Deaths in December 2009
The following is a list of notable deaths in December 2009.
Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence:
- Name, age, country of citizenship at birth, subsequent country of citizenship, reason for notability, cause of death, and reference.
December 2009
1
- Christoph Budde, 46, German football player, swine flu.
- Maurice Clemmons, 37, American felon, perpetrator of the 2009 shooting of Lakewood, Washington, police officers, shot.
- Neil Dougall, 88, British footballer.
- Tommy Henrich, 96, American baseball player.
- Bilal Omer Khan, 55, Pakistani general, victim of December 2009 Rawalpindi terrorist attack
- Nat Kipner, 85, American songwriter and record producer.
- Bill Lister, 86, American honky tonk singer.
- Alberto Martínez, 59, Uruguayan football player, heart failure.
- Cordelia Oliver, 86, Scottish painter, journalist and art critic.
- Ramses Shaffy, 76, Dutch singer and actor, esophageal cancer.
- Shilendra Kumar Singh, 77, Indian politician, Governor of Rajasthan.
- Éva Szörényi, 92, Hungarian actress, Kossuth Prize winner.
- Donald Washington Sr., 79, American jazz tenor saxophonist, lung cancer.
2
- Harold A. Ackerman, 81, American federal judge, natural causes.
- Luis María Bandrés, 65, Spanish leader of Basque Nationalist Party.
- Elizabeth Berridge, 89, British novelist.
- Foge Fazio, 71, American football coach, leukemia.
- Shoji Hashimoto, 75, Japanese go master, myocardial infarction.
- Ikuo Hirayama, 79, Japanese painter, stroke.
- Maggie Jones, 75, British actress.
- Jozo Križanović, 65, Bosnian politician, Croat member of the Presidency, complications from surgery.
- Brian Morrison, 76, Australian priest and humanitarian.
- Luís Lombardi Neto, 69, Brazilian announcer, stroke.
- Aaron Schroeder, 83, American songwriter, Alzheimer's disease.
- Ian Thompson, 74, Australian politician, member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly.
- Vjekoslav Šutej, 58, Croatian conductor, leukemia.
- Eric Woolfson, 64, Scottish singer and keyboardist, cancer.
3
- Ibrahim Hassan Addou, Somali Higher Education Minister, bombing.
- Qamar Aden Ali, 52, Somali Health Minister, bombing.
- Swadesh Bose, 81, Bangladeshi economist.
- Nat Boxer, 84, American sound engineer, Oscar winner.
- Estêvão Cardoso de Avellar, 92, Brazilian Roman Catholic Bishop of Uberlândia.
- Paula Hawkins, 82, American politician, Senator from Florida, complications from a fall.
- István Iglódi, 65, Hungarian actor.
- Leila Lopes, 50, Brazilian actress, suicide by poisoning.
- Bert Main, 90, Australian zoologist.
- Brian Mason, 92, New Zealand scientist, renal failure.
- Curtis Nkondo, 81, South African politician, activist and diplomat.
- Pat Power, 67, Australian politician, member of the Victorian Legislative Council for Jika Jika.
- Sam Salt, 69, British rear admiral, captain of during the Falklands War.
- Peter Scanlon, 78, American accountant and chairman, cancer.
- Åsmund L. Strømnes, 82, Norwegian educationalist.
- Valbjörn Þorláksson, 75, Icelandic decathlete.
- Richard Todd, 90, Irish-born British Academy Award-nominated actor,, cancer.
- Ahmed Abdulahi Waayeel, Somali Education Minister, bombing.
- Bobby Wayne Woods, 44, American convicted rapist, kidnapper and murderer, execution by lethal injection.
- Torrie Zito, 76, American pianist and arranger, emphysema.
4
- Richard T. Antoun, 77, American anthropologist and professor, stabbed.
- Harold Bell, 90, American marketer, licensing agent and technical advisor, creator of Woodsy Owl.
- Liam Clancy, 74, Irish folk singer, pulmonary fibrosis.
- Marjorie Kowalski Cole, 56, American writer.
- Tim Costello, 64, American labor and anti-globalization advocate, pancreatic cancer.
