The following is a list of deaths in May 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 (if applicable), reason for notability, cause of death (if known), and reference.
Delara Darabi , 22, Iranian convicted murderer, executed by hanging.[ 1]
Fred Delmare , 87, German actor, complications from pneumonia.[ 2]
Ric Estrada , 81, Cuban-born American comic book artist (Superman , Batman ), co-creator of Power Girl , prostate cancer.[ 3]
Danny Gans , 52, American entertainer.[ 4]
Norman Gash , 97, British historian.[ 5]
Brian Grove , 88, Australian cricketer.[ 6]
Albert Hamilton Gordon , 107, American businessman.[ 7]
George Hannan , 98, Australian politician.[ 8]
Jokke Kangaskorpi , 37, Finnish footballer.[ 9]
Jack D. Maltester , 95, American politician, mayor of San Leandro, California .[ 10]
Derek Noonan , 62, British rugby league and rugby union player.[ 11]
Marc Rocco , 46, American film director (Murder in the First , Where the Day Takes You ) and screenwriter.[ 12]
Sunline , 13, New Zealand champion racehorse, euthanized.[ 13]
John Wilke , 54, American investigative reporter, pancreatic cancer.[ 14]
Alfred Appel Jr. , 75, American scholar, expert on Vladimir Nabokov , heart failure.[ 15]
K. Balaji , 74, Indian Tamil actor and producer, multiple organ failure.[ 16]
Augusto Boal , 78, Brazilian dramatist and theater director (Theatre of the Oppressed ), respiratory failure.[ 17]
Víctor Andrés Catena , 84, Spanish screenwriter and director.[ 18]
Marilyn French , 79, American writer, heart failure.[ 19]
Harold Hankins , 78, British electrical engineer and academic administrator, Vice-Chancellor of UMIST .[ 20]
Kiyoshiro Imawano , 58, Japanese rock musician.[ 21]
Janus Kamban , 95, Faroese sculptor and graphic designer.[ 22]
Jack Kemp , 73, American politician and football player, candidate for Vice President (1996), cancer.[ 23]
Carole C. Noon , 59, American primatologist, founder of Save the Chimps , pancreatic cancer.[ 24]
Robert Pauley , 85, American executive, President of ABC Radio (1961–1967), heart failure.[ 25]
Virginia Prince , 96, American transgender activist.[ 26]
Dobby Campbell , 86, Scottish football player (Chelsea , Scotland ) and manager.[ 27]
Robert B. Choate Jr. , 84, American food lobbyist.[ 28]
Committed , 29, American thoroughbred racehorse, euthanized.[ 29]
Echo , 63-64, African bush elephant.[ 30]
John Elsworthy , 77, Welsh football player (Ipswich Town ).[ 31]
Eddie Hui , 65, Hong Kong public servant, Commissioner of Police (1994–2001), cancer.[ 32]
Eleanor Perenyi , 91, American gardener and writer, cerebral hemorrhage.[ 33]
Ram Balkrushna Shewalkar , 78, Indian Marathi writer, cardiac arrest.[ 34]
Ralph Thompson , 95, British animal artist.[ 35]
Nicholas Clemente , 80, American judge (New York Supreme Court ).[ 36]
Dom DeLuise , 75, American actor (The Cannonball Run , The Secret of NIMH , Spaceballs ), kidney failure.[ 37]
Sir Geoffrey Foot , 93, Australian politician.[ 38]
Edward Stewart Kennedy , 97, American historian.[ 39]
Charles Lugano , 59, Kenyan politician, after short illness.[ 40]
Martha Mason , 71, American author, lived 60 years in an iron lung.[ 41]
Fritz Muliar , 89, Austrian actor.[ 42]
Jane Randolph , 93, American actress.[ 43]
Gisela Stein , 73, German actress.[ 44]
Benjamín Flores , 24, Mexican boxer, brain injury during a match.[ 45]
David S. King , 91, American politician, U.S. Representative for Utah (1959–1963).[ 46]
Richard Miller , 83, American operatic tenor and educator, Professor Emeritus of Voice (Oberlin Conservatory of Music ).[ 47]
Dewey Smith , 36, American diver.[ 48]
