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. December 2009
1 Christoph Budde , 46, German football player (Borussia Mönchengladbach ), swine flu. Maurice Clemmons , 37, American felon, perpetrator of the 2009 shooting of Lakewood, Washington, police officers , shot. Neil Dougall , 88, British footballer (Plymouth Argyle ). Tommy Henrich , 96, American baseball player (New York Yankees ). Bilal Omer Khan , 55, Pakistani general , victim of December 2009 Rawalpindi terrorist attack Bill Lister , 86, American honky tonk singer. Alberto Martínez , 59, Uruguayan football player (FK Austria Wien ), 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 (2007–2009). 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 (Coronation Street ). Jozo Križanović , 65, Bosnian politician, Croat member of the Presidency (2001–2002), complications from surgery. Brian Morrison , 76, Australian priest and humanitarian. Luiz Lombardi Neto , 69, Brazilian announcer (Silvio Santos television program), stroke. Aaron Schroeder , 83, American songwriter, Alzheimer's disease. Ian Thompson , 74, Australian politician, member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly (1971–1993). Vjekoslav Šutej , 58, Croatian conductor, leukemia. Eric Woolfson , 64, Scottish singer and keyboardist (The Alan Parsons Project ), cancer. 3 Ibrahim Hassan Addou , Somali Higher Education Minister, bombing .[citation needed ] Qamar Aden Ali , 52, Somali Health Minister, bombing . Swadesh Bose , 81, Bangladeshi economist. Nat Boxer , 84, American Academy Award-winning sound engineer (Apocalypse Now ), natural causes. Estêvão Cardoso de Avellar , 92, Brazilian Roman Catholic Bishop of Uberlândia (1978–1992). Paula Hawkins , 82, American politician, Senator from Florida (1981–1987), complications from a fall. István Iglódi , 65, Hungarian actor. Leila Lopes , 50, Brazilian actress, suicide. Bert Main , 90, Australian zoologist. Brian Harold 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 (1992–1999). Sam Salt , 69, British rear admiral, captain of HMS Sheffield during the Falklands War. Peter Scanlon , 78, American accountant and chairman (Coopers & Lybrand ), cancer. Åsmund L. Strømnes , 82, Norwegian educationalist. Valbjörn Þorláksson , 75, Icelandic decathlete. Richard Todd , 90, Irish-born British Academy Award-nominated actor (The Hasty Heart , The Dam Busters ), (The Longest Day ), 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 (The Clancy Brothers ), pulmonary fibrosis. 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 (1987–1991). Bryan O'Byrne , 78, American character actor. Spyridon , 83, Greek Metropolitan Bishop of Lagkadas , after long illness. Vyacheslav Tikhonov , 81, Russian actor (Seventeen Moments of Spring ). Stephen Toulmin , 87, British philosopher and author, heart failure. Jordi Solé Tura , 79, Spanish politician and lawyer, co-author of Spanish Constitution and Minister of Culture (1991–1993). Umaga , 36, American professional wrestler, prescription drug overdose. Mall Vaasma , 64, Estonian mycologist. Mary Curtis Verna , 88, American operatic soprano (Metropolitan Opera ), complications from a broken hip. Francis Wilford-Smith , 82, British cartoonist. 5 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 (1977–1982; 1982–1984). William Lederer , 97, American author (The Ugly American ), respiratory failure. Kálmán Markovits , 78, Hungarian Olympic gold (1952 , 1956 ) and bronze (1960 ) medalist in water polo. Tim "Barrel Man" McKernan , 69, American fan of the Denver Broncos , lung failure. Garfield Morgan , 78, British actor (The Sweeney ), cancer. Malcolm Perry , 80, American attending physician to President John F. Kennedy after his assassination, lung cancer.[citation needed ] 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 (diplomat) , 95, American Ambassador to the Holy See (1984–1986). 6 Dennis P. Collins , 85, American politician, mayor of Bayonne, New Jersey (1974–1990). Rupprecht Geiger , 101, German painter. Dermott Monteith , 66, Irish cricketer. John Pittenger , 79, American politician, Pennsylvania Secretary of Education (1972–1976), Parkinson's disease. Bina Rai , 78, Indian actress (Anarkali ), heart attack. Daouda Sow , 76, Senegalese politician, President of National Assembly (1984–1998). 7 Bruce C. Allen , 54, American guitarist and vocalist (The Suburbs ), organ failure. Frank M. Coffin , 90, American politician, Representative from Maine (1957–1961), complications of aortic aneurysm surgery. Royden G. Derrick , 94, American general authority of the LDS Church , natural causes. Al Dorow , 80, American football player (Washington Redskins , New York Titans ), bone cancer. Shunkichi Hamada , 99, Japanese Olympic silver medal-winning (1932 ) field hockey player. Rose Kaufman , 70, American screenwriter, cancer. Lorenzo Ochoa Salas , Mexican archeologist. Grady Patterson , 85, American politician, South Carolina state Treasurer (1966–1995; 1999–2007), natural causes. Carlene Hatcher Polite , 77, American novelist, cancer. Mark Ritts , 63, American actor and puppeteer (Beakman's World ), 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.