Deaths in August 2008
The following is a list of notable deaths in August 2008 .
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.
August 2008
1
Leopoldo Alas Mínguez , 45, Spanish writer, poet and editor.[ 1] Carlos Aponte , 69, Colombian footballer.[ 2] Rolf Bae , 33, Norwegian mountaineer, climbing accident .[ 3] Pauline Baynes , 85, British illustrator (The Chronicles of Narnia The Lord of the Rings [ 4] Peter Jackson , 80, Australian fashion designer, prostate cancer.[ 5] Ashok Mankad , 61, Indian cricketer.[ 6] Chief Mqalo , 91, South African Chief of the AmaKhuze Tribe, Alice .[ 7] Harkishan Singh Surjeet , 92, Indian politician, cardiac arrest.[ 8] Butch White , 72, British cricketer (Hampshire , Glamorgan , England ).[ 9]
2
Fujio Akatsuka , 72, Japanese manga artist, pneumonia.[ 10] Frederic Apcar , 93, Russian-born French acrobatic dancer and producer/impresario.[ 11] Thomas John Ashton, 3rd Baron Ashton of Hyde , 81, British aristocrat and banker.[ 12] Geoffrey Ballard , 76, Canadian businessman and fuel cell scientist, founder of Ballard Power Systems .[ 13] Pérez Celis , 69, Argentine plastic artist, leukaemia.[ 14] Affonso Évora , 89, Brazilian Olympic bronze medal-winning (1948 ) basketball player.[ 15] Helga Gitmark , 78, Norwegian politician.[ 16] Christopher González , 65, Jamaican sculptor and painter, cancer.[ 17] Kåre Grøndahl Hagem , 93, Norwegian politician.[ 18] Meherban Karim , 29, Pakistani mountaineer, climbing accident.Allen Kolstad , 76, American politician, lieutenant governor of Montana (1988–1991), cancer.[ 19] Ger McDonnell , 37, Irish mountaineer, first Irishman to reach K2 summit, climbing accident .[ 20] Peter Rodman , 64, American foreign policy expert, leukemia.[ 21] John F. Seiberling , 89, American politician, representative from Ohio (1971–1987), respiratory failure.[ 22]
3
Anton Allemann , 72, Swiss footballer (PSV Eindhoven , 1. FC Nürnberg , Grasshopper Zürich ), heart attack.[ 23] Skip Caray , 68, American broadcaster for baseball (Atlanta Braves ) and basketball (Atlanta Hawks ), bronchitis.[ 24] Erik Darling , 74, American songwriter, folk musician, lymphoma.[ 25] Roger Dean , 65, British guitarist, brain cancer.[ 26] Babatunde Jose , 82, Nigerian journalist and newspaper editor.[ 27] Jeffrey S. Medkeff , 39, American astronomer and science writer, liver cancer.[ 28] Robert Montgomery , 78, American lawyer.[ 29] Aurelius H. Piper Sr. , 92, American hereditary chief of the Golden Hill Paugussett Indian Nation since 1959, natural causes.[ 30] Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn , 89, Russian novelist and historian, Nobel Prize winner (1970), heart failure.[ 31] Louis Teicher , 83, American classical pianist (Ferrante & Teicher ), heart failure.[ 32]
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Alberto Achacaz Walakial , 79, Chilean craftsman, one of the last full-blooded Alacaluf , blood poisoning.[ 33] Sally Insul , 92, American actress, heart failure.[ 34] Craig Jones , 23, British motorcycle racer, head injuries from a race crash.[ 35] Peter Kass , 85, American actor, director and teacher.[ 36] Eri Kawai , 43, Japanese pop and classical singer, liver cancer.[ 37] Victor McCaffery , 89, Australian cricketer.[ 38] Robert Maheu , 90, American businessman, aide to Howard Hughes .[ 39] Nicola Rescigno , 92, American opera conductor, complications from broken femur.[ 40] Johnny Thio , 63, Belgian football player and coach, myocardial rupture.[ 41] Greg Weld , 64, American racing driver and businessman, heart attack.[ 42]
