The following is a list of notable deaths in November 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.
November 2008
1
Badaró , 74, Brazilian-Portuguese actor and comedian, stomach cancer.[ 1]
Jimmy Carl Black , 70, American Cheyenne drummer and vocalist (The Mothers of Invention ), lung cancer.[ 2]
Dermot Curtis , 76, Irish footballer (Bristol City , Ipswich Town , Republic of Ireland ), after long illness.[ 3]
David de Caires , 70, Guyanese journalist and editor, founder of Stabroek News , complications from heart attack.[ 4]
Flockton Grey , 28, British racehorse, heart attack.[ 5]
Oscar Lathlin , 61, Canadian politician, member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba since 1990.[ 6]
Nathaniel Mayer , 64, American rhythm & blues singer, stroke.[ 7]
Jacques Piccard , 86, Belgian-born Swiss oceanographer and explorer.[ 8]
Rosetta Reitz , 84, American jazz historian and record company founder, cardiopulmonary disease.[ 9]
Jack Reno , 72, American country music singer, brain cancer.[ 10]
Shakir Stewart , 34, American vice president of Def Jam Recordings , suicide by gunshot.[ 11]
Yma Sumac , 86, Peruvian soprano, cancer.[ 12]
Tan Jiazhen , 99, Chinese geneticist, multiple organ dysfunction syndrome.[ 13]
Tony Tarracino , 92, American saloon keeper and politician, heart and lung ailments.[ 14]
2
Ahmed al-Mirghani , 67, Sudanese politician, President (1986–1989).[ 15]
Joseph Alliluyev , 63, Russian cardiologist, grandson of Joseph Stalin .[ 16]
James Armsey , 90, American automotive executive, director of the Ford Foundation (1960–1967).[ 17]
George F. Grant , 102, American angler, author and conservationist, natural causes.[ 18]
Kenneth P. Johnson , 74, American newspaper editor (Dallas Times Herald ), heart infection.[ 19]
Jim Koleff , 55, Canadian hockey player and coach, cancer.[ 20]
Domenico Leccisi , 88, Italian politician, stole corpse of Benito Mussolini , heart and respiratory disease.[ 21]
Henry Loomis , 89, American Director of Voice of America (1958–1965), Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and Pick's diseases.[ 22]
Jacques Lunis , 85, French Olympic silver medal-winning (1948 ) athlete.[ 23]
Elijah Mudenda , 81, Zambian politician, Prime Minister (1975–1977).[ 24]
Bill Stall , 71, American Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist (Los Angeles Times ), complications from pulmonary disease.[ 25]
Terence Tolbert , 44, American political campaign director for Barack Obama in Nevada, heart attack.[ 26]
3
John Adams , 89, British rear admiral.[ 27]
Charles T. Cross , 86, American diplomat, Ambassador to Singapore (1969–1972), Consul General in Hong Kong (1974–1977).[ 28]
Mike Davis , 68, American boating advocate.[ 29]
Alan Ford , 84, American Olympic swimmer, emphysema.[ 30]
Jean Fournet , 95, French conductor.[ 31]
Edward McMichael , 53, American tuba player, bludgeoned.[ 32]
Brooks Mileson , 60, British football club owner (Gretna F.C. ), complications from chronic fatigue syndrome and brain infection.[ 33]
Lalit Mohan Sharma , 80, Indian jurist, Chief Justice (1992–1993).[ 34]
Edward Sheehan , 78, American foreign correspondent, allergic reaction to medication.[ 35]
Lhofei Shiozawa , 67, Brazilian judoka.[ 36]
Josep Maria Socías , 71, Spanish lawyer and politician, Mayor of Barcelona (1976–1979).[ 37]
Cecil W. Stoughton , 88, American Presidential photographer (Kennedy , Johnson ), complications from hip replacement.[ 38]
John Trudeau , 81, American music promoter, founder of the Britt Festival , heart failure.[ 39]
