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[[Deaths in 2008]] : [[Deaths in December 2007|←]] - [[Deaths in January 2008|January]] - [[Deaths in February 2008|February]] - [[Deaths in March 2008|March]] - [[Deaths in April 2008|April]] - [[Deaths in May 2008|May]] - [[Deaths in June 2008|June]] - [[Deaths in July 2008|July]] - [[Deaths in August 2008|August]] - [[Deaths in September 2008|September]] - [[Deaths in October 2008|October]] - [[Deaths in November 2008|November]] - [[Deaths in December 2008|December]] - [[Deaths in January 2009|→]] |
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The following is a list of notable deaths in [[September 2008]]. |
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===[[September 30|30]]=== |
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*[[Henry Adler]], 93, [[United States|American]] [[drummer]]. [http://www.legacy.com/SPTimes/Obituaries.asp?Page=LifeStory&PersonID=118394470] |
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*[[Ed Brinkman]], 66, [[United States|American]] [[baseball]] player and coach, [[lung cancer]]. [http://chicago.whitesox.mlb.com/content/printer_friendly/cws/y2008/m09/d30/c3576363.jsp] |
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*[[Sam Calder]], 92, [[Australia]]n [[politician]] and [[World War II]] [[fighter pilot]], [[Parliament of Australia|MP]] (1966–1980). [http://www.ntnews.com.au/article/2008/10/02/6991_ntnews.html] |
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*[[J. L. Chestnut]], 77, [[United States|American]] [[civil rights]] [[lawyer]], [[kidney failure]]. [http://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080930/NEWS/80930014] |
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*[[Joshua Benjamin Jeyaretnam]], 82, [[Singapore]]an [[politician]], [[Member of Parliament|MP]] (1981–1986), [[Non-Constituency Member of Parliament|NCMP]] (1997–2001), [[heart failure]]. [http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/09/30/asia/AS-Singapore-Opposition.php] |
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===[[September 29|29]]=== |
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''Languages'' |
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*[[Hayden Carruth]], 87, [[United States|American]] [[poet]] and [[literary critic]], [[stroke]]. [http://www.amny.com/news/local/wire/newyork/ny-bc-ny--obitcarruth0930sep30,0,2520465.story] |
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*[[Richard Clayton]], 93, [[United States|American]] [[actor]], [[heart failure]]. [http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117993144.html?categoryId=25&cs=1] |
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*[[Miguel Corcega]], 79, [[Mexico|Mexican]] [[actor]]. [http://www.esmas.com/laoreja/noticias/766457.html] (Spanish) |
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*[[Milt Davis]], 79, [[United States|American]] [[National Football League|football]] player ([[History_of_the_Indianapolis_Colts#The_NFL_Baltimore_Colts|Baltimore Colts]]), [[cancer]]. [http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/10/01/sports/FBN-Obit-Davis.php] |
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*[[Tim Fortescue]], 92, [[United Kingdom|British]] [[politician]], [[Member of Parliament|MP]] (1966–1974). [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/3104465/Tim-Fortescue.html] |
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*[[Stan Kann]], 83, [[United States|American]] [[organist]] and ''[[The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson|Tonight Show]]'' regular, complications from [[heart]] procedure. [http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/deathsobituaries/story/DA9908DAD29472B5862574D3007B91FA?OpenDocument] |
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*[[Mario Maya]], 71, [[Spain|Spanish]] [[flamenco]] [[dancer]], [[cancer]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/04/arts/dance/04maya.html] |
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*[[Sultan Salahuddin Owaisi]], 72, [[India]]n [[politician]]. [http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/uncategorized/mim-president-owaisi-dies_100101649.html] |
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*[[Antonio Sarto]], 82, [[Brazil]]ian [[Roman Catholic]] [[bishop]]. [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/events/n2008.html#tail] |
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*[[Bohumil Smolik]], 65, [[Czech Republic|Czech]] [[Association football|footballer]]. [http://www.slavia.cz/novinka.asp?id=14690&typ=] (Czech) |
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*[[Anthony Spero]], 79, [[United States|American]] [[financier]], leader of [[Bonanno crime family]], after short illness. [http://www.newsday.com/news/local/newyork/ny-nymob025866607oct02,0,6177734.story] |
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<!-- T -->* [[Relus ter Beek]], 64, [[Netherlands|Dutch]] [[politician]], [[Ministry of Defence (Netherlands)|Minister of Defence]] (1989–1994), abolished [[Conscription in the Netherlands|conscription]], [[lung cancer]]. [http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jk7lEfWIUQj_IwbrMdLmO4cuZIGgD93GF3N80] |
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*[[Peter Troy]], 70, [[Australia]]n [[surfing]] pioneer, [[pulmonary embolism]]. [http://www.geelongadvertiser.com.au/article/2008/10/02/20755_news.html] |
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*[[Jock Wilson]], 105, [[United Kingdom|British]] [[serviceman]], [[United Kingdom|UK's]] oldest [[Invasion of Normandy|D-Day]] veteran. [http://news.scotsman.com/scotland/Oldest-Normandy-veteran-dies-aged.4540108.jp] |
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===[[September 28|28]]=== |
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*[[Adolf Branald]], 97, [[Czech Republic|Czech]] [[writer]]. [http://www.novinky.cz/clanek/150615-zemrel-spisovatel-adolf-branald.html] (Czech) |
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*[[Osborn Elliott]], 83, [[United States|American]] [[editor]] of ''[[Newsweek]]'' (1961–1976), complications from [[cancer]]. [http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080928/ap_on_re_us/obit_elliott] |
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*[[Jack Faulkner]], 82, [[United States|American]] [[American football|football]] [[Coach (sport)|coach]] and [[administrator]]. [http://www.profootballweekly.com/PFW/NFL/NFC/NFC+West/St.+Louis/Features/2008/holbrook092908.htm] |
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*[[Malalai Kakar]], 41, [[Afghanistan|Afghan]] senior [[policewoman]], [[ballistic trauma|shot]]. [http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/taliban-murders-afghanistans-top-policewoman-945288.html] |
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*[[Aaron Katz]], 92, American advocate for the Rosenbergs [http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/06/nyregion/06katz.html?ref=obituaries] |
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*[[Thomas Thewes]], 76, [[United States|American]] [[businessman]], co-owner of the [[Carolina Hurricanes]], [[leukemia]]. [http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/news/story?id=3616037] |
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===[[September 27|27]]=== |
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*[[Len Browning]], 80, [[United Kingdom|British]] [[association football|footballer]]. [http://www.lastingtribute.co.uk/tribute/browning/2913792] |
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*[[Kristen Brydum]], 25, [[United States|American]] [[political activist]], shot. [http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/10/03/BA1413AB64.DTL] |
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*[[Sanny Day]], 87, [[Netherlands|Dutch]] [[singer]] (The Millers). [http://www.gooieneemlander.nl/nieuws/cultuur/article3905453.ece/Millers-zangeres_Sanny_Day_overleden] (Dutch) |
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*[[George Jones (singer)|George Jones]], 71, [[United States|American]] [[doo-wop]] [[singer]]-[[songwriter]] ([[The Edsels]]), [[cancer]]. [http://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/news/bal-lifestyle-jones1002,0,7029988.story] |
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*[[Mahendra Kapoor]], 74, [[India]]n [[playback singer]], [[myocardial infarction| heart attack]]. [http://www.ptinews.com/pti%5Cptisite.nsf/0/B4265BE28F9AE410652574D100569078?OpenDocument] |
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*[[Mario Maya]], 71, Spanish dancer and choreographer, cancer [http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/04/arts/dance/04maya.html?ref=obituaries] |
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*[[Jimmy Murray (English footballer)|Jimmy Murray]], 72, [[United Kingdom|British]] [[Association football|football]]er, [[prostate cancer]]. [http://www.birminghammail.net/news/black-country/black-country-news/2008/09/29/wolverhampton-wanderers-legend-jimmy-murray-dies-97319-21923783/] |
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*[[Henri Pachard]], 69, [[United States|American]] [[pornographic]] [[film director]], [[throat cancer]]. [http://www.adultfyi.com/read.php?ID=30396] |
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*[[Olaf Poulsen (Norway)|Olaf Poulsen]], 88, [[Norway|Norwegian]] president of the [[International Skating Union]] (1980–1994). [http://www.vg.no/pub/vgart.hbs?artid=528141] (Norwegian) |
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===[[September 26|26]]=== |
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*[[Bernadette Greevy]], 68, [[Republic of Ireland|Irish]] [[mezzo-soprano]], after short illness. [http://www.rte.ie/arts/2008/0929/greevyb.html] |
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*[[Joli Jászai]], 101, [[Hungary|Hungarian]] [[actor|actress]]. [http://www.fn.hu/kultura/20080929/elhunyt_jaszai_joli_neni/] (Hungarian) |
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*[[Géza Kalocsay]], 95, [[Hungary|Hungarian]] [[association football|football]] player and manager. [http://wiadomosci.onet.pl/1833355,14,1,1,,item.html] (Polish) |
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*[[Raymond Macherot]], 84, [[Belgium|Belgian]] [[cartoon]]ist. [http://forbiddenplanet.co.uk/blog/?p=9550] |
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*[[Marian McQuade]], 91, [[United States|American]] founder of [[National Grandparents Day]], [[heart failure]]. [http://www.register-herald.com/local/local_story_270234746.html] |
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*[[Bryan Morrison]], 66, [[United Kingdom|British]] manager of [[The Pretty Things]] and [[Pink Floyd]], infection. [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1063391/Polo-boss-managed-Pink-Floyd-dead-years-coma.html] |
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*[[William M. Murphy]], 92, [[United States|American]] [[biographer]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/09/books/09murphy.html?ref=obituaries] |
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*[[Paul Newman]], 83, [[United States|American]] [[Academy Award]]-winning [[actor]] and [[philanthropist]], [[cancer]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/movies/AP-Obit-Newman.html?_r=1&oref=slogin] |
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*[[Cirio H. Santiago]], 72, [[Philippines|Filipino]] [[filmmaker]] and [[Film producer|producer]], complications from [[lung cancer]]. [http://showbizandstyle.inquirer.net/breakingnews/breakingnews/view/20080927-163319/Filmmaker-Cirio-Santiago-passes-away] |
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===[[September 25|25]]=== |
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*[[Glenn Andrews]], 99, [[United States|American]] [[politician]], [[United States House of Representatives|Representative]] (1965–1967), [[List of oldest surviving members of the House of Representatives|oldest surviving member of the House of Representatives]]. [http://www.annistonstar.com/breaking/2008/as-localupdate-0926-0-8i26n5652.htm] |
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*[[Brian Donnelly]], 59, [[New Zealand]] [[diplomat]] and [[politician]], [[Parliament of New Zealand|MP]] (1996–2008). [http://www.stuff.co.nz/4705677a6160.html] |
