Deaths in March 2010

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The following is a list of notable deaths in March 2010.

March 2010

31

• Eugene Allen, 90, American White House butler (1952–1986), renal failure. [1]
• Jack Diesing, 92, American businessman, chairman of College World Series (1963–2002), complications from Parkinson's disease. [2]
• Paul Fry, 45, British motorcycle speedway rider. [3]
• Caresse Henry, 44, American music manager (Madonna), suicide by gunshot. [4]
• Burton Joseph, 79, American First Amendment lawyer, brain cancer. [5]
• Tina Leung, 65, Hong Kong actress. [6]
• Coots Matthews, 86, American oil well firefighter (Boots & Coots), respiratory problems. [7]
• Shirley Mills, 83, American actress (The Grapes of Wrath), pneumonia. [8]
• Jerald terHorst, 87, American White House Press Secretary (1974), heart failure. [9]

30

• Thomas Angove, 92, Australian winemaker, inventor of the wine cask. [10]
• Nicola Arigliano, 86, Italian jazz and swing singer. [11] (Italian)
• John Bunch, 88, American jazz pianist, melanoma. [12]
• Juan Carlos Caballero Vega, 109, Mexican revolutionary, driver of Pancho Villa. [13]
• Jaime Escalante, 79, American mathematics teacher, inspiration for film Stand and Deliver, bladder cancer. [14]
• Peter Flinsch, 89, German-born Canadian artist. [15]
• Josef Homeyer, 80, German Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Hildesheim (1983–2004). [16] (German)
• Morris R. Jeppson, 87, American Army Air Corps officer, assistant weaponeer on the Enola Gay. [17]
• David Mills, 48, American author, journalist and television writer (NYPD Blue, The Corner, Kingpin), brain aneurysm. [18]
• Malcolm Poindexter, 84, American journalist and reporter (KYW-TV), Alzheimer's disease. [19]
• Martin Sandberger, 98, German Nazi leader and Holocaust perpetrator. [20] (French)
• Harriet Shetler, 92, American advocate, a founder of the National Alliance on Mental Illness. [21]
• Krzysztof Teodor Toeplitz, 77, Polish journalist, politician and screenwriter. [22] (Polish)
• Jadin Wong, 96, American dancer, comedian and talent agent. [23]

29

• Tom Burton, American professional wrestler. [24]
• Choi Jin-young, 39, South Korean actor and singer, brother of Choi Jin Sil, suicide by hanging. [25]
• George Kosikov, 65, Russian educator (Moscow University). [26] (Russian)
• Jenne Langhout, 91, Dutch Olympic field hockey player. [27] (Dutch)
• Sam Menning, 85, American character actor and photographer (My Name Is Earl, The Prestige), emphysema. [28]
• Armando Nogueira, 83, Brazilian journalist, cerebral cancer. [29] (Portuguese)
• Elliot Willensky, 66, American songwriter, stroke. [30]

28

• Aléxis Afonso, 29, Paraguayan football player, car accident. [31] (Portuguese)
• Fred Ascani, 92, American Air Force test pilot, lung cancer. [32]
• David Carnegie, 14th Earl of Northesk, 55, Scottish peer, member of the House of Lords. [33]
• Preeda Chullamondhol, 64, Thai Olympic cyclist, kidney disease. [34]
• Sir Gaven Donne, 95, New Zealand jurist, former Chief Justice of various Pacific nations. [35]
• Dan Duncan, 77, American businessman, oil company executive and billionaire, cerebral hemorrhage. [36]
• Herb Ellis, 88, American jazz guitarist, Alzheimer's disease. [37]
• Derlis Florentín, 26, Paraguayan football player, car accident. [38] (Spanish)
• Joe Gates, 55, American baseball player (Chicago White Sox) and coach (Gary SouthShore RailCats), heart failure. [39]
• June Havoc, 97, Canadian-born American actress, natural causes. [40]
• Aly Ibrahim, 38, Egyptian Olympic rower, traffic collision. [41]
• John Lawrenson, 88, British rugby league player. [42]
• Victor Pesce, 71, American painter, lung cancer. [43]
• Agim Qirjaqi, 59, Albanian actor and television director. [44] (Albanian)
• Zofia Romanowiczowa, 87, Polish writer and translator. [45] (Polish)
• David Slivka, 95, American sculptor. [46]
• Eric Tunney, 45, Canadian comedian (Brain Candy). [47]
• Joseph Warren, 71, American campaign adviser for Michael Dukakis, complications from a stroke. [48]

