The following is a list of notable deaths in March 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.
March 2008
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Haroldo de Andrade , 73, Brazilian radio presenter (Rádio Globo ), multiple organ dysfunction syndrome.[ 1] Dora Dolz , 66, Spanish-born Dutch artist.[ 2] Kevin Dunn , 57, British Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle .[ 3] Bhanbhagta Gurung , 86, Nepalese Gurkha soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross.[ 4] Raúl Reyes , 59, Colombian FARC second-in-command, airstrike.[ 5] Moustafa Soheim , 70, Egyptian Olympic fencer.[ 6] Sid Spindler , 75, Polish-born Australian senator (Democrats ) (1990–1996), liver cancer.[ 7] Andrey Tissin , 32, Russian world and European canoeing champion, Olympian and coach, drowning.[ 8] George Toley , 91, American collegiate tennis coach.[ 9]
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Sofiko Chiaureli , 70, Georgian actress.[ 10] Barbara Anne Davis , 77, American baseball player (AAGPBL )[ 11] Roger Gill , 35, Guyanese Olympic sprinter, car accident.[ 12] Jeff Healey , 41, Canadian jazz and blues-rock guitarist and vocalist, sarcoma .[ 13] Carl Hoddle , 40, English footballer (Leyton Orient , Barnet ), brain aneurysm.[ 14] [ 15] Paul Raymond , 82, British pornographic magazine publisher and property magnate.[ 16] Ted Robinson , 84, American golf course architect, pancreatic cancer.[ 17] Frederick Seitz , 96, American physicist who co-discovered the Wigner-Seitz cell .[ 18]
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Bertil Albertsson , 86, Swedish runner.[ 19] Vizol Koso , 93, Indian Naga politician.[ 20] Ramón Barquín , 93, Cuban army colonel and diplomat, opponent of Fulgencio Batista , led 1956 coup attempt, cancer.[ 21] William Brice , 86, American painter and UCLA professor, injuries from fall.[ 22] Giuseppe Di Stefano , 86, Italian operatic tenor, after long coma following assault.[ 23] Donald S. Lopez, Sr. , 84, American deputy director of the National Air and Space Museum , heart attack.[ 24] Malcolm McKenna , 77, American paleontologist.[ 25] Norm O'Neill , 71, Australian cricketer, throat cancer.[ 26] Annemarie Renger , 88, German politician (SPD ), Speaker of Parliament (1972–1976).[ 27] Iván Ríos , 45, Colombian FARC commander, shot by his Chief of Security.[ 28] Norman "Hurricane" Smith , 85, British singer, recording engineer (The Beatles , Pink Floyd ) and record producer.[ 29] Kenneth Woollcombe , 84, British Bishop of Oxford (1971–1978).[ 30]
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Hossein Alikhani , 63, Iranian NGO founder, political scientist and author, leukemia.[ 31] Richard Davis Anderson , 86, American mathematician.[ 32] Erwin Ballabio , 89, Swiss football goalkeeper.[ 33] Robert Bruning , 79, Australian actor, heart attack.[ 34] Gary Gygax , 69, American game designer, co-creator of Dungeons & Dragons [ 35] Tina Lagostena Bassi , 82, Italian politician.[ 36] Elena Nathanael , 61, Greek actress, lung cancer.[ 37] Leonard Rosenman , 83, American film composer (Barry Lyndon Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home Bound for Glory Oscar winner (1977 , 1978 ), heart attack.[ 38] Semka Sokolović-Bertok , 72, Croatian actress, stroke.[ 39] George Walter , 79, Antiguan Premier (1971–1976), heart attack.[ 40]
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Eve Carson , 22, American student leader (UNC Chapel Hill ), shot.[ 41] Derek Dooley , 78, British footballer and former chairman of Sheffield United .[ 42] Elfriede Kaun , 93, German 1936 Olympic bronze medalist in the high jump.[ 43] Nader Khalili , 72, Iranian architect, heart failure.[ 44] John C. Mackie , 87, American Representative from Michigan (1965–1967).[ 45] Richard Miles McCool , 86, American Medal of Honor recipient for actions during World War II.[ 46] Don McFarlane , 81, Canadian Olympic sprinter.[ 47] Stephen Oliver , 66, American actor (Peyton Place [ 48] Sixty Rayburn , 91, American politician.[ 49] Hajibey Sultanov , 86, Azerbaijani astronomer, fire accident.[ 50] Joseph Weizenbaum , 85, German-born American computer scientist, inventor of ELIZA computer program, stroke.[ 51] Ihor Yemchuk , 77, Ukrainian Olympic silver (1952) and bronze (1956) medal-winning rower.[ 52]
