Deaths in August 2009
Introduction The following is a list of '''deaths in August 2009'''.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.
August 2009 ===1===*Jerome Anderson, 55, American basketball player (Boston Celtics) and coach. *Corazon Aquino, 76, Filipino politician, first female President (1986–1992), colon cancer. *Devendra Nath Dwivedi, 74, Indian politician, Governor designate of Gujarat. *Edward D. Ives, 83, American folklorist and professor. *Keith Macklin, 78, British journalist and broadcaster. *George Taylor Morris, 62, American radio personality, throat cancer. *Andy Parle, 42, British drummer and co-founder of the band Space, heart failure. *Nicholas D'Antonio Salza, 93, Honduran Bishop of Juticalpa (1963–1977). *Naomi Sims, 61, American model and author, breast cancer. *Rana Chandra Singh, 78, Pakistani politician. *Howard Smit, 98, American film make-up artist (''The Wizard of Oz''). *Panakkad Sayeed Mohammedali Shihab Thangal, 73, Indian politician, cardiac arrest. *Borka Vučić, 83, Serbian politician and banker, traffic collision.===2===*Shafiq al-Hout, 77, Palestinian politician, co-founder of the Palestine Liberation Organization, cancer. *Adolf Endler, 78, German writer. *Hironoshin Furuhashi, 80, Japanese swimmer, Vice President of FINA. *Mark Green, 92, British prelate, Bishop of Aston (1972–1982). *Billy Lee Riley, 75, American rockabilly musician, cancer. *Stanley Robertson, 68, British folk singer and storyteller. *Michael A. Wiener, 71, American radio mogul (Infinity Broadcasting) and philanthropist, cancer. *Sidney Zion, 75, American journalist, cancer.===3===*Subhas Chakrabarty, 66, Indian politician. *Christopher Elrington, 79, English historian, general editor of the Victoria County History. *Zelik Epstein, 96, American rabbi and rosh yeshiva. *Charles Gwathmey, 71, American architect, esophageal cancer. *Walter Philip Leber, 90, American Governor of the Panama Canal Zone (1967–1971). *Nikolaos Makarezos, 90, Greek army officer, leader of the Greek military junta of 1967–1974. *Svend Ove Pedersen, 88, Danish Olympic bronze medal-winning (1952) rower. *Zinovy Vysokovsky, 76, Russian actor.===4===*Hirotugu Akaike, 81, Japanese statistician, pneumonia. *Dave Ames, 72, American football player (New York Titans), ALS. *Svend Auken, 66, Danish politician, prostate cancer. *Benson, appr. 25, British common carp, voted as Britain's Favourite Carp (death announced on this date). *George I. Cannon, 89, American church leader (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints). *Ross Dufty, 81, Australian cricketer. *Charles Gaylord, 72, American martial arts grandmaster (Kajukenbo). *Sir David Haslam, 86, British admiral. *Jo O-ryeon, 56, South Korean Olympic swimmer. *Ergash Karimov, 75, Uzbek actor and comedian. *Amos Kenan, 82, Israeli columnist, painter, sculptor, playwright and novelist, Alzheimer's disease. *Günther Morbach, 81, German classical bass in opera and concert. *Joseph Msika, 85, Zimbabwean politician, Vice President, stroke. *Gonzalo Santos, 68, Northern Mariana Island Cabinet member, educator and principal, lung cancer. *Blake Snyder, 51, American screenwriter and author, cardiac arrest. *Ole A. Sørli, 63, Norwegian manager and record producer. *Mbah Surip, 60, Indonesian reggae singer, heart attack. *Robert Mitsuhiro Takasugi, 78, American federal judge. *Martha Ware, 91, American judge, first female judge in Plymouth County, Massachusetts. *James Wiegold, 75, Welsh mathematician, leukemia.===5===*Gerald Cohen, 68, Canadian Marxist political philosopher. *Jordi Sabater Pi, 87, Spanish ethologist, discovered albino gorilla ''Snowflake''. *Sheikha Hessa bint Salman Al Khalifa, appr. 76, Bahraini royal, widow of Isa ibn Salman Al Khalifah, mother of King Hamad ibn Isa Al Khalifah. *Baitullah Mehsud, appr. 35, Pakistani militant, injuries resulting from a military strike. *Budd Schulberg, 95, American screenwriter (''On the Waterfront''), playwright and novelist. *Daljit Singh, 73-74, Indian cricketer. *Al Tomko, 77, Canadian professional wrestler, pancreatic cancer.