Deaths in August 2019

The following is a list of deaths that should be noted in August 2019. Names under each date are noted in the order of the alphabet by last name or pseudonym. Deaths of non-humans are noted here also if it is worth noting.
August
1
Gordon Brand Jnr, 60, Scottish golfer.
Pusi Dinulescu, 76, Romanian novelist (Ingerul contabil) and movie director (Intalnirea din Pamanturi), heart attack.
Ian Gibbons, 67, English keyboardist (The Kinks), bladder cancer.
Sadou Hayatou, 77, Cameroonian politician, Prime Minister (1991-1992).
Saoirse Kennedy Hill, 22, American essayist and activist, granddaughter of Robert F. Kennedy, suspected drug overdose.
Annemarie Huber-Hotz, 70, Swiss politician, Federal Chancellor (2000-2007) and President of the Swiss Red Cross (since 2011), heart attack.
D. A. Pennebaker, 94, American documentary filmmaker (Dont Look Back, Monterey Pop, Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars).
Milovan Minja Prelevic, 49, Montenegrin football player (Buducnost, OFK Beograd) and manager (Hangzhou Wuyue Qiantang).
Harley Race, 76, American Hall of Fame professional wrestler (AWA, CSW) and trainer (Harley Race's Wrestling Academy), lung cancer.
Anders P. Ravn, 71, Danish computer scientist.
2
Vahakn Dadrian, 93, Armenian-American sociologist and historian.
Deepak Obhrai, 69, Canadian politician, MP (since 1997), liver cancer.
Schoschana Rabinovici, 86, French-born Lithuanian-Israeli Holocaust survivor and writer.
Jocelyne Roy-Vienneau, 63, Canadian politician, Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick (since 2014), cancer.
Alexandra Strelchenko, 82, Russian folk singer, People's Artist of the RSFSR (1984).
3
Miklos Ambrus, 86, Hungarian water polo player, Olympic champion (1964).
Jean-Claude Bouttier, 74, French boxer and actor (Les Uns et les Autres).
Cliff Branch, 71, American football player (Oakland Raiders).
Sir Brian Lochore, 78, New Zealand Hall of Fame rugby union player and coach (national team, Wairarapa-Bush), bowel cancer.
Thomas Remengesau Sr., 89, Palauan politician, President (1988-1989) and Vice President (1985-1988).
John Philip Saklil, 59, Indonesian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Timika (since 2003).
Mike Troy, 78, American swimmer, Olympic champion (1960), world-record holder - 200m butterfly (1959-1960).
4
Ernie Bowman, 84, American baseball player (San Francisco Giants).
Connor Stephen Betts, 24, American mass murderer, perpetrator of the Dayton shooting, shot.
Nuon Chea, 93, Cambodian politician, Acting Prime Minister (1976) and chief ideologist of Khmer Rouge, sepsis.
Andre Goosse, 93, Belgian grammarian (Le Bon Usage).
Stu Rosen, 80, American voice director (Hulk Hogan's Rock 'n' Wrestling, The Legend of Prince Valiant) and actor (Fraggle Rock: The Animated Series), cancer.
Willi Tokarev, 84, Russian-American singer-songwriter ("Murmanchanochka"), cancer.
Bob Wilber, 91, American jazz clarinetist and bandleader.
5
Josef Kadraba, 85, Czech footballer (Sparta Prague, Slavia Prague, national team).
Bjorg Lambrecht, 22, Belgian racing cyclist, race crash.
Asif Mohseni, 84, Afghani religious leader (marja') and politician, founder of the Islamic Movement of Afghanistan.
Toni Morrison, 88, American writer (The Bluest Eye, Song of Solomon, Beloved), Pulitzer Prize for Fiction winner (1988) and Nobel Prize in Literature winner (1993), problems caused by pneumonia.
6
Alejandro Serrano, 86, Ecuadorian politician, Vice President (2005-2007), problems caused by surgery.
Sushma Swaraj, 67, Indian politician, MP (1996-1999, 2009-2019), Chief Minister of Delhi (1998) and Minister of External Affairs (2014-2019), heart attack.