[citation needed ] Su Cruickshank , 63, Australian jazz singer and actress (Young Einstein ), heart and kidney failure. Luis Días , 57, Dominican musician and songwriter, heart attack. Dean Fasano , 54, American vocalist (Prophet , Message ), coronary artery disease. John Givens , 83, American basketball coach (Kentucky Colonels , 1967). Arthur Glasser , 95, American missionary and theologian. 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 (1964–1973); USF (1973–1976). Anthony Sanusi , 98, Nigerian Roman Catholic Bishop of Ijebu-Ode (1969–1990). 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 (The War of the Worlds , Burke's Law , Bat Masterson ), 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 (1974–1978), complications from cancer. Rodrigo Carazo Odio , 82, Costa Rican politician, President (1978–1982), heart failure. Faramarz Payvar , 77, Iranian composer and santur player, brain damage.[citation needed ] Onofre Cândido Rosa , 85, Brazilian Roman Catholic Bishop of Jardim (1981–1999). Goldie Semple , 56, Canadian stage actor, breast cancer. Norman Sykes , 83, English footballer (Bristol Rovers ). 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. Jean-Robert Gauthier , 80, Canadian MP for Ottawa East (1972–1974), Ottawa—Vanier (1974–1994); Senator (1994–2004), stroke. Sir John Gingell , 84, British Air Chief Marshal and Black Rod (1985–1992). Thomas Hoving , 78, American director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (1967–1977), lung cancer. Sir Alan Huggins , 88, British jurist, vice-president of the Court of Appeal of Hong Kong (1980–1987). Colin James , 83, British Anglican prelate, Bishop of Winchester (1985–1995), chest infection. József Kóczián , 83, Hungarian table tennis player. William L. Reilly , 94, American Jesuit and philosophy professor, President of Le Moyne College (1964–1976). 11 Brindley Benn , 86, Guyanese politician, Deputy Prime Minister, natural causes. 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 (The Killing of a Chinese Bookie ) . Klavdiya Boyarskikh , 70, Russian cross-country skier, Olympic gold medalist (1964). Charles MacAlester Copland , 99, British Anglican priest, Dean of Argyll and The Isles (1977–1979). Charles Davis , 84, American actor, heart attack. Ali Gharbi , 54, Tunisian swimmer. Robert G. Heft , 67, American designer of the 50-star American flag. Howard Wesley Johnson , 87, American educator, president of MIT (1966–1971). 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 and voice-over actor, heart failure and kidney disease. Julian Fane , 82, British author. Moyra Fraser , 86, Australian-born British actress (As Time Goes By ). Yvonne King , 89, American singer (The King Sisters ). 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 (1970). Sha'ari Tadin , 77, Singaporean educator and public servant, Parkinson's disease. Thomas F. Stroock , 84, American politician, Ambassador to Guatemala (1989–1992). Larry Sultan , 63, American photographer, cancer. Wilton Cezar Xavier , 62, Brazilian footballer. 14 Alan A'Court , 75, English footballer (Liverpool , England ), cancer. Jack Denham , 85, Australian horse trainer, winner of 1997 Caulfield and Melbourne Cup (Might and Power ). Chris Feinstein , 42, American bassist (The Cardinals ). Stocker Fontelieu , 86, American actor and executive director (New Orleans theatre), complications from a fall. Conard Fowkes , 76, American actor (Dark Shadows ). Miodrag Jovanović , 87, Serbian Olympic silver medal-winning (1948 ) 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 (1955–1979), heart failure. C. D. B. Bryan , 73, American author (Friendly Fire ), cancer. Sir Chris Clarke , 68, British politician, leader of Somerset County Council . Milena Müllerová , 86, Czech gymnast, Olympic champion (1948 ). Arnaldo Ribeiro , 79, Brazilian Roman Catholic archbishop of Ribeirão Preto (1988–2006). 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 (The Walt Disney Company ), nephew of Walt Disney , stomach cancer. Karel Dufek , 93, Czechoslovak diplomat, Spanish Civil War veteran. Yegor Gaidar , 53, Russian politician, acting Prime Minister (1992), thrombus. Dennis Herod , 86, English footballer (Stoke City ). Fred Honsberger , 58, American radio personality. T. G. H. James , 86, British egyptologist. Kelly Kwalik , 53-54, Indonesian West Papua separatist leader and commander (Free Papua Movement ), 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 (1999–2008), 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 (since 1988). Bob Waldmire , 64, American Route 66 artist, cancer. 