The following is a list ofdeaths in April 2009.

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.

• Arne Andersson, 91, Swedish middle distance runner and former world record holder (1500m).^[1]
• Umberto Betti, 87, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Cardinal ofSanti Vito, Modesto e Crescenzio since 2007.^[2]
• John Blankenchip, 89, American educator, theater director and designer, after short illness.^[3]
• Paul Dean, Baron Dean of Harptree, 84, British politician, Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons (1982–1992).^[4]
• Margreta Elkins, 78, Australian mezzo-soprano, cancer.^[5]
• Duane Jarvis, 51, American guitarist and singer-songwriter, colon cancer.^[6]
• Manfred Jessen-Klingenberg, 75, German historian.^[7]
• Jan Kleyn, 83, Dutch sprinter.^[8]
• Marsel Markulin, 72, Croatian Olympic gymnast.^[9]
• Marcos Moshinsky, 88, Ukrainian-born Mexican physicist.^[10]
• Daniel Joseph O'Hern, 78, American jurist, member of the New Jersey Supreme Court (1981–2000), melanoma.^[11]
• Elaine Cancilla Orbach, 69, American actress, wife ofJerry Orbach, pneumonia.^[12]
• Lou Perryman, 67, American actor (Poltergeist,The Blues Brothers,Boys Don't Cry), stabbed.^[13]
• Miguel Ángel Suárez, 69, Puerto Rican actor, esophageal cancer.^[14]
• Ian Tomlinson, 47, British pedestrian allegedly assaulted by police at2009 G-20 London summit protests, abdominal haemorrhage.^[15]

• Ghulam Mohammed Baloch, 50, Pakistani politician.^[16]
• Exotic Dancer, 9, French-bred British racehorse, heart attack after race.^[17]
• Ev Faunce, 82, American football player and coach.^[18]
• Guttorm Hansen, 88, Norwegian politician, President of Parliament (1973–1981).^[19]
• Taj Muhammad Jamali, 70, Pakistani politician, Chief Minister of Balochistan (1990–1993).^[20]
• Albert Sanschagrin, 97, Canadian Bishop ofSaint-Hyacinthe (1967–1979).^[21]
• Bud Shank, 82, American alto saxophonist, pulmonary failure.^[22]
• Frank Springer, 79, American comic book artist (Dazzler,Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.,She-Hulk), prostate cancer.^[23]
• Andrew Steiner, 100, Czechoslovak-American architect and Jewish resistance member during the Holocaust.^[24]

• Ken Anderson, 33, American football player (Chicago Bears), heart attack.^[25]
• James G. Boswell II, 86, American businessman, natural causes.^[26]
• Tom Braden, 92, American journalist and author (Eight Is Enough), cardiac arrest.^[27]
• Eva Evdokimova, 60, Swiss-born American ballerina, complications of cancer.^[28]
• Charlie Kennedy, 81, American alto saxophonist, pulmonary disease.^[29]
• John King, 55, American ukulele player, heart attack.^[30]
• Victor Millan, 89, American actor (Touch of Evil,Scarface,Giant) and theatre professor.^[31]
• Alexei Parshchikov, 54, Russian poet.^[32]
• Crodowaldo Pavan, 89, Brazilian biologist and geneticist, multiple organ dysfunction syndrome and cancer.^[33]
• Tom Smith, 88, British make-up artist (Gandhi,Raiders of the Lost Ark,Return of the Jedi), heart attack.^[34]
• Jerome Waldie, 84, American politician, Representative from California (1966–1975).^[35]

• Trevor Bull, 64, British Olympic cyclist.^[36]
• Jobie Dajka, 27, Australian track cyclist,2002 Keirin world champion.^[37]
• Adriano Directo Emperado, 82, American martial artist (kajukenbo).^[38]
• Maxine Cooper, 84, American actress (Kiss Me Deadly), natural causes^[39]
• Netherwood Hughes, 108, British fourth-to-last veteran of World War I.^[40]
• Jody McCrea, 74, American actor, cardiac arrest.^[41]
• Gonzalo Olave, 25, Chilean actor, motorcycle accident.^[42]
• Herbert Scheinberg, 89, American physician, pneumonia.^[43]
• Nelly Sindayen, 59, Filipino journalist, Manila correspondent forTime magazine, complications from diabetic stroke.^[44]
• Cecil Skotnes, 82, South African artist, pneumonia.^[45]
• Armand Tanny, 90, American bodybuilder, natural causes.^[46]
• Marvin Webster, 56, American basketball player (Seattle SuperSonics), natural causes.^[47]