- Matthew Luo Duxi, 90, Chinese Roman Catholic Bishop of Jiading.
- Jérôme-Michel-Francis Martin, 68, French Roman Catholic Bishop of Berbérati.
- Bryan O'Byrne, 78, American character actor.
- Vyacheslav Tikhonov, 81, Russian actor.
- Stephen Toulmin, 87, British philosopher and author, heart failure.
- Spyridon Trantellis, 83, Greek Metropolitan Bishop of Lagkadas, after long illness.
- Jordi Solé Tura, 79, Spanish politician and lawyer, co-author of Spanish Constitution and Minister of Culture.
- Umaga, 36, American professional wrestler, prescription drug overdose.
- Mall Vaasma, 64, Estonian mycologist.
- Mary Curtis Verna, 88, American operatic soprano, complications from a broken hip.
- Francis Wilford-Smith, 82, British cartoonist.
5
- Barrel Man, 69, American fan of the Denver Broncos, lung failure.
- Jerry Birn, 86, American television writer.
- Nina Fishman, 63, British historian and political activist, cancer.
- Alfred Hrdlicka, 81, Austrian architect and draughtsman.
- Otto Graf Lambsdorff, 82, German politician, Minister of Economics.
- William Lederer, 97, American author, respiratory failure.
- Kálmán Markovits, 78, Hungarian Olympic gold and bronze medalist in water polo.
- Garfield Morgan, 78, British actor, cancer.
- Malcolm Perry, 80, American attending physician to President John F. Kennedy after his assassination, lung cancer.
- Manuel Prado y Colón de Carvajal, 78, Spanish diplomat.
- Dumitru Puntea, 66, Moldovan politician.
- Jim Rohn, 79, American entrepreneur, author and motivational speaker, pulmonary fibrosis.
- Jack Rose, 38, American guitarist, heart attack.
- Princess Vimolchatra of Thailand, 88, Thai royal, cousin of King Bhumibol Adulyadej, renal failure.
- William A. Wilson, 95, American Ambassador to the Holy See.
6
- Dennis P. Collins, 85, American politician, mayor of Bayonne, New Jersey.
- Rupprecht Geiger, 101, German painter.
- Garland Lewis, 97, American basketball player.
- Dermott Monteith, 66, Irish cricketer.
- John Pittenger, 79, American politician, Pennsylvania Secretary of Education, Parkinson's disease.
- Bina Rai, 78, Indian actress, heart attack.
- Daouda Sow, 76, Senegalese politician, President of National Assembly.
7
- Frank M. Coffin, 90, American politician, Representative from Maine, complications of aortic aneurysm surgery.
- Royden G. Derrick, 94, American general authority of the the [Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints|LDS Church], natural causes.
- Al Dorow, 80, American football player, bone cancer.
- Shunkichi Hamada, 99, Japanese Olympic silver medal-winning field hockey player.
- Lorenzo Ochoa Salas, Mexican archeologist.
- Grady Patterson, 85, American politician, South Carolina state Treasurer, natural causes.
- Carlene Hatcher Polite, 77, American novelist, cancer.
- Mark Ritts, 63, American actor and puppeteer, kidney cancer.
- Ray Solomonoff, 83, American physicist and artificial intelligence pioneer.
- Pyotr Vail, 60, Russian essayist and journalist.
8
- James Bingham, 84, British artist.
- Kenneth Biros, 51, American convicted murderer, execution by lethal injection.
- Joan Bridge, 97, British costume designer, Oscar winner.
- Su Cruickshank, 63, Australian jazz singer and actress, heart and kidney failure.
- Luis Días, 57, Dominican musician and songwriter, heart attack.
- Dean Fasano, 54, American vocalist, coronary artery disease.
- John Givens, 83, American basketball coach.
- Arthur Glasser, 95, American missionary and theologian.
- Robert Hill, Jamaican entertainer, shot.
- Karel Klančnik, 92, Yugoslavian Olympic ski jumper.
- Elza Medeiros, 88, Brazilian nurse, World War II veteran.
- William C. McInnes, 86, American Jesuit, president of Fairfield University ; USF.