27

• Dick Giordano, 77, American comic book artist and editor (Batman, Green Lantern), complications from pneumonia. [49]
• Zbigniew Gut, 60, Polish footballer. [50] (Polish)
• Peter Herbolzheimer, 74, German jazz musician. [51] (German)
• Stanford Parris, 80, American politician, Representative from Virginia (1973–1975, 1981–1991), heart disease. [52]
• Nancy Peterson, 56, American war crimes prosecutor, ovarian cancer. [53]
• Vasily Smyslov, 89, Russian chess grandmaster, World Champion (1957–1958), heart failure. [54]
• Stanley Vann, 100, British organist and composer, complications following a fall. [55]
• Charlie Vergos, 84, American restaurateur, Alzheimer's disease. [56]
• Hatsumi Shibata, 57, Japanese singer, heart attack. [57]
• Colm Kiernan, 78, Irish-Australian Historian.

26

• Ahmed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, 41, Emirati businessman, managing director of the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, glider crash. [58]
• Franklin D. Burgess, 75, American federal judge, cancer. [59]
• Manuel de Jesús Juárez, 55, Honduran journalist, shot. [60]
• Shemuel Katz, 83, Israeli caricaturist and illustrator. [61]
• Kwon Hyi-ro, 81, Japanese-born Korean murderer, prostate cancer. [62]
• José Bayardo Mairena Ramírez, 52, Honduran journalist, shot. [63]
• Rocco Pantaleo, 53, Italian-born Australian owner of La Porchetta, motorcycle accident. [64]
• Charles Ryskamp, 81, American art collector and museum director (Frick Collection, Pierpont Morgan Library), cancer. [65]
• Max Whitehead, 87, Australian rugby league player, model and professional wrestler, complications following a hip operation. [66]

25

• Pål Bang-Hansen, 72, Norwegian film director, actor and film critic, skin cancer. [67] (Norwegian)
• Kendall Berry, 22, American football player (FIU), stabbing. [68]
• Kim Dawson, 85, American model, Alzheimer's disease. [69]
• Richard Engquist, 76, American lyricist (Kuni-Leml), lung cancer. [70]
• Dmitri Gorchev, 46, Russian writer and painter. [71] (Russian)
• Kit Horn, 80, American surfer, non-Hodgkins lymphoma. [72]
• Des Hoysted, 86, Australian radio broadcaster and horse racing commentator. [73]
• Marty Lederhandler, 92, American photographer (Associated Press), stroke. [74]
• Sture Linnér, 92, Swedish diplomat, professor and author, aide to UN Secretary General Dag Hammarskjöld. [75] (Swedish)
• John P. McGarr, 45, American actor and film producer, traffic accident. [76]
• Elisabeth Noelle-Neumann, 93, German political scientist. [77] (German)
• José Antonio Peteiro Freire, 73, Moroccan Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Tanger (1983–2005). [78]
• Edmund Pillsbury, 66, American museum director, heart attack. [79]
• Marshall Plummer, 62, American first Vice President of the Navajo Nation (1991–1994), lung disease. [80]
• Michael S. Rosenfeld, 75, American talent agent, co-founder of Creative Artists Agency. [81]
• Chet Simmons, 81, American sports broadcasting executive, first president of ESPN, Commissioner (USFL), natural causes. [82]
• Kyohei Ushio, 75, Japanese Olympic athlete. [83] (Japanese)
• Mohan Wagh, 81, Indian Marathi theatre producer, cardiac arrest. [84]
• Zainal Abidin Ahmad, 71, Malaysian politician, brain cancer. [85]

