Deaths in November 2011
The following is a list of notable deaths in November 2011 .
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.
November 2011
Valentin Kozmich Ivanov 1934-2011
Danielle Mitterrand 1924-2011
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Gumaa Al-Shawan , 74, Egyptian intelligence agent.
Cahit Aral , 84, Turkish engineer and politician, Minister of Industry and Commerce (1983–1987).
Fanny Edelman , 100, Argentine politician, President of the PCA .
Sam Fink , 95, American calligrapher.
André Hodeir , 90, French author, jazz arranger and composer.
Christiane Legrand , 81, French jazz singer.
Sergio Montiel , 84, Argentine politician, Governor of Entre Ríos (1983–1987; 1999–2003).
Dorothy Howell Rodham , 92, American homemaker, mother of Hillary Clinton .
Eilaine Roth , 82, American baseball player (AAGPBL ), complications from cancer.
Héctor Rueda Hernández , 90, Colombian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Medellín (1991–1997).
Seppo Sanaksenaho , 73, Finnish politician, Mayor of Vaasa (1997–2001).
Katherine Siva Saubel , 91, American Cahuilla tribal leader and activist, one of the last speakers of the Cahuilla language .
Robert A. Scalapino , 92, American political scientist.
Ricardo Watty Urquidi , 73, American-born Mexican Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Tepic (since 2008), pancreatic cancer.
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Sydney Andrew , 85, English industrial chemical engineer.
Stan Bergstein , 87, American harness racing executive.
Sickan Carlsson , 96, Swedish actress and singer.
Rijk de Gooyer , 85, Dutch actor, pancreatic cancer.
Ilmar Kullam , 89, Estonian Olympic silver medal-winning (1952 ) basketball player.
Lou Maletta , 74, American media executive, founder of Gay Cable Network , liver cancer.
Eugene Maslov , 66, Russian billiards coach.
Yoko Matsuoka McClain , 87, Japanese-born American professor (University of Oregon ), granddaughter of Natsume Sōseki , stroke.
Sid Melton , 94, American character actor (The Golden Girls , Green Acres , The Danny Thomas Show ), pneumonia.
Papa Bue , 81, Danish trombonist and bandleader.
Antonio Molino Rojo , 85, Spanish film actor.
Nikolay Saksonov , 88, Russian world champion weightlifter, Olympic silver medalist (1952 ).
Leonard Stone , 87, American actor (Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory , Soylent Green , L.A. Law ), cancer.
Lucy Tejada , 91, Colombian painter.
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Matty Alou , 72, Dominican Republic-born American baseball player (Pittsburgh Pirates , San Francisco Giants , St. Louis Cardinals ), diabetes.
Rosángela Balbó , 70, Mexican-Italian born actress, lung cancer.
Tamás Eszes , 47, Hungarian politician and paramilitary leader, suicide.
Bob Forsch , 61, American baseball player (St. Louis Cardinals ), aortic aneurysm.
H. G. Francis , 75, German science fiction author.
Guo Tao , 85, Chinese lieutenant general.
Peeter Kreitzberg , 62, Estonian politician, Minister of Culture and Education (1995).
Justo Oscar Laguna , 82, Argentinian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Morón (1980–2004).
Ivar Nørgaard , 89, Danish politician, negotiated Denmark's entry to the European Community .
John R. Opel , 86, American computer businessman, president and CEO of IBM .
Morris Philipson , 85, American book publisher and novelist.
Sir Timothy Raison , 82, British politician, Member of Parliament for Aylesbury (1970–1992).
Bruno Rubeo , 65, Italian production designer (Platoon , Driving Miss Daisy , Born on the Fourth of July ), pneumonia.
John Young , 80, Scottish politician, MSP for West of Scotland (1999–2003).
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Alfonso Cano , 63, Colombian guerrilla leader (FARC ), shot.