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*[[Edward S. Klima]], 77, American linguist, complications from brain surgery [http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/04/us/04klima.html?ref=obituaries] |
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*[[Horaţiu Rădulescu]], 66, [[Romania]]n [[composer]], [[spectral music]] pioneer. [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article4886771.ece] |
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*[[Ralph Sazio]], 86, [[Canada|Canadian]] [[Canadian Football League|football]] [[Coach (sport)|coach]] ([[Hamilton Tiger-Cats]]). [http://www.cbc.ca/sports/story/2008/09/26/ralph-sazio.html]] |
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*[[Jimmy Sirrel]], 86, [[United Kingdom|British]] [[association football|football]] manager ([[Notts County F.C.|Notts County)]], after long illness. [http://www.thisisnottingham.co.uk/news/Notts-County-legend-Jimmy-Sirrel-dies-aged-86/article-352720-detail/article.html] |
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*[[Patrick d'Udekem d'Acoz]], 72, [[Belgium|Belgian]] [[count]], father of [[Princess Mathilde, Duchess of Brabant|Princess Mathilde]]. [http://www.monstersandcritics.com/people/royalwatch/news/article_1433258.php/Princess_Mathildes_father_dies] |
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*[[Roger Vanderfield]], 80, [[Australia]]n [[rugby union]] referee, [[International Rugby Board|IRB]] chairman and [[Australian Rugby Union|ARU]] president. [http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=data/sports/2008/September/sports_September772.xml§ion=sports&col=] |
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===[[September 24|24]]=== |
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<!-- B -->*[[Kwadwo Baah Wiredu]], 56, [[Ghana]]ian [[finance minister]] since 2005, after short illness. [http://africa.reuters.com/wire/news/usnLO368381.html] |
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*[[Irene Dailey]], 88, [[United States|American]] [[actor|actress]], [[colon cancer]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/07/theater/07dailey.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss] |
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*[[Peter Derham|Sir Peter Derham]], 83, [[Australia]]n [[businessman]] and [[philanthropist]], [[stroke]]. [http://www.theage.com.au/national/high-achiever-who-never-said-never-20080925-4o4t.html] |
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*[[Dick Lynch]], 72, [[United States|American]] [[American football|football]] player and radio announcer ([[New York Giants]]), [[leukemia]]. [http://www.newsday.com/sports/football/giants/ny-splynch0925,0,5513359.story] |
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*[[Jim McKinney]], 77, [[United States|American]] [[food packaging]] specialist, [[lung cancer]]. [http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/obits/stories/2008/09/26/Jim_McKinney_obit.html] |
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*[[Maurits van Nierop]], 25, [[Netherlands|Dutch]] [[Netherlands national cricket team|international]] [[cricket]]er, [[falling (accident)|fall]]. [http://www.cricketeurope4.net/DATABASE/ARTICLES2/articles/000044/004488.shtml] |
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*[[Thiago Jotta da Silva]], 24, [[Brazil]]ian [[association football|footballer]], [[ballistic trauma|shot]]. [http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/soccer/09/25/brazilian.murdered/index.html] |
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*[[Mickey Vernon]], 90, [[United States|American]] [[baseball]] player, [[stroke]]. [http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3607455] |
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*[[Vice Vukov]], 72, [[Croatia]]n [[singer]] and [[politician]]. [http://www.javno.com/en/croatia/clanak.php?id=185541] |
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*[[James Whitesell]], 77, [[United States|American]] [[fast food]] [[entrepreneur]], heart complications. [http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/obits/stories/2008/09/27/james_whitesell_obit.html] |
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*[[Claude Wilton]], 89, [[Northern Ireland|Irish]] [[politician]] and [[solicitor]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/foyle_and_west/7635549.stm] |
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*[[Ruslan Yamadayev]], 46, [[Chechnia|Chechen]] [[warlord]] and member of [[Russia]]n [[State Duma]], [[ballistic trauma|shot]]. [http://en.rian.ru/russia/20080929/117256705.html] |
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===[[September 23|23]]=== |
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*[[Maria Esther Figueiredo Ferraz]], 93, [[Brazil]]ian [[Minister of Education]] (1982–1985) and first female minister, [[stroke]]. [http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/folha/brasil/ult96u448203.shtml] (Portuguese) |
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*[[Arne Haugestad]], 73, [[Norway|Norwegian]] [[Supreme Court of Norway|Supreme Court]] [[lawyer]], [[Arne Treholt]]'s defender. [http://www.dagbladet.no/nyheter/2008/09/24/547924.html] (Norwegian) |
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*[[Richard Henyard]], 34, [[United States|American]] [[murder]]er, [[Capital punishment|execution]] by [[lethal injection]]. [http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,426721,00.html] |
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*[[Wally Hilgenberg]], 66, [[United States|American]] [[National Football League|football]] player, [[amyotrophic lateral sclerosis]]. [http://www.startribune.com/sports/vikings/29627104.html?elr=KArksi8cyaiU9PmP:QiUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUU] |
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*[[Rudolf Illovszky]], 86, [[Hungary|Hungarian]] [[Association football|footballer]] and manager, [[pneumonia]]. [http://www.budapesttimes.hu/content/view/9254/159/] |
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*[[Peter Leonard]], 66, [[Australia]]n [[broadcaster]], [[mesothelioma]]. [http://www.canberratimes.com.au/news/local/news/general/tributes-for-newsreader-leonard/1280744.aspx] |
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*[[Brock McElheran]], 90, [[Canada|Canadian]] [[Conductor (music)|conductor]] and [[composer]]. [http://northcountrynow.com/obituaries/view.asp?a=Obituaries&id=3488] |
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*[[Loren Pope]], 98, [[United States|American]] [[education]] [[consultant]], [[heart failure]]. [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/26/AR2008092603547.html] |
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*[[Matti Juhani Saari]], 22, [[Finland|Finnish]] [[school shooter]], [[suicide]] by [[gunshot]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7631786.stm] |
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*[[Sonja Savić]], 47, [[Serbia]]n [[actor|actress]], [[heroin]] [[overdose]]. [http://macedoniaonline.eu/content/view/3670/46/] |
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*[[William Woodruff]], 92, [[United Kingdom|British]] [[historian]] and [[author]]. [http://www.gainesville.com/article/20080923/NEWS/809240300/-1/NEWS05?Title=William_Woodruff__a_UF_professor__author_dies_at_91] |
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===[[September 22|22]]=== |
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*[[Prince Michael Andreevich of Russia|Michael Andreevich]], 88, [[Russia]]n [[House of Romanov|prince]]. [http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/a-prince-among-men-but-few-really-knew-it/2008/09/30/1222651084382.html] |
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*[[Plato Andros]], 86, [[United States|American]] [[National Football League|football]] player ([[Chicago Cardinals]]), [[Alzheimer's disease]]. [http://www.examiner.com/a-1602656~Former_Sooner_Plato_Andros_dies.html] |
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*[[H. Dale Cook]], 84, [[United States|American]] [[United States federal judge|federal judge]] since 1974, [[cancer]]. [http://www.kfsm.com/Global/story.asp?S=9062642&nav=menu151_1] |
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*[[Thomas Dörflein]], 44, [[Germany|German]] [[zookeeper]], surrogate parent of the [[polar bear]] [[Knut (polar bear)|Knut]], [[myocardial infarction|heart attack]]. [http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,579812,00.html] |
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*[[Connie Haines]], 87, [[United States|American]] [[singer]], [[myasthenia gravis]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/25/arts/music/25haines.html] |
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*[[Buddy McDonald]], 85, [[United States|American]] [[child actor]] (''[[Our Gang]]''), [[heart failure]]. [http://www.whittierdailynews.com/news/ci_10552538] |
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*[[Petrus Schaesberg]], 41, [[Germany|German]] [[art historian]], [[suicide]] by [[Suicide methods#Jumping|jumping]]. [http://www.nysun.com/new-york/columbia-professor-commits-suicide/86490/] |
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===[[September 21|21]]=== |
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*[[Carlos González Cruchaga]], 87, [[Chile]]an [[bishop]] of the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Talca|Diocese of Talca]] (1967–1996). [http://www.santiagotimes.cl/santiagotimes/news/political-news/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=14708&Itemid=1] |
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*[[Mary Garber]], 92, [[United States|American]] [[Sports journalism|sportswriter]]. [http://www.wavy.com/Global/story.asp?S=9047830] |
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*[[Nancy Hicks Maynard]], 66, [[United States|American]] [[journalist]], advocate for [[diversity]] in [[journalism]], [[organ failure]]. [http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/09/22/BA0T132AII.DTL] |
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*[[Brian Pippard|Sir Brian Pippard]], 88, [[United Kingdom|British]] [[physicist]], [[Cavendish Professor of Physics]] (1971–1984). [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/3069588/Professor-Sir-Brian-Pippard.html] |
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*[[Barefoot Sanders]], 83, [[United States|American]] [[United States federal judge|federal judge]], [[natural causes]]. [http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/texassouthwest/stories/092108dnmetbarefootobit.9b94e971.html] |
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*[[Olov Svedelid]], 76, [[Sweden|Swedish]] [[writer]]. [http://wwwc.aftonbladet.se/vss/telegram/0,1082,70860779_852__,00.html] (Swedish) |
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*[[Paul Tansey]], 59, [[Republic of Ireland|Irish]] [[economics]] [[editor]] (''[[The Irish Times]]''). [http://www.rte.ie/news/2008/0922/tanseyp.html] |
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*[[Dingiri Banda Wijetunga]], 92, [[Sri Lanka]]n [[Prime Minister of Sri Lanka|prime minister]] (1989–1993), [[President of Sri Lanka|president]] (1993–1994), after long illness. [http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-09/21/content_10086664.htm] |
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===[[September 20|20]]=== |
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*[[Nappy Brown]], 78, [[United States|American]] [[blues]] [[singer]]. [http://www.piedmonttalent.com/news.cfm?ID=135] |
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*[[William Fox (actor)|William Fox]], 97, [[United Kingdom|British]] [[actor]]. [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/3042991/William-Fox.html] |
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*[[Duncan Glen]], 75, [[United Kingdom|British]] [[poet]], [[literary critic]] and [[designer]], [[professor emeritus]] of [[visual communication]] ([[Nottingham Trent University|Nottingham Trent]]). [http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/duncan-glen-poet-publisher-editor-designer-and-excavator-of-scottish-literature-948530.html] |