Elsie B. Washington , 66, American author, wrote first African American romance novel, multiple sclerosis and cancer.[ 49]
Murasaki Yamada , 60, Japanese manga artist.[ 50]
Peyman Abadi , 37, Iranian actor, car accident.[ 51]
Erik Bluemel , 32, American professor (University of Denver ), bicycle accident.[ 52]
Sam Cohn , 79, American talent agent, after short illness.[ 53]
Leon Despres , 101, American attorney and politician, heart failure.[ 54]
Ean Evans , 48, American bassist (Lynyrd Skynyrd ), cancer.[ 55]
Sima Eyvazova , 75, Azerbaijani diplomat, first Permanent Representative to the UN.[ 56]
Kevin Grubb , 31, American NASCAR driver, suicide by gunshot.[ 57]
Sid Laverents , 100, American amateur filmmaker, pneumonia.[ 58]
Lev Loseff , 71, Russian poet and literary critic.[ 59]
Bob Meyer , 76, Australian logician, lung cancer.[ 60]
W. Wesley Peterson , 85, American mathematician and computer scientist.[ 61]
Valentin Varennikov , 85, Russian general.[ 62]
Viola Wills , 69, American pop singer, cancer.[ 63]
Robin Blaser , 83, American-born Canadian poet, Griffin Poetry Prize winner.[ 64]
Mickey Carroll , 89, American actor (The Wizard of Oz ).[ 65]
Ian Cundy , 64, British Anglican prelate, Bishop of Peterborough , mesothelioma.[ 66]
Linda Dangcil , 66, American actress (The Flying Nun , Jem , The Bad Pack ), throat cancer.[ 67]
John Furia Jr. , 79, American screenwriter (The Twilight Zone , Dr. Kildare ), President of the Writers Guild, West (1973–1975).[ 68]
Alan Gilbertson , 81, New Zealand cricketer.[ 69]
Tony Marsh , 77, British racing driver.[ 70]
David Mellor , 78, British industrial designer, manufacturer and retailer.[ 71]
Frank Melton , 60, American politician, mayor of Jackson, Mississippi .[ 72]
John Murphy , 95, Irish building contractor.[ 73]
Danny Ozark , 85, American baseball manager.[ 74]
Brian Sorenson , 79, New Zealand cricketer.[ 75]
Wayland Young, 2nd Baron Kennet , 85, British politician and writer.[ 76]
Gianni Baget Bozzo , 84, Italian Roman Catholic priest and politician.[ 77]
Fons Brydenbach , 54, Belgian athlete, cancer.[ 78]
Dom DiMaggio , 92, American baseball player (Boston Red Sox ), brother of Joe DiMaggio , pneumonia.[ 79]
Hideyuki Fujisawa , 83, Japanese Go player, aspiration pneumonia.[ 80]
Carlos Kloppenburg , 89, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Novo Hamburgo (1986–1995).[ 81]
Ninel Kurgapkina , 80, Russian prima ballerina, road accident.[ 82]
Greg Palmer , 61, American writer, television reporter and Emmy Award-winning journalist, lung cancer.[ 83]
Bud Shrake , 77, American journalist and novelist, lung cancer.[ 84]
Eunice Taylor , 75, American baseball player (Kenosha Comets ).[ 85]
Eileen Albright , 81, American baseball player (AAGPBL )[ 86]
Stephen Bruton , 60, American songwriter and guitarist (Kris Kristofferson band), throat cancer.[ 87]
Chuck Daly , 78, American basketball coach, pancreatic cancer.[ 88]
Travis Edmonson , 76, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Bud & Travis ), heart failure.[ 89]
Michael Fox , 75, British-born Israeli lawyer.[ 90]
Cyril Edwin Hart , 96, British forestry expert.[ 91]
Henry T. King , 89, American attorney, Nuremberg trials prosecutor, cancer.[ 92]
David Marcus , 85, Irish literary editor, after long illness.[ 93]
Ernest Millington , 93, British politician and educator, last living World War II-era member of the British Parliament.[ 94]
Eugene Smith , 88, American gospel singer.[ 95]
Evgenios Spatharis , 85, Greek shadow play artist, fall.[ 96]
Mendi Rodan , 80, Romanian-born Israeli conductor and violinist, cancer.[ 97]