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Gloria Shayne Baker , 84, American songwriter (Rain Rain Go Away Do You Hear What I Hear? [ 53] Lili Boniche , 87, Algerian-born French singer of Andalusian Arabic songs.[ 54] Don Curtis , 80, American professional wrestler, stroke.[ 55] Kurt Eberling, Sr. , 77, German-American inventor of SpaghettiOs , cancer.[ 56] Gustaw Holoubek , 84, Polish film and theatre actor and politician.[ 57] Stanislav Konopásek , 84, Czech ice hockey player, Olympic silver medalist (1948 ).[ 58] Peter Poreku Dery , 89, Ghanaian cardinal, Archbishop of Tamale (1974–1994).[ 59] Kiddinan Sivanesan , 51, Sri Lankan Tamil Parliament member (TNA ), roadside bomb.[ 60] Malvin Wald , 90, American screenwriter (The Naked City ) .[ 61]
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Ossie Álvarez , 74, American Major League Baseball player (Washington Senators , Detroit Tigers ).[ 62] Luisa Isabel Álvarez de Toledo , 71, Spanish noblewoman and author.[ 63] Isaías Carrasco , 43, Spanish Basque politician, shot.[ 64] Leonardo Costagliola , 87, Italian football goalkeeper (ACF Fiorentina ).[ 65] Dick Durrell , 82, American founding publisher of People [ 66] David Gale , 86, American mathematician, heart attack.[ 67] Charles A. Gillespie, Jr. , 72, American diplomat, Ambassador to Colombia and Chile, cancer.[ 68] Leon Greenman , 97, British Holocaust survivor, only Englishman sent to Auschwitz.[ 69] Julius Paltiel , 83, Norwegian Holocaust survivor.[ 70] Francis Pym , 86, British Conservative Party politician, Foreign Secretary (1982–1983).[ 71] Howard Wing , 92, Chinese Olympic cyclist.[ 72]
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Lucy G. Acosta , 81, Mexican-American activist.[ 73] Sadun Aren , 85, Turkish academic and politician.[ 74] Carol Barnes , 63, British ITN news presenter, stroke.[ 75] Donald C. MacDonald , 94, Canadian politician, former leader of the Ontario New Democratic Party .[ 76] Les Smith , 80, English footballer (Wolves , Aston Villa ), cancer.[ 77]
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Galo Ador Jr. , 39, Filipino cartoonist.[ 82] Richard Biegenwald , 67, American serial killer.[ 83] William Bradford , 61, American serial killer, natural causes.[ 84] Hugh Brown , 88, British Labour politician, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Scotland (1974–1979).[ 85] Charles Wayne Day , 65, American blues guitarist, wrote the distinctive riff in "Secret Agent Man" .[ 86] Robert P. Foster , 90, American academic administrator, president of Northwest Missouri State University (1964–1977).[ 87] Ricardo García , 81, Mexican Olympic cyclist.[ 88] Dennis Irwin , 56, American jazz double bassist, complications of cancer.[ 89] Ana Kalandadze , 83, Georgian poet.[ 90] Vangelis Kazan , 70, Greek actor.[ 91] Lee Ho-seong , 41, South Korean baseball player, thief and murderer, suicide by drowning.[ 92] Radovan Lukavský , 88, Czech actor.[ 93] Sai Htee Saing , 57, Burmese singer.[ 94] Otto Schnellbacher , 84, American football and basketball player, cancer.[ 95]
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J. I. Albrecht , 77, American-born Canadian manager and director in the Canadian Football League, complications from a stroke.[ 96] Zakaria Deros , 62, Malaysian former politician, heart attack.[ 97] John Roderick , 93, American journalist (AP ) and author, extensively covered China (1930s–2000s), heart failure and pneumonia.[ 98] Phyllis Spira , 64, South African prima ballerina, complications of surgery.[ 99] Dave Stevens , 52, American comic book writer and artist (The Rocketeer [ 100] Michael J. Todd , 50, British Chief Constable of Greater Manchester Police , exposure.[ 101] Lukas Vischer , 81, Swiss theologian.[ 102]
