The following is a list of notable deaths in February 2010 .
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. February 2010
1 Willie Anku , 60, Ghanaian music theorist, ethnomusicologist, composer, and performer, motor accident. Jim Atherton , 86, Welsh footballer. Julian Edwin Bailes, Sr. , 95, American politician, attorney and judge, stroke. Jack Brisco , 68, American professional wrestler, complications from open heart surgery. David Brown , 93, American film producer (Jaws , Cocoon , A Few Good Men ), renal failure. Rodolfo de Anda , 66, Mexican actor, thrombosis. Steingrímur Hermannsson , 81, Icelandic politician, Prime Minister (1983–1987, 1988–1991). Bobby Kirk , 82, Scottish footballer, dementia. Atsushi Kuroi , 40, Japanese professional drifting driver, motorcycle accident. Azzeddine Laraki , 80, Moroccan politician, Prime Minister (1986–1992). Peter Martell , 71, Italian film actor. Justin Mentell , 27, American actor (Boston Legal , G-Force ), car accident. Subir Raha , 61, Indian executive, chairman and managing director of ONGC (2001–2006), lung cancer. Jaap van der Poll , 95, Dutch Olympic javelin thrower (1936 Summer Olympics ). 2 Juan del Campo , 87, Spanish Olympic field hockey player. Louisa Benson Craig , 68, Burmese-born American beauty queen and community leader. Myron Donovan Crocker , 94, American federal judge. Cochin Haneefa , 58, Indian Malayalam film actor, multiple organ failure. Futa Helu , 75, Tongan philosopher. Paul Herlinger , 80, American voice actor, Tahir Hussain , 72, Indian film director, producer and writer, cardiac arrest. Bernard Kates , 87, American actor, sepsis and pneumonia. Svetozar Kurepa , 80, Croatian mathematician. Aleen Leslie , 101, American screenwriter (A Date with Judy ) , pneumonia. Rosa Lobato de Faria , 77, Portuguese writer and actress, complications from anemia. Eustace Mullins , 86, American political writer, author and biographer, stroke. Rex Nettleford , 76, Jamaican scholar and choreographer, heart attack. Ng Teng Fong , 82, Chinese-born Singaporean businessman, complications from a cerebral hemorrhage. Jens-Anton Poulsson , 91, Norwegian military officer and resistance fighter (heavy water sabotage ). Srinivas Rangaraj , 77, Indian cricketer. Nelli Shkolnikova , 82, Ukrainian-born Australian violinist and educator, cancer. Raymond Wang Chong Lin , 88, Chinese Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Zhaoxian , cerebral hemorrhage. Donald Wiseman , 91, British Assyriologist. William Yurko , 83, Canadian politician, MP for Edmonton East (1979–1984). 3 Faiza Ashraf , 26, Pakistani-Norwegian shop assistant, strangulation. Claudio Corti , 81, Italian mountaineer. Elazar ben Tsedaka ben Yitzhaq , 83, Palestinian Samaritan High Priest. Frank Fasi , 89, American politician, Mayor of Honolulu (1969–1981, 1984–1994), natural causes. John McCallum , 91, Australian actor and television producer (Skippy the Bush Kangaroo ). Dick McGuire , 84, American basketball player, New York Knicks senior consultant, Basketball Hall of Famer, ruptured aortic aneurysm. Gil Merrick , 88, English footballer (Birmingham City ). Princess Regina of Saxe-Meiningen , 85, German princess, wife of Otto von Habsburg . Frances Reid , 95, American actress (Days of Our Lives ). John Rety , 79, Hungarian-born British poet and anarchist. Lindsay Thomas , 31, Canadian stage actress, lung cancer. Georges Wilson , 88, French actor and film director. 