Deaths in May 2010

The following is a list of notable deaths in May 2010.

May 2010

1

• Danny Aiello III, 53, American stuntman (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Shooter, Rescue Me), pancreatic cancer.
• T. M. Aluko, 91, Nigerian writer.
• Don Caruth, 59, American politician, minority leader of the West Virginia Senate, brain cancer.
• Jean-Louis Dumas, 72, French businessman, Hermès group chairman (1978–2006).
• Antoine Hayek, 81, Lebanese Melkite Greek Catholic prelate, archbishop of Baniyas (1989–2006).
• Vytautas Janulionis, 52, Lithuanian glass artist. (Lithuanian)
• Zygmunt Kamiński, 77, Polish Roman Catholic prelate, archbishop of Szczecin-Kamień (1999–2009).
• Dragan Kujović, Montenegrin politician, President (2003).
• Rob McConnell, 75, Canadian jazz musician, cancer.
• Lawrence Paul, 84, Canadian Mi'kmaq tribe leader, chief of the Membertou First Nation (1967–1969).
• Helen Wagner, 91, American actress (As the World Turns), cancer.

2

• Ann Aldrich, 82, American jurist.
• Kama Chinen, 114, Japanese supercentenarian, verified oldest living person and last surviving person documented as born in 1895.
• Moshe Hirsch, 86, Israeli Neturei Karta rabbi and anti-Zionist, Palestinian National Authority Minister for Jewish Affairs, after long illness.
• André Lamy, 77, Canadian film producer, after long illness.
• Andrew McFarlane, 32, Australian motocross racer, accident during practice.
• Bohumil Němeček, 72, Czech boxer, Olympic gold medalist (1960).
• Murray Nicoll, 66, Australian journalist and broadcaster, Ash Wednesday fires commentator, leukaemia.
• Santiago Carlos Oves, 68, Argentine film director.
• Lynn Redgrave, 67, English actress (Georgy Girl, Gods and Monsters), breast cancer.

3

• Mohammed Abed al-Jabri, 73, Moroccan philosopher and writer.
• Luigi Amaducci, 86, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, archbishop of Ravenna-Cervia (1990–2000).
• Charles C. Barham, 75, American politician, Louisiana State Senator (1964–1972, 1976–1988), cancer.
• Kirt Bennett, 42, American businessman, stroke.
• Florencio Campomanes, 83, Filipino chess player, President of FIDE (1982–1995).
• Bill Clement, 61, Canadian politician, Winnipeg City Councilman since 1983.
• Stefan Doernberg, 85, German writer and teacher. (German)
• Jack Friedman, 70, American businessman, co-founder of Jakks Pacific.
• Jimmy Gardner, 85, British character actor (The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban) .
• Blanche Hunt, 74, Fictional character (Coronation Street) heart attack.
• Karl Kasten, 94, American painter.
• Stephen Ledogar, 80, American arms control negotiator, bladder cancer.
• Merv McIntosh, 87, Australian football player, heart attack.
• Peter O'Donnell, 90, British writer (Modesty Blaise).
• Kinji Shibuya, 88, American professional wrestler and actor (Mr. T and Tina), natural causes.
• Guenter Wendt, 85, German-born American spacecraft engineer (NASA ), heart failure and stroke.

4

• David E. Apter, 85, American political scientist, complications of cancer.
• Brita Borg, 83, Swedish actress, singer and variety show artist.
• Danny Chandler, 50, American motocross champion, complications from paralysis.
• Ángel Cristo, 65, Spanish animal tamer and circus promoter, cardiac arrest.
• Bill Dale, 93, Canadian track and field athlete.
• Sheena Duncan, 77, South African anti-apartheid campaigner, leader of Black Sash, after long illness.
• Ernie Harwell, 92, American baseball sportscaster (Detroit Tigers), cholangiocarcinoma.
• Peter Heathfield, 81, British trade unionist.
• Freddy Kottulinsky, 77, German-born Swedish racing driver.
• William Lubtchansky, 73, French cinematographer, heart disease.
• Denis Obua, 62, Ugandan footballer.
• Luigi Poggi, 92, Italian Roman Catholic prelate.
• Joan Rendell, 89, British writer.
• Nick Rogers, 30, American football player (Minnesota Vikings), auto accident.
• Dustin Shuler, 61, American sculptor (Spindle), pancreatic cancer.
• Hadi Soesastro, 65, Indonesian economist and intellectual, founder of the CSIS, brain hemorrhage.
• El Supremo, 59, Mexican professional wrestler, heart attack.