24

• Elijah Alexander, 39, American football player (Indianapolis Colts), multiple myeloma. [86]
• Robert Culp, 79, American actor (I Spy, The Greatest American Hero, Everybody Loves Raymond), complications following a fall. [87]
• Martin Elliott, 63, British photographer (Tennis Girl), cancer. [88]
• Oswaldo Frota-Pessoa, 93, Brazilian geneticist and academic. [89] (Portuguese)
• Ron Hamence, 94, Australian cricketer. [90]
• Colleen Kay Hutchins, 83, American actress, Miss America (1952), mother of Kiki Vandeweghe. [91]
• Johnny Maestro, 70, American singer (The Crests, The Brooklyn Bridge), cancer. [92]
• Aleksander Mankowski, 86, Polish long-distance runner. [93] (Polish)
• Jim Marshall, 74, American photographer. [94]
• William Mayne, 82, British children's author. [95]
• Harold McGraw, Jr., 92, American businessman, CEO of McGraw-Hill (1975–1983). [96]
• Daphne Park, Baroness Park of Monmouth, 88, British spy (MI6), after long illness. [97]
• Mortimer Sackler, 93, American psychobiologist, pharmaceutical manufacturer and philanthropist. [98]
• Andrzej Sadlej, 69, Polish chemist, professor of Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń. [99] (Polish)
• Elena Tairova, 18, Russian chess player, woman grandmaster and international master, after long illness. [100]

23

• Midge Costanza, 77, American social and political activist, advisor to President Jimmy Carter, cancer. [101]
• Robert Goldwyn, 79, American plastic surgeon, author and editor, prostate cancer. [102]
• István Jancsó, 71, Hungarian-born Brazilian academic, kidney failure. [103] (Portuguese)
• Alan King-Hamilton, 105, British judge. [104]
• Raiha Mahuta, 67, New Zealand negotiator and Tainui leader, myelofibrosis. [105]
• Mauricio Kleiff Menache, 79, Mexican screenwriter and comedian, complications from heart surgery. [106] (Spanish)
• Lauretta Masiero, 80, Italian actress. [107] (Italian)
• Jiro Nagasawa, 78, Japanese Olympic swimmer and national coach, throat cancer. [108]
• José Maria Nunes, 80, Portuguese filmmaker. [109] (Spanish)
• Wayne Patrick, 63, American football player (Buffalo Bills), kidney disease. [110]
• Kaljo Põllu, 75, Estonian artist. [111] (Estonian)
• Kanu Sanyal, 78, Indian revolutionary, Naxal leader, suicide by hanging. [112]
• Sulaiman Daud, 77, Malaysian politician, minister (1981–1999), liver cancer. [113]
• Blanche Thebom, 94, American mezzo-soprano, pneumonia. [114]
• Fritz Wagnerberger, 72, German Olympic alpine skier. [115] (German)
• James Williamson, 26, Australian mountain biker and journalist. [116]
• Marva Wright, 62, American blues singer, complications from a stroke. [117]

22

• Sir James Black, 85, British physician, Nobel Laureate in Medicine (1988). [118]
• Özhan Canaydın, 67, Turkish basketball player, president of Galatasaray S.K. (2002–2008), pancreatic cancer. [119] (Turkish)
• Mile Cărpenişan, 34, Romanian journalist, sepsis. [120]
• Diz Disley, 78, Canadian-born British jazz guitarist. [121]
• Ella Mae Johnson, 106, American social worker and author. [122]
• Phil Johnson, 80, American journalist and broadcaster (WWL-TV), after long illness. [123]
• Leroy Matthiesen, 88, American Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Amarillo (1980–1997). [124]
• Patrick Mvula, Malawian footballer (Big Bullets). [125]
• Emil Schulz, 71, German boxer. [126] (German)
• Valentina Tolkunova, 63, Russian singer, People's Artist of RSFSR, cancer. [127] (Russian)

21

• István Bilek, 77, Hungarian chess grandmaster. [128] (Hungarian)
• Vivian Blake, 53, Jamaican drug lord, heart attack. [129]
• Franco Gualdrini, 86, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Terni-Narni-Amelia (1983–2000). [130]
• Lou Jankowski, 78, Canadian ice hockey player (Chicago Black Hawks, Detroit Red Wings). [131]
• Takeo Kimura, 91, Japanese art director. [132]
• Andrzej Kozera, 73, Polish television journalist. [133] (Polish)
• Margaret Moth, 58, New Zealand photojournalist (CNN), colorectal cancer. [134]
• Florence Poe, 112, American supercentenarian, complications from a stroke. [135]
• Roy Steinfort, 88, American journalist, vice-president of Associated Press, cancer. [136]
• Wolfgang Wagner, 90, German director (Bayreuth Festival), natural causes. [137]
• Susana, Lady Walton, 83, Argentine writer, widow of composer Sir William Walton, natural causes. [138]

