Deaths in March 2013

• Name, age, country of citizenship and reason for notability, established cause of death, reference.

March 2013

1

• Jewel Akens, 79, American R&B singer, complications from back surgery.
• Janez Albreht, 87, Slovenian actor.
• Campbell Armstrong, 69, Scottish author.
• Chris Canavan, 84, British actor.
• W. Gene Corley, 77, American consulting engineer.
• Helga Cranston, 91, German film editor.
• Robert Danhof, 87, American judge, member and Chief Judge of the Michigan Court of Appeals.
• Bonnie Franklin, 69, American actress, pancreatic cancer.
• Mukesh Gadhvi, 50, Indian politician, MP for Banaskantha, complications from a stroke.
• Sammy Guillen, 88, Trinidadian-born New Zealand cricketer, represented both countries.
• D. V. J. Harischandra, 74, Sri Lankan psychiatrist and Buddhist scholar, complications from a heart attack.
• Dorothy Howard, 84, Canadian mezzo-soprano, opera director, and voice teacher
• Margaret Johansen, 89, Norwegian novelist.
• Gaynelle Griffin Jones, 64, American lawyer and judge, US Attorney for the Southern District of Texas, member of the Texas Court of Appeals, cancer.
• Pat Keen, 79, English actress.
• Naw Kham, 43, Burmese drug lord, execution by lethal injection.
• Magic, 37, American rap vocalist, traffic collision.
• Ric Menello, 60, American writer, music video director, heart attack.
• John Paul Miller, 94, American goldsmith.
• Trevor Morley, 79, English cricketer.
• Erich Pennekamp, 83, German Olympic water polo player.
• Rafael Puyana, 81, Colombian harpsichordist.
• Sir Alan Smith, 95, British World War II Spitfire fighter ace.
• Ken Stanley, 91, English table tennis player.
• Gabriel Vanel, 88, French Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Auch.
• Ludwig Zausinger, 84, German footballer.

2

• Phillip Bonosky, 96, American novelist and journalist.
• Tom Borland, 80, American baseball player, MVP of the College World Series.
• Francesca Forrellad, 85, Spanish writer, aneurysm.
• Peter Harvey, 68, Australian television journalist, pancreatic cancer.
• William F. Hyland, 89, American politician and lawyer, New Jersey Attorney General.
• Jimmy Jackson, 81, Scottish footballer.
• Eriya Kategaya, 67, Ugandan politician, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for East African Affairs.
• Giorgos Kolokithas, 67, Greek basketball player, cardiac arrest.
• Thomas McEvilley, 73, American art critic and academic, complications from cancer.
• Master O'Reilly, 10, New Zealand-bred Australian racehorse, winner of Caulfield Cup.
• Bryce Rope, 90, New Zealand All Blacks rugby union coach.
• Hans Schnitger, 97, Dutch Olympic bronze-medalist field hockey player.
• Shabnam Shakeel, 70, Pakistani poet and author.
• Bjørn Skau, 84, Norwegian politician, Minister of Justice and the Police.
• Zdeněk Švestka, 87, Czech astronomer.
• Jorge Vago, 85, Argentine Olympic sailor.

3

• Zora Kramer Brown, 63, American breast cancer awareness advocate, ovarian cancer.
• Luis Cubilla, 72, Uruguayan footballer, stomach cancer.
• Rik De Saedeleer, 89, Belgian football player and journalist.
• Johann Eekhoff, 71, German economist.
• Col Firmin, 72, Australian politician.
• Jaime Guadalupe González Domínguez, 38, Mexican journalist, shot.
• Plamen Goranov, 36, Bulgarian rights activist, self-immolation.
• Müslüm Gürses, 59, Turkish singer and actor, complications from heart surgery.
• Johnny Hanks, 78, New Zealand boxer.
• Junior Heffernan, 23, Irish triathlete and racing cyclist, race collision.
• Gerald D. Klee, 86, American psychiatrist and LSD expert, involved in hallucinogenic drug research for US Army, complications following surgery.
• Manfred Kremser, 62, Austrian ethnologist.
• Danie G. Krige, 93, South African mining engineer and geologist.
• Richard Matthews, 60, South African Emmy- and BAFTA Award-winning wildlife filmmaker, plane crash.
• Bobby Rogers, 73, American soul singer and songwriter, complications from diabetes.
• José Sancho, 68, Spanish actor, lung cancer.
• Song Wenfei, 27, Chinese actress, uterine cancer.
• James Strong, 68, Australian businessman, CEO of Qantas, complications from lung surgery.
• George Wearring, 84, Canadian Olympic basketball player.
• Donald W. Zacharias, 77, American academic, President of MSU.

4

• José Almandoz, 75, Spanish Olympic rower.
• Lillian Cahn, 89, American businesswoman, co-founder of Coach, Inc. and designer of the Coach handbag
• Bill Dankbaar, 60, Australian Olympic rower.
• Menachem Froman, 67, Israeli settler and chief rabbi, colorectal cancer.
• Dic Goodman, 93, Welsh poet.
• Harry Greene, 89, Welsh actor and television personality, creator of Changing Rooms and DIY SOS.
• Chick Halbert, 94, American basketball player.
• Seki Matsunaga, 84, Japanese footballer.
• Mickey Moore, 98, Canadian-born American actor and director, heart failure.
• Maurus Nekaro, 57, Namibian politician, Governor of Kavango Region, hypertension.
• Tom Pennington, 73, American football player.
• George Petherbridge, 85, English footballer.
• Jérôme Savary, 70, Argentine-born French theater director and actor, cancer.
• Hobart Muir Smith, 100, American herpetologist.
• Toren Smith, 52, Canadian manga publisher and translator.
• Fran Warren, 87, American singer and actress.

