The following is a list of notabledeaths in August 2011.

Entries for each day are listedalphabetically 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.

• Concha Alós, 85, Spanish writer.^[1]
• Stan Barstow, 83, English novelist.^[2]
• Joe Caffie, 80, American baseball player (Cleveland Indians,Cleveland Buckeyes).^[3]
• Carmela Marie Cristiano, 83, American Roman Catholic nun (Sisters of Charity of Saint Elizabeth), first nun to seek political office inNew Jersey.^[4]
• Florentina Gómez Miranda, 99, Argentine lawyer and women's rights activist.^[5]
• Gamini Goonesena, 80, Sri Lankan cricketer.^[6]
• Chieko N. Okazaki, 84, American Mormon women's leader, first non-Caucasian woman to hold a senior position in the LDS church, heart failure.^[7]
• Ken Payne, 60, American football player (Green Bay Packers).^[8]
• Alex Pitko, 97, American baseball player (Philadelphia Phillies,Washington Senators).^[9]
• Zhanna Prokhorenko, 71, Russian film actress (Ballad of a Soldier).^[10]

• Leslie Esdaile Banks, 51, American author (The Vampire Huntress Legend Series),adrenal cancer.^[11]
• Baruj Benacerraf, 90, Venezuelan-born American immunologist, Nobel laureate (1980).^[12]
• Ralph Berkowitz, 100, American composer.^[13]
• Igor Chepusov, 61, Soviet and American producer, script writer and director.^[14]
• Meldric Daluz, 90, Indian Olympic gold medal-winning (1952) field hockey player.^[15]
• Al Federoff, 87, American baseball player (Detroit Tigers).^[16]
• Asadullo Gulomov, 58, Tajik politician, Deputy Prime Minister (since 2006).^[17]
• Andrey Kapitsa, 80, Russian geographer and explorer, discovered and namedLake Vostok.^[18]
• Clarence E. Miller, 93, American politician,U.S. Representative fromOhio (1967–1993), pneumonia.^[19]
• Attilio Pavesi, 100, Italian Olympic cyclist, oldest living Olympic champion.^[20]
• Richard Pearson, 93, Welsh actor (The Yellow Rolls-Royce).^[21]
• José Sanchis Grau, 79, Spanish comic book artist.^[22]
• James Ford Seale, 76, American murderer,Ku Klux Klan member.^[23]
• Markku Yli-Isotalo, 58, Finnish Olympic wrestler^[24]

• Rudolf Brazda, 98, German concentration camp prisoner, last known survivor ofpink triangle homosexual deportation.^[25]
• Richard Cates, 85, American lawyer.^[26]
• Annette Charles, 63, American actress (Grease), complications from lung cancer.^[27]
• Antonio Diaz, 83, Filipino politician,Representative fromZambales (1969–1972, 1992–2001, 2004–2011).^[28]
• Jackie Hudson, 76, American nun and peace activist.^[29]
• Ingrid Luterkort, 101, Swedish actress.^[30]
• Simona Monyová, 44, Czech writer, stabbed.^[31]
• Ray Patterson, 89, American basketball executive (Milwaukee Bucks,Houston Rockets).^[32]
• Nikolai Arnoldovich Petrov, 68, Russian pianist,People's Artist of the USSR, stroke.^{[citation needed]}
• José Ignacio Rivero, 90, Cuban journalist.^[33]
• William Sleator, 66, American science fiction writer (Interstellar Pig).^[34]
• Bubba Smith, 66, American football player (Baltimore Colts) and actor (Police Academy,Stroker Ace).^[35]
• Mohsen Koochebaghi Tabrizi, 87, Iranian Shi'ite Muslim marja, heart attack.^[36]
• Allan Watkins, 89, Welsh cricketer, after short illness.^[37]

• David B. Barrett, 83, American professor.^[38]
• Alan Blackshaw, 78, English mountaineer and civil servant, cancer.^[39]
• Michael Bukht, 69, British radio executive, television personality and chef who worked as Michael Barry.^[40]
• Mark Duggan, 29, British crime suspect, shot.^[41]
• Naoki Matsuda, 34, Japanese footballer (Yokohama F. Marinos,national team), suspected heart attack.^[42]
• Conrad Schnitzler, 74, German musician (Tangerine Dream,Kluster,Eruption,Berlin Express), stomach cancer.^[43]
• Erika Thijs, 51, Belgian politician,Senator (since 1995), cancer.^[44]
• Sherman White, 82, American basketball player (Long Island University).^[45]