20

• Harry Carpenter, 84, British sports commentator and television presenter. [139]
• Liz Carpenter, 89, American feminist author, media advisor and press secretary to Lady Bird Johnson (1963–1969), pneumonia. [140]
• Claiborne Cary, 78, American actress and cabaret performer, sister of Cloris Leachman, complications from Parkinson's disease. [141]
• Clodomiro Castilla, 50, Colombian journalist, shot. [142]
• Dorothy Corrigan, 96, Canadian politician, first female Mayor of Charlottetown (1968–1972). [143]
• Chicka Dixon, 81, Australian Aboriginal activist, asbestosis. [144]
• William Dorman, 91, American real estate columnist (Boston Herald-Traveler, The Boston Globe), heart failure. [145]
• Ebet Kadarusman, 73, Indonesian television and radio presenter, stroke. [146]
• Ray Fonseca, 56, American hula master, heart attack. [147]
• Fred Heineman, 80, American politician, Representative from North Carolina (1995–1997), natural causes. [148]
• Girija Prasad Koirala, 85, Nepalese politician, Prime Minister (four terms), multiple organ dysfunction syndrome. [149]
• Robin Milner, 76, British computer scientist, heart attack. [150]
• Ai Ogawa, 62, American poet, breast cancer. [151]
• Fernando Iório Rodrigues, 80, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Palmeira dos Índios (1985–2006). [152]
• Mikel Scicluna, 80, Canadian professional wrestler, liver cancer. [153]
• Stewart Udall, 90, American politician, Secretary of the Interior (1961–1969), natural causes. [154]
• Yang Lina, 47, Singaporean actress (Samsui Women), uterine cancer. [155]

19

• Carlo Chenis, 55, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Civitavecchia-Tarquinia (since 2006). [156]
• Bob Curtis, 60, English footballer (Charlton Athletic, Mansfield Town), motor neurone disease. [157]
• John Hicklenton, 42, British comics artist (2000 AD), assisted suicide. [158]
• Ted Hooper, 91, British bee keeper. [159]
• George Lane, 95, Hungarian-born British World War II commando, pneumonia. [160]
• Bill McIntyre, 80, American actor (Dallas), natural causes. [161]
• Elinor Smith, 98, American aviator. [162]
• Dottie Thompson, 88, American festival organizer, co-founder of the Merrie Monarch Festival, complications from pneumonia. [163]
• Raúl de la Torre, 72, Argentine film director (Pobre mariposa, Funes, un gran amor), cardiac arrest. [164] (Spanish)

18

• Rick Abramson, 65, American music promoter, lung cancer. [165]
• Amanda Castro, 47, Honduran poet, respiratory disease. [166] (Spanish)
• Herb Denenberg, 80, American journalist (WCAU) and consumer advocate, Pennsylvania insurance commissioner, heart attack. [167]
• Konstantin Eremenko, 39, Russian futsal player, European champion (1999), heart attack. [168]
• Donald P. Kelly, 88, American leveraged buyout investor (Beatrice Foods), cancer. [169]
• Chick Lang, Sr., 83, American businessman, general manager of Maryland Jockey Club, natural causes. [170]
• Herbert Lewin, 95, American politician, candidate in the 1988 Presidential election, heart failure. [171]
• Pak Nam-gi, 76, North Korean public official, executed by firing squad. [172] (death announced on this date)
• Fess Parker, 85, American actor (Davy Crockett, Daniel Boone), natural causes. [173]
• Zygmunt Pawłowicz, 82, Polish Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Gdańsk (1985–2005). [174]
• Sean Stewart, 29, Australian bassist (HTRK). [175]
• William Wolfe, 86, Scottish politician, National Chairman of the Scottish National Party (1969–1979). [176]
• Jerry York, 71, American businessman, Executive Director for Apple Inc., cerebral hemorrhage. [177]

17

• Alex Chilton, 59, American musician (Big Star, The Box Tops), heart attack. [178]
• Wayne Collett, 60, American athlete, 1972 Summer Olympics silver medalist, cancer. [179]
• Joseph Ettedgui, 71, British fashion designer, cancer. [180]
• Sid Fleischman, 90, American children's writer, cancer. [181]
• Van Fletcher, 85, American baseball player (Detroit Tigers). [182]
• Charlie Gillett, 68, British radio presenter, music writer and record producer, after long illness. [183]
• Peter Gowland, 93, American glamour photographer and actor. [184]
• Johnnie High, 80, American country music impresario, heart disease. [185]
• Tadeusz Prejzner, 85, Polish composer and pianist. [186] (Polish)
• Juan Turri, 59, Argentinian Olympic athlete, myocardial infarction. [187] (Spanish)
• Robert M. White, 85, American X-15 test pilot. [188]