5
Aziz Abdullah Ahmed , 80-81, Iraqi Kurdish judge, Alzheimer's disease.[ 43] Jaroslav Alexa , 59, Czech Olympic athlete.[ 44] Bruno Dallansky , 79, Austrian actor.[ 45] Robert Hazard , 59, American musician and songwriter ("Girls Just Want to Have Fun "), pancreatic cancer.[ 46] Jack Kamen , 88, American comic book artist (Tales from the Crypt The Vault of Horror [ 47] Reg Lindsay , 79, Australian country music singer and songwriter, pneumonia.[ 48] Shelby Linville , 78, American basketball player (Kentucky Wildcats ), cancer.[ 49] José Medellín , 33, Mexican convicted murderer, execution in Texas by lethal injection.[ 50] Gary Mooney , 78, American animator (Sleeping Beauty Lady and the Tramp George of the Jungle [ 51] Daniel L. Norris , 73, Canadian commissioner of the Northwest Territories (1989–1994), heart failure.[ 52] Eva Pflug , 79, German actress (Raumpatrouille Orion [ 53] Manuel de Almeida Trindade , 90, Portuguese bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Aveiro (1962–1988).[ 54]
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Bertil Ahlin , 81, Swedish boxer.[ 55] Robert Nason Beck , 80, American scientist, myelodysplasia.[ 56] John K. Cooley , 80, American author (Unholy Wars [ 57] Ela-Mana-Mou , 32, British Thoroughbred race horse and sire, euthanized.[ 58] Gene Galusha , 66, American actor and narrator.[ 59] Roy Howard , 85, Australian cricketer.[ 60] Karl Kuehl , 70, American baseball scout, coach and manager (Montreal Expos ), pulmonary fibrosis.[ 61] Tony Russo , 71, American whistleblower (Pentagon Papers ).[ 62] Jud Taylor , 68, American television director and actor (Dr. Kildare Star Trek Law & Order: Special Victims Unit [ 63] Reg Whitehouse , 75, Canadian football player (Saskatchewan Roughriders ).[ 64]
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Bernie Brillstein , 77, American film producer (Ghostbusters The Blues Brothers ALF [ 65] Juan Bustos , 72, Chilean politician, liver cancer.[ 66] Simon Gray , 71, British playwright, abdominal aortic aneurysm.[ 67] Ralph Klein , 77, Israeli basketball player and coach, intestinal cancer.[ 68] Andrea Pininfarina , 51, Italian businessman, CEO of Pininfarina , motorcycle accident.[ 69] Clarence Rost , 94, Canadian ice hockey player.[ 70]
8
Ann-Mari Aasland , 93, Norwegian politician.[ 71] Rio Alex Bulo , 30, Indonesian Serial KillerRalph Edward Dodge , 101, American bishop of the Methodist Church.[ 72] Antonio Gava , 78, Italian politician, minister of the interior (1988–1990), after long illness.[ 73] Orville Moody , 74, American professional golfer, winner of 1969 U.S. Open.[ 74] Eleo Pomare , 70, Colombian modern dance choreographer, cancer.[ 75] Henk Starreveld , 94, Dutch Olympic canoer.[ 76]
9
Giorgi Antsukhelidze , 23, Georgian soldier, shot.[ 77] Sir Stanley Bailey , 81, British chief constable of Northumbria Police (1975–1991).[ 78] Peter Coe , 88, British athletics coach, father of Sebastian Coe .[ 79] Colm Condon , 87, Irish lawyer, Attorney General (1965–1973).[ 80] Bob Cunis , 67, New Zealand cricketer.[ 81] Mahmoud Darwish , 67, Palestinian poet, complications from open heart surgery.[ 82] Archie Elliott, Lord Elliott , 85, British judge.[ 83] Ken Griffiths , 78, English footballer (Port Vale ).[ 84] Jacob Landau , 74, American journalist, attorney, co-founder of Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press , after long illness.[ 85] Bernie Mac , 50, American comedian and actor (The Bernie Mac Show ,Ocean's Eleven Friday [ 86] Gilbert Morand , 85, French military patrol runner.[ 87] Roy Simmonds , 79, Australian rules footballer (Hawthorn ), cancer.[ 88] Greg Urwin , 61, Australian diplomat, Secretary General of the Pacific Islands Forum (2004–2008), cancer.[ 89] Denis Vetchinov , 32, Russian army major, recipient of Hero of the Russian Federation award, killed in action.[ 90] Vivian Shun-wen Wu , 95, Taiwanese entrepreneur, chairwoman of Yulon Motor , heart failure.[ 91]