Emmanuel de Bethune , 82, Belgian politician, Mayor of Kortrijk (1987–1989, 1995–2000), after long illness.
Arnold Green , 91, Estonian politician, President of the Estonian Olympic Committee (1989–1997).
Cynthia Myers , 61, American model (Playboy ) and actress (Beyond the Valley of the Dolls ), lung cancer.
Norman Foster Ramsey, Jr. , 96, American physicist, Nobel Laureate (1989).
Andy Rooney , 92, American journalist (60 Minutes ), surgical complications.
Theadora Van Runkle , 83, American costume designer (The Godfather Part II , Bonnie and Clyde , Bullitt ), lung cancer.
Sarah Watt , 53, Australian film director, bone and breast cancer.
Tadeusz Walasek , 75, Polish Olympic silver (1960 ) and bronze (1964 ) medal-winning boxer.
Dieudonné Yougbaré , 94, Burkinabé Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Koupéla (1956–1995).
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Mario Roberto Álvarez , 97, Argentine architect.
George Ansbro , 96, American radio announcer.
Luigi Belloli , 88, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of the Anagni-Alatri (1987–1999).
Franco Chillemi , 69, Italian actor and voice actor.
Les Daniels , 68, American writer.
Norton Dodge , 84, American economist and art collector.
Loulou de la Falaise , 63, French fashion muse and designer (Yves Saint Laurent ).
Hannu Haapalainen , 60, Finnish ice hockey player (SM-liiga ).
Bhupen Hazarika , 85, Indian singer.
Sir Gordon Higginson , 81, British educationalist and engineer.
Takeo Nishioka , 75, Japanese politician, Minister of Education (1988–1989) and Speaker of the House of Councillors (since 2010), pneumonia.
Henry D. Owen , 91, American diplomat.
Damaskinos Papandreou , 75, Greek-born Turkish Orthodox hierarch, Metropolitan of Hadrianopolis (since 2003).
Yuvan Shestalov , 74, Russian Mansi language writer.
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Géza Alföldy , 76, Hungarian historian.
Gordon Beck , 75, British jazz pianist and composer.
Isaac Chocrón , 81, Venezuelan playwright.
Margaret Field , 89, American actress (The Man from Planet X , Captive Women , The Story of Will Rogers ), cancer.
Philip Gould, Baron Gould of Brookwood , 61, British advertising executive and political adviser, cancer.
Giacomo Gualco , 75, Italian politician, President of Liguria (1990–1992).
Mel Hancock , 82, American politician, U.S. Representative from Missouri (1989–1997).
Hickstead , 15, Dutch-born Canadian show jumping horse, Olympic champion (2008 ), ruptured aorta.
Hal Kanter , 92, American screenwriter, director and producer (Julia ), complications from pneumonia.
Peretz Kidron , 78, Israeli writer, journalist and translator.
Carl Nyrén , 93, Swedish architect.
Allan Peachey , 62, New Zealand politician, Member of Parliament for Tamaki (2005–2011), cancer.
William David Lindsay Ride , 85, Australian zoologist.
Charles Walton , 89, American electrical engineer, patentee of RFID .
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James E. Barrett , 89, American federal judge .
Joe Frazier , 67, American boxer, World Heavyweight Champion (1970–1973), liver cancer.
Marie Ljalková , 90, Czech soldier, sniper of the Soviet Union .
Lisbeth Movin , 94, Danish actress.
Georgi Movsesyan , 66, Russian composer, heart attack.
Dov Schwartzman , 90, Russian-born Israeli Haredi rabbi and rosh yeshiva .
Tomás Segovia , 84, Spanish-born Mexican poet, cancer.
F. Springer , 79, Dutch writer.
Takanosato Toshihide , 59, Japanese sumo wrestler.
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Jimmy Adamson , 82, British football player and coach.
Al Boeke , 88, American architect, developer of Sea Ranch, California , and Mililani, Hawai'i .