16

• Herb Cohen, 77, American record company executive, manager of Frank Zappa. [189]
• Billy Hoeft, 77, American Major League Baseball All-Star pitcher. [190]
• Filip Kapisoda, 22, Montenegrin model, suicide by gunshot. [191]
• Arnold Loxam, 93, British organist. [192]
• Hachiro Maekawa, 97, Japanese baseball player (Yomiuri Giants), respiratory failure. [193]
• Ksenija Pajčin, 32, Serbian pop singer, shot. [194] (Serbian)
• Jane Sherman, 101, American writer and dancer. [195]
• Ira Skutch, 88, American television game show producer and director, lymphoma. [196]

15

• Dan Achen, 51, Canadian guitarist (Junkhouse), heart attack. [197]
• Charlie Ashcroft, 83, English footballer (Liverpool F.C.). [198]
• Emilia Boncodin, 55, Filipino public servant, Secretary of Budget and Management (1998, 2001-2005), whistleblower in ZTE scandal, cardiac arrest. [199]
• Joseph Galdon, 81, Filipino writer and academic. [200]
• Robert Hodgins, 89, South African artist, lung cancer. [201]
• Ashok Kumar, 53, British politician, MP for Langbaurgh (1991–1992) and Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland (1997–2010), natural causes. [202]
• Ron Lundy, 75, American radio disc jockey (WABC, WCBS-FM), heart attack. [203]
• Sam Mtukudzi, 21, Zimbabwean musician, car accident. [204]
• John Mulhern, 69, Irish horse trainer. [205]
• Heno Sarv, 56, Estonian cultural geographer and ethnologist. [206] (Estonian)
• David J. Steinberg, 45, American actor (Willow). [207]
• Patricia Wrightson, 88, Australian children's writer. [208]
• Sotiris Zakapidas, 97, Greek footballer (Iraklis Thessaloniki F.C.). [209] (Greek)

14

• Chimen Abramsky, 93, British historian, expert in Jewish studies and Hebrew literature. [210]
• Nahúm Elí Palacios Arteaga, 36, Honduran journalist and television news director, shot. [211]
• Carmen Capalbo, 84, American theater director, emphysema. [212]
• Corsica Joe, 90, American professional wrestler. [213]
• Cherie DeCastro, 87, American singer (The DeCastro Sisters), pneumonia. [214]
• Edmund Dinis, 85, American prosecutor, investigated Chappaquiddick incident, complications of treatment for lymphoma. [215]
• Pat Fanning, 91, Irish hurler (Waterford), President of the Gaelic Athletic Association (1970–1973). [216]
• Panos Glykofridis, 80, Greek film director. [217] (Greek)
• Peter Graves, 83, American actor (Mission: Impossible, Airplane!), heart attack. [218]
• Vinda Karandikar, 91, Indian poet and writer, after short illness. [219]
• Urpo Leppänen, 66, Finnish politician. [220] (Finnish)
• Hernán Llerena, 81, Peruvian Olympic cyclist. [221] (Spanish)
• Park Chun-seok, 80, South Korean composer, stroke. [222]
• John Powles, 61, Canadian Head of the Canada-Japan Society, Order of the Rising Sun recipient, pancreatic cancer. [223]
• Felipe Sapag, 93, Argentine politician. [224] (Spanish)
• Der Scutt, 75, American architect (Trump Tower, One Astor Plaza, Reading Public Museum), liver failure. [225]
• Janet Simpson, 65, British Olympic track and field athlete, heart attack. [226]
• Altie Taylor, 62, American football player (Detroit Lions). [227]
• Lisle Wilson, 66, American actor. [228]

