Deaths in August 2014

The following is a list of notable deaths in August 2014.

Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence:

• Name, age, country of citizenship and reason for notability, established cause of death, reference.

August 2014

1

• Gretta Bader, 83, American portrait and bust sculptor, heart failure.
• Valyantsin Byalkevich, 41, Belarusian football player and coach, aneurysm.
• Godwin Chepkurgor, 45, Kenyan journalist, offered Bill Clinton dowry to marry Chelsea Clinton, injuries sustained in an elephant charge.
• Chung Eun-yong, 91, South Korean policeman, instigated United States admission of role in No Gun Ri Massacre.
• Norman Cornish, 94, English artist.
• Rod de'Ath, 64, Welsh drummer (Rory Gallagher).
• Jürgen Degenhardt, 83, German songwriter, actor, director and author, cancer.
• Karen X. Gaylord, 92, American actress (The Three Stooges).
• Don George, 80, American football player (BC Lions).
• Catherine Gregg, 96, American philanthropist and environmentalist, First Lady of New Hampshire (1953–1955), restored the Wentworth-Coolidge Mansion.
• Michael Johns, 35, Australian singer-songwriter (American Idol), blood clot.
• Jan Roar Leikvoll, 40, Norwegian author.
• Hossein Maadani, 43, Iranian volleyball player and coach, pancreatic failure.
• Charles T. Payne, 89, American soldier.
• Saeed Saleh, 76, Egyptian actor (Madrast Al-Mushaghebeen).
• Mike Smith, 59, British television and radio presenter (BBC Radio 1), complications from heart surgery.

2

• Wolf-Dieter Ahlenfelder, 70, German Bundesliga referee.
• Mariana Alarcón, 27, Argentine human rights activist.
• James Anguilo, 74, Italian-American criminal.
• Luciano Borgognoni, 62, Italian Olympic cyclist.
• Brian Buckley, 78, Australian VFL football player (Carlton).
• Chelsea Clark, 31, Canadian athlete, neuroblastoma.
• Rosetta Hightower, 70, American R&B singer (The Orlons).
• Ed Joyce, 81, American television executive, President of CBS News (1983–1985).
• June Krauser, 88, American Hall of Fame swimmer, swimming official and rules writer, Parkinson's disease.
• Eroni Kumana, 93, Solomon Islander fisherman, rescued John F. Kennedy after PT-109 sinking.
• Billie Letts, 76, American novelist (Where the Heart Is), pneumonia.
• Kate O'Hanlon, 83–84, British nurse.
• Sir Alan Peacock, 92, British economist.
• Barbara Prammer, 60, Austrian politician, Women's Affairs and Consumer Protection Minister (1997–2000), President of the National Council (since 2006), pancreatic cancer.
• Sue Richards, 56, Canadian artist.
• James Thompson, 49, American-born Finnish crime writer.
• Pete Van Wieren, 69, American sports broadcaster (Atlanta Braves), cutaneous B-cell lymphoma.
• Olga Voronets, 88, Russian mezzo-soprano folk singer.

3

• Daladier Arismendi, 39, Colombian singer, stabbed.
• George Ashe, 81, Canadian politician, Ontario MPP for Durham West (1977–1987), Mayor of Pickering (1973–1977), Parkinson's disease.
• Miangul Aurangzeb, 86, Pakistani politician, Governor of Balochistan (1997–1999) and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (1999).
• Charles Calhoun Jr., 83, American politician and judge, member of the Texas Senate.
• Fernando Casimiro, 83, Portuguese Olympic sprinter.
• Andrew Chatwood, 82, Canadian administrator and politician, heart failure.
• Edward Clancy, 90, Australian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Sydney (1983–2001).
• Tony Clunn, 68, British army officer and archaeologist, rediscovered Kalkriese site of Varus's defeat by Arminius.
• Cec Creedon, 92, Australian politician.
• Dorothy Salisbury Davis, 98, American crime fiction writer, recipient of the Grand Master Award (1985).
• Kenny Drew Jr., 56, American jazz pianist and composer.
• Robert H. Ellsworth, 85, American art dealer.
• Helmut Faeder, 79, German footballer (Hertha BSC, Hertha Zehlendorf).
• Emmanuel Farber, 95, Canadian-American physician.
• Christian Frémont, 72, French politician, chief of staff (Nicolas Sarkozy), Representative of the French Co-Prince of Andorra (2008–2012).
• Yvette Giraud, 97, French singer and actress.
• Wimper Guerrero, 32, Ecuadorian footballer, heart attack.
• Jess Marlow, 84, American news broadcaster (KNBC, KCBS), complications from Alzheimer's disease.
• James McClure, 88, Northern Irish politician, chairman of the Democratic Unionist Party.
• Richard Newman, 89, Australian cricketer.
• Steve Post, 70, American radio broadcaster (WNYC), colon and lung cancer.
• Charles Simeons, 92, British politician, MP for Luton (1970–1974).
• David Smail, 76, British clinical psychologist.
• Benedito de Ulhôa Vieira, 93, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Uberaba (1978–1996).
• Lydia Yu-Jose, 70, Filipino political scientist, non-Hodgkin lymphoma.