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*[[Ken Harris (politician)|Ken Harris]], 45, [[United States|American]] member of [[Baltimore City Council]] (1999–2007), [[ballistic trauma|shot]]. [http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/baltimore_city/bal-kenharris,0,2932397.storygallery] |
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*[[Johnny H. Hayes]], 67, [[United States|American]] fundraiser for [[Al Gore]]'s presidential campaigns, [[stomach cancer]]. [http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hhKPxlPgWNX5rrZUzxV6wmX8CgrAD93AP2M00] |
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*[[Paul Howell]], 57, [[United Kingdom|British]] [[member of the European Parliament]] (1979–1994), [[Aviation accidents and incidents|plane crash]]. [http://www.thetimes.co.za/News/Article.aspx?id=848901] |
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*[[Ed Sutton]], 73, [[United States|American]] [[National Football League|football]] player, complications following [[Coronary artery bypass surgery|heart bypass surgery]]. [http://www.chapelhillnews.com/news/story/17046.html] |
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*[[John Taylor (archivist)|John Taylor]], 87, [[United States|American]] military [[archivist]] at [[National Archives and Records Administration]], [[heart failure]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/24/us/24taylor1.html] |
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*[[Frank Valenti]], 97 [[United States|American]] [[Mafia|mob boss]] ([[Rochester crime family]]). [http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/tx/6022811.html] |
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*[[Ivo Žďárek]], 47, [[Czech Republic|Czech]] [[ambassador]] to [[Vietnam]] (2004-2008) and [[Pakistan]] (2008), [[Islamabad Marriott Hotel bombing|suicide bombing]]. [http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/09/21/pakistan.islamabad.marriott.blast/] |
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===[[September 19|19]]=== |
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*[[Ernie Andres]], 90, [[United States|American]] [[college baseball]] [[coach (sports)|coach]] and [[Major League Baseball]] player ([[Boston Red Sox]]). [http://www.news-tribune.net/localsports/local_story_264022132.html] |
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*[[Alexina Calvert]], 110, [[United Kingdom|British]] [[supercentenarian]], Scotland's oldest person. [http://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/1.247226] |
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*[[Ned Harkness]], 89, [[United States|American]] [[ice hockey]] [[coach (sports)|coach]], [[stroke]]. [http://www.amny.com/news/local/wire/newyork/ny-bc-ny--obit-harkness0919sep19,0,5159122.story] |
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*[[Jun Ichikawa]], 59, [[Japan]]ese [[film director]]. [http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117992497.html?categoryid=25&cs=1] |
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*[[David Jones (director)|David Jones]], 74, [[United Kingdom|British]] [[theatre director|theatre]] and [[film director]]. [http://www.guardian.co.uk/stage/2008/sep/23/theatre.television] |
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*[[Srikanth Nagarajan]], 22, [[India]]n [[Student society|student ambassador]], founder of Gyanodhaya Charity School, [[cardiac arrest]]. [http://lensandrays.blogspot.com/2008/09/kabali-lives.html] (Tamil) |
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*[[Dave Needham (boxer)|Dave Needham]], 57, [[United Kingdom|British]] [[List of British bantamweight boxing champions|bantamweight boxing champion]] (1974–1975). [http://www.britishboxing.net/news_3820-Dave-The-Artful-Dodger-Needham-RIP.html] |
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*[[Earl Palmer]], 83, [[United States|American]] [[rhythm and blues]] [[drummer]], after long illness. [http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080920/us_nm/palmer_dc_1]. |
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*[[Robert Royston]], 90, [[United States|American]] [[landscape architect]]. [http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/09/20/BAD4131V54.DTL] |
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*[[Dick Sudhalter]], 69, [[United States|American]] [[jazz trumpeter]], [[pneumonia]]. [http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/news.php?id=23252] |
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===[[September 18|18]]=== |
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*[[Opal Courtney, Jr.]], 71, [[United States|American]] [[singer]] ([[The Spaniels]]), [[myocardial infarction|heart attack]]. [http://www.post-trib.com/news/1174626,courtney.article] |
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*[[Mauricio Kagel]], 76, [[Argentina|Argentine]]-born [[Germany|German]] [[composer]]. [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/19/AR2008091903900.html] |
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*[[Peter Kastner]], 64, [[Canada|Canadian]] [[actor]], [[myocardial infarction|heart attack]]. [http://www.thestar.com/News/GTA/article/502845] |
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*[[Ron Lancaster]], 69, [[United States|American]] [[Canadian Football League|CFL]] [[quarterback]] and coach, [[myocardial infarction|heart attack]]. [http://www.tsn.ca/story/?id=249878] |
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*[[Sherman Parker]], 37, [[United States|American]] [[politician]], member of [[Missouri House of Representatives]] (2003–2006), [[brain aneurysm]]. [http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/deathsobituaries/story/BB0700973708FC5F862574CA001017C9?OpenDocument] |
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*[[Henry Z. Steinway]], 93, [[United States|American]] [[businessman]] ([[Steinway & Sons]]). [http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gZolLIy94XWTviIT7B4HpsbfLEJwD939OU9G0] |
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*[[Lou Trebar]], 88, [[United States|American]] [[polka]] [[bandleader]]. [http://www.polkas.nl/memorial2.html] |
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*[[Don Ultang]], 91, [[United States|American]] [[Pulitzer Prize]]–winning [[photographer]]. [http://www.desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080919/NEWS/809190358/-1/LIFE04] |
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*[[Florestano Vancini]], 82, [[Italy|Italian]] [[film director]] and [[screenwriter]], after long illness. [http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/09/23/arts/EU-Italy-Obit-Vancini.php] |
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*[[John Webb (jurist)|John Webb]], 82, [[United States|American]] [[judge]] of the [[Supreme Court of North Carolina]] (1986–1998), [[Parkinson's disease]]. [http://www.newsobserver.com/news/story/1224718.html] |
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===[[September 17|17]]=== |
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*[[Luluwah bint Abdulaziz Al Saud|Princess Luluwah bint Abdulaziz Al Saud]], 80, [[Saudi Arabia|Saudi]] member of the [[House of Saud|royal family]], sister of King [[Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz|Abdullah]]. [http://www.spa.gov.sa/English/details.php?id=591029] |
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*[[James Crumley]], 68, [[United States|American]] [[crime writer]], complications from [[renal failure|kidney]] and [[pulmonology|pulmonary disease]]s. [http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-crumley20-2008sep20,0,1931721.story] |
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*[[Didier Dagueneau]], 52, [[France|French]] [[Viticulture|winemaker]], [[Aviation accidents and incidents|plane crash]]. [http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/09/19/europe/obits.php] |
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*[[José María Cirarda Lachiondo]], 91, [[Spain|Spanish]] [[Bishop (Catholic Church)|bishop]] of the [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Pamplona y Tudela|Archdiocese of Pamplona y Tudela]] (1978–1993). [http://www.lavozdeutrera.com/wp/?p=1438] (Spanish) |
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*[[Anna Langford]], 90, [[United States|American]] [[politician]], first [[African American]] woman to serve on the [[Chicago City Council]], [[lung cancer]]. [http://www.suntimes.com/news/1171010,CST-NWS-xlangford18.article] |
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*[[Michael Omondi]], 46, [[Kenya]]n [[field hockey]] player, after short illness. [http://www.kenyatimesonline.com/content.asp?catid=8&articleId=208] |
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*[[Fabiola Salazar]], 42, [[Peru]]vian [[Congress of Peru|congresswoman]], [[car accident]]. [http://www.andina.com.pe/Ingles/Noticia.aspx?id=oPSLYMCW/3s=] |
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*[[Humberto Solás]], 66, [[Cuba]]n [[filmmaker]], [[cancer]]. [http://www.nysun.com/arts/cuban-moviemaker-humberto-solas-dies-at-66/86164/] |
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*[[Robert Steinberg (chocolate maker)|Robert Steinberg]], 61, [[United States|American]] [[physician]], co-founder of [[Scharffen Berger Chocolate Maker]], [[lymphoma]]. [http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/09/23/BARP132SR3.DTL] |
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===[[September 16|16]]=== |
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*[[Jack Alderman]], 57, [[United States|American]] [[murder]]er, [[Capital punishment|execution]] by [[lethal injection]]. [http://www.ajc.com/cherokee/content/metro/stories/2008/09/16/alderman_executed.html] |
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*[[Avraham Biran]], 98, [[Israel]]i [[archaeologist]], [[natural causes]]. [http://www.bib-arch.org/news/biran-obit.asp] |
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*[[Elizabeth Douglas-Hamilton, Duchess of Hamilton and Brandon]], 92, [[United Kingdom|British]] [[peerage|peeress]]. [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/scotland/article4770033.ece] |
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*[[John Fancy]], 95, [[United Kingdom|British]] [[World War II]] [[Royal Air Force|RAF]] [[airman]]. [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/3131228/John-Fancy.html] |
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*[[Satya Ranjan Roy]], 67, [[India]]n [[Track and field athletics|athletics]] [[Coach (sport)|coach]], [[Alzheimer's disease]]. [http://www.zeenews.com/articles.asp?aid=469554&archisec=WOR] |
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*[[Andrei Volkonsky]], 75, [[Russia]]n [[composer]]. [http://gzt.ru/culture/2008/09/17/223024.html] (Russian) |
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*[[Charles Whitebread]], 65, [[United States|American]] [[Legal education|professor of law]], [[cancer]]. [http://law.usc.edu/news/article.cfm?newsID=3117] |
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*[[Norman Whitfield]], 68, [[United States|American]] [[Motown]] [[songwriter]] ("[[I Heard It Through the Grapevine]]") and [[record producer]], [[diabetes]]. [http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-whitfield18-2008sep18,0,7855302.story] |
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===[[September 15|15]]=== |
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*[[Marion Dewar]], 80, [[Canada|Canadian]] [[politician]], [[List of mayors of Ottawa|mayor of Ottawa]] (1978–1985), [[falling (accident)|fall]]. [http://ottawa.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20080915/OTT_Marion_Dewar_080915/20080915/?hub=OttawaHome] |
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*[[Elmer Dills]], 82, [[United States|American]] [[food critic]] ([[KABC-TV]]). [http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-passings17-2008sep17,0,1218907.story] |
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*[[Ciaran Duffy]], 42, [[Republic of Ireland|Irish]] [[managing director]] of [[Namibia Breweries Limited]], [[cancer]]. [http://allafrica.com/stories/200809220915.html] |
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*[[Gangadhar Gadgil]], 85, [[India]]n [[writer]], [[cancer]]. [http://www.thehindu.com/holnus/004200809152032.htm] |