Hal Bruno , 83, American journalist, political director of ABC News (1980–1999), heart arrhythmia after a fall.
Gene Cantamessa , 80, American sound engineer (E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial , Ghostbusters , Young Frankenstein ), Oscar winner (1983 ).
Oscar Rolando Cantuarias Pastor , 80, Peruvian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Piura (1981–2006).
Nosson Tzvi Finkel , 68, American-born Israeli Haredi rabbi and rosh yeshiva .
Katherine Grant, 12th Countess of Dysart , 93, Scottish peeress.
Heavy D , 44, Jamaican-born American rapper ("Now That We Found Love ") and actor (The Cider House Rules , Life ), pulmonary embolism.
Ricky Hui , 65, Hong Kong actor, heart attack.
Sir David Jack , 87, Scottish pharmacologist.
Bil Keane , 89, American cartoonist (The Family Circus ), heart failure.
Valentin Ivanov , 76, Russian football player and coach.
Ed Macauley , 83, American basketball player (St. Louis Hawks , Boston Celtics ).
Jimmy Norman , 74, American rhythm and blues and jazz musician and songwriter.
Herbert S. Okun , 80, American diplomat.
Floyd Rice , 62, American football player (San Diego Chargers , Oakland Raiders ), lung cancer.
Vladimir Shitov , 60, Russian luger.
Lauri Sutela , 93, Finnish military officer, Chief of Defence (1974–1983).
Jan Wypiorczyk , 64, Polish Olympic wrestler.
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Shmuel Ben-Artzi , 96, Israeli writer, father-in-law of Benjamin Netanyahu .
Bob Carney , 79, American basketball player (Minneapolis Lakers ).
Roger Christian , 75, American Olympic gold medal-winning (1960 ) ice hockey player.
Har Gobind Khorana , 89, Indian-born American biochemist, Nobel laureate (1968), natural causes.
Wilfred G. Lambert , 85, English historian and archaeologist.
Ézio Leal Moraes Filho , 45, Brazilian football player, pancreatic cancer.
Benny McCoy , 96, American baseball player (Detroit Tigers , Philadelphia Athletics ).
Sir Robin Mountfield , 72, British civil servant.
Dani Wadada Nabudere , 79, Ugandan academic.
Jean-Paul Randriamanana , 52, Malagasy Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Antananarivo (since 1999).
Terry Willers , 76, Irish cartoonist.
10
Peter J. Biondi , 69, American politician, member of the New Jersey General Assembly (since 1998), mesothelioma.
David Boyd , 87, Australian artist.
Manuel Carbonell , 93, Cuban-born American sculptor.
Winston C. Doby , 71, American mathematician.
Ana Grepo , 36, Croatian model, carbon monoxide asphyxiation.
Barbara Grier , 78, American publisher (Naiad Press ) and writer, cancer.
Andrei Igorov , 71, Romanian sprint canoer.
Ivan Martin Jirous , 67, Czech poet and dissident.
Alan Keen , 73, British politician, MP for Feltham and Heston (since 1992), cancer.
Killer Karl Kox , 80, American professional wrestler.
Petar Kralj , 70, Serbian actor.
Jacques Lataste , 89, French Olympic fencer.
Hiroshi Saito , 78, Japanese Olympic basketball player.
Andy Tielman , 75, Dutch Indorock musician, gastric cancer.
Adrián Yospe , 41, Argentine actor, cancer.
11
Dennis Alexander , 76, English footballer.
William Aramony , 84, American charity executive.
Francisco Blake Mora , 45, Mexican politician, Secretary of the Interior (since 2010), helicopter crash.
Domenico Tarcisio Cortese , 80, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Mileto-Nicotera-Tropea (1979–2007).
John Francis Donoghue , 83, American Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Atlanta (1993–2004), after short illness.
Emory Folmar , 81, American politician, Mayor of Montgomery, Alabama (1977–1999), after long illness.