===6===*Bahadır Akkuzu, 54, Turkish musician, heart attack. *Rolf Back, 81, Finnish Olympic sprinter. Rolf Back*Helen Brotherton, 95, British conservationist. *Maup Caransa, 93, Dutch property developer. *Riccardo Cassin, 100, Italian mountaineer. *Savka Dabčević-Kučar, 85, Croatian politician. *Willy DeVille, 58, American singer–songwriter (Mink DeVille), pancreatic cancer. *Stanley Haidasz, 86, Canadian politician, MP for Trinity (1957–1958) and Parkdale (1962–1978), Senator (1978–1998). *Charles Townsend Harrison, 67, British art historian. *John Hughes, 59, American director, screenwriter, and producer (''Home Alone'', ''The Breakfast Club''), heart attack. *Anthony Impreveduto, 61, American corrupt politician, member of the New Jersey General Assembly (1987–2004), lymphoma. *Jack T. Kirby, 70, American historian, winner of the 2007 Bancroft Prize, heart failure. *Anilza Leoni, 75, Brazilian actress, emphysema. *Donald Marshall, Jr., 55, Canadian wrongfully convicted of murder, complications from a lung transplant. *Murali, 55, Indian actor, heart attack. *Reiko Ohara, 62, Japanese actress (body discovered on this date). *Willibrordus S. Rendra, 73, Indonesian poet. *Sam, 4, Australian koala made famous after the 2009 Black Saturday bushfires, euthanised. *Aram Tigran, 75, Armenian singer and oud player. *Otha Young, 66, American musician and songwriter, cancer.===7===*Jimmy Bedford, 69, American distiller (Jack Daniel's), heart attack. *Frank G. Dickey, 91, American educator, president of the University of Kentucky (1956–1963). *Gibson, 7, American Great Dane therapy dog, recognized by Guinness Book of World Records as world's tallest dog, bone cancer. *Carleen Hutchins, 98, American violin maker. *Taha Muhie-eldin Marouf, 80, Iraqi politician, Vice President (1975–2003). *Gulshan Kumar Mehta, 72, Indian songwriter, heart failure. *John Harber Phillips, 75, Australian jurist, Chief Justice of Victoria (1991–2003). *Danko Popović, 81, Serbian writer. *Louis E. Saavedra, 76, American politician, Mayor of Albuquerque, New Mexico (1973; 1989–1993), brain cancer. *Mike Seeger, 75, American folk musician, folklorist and banjo player, cancer. *Paul Silver, 60, American seismologist, traffic collision. *Sergio Stefanini, 87, Italian Olympic basketball player*Tatiana Stepa, 46, Romanian folk singer, cervical cancer. *Seiichi Tagawa, 91, Japanese politician, party leader (New Liberal Club). *Anne Wexler, 79, American political adviser and lobbyist, breast cancer.===8===*Alfonso Calderón, 78, Chilean writer and poet, heart attack. *Yehuda Cohen, 95, Israeli Supreme Court justice. *Cal Ermer, 85, American baseball coach and manager (Minnesota Twins). *Harold Hitchcock, 95, British artist. *Daniel Jarque, 26, Spanish footballer, heart attack. *Pål Kraby, 77, Norwegian barrister and businessman. *Peter Milton, 80, Australian politician, MP (1980–1990). *Jone Railomo, 28, Fijian rugby player, member of the Fiji 2007 Rugby World Cup team. *Barnett Rosenberg, 82, American chemist, discovered cisplatin. *Raul Solnado, 79, Portuguese actor and comedian, cardiovascular disease. *Michael Viner, 65, American record producer (Incredible Bongo Band), cancer. *Jerry Wisdom, 61, Bahamian Olympic sprinter. Jerry Wisdom===9===*Frank Borth, 91, American comic book artist. *Tommy Clinton, 83, Irish footballer (Everton, Republic of Ireland). *Thierry Jonquet, 55, French writer. *William Lindsay Osteen, Sr., 79, American judge of the District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina (1991–2006). *John Quade, 71, American character actor (''Every Which Way But Loose'', ''The Outlaw Josey Wales''). *Rodney Scott Webb, 74, American federal judge, cancer. *Jasmine You, 30, Japanese bassist (Versailles).