Maimun Zubair, 90, Indonesian Nahdlatul Ulama Islamic cleric and politician, member of the People's Consultative Assembly (1987-1999).
7
David Berman, 52, American singer-songwriter (The Silver Jews, Purple Mountains) and poet (Actual Air), suicide by hanging.
Chris Birch, 68, American politician and engineer, member of the Alaska House of Representatives (2017-2019) and Senate (since 2019), aortic dissection.
Kary Mullis, 74, American biochemist, creator of the polymerase chain reaction and Nobel Prize in Chemistry winner (1993), pneumonia.
Rostislav Rybakov, 81, Russian writer, President of the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences (2006-2008).
Fabio Zerpa, 90, Uruguayan parapsychologist, ufologist and journalist (El Quinto Hombre).
8
Ernie Colon, 88, American comic book artist (Arak, Casper the Friendly Ghost, Richie Rich), colon cancer.
Stanislaw Konturek, 87, Polish physiologist and gastroenterologist, member of the Polish Academy of Sciences (since 1986).
Mazhar Krasniqi, 87, Yugoslav-born New Zealand Muslim community activist, President of the Federation of Islamic Associations of New Zealand (1979-1981).
Manfred Max-Neef, 86, Chilean economist (Fundamental human needs) and politician, Right Livelihood Award winner (1983) and presidential candidate (1993).
Jean-Pierre Mocky, 86, French movie director (Les Dragueurs, The Miracle), screenwriter and actor (The Abandoned), kidney failure.
Dave Parks, 77, American football player (New Orleans Saints, San Francisco 49ers, Houston Oilers) and businessman.
Fabrizio Saccomanni, 76, Italian politician and economist, Minister of Economy and Finance (2013-2014) and Director General of the Bank of Italy (2006-2013), heart attack.
9
Paul Findley, 98, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Illinois's 20th congressional district (1961-1983), congestive heart failure.
Altair Gomes de Figueiredo, 81, Brazilian footballer (Fluminense, national team) and manager.
Fahrudin Jusufi, 79, Yugoslavian footballer (Partizan, Eintracht Frankfurt, national team) and manager.
Oscar Malbernat, 75, Argentine footballer (Estudiantes, national team) and manager (Audax Italiano), kidney failure.
10
Jeffrey Epstein, 66, American financier (Bear Stearns), philanthropist (Jeffrey Epstein VI Foundation) and convicted sex offender, suicide by hanging.
Jim Forbes, 95, Australian politician, MP (1956-1975), Minister for the Army (1963-1966), Navy (1963-1964), Health (1966-1971) and Immigration (1971-1972).
Candido Sibilio, 60, Dominican-born Spanish Olympic basketball player (1980), problems caused by diabetes.
Piero Tosi, 92, Italian costume designer (Senso, Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow, The Night Porter), Honorary Oscar winner (2013).
11
Bluey Adams, 84, Australian football player (Melbourne), cancer.
Darryl Drake, 62, American football player (Washington Redskins) and wide receiver coach (Chicago Bears, Arizona Cardinals).
Michael E. Krauss, 84, American linguist, founder of the Alaska Native Language Center.
Ningali Lawford, 52, Australian actress (Bran Nue Dae, Last Cab to Darwin), asthma attack.
Barbara March, 65, Canadian actress (Star Trek), cancer.
Walter Martinez, 37, Honduran footballer (Victoria, Beijing Guoan, national team), heart attack.
J. Neil Schulman, 66, American novelist (Alongside Night, The Rainbow Cadenza), pulmonary embolism.
12
DJ Arafat, 33, Ivorian disc jockey and musician, motorcycle crash.
Jose Luis Brown, 62, Argentinian footballer (Estudiantes de la Plata, national team) and manager (Ferro Oeste), World Cup winner (1986), problems caused by Alzheimer's disease.
Florin Halagian, 80, Romanian football player (Dinamo Bucuresti) and manager (Arges Pitesti, national team).