Michael Garrick , 78, English jazz pianist and composer, cerebral hemorrhage.
Fridtjof Frank Gundersen , 77, Norwegian jurist and politician.
Choiseul Henriquez , 51, Haitian politician.
Charlie Lea , 54, French-born American baseball player (Montreal Expos ), heart attack.
Hellmut May , 90, Austrian Olympic figure skater.
Bernd Methe , 47, German handball referee, traffic accident.
Reiner Methe , 47, German handball referee, traffic accident.
David Myers , 73, American politician, Oklahoma State Senator (2002–2011), pneumonia.
Pushpa Ratna Sagar , 89, Nepalese grammarian.
Nick Strincevich , 96, American baseball player (Pittsburgh Pirates , Boston Braves ).
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Gavin Bornholdt , 63, New Zealand Olympic sailor (1976 ).
Doyle Bramhall , 62, American blues musician, heart failure.
Alun Evans , 69, Welsh football administrator, General Secretary of the Football Association of Wales (1982–1995), after long illness.
George Hazle , 87, South African Olympic athlete.
Zbigniew Jaworowski , 84, Polish physicist.
Evelyn Lauder , 75, Austrian-born American philanthropist (The Breast Cancer Research Foundation ), creator of pink ribbon symbol, complications from ovarian cancer.
Julius C. Michaelson , 89, American politician, Rhode Island Attorney General (1975–1979) and State Senator (1962–1974).
Eva Monley , 88, German-born Kenyan film location scout (Empire of the Sun , Lawrence of Arabia ).
Peter Roebuck , 55, British-Australian cricketer and columnist, suicide by defenestration .
Jim Sullivan , 43, Canadian curler, world junior champion (1988), suicide.
Ilya Zhitomirskiy , 22, Russian-born American Internet entrepreneur, co-founder of Diaspora social network site, apparent suicide.
13
Nigel Abbott , 91, Australian politician, member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly for Denison (1964– 1972).
Anders John Aune , 87, Norwegian politician.
Bobsam Elejiko , 30, Nigerian footballer, traumatic aortic rupture .
Guido Falaschi , 22, Argentine racing driver, racing accident.
Patrick Ford , 55, former Commonwealth featherweight boxing champion, heart attack.
Bayazit Gizatullin , 75, Russian Olympic skier.
Masao Nakayama , 70, Micronesian politician and diplomat, complications from a stroke.
Pat Passlof , 83, American painter, cancer.
Esperanza Pérez Labrador , 89, Cuban-born Argentine human rights activist (Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo ).
Jamie Pierre , 38, American professional skier, avalanche.
Artemio Lomboy Rillera , 64, Philippine Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Bangued (1993–2005) and San Fernando de La Union (since 2005).
Solly Tyibilika , 32, South African rugby player, shot.
14
Esin Afşar , 75, Turkish singer and stage actress, leukemia.
Alan F. Alford , 49-50, British writer and speaker.
Franz Josef Degenhardt , 79, German poet, satirist, novelist and folk singer.
Guy Dejouany , 90, French businessman.
Richard Douthwaite , 69, British economist and ecologist.
Alf Fields , 92, English footballer (Arsenal F.C. ).
Maurice Gaidon , 83, French Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Cahors (1987–2004).
Neil Heywood , 41, British businessman, poisoned.
Brikt Jensen , 83, Norwegian literary critic and publisher.
Jackie Leven , 61, Scottish musician, lung cancer.
John Lincoln , 95, Australian judge.
Cargill MacMillan Jr. , 84, American billionaire businessman.
Peter Naigow , Liberian politician, Vice President of Liberia (1991).
Teresa P. Pica , 66, American academic and educator.
Lee Pockriss , 87, American songwriter ("Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini ").
Jo Ann Sayers , 93, American actress.
Čestmír Vejdělek , 86, Czech writer.
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William Arveson , 76, American mathematician.
Lev Borisov , 77, Russian actor, stroke.