===10===*Laurie Bickerton, 92, Australian football player. *Josef Burg, 97, Ukrainian Yiddish writer, stroke. *Alik Djabrailov, 42, Russian charity worker, shot. *Peter Dunnill, 71, British biochemical engineer. *Albert L. Gordon, 94, American gay rights legal activist. *Rita Inos, 55, Northern Mariana Island educator and politician, first female candidate for Lieutenant Governor, cancer. *Andy Kessler, 48, American skateboarder, wasp sting. *Ede Király, 82, Hungarian Olympic silver medal-winning (1948) figure skater. *Urpo Korhonen, 86, Finnish Olympic gold medal-winning (1952) cross-country skier. *Sylvia Lennick, 93, Canadian actress and comedian, complications from pneumonia. *Merlyn Mantle, 77, American author, widow of Mickey Mantle, Alzheimer's disease. *Art McKinlay, 77, American Olympic silver medal-winning (1956) rower, heart attack. *Zarema Sadulayeva, 33, Russian activist, head of children's aid organization in Chechnya, shot. *Renzo Sambo, 67, Italian Olympic gold medal-winning (1968) rower. *Thomas C. Slater, 68, American politician, member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives (since 1994), lung cancer. *Yosef Tamir, 94, Israeli politician and environmental activist, member of the Knesset (1965–1981). *Francisco Valdés, 66, Chilean footballer, heart failure.===11===*Bektas Abubakirov, 36, Kazakhstani boxer. *Malik Akhmedilov, 33, Russian journalist, shot. *Campbell R. Bridges, 71, British gemologist and adventurer, speared. *Nuala Fennell, 73, Irish politician. *José Ramón García Antón, 61, Spanish engineer and politician in Valencian Community. *Tom Hennies, 70, American police officer and politician. *Valeriu Lazarov, 73, Romanian-born Spanish television producer. *Aykut Oray, 67, Turkish actor, heart attack. *Behjat Sadr, 85, Iranian painter, heart attack. *Eunice Kennedy Shriver, 88, American activist, founder of the Special Olympics, sister of John F. Kennedy. *Jan Sillo, 32, South African footballer, traffic collision. *Kitty White, 86, American jazz vocalist, stroke. *Margaret Bush Wilson, 90, American lawyer and activist, multiple organ failure.===12===*Rashied Ali, 74, American jazz drummer, heart attack. *Ruslan Amerkhanov, Russian official, Ingushetia construction minister, shot. *Howard M. Ervin, 93, American Christian scholar. *Ruth Ford, 98, American model and actress. *Gladys Gillem, 88, American professional wrestler, Alzheimer's disease. *John Gregson, Baron Gregson, 85, British businessman and politician. *Stephen MacDonald, 76, British actor, director and playwright. *Zaw One, 64, Burmese actor and singer, liver disease. *Nalin Seneviratne, 78, Sri Lankan general, Commander of the Army (1985–1988). *Karl Von Hess, 90, American professional wrestler, Alzheimer's disease. *Shingo Yamashiro, 70, Japanese actor, pneumonia.===13===*John Bentley, 92, British actor (''Crossroads'').*M. Watt Espy, 77, American researcher and author on capital punishment. *Lavelle Felton, 29, American basketball player (Paderborn Baskets), shot. *Brian McLaughlin, 54, British footballer (Celtic, Motherwell). *Joseph Gilles Napoléon Ouellet, 87, Canadian archbishop of Rimouski. *Les Paul, 94, American guitarist and inventor, complications from pneumonia. *Al Purvis, 80, Canadian Olympic gold medal-winning ice hockey player (1952). *Dobby Walker, 90, American labor lawyer, stroke. *Eleutherius Winance, 100, Belgian-born American monk, philosophy professor, founder of St. Andrew's Abbey, heart attack.===14===*Frank Branston, 70, British politician, Mayor of Bedford, aortic aneurysm. *John Hughes, 84, British politician, MP for Coventry North East (1987–1992). *Ted Kennedy, 83, Canadian hockey player (Toronto Maple Leafs), heart failure. *Lawrence Lucie, 101, American jazz guitarist. *Kimani Maruge, 90, Kenyan student, oldest man to start primary school, stomach cancer. *Philip Saltzman, 80, Mexican-born American television writer and producer (''Columbo'', ''Barnaby Jones''). *Gerolf Steiner, 101, German zoologist.