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Alan Buckley , 66, British rugby union and rugby league player.[ 103] Folke Eriksson , 82, Swedish Olympic water polo player.[ 104] Erwin Geschonneck , 101, German actor.[ 105] Jorge Guinzburg , 59, Argentine journalist and comedian, pulmonary infection.[ 106] Alun Hoddinott , 78, Welsh composer.[ 107] Cassià Maria Just , 81, Spanish cleric, former abbot of Santa Maria de Montserrat , stroke.[ 108] Howard Metzenbaum , 90, American politician, Senator from Ohio (1974, 1976–1995).[ 109] Ovidiu Iuliu Moldovan , 66, Romanian actor, cancer.[ 110] Károly Németh , 85, Hungarian politician.[ 111] Lazare Ponticelli , 110, Italian-born last official French veteran of World War I.[ 112] Asesela Ravuvu , 77, Fijian politician and former University of the South Pacific academic, natural causes.[ 113] Tom Tuohy , 90, British chemist, averted potential disaster at Windscale .[ 114]
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Tessa Birnie , 73, New Zealand concert pianist.[ 115] Iosif Boyarsky , 90, Russian former Soyuzmultfilm director, one of the fathers of Soviet animation.[ 116] Claire Brooks , 76, British politician.[ 117] Martin Fierro , 66, American saxophonist, cancer.[ 118] Scarlet Garcia , 23, Filipino model, shot.[ 119] Terry Moloney , 68, Irish hurler.[ 120] Chike Obi , 86, Nigerian mathematician and politician.[ 121] Rafael Tufiño , 85, Puerto Rican painter and printmaker, lung cancer.[ 122]
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Taslim Arif , 53, Pakistani cricketer, lung infection.[ 123] Gary Binfield , 42, British swimmer, heart attack.[ 124] Mel Brandt , 88, American actor and announcer.[ 125] Clyde Cameron , 95, Australian politician, MP (1949–1980), Minister in the Whitlam Government.[ 126] Mike Dawson , 54, American football player, heart attack.[ 127] Stig-Olof Grenner , 68, Finnish Olympic swimmer[ 128] Chiara Lubich , 88, Italian Catholic activist, founder of the Focolare Movement .[ 129] Ingvald Ulveseth , 83, Norwegian politician.[ 130]
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Sambhaji Angre , 87, Indian politician.[ 131] Jacob DeShazer , 95, American bombardier, participant in the Doolittle Raid .[ 132] Mikey Dread , 54, Jamaican singer, record producer and broadcaster, brain tumor.[ 133] Vytautas Kernagis , 56, Lithuanian singer, television announcer, gastric cancer.[ 134] G. David Low , 52, American astronaut, colon cancer.[ 135] Benjamin Ngoubou , 82, Gabonese foreign minister.[ 136] Sam C. Pointer, Jr. , 73, American federal judge for the District Court for the Northern District of Alabama (1970–2000).[ 137] Ken Reardon , 86, Canadian ice hockey defenceman (Montreal Canadiens ), Alzheimer's disease.[ 138] Ross Scaife , 47, American classicist and digital humanist, cancer.[ 139] Yury Tsuranov , 72, Soviet Olympic sport shooter.[ 140] Vicki Van Meter , 26, American pilot, suicide by gunshot.[ 141]
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Anura Bandaranaike , 59, Sri Lankan politician, complications from cancer.[ 142] Bill Brown , 95, Australian cricket captain, member of 1948 Invincibles team.[ 143] Ola Brunkert , 61, Swedish session drummer for ABBA , injuries from accidental fall.[ 144] Wayne Davis , 44, American football player, motor neurone disease.[ 145] Ivan Dixon , 76, American actor (Hogan's Heroes A Raisin in the Sun Porgy and Bess [ 146] Gary Hart , 66, American professional wrestling manager, heart attack.[ 147] John Hewer , 86, British actor (Captain Birdseye ), natural causes.[ 148] Otto Jemelka , 93-94, Czechoslovakian Olympic modern pentathlete.[ 149] Daniel MacMaster , 39, Canadian rock vocalist (Bonham ), group A streptococcal infection.[ 150] Mary Meader , 91, American aerial photographer.[ 151] Bob Purkey , 78, American baseball player (Cincinnati Reds , Pittsburgh Pirates ), Alzheimer's disease.[ 152] John Shedd Reed , 90, American president of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway (1967–1986), natural causes.[ 153] Laurus Škurla , 80, Czechoslovakian-born American first hierarch of the ROCOR .[ 154] Jonathan Williams , 79, American poet, photographer and publisher, founder of The Jargon Society .[ 155]
