Deaths in May 2009
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The following is a list of deaths in May 2009.
May 2009
1
- Ralph J. Cappy, 65, American jurist, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania (2003–2008). [1]
- Delara Darabi, 22, Iranian convicted murderer, executed by hanging. [2]
- Fred Delmare, 87, German actor, complications from pneumonia. [3] (German)
- Ric Estrada, 81, Cuban-born American penciler of comic books, prostate cancer. [4]
- Danny Gans, 52, American entertainer. [5]
- Norman Gash, 97, British historian. [6]
- Albert Hamilton Gordon, 107, American businessman. [7]
- George Hannan, 98, Australian politician. [8]
- Jokke Kangaskorpi, 37, Finnish footballer. [9] (Finnish)
- Jack D. Maltester, 95, American politician, mayor of San Leandro, California. [10]
- Derek Noonan, 62, British rugby league and rugby union player. [11]
- Marc Rocco, 46, American film director (Murder in the First, Where the Day Takes You) and screenwriter. [12]
- Sunline, 13, New Zealand champion racehorse, euthanized. [13]
- John Wilke, 54, American investigative reporter, pancreatic cancer. [14]
2
- Alfred Appel, 75, American scholar, expert on Vladimir Nabokov, heart failure. [15]
- K.Balaji, 74, Indian Tamil actor and producer, multiple organ failure. [16]
- Augusto Boal, 78, Brazilian dramatist and theater director (Theatre of the Oppressed), respiratory failure. [17] (Portuguese)
- Marilyn French, 79, American writer, heart failure. [18]
- Kiyoshiro Imawano, 58, Japanese rock musician. [19] (Japanese)
- Janus Kamban, 95, Faroese sculptor and graphic designer. [20]
- Jack Kemp, 73, American politician and football player, candidate for Vice President (1996), cancer. [21]
- Carole C. Noon, 59, American primatologist, founder of Save the Chimps, pancreatic cancer. [22]
- Robert Pauley, 85, American executive, President of ABC Radio (1961–1967), heart failure. [23]
- Virginia Prince, 96, American transgender activist. [24]
3
- Bobby Campbell, 86, Scottish football player (Chelsea, Scotland) and manager. [25]
- Robert B. Choate, Jr., 84, American food lobbyist. [26]
- Committed, 29, American thoroughbred racehorse, euthanized. [27]
- John Elsworthy, 77, Welsh football player (Ipswich Town). [28]
- Hui Ki On, 65, Hong Kong public servant, Commissioner of Police (1994–2001), cancer. [29]
- Eleanor Perenyi, 91, American gardener and writer, cerebral hemorrhage. [30]
- Ram Shewalkar, 78, Indian Marathi writer, cardiac arrest. [31]
- Ralph Thompson, 95, British animal artist. [32]
4
- Nicholas Clemente, 80, American judge (New York Supreme Court). [33]
- Dom DeLuise, 75, American actor and comedian (The Cannonball Run, The Secret of NIMH), writer and chef, kidney failure. [34]
- Edward Stewart Kennedy, 97, American historian. [35]
- Charles Lugano, 59, Kenyan politician, after short illness. [36]
- Martha Mason, 71, American author, lived 60 years in an iron lung. [37]
- Fritz Muliar, 89, Austrian actor. [38]
- Jane Randolph, 93, American actress. [39]
- Gisela Stein, 73, German actress. [40] (German)
5
- Benjamín Flores, 24, Mexican boxer, brain injury during a match. [41]
- David S. King, 91, American politician, U.S. Representative for Utah (1959–1963). [42]
- Richard Miller, 83, American operatic tenor and educator, Professor Emeritus of Voice (Oberlin Conservatory of Music). [43]
- Dewey Smith, 36, American diver. [44]
- Elsie B. Washington, 66, American author, wrote first African American romance novel, multiple sclerosis and cancer. [45]
- Murasaki Yamada, 60, Japanese manga artist. [46]
6
- Erik Bluemel, 32, American professor (University of Denver), bicycle accident. [47]
- Sam Cohn, 79, American talent agent, after short illness. [48]
- Leon Despres, 101, American attorney and politician, heart failure. [49]
- Ean Evans, 48, American bassist (Lynyrd Skynyrd), cancer. [50]