• Wouter Barendrecht, 43, Dutch film producer, heart failure.^[48]
• Guy Brown, 72, Canadian politician, mayor ofSpringhill, Nova Scotia (2004–2008), after long illness.^[49]
• Thomas R. Byrne, 86, American politician, Mayor ofSaint Paul, Minnesota (1966–1970), cancer.^[50]
• Tony D, 42, American hip hop DJ and musician, car accident.^[51]
• David Eady, 84, British film director and producer.^[52]
• Sir Michael Giddings, 88, British air marshal.^[53]
• I. J. Good, 92, British mathematician, statistician and cryptographer, natural causes.^[54]
• Sir Neil MacCormick, 67, British jurist and Scottish nationalist politician, cancer.^[55]
• Alfredo Marcano, 62, Venezuelan former WBA world super featherweight (junior lightweight) champion boxer.^[56]
• Rocco Morabito, 88, American Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer.^[57]
• Nancy Overton, 83, American pop singer (The Chordettes), esophageal cancer.^[58]
• Constantine Papadakis, 63, Greek-born American president ofDrexel University, complications from lung cancer.^[59]
• William Tobin, 83, American journalist, esophageal cancer.^[60]
• George Tribe, 88, Australian cricketer.^[61]
• Ole Gabriel Ueland, 78, Norwegian politician.^[62]
• David Wheatley, 59, British film and television director, after long illness.^[63]

• A-Sun, 34, Taiwanese singer, breast cancer.^[64]
• Steve Cannon, 81, American radio personality (WCCO), cancer.^[65]
• J. M. S. Careless, 90, Canadian historian.^[66]
• Luigi Casola, 87, Italian cyclist.^[67]
• Dwight Crandell, 86, American volcanologist, heart attack.^[68]
• Dorothy Cullman, 91, American philanthropist, complications of brain injury.^[69]
• Russell E. Dunham, 89, American war veteran, Medal of Honor recipient, heart failure.^[70]
• Jacques Hustin, 69, Belgian singer-songwriter.^[71]
• Shawn Mackay, 26, Australian rugby union player (Brumbies), cardiac arrest following car accident.^[72]
• Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri, 71, South African Minister of Communications (since 1999) and acting President (2008), natural causes.^[73]
• Andrzej Stelmachowski, 84, Polish academic and politician.^[74]
• Mari Trini, 61, Spanish pop singer and actress.^[75]
• Svetlana Ulmasova, 56, Uzbekistani athlete.^[76]
• Damouré Zika, 85, Nigerien film actor and traditional healer, after long illness.^[77]

• Dave Arneson, 61, American game designer, co-creator ofDungeons & Dragons, cancer.^[78]
• Samuel Beer, 97, American academic, expert on British government.^[79]
• Raja Chelliah, 86, Indian economist, founder ofMadras School of Economics, after short illness.^[80]
• Stanley Jaki, 84, Hungarian-born American theologian, heart attack.^[81]
• Philip Moore, Baron Moore of Wolvercote, 88, British private secretary toQueen Elizabeth II (1977–1986).^[82]
• Paddy O'Hanlon, 65, Irish politician and barrister, after short illness.^[83]
• Leo Prieto, 88, Filipino sports executive,PBA Commissioner (1975–1982), stroke.^[84]
• Gordon Slynn, Baron Slynn of Hadley, 79, British jurist, cancer.^[85]
• Michael Stern, 98, American journalist and philanthropist, co-founder ofIntrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum, pancreatic cancer.^[86]
• Hyacinth Tungutalum, 62, Australian politician, heart attack.^[87]
• Jack Wrangler, 62, American pornographic film actor, writer, and producer, emphysema.^[88]