- Anthony Sanusi, 98, Nigerian Roman Catholic Bishop of Ijebu-Ode.
- Fred Sheffield, 86, American basketball player.
- Sir Philip Watson, 90, British admiral.
9
- Luiz Carlos Alborghetti, 64, Brazilian television presenter and politician, lung cancer.
- Gene Barry, 90, American actor, heart failure.
- Roger Jacobi, 62, British archaeologist.
- Sa'ad Khair, 56, Jordanian secret service chief, heart attack.
- Piotr Krzywicki, 45, Polish politician, pancreatic cancer.
- Kjell Eugenio Laugerud García, 79, Guatemalan President, complications from cancer.
- Rodrigo Carazo Odio, 82, Costa Rican politician, President, heart failure.
- Faramarz Payvar, 76, Iranian composer and santur player, brain damage.
- Onofre Cândido Rosa, 85, Brazilian Roman Catholic Bishop of Jardim.
- Goldie Semple, 56, Canadian stage actor, breast cancer.
- Norman Sykes, 73, English footballer.
10
- Apolonia Muñoz Abarca, 89, American activist.
- Gene Carpenter, 70, American football coach.
- Dilip Chitre, 70, Indian poet, cancer.
- Kenny Dino, 70, American pop singer.
- Val Eastwood, 82, Australian businessperson.
- Jean-Robert Gauthier, 80, Canadian MP for Ottawa East, Ottawa—Vanier ; Senator, stroke.
- Sir John Gingell, 84, British Air Chief Marshal and Black Rod.
- Thomas Hoving, 78, American director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, lung cancer.
- Sir Alan Huggins, 88, British jurist, vice-president of the Court of Appeal of Hong Kong.
- Colin James, 83, British Anglican prelate, Bishop of Winchester, chest infection.
- József Kóczián, 83, Hungarian table tennis player.
- William L. Reilly, 94, American Jesuit and philosophy professor, President of Le Moyne College.
11
- Brindley Benn, 86, Guyanese politician, Deputy Prime Minister, natural causes.
- Ernest E. Chabot, 87, American politician.
- Francisco Piquer, 87, Spanish actor.
- Ciarán Mac Mathúna, 84, Irish radio presenter and music collector.
- Eric Wrinkles, 49, American convicted murderer, execution by lethal injection.
12
- Val Avery, 85, American actor ''.
- Klavdiya Boyarskikh, 70, Russian cross-country skier, Olympic gold medalist.
- Charles Copland, 99, British Anglican priest, Dean of Argyll and The Isles.
- Charles Davis, 84, American actor, heart attack.
- Ali Gharbi, 54, Tunisian swimmer.
- Howard Wesley Johnson, 87, American educator, president of MIT.
- Napoleon A. Jones Jr., 69, American federal judge.
- Manuel Ruiz Sosa, 72, Spanish footballer and coach.
- Eugene van Tamelen, 84, American chemist, cancer.
13
- Dan Barton, 88, American actor, heart failure and kidney disease.
- Julian Fane, 82, British author.
- Moyra Fraser, 86, Australian-born British actress.
- Yvonne King, 89, American singer.
- Börje Langefors, 94, Swedish engineer and computer scientist.
- Arne Næss, 84, Norwegian politician, Mayor of Bergen.
- Piergiorgio Nesti, 78, Italian Roman Catholic archbishop of Camerino-San Severino Marche.
- Paul Samuelson, 94, American economist, Nobel Prize winner.
- Sha'ari Tadin, 77, Singaporean educator and public servant, Parkinson's disease.
- Thomas F. Stroock, 84, American politician, Ambassador to Guatemala.
- Larry Sultan, 63, American photographer, cancer.
- Wilton, 62, Brazilian footballer.
14
- Alan A'Court, 75, English footballer, cancer.
- Jack Denham, 85, Australian horse trainer, winner of 1997 Caulfield and Melbourne Cup.
- Chris Feinstein, 42, American bassist.
- Stocker Fontelieu, 86, American actor and executive director, complications from a fall.
- Conard Fowkes, 76, American actor.