• Jean-Claude Bajeux, 79, Haitian activist and scholar, lung cancer.^[46]
• Gerry Davidson, 90, Americanmasters athlete, stroke.^[47]
• Erol Erduran, 78, Cypriot educator and writer.^[48]
• Dudley E. Faver, 94, American Air Force major general and academic.^[49]
• Marion D. Hanks, 89, American Mormon leader.^[50]
• Grahame Jarratt, 82, New Zealand rower.^[51]
• Hazel Johnson-Brown, 83, American Army nurse and general, Alzheimer's disease.^[52]
• Andrzej Lepper, 57, Polish politician, suspected suicide by hanging.^[53]
• Elphas Mukonoweshuro, 58, Zimbabwean academic and politician.^[54]
• Gary Nixon, 70, American motorcycle racer, complications from a heart attack.^[55]
• Francesco Quinn, 48, Italian-born American actor (Platoon,Transformers: Dark of the Moon,The Young and the Restless), heart attack.^[56]
• Aziz Shavershian, 22, Australian bodybuilder and model, heart attack.^[57]
• Adi Talmor, 58, Israeli journalist and news presenter, assisted suicide.^[58]
• Stan Willemse, 86, British footballer (Chelsea).^[59]

• Bernadine Healy, 67, American cardiologist, director of theNational Institutes of Health (1991–1993), brain cancer.^[60]
• Fred Imus, 69, American songwriter and radio talk show host.^[61]
• Kuno Klötzer, 89, German football coach.^[62]
• Fe del Mundo, 99, Filipino pediatrician,National Scientist of the Philippines, heart attack.^[63]
• Roman Opałka, 79, French-born Polish painter.^[64]
• John W. Ryan, 81, American academic administrator, President ofIndiana University (1971–1987).^[65]
• Jerry Smith, 80, American football player (San Francisco 49ers) and coach (Denver Broncos).^[66]
• John Wood, 81, English actor (WarGames,Chocolat,Sabrina),Tony winner (1976).^[67]

• Eric Anthony Abrahams, 71, Jamaican public servant.^[68]
• Joseph Candolfi, 89, Swiss Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop ofBasel (1983–1996).^[69]
• Hugh Carey, 92, American politician,Governor of New York (1975–1982) andU.S. Representative (1961–1974).^[70]
• Rocco Colonna, 77, American politician,Member of the Ohio House of Representatives (1975–1988).^[71]
• Charles Coventry, 52, Zimbabwean cricket umpire.^[72]
• Cornelius Elanjikal, 92, Indian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop ofVerapoly (1987–1996).^[73]
• Eddie Gibbins, 85, English footballer.^[74]
• Marshall Grant, 83, Americandouble bassist (Tennessee Two).^[75]
• F. M. Hardacre, 96, American academic and college football coach.^[76]
• Mark Hatfield, 89, American politician,Governor of Oregon (1959–1967) andU.S. Senator (1967–1997).^[77]
• Harri Holkeri, 74, Finnish politician,Prime Minister (1987–1991), after long illness.^[78]
• Paul Meier, 87, American mathematician (Kaplan–Meier estimator), complications from a stroke.^[79]
• George Naghi, 59, Romanian businessman, founder ofAldis SRL, boating accident.^[80]
• Tom Radney, 79, American politician, member of theAlabama Senate (1967–1971), after long illness.^[81]
• Jiří Traxler, 99, Czech-born Canadianjazz pianist.^[82]
• Nancy Wake, 98, New Zealand-born AustralianFrench Resistance leader, chest infection.^[83]
• Charles Wyly, 77, American businessman and philanthropist, co-founder ofMichaels Stores, automobile accident.^[84]
• Joe Yamanaka, 64, Japanese rock singer, lung cancer.^{[citation needed]}