Reuven Hammer, 86, American-Israeli conservative rabbi and journalist (The Jerusalem Post), brain cancer.
Lu Yonggen, 88, Chinese agronomist and plant geneticist, President of South China Agricultural University (1983-1995) and member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (since 1993).
Jim Marsh, 73, American basketball player (Portland Trail Blazers) and broadcaster (Seattle SuperSonics), Parkinson's disease.
Paule Marshall, 90, American writer (Brown Girl, Brownstones, Praisesong for the Widow), dementia.
Hussein Salem, 85, Egyptian-Spanish businessman, co-owner of East Mediterranean Gas Company.
Jan Simonsen, 66, Norwegian politician, MP (1989-2005), cancer.
13
Kip Addotta, 75, American comedian (The Tonight Show) and television presenter (Everything Goes).
Cecilia Caballero Blanco, 105, Colombian socialite, First Lady (1974-1978).
Guo Zhenqian, 86, Chinese politician, Governor of Hubei Province (1985-1990), Vice Governor of the People's Bank (1990-1993) and Auditor-General of the National Audit Office (1994-1998).
Tim Means, 75, American-Mexican environmentalist, problems caused by diabetes.
Nadia Toffa, 40, Italian journalist and television presenter (Le Iene), brain cancer.
14
Graham Farmer, 84, Australian footballer (East Perth, Geelong) and manager (West Perth), Alzheimer's disease.
Karim Olowu, 95, Nigerian Olympic sprinter and long jumper (1952, 1956), Commonwealth Games silver medalist (1954).
Hector Rivoira, 59, Argentine football player (Almirante Brown) and manager (Quilmes, Atletico Tucuman), colorectal cancer.
Gjergj Xhuvani, 55, Albanian movie director (Slogans, East, West, East: The Final Sprint) screenwriter and producer, suspected heart attack.
15
Eddie Marlin, 89, American professional wrestler (NWA) and promoter, multiple organ failure.
Qin Hanzhang, 111, Chinese engineer and food scientist, heart attack.
Antonio Rastrelli, 91, Italian politician, MP (1979-1995) and President of Campania (1995-1999).
Vidya Sinha, 71, Indian actress (Rajnigandha, Chhoti Si Baat, Qubool Hai), respiratory failure caused by heart and lung disease.
Glenn Tasker, 67, Australian sports administrator, President of the Australian Paralympic Committee (2013-2018), problems caused by cardiac arrest.
Wrestling Pro, 81, American professional wrestler (NWA).
16
Gustavo Barreiro, 60, Cuban-born American politician, member of the Florida House of Representatives (1998-2006), heart attack.
Princess Christina, 72, Dutch royal, sister of Queen Beatrix, bone cancer.
Peter Fonda, 79, American actor and screenwriter (Easy Rider, Ulee's Gold, 3:10 to Yuma), Golden Globe winner (1997, 1999), respiratory failure caused by lung cancer.
Felice Gimondi, 76, Italian racing cyclist, Grand Tour winner (1965, 1967, 1968), heart attack.
Jim Hardy, 96, American football player (Los Angeles Rams, Chicago Cardinals, Detroit Lions).
C. S. Holling, 88, American-born Canadian ecologist, co-founder of ecological economics.
Faisal Masud, 64, Pakistani physician and educator, Vice-Chancellor of King Edward Medical University (2013-2017), cardiac arrest.
Jose Napoles, 79, Cuban-born Mexican Hall of Fame boxer, world welterweight champion (1969-1970, 1971-1975).
Anna Quayle, 86, English actress (Grange Hill, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, A Hard Day's Night), Tony winner (1963), Lewy body dementia.
Richard Williams, 86, Canadian-British animator and director (The Thief and the Cobbler, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, The Return of the Pink Panther), three-time Oscar winner, cancer.
17
Cedric Benson, 36, American football player (Texas Longhorns, Cincinnati Bengals, Chicago Bears), motorcycle crash.
Walter Buser, 93, Swiss politician, Federal Chancellor (1981-1991).
Frantisek Derfler, 77, Czech actor and political activist, signatory of Charter 77.