13

• Jerry Adler, 91, American harmonicist, prostate cancer. [229]
• Sir Michael Angus, 79, British businessman, Chairman of Unilever (1986–1992). [230]
• Sir Ian Axford, 76, New Zealand space scientist, after long illness. [231]
• Jean Ferrat, 79, French singer, after long illness. [232]
• Momcilo Gavrić, 71, Croatian-born American football player (San Francisco 49ers). [233]
• He Pingping, 21, Chinese dwarf, shortest man who was able to walk, heart complications. [234]
• Ljubomir Kapor, 78, Croatian actor, cancer. [235] (Croatian)
• Édouard Kargu, 84, French footballer. [236] (French)
• Cliff Livingston, 79, American football player (New York Giants) and stuntman, complications from DLB and Parkinson's disease. [237]
• Leon Manley, 83, Canadian football player (Edmonton Eskimos). [238]
• Andrzej Marcinkowski, 81, Polish lawyer and politician, acting Minister of Justice (1991), after long illness. [239] (Polish)
• Neville Meade, 61, Jamaican-born British boxer, 1974 Commonwealth Games gold medalist, British heavyweight champion, cancer. [240]
• Gary Mittelholtz, 55, Canadian journalist (CBC Radio), heart attack. [241]
• Kevin Neill, 78, British lead guitarist (Karl Denver Trio), motor neurone disease. [242]
• Andres Ringo, 71, Estonian architect. [243] (Estonian)
• Tõnu Tuvikene, 57, Estonian astrophysicist and applied mathematician. [244] (Estonian)

12

• David Ahenakew, 76, Canadian First Nations leader and politician, cancer. [245]
• Bob Attersley, 76, Canadian ice hockey player, 1960 Winter Olympics silver medalist. [246]
• Miguel Delibes, 89, Spanish author, journalist and scholar, colorectal cancer. [247]
• Lesley Duncan, 66, British singer-songwriter, cerebrovascular disease. [248]
• Hanna-Renate Laurien, 81, German politician. [249] (German)
• Fatima Meer, 81, South African academic, screenwriter and anti-apartheid activist, stroke. [250]
• Aleksandr Minayev, 51, Russian football player and coach. [251] (Russian)
• Charles Muscatine, 89, American Chaucer scholar and advocate for education reform, lung infection. [252]
• Hugh Robertson, 70, Scottish footballer (Dundee F.C.). [253]
• Glauco Villas Boas, 53, Brazilian cartoonist (Geraldão), shot. [254] (Portuguese)

11

• Paul Dunlap, 90, American film composer. [255]
• John Hill, 68, Canadian professional wrestler, Alzheimer's disease. [256]
• Louis Holmes, 99, British-born Canadian ice hockey player and coach. [257]
• Matilde Elena López, 91, Salvadoran poet, essayist and playwright. [258] (Spanish)
• Willie MacFarlane, 79, Scottish footballer and manager. [259]
• David Meza, 51, Honduran journalist, shot. [260]
• Hans van Mierlo, 78, Dutch politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs (1994–1998), founder of political party D66. [261]
• Charles Moore, 79, American photographer. [262]
• Merlin Olsen, 69, American football player (Los Angeles Rams) and actor (Little House on the Prairie, Father Murphy), mesothelioma. [263]
• Arnall Patz, 89, American ophthalmologist, heart disease. [264]
• Leena Peltonen-Palotie, 57, Finnish geneticist, bone cancer. [265]
• Sandy Scott, 75, Canadian professional wrestler, pancreatic cancer. [266]

10

• Truddi Chase, 70, American autobiographical author. [267]
• Leeann Chin, 77, Chinese-born American restaurateur, founder of Leeann Chin restaurants, after long illness. [268]
• Evelyn Dall, 92, American singer and actress, after long illness. [269]
• Corey Haim, 38, Canadian actor (Lucas, The Lost Boys, License to Drive). [270]
• Tim Holland, 79, American backgammon player, emphysema. [271]
• Dorothy Janis, 98, American silent film actress. [272]
• Micky Jones, 63, Welsh singer and guitarist (Man), brain tumour. [273]
• Vincent Mensah, 85, Beninese Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Porto Novo (1970–2000). [274] (French)
• Muhammad Sayyid Tantawy, 81, Egyptian Muslim cleric, Grand Imam (Al-Azhar Mosque), heart attack. [275]
• George Webb, 92, British traditional jazz musician [276]