• Neal Abberley, 67, English cricketer, heart and lung condition.^[85]
• Ray Anderson, 77, American entrepreneur, cancer.^[86]
• Mike Barrett, 67, American Olympic and professional basketball player (Virginia Squires,San Diego Conquistadors).^[87]
• Ruth Brinker, 89, American AIDS and nutrition activist, founder ofProject Open Hand, vascular dementia.^[88]
• Royal Copeland, 86, Canadian football player (Toronto Argonauts), Alzheimer's disease.^[89]
• Cem Erman, 64, Turkish actor and composer.^[90]
• Fred Ingaldson, 78, Canadian Olympic basketball player.^[91]
• Kurt Johansson, 97, Swedish Olympic sport shooter.^[92]
• Anastasios Peponis, 87, Greek politician and author, heart problems.^[93]
• Federico Richter Fernandez-Prada, 89, Peruvian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop ofAyacucho/Huamanga (1979–1991).^[94]
• Hind Rostom, 81, Egyptian actress, heart attack.^[95]
• Jiřina Švorcová, 83, Czech actress and pro-Communist activist.^[96]
• Chandrashekhar Vijay, 77, Indian Jain Monk.^[97]
• Harry H. Wellington, 84, American lawyer, Dean ofYale Law School (1975–1985) andNew York Law School (1992–2000), brain tumor.^[98]
• Guillermo Zarur, 79, Mexican actor, complications of kidney and heart disease.^[99]

• Wendy Babcock, 32, Canadian advocate for the rights of prostitutes, suspected suicide.^[100]
• Roberto Busa, 97, ItalianJesuit priest, pioneer inDigital Humanities.^[101]
• Adolphe-Maria Gustave Hardy, 91, French Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop ofBeauvais (1985–1995).^[102]
• Yoshihiro Hamaguchi, 85, Japanese Olympic swimmer, heart failure.^[103]
• Jimmy Harris, 76, American football player (University of Oklahoma,Dallas Cowboys,Philadelphia Eagles), natural causes.^[104]
• Kolapo Ishola, 77, Nigerian politician,Governor of Oyo State (1991–1993).^[105]
• Eleanor Josaitis, 79, American activist, co-founder ofFocus: HOPE,peritoneal cancer.^[106]
• Julian Kenny, 81, Trinidadian zoologist, environmentalist and politician,Senator (1995–2001).^[107]
• Mimi Lee, 91, American chemist,First Lady ofMaryland (1977–1979), heart failure.^[108]
• Werner W. Wallroth, 81, German film director.^[109]

• P. C. Alexander, 90, Indian politician,Governor ofTamil Nadu (1988–1990),Maharashtra (1993–2002) andGoa (1996–1998).^[110]
• Moraíto Chico II, 54, Spanish musician, cancer.^[111]
• Arnaud Desjardins, 86, French philosopher.^[112]
• Norton Fredrick, 73, Sri Lankan cricketer, illness.^[113]
• Billy Grammer, 85, American country singer.^[114]
• Selwyn Griffith, 83, Welsh poet.^[115]
• Oldřich Machač, 65, Czech Olympic silver (1968,1976) and bronze (1972) medal-winning ice hockey player, heart failure.^[116]
• Babak Masoumi, 39, Iranianfutsal player and coach, blood cancer.^[117]
• Lilia Michel, 85, Mexican actress.^[118]
• Mark Sinyangwe, 31, Zambian footballer.^[119]

• Agustín Romualdo Álvarez Rodríguez, 88, Spanish-born Venezuelan Roman Catholic prelate, Vicar Apostolic ofMachiques (1986–1995).^[120]
• V. R. Athavale, 92, Indian singer.^[121]
• Robert Breer, 84, American experimental filmmaker.^[122]
• Don Chandler, 76, American football player (New York Giants,Green Bay Packers).^[123]
• George Devol, 99, American inventor, creator ofUnimate, the firstindustrial robot.^[124]
• Ignacio Flores, 58, Mexican football player (Cruz Azul,national team), shot.^[125]
• Mateo Flores, 89, Guatemalan Olympic athlete.^[126]
• Noach Flug, 86, Polish-born Israeli economist, advocate for rights ofHolocaust survivors.^[127]
• Richard Floyd, 80, American politician and lawmaker.^[128]
• Clair George, 81, American CIA officer (Iran–Contra affair), cardiac arrest.^[129]
• David Holbrook, 88, English writer and academic.^[130]
• Jani Lane, 47, American musician (Warrant), acute alcohol poisoning.^[131]
• Scott LeDoux, 62, American boxer,amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.^[132]
• Karen Overington, 59, Australian politician,VictorianMLA forBallarat West (1999–2010).^[133]
• Bob Shamansky, 84, American politician,U.S. Representative fromOhio (1981–1983).^[134]
• Johann Traxler, 52, Austrian Olympic cyclist.^[135]
• Joe Trimble, 80, American baseball player (Boston Red Sox,Pittsburgh Pirates).^[136]
• Paul Wilkinson, 74, British academic, expert on the study of terrorism (University of St Andrews).^[137]
• Bob Will, 80, American baseball player (Chicago Cubs).^[138]