- Kevin Grubb, 31, American NASCAR driver, suicide by gunshot. [51]
- Sid Laverents, 100, American amateur filmmaker, pneumonia. [52]
- Lev Losev, 71, Russian poet and literary critic. [53] (Russian)
- Guy Mascolo, 65, Italian hairdresser, co-founder of Toni & Guy. [54]
- Bob Meyer, 76, Australian logician, lung cancer. [55]
- Valentin Varennikov, 85, Russian general. [56] (Russian)
- Viola Wills, 69, American pop singer, cancer.[57]
7
- Robin Blaser, 83, American-born Canadian poet, Griffin Poetry Prize winner. [58]
- Mickey Carroll, 89, American actor (The Wizard of Oz). [59]
- Ian Cundy, 64, British Anglican prelate, Bishop of Peterborough, mesothelioma. [60]
- Linda Dangcil, 66, American actress (The Flying Nun), throat cancer. [61]
- John Furia, Jr., 79, American screenwriter (The Twilight Zone, Dr. Kildare), President of the Writers Guild, West (1973–1975). [62]
- Alan Gilbertson, 81, New Zealand cricketer. [63]
- Tony Marsh, 77, British racing driver. [64]
- David Mellor, 78, British industrial designer, manufacturer and retailer. [65]
- Frank Melton, 60, American politician, mayor of Jackson, Mississippi. [66]
- John Murphy, 95, Irish building contractor. [67]
- Danny Ozark, 85, American baseball manager. [68]
- Wayland Young, 2nd Baron Kennet, 85, British politician and writer. [69]
8
- Gianni Baget Bozzo, 84, Italian Roman Catholic priest and politician. [70]
- Fons Brijdenbach, 54, Belgian athlete, cancer. [71] (Dutch)
- Dom DiMaggio, 92, American baseball player (Boston Red Sox), brother of Joe DiMaggio, pneumonia. [72]
- Hideyuki Fujisawa, 83, Japanese Go player, aspiration pneumonia. [73] (Japanese)
- Carlos Kloppenburg, 89, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Novo Hamburgo (1986–1995). [74]
- Ninel Kurgapkina, 80, Russian prima ballerina, road accident. [75]
- Greg Palmer, 61, American writer, television reporter and Emmy Award-winning journalist, lung cancer. [76]
- Bud Shrake, 77, American journalist and novelist, lung cancer. [77]
- Eunice Taylor, 75, American baseball player (Kenosha Comets). [78]
9
- Stephen Bruton, 60, American songwriter and guitarist (Kris Kristofferson band), throat cancer. [79]
- Chuck Daly, 78, American basketball coach, pancreatic cancer. [80]
- Sahan Dosova, 130?, Kazakhstani supercentenarian and longevity claimant. [81] (Hungarian)
- Travis Edmonson, 76, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Bud & Travis), heart failure. [82]
- Michael Fox, 75, British-born Israeli lawyer. [83]
- Henry T. King, 89, American attorney, Nuremberg trials prosecutor, cancer. [84]
- David Marcus, 85, Irish literary editor, after long illness. [85]
- Ernest Millington, 93, British politician and educator, last living World War II-era member of the British Parliament. [86]
- Eugene Smith, 88, American gospel singer. [87]
- Evgenios Spatharis, 85, Greek shadow play artist, fall. [88]
- Jean-Claude Van Geenberghe, 46, Belgian-born Ukrainian equestrian. [89] (German)
- George Zinkhan, 57, American academic and suspected murderer, suicide by gunshot. [90]
10
- Ibn al-Shaykh al-Libi, Libyan Al-Qaeda paramilitary trainer accused of terrorism, alleged suicide. [91]
- Robert John Cornell, 89, American politician and Roman Catholic priest, U.S. Representative from Wisconsin (1975–1979). [92]
- Sergio Escobedo, 78, Mexican Olympic modern pentathlete and fencer. [93]
- Johnnie Johnson, English cricketer. [94]
- James Kirkup, 91, British poet, translator and travel writer, stroke. [95]
- Rodrigo Rosenberg Marzano, 47, Guatemalan lawyer, shot. [96]
- Clive Scott, 64, British keyboardist and songwriter (Jigsaw), stroke. [97]
- Brian Simnjanovski, 27, American football player (Berlin Thunder), car accident. [98]
- Robert J. Sinclair, 77, American executive, CEO of Saab-Scania of America, cancer. [99]
11
- Pat Booth, 66, British model and writer, cancer. [100]
- Lude Check, 91, Canadian ice hockey player. [101]
