# Deaths in June 2011
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The following is a list of notable deaths in June 2011.
Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence:
* Name, age, country of citizenship at birth, subsequent country of citizenship (if applicable), reason for notability, cause of death (if known), and reference.

## June 2011
### 1

* Jaehoon Ahn, 70, North Korean-born American journalist and researcher, founding director of Radio Free Asia's Korean language service., complications from a bleeding ulcer.
* Cameron McVicar Batjer, 91, American lawyer.
* Munir Dar, 76, Pakistani field hockey player, 1960 Olympic gold medalist.
* Matt Fong, 57, American politician, California State Treasurer (1995–1999), skin cancer.
* Frank Ponta, 75, Australian paralympian, long illness.
* Devi Prasad, 89, Indian artist and peace activist.
* Haleh Sahabi, 54, Iranian humanitarian, daughter of Ezzatollah Sahabi, cardiac arrest.
* Albert Wiggins, 76, American Olympic swimmer, aortic dissection.

### 2

* Ray Bryant, 79, American jazz pianist, long illness.
* Mark Cooney, 60, American football player (Green Bay Packers).
* Ron Dunn, 83, Australian rules footballer.
* Willem Duys, 82, Dutch radio and television presenter and record producer, infection.
* Josephine Hart, 69, Irish-born British novelist and poetry promoter, ovarian cancer.
* Sir Philip Holland, 94, British politician, MP for Acton (1959–1964); Carlton (1966–1983) and Gedling (1983–1987).
* Davorin Marčelja, 87, Croatian Olympic athlete.
* Walter R. Peterson, Jr., 88, American politician, Governor of New Hampshire (1969–1973). Died of lung cancer.
* Willie Phiri, 57, Zambian footballer.
* Geronimo Pratt, 63, American political activist (Black Panther Party), heart attack.
* Philip Rahtz, 90, British archaeologist.
* Joel Rosenberg, 57, American science fiction author, heart attack.
* Albertina Sisulu, 92, South African anti-apartheid activist.
* Keith Smith, 93, Australian radio and television personality (The Pied Piper), children's writer.
* Lavina Washines, 71, American tribal leader, first female leader of the Yakima Nation (2006–2008).

### 3

* Lee J. Ames, 90, American artist and illustrator, heart failure.
* James Arness, 88, American actor (Gunsmoke), natural causes.
* Harry Bernstein, 101, British-born American author.
* Wally Boag, 90, American performer (Disneyland's Golden Horseshoe Revue).
* Marion Fuller Brown, 94, American politician and environmental activist.
* Papa Joe Chevalier, 62, American sports talk radio host, stroke.
* Bruce Crozier, 72, Canadian politician, Ontario MPP for Essex South (1993–1999) and Essex (since 1999), aortic aneurysm.
* Andrew Gold, 59, American singer-songwriter ("Lonely Boy", "Thank You for Being a Friend"), heart attack.
* Pat Jackson, 95, English film and television director.
* John Henry Johnson, 81, American football player (San Francisco 49ers, Pittsburgh Steelers) and Hall of Famer.
* Miriam Karlin, 85, British actress ("So Haunt Me") and activist, cancer.
* Ilyas Kashmiri, 47, Pakistani jihadist militant, leader of Harkatul Jihad al-Islami, drone strike.
* Jack Kevorkian, 83, American physician and right to die activist, pulmonary thrombosis.
* Bhajan Lal, 80, Indian politician, Chief Minister of Haryana (1979–1985; 1991–1996), cardiac arrest.
* Peter Murphy, 88, Irish television presenter (RTÉ).
* Sammy Ofer, 89, Israeli businessman, long illness.
* Ray Pahl, 75, British sociologist, cancer.
* Jack Richardson, 89, Australian politician, member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Ashfield (1952–1953).
* Benny Spellman, 79, American R&B singer, respiratory failure.
* Gus Tyler, 99, American socialist activist.
* Jan van Roessel, 86, Dutch Olympic footballer (Willem II Tilburg).