5

• Paul Bearer, 58, American professional wrestling manager, upper respiratory infection.
• Hugo Chávez, 58, Venezuelan politician and military officer, President, heart attack.
• Stephen Citron, 89, American composer and biographer.
• Nigel Forbes, 22nd Lord Forbes, 95, Scottish soldier, businessman and politician, Minister of State for Scotland.
• Calvin Fowler, 73, American Olympic gold medallist basketball player.
• Charles Galbreath, 87, American politician and judge, member of the Tennessee House and Court of Appeals, pneumonia.
• Duane Gish, 92, American creationist.
• Gorō Naya, 83, Japanese voice actor, chronic respiratory failure.
• Dawn Clark Netsch, 86, American politician, member of the Illinois State Senate, Illinois Comptroller, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
• Dieter Pfaff, 65, German actor, lung cancer.
• Rajasulochana, 77, Indian actress and dancer, renal failure.
• Robert Relyea, 82, American film producer, natural causes.
• Melvin Rhyne, 76, American jazz organist.
• Hikmat al-Shihabi, 82, Syrian military leader.
• Tommy Smith, 75, American jockey.
• Arthur Storch, 87, American theatrical director and actor, founder of Syracuse Stage.
• Luc Wallays, 51, Belgian cyclist, cancer.
• Tove Wallenstrøm, 98, Danish actress.
• Bill Walters, 69, American politician, member of the Arkansas Senate, pancreatic cancer.

6

• Maciej Berbeka, 58, Polish mountaineer, climbing accident.
• Dave Bewley, 92, English footballer.
• Sabine Bischoff, 54, German Olympic champion fencer.
• Chorão, 42, Brazilian singer-songwriter, skateboarder and screenwriter, cocaine overdose.
• Ahmed Zaman Chowdhury, 65, Bangladeshi film journalist, screenwriter and lyricist, road accident.
• W. Wallace Cleland, 83, American biochemist.
• Stompin' Tom Connors, 77, Canadian country-folk singer, kidney failure.
• Ward de Ravet, 88, Belgian actor.
• Keld Helmer-Petersen, 92, Danish art photographer.
• Takashi Iwashige, 58, Japanese manga artist.
• Abdul Jalil, 74, Bangladeshi politician, MP for Naogaon District.
• Sir Norman King, 79, British vice admiral and naval secretary.
• Alvin Lee, 68, British guitarist, complications from surgery.
• Carlo Lotti, 96, Italian engineer.
• Jack Marshall, 86, Australian rugby player.
• Paddy McIlvenny, 88, Northern Irish footballer.
• Andrei Panin, 50, Russian actor.
• John Spence, 83, Saint Vincent-born Trinidadian politician and botanist, member of the Trinidad Senate, heart attack.
• Roland Trebicka, 65, Albanian actor, lung cancer.
• Bernarda Vásquez Méndez, 95, Costa Rican suffragist, first country's female to vote.
• Mike Walker, 101, American engineer.

7

• Kenny Ball, 82, English jazz trumpeter, pneumonia.
• Peter Banks, 65, English rock guitarist, heart failure.
• Cleto Bellucci, 91, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Fermo.
• Ruth Booker-Bryant, 89, American human rights activist.
• John J. Byrne, 81, American insurance executive, Chairman of White Mountains Insurance Group, cancer.
• Sybil Christopher, 83, Welsh actress.
• Dirk Coetzee, 67, South African paramilitary commander, kidney failure.
• Didier Comès, 70, Belgian comedic artist.
• Beatriz Consuelo, 80, Brazilian-born Swiss ballerina and dance instructor.
• Damiano Damiani, 90, Italian film director.
• Max Ferguson, 89, British-born Canadian radio broadcaster, heart attack.
• Barbara Goldschmidt, 91, Israeli painter.
• Dick Graham, 90, British football manager, heart condition.
• Harold Hunter, 86, American basketball coach, first African-American to sign NBA contract.
• Frederick B. Karl, 88, American judge and politician, member of Florida House of Representatives, Senate and Florida Supreme Court.
• Stan Keery, 81, English footballer.
• Claude King, 90, American country music singer.
• Freda Linde, 97, South African children's writer and translator.
• Ray Martin, 87, American baseball player.
• Willie McCulloch, 85, Scottish footballer.
• Els Noordhof, 89, Dutch artist.
• Ali Al Numairy, 55, Emirati plastic surgeon, traffic accident.
• Alfred Post, 86, German Olympic footballer.
• Pao Sarasin, 83, Thai politician, Deputy Prime Minister, Interior Minister, blood infection.
• Jeffrey Skitch, 85, British opera singer and educator.
• Jake Striker, 79, American baseball player.
• Willy Switkes, 83, American character actor, colon cancer.
• Elmar Tampõld, 92, Estonian-born Canadian architect.
• Carl Thomas, 80, American baseball player.
• Jacques Torczyner, 98, Belgian political leader, President of the ZOA.
• Jan Zwartkruis, 87, Dutch football coach.