Jean-Claude Van Geenberghe , 46, Belgian-born Ukrainian equestrian.[ 98]
George Zinkhan , 57, American academic and suspected murderer, suicide by gunshot.[ 99]
Ibn al-Shaykh al-Libi , 45-46, Libyan Al-Qaeda paramilitary trainer accused of terrorism, alleged suicide.[ 100]
Robert John Cornell , 89, American politician and Roman Catholic priest, U.S. Representative from Wisconsin (1975–1979).[ 101]
Ronald Easterbrook , 78, British criminal.[ 102]
Sergio Escobedo , 78, Mexican Olympic modern pentathlete and fencer.[ 103]
Johnnie Johnson , 91, English cricketer.[ 104]
James Kirkup , 91, British poet, translator and travel writer, stroke.[ 105]
Rodrigo Rosenberg Marzano , 47, Guatemalan lawyer, shot.[ 106]
Brian Simnjanovski , 27, American football player (Berlin Thunder ), car accident.[ 107]
Robert J. Sinclair , 77, American executive, CEO of Saab-Scania of America, cancer.[ 108]
Pat Booth , 66, British model and writer, cancer.[ 109]
Lude Check , 91, Canadian ice hockey player.[ 110]
Abel Goumba , 82, Central African politician, Prime Minister (1957–1958, 1959, 2003) and vice-president (2003–2005).[ 111]
Claudio Huepe , 69, Chilean politician and diplomat, heart attack.[ 112]
Bill Kelso , 69, American baseball player.[ 113]
Roy Kline , 93, Australian footballer.[ 114]
Mark Landon , 60, American actor, adopted son of Michael Landon .[ 115]
Shanthi Lekha , 79, Sri Lankan actress.[ 116]
António Lopes dos Santos , 92, Portuguese general, Governor of Macau (1962–1966), Cape Verde (1969–1974).[ 117]
Sardarilal Mathradas Nanda , 93, Indian admiral, Chief of Naval Staff (1970–1973).[ 118]
Peter Philips , 81, Australian politician, Member of the New South Wales Legislative Council (1976–1988).[ 119]
Sir Richard Posnett , 89, British colonial administrator, Governor of Belize (1972–1976) and Bermuda (1981–1983).[ 120]
Leonard Shlain , 71, American surgeon and writer, brain cancer.[ 121]
Christopher Bathurst, 3rd Viscount Bledisloe , 74, British aristocrat and politician, heart failure.[ 122]
Dame Heather Begg , 76, New Zealand operatic soprano, leukemia.[ 123]
Mohan Ellawala , 61, Sri Lankan politician, Governor of Sabaragamuwa Province (2008–2009), after long illness.[ 124]
Eden Ross Lipson , 66, American book editor, pancreatic cancer.[ 125]
Thomas Nordseth-Tiller , 28, Norwegian screenwriter (Max Manus ), cancer.[ 126]
Roger Planchon , 77, French theatre director, heart attack.[ 127]
Sidique Ali Merican , 78, Malaysian sprinter, stroke.[ 128]
Ted Sampley , 63, American POW/MIA activist, complications from heart surgery.[ 129]
Antonio Vega , 51, Spanish pop singer-songwriter (Nacha Pop ), pneumonia.[ 130]
Heini Walter , 81, Swiss racing driver.[ 131]
Frank Aletter , 83, American character actor (It's About Time ), cancer.[ 132]
Ron Cameron , 85, Canadian Olympic rower.[ 133]
Waldemar Levy Cardoso , 108, Brazilian Field Marshal, WWI-era veteran.[ 134]
Achille Compagnoni , 94, Italian mountaineer, first person to ascend K2 .[ 135]
Don Cordner , 87, Australian footballer.[ 136]
Rafael Escalona , 81, Colombian Vallenato composer and troubador.[ 137]
Norbert Eschmann , 75, Swiss footballer.[ 138]
Ernest Kline , 79, American politician, Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania (1971–1979).[ 139]
Iwan Schmid , 61, Swiss Olympic cyclist.[ 140]
Anne Scott-James , 96, British journalist and author, widow of Sir Osbert Lancaster .[ 141]
L. William Seidman , 88, American public servant, Chairman of the FDIC (1985–1991), after short illness.[ 142]
Joe Tandy , 26, British auto racing team owner, car crash.[ 143]