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*[[John Matshikiza]], 53, [[South Africa]]n [[actor]], [[writer]] and [[poet]], [[myocardial infarction|heart attack]]. [http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/john-matshikiza-poet-actor-journalist-and-activist-936191.html] |
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*[[Juraj Njavro]], 70, [[Croat]]ian [[medical doctor|doctor]] and [[politician]], after long illness. [http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/9622/1/Croatian-Heroes-Dr-Juraj-Njavro-legendary-surgeon-at-the-Vukovar-Hospital-died.html] |
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*[[J. Patrick Rooney]], 80, [[United States|American]] [[insurance]] [[advocate]]. [http://www.wishtv.com/Global/story.asp?S=9012317&nav=menu35_2] |
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*[[Richard Wright (musician)|Richard Wright]], 65, [[United Kingdom|British]] [[keyboardist]] ([[Pink Floyd]]) and [[songwriter]] ("[[Dark Side Of The Moon]]"), [[cancer]]. [http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Music/09/15/obit.wright.ap/] |
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===[[September 14|14]]=== |
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*[[John Burnside (inventor)|John Burnside]], 91, [[United States|American]] [[inventor]], [[brain cancer]]. [http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-burnside18-2008sep18,0,699210.story] |
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*[[Steve Engel]], 49, [[United States|American]] [[drag racer]], race accident. [http://www.nhra.com/content/news.asp?articleid=32581&zoneid=8] |
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*[[Hyman Golden]], 85, [[United States|American]] co-founder of [[Snapple|Snapple Beverage Corporation]], complications from [[stroke]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/21/business/21golden.html?ref=obituaries] |
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*[[Ştefan Iordache]], 67, [[Romania]]n [[actor]], [[leukemia]]. [http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/09/14/arts/EU-Romania-Obit-Iordache.php] |
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*[[Georgi Kitov]], 65, [[Bulgaria]]n [[archaeology|archaeologist]], [[myocardial infarction|heart attack]]. [http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5hh57rOfxCYvlxao9ufoOOUJbjaMg] |
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*[[Lynn Kohlman]], 62, [[United States|American]] [[Model (person)|model]] and [[photographer]], [[Breast cancer|breast]] and [[brain cancer]]. [http://www.wwd.com/fashion-news/model-lynn-kohlman-dies-at-62-1779830?justin=1779830] |
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*[[Lobsang Nyima Pal Sangpo]], 79, [[Tibet]]an 100th [[Ganden Tripa]] (1994–2002), head of the [[Gelug]] school of [[Tibetan Buddhism]]. [http://www.tibet.net/en/flash/2008/0908/17A0908.html] |
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*[[Keiko McDonald]], 68, [[Japan]]ese-born [[United States|American]] [[professor]], [[drowned]]. [http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08259/912245-122.stm] |
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<!-- M -->*[[Mu Tiezhu]], 59, [[China|Chinese]] [[basketball]] player, [[myocardial infarction|heart attack]]. [http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-09/14/content_9995065.htm] |
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*[[Walter H. Seward]], 111, [[United States|American]] [[supercentenarian]], [[Sepsis|blood infection]]. [http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2008/09/rutgers_oldest_alumnus_walter.html] |
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*[[Oscar Suarez]], 47, [[United States|American]] [[boxing]] [[trainer]], [[pancreatic cancer]]. [http://www.boxingscene.com/?m=show&id=15922] |
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*[[Gennady Troshev]], 61, [[Russia]]n [[politician]] and [[military commander]] ([[Second Chechen War]]), [[Aeroflot Flight 821|plane crash]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/15/world/europe/15russia.html?hp] |
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===[[September 13|13]]=== |
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*[[Peter Camejo]], 68, [[United States|American]] [[politician]] and [[activist]], [[lymphoma]]. [http://www.independentpoliticalreport.com/2008/09/peter-camejo-dead-at-69/] |
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*[[Dean Hoge]], 71, [[United States|American]] [[sociologist]], specialist in [[Catholicism and American politics|American Catholicism]], [[cancer]]. [http://ncronline3.org/drupal/?q=node/1915] |
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*[[Oliver King-Onzila]], 19, [[United Kingdom|British]] [[association football|footballer]] ([[Barnet F.C.|Barnet]]), [[stabbed]]. [http://www.barnetfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/LatestNews/0,,10431~1392569,00.html] |
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*[[Duncan Laing]], 77, [[New Zealand]] [[swimming]] [[coach (sports)|coach]], [[cancer]]. [http://www.stuff.co.nz/4691733a1823.html] |
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*[[James W. Snow]], 79, [[Canada|Canadian]] [[politician]], member of [[Legislative Assembly of Ontario]] (1967–1985), [[diabetes]]. [http://www.thestar.com/News/Ontario/article/499863] |
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*[[Olin Stephens]], 100, [[United States|American]] [[yacht]] designer. [http://www.thedailysail.com/ism/articles.nsf/News/6A27DDDB9FD67C5F802574C30079F4EC] |
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*[[Alice Van-Springsteen]], 90, [[United States|American]] [[stuntwoman]], [[pneumonia]]. [http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/film/news/e3i5a9d5db89bd3dec381907937a07762d4] |
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*[[Abdullah Wardak]], [[Afghanistan|Afghan]] [[governor]] of [[Lowgar Province]], [[suicide attack]]. [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26682997] |
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===[[September 12|12]]=== |
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*[[Simon Hantaï]], 85, [[Hungary|Hungarian]]-born [[France|French]] [[abstract art]]ist. [http://www.lefigaro.fr/flash-actu/2008/09/15/01011-20080915FILWWW00642-deces-du-peintre-simon-hantai.php] (French) |
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*[[Tomislav Ladan]], 76, [[Croatia|Croatian]] [[encyclopedia|encyclopedist]] and [[polymath]], [[malignant tumor]]. [http://www.limun.hr/en/main.aspx?id=335417] |
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*[[Max Mermelstein]], 65, [[United States|American]] [[Illegal drug trade|drug trafficker]], [[cancer]]. [http://voices.washingtonpost.com/washingtonpostinvestigations/2008/09/rip_the_man_who_made_it_show.html] |
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*[[Siyabonga Mkhwanazi]], 27, [[South Africa]]n [[Association football|footballer]]. [http://www.sabcnews.com/sport/soccer/0,2172,176700,00.html] |
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*[[George Putnam (newsman)|George Putnam]], 94, [[United States|American]] [[television]] [[news reporter]], [[heart failure]]. [http://www.mercurynews.com/news/ci_10447298] |
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*[[Bob Quinn (Australian footballer)|Bob Quinn]], 93, [[Australia]]n [[Australian rules football|footballer]] ([[Port Adelaide Football Club|Port Adelaide]]) and [[Military Medal]] recipient. [http://afl.com.au/News/NEWSARTICLE/tabid/208/Default.aspx?newsId=67567] |
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*[[Marjorie Thomas]], 85, [[United Kingdom|British]] [[opera singer]], after long illness. [http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2008/sep/25/classicalmusicandopera] |
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*[[Paola S. Timiras]], 85, [[United States|American]] [[doctor]], expert on the [[physiology]] of [[ageing]], [[heart failure]]. [http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-timiras23-2008sep23,0,6851520.story] |
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*[[Charlie Walker (musician)|Charlie Walker]], 81, [[United States|American]] [[country music]] [[singer]], [[colon cancer]]. [http://www.cmt.com/news/news-in-brief/1594705/grand-ole-opry-member-charlie-walker-dies-at-age-81.jhtml] |
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*[[David Foster Wallace]], 46, [[United States|American]] [[author]] and [[essay]]ist (''[[Infinite Jest]]''), [[suicide]] by [[suicide_methods#hanging|hanging]]. [http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-wallace14-2008sep14,0,7461856.story] |
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===[[September 11|11]]=== |
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*[[Bennett Campbell]], 65, [[Canada|Canadian]] [[politician]], [[List of premiers of Prince Edward Island|premier of Prince Edward Island]] (1978–1979), [[cancer]]. [http://www.edmontonsun.com/News/Canada/2008/09/11/6740721.html] |
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*[[Florian Goebel]], 35, [[Germany|German]] [[astrophysicist]], [[falling (accident)|fall]]. [http://www.typicallyspanish.com/news/publish/article_17980.shtml] |
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*[[Dave Hanner]], 78, [[United States|American]] [[American football|football]] player and [[Coach (sport)|coach]] ([[Green Bay Packers]]), [[myocardial infarction|heart attack]]. [http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=793954] |
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*[[Klaus Johann Jacobs]], 71, [[Germany|German]]-born [[Switzerland|Swiss]] [[billionaire]], [[cancer]]. [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/11/AR2008091103514.html] |
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*[[Fran Reed]], 65, [[United States|American]] [[teacher]] and [[fish]] [[skin]] [[artist]], [[cancer]]. [http://www.adn.com/life/story/523672.html] |
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*[[Nils Johan Ringdal]], 56, [[Norway|Norwegian]] [[author]] and [[historian]]. [http://www.kjendis.no/2008/09/12/546613.html] (Norwegian) |
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*[[Martin Tytell]], 94, [[United States|American]] manual [[typewriter]] expert, [[cancer]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/12/nyregion/12tytell.html] |
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*[[Joan Winston]], 77, [[United States|American]] [[author]], founder of ''[[Star Trek]]'' [[Science fiction convention|convention]], [[Alzheimer's disease]]. [http://www.trektoday.com/news/130908_03.shtml] |
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===[[September 10|10]]=== |
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*[[Saleh al Aridi]], 50, [[Lebanon|Lebanese]] pro-[[Syria]]n [[politician]], [[car bomb]]. [http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2008/09/2008910191932791866.html] |
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*[[Gérald Beaudoin]], 79, [[Canada|Canadian]] [[lawyer]] and [[Senate of Canada|senator]] (1988–2004). [http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/story.html?id=af8022bf-e6e9-4de4-8beb-b725b7b345f8] |
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*[[José Antonio Dammert Bellido]], 91, [[Peru]]vian [[bishop]] of the [[Roman Catholic Church]]. [http://www.periodismoenlinea.org/200809102080/Noticias/Fallece-obispo-emerito-de-Cajamarca-Jose-Dammert-Bellido.html] (Spanish) |
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*[[Cameron Buchanan]], 80, [[United Kingdom|British]] [[association football|footballer]]. [http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/cameron-buchanan-934142.html] |
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*[[David Chipp]], 81, [[United Kingdom|British]] [[editor-in-chief]] ([[Press Association]], [[Reuters]]), first resident [[correspondent]] for [[Reuters]] in [[China]]. [http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/sep/12/pressandpublishing] |