10
Louise Armstrong , 71, American children's writer.[ 92] Sir William Christie , 95, North Irish politician, Lord Mayor of Belfast (1972–1975).[ 93] Lee Clark , 71, Canadian politician, MP for Brandon—Souris (1983–1993).[ 94] John Esmonde , 71, British television writer, half of Esmonde and Larbey (Please Sir! The Good Life [ 95] Isaac Hayes , 65, American soul and funk musician ("Theme from Shaft ") and actor (South Park The Rockford Files Oscar winner (1972 ), stroke.[ 96] Cezmi Kartay , 88, Turkish civil servant and politician (chairman of SODEP ).[ 97] William A. Knowlton , 88, American general.[ 98] Howard G. Minsky , 94, American film producer (Love Story [ 99] Terence Rigby , 71, British actor (Get Carter Watership Down Mona Lisa Smile [ 100] Alexander Slobodyanik , 65, Ukrainian pianist, meningitis.[ 101] František Tikal , 75, Czech ice hockey player.[ 102] David Young , 76, British Bishop of Ripon (1977–1999).[ 103]
11
Arase Nagahide , 59, Japanese sumo wrestler, heart failure.[ 104] Agneta Bolme Börjefors , 67, Swedish television presenter and royal reporter.[ 105] Sheikh Abdul Aziz , 55–56, Kashmir politician, shot.[ 106] Henry B. R. Brown , 82, American investment banker, aneurysm.[ 107] John S. Bull , 73, American NASA astronaut.[ 108] Sir Bill Cotton , 80, British television executive.[ 109] George Deem , 75, American artist, lung cancer.[ 110] George Furth , 75, American playwright (Company Blazing Saddles The Cannonball Run [ 111] Don Helms , 81, American steel guitarist.[ 112] James Hoyt , 83, American soldier, member of the Buchenwald liberation team.[ 113] Anatoly Khrapaty , 45, Kazakh Olympic weightlifter (USSR and Kazakhstan), motorcycle accident.[ 114] Günther Schifter , 84, Austrian journalist and radio presenter.[ 115] Fred Sinowatz , 79, Austrian politician, chancellor of Austria (1983–1986).[ 116] Darren Taylor , 42, American gang member turned peacemaker, cancer.[ 117] Rhoshii Wells , 31, American boxer, Olympic medallist, shot.[ 118]
12
Christie Allen , 53, Australian pop singer, pancreatic cancer.[ 119] Michael Baxandall , 74, British art historian, Parkinson's disease.[ 120] Gilles Bilodeau , 53, Canadian NHL and World Hockey Association player (Quebec Nordiques ).[ 121] Mick Clough , 80, Australian politician, member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly (1976–1988, 1991–1999).[ 122] Dottie Wiltse Collins , 84, American AAGPBL baseball pitcher (Fort Wayne Daisies ).[ 123] Leon Dorsey , 32, American serial killer, execution by lethal injection.[ 124] Donald Erb , 81, American avant-garde composer.[ 125] George Gick , 92, American Major League Baseball player (Chicago White Sox ).[ 126] Rust Hills , 83, American fiction editor (Esquire [ 127] Lester Hogan , 88, American physicist, complications of Alzheimer's disease.[ 128] Vilma Jamnická , 101, Austro-Hungarian-born Slovakian actress and astrologer.[ 129] Francis Lacassin , 76, French editor.[ 130] Patricia W. Malone , 84, American naval officer.[ 131] Aditya Prakash , 84, Indian architect.[ 132] Herm Schneidman , 94, American football player (Green Bay Packers ).[ 133] Stan Storimans , 39, Dutch photojournalist and cameraman, mortar fire.[ 134] Bill Stulla , 97, American children's television show host.[ 135]
