italian)
• W. Pete Cunningham, 81, American politician, Member of the North Carolina House of Representatives (1987–2008).
• Elmo Gideon, 86, American artist and sculptor.
• David Hennessy, 3rd Baron Windlesham, 78, British politician and television executive.
• Oleksandr Kovalenko, 34, Ukrainian footballer (Dnipro, Shakhtar) and referee, suicide by jumping. (Russian)
• Marcia Lewis, 72, American musical theatre actress and singer, cancer.
• Catalina Speroni, 72, Argentine actress. (Spanish)
• Jack Tracy, 83, American editor (Down Beat) and music producer (Chess, Mercury).

22

• Jean Chamant, 97, French minister, senator (1977–1995). (French)
• David Cockayne, 68, British physicist.
• Fred Foy, 89, American radio and television announcer (The Lone Ranger), natural causes.
• Gianna Galli, 75, Italian operatic soprano. (Italian)
• John Macreadie, 64, Scottish trade unionist, brain tumour.
• Alan Shallcross, 78, British television producer.

23

• Jayaben Desai, 77, Indian-born British trade unionist (Grunwick dispute).
• William Fones, 93, American jurist, Tennessee Supreme Court justice (1973–1990).
• Fred Hargesheimer, 94, American USAAF pilot and philanthropist in West New Britain Province, Papua New Guinea.
• Ibrahim Ismail, 88, Malaysian army general.
• K. Karunakaran, 92, Indian politician, Chief Minister of Kerala (1977; 1981–1987; 1991–1995), stroke.
• Kenneth B. Lee, 88, American politician, Speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives (1967–1968; 1973–1974), melanoma.
• José Antonio Momene, 70, Spanish Olympic cyclist.
• Janine Pommy Vega, 68, American Beat Generation poet.

24

• Elisabeth Beresford, 84, British children's author, creator of The Wombles.
• Philip Burton Jr., 76, American documentary filmmaker, Alzheimer's disease.
• Jean-Marie Charpentier, 71, French architect and urban planner. (French)
• Ljubomir Ćipranić, 74, Serbian actor.
• Frances Ginsberg, 55, American operatic soprano, ovarian cancer.
• Nalini Jaywant, 84, Indian actress.
• Per Karstensen, 95, Norwegian politician. (Norwegian)
• David Kenworthy, 11th Baron Strabolgi, 96, British peer, Member of the House of Lords.
• Frans de Munck, 88, Dutch footballer.
• Roy Neuberger, 107, American financier and arts patron.
• José Orlandis, 92, Spanish church historian and priest. (Spanish)
• Orestes Quércia, 72, Brazilian politician, Governor of São Paulo (1987–1991), prostate cancer.
• Neil Rogers, 68, American radio personality, heart failure.
• Myrna Smith, 69, American singer and songwriter (Sweet Inspirations), kidney failure.
• Yuri Starunsky, 65, Russian Olympic silver (1976) and bronze (1972) medal-winning volleyball player, stroke. (Russian)
• Eino Tamberg, 80, Estonian composer.
• Viper, 51, American pornographic actress, lung cancer.
• John Warhola, 85, American museum founder (The Andy Warhol Museum), brother of Andy Warhol, pneumonia.

25

• Aron Abrams, 50, American screenwriter and television producer (Everybody Hates Chris, 3rd Rock from the Sun).
• Kevin Boyle, 67, Northern Irish law professor and human rights activist, cancer.
• Gavin Brown, 68, Australian academic, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Sydney (1996–2008).
• John Bulaitis, 77, British-born Lithuanian Roman Catholic prelate, Apostolic Nuncio to Albania (1997–2008).
• Bud Greenspan, 84, American Olympic filmmaker, Parkinson's disease.
• Robert E. Kennedy, 95, American university president (California Polytechnic).
• Eric Laakso, 54, American football player (Miami Dolphins), natural causes. (body found on this date)
• Luis Manresa Formosa, 95, Guatemalan Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Los Altos Quetzaltenango-Totonicapán (1955–1979).
• Jorge Mayer, 95, Argentine Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Bahía Blanca (1972–1991).
• Sir Iain Noble, 75, Scottish businessman.
• Karl Olson, 80, American baseball player.
• Carlos Andrés Pérez, 88, Venezuelan politician, President (1974–1979; 1989–1993), heart attack.
• Qian Yunhui, 53, Chinese dissident.
• A. N. Ray, 98, Indian jurist, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of India (1973–1977).
• Maurice Rioli, 53, Australian VFL player and politician, member of the NT Legislative Assembly for Arafura (1992–2001), heart attack.

26

• Salvador Jorge Blanco, 84, Dominican Republic politician, President (1982–1986).
• Wade Crane, 66, American pool player, automobile accident.
• Geraldine Doyle, 86, American factory worker, possible inspiration for the "We Can Do It!" poster.
• Jonas Falk, 66, Swedish character actor. (Swedish)
• Eugene K. Garfield, 74, American founder of the Auto-Train Corporation, esophageal cancer.
• Albert Ghiorso, 95, American nuclear scientist, co-discovered twelve chemical elements.
• Miguel Maria Giambelli, 90, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Bragança do Pará (1980–1996).
• Bill Jones, 89, English international footballer, natural causes.
• Matthew Lipman, 87, American educator.
• Robert Macauley, 87, American manufacturer, founder of AmeriCares, emphysema.
• Teena Marie, 54, American singer and composer.
• Ian Samuel, 95, British Royal Air Force pilot and diplomat.
• Jessie Rae Scott, 81, American gubernatorial First Lady (1969–1973), widow of North Carolina governor Bob Scott, after long illness.
• Bernard Wilson, 64, American singer (Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes), stroke and heart attack.

