American former Major League Baseball umpire, stroke. Edward L. Moyers, 77, American railroad executive. Robert Ross, 86, American leader of the Muscular Dystrophy Association for 44 years and persuaded Jerry Lewis to undertake a yearly telethon to raise money for muscular dystrophy, complications of broken hip. Harley Rutledge, 80, American physicist and ufologist. Huda Sultan, 80, Egyptian actress, cancer. 6 Leslie Alcock, 81, British pioneer of Dark Age archaeology, led the team that excavated Cadbury Castle. María Teresa López Boegeholz, 78, Chilean oceanographer. Arnold Newman, 88, American photographer who pioneered "environmental portraiture". Billy Preston, 59, American musician ("You Are So Beautiful", "Nothing from Nothing") known for his work with the Beatles, malignant hypertension leading to kidney failure. Hilton Ruiz, 54, American jazz pianist, injuries from a fall. Léon Weil, 109, French World War I veteran. Jason Moss, 31, American attorney and author of the book "The Last Victim" 7 Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, 39, Jordanian leader of Al-Qaeda in Iraq, US military strike. Sheik Abd-Al-Rahman, spiritual adviser for Al-Qaeda in Iraq, US military strike. Roy Brain, 79, Australian cricketer. Terry McCann, 74, American wrestler, olympic gold medalist in freestyle wrestling and helped found USA Wrestling, and retired Executive Director of Toastmasters International, cancer. Ingo Preminger, 95, Austrian-born American Hollywood talent agent and producer (M*A*S*H), brother of Otto Preminger. Mickey Sims, 51, American football defensive tackle, former player with the Cleveland Browns, heart attack. Louis B. Sohn, 92, Ukrainian-born scholar of international law, helped draft the UN Charter. John Tenta (aka "Earthquake"), 42, Canadian professional wrestler for the World Wrestling Federation, bladder cancer. 8 Jake Copass, 86, American cowboy poet, leukemia. Robert Donner, 75, American character actor probably best known for playing Exidor on Mork & Mindy, aneurysm. Jack Jackson (nom de plume Jaxon), 65, American comic book artist and co-founder of Rip Off Press. Mykola Kolessa, 102, Ukrainian composer and conductor. Abouna Matta El Meskeen, 87, Egyptian Coptic Orthodox monk, Spiritual Father of St. Macarius' Monastery in the Wilderness of Scetis, Egypt. John Roberts, 72, Australian businessman, founder of Australian construction company Multiplex, Complications of diabetes. Jamal Abu Samhadana, Palestinian leader of PA / Hamas forces in Gaza Strip and PRC. Killed by Israeli air strike. Talcott Seelye, 84, United States Foreign Service Officer and ambassador to Tunisia and Syria. Sir Peter Smithers, 92, British politician, MP for Winchester and Secretary General of the Council of Europe. 9 Kinga Choszcz aka