I. Bernard Weinstein , 78, American cancer researcher, kidney disease.[ 40]
4
Khertek Anchimaa-Toka , 96, Russian politician, chairman of Tuvan Parliament (1940–1944), world's first female head of state.[ 41]
Evelio Arias Ramos , 42, Mexican actor, comedian and singer.[ 42]
Ernesto Aura , 68, Spanish voice actor, cancer.[ 43]
Lennart Bergelin , 83, Swedish tennis player and coach, heart failure.[ 44]
Paddy Buckley , 83, Scottish footballer (Aberdeen , St Johnstone ).[ 45]
Jheryl Busby , 59, American record executive.[ 46]
Gérald Coppenrath , 86, French journalist and Senator (1958–1962) for Tahiti, brother of Hubert and Michel Coppenrath .[ 47]
Michael Crichton , 66, American author (Jurassic Park , The Andromeda Strain ) and television producer (ER ), throat cancer.[ 48]
Rosella Hightower , 88, American ballerina, stroke.[ 49]
Byron Lee , 73, Jamaican musician and record producer, bladder cancer.[ 50]
Syd Lucas , 108, British World War I veteran.[ 51]
Juan Camilo Mouriño , 37, Mexican Secretary of the Interior since 2008, plane crash .[ 52]
Orlando Owoh , 76, Nigerian musician, stroke.[ 53]
José Luis Santiago Vasconcelos , 51, Mexican politician, plane crash .[ 52]
5
Ian Anderson , 54, Scottish footballer.[ 54]
V. T. Arasu , 82, Singaporean journalist, civil servant, editor and author, pancreatic cancer.[ 55]
Věra Černá , 70, Czech Olympic athlete.[ 56]
Baldev Raj Chopra , 94, Indian film director (Naya Daur , Dhund , Kanoon ).[ 57]
Sofron Dmyterko , 91, Ukrainian Greek Catholic bishop of Ivano-Frankivsk .[ 58]
Sir Paul Greening , 80, British admiral and courtier.[ 59]
Michael Higgins , 88, American actor (Rumble Fish , The Stepford Wives , Swimfan ), heart failure.[ 60]
Félix Lebuhotel , 76, French cyclist.[ 61]
John Leonard , 69, American media and cultural critic, complications from lung cancer.[ 62]
Norm Marshall , 89, Canadian broadcaster.[ 63]
Clark Miller , 70, American football player, heart attack.[ 64]
John Odom , 26, American professional baseball player, accidental drug overdose.[ 65]
6
Ronald Davis , 52, American health advocate, president of the AMA (2007–2008), pancreatic cancer.[ 66]
Mahmoud Haroon , 88, Pakistani politician and newspaper founder.[ 67]
Sir John Hermon , 79, British police officer, Chief Constable of the Royal Ulster Constabulary (1980–1989), Alzheimer's disease.[ 68]
Larry James , 61, American track athlete and Olympic gold medalist (1968 ), cancer.[ 69]
Phil Reed , 59, American politician, member of New York City Council (1998–2005), complications of pneumonia from leukemia.[ 70]
Joe Wendryhoski , 69, American football player (Los Angeles Rams , New Orleans Saints ), cancer and stroke.[ 71]
George Winterton , 61, Australian lawyer and professor of constitutional law, cancer.[ 72]
7
Carl Allen , 88, American football player.[ 73]
Tetsuya Chikushi , 73, Japanese journalist and news anchor, lung cancer.[ 74]
José Bezerra Coutinho , 98, Brazilian bishop of Estância .[ 75]
Heiko Engelkes , 75, German television journalist (ARD ), cancer.[ 76]
Hedley Howarth , 64, New Zealand cricketer.[ 77]
Wik Jongsma , 65, Dutch actor, cancer.[ 78]
Hidetaka Nishiyama , 80, Japanese karate master, cancer.[ 79]
Heather Pick , 38, American newscaster (WBNS-TV ), breast cancer.[ 80]
Jody Reynolds , 75, American singer and guitarist, liver cancer.[ 81]
Lyle Williams , 66, American politician, member of the House of Representatives for Ohio (1979–1985), heart attack.[ 82]
