1922) Kiro Gligorov, 1st President of the Republic of Macedonia (b. 1917) January 3 – Josef Škvorecký, Czech writer (b. 1924) January 9 – Malam Bacai Sanhá, 4th President of Guinea-Bissau (b. 1947) January 10 – Gevork Vartanian, Soviet intelligence officer (b. 1924) January 13 Rauf Denktaş, 1st President of Northern Cyprus (b. 1924) Miljan Miljanić, Yugoslavian-born footballer (b. 1930) January 15 – Manuel Fraga Iribarne, Spanish politician (b. 1922) January 19 – Sarah Burke, Canadian Freestyle skier (b. 1982) January 20 Etta James, American singer (b. 1938) Jiří Raška, Czech ski jumper (b. 1941) January 22 – Joe Paterno, American football player and coach (b. 1926) January 24 Theo Angelopoulos, Greek filmmaker (b. 1935) James Farentino, American actor (b. 1938) January 29 François Migault, French racing driver (b. 1944) Oscar Luigi Scalfaro, 9th President of Italy (b. 1918) February February 1 Don Cornelius, American television show host and producer (b. 1936) Angelo Dundee, American boxing trainer and cornerman (b. 1921) Wisława Szymborska, Polish Nobel poet (b. 1923) February 3 John Christopher, English writer (b. 1922) Ben Gazzara, American actor (b. 1930) February 4 Florence Green, English supercentenarian (b. 1901) Susanne Suba, Hungarian-born watercolorist and illustrator, active in the United States (b. 1913) February 6 Peter Breck, American actor (b. 1929) Antoni Tàpies, Spanish artist (b. 1923) Janice E. Voss, American engineer and astronaut (b. 1956) February 11 – Whitney Houston, American singer and actress (b. 1963) February 12 – David Kelly, Irish actor (b. 1929) February 15 – Lina Romay, Spanish actress (b. 1954) February 18 – George Brizan, 8th Prime Minister of Grenada (b. 1942) February 19 – Renato Dulbecco, Italian-born American Nobel virologist (b. 1914) February 25 – Maurice André, French trumpeter (b. 1933) February 29 – Davy Jones, English singer and actor (b. 1945) March March 1 Andrew Breitbart, American writer and publisher (b. 1969) Lucio Dalla, Italian singer-songwriter (b. 1943) March 3 Ralph McQuarrie, American conceptual designer and illustrator (b. 1929) Ronnie Montrose, American guitarist (b. 1947) March 6 Francisco Xavier do Amaral, 1st President of East Timor (b. 1937) Robert B. Sherman, American songwriter (b. 1925) March 7 – Włodzimierz Smolarek, Polish footballer (b. 1957) March 10 Jean Giraud, French comics artist (b. 1938) F. Sherwood Rowland, American Nobel chemist (b. 1927) March 14 – Ċensu Tabone, 4th President of Malta (b. 1913) March 16 – Estanislau Basora, Spanish footballer (b. 1926) March 17