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*[[Patrick Flynn (composer)|Patrick Flynn]], 72, [[United States|American]] [[composer]] and [[conductor]], [[pulmonary embolism]]. [http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-flynn25-2008sep25,0,4130000.story] |
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*[[Robert Glasgow]], 83, [[United States|American]] [[organist]] and [[University of Michigan]] [[professor emeritus]]. [http://www.music.umich.edu/about/news.htm] |
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*[[Vernon Handley]], 77, [[United Kingdom|British]] [[conducting|conductor]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7608956.stm] |
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*[[Sherrill Headrick]], 71, [[United States|American]] [[American football|football]] player, [[cancer]]. [http://www.kansascity.com/385/story/791186.html] |
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*[[Domagoj Kapeć]], 18, [[Croatia]]n [[ice hockey]] player, [[car accident]]. [http://www.eurohockey.net/news/story.html?id=20080912153137_croatian_player_dies_in_car_crash] |
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*[[Frank Mundus]], 82, [[United States|American]] [[Recreational fishing|shark fisherman]], alleged inspiration for [[Quint (Jaws character)|Quint]] in ''[[Jaws (film)|Jaws]]'', [[myocardial infarction|heart attack]]. [http://www.newsday.com/ny-limundus0914,0,7561328.story] |
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*[[Yuri Osipyan]], 77, [[Russia]]n [[physicist]]. [http://www.physicstoday.org/obits/notice_315.shtml] |
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*[[Ruedi Rymann]], 75, Swiss yodeler, liver cancer [http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/07/arts/music/07rymann.html?ref=obituaries] |
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*[[Paul Williams (politician)|Paul Williams]], 85, [[United Kingdom|British]] [[politician]], [[Parliament of the United Kingdom|MP]] (1953–1964). [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/2800162/Paul-Williams.html] |
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===[[September 9|9]]=== |
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*[[Betty Constable]], 83, [[United States|American]] [[squash (sport)|squash]] player. [http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/16/sports/othersports/16constable.html?ref=obituaries] |
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*[[Eddie Crowder]], 77, [[United States|American]] [[American football|football player]] and [[Coach (sport)|coach]], complications of [[leukemia]]. [http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=3579932] |
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*[[A.U. Fuimaono]], 85, [[American Samoa]]n [[politician]], first [[List of Delegates to the United States House of Representatives from American Samoa|Delegate]] to the [[United States House of Representatives]] (1970–1974). [http://www.pacificmagazine.net/news/2008/09/13/american-samoas-first-delegate-to-us-congress-has-died] |
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*[[Nina Lawson]], 82, [[United Kingdom|British]] [[wig]]maker for the [[Metropolitan Opera]], [[pernicious anaemia]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/17/arts/music/17lawson.html?ref=obituaries] |
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*[[Jacob Lekgetho]], 34, [[South Africa]]n [[association football|footballer]]. [http://www.football365.co.za/story/0,22162,14340_4122531,00.html] |
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*[[P. N. Menon]], 80, [[India]]n [[film director]], after long illness. [http://entertainment.in.msn.com/southcinema/article.aspx?cp-documentid=1663466] |
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*[[Warith Deen Mohammed]], 74, [[United States|American]] [[Islam]]ic leader, son of [[Elijah Muhammad]]. [http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080909/NEWS08/80909074/1010] |
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*[[Richard Monette]], 64, [[Canada|Canadian]] [[actor]] and [[artistic director|director]], [[pulmonary embolism]]. [http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20080910/Richard_Monette_080910/20080910?hub=CTVNewsAt11] |
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*[[Nouhak Phoumsavanh]], 98, [[Laos|Laotian]] [[politician]], [[President of Laos|president]] (1992–1998), [[natural causes]]. [http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/09/12/asia/obitnouhak.1.php] |
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===[[September 8|8]]=== |
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*[[Ahn Jae-hwan]], 36, [[South Korea]]n [[actor]], body found on this date after [[suicide]] by [[Suicide methods#Carbon monoxide poisoning|carbon monoxide poisoning]]. [http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2008/09/117_30755.html] |
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*[[Nathan Green Gordon]], 92, [[United States|American]] [[politician]] and [[Medal of Honor]] recipient, [[Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas|Lt. Governor of Arkansas]] (1947–1967), [[pneumonia]]. [http://www.arkansasbusiness.com/article.aspx?aid=108098.54928.120227] |
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*[[Celia Gregory]], 58, [[United Kingdom|British]] [[actor|actress]]. [http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/2008/sep/26/television.bbc] |
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*[[Bheki Mseleku]], 53, [[South Africa]]n-born [[United Kingdom|British]] [[jazz musician]], [[diabetes]]. [http://www.thetimes.co.za/News/Article.aspx?id=840721] |
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*[[Ralph Plaisted]], 80, [[United States|American]] [[Polar exploration|Arctic explorer]], [[natural causes]]. [http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iEmiNU8M5A8GhQI9qrNQzw_2acewD93423A04] |
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*[[Evan Tanner]], 37, [[United States|American]] [[mixed martial arts|MMA]] fighter and [[Ultimate Fighting Championship|UFC]] middleweight champion, body found on this date after apparent [[hyperthermia|heat exposure]]. [http://mmajunkie.com/news/5243/former-ufc-champ-evan-tanner-dead-at-37.mma] |
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*[[Kunnakudi Vaidyanathan]], 73, [[India]]n [[violinist]], after long illness. [http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/000200809082321.htm] |
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*[[George Zarnecki]], 92, [[Poland|Polish]] [[art history|art historian]] and [[medievalism|medievalist]]. [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article4742933.ece] |
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*[[Hector Zazou]], 60, [[France|French]] [[composer]] and [[record producer]]. [http://www.eitb24.com/new/en/B24_110378/entertainment/MUSIC-French-composer-Hector-Zazou-dies/] |
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===[[September 7|7]]=== |
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*[[Kune Biezeveld]], 60, [[Netherlands|Dutch]] [[theologian]]. [http://www.protestantsetheologischeuniversiteit.nl/idpage.aspx?lIntNavId=247&lIntEntityId=19&lStrAction=fld_txt_idpageCv] |
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*[[Ilarion Ciobanu]], 76, [[Romania]]n [[actor]]. [http://www.hotnews.ro/stiri-cultura-4257553-murit-ilarion-ciobanu.htm] (Romanian) |
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*[[Dino Dvornik]], 44, [[Croatia]]n [[actor]] and [[pop singer]]. [http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/09/08/europe/EU-Croatia-Obit-Dvornik.php] |
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*[[Peter Glossop]], 80, [[United Kingdom|British]] [[operatic]] [[baritone]]. [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article4708393.ece] |
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*[[Don Gutteridge]], 96, [[United States|American]] [[Major League Baseball]] player, [[Coach (baseball)|coach]] and [[Manager (baseball)|manager]]. [http://www.joplinglobe.com/neo_sek/local_story_252001938.html?keyword=secondarystory] |
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*[[Don Haskins]], 78, [[United States|American]] [[college basketball]] [[Coach (basketball)|coach]], [[heart failure]]. [http://msn.foxsports.com/cbk/story/8536482/Hall-of-Fame-coach-Haskins-dies-at-78?CMP=OTC-K9B140813162] |
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*[[Gregory Mcdonald]], 71, [[United States|American]] [[author]] (''[[Fletch (novel)|Fletch]]''), [[cancer]]. [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/12/AR2008091203390.html] |
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*[[Nagi Noda]], 35, [[Japan]]ese [[pop star]] and [[musical director|director]], injuries from [[traffic accident]]. [http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-09-11/honey-and-clover-opening-director-nagi-noda-passes-away] |
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*[[Larry Shaben]], 73, [[Canada|Canadian]] [[politician]], member of [[Legislative Assembly of Alberta]] (1975–1989), [[cancer]]. [http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20080907/shaben_obitt_080907/20080907?hub=Canada] |
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===[[September 6|6]]=== |
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*[[Aril Edvardsen]], 69, [[Norway|Norwegian]] [[Evangelism|evangelical]] [[preacher]] and [[missionary]]. [http://www.aftenposten.no/english/local/article2640804.ece] |
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*[[Abd al-Halim Abu Ghazala]], 78, [[Egypt]]ian [[politician]], [[field marshal]] and [[defence minister]], [[throat cancer]]. [http://africa.reuters.com/top/news/usnBAN734537.html] |
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*[[Antonio Innocenti]], 93, [[Italy|Italian]] [[Cardinal (Catholicism)|cardinal]]. [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/events/n2008.html#tail] |
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*[[Nicole Lai]], 36, [[Singapore]]an [[singer]], [[skin cancer]]. [http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking%2BNews/Lifestyle/Story/STIStory_282468.html] |
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*[[Allan Lawrence]], 82, [[Canada|Canadian]] [[politician]], [[Canadian House of Commons|MP]] for [[Northumberland—Durham]] (1972–1988). [http://www.northumberlandtoday.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1190633] |
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*[[Ray Loring]], 65, [[United States|American]] [[professor]] and [[composer]], [[myocardial infarction|heart attack]]. [http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/obituaries/articles/2008/09/13/ray_loring_gordon_college_professor_composed_tv_scores/] |
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*[[Sören Nordin]], 91, [[Sweden|Swedish]] [[harness racing]] trainer. [http://www.ustrotting.com/absolutenm/anmviewer.asp?a=28818&z=1] |
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*[[Anita Page]], 98, [[United States|American]] [[actor|actress]] (''[[The Broadway Melody]]''), [[death by natural causes|natural causes]]. [http://www.mercurynews.com/breakingnews/ci_10400244] |
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*[[Bill Shorthouse]], 86, [[United Kingdom|British]] [[association football|footballer]]. [http://www.lastingtribute.co.uk/tribute/shorthouse/2898493] |
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*[[Mike Swoboda]], 69, [[United States|American]] [[politician]], [[mayor]] of [[Kirkwood, Missouri]] (2000–2008), complications of [[Kirkwood City Council shooting|shooting]]. [http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/stlouiscitycounty/story/FB655C8A51D2B402862574BC00544C98?OpenDocument] |
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===[[September 5|5]]=== |
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*[[Raymond Bernabei]], 83, [[United States|American]] [[Association football|soccer player]], complications of [[non-Hodgkin lymphoma]]. [http://www.thedailystar.com/localsports/local_story_253040036.html] |
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*[[Robert Giroux]], 94, [[United States|American]] [[editor]] and [[publisher]] ([[Farrar, Straus and Giroux]]). [http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/05/books/06giroux.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin] |