4

• Ashraf Abbasi, 91, Pakistani politician.
• James Brady, 73, American government official and gun control advocate, White House Press Secretary (1981–1989).
• Hugh Calkins, 90, American lawyer and educator.
• Rich Ceisler, 58, American stand-up comedian, Guillain–Barré syndrome.
• Chester Crandell, 68, American politician, member of the Arizona House of Representatives (2011–2013) and Senate (since 2013), horseriding fall.
• Julieka Ivanna Dhu, 22, Australian detainee, sepsis and pneumonia.
• Barbara DeGenevieve, 67, American artist, cancer.
• Irma Elizondo Ramírez, 68, Mexican politician, MP for Coahuila (since 2012), heart attack.
• Bonar Hardie, 89, British Olympic sailor.
• George Hilton, 89, American historian, heart failure.
• Jake Hooker, 61, Israeli-born American pop musician (Arrows), co-writer ("I Love Rock 'n' Roll") and producer.
• Erich E. Kunhardt, 65, Dominican-born American physicist.
• Walter Massey, 85, Canadian actor (Arthur, Lassie, The Greatest Game Ever Played).
• Rodolfo Motta, 70, Argentine football player and coach.
• Rafael Santa Cruz, 53, Peruvian cajon musician and actor, heart attack.
• Walter J. Sullivan, 91, American politician, member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives (1951–1953), Mayor of Cambridge, heart failure.
• Peter A. Vellucci, 71–72, American politician, member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives.
• Bill Wall, 83, American basketball executive.

5

• Dmitri Anosov, 77, Russian mathematician.
• Arvind Apte, 79, Indian cricketer, prostate cancer.
• Joyce Baird, 85, Scottish medical researcher, Alzheimer's disease.
• Diann Blakely, 57, American poet, lung disorder.
• Elfriede Brüning, 103, German writer.
• Marilyn Burns, 65, American actress (The Texas Chain Saw Massacre).
• Ruth Sacks Caplin, 93, American screenwriter (Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont), heart ailment.
• Scott Ciencin, 51, American adaption novelist (Godzilla, Kim Possible, Buffy the Vampire Slayer), blood clot.
• John Crawford III, 22, American murder victim, shot.
• Michael A. B. Deakin, 74-75, Australian mathematician and mathematics educator.
• Hans V. Engström, 65, Swedish actor (Rederiet), liver failure.
• Yakov Etinger, 84, Russian historian and political activist.
• Harold J. Greene, 55, American military officer, Army commanding general of NSRDEC, shot.
• Dave Hereora, 57, New Zealand politician, Labour Party list MP (2002–2008).
• Edward Leffingwell, 72, American art critic and curator.
• Khalil Morsi, 67, Egyptian actor.
• Joe McManemin, 91, New Zealand athletics coach and sports administrator.
• Angéla Németh, 68, Hungarian javelin thrower, Olympic (1968) and European (1969) champion.
• Richard Olson, 85, American politician, Mayor of Des Moines, Iowa (1972–1979), traffic collision.
• Vladimir Orlov, 77, Russian novelist.
• Chapman Pincher, 100, British journalist and historian.
• Rodrigo de Triano, 25, English thoroughbred, Cartier Champion Three-year-old Colt (1992), pneumonia.
• Yoshiki Sasai, 52, Japanese biologist (RIKEN), apparent suicide by hanging.
• Pran Kumar Sharma, 75, Indian cartoonist (Chacha Chaudhary), colon cancer.
• Jesse Leonard Steinfeld, 87, American naval officer and physician, Surgeon General (1969–1973), complications from a stroke.
• Ronnie Stonham, 87, British army officer and broadcasting adviser.
• Emanuel Tanay, 86, American physician and Holocaust survivor, prostate cancer.

6

• James L. Adams, 92, American politician, member of the Minnesota House of Representatives (1955–1974).
• Ralph Bryans, 72, Northern Irish Grand Prix motorcycle racer, World Champion (1965).
• Aloha Dalire, 64, American hula dancer, first Miss Aloha Hula winner (1971).
• Imre Bajor, 57, Hungarian actor, brain tumor.
• Ghaleb Barakat, 86, Jordanian diplomat and politician, Minister of Tourism and Antiquities (1967–1972).
• Clem Comly, 59, American baseball researcher and author.
• Julien Fourgeaud, 34, French entrepreneur, base jumping collision.
• Brent Galloway, 70, American linguist.
• Ananda W. P. Guruge, 85, Sri Lankan diplomat and academic.
• John Woodland Hastings, 87, American biochemist, pioneer in antibiotics research, pulmonary fibrosis.
• Stephen Heinemann, 75, American neuroscientist, complications from kidney failure.
• Macarthur Job, 88, Australian aviation writer and air safety consultant.
• Norman Lane, 94, Canadian Olympic bronze medallist* sprint canoer (1948*, 1952).
• Li Hu, 40, Chinese HIV activist, complications from AIDS.
• Ken Lucas, 73, American professional wrestler (NWA).
• Frank Shipway, 79, British conductor.
• Andrey Stenin, 33, Russian photojournalist.
• Smita Talwalkar, 59, Indian film actress, producer (Tu Tithe Mee) and director, ovarian cancer.
• Dharmesh Tiwari, 63, Indian actor (Mahabharat), cardiac arrest.
• Jimmy Walsh, 83, British footballer.
• David Weidman, 93, American animation background artist (The Famous Adventures of Mr. Magoo, Wacky Races) and silkscreen artist (Mad Men).