Jacques Diouf, 81, Senegalese diplomat, Director General of the Food and Agriculture Organization (1994-2011).
Donald A. B. Lindberg, 85, American mathematician, Director of the United States National Library of Medicine (1984-2015), fall.
Jose A. Martinez Suarez, 93, Argentine movie director (Yesterday's Guys Used No Arsenic) and screenwriter, pneumonia.
Bill McDonagh, 91, Canadian ice hockey player (New York Rangers).
18
Kathleen Blanco, 76, American politician, Governor of Louisiana (2004-2008), Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana (1996-2004), member of the Louisiana House of Representatives (1984-1989), liver and eye cancer.
Karel Kuklik, 82, Czech photographer.
Encarna Paso, 88, Spanish actress (Begin the Beguine), pneumonia.
Jack Whitaker, 95, American sportscaster (CBS, ABC), The NFL Today host (1971-1974).
19
Benjamin N. Bellis, 95, American Air Force lieutenant general.
Al Jackson, 83, American baseball player (Pittsburgh Pirates, New York Mets, St. Louis Cardinals).
Mohammed Zahur Khayyam, 92, Indian music director and movie score composer (Kabhie Kabhie, Umrao Jaan, Dil-e-Nadaan), cardiac arrest caused by a lung infection.
Gina Lopez, 65, Filipino environmentalist and politician, Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources (2016-2017) and Chair of the Pasig River Rehabilitation Commission (since 2010), multiple organ failure caused by brain cancer.
Jagannath Mishra, 82, Indian politician, Chief Minister of Bihar (1975-1977, 1980-1983, 1989-1990), cancer.
Jan Ruff O'Herne, 96, Dutch-Australian comfort women human rights activist.
Larry Taylor, 77, American bass guitarist (Canned Heat), lung cancer.
20
Giovanni Buttarelli, 62, Italian politician, European Data Protection Supervisor (since 2014), problems caused by ALS.
Rudolf Hundstorfer, 67, Austrian trade unionist and politician, President of the Austrian Trade Union Federation (2006-2008) and 2016 presidential candidate, heart attack.
John H. McArthur, 85, Canadian-American educator and business theorist, Dean of the Harvard Business School (1980-1995).
Larry Siegel, 93, American humorist (Mad Magazine, Playboy) and television writer (The Carol Burnett Show), three-time Emmy winner, problems caused by Parkinson's disease.
21
Dina bint Abdul-Hamid, 89, Jordanian princess, Queen consort (1955-1957).
Babulal Gaur, 89, Indian politician, Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh (2004-2005), cardiac arrest.
Celso Pina, 66, Mexican cumbia singer-songwriter, composer and accordionist, heart attack.
Ines Torelli, 88, Swiss comedian and actress (Fascht e Familie, Chikita).
22
Junior Agogo, 40, Ghanaian footballer (Bristol Rovers, Nottingham Forest, national team).
Gary Ray Bowles, 57, American serial killer, executed by lethal injection.
Bobby Dillon, 89, American football player (Green Bay Packers).
Tim Fischer, 73, Australian politician, Leader of the National Party (1990-1999), Deputy Prime Minister (1996-1999) and Ambassador to the Holy See (2009-2012), acute myeloid leukemia.
Tom Nissalke, 87, American basketball coach (Houston Rockets, San Antonio Spurs, Utah Jazz).
23
Amath Dansokho, 82, Senegalese politician, Minister of Urban Planning and Housing (1991-1995, 2000) and Mayor of Kedougou (2005-2012).
Carlo Delle Piane, 83, Italian actor (The Piano Tuner Has Arrived, A School Outing, Christmas Present), Nastro d'Argento winner (1984).
David Koch, 79, American businessman and political activist, Executive Vice President of Koch Industries (1983-2018), prostate cancer.
Roaring Lion, 4, British racehorse, euthanised.
Walter Thiel, 70, German theoretical chemist, President of the World Association of Theoretical and Computational Chemists (since 2011).
Egon Zimmermann, 80, Austrian ski racer and businessman, Olympic champion (1964), problems caused by multiple sclerosis.