### 4

* Dimi Mint Abba, 52, Mauritanian singer, brain haemorrhage.
* Dante Ambrosio, 59, Filipino ethnologist, astronomer, college professor, and activist.
* Shibli al-Aysami, 86, Syrian politician and Arab nationalist figure.
* Lilian Jackson Braun, 97, American author (Cat Who series), natural causes.
* Claudio Bravo, 74, Chilean painter, epilepsy.
* Tommy Brent, 88, American theatrical producer.
* Gordon Colling, 78, British trade unionist, Chair of the Labour Party (1994–1995).
* Lindsey Durlacher, 36, American Greco-Roman wrestler.
* Lawrence Eagleburger, 80, American diplomat and politician, Secretary of State (1992–1993).
* Curth Flatow, 91, German dramatist and screenwriter, natural causes.
* Maurice Garrel, 88, French actor.
* Donald Hewlett, 90, English actor, pneumonia.
* Juan Francisco Luis, 70, U.S. Virgin Islands politician, Governor of the United States Virgin Islands (1978–1987), Lieutenant Governor (1975–1978).
* Rosenery Mello do Nascimento, 45, Brazilian model and Playboy Playmate, brain aneurysm.
* Ian Mitchell, 86, English cricketer, natural causes.
* Andreas P. Nielsen, 58, Danish author and composer, cancer.
* Martin Rushent, 63, English record producer (Buzzcocks, Human League, The Stranglers).
* Betty Taylor, 91, American performer (Disneyland's Golden Horseshoe Revue).
* Misael Vilugrón, 73, Chilean boxer.
* Felix Zandman, 83, American entrepreneur.

### 5

* Mark H. Beaubien, Jr., 68, American politician, member of the Illinois House of Representatives (since 1997).
* Léon Bollendorff, 96, Luxembourgish politician, President of the Chamber of Deputies (1979-1989).
* Scott Bostwick, 49, American football player and coach (Western Washington, Northwest Missouri State), heart attack.
* Leon Botha, 26, South African artist and musical performer, progeria-related heart failure.
* John Glasby, 82, British chemist and writer.
* Azam Khan, 61, Bangladeshi pop singer, cancer.
* Gordon Lorenz, 68, British songwriter.
* Ludo Martens, 65, Belgian political activist.
* Célestin Oliver, 80, French Olympic footballer.
* Ken Purpur, 79, American ice hockey player.

### 6

* John R. Alison, 98, American airman, launched the Allied Reoccupation of Burma during World War II.
* Rafael Arnal, 96, Venezuelan Olympic shooter.
* Zev Birger, 85, Israeli activist, traffic collision.
* John Boswall, 91, British actor (Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, Rome).
* Claudio Cavazza, 77, Italian entrepreneur, founder of Sigma-Tau pharmaceuticals.
* Bill Closs, 89, American basketball player (Philadelphia Warriors, Fort Wayne Pistons).
* Declan Costello, 84, Irish politician, TD for Dublin North-West (1951–1969); Dublin South-West (1973–1977), Attorney General (1973–1977) and High Court judge.
* Eleanor Dapkus, 87, American baseball player (All-American Girls Professional Baseball League), breast cancer.
* Dulce Figueiredo, 83, Brazilian First Lady (1979–1985), widow of João Figueiredo.
* Werner Fischer, 70, Austrian Olympic sailor.
* Benjamín González, 53, Spanish Olympic athlete, mountaineering accident. (body found on this date)
* James A. Green, 80, American Pennsylvania Commissioner of Elections, Pennsylvania State Representative, Butler County Commissioner, Slippery Rock Borough Council member.
* Stefan Kuryłowicz, 62, Polish architect, plane crash.
* Amnon Niv, 81, Israeli architect.
* Masashi Ohuchi, 67, Japanese weightlifter, Olympic silver (1968) and bronze (1964) medalist.
* Shrek, 16, New Zealand celebrity sheep, euthanised.