7

• Claude Bertrand, 97, Canadian neurosurgeon.
• Robin Brunyee, 75, English sprinter.
• Dick Collver, 78, Canadian politician.
• Cristina Deutekom, 82, Dutch coloratura soprano opera singer, fall.
• Víctor Fayad, 59, Argentine politician, Mayor of Mendoza (since 2007), mediastinum cancer.
• Walter R. Hanson, 83, American politician, member of the Minnesota House of Representatives (1971–1982).
• Mary Healy, 60, American zoo executive, CEO and director of the Sacramento Zoo, cerebral aneurysm and heart attack.
• Mitsuo Higashinaka, 90, Japanese politician, member of the House of Representatives for Osaka's 2nd District (1969–2000), lung cancer.
• William Jones, 89, Uruguayan Olympic rower.
• Michael Kerrigan, 61, British television director (Doctor Who, Coronation Street).
• Suruli Manohar, Indian comic actor, cancer.
• Perry Moss, 88, American football coach (Montreal Alouettes, Orlando Predators) and player (Green Bay Packers), complications from a neuromuscular disease.
• Alberto Pérez Zabala, 89, Spanish footballer.
• Harold Poole, 70, American bodybuilder.
• Syed Rahim, 85, Indian cricketer.
• Henry Stone, 93, American record company executive and record producer (TK Records).
• Ayman Taha, Palestinian militant and spokesman (Hamas).
• Ekanath K. Thakur, 73, Indian politician and finance executive, MP for Maharashtra (2002–2008), chairman of Saraswat Bank, cancer.
• Voytek, 89, Polish-born British television director and production designer.
• Sir Denys Williams, 84, Barbadian judge, member and Chief Judge of the Supreme Court, Acting Governor-General (1995–1996).

8

• Martin V. B. Bostetter, 86, American judge.
• Luciano Bux, 78, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Oppido Mamertina-Palmi (2000–2011).
• Edmund Collins, 83, Australian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Darwin (1986–2007).
• Menahem Golan, 85, Israeli director and producer (Operation Thunderbolt, The Delta Force, Masters of the Universe), recipient of the Israel Prize (1999).
• Charles Keating, 72, English Emmy Award-winning actor (All My Children, Another World), lung cancer.
• Viktor Kopyl, 54, Ukrainian footballer (Karpaty Lviv, Volyn Lutsk).
• Leonardo Legaspi, 78, Filipino Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Caceres (1983–2012), Rector of University of Santo Tomas, lung cancer.
• Danny Murphy, 58, American actor (There's Something About Mary, Me, Myself & Irene), cancer.
• J. J. Murphy, 86, Northern Irish actor (Mickybo and Me, Angela's Ashes, Game of Thrones).
• Arthur Olsen, 100, American politician, member of the Nevada Assembly.
• Simon Scott, 47, British artist and musician.
• Peter Sculthorpe, 85, Australian composer (Kakadu).
• Åke W. Sjöberg, 90, Swedish assyriologist.
• Michael K. Smith, 48, American politician, member of the Illinois House of Representatives (1995–2011), heart attack.
• Red Wilson, 85, American baseball player (Detroit Tigers).

9

• J. F. Ade Ajayi, 85, Nigerian academic and historian of Africa.
• Andriy Bal, 56, Ukrainian football player (Soviet national team) and coach (national team), blood clot.
• Michael Brown, 18, American student, shot.
• Manuel Caldeira, 87, Portuguese footballer.
• Arthur G. Cohen, 84, American real estate developer (Crowne Plaza Hotel, Royalton Hotel, One Worldwide Plaza, Olympic Tower).
• Mary A. Conroy, 82, American politician, hepatitis.
• Jerome Ehlers, 55, Australian actor (Quigley Down Under, The Marine, The Great Raid), cancer.
• Obi Henry Ezeagwuna II, Nigerian royal, traditional leader of Issele-Uku, traffic collision.
• J. E. Freeman, 68, American actor (Miller's Crossing, Alien Resurrection, Wild at Heart).
• Charles Gelatt, 96, American businessman and philanthropist.
• Trevor Boots Harris, 69, Jamaican entertainment journalist and broadcaster, heart attack.
• Wayne Ison, 90, American aircraft designer (Team Mini-Max).
• Merle G. Kearns, 76, American politician, member of the Ohio House of Representatives (2001–2005) and Senate (1991–2000).
• Alexander Kwapong, 87, Ghanaian academic, Vice Chancellor of the University of Ghana.
• Dave Lloyd, 77, American football player (Cleveland Browns, Philadelphia Eagles).
• Khayelihle Mathaba, South African royal and politician, KwaZulu-Natal MLA, chieftain of the eMacambini, traffic collision.
• Yasuyuki Nakai, 60, Japanese baseball player (Yomiuri Giants), esophageal cancer.
• Ed Nelson, 85, American actor (Gunsmoke, Murder, She Wrote, Peyton Place), heart failure.
• George Nicholaw, 86, American radio executive (KNX).
• Henry Pease, 69, Peruvian politician and political scientist, member of DCC (1992–1995) and Congress (1995–2006), cardiac arrest as a complication from cancer.
• Stanley Reiter, 89, American economist.
• Norris Stubbs, 65, Bahamian Olympic sprinter.
• Emigdio Vasquez, 75, American muralist and pictorial artist, pneumonia.
• Myrtle Young, 90, American potato chip collector, heart failure.