27

• Keith Andrew, 81, English cricketer.
• Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu, 61, French actor, cancer.
• Raphael Hillyer, 96, American violist, founding member of the Juilliard String Quartet, heart failure.
• Alfred E. Kahn, 93, American economist, cancer.
• Maureen Lehane, 78, British singer and music festival organiser.
• Jack Leslie, 90, Canadian politician, Mayor of Calgary (1965–1969).
• Grant McCune, 67, American Academy Award-winning visual effects artist (Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope), pancreatic cancer.
• Michael O'Pake, 70, American politician, longest serving member of the Pennsylvania State Senate (since 1973), complications from surgery.
• Sir David Scott, 91, British diplomat.

28

• Atina Bojadži, 66, Macedonian marathon swimmer, first Yugoslavian woman to swim across the English Channel.
• Frank Bonilla, 85, American academic of Puerto Rican descent, long illness.
• Bennie Briscoe, 67, American boxer.
• Avi Cohen, 54, Israeli footballer, motorcycle accident.
• Denis Dutton, 66, American-born entrepreneur and philosopher, creator of Arts & Letters Daily and Bad Writing Contest, prostate cancer.
• Donald Fraser, 83, American politician.
• Joseph Grech, 62, Maltese-born Australian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Sandhurst (since 2001), blood disorder
• Fred Heron, 66, American football player (St. Louis Cardinals).
• Lena Ingelsrudøya, 37, Norwegian footballer, amniotic fluid embolism. (Norwegian)
• Brandon Joyce, 26, American football player (St. Louis Rams, Minnesota Vikings), shot.
• Gene Kelton, 55, American blues, rock and rockabilly singer and guitarist, multiple injuries from vehicle collision.
• Bill Lajoie, 76, American baseball scout and executive (Detroit Tigers).
• Zeferino Nandayapa, 79, Mexican classical marimbist, injuries from a fall. (Spanish)
• Hideko Takamine, 86, Japanese actress.
• Billy Taylor, 89, American jazz pianist and composer (I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free), heart attack.
• Jeff Taylor, 80, English footballer.
• Agathe von Trapp, 97, Austrian-born American singer, member of the Trapp family (The Sound of Music).
• Peter Knight Walker, 91, British Anglican prelate, Bishop of Ely (1977–1989).

29

• Vladan Batić, 61, Serbian politician and lawyer, Minister of Justice (2001–2003), throat cancer.
• Steve Boros, 74, American baseball player (Tigers) and manager (Athletics, Padres), complications from multiple myeloma.
• Jimmy Coffey, 101, Irish hurler.
• John Doyle, 80, Irish hurler.
• Bill Erwin, 96, American actor (Seinfeld, Falcon Crest, The Twilight Zone).
• Mondine Garcia, 75, French Gypsy jazz guitarist.
• Pavel Kolchin, 80, Russian Olympic gold (1956) and bronze (1956, 1964) medal-winning cross-country skier. (Russian)
• Ramón Montesinos, 67, Spanish footballer. (Catalan)
• Sören Wibe, 64, Swedish economist and politician, Junilistan party leader, member of the European Parliament and the Riksdag. (Swedish)

30

• Paul Calle, 82, American artist, postage stamp designer, melanoma.
• Donald Carroll, 70, American author.
• Sir Ellis Clarke, 93, Trinidadian politician, Governor-General (1972–1976) and President (1976–1987), complications from a stroke.
• Chris Colmer, 30, American college football player (NC State).
• Bobby Farrell, 61, Aruba-born dancer and entertainer (Boney M.).
• Thomas Funck, 91, Swedish author, composer and director. (Swedish)
• Miranda Guinness, Countess of Iveagh, 71, British aristocrat.
• Roger Milliken, 95, American textile executive (Milliken & Co.).
• Tony Proudfoot, 61, Canadian CFL football player, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
• Malcolm Spence, 73, South African Olympic bronze medal-winning (1960) athlete.
• Eric Teed, 84, Canadian politician, Mayor of Saint John, New Brunswick (1960–1964).
• Tom Vandergriff, 84, American politician, Mayor of Arlington, Texas (1951–1977) and U.S. Congressman from Texas (1983–1985).
• Gina Wilkinson, 50, Canadian actress (Hangin' In), cervical cancer.
• Jenny Wood-Allen, 99, Scottish athlete and politician, world record holder for the oldest female marathon finisher.
• Betty Yahr, 87, American baseball player.
• Barry Zorthian, 90, American press officer during Vietnam War.

31

• Jesús María Coronado Caro, 92, Colombian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Girardot (1973–1981) and Duitama–Sogamoso (1981–1994).
• Raymond Impanis, 85, Belgian professional cyclist.
• Tove Maës, 89, Danish actress. (Danish)
• Per Oscarsson, 83, Swedish actor, injuries sustained in a fire.
• Shi Tiesheng, 59, Chinese writer, cerebral hemorrhage.
• Syd Ward, 103, New Zealand cricketer.
• John P. Wheeler III, 66, American presidential aide, first chairman of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund. (body found on this date)