9

• Antoine Choueiri, 70, Lebanese businessman and media magnate, after long illness. [277]
• Gheorghe Constantin, 77, Romanian footballer and manager. [278] (Romanian)
• Lionel Cox, 80, Australian road bicycle racer, pneumonia. [279]
• Willie Davis, 69, American baseball player (Los Angeles Dodgers), natural causes. [280]
• Dulmatin, 39, Indonesian terrorist, 2002 Bali bombings planner, shot. [281]
• Teresa Gutiérrez, 81, Colombian actress, natural causes. [282] (Spanish)
• Doris Haddock, 100, American political activist, complications of respiratory disease. [283]
• Bernard Narokobi, 72, Papua New Guinean politician, diplomat, lawyer and philosopher, after short illness. [284]
• Richard Edwin Parris Jr., 46, American musician (Animal Bag), ruptured ulcer. [285]
• Wilfy Rebimbus, 67, Indian musician, lung cancer. [286]
• Alda Neves da Graça do Espírito Santo, 83, Santomean poet. [287] (Portuguese)
• Henry Wittenberg, 91, American wrestler, 1948 Olympic gold medalist. [288]

8

• Albert P. Clark, 96, American Air Force officer. [289]
• Tony Imi, 72, British cinematographer. [290]
• David Kimche, 82, Israeli diplomat, Mossad spy (1953–1980), brain cancer. [291]
• Guy Lapébie, 93, French road bicycle racer. [292] (German)
• Jerry E. Smith, 59, American author, pancreatic cancer. [293]
• Gale Thomson, 90, American First Lady of New Hampshire (1973–1979), wife of Meldrim Thomson, Jr., heart failure. [294]
• Mahama Johnson Traoré, 68, Senegalese film director, after long illness. [295]
• Georgiy Zatsepin, 92, Russian astrophysicist. [296] (Russian)

7

• Daisey Bailey, 113, American supercentenarian, second-oldest person in U.S. and fourth-oldest in world. [297]
• Sir Kenneth Dover, 89, British classicist, President of the British Academy (1978–1981). [298]
• Newton Kulundu, 61, Kenyan politician, Minister of Labour (2006–2008), after long illness. [299]
• Sergo Mikoyan, 80, Russian historian, specialist on Latin America, leukemia. [300]
• Mary Josephine Ray, 114, Canadian-born American supercentenarian, oldest person in U.S. and second-oldest in world. [301]
• Richard Stites, 78, American historian and author, complications from cancer. [302]
• Patrick Topaloff, 65, French actor and humorist, heart attack. [303] (French)
• Ben Westlund, 60, American politician, Oregon State Treasurer (2009–2010), lung cancer. [304]

6

• Mansour Amirasefi, 76, Iranian Olympic footballer, cancer. [305]
• Cho Gyeong-chul, 80, South Korean astronomer, heart attack. [306]
• Fiennes Cornwallis, 3rd Baron Cornwallis, 88, British aristocrat. [307]
• Bruce Graham, 84, American architect (Willis Tower, John Hancock Center), Alzheimer's disease. [308]
• Endurance Idahor, 25, Nigerian footballer, heart attack. [309]
• H.M. Koutoukas, 72, American playwright (Medea in the Laundromat), complications of diabetes. [310]
• Mark Linkous, 47, American singer-songwriter (Sparklehorse), suicide by gunshot. [311]
• Dener Pacheco, 28, Brazilian actor, stomach and lung cancer. [312] (Portuguese)
• Ronald Pettersson, 74, Swedish ice hockey player. [313] (Swedish)
• Jim Roland, 67, American Major League Baseball player. [314]
• Nigel Trench, 7th Baron Ashtown, 93, British diplomat. [315]

5

• Donald N. Frey, 87, American product planning manager, co-creator of Ford Mustang, stroke. [316]
• Aleksandr Grave, 89, Russian actor. [317] (Russian)
• Herta Haas, 96, Slovenian-born Yugoslav Partisan, second wife of Josip Broz Tito. [318]
• Philip Langridge, 70, British tenor, colorectal cancer. [319]
• Faqir Mohammed, 39, Pakistani militant commander (Taliban), air strike. [320]
• Andrée Peel, 105, French patriot, World War II Resistance member. [321]
• Charles B. Pierce, 71, American film director (The Legend of Boggy Creek). [322]
• Alberto Ronchey, 83, Italian politician and journalist. [323] (Italian)
• Wolfgang Schenck, 97, German airman, Luftwaffe flying ace. [324] (Portuguese)
• Richard Stapley, 86, British-born American actor (The Three Musketeers), renal failure. [325]
• Edgar Wayburn, 103, American environmentalist and conservationist. [326]