Barathea , 19, Irish racehorse, euthanized.[ 144]
Monica Bleibtreu , 65, Austrian actress, screenwriter and drama teacher, cancer.[ 145]
Bob Boyd , 81, American football player.[ 146]
Newt Heisley , 88, American commercial artist, designer of POW/MIA flag , after long illness.[ 147]
Ken Hollyman , 86, Welsh footballer (Cardiff City , Newport County ).[ 148]
Marian McDougall , 95, American amateur golfer.[ 149]
Buddy Montgomery , 79, American jazz musician, heart failure.[ 150]
William J. Passmore , 77, American jockey, complications from emphysema.[ 151]
Bob Rosburg , 82, American golfer and television color analyst, fall.[ 152]
George Williams , 69, American baseball player.[ 153]
Susanna Agnelli , 87, Italian politician and writer, Minister of Foreign Affairs (1995–1996).[ 154]
Alexander Gordon Bearn , 86, British physician.[ 155]
Broad Brush , 26, American thoroughbred racehorse, euthanized.[ 156]
Si Frumkin , 78, Lithuanian-born Holocaust survivor.[ 157]
Alan Hackney , 84, British screenwriter.[ 158]
Mordechai Limon , 85, Israeli admiral, Commander of the Navy (1950–1954).[ 159]
Cheikh Hamidou Kane Mathiara , 69, Senegalese economist and politician.[ 160]
Rodger McFarlane , 54, American gay rights activist, first executive director of Gay Men's Health Crisis , suicide.[ 161]
Mohammad-Amin Riahi , 86, Iranian historian and literary scholar.[ 162]
Edwin S. Shneidman , 91, American suicidologist.[ 163]
Helvi Sipilä , 94, Finnish diplomat.[ 164]
Roy Talbot , 94, Bermudan calypso musician, last surviving member of original Talbot Brothers .[ 165]
Bud Tingwell , 86, Australian actor, prostate cancer.[ 166]
Wayman Tisdale , 44, American basketball player and jazz bassist, cancer.[ 167]
Hubert van Es , 67, Dutch photographer at the fall of Saigon , brain hemorrhage.[ 168]
Prospero Amatong , 77, Filipino politician, Congressman (1998–2007), Governor of Davao del Norte (1992–1998), fall.[ 169]
Antonio Chocano , 96, Guatemalan Olympic fencer and diplomat, emphysema.[ 170]
John E. Connelly , 82, American entrepreneur, founder of Gateway Clipper Fleet , heart failure.[ 171]
David Halsey , 90, British Anglican prelate, Bishop of Carlisle (1972–1989), after short illness.[ 172]
Sándor Katona , 66, Hungarian footballer and Olympic champion .[ 173]
Richardene Kloppers , 83, Namibian teacher.[ 174]
Craig G. Roberts , 78, American racehorse trainer.[ 175]
Peter Sampson , 81, British footballer (Bristol Rovers ), Alzheimer's disease.[ 176]
Mohammad-Taqi Bahjat Foumani , 92, Iranian cleric, heart disease.[citation needed ]
Mario Benedetti , 88, Uruguayan author and poet.[ 177]
Daniel Carasso , 103, Greek-born French businessman (Groupe Danone ).[ 178]
Adolf Dickfeld , 99, German World War II Luftwaffe flying ace.[ 179]
David Herbert Donald , 88, American historian, heart failure.[ 180]
Murray Hamilton , 91, Australian politician, member of the Victorian Legislative Council (1967–1982).[ 181]
Masaru Hayami , 84, Japanese public servant, Governor of the Bank of Japan (1998–2003), respiratory failure.[ 182]
David Ireland , 78, American sculptor and conceptual artist, pneumonia.[ 183]
Jung Seung-hye , 44, South Korean film producer, colon cancer.[ 184]
Sunwoo Jin , 87, Korean politician and activist.[ 185]
Guillermo Lora , 87, Bolivian revolutionary leader, liver cancer.[ 186]
Dame Patricia Mackinnon , 97, Australian community worker and philanthropist, President of the Royal Children's Hospital .[ 187]
Prakash Mehra , 69, Indian film producer and director, pneumonia and multiple organ failure.[ 188]