• Patricia Acioli, 47, Brazilian judge and feminist, shot.^[139]
• Austin-Emile Burke, 89, Canadian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop ofHalifax (1991–1998).^[140]
• Ernie Johnson, 87, American baseball player (Boston Braves/Milwaukee Braves,Baltimore Orioles) and broadcaster (Atlanta Braves).^[141]
• Karl Kittsteiner, 91, German cyclist and National Champion (1946).^[142]
• Charles P. Murray Jr., 89, American Army colonel,Medal of Honor recipient, heart failure.^[143]
• Robert Robinson, 83, English radio and television presenter.^[144]
• Francisco Solano López, 83, Argentine comics artist (El Eternauta), complications from a stroke.^[145]
• Pierpaolo Spangaro, 69, Italian Olympic swimmer.^[146]

• Álvaro Lara, 26, Chilean footballer, traffic collision.^[147]
• Chris Lawrence, 78, British racing driver and engineer, cancer.^[148]
• Ctirad Mašín, 81, Czech resistance fighter.^[149]
• Tareque Masud, 54, Bangladeshi independent film director, traffic collision.^[150]
• Mishuk Munier, 52, Bangladeshi journalist, photography director, media specialist and cinematographer, traffic collision.^[151]
• Jesús del Pozo, 65, Spanish fashion designer, pulmonary emphysema.^[152]
• Topi Sorsakoski, 58, Finnish singer, lung cancer.^[153]
• Ellen Winther, 78, Danish opera singer and actress.^[154]

• Fritz Bach, 77, Austrian-born American transplant physician and immunologist.^[155]
• Jonathan Bacon, 30, American gangster, shot.^[156]
• Albert Brown, 105, American World War II veteran, oldest survivor ofBataan Death March.^[157]
• Kase2 (Jeff Brown), 52, graffiti writer and contributor to the hip-hop movement.^[158]
• Yekaterina Golubeva, 44, Russian actress.^[159]
• Shammi Kapoor, 79, Indian film actor and director, renal failure.^[160]
• Fritz Korbach, 66, German football player and manager, laryngeal cancer.^[161]
• Paul Reeves, 78, New Zealand Anglican archbishop,Primate (1980–1985),Governor-General (1985–1990), cancer.^[162]
• Friedrich Schoenfelder, 94, German actor.^[163]
• Shawn Tompkins, 37, Canadian kickboxer and mixed martial artist, suspected heart attack.^[164]

• Nenad Bijedić, 51, Bosnian football manager, cancer.^[165]
• Colin Harvey, 50, British science fiction writer and editor, stroke.^[166]
• Michael Legat, 88, British author and publisher.^[167]
• Peter Mair, 60, Irish political scientist.^[168]
• Solomon Mujuru, 62, Zimbabwean military officer and politician, injuries from a fire.^[169]
• Wim Peeters, 85, South African Olympic shooter.^[170]
• Hugo Perié, 67, Argentine politician,MP (since 2003),Montoneros militant, lung disease.^[171]
• Sif Ruud, 95, Swedish actress.^[172]
• Rick Rypien, 27, Canadian ice hockey player (Vancouver Canucks), suicide.^[173]
• Tōru Shōriki, 92, Japanese baseball team owner (Tokyo Giants), sepsis.^[174]
• Betty Thatcher, 67, British lyricist (Renaissance), cancer.^[175]

