Columbia University and scholar of French literature. Alex Toth, 77, American comic book artist and cartoonist (Space Ghost, Birdman and the Galaxy Trio). Apache Bull Ramos, 71, American professional wrestler, shoulder infection. 28 Edward Aldwell, 68, American music theorist and pianist specializing in Bach, automotive accident. James Archibald, 94, American Maine judge for 50 years, including service on the Maine Judicial Supreme Court between 1971 and his retirement in 1981. Rupert Blöch, 76, Austrian Olympic sprinter. Lewis Carter, 81, Australian cricketer. Fermín Chávez, 82, Argentine historian, complications from renal failure. Sue Fear, 43, Australian mountaineer, climbing accident. Umberto Masetti, 80, Italian motorcycle racer, the first Italian World Champion class 500cc in 1950 and 1952, pulmonary strokes. Masumi Okada, 70, Japanese actor, played Brother Michael in Shogun, throat cancer. Tony Sardisco, 73, American footballer, former captain of the Boston Patriots, heart attack. Doris Saunders, 64, Canadian magazine editor, Order of Canada inductee, Alzheimer's disease. Arthur Widmer, 91, American motion picture special effects pioneer, winner of an Academy Award for Lifetime Achievement, cancer. 29 Neville Amadio, 93, Australian flautist and soloist for Sydney Symphony for 50 years, series of small heart attacks. Poul Andersen, 84, Danish-born publisher of Bien, the only weekly Danish newspaper in the US, Alzheimer's disease. Clarence Bailey, 43, American football player. Peter Borsari, 67, American-Swiss celebrity photographer, complications from elective knee surgery. James Brolan, 42, British CBS News sound technician, injuries sustained in car bombing in Iraq. Paul Douglas, 48, British veteran CBS News cameraman, injuries sustained in car bombing in Iraq. Wyn Griffiths, 86, Welsh professional football player (Cardiff City F.C., Newport County A.F.C.), complications from a fall. Steve Mizerak, 61, American champion billiards player. Omeljan Pritsak, 87, Austrian-born American Harvard professor, scholar and authority on Ukraine. Johnny Servoz-Gavin, 64, French racing driver. 30 Slim Aarons, 89, American photographer, stroke. Marius van Amelsvoort, 75, Dutch politician, State Secretary for Finance. Hladnik Boštjan, 77, Slovenian film director. Ann Harnett, 85, American baseball player (All-American Girls Professional Baseball League). Shohei Imamura, 79, Japanese film director (Black Rain), two-time winner of the Palme d'Or, liver cancer. Bill Kovacs, 56, American computer animation pioneer and Academy Award winner, complications of a stroke. David Lloyd, 68, New Zealand botanist, complications from mystery illness, possibly poison. Robert Sterling, 88, American film and television actor, star of 1950s television show Topper, natural causes. 31 Miguel Berrocal, 73, Spanish sculptor and puzzle creator, prostate cancer.