13
Sandy Allen , 53, American tallest woman in the world (according to Guinness World Records ).[ 136] Henri Cartan , 104, French mathematician.[ 137] Bill Gwatney , 48, American politician, Arkansas state senator (1992–2002), Democratic Party of Arkansas chairman, shot.[ 138] John MacDougall , 60, British politician, MP for Glenrothes since 2005 and Central Fife (2001–2005), mesothelioma.[ 139] Nollaig Ó Gadhra , 64, Irish language activist, journalist and historian, co-founder of Teilifís na Gaeilge .[ 140] Roy Prosser , 66, Australian international rugby union player, heart attack.[ 141] Dino Toso , 39, Italian automotive engineer, Renault F1 director of aerodynamics, cancer.[ 142] Jack Weil , 107, American founder of Rockmount Ranch Wear, oldest working CEO.[ 143] Stuart Cary Welch , 80, American scholar and collector of Indian and Islamic art.[ 144]
14
Seiji Aochi , 66, Japanese ski jumper, stomach cancer.[ 145] Sandy Bruce-Lockhart, Baron Bruce-Lockhart , 66, British politician and local government leader, cancer.[ 146] Ralph Feigin , 70, American pediatrician, lung cancer.[ 147] Luigi Grossi , 83, Italian Olympic sprinter.[ 148] Percy Irausquin , 39, Aruban fashion designer, cerebral hemorrhage.[ 149] Carlton John , 92-93, Trinidadian West Indian cricket umpire.[ 150] Marius Maziers , 93, French prelate of the Roman Catholic Church.[ 151] Michael Anthony Rodriguez , 45, American murderer, member of the Texas Seven, execution by lethal injection.[ 152] Lita Roza , 82, British singer, first British female to top the UK singles chart.[ 153] Bob Worthington , 72, American honorary consul of the Cook Islands to the United States (1985–2008).[ 154]
15
Carlos Meglia , 50, Argentine comic book artist (Cybersix [ 155] James Orthwein , 84, American businessman, cancer.[ 156] Gladys Powers , 109, British-born last World War I veteran living in Canada, served with the WAAC and WRAF .[ 157] Leroy Sievers , 53, American journalist, colon cancer.[ 158] Vic Toweel , 79, South African boxer, bantamweight world champion (1952–1954).[ 159] Jerry Wexler , 91, American record producer, heart failure.[ 160] Darrin Winston , 42, American baseball player (Philadelphia Phillies , 1997–1998), leukemia.[ 161]
16
Hugh Butt , 98, American physician.[ 162] Dorival Caymmi , 94, Brazilian songwriter and singer, multiple organ failure.[ 163] Roberta Collins , 63, American actress (Death Race 2000 Eaten Alive [ 164] Michel-Gaspard Coppenrath , 84, Tahitian archbishop of Papeete (1973–1999), ruptured aneurysm.[ 165] Ronnie Drew , 73, Irish singer, founding member of The Dubliners , throat cancer.[ 166] [ 167] Jack Dunham , 98, American animator and television producer, creator of the St. Hubert Chicken .[ 168] Masanobu Fukuoka , 95, Japanese microbiologist, pioneer of no-till grain cultivation.[ 169] Elena Leușteanu , 73, Romanian gymnast and three-time Olympic medalist, pancreatic cancer.[ 170] Fanny Mikey , 78, Argentine-born Colombian theatre actress, renal failure.[ 171] Johnny Moore , 70, Jamaican trumpeter, founding member of The Skatalites , cancer.[ 172] Alfred Rainer , 20, Austrian Nordic combined skier, paragliding accident.[ 173] Helge Uuetoa , 71, Estonian stage designer, beaten.[ 174]
17