4 Kostas Axelos , 85, Greek philosopher. Gul Hameed Bhatti , 63, Pakistani journalist and editor, stroke. Bill Dudley , 88, American football player (Pittsburgh Steelers ), Pro Football Hall of Famer, stroke. Manuel Esteba , 68, Spanish film director. Richard Lashof , 87, American mathematician, after long illness. Tomás Mac Giolla , 86, Irish politician, after long illness. Cecil Heftel , 85, American businessman and politician, U.S. Representative from Hawaii (1977–1986), natural causes. D. Van Holliday , 69, American physicist, complications of cardiac surgery. Alfred Käärmann , 87, Estonian resistance fighter, member of the Forest Brothers . Phillip Martin , 83, American tribal chief (Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians ), stroke. H. A. Perera , 59, Sri Lankan actor, after short illness. Meir Pichhadze , 54, Georgian-born Israeli artist and painter, cancer. Joseph Ignace Randrianasolo , 62, Malagasy Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Mahajanga (1999–2010). Carl E. Taylor , 93, American physician and expert on international health, prostate cancer. Te Wei , 95, Chinese animator, respiratory failure. Helen Tobias-Duesberg , 90, Estonian-born American composer. Allan Wicks , 86, British organist and choirmaster. 5 Bayken Ashimov , 92, Kazakh politician. Brendan Burke , 21, Canadian-born American ice hockey player, car accident. Peter Calvocoressi , 97, British historian, publisher and intelligence officer. Ian Carmichael , 89, British actor (Lucky Jim , Private's Progress , I'm All Right Jack ). Mallia Franklin , 57, American singer. Galimzyan Khusainov , 72, Russian footballer.[citation needed ] Sujit Kumar , 75, Indian actor and producer, cancer. Frank Magid , 78, American media consultant , creator of Action News , lymphoma. Hiroyuki Oze , 24, Japanese baseball player, suicide by jumping . Clarke Scholes , 79, American Olympic gold medal-winning (1952 ) swimmer, heart failure. Harry Schwarz , 85, South African lawyer, politician and diplomat, leader of the anti-apartheid movement, after short illness. Brooks Thomas , 78, American publisher (Harper and Row ), complications of a brain injury after a fall. 6 Micky Axton , 91, American aviator (Women Airforce Service Pilots ), after short illness. Albert Booth , 81, British politician, MP for Barrow-in-Furness (1966–1983), Secretary of State for Employment (1976–1979). Robert Dana , 80, American poet, Iowa poet laureate (2004–2008), pancreatic cancer. Sir John Dankworth , 82, British jazz musician. Richard Delvy , 67, American drummer (The Bel-Airs ), composer and record producer, after long illness. Brad Ecklund , 87, American football player (New York Yanks ), heart failure. Ernest van der Eyken , 96, Belgian composer, conductor and violist. Kipkemboi Kimeli , 43, Kenyan athlete, 1988 Olympic bronze medalist, complications from pneumonia and tuberculosis. Lee Yung-dug , 84, South Korean politician, Prime Minister (1994), pneumonia. Henry A. Miley, Jr. , 94, American soldier, U.S. Army four-star general. Lady Marjorie Nellie Murray , 85, British socialite, witness at the Nuremberg and Tokyo war crimes trials. Nancy Sweezy , 88, American folklorist, potter and writer. Donald Welsh , 66, American publisher (Outside ), drowning. 7 Lars Aspeflaten , 85, Norwegian barrister and politician. Franco Ballerini , 45, Italian road racing cyclist, rally car accident. Daniel Joseph Bradley , 82, British physicist. Jean-Marie Buisset , 71, Belgian Olympic bobsledder and field hockey player, after short illness. Bobby Dougan , 83, Scottish footballer. André Kolingba , 73, Central African politician, President (1981–1993). Paul LaPalme , 86, American baseball player, after long illness. Lim Soo-hyeok , 40, South Korean baseball player (Lotte Giants ), cardiac dysrhythmia. Mihailo Marković , 86, Serbian philosopher. Kasturi Rajadhyaksha , 86, Indian physician. Robert Roxby , 83, Australian cricketer. Oscar da Silva , 89, Brazilian Olympic equestrian. William Tenn , 89, American science fiction writer and educator, heart failure. 