5

• Lucho Barrios, 76, Peruvian bolero singer.
• Louis Bisilliat, 79, French cyclist.
• Ray Blum, 91, American Olympic speed skater.
• Marcello Costalunga, 85, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Titular Archbishop of Aquileia (1991–2001).
• Joseph Kearney, 83, American athletic director, pancreatic cancer.
• Alfons Kontarsky, 77, German pianist. (German)
• Armando Lucero, 68, Argentine sex offender, respiratory infection.
• Jack MacDonald, 82, Canadian politician, mayor of Hamilton, Ontario (1977–1980), after long illness.
• Max Palevsky, 85, American entrepreneur, philanthropist and art collector.
• Harry Siljander, 87, Finnish Olympic bronze medal-winning (1952) boxer.
• Giulietta Simionato, 99, Italian mezzo-soprano singer.
• Gwyn Thomas, 96, Canadian crime reporter (Toronto Star), natural causes.
• Umaru Yar'Adua, 58, Nigerian politician, President (2007–2010), after long illness.

6

• Hoàng Cầm, 88, Vietnamese poet and playwright. (Vietnamese)
• Jaroslav Cardal, 91, Czechoslovakian Olympic cross-country skier. (Czech)
• David E. Durston, 88, American film director and screenwriter (I Drink Your Blood), complications from pneumonia.
• Guillermo Meza, 21, Mexican footballer (Pumas Morelos), shot.
• Giacomo Neri, 94, Italian footballer. (Italian)
• Mildred Ellen Orton, 99, American businesswoman, co-founder of the Vermont Country Store.
• Robin Roberts, 83, American baseball player (Philadelphia Phillies), Baseball Hall of Fame inductee, natural causes.
• Robert J. Serling, 92, American author, brother of Rod Serling.
• Dennis Sharp, 76, British architect, cancer.

7

• Francisco Aguabella, 84, Cuban-born American jazz percussionist, cancer.
• Rane Arroyo, 55, American poet, cerebral hemorrhage.
• Anders Buraas, 94, Norwegian journalist. (Norwegian)
• Babz Chula, 64, American actress (Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog, The X-Files: I Want to Believe, Double Jeopardy), cancer.
• Dick Flowers, 84, American football player (Baltimore Colts).
• Pamela Green, 81, British actress and model, leukemia.
• Wally Hickel, 90, American politician, Secretary of the Interior (1969–1970), Governor of Alaska (1966–1969, 1990–1994), natural causes.
• Billy Kelly, 78, British boxer, after long illness.
• Zoran Kurteš, 44, Serbian handball player and coach, cardiac arrest. (Romanian)
• Adele Mara, 87, American actress (Sands of Iwo Jima), natural causes.
• Fríða Á. Sigurðardóttir, 69, Icelandic author.
• Svetozar Stojanović, 78, Serbian philosopher and political theorist. (Serbian)
• Flora L. Thornton, 96, American arts patron and philanthropist, pulmonary disease.
• Bert L. Vallee, 90, American professor.

8

• Bruce Alford, Sr., 87, American football player (New York Yanks), and line judge, cancer.
• Florrie Baldwin, 114, British supercentenarian, oldest person in Europe.
• Shadreck Biemba, 45, Zambian footballer, cancer.
• Joaquín Capilla, 81, Mexican Olympic diving four-time medalist, heart failure.
• Sir Cecil Clothier, 90, Manx judge and public servant.
• Norm Ezell, 68, American musician, cancer.
• Andrew Hull, 46, Canadian-born film maker, film director and architect, head injury due to cycling accident.
• Stefanos Lazaridis, 67, Ethiopian-born Greek stage designer, cancer.
• Andor Lilienthal, 99, Russian-born Hungarian chess grandmaster. (Hungarian)
• Giuseppe Ogna, 76, Italian Olympic cyclist.
• Peer Schmidt, 84, German actor, after long illness. (German)
• Mark Shannon, 58, American radio personality (KTOK), lymphoid leukemia.
• George Susce, 78, American baseball player (Boston Red Sox).
• Alan Watkins, 77, British political journalist, renal failure.