17 Amin al-Hafiz , 88, Syrian politician, President (1963–1966). P.R. Anthonis , 98, Sri Lankan surgeon. Alaina Reed Hall , 63, American actress (Sesame Street , 227 ), breast cancer. Chris Henry , 26, American football player (Cincinnati Bengals ), blunt force trauma after fall from vehicle. Warren Hogan , 80, Australian economics professor and government adviser, cancer. Jennifer Jones , 90, American Academy Award-winning actress (The Song of Bernadette ), natural causes. Michel Leblond , 77, French Olympic footballer. Miljenko Mihić , 75, Serbian football coach. Dan O'Bannon , 63, American screenwriter (Alien , Total Recall , Blue Thunder ), 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. Charlie Balun , 61, American artist and journalist, cancer. José Bardina , 70, Spanish-Venezuelan actor, bladder cancer. Oskar Danon , 96, Bosnian conductor and composer.[citation needed ] John Henry Fischer , 99, American educator, President of Teachers College, Columbia University (1962–1974), heart failure. Connie Hines , 78, American actress (Mister Ed ), heart failure. 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 (1968–1988). 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 (since 2006), heart attack. Del 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 (Los Angeles Rams ). 19 Charles Birch , 91, Australian geneticist. Tony Bukovich , 94, American ice hockey player (Detroit Red Wings ). Margaret Christensen , 88, Australian actress. Edith Diaz , 70, Puerto Rican-born American actress, heart failure. Lincoln Gordon , 96, American diplomat and academic, Ambassador to Brazil (1961–1966), President of Johns Hopkins University (1967–1971). 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 (The Parallax View ). 20 Joan Brosnan Walsh , 71, Irish actress (Fair City ), motor neurone disease. Jack Brownsword , 86, British footballer (Scunthorpe United ). Neil Farrington , 38, British drummer (Cerebral Fix ). Erik Gates , 47, American electrician and model rocket expert (MythBusters ), injuries sustained in a fall from roof. James Gurley , 69, American guitarist (Big Brother and the Holding Company ), heart attack. Jack Hixon , 88, British football scout. Arun Krushnaji Kamble , 56, Indian Dalit activist, drowned. (body discovered on this date) Yiannis Moralis , 93, Greek visual artist. Brittany Murphy , 32, American actress (Clueless , King of the Hill , 8 Mile ), pneumonia. Shari Rhodes , 71, American casting director (Jaws , Close Encounters of the Third Kind , Breaking Bad ). Vera Rich , 73, British poet, journalist, historian, and translator. Lester Rodney , 98, American sports journalist. Arnold Stang , 91, American actor (Top Cat , It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World ), pneumonia. Ira Trombley , 57, American politician, member of the Vermont House of Representatives (since 2002), 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 (1980–1992). 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 . Rick Hube , 62, American politician, member of the Vermont House of Representatives (since 1998). David Isaacs , 63, Jamaican singer (The Itals ). 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 (Carry On series). 22 Al Bernardin , 81, American restaurateur, inventor of the Quarter Pounder , stroke. Mick Cocks , 54, Australian guitarist (Rose Tattoo ), liver cancer. Luis Francisco Cuéllar , 69, Colombian politician, Governor of Caqueta , assassination by cut throat. Michael Currie , 81, American actor (Dark Shadows , Sudden Impact ). 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 (1995–2000). Duncan Paterson , 66, Scottish rugby union player and administrator. Sir Bob Phillis , 64, British media executive, cancer. Albert Scanlon , 74, English footballer (Manchester United ), survivor of Munich air disaster . Piers Wardle , 49, British artist, brain haemorrhage. 23 Lucas Abadamloora , 71, Ghanaian Roman Catholic Bishop of Navrongo-Bolgatanga (1994–2009). Lilo Allgayer , 94, German Olympic fencer. Ike Aronowicz , 86, Israeli captain of the SS Exodus . Grigory Baklanov , 86, Russian novelist. Charles Bullen , 90, American politician, Utah House of Representatives (1971–1977) and Senate (1977–1985). Robert L. Howard , 70, American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient (1971), pancreatic cancer. Micah Naftalin , 76, American advocate for Soviet Jews. Ngapoi Ngawang Jigme , 99, Chinese politician, Chairman of the Tibet Autonomous Region (1964–1968; 1981–1983). 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 (1963–1982). Stan Benjamin , 95, American baseball player (Philadelphia Phillies ) and scout (Houston Astros ). Giulio Bosetti , 79, Italian actor and film director, cancer.