William Moore , 60, British loyalist paramilitary, member of the Shankill Butchers , suspected heart attack.[ 189]
Zdeněk Pospíšil , 84, Czech Olympic sprinter.[ 190]
Peter Slabakov , 86, Bulgarian actor.[ 191]
Ron Snidow , 67, American football player (Washington Redskins , Cleveland Browns ), complications from Lou Gehrig's disease.[ 192]
Octavia St. Laurent , 45, American trans woman and performer.[ 193]
Al Tornabene , 86, American mobster.[ 194]
Wayne Allwine , 62, American voice artist (Mickey Mouse ).[ 195]
Carole Cole , 64, American actress (Sanford and Son , Grady ), daughter of Nat King Cole , lung cancer.[ 196]
Dolla , 21, American rap artist, shot.[ 197]
Sir David Hay , 92, Australian public servant, Ambassador to the United Nations, Administrator of Papua New Guinea.[ 198]
Isaipriya , 26-27, Sri Lankan journalist, killed.[ 199]
K. Pattabhi Jois , 93, Indian yoga teacher, after short illness.[ 200]
Paul Parin , 92, Swiss psychoanalyst, author and ethnologist.[ 201]
Türkan Saylan , 74, Turkish doctor, cancer.[ 202]
Lee Solters , 89, American press agent, natural causes.[ 203]
Either killed in a missile attack or shot:
Pottu Amman , Sri Lankan rebel, leader of the LTTE intelligence wing.[ 204] [ 205]
Balasingham Nadesan , Sri Lankan rebel , political chief of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE).[ 206]
Velupillai Prabhakaran , 54, Sri Lankan rebel, leader of the LTTE.[ 206] [ 204] [ 205]
Soosai , 45, Sri Lankan rebel, leader of the LTTE naval wing (Sea Tigers ).[ 204] [ 205]
Michael Preston Barr , 82, American composer, diabetes.[ 207]
Robert F. Furchgott , 92, American scientist, Nobel Prize winner.[ 208]
Andrei Ivanov , 42, Russian footballer.[ 209]
Knut Hammer Larsen , 38, Norwegian footballer, leukemia.[ 210]
Nicholas Maw , 73, British composer (Odyssey ), heart failure.[ 211]
Clint Smith , 95, Canadian ice hockey player (New York Rangers , Chicago Blackhawks ).[ 212]
Herbert York , 87, American physicist.[ 213]
John Brown Jr. , 88, American Navajo code talker.[ 214]
Arthur Erickson , 84, Canadian architect (Simon Fraser University , Roy Thomson Hall ).[ 215]
Lucy Gordon , 28, British actress (Spider-Man 3 , The Four Feathers ), suicide by hanging.[ 216]
Alan Kelly Sr. , 72, Irish footballer (Preston North End , Republic of Ireland ), cancer.[ 217]
Matthew Krel , 64, Russian-born Australian conductor, founder of the SBS Youth Orchestra , encephalitis.[ 218]
Randi Lindtner Næss , 104, Norwegian actress.[ 219]
Nguyễn Bá Cẩn , 78, South Vietnamese politician, Prime Minister of South Vietnam (1975).[ 220]
Simon Oates , 77, British actor, prostate cancer.[ 221]
Larry Rice , 63, American racing driver, lung cancer.[ 222]
María Amelia López Soliño , 97, Spanish blogger, world's oldest blogger.[ 223]
Noel Stanton , 82, British founder of The Jesus Army .[ 224]
Paul Vinar , 69, Australian footballer.[ 225]
Ralph D. Winter , 84, American missionary (U.S. Center for World Mission ), multiple myeloma and lymphoma.[ 226]
Oleg Yankovsky , 65, Russian actor, pancreatic cancer.[ 227]
Yehoshua Zettler , 91, Israeli resistance fighter (Lehi ).[ 228]
Jerzy Zubrzycki , 89, Polish-born Australian sociologist.[ 229]
Ghader Abdollahzadeh , 83, Kurdish traditional musician.[ 230]
Joan Alexander , 94, American radio actress (The Adventures of Superman ), intestinal blockage.[ 231]
Walter da Silva , 68, Brazilian footballer and coach, heart attack.[ 232]
Fathi Eljahmi , 68, Libyan political activist, blood infection.[ 233]
Barry England , 77, British novelist and playwright.[ 234]
Anatoli Kirilov , 42, Bulgarian football coach (PFC Spartak Varna ), car accident.[ 235]