===15===*Charles Anderson, 91, Australian politician, member of the New South Wales Legislative Council (1951–1953). *Kenneth Bacon, 64, American president of Refugees International, Asst Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs, melanoma. *Florin Bogardo, 67, Romanian singer. *Virginia Davis, 90, American child actress. *Jim Dickinson, 67, American musician and record producer. *Shūe Matsubayashi, 89, Japanese film director, heart failure. *Abdel Latif Moussa, 50, Palestinian cleric, leader of Jund Ansar Allah, bomb blast. *Sammy Petrillo, 74, American comedian, cancer. *André Prokovsky, 70, French dancer, cancer. *Louis Rosen, 91, American nuclear physicist (Manhattan Project), inventor of the atom smasher, subdural hematoma. *John Stroud, 54, British television director. *Malcolm Richard Wilkey, 90, American federal judge and diplomat.===16===*Alistair Campbell, 84, New Zealand poet. *Mualla Eyüboğlu, 90, Turkish architect, one of the country's first female architects, heart failure. *Paul Healion, 31, Irish cyclist, traffic collision. *Warren E. Hearnes, 86, American politician, Governor of Missouri (1965–1973). *Khalid bin Mahfouz, 60, Saudi Arabian billionaire banker, heart attack. *Richard Moore, 83, American cinematographer, co-founder of Panavision. *John Mulagada, 71, Indian Bishop of Eluru, first Dalit to become a bishop. *Ed Reimers, 96, American character actor (''Star Trek'', ''The Barefoot Executive''). *Laurie Rowley, 68, British comedy writer (''The Two Ronnies'', ''Not the Nine O'Clock News''), heart attack. *Robert Thieme, 91, American dispensationalist theologian. *Igor Tkachenko, 45, Russian Air Force pilot (Russian Knights), stunt collision. *Burl Toler, 81, American football official, first African American official in the NFL.===17===*Paul Hogue, 69, American basketball player, heart and kidney failure. *Patricia Kippax, 67, British Olympic sprinter. *Tullio Kezich, 80, Italian film critic. *Grażyna Miller, 52, Polish poet and translator. *Gildo Rodrigues, 69, Brazilian association football manager. *Tiffany Simelane, 21, Swazi beauty pageant contestant, Miss Swaziland 2008, suicide by poisoning. *Reno Thomas, 87, American politician, member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. *Davey Williams, 81, American baseball player (New York Giants). *Viola Wyse, 61, Canadian Coast Salish tribal leader and civil servant.===18===*Mir Maswood Ali, 80, Indian-born Canadian mathematician, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. *Hildegard Behrens, 72, German soprano, aortic aneurysm. *Charles Bond, 94, American Air Force general, pilot with Flying Tigers, dementia. *Wilf Diedricks, 64, South African cricket umpire. *Rose Friedman, 98, Ukrainian-born American economist, widow of Milton Friedman. *Jason Getsy, 33, American convicted murderer, execution by lethal injection. *Dic Jones, 75, Welsh poet. *Kim Dae-jung, 83, South Korean politician, President (1998–2003), Nobel Peace Prize recipient, heart failure. *Hugo Loetscher, 79, Swiss author, complications from surgery. *Jack McGeorge, 60, American munitions analyst and BDSM activist, complications from heart surgery. *Peter Mui, 56, American fashion designer, heart failure. *Robert Novak, 78, American conservative author and pundit, brain cancer. *Fernanda Pivano, 92, Italian writer, journalist, translator and critic. *Rufus Rogers, 96, New Zealand politician. *Mária Vadász, 59, Hungarian Olympic bronze medal-winning team handball player at 1976 Olympics. *Geertje Wielema, 75, Dutch swimmer.===19===*Paul Ashbee, 91, British archaeologist. *Carlos González Nova, 92, Mexican businessman. *Donald M. Grant, 82, American science fiction publisher. *Don Hewitt, 86, American television producer, creator of ''60 Minutes'', pancreatic cancer. *Harry Kermode, 87, Canadian Olympic basketball player. *John Marek, 47, American convicted murderer, execution by lethal injection. *Anthony Petro Mayalla, 69, Tanzanian archbishop of Mwanza (since 1987). *Edward Rondthaler, 104, American typographer. *Vic Snell, 81, English footballer (Ipswich Town). *Park M. Strader, 64, American politician, cancer. *Bobby Thomson, 65, British footballer, prostate cancer.===20===*Marcel-André Buffet, 87, French Olympic sailor. *Semyon Farada, 75, Russian actor. *Larry Knechtel, 69, American keyboardist (Bread), bassist and session musician (The Beach Boys, The Doors), heart attack. *Karla Kuskin, 77, American children's author and illustrator, corticobasal degeneration. *Dudu Topaz, 62, Israeli actor, suicide by hanging. *Gordon Woods, 57, American veterinary scientist, created first cloned mule (Idaho Gem).