[citation needed ] Rafael Caldera , 93, Venezuelan politician, President (1969–1974; 1994–1999). 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 (1966–2007). George Michael , 70, American sportscaster and disc jockey, chronic lymphocytic leukemia. Masahiko Shimura , 29, Japanese singer and musician, co-founder of the rock band Fujifabric . Eysteinn Þórðarson , 75, Icelandic Olympic skier.Eysteinn Þórðarson Gero von Wilpert , 76, German literary scientist. Brian Young , 79, British naval officer. 25 Christopher Bell , 35, American disability studies scholar. Tony Bellamy , 63, American musician (Redbone ), liver failure. Bill Burich , 92, American baseball player (Philadelphia Phillies ). Charles Capps , 84, American politician, member of Mississippi House of Representatives (1972–2005). Asheem Chakravarty , 50, Indian jazz fusion musician (Indian Ocean ), heart attack. 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 (Detroit Lions ), pneumonia. 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. Peder Lunde , 91, Norwegian Olympic silver medal-winning (1952 ) 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 (1966–1977). Jacques Sylla , 63, Malagasy politician, Prime Minister of Madagascar (2002–2007). David Taylor , 63, British politician, MP for North West Leicestershire (since 1997), heart attack. Norval White , 83, American author (AIA Guide to New York City ) , 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 (1989–2009) and State Representative (1979–1988). Narra Venkateswara Rao , 62, Indian actor, cancer.[citation needed ] Isaac Schwartz , 86, Russian composer (White Sun of the Desert ). Takashi Takabayashi , 78, Japanese footballer. 28 Allen Batsford , 77, British football manager (Wimbledon ), heart attack. Habib Bourguiba, Jr. , 82, Tunisian diplomat and politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs (1964–1970). D. F. Cartwright , 93, British businessman. Sir Jack Harman , 89, British general. Zoltán Horváth , 30, Romanian-born Hungarian basketball player, car accident. 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 (Avenged Sevenfold ), drug overdose. 29 Roberto Amadei , 76, Italian Roman Catholic monsignor, bishop of Bergamo (1991–2009). C. Aswath , 71, Indian Kannada singer, liver and renal failure. Carlo Cerioni , 84, Italian Olympic basketball player. Carlo Cerioni David Levine , 83, American caricaturist (The New York Review of Books ), prostate cancer. Paul Sapsford , 60, New Zealand rugby union player (Otago , national team ), 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 (Southern District of Georgia ). 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 (1972 ). Rowland S. Howard , 50, Australian musician and songwriter (The Birthday Party ), liver cancer. Michelle Lang , 34, Canadian reporter (Calgary Herald ), IED explosion. Ruth Lilly , 94, American philanthropist (Eli Lilly and Company ), heart failure. Alberto Lysy , 74, Argentine violinist and composer. Gloria Nord , 87, American skater. Walter Pérez , 85, Uruguayan Olympic sprinter. Vasiliy Shandybin , 68, Russian politician. Peter Shirayanagi , 81, Japanese Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. Jacqueline Sturm , 82, New Zealand writer and poet. Vishnuvardhan , 59, Indian Kannada actor, cardiac arrest. Abdurrahman Wahid , 69, Indonesian politician, President (1999–2001), heart failure. Norman Walker , 74, Australian rules footballer. Perry Wilson , 93, American actress (Fear Strikes Out ). 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 (1990–1996). Maurice Dupras , 86, Canadian politician. Ann Linnea Sandberg , 71, American immunologist. George M. Holmes , 80, American politician, member of the North Carolina General Assembly (1975–1977, 1979–2009). Ross Johnstone , 83, Canadian ice hockey player. Rashidi Kawawa , 83, Tanzanian politician, Prime Minister of Tanganyika (1962) and Tanzania (1972–1977). Justin Keating , 79, Irish humanist and Labour Party politician (Minister for Industry and Commerce, 1973–1977). 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 (Walking with Dinosaurs – The Live Experience ), pneumonia. Glauco Onorato , 73, Italian actor and voice actor.[citation needed ] Bill Powell , 93, American golf course designer, stroke. Qian Xinzhong , 98, Chinese politician, Minister of Health (1965–1973, 1979–1983). Youssef Ibrahim Sarraf , 69, Egyptian Chaldean Bishop of Cairo (since 1984). Frans Seda , 83, Indonesian economist, Minister of Finance (1966–1968). William Tuohy , 83, American journalist and Pulitzer Prize-winning foreign correspondent, complications from heart surgery. Mikhail Vartanov , 72, Russian actor.[citation needed ] References
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