8

• Haseeb Ahsan, 73, Pakistani cricketer.
• Rolando Bojórquez Gutiérrez, 45, Mexican politician.
• Hartmut Briesenick, 63, German Olympic bronze medallist shot put athlete.
• Hardin Cox, 85, American politician, member of the Missouri House of Representatives and Missouri Senate.
• Ricardo da Force, 45, English dance vocalist, brain hemorrhage.
• Toby Graham, 92, British Olympic cross-country skier and university professor.
• Hakob Hakobian, 89, Armenian artist, heart attack.
• Carlos Jáuregui, 80, Chilean–Canadian chess master.
• Ewald-Heinrich von Kleist-Schmenzin, 90, German Army officer and publisher, last surviving member of the 20 July plot.
• Jürg Marmet, 85, Swiss mountaineer, third person to summit Mount Everest.
• Enda Marren, 78, Irish lawyer.
• Sammy Masters, 82, American rockabilly musician.
• Tony Maxworthy, 79, British-American physicist.
• John O'Connell, 86, Irish politician, TD for Dublin South-West, Minister for Health and MEP for European Parliament.
• Kai Pahlman, 77, Finnish footballer.
• George Saimes, 71, American football player, leukemia.
• Rudolf Schiffl, 71, German Olympic archer.
• Ludwig Schulze, Papua New Guinean politician.
• Charles Thurstan Shaw, 98, British archaeologist.
• Raymond Telles, 97, American politician and diplomat, Mayor of El Paso, Ambassador to Costa Rica.
• Ian Wilson, 80, Irish cricketer.
• Ginny Wood, 95, American environmentalist, founder of the Alaska Conservation Society.

9

• Aasia, 60, Pakistani film actress.
• Tengiz Amirejibi, 85, Georgian pianist.
• Angelo J. Arculeo, 89, American politician.
• Dave Bland, 83, Australian rules footballer.
• Geoff Braybrooke, 77, British-born New Zealand politician, MP for Napier.
• David Farmbrough, 83, British Anglican prelate, Bishop of Bedford.
• David Handley, 81, British Olympic cyclist.
• Max Jakobson, 89, Finnish diplomat and journalist.
• Larry Martin, 69, American paleontologist, cancer.
• Richard McIver, 71, American politician.
• Paul Nassau, 83, American composer and lyricist.
• Neneco Norton, 89, Paraguayan musician, composer and orchestra director.
• Viren J. Shah, 86, Indian politician and industrialist, Governor of West Bengal, heart attack.
• A. R. Shaw, 91, American politician, member of the North Dakota House of Representatives.
• Merton Simpson, 84, American artist, gallery owner and African art collector, complications from stroke, diabetes and dementia.

10

• Larisa Avdeyeva, 87, Russian mezzo-soprano.
• Edelmiro Amante, 79, Filipino politician, member of the House of Representatives, liver cancer.
• Jim Anderson, 82, Canadian ice hockey player and coach.
• Brian Archer, 83, Australian politician, Senator for Tasmania.
• Hugh Casey, 85, Northern Irish politician.
• John Chick, 80, Australian football player.
• Robert Chrisman, 75, American poet, activist and editor, complications from heart failure.
• Stanley Crowther, 87, British politician, MP for Rotherham.
• Maurice Delarue, 93, French journalist.
• Jacques Dupont, 91, French film director.
• Emilio Eiroa, 77, Spanish politician, President of the Government of Aragon.
• Wolf Gorelik, 80, Russian conductor.
• František Gregor, 74, Czech Olympic ice hockey player.
• Princess Lilian, Duchess of Halland, 97, Welsh-born Swedish royal.
• Tony Mansfield, 73, Irish hurling player and manager.
• Antal Megyerdi, 73, Hungarian Olympic cyclist.
• Ian Munro Ross, 85, British engineer and scientist, President of Bell Labs, pneumonia.
• Frank Ruddle, 83, American cell and developmental biologist.
• Metin Serezli, 79, Turkish actor, lung cancer.
• Adalin Wichman, 91, American sculptor, designer of the Eclipse Award Trophy.
• Masao Yamaguchi, 81, Japanese anthropologist, pneumonia.
• Asa G. Yancey Sr., 96, American physician and academic.
• Danny Zialcita, 72, Filipino filmmaker, stroke.

11

• Erica Andrews, 43, Mexican drag performer, Miss Continental, lung ailment.
• Helga Arendt, 48, German Olympic sprinter.
• Martin Adolf Bormann, 82, German theologian.
• Ignatius Anthony Catanello, 74, American Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Brooklyn.
• Doug Christie, 66, Canadian lawyer and free speech activist, leader of the Western Block Party, liver cancer.
• Simón Alberto Consalvi, 85, Venezuelan politician and author, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Minister of Interior and Justice.
• Tony Gubba, 69, British journalist and sports commentator, leukaemia.
• Raymond Kirsch, 71, Luxembourgish businessman and politician, President of the Council of State.
• Lisa Lynch, 33, British journalist, breast cancer.
• Maya Ray, 86, Indian politician, kidney failure.
• Mitchell Melton, 69, American politician, member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, prostate cancer.
• Ramankutty Nair, 87, Indian Kathakali maestro, recipient of the Padma Bhushan.
• Robert Pecanka, 82, Austrian Olympic hockey player.
• Jacquelin Perry, 94, American orthopedic surgeon, known for her treatment of polio.
• Sripada Pinakapani, 99, Indian musician.
• Florian Siwicki, 88, Polish military officer and politician, Minister of Military Affairs.
• Boris Vasilyev, 88, Russian writer.