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*[[Miroslav Havel]], 86, [[Czech Republic|Czech]]-born [[Republic of Ireland|Irish]] chief [[designer]] ([[Waterford Crystal]]). [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/3075166/Miroslav-Havel.html] |
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*[[Thubten Jigme Norbu]], 86, [[Tibet]]an [[lama]] ([[Taktser Rinpoche]]), eldest brother of the [[Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama|14th Dalai Lama]]. [http://www.savetibet.org/news/newsitem.php?id=1358] |
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*[[Lucian Pye]], 86, [[United States|American]] [[political scientist]] and [[sinology|sinologist]], expert on [[Chinese politics]], [[pneumonia]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/12/us/12pye.html?ref=obituaries] |
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*[[Luis Santibáñez]], 72, [[Chile]]an [[association football|football]] [[Coach (sport)|team manager]], complications from a [[kidney]] condition. [http://canadianpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5i4DH0BFKAoTPgSNeNRQ2WZV9ifDQ] |
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*[[Mila Schön]], 91, [[Italy|Italian]] [[fashion designer]]. [http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jV9DGCuCfgBAlgDsqPdHouUFkXGgD930KIV81] |
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===[[September 4|4]]=== |
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*[[Mary Dunn (yoga)|Mary Dunn]], 66, [[United States|American]] [[Iyengar yoga]] instructor, [[peritoneal cancer]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/10/nyregion/10dunn.html] |
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*[[Colin Egar]], 81, [[Australia]]n [[Australian Test Cricket Umpires|test cricket umpire]]. [http://news.theage.com.au/sport/tied-test-umpire-col-egar-dies-aged-80-20080905-4ajx.html] |
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*[[Dick Enderle]], 60, [[United States|American]] [[American football|football]] player. [http://www.sportsline.com/nfl/story/10962590/rss] |
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*[[Fon Huffman]], 95, [[United States|American]] [[World War II]] [[veteran]], last survivor of the [[Panay incident|''Panay'' incident]]. [http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/09/07/america/Deaths.php] |
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*[[Abdul Samad Ismail]], 84, [[Malaysia]]n [[journalist]], [[lung]] [[infection]] and [[kidney failure]]. [http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2008/9/5/nation/22246821&sec=nation] |
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*[[Alain Jacquet]], 69, [[France|French]] [[pop art]]ist, [[cancer]]. [http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hahN0Dcrd7y16IN3aA1KBmnyQzRQD9310J9O0] |
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*[[Jenny (gorilla)|Jenny]], 55, [[United States|American]] [[western lowland gorilla]], oldest [[gorilla]] in [[captivity]] ([[Dallas Zoo]]), [[Animal euthanasia|euthanized]]. [http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/stories/090608dnmetjennygorilla.48246da9.html] |
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*[[Tommy Johnston]], 81, [[United Kingdom|British]] [[Association football|footballer]], top scorer for [[Leyton Orient F.C.|Leyton Orient]]. [http://www.leytonorient.premiumtv.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10439~1384275,00.html] |
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*[[Erik Nielsen]], 84, [[Canada|Canadian]] [[Deputy Prime Minister of Canada|deputy prime minister]] (1984–1986), brother of [[Leslie Nielsen]], [[myocardial infarction|heart attack]]. [http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080905.wobitnielsen0905/BNStory/National/home] |
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*[[Waldick Soriano]], 75, [[Brazil]]ian [[composer]] and [[singer]], [[prostate cancer]]. [http://www.estadao.com.br/arteelazer/not_art236100,0.htm] (Portuguese) |
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*[[Fernando Torres (actor)|Fernando Torres]], 80, [[Brazil]]ian [[actor]], [[voice-over artist]], [[theatre director|director]] and [[producer]], husband of [[Fernanda Montenegro]], [[emphysema]]. [http://www.thenews.com.pk/updates.asp?id=54183] |
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*[[Jerome Weber]], 92, [[Canada|Canadian]] [[abbot]] of St. Peter-Muenster of [[Saskatchewan]]. [http://www.legacy.com/CAN-SASKATOON/Obituaries.asp?Page=LifeStory&PersonID=117010055] |
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===[[September 3|3]]=== |
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*[[Abdulla Alishayev]], [[Russia]]n [[Dagestan]]i [[journalist]], [[ballistic trauma|shot]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/04/world/europe/04journalists.html?ref=business] |
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*[[Lalla Bahia]], [[Morocco|Moroccan]] [[List of rulers of Morocco|royalty]], third wife of [[Mohammed V of Morocco|Mohammed V]]. [http://www.map.ma/eng/sections/general/spouse_of_late_king/view] |
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*[[Donald Blakeslee]], 89, [[United States|American]] [[United States Air Force|Air Force]] officer. [http://www.legacy.com/SunSentinel/Obituaries.asp?Page=LifeStory&PersonId=116963382] |
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*[[Françoise Demulder]], 61, [[France|French]] [[war photography|war photographer]], [[myocardial infarction|heart attack]]. [http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/09/04/europe/EU-France-Obit-Demulder.php] |
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*[[Michael Hammer]], 60, [[United States|American]] [[Business process reengineering|management theorist]], [[skull|cranial]] [[bleeding]]. [http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/obit-hammer-0904.html] |
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*[[Earl Lunsford]], 74, [[United States|American]] [[Canadian Football League]] player, [[Canadian Football Hall of Fame|Hall of Famer]] ([[Calgary Stampeders]], [[Winnipeg Blue Bombers]]). [http://calsun.canoe.ca/Sports/2008/09/04/6661816.html] |
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*[[Ron Rivera (public health)|Ron Rivera]], 60, [[United States|American]] [[public health]] innovator, [[malaria]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/14/health/14rivera.html] |
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*[[May Shin]], 91, [[Burma|Burmese]] [[actor|actress]] and [[singer]], [[pulmonary edema]]. [http://www.mizzima.com/news/inside-burma/992-actress-and-singer-of-yesteryear-daw-may-shin-dead.html] |
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*[[Pierre Van Dormael]], 56, [[Belgium|Belgian]] [[guitarist]], [[cancer]]. [http://www.deredactie.be/cm/de.redactie.english/flanders_today/080904_pierreVanDormael] |
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*[[Géo Voumard]], 87, [[Switzerland|Swiss]] [[composer]] and [[producer]], founder of the [[Montreux Jazz Festival]]. [http://esctoday.com/news/read/12250] |
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===[[September 2|2]]=== |
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*[[Andreas Zeier Cappelen]], 93, [[Norway|Norwegian]] [[politician]] and [[minister]]. [http://www.aftenposten.no/nyheter/iriks/article2633879.ece] (Norwegian) |
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*[[Todd Cruz]], 52, [[United States|American]] [[Major League Baseball]] player. [http://www.usatoday.com/sports/baseball/2008-09-04-3727589369_x.htm] |
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*[[Arne Domnérus]], 83, [[Sweden|Swedish]] [[jazz]] [[alto saxophone|alto saxophonist]] and [[clarinetist]]. [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/2677532/Arne-Domnerus.html] |
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*[[Joey Giardello]], 78, [[United States|American]] [[boxer]], [[List of middleweight boxing champions|middleweight boxing champion]] (1963–1965), [[heart failure]]. [http://www.cbc.ca/sports/story/2008/09/05/giardello-obit.html] |
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<!-- H -->*[[Abdullah al-Harari]], 98, [[Ethiopia]]n-born [[Lebanon|Lebanese]] [[scholar]], founder of the [[Al-Ahbash]] movement, [[natural causes]]. [http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1220353263224&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull] |
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*[[Bill Meléndez]], 91, [[Mexico|Mexican]]-born [[United States|American]] [[animator]] (''[[Peanuts]]''). [http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3i666fc0408ab465aa834dace4f0530679] |
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*[[Denis Rooke|Sir Denis Rooke]], 84, [[United Kingdom|British]] [[industrialist]]. [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/2690308/Sir-Denis-Rooke-OM.html] |
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===[[September 1|1]]=== |
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*[[Thomas J. Bata]], 93, [[Czech Republic|Czech]]-born [[Canada|Canadian]] [[Businessperson|businessman]] ([[Bata Shoes]]). [http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/09/01/business/EU-Czech-Canada-Obit-Bata.php] |
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*[[Calvin Beale]], 85, [[United States|American]] [[demographer]], [[colon cancer]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/03/us/03beale.html?_r=1&ref=obituaries&oref=slogin] |
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*[[Ian Edward Fraser]], 87, [[United Kingdom|British]] [[List of Victoria Cross recipients of the Royal Navy|recipient of the Victoria Cross]]. [http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-news/local-news/2008/09/02/merseyside-war-hero-ian-fraser-dies-100252-21658649/#Obituary] |
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*[[Helen Galland]], 83, [[United States|American]] [[retailing|retail]] executive, president of [[Bonwit Teller]] (1980–1983), [[myocardial infarction|heart attack]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/09/business/09galland.html] |
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*[[Kevin Heinze]], 80, [[Australia]]n pioneer [[gardening]] [[television presenter]], [[myocardial infarction|heart attack]]. [http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24281300-12377,00.html] |
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*[[Mel Ignatow]], 70, [[United States|American]] [[murder]]er, [[falling (accident)|fall]]. [http://www.courier-journal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080901/NEWS01/80901009/1008] |
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*[[Sheldon Keller]], 85, [[United States|American]] [[comedy]] [[writer]], complications from [[Alzheimer's disease]]. [http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080901/ap_en_ce/obit_keller] |
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*[[Don LaFontaine]], 68, [[United States|American]] [[voice acting|voice-over artist]], complications from [[pneumothorax]]. [http://www.koin.com/entertainment/entertainmenttonight/story.aspx?content_id=7652482c-fc83-4276-bbfc-9c2ae1e970b5] |
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*[[Henry Wako Muloki]], 87, [[Uganda]]n [[Kyabazinga of Busoga]] since 1995, [[esophageal cancer]]. [http://www.monitor.co.ug/artman/publish/news/REST_IN_PEACE_Kyabazinga_Wako_Muloki_dies_at_87_70883.shtml] |
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*[[Michael Pate]], 88, [[Australia]]n [[actor]] and [[writer]], [[pneumonia]]. [http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/story/0,26278,24280271-10388,00.html] |
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*[[Oded Schramm]], 46, [[Israel]]i [[mathematician]], [[falling (accident)|fall]]. [http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/377577_hiker04.html] |
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[[Category:2008 deaths]] |
Revision as of 10:03, 11 October 2008
Deaths in 2008 : ← - January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December - →
The following is a list of notable deaths in September 2008.