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Roland Arnall , 68, American owner of Ameriquest Mortgage , Ambassador to the Netherlands (2006–2008), cancer.[ 156] Claude Farell , 93, Austrian actress.[ 157] Kim Goetz , 50, American basketball player.[ 158] Claus Luthe , 75, German automobile designer.[ 159] Georges Pisani , 89, French Olympic sailor [ 160]
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Hazel Barnes , 92, American philosopher.[ 161] Andrew Britton , 27, British-born spy novelist, undiagnosed heart condition.[ 162] Mariano Di Gangi , 84, Canadian Presbyterian minister.[ 163] Philip Jones Griffiths , 72, British photojournalist, cancer.[ 164] Martin Halliday , 81, British physician.[ 165] Jyrki Hämäläinen , 65, Finnish journalist, editor of Suosikki magazine.[ 166] Anthony Minghella , 54, British director (The English Patient Cold Mountain The Talented Mr. Ripley Oscar winner (1997 ), post-surgery haemorrhage.[ 167] Geoffrey Pearson , 80, Canadian diplomat, son of former Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson .[ 168] Anton Pongratz , 60, Romanian Olympic fencer.[ 169] Maral Rahmanzadeh , 92, Azeri painter, visual artist.[ 170] Oreste Rizzini , 67, Italian voice actor, stomach cancer.[ 171] Justin Wright , 27, American animator (Ratatouille [ 172]
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Joe Blackledge , 79, British cricketer, former captain and president of the Lancashire County Cricket Club .[ 173] Sir Arthur C. Clarke , 90, British science fiction author (2001: A Space Odyssey [ 174] Hugo Claus , 78, Belgian author, voluntary euthanasia.[ 175] John Dowie , 93, Australian sculptor, stroke.[ 176] Mia Permanto , 19, Finnish singer, finalist in Idols [ 177] Raghuvaran , 49, Indian actor, cardiac arrest.[ 178] Paul Scofield , 86, British actor (A Man for All Seasons Quiz Show Serpico Oscar winner (1967 ), leukaemia.[ 179] Chantal Sébire , 53, French esthesioneuroblastoma patient and euthanasia activist, Pentobarbital overdose[ 180]
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Eric Ashton , 73, British rugby league player for Wigan and Great Britain , cancer.[ 181] Sobhan Babu , 71, Indian actor, cardiac arrest.[ 182] Ann Baumgartner , 89, American aviator.[ 183] Alexandru Custov , 53, Romanian footballer.[ 184] Prince Ferdinand, Duke of Castro , 81, Italian claimant to headship of the House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies .[ 185] Jon Hassler , 74, American author, progressive supranuclear palsy.[ 186] Al Hofmann , 60, American drag racer, heart attack.[ 187] Carlos Galvão de Melo , 86, Portuguese general, Conservative member of National Salvation Junta .[ 188] Bestia Salvaje , 46, Mexican lucha libre wrestler, liver disease.[ 189] Brian Wilde , 80, British actor (Porridge Last of the Summer Wine The Dustbinmen [ 190]
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Gadzhi Abashilov , 58, Russian journalist, chief of VGTRK TV company in Dagestan , shot.[ 191] Anna Alchuk , 52, Russian poet and visual artist, suicide.[ 192] Henri Blaffart , 42, Belgian wildlife conservationist for Conservation International in New Caledonia, drowned.[ 193] Tamás Bujkó , 48, Hungarian judo competitor, stabbed and beaten.[ 194] Denis Cosgrove , 59, British geographer and Alexander von Humboldt professor of geography at UCLA, cancer.[ 195] Klaus Dinger , 61, German drummer (Neu! , Kraftwerk ), heart failure.[ 196] Roy Foster , 62, American baseball player (Cleveland Indians ).[ 197] Lynne Golding-Kirk , 87, Australian ballerina, complications of surgery.[ 198] George Gross , 85, Canadian sports journalist, founding sports editor of the Toronto Sun [ 199] Shusha Guppy , 72, Iranian writer and singer.[ 200] Raymond Leblanc , 92, Belgian comic book producer and publisher (The Adventures of Tintin [ 201] John List , 82, American mass murderer, complications of pneumonia.[ 202] Gabriel París Gordillo , 98, Colombian military governor, chairman of Colombian Military Junta .[ 203] Waltrude Schleyer , 92, German widow of Hanns-Martin Schleyer , advocate against the Red Army Faction .[ 204] Ilyas Shurpayev , 32, Russian journalist responsible for North Caucasus news on Channel One , murder by strangulation.[ 205] Merv Wallace , 91, New Zealand cricket captain (1952–1953).[ 206]