9

• Danger Ashipala, 62, Namibian police advisor.
• Erica Blasberg, 25, American golfer, suicide.
• Raymond Bouchex, 83, French Roman Catholic prelate, archbishop of Avignon (1978–2002).
• Dean Cetrulo, 91, American fencer, Olympic bronze medalist (1948 Summer Olympics).
• Geoffrey Chapman, 80, Australian publisher.
• Rita Childers, 95, Irish politician, wife of President Erskine Hamilton Childers.
• Zosima Davydov, 46, Russian Orthodox prelate, bishop of Yakutsk and Lensk (since 2004), heart attack. (Russian)
• Hans Dijkstal, 67, Dutch politician, Minister of the Interior and Deputy Prime Minister (1994–1998), cancer. (Dutch)
• Francisco Andrés Escobar, 67, Salvadorian actor, journalist and writer. (Spanish)
• Lena Horne, 92, American singer and actress (Stormy Weather, The Wiz).
• Signe Johansson-Engdahl, 104, Swedish 1924 Olympic diver. (Swedish)
• Farzad Kamangar, 32, Iranian activist, execution by hanging.
• Craig Kauffman, 78, American painter and sculptor, complications from a stroke and pneumonia.
• Teruji Kogake, 77, Japanese Olympic athlete, liver failure.
• Acharya Mahapragya, 89, Indian Jain religious leader, supreme head of Svetambar Terapanth, cardiac arrest.
• Otakar Motejl, 77, Czech public official, Ombudsman (since 2000), after short illness.
• Karl-Heinz Schnibbe, 86, German partisan, World War II resistance fighter. (German)
• Edward Uhl, 92, American inventor, co-inventor of the bazooka, heart failure.

10

• Ike Franklin Andrews, 84, American politician, U.S. Representative from North Carolina (1973–1985).
• Albert W. Barney, 89, American jurist, Chief Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court (1974–1982).
• Jack Birkett, 75, British dancer, singer and actor.
• Giuliana Camerino, 90, Italian handbag designer.
• Charles Currey, 94, British sailor, silver medallist at the 1952 Summer Olympics.
• Frank Frazetta, 82, American fantasy and science fiction artist, stroke.
• Bill Hook, 84, American-born chess player for British Virgin Islands.
• Margit Hvammen, 77, Norwegian Olympic Alpine skier. (Norwegian)
• Mac Mohan, 71, Indian actor (Sholay), lung cancer.
• Volodymyr Ploskina, 55, Ukrainian football manager and former footballer.
• Robert B. Salter, 85, Canadian surgeon.

11

• Robert H. Burris, 96, American biochemist.
• John Fugh, 75, American army officier, Judge Advocate General of the U.S. Army, heart attack.
• Brian Gibson, 82, English footballer (Huddersfield Town).
• Timothy Grubb, 55, British-born American show jumper, Olympic silver medallist (1984 Summer Olympics), heart failure.
• Rauf Jabbarov, 74, Azerbaijani boxing manager, heart attack. (Azerbaijani)
• Maciej Kozłowski, 52, Polish actor, complications of hepatitis C. (Polish)
• Richard LaMotta, 67, American inventor of the Chipwich ice cream sandwich, heart attack.
• Bud Mahurin, 91, American flying ace, complications from a stroke.
• Emmanuel Ngobese, 29, South African footballer, tuberculosis.
• Jeff Shaw, 60, Australian politician and jurist, NSW Attorney General (1995–2000), Supreme Court judge (2003–2004), pneumonia.
• Doris Eaton Travis, 106, American performer, last surviving Ziegfeld girl, aneurysm.
• Bob Watt, 82, Canadian ice hockey player, Olympic gold medalist (1952 Winter Olympics) .

12

• Dieter Bock, 71, German businessman and multimillionaire, choking.
• Phyllis Hodges Boyce, 73, American actress (Gone with the Wind, Star Trek).
• Clive Fairbairn, 90, Australian cricketer.
• Charlie Francis, 61, Canadian track coach, lymphoma.
• Edith Keller-Herrmann, 88, German chess Grandmaster. (German)
• Sione Manu'uli Luani, 50, Tongan politician, governor of Vavaʻu (since 2009).
• Allan Manings, 86, American television writer (Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In, Good Times), cardiac arrest.
• Joëlle van Noppen, 30, Dutch singer, air crash.
• Bree O'Mara, 42, South African novelist, air crash.
• Antonio Ozores, 81, Spanish actor, cancer. (Spanish)