• Lennie Bennett, 70, British comedian and game show host (Lucky Ladders), after short illness.^[89]
• Jane Bryan, 90, American actress, after long illness.^[90]
• Willard Fuller, 93, American faith healer.^[91]
• Henri Meschonnic, 76, French poet, linguist, translator and theoretician.^[92]
• Dan Miller, 67, American television journalist (WSMV,KCBS), heart attack.^[93]
• Piotr Morawski, 32, Polish mountain climber, mountaineering accident.^[94]
• Marat Nyýazow, 75, Turkmen-born Soviet sport shooter, Olympic silver medalist (1960).^[95]
• Jean Overton Fuller, 94, British writer and painter.^[96]
• Tam Paton, 70, Scottish music manager and spokesperson for theBay City Rollers, suspected heart attack.^[97]
• Tori Stafford, 8, Canadian murder victim, blunt trauma.^[98]
• David Winans, 74, American gospel singer, heart attack.^[99]

• Nick Adenhart, 22, American baseball pitcher (Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim), car accident.^[100]
• Edgar Buchwalder, 92, Swiss Olympic cyclist and silver medalist.^[101]
• Randy Cain, 63, American singer (The Delfonics).^[102]
• Mike Casey, 60, American college basketball player (Kentucky Wildcats) (1967–1971), heart disease.^[103]
• Colin Jordan, 85, British politician and Neo-Nazi activist.^[104]
• Ernest Manirumva, Burundian anti-corruption activist (OLUCOME), stabbed.^[105]
• Shakti Samanta, 83, Indian film director and producer, cardiac arrest.^[106]
• Dale Swann, 61, American character actor, complications of stroke.^[107]

• Richard Arnell, 91, English composer.^[108]
• John Spoor Broome, 91, American rancher and philanthropist.^[109]
• Richard Cartwright, 95, British Anglican prelate,Bishop of Plymouth (1972–1982).^[110]
• Blake Chanslor, 88, American businessman, founder ofBlake's Lotaburger.^[111]
• Deborah Digges, 59, American poet, apparent suicide by jumping.^[112]
• Rocky Hill, 62, American blues guitarist, singer, and bassist.^[113]
• Frank Morris, 85, Canadian football player and executive, after long illness.^[114]
• Naum Olev, 70, Russian lyricist.^[115]
• Yevgeny Vesnik, 86, Russian actor, stroke.^[116]

• Aida Abdullayeva, 86, Azerbaijani harpist.^[117]
• Jim Brodie, 88, New Zealand geologist, oceanographer and geophysicist.^[118]
• Mickey Cafagna, 65, American politician, mayor ofPoway, California, complications from kidney cancer.^[119]
• Simon Channing Williams, 63, British film producer, cancer.^[120]
• Albert Chernenko, 74, Russian philosopher, son ofKonstantin Chernenko.^[121]
• Rob Dickson, 45, Australian football player, winner ofAustralian Survivor, car accident.^[122]
• Gerda Gilboe, 94, Danish actress.^[123][124]
• B. M. Idinabba, 88, Indian poet and activist, physical disorders.^[125]
• Judith Krug, 69, American librarian, founder ofBanned Books Week, stomach cancer.^[126]
• René Monory, 85, French politician, President of the Senate (1992–1998).^[127]
• Tita Muñoz, 82, Filipino actress, after long illness.^[128]
• Jimmy Neighbour, 58, British footballer (Norwich City,Tottenham Hotspur), heart attack.^[129]
• Vishnu Prabhakar, 97, Indian writer, after long illness.^[130]
• Johnny Roadhouse, 88, British saxophonist.^[131]
• Al Rosenbaum, 82, American sculptor, co-founder of theVirginia Holocaust Museum.^[132]
• Corín Tellado, 81, Spanish novelist, heart failure.^[133]
• Zeke Zarchy, 93, American swing music jazz trumpeter.^[134]