12

• John Boncore, 61, American political activist, fall.
• George Burditt, 90, American politician and lawyer.
• Clive Burr, 56, British drummer, complications from multiple sclerosis.
• Robert Castel, 79, French sociologist.
• Stanley Cole, 89, American architect, designed Citizens Bank Park, pneumonia.
• Michael Grigsby, 76, British documentary film maker.
• John Holloway, 70, Australian public servant and diplomat, skin cancer and diabetes.
• Kazzia, 13, German-foaled Irish thoroughbred horse, post-foaling complications.
• Teresa Mattei, 92, Italian freedom fighter and politician, last female member of the Constituent Assembly, proposed mimosa as symbol of IWD.
• George A. Norris, 84, Canadian artist and sculptor.
• Gordon Pembery, 86, Welsh footballer.
• Ray Perez, 74, American Olympic boxer.
• Ganesh Pyne, 76, Indian painter, cardiac arrest.

13

• José Guadalupe Cervantes Corona, 88, Mexican politician, Governor of Zacatecas.
• Philip Crosfield, 88, Scottish Anglican priest.
• Richard Davey, 74, Australian actor and playwright.
• Léon Deladerrière, 85, French football player and coach.
• Deke DeLoach, 92, American FBI agent and author.
• Ducky Detweiler, 94, American baseball player.
• Werner Hofmann, 84, Austrian art historian, cultural journalist, writer, curator and museum director, heart attack.
• Sir Tore Lokoloko, 82, Papua New Guinean politician, Governor-General.
• Jack Marston, 64, English rugby league player, cancer.
• Delia Meulenkamp, 77, Dutch-born American Olympic swimmer.
• Veer Bhadra Mishra, 74, Indian mahant and environmentalist, Time magazine "Hero of the Planet", lung infection.
• Hans Moretti, 84, German illusionist and escapologist.
• Gerard Sithunywa Ndlovu, 74, South African Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Umzimkulu.
• Nelson Ne'e, 59, Solomon Islands politician, MP for Central Honiara.
• Perween Rahman, 56, Pakistani activist, director of the Orangi Pilot Project, homicide.
• Rolf Schult, 85, German voice actor.
• Władysław Stachurski, 67, Polish football player and manager.
• Malachi Throne, 84, American actor, lung cancer.
• Siegfried Weiß, 79, German Olympic skier.
• Paul H. Wendler, 96, American politician.

14

• William Sheridan Allen, 80, American historian.
• Jim Barrett, 86, American wine pioneer and vineyard owner.
• Henry Besant, 40, English mixologist and businessman, heart attack.
• Edward Bland, 86, American filmmaker and composer.
• Walt Buck, 82, Canadian politician, Alberta MLA for Clover Bar, stomach cancer.
• Stanford Cazier, 82, American educator, president of California State University, Chico and Utah State University.
• Norman Collier, 87, British comedian, Parkinson's disease.
• Jack Curran, 82, American high school sports coach, complications from cancer and kidney failure.
• Jack Greene, 83, American country music singer, complications from Alzheimer's disease.
• Subas Herrero, 69, Filipino comedian, respiratory failure.
• Mirja Hietamies, 82, Finnish Olympic medal-winning cross-country skier.
• Scott Kennedy, 47, American comedian.
• John Konstantinos, 76, American football coach and administrator.
• H. Coleman McGehee Jr., 89, American Episcopalian prelate, Bishop of Michigan.
• François Narmon, 79, Belgian businessman and sports administrator.
• Thomas Rhoad Jr., 89, American politician, member of the South Carolina House of Representatives.
• Paul Rose, 69, Canadian political figure, leader of PDS, convicted kidnapper and murderer, stroke.
• Aramais Sahakyan, 76, Armenian writer and politician.
• Ieng Sary, 87, Vietnamese-born Cambodian politician, co-founder of the Khmer Rouge.
• George Sossenko, 94, Russian military veteran.
• Harry Thomson, 72, Scottish footballer, throat cancer.
• Camilo Vives, 71, Cuban film producer.

15

• P. Balasubramaniam, 53, Malaysian private investigator, alleged government conspiracy in the murder of Shaariibuugiin Altantuyaa, heart attack.
• James Bonk, 82, American chemistry professor.
• Bernard Cheese, 88, British painter and printmaker.
• Docs Keepin Time, 25–26, American Quarter Horse.
• Booth Gardner, 76, American politician, Governor of Washington, Parkinson's disease.
• Hardrock Gunter, 88, American musician, complications of pneumonia.
• Shannon Larratt, 39, Canadian editor and publisher.
• Terry Lightfoot, 77, British jazz clarinettist.
• Leverne McDonnell, 49, Australian actress, cancer.
• Masamichi Noro, 78, Japanese aikidoka, founded Kinomichi.
• Kallam Anji Reddy, 71, Indian chemical engineer and pharmaceutical executive, founder of Dr. Reddy's Laboratories, liver cancer.
• Dante Rossi, 76, Italian Olympic water polo player.
• Jack Stevens, 83, Australian footballer.
• Marcel van Cleemput, 86, French-born British toy designer.
• Peter Worsley, 88, British sociologist.
• Felipe Zetter, 89, Mexican footballer.