4

• Raimund Abraham, 76, Austrian-born American architect (Austrian Cultural Forum New York), car accident. [327]
• Johnny Alf, 80, Brazilian singer and composer, prostate cancer. [328]
• Vladislav Ardzinba, 64, Georgian politician, separatist President of Abkhazia (1994–2005). [329]
• Ron Banks, 58, American singer (The Dramatics), heart attack. [330]
• André Bouchard, 54, Canadian ecologist and environmentalist, heart attack. [331]
• Etta Cameron, 70, Bahamian-born Danish gospel singer, after long illness. [332]
• Hilario Chávez Joya, 82, Mexican Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Nuevo Casas Grandes (1977–2004). [333]
• Samuel J. Eldersveld, 92, American political scientist and politician. [334]
• Joaquim Fiúza, 102, Portuguese sailor, 1952 Olympic bronze medalist. [335] (Portuguese)
• Tetsuo Kondo, 80, Japanese politician, Minister of Labour (1991–1992). [336]
• Nan Martin, 82, American actress (The Drew Carey Show), emphysema. [337]
• Roger Newman, 69, British-born American actor and television writer (Guiding Light, Passions), cancer. [338]
• Angelo Poffo, 84, American professional wrestler. [339]
• Tony Richards, 76, British footballer. [340]
• Joanne Simpson, 86, American meteorologist, first woman to earn a doctorate in meteorology. [341]
• Lolly Vegas, 70, American singer (Redbone), lung cancer. [342]
• Fred Wedlock, 67, British folk musician, complications from pneumonia. [343]

3

• Keith Alexander, 53, British footballer (Saint Lucia) and manager, brain aneurysm. [344]
• Johnny Allen, 76, American football player (Washington Redskins), Alzheimer's disease. [345]
• Frank Bertaina, 65, American Major League Baseball player, heart attack. [346]
• Mariya Dolina, 87, Ukrainian dive bomber pilot, Hero of the Soviet Union. [347] (Ukrainian)
• Michael Foot, 96, British politician, Leader of the Labour Party (1980–1983). [348]
• Momo Kapor, 72, Serbian writer and painter. [349]
• Big Tiny Little, 79, American musician (The Lawrence Welk Show). [350]
• Yuri Stepanov, 42, Russian actor, car accident. [351] (Russian)
• John Strohmeyer, 85, American journalist, Pulitzer Prize winner, heart failure. [352]
• Oleg Tyurin, 72, Russian rower, 1964 Olympic gold medalist. [353]. (Russian)

2

• Francisco Ada, 75, Northern Mariana Islands politician, first Lieutenant Governor (1978–1982). [354]
• Syed Ali, 67, Indian Olympic gold medal-winning (1964) field hockey player. [355]
• Josef Allerberger, 85, Austrian World War II sniper. [356] (German)
• Melva Blancett, 85, American actress. [357]
• Winston Churchill, 69, British politician, MP for Stretford (1970–1983) and Davyhulme (1983–1997), prostate cancer. [358]
• Paul Drayton, 70, American athlete, 1964 Olympic gold and silver medalist, cancer. [359]
• Emil Forselius, 35, Swedish actor, suicide. [360] (Swedish)
• Don Kent, 92, American meteorologist (WBZ-TV), natural causes. [361]
• Geoff Myburgh, 81, South African Olympic sailor. [362]
• Nikolay Surov, 62, Russian Olympic rower. [363] (Russian)

1

• Perry Brooks, 55, American football player (Washington Redskins). [364]
• Kristian Digby, 32, British television presenter and director (To Buy or Not to Buy). [365]
• Clifton Forbes, 64, Jamaican Olympic athlete, after long illness. [366]
• Slavko Fras, 81, Slovenian journalist and editor. [367]
• Barry Hannah, 67, American novelist and short story writer (Geronimo Rex), heart attack. [368]
• Vladimir Ilyushin, 82, Russian test pilot. [369] (German)
• Paul Kim Ok-kyun, 84, South Korean Roman Catholic prelate, Titular Bishop of Girba (1985–2001). [370]
• Ruth Kligman, 80, American abstract painter, muse of Jackson Pollock. [371]
• Joseph Hernández Ochoa, 26, Honduran journalist, shot. [372]