- Per Jensen, 79, Danish soccer player.
- Miodrag Jovanović, 87, Serbian Olympic silver medal-winning footballer.
- George McKinnon, 91, American basketball and baseball coach.
- David Pecaut, 54, Canadian municipal entrepreneur, colorectal cancer.
- Daniel Piscopo, 89, Maltese politician.
- Sol Price, 93, American businessman, founder of Price Club, natural causes.
15
- Curtis Allina, 87, American businessman, executive of Pez Candy, heart failure.
- C. D. B. Bryan, 73, American author, cancer.
- Sir Chris Clarke, 68, British politician, leader of Somerset County Council.
- Milena Müllerová, 86, Czech gymnast, Olympic champion.
- Arnaldo Ribeiro, 79, Brazilian Roman Catholic archbishop of Ribeirão Preto.
- Oral Roberts, 91, American evangelist, founder of Oral Roberts University, complications from pneumonia.
- James Rossant, 81, American architect, designer of Reston, Virginia, leukemia.
- Herbert Spiegel, 95, American psychiatrist.
16
- Arturo Beltrán Leyva, 48, Mexican drug lord, shot.
- Arthur Cores, 52, American businessman, founder of Boston Market, esophageal cancer.
- Drexell R. Davis, 88, American politician, Kentucky Secretary of State and state treasurer.
- Roy E. Disney, 79, American entertainment executive, nephew of Walt Disney, stomach cancer.
- Karel Dufek, 93, Czechoslovak diplomat, Spanish Civil War veteran.
- Yegor Gaidar, 53, Russian politician, acting Prime Minister, thrombus.
- Dennis Herod, 86, English footballer.
- Fred Honsberger, 58, American radio personality.
- T. G. H. James, 86, British egyptologist.
- Kelly Kwalik, 53-54, Indonesian West Papua separatist leader and commander, shot.
- Dame Victoire Ridsdale, Lady Ridsdale, 88, British politician, World War II intelligence agent, inspiration for Miss Moneypenny.
- Manto Tshabalala-Msimang, 69, South African politician, Minister of Health, complications from a liver transplant.
- Vladimir Turchinsky, 46, Russian actor, bodybuilder and showman, heart attack.
- Josef Voß, 72, German Roman Catholic Auxiliary Bishop of Munster, Titular Bishop of Thisiduo.
- Bob Waldmire, 64, American Route 66 artist, cancer.
17
- Amin al-Hafiz, 88, Syrian politician, President.
- P. R. Anthonis, 98, Sri Lankan surgeon.
- Alaina Reed Hall, 63, American actress, breast cancer.
- Chris Henry, 26, American football player, blunt force trauma after fall from vehicle.
- Jennifer Jones, 90, American Academy Award-winning actress, natural causes.
- Michel Leblond, 77, French Olympic footballer.
- Abdullah Said al Libi, Libyan al-Qaeda member, drone strike.
- Miljenko Mihić, 75, Serbian football coach.
- Dan O'Bannon, 63, American screenwriter, Crohn's disease.
- Samuel Victor Perry, 91, British biochemist.
- Hans Pfenninger, 80, Swiss Olympic cyclist.
- Albert Ràfols-Casamada, 86, Spanish artist.
18
- Fred Bachrach, 95, Dutch art historian.
- Chas Balun, 61, American artist and journalist, cancer.
- José Bardina, 70, Spanish-Venezuelan actor, bladder cancer.
- Oskar Danon, 96, Bosnian conductor and composer.
- John Henry Fischer, 99, American educator, President of Teachers College, Columbia University, heart failure.
- Connie Hines, 78, American actress, heart failure.
- John E. Jeuck, 93, American professor.
- Harold Lundrigan, 81, Canadian businessman.
- Archimandrite Joasaph, 47, American Head of the Russian Ecclesiastical Mission in Jerusalem of the ROCOR, cancer.
- László Nagy, 88, Hungarian-born Swiss Secretary General of the World Organization of the Scout Movement.
- Job Osacky, 63, American archbishop of the Orthodox Church in America.
- Georgina Parkinson, 71, English ballet dancer and ballet mistress, cancer.