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- Henry Adler, 93, American drummer. [1]
- Ed Brinkman, 66, American baseball player and coach, lung cancer. [2]
- Sam Calder, 92, Australian politician and World War II fighter pilot, MP (1966–1980). [3]
- J. L. Chestnut, 77, American civil rights lawyer, kidney failure. [4]
- Joshua Benjamin Jeyaretnam, 82, Singaporean politician, MP (1981–1986), NCMP (1997–2001), heart failure. [5]
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- Hayden Carruth, 87, American poet and literary critic, stroke. [6]
- Richard Clayton, 93, American actor, heart failure. [7]
- Miguel Corcega, 79, Mexican actor. [8] (Spanish)
- Milt Davis, 79, American football player (Baltimore Colts), cancer. [9]
- Tim Fortescue, 92, British politician, MP (1966–1974). [10]
- Stan Kann, 83, American organist and Tonight Show regular, complications from heart procedure. [11]
- Mario Maya, 71, Spanish flamenco dancer, cancer. [12]
- Sultan Salahuddin Owaisi, 72, Indian politician. [13]
- Antonio Sarto, 82, Brazilian Roman Catholic bishop. [14]
- Bohumil Smolik, 65, Czech footballer. [15] (Czech)
- Anthony Spero, 79, American financier, leader of Bonanno crime family, after short illness. [16]
- Relus ter Beek, 64, Dutch politician, Minister of Defence (1989–1994), abolished conscription, lung cancer. [17]
- Peter Troy, 70, Australian surfing pioneer, pulmonary embolism. [18]
- Jock Wilson, 105, British serviceman, UK's oldest D-Day veteran. [19]
28
- Adolf Branald, 97, Czech writer. [20] (Czech)
- Osborn Elliott, 83, American editor of Newsweek (1961–1976), complications from cancer. [21]
- Jack Faulkner, 82, American football coach and administrator. [22]
- Malalai Kakar, 41, Afghan senior policewoman, shot. [23]
- Aaron Katz, 92, American advocate for the Rosenbergs [24]
- Thomas Thewes, 76, American businessman, co-owner of the Carolina Hurricanes, leukemia. [25]
27
- Len Browning, 80, British footballer. [26]
- Kristen Brydum, 25, American political activist, shot. [27]
- Sanny Day, 87, Dutch singer (The Millers). [28] (Dutch)
- George Jones, 71, American doo-wop singer-songwriter (The Edsels), cancer. [29]
- Mahendra Kapoor, 74, Indian playback singer, heart attack. [30]
- Mario Maya, 71, Spanish dancer and choreographer, cancer [31]
- Jimmy Murray, 72, British footballer, prostate cancer. [32]
- Henri Pachard, 69, American pornographic film director, throat cancer. [33]
- Olaf Poulsen, 88, Norwegian president of the International Skating Union (1980–1994). [34] (Norwegian)
26
- Bernadette Greevy, 68, Irish mezzo-soprano, after short illness. [35]
- Joli Jászai, 101, Hungarian actress. [36] (Hungarian)
- Géza Kalocsay, 95, Hungarian football player and manager. [37] (Polish)
- Raymond Macherot, 84, Belgian cartoonist. [38]
- Marian McQuade, 91, American founder of National Grandparents Day, heart failure. [39]
- Bryan Morrison, 66, British manager of The Pretty Things and Pink Floyd, infection. [40]
- William M. Murphy, 92, American biographer. [41]
- Paul Newman, 83, American Academy Award-winning actor and philanthropist, cancer. [42]
- Cirio H. Santiago, 72, Filipino filmmaker and producer, complications from lung cancer. [43]
25
- Glenn Andrews, 99, American politician, Representative (1965–1967), oldest surviving member of the House of Representatives. [44]
- Brian Donnelly, 59, New Zealand diplomat and politician, MP (1996–2008). [45]
- Edward S. Klima, 77, American linguist, complications from brain surgery [46]
- Horaţiu Rădulescu, 66, Romanian composer, spectral music pioneer. [47]
- Ralph Sazio, 86, Canadian football coach (Hamilton Tiger-Cats). [48]]
- Jimmy Sirrel, 86, British football manager (Notts County), after long illness. [49]
- Patrick d'Udekem d'Acoz, 72, Belgian count, father of Princess Mathilde. [50]
- Roger Vanderfield, 80, Australian rugby union referee, IRB chairman and ARU president. [51]
24
- Kwadwo Baah Wiredu, 56, Ghanaian finance minister since 2005, after short illness. [52]
- Irene Dailey, 88, American actress, colon cancer. [53]
- Sir Peter Derham, 83, Australian businessman and philanthropist, stroke. [54]
- Dick Lynch, 72, American football player and radio announcer (New York Giants), leukemia. [55]
- Jim McKinney, 77, American food packaging specialist, lung cancer. [56]
- Maurits van Nierop, 25, Dutch international cricketer, fall. [57]
- Thiago Jotta da Silva, 24, Brazilian footballer, shot. [58]
- Mickey Vernon, 90, American baseball player, stroke. [59]
- Vice Vukov, 72, Croatian singer and politician. [60]
- James Whitesell, 77, American fast food entrepreneur, heart complications. [61]
- Claude Wilton, 89, Irish politician and solicitor. [62]
- Ruslan Yamadayev, 46, Chechen warlord and member of Russian State Duma, shot. [63]
23
- Maria Esther Figueiredo Ferraz, 93, Brazilian Minister of Education (1982–1985) and first female minister, stroke. [64] (Portuguese)
- Arne Haugestad, 73, Norwegian Supreme Court lawyer, Arne Treholt's defender. [65] (Norwegian)
- Richard Henyard, 34, American murderer, execution by lethal injection. [66]
- Wally Hilgenberg, 66, American football player, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. [67]
- Rudolf Illovszky, 86, Hungarian footballer and manager, pneumonia. [68]
- Peter Leonard, 66, Australian broadcaster, mesothelioma. [69]
- Brock McElheran, 90, Canadian conductor and composer. [70]
- Loren Pope, 98, American education consultant, heart failure. [71]
- Matti Juhani Saari, 22, Finnish school shooter, suicide by gunshot. [72]
- Sonja Savić, 47, Serbian actress, heroin overdose. [73]
- William Woodruff, 92, British historian and author. [74]
22
- Michael Andreevich, 88, Russian prince. [75]
- Plato Andros, 86, American football player (Chicago Cardinals), Alzheimer's disease. [76]
- H. Dale Cook, 84, American federal judge since 1974, cancer. [77]
- Thomas Dörflein, 44, German zookeeper, surrogate parent of the polar bear Knut, heart attack. [78]
- Connie Haines, 87, American singer, myasthenia gravis. [79]
- Buddy McDonald, 85, American child actor (Our Gang), heart failure. [80]
- Petrus Schaesberg, 41, German art historian, suicide by jumping. [81]
21
- Carlos González Cruchaga, 87, Chilean bishop of the Diocese of Talca (1967–1996). [82]
- Mary Garber, 92, American sportswriter. [83]
- Nancy Hicks Maynard, 66, American journalist, advocate for diversity in journalism, organ failure. [84]
- Sir Brian Pippard, 88, British physicist, Cavendish Professor of Physics (1971–1984). [85]
- Barefoot Sanders, 83, American federal judge, natural causes. [86]
- Olov Svedelid, 76, Swedish writer. [87] (Swedish)
- Paul Tansey, 59, Irish economics editor (The Irish Times). [88]
- Dingiri Banda Wijetunga, 92, Sri Lankan prime minister (1989–1993), president (1993–1994), after long illness. [89]
20
- Nappy Brown, 78, American blues singer. [90]
- William Fox, 97, British actor. [91]
- Duncan Glen, 75, British poet, literary critic and designer, professor emeritus of visual communication (Nottingham Trent). [92]
- Ken Harris, 45, American member of Baltimore City Council (1999–2007), shot. [93]
- Johnny H. Hayes, 67, American fundraiser for Al Gore's presidential campaigns, stomach cancer. [94]
- Paul Howell, 57, British member of the European Parliament (1979–1994), plane crash. [95]
- Ed Sutton, 73, American football player, complications following heart bypass surgery. [96]
- John Taylor, 87, American military archivist at National Archives and Records Administration, heart failure. [97]
- Frank Valenti, 97 American mob boss (Rochester crime family). [98]
- Ivo Žďárek, 47, Czech ambassador to Vietnam (2004-2008) and Pakistan (2008), suicide bombing. [99]
19
- Ernie Andres, 90, American college baseball coach and Major League Baseball player (Boston Red Sox). [100]
- Alexina Calvert, 110, British supercentenarian, Scotland's oldest person. [101]
- Ned Harkness, 89, American ice hockey coach, stroke. [102]
- Jun Ichikawa, 59, Japanese film director. [103]
- David Jones, 74, British theatre and film director. [104]
- Srikanth Nagarajan, 22, Indian student ambassador, founder of Gyanodhaya Charity School, cardiac arrest. [105] (Tamil)
- Dave Needham, 57, British bantamweight boxing champion (1974–1975). [106]
- Earl Palmer, 83, American rhythm and blues drummer, after long illness. [107].
- Robert Royston, 90, American landscape architect. [108]
- Dick Sudhalter, 69, American jazz trumpeter, pneumonia. [109]
18
- Opal Courtney, Jr., 71, American singer (The Spaniels), heart attack. [110]
- Mauricio Kagel, 76, Argentine-born German composer. [111]
- Peter Kastner, 64, Canadian actor, heart attack. [112]
- Ron Lancaster, 69, American CFL quarterback and coach, heart attack. [113]
- Sherman Parker, 37, American politician, member of Missouri House of Representatives (2003–2006), brain aneurysm. [114]
- Henry Z. Steinway, 93, American businessman (Steinway & Sons). [115]
- Lou Trebar, 88, American polka bandleader. [116]
- Don Ultang, 91, American Pulitzer Prize–winning photographer. [117]
- Florestano Vancini, 82, Italian film director and screenwriter, after long illness. [118]
- John Webb, 82, American judge of the Supreme Court of North Carolina (1986–1998), Parkinson's disease. [119]
17
- Princess Luluwah bint Abdulaziz Al Saud, 80, Saudi member of the royal family, sister of King Abdullah. [120]
- James Crumley, 68, American crime writer, complications from kidney and pulmonary diseases. [121]
- Didier Dagueneau, 52, French winemaker, plane crash. [122]
- José María Cirarda Lachiondo, 91, Spanish bishop of the Archdiocese of Pamplona y Tudela (1978–1993). [123] (Spanish)
- Anna Langford, 90, American politician, first African American woman to serve on the Chicago City Council, lung cancer. [124]
- Michael Omondi, 46, Kenyan field hockey player, after short illness. [125]
- Fabiola Salazar, 42, Peruvian congresswoman, car accident. [126]
- Humberto Solás, 66, Cuban filmmaker, cancer. [127]
- Robert Steinberg, 61, American physician, co-founder of Scharffen Berger Chocolate Maker, lymphoma. [128]
16
- Jack Alderman, 57, American murderer, execution by lethal injection. [129]
- Avraham Biran, 98, Israeli archaeologist, natural causes. [130]
- Elizabeth Douglas-Hamilton, Duchess of Hamilton and Brandon, 92, British peeress. [131]
- John Fancy, 95, British World War II RAF airman. [132]
- Satya Ranjan Roy, 67, Indian athletics coach, Alzheimer's disease. [133]
- Andrei Volkonsky, 75, Russian composer. [134] (Russian)
- Charles Whitebread, 65, American professor of law, cancer. [135]
- Norman Whitfield, 68, American Motown songwriter ("I Heard It Through the Grapevine") and record producer, diabetes. [136]
15
- Marion Dewar, 80, Canadian politician, mayor of Ottawa (1978–1985), fall. [137]
- Elmer Dills, 82, American food critic (KABC-TV). [138]
- Ciaran Duffy, 42, Irish managing director of Namibia Breweries Limited, cancer. [139]
- Gangadhar Gadgil, 85, Indian writer, cancer. [140]
- John Matshikiza, 53, South African actor, writer and poet, heart attack. [141]