13

• Rafael Sanus Abad, 78, Spanish Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Valencia (1989–2000).
• Ashaari Mohammad, 73, Malaysian spiritual leader, respiratory infection.
• Ruth Chew, 90, American children's author, pneumonia.
• Paul Garabedian, 82, American mathematician.
• Eddie Garrett, 82, American actor (Looking for Mr. Goodbar, Quincy, M.E.).
• Cinthia Régia Gomes do Livramento, 46, Brazilian politician, Education Secretary (Amazonas), air crash.
• Walter Klimmek, 91, German footballer. (German)
• Klaus Kotter, 75, German bobsleigh official. (German)
• F. James McDonald, 87, American businessman, President of General Motors (1981–1987).
• Peter Provan, 73, Australian rugby league footballer, Balmain Tigers premiership captain (1969), after long illness.
• Rosa Rio, 107, American organist (Tampa Theatre).

14

• Frank J. Dodd, 72, American politician, President of the New Jersey Senate (1974–1975).
• Goh Keng Swee, 91, Singaporean politician, Deputy Prime Minister (1968–1985), after long illness.
• Norman Hand, 37, American football player (San Diego Chargers, New Orleans Saints), heart disease.
• Rūta Jokubonienė, 80, Lithuanian textile artist. (Lithuanian)
• David Maimon, 81, Israeli general, head of Israel Prison Service.
• Fred O'Donovan, 80, Irish theatre producer, Chairman of RTÉ Authority (1981–1985).
• Skip Away, 17, American thoroughbred racehorse, heart attack.
• Frederik van Zyl Slabbert, 70, South African politician, complications from liver disease.

15

• Harry Aleman, 71, American gangster and murderer, lung cancer.
• Gabriel Bien-Aimé, Haitian politician, Minister of Education (2006–2008), heart attack.
• Armand Caouette, 64, Canadian politician, Member of Parliament (1974–1980). (French)
• Juan José Carbó, 83, Spanish cartoonist. (Spanish)
• Moshe Greenberg, 81, American rabbi and biblical scholar.
• Christian Habicht, 57, German actor, heart attack. (German)
• Besian Idrizaj, 22, Austrian footballer, heart attack.
• Loris Kessel, 60, Swiss racing driver, leukemia. (German)
• Archduke Rudolf of Austria, 90, Austrian nobleman, youngest son of Emperor Charles I and Zita of Bourbon-Parma. (German)
• John Shepherd-Barron, 84, British inventor, invented the Automatic Teller Machine.
• Bhairon Singh Shekhawat, 86, Indian politician, Vice-President (2002–2007), respiratory infection.

16

• Debbie Abono, 80, American band manager.
• Ronnie James Dio, 67, American heavy metal singer (Black Sabbath, Rainbow, Dio), stomach cancer.
• Frank Dye, 82, British sailor.
• Alfonso Escámez, 94, Spanish banker. (Spanish)
• Aiyana Jones, 7, American shooting victim.
• Hank Jones, 91, American jazz pianist.
• Oswaldo López Arellano, 88, Honduran politician, President (1963–1971, 1972–1975), prostate cancer.
• Stephen Perry, 55, American television writer (ThunderCats, SilverHawks), homicide. (body discovered on this date)

17

• Víctor Selvino Arenhart, 61, Argentine Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Oberá (since 2009).
• Judson Crews, 92, American poet.
• Ludwig von Friedeburg, 85, German politician and sociologist, Hesse Minister for Education (1969–1974). (German)
• Richard Gregory, 86, British psychologist.
• Dorothy Kamenshek, 84, American baseball player (All-American Girls Professional Baseball League, 1943–1952).
• Yvonne Loriod, 86, French pianist, composer and teacher, widow of Olivier Messiaen.
• Mukhran Machavariani, 81, Georgian poet, heart attack.
• Rafael Nantes, 53, Filipino politician, helicopter crash.
• Khattiya Sawasdipol, 58, Thai army general and activist, advisor to the Red Shirts, shot.
• Bobbejaan Schoepen, 85, Belgian singer-songwriter and entrepreneur, cardiac arrest.
• Fritz Sennheiser, 98, German electrical engineer and entrepreneur, founder of Sennheiser.
• George Terlep, 87, American football player (Buffalo Bills) and head coach.
• Walasse Ting, 80, Chinese-born American visual artist.