• Sitara Achakzai, 52, Afghan women's rights activist and politician, shot.^[135]
• Javier de Bengoechea, 89, Spanish poet.^[136]
• Danny Cameron, 85, Canadian politician, Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick (1991–1995).^[137]
• Marilyn Chambers, 56, American pornographic film actress (Behind the Green Door), erotic dancer, and politician, heart disease.^[138]
• Kent Douglas, 73, Canadian ice hockey player (Toronto Maple Leafs), cancer^[139]
• Robin Guthrie, 71, British teacher.^[140]
• Gene Handley, 94, American baseball player.^[141]
• Mike Keen, 69, British footballer, after short illness.^[142]
• Hans Kleppen, 102, Norwegian ski jumper.^[143]
• Sir Kirby Laing, 92, British civil engineer.^[144]
• Louis Leysen, 77, Belgian footballer.^[145]
• Sir John Maddox, 83, British science writer, editor (Nature, 1966–1973, 1980–1995).^[146]
• Stephen Minarik, 49, American politician, chairman of the New York Republican State Committee (2004–2006), heart attack.^[147]
• Ephraim Obot, 72, Nigerian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop ofIdah since 1977.^[148]
• Franklin Rosemont, 65, American surrealist poet, labor historian and co-founder of theChicago Surrealist Group.^[149]
• Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick, 58, American writer and critical theorist, pioneer ofqueer studies, breast cancer.^[150]
• Ishaq Shahryar, 73, Afghan-born American scientist and ambassador.^[151]
• Derek Weiler, 40, Canadian editor and writer.^[152]

• John Armitage, 88, Australian politician, MP (1961–1963, 1969–1983).^[153]
• Björn Borg, 89, Swedish Olympic swimmer.^[154]
• Stefan Brecht, 84, German poet, son ofBertolt Brecht andHelene Weigel, after long illness.^[155]
• Frank Costigan, 78, Australian lawyer and royal commissioner, head of theCostigan Commission.^[156]
• Tony Eckstein, 85, American politician and veterinarian.^[157]
• Mark Fidrych, 54, American baseball pitcher (Detroit Tigers), suffocation.^[158]
• Jack D. Hunter, 87, American author, cancer.^[159]
• Harry Kalas, 73, American sportscaster, heart attack.^[160]
• Ossie Lambert, 82, Australian cricketer.^[161]
• Ángel Miguel, 79, Spanish professional golfer.^[162]
• Bruce Snyder, 69, American football coach, melanoma.^[163]
• Alfred Swift, 77, South African Olympic cyclist.^[164]
• Teo Usuelli, 78, Italian film score composer.^[165]
• Kevin Walton, 90, British winner of theAlbert Medal.^[166]
• Zhu Min, 83, Chinese professor and daughter ofZhu De.^[167]

• Richard Baker, 62, American surf apparel executive (Ocean Pacific), cancer.^[168]
• Maurice Druon, 90, French novelist, Dean of theAcadémie française (French Academy), andFrench Resistance fighter.^[169]
• Fuyuko Kamisaka, 78, Japanese historian, author and critic, cancer.^[170]
• Les Keiter, 89, American sportscaster, natural causes.^[171]
• Max Lake, 84, Australian winemaker, fall.^[172]
• Marcus Loane, 97, Australian Anglican Primate (1978–1982), Archbishop of Sydney (1966–1982), after short illness.^[173]
• Peter Rogers, 95, British film producer (Carry On series).^[174]
• Royce Ryton, 84, British playwright.^[175]

• Ed Blake, 83, American baseball player, after long illness.^[176]
• Sir Clement Freud, 84, German-born British writer, broadcaster and politician, MP (1973–1987).^[177]
• Merle Harmon, 82, American sportscaster, pneumonia.^[178]
• Wisdom Siziba, 28, Zimbabwean cricketer, heart failure.^[179]
• László Tisza, 101, Hungarian-born American physicist.^[180]