- Juraj Njavro, 70, Croatian doctor and politician, after long illness. [142]
- J. Patrick Rooney, 80, American insurance advocate. [143]
- Richard Wright, 65, British keyboardist (Pink Floyd) and songwriter ("Dark Side Of The Moon"), cancer. [144]
14
- John Burnside, 91, American inventor, brain cancer. [145]
- Steve Engel, 49, American drag racer, race accident. [146]
- Hyman Golden, 85, American co-founder of Snapple Beverage Corporation, complications from stroke. [147]
- Ştefan Iordache, 67, Romanian actor, leukemia. [148]
- Georgi Kitov, 65, Bulgarian archaeologist, heart attack. [149]
- Lynn Kohlman, 62, American model and photographer, breast and brain cancer. [150]
- Lobsang Nyima Pal Sangpo, 79, Tibetan 100th Ganden Tripa (1994–2002), head of the Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism. [151]
- Keiko McDonald, 68, Japanese-born American professor, drowned. [152]
- Mu Tiezhu, 59, Chinese basketball player, heart attack. [153]
- Walter H. Seward, 111, American supercentenarian, blood infection. [154]
- Oscar Suarez, 47, American boxing trainer, pancreatic cancer. [155]
- Gennady Troshev, 61, Russian politician and military commander (Second Chechen War), plane crash. [156]
13
- Peter Camejo, 68, American politician and activist, lymphoma. [157]
- Dean Hoge, 71, American sociologist, specialist in American Catholicism, cancer. [158]
- Oliver King-Onzila, 19, British footballer (Barnet), stabbed. [159]
- Duncan Laing, 77, New Zealand swimming coach, cancer. [160]
- James W. Snow, 79, Canadian politician, member of Legislative Assembly of Ontario (1967–1985), diabetes. [161]
- Olin Stephens, 100, American yacht designer. [162]
- Alice Van-Springsteen, 90, American stuntwoman, pneumonia. [163]
- Abdullah Wardak, Afghan governor of Lowgar Province, suicide attack. [164]
12
- Simon Hantaï, 85, Hungarian-born French abstract artist. [165] (French)
- Tomislav Ladan, 76, Croatian encyclopedist and polymath, malignant tumor. [166]
- Max Mermelstein, 65, American drug trafficker, cancer. [167]
- Siyabonga Mkhwanazi, 27, South African footballer. [168]
- George Putnam, 94, American television news reporter, heart failure. [169]
- Bob Quinn, 93, Australian footballer (Port Adelaide) and Military Medal recipient. [170]
- Marjorie Thomas, 85, British opera singer, after long illness. [171]
- Paola S. Timiras, 85, American doctor, expert on the physiology of ageing, heart failure. [172]
- Charlie Walker, 81, American country music singer, colon cancer. [173]
- David Foster Wallace, 46, American author and essayist (Infinite Jest), suicide by hanging. [174]
11
- Bennett Campbell, 65, Canadian politician, premier of Prince Edward Island (1978–1979), cancer. [175]
- Florian Goebel, 35, German astrophysicist, fall. [176]
- Dave Hanner, 78, American football player and coach (Green Bay Packers), heart attack. [177]
- Klaus Johann Jacobs, 71, German-born Swiss billionaire, cancer. [178]
- Fran Reed, 65, American teacher and fish skin artist, cancer. [179]
- Nils Johan Ringdal, 56, Norwegian author and historian. [180] (Norwegian)
- Martin Tytell, 94, American manual typewriter expert, cancer. [181]
- Joan Winston, 77, American author, founder of Star Trek convention, Alzheimer's disease. [182]
10
- Saleh al Aridi, 50, Lebanese pro-Syrian politician, car bomb. [183]
- Gérald Beaudoin, 79, Canadian lawyer and senator (1988–2004). [184]
- José Antonio Dammert Bellido, 91, Peruvian bishop of the Roman Catholic Church. [185] (Spanish)
- Cameron Buchanan, 80, British footballer. [186]
- David Chipp, 81, British editor-in-chief (Press Association, Reuters), first resident correspondent for Reuters in China. [187]
- Patrick Flynn, 72, American composer and conductor, pulmonary embolism. [188]
- Robert Glasgow, 83, American organist and University of Michigan professor emeritus. [189]
- Vernon Handley, 77, British conductor. [190]
- Sherrill Headrick, 71, American football player, cancer. [191]
- Domagoj Kapeć, 18, Croatian ice hockey player, car accident. [192]
- Frank Mundus, 82, American shark fisherman, alleged inspiration for Quint in Jaws, heart attack. [193]
- Yuri Osipyan, 77, Russian physicist. [194]
- Ruedi Rymann, 75, Swiss yodeler, liver cancer [195]
- Paul Williams, 85, British politician, MP (1953–1964). [196]
9
- Betty Constable, 83, American squash player. [197]
- Eddie Crowder, 77, American football player and coach, complications of leukemia. [198]
- A.U. Fuimaono, 85, American Samoan politician, first Delegate to the United States House of Representatives (1970–1974). [199]
- Nina Lawson, 82, British wigmaker for the Metropolitan Opera, pernicious anaemia. [200]
- Jacob Lekgetho, 34, South African footballer. [201]
- P. N. Menon, 80, Indian film director, after long illness. [202]
- Warith Deen Mohammed, 74, American Islamic leader, son of Elijah Muhammad. [203]
- Richard Monette, 64, Canadian actor and director, pulmonary embolism. [204]
- Nouhak Phoumsavanh, 98, Laotian politician, president (1992–1998), natural causes. [205]
8
- Ahn Jae-hwan, 36, South Korean actor, body found on this date after suicide by carbon monoxide poisoning. [206]
- Nathan Green Gordon, 92, American politician and Medal of Honor recipient, Lt. Governor of Arkansas (1947–1967), pneumonia. [207]
- Celia Gregory, 58, British actress. [208]
- Bheki Mseleku, 53, South African-born British jazz musician, diabetes. [209]
- Ralph Plaisted, 80, American Arctic explorer, natural causes. [210]
- Evan Tanner, 37, American MMA fighter and UFC middleweight champion, body found on this date after apparent heat exposure. [211]
- Kunnakudi Vaidyanathan, 73, Indian violinist, after long illness. [212]
- George Zarnecki, 92, Polish art historian and medievalist. [213]
- Hector Zazou, 60, French composer and record producer. [214]
7
- Kune Biezeveld, 60, Dutch theologian. [215]
- Ilarion Ciobanu, 76, Romanian actor. [216] (Romanian)
- Dino Dvornik, 44, Croatian actor and pop singer. [217]
- Peter Glossop, 80, British operatic baritone. [218]
- Don Gutteridge, 96, American Major League Baseball player, coach and manager. [219]
- Don Haskins, 78, American college basketball coach, heart failure. [220]
- Gregory Mcdonald, 71, American author (Fletch), cancer. [221]
- Nagi Noda, 35, Japanese pop star and director, injuries from traffic accident. [222]
- Larry Shaben, 73, Canadian politician, member of Legislative Assembly of Alberta (1975–1989), cancer. [223]
6
- Aril Edvardsen, 69, Norwegian evangelical preacher and missionary. [224]
- Abd al-Halim Abu Ghazala, 78, Egyptian politician, field marshal and defence minister, throat cancer. [225]
- Antonio Innocenti, 93, Italian cardinal. [226]
- Nicole Lai, 36, Singaporean singer, skin cancer. [227]
- Allan Lawrence, 82, Canadian politician, MP for Northumberland—Durham (1972–1988). [228]
- Ray Loring, 65, American professor and composer, heart attack. [229]
- Sören Nordin, 91, Swedish harness racing trainer. [230]
- Anita Page, 98, American actress (The Broadway Melody), natural causes. [231]
- Bill Shorthouse, 86, British footballer. [232]
- Mike Swoboda, 69, American politician, mayor of Kirkwood, Missouri (2000–2008), complications of shooting. [233]
5
- Raymond Bernabei, 83, American soccer player, complications of non-Hodgkin lymphoma. [234]
- Robert Giroux, 94, American editor and publisher (Farrar, Straus and Giroux). [235]
- Miroslav Havel, 86, Czech-born Irish chief designer (Waterford Crystal). [236]
- Thubten Jigme Norbu, 86, Tibetan lama (Taktser Rinpoche), eldest brother of the 14th Dalai Lama. [237]
- Lucian Pye, 86, American political scientist and sinologist, expert on Chinese politics, pneumonia. [238]
- Luis Santibáñez, 72, Chilean football team manager, complications from a kidney condition. [239]
- Mila Schön, 91, Italian fashion designer. [240]
4
- Mary Dunn, 66, American Iyengar yoga instructor, peritoneal cancer. [241]
- Colin Egar, 81, Australian test cricket umpire. [242]
- Dick Enderle, 60, American football player. [243]
- Fon Huffman, 95, American World War II veteran, last survivor of the Panay incident. [244]
- Abdul Samad Ismail, 84, Malaysian journalist, lung infection and kidney failure. [245]
- Alain Jacquet, 69, French pop artist, cancer. [246]
- Jenny, 55, American western lowland gorilla, oldest gorilla in captivity (Dallas Zoo), euthanized. [247]
- Tommy Johnston, 81, British footballer, top scorer for Leyton Orient. [248]
- Erik Nielsen, 84, Canadian deputy prime minister (1984–1986), brother of Leslie Nielsen, heart attack. [249]
- Waldick Soriano, 75, Brazilian composer and singer, prostate cancer. [250] (Portuguese)
- Fernando Torres, 80, Brazilian actor, voice-over artist, director and producer, husband of Fernanda Montenegro, emphysema. [251]
- Jerome Weber, 92, Canadian abbot of St. Peter-Muenster of Saskatchewan. [252]
3
- Abdulla Alishayev, Russian Dagestani journalist, shot. [253]
- Lalla Bahia, Moroccan royalty, third wife of Mohammed V. [254]
- Donald Blakeslee, 89, American Air Force officer. [255]
- Françoise Demulder, 61, French war photographer, heart attack. [256]
- Michael Hammer, 60, American management theorist, cranial bleeding. [257]
- Earl Lunsford, 74, American Canadian Football League player, Hall of Famer (Calgary Stampeders, Winnipeg Blue Bombers). [258]
- Ron Rivera, 60, American public health innovator, malaria. [259]
- May Shin, 91, Burmese actress and singer, pulmonary edema. [260]
- Pierre Van Dormael, 56, Belgian guitarist, cancer. [261]
- Géo Voumard, 87, Swiss composer and producer, founder of the Montreux Jazz Festival. [262]
2
- Andreas Zeier Cappelen, 93, Norwegian politician and minister. [263] (Norwegian)
- Todd Cruz, 52, American Major League Baseball player. [264]
- Arne Domnérus, 83, Swedish jazz alto saxophonist and clarinetist. [265]
- Joey Giardello, 78, American boxer, middleweight boxing champion (1963–1965), heart failure. [266]
- Abdullah al-Harari, 98, Ethiopian-born Lebanese scholar, founder of the Al-Ahbash movement, natural causes. [267]
- Bill Meléndez, 91, Mexican-born American animator (Peanuts). [268]
- Sir Denis Rooke, 84, British industrialist. [269]
1
- Thomas J. Bata, 93, Czech-born Canadian businessman (Bata Shoes). [270]
- Calvin Beale, 85, American demographer, colon cancer. [271]
- Ian Edward Fraser, 87, British recipient of the Victoria Cross. [272]
- Helen Galland, 83, American retail executive, president of Bonwit Teller (1980–1983), heart attack. [273]
- Kevin Heinze, 80, Australian pioneer gardening television presenter, heart attack. [274]
- Mel Ignatow, 70, American murderer, fall. [275]
- Sheldon Keller, 85, American comedy writer, complications from Alzheimer's disease. [276]
- Don LaFontaine, 68, American voice-over artist, complications from pneumothorax. [277]
- Henry Wako Muloki, 87, Ugandan Kyabazinga of Busoga since 1995, esophageal cancer. [278]
- Michael Pate, 88, Australian actor and writer, pneumonia. [279]
- Oded Schramm, 46, Israeli mathematician, fall. [280]