### 7

* Ana Fabricia Córdoba, about 52, Afro-Colombian human rights activist, assassination
* Paul Dickson, 74, American football player (St. Louis Rams, Dallas Cowboys, Minnesota Vikings), blood infection.
* Angelino Fons, 75, Spanish film director.
* Walid Gholmieh, 73, Lebanese musician, director of Conservatoire Libanais.
* Genaro Hernández, 45, American former world super featherweight champion boxer, cancer.
* Liam Kelly, 88, Irish republican and politician.
* Kim Jun-Yop, 91, South Korean historian.
* Vladimir Lavrov, 91, Soviet diplomat and ambassador.
* José Pagán, 76, Puerto Rican baseball player (San Francisco Giants, Pittsburgh Pirates), Alzheimer's disease.
* Mietek Pemper, 91, Polish-born German Holocaust survivor, compiled and typed Oskar Schindler's list.
* Nataraja Ramakrishna, 88, Indian dance guru, after long illness.
* Maksud Sadikov, 48, Russian Islamic scholar and theologian, shot.
* Jorge Semprún, 87, Spanish writer and politician.
* Leonard B. Stern, 87, American television writer (Get Smart, The Honeymooners) and publisher (Mad Libs).
* Edgar Tekere, 74, Zimbabwean politician, cancer.
* Gavriel Tsifroni, 96, Israeli journalist.
* Haim Yisraeli, 84, Israeli civil servant.

### 8

* Anatole Abragam, 96, French physicist.
* Larry Border, 60, American politician, member of the West Virginia House of Delegates (since 1990), stroke.
* Nasir Jalil, 56, Singaporean footballer.
* George Landow, 67, American experimental filmmaker.
* Clara Luper, 88, American civil rights activist, after long illness.
* John Mackenzie, 83, Scottish film director (The Long Good Friday, Ruby).
* Paul Massie, 78, Canadian BAFTA-winning actor and educator.
* Fazul Abdullah Mohammed, 38?, Comorian al-Qaeda terrorist, planned 1998 United States embassy bombings, shot.
* Jim Northrup, 71, American baseball player (Detroit Tigers, Montreal Expos, Baltimore Orioles), seizure.
* Steve Popovich, 68, American record executive, founder of Cleveland International Records.
* Alan Rubin, 68, American trumpeter (The Blues Brothers), lung cancer .
* Roy Skelton, 79, British actor (Rainbow, Doctor Who), stroke.
* Oliver Fiennes, 85, British Anglican priest, Dean of Lincoln (1969–1989).

### 9

* Jameel Fakhri, 65, Pakistani actor,long illness.
* M. F. Husain, 95, Indian artist, heart attack.
* Josip Katalinski, 63, Bosnian footballer, long illness.
* Tomoko Kawakami, 41, Japanese voice actress (Fushigi Yûgi, Revolutionary Girl Utena), ovarian cancer.
* Ali Khodadadi, 64, Iranian carpet weaver, heart failure.
* Mike Mitchell, 55, American basketball player (Cleveland Cavaliers, San Antonio Spurs), cancer.
* Idwal Robling, 84, Welsh Olympic footballer and broadcaster.
* Vladimir Shalin, 46, Russian football player and coach.
* Billy Shipp, 80, American football player (New York Giants, Toronto Argonauts, Montreal Alouettes).
* Ignazio Vella, 82, American artisanal cheesemaker and businessman, long illness.