Marie Fisher , 77, Australian politician, Member of the New South Wales Legislative Council (1978–1988).[ 175] Dave Freeman , 47, American author (100 Things To Do Before You Die ), injuries from fall.[ 176] Maudie Hopkins , 93, last certified American Civil War widow.[ 177] Sir Edwin Nixon , 83, English businessman, chief executive of IBM UK.[ 178] Philip Saffman , 77, American mathematician.[ 179] Franco Sensi , 82, Italian businessman, president of A.S. Roma since 1993, respiratory failure.[ 180]
18
Kazys Abromavičius , 80, Lithuanian painter.[ 181] Jeannette Eyerly , 100, American author and columnist.[ 182] Manny Farber , 91, American film critic and painter.[ 183] Bob Humphrys , 56, British BBC sports presenter, lung cancer.[ 184] Genuine Risk , 31, American racehorse, 1980 Kentucky Derby winner.[ 185] Pervis Jackson , 70, American R&B bass singer (The Spinners ), cancer.[ 186] Jumoke , 18, American western lowland gorilla, complications of early pregnancy.[ 187] Floyd Peters , 72, American football player, complications from Alzheimer's disease.[ 188]
19
Leo Abse , 91, British politician, MP (1958–1987), reformer of laws on homosexuality and divorce.[ 189] Carlos Arguelles , 90, Filipino architect.[ 190] Julius Carry , 56, American actor (The Last Dragon Disco Godfather Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place [ 191] Binyamin Gibli , 89, Israeli head of military intelligence.[ 192] Algimantas Masiulis , 77, Lithuanian actor.[ 193] LeRoi Moore , 46, American saxophonist (Dave Matthews Band ), complications from ATV accident.[ 194] Mikhail Mukasei , 101, Russian spy.[ 195] Levy Mwanawasa , 59, Zambian politician, president since 2002, complications from stroke.[ 196] Diane Webber , 76, American model and actress.[ 197]
20
Tunku Abdullah , 83, Malaysian businessman.[ 198] Mario Bertok , 79, Croatian chess grandmaster and journalist, drowned.[ 199] Marshall Brown , 90, American basketball player and coach.[ 200] Chao Yao-tung , 92, Taiwanese minister of economic affairs, multiple organ dysfunction syndrome.[ 201] Ed Freeman , 80, American U.S. Army helicopter pilot, recipient of the Medal of Honor, complications of Parkinson's disease.[ 202] Phil Guy , 68, American blues guitarist, brother of Buddy Guy , pancreatic cancer.[ 203] Larry Hennessy , 79, American basketball player (Philadelphia Warriors , Syracuse Nationals ).[ 204] Hua Guofeng , 87, Chinese premier (1976–1980), chairman of the Chinese Communist Party (1976–1981).[ 205] Clair Isbister , 92, Australian paediatrician.[ 206] Edward Jaworski , 82, American Olympic water polo player (1952 ).[ 207] Dick Jones , 97, American politician.[ 208] Eric Longworth , 90, British actor (Dad's Army [ 209] Leopoldo Serran , 66, Brazilian screenwriter, liver cancer.[ 210] Stephanie Tubbs Jones , 58, American member of the House of Representatives from Ohio since 1999, cerebral hemorrhage.[ 211] Gene Upshaw , 63, American NFL player (Oakland Raiders ), executive director of NFLPA , pancreatic cancer.[ 212]
21
Robert E. Armstrong , 82, American politician.[ 213] Fred Crane , 90, American film and television actor (Gone with the Wind [ 214] Iosif Constantin Drăgan , 91, Romanian businessman and historian.[ 215] Jerry Finn , 39, American record producer (Blink-182 , Green Day , Morrissey ), cerebral hemorrhage.[ 216] Don Fox , 72, British rugby league player (Wakefield ).[ 217] Buddy Harman , 79, American session musician, heart failure.[ 218] Lee Eon , 27, South Korean actor and model, motorcycle accident.[ 219] Ágústa Þorsteinsdóttir , 66, Icelandic Olympic swimmer.[ 220] Laurence Urdang , 81, American lexicographer, heart failure.[ 221] Wolfgang Vogel , 82, German lawyer, negotiator in prisoner exchange programs during the Cold War.[ 222]