18

• Shusaku Arakawa, 73, Japanese artist and architect.
• Sheila Armstrong, 60, American Olympic fencer.
• Martha Bielish, 94, Canadian politician, Senator (1979–1990).
• Don Day, 86, Australian politician, New South Wales Minister for Agriculture (1978–1980).
• John Gooders, 73, British ornithologist.
• Karin Iten, 53, Swiss figure skater. (German)
• Edoardo Sanguineti, 79, Italian poet, complications following abdominal aneurysm surgery.
• Peter Seaton, 67, American poet, influential in language poetry movement, apparent heart attack.
• Devendra Singh, 72, Indian-born American psychologist and educator.
• Snow Chief, 18, American Thoroughbred racehorse, euthanized.
• Willie Zapalac, 89, American football coach.

19

• Trevor Brissett, 49, English footballer (Port Vale), cancer. (death announced on this date)
• Martin Cohan, 77, American television writer and producer, creator of Silver Spoons, Who's the Boss?, large cell lymphoma.
• Larry Dale, 87, American blues singer and guitarist.
• Pierre-Claver Zeng Ebome, 56, Gabonese politician and musician. (French)
• Aleksandrs Golubovs, 50/51, Latvian politician, member of the Saeima (since 1995). (Latvian)
• Horácio Roque, 66, Portuguese financier, founder of Banco Internacional do Funchal, stroke.
• Moishe Rosen, 78, American Baptist minister, founder of Jews for Jesus, after long illness.
• Harry Vos, 63, Dutch footballer, cancer. (Dutch)

20

• Phill Hartsfield, American knifemaker.
• Gesang Martohartono, 92, Indonesian singer-songwriter. (Indonesian)
• Robert L. McNeil, Jr., 94, American chemist and inventor, creator of paracetamol (acetaminophen), heart failure.
• Hugh Morris, New Zealand businessman, founder of McDonald's New Zealand.
• Breandán Ó Buachalla, 74, Irish academic, Irish language scholar, heart attack.
• Walter Rudin, 89, Austrian-born American mathematician, Parkinson's disease.
• Robert Tralins, 84, American author. .
• Leonard Wolfson, Baron Wolfson, 82, British businessman, philanthropist and life peer. .

21

• Adrian Cruickshank, 73, Australian politician, member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly (1984–1999).
• Stan Jones, 78, American football player (Chicago Bears), member of Pro Football Hall of Fame, complications from a stroke.
• Anna-Lena Löfgren, 66, Swedish singer. (Swedish)
• Bill Long, 78, Irish writer and broadcaster, Ireland's longest surviving heart transplant patient.
• Will Munro, 35, Canadian artist, brain cancer.
• Howard Post, 83, American cartoonist and animator.
• Robert Gordon Rogers, 90, Canadian politician, Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia (1983–1988).
• Gerald Roush, 68, American Ferrari expert, heart attack.
• John P. Scott, 76, American politician, member of the New Jersey Senate.
• Madan Tamang, 62, Nepali politician, President of Akhil Bharatiya Gorkha League, stabbed.
• Driek van Wissen, 66, Dutch poet, intracranial hemorrhage. (Dutch)

22

• Martin Gardner, 95, American mathematics and science author.
• Hasri Ainun Habibie, 72, Indonesian First Lady (1998–1999), cervical cancer.
• Peter Hall, 88, New Zealand airman, World War II flying ace.
• Keith Jessop, 77, British deep sea diver and marine treasure hunter.
• Josef Koukl, 83, Czech Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Litoměřice (1989–2003).
• Michael Kuchwara, 63, American theater critic (Associated Press), idiopathic ischemic lung disease.
• Buz Lukens, 79, American politician, U.S. Representative for Ohio (1967–1971; 1987–1990), cancer.
• Lwandile Zwelenkosi Matanzima, 39, South African clan leader, ruler of Western Thembuland.
• Martin Mulloy, 58, Irish banjo player, drowning.
• Veturi Sundararama Murthy, 74, Indian poet and lyricist, cardiac arrest.
• Pierre Zimmer, 82, French actor and film director.