- Mike Simpson, 47, American politician, Michigan state Representative, heart attack.
- Adelbert St. John, 78, Canadian-born Austrian ice hockey player.
- Bob Willoughby, 82, American photographer, cancer.
- Robin Wood, 78, British film critic, leukemia.
- Rex Yetman, 76, Canadian bluegrass mandolin player
- Jack Zilly, 88, American football player.
19
- Charles Birch, 91, Australian geneticist.
- Tony Bukovich, 94, American ice hockey player.
- Margaret Christensen, 88, Australian actress.
- Edith Díaz, 70, Puerto Rican-born American actress, heart failure.
- Lincoln Gordon, 96, American diplomat and academic, Ambassador to Brazil, President of Johns Hopkins University.
- Grand Ayatollah Hussein-Ali Montazeri, 87, Iranian cleric and dissident, natural causes.
- Zeki Ökten, 68, Turkish film director, heart disease.
- Kim Peek, 58, American savant, inspiration for Rain Man, heart attack.
- Donald Pickering, 76, British actor.
- Roger Rawson, 70, American politician, former majority leader of the Utah House of Representatives, liver disease.
- Loren Singer, 86, American novelist.
20
- Joan Brosnan Walsh, 71, Irish actress, motor neurone disease.
- Jack Brownsword, 86, British footballer.
- James Gurley, 69, American guitarist, heart attack.
- Jack Hixon, 88, British football scout.
- Arun Krushnaji Kamble, 56, Indian Dalit activist, drowned.
- Yiannis Moralis, 93, Greek visual artist.
- Brittany Murphy, 32, American actress, pneumonia.
- Shari Rhodes, 71, American casting director.
- Vera Rich, 73, British poet, journalist, historian, and translator.
- Lester Rodney, 98, American sports journalist.
- Arnold Stang, 91, American actor, pneumonia.
- Ira Trombley, 57, American politician, member of the Vermont House of Representatives, natural causes.
21
- Suryakant Acharya, 80, Indian politician, natural causes.
- Jaime Agudelo, 84, Colombian comedian, respiratory failure.
- Craigie Aitchison, 83, British painter.
- Dick Archer, 82, Australian politician, member of the Tasmanian Legislative Council.
- Ann Nixon Cooper, 107, American civil rights activist, mentioned in President Obama's election victory speech.
- James Cowley, 90, British recipient of the Distinguished Conduct Medal.
- Kenneth Gustavsson, 63, Swedish photographer.
- Rick Hube, 62, American politician, member of the Vermont House of Representatives.
- David Isaacs, 63, Jamaican singer.
- Pete King, 80, British saxophonist, co-founder of Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club.
- Edwin G. Krebs, 91, American Nobel Prize-winning biochemist.
- Christos Lambrakis, 75, Greek businessman, publisher and journalist, multiple organ failure.
- Marianne Stone, 87, British character actress.
22
- Al Bernardin, 81, American restaurateur, inventor of the Quarter Pounder, stroke.
- Gilbert de Chambrun, 100, French politician.
- Mick Cocks, 54, Australian guitarist, liver cancer.
- Luis Francisco Cuéllar, 69, Colombian politician, Governor of Caqueta, assassination by cut throat.
- Michael Currie, 81, American actor.
- Bernhard Droog, 88, Dutch actor, pneumonia.
- Milena Dvorská, 71, Czech film actress.
- Edward Maitland-Makgill-Crichton, 93, British army general.
- Andy Manson, 73, Australian politician, member of the New South Wales Legislative Council.
- Duncan Paterson, 66, Scottish rugby union player and administrator.
- Sir Bob Phillis, 64, British media executive, cancer.
- Albert Scanlon, 74, English footballer, survivor of Munich air disaster.
- Piers Wardle, 49, British artist, brain haemorrhage.
23
- Lucas Abadamloora, 71, Ghanaian Roman Catholic Bishop of Navrongo-Bolgatanga.
- Lilo Allgayer, 94, German Olympic fencer.
- Ike Aronowicz, 86, Israeli captain of the.
- Grigory Baklanov, 86, Russian novelist.