===21===*Ernest Brown, 93, American tap dancer. *Johnny Carter, 75, American singer (The Flamingos, The Dells), lung cancer. *Edward Goldsmith, 80, British environmentalist. *Christopher John Lamb, 59, British biochemist. *Chris McCubbins, 63, American-born Canadian Olympic athlete, leukemia. *Leo Obstbaum, 40, Argentine-born Spanish design director for the 2010 Winter Olympics. *Rex Shelley, 78, Singaporean author, lung cancer. *Geoffrey Tozer, 54, Australian pianist, liver disease. *Dean Turner, 37, Australian bassist (Magic Dirt), lung cancer. *Pedro Yoma, 82, Chilean Olympic track and field athlete.===22===*David Avadon, 60, American illusionist, heart attack. *Horst E. Brandt, 86, German film director. *Vicki Cruse, 40, American aerobatic pilot, air show accident. *Muriel Duckworth, 100, Canadian feminist and activist, complications from a fall. *Elmer Kelton, 83, American Western novelist. *Iftikhar Ali Khan, Pakistani general, Defence Secretary (1997–1999), heart attack. *Erkki Laine, 51, Finnish ice hockey player, drowned. *Beryl Sprinkel, 85, American economist, Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome. *Adrien Zeller, 69, French politician and humanist, heart attack.===23===*Alexander Bozhkov, 58, Bulgarian politician, Deputy Prime Minister (1997–1999), cancer. *Stanley Kaplan, 90, American businessman and scholastic test preparation pioneer, founder of Kaplan, Inc., heart disease. *Anna-Maria Müller, 60, German luger, 1972 Winter Olympics women's singles gold medalist. *Pierre Samuel, 87, French mathematician, arms control and environmental activist. *Jan Sedivka, 91, Australian violinist. *Edzo Toxopeus, 91, Dutch politician, Minister of the Interior (1959–1965). *William Williams, 93, American businessman and team owner (Cincinnati Bengals, Cincinnati Reds).===24===*Joseph Corbett, Jr., 80, American murderer and kidnapper, suicide by gunshot. *Sir Harry Fang, 86, Hong Kong orthopaedic surgeon, President of Rehabilitation International (1980–1984), respiratory failure. *Frank Marcus Fernando, 77, Sri Lankan Bishop of Chilaw. *Leif Flengsrud, 86, Norwegian Olympic cyclist. *Janullah Hashimzada, 40, Afghan journalist, Pakistan bureau chief for Shamshad TV, shot. *Kashin, 40, New Zealand Asian elephant sponsored by ASB Bank, euthanised. *Joe Maneri, 82, American jazz composer, musician and inventor, complications from heart surgery. *Eduardo V. Roquero, 59, Filipino politician, Representative (2004–2007), four-time Mayor of San Jose del Monte. *Toni Sailer, 73, Austrian ski racer, laryngeal cancer.*T. J. Turner, 46, American football player (Miami Dolphins), complications from a stroke. *Jim Urbanek, 64, American football player (Miami Dolphins).===25===*Berle Adams, 92, American music industry executive (MCA). *Bob Carroll, 73, American historian and author. *William Emerson, 86, American journalist and editor, stroke. *Nikos Garoufallou, 72, Greek actor, traffic collision. *Ted Kennedy, 77, American politician, Senator from Massachusetts (1962–2009), brain cancer. *Eduardo Mendoza Goiticoa, 92, Venezuelan politician, Minister of Agriculture (1945–1947), director of the Human Rights Foundation. *Carl K. Moeddel, 71, American Auxiliary Bishop of Cincinnati (1993–2007). *Ray Ramsey, 88, American football player (Chicago Cardinals), complications from a fall. *Mandé Sidibé, 69, Malian politician and economist, Prime Minister (2000–2002).===26===*Abdul Aziz al-Hakim, 56, Iraqi politician, lung cancer. *Hyman Bloom, 96, Latvian-born American painter of mystical Jewish works. *Per Christensen, 75, Norwegian actor (''Hotel Cæsar'', ''Elling''). *Sadie Corré, 91, British actress (''The Rocky Horror Picture Show''). *Dominick Dunne, 83, American writer and investigative journalist, bladder cancer. *Ellie Greenwich, 68, American songwriter ("Be My Baby", "Chapel of Love"), heart attack. *Sir Jack Harris, 2nd Baronet, 103, British-born New Zealand businessman. *Billy Kenneally, 83, Irish politician. *William Korey, 87, American lobbyist, Anti-Defamation League director, cardiac arrhythmia. *Lin Hui-kuan, 51, Taiwanese politician, MLY (2002–2009), sepsis. *Birger Skeie, 58, Norwegian marine services company chairman, heart attack.