• Vladimir Antakov, 54, Soviet Olympic hockey player.^[176]
• Andrej Bajuk, 67, Slovenian politician and economist,Prime Minister (2000), stroke.^[177]
• Mihri Belli, 96, Turkish politician and writer, respiratory failure.^[178]
• Creed Black, 86, American newspaper publisher (Lexington Herald-Leader).^[179]
• Huw Ceredig, 69, Welsh actor.^[180]
• Albert Facchiano, 101, American mobster.^[181]
• Akiko Futaba, 96, Japaneseryūkōka singer.^[182]
• Ahmet Kıbıl, 58, Turkish Olympic skier.^[183]
• Bruno Monti, 81, Italian Olympic cyclist.^[184]
• Frank Munro, 63, Scottish footballer (Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.), heart attack.^[185]
• Pete Pihos, 87, AmericanHall of Fame football player (Philadelphia Eagles), Alzheimer's disease.^[186]
• Leo Rodríguez, 82, Mexican baseball player.^[187]
• Ramesh Saxena, 66, Indian cricketer, brain haemorrhage.^[188]
• Bernard William Schmitt, 82, American Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop ofWheeling-Charleston (1989–2004).^[189]
• Aud Talle, 65, Norwegian social anthropologist.^[190]

• Augustus Aikhomu, 72, Nigerian admiral and politician,Vice President (1986–1993).^[191]
• Hrach Bartikyan, 84, Armenian academician.^[192]
• Vasyl Dzharty, 53, Ukrainian politician,Prime Minister of Crimea (since 2010), cancer.^[193]
• Gualtiero Jacopetti, 91, Italian documentary film director.^[194]
• Michel Mohrt, 97, French writer, member of theAcadémie française (since 1985).^[195]
• Pierre Quinon, 49, French pole vaulter and Olympic champion (1984), suicide byself-defenestration.^[196]
• Bill Robinson, 72, New Zealand scientist.^[197]

• John Bean, 48, Australian cinematographer, helicopter crash.^[198]
• Samir Chanda, 53, Indian art film director, cardiac arrest.^[199]
• Peter George Davis, 87, English Royal Marine officer,^[200]
• Simon De Jong, 69, Canadian politician,MP forRegina East (1979–1988) andRegina—Qu'Appelle (1988–1997), leukemia.^[201]
• Bill Gray, 88, American football player (Washington Redskins).^[202]
• Johnson, 58, Indian film music composer, cardiac arrest.^[203]
• Paul Lockyer, 61, Australian journalist, helicopter crash.^[204]
• Herb Pfuhl, 83, American politician, longest-serving mayor ofJohnstown, Pennsylvania (1971–1977, 1982–1993).^[205]
• Maurice M. Rapport, 91, American neuroscience biochemist.^[206]
• Scotty Robertson, 81, American basketball coach (New Orleans Jazz,Chicago Bulls,Detroit Pistons), cancer.^[207]
• Jerome Shestack, 88, American human rights activist and attorney, President ofAmerican Bar Association (1997–1998).^[208]
• Jean Tabary, 81, French comic strip artist.^[209]
• Norm Willey, 83, American football player (Philadelphia Eagles).^[210]

• John Abley, 81, Australian football player, cardiac arrest.^[211]
• Hendrina Afrikaner, 58–59, Namibian politician, car accident.^[212]
• Merv Brooks, 92, Australianfootballer.^[213]
• Gil Courtemanche, 68, Canadian journalist and novelist (Un dimanche à la piscine à Kigali), cancer.^[214]
• Gun Hägglund, 79, Swedish television personality, Sweden's first female televisionnews presenter, after short illness.^[215]
• Kerima Polotan Tuvera, 85, Filipino author and journalist.^[216]
• Brian Pope, 100, English rugby union player.^[217]
• Raúl Ruiz, 70, Chilean film director (Three Lives and Only One Death,Time Regained), pulmonary infection.^[218]
• Jimmy Sangster, 83, British director and screenwriter (Hammer Films).^[219]
• Vilem Sokol, 96, American conductor and music professor, cancer.^[220]
• Vladimir Torban, 78, Soviet basketballer, 1956 Olympic silver medalist, two-times European champion.^[221]
• Yevhen Yevseyev, 24, Ukrainian footballer, car accident.^[222]

• George C. Axtell, 90, American military officer,United States Marine Corps lieutenant-general.^[223]
• Reza Badiyi, 81, Iranian-born American television director (Mission: Impossible,Cagney & Lacey,The Incredible Hulk).^[224]
• Ross Barbour, 82, American singer, last founding member ofThe Four Freshmen, lung cancer.^[225]
• Marty Bergmann, 55, Canadian scientist and public servant,plane crash.^[226]
• Fred Fay, 66, American leader in thedisability rights movement.^[227]
• Charles Gubser, 95, American politician,U.S. Representative fromCalifornia (1953–1974).^[228]
• Rafael Halperin, 87, Israeli businessman and professional wrestler.^[229]
• Patricia Hardy, 79, American actress, colon cancer.^[230]
• Chal Port, 80, American baseball coach (The Citadel).^[231]
• Jethu Singh Rajpurohit, 90, Indian politician.^[232]
• Angelo Maria Rivato, 86, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop ofPonta de Pedras (1967–2002).^[233]
• Ram Sharan Sharma, 91, Indian historian.^[234]
• Vernon Stratton, 83, British Olympic sailor.^[235]