- Charles Bullen, 90, American politician, Utah House of Representatives and Senate.
- Izhar Haider, 65, Urdu poet.
- Robert L. Howard, 70, American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient, pancreatic cancer.
- Micah Naftalin, 76, American advocate for Soviet Jews.
- Ngapoi Ngawang Jigme, 99, Chinese politician, Chairman of the Tibet Autonomous Region.
- Peter O'Hagan, Irish politician.
- Edward Schillebeeckx, 95, Belgian theologian.
- Rainer Zepperitz, 79, Indonesian-born German double bassist.
24
- Marcus Bakker, 86, Dutch politician, party leader of the Communist Party of the Netherlands.
- Stan Benjamin, 95, American baseball player and scout.
- Giulio Bosetti, 79, Italian actor and film director, cancer.
- Rafael Caldera, 93, Venezuelan politician, President.
- George Cowling, 89, British weatherman.
- Victor Khain, 95, Russian geologist.
- Terry Lawless, 76, British boxing manager and trainer.
- Henry van Lieshout, 77, Dutch-born Papua New Guinean Roman Catholic Bishop of Lae.
- George Michael, 70, American sportscaster and disc jockey, chronic lymphocytic leukemia.
- Eysteinn Þórðarson, 75, Icelandic Olympic skier.
- Gero von Wilpert, 76, German literary scientist.
- Brian Young, 79, British naval officer.
25
- Christopher Bell, 35, American disability studies scholar.
- Bill Burich, 92, American baseball player.
- Charlie Capps, 84, American politician, member of Mississippi House of Representatives.
- Vic Chesnutt, 45, American folk rock musician, muscle relaxant overdose.
- Rusty Dedrick, 91, American swing and bebop jazz trumpeter.
- Knut Haugland, 92, Norwegian explorer and World War II veteran, last surviving member of the Kon-Tiki expedition.
- Rick Kane, 55, American football player, pneumonia.
- A. Robert Kaufman, 78, American socialist, kidney failure.
- Morris E. Lasker, 92, American federal judge, cancer.
- Rachel Wetzsteon, 42, American poet, suicide.
26
- Charles F. Baird, 87, American politician.
- Dennis Brutus, 85, South African poet and anti-Apartheid activist, prostate cancer.
- Giuseppe Chiappella, 85, Italian football player and manager.
- Odd Kirkeby, 84, Norwegian politician.
- Peder Lunde Sr., 91, Norwegian Olympic silver medal-winning sailor.
- Arthur McIntyre, 91, British cricketer.
- Yves Rocher, 79, French entrepreneur and mayor of La Gacilly, founder of Yves Rocher Cosmetics.
- Ihor Ševčenko, 87, Polish philologist.
- Percy Sutton, 89, American civil rights activist, politician and attorney, Manhattan Borough President.
- Jacques Sylla, 63, Malagasy politician, Prime Minister of Madagascar.
- David Taylor, 63, British politician, MP for North West Leicestershire, heart attack.
- Norval White, 83, American author , heart attack.
- Felix Wurman, 51, American cellist, cancer.
27
- Maryam Babangida, 61, Nigerian First Lady, wife of former President Ibrahim Babangida, ovarian cancer.
- Gunnar Kemnitz, 82, Brazilian Olympic diver.
- Terry L. Punt, 60, American politician, Pennsylvania State Senator and State Representative.
- Narra Venkateswara Rao, 62, Indian actor, cancer.
- Isaac Schwartz, 86, Russian composer.
- Takashi Takabayashi, 78, Japanese footballer.
28
- Allen Batsford, 77, British football manager, heart attack.
- Habib Bourguiba Jr., 82, Tunisian diplomat and politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs.
- D. F. Cartwright, 93, British businessman.
- Sir Jack Harman, 89, British general.
- Zoltán Horváth, 30, Romanian-born Hungarian basketball player, traffic collision.
- Terry Matte, 66, Canadian television news producer, cancer.
- Manfred R. Schroeder, 83, German physicist.
- J. David Singer, 84, American political scientist.
- Witold Skulicz, 83, Polish artist.
