and singer. August 30 – Momiji Nishiya, Japanese Olympic skateboarder December 17 – James, Viscount Severn, grandson of Elizabeth II, son of The Earl and Countess of Wessex Deaths January January 4 – Marais Viljoen, 5th State President of South Africa (b. 1915) January 5 – Momofuku Ando, Japanese inventor (b. 1910) January 8 – Yvonne De Carlo, Canadian-born American actress, dancer and singer (b. 1922) January 10 – Carlo Ponti, Italian film producer (b. 1912) January 11 – Robert Anton Wilson, American author and conspiracy researcher (b. 1932) January 12 – Alice Coltrane, American jazz musician (b. 1937) January 13 – Michael Brecker, American jazz musician (b. 1949) January 15 Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti, Iraqi politician (b. 1951) Bo Yibo, Chinese politician (b. 1908) January 17 – Art Buchwald, American humorist (b. 1925) January 19 Hrant Dink, Turkish-Armenian journalist (b. 1954) Denny Doherty, Canadian musician (b. 1940) January 22 Ngô Quang Trưởng, South Vietnamese Army general (b. 1929) Abbé Pierre, French priest and founder of Emmaus (b. 1912) January 23 – Ryszard Kapuściński, Polish journalist and author (b. 1932) January 30 – Sidney Sheldon, American author and screenwriter (b. 1917) February February 1 – Gian Carlo Menotti, Italian-born composer and librettist (b. 1911) February 6 – Frankie Laine, American singer (b. 1913) February 7 – Alan MacDiarmid, New Zealand chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1927) February 8 – Anna Nicole Smith, American model and television personality (b. 1967) February 9 – Ian Richardson, Scottish actor (b. 1934) February 13 – Johanna Sällström, Swedish actress (b. 1974) February 15 – Robert Adler, Austrian-born inventor (b. 1913) February 22 Lothar-Günther Buchheim, German author, painter, and art collector (b. 1918) Fons Rademakers, Dutch actor, film director, producer and screenwriter (b. 1920) February 23 – Pascal Yoadimnadji, Chadian politician, 12th Prime Minister of Chad (b. 1950) February 28 Princess Marie Adelaide of Luxembourg, Princess of Luxembourg (b. 1924) Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr., American historian and political commentator (b. 1917) March–April March 1 – Manuel Bento, Portuguese professional footballer (b. 1948) March 2 – Henri Troyat, French writer and historian (b. 1911) March 6 – Jean Baudrillard, French philosopher and sociologist (b. 1929) March 9 – Brad Delp, American musician (Boston) (b. 1951) March 11 – Betty Hutton, American actress (b. 1921) March 14 – Lucie Aubrac, French World War II Resistance fighter (b. 1912) March 17 – Freddie Francis, English cinematographer and film director