Oba Chandler , 65, American convicted murderer, executed by lethal injection.
Antonio Eceiza , 76, Spanish film director and screenwriter.
Dulcie Gray , 95, English actress (Howards' Way ) and novelist, bronchial pneumonia .
John Hart , 75, English schoolmaster, first man to win Mastermind .
Thomas Worrall Kent , 89, Canadian journalist and public servant, cardiac arrest.
Moogy Klingman , 61, American rock keyboardist (Utopia ) and songwriter, cancer.
Ingrid Sandahl , 87, Swedish Olympic gold medal-winning (1952 ) gymnast.
Karl Slover , 93, Slovak-born American actor (The Wizard of Oz )
16
Ruslan Akhtakhanov , 58, Chechen poet and academic, shot.
Hale Baugh , 87, American Olympic modern pentathlete.
Jacobus Duivenvoorde , 83, Dutch-born Indonesian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Merauke (1972–2004).
Djamel Keddou , 59, Algerian football player and manager (USM Alger ).
Armando Morales , 84, Nicaraguan painter.
René A. Morel , 79, French-born American violin luthier .
James Fraser Mustard , 84, Canadian doctor and early childhood educator, cancer.
Eddy Palchak , 71, Canadian ice hockey trainer and equipment manager.
Maureen Swanson , 78, British actress.
17
John Booth , 61, Australian politician, member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly (1984– 1991).
Olin Branstetter , 82, American politician, Oklahoma State Senator (1987–1991), plane crash .
Kurt Budke , 50, American women's basketball coach (Oklahoma State University ), plane crash.
José de Aquino Pereira , 91, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of São José do Rio Preto (1968–1997).
Gary Garcia , 63, American musician (Buckner & Garcia ).
Enric Garriga i Trullols , 85, Spanish Catalan independentist and defender of Occitan Nation .
Richard Kuh , 90, American lawyer.
Ng Chiau-tong , 79, Taiwanese activist, chairman of the World United Formosans for Independence (1995–2011), surgical complications.
Pham Van Loc , 92, Vietnamese Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Kontum (1975–1995).
Peter Reading , 65, English poet.
Charles M. Williams , 94, American professor of finance.
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Mark Blaug , 84, British economist.
Erik Gjems-Onstad , 89, Norwegian politician and resistance member.
Walt Hazzard , 69, American basketball player (Los Angeles Lakers , Atlanta Hawks ), complications following heart surgery.
David Langdon , 97, British cartoonist.
Jones Mwewa , 38, Zambian footballer.
Ülo Nugis , 67, Estonian politician and economist.
Paul Ezra Rhoades , 54, American spree killer, execution by lethal injection.
Daniel Sada , 58, Mexican author and poet, kidney disease.
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Ömer Lütfi Akad , 95, Turkish film director.
David Bolstad , 42, New Zealand champion woodchopper .
Francis Cabot , 86, American gardener and horticulturist.
Gordon S. Clinton , 91, American politician, Mayor of Seattle (1956–1964).
Yvan Covent , 71, Belgian Olympic cyclist.
Basil D'Oliveira , 80, South African-born English cricketer.
Sonny Dixon , 87, American baseball player (Washington Senators , Philadelphia Athletics ).
Russell Garcia , 95, American-born New Zealand composer.
Sanford Garelik , 93, American politician, President of the New York City Council (1970–1973).
Ladi Geisler , 83, Czech musician.
Michael Hastings , 73, English playwright.
Ira Michael Heyman , 81, American lawyer and administrator, Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution (1994–2000).
Jack Keeney , 89, American federal prosecutor.
Marti Kheel , 63, American ecofeminist .
Pete Leichnitz , 85, Canadian ice hockey player.
Bjarne Lingås , 78, Norwegian Olympic boxer.
John Neville , 86, British-born Canadian actor (The Adventures of Baron Munchausen , The X-Files , Little Women ), Alzheimer's disease.