### 10

* Art Balinger, 96, American actor.
* Jeanne Bice, 71, American entrepreneur and television personality.
* Pam Brown, 58, American politician, Nebraska state senator (1995–2006), ovarian cancer.
* Yuri Budanov, 47, Russian military officer and war criminal, shot.
* Cosimo Caliandro, 29, Italian middle-distance runner, motorcycle collision.
* Mary E. Clarke, 86, American army general.
* Theo Dubois, 100, Canadian rower.
* Abdi Shakur Sheikh Hassan, Somali politician, interior minister (since 2010), suicide bombing.
* Kenny Hawkes, 42, British DJ and music producer, after short illness.
* James P. Hosty, 86, American law-enforcement agent (FBI), prostate cancer.
* Esmond Kentish, 94, Jamaican Test cricketer.
* Sir Patrick Leigh Fermor, 96, British author and soldier.
* Brian Lenihan Jnr, 52, Irish politician, TD for Dublin West (since 1996) and Minister for Finance (2008–2011), pancreatic cancer.
* Godfrey Myles, 42, American football player (Dallas Cowboys), stroke.
* Franz Reitz, 82, German cyclist, National Champion (1957)
* Jim Rodnunsky, 54, Canadian-born American cinematographer and technician, inventor of the Cablecam system, brain cancer.
* Hoda Saber, 52, Iranian dissident, heart attack following a hunger strike.
* Al Schwimmer, 94, American-born Israeli businessman, founder of Israel Aerospace Industries.
* Barbara Starfield, 78, American paediatrician, advocate for primary health care.
* Carol Stone, 96, American actress.
* György Szabados, 71, Hungarian physician, pianist, and composer.

### 11

* Tariq Alam Abro, 53, Pakistani writer, kidney failure.
* Paul Alter, 89, American television director (Family Feud).
* Giorgio Celli, 75, Italian entomologist and politician (The Greens–European Free Alliance).
* Gustav Ciamaga, 81, Canadian composer, music educator and writer, cancer.
* Robert Marie Jean Victor de Chevigny, 90, French-born Mauritanian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Nouakchott (1973–1995).
* Jyotirmoy Dey, 56, Indian journalist, shot.
* Gunnar Fischer, 100, Swedish cinematographer (The Seventh Seal).
* Eliyahu M. Goldratt, 64, Israeli physicist and management guru.
* Noel Granger, 79–80, Australian Olympic wrestler.
* Kurt Nielsen, 80, Danish tennis player, only Dane to have played in a men's Grand Slam singles final.
* Jaime Pieras Jr., 87, Puerto Rican jurist.
* Graham B. Purcell, Jr., 92, American politician, U.S. Representative from Texas (1962–1973).
* Seth Putnam, 43, American musician (Anal Cunt).
* Wolfgang Reinhardt, 68, German Olympic silver medal-winning (1964) pole vaulter.
* Raúl Marcelo Pacífico Scozzina, 89, Argentinian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Formosa (1957–1978).
* Darko Radovanović, 35, Serbian singer, traffic collision.
* Vitali Silitski, 38, Belarusian political scientist, kidney cancer.
* Jack Smith, 82, British artist.
* William Carrington Thompson, 95, American politician and jurist, Virginia House of Delegates (1959–1968), Senate (1968–1973) and Supreme Court (1980–1983).
* Edythe Scott Bagley, 86, American author, activist, educator and older sister of Coretta Scott King.

### 12

* Les Abbott, 95, Australian rugby league footballer.
* René Audet, 91, Canadian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Joliette (1968–1990).
* Geoffrey Fisken, 95, New Zealand World War II flying ace.
* Carl Gardner, 83, American singer (The Coasters).
* Alan Haberman, 81, American grocer, first to use the barcode system, heart and lung disease.
* John Hospers, 93, American philosopher, first Libertarian Party presidential nominee (1972).
* Christopher Neame, 68, British film and TV producer and writer, aneurysm.
* Kathryn Tucker Windham, 93, American author and journalist.
* Sir John Wilton, 89, British diplomat.
* Laura Ziskin, 61, American film producer (Pretty Woman, Spider-Man, What About Bob?), breast cancer.

### 13

* David C. Baldus, 75, American educator and anti-death penalty activist, cancer.
* Hugh John Beazley, 94, British Royal Air Force airman.
* Johannes Kemperman, 86, Dutch mathematician.
* King's Theatre, 20, Irish racehorse.
* Germano Meneghel, 49, Brazilian vocalist (Olodum).
* Jérôme Nday Kanyangu Lukundwe, 82, Congolese Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Kongolo (1971–2007).
* Betty Neumar, 79, American murder suspect.
* Romeo Olea, 49, Filipino radio journalist (DWEB), shot.
* William J. Spahr, 89, American intelligence analyst (CIA) and author, pneumonia.
* Burt Styler, 86, American screenwriter (The Carol Burnett Show, My Favorite Martian, All in the Family), heart failure.