Abraham Woods , 80, American civil rights leader, cancer.[ 83]
8
Bodil Aakre , 86, Norwegian jurist and politician.[ 84]
Arne Argus , 83, Swedish newspaper journalist and sports executive.[ 85]
Mary Lou Beschorner , 79, American baseball player (AAGPBL )[ 86]
James Byrne , 62, Irish musician.[ 87]
Richard Fortman , 93, American checkers champion.[ 88]
Régis Genaux , 35, Belgian footballer, heart failure due to pulmonary embolism.[ 89]
Joe Hyams , 85, American Hollywood columnist and author, coronary artery disease.[ 90]
Mieczysław Rakowski , 81, Polish politician, Prime Minister (1988–1989), Workers' Party Chairman (1989–1990), cancer.[ 91]
Florence Wald , 91, American nurse, hospice pioneer.[ 92]
9
Joanne H. Alter , 81, American activist and politician, cancer.[ 93]
Gerald Arthur , 95, Australian cricketer.[ 94]
Fernand Goux , 108, French penultimate veteran of World War I.[ 95]
Huda bin Abdul Haq , 48, Indonesian terrorist in 2002 Bali bombings , execution by firing squad.[ 96]
Anton Huiskes , 80, Dutch Olympic speed skater.[ 97]
Hok Lundy , 58, Cambodian National Police Commissioner, helicopter crash.[ 98]
Carl D. Keith , 88, American co-inventor of the catalytic converter .[ 99]
Miriam Makeba , 76, South African singer ("Pata Pata ", "Soweto Blues "), heart attack.[ 100]
John Milsum , 83, Canadian control engineer.[ 101]
Amrozi bin Nurhasyim , 46, Indonesian terrorist in 2002 Bali bombings , execution by firing squad.[ 96]
Preacher Roe , 92, American baseball pitcher (St. Louis Cardinals , Pittsburgh Pirates , Brooklyn Dodgers ), colon cancer.[ 102]
Stanisław Różewicz , 84, Polish film director (Westerplatte , Birth Certificate ).[ 103]
Imam Samudra , 38, Indonesian terrorist in 2002 Bali bombings , execution by firing squad.[ 96]
10
Sarah Blacher Cohen , 72, American professor of Jewish literature, complications of Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease.[ 104]
Kiyosi Itô , 93, Japanese mathematician, respiratory failure.[ 105]
Nikola Kavaja , 76, Serbian anti-communist activist and aircraft hijacker, heart attack.[ 106]
Li Ximing , 82, Chinese leader of Beijing Communist Party.[ 107]
Howard Reig , 87, American television announcer.[ 108]
Arthur Shawcross , 63, American serial killer, cardiac arrest.[ 109]
Wannes Van de Velde , 71, Belgian singer and artist, leukemia.[ 110]
11
Mustafa Şekip Birgöl , 105, Turkish last veteran of the Turkish War of Independence .[ 111]
C. Harmon Brown , 78, American physician, pioneer of sports medicine , cancer.[ 112]
Tom Hunt , 85, American chairman of Hunt Petroleum , leukemia.[ 113]
Ľubomír Kadnár , 67, Czechoslovak Olympic sprint canoer.[ 114]
Francisco Lozano , 76, Mexican Olympic cyclist.[ 115]
Alessandro Maggiolini , 77, Italian Bishop of Como , lung cancer.[ 116]
María Elena Marqués , 83, Mexican actress, heart failure.[ 117]
Lasse Sandberg , 84, Swedish writer and illustrator of children's literature.[ 118]
Herb Score , 75, American baseball pitcher and broadcaster (Cleveland Indians ), after long illness.[ 119]
Jack Scott , 85, British weather forecaster, cancer.[ 120]
Kanhaiyalal Sethia , 89, Indian poet.[ 121]
12
Richard Rhys, 9th Baron Dynevor , 73, British aristocrat and patron of the arts, cancer.[ 122]
Tim L. Hall , 83, American politician, U.S. Representative from Illinois (1975–1977).[ 123]
Catherine Baker Knoll , 78, American politician, Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania since 2003, neuroendocrine cancer.[ 124]
Vladas Michelevičius , 84, Lithuanian bishop of Vilkaviškis .[ 125]