8 Angelo Franzosi , 88, Italian footballer. David Froman , 71, American actor (The Edge of Night , Matlock ), cancer. Antonio Giolitti , 94, Italian politician. Jimmie Heuga , 66, American Alpine ski racer, 1964 Olympic bronze medalist, multiple sclerosis. Robert Hoy , 82, American actor (The Enforcer ) and stuntman, cancer. Carl Kaysen , 89, American economist, Deputy National Security Advisor (1961–1963), complications from a fall. Dieter Klauß , 62, German Olympic hockey player. Bernard Lander , 94, American rabbi, founder of Touro College . John Murtha , 77, American politician, U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania (1974–2010), complications of gallbladder surgery. Anna Samokhina , 47, Russian actress, stomach cancer. Krzysztof Skubiszewski , 83, Polish politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs (1989–1993). Bobby A. Suarez , 67, Filipino film producer, director and screenwriter. Wahei Tatematsu , 62, Japanese novelist, multiple organ failure.[citation needed ] Bill Utterback , 79, American illustrator and caricaturist. Isidoor Van De Wiele , 85, Belgian Olympic sprinter. 9 Abdul Karim Amu , 76, Nigerian sprinter. Chaskel Besser , 86, Polish-born American rabbi. John D. Butler , 94, American politician, Mayor of San Diego (1951–1955), natural causes. Davy Coenen , 29, Belgian mountain biker, brain tumor. Alfred Gregory , 96, British mountain climber and photojournalist. Phil Harris , 53, American fisherman, reality television participant (Deadliest Catch ), stroke. Jacques Hétu , 71, Canadian composer, lung cancer. Juris Kalniņš , 71, Latvian basketball player. Albert Kligman , 93, American dermatologist, inventor of Retin-A , heart attack. Walter Frederick Morrison , 90, American inventor, designer of the frisbee . Francine Irving Neff , 84, American politician, Treasurer of the United States (1974–1977), heart failure. Iza Orjonikidze , 71, Georgian writer and politician, MP (1992–1995), after long illness. Hastings Shade , 68, American deputy tribal chief of the Cherokee Nation (1999–2003). David W. Slater , 88, Canadian economist, civil servant and President of York University (1970–1973). Patricia Travers , 82, American violinist, cancer. Malcolm Vaughan , 80, British singer. Robert Shaw Sturgis Whitman , 94, American Episcopalian priest. 10 Yosef Azran , 69, Israeli rabbi and politician, member of the Knesset (1988–1996), liver failure. Jack Bownass , 79, Canadian ice hockey player (Montreal Canadiens , New York Rangers ). Carl Braun , 82, American basketball player (New York Knicks ), natural causes. Armando Falcão , 90, Brazilian politician, Justice Minister (1974–1979), pneumonia. Gabriela Konevska-Trajkovska , 38, Macedonian politician, Deputy Prime Minister (2006–2008), after long illness. Judith Paige Mitchell , 77, American television writer (The Client ), cancer. Michael Palme , 66, German sportswriter and host. Orlando Peçanha , 74, Brazilian footballer, heart attack. Gireesh Puthenchery , 48, Indian Malayalam lyricist and screenwriter, brain haemorrhage. K. N. Raj , 85, Indian economist, after long illness. Nelis J. Saunders , 88, American politician. Fred Schaus , 84, American basketball player and coach (Los Angeles Lakers ). Enn Soosaar , 72, Estonian translator, literary critic and publicist. José Joaquín Trejos Fernández , 93, Costa Rican President (1966–1970), natural causes. David Tyacke , 94, British Army general. Eduard Vinokurov , 67, Russian Olympic fencer (1968 , 1972 , 1976 ). Frederick C. Weyand , 93, American army general, natural causes. Charlie Wilson , 76, American politician, U.S. Representative (1973–1997), subject of the book and movie Charlie Wilson's War , pulmonary arrest. H. V. F. Winstone , 83, British writer and journalist, lung cancer. 