===27===*Harry Bell, 83, Canadian ice hockey player. *Nicholas Cavendish, 6th Baron Chesham, 67, British aristocrat and politician. *Shota Chochishvili, 59, Georgian Olympic gold medalist in judo, leukemia. *Alex Grass, 82, American businessman, founder of Rite Aid drugstores, lung cancer. *Dave Laut, 52, American Olympic bronze medalist in shot put, shot. *Sergey Mikhalkov, 96, Russian writer and poet (''National Anthem of the Soviet Union'' and ''National Anthem of Russia''). *Rafiu Oluwa, 78, Nigerian Olympic sprinter. *Joaquín Ruiz-Giménez, 96, Spanish politician. *Virgilio Savona, 89, Italian singer (''Quartetto Cetra''), Parkinson's disease. *Shing Fui-On, 54, Hong Kong actor, nasopharyngeal carcinoma.===28===*Chanel, 21, American world's oldest dog. *Richard Egan, 73, American businessman and diplomat, suicide by gunshot. *Emil Glad, 81, Croatian actor. *Adam Goldstein, 36, American club disc jockey and musician (Crazy Town), suspected drug overdose. *Noel Debroy Jones, 76, British prelate, Bishop of Sodor and Man (1989–2003), cancer. *Günter Kießling, 83, German general. *Eli Thompson, 36, American skydiver, skydiving accident. *Wayne Tippit, 76, American character actor (''Melrose Place''), respiratory insufficiency. *Henk van Ulsen, 82, Dutch actor.===29===*Gennaro Angiulo, 90, American Mafia underboss, renal failure. *Chris Connor, 81, American jazz singer, cancer. *Simon Dee, 74, British radio disc jockey and television presenter, bone cancer. *Sam Etcheverry, 79, American-born Canadian football player, member of the Canadian Football Hall of Fame, cancer. *Gustavo Martínez Frías, 74, Colombian archbishop of Nueva Pamplona. *Frank Gardner, 78, Australian motor racing driver. *Pete Horeck, 86, Canadian ice hockey player, prostate cancer. *Mady Rahl, 94, German actress. *Dave Smith, 76, American college football player and coach, cancer. *Yolanda Varela, 79, Mexican film actress.===30===*Medardas Čobotas, 81, Lithuanian politician. *Ildikó Kishonti, 62, Hungarian actress. *Marie Knight, 84, American gospel singer, pneumonia. *Sheila Lukins, 66, American cook and food writer, brain cancer. *Robert J. Matthews, 82, American Latter-day Saints educator and scholar, open-heart surgery complications. *Christos Palaiologos, 59, Greek left-wing politician, former mayor of Livadeia, *Jack Phillips, 87, American baseball player. *Mark Pringle, 50, Australian triathlete, road accident. *Kiki Sørum, 70, Norwegian fashion journalist. *Nancy Talbot, 89, American businesswoman, co-founder of Talbots retail stores, Alzheimer's disease. *Percy Tetzlaff, 89, New Zealand rugby union player (Waikato, Auckland, national team). *Simon Thirgood, 46, British biologist and ecologist, building collapse.===31===*Asbjørn Aarseth, 73, Norwegian literary historian. *Abu Abbas, 75, Bangladeshi politician. *William Wright Abbot, 87, American archivist and historian, congestive heart failure. *John Choi Young-su, 67, South Korean archbishop of Daegu. *Ping Duenas, 78, Guamanian politician, heart attack. *Barry Flanagan, 68, British sculptor, motor neurone disease. *Jesse Fortune, 79, American blues singer. *Frederick Gore, 95, British artist. *Amos Hawley, 98, American sociologist. *Eddie Higgins, 77, American jazz pianist, cancer. *Torsten Lindberg, 92, Swedish Olympic gold medal-winning (1948) football player. *Eraño Manalo, 84, Filipino Executive Minister of the Iglesia ni Cristo (1963–2009), cardiopulmonary arrest. *Jack Manning, 93, American film, stage and television actor. *Anna Belle Clement O'Brien, 86, American politician, Tennessee state senator (1976–1996), complications from a fall. *George Piranian, 95, American mathematician.
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