16

• Trond Brænne, 59, Norwegian actor and author, stroke.
• Larcenia Bullard, 65, American politician, member of the Florida House of Representatives and Senate.
• Leslie Gooday, 91, British architect.
• Jamal Nazrul Islam, 74, Bangladeshi mathematical physicist and cosmologist, diabetes and heart disease.
• Kong Ngai, 77, Chinese film and television actor, lung cancer.
• Luchaa Mohamed Lamin, 60, Saharawi politician and diplomat, lung cancer.
• Elizabeth Lindsay, 100, American track and field athlete.
• José Alfredo Martínez de Hoz, 87, Argentine economist, Minister of Economy.
• John Marvel, 86, American politician, member of the Nevada Assembly, lung disease.
• David Mills, 75, English cricketer.
• Jason Molina, 39, American singer-songwriter, multiple organ failure.
• Yadier Pedroso, 26, Cuban baseball player, traffic collision.
• Sol Rabinowitz, 88, American recording industry executive.
• Michael Roarty, 84, American brewing advertising executive, created "This Bud's for you" slogan.
• Ruchoma Shain, 98, American-born teacher and author.
• Bobby Smith, 76, American singer, complications from influenza and pneumonia.
• Marina Solodkin, 60, Russian-born Israeli politician, Member of Knesset, stroke.
• Jae Spears, 90, American politician, member of the West Virginia House of Delegates and West Virginia Senate.
• Frank Thornton, 92, British actor.

17

• Blaster Al Ackerman, 73, American writer and artist.
• Rudolf Battěk, 88, Czech sociologist, dissident and politician, recipient of the Order of Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk.
• Svein Blindheim, 96, Norwegian military officer, World War II resistance fighter and historian.
• William B. Caldwell III, 87, American military officer, Commander General for the Fifth Army.
• Grady Clay, 96, American journalist and landscape architect.
• Steve Davis, 60, American college football player, plane crash.
• Rosine Delamare, 101, French costume designer.
• André Fontaine, 91, French historian and journalist.
• Lawrence Fuchs, 86, American academic.
• Mitchell Hooks, 89, American artist, illustrator, and movie poster artist.
• Jan van Houwelingen, 73, Dutch politician, State Secretary for Defence, Mayor of Haarlemmermeer.
• Jean-Noël Lavoie, 85, Canadian politician.
• John David Merwin, 91, American politician, Governor of the Virgin Islands.
• Olivier Metzner, 63, French criminal lawyer, apparent suicide by drowning.
• Akio Johnson Mutek, 55, South Sudanese Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Torit, kidney failure.
• Umm Nidal, 63, Palestinian politician, multiple organ failure.
• Peter Scott, 82, British burglar.
• François Sermon, 89, Belgian footballer.
• A.B.C. Whipple, 94, American journalist and author.

18

• Muhammad Mahmood Alam, 77, Pakistani military officer, General and flying ace.
• Mindy Baha El Din, 54, Egyptian environmentalist, complications from a stroke.
• Henry Bromell, 65, American screenwriter and producer, heart attack.
• Clay Ford, 74, American politician, member of the Florida House of Representatives, cancer.
• Earl Hersh, 80, American baseball player.
• Ali İhsan Karayiğit, 85–86, Turkish football player.
• Muhammad Khan, 84, Pakistani Olympic boxer.
• Mary Ellen Rudin, 88, American mathematician.
• Robin Williams, 93, New Zealand mathematician, university administrator and civil servant, member of the Manhattan Project.

19

• Khalid Ahmad, 69, Pakistani poet and journalist, lung cancer.
• Ryan Birch, 43, British judoka, traffic collision.
• Tom Clements, 58, American civil servant, head of the Colorado Department of Corrections, shot.
• Desmond Drummer, 72, South African cricketer.
• Eyvind Fjeld Halvorsen, 90, Norwegian academic.
• Holger Juul Hansen, 88, Danish actor.
• Lester Lewis, 46, American television writer and producer, suicide.
• Valentino Macchi, 75, Italian actor.
• Lori March, 90, American television actress.
• Sir Fergus Montgomery, 85, British politician, MP for Newcastle upon Tyne East, Brierley Hill, and Altrincham and Sale.
• Seijin Noborikawa, 80, Japanese folk musician.
• Bud Palmer, 91, American sportscaster and basketball player, cancer.
• David Parland, 42, Swedish musician, suicide.
• Irina Petrescu, 71, Romanian actress, cancer.
• Harry Reems, 65, American porn actor, pancreatic cancer.
• Adeline Smith, 95, American Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe elder, developed the Klallam language alphabet and first dictionary.

20

• George Barrow, 91, American jazz saxophonist.
• Eddie Bond, 79, American rockabilly singer, complications from Alzheimer's disease.
• Rena Golden, 51, Indian-born American journalist, lymphoma.
• James Herbert, 69, English horror writer.
• Vasile Ianul, 67, Romanian football player and executive, Chairman of Dinamo Bucharest, cardiac arrest.
• Robert W. Johnson, 88, American politician, member of the Minnesota House of Representatives.
• George Lowe, 89, New Zealand-born British mountaineer, explorer and film director, last participant of the 1953 British Mount Everest Expedition.
• Vijay A. Madgavkar, 98, Indian badminton player.
• Antonio Manganelli, 62, Italian police chief, head of Polizia di Stato, complications of cancer.
• Frederic Mayer, 81, American operatic tenor.
• Leslie Milnes, 90, New Zealand cricketer.
• Nicholas C. Petris, 90, American politician, member of the California State Assembly ; State Senator, Alzheimer's disease.
• Zillur Rahman, 84, Bangladeshi politician, President.
• Jesse Rogers, 79, American baseball player.
• Emílio Santiago, 66, Brazilian singer, complications from a stroke.
• Stefano Simoncelli, 66, Italian Olympic medal-winning fencer.
• Nasser El Sonbaty, 47, German professional bodybuilder.
• Risë Stevens, 99, American operatic mezzo-soprano.
• Jack Stokes, 92, English animation director.
• Calvert Watkins, 80, American Indo-European linguist, Harvard professor and author.
• Jerry E. Wilkerson, 68, American politician, member of the Mississippi House of Representatives.