11 Irina Arkhipova , 85, Russian mezzo-soprano singer, People's Artist of the USSR , cardiac arrest. Shahid Azmi , 32, Indian lawyer, shot. Jabez Bryce , 75, Tongan-born Anglican prelate, archbishop of Polynesia (since 1975), first Pacific Islander Anglican bishop. Iain Burgess , 56, British-born American punk rock record producer, pulmonary embolism. Jennifer Daugherty , 30, American torture murder victim. Pio Filippani Ronconi , 89, Italian orientalist. Walther Fröstell , 96, Swedish Olympic shooter. Brian Godfrey , 69, Welsh footballer, leukaemia. Heward Grafftey , 81, Canadian politician, MP for Brome—Missisquoi , Parkinson's disease (1958–1968, 1972–1980). Arthur H. Hayes, Jr. , 76, American public official, Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration (1981–1983), leukemia. Mona Hofland , 80, Norwegian actress, after long illness. Bo Holmberg , 67, Swedish governor, widower of Anna Lindh . Umetsugu Inoue , 86, Japanese film director, cerebral hemorrhage. Robert Long , 77, New Zealand cricketer. Alexander McQueen , 40, British fashion designer, suicide by hanging. Caroline McWilliams , 64, American actress (Benson , Guiding Light , Mermaids ), multiple myeloma. Paul Rebillot , 78, American psychotherapist, respiratory failure. E.H. Roelfzema , 62, Dutch writer, artist, poet, and musician. David Severn , 91, British author. Yury Sevidov , 68, Russian footballer, Soviet Top League highest goal scorer (1962). Gladys Skillett , 91, British nurse, first Guernsey wartime deportee to give birth in captivity. Daryle Smith , 46, American football player (Dallas Cowboys ). Duncan Tanner , 51, British historian. Colin Ward , 85, British anarchist writer. 12 Juan Pedro Amestoy , 84, Uruguayan accountant, politician and ambassador. Petar Borota , 56, Serbian footballer (Partizan Belgrade and Chelsea ), after long illness. Maria Ragland Davis , 52, American biologist, shot. Ken Emerson , 82, Australian cartoonist (The Warrumbunglers ). Jerry Fahr , 85, American baseball player. Gino Gardassanich , 87, Italian-born American football player. Chhaya Ghosh , 69, Indian politician. Sheldon Gilgore , 77, American physician, president of Pfizer (1971–1986) and Searle (1986–1995), pancreatic cancer. Jake Hanna , 78, American jazz drummer, blood disease. Adriel Johnson , 52, American biologist, shot. Athan Karras , 82, Greek-born American advocate of Greek dance , complications from coronary artery bypass surgery. Allan Kornblum , 71, American lawyer, counsel to the F.B.I., esophageal cancer. Werner Krämer , 70, German footballer. Nodar Kumaritashvili , 21, Georgian luger, national team member for the 2010 Winter Olympics , training accident. Miro Mihovilović , 94, Croatian Olympic water polo player. Luis Molowny , 84, Spanish footballer, heart attack. Leroy Nash , 94, American murderer, oldest death row inmate, natural causes. Alexis Pappas , 94, Greek-born Norwegian chemist. G. K. Podila , 52, Indian-born American biologist, shot. Willie Polland , 75, Scottish footballer (Heart of Midlothian ). Saleban Olad Roble , 46, Somali government minister, injuries sustained in the 2009 Shamo Hotel bombing . Bernard Smith , 99, American sailboat designer, liver cancer. Grethe Sønck , 80, Danish actress and singer, natural causes. 13 Ralph G. Anderson , 86, American engineer and farmer. Lucille Clifton , 73, American poet, Poet Laureate of Maryland (1974–1985). Jock Ferguson , 64, Scottish-born Australian politician, Western Australian Legislative Council (since 2009), heart attack. Werner Forman , 89, Czech-born British photographer. Cy Grant , 90, Guyanese-born British actor and activist. Dale Hawkins , 73, American rockabilly musician, colorectal cancer. James D. Johnson , 85, American politician and jurist, Arkansas Supreme Court Justice (1959–1966), suicide by gunshot. Raymond Mason , 87, British sculptor. Robert J. Myers , 97, American politician, co-creator of the Social Security program, respiratory failure. Jamil Nasser , 77, American jazz musician, cardiac arrest. José María Pasquini Durán , 70, Argentine journalist, cardiac arrest. John Reed , 94, British actor. Red Rocha , 86, American basketball player and coach (Hawaii Rainbow Warriors ). Roger Thatcher , 83, British statistician. Gareth Wigan , 78, British film studio executive (Star Wars , Chariots of Fire ), after short illness. 