• Patty Costello, 61, American ten-pin bowler, pancreatic cancer.^[181]
• Michael Martin Dwyer, 24, Irish security guard, shot.^[182]
• Sal Guarriello, 90, American politician, after short illness.^[183]
• Tengiz Gudava, 55, Georgian-born Soviet dissident and journalist (RFE/RL).^[184]
• Timothy J. Holst, 61, American circus ringmaster, after short illness.^[185]
• James D. Houston, 75, American author, cancer.^[186]
• Jim Lange, 82, American editorial cartoonist (The Oklahoman), after long illness.^[187]
• Svein Longva, 65, Norwegian economist, State Conciliator (2005–2009).^[188]
• Michel Mondésert, 92, French Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop ofGrenoble.^[189]
• Abdel Halim Muhammad, 99, Sudanese doctor, President of theCAF (1968–1972), member ofCommittee of Sovereignty of The Sudan (1964–1965).^[190]
• Viktor Paskov, 59, Bulgarian writer, lung cancer.^[191]
• Eduardo Rózsa-Flores, 49, Hungarian journalist, writer, actor and soldier, shot.^[192]
• Saensak Muangsurin, 58, Thai former WBC light welterweight champion boxer (fastest ever pro champion), intestinal complications.^[193]

• Sir Martin Garrod, 73, British army general,Commandant General Royal Marines (1987–1990).^[194]
• Väinö Hakkarainen, 76, Finnish Olympic wrestler.^[195]
• Momtaj Iqbal, Bangladeshi politician.^[196]
• Carmen Leggio, 82, American jazz tenor saxophonist.^[197]
• Midge Miller, 86, American politician, member of theWisconsin State Assembly (1971–1985), cancer.^[198]
• Honoré Desmond Sharrer, 88, American artist.^[199]

• Tissa Abeysekara, 69, Sri Lankan film director, writer and actor, brain haemorrhage.^[200]
• Yvon Bourges, 87, French politician and colonial administrator,Governor-General of French Equatorial Africa.^[201]
• Toi Aukuso Cain, 50, Samoan politician and murderer, liver cancer.^[202]
• Peter Dennis, 75, British actor (Sideways,Hadleigh,Shrek).^[203]
• Edward George, Baron George, 70, British public official,Governor of the Bank of England (1993–2003), lung cancer.^[204]
• Vernon Malone, 77, American politician, member of the North Carolina Senate (2003–2009), natural causes.^[205]
• Bill Orton, 60, American politician, member of the US House of Representatives from Utah (1991–1997), ATV accident.^[206]
• Stephanie Parker, 22, British actress(Belonging), apparent suicide by hanging.^[207]
• Charles Peebler, 72, American advertising executive, progressive supranuclear palsy.^[208]
• Whitelaw Reid, 95, American journalist, complications of lung and heart failure.^[209]
• Kiril Vajarov, 21, Bulgarian ice hockey goaltender, member of thenational team (2006–2009), stabbed.^[210]
• Elías Wessin y Wessin, 84, Dominican politician and general, cardiac arrest.^[211]

• Hirmis Aboona, 69, Iraqi historian.^[212]
• J. G. Ballard, 78, British novelist, prostate cancer.^[213]
• Doc Blanchard, 84, American college football player (Army), Heisman Trophy winner (1945), pneumonia.^[214]
• Tilahun Gessesse, 68, Ethiopian singer.^[215]
• Robert Gillis, 82, American football coach.^[216]
• Tony Kett, 57, Irish politician, cancer.^[217]
• Božo Kos, 77, Slovenian illustrator and caricaturist.^[218]
• Kaimar-ud-Din bin Maidin, 66, Malaysian Olympic athlete.^[219]
• Tharon Musser, 84, American lighting designer, after long illness.^[220]
• Dicky Robinson, 82, British footballer (Middlesbrough), after long illness.^[221]
• Terrell Starr, 82, American politician, member of the Georgia State Senate (1968–2006), heart failure.^[222]

• Beata Asimakopoulou, 77, Greek actress, cancer.^[223]
• Thomas Hill, 81, American actor (The NeverEnding Story,Newhart,McCabe & Mrs. Miller).^[224]
• Qian Lingxi, 92, Chinese physicist and civil engineer, President ofDalian University of Technology.^[225]
• Franco Rotella, 42, Italian footballer, melanoma.^[226]