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Robert Dyk , 71, American television reporter (ABC News , WMTW-TV ), cancer.[ 207] Cachao , 89, Cuban musician credited with creating mambo, renal failure.[ 208] Robert J. McIntosh , 85, American politician, U.S. Representative from Michigan (1957–1959).[ 209] Harvey Picker , 92, American philanthropist.[ 210] Adolfo Suárez Rivera , 81, Mexican cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Monterrey , brain hemorrhage.[ 211]
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Abdallah al-Ajmi , 29, Kuwaiti bomber, suicide by explosive vest.[ 212] Big Jack Armstrong , 62, American radio DJ.[ 213] Heath Benedict , 24, American football offensive lineman (Newberry College ), 2008 NFL draft prospect, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.[ 214] Al Copeland , 64, American restaurateur, founder of Popeyes Chicken , salivary gland cancer.[ 215] Hugo Correa , 81, Chilean journalist and science fiction writer.[ 216] Maryam Farman Farmaian , 94, Iranian feminist activist.[ 217] E. A. Markham , 68, Montserrat-born British poet and writer.[ 218] George Switzer , 92, American mineralogist, acquired the Hope Diamond for the Smithsonian Institution, pneumonia.[ 219] Chase Tatum , 34, American World Championship Wrestling wrestler and road manager for Outkast , apparent accidental drug overdose.[ 220] Vaino Vahing , 68, Estonian writer and psychiatrist.[ 221]
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Severin Cecile Abega , 52, Cameroonian author and anthropologist.[ 222] Chalmers Alford , 53, American jazz guitarist, diabetes.[ 223] Neil Aspinall , 66, British road manager for The Beatles and executive of Apple Corps , lung cancer.[ 224] Rafael Azcona , 81, Spanish screenwriter, lung cancer.[ 225] Victor Christ-Janer , 92, American architect.[ 226] John Cushley , 65, Scottish footballer (Celtic , West Ham United ), motor neurone disease.[ 227] Ray Drinkwater , 76, British footballer (Queens Park Rangers ).[ 228] Boris Dvornik , 68, Croatian actor, stroke.[ 229] Mary Joan Nielubowicz , 79, American head of the Navy Nurse Corps (1983–1987).[ 230] Hal Riney , 75, American advertising executive, founder of Publicis & Hal Riney , cancer.[ 231] Dina Sassoli , 87, Italian actress.[ 232] Sam Toy , 84, British chair of Ford UK (1980–1986).[ 233] Richard Widmark , 93, American actor (Kiss of Death Judgment at Nuremberg Against All Odds [ 234] Sherri Wood , 28, Canadian journalist (Toronto Sun [ 235]
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Art Aragon , 80, American boxer, stroke.[ 236] Ben Carnevale , 92, American college basketball coach.[ 237] Tony Church , 77, British actor.[ 238] Jimmy Dell , 83, British Wing Commander and test pilot.[ 239] Ronald Dick , 76, British Royal Air Force officer.[ 240] Thierry Gilardi , 49, French journalist and TF1 sports commentator, heart attack.[ 241] William G. Hyland , 79, American intelligence official.[ 242] Sergey Kramarenko , 61, Russian football player.[ 243] Abby Mann , 80, American screenwriter (Judgment at Nuremberg Oscar winner (1962 ), heart failure.[ 244] Herb Peterson , 89, American fast food pioneer, inventor of the McDonald's Egg McMuffin .[ 245] Gene Puerling , 78, American vocal jazz musician, singer, musical arranger for the Hi-Los and Singers Unlimited .[ 246] Edward Rafeedie , 79, American senior judge for the California Central District Court, cancer.[ 247] Sérgio de Souza , 73, Brazilian journalist, co-founder and editor of Caros Amigos [ 248] Ivan Toms , 55, South African physician, activist against apartheid and conscription, meningitis.[ 249]