14 Ram Sarup Ankhi , 77, Indian writer, poet, and novelist. Audrey Collins , 94, British cricket player and administrator. John Downey , 89, British Royal Air Force officer. Doug Fieger , 57, American musician (The Knack ), lung cancer. Dick Francis , 89, British jockey and novelist (Dead Cert ). Helge Høva , 81, Norwegian politician. Amos Funk , 98, American farm preservationist. Linnart Mäll , 71, Estonian historian, orientalist, translator and politician, cancer. John Ruan , 96, American entrepreneur and philanthropist, Parkinson's disease. John Thorbjarnarson , 52, American conservationist and crocodile expert, malaria. Jerzy Turek , 76, Polish actor. Zhang Yalin , 28, Chinese football player, lymphoma. 15 W. H. Clatworthy , 94, American mathematician. Juan Carlos González , 85, Uruguayan football player. Ian Gray , 46, Australian football player, homicide by prohibited drug. Jeanne M. Holm , 88, American general, pneumonia. Bill Kajikawa , 97, American basketball coach (Arizona State Sun Devils ). Dana Kirk , 74, American basketball coach (Memphis Tigers ), heart attack. Rigmor Mydtskov , 84, Danish court photographer. Fred Peacock , 93, Canadian politician. Aníbal Portillo , 95, Salvadoran military officer, head of state (1961–1962). Sylvia Pressler , 75, American jurist, lymphoma. Alfred Surratt , 87, American baseball player (Kansas City Monarchs ), co-founder of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum . Art Van Damme , 89, American jazz musician and accordionist, pneumonia. George Waring , 84, British actor (Coronation Street ), cancer. Claud William Wright , 93, British civil servant and scientific expert. 16 Jim Bibby , 65, American baseball player (Pittsburgh Pirates ), bone cancer. John Davis Chandler , 73, American actor (Adventures in Babysitting , The Outlaw Josey Wales ). William E. Gordon , 92, American inventor, designer of the Arecibo Radio Telescope , natural causes. Martin Grossman , 45, American convicted murderer, execution by lethal injection. Jim Harmon , 76, American science fiction writer, heart attack. Ronald Howes , 83, American inventor, designer of Easy-Bake Oven . Andrew Koenig , 41, American actor (Growing Pains ), suicide. Ino Kolbe , 95, German Esperanto expert. Ian Roderick Macneil , 80, American-born lawyer and Scottish clan chief. Mike Pittilo , 55, British biologist and educator, Principal of Robert Gordon University . Wan Chi Keung , 53, Hong Kong footballer, actor, and businessman, nasopharyngeal carcinoma. Jim Waugh , 76, American baseball player. 17 Roger-Émile Aubry , 86, Swiss-born Bolivian Roman Catholic prelate, Vicar Apostolic of Reyes (1973–1999). Chaturvedi Badrinath , 76, Indian officer and author. Lottie Beck , 81, American baseball player (AAGPBL ) Arnold Beichman , 96, American writer and journalist. Bjørn Benkow , 70, Norwegian journalist. Giulio de Florian , 74, Italian Olympic cross-country skier. Makoto Fujita , 76, Japanese actor and comedian, ruptured artery. Kathryn Grayson , 88, American actress and singer. Ruby Hunter , 54, Australian singer and musician, heart attack. Abdulkhakim Ismailov , 93, Russian Red Army soldier, World War II hero , natural causes. David Lelei , 38, Kenyan middle distance runner, car accident. Ignatius P. Lobo , 90, Indian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Belgaum (1967–1994). Martha Mercader , 83, Argentine politician and writer. Hans Ørberg , 89, Danish linguist. Witold Skaruch , 80, Polish actor. Luigi Ulivelli , 74, Italian Olympic athlete. 