Mitch Mitchell , 61, British drummer (The Jimi Hendrix Experience ), natural causes.[ 126]
Margaret Moncrieff , 87, British cellist.[ 127]
George Morrison , 59, Canadian ice hockey player, brain tumour.[ 128]
Rex Neame , 72, English cricketer.[ 129]
Serge Nigg , 84, French composer.[ 130]
Raymond Routledge , 77, American bodybuilder, AAU Mr. America (1961).[ 131]
13
Jules Archer , 93, American author.[ 132]
Marcello Fondato , 84, Italian screenwriter (Black Sabbath , Blood and Black Lace ) and director (Watch Out, We're Mad! ).[ 133]
Bette Garber , 65, American photographer, pneumonia.[ 134]
Mustapha Oukacha , 75, Moroccan politician, president of the Assembly of Councillors .[ 135]
Ian Ridley , 74, Australian footballer (Melbourne Demons ), emphysema.[ 136]
Paco Ignacio Taibo I , 84, Mexican writer and journalist, pneumonia.[ 137]
14
Knut Bjørnsen , 76, Norwegian sports commentator and journalist, pancreatic cancer.[ 138]
Michael Ugwu Eneja , 89, Nigerian Bishop of Enugu .[ 139]
Sir Bernard Feilden , 89, British conservation activist and restoration architect.[ 140]
Lung Fong , 54, Hong Kong actor, lung cancer,[ 141]
Irving Gertz , 93, American composer.[ 142]
Christel Goltz , 96, German soprano.[ 143]
Kristin Hunter , 77, American writer.[ 144]
Adrian Kantrowitz , 90, American physician, performed the first pediatric heart transplant , heart failure.[ 145]
Tsvetanka Khristova , 46, Bulgarian athlete, Olympic dual medallist in discus throw, cancer.[ 146]
Robert Leith-Macgregor , 91, British World War II pilot.[ 147]
Charles Le Quintrec , 82, French poet.[ 148]
Shaukat Hussein Mazari , 60, Pakistani politician, heart attack.[ 149]
Ajit Kumar Panja , 72, Indian politician, oral cancer.[ 150]
15
Glen Brand , 85, American wrestler, Olympic gold medalist (1948).[ 151]
Matthew Cianciulli , 66, American politician, member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives (1977–1979), heart failure.[ 152]
Peter Fellgett , 86, British physicist.[ 153]
Donald Finkel , 79, American poet, complications from Alzheimer's disease.[ 154]
Grace Hartigan , 86, American painter, liver failure.[ 155]
Louis Ormont , 90, American psychologist.[ 156]
Ivan Southall , 87, Australian children's author, cancer.[ 157]
16
Salah al-Deen Hafez , 70, Egyptian writer.[ 158]
Bruno Maldaner , 84, Brazilian Bishop of Frederico Westphalen .[ 159]
Jan Krugier , 80, Polish born Swiss art dealer and holocaust survivor.[ 160]
Luisín Landáez , 77, Venezuelan-Chilean cumbia singer.[ 161]
Tony Reedus , 49, American jazz drummer.[ 162]
Reg Varney , 92, British comedy actor (On the Buses ) .[ 163]
17
Don Albinson , 86, American industrial designer.[ 164]
Peter Aldis , 81, British footballer.[ 165]
Yaakov Alperon , 53, Israeli organized crime mobster, car bomb.[ 166]
Irv Anderson , 81, American politician.[ 167]
Eugene Andolsek , 87, American artistic draughtsman, pneumonia and sepsis.[ 168]
Sir James Baddiley , 90, British microbiologist.[ 169]
Irving Brecher , 94, American comedy writer, heart attack.[ 170]
Ennio De Concini , 84, Italian Academy Award–winning screenwriter (Divorce Italian Style , Black Sunday , War and Peace ).[ 171]
Debby , 42, Soviet-born Canadian oldest living polar bear, third-oldest known bear, euthanasia due to multiple organ failure.[ 172]
Malcolm Dalrymple , 85, British Olympic athlete.[ 173]
Jean-Marie Demange , 65, French member of the National Assembly, Mayor of Thionville (1995–2008), suicide by gunshot.[ 174]