• Dharani Dhar Awasthi, 88, Indian botanist, taxonomist, and lichenologist.^[236]
• Dame Christine Cole Catley, 88, New Zealand journalist, publisher and author, lung cancer.^[237]
• Sir Donald Farquharson, 83, British jurist.^[238]
• Patrick Guillemin, 60, French actor and voice actor, heart attack.^[239]
• Brian Harrison, 89, Australian-born British politician and businessman,MP forMaldon (1955–1974).^[240]
• Budd Hopkins, 80, American artist and UFO researcher, liver cancer.^[241]
• John R. Hubbard, 92, American diplomat, President ofUniversity of Southern California (1970–1980),United States Ambassador to India (1988–1989).^[242]
• John J. Kelley, 80, American Olympic long-distance runner, winner of the 1957Boston Marathon.^[243]
• Irène Pittelioen, 84, French Olympic gymnast.^[244]
• Ezra Sued, 88, Argentine footballer (Racing Club de Avellaneda), infection.^[245]
• Muga Takewaki, 67, Japanese actor, cerebrovascular disease.^[246]
• Edith Tiempo, 92, Filipino author,National Artist of the Philippines, heart attack.^[247]

• Atiyah Abd al-Rahman, 40, Libyan-born AfghanAl-Qaeda leader.^[248]
• Abdul Aziz Abdul Ghani, 72, Yemeni politician,Prime Minister (1994–1997).^[249]
• Ray Abruzzese, 73, American football player (Buffalo Bills,New York Jets).^[250]
• Nickolas Ashford, 70, American R&B singer (Ashford & Simpson) and songwriter ("Ain't No Mountain High Enough"), throat cancer.^[251]
• John Howard Davies, 72, English television producer and director (Fawlty Towers,The Good Life), former child actor (Oliver Twist), cancer.^[252]
• Kamal el-Shennawi, 89, Egyptian actor.^[253]
• Joan Gerber, 76, American voice actress (DuckTales).^[254]
• Jesper Klein, 66, Danish actor, liver cancer.^[255]
• Jack Layton, 61, Canadian politician,Leader of the Official Opposition (2011) andNew Democratic Party (2003–2011), cancer.^[256]
• Jerry Leiber, 78, American songwriter ("Stand By Me", "Hound Dog", "Jailhouse Rock"), cardiopulmonary failure.^[257]
• Loriot, 87, German cartoonist and actor.^[258]
• Samuel Menashe, 85, American poet, natural causes.^[259]
• Žarko Nikolić, 74, Serbian footballer.^[260]
• Casey Ribicoff, 88, American socialite and philanthropist, lung cancer.^[261]
• Michael Showers, 45, American actor (Treme,The Vampire Diaries,The Tree of Life), drowned.^[262]
• Thomas Syme, 83, British Olympic ice hockey player.^[263]

• Akhtaruzzaman, 65, Bangladeshi film director.^[264]
• J.C. Daniel, 84, Indian naturalist, lung cancer.^[265]
• Paul Francis Duffy, 79, American-born Zambian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop ofMongu (1997–2011).^[266]
• Clare Hodges, 54, British campaigner for the medical use of cannabis, multiple sclerosis.^[267]
• Sybil Jason, 83, American child actress.^[268]
• David Lunn-Rockliffe, 86, British businessman co-founder of theRiver and Rowing Museum, heart failure.^[269]
• Jim Peckham, 81, American Olympic wrestler.^[270]
• Frank Potenza, 77, American police officer and actor (Jimmy Kimmel Live!), cancer.^[271]
• Hasballah M. Saad, 63, Indonesian politician, Human Rights Minister (1999–2000).^[272]
• Peter Terpeluk Jr., 63, American diplomat,Ambassador to Luxembourg (2002–2005), heart attack.^[273]
• June Wayne, 93, American artist and print maker.^[274]
• Willie Williams, 86, American Negro league baseball player.^[275]