10

• Constantin Alexandru, 60, Romanian wrestler, Olympic silver medalist (1980).
• Gabriel Acosta Bendek, 83, Colombian politician, Senator (1994–2010), heart attack.
• Peter Chippindale, 69, British newspaper journalist (The Guardian) and author.
• Jim Command, 85, American baseball player (Philadelphia Phillies).
• Carlos Espejo, 90, Argentine Olympic swimmer.
• Graham Gedye, 85, New Zealand cricketer (national team).
• Frederick Jacob Reagan Heebe, 91, American senior judge, member (since 1966) and Chief Judge (1972–1992) of the U.S. District Court for Eastern Louisiana.
• Stanley Hochman, 89, American book publisher and editor.
• John Kearney, 89, American sculptor.
• Princess Lalla Fatima Zohra, 85, Moroccan royal.
• Dotty Lynch, 69, American television journalist and editor (CBS News), melanoma.
• Metakse, 88, Armenian poet, writer and translator.
• Dame Kathleen Ollerenshaw, 101, British mathematician and politician, Lord Mayor of Manchester (1975–1976), mentor and advisor to Margaret Thatcher.
• Ann Rowan, 85, Irish actress (The Riordans, Father Ted).
• Shree Krishna Shrestha, 47, Nepalese actor, pneumonia.
• Ima Wells, 77, American politician, member of the New Mexico House of Representatives (1993).
• Bob Wiesler, 83, American baseball player (New York Yankees, Washington Senators).

11

• Nadezhda Andreyeva, 55, Russian Soviet alpine skier.
• Raquel Barros, 94, Chilean folklorist, fall.
• Vladimir Beara, 85, Yugoslav football player (national team) and manager, Olympic silver medalist (1952).
• Jean-Claude Brisville, 92, French writer, playwright, novelist and author for children.
• Djalma Cavalcante, 57, Brazilian football player and coach, heart attack.
• Armando Círio, 98, Italian-born Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Cascavel (1978–1995).
• Vol Dooley, 87, American police sheriff.
• Martin Erler, 93-94, German philatelist.
• Sir Leonard Figg, 90, British diplomat, Ambassador to Ireland (1980–1983).
• Raymond Gravel, 61, Canadian Québécois Roman Catholic priest and politician, MP for Repentigny (2006–2008), lung cancer.
• Morkos Hakim, 83, Egyptian Coptic Catholic hierarch, Bishop of Sohag (1982–2003).
• Sam Hall, 77, American Olympic silver-medalist diver (1960), politician and mercenary, member of the Ohio House of Representatives.
• Reg Harding, 68, English darts player, cancer.
• Liz Holzman, 61, American animation designer, producer and director (DuckTales, Animaniacs, The Smurfs), cancer.
• Reshamlal Jangade, 90, Indian politician, MP for Bilaspur (1952–1961, 1989–1991), Madhya Pradesh MLA (1950–1952).
• Maibam Kunjo, 73, Indian politician.
• Rolf Larsen, 79, American judge, member of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court (1978–1994), only justice ever impeached by Pennsylvania Senate, lung cancer.
• Simon Leys, 78, Belgian diplomat, Australian sinologist and author (Chinese Shadows), cancer.
• Marion Milne, 79, American politician, member of the Vermont House of Representatives (1995–2001).
• Stelio Nardin, 74, Italian footballer (Napoli).
• Dame Julia Polak, 75, Argentinian-born British pathologist.
• Kika Szaszkiewiczowa, 97, Polish artist, writer and blogger.
• Franca Tamantini, 82, Italian actress.
• Joe Viskocil, 61, American visual effects artist (Independence Day, Star Wars, Terminator 2: Judgment Day), Oscar winner (1997), complications from liver and kidney failure.
• Robin Williams, 63, American actor (Good Will Hunting, Aladdin, Mork & Mindy) and comedian, Oscar winner (1998), suicide by hanging.

12

• Carlos Abella y Ramallo, 80, Spanish diplomat, Ambassador to Kenya (1987–1991) and the Holy See (1996–2004).
• Lauren Bacall, 89, American actress (Key Largo, The Mirror Has Two Faces, Written on the Wind), Tony winner (1970, 1981), stroke.
• Purdy Crawford, 82, Canadian corporate lawyer and financier, CEO and chairman of Imasco, Allstream Inc. and Canada Trust.
• Velva Darnell, 75, American country singer.
• Daroji Eramma, 83-84, Indian folk singer.
• Frank Eisenberg, 70, German Olympic athlete.
• Samuel Olatunde Fadahunsi, 94, Nigerian civil engineer.
• Jean Favier, 82, French historian, director of National Archives, president of the National Library.
• Pierino Gelmini, 89, Italian Roman Catholic priest.
• Hugh Harding, 88, Maltese judge.
• Javad Heyat, 89, Iranian surgeon and journalist.
• Newt Hudson, 86, American politician, member of the Georgia House of Representatives (1982–2002).
• Futatsuryū Jun'ichi, 64, Japanese sumo wrestler, lung cancer.
• Abel Laudonio, 75, Argentine actor and boxer, Olympic bronze medalist (1960), stroke.
• Gordon Mackenzie, 77, American baseball player (Kansas City Athletics) and coach.
• Arlene Martel, 78, American actress (Star Trek, Hogan's Heroes, The Twilight Zone), heart attack.
• Kongō Masahiro, 65, Japanese sumo wrestler, pneumonia.
• Lida Moser, 93, American photographer.
• Frederick Gale Ruffner Jr., 88, American publisher.
• Kazimierz Trampisz, 85, Polish Olympic footballer.