Jay Katz , 86, German-born American physician and medical ethicist, heart failure.[ 175]
Tafadzwa Madondo , 27, Zimbabwean cricketer, motorcycle accident.[ 176]
George Stephen Morrison , 89, American admiral, father of Jim Morrison .[ 177]
Pete Newell , 93, Canadian-born American basketball coach.[ 178]
Guy Peellaert , 74, Belgian painter, illustrator and photographer, cancer.[ 179]
Floyd Weaver , 67, American baseball player.[ 180]
18
Manuel Castro Ruiz , 90, Mexican Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop (1965–1969) and Archbishop (1969–1995) of Yucatán .[ 181]
George C. Chesbro , 68, American novelist, heart failure.[ 182]
George Green , 81, American NASCAR racing driver.[ 183]
Paul H. Todd, Jr. , 87, American politician, member of the House of Representatives from Michigan (1965–1967).[ 184]
19
Farah Weheliye Addo , 68, Somali sports administrator, heart attack.[ 185]
Ameer Faisal Alavi , 54, Pakistani general, shot.[ 186]
Chester Anderson , 90, American football and wrestling coach.[ 187]
Clive Barnes , 81, American theatre and dance critic, liver cancer.[ 188]
Karl Bissinger , 94, American photographer.[ 189]
Carole Caldwell Graebner , 65, American tennis player, cancer.[ 190]
John Michael Hayes , 89, American screenwriter (Rear Window , BUtterfield 8 , To Catch a Thief ).[ 191]
Norman McVicker , 68, English cricketer.[ 192]
M. N. Nambiar , 89, Indian actor, after short illness.[ 193]
Edel von Rothe , 83, German ballerina,[ 194]
20
Teresa Amuli , 61, Mozambican politician, brain tumor.[ 195]
Raffaele Andreassi , 84, Italian film director.[ 196]
Seth Anthony , 93, Ghanaian soldier and diplomat.[ 197]
Aurora Correa , 78, Spanish-born Mexican exiled, writer and educator.[ 198]
Boris Fyodorov , 50, Russian politician and banker, stroke.[ 199]
Bennie Gonzales , 84, American Southwestern-style architect (Heard Museum ), Alzheimer's disease.[ 200]
Betty James , 90, American businesswoman, co-founder of the Slinky company, wife of Richard T. James .[ 201]
Bob Jeter , 71, American football player (Green Bay Packers , Chicago Bears ), heart attack.[ 202]
Jan Machulski , 80, Polish actor (Vabank ), heart attack.[ 203]
Jim Mattox , 65, American politician, member of the House of Representatives (1977–1983), Texas Attorney General (1983–1991).[ 204]
June Vincent , 88, American actor.[ 205]
21
Jules Aarons , 87, American space physicist.[ 206]
Jimmy Abson , 88, Canadian football player.[ 207]
Augustus Barber , 87, American businessman, cardiac arrest.[ 208]
Giacomo Bozzano , 75, Italian Olympic boxer.[ 209]
Marco Allen Chapman , 37, American convicted murderer, execution by lethal injection.[ 210]
Tom Gish , 82, American journalist and publisher, kidney failure and heart problems.[ 211]
Gleb Plaksin , 83, French-born Russian actor.[ 212]
Andrew Rowe , 73, British politician, MP for Faversham and Mid Kent (1983–2001), prostate cancer.[ 213]
22
Garnet Bougoure , 85, Australian jockey.[ 214]
MC Breed , 37, American rapper, kidney failure.[ 215]
Alan Gordon , 64, American songwriter ("Happy Together ").[ 216]
Mario Fernando Hernández , 41, Honduran politician, Deputy Speaker of the National Congress, shot.[ 217]
Ibrahim Nasir , 82, Maldivian President (1968–1978).[ 218]
Rashid Rauf , 27, British-born Pakistani al-Qaeda terrorist, air strike.[ 219]
Sandy Ruby , 67, American entrepreneur, founder of Tech Hifi and Computer City , diabetes.[ 220]
Ted Wykes , 87, Australian cricket umpire, cancer.[ 221]
23
Ahmad Aghalou , 59, Iranian actor.[ 222]