21

• Chinua Achebe, 82, Nigerian poet, professor and novelist.
• Terry Alderete, 67, American businesswoman, cardiac arrest.
• Joseph Blewett, 87, South African cricketer.
• Mohamed Said Ramadan Al-Bouti, 83, Turkish-born Syrian cleric, bombing.
• Angus Carmichael, 87, Scottish footballer.
• Ernest Chapman, 86, Australian Olympic rower.
• Jim Crowley, appr. 82, American football coach.
• Isagani Cruz, 88, Filipino judge, member of the Supreme Court.
• Yvan Ducharme, 75, Canadian humorist and actor, COPD.
• David Fisher, 66, English artist, cancer.
• Tyrone Gilks, 19, Australian motorcycle stunt rider, collision during practice.
• Rick Hautala, 64, American horror author, heart attack.
• Harlon Hill, 80, American football player, MVP, Rookie of the Year.
• Angelo Ingrassia, 89, American judge, member of the New York Supreme Court.
• Sir Ewan Jamieson, 82, New Zealand military officer, Chief of Air Force, Chief of Defence Force.
• Cornelis H. A. Koster, 69, Dutch computer scientist, traffic collision.
• Ludwig Leitner, 73, German Olympic alpine skier and world champion.
• Pietro Mennea, 60, Italian Olympic medal-winning sprinter and politician, cancer.
• Moondog Spike, 62, American wrestler.
• Robert Nichols, 88, American character actor.
• Jörgen Ohlin, 75, Swedish footballer.
• Max Oldmeadow, 88, Australian politician, MP for Holt.
• Aníbal Paz, 95, Uruguayan footballer.
• Herschel Schacter, 95, American rabbi, natural causes.
• Joe Burt Scott, 92, American baseball player, stroke.
• Bruce Skeggs, 80, Australian politician and trotting commentator.
• Ken Wellman, 82, Australian ice hockey player.
• Giancarlo Zagni, 86, Italian director and screenwriter.

22

• John U. Bascom, 87, American surgeon.
• Vladimír Čech, 61, Czech actor, television presenter and politician, colorectal cancer and pneumonia.
• Leszek Gondek, 74, Polish historian.
• Bernard Green, 60, British priest and historian, heart attack.
• Fred Jones, 75, English football player.
• Jimmy Lloyd, 73, English Olympic boxer, heart attack.
• James Nabrit III, 80, American civil rights lawyer, lung cancer.
• Thomas Qian Yurong, 99, Chinese Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Xuzhou, ex-communicated then reconciled.
• Lee Scarpetti, 85, Italian-born American politician, member of the Connecticut Senate.
• Christa Speck, 70, German model, Playboy Playmate, Playmate of the Year, natural causes.
• Bebo Valdés, 94, Cuban pianist, bandleader, composer and arranger, Alzheimer's disease.
• Robert D. Warren Sr., 84, American politician, member of the West Virginia Senate.
• Derek Watkins, 68, British trumpeter, played on every James Bond soundtrack, cancer.
• Ray Williams, 58, American basketball player, colon cancer.

23

• Sukhraj Aujla, 45, Indian folk singer, traffic collision.
• Boris Berezovsky, 67, Russian business oligarch, government official and mathematician, coroner's open verdict.
• David Bond, 90, British Olympic champion sailor.
• Muhammad Chudori, 86, Indonesian journalist, co-founder of The Jakarta Post.
• Jean Crawford Cochrane, 98, Irish educator.
• Onofre Corpuz, 86, Filipino academic and politician, Secretary of Education.
• Conrad Hyers, 79, American historian of religion.
• Rapama Kamehozu, 63, Namibian politician, Governor of Omaheke, Governor of Otjozondjupa, cancer.
• Ruth A. Lucas, 92, first African American woman in the Air Force, cardiac arrest.
• Norman R. Palmer, 94, American film and television editor, natural causes.
• Peter Sutton, 89, New Zealand Anglican clergyman, Bishop of Nelson.
• Chandramani Tripathi, 66, Indian politician.
• Virgil Trucks, 95, American baseball player.
• Joe Weider, 93, Canadian publisher, co-founder of the International Federation of BodyBuilders, founder of Muscle & Fitness, heart ailment.