Ronald E. Poelman , 83, American religious leader, head of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, age-related causes.
Vitaly Shlykov , 77, Russian spymaster, deputy minister of defence.
Peter Steinwender , 83, Austrian Olympian
Ruth Stone , 96, American poet.
Roy West , 70, Australian football player, lung cancer.
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Noel Baker , 77, Australian football player.
Linda Bebko-Jones , 65, American politician, member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives (1993–2006).
Fabio Betancur Tirado , 73, Colombian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Manizales (1996–2010).
Lasse Brandeby , 66, Swedish journalist, actor and television personality.
Frank Leonard Brooks , 100, Canadian artist.
David Cargill , 75, Scottish footballer.
Shelagh Delaney , 72, English playwright (A Taste of Honey ) and screenwriter (Dance with a Stranger ), breast cancer and heart failure.
Theodore J. Forstmann , 71, American financier (IMG , Topps , Gulfstream ) and philanthropist, brain cancer.
Alex Ibru , 66, Nigerian newspaper publisher and politician, Minister of Internal Affairs (1993–1995).
Lenny Lyles , 75, American football player (Baltimore Colts ).
Malcolm Mackintosh , 89, British intelligence analyst.
Mario Martiradonna , 73, Italian footballer.
David Messas , 77, French rabbi.
Viktor Modzolevsky , 68, Russian Olympic silver (1968 ) and bronze-medal winning (1972 ) fencer, road accident.
Larry Munson , 89, American play-by-play radio announcer (Georgia Bulldogs ), pneumonia.
Javier Pradera , 77, Spanish anti-Franco activist, publisher, political analyst and journalist, founder of El País .
Karl Aage Præst , 89, Danish football player.
Talaat Sadat , 57, Egyptian politician.
Itzhak Schneor , 85, Israeli football player and manager.>
Barry Steers , 84, Canadian diplomat, Ambassador to Brazil (1971–1976), Japan (1981–1989), High Commissioner to Bermuda (1976–1979).
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Benjamin Abramowitz , 94, American painter, printmaker, and sculptor.
Dave Adams , 91, Canadian football player.
Syd Cain , 93, British production designer (From Russia with Love , Lolita , Frenzy ).
Albert D. Cohen , 97, Canadian businessman.
Herb Capozzi , 86, Canadian businessman, sport team owner and provincial politician, tongue cancer.
Arie van Deursen , 80, Dutch historian.
Theodore Enslin , 86, American poet.
George Gallup, Jr. , 81, American pollster, liver cancer.
Greg Halman , 24, Dutch baseball player (Seattle Mariners ), stabbed.
Brian Haynes , 60, British Olympic sprint canoer.
Eli Hurvitz , 79, Israeli industrialist.
John Jukes , 88, English Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Southwark (1979–1998).
Jim Lewis , 84, English Olympic footballer.
Anne McCaffrey , 85, American fantasy writer (Dragonriders of Pern series), stroke.
Hal Patterson , 79, American player of Canadian football (Montreal Alouettes , Hamilton Tiger-Cats ).
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Svetlana Alliluyeva , 85, Soviet-born American defector and author, daughter of Joseph Stalin , colon cancer.
Stan Case , 59, American radio anchor (CNN Radio ), road accident.
Pío Corcuera , 90, Argentinian football player.
Princess Elisabeth, Duchess of Hohenberg , 88, Luxembourgian princess.
Ray Flockton , 81, Australian cricketer.
Miguel González Avelar , 74, Mexican politician, Secretary of Public Education (1985–1988), heart and renal failure.
Robert E. Holthus , 77, American racehorse trainer, heart attack.
Carlos Jonguitud Barrios , 87, Mexican union leader and politician, Governor of San Luis Potosí (1979–1985).
Sena Jurinac , 90, Bosnian-born Austrian opera singer.
Georg Kreisler , 89, Austrian-born American cabarettist, satirist, composer and author.