13

• Hani Abbadi, Jordanian politician, member of the House of Representatives (1993–1997).
• Bernard Blum, 75, French agricultural scientist, heart attack.
• Steve Brook, 80, British-born Australian satirical writer.
• Frans Brüggen, 79, Dutch musician.
• Eduardo Campos, 49, Brazilian politician, Minister of Science and Technology (2004–2005), Governor of Pernambuco (2007–2014), 2014 presidential candidate, plane crash.
• Columba Domínguez, 85, Mexican actress (Pueblerina).
• Martino Finotto, 80, Italian racing driver.
• Edith Flagg, 94, Romanian-born American fashion designer, pioneer in the use of polyester.
• Werner Franz, 92, German cabin boy (LZ 129 Hindenburg) and skating coach.
• Frank W. Hirschi, 89, American politician, member of the Idaho House of Representatives (1960–1996).
• Buddy Jones, 77, American bluegrass musician.
• Alan Landsburg, 81, American screenwriter, film producer (Jaws 3-D), racehorse owner and official, chairman of the California Horse Racing Board.
• Fanny Morweiser, 74, German writer.
• Joel J. Nobel, 79, American physician.
• James J. Schiro, 68, American executive (PricewaterhouseCoopers), multiple myeloma.
• Rainer Schubert, 72, German Olympic hurdler.
• Dorothy Schwieder, 80, American biographer and historian, lymphoma.
• Süleyman Seba, 88, Turkish football player and sport executive, president of Beşiktaş J.K., respiratory tract infection.
• Jack Shallcrass, 91, New Zealand author, educator, and humanist.
• Robert Bruce Smith IV, 69, American music expert, writer, historian, and poet, traffic collision.
• Terence Todman, 88, American diplomat, Ambassador to Chad, Guinea, Costa Rica, Spain, Denmark and Argentina.
• Kurt Tschenscher, 85, German football referee.
• Frank Udvari, 90, Canadian Hall of Fame NHL referee.
• Tom Veen, 72, Dutch politician, member of the States of Gelderland (1974–1981) and Senate of the Netherlands (1979–1983).

14

• Kaija Aarikka, 85, Finnish designer.
• Paul Aldread, 67, English footballer.
• Mariana Briski, 48, Argentine actress, breast and lung cancer.
• Emile Capgras, 88, Martinican politician, President of the Regional Council (1992–1998).
• Pedro Caino, 58, Argentine Olympic cyclist.
• Rory Chappell, 55, South African tennis player.
• John Cinicola, 85, American basketball coach (Duquesne Dukes), cancer.
• Madeleine Collinson, 62, Maltese actress.
• Leonard Fein, 80, American Jewish activist, academic, editor (Moment), columnist (Forward) and author, founder of MAZON and Moment.
• Vernon F. Gallagher, 99, American Roman Catholic priest.
• Gregory Grossman, 93, Soviet-born American economist and scholar.
• Ada Haug Grythe, 79, Norwegian journalist.
• Géza Gulyás, 85, Hungarian footballer (Ferencváros).
• Javier Guzmán, 69, Mexican footballer (Cruz Azul, national team), diabetes.
• George V. Hansen, 83, American politician, member of the U.S. House for Idaho's 2nd district (1965–1969, 1975–1985).
• Peter M. Harman, 70, British historian.
• Josef Kapín, 69, Czech Olympic boxer.
• Stephen Lee, 58, American actor (The Negotiator, Nash Bridges, WarGames), heart attack.
• George Linton, 57, Barbadian cricketer (national team) and coach.
• Rivka Bertisch Meir, 72, Argentine-American psychologist, mental health counselor, and psychotherapist.
• Rick Parashar, 50, American record producer (Pearl Jam, Temple of the Dog, Alice in Chains), blood clot.
• Mervyn Susser, 92, South African activist and epidemiologist.

15

• Jay Adams, 53, American skateboarder, heart attack.
• Licia Albanese, 105, Italian-born American operatic soprano.
• John Blake Jr., 67, American jazz violinist, multiple myeloma.
• Pierre Bussières, 81, Canadian politician.
• James Cama, 56, American martial artist and teacher.
• Jim Carrigan, 84, American senior judge, member of the U.S. District Court for Colorado (1979–1995) and the Colorado Supreme Court (1976–1979).
• Timothy Cathcart, 20, Northern Irish rally driver, race collision.
• Chen Kuei-miao, 81, Taiwanese politician, member of the Legislative Yuan (1990–1998), co-founder of the New Party.
• Piet de Ruiter, 75, Dutch politician and editor, member of the House of Representatives (1971–1976).
• Jan Ekier, 100, Polish pianist, composer and competition judge, Chopin authority, a winner of the Chopin Competition (1937), recipient of the Order of the White Eagle (2010).
• Barbara Funkhouser, 84, American newspaper journalist and journalism academic, editor of the El Paso Times (1980–1986).
• James Freeman Gilbert, 83, American geophysicist.
• Sylvia Hassenfeld, 93, American activist and philanthropist.
• Ken Hawley, 87, British industrial historian.
• Lynn Hovland, 98, American football player and coach.
• Sulejman Kupusović, 63, Bosnian film director.
• Jerry Lumpe, 81, American baseball player (Kansas City Athletics, Detroit Tigers, New York Yankees).
• Amitava Nandy, 71, Indian politician, MP for Dum Dum (2004–2009), cancer.
• Svein Nymo, 61, Norwegian violinist and composer.
• Bruno Petroni, 72, Italian footballer.
• Ferdinando Riva, 84, Swiss footballer.
• Joseph T. Walsh, 84, American judge, member of the Delaware Supreme Court (1985–2003), cancer.
• Dare Wilson, 95, British army major general (SAS), Military Cross recipient.