Him Mark Lai , 83, American historian, bladder cancer.[ 236]
Sam Maloof , 93, American woodworker, pneumonia.[ 237]
Rolf McPherson , 96, American evangelist, son of Aimee Semple McPherson , natural causes.[ 238]
Robert Müller , 28, German ice hockey player, brain cancer.[ 239]
K. Pathmanathan , 64, Sri Lankan politician.[ 240]
Togo Tanaka , 93, American journalist, natural causes.[ 241]
Yves Duval , 75, Belgian comics author.[ 242]
Henry Jerrim , 93, Australian bishop.[ 243]
Alexander Mezhirov , 86, Russian poet.[ 244]
Zé Rodrix , 61, Brazilian musician.[ 245]
Yeo Woon-kay , 69, South Korean actress, kidney cancer.[ 246]
Charles Donald Albury , 88, American co-pilot of the Bockscar at atomic bombing of Nagasaki , heart failure.[ 247]
Sir Derek Bowett , 82, British academic lawyer, President of Queens' College, Cambridge (1970–1982).[ 248]
Raleigh Brown , 87, American politician, state representative (Texas), heart attack.[ 249]
Lawrence Daly , 84, British trade union leader.[ 250]
Joseph Duval , 80, French Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Rouen (1981–2004).[ 251]
Ken Gill , 81, British trade union leader.[ 252]
David Lunceford , 75, American football player, Alzheimer's disease.[ 253]
Nicholas J. Phillips , 75, British physicist.[ 254]
Tadeusz Pyka , 79, Polish politician.[ 255]
Roh Moo-hyun , 62, South Korean politician, President (2003–2008), suicide by jumping.[ 256]
Sir Tangaroa Tangaroa , 88, Cook Islands public servant, Queen's Representative (1985–1990).[ 257]
Tajudeen Abdul-Raheem , 48, Nigerian Pan African activist, car accident.[ 260]
Billy Baxter , 70, Scottish footballer (Ipswich Town ), cancer.[ 261]
Rolf Brahde , 91, Norwegian astronomer.[ 262]
Amos Elon , 82, Austrian-born Israeli author and journalist.[ 263]
John R. Guthrie , 87, American general.[ 264]
Charly Höllering , 65, German jazz musician, heart attack.[ 265]
Reg Libbis , 75, Australian rower.[ 266]
Haakon Lie , 103, Norwegian politician.[ 267]
Tomás Paquete , 85, Portuguese Olympic sprinter.[ 268]
Ivan van Sertima , 74, Guyanese-born British historian, linguist and anthropologist (Rutgers University ).[ 269]
Antonio Braga , 80, Italian composer.[ 270]
Thomas Claw , 87, American WWII Navajo Code talker.[ 271]
Commanche Court , 16, Irish thoroughbred racehorse, euthanized.[ 272]
Arcangelo Ianelli , 86, Brazilian painter.[ 273]
Kaoru Kurimoto , 56, Japanese author, pancreatic cancer.[ 274]
Doris Mühringer , 88, Austrian poet and children's writer.[ 275]
Mihalis Papagiannakis , 68, Greek politician, MP, cancer.[ 276]
Michael Ross , 89, American screenwriter and director (Three's Company ), complications from a heart attack and stroke.[ 277]
Ronald Takaki , 70, American sociologist, professor of ethnic studies (University of California, Berkeley ), suicide.[ 278]
Marek Walczewski , 72, Polish actor.[ 279]
Peter Zezel , 44, Canadian ice hockey player (Philadelphia Flyers , Toronto Maple Leafs ), haemolytic anemia.[ 280]
Ammo Baba , 74, Iraqi footballer and athletic trainer, diabetes.[ 281]
Thomas M. Franck , 77, American lawyer.[ 282]
Sir Clive Granger , 74, British economist, Nobel Prize winner for economics.[ 283]
Mona Grey , 98, British public servant, Chief Nursing Officer for Northern Ireland.[ 284]
Abram Hoffer , 92, Canadian orthomolecular psychiatrist.[ 285]
Gérard Jean-Juste , 62, Haitian political activist, after long illness.[ 286]
Carol Anne O'Marie , 75, American Roman Catholic nun and mystery novelist, Parkinson's disease.[ 287]
Sir William Refshauge , 96, Australian public health administrator.[ 288]