Bud Lewis , 103, American golfer, oldest living member of the Professional Golfers' Association of America , natural causes.
Lynn Margulis , 73, American biologist and evolution theorist, stroke.
Danielle Mitterrand , 87, French activist, widow of François Mitterrand , First Lady of the French Republic (1981–1995)
Dorothy Morris , 89, American actress.
Paul Motian , 80, American jazz drummer, myelodysplastic syndrome .
Frank Pyke , 69, Australian footballer, sports scientist, academic and sports administrator.
Hans Reichel , 62, German guitarist, inventor of the daxophone .
Alberto Reynoso , 71, Filipino Olympic basketball player (1968 ).
Oskar Schäfer , 90, German Waffen-SS member.
Kristian Schultze , 66, German musician.
Bison Smith , 38, American professional wrestler, heart complications.
Himie Voxman , 99, American musician.
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Sir Peter Buchanan , 86, British vice admiral and naval secretary.
Charles de Wolff , 79, Dutch organist and composer.
Montserrat Figueras , 69, Spanish soprano.
Oscar Griffin, Jr. , 78, American journalist, winner of the 1963 Pulitzer Prize .
Ralph E. Haines, Jr. , 98, American general, Vice Chief of Staff of the United States Army (1967–1968).
Huang Weilu , 94, Chinese engineer, chief designer of JL-1 .
Luis Fernando Jaramillo Correa , 76, Colombian politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs (1990–1991).
Gerald Laing , 75, British pop artist and sculptor.
Marion Montgomery , 86, American poet.
Carlos Moorhead , 89, American politician, U.S. Representative from California (1973–1997), Alzheimer's disease.
Henry Øberg , 80, Norwegian football referee.
Jim Rathmann , 83, American racing driver, winner of the 1960 Indianapolis 500 .
Joseph Sewall , 89, American politician, President of the Maine Senate (1975–1982).
Obrad Stanojević , 77, Serbian law professor.
Rafiq Tağı , 61, Azerbaijani journalist, stabbed.
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Antonio Domingo Bussi , 85, Argentine general and politician, Governor of Tucumán Province , heart failure.
Bill Carow , 87, American Olympic speed skater.
Helen Forrester , 92, British-born Canadian writer.
Ludwig Hirsch , 65, Austrian singer and actor, suicide by self-defenestration .
Rauf Khalid , 53, Pakistani actor, writer, director and producer, road accident.
Kishenji , 53, Indian Maoist guerrilla leader, shot.
Imants Kokars , 90, Latvian conductor.
Ross McManus , 84, English musician, father of Elvis Costello .
Humberto Medina , 69, Mexican Olympic footballer (1968 ).
Salvatore Montagna , 40, Canadian mobster, shot.
Jeno Paulucci , 93, American businessman (Michelina's ), pioneer of ready-made ethnic foods.
Anuruddha Ratwatte , 73, Sri Lankan politician and cabinet minister.
David Seely, 4th Baron Mottistone , 91, British aristocrat, Lord Lieutenant of the Isle of Wight (1986–1995).
Tatyana Shchelkanova , 74, Russian Olympic bronze medal-winning (1964 ) track and field athlete.
Johnny Williams , 76, English footballer (Plymouth Argyle ).
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Vasily Alekseyev , 69, Russian Olympic gold-medal winning weightlifter (1972 and 1976 ), heart failure.
Milla Baldo-Ceolin , 87, Italian physicist.
John Blades , 51, Australian experimental music artist.
Leonid Borodin , 73, Russian novelist, journalist and Soviet dissident .
Hugh Burnett , 87, English television producer and cartoonist.
Don DeVito , 72, American record company executive and producer.
Mihailo Đurić , 86, Serbian philosopher.
John Edzerza , 63, Canadian politician, Yukon MLA for McIntyre-Takhini (since 2002), leukemia.