16

• Patrick Aziza, 66, Nigerian military officer and political leader, Military Governor of Kebbi (1991–1992), cancer.
• Kevin Barry, 78, New Zealand rugby union player (Thames Valley, national team).
• Besim Bokshi, 83, Albanian poet, linguist and philologist.
• Fannie Mae Clackum, 85, American soldier.
• Bernard F. Fisher, 87, American air force officer, Medal of Honor recipient.
• Liam Flood, 71, Irish bookmaker and poker player.
• Adrián Gaona, 40, Mexican journalist, murdered. (death announced on this date)
• David Glass, 77, Israeli politician, member of the Knesset (1977–1981).
• Raul Goco, 84, Filipino jurist and diplomat, Solicitor General (1992–1996), Ambassador to Canada, pneumonia and renal failure.
• Mustafa Hussein, 79, Egyptian cartoonist and journalist, cancer.
• Deirdre Eberly Lashgari, 73, American literary critic and editor.
• Andy MacMillan, 85, Scottish architect
• Mike Matarazzo, 48, American bodybuilder, heart problems.
• Njoroge Mungai, 88, Kenyan politician, Minister for Foreign Affairs (1969–1974).
• Vsevolod Nestayko, 84, Ukrainian children's writer.
• Shaken Niyazbekov, 75, Kazakhstani artist, designed the national flag.
• Mario Oriani-Ambrosini, 53, Italian-born South African politician, MP (since 2009), lung cancer.
• Peter Scholl-Latour, 90, German newspaper and television journalist, Middle East correspondent and author.
• Fernand St Germain, 86, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Rhode Island's 1st district (1961–1989).
• Tsang Shu-ki, 64, Hong Kong economist and social activist (Meeting Point).

17

• Abdullah Yeop Noordin, 74, Malaysian football player.
• Emilia Castro de Barish, 98, Costa Rican diplomat.
• Rosalba Rincon Castell, 79, Colombian fencing coach.
• Dragoljub Čirić, 78, Serbian chess player.
• Sammy Conn, 52, Scottish footballer (Airdrieonians, Falkirk), motor neurone disease.
• Christian Cuch, 70, French cyclist.
• Caterina De Nave, 67, New Zealand television and film producer (Shortland Street).
• Ger van Elk, 73, Dutch artist.
• Cliff Frazier, 61, American football player (Kansas City Chiefs) and actor (North Dallas Forty, House Party), lung cancer.
• Michael A. Hoey, 79, British producer, director and screenwriter (Fame, Falcon Crest).
• Ricardo Izurieta, 71, Chilean military officer, Army Commander-in-chief (1998–2002).
• Børre Knudsen, 76, Norwegian minister and anti-abortion activist.
• Pierre Lagaillarde, 83, French politician, a founder of the OAS.
• Wolfgang Leonhard, 93, German historian, last living member of the Ulbricht Group.
• Rebecca Lepkoff, 98, American photographer.
• Marie Little, 81, Australian sport administrator.
• Sophie Masloff, 96, American politician, Mayor of Pittsburgh (1988–1994).
• Miodrag Pavlović, 85, Serbian poet, writer and critic.
• David Russell, 75, South African Anglican prelate, Bishop of Grahamstown (1987–2004).
• Nicholas Russell, 6th Earl Russell, 45, British aristocrat and disability rights campaigner, thrombosis.
• Joanie Spina, 61, American magician.
• Eliaba James Surur, 83, Sudanese politician.
• Dick Teed, 88, American baseball player (Brooklyn Dodgers).
• Pierre Vassiliu, 76, Swiss-born French singer.

18

• Suzie d'Auvergne, 71, Saint Lucian barrister and jurist, High Court judge (1990–2004).
• Drew Bernstein, 51, American punk, goth, fetish fashion designer and musician, suicide.
• Ricardo Cabot Boix, 97, Spanish Olympic field hockey player.
• Enoch Callaway, 90, American psychiatrist.
• Per Engebretsen, 67, Norwegian civil servant.
• Gordon Faber, 83, American politician.
• Frank Fossella, 88, American politician.
• Sam Galbraith, 68, British politician, MP and MSP for Strathkelvin and Bearsden.
• James Alexander Gordon, 78, British radio broadcaster (BBC Radio 5 Live).
• Elmer Gray, 91, American baseball scout.
• Lawrence N. Guarino, 92, American Air Force colonel, prisoner of war.
• Drew Hutton, 60, Canadian politician.
• Hashim Khan, 100, Pakistani squash player, heart failure.
• Jim Jeffords, 80, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Vermont's at-large district (1975–1989), Senator for Vermont (1989–2007).
• Levente Lengyel, 81, Hungarian chess player.
• Hans-Joachim Merker, 84, German physician and anatomist.
• Jean Nicolay, 76, Belgian footballer, winner of the Belgian Golden Shoe (1963).
• Paul Nguyên Thanh Hoan, 74, Vietnamese Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Phan Thiêt (2001–2009).
• Don Pardo, 96, American radio and television announcer (Saturday Night Live, Jeopardy!).
• Nobuyuki Sekiyama, 80, Japanese politician, member of the House of Representatives for Niigata's 1st district (1983–1996), stomach cancer.
• Doug Williams, 91, Australian footballer (Carlton).