23

• Princess Leonida Bagration of Mukhrani, 95, Russian Grand Duchess, last Romanov born in Russia.
• Beaver, 59, New Zealand jazz singer, sarcoma.
• Beto, 43, Portuguese singer, stroke. (Portuguese)
• Héctor Costa, 80, Uruguayan basketball player, Olympic bronze medalist (1952 and 1956 Summer Olympics). (Spanish)
• Gregory Evans, 96, Canadian jurist, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Ontario (1976–1985).
• David Ginsburg, 98, American lawyer and political insider, heart failure.
• José Lima, 37, Dominican baseball player, heart attack.
• Ashot Mkhitaryan, 51, Armenian weightlifting and television personality, heart attack.
• Simon Monjack, 40, British screenwriter, suspected heart attack.
• Marianna O'Gallagher, 84, Canadian Irish Quebecer historian, lung cancer.
• Eva Ostwalt, 108, German-born American Holocaust survivor.
• Irwin Rosten, 85, American documentary filmmaker (Man: The Incredible Machine, first broadcast in 1975), after short illness.
• Gane Todorovoski, 81, Macedonian writer and academician.
• Willie Webber, 80, American radio and television personality, heart attack.

24

• Ray Alan, 79, British ventriloquist, respiratory failure.
• Virendra Bhatia, 63, Indian politician, after short illness.
• Tapen Chatterjee, 72, Indian actor (Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne), cardiac arrest.
• Maria di Gerlando, 84, American operatic soprano.
• Paul Gray, 38, American heavy metal bassist (Slipknot), accidental fentanyl and morphine overdose.
• Alejandro López de Haro, 61, Venezuelan photographer, writer and stock broker, complications from surgery. (Spanish)
• Raymond V. Haysbert, 90, American business executive and civil rights leader, member of Tuskegee Airmen, heart failure.
• Kambozia Jamali, 71, Iranian Olympic footballer. (Persian)
• Morrie Martin, 87, American baseball player, lung cancer.
• Rogelio Martínez, 91, American baseball player (Washington Senators).
• Petr Muk, 45, Czech pop singer.
• Barbara New, 86, British actress (Oh, Doctor Beeching!, You Rang, M'Lord?).
• Stella Nova, 50, British guitarist, cancer.
• Eugenia Paul, 75, American actress (Zorro).
• Katherine Reback, 59, American screenwriter (Fools Rush In), complications from cancer.
• Abdolhamid Rigi, c. 31, Iranian militant, execution by hanging. (Persian)
• Anneliese Rothenberger, 83, German opera singer.

25

• Alexander Belostenny, 51, Ukrainian basketball player, lung cancer.
• Clifford Grodd, 86, American clothier, President and CEO of Paul Stuart, cancer.
• Arthur Herzog, 83, American writer.
• Alan Hickinbotham, 84, Australian football player and businessman.
• Michael H. Jordan, 73, American business executive, complications of cancer.
• Erih Koš, 97, Serbian writer and translator. (Serbian)
• Silvius Magnago, 96, Italian politician, Governor of South Tyrol (1960–1989). (German)
• Robert Muczynski, 81, American composer of classical music.
• Siphiwo Ntshebe, 35, South African opera singer, meningitis.
• David Parker, 51, British swimmer, heart attack.
• Gabriel Vargas, 95, Mexican cartoonist.
• Jarvis Williams, 45, American football player (Miami Dolphins, New York Giants), heart attack.

26

• Leo Canjels, 77, Dutch footballer. (Dutch)
• Jean Constantin, 82, Romanian actor, natural causes. (Romanian)
• Marie Corridon, 80, American swimmer, gold medalist (1948 Summer Olympics).
• Jesse Hockett, 26, American sprint car racer, electrocution.
• John P. Lewis, 89, American economist, expert on economic aid.
• Art Linkletter, 97, Canadian-born American radio and television personality (House Party, People are Funny), natural causes.
• Judy Lynn, 74, American country music singer, heart failure.
• Sir Christopher Moran, 54, British air force officer, Air Chief Marshal of RAF, suspected heart failure.
• Kieran Phelan, 60, Irish politician, suspected heart attack.
• Pat Stevens, 64, American actress and voice actress (M*A*S*H, Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo), breast cancer.

27

• John William Finn, 100, American naval officer, oldest living Medal of Honor recipient.
• Peter J. Hall, 84, British-born American costume designer (Dallas Opera).
• Yvonne Howell, 104, American actress.
• Jackson Kaujeua, 56, Namibian musician, composer and gospel singer, kidney disease.
• Peter Keefe, 57, American animation producer and executive (Voltron, Denver, the Last Dinosaur), throat cancer.
• Roman Yefimovich Kozak, 52, Russian theatre actor and director, after long illness.
• Payut Ngaokrachang, 81, Thai cartoonist and animator. (Thai)
• Reg White, 72, British Olympic gold medal-winning (1976) sailor.