Richard Hickox , 60, British conductor, heart attack.[ 223]
Jean Markale , 80, French writer and poet.[ 224]
Fred McAlister , 80, American baseball scout (St. Louis Cardinals ).[ 225]
Mihail Velsvebel , 82, Estonian Olympic athlete.[ 226]
24
Charlotte Armstrong , 84, American baseball player (AAGPBL )[ 227]
Tom Burgess , 82, Canadian baseball player and coach, cancer.[ 228]
Frank Cieciorka , 69, American graphic artist and anti-war activist, emphysema.[ 229]
Richey James Edwards , 27, British musician (Manic Street Preachers ), declared dead on this date (missing since February 1995).[ 230]
Bep Guidolin , 82, Canadian ice hockey player and coach.[ 231]
Michael Lee , 39, British rock drummer, seizure.[ 232]
Kenny MacLean , 52, Canadian bassist (Platinum Blonde ), heart attack.[ 233]
Ray Perrault , 82, Canadian politician, Senator (1973–2001), Liberal Leader of Senate (1974–1982), Parkinson's disease.[ 234]
John Frederick Powell , 93, British air marshal.[ 235]
Stefan Schörghuber , 47, German brewing magnate, heart failure.[ 236]
John R. Stallings , 73, American mathematician.[ 237]
Cecil H. Underwood , 86, American politician, Governor of West Virginia (1957–1961, 1997–2001).[ 238]
25
Sunday Ajibade Adenihun , 69, Nigerian politician, heart attack.[ 239]
William Dowd , 86, American harpsichord maker.[ 240]
Beno Eckmann , 91, Swiss mathematician.[ 241]
Ruth Alice Erickson , 95, American Director of the Navy Nurse Corps (1962–1966), pneumonia.[ 242]
Christian Fechner , 64, French film producer.[ 243]
Helmut Friedlaender , 95, German-born American book collector.[ 244]
William Gibson , 94, American playwright (The Miracle Worker ).[ 245]
Leonard Goodwin , 93, British pharmacologist.[ 246]
Randy Gumpert , 90, American baseball player.[ 247]
David M. Jones , 94, American Air Force officer, Doolittle Raider .[ 248]
George Keegan , 80, Australian politician, heart attack.[ 249]
Max Oppy , 84, Australian footballer (Richmond ).[ 250]
Brian Pearce , 93, British Marxist historian and translator.[ 251]
Dudley Savage , 88, British BBC radio presenter.[ 252]
Gerald Schoenfeld , 84, American theater impresario.[ 253]
Antanas Vaičius , 82, Lithuanian Roman Catholic prelate, Apostolic Administrator (1982–1989) and Bishop (1989–2001) of Telšiai .[ 254]
26
Kees Aarts , 66, Dutch soccer player.[ 255]
Bob Blake , 94, American ice hockey player.[ 256]
Ralph Burkei , 51, German television producer, fall.[ 257] [ 258]
Edna Parker , 115, American supercentenarian , oldest validated living person.[ 259]
Edwin Ernest Salpeter , 83, Austrian-born American astrophysicist, leukemia.[ 260]
De'Angelo Wilson , 29, American actor (8 Mile , Antwone Fisher ), suicide by hanging.[ 261]
Yang Jia , 28, Chinese mass murderer, execution by lethal injection.[ 262]
Vitaly Karayev , 46, Russian mayor of Vladikavkaz .[ 263]
Notable people killed in the 2008 Mumbai attacks :
Ashok Kamte , 43, Indian additional commissioner of Mumbai Police.[ 264]
Hemant Karkare , 54, Indian chief of the Mumbai Anti Terrorist Squad.[ 258] [ 265]
Vijay Salaskar , 51, Indian encounter specialist with Mumbai Police.[ 264]
Loumia Hiridjee , 46, Malagasy-born French businesswoman.[ 258] [ 266]
Gavriel Holtzberg , 29, Israeli-born American rabbi.[ 258] [ 267]
Andreas Liveras , 73, Cypriot-born British business tycoon.[ 258] [ 268]
27
Adi Da , 69, American-born Fijian artist.[ 269]
George MacPherson Docherty , 97, British-born American clergyman.[ 270]
Armand Fabella , 78, Filipino educator, Secretary of Education (1992–1994).[ 271]