### 14

* Tom Addison, 75, American football player (New England Patriots).
* Tayo Aderinokun, 56, Nigerian entrepreneur.
* Milivoj Ašner, 98, Croatian-born Austrian Nazi war criminal.
* Helen Clifton, 63, British Salvation Army commissioner.
* Ambrose Griffiths, 82, British Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle (1992–2004).
* Asad Ali Khan, 74, Indian musician, recipient of the Padma Bhushan.
* Augusto Ramírez Ocampo, 77, Colombian politician, Mayor of Bogotá (1982–1984), Foreign Minister (1984–1986), heart ailment.
* Oscar Sambrano Urdaneta, 82, Venezuelan writer.
* Peter Schamoni, 77, German film director.
* Mack Self, 81, American rockabilly musician and songwriter.
* Badi Uzzaman, 72, Indian-British actor (Eastern Promises, Another Year), chest infection.
* Suprabha Devi, 73, an Assamese film producer and the first female director from Assam, India.

### 15

* Guy Amouretti, 85–86, French table tennis player.
* Bob Banner, 89, American television producer and director (The Carol Burnett Show), Parkinson's disease.
* Joko Beck, 94, American Zen Buddhist teacher, founder of the Ordinary Mind School, long illness.
* John Ehrman, 91, British historian.
* Ted Gray, 86, American baseball player (Detroit Tigers).
* Bill Haast, 100, American snake expert, director of the Miami Serpentarium.
* Zack du Plessis, 61, South African actor (Orkney Snork Nie).
* Linda Scheid, 68, American politician, Minnesota state senator (since 1997), ovarian cancer.
* Sir Apenera Short, 95, Cook Islands politician, Queen's Representative (1990–2000).
* Pavel Stolbov, 81, Russian gymnast, 1956 Olympic gold medalist.

### 16

* Gerald Abramovitz, 82, South African architect and designer, assault-related injuries.
* Kirby Allan, 83, American record producer, house fire.
* James Allason, 98, British politician and soldier, MP for Hemel Hempstead (1959–1974).
* Claudia Bryar, 93, American actress (Psycho II, The Shakiest Gun in the West).
* Wild Man Fischer, 66, American street musician, heart failure.
* Abrar Hussain, 46, Pakistani Olympic boxer, shot.
* Yehuda Kiel, 94, Israeli educator and biblical scholar.
* Östen Mäkitalo, 72, Swedish electrical engineer.
* Dorice Reid, 67, Cook Islander tourism official and businesswoman, High Commissioner designate to New Zealand.
* Twins Seven Seven, 67, Nigerian artist, complications of a stroke.

### 17

* Colin Aamodt, 89, Australian football player.
* Björn-Olof Alholm, 86, Finnish ambassador.
* Kjell Bohlin, 82, Norwegian politician.
* David Brockhoff, 83, Australian rugby union player and coach.
* Jacquie de Creed, 54, British stuntwoman, air crash.
* Betty Fox, 73, Canadian cancer research activist, founder of the Terry Fox Foundation.
* Ben Grussendorf, 69, American politician, Speaker of the Alaska House of Representatives (1985–1989; 1991–1993).
* E. Philip Howrey, 73, American economist, bicycle accident.
* Ruth M. Kirk, 81, American politician, Maryland House of Delegates (1983–2011).
* Rex Mossop, 83, Australian rugby player and television commentator.
* Fritz Semmelmann, 82, German footballer.
* Nathan Sharon, 86, Israeli biochemist.
* George M. White, 90, American architect, Architect of the Capitol (1971–1995), complications of Parkinson's disease.