- The Rev, 28, American hard rock and heavy metal drummer, drug overdose.
29
- Roberto Amadei, 76, Italian Roman Catholic monsignor, bishop of Bergamo.
- C. Ashwath, 71, Indian Kannada singer, liver and renal failure.
- Carlo Cerioni, 84, Italian Olympic basketball player.
- Chemogoh Kevin Dzang, 68, Ghanaian soldier.
- David Levine, 83, American caricaturist, prostate cancer.
- Paul Sapsford, 60, New Zealand rugby union player, injuries sustained in a jetboat accident.
- Akmal Shaikh, 53, Pakistani-born British drug trafficker, executed by lethal injection.
- M. S. Sivasankariah, 82, Indian cricket umpire.
- Robert H. Smith, 81, American real estate developer and philanthropist, creator of Crystal City, Virginia, stroke.
- Steve Williams, 49, American professional wrestler, throat cancer.
30
- Anthony Alaimo, 89, American federal judge.
- Bessie Blount Griffin, 95, American inventor and forensic scientist.
- Peter Corren, 62, Canadian gay rights activist, cancer.
- Adrian Kivumbi Ddungu, 86, Ugandan Roman Catholic Bishop of Masaka.
- Maldwyn Evans, 72, Welsh bowler, world champion.
- Rowland S. Howard, 50, Australian musician and songwriter, liver cancer.
- Michelle Lang, 34, Canadian reporter, IED explosion.
- Ruth Lilly, 94, American philanthropist, heart failure.
- Alberto Lysy, 74, Argentine violinist and composer.
- Jennifer Matthews, 45, American CIA officer, suicide bombing.
- Gloria Nord, 87, American skater.
- Walter Pérez, 85, Uruguayan Olympic sprinter.
- Vasily Shandybin, 68, Russian politician.
- Peter Shirayanagi, 81, Japanese Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church.
- Jacquie Sturm, 82, New Zealand writer and poet.
- Vishnuvardhan, 59, Indian Kannada actor, cardiac arrest.
- Abdurrahman Wahid, 69, Indonesian politician, President, heart failure.
- Norman Walker, 74, Australian rules footballer.
- Perry Wilson, 93, American actress ''.
- Jeremy Wise, 35, American CIA contractor, terrorist attack.
- Leon Yao Liang, 86, Chinese bishop.
- Ivan Zulueta, 66, Spanish designer and film director.
31
- Arthur E. Bartlett, 76, American realtor, co-founder of Century 21, Alzheimer's disease.
- Umalat Magomedov, 30, leader of the Vilayat Dagestan, terrorist, killed by Russian troops.
- Tod Campeau, 86, Canadian ice hockey player.
- Giulio Corsini, 76, Italian football player and manager.
- John Cushnie, 66, Irish gardening expert and radio presenter, heart attack.
- Cahal Daly, 92, Irish Cardinal of the Roman Catholic church, Primate of All Ireland.
- Maurice Dupras, 86, Canadian politician.
- Ann Linnea Sandberg, 71, American immunologist.
- George M. Holmes, 80, American politician, member of the North Carolina General Assembly.
- Ross Johnstone, 83, Canadian ice hockey player.
- Rashidi Kawawa, 83, Tanzanian politician, Prime Minister of Tanganyika and Tanzania.
- Justin Keating, 79, Irish humanist and Labour Party politician.
- Helen Lewis, 93, Czech-born British dancer and concentration camp survivor.
- Guido Lorraine, 97, Polish-born British actor.
- William May, 56, American-born Australian artistic director, pneumonia.
- Glauco Onorato, 73, Italian actor and voice actor.
- Bill Powell, 93, American golf course designer, stroke.
- Qian Xinzhong, 98, Chinese politician, Minister of Health.
- Youssef Ibrahim Sarraf, 69, Egyptian Chaldean Bishop of Cairo.
- Frans Seda, 83, Indonesian economist, Minister of Finance.
- William Tuohy, 83, American journalist and Pulitzer Prize-winning foreign correspondent, complications from heart surgery.
- Mikhail Vartanov, 72, Russian actor.