Fred Etcher , 79, Canadian Olympic silver medal-winning (1960 ) ice hockey player.
Karel Hubáček , 87, Czech architect, designer of the Ještěd Tower
Erling Lægreid , 72, Norwegian author and journalist.
Judy Lewis , 76, American actress (General Hospital , The Secret Storm ), daughter of Clark Gable and Loretta Young , cancer.
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Judit Bognár , 72, Hungarian Olympic athlete.
Manon Cleary , 69, American realist painter, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
István Gajda , 30, Hungarian football player, road accident.
Ed Harrington , 70, American-born Canadian football player (Toronto Argonauts ), cancer.
Roland Lacombe , 73, French Olympic cyclist (1960 ).
Iván Menczel , 69, Hungarian Olympic gold-medal winning (1968 ) footballer.
Mak Schoorl , 98, Dutch Olympic rower (1936 ).
Martin Schroyens , 81, Belgian footballer
Arthur Schultz , 78, American politician, Mayor of Joliet, Illinois (1991–2011), heart failure.
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Donald Crowdis , 97, Canadian museum curator and broadcaster.
Len Fulford , 83, British photographer and television commercial director (Go to work on an egg , Guinness ).
Sultan Khan , 71, Indian musician, recipient of the 2010 Padma Bhushan , kidney failure.
Ken Russell , 84, British film director (Women in Love , Tommy ), stroke.
Judd Woldin , 86, American Tony Award-winning composer (Raisin ), cancer.
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Aruwa Ameh , 20, Nigerian footballer (Bayelsa United ).
Jaime González , 78, Spanish Olympic sports shooter (1968 , 1972 , 1976 , 1980 ).
Charles Hoeflich , 97, American businessman.
Paweł Komorowski , 81, Polish film director.
Charles T. Kowal , 71, American astronomer.
Lucio Magri , 79, Italian journalist and politician, assisted suicide.
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James Atherton , 83, American photographer, cardiovascular disease.
Roberto Casuso , 57, Cuban Olympic handball player.
Annetto Depasquale , 73, Maltese Roman Catholic prelate, Titular Bishop of Aradi, Auxiliary Bishop of Malta (since 1998).
Donatus Djagom , 92, Indonesian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Ende (1968–1996).
Guillermo O'Donnell , 75, Argentine political scientist, cancer.
Patrice O'Neal , 41, American comedian, radio personality, and actor (Web Junk 20 , Opie and Anthony ), complications from stroke.
Mamoni Raisom Goswami , 69, Indian writer and academic, multiple organ failure.
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Jules Ancion , 87, Dutch Olympic silver medal-winning (1952 ) field hockey player.
Viktor Apostolov , 49, Bulgarian Olympic hammer thrower (1988 ).
J. Blackfoot , 65, American soul singer, cancer.
Nelly Byl , 92, Belgian songwriter.
Ana Daniel , 83, Portuguese poet.
Vic Finkelstein , 73, South African disabled rights activist.
Gerd Hagman , 92, Swedish actress.
Charles Ingabire , Rwandan journalist, shot.
Leka, Crown Prince of Albania , 72, Albanian royal and politician, pretender to the Albanian throne (since 1961).
Peter Lunn , 97, British Olympic alpine skier (1936 ) and spymaster.
Kuldeep Manak , 62, Indian Punjabi language singer, pneumonia.
George McCarty , 96, American college basketball coach (New Mexico State University , UTEP ).
Chester McGlockton , 42, American football player (Oakland Raiders , Kansas City Chiefs , Denver Broncos ), apparent heart attack.
Zdeněk Miler , 90, Czech animator and illustrator, creator of The Mole .
Carl Robie , 66, American Olympic gold (1968 ) and silver-medal winning (1964 ) swimmer.
Benyamin Sönmez , 28, German-born Turkish cellist.
Bill Waller , 85, American politician, Governor of Mississippi (1972–1976), heart failure.