### 18

* Echendu Adiele, 32, Nigerian footballer.
* Alan Bamford, 80, British academic.
* Ulrich Biesinger, 77, German football player.
* Yelena Bonner, 88, Russian human rights activist, long illness.
* Cheryl B, 38, American poet and performance artist.
* Frederick Chiluba, 68, Zambian politician, President (1991–2002), heart attack.
* Clarence Clemons, 69, American saxophonist (E Street Band) and singer ("You're a Friend Of Mine"), complications following a stroke.
* A. Whitney Ellsworth, 75, American editor and publisher (The New York Review of Books), pancreatic cancer.
* Karl Frei, 94, Swiss gymnast, 1948 Olympic gold medalist .
* Brian Haw, 62, British peace activist, lung cancer.
* Gustaf Kjellvander, 31, Swedish singer-songwriter.
* Benedek Litkey, 69, Hungarian Olympic sailor.
* Robin Nash, 84, British television producer.
* Bob Pease, 70, American integrated circuit engineer.
* John Perumattam, 89, Indian Syro-Malabar Catholic hierarch, Bishop of Ujjain (1968–1998).
* Shlomo Pinto, 57, Israeli Paralympic athlete.

### 19

* Don Diamond, 90, American actor (F Troop, The Adventures of Kit Carson, Zorro).
* Tom Hungerford, 96, Australian author.
* Rezső Kende, 102, Hungarian Olympic gymnast.
* John Kerr, Sr., 67, Scottish-born Canadian soccer player.
* Fernand Linssen, 82, Belgian Olympic sprinter.
* Fyodor Grigoryevich Reshetnikov, 91, Russian physicist, chemist, and metallurgist, academician of RAS.

### 20

* Alexander Abrosimov, 62, Russian mathematician and teacher.
* Thomas N. Armstrong III, 78, American museum curator.
* Ryan Dunn, 34, American reality television star (Jackass, Viva La Bam, CKY), car crash.
* Safa Giray, 80, Turkish civil engineer and politician, 3-time minister.
* Magomet Isayev, 83, Russian Esperantist, translator and linguist.
* Domnitsa Lanitou-Kavounidou, 97, Greek Olympic sprinter.
* Ottilie Patterson, 79, Northern Irish singer.
* Vladimir Pettay, 38, Russian football referee, plane crash.
* Eric Swenson, 64, American businessman, co-founder of Thrasher, suicide by gunshot.
* Robert H. Widmer, 95, American aeronautical engineer.

### 21

* E. M. Broner, 83, American author, multiple organ failure.
* Arthur Budgett, 95, British racehorse trainer.
* Mark Gerard, 76, American racehorse trainer.
* Anthony Herrera, 67, American actor (As the World Turns), cancer.
* Kothapalli Jayashankar, 76, Indian educator and politician, after long illness.
* Bruce Kinloch, 91, British soldier and game warden.
* Robert Kroetsch, 83, Canadian novelist and poet, car crash.
* Lucifer, 50, American wrestler.
* Alena Reichová, 77, Czech Olympic gymnast.
* Suresh Tendulkar, 72, Indian economist, cardiac arrest.

### 22

* Sir John Agnew, 6th Baronet, 60, British landowner, prostate cancer.
* Kader Asmal, 76, South African politician, heart attack.
* Guy Coulombe, 75, Canadian civil servant, lung cancer.
* Fanny de Sivers, 90, Estonian linguist and translator.
* Carmelo Giaquinta, 81, Argentinian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Resistencia (1993–2005).
* Harley Hotchkiss, 83, Canadian businessman, member of Hockey Hall of Fame, prostate cancer.
* Albert Johnson, 90, English footballer (Everton), Alzheimer's disease.
* Robert Miller, 72, American art dealer, infection.
* Sir Stephen Olver, 95, British diplomat, High Commissioner to Sierra Leone (1969–1972) and Cyprus (1973–1975)
* Cyril Ornadel, 87, British conductor and composer.
* Coşkun Özarı, 80, Turkish footballer and coach.
* David Rayfiel, 87, American screenwriter (Out of Africa, Three Days of the Condor), heart failure.
* Nataša Urbančič, 65, Slovene athlete.
* Ken Vaughan, 76, Australian politician, member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland (1979–1995).
* Mike Waterson, 70, British folk singer, cancer.
* John Waite, 81, South African cricketer.
* Zbyněk Zeman, 82, Czech historian.