18 John Babcock , 109, Canadian soldier, Canada's last surviving World War I veteran. Erwin Bachmann , 88, German Waffen-SS officer. Asta Backman , 93, Finnish actress. Bob Chakales , 82, American baseball player (Cleveland Indians ). Barton Childs , 93, American physician and geneticist, complications of lung cancer. Amlan Datta , 85, Indian economist and teacher. Alan Gordon , 65, Scottish football player, cancer. Fernando Krahn , 75, Chilean plastic artist and illustrator. Emilio Lavazza , 78, Italian businessman, President of Lavazza Coffee (1979–2008). Nirmal Pandey , 48, Indian actor, heart attack. Richard Proulx , 72, American choral conductor and composer. Ariel Ramírez , 88, Argentine composer and pianist, pneumonia. 19 George Cisar , 99, American baseball player (Brooklyn Dodgers ). Daddy , 16, American Pit Bull Terrier, appeared with owner Cesar Millan in Dog Whisperer , euthanized due to cancer. Jamie Gillis , 66, American pornographic film actor, melanoma. Bruno Gironcoli , 73, Austrian sculptor, after long illness. Lionel Jeffries , 83, British film actor, screenwriter and director. Rudy Larriva , 94, American animator and animation director (Looney Tunes , The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Show ). Rafael Muñoz Núñez , 85, Mexican Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Zacatecas (1972–1984) and Aguascalientes (1984–1998). Elli Parvo , 95, Italian film actress. Giovanni Pettenella , 66, Italian Olympic cyclist. Walter Plowright , 86, British veterinary scientist. Laura Spurr , 64, American chairwoman of the Nottawaseppi Huron Band of Potawatomi since 2003, heart attack. Bull Verweij , 100, Dutch businessman, co-founder of Radio Veronica . Mladen Veža , 94, Croatian painter. 20 Chandan Mal Baid , 88, Indian politician. Ghantasala Balaramayya , 78, Indian producer, director and actor. Bobby Cox , 76, Scottish footballer (Dundee ). Georges Charachidzé , 80, French scholar of the Caucasian cultures. Juanita Goggins , 75, American politician, first black woman in South Carolina Legislature, hypothermia. (estimated date of death) Linda Grover , 76, American peace activist, founder of Global Family Day , uterine and ovarian cancer. Alexander Haig , 85, American politician and diplomat, Secretary of State (1981–1982), complications from an infection. Sam Hamilton , 54, American public official, Director of U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service since 2009, heart attack. Sandy Kenyon , 87, American character and voice actor (The Twilight Zone , Here Comes Garfield ). Henry Kučera , 85, Czech-born American linguist. Niall McCrudden , 45, Irish optician and socialite. Padmanabham , 78, Indian actor, heart attack.[citation needed ] Jason Wood , 38, British comedian and reality television contestant (Strictly Come Dancing ). 21 Seth G. Atwood , 92, American industrialist, community leader, and horological collector. Bob Doe , 89, British airman, Royal Air Force flying ace. Jacek Karpiński , 83, Polish computer scientist. Veini Kontinen , 82, Finnish Olympic skier. Vladimir Motyl , 82, Russian film director and scenarist, cervical fractures and pneumonia.[citation needed ] Albader Parad , Filipino militant (Abu Sayyaf ), shot. Vesa Pulliainen , 52, Finnish Olympic footballer. Casimir Johannes Prinz zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg , 93, German nobleman, businessman and politician. William E. Skillend , 83, British scholar of Korean language. George Strickland , 84, American baseball player (Pittsburgh Pirates , Cleveland Indians ). James Wieghart , 76, American newspaper editor (New York Daily News ) , pneumonia. 