22
Kenny Ailshie , 59, American horse trainer, suicide by gunshot.[ 223] Frank Cornish , 40, American football player (Dallas Cowboys ), apparent heart attack.[ 224] James H. Faulkner , 92, American publisher, politician and educator.[ 225] Jeff MacKay , 59, American actor (Magnum, P.I. Tales of the Gold Monkey JAG [ 226] Michael J. Manning , 65, Australian-born Papua New Guinean anti-corruption activist and economist, heart attack.[ 227] Muriel Kallis Steinberg Newman , 94, American abstract expressionist art collector, natural causes.[ 228] Robert Pintenat , 60, French football player.[ 229] Ralph Young , 90, American singer (Sandler and Young ).[ 230]
23
Jimmy Cleveland , 82, American jazz trombonist.[ 231] Ruth Cohen , 78, American actress (Seinfeld [ 232] Leo Elter , 78, American football player (Pittsburgh Steelers , Washington Redskins ), heart failure.[ 233] Steve Foley , 49, American drummer (The Replacements , Bash & Pop ), drug overdose.[ 234] Doris Gibson , 98, Peruvian journalist, founder of Caretas [ 235] Ian Hibell , 74, British cyclist, hit and run car crash.[ 236] Yuri Nosenko , 81, Soviet-born Ukrainian KGB agent who defected to United States, after a long illness.[ 237] John Russell , 89, British-born American art critic and author.[ 238] Thomas Huckle Weller , 93, American virologist, Nobel Prize winner (Medicine , 1954).[ 239]
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Gerard W. Ford , 83, American co-founder of Ford Modeling Agency , endocarditis.[ 240] Riitta Immonen , 90, Finnish fashion designer and entrepreneur, co-founder of Marimekko .[ 241] Tad Mosel , 86, American Pulitzer Prize–winning playwright (All the Way Home [ 242] Morris Sullivan , 91, American film producer (All Dogs Go to Heaven [ 243] Peter Sutton , 65, British sound engineer (The Empire Strikes Back The Dark Crystal Little Shop of Horrors Oscar winner (1981 ), leukemia.[ 244] Wei Wei , 88, Chinese poet and writer, liver cancer.[ 245]
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Elmer H. Antonsen , 78, American philologist.[citation needed Randa Chahal Sabag , 54, Lebanese film maker, cancer.[ 246] Marpessa Dawn , 74, American actress (Black Orpheus [ 247] Kevin Duckworth , 44, American NBA basketball player, heart failure resulting from hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.[ 248] Ahmad Faraz , 74, Pakistani poet.[ 249] Hardwicke Knight , 97, New Zealand historian and photographer.[ 250] Pavle Kozjek , 49, Slovenian mountaineer, climbing accident.[ 251] Jabir Herbert Muhammad , 79, American businessman, long-time manager of Muhammad Ali , complications from heart surgery.[ 252] Vassili Nesterenko , 73, Belarusian physicist.[ 253] Pehr Henrik Nordgren , 64, Finnish composer, cancer.[ 254] Mario Fernando Peña Angulo , 56, Peruvian congressman, lymphoma.[ 255] Josef Tal , 97, Israeli composer, natural causes.[ 256] John Thoday , 91, British geneticist.[ 257]
26
Pierre Colas , 32, German Mayanist scholar, assistant professor in anthropology at Vanderbilt University , shot.[ 258] Bobby Cummings , 72, English footballer (Aberdeen , Newcastle United ).[ 259] Bob Mountford , 56, British footballer (Port Vale , Rochdale ), cancer.[ 260] Edgardo Vega Yunqué , 72, Puerto Rican novelist.[ 261] Hazel Warp , 93, American stuntwoman (Gone with the Wind [ 262] Barbara Warren , 65, American triathlete, bicycle crash.[ 263]