19

• Ameyo Adadevoh, 57, Nigerian physician, Ebola virus disease.
• Samih al-Qasim, 75, Palestinian Druze poet and journalist, cancer.
• Elaine M. Alphin, 58, American author.
• Carlos Arango, 86, Colombian footballer.
• Joginder Singh Bakshi, 81, Indian lieutenant general.
• Mercedes Baptista, 93, Brazilian ballet dancer and choreographer, diabetes.
• M. J. Bayarri, 57, Spanish statistician.
• Jacques Beaulieu, 82, Canadian physicist.
• Simin Behbahani, 87, Iranian writer and poet.
• Manuel da Costa, 68, Portuguese Olympic equestrian.
• Richard Dauenhauer, 72, American poet, historian and translator, expert on Tlingit history and language, pancreatic cancer.
• Linda Dégh, 94, Hungarian-born American folklorist and academic.
• Joe Edwards, 59, American politician.
• Francisco García Escalero, 66, Spanish serial killer.
• James Foley, 40, American photojournalist, beheading. (death reported on this date)
• Tom Forehand, 67, American politician, cancer.
• Yves Fortier, 100, Canadian geologist.
• Sam Foster, 82, British politician, MLA for Fermanagh and South Tyrone (1998–2003).
• Hayk Ghazaryan, 83, Armenian historian.
• Bob Glading, 94, New Zealand golfer, winner of New Zealand Open (1946, 1947).
• Brian G. Hutton, 79, American actor and director (King Creole, Kelly's Heroes, Where Eagles Dare), complications from a heart attack.
• Grantland Johnson, 65, American politician.
• Gladys Keating, 91, American civic activist and politician.
• Kåre Kolberg, 78, Norwegian composer.
• Adyar K. Lakshman, 80, Indian dancer.
• Geoffrey Leech, 78, British linguist.
• Candida Lycett Green, 71, British author, pancreatic cancer.
• Jackie Mayo, 89, American baseball player (Philadelphia Phillies).
• George Munroe, 92, American basketball player (St. Louis Bombers, Boston Celtics).
• Dinu Patriciu, 64, Romanian businessman and politician, liver disease.
• Tom Pevsner, 87, German-born British film producer (GoldenEye, Julia).
• Henry Plée, 91, French karate master.
• Odessa Sathyan, 56, Indian documentary filmmaker, pancreatic cancer.
• David St John Thomas, 84, English publisher and writer.
• Deborah Sussman, 83, American graphic designer and artist, breast cancer.
• Walter Thirring, 87, Austrian physicist.
• Maruxa Vilalta, 81, Mexican playwright and theatre director.
• Gershon Yankelewitz, 104, Belarusian-born American rabbi.

20

• Eric Barber, 72, Irish footballer (Shelbourne).
• Laurie Baymarrwangga, 96-97, Australian Aboriginal traditional owner.
• Tamás Beck, 85, Hungarian politician, Minister of Trade (1988–1990).
• Anton Buslov, 30, Russian blogger and magazine columnist (The New Times).
• Lois Mai Chan, 80, American librarian, professor and author.
• Boris Dubin, 67, Russian sociologist and translator.
• Joseph J. Fauliso, 98, American politician, Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut (1980–1991).
• Morteza Hosseini Fayaz, 85, Iraqi Twelver Marja'.
• Ken Griffiths, 69, New Zealand-born British photographer, complications from motor neuron disease.
• Christian Guilbert, 86, French Olympic rower.
• Herm Hedderick, 84, American basketball player (New York Knicks).
• B. K. S. Iyengar, 95, Indian yogi, founder of Iyengar Yoga, heart attack and renal failure.
• Nafe Katter, 86, American actor and stage director.
• Buddy MacMaster, 89, Canadian fiddler.
• Margaret Marks, 96, New Zealand cricketer.
• Aiko Miyawaki, 84, Japanese sculptor, pancreatic cancer.
• Rudy Ortiz, 51, Guatemalan military officer, head of the military, helicopter crash.
• José Luis Saldívar, 60, Mexican football player (Monterrey) and coach (Cruz Azul), cardiac arrest.
• Sava Stojkov, 89, Serbian painter.
• Edmund Szoka, 86, American Roman Catholic prelate, cardinal, Archbishop of Detroit (1981–1990), President of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State (1997–2006).
• Jan Thorstensen, 81, Norwegian Olympic alpine skier (1956).
• Andrew F. Wissemann, 86, American Episcopal prelate, Bishop of Western Massachusetts.

21

• Raed al Atar, c. 40, Palestinian militant (Hamas), missile strike.
• Gerry Anderson, 69, British broadcaster (BBC Northern Ireland).
• Helen Bamber, 89, British psychotherapist.
• Don Clark, 96, English footballer (Bristol City).
• Robert E. Connick, 97, American professor emeritus (UC Berkeley).
• Mohammad Dabbas, 86–87, Jordanian politician, Minister of Finance (1976–1979).
• Joan Erbe, 87, American artist.
• Peter Handrinos, 42, American author.
• Robert Hansen, 75, American convicted serial killer.
• Glyn Jenkins, 87, Australian politician, member of the Victorian Legislative Council (1970–1982).
• John Macklin, 66, British Hispanist.
• Steven R. Nagel, 67, American astronaut, melanoma.
• Jean Redpath, 77, Scottish folk singer-songwriter, cancer.
• Albert Reynolds, 81, Irish politician, Taoiseach (1992–1994).
• Mary Thomas, 70, American Pima politician, first female Governor of the Gila River Indian Community (1994–2000).
• Verna Vels, 81, South African screenwriter and programme director.