• Iqbal Bano, 74, Indian-born Pakistani singer, after short illness.^[227]
• Paul Ebert, 76, American college baseball and basketball player and surgeon, myocardial infarction.^[228]
• Robin Gillett, 83, British Lord Mayor of London (1976–1977).^[229]
• Jack Jones, 96, British trade union leader, veteran of theInternational Brigades.^[230]
• H. S. S. Lawrence, 85, Indian educationalist.^[231]
• Vivian Maier, 83, American street photographer.^[232]
• James Byron Moran, 78, American jurist (United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois), after long illness.^[233]
• Santha Rama Rau, 86, Indian-born American writer, cardiac arrest.^[234]

• Ken Annakin, 94, British film director (The Longest Day,Battle of the Bulge,Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines), complications from a heart attack and stroke.^[235]
• Jack Cardiff, 94, British cinematographer (A Matter Of Life And Death,Black Narcissus,The African Queen),Oscar winner (1948).^[236]
• Ron Cash, 59, American baseball player (Detroit Tigers).^[237]
• Marilyn Cooper, 74, American actress (Woman of the Year,The Thorns,Family Business),Tony winner (1981).^[238]
• Bill Disney, 77, American Olympic silver medal-winning (1960) speed skater, emphysema.^[239]
• Bob Hamm, 74, American writer and Cajun humorist, complications related to cancer.^[240]
• David Kellermann, 41, American businessman, CFO ofFreddie Mac since 2008, suicide by hanging.^[241]
• George Rawlings, 87, American politician, member of the Virginia House of Delegates (1964–1969).^[242]
• Heinz Schröder, 80, German puppeteer.^[243]
• Dudley Thornton, 89, British army officer.^[244]
• Kim Weiskopf, 62, American television producer and writer (Married... with Children,Full House,Three's Company), pancreatic cancer.^[245]

• William F. Barnes, 91, American football coach (UCLA), complications from pneumonia.^[246]
• Kenneth Paul Block, 84, American fashion illustrator.^[247]
• Sir Brian Corby, 79, British businessman, President of theCBI.^[248]
• Gordon Gair, 92, Canadian lacrosse player.^[249]
• Lam Sheung Yee, 74, Hong Kong footballer, coach, announcer and actor.^[250]
• Ivan Madray, 74, Guyanese cricketer, hypertension.^[251]
• Felipe Solís Olguín, 64, Mexican archaeologist, curator of theNational Anthropology Museum, cardiac arrest.^[252]

• Irving D. Chais, 83, American businessman, owner of the New York Doll Hospital, after long illness.^[253]
• Tim Curry, 70, American attorney, District Attorney forTarrant County, Texas, (1972–2009), lung cancer.^[254]
• Margaret Gelling, 84, British toponymist.^[255]
• Bo Leuf, 56, Swedish technology writer.^{[citation needed]}
• John Michell, 76, British author, cancer.^[256]
• Sixto Palavecino, 94, Argentine poet and musician.^[257]
• Michael Parsons, 48, Australian footballer, brain tumour.^[258]
• Orville Howard Phillips, 85, Canadian politician, member of the Senate of Canada (1963–1999), stroke.^[259]
• Franciszek Sobczak, 69, Polish Olympic fencer.^[260]
• Timothy Wright, 61, American pastor and gospel singer, car accident.^[261]

• Bea Arthur, 86, American actress (Maude,The Golden Girls,Mame),Emmy winner (1977,1988), cancer.^[262]
• Yamil Chade, 88, Lebanese-born Puerto Rican sports team owner and manager.^[263]
• Hassan Hathout, 84, Egyptian-born American physician and interfaith campaigner.^[264]
• Germán Martínez Hidalgo, 79, Mexican scientist.^[265]
• John Marchi, 87, American politician, member of the New York State Senate (1957–2006), complications from pneumonia.^[266]
• William Schmidt, 83, American composer.^[267]

• James Addy, 69, Ghanaian athlete.^[268]
• Salamo Arouch, 86, Greek-born Israeli boxer and Holocaust survivor.^[269]
• Barbara Birdfeather, 69, American DJ.^[270]
• Alan Bristow, 84, British businessman.^[271]
• Hans Holzer, 89, Austrian-born American paranormal investigator and author, after long illness.^[272]
• Geir Hovig, 64, Norwegian radio host, after short illness.^[273]
• Danny Kladis, 92, American racecar driver.^[274]
• Levan Mikeladze, 52, Georgian diplomat and politician, heart attack.^[275]
• Dominic Motikoe, Lesotho politician, shot.^[276]
• Colwyn Philipps, 3rd Viscount St Davids, 70, British aristocrat and politician.^[277]
• Sir Pupuke Robati, 84, Cook Islands politician and doctor, Prime Minister (1987–1989).^[278]
• Perez Zagorin, 88, American historian.^[279]