27
Sally Abston , 74, American surgeon and scientist, kidney failure and hypertension.[ 264] Del Martin , 87, American gay rights activist, first legal same-sex marriage in California, complications from bone fracture.[ 265] Isa Meireles , 76, Portuguese journalist and writer.[ 266] Chittaranjan Mitra , 82, Indian scientist and administrator.[ 267] Abie Nathan , 81, Israeli peace activist, founder of Voice of Peace radio station.[ 268] Mark Priestley , 32, Australian actor (All Saints [ 269] Olavo Setúbal , 85, Brazilian politician and banker, mayor of São Paulo (1975–1979), heart failure.[ 270]
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İlhan Berk , 89, Turkish poet.[ 271] Harold Challenor , 86, British war hero (Operation Speedwell ) and corrupt Metropolitan police officer.[ 272] Phil Hill , 81, American racing driver, 1961 Formula One world champion , complications of Parkinson's disease.[ 273] Ralph Kovel , 88, American antiques expert and author, complications of broken hip.[ 274] Chidananda Saraswati , 91, Indian spiritual leader, president of the Divine Life Society .[ 275] Sigurbjörn Einarsson , 97, Icelandic bishop of the Church of Iceland (1959–1981).[ 276] Wonderful Smith , 97, American comedian, natural causes.[ 277] Michel Vastel , 68, Canadian journalist and columnist, throat cancer.[ 278]
29
William Appling , 75, American conductor, pianist, educator and arranger.[ 279] Bridget Cracroft-Eley , 74, British Lord-Lieutenant of Lincolnshire since 1995.[ 280] Jayshree Gadkar , 66, Indian actress.[ 281] David Gordon Allen d'Aldecamb Lumsden , 75, British Garioch Pursuivant .[ 282] Bela E. Kennedy , American politician, 90, Michigan state legislator.[ 283] Geoffrey Perkins , 55, British comedy producer, writer and performer, head of comedy for BBC, road accident.[ 284] Peter Snow , 81, British artist and theatre designer.[ 285]
30
K. K. Birla , 89, Indian industrialist and politician, after brief illness.[ 286] Tommy Bolt , 92, American professional golfer, 1958 U.S. Open champion, liver failure.[ 287] Robin Bullough , 78, British mathematical physicist.[ 288] Brian Hambly , 71, Australian rugby league player.[ 289] Killer Kowalski , 81, Canadian professional wrestler, heart attack.[ 290] Eldon Rathburn , 92, Canadian composer, after brief illness.[ 291] Gilberto Rincón Gallardo , 69, Mexican politician, presidential candidate.[ 292] William Howard Wriggins , 90, American academic, ambassador to Sri Lanka and Maldives (1977–1979).[ 293]
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Cynthia Ahearn , 55, American echinodermologist and museum specialist.[ 294] Meir Avizohar , 84, Israeli politician and academic.[ 295] Jean-Marie Berckmans , 54, Belgian writer, lung disease.[ 296] Ken Campbell , 66, British actor (A Fish Called Wanda [ 297] Jamie Dolan , 39, British footballer (Motherwell F.C. ), heart attack.[ 298] Harmohinder Singh Gill , 75, Indian-born American scientist.[ 299] Edwin O. Guthman , 89, American Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist, amyloidosis.[ 300] Ike Pappas , 75, American CBS journalist, broadcast murder of Lee Harvey Oswald , heart failure.[ 301] Victor Yates , 69, New Zealand rugby footballer.[ 302] Magomed Yevloyev , 37, Ingush journalist and owner of the opposition news website Ingushetiya.ru [ 303]
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