24
Blanca Fernandez Ochoa, 56, Spanish alpine ski racer, Olympic bronze medallist (1992), fall. (body found on this date)
Arun Jaitley, 66, Indian politician, MP (since 2000), Minister of Information and Broadcasting (1999-2000, 2014-2016), Law and Justice (2000-2002, 2003-2004), Defence (2014, 2017), Corporate Affairs and Finance (2014-2019), problems caused from diabetes.
Rick Loomis, 72, American game designer, founder of Flying Buffalo, lymphoma.
Massimo Mattioli, 75, Italian cartoonist, comics writer and artist (Squeak the Mouse, Pinky).
Sidney Rittenberg, 98, American journalist, educator and Chinese linguist, first American to join the Communist Party of China.
25
Timothy Bell, Baron Bell, 77, British advertising and public relations executive (Bell Pottinger).
Alfred C. Haynes, 87, American airline pilot captain, United Airlines Flight 232 crash survivor.
Ferdinand Piech, 82, Austrian Hall of Fame businessman and engineer, Chairman of Volkswagen Group (1993-2015).
Mona Lisa, 97, Filipino actress (Insiang, Giliw Ko, Cain at Abel), problems caused by Alzheimer's disease.
Vince Naimoli, 81, American businessman and philanthropist, founder of the Tampa Bay Rays, problems caused by progressive supranuclear palsy.
Anne Grete Preus, 62, Norwegian rock singer and musician, liver and kidney cancer.
Jerry Rook, 75, American basketball player (Arkansas State Red Wolves, New Orleans Buccaneers).
Jafar Umar Thalib, 57, Indonesian Islamic militant and educator, founder of Laskar Jihad, heart attack.
Lodewijk Woltjer, 89, Dutch astronomer and editor (The Astronomy and Astrophysics Review, The Astronomical Journal), Director-General of the European Southern Observatory (1975-1987) and President of the International Astronomical Union (1994-1997).
Fernanda Young, 49, Brazilian screenwriter (Como Aproveitar o Fim do Mundo), actress (Os Normais) and model, cardiopulmonary arrest caused by asthma.
26
Pal Benko, 91, French-born Hungarian-American chess grandmaster.
Christian Bonaud, 62, French Islamologist and philosopher, drowned.
Neal Casal, 50, American rock singer-songwriter and musician (Ryan Adams & the Cardinals, Blackfoot, Chris Robinson Brotherhood), suicide.
Colin Clark, 35, American footballer (Colorado Rapids, Houston Dynamo, national team), heart attack.
Tom Jordan, 99, American baseball player (Chicago White Sox, Cleveland Indians, St. Louis Browns), problems caused from a heart attack.
Pita Paraone, 73, New Zealand politician, MP (2002-2008, 2014-2017), problems caused from heart surgery.
Isabel Toledo, 59, Cuban-born American fashion designer, breast cancer.
Gavin Watson, 71, South African businessman, CEO of Bosasa (since 2000), car crash.
27
Albert Vickers Bryan Jr., 92, American politician and lawyer, Chief Judge of the District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia (1985-1991), pneumonia.
Jessi Combs, 39, American racer and television host (Xtreme 4x4, MythBusters, Overhaulin'), jet-car crash.
Frances Crowe, 100, American peace activist, heart failure.
Donnie Fritts, 76, American keyboardist (Kris Kristofferson) and songwriter, problems caused by heart surgery.
Abel Gonzalez Chavez, 76, Colombian radio and television personality, stroke.
Sir Dawda Jawara, 95, Gambian politician, Prime Minister (1962-1970) and President (1970-1994).
Paul Meger, 90, Canadian ice hockey player (Montreal Canadiens), Stanley Cup champion (1953).
Tahu Potiki, 52, New Zealand Maori politician and businessman, Chief Executive of Te Runanga o Ngai Tahu (2002-2006), multiple organ failure.
Martin Weitzman, 77, American environmental economist.
28
Donnie Green, 71, American football player (Buffalo Bills, Philadelphia Eagles, Detroit Lions).