24

• Barbara Anderson, 86, New Zealand author.
• Jo Inge Bjørnebye, 66, Norwegian Olympic ski jumper, cancer.
• Walt Bodine, 92, American broadcaster.
• Todd Breitenstein, 47, American game designer, cancer.
• Harold Burns, 86, American politician, member and Speaker of the New Hampshire House, Senate, throat cancer.
• Čestmír Císař, 93, Czech politician, Chairman of the National Council.
• Bob Colston, 84, British sports broadcaster, heart failure.
• Mariana Drăgescu, 100, Romanian military pilot, natural causes.
• Peter Duryea, 73, American actor.
• Mary Gillham, 91, English naturalist.
• Hayden Griffin, 70, British scenic designer, cancer.
• Derek Leaver, 82, English footballer.
• Inge Lønning, 75, Norwegian theologian, educator, and politician.
• Gury Marchuk, 87, Russian scientist.
• Gerald Marwell, 76, American sociologist, social psychologist and behavioral economist.
• Walker David Miller, 73, American senior judge, United States District Court for the District of Colorado.
• Paolo Ponzo, 41, Italian footballer, heart attack.
• Sir Joseph Pope, 98, British engineer and academic administrator.
• Ratón, 11, Spanish fighting bull.
• Deke Richards, 68, American Motown songwriter, esophageal cancer.
• Mohamed Yousri Salama, 38, Egyptian political leader, stomach infection.
• Francis Cumming-Bruce, 8th Baron Thurlow, 101, British diplomat, Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Bahamas.
• Jessica Upshaw, 53, American politician, member of the Mississippi House of Representatives, suicide by gunshot.
• Susana Viau, 68, Argentine journalist, writer and political columnist, lung cancer.

25

• Léonce Bernard, 69, Canadian politician, Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island.
• Ellen Einan, 81, Norwegian poet.
• Wayne Fleming, 62, Canadian ice hockey coach, brain cancer.
• Ben Goldfaden, 99, American basketball player.
• Peter Hearn, 87, English cricketer.
• Anthony Lewis, 85, American journalist, winner of Pulitzer Prize, kidney and heart failure.
• Dafydd Llywelyn, 74, Welsh composer, pianist, conductor and teacher.
• Majid-ul-Haq, 86, Bangladeshi Army officer and minister.
• Jean Pickering, 83, English Olympic athlete.
• Jean-Marc Roberts, 58, French editor, novelist, and screenwriter, cancer.
• Lou Sleater, 86, American baseball player, lung disease.
• Jack Wiley, 92, American football player.

26

• Margie Alexander, 64, American R&B and soul singer.
• Eddie Basha Jr., 75, American grocery businessman.
• Deepak Bharadwaj, 63, Indian politician, shot.
• Tom Boerwinkle, 67, American basketball player, myelodysplastic syndrome.
• Sir Michael Gow, 88, British Army general.
• Gillian Howie, 47, British philosopher, cancer.
• Juanín, 72, Spanish footballer, complications following a stroke.
• Krzysztof Kozłowski, 81, Polish journalist, Minister of the Interior and Administration, heart failure.
• Martyl Langsdorf, 96, American visual artist, designer of the Doomsday Clock, lung infection.
• Dave Leggett, 79, American football player, MVP of the 1955 Rose Bowl.
• Claudio Lippi, 42, Italian sports journalist, traffic collision.
• Giancarlo Martini, 65, Italian Formula One driver, co-founder and co-owner of Team Minardi.
• Patricia McCormick, 83, American bullfighter.
• Audrey McElmury, 70, American racing cyclist, female UCI Road World champion.
• Nikola Mladenov, 49, Macedonian journalist, traffic collision.
• Jerzy Nowak, 89, Polish actor.
• Danilo Orozco, 68, Cuban musicologist.
• Don Payne, 48, American television writer and screenwriter, bone cancer.
• René Pirolley, 81, French Olympic swimmer.
• Yury Rudov, 82, Soviet Olympic fencer.
• Nikolai Sorokin, 61, Russian actor and director.
• Sukumari, 72, Indian actress, complications from burn injury.
• Archie Thompson, 93, American Yurok native elder.
• Bill Walsh, 90, Irish hurler.
• Jerzy Wyrobek, 63, Polish footballer.

27

• Hjalmar Andersen, 90, Norwegian triple Olympic champion speed skater, trauma due to a fall.
• Yvonne Brill, 88, Canadian aerospace engineer, National Medal of Technology and Innovation, complications from breast cancer.
• Keith Burch, 81, British Army major general.
• Gerald Curran, 74, American politician, member of the Maryland House of Delegates, pancreatic cancer.
• Alfredo De Gasperis, 79, Italian-born Canadian businessman, founder of ConDrain.
• Orozimbo Fuenzalida, 87, Chilean Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of San Bernardo.
• Niraj Jain, 86, Indian Jain religious leader.
• Roosevelt Jamison, 76, American songwriter.
• Fay Kanin, 95, American screenwriter, playwright and producer, President of AMPAS.
• Guillermo Luksic Craig, 57, Chilean businessman, lung cancer.
• P. K. S. Raja, 100, Indian royal, Zamorin of Calicut.
• Katharine Stewart, 98, English author, crofter, teacher and postmistress.
• Paul Williams, 64, American music journalist, publisher, and writer, complications from Alzheimer's disease.
• Will Zens, 92, American filmmaker.