22 Juan Angel Belda Dardiñá , 83, Spanish Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Jaca (1978–1983) and León (1983–1987). Michael J. Bradley , 76, British diplomat, Governor of the Turks and Caicos Islands (1987–1993). Robert Carter , 82, American priest and gay rights activist, a founder of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force . Fred Chaffart , 74, Belgian businessperson. Henry Cosgrove , 87, Australian judge, Judge of the Supreme Court of Tasmania (1977–1988). Robin Davies , 56, British actor, lung cancer. Hillar Eller , 70, Estonian politician, former chairman of the Estonian Left Party (1995–1996). Eugene Lambert , 82, Irish puppeteer and ventriloquist (Wanderly Wagon ). Nelly Landry , 93, Belgian-born French tennis player. Rozy Munir , 67, Indonesian diplomat, ambassador to Qatar, liver cancer. Menachem Porush , 93, Israeli politician, Member of Knesset (1959–1975, 1977–1994). Bobby Smith , 56, Scottish footballer, cancer. Charles Stenvig , 82, American politician, Mayor of Minneapolis (1969–1973, 1975–1977). Mohammed Zaman , 44, Afghan political and military leader, victim of suicide bombing. 23 John Hollings Addison , 80, Canadian politician and business executive. Vyacheslav Andreyuk , 64, Soviet Russian football player. Clarence R. Autery , 76, American general. Bill Burtenshaw , 84, British footballer. Michael Clancy , 60, Saint Helena politician and Governor (2004–2007), cancer. Mervyn Jones , 87, British journalist, biographer and novelist. Abune Zena Markos , 72, Ethiopian Archbishop, complications from pneumonia. Wyn Morris , 81, British conductor. Gerhardt Neef , 63, German footballer (Rangers ), throat cancer. Henri Salmide , 90, German World War II naval officer, saved Bordeaux port from destruction. Mosi Tatupu , 54, American football player (New England Patriots ). Derek Vanlint , 78, British-born Canadian cinematographer (Alien ), short illness. Orlando Zapata , 42, Cuban dissident, hunger strike. 24 Antonio Alegre , 85, Argentine businessman, President of Boca Juniors (1985–1995). Delmo da Silva , 55, Brazilian Olympic sprinter. Ang It-hong , 82, Taiwanese singer, songwriter, composer and actor, pancreatic cancer. Dawn Brancheau , 40, American SeaWorld trainer, killer whale attack. Carlo Cicuttini , 63, Italian neo-fascist and terrorist. Jake Elder , 73, American NASCAR crew chief, natural causes. Howard George , 75, American Olympic wrestler. Richard Gruenwald , 93, Canadian politician, Alberta MLA for Lethbridge-West (1971–1975). Dagfin Huseby , 87, Norwegian Olympic wrestler. C. R. Johnson , 26, American newschool skier, skiing accident. Birgitta Lindqvist , 67, Swedish Olympic cross-country skier. Charles MacArthur , 89, Canadian politician, MLA for Inverness (1983–1998). 25 Henry Barron , 81, Irish jurist, Supreme Court of Ireland (1997–2003), after short illness. Ernst Beyeler , 88, Swiss art collector. Barbara Bray , 85, British translator. Aaron Cohen , 79, American aerospace engineer, Director of Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center (1986–1993), after long illness. İhsan Doğramacı , 94, Turkish physician and academic, multiple organ dysfunction syndrome. Vladislav Galkin , 38, Russian actor, heart failure. Gheorghe Gaston Marin , 91, Romanian politician. Donald Merrifield , 81, American Jesuit, first president of Loyola Marymount University (1973–1984), heart attack. John Bernard McDowell , 88, American Roman Catholic prelate, Titular Bishop of Tamazuca (1966–1996). Oscar Ravina , 79, Polish-born American violinist. David Soyer , 87, American cellist (Guarneri Quartet ). Efren Torres , 66, Mexican former world flyweight champion boxer, heart attack. Ali Tounsi , 76, Algerian police official, Chief of National Police, shot. Tuomo Tuormaa , 83, Finnish Olympic sprint canoer. Ahmet Vardar , 73, Turkish journalist and writer, pancreatic cancer. Frank Williams , 73, American architect (Trump Palace , Four Seasons Hotel New York ), esophageal cancer. 