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Hawley Ades , 99, American choral arranger.[ 250] Christian Bergelin , 62, French politician.[ 251] Robert Fagles , 74, American professor, poet and translator of ancient epics, prostate cancer.[ 252] Donald Hunter , 81, British football player.[ 253] Manuel Marulanda , 78, Colombian founder and commander-in-chief of terrorist organization FARC .[ 254] Wally Phillips , 82, American radio personality, pioneer of talk radio, Alzheimer's disease.[ 255]
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Jean-Marie Balestre , 86, French former President of FISA and later FIA .[ 256] Beverly Broadman , 60, American broadcaster with CNN and CBS News , cancer.[ 257] Billy Consolo , 73, American baseball player and coach, heart attack.[ 258] George Pruteanu , 60, Romanian literary critic and senator, heart attack.[ 259]
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Mohammad Asaduzzaman , 60, Bangladeshi university academic and administrator, cardiac arrest.[ 260] Lorne Ferguson , 77, Canadian ice hockey player.[ 261] Kunio Lemari , 65, Marshall Islands acting President (1996–1997).[ 262] Michael Podro , 77, British art historian.[ 263] Herb Rich , 79, American football player.[ 264] Ron Slinker , 62, American professional wrestler.[ 265] Helen Yglesias , 92, American novelist.[ 266]
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Fereydun Adamiyat , 87, Iranian historian.[ 267] Albert Alcalay , 90, American abstract artist.[ 268] Angus Fairhurst , 41, British artist, suicide by hanging.[ 269] Allan Ganley , 77, British jazz drummer.[ 270] Josef Mikl , 78, Austrian painter, cancer.[ 271] Isabella Nardoni , 5, Brazilian murder victim, thrown out of window.[ 272] Ralph Rapson , 93, American architect, heart attack.[ 273] Albert Stallard, Baron Stallard , 86, British Labour MP and life peer.[ 274] Myint Thein , 62, Burmese National League for Democracy spokesman, stomach cancer.[ 275]
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Marie-Françoise Audollent , 64, French actress, accidental fall.[ 276] Anders Göthberg , 32, Swedish guitarist (Broder Daniel ).[ 277] Douglas Kent Hall , 69, American writer and photographer.[ 278] David Leslie , 54, British racing driver and commentator, Farnborough air crash .[ 279] Sean Levert , 39, American R&B singer.[ 280] Richard Lloyd , 63, British racing driver and team owner, Farnborough air crash .[ 279] Jim Mooney , 88, American comic book artist (Batman Spider-Man Thor [ 281] David D. Newsom , 90, American Ambassador to the Philippines (1977–1978), respiratory failure.[ 282] Dith Pran , 65, Cambodian-born American journalist, survivor of the Killing Fields , pancreatic cancer.[ 283]
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Pippa Bacca , 33, Italian performance and feminist artist, strangulation.Nikolai Baibakov , 97, Russian economist, Gosplan head (1955–1957, 1965–1985), pneumonia.[ 284] Jules Dassin , 96, American film director (The Naked City , Rififi , Never on Sunday ) , influenza.[ 285] William Louis Dickinson , 82, American judge and Representative from Alabama (1965–1993), colon cancer.[ 286] Eliyahu Boruch Finkel , 60, Israeli rabbi and lecturer.[ 287] Robert F. Goheen , 88, American President of Princeton University (1957–1972), Ambassador to India (1977–1980), heart failure.[ 288] Bill Keightley , 81, American equipment manager for Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball since 1962, bleeding from spinal tumor.[ 289] Halszka Osmólska , 77, Polish palaeontologist.[ 290] David Todd , 93, American architect, designed Manhattan Plaza , former chairman of NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission .[ 291]
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