• Ernie Barnes, 70, American neo-mannerist artist and football player, after short illness.^[280]
• John Crispo, 75, Canadian economist and educator, prostate cancer.^[281]
• Tom Deitz, 57, American science fiction author, heart failure.^[282]
• Miroslav Filip, 80, Czech chess player.^[283]
• Frank Gansz, 70, American football coach (Kansas City Chiefs), complications from knee replacement surgery.^[284]
• Glen Gondrezick, 53, American basketball player, complications following heart transplant.^[285]
• Tomohiko Ikoma, 76, Japanese football player and manager.^[286]
• Feroz Khan, 69, Indian actor, cancer.^[287]
• Frankie Manning, 94, American dancer and choreographer, pneumonia.^[288]
• Edwin McClellan, 83, British Japanologist.^[289]
• Evgeniya Miroshnichenko, 77, Ukrainian opera and chamber singer.^[290]
• Karl Mullen, 82, Irish rugby union player.^[291]
• Greg Page, 50, American boxer, complications from brain injury.^[292]
• Paraluman, 85, Filipina actress.^[293]
• Robley Rex, 107, American World War I-era veteran.^[294]
• Woo Seung-yeon, 25, South Korean actress and model, suicide by hanging.^[295]

• Bill Bailey, 75, British surfer.^[296]
• Lota Delgado, 90, Filipina actress.^[297]
• U. A. Fanthorpe, 79, British poet.^[298]
• Fritz Gödicke, 89, German football player and manager.^[299]
• Vern Gosdin, 74, American country music singer, complications from a stroke.^[300]
• Ekaterina Maximova, 70, Russian ballet dancer.^[301]
• Steinar Lem, 57, Norwegian environmentalist and anti-consumerism activist, cancer.^[302]
• Richard Pratt, 74, Australian businessman, prostate cancer.^[303]
• Valeria Peter Predescu, 62, Romanian singer, heart attack.^[304]
• Ted Reynolds, 84, Canadian sportscaster (CBC Television).^[305]
• Buddy Rose, 56, American professional wrestler.^[306]
• Bruno Scolari, 48, Italian Olympic equestrian.^[307]
• Pearse Wyse, 81, Irish politician.^[308]

• Günther Bahr, 87, German Luftwaffe fighter pilot.^[309]
• Jack Lohrke, 85, American baseball player, stroke.^[310]
• Tom McGrath, 68, British poet and playwright, liver cancer.^[311]
• William A. Price, 94, American journalist.^[312]
• Charles L. Young Sr., 77, American politician, member of the Mississippi House of Representatives, heart attack.^[313]

• Amparo Arozamena, 92, Mexican actress, heart attack.^[314]
• Venetia Burney, 90, British teacher who namedPluto.^[315]
• Maxime de la Falaise, 86, British model, socialite, fashion designer, cookbook writer and gastronome, natural causes.^[316]
• Harold Fischer, 83, American Air Force officer, Korean War fighter ace and noted PoW, complications from surgery.^[317]
• Mallory Horne, 84, American politician, member of Florida House of Representatives, President of Florida Senate, lung cancer.^[318]
• Mark I. Levy, 59, American lawyer, apparent suicide.^[319]
• Maurice Lindsay, 90, British poet and broadcaster.^[320]
• McCoy McLemore, 67, American basketball player and television color analyst, cancer.^[321]
• Henk Nijdam, 73, Dutchroad bicycle racer,track pursuit world champion (1962).^[322]
• David Picão, 85, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, bishop ofSantos (1996–2000).^[323]
• Ron Richards, 80, British record producer.^[324]
• Raymond J. Saulnier, 100, American economist.^[325]

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