- Abel Goumba, 82, Central African politician, Prime Minister (1957–1958, 1959, 2003) and Vice-President (2003–2005). [102] (French)
- Claudio Huepe, 69, Chilean politician and diplomat, heart attack. [103]
- Bill Kelso, 69, American baseball player. [104]
- Mark Landon, 60, American actor, adopted son of Michael Landon. [105]
- Shanthi Lekha, 79, Sri Lankan actress. [106]
- S. M. Nanda, 93, Indian admiral, Chief of Naval Staff (1970–1973). [107]
- Peter Philips, 81, Australian politician, Member of the New South Wales Legislative Council (1976–1988). [108]
- Leonard Shlain, 71, American surgeon and writer, brain cancer. [109]
12
- Christopher Bathurst, 3rd Viscount Bledisloe, 74, British aristocrat and politician, heart failure. [110]
- Dame Heather Begg, 76, New Zealand operatic soprano, leukemia. [111]
- Mohan Saliya Ellawala, 61, Sri Lankan politician, Governor of Sabaragamuwa Province (2008–2009), after long illness. [112]
- Eden Ross Lipson, 66, American book editor, pancreatic cancer. [113]
- Thomas Nordseth-Tiller, 28, Norwegian screenwriter (Max Manus), cancer. [114] (Norwegian)
- Roger Planchon, 77, French theatre director, heart attack. [115] (French)
- Sidique Ali Merican, 78, Malaysian sprinter, stroke. [116]
- Antonio Vega, 51, Spanish pop singer-songwriter (Nacha Pop), pneumonia. [117] (Spanish)
- Heini Walter, 81, Swiss racing driver. [118]
13
- Frank Aletter, 83, American character actor (It's About Time), cancer. [119]
- William H. Behle, 99, American ornithologist. [120]
- Waldemar Levy Cardoso, 108, Brazilian Field Marshal, WWI-era veteran. [121] (Portuguese)
- Achille Compagnoni, 94, Italian mountaineer, first person to ascend K2. [122] (Italian)
- Don Cordner, 87, Australian footballer. [123]
- Rafael Escalona, 81, Colombian Vallenato composer and troubador. [124] (Spanish)
- Norbert Eschmann, 75, Swiss footballer. [125] (French)
- Anne Scott-James, 96, British journalist and author, widow of Sir Osbert Lancaster. [126]
- L. William Seidman, 88, American public servant, Chairman of the FDIC (1985–1991), after short illness. [127]
- Joe Tandy, 26, British auto racing team owner, car crash. [128]
14
- Barathea, 19, Irish racehorse, euthanized. [129]
- Monica Bleibtreu, 65, Austrian actress, screenwriter and drama teacher, cancer. [130]
- Newt Heisley, 88, American commercial artist, designer of POW/MIA flag, after long illness. [131]
- Ken Hollyman, 86, Welsh footballer (Cardiff City, Newport County). [132]
- Marian McDougall, 95, American amateur golfer. [133]
- Buddy Montgomery, 79, American jazz musician, heart failure. [134]
- William J. Passmore, 77, American jockey, complications from emphysema. [135]
- Bob Rosburg, 82, American golfer and television color analyst, fall. [136]
- George Williams, 69, American baseball player.[137]
15
- Susanna Agnelli, 87, Italian politician and writer, Minister of Foreign Affairs (1995–1996). [138]
- Alexander Gordon Bearn, 86, British physician. [139]
- Broad Brush, 26, American thoroughbred racehorse, euthanized. [140]
- Si Frumkin, 78, Lithuanian-born Holocaust survivor. [141]
- Alan Hackney, 84, British screenwriter. [142]
- Rodger McFarlane, 54, American gay rights activist, first executive director of Gay Men's Health Crisis, suicide. [143]
- Mohammad-Amin Riahi, 86, Iranian historian and literary scholar. [144]
- E. Beatrice Riley, 112, Australian supercentenarian. [145]
- Edwin S. Shneidman, 91, American suicidologist. [146]
- Helvi Sipilä, 94, Finnish diplomat. [147]
- Roy Talbot, 94, Bermudan calypso musician, last surviving member of original Talbot Brothers. [148]
- Bud Tingwell, 86, Australian actor, prostate cancer. [149]
- Wayman Tisdale, 44, American basketball player and jazz bassist, cancer. [150]
- Hubert van Es, 67, Dutch photographer at the fall of Saigon, brain hemorrhage. [151]
16