• Frank DiLeo, 63, American music industry executive and actor (Goodfellas,Wayne's World), heart complications.^[276]
• Esther Gordy Edwards, 91, AmericanMotown executive, creator ofHitsville U.S.A. museum.^[277]
• Seyhan Erözçelik, 49, Turkish poet.^[278]
• Mike Flanagan, 59, American baseball player (Baltimore Orioles,Toronto Blue Jays), suicide by gunshot.^[279]
• Frederick A. Fox, 80, American composer and music educator.^[280]
• Jenő Gerbovits, 86, Hungarian politician,minister without portfolio (1990–1991), tractor accident.^[281]
• Paul Harney, 82, American golfer.^[282]
• Jack Hayes, 92, American composer and orchestrator (The Color Purple,The Unsinkable Molly Brown), natural causes.^[283]
• Clemente Isnard, 94, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop ofNova Friburgo (1960–1992).^[284]
• George Knight, 90, English footballer (Burnley).^[285]
• Joyce McDougall, 91, New Zealand-French psychoanalyst.^[286]
• Graeme Moody, 60, New Zealand sports broadcaster, drowned.^[287]
• Yacoub Romanos, 76, Lebanese Olympic wrestler.^[288]
• Alfons Van Brandt, 84, Belgian footballer.^[289]

• Bandi Rajan Babu, 73, Indian photographer.^[290]
• A. A. Birch Jr., 78, American lawyer and judge, Chief Justice of theTennessee Supreme Court.^[291]
• Donna Christanello, 69, American professional wrestler, heart attack.^[292]
• Jyles Coggins, 90, American politician,Mayor of Raleigh, North Carolina (1975–1977).^[293]
• Elliott Johnston, 93, Australian jurist, Judge of theSupreme Court of South Australia (1983–1988).^[294]
• Lazar Mojsov, 90, Macedonian politician, 10th.President of the Presidency of Yugoslavia (1987–1988).^[295]
• Eugene Nida, 96, American linguist and bible translator.^[296]
• Anne Sharp, 94, Scottish coloratura soprano.^[297]
• Ruth Thomas, 84, British writer.^[298]

• Aloysius Ambrozic, 81, Slovenian-born Canadian Roman Catholic cardinal,Archbishop of Toronto (1990–2006).^[299]
• George Band, 82, British mountaineer.^[300]
• C. K. Barrett, 94, British theologian.^[301]
• Josephine Figlo, 88, American baseball player (AAGPBL).^[302]
• Patrick C. Fischer, 75, American computer scientist andUnabomber target.^[303]
• Susan Fromberg Schaeffer, 71, American novelist and educator, complications of a stroke.^[304]
• John McAleese, 61, British SAS soldier involved in theIranian Embassy Siege.^[305]
• Elvis Reifer, 50, Barbadian cricketer.^[306]
• Manuel Saavedra, 70, Chilean footballer[1]
• Donn A. Starry, 86, American army officer,Commanding General, TRADOC (1977–1981).^[307]
• B. Jeff Stone, 75, American rockabilly singer-songwriter.^[308]
• Nadine Winter, 87, American politician, member of theCouncil of the District of Columbia (1975–1991).^[309]

• Heribert Barrera, 94, Spanish politician,President of theParliament of Catalonia (1980–1984).^[310]
• Eve Brent, 82, American actress (The Green Mile,Garfield,Adam-12).^[311]
• Frank Fanovich, 88, American baseball player (Cincinnati Reds,Philadelphia Athletics).^[312]
• Lykourgos Kallergis, 97, Greek actor, director and politician.^[313]
• Stetson Kennedy, 94, American folklorist and civil rights activist.^[314]
• Kim Tai-chung, 54, Korean actor and martial artist, internal stomach bleeding.^[315]
• Nico Minardos, 81, Greek actor (Istanbul,Twelve Hours to Kill,The Twilight Zone), natural causes.^[316]
• John Parke, 74, Northern Irish footballer (Linfield,Hibernian,Sunderland,Northern Ireland), Alzheimer's disease.^[317]
• Tapio Pöyhönen, 83, Finnish Olympic basketball player^[318]
• Iya Savvina, 75, Russian actress,People's Artist of the USSR.^[319]
• N. F. Simpson, 92, British dramatist.^[320]
• Keith Tantlinger, 92, American mechanical engineer and inventor.^[321]
• Pat Villani, 57, American computer programmer (FreeDOS)^[322]