### 23

* Vladislav Achalov, 65, Russian general and activist.
* J. Warren Bettis, 86, American jurist.
* Gene Colan, 84, American comic book artist (Daredevil, Blade, Howard the Duck), complications from liver disease and a broken hip.
* Gaye Delorme, 64, Canadian musician, heart attack.
* Peter Falk, 83, American actor (Columbo, Pocketful of Miracles, The Princess Bride).
* Stéphane Franke, 47, German athlete.
* Len King, 86, Australian politician and jurist, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of South Australia (1978–1995).
* Dennis Marshall, 25, Costa Rican footballer, car crash.
* Patricia Merbreier, 86, American actress and television personality (Captain Noah and His Magical Ark).
* Basil Mitchell, 94, British philosopher.
* Christiane Desroches Noblecourt, 97, French Egyptologist.
* Arthur Motyer, 85, Canadian educator and writer.
* Attilio Ruffini, 85, Italian politician, Minister of Defence (1977–1980) and Minister of Foreign Affairs (1980).
* Fred Steiner, 88, American television composer (Perry Mason, Star Trek, The Twilight Zone).

### 24

* Michelle Brunner, 57, British bridge player, writer and teacher, breast cancer.
* Tomislav Ivić, 77, Croatian football coach (Ajax).
* Richie Myers, 81, American baseball player (Chicago Cubs), complications from a fall.
* F. Gilman Spencer, 85, American Pulitzer Prize-winning newspaper editor.
* Richard Webster, 60, British historian and writer, heart failure.
* A. H. Woodfull, 98, British product designer.

### 25

* Friedrich Adrario, 92, German military officer in World War II, Iron Cross recipient.
* Dorothea Austin, 89, Austrian-born American pianist and composer.
* George Ballas, 85, American entrepreneur, inventor of the Weed Eater.
* Nick Charles, 64, American sportscaster (CNN Sports Tonight), bladder cancer.
* Anne Field, 85, British army officer.
* Shelby Grant, 74, American actress (Our Man Flint, Fantastic Voyage, Medical Center), brain aneurysm.
* Martin H. Greenberg, 70, American anthologist, cancer.
* Jean Harris, 66, American politician and LGBT activist.
* Jan Kułakowski, 80, Polish politician, Member of the European Parliament (2004–2009).
* Viktor Mikhaylov, 77, Russian nuclear scientist.
* J.O. Patterson, Jr., 76, American politician and religious leader, first black mayor of Memphis (1982).
* Alice Playten, 63, American actress (Henry, Sweet Henry), heart failure.
* Goff Richards, 66, English brass band arranger and composer, illness.
* Betty Roberts, 88, American politician and jurist, Oregon Supreme Court (1982–1986), pulmonary fibrosis.
* Paulo Renato Souza, 65, Brazilian politician, Minister of Education (1995–2002), heart attack.
* Margaret Tyzack, 79, British actress (The First Churchills, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Match Point), short illness.

### 26

* James Craig Anderson, 47, American murder victim, beaten and ran over.
* Adalberto Escobar, 62, Paraguayan footballer
* Edith Fellows, 88, American actress, natural causes.
* Simon Heere Heeresma, 79, Dutch writer.
* Jung Jung-suk, 28, South Korean women's football player.
* Norma Lyon, 81, American farmer and butter sculpture artist.
* Robert Morris, 78, American cryptographer, complications of dementia.
* Sidney Hollis Radner, 91, American collector of Harry Houdini memorabilia.
* Alan Rodger, Baron Rodger of Earlsferry, 66, British jurist, Supreme Court judge.
* Christopher Shale, 56, British political aide.
* Jan van Beveren, 63, Dutch footballer and coach.
* Barry Wilkins, 64, Canadian hockey player (Vancouver Canucks, Boston Bruins), lung cancer.