- Prospero Amatong, 77, Filipino politician, Congressman (1998–2007), Governor of Davao del Norte (1992–1998), fall. [152]
- Antonio Chocano, 96, Guatemalan Olympic fencer and diplomat, emphysema. [153] (Spanish)
- John E. Connelly, 82, American entrepreneur, founder of Gateway Clipper Fleet, heart failure. [154]
- Henry David Halsey, 90, British Anglican prelate, Bishop of Carlisle (1972–1989), after short illness. [155]
- Sándor Katona, 66, Hungarian footballer and Olympic champion. [156] (Hungarian)
- Craig G. Roberts, 78, American racehorse trainer. [157]
- Peter Sampson, 81, British footballer (Bristol Rovers), Alzheimer's disease. [158]
17
- Mohammad-Taqi Bahjat Foumani, 96, Iranian cleric, heart disease. [159]
- Mario Benedetti, 88, Uruguayan author and poet. [160]
- Daniel Carasso, 103, Greek-born French businessman (Groupe Danone). [161]
- Adolf Dickfeld, 99, German World War II Luftwaffe flying ace. [162]
- David Herbert Donald, 88, American historian, heart failure. [163]
- Murray Hamilton, 91, Australian politician, member of the Victorian Legislative Council (1967–1982). [164]
- Masaru Hayami, 84, Japanese public servant, Governor of the Bank of Japan (1998–2003), respiratory failure. [165]
- David Ireland, 78, American sculptor and conceptual artist, pneumonia. [166]
- Jung Seung-hye, 44, South Korean film producer, colon cancer. [167]
- Guillermo Lora, 87, Bolivian revolutionary leader, liver cancer. [168]
- Dame Patricia Mackinnon, 97, Australian community worker and philanthropist, President of the Royal Children's Hospital. [169]
- Prakash Mehra, 69, Indian film producer and director, pneumonia and multiple organ failure. [170]
- William Moore, 60, British loyalist paramilitary, member of the Shankill Butchers, suspected heart attack. [171]
- Peter Slabakov, 86, Bulgarian actor. [172]
- Ron Snidow, 67, American football player (Washington Redskins, Cleveland Browns), complications from Lou Gehrig's disease. [173]
- Octavia St. Laurent, American transwoman and performer. [174]
18
- Wayne Allwine, 62, American voice artist (Mickey Mouse), complications from diabetes. [175]
- Carole Cole, 64, American actress (Sanford and Son, Grady), daughter of Nat King Cole, lung cancer. [176]
- Dolla, 21, American rap artist, shot. [177]
- Sir David Hay, 92, Australian public servant, Ambassador to the United Nations, Administrator of Papua New Guinea. [178]
- K. Pattabhi Jois, 93, Indian yoga teacher, after short illness. [179]
- Balasingham Nadesan, Sri Lankan rebel, political chief of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), missile attack. [180]
- Paul Parin, 92, Swiss psychoanalyst, author and ethnologist. [181] (German)
- Velupillai Prabhakaran, 54, Sri Lankan rebel, leader of the LTTE, missile attack. [182]
- Türkan Saylan, 74, Turkish doctor, cancer. [183]
- Thillaiyampalam Sivanesan, 45, Sri Lankan rebel, leader of the LTTE naval wing (Sea Tigers), missile attack. [184]
- Shanmugalingam Sivashankar, Sri Lankan rebel, leader of the LTTE intelligence wing, missile attack. [185]
- Lee Solters, 89, American press agent, natural causes. [186]
19
- Michael Preston Barr, 82, American composer, diabetes. [187]
- Robert F. Furchgott, 92, American scientist, Nobel Prize winner. [188]
- Andrei Ivanov, 42, Russian footballer. [189] (Russian)
- Knut Hammer Larsen, 38, Norwegian footballer, leukemia. [190] (Norwegian)
- Nicholas Maw, 73, British composer (Odyssey), heart failure. [191]
- Clint Smith, 95, Canadian ice hockey player (New York Rangers, Chicago Blackhawks). [192]
- Herbert York, 87, American physicist. [193]
20
- John Brown Jr., 88, American Navajo code talker. [194]
- Arthur Erickson, 84, Canadian architect (Simon Fraser University, Roy Thomson Hall). [195]
- Lucy Gordon, 28, British actress (Spider-Man 3, The Four Feathers), suicide by hanging. [196]
- Alan Kelly, Sr., 72, Irish footballer (Preston North End, Republic of Ireland), cancer. [197]