Nancy Holloway, 86, American singer ("T'en va pas comme ca") and actress (Seek the idol, Man from Cocody).
Nicolas Leoz, 90, Paraguayan-Colombian football executive, President of CONMEBOL (1986-2013), cardiac arrest.
Sogyal Rinpoche, 72, Tibetan Dzogchen lama and writer (The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying), founder of Rigpa organization, pulmonary embolism caused by colorectal cancer.
Sean Stephenson, 40, American self-help writer and motivational speaker, problems caused from a concussion.
Randy Romero, 61, American Hall of Fame jockey, stomach cancer.
29
Lila Cockrell, 97, American politician, Mayor of San Antonio (1975-1981, 1989-1991).
Terrance Dicks, 84, English screenwriter (Doctor Who, Crossroads, Space: 1999).
Maria Dolors Renau, 82, Spanish politician, Deputy (1982-1986, 1989-1993), MEP (1986-1987) and president of Socialist International Women (1999-2003).
Guy Innes-Ker, 10th Duke of Roxburghe, 64, British aristocrat, esophageal cancer.
Juhani Karkinen, 83, Finnish Olympic ski jumper (1960), world champion (1958).
Jim Langer, 71, American Hall of Fame football player (Cleveland Browns, Miami Dolphins, Minnesota Vikings), heart failure.
Jim Leavelle, 99, American homicide detective, police escort for Lee Harvey Oswald, heart attack caused by hip surgery.
Brad Linaweaver, 66, American science fiction novelist (Moon of Ice) and screenwriter (The Brain Leeches), cancer.
Achille Silvestrini, 95, Italian Roman Catholic politician and cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches (1991-2000).
Vladimir Velickovic, 84, Serbian painter, member of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts (since 1985) and Academie des Beaux-Arts (since 2005), congestive heart failure.
30
Franco Columbu, 78, Italian bodybuilder and actor (Conan the Barbarian, The Terminator), Mr. Olympia winner (1976, 1981), drowned due to a heart attack.
Dennis Fentie, 68, Canadian politician, Premier of Yukon (2002-2011) and MLA (1996-2011), cancer.
Bernard F. Grabowski, 96, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Connecticut's from at-large (1963-1965) and 6th congressional district (1965-1967).
A. James Gregor, 90, American historian and political scientist.
Valerie Harper, 80, American actress (The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Rhoda, Valerie), Emmy Award winner (1971, 1972, 1973, 1975), meningitis caused by brain cancer.
Hans Rausing, 93, Swedish-British businessman and philanthropist, Chairman of Tetra Pak (1985-1993).
Udo Schaefer, 92, German lawyer and Baha'i writer (Baha'i Ethics in Light of Scripture, Beyond the Clash of Religions: The Emergence of a New Paradigm).
31
Alec Holowka, 35, Canadian video game developer (Aquaria, I'm O.K - A Murder Simulator, Night in the Woods), suicide.
Anthoine Hubert, 22, French racing driver, GP3 Series champion (2018), race crash.
Marita Lorenz, 80, German-born American conspiracy theorist, heart failure.
William J. Larkin Jr., 91, American politician, member of the New York State Assembly (1979-1990) and Senate (1991-2018).
Mary Ma, 66, Chinese business executive, CFO of Lenovo, pancreatic cancer.
Ryszard Czerniawski, 67, Polish lawyer and economist, Vice-Chairman of the Board of Warsaw Stock Exchange (1994-2006) and vice-ombudsman (2012-2015).
Immanuel Wallerstein, 88, American sociologist, created the World-systems theory.
Wang Buxuan, 97, Chinese thermal physicist, member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (since 1980).
Zbigniew Zaleski, 72, Polish politician, MEP (2004-2009, 2013-2014).
References
Other websites
The Guardian, UK obituaries
The Telegraph obituaries
Obituaries, Chicago Tribune
Obituaries, Los Angeles Times
The New York Times, US obituaries
The Washington Post obituaries
The Sydney Morning Herald, Australian obituaries
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