28

• Eddie Barth, 78, American actor (Simon & Simon) and voice actor, heart failure.
• Henry Bramwell, 90, American federal judge.
• Slim Bryant, 101, American country singer-songwriter.
• Gary Coleman, 42, American actor (Diff'rent Strokes), intracranial hemorrhage.
• Sir Hugh Ford, 96, British engineer
• Ted Innes, 85, Australian politician, member of the Australian House of Representatives (1972–1983).
• Osama Anwar Okasha, 68, Egyptian screenwriter and journalist.
• David Sanger, 63, British organist.
• Leslie Scalapino, 65, American poet, publisher and playwright.

29

• Adrian Freeman, 24, Irish hurler (Mayo), traffic collision.
• Dennis Hopper, 74, American actor (Speed, Blue Velvet) and film director (Easy Rider), prostate cancer.
• Paul Müller, 69, German biologist. (German)
• Jeriome Robertson, 33, American baseball player (Houston Astros, Cleveland Indians), motorcycle collision.
• Donald L. Staheli, 78, American Mormon leader, general authority of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
• Randolph Stow, 74, Australian writer, liver cancer.

30

• José Amedo, 91, Spanish Olympic shooter.
• Hanji Aoki, 94, Japanese sports official, heart failure.
• Colm Callan, 87, Irish rugby player (1948 Grand Slam), after long illness.
• Yuri Chesnokov, 77, Russian Olympic gold medal-winning (1964) volleyball player. (Russian)
• Arie Eliav, 88, Israeli politician, after long illness.
• Dame Pat Evison, 85, New Zealand actress.
• Bruce Harris, 55, British executive director of Casa Alianza (1989–2004), pancreatic cancer.
• Lester Johnson, 91, American figurative expressionist artist.
• Klaus Kandaouroff, 80, German businessman and philanthropist, shot. (German)
• Peter Orlovsky, 76, American poet, lung cancer.
• Joan Rhodes, 89, British actress and entertainer.
• Jeanne Robinson, 62, American dancer and novelist, wife of Spider Robinson, biliary tract cancer.
• Dufferin Roblin, 92, Canadian politician, Premier of Manitoba (1958–1967), Senator (1978–1992).
• Vera Beaudin Saeedpour, 80, American Kurdish scholar, founder of the Kurdish Heritage Foundation of America, heart attack.
• Robert O. Smith, 67, American actor (Dragonball Z, InuYasha, Transformers: Cybertron).
• Brian Turner, 58, Australian footballer, cancer.
• Rudi Vis, 69, British politician, MP for Finchley and Golders Green (1997–2010), cancer.
• Tobi Wong, 35, Canadian designer, suicide.
• Ali-Ollie Woodson, 58, American soul singer (The Temptations), leukemia.

31

• İbrahim Bilgen, 61, Turkish politician and engineer, Gaza flotilla raid participant.
• Louise Bourgeois, 98, French-born American artist and sculptor.
• Uzra Butt, 93, Indian-born Pakistani actress, after long illness.
• Emil Clade, 94, German Luftwaffe fighter ace. (exact date of death unknown)
• Boyd Converse, 78, American college football coach.
• Furkan Doğan, 19, American student, Gaza flotilla raid participant.
• Brian Duffy, 76, British photographer, degenerative lung disease.
• William A. Fraker, 86, American cinematographer, cancer.
• Chris Haney, 59, Canadian co-inventor of Trivial Pursuit, after long illness.
• Rubén Juárez, 62, Argentine singer-songwriter and bandoneónist, prostate cancer.
• Cevdet Kılıçlar, 38, Turkish journalist and photographer, Gaza flotilla raid participant.
• Benjamin Lees, 86, American composer of classical music, heart failure.
• Saeed al-Masri, 54, Egyptian member of al-Qaeda, drone attack.
• Merata Mita, 68, New Zealand filmmaker.
• Basilio Santiago Romero, 82, Puerto Rican politician, Comptroller (1971–1977).
• Çetin Topçuoğlu, 54, Turkish taekwondo champion and coach, Gaza flotilla raid participant.
• Jack Volrich, 82, Canadian politician, Mayor of Vancouver (1976–1980), kidney failure.
• Donald Windham, 89, American novelist.