- Matthew Krel, 64, Russian-born Australian conductor, founder of the SBS Youth Orchestra, encephalitis. [198]
- Randi Lindtner Næss, 104, Norwegian actress. [199] (Norwegian)
- Nguyễn Bá Cẩn, Vietnamese politician, Prime Minister of South Vietnam (1975). [200]
- Simon Oates, 77, British actor, prostate cancer. [201]
- Larry Rice, 63, American racing driver, lung cancer. [202]
- María Amelia López Soliño, 97, Spanish blogger, world's oldest blogger. [203]
- Paul Vinar, 69, Australian footballer. [204]
- Ralph D. Winter, 84, American missionary (U.S. Center for World Mission), multiple myeloma and lymphoma. [205]
- Oleg Yankovsky, 65, Russian actor, pancreatic cancer. [206]
- Yehoshua Zettler, 91, Israeli resistance fighter (Lehi). [207]
- Jerzy Zubrzycki, 89, Polish-born Australian sociologist. [208]
21
- Joan Alexander, 94, American radio actress (The Adventures of Superman), intestinal blockage. [209]
- Walter da Silva, 68, Brazilian footballer and coach, heart attack. [210]
- Fathi Eljahmi, 68, Libyan political activist, blood infection. [211]
- Barry England, 77, British novelist and playwright. [212]
- Anatoli Kirilov, 42, Bulgarian football coach (PFC Spartak Varna), car accident. [213]
- Him Mark Lai, 83, American historian, bladder cancer. [214]
- Sam Maloof, 93, American woodworker, pneumonia. [215]
- Rolf McPherson, 96, American evangelist, son of Aimee Semple McPherson, natural causes. [216]
- Robert Müller, 28, German ice hockey player, brain cancer. [217] (German)
- Kanagasabai Pathmanathan, 64, Sri Lankan politician. [218]
- Togo Tanaka, 93, American journalist, natural causes. [219]
22
- Alexander Mezhirov, 86, Russian poet. [220] (Russian)
- Zé Rodrix, 61, Brazilian musician. [221] (Portuguese)
- Yeo Woon Kye, 69, South Korean actress, kidney cancer. [222]
23
- Charles Albury, 88, American co-pilot of the Bockscar at atomic bombing of Nagasaki, heart failure. [223]
- Raleigh Brown, 87, American politician, state representative (Texas), heart attack. [224]
- Lawrence Daly, 84, British trade union leader. [225]
- Joseph Duval, 80, French Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Rouen (1981–2004). [226]
- Ken Gill, 81, British trade union leader. [227]
- David Lunceford, 75, American football player, Alzheimer's disease. [228]
- Tadeusz Pyka, 79, Polish politician. [229] (Polish)
- Roh Moo-hyun, 62, South Korean politician, President (2003–2008), suicide by jumping. [230]
- Sir Tangaroa Tangaroa, 88, Cook Islands public servant, Queen's Representative (1985–1990). [231]
24
- Jay Bennett, 45, American musician (Wilco) and songwriter, accidental drug overdose. [232]
- Jack Lewis, 84, American screenwriter, lung cancer. [233]
25
- Tajudeen Abdul-Raheem, 48, Nigerian Pan African activist, car accident. [234]
- Billy Baxter, 70, Scottish footballer (Ipswich Town), cancer. [235]
- Rolf Brahde, 91, Norwegian astronomer. [236] (Norwegian)
- Amos Elon, 82, Austrian-born Israeli author and journalist. [237] (German)
- Haakon Lie, 103, Norwegian politician. [238] (Norwegian)
- Ivan van Sertima, 74, Guyanese-born British historian, linguist and anthropologist (Rutgers University). [239]
26
- Antonio Braga, 80, Italian composer. [240] (Italian)
- Commanche Court, 16, Irish thoroughbred racehorse, euthanized. [241]
- Kaoru Kurimoto, 56, Japanese author, pancreatic cancer. [242]
- Mihalis Papagiannakis, 68, Greek politician, MP, cancer. [243]
- Michael Ross, 89, American screenwriter and director (Three's Company), complications from a heart attack and stroke. [244]
- Ronald Takaki, 70, American sociologist, professor of ethnic studies (University of California, Berkeley), suicide. [245]
- Marek Walczewski, 72, Polish actor. [246]
- Peter Zezel, 44, Canadian ice hockey player, haemolytic anemia. [247]
27
- Ammo Baba, 74, Iraqi footballer and athletic trainer, diabetes. [248].