### 27

* William L. Adams, 97, American businessman.
* Stuart Appelle, 65, American professor and writer.
* Ken Bainbridge, 90, English footballer (West Ham). (death reported on this date)
* Betty Callaway, 83, British ice skating trainer (Torvill and Dean).
* Lorenzo Charles, 47, American basketball player (NC State, Atlanta Hawks), bus accident.
* Mike Doyle, 64, English footballer (Manchester City), liver failure.
* Owen Drake, 75, American politician, member of the Alabama House of Representatives, cancer.
* Orvin B. Fjare, 93, American politician, U.S. Representative from Montana (1955–1957).
* Michel Yehuda Lefkowitz, 97, Israeli rabbi.
* Thierry Martens, 69, Belgian science fiction, detective novels, and comics author.
* Erling Olsen, 84, Danish politician, natural causes.
* Richard Harding Poff, 87, American jurist and politician, U.S. Representative from Virginia (1953–1972).
* Lura Lynn Ryan, 76, American First Lady of Illinois (1999–2003), cancer.
* Elmer Sexauer, 85, American baseball player (Brooklyn Dodgers), cardiac arrest.
* Elaine Stewart, 81, American actress and model, after long illness.
* Charles W. Whalen, Jr., 90, American politician, U.S. Representative from Ohio (1967–1979).
* Maciej Zembaty, 67, Polish writer and singer.

### 28

* Olav Askvik, 96, Norwegian politician.
* Paul Baghdadlian, 57, Armenian-American singer-songwriter and businessman, lung cancer.
* Billy Baldwin, 62, American baseball player (Detroit Tigers, New York Mets).
* Giorgio Bernardin, 83, Italian footballer.
* Benton Flippen, 90, American fiddler, heart attack.
* Howard Fox, 90, American baseball executive.
* Richard Fox, 57, Irish-born British jockey and actor.
* Osamu Kobayashi, 76, Japanese voice actor and executive director, pancreatic cancer.
* Newt Loken, 92, American gymnastics coach (University of Michigan).
* Ants Paju, 66, Estonian athlete, journalist and politician.
* Angélico Vieira, 28, Portuguese actor (Morangos com Açúcar) and singer (D'ZRT), car accident.
* Michael Wenning, 75, South African-born American minister, leukemia and kidney failure.

### 29

* R. C. Alston, 78, English bibliographer.
* Barbatana, 82, Brazilian football coach and player, Alzheimer's disease.
* Billy Beck, 86, American actor and clown.
* Larry Bogdanow, 64, American architect, brain tumor.
* Billy Costello, 55, American former WBC world light welterweight champion boxer, lung cancer.
* Carlos Diarte, 57, Paraguayan footballer, cancer.
* David Dunseith, 76, British broadcaster (BBC Radio Ulster).
* Stefano Gobbi, 81, Italian Roman Catholic priest, founder of the Marian Movement of Priests.
* Kaya Köstepen, 76, Turkish footballer.
* Domenico Pecile, 88, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Latina-Terracina-Sezze-Priverno (1983–1998).
* K. D. Sethna, 106, Indian scholar and writer.

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* David G. Boschert, 63, American politician, member of the Maryland House of Delegates (1999–2007), cancer.
* Barry Bremen, 64, American marketing executive and sports imposter, cancer.
* Karl Brommann, 90, German Waffen-SS officer, Iron Cross recipient.
* Don Buddin, 77, American baseball player (Boston Red Sox, Houston Colt .45s, Detroit Tigers).
* Preston Carpenter, 77, American football player (Cleveland Browns, Pittsburgh Steelers, Washington Redskins).
* Christy Essien-Igbokwe, 50, Nigerian musician.
* Dina Golan, 65, Israeli singer and actress, cancer.
* Tom Kruse, 96, Australian outback mailman and documentary subject (The Back of Beyond).
* Sir David Loram, 86, British admiral.
* Ruth Roberts, 84, American songwriter ("Meet the Mets"), lung cancer.
* Jimmy Roselli, 85, American singer, heart complications.
* Jay Dee Springbett, 36, British-born Australian record industry executive and Australian Idol judge.
* Georg Sterzinsky, 75, German Roman Catholic cardinal, Archbishop of Berlin (1989–2011), long illness.
* Sean Wight, 47, Scottish-born Australian football player, lung cancer.