• Theo Blankenaauw, 87, Dutch track cyclist.^[323]
• Billy Drake, 93, British fighter pilot.^[324]
• Bernie Gallacher, 44, British footballer (Aston Villa).^[325]
• Bruno Gamberini, 61, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop ofCampinas (since 2004).^[326]
• Len Ganley, 68, Northern Irish snooker referee.^[327]
• George Green, 59, American songwriter ("Hurts So Good", "Crumblin' Down"), lung cancer.^[328]
• Leonard Harris, 81, American actor, arts and theater critic (WCBS-TV), complications of pneumonia.^[329]
• Leonidas Kyrkos, 87, Greek politician, after short illness.^[330]
• Dmitri Royster, 87, American hierarch (Orthodox Church in America), Archbishop of theDiocese of the South (1978–2009).^[331]
• Tony Sale, 80, British computer scientist.^[332]
• Necip Torumtay, 84–85, Turkish general,Chief of the General Staff (1987–1990).^[333]

• Ebenezer Adam, 91–92, Ghanaian teacher and politician.^[334]
• Pauline Morrow Austin, 94, American physicist and meteorologist.^[335]
• Jim Baechtold, 83, American basketball player.^[336]
• John Bancroft, 82, British architect.^[337]
• David "Honeyboy" Edwards, 96, American blues guitarist and singer, heart failure.^[338]
• Khamis Gaddafi, 28, Libyan seventh son ofMuammar Gaddafi, commander of theKhamis Brigade, airstrike.^[339]
• R. B. McDowell, 97, Irish historian.^[340]
• Mark Ovendale, 37, English footballer (Luton Town,Bournemouth), cancer.^[341]
• David P. Reynolds, 96, American businessman and Thoroughbred racehorse breeder.^[342]
• George Sutor, 67, American basketball player.^[343]
• Junpei Takiguchi, 80, Japanese voice actor and narrator (Dragon Ball,Yatterman,Mazinger Z), stomach cancer.^[344]
• Ayala Zacks-Abramov, 99, Israeli art patron.^[345]

• Alla Bayanova, 97, Russian singer,People's Artist of Russia, cancer.^[346]
• Faye Blackstone, 96, American rodeo star, cancer.^[347]
• Ronald N. Hartman, 76, American professor of astronomy, planetarium director (Mt. San Antonio College).^[348]
• Revo Jõgisalu, 35, Estonian rapper, melanoma.^[349]
• Peggy Lloyd, 98, American stage actress.^[350]
• Wambui Otieno, 75, Kenyan politician.^[351]
• João Carlos Batista Pinheiro, 79, Brazilian footballer, prostate cancer.^[352]
• Cactus Pryor, 88, American broadcaster, Alzheimer's disease.^[353]

• Paul Abisheganaden, 97, Singaporean music conductor andCultural Medallion recipient.^[354]
• Wade Belak, 35, Canadian ice hockey player (Toronto Maple Leafs,Nashville Predators), suicide.^[355]
• Cal Christensen, 84, American basketball player (Milwaukee Hawks,Rochester Royals), heart failure.^[356]
• Denis Collins, 58, Australian football player, heart attack.^[357]
• Abderrahmane Mahjoub, 82, Moroccan-born French footballer.^[358]
• Robert Muir, 91, Canadian politician,MP andSenator.^[359]
• Dave Petrie, 64, Scottish politician,Member of the Scottish Parliament forHighlands and Islands (2006–2007).^[360]
• Valery Rozhdestvensky, 72, Soviet cosmonaut.^[361]
• Betty Skelton, 85, Americanaerobatics pilot andWomen Airforce Service Pilots veteran.^[362]
• Jack Stephens, 78, American basketball player (St. Louis Hawks).^[363]
• Radoslav Stojanović, 81, Serbian politician and law expert (University of Belgrade), co-founder of theDemocratic Party.^[364]
• Peter Twiss, 90, British test pilot.^[365]
• Frank Warner, 85, American sound editor (Close Encounters of the Third Kind,Raging Bull,Taxi Driver).^[366]
• Rosel Zech, 69, German actress (Veronika Voss,Aimée & Jaguar), cancer.^[367]

• List of August 2011 deaths atIMDb

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• 2011 deaths
• Lists of deaths in 2011

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