- Thomas Franck, 77, American lawyer. [249]
- Sir Clive Grainger, 74, British economist, Nobel Prize winner for economics. [250]
- Eugene F. Grant, 68, American attorney and politician, Mayor of Medford (1978–1980), leukaemia. [251]
- Mona Grey, 98, British public servant, Chief Nursing Officer for Northern Ireland. [252].
- Abram Hoffer, 92, Canadian orthomolecular psychiatrist. [253]
- Gérard Jean-Juste, 62, Haitian political activist, after long illness. [254]
- Carol Anne O'Marie, 75, American Roman Catholic nun and mystery novelist, Parkinson's disease. [255]
- Sir William Refshauge, 96, Australian public health administrator. [256]
- Paul Sharratt, 75, British-born American television producer, cancer. [257]
28
- Mort Abrahams, 93, American film and television producer (Planet of the Apes, The Man from U.N.C.L.E.), natural causes. [258]
- Terence Alexander, 86, British film and television actor (Bergerac). [259]
- Terry Barr, 73, American football player (Detroit Lions), Alzheimer's disease. [260]
- Friedrich Blond, 89, German Waffen SS member. [261] (Portuguese)
- Manuel Collantes, 91, Filipino diplomat, Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs (1984), cardiac arrest. [262]
- Ed Dorohoy, 80, Canadian ice hockey player. [263]
- Carlton Forbes, 72, Jamaican-born British first-class cricketer. [264]
- Roger Kaffer, 81, American Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Joliet. [265]
- Luis María de Larrea y Legarreta, 91, Spanish Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Bilbao. [266] (Spanish)
- Lenrie Peters, 76, Gambian surgeon and novelist, after short illness. [267]
- Ercole Rabitti, 87, Italian footballer and trainer. [268] (Italian)
- Oleg Shenin, 71, Russian politician, member of the Politburo of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1990–1991). [269]
- Betty Tancock, 98, Canadian Olympic swimmer (1932). [270]
- John Tolos, 78, Canadian professional wrestler, renal failure. [271]
29
- Hank Bassen, 76, Canadian ice hockey player, heart attack. [272]
- Kevin Beurle, 53, British scientist, hot air balloon accident. [273]
- Reginald Golledge, 71, Australian-born American geographer. [274]
- Phale Hale, 94, American politician, member of the Ohio House of Representatives. [275]
- Ed Murray, 80, American politician, speaker of the Tennessee House of Representatives (1987–1991). [276]
- Bill Perkins, 89, Australian footballer (Richmond). [277]
- Steve Prest, 43, British snooker player and coach, peritonitis. [278]
- Karine Ruby, 31, French Olympic gold (1998) and silver (2002) medal-winning snowboarder, fall. [279]
30
- Torsten Andersson, 82, Swedish painter. [280] (Swedish)
- Krystyna Borowicz, 86, Polish actress. [281]
- Luís Cabral, 78, Guinea-Bissauan politician, President (1973–1980). [282]
- Eva Dawes, 96, Canadian bronze medal-winning Olympic high jumper (1932), stroke. [283]
- Susanna Haapoja, 42, Finnish politician, cerebral haemorrhage. [284]
- Eric Hammond, 79, British trade unionist, General Secretary of the EETPU. [285]
- Ephraim Katzir, 93, Israeli biophysicist and politician, President (1973–1978). [286]
- Herma Kirchschläger, 93, Austrian widow of former President Rudolf Kirchschläger. [287] (German)
- Waldemar Matuška, 76, Czech singer, pneumonia and heart failure. [288] (Czech)
- Gaafar Nimeiry, 79, Sudanese politician, President (1969–1985). [289]
- Alexander Obregón, 32, Colombian footballer, car accident. [290]
31
- Martin Clemens, 94, British colonial administrator and soldier. [291]
- Millvina Dean, 97, British woman, last living passenger aboard the Titanic, pneumonia. [292]
- Brian Edrich, 86, British cricketer. [293]
- Sir John Holland, 94, Australian engineer, construction magnate. [294]
- Danny La Rue, 81, Irish-born British female impersonator and singer, prostate cancer. [295]
- Vyacheslav Nevinny, 74, Russian actor, diabetes. [296] (Russian)
- Emil L. Smith, 97, American biochemist, heart attack. [297]
- Kamala Surayya, 75, Indian writer, after long illness. [298]
- George Tiller, 67, American physician and abortion provider, shot. [299]