Paul Sharratt , 75, British-born American television producer, cancer.[ 289]
Mort Abrahams , 93, American film and television producer (Planet of the Apes , The Man from U.N.C.L.E. ), natural causes.[ 290]
Terence Alexander , 86, British film and television actor (Bergerac ).[ 291]
Terry Barr , 73, American football player (Detroit Lions ), Alzheimer's disease.[ 292]
Manuel Collantes , 91, Filipino diplomat, Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs (1984), cardiac arrest.[ 293]
Ed Dorohoy , 80, Canadian ice hockey player.[ 294]
Carlton Forbes , 72, Jamaican-born British first-class cricketer.[ 295]
Marciano Guzman , Filipino poet.[ 296]
Roger Kaffer , 81, American Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Joliet .[ 297]
Luis María de Larrea y Legarreta , 91, Spanish Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Bilbao .[ 298]
Lenrie Peters , 76, Gambian surgeon and novelist, after short illness.[ 299]
Ercole Rabitti , 87, Italian footballer and trainer.[ 300]
Oleg Shenin , 71, Russian politician, member of the Politburo of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1990–1991).[ 301]
Umberto Silvestri , 93, Italian Olympic wrestler.[ 302]
Betty Tancock , 98, Canadian Olympic swimmer (1932 ).[ 303]
John Tolos , 78, Canadian professional wrestler, renal failure.[ 304]
Hank Bassen , 76, Canadian ice hockey player (Detroit Red Wings ), heart attack.[ 305]
Kevin Beurle , 53, British scientist, hot air balloon accident.[ 306]
Reginald Golledge , 71, Australian-born American geographer.[ 307]
Phale Hale , 94, American politician, member of the Ohio House of Representatives.[ 308]
Ed Murray , 80, American politician, speaker of the Tennessee House of Representatives (1987–1991).[ 309]
Bill Perkins , 89, Australian footballer (Richmond ).[ 310]
Steve Prest , 43, British snooker player and coach, peritonitis.[ 311]
Karine Ruby , 31, French Olympic gold (1998 ) and silver (2002 ) medal-winning snowboarder, fall.[ 312]
Matt Zabitka , 88, American sportswriter.[ 313]
Torsten Andersson , 82, Swedish painter.[ 314]
Krystyna Borowicz , 86, Polish actress.[ 315]
Luís Cabral , 78, Guinea-Bissauan politician, President (1973–1980).[ 316]
Eva Dawes , 96, Canadian bronze medal-winning Olympic high jumper (1932 ), stroke.[ 317]
Roberto Falaschi , 77, Italian cyclist.[ 318]
Susanna Haapoja , 42, Finnish politician, cerebral haemorrhage.[ 319]
Eric Hammond , 79, British trade unionist, General Secretary of the EETPU .[ 320]
Ephraim Katzir , 93, Israeli biophysicist and politician, President (1973–1978).[ 321]
Herma Kirchschläger , 93, Austrian widow of former President Rudolf Kirchschläger .[ 322]
Waldemar Matuška , 76, Czech singer, pneumonia and heart failure.[ 323]
Gaafar Nimeiry , 79, Sudanese politician, President (1969–1985).[ 324]
Alexander Obregón , 32, Colombian footballer, car accident.[ 325]
Martin Clemens , 94, British colonial administrator and soldier.[ 326]
Millvina Dean , 97, British civil servant and cartographer, last living passenger aboard the RMS Titanic , pneumonia.[ 327]
Brian Edrich , 86, British cricketer.[ 328]
Sir John Holland , 94, Australian engineer, construction magnate.[ 329]
Danny La Rue , 81, Irish-born British female impersonator and singer, prostate cancer.[ 330]
Vyacheslav Nevinny , 74, Russian actor, diabetes.[ 331]
Emil L. Smith , 97, American biochemist, heart attack.[ 332]
Kamala Surayya , 75, Indian writer, after long illness.[ 333]
George Tiller , 67, American physician and abortion provider, shot.[ 334]
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