26 María Elisa Álvarez Obaya , 76, Spanish pharmacist. Louis Fabian Bachrach, Jr. , 92, American political photographer (Bachrach Studios ). Violet Barclay , 87, American comic book artist. Tom Bass , 93, Australian sculptor. Barry Bowen , 64, Belizean bottling magnate and politician, plane crash. Francisco Cabrera Santos , 63, Venezuelan politician, mayor of Valencia, Carabobo . Bernard Coutaz , 87, French music publisher, founder of Harmonia Mundi . Richard Devon , 84, American character actor (Lassie ), vascular disease. Charles le Gai Eaton , 89, Swiss-born British diplomat and author. Andrew Jaffe , 71, American journalist (Adweek ), revived the Clio Awards , multiple myeloma. Ivaylo Kirov , 63, Bulgarian Olympic basketball player. Robert McCall , 90, American artist, heart failure. Nujabes , 36, Japanese hip hop composer (Samurai Champloo ), car accident. Jacques J. Polak , 95, Dutch economist. Dave Sheasby , 69, British playwright, radio producer and dramatist. 27 David Bankier , 63, German-born Israeli Holocaust scholar. Black Bear Island , app. 4, Irish Thoroughbred racehorse, euthanized. Larry Cassidy , 56, British bass guitarist and singer (Section 25 ). Charlie Crowe , 85, English footballer (Newcastle United ), Alzheimer's disease. Frans De Blaes , 100, Belgian Olympic sprint canoer. Nanaji Deshmukh , 93, Indian social activist and politician, after long illness. Anna Fárová , 81, Czech photography historian and advocate, Charter 77 signatory. Madeleine Ferron , 87, Canadian author, Alzheimer's disease. Eli Fischer-Jørgensen , 99, Danish linguist and World War II resistance member. Rosemary Goldie , 94, Australian Roman Catholic theologian, Under-Secretary of the Pontifical Council for the Laity (1967–1976). Jonathan May , 51, American cellist and conductor, stroke. František Nedvěd , 59, Czech Olympic weightlifter. Hank Rosenstein , 89, American basketball player (New York Knicks ), heart failure. Nathan Scott , 94, American film and television composer (Lassie , The Twilight Zone , Dragnet ), natural causes. Oleg Stepanov , 70, Russian judoka, 1964 Olympic bronze medal winner. Wendy Toye , 92, British filmmaker. Roger Veeser , 90, Swiss Olympic athlete. 28 David Amland , 79, American painter and art educator. Edward L. Athey , 88, American football, basketball and baseball player, baseball and basketball coach. Martin Benson , 91, British actor (The Omen , Cleopatra , Goldfinger ). Adam Blacklaw , 72, Scottish footballer (Burnley ). Gerald Butler , 79, British jurist and broadcaster, heart attack. Theodore Cross , 86, American publisher and civil rights activist, heart failure. Bohdan Ejmont , 82, Polish actor. Rose Gray , 71, British restaurateur (The River Café ) and food writer, brain cancer. Gene Greytak , 84, American impressionist (Pope John Paul II ), cancer. Chushiro Hayashi , 89, Japanese astrophysicist, pneumonia. Phillip Law , 97, Australian scientist and explorer (Australian Antarctic Territory ). José Mindlin , 95, Brazilian businessman and bibliophile, multiple organ dysfunction syndrome. Carlos Montemayor , 62, Mexican writer, stomach cancer. Nikolay Surov , 62, Russian Olympic rower. Jorge Villamil , 80, Colombian composer, complications from diabetes. George Watt , 92, Australian rugby league footballer. Tom Wolk , 58, American bass guitarist (Hall & Oates ), heart attack. References
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