Gideon Gechtman , 66, Israeli artist, heart failure.[ 272]
Gil Heron , 87, Jamaican footballer.[ 273]
Paul Hibbert , 56, Australian cricketer.[ 274]
Cullen Hightower , 84, American author of quips and quotes.[ 275]
Frances Janssen , 82, American baseball player (AAGPBL ).[ 276]
Patricia Marand , 74, American actress, brain cancer.[ 277]
Andrew McKelvey , 74, American founder of Monster.com , pancreatic cancer.[ 278]
Mike Minogue , 85, New Zealand politician, MP (1976–1984), cancer.[ 279]
Verne Orr , 92, American politician, Secretary of the Air Force (1981–1985).[ 280]
Pekka Pohjola , 56, Finnish bassist and composer.[ 281]
Vishwanath Pratap Singh , 77, Indian Prime Minister (1989–1990), blood cancer and renal failure.[ 282]
Andy Tomasic , 90, American football and baseball player.[ 283]
Cornelius Clarkson Vermeule III , 83, American scholar of Greek and Roman art, complications from a stroke.[ 284]
28
Alan Abbott , 82, English cricketer.[citation needed ]
Raja Perempuan Budriah , 84, Queen of Malaysia (1960–1965).[ 285]
Bill Finnegan , 80, American television and film producer (The Fabulous Baker Boys , Hawaii Five-O ), Parkinson's disease.[ 286]
John Harryson , 82, Swedish actor and entertainer.[ 287]
Joža Karas , 82, Polish-born American musician and teacher.[ 288]
Sir Hugh Laddie , 62, British intellectual property lawyer and High Court judge, cancer.[ 289]
Raymond Meyzenq , 73, French cyclist.[ 290]
Red Murff , 87, American baseball player (Milwaukee Braves ) and scout.[ 291]
Victor Nieto , 92, Colombian founder and director of the Cartagena Film Festival .[ 292]
Edoardo Ricci , 80, Italian Bishop of San Miniato .[ 293]
German Skurygin , 45, Russian race walker, heart attack.[ 294]
Wo Weihan , 59, Chinese biochemist, executed.[ 295]
Helena Wolińska-Brus , 89, Polish military prosecutor, pneumonia.[ 296]
Robert Zarinsky , 68, American serial killer, pulmonary fibrosis.[ 297]
Tukaram Omble , 54, Indian Assistant Sub-Inspector of Mumbai Police, shot .[ 298]
Sandeep Unnikrishnan , 31, Major of NSG Commando, shot .[ 299]
Gajender Singh Bisht , 36, NSG commando and Havildar, shot .[citation needed ]
29
Bill Drake , 71, American radio programmer.[ 300]
Ulises Dumont , 71, Argentine actor, heart problems.[ 301]
Arthur Kantrowitz , 95, American physicist and engineer.[ 302]
Chhabildas Mehta , 83, Indian politician, Chief Minister of Gujarat (1994–1995)[ 303]
Sten Rudholm , 90, Swedish jurist, member of the Swedish Academy , natural causes.[ 304]
Jørn Utzon , 90, Danish architect (Sydney Opera House ), heart attack.[ 305]
Georgi Vyun , 54, Russian football player and coach.[ 306]
Robert Wade , 87, New Zealand-born British chess champion, pneumonia.[ 307]
30
Béatrix Beck , 94, Belgian writer.[ 308]
Thomas S. Crow , 74, American military officer, Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy (1979–1982), cancer.[ 309]
Naomi Datta , 86, British bacteriologist.[ 310]
Doris Dungey , 47, American financial blogger, ovarian cancer.[ 311]
Munetaka Higuchi , 49, Japanese drummer (Loudness ), liver cancer.[ 312]
Ralph A. Lewin , 87, American biologist.[ 313]
Pit Martin , 64, Canadian ice hockey player, drowned.[ 314]
Nick George Montos , 92, American felon, oldest inmate in Massachusetts.[ 315]
Peter Rees, Baron Rees , 81, British politician, Chief Secretary to the Treasury (1983–1985).[ 316]
Miroslav Sláma , 91, Czechoslovakian Olympic ice hockey player.[ 317]
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