28

• Gabriel M. Ambrosio, 74, American politician, member of the New Jersey Senate, cancer.
• Jean-Paul Bonnaire, 69, French actor.
• George E. P. Box, 93, British statistician.
• Odis Echols, 82, American politician, member of the New Mexico Senate, dementia.
• Manuel García Ferré, 83, Spanish-born Argentine cartoonist, complications of heart surgery.
• John Findlater, 86, Scottish meteorologist.
• Jerald G. Fishman, 67, American technology executive, CEO of Analog Devices, heart attack.
• Jean Floud, 97, British educational sociologist, Principal of Newnham College, Cambridge.
• Richard Griffiths, 65, British actor, Tony winner, complications from heart surgery.
• Dale Hyatt, 87, American businessman.
• Soraya Jiménez, 35, Mexican Olympic champion weightlifter, heart attack.
• Hemed Khamis, 62, Tanzanian politician, stroke.
• László Klauz, 46, Hungarian Olympic wrestler.
• Hugh McCracken, 70, American rock and roll session musician, producer and arranger, leukemia.
• Heinz Patzig, 83, German football player and manager.
• Yuri Radonyak, 77, Soviet Olympic boxer.
• Robert V. Remini, 91, American historian and academic, Historian of the United States House of Representatives, stroke.
• Wolfgang Schulz, 67, Austrian concert flutist and university lecturer.
• Shi Zongyuan, 66, Chinese politician.
• Boris Strel, 53, Slovenian champion skier, suicide.
• Bob Teague, 84, American college football player and television journalist, T-cell lymphoma.
• Gus Triandos, 82, American baseball player, heart failure.
• John Charles Upton Jr., 56, American documentary film maker, shot.
• Robert Zildjian, 89, American musical instrument manufacturer, cancer.

29

• Joseph W. Alton, 94, American politician, member of the Maryland Senate.
• Lawrence Auster, 64, American traditionalist conservative author and blogger, pancreatic cancer.
• Anton Bühler, 90, Swiss Olympic equestrian.
• Cheryl Chow, 66, American politician, brain cancer.
• Linda S. Cordell, 70, American archaeologist and anthropologist.
• Mike DeCicco, 85, American fencing coach, coached five teams to national championships, heart failure.
• Barrie Dobson, 81, British historian.
• Reid Flair, 25, American professional wrestler, heroin overdose.
• Warren Freer, 92, New Zealand politician, MP for Mt. Albert.
• Reginald Gray, 82, Irish painter, stomach cancer.
• John J. Gumperz, 91, American linguist and academic.
• Sheila Holzworth, 51, American para-alpine skier, cancer.
• István Hont, 65, Hungarian-born British historian.
• Brian Huggins, 81, British-born Canadian journalist and actor.
• Enzo Jannacci, 77, Italian singer-songwriter, actor and stand-up comedian, cancer.
• Ralph Klein, 70, Canadian politician, Premier of Alberta, MLA for Calgary-Elbow, Mayor of Calgary, COPD and dementia.
• William P. Levine, 97, United States Army officer.
• Art Malone, 76, American drag racer, Indy car driver, and dragstrip owner, injuries sustained in an airboat collision.
• Betty Marshall, 94, American politician, first female Mayor of York, Pennsylvania.
• Luis Martínez Noval, 64, Spanish politician, Minister of Labor, complications from a fall.
• Jim Mees, 57, American Emmy-winning set designer, pancreatic cancer.
• Art Phillips, 82, Canadian politician, MP for Vancouver Centre, Mayor of Vancouver.
• Ernesto Rubin de Cervin, 76, Italian composer and teacher.

30

• Brian Ackland-Snow, 72, British production designer, Oscar winner.
• Franco Califano, 74, Italian lyricist, musician, singer and actor, heart attack.
• Sucharitha Gamlath, 79, Sri Lankan academic.
• Eric Hertz, 58, American telecommunications executive, CEO of 2degrees, plane crash.
• Daniel Hoffman, 89, American poet, United States Poet Laureate.
• Peter Kormos, 60, Canadian politician, Ontario MPP for Welland and Niagara Centre.
• Francisco Javier López Peña, 55, Spanish Basque separatist leader, heart attack.
• Mal Moore, 73, American college football player and coach, University of Alabama athletic director, pulmonary failure.
• Samueli Naulu, 31, Fijian rugby union player, traffic collision.
• Bobby Parks, 51, American basketball player and coach, PBA Hall of Fame, laryngeal cancer.
• Phil Ramone, 79, South African-born American record producer, aortic aneurysm.
• Edith Schaeffer, 98, American Christian leader and author.
• Bob Turley, 82, American baseball player, World Series MVP, liver cancer.
• Valeri Zolotukhin, 71, Russian actor, brain tumor.

31

• Rod Berry, 65, American politician, member of the West Virginia House of Delegates.
• Charles Amarin Brand, 92, French Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Monaco and Strasbourg.
• Ernie Bridge, 76, Australian politician, member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly for Kimberley, mesothelioma.
• W. E. Butts, 68, American poet, Poet Laureate of New Hampshire.
• Helena Carroll, 84, Scottish actress.
• Bob Clarke, 87, American illustrator, complications of pneumonia.
• Henry Clarke, 79, American businessman and venture capitalist, developed the Klondike bar.
• Ray Drake, 78, English footballer.
• Dick Duden, 88, American football player and coach.
• Courtney Gonsalves, 62, Guyanese cricketer.
• Ahmad Sayyed Javadi, 95, Iranian political activist and politician, Minister of Justice, Minister of Interior.
• Sir Michael Jenkins, 77, British diplomat, Ambassador to the Netherlands.
• Bebe Lee, 96, American basketball coach and administrator.
• Mack McInnis, 79, American politician, member of the Mississippi House of Representatives.
• Gerlof Mees, 86, Dutch ichthyologist and ornithologist.
• Pattycake, 40, western lowland gorilla, heart disease.
• Ronnie Ray Smith, 64, American Olympic champion sprinter.
• Dmitri Uchaykin, 32, Russian ice hockey player, cerebral hemorrhage.