22

• Abu Mosa, Islamic State press officer, air strike.
• John Fellows Akers, 79, American businessman, President (1983–1989) and CEO (1985–1993) of IBM.
• U. R. Ananthamurthy, 81, Indian writer, cardiac arrest and renal failure.
• Lekhraj Bachani, 85, Indian politician, member of the Rajya Sabha (2000–2006).
• Donald A. Beattie, 83, American aerospace scientist.
• John Binienda, 67, American politician, member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives (since 1986), diabetes and kidney disease.
• Jean Sutherland Boggs, 92, Canadian art historian, Director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art (1979–1982).
• Winifred Dawson, 85, English librarian and biographer, stroke.
• Sir Philip Dowson, 90, British architect.
• Bohumila Grögerová, 93, Czech poet, recipient of the Magnesia Litera (2009).
• Jack Harris, 91, Australian golf player.
• Stella K. Hershan, 99, Austrian-American novelist.
• Franz Hillenkamp, 78, German scientist.
• Richard Holden, 67, American highway patrolman.
• Peter Hopkirk, 83, British journalist and author (The Great Game).
• Jean-Marie Joubert, 82, French Olympic cyclist.
• Emmanuel Kriaras, 107, Greek lexicographer and philologist, heart attack.
• Pete Ladygo, 86, American football player (Pittsburgh Steelers).
• Noella Leduc, 80, American baseball player (AAGPBL).
• Helen Mason, 99, New Zealand potter.
• Nariman Mehta, 94, Indian-born American pharmacologist.
• Roy Andrew Miller, 89, American linguist.
• Renato Mori, 79, Italian actor and voice actor. (La Piovra)
• Douglas Sang Hue, 82, Jamaican cricket umpire.
• John Satterwhite, 71, American Olympic shooter (1976).
• Amy Shuman, 89, American baseball player.
• Adel Smith, 54, Italian Muslim activist.
• John Sperling, 93, American businessman, founder of the University of Phoenix.
• John S. Waugh, 85, American chemist and professor (MIT), recipient of the Irving Langmuir Award (1976) and the Wolf Prize in Chemistry (1983).
• Ed Whitaker, 76, American stock car team owner.

23

• Albert Ebossé Bodjongo, 24, Cameroonian footballer (Douala AC, Perak FA, JS Kabylie), head injury from projectile.
• Jaime Giraldo Ángel, 84, Colombian politician and psychologist, Minister of Justice (1990–1991).
• Sally Buck, 83, American baseball team part-owner (Philadelphia Phillies).
• Jack Edwards, 83, Australian football player (North Melbourne).
• Dursun Ali Eğribaş, 81, Turkish Olympic wrestler (1956).
• Inga Juuso, 68, Norwegian singer and actress.
• Annefleur Kalvenhaar, 20, Dutch cross-country cyclist, European Cyclo-cross under-23 champion (2013), race collision.
• Dan Magill, 93, American college tennis coach and sports information director (Georgia Bulldogs).
• Hajo Meyer, 90, German-Dutch physicist and Holocaust survivor.
• William Thomson Newnham, 91, Canadian educationalist, President of Seneca College.
• Adnan Omran, 57–58, Syrian general, landmine.
• Ahti Pekkala, 89, Finnish politician, Speaker of the Parliament (1978–1979), Governor of Oulu Province (1986–1991).
• Jindřich Pokorný, 87, Czech translator.
• Marcel Rigout, 86, French politician.
• Philippine de Rothschild, 80, French winemaker.
• Bobo Sikorski, 87, Canadian football player (BC Lions).
• Birgitta Stenberg, 82, Swedish author, illustrator and translator, hepatocellular carcinoma.
• Jaume Vallcorba Plana, 64, Spanish philologist and publisher.
• Elsa Wiezell, 87, Paraguayan poet.

24

• Richard Attenborough, 90, English actor (The Great Escape, Jurassic Park) and film director (Gandhi), Oscar winner (1983).
• Greg Corbett, 41, American banjo player.
• Alexander Monteith Currie, 86, British university administrator.
• Antônio Ermírio de Moraes, 86, Brazilian businessman, CEO of the Votorantim Group, heart failure.
• Aldo Donati, 66, Italian singer, composer and television personality, cerebral hemorrhage.
• Bekir Sıtkı Erdoğan, 88, Turkish poet and songwriter.
• Eduard Giray, 65, German Olympic wrestler.
• Noël Lajoie, 86, French cyclist.
• Douglas McCain, 33, American Islamic militant (ISIS).
• K. Mohan, 89, Indian film producer (Pasamalar).
• Merton Sandler, 88, British chemical pathologist.
• Leonid Stadnyk, 44, Ukrainian farmer, world's tallest man claimant, brain haemorrhage.
• Arthur Wade, 95, Australian politician, member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Newcastle (1968–1988).
• Eduardo White, 50, Mozambican writer.
• Enrique Zileri, 83, Peruvian publisher.

25

• Maj-Briht Bergström-Walan, 89, Swedish psychologist.
• Anne Borsay, 59, British medical historian.
• John Brandon, 85, American actor (The Bold and the Beautiful, Dynasty, Scarface).
• Csaba Csutorás, 76, Hungarian Olympic sprinter (1960, 1964).
• William Greaves, 87, American documentary filmmaker (Symbiopsychotaxiplasm).
• Ramón Echarren Istúriz, 84, Spanish Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Canarias (1978–2005).
• Hildur Krog, 92, Norwegian botanist.
• Martin Magga, 60, Solomon Islander politician, MP for Temotu Pele (since 2010).
• Alfredo Martini, 93, Italian cyclist and coach (national team).
• Marcel Masse, 78, Canadian politician, MP for Frontenac (1984–1993), MNA for Montcalm (1966–1973).
• Karl Molitor, 94, Swiss alpine skier, Olympic silver and bronze medalist (1948).
• Lars Mortimer, 68, Swedish comic artist.
• Nico M. M. Nibbering, 76, Dutch chemist.
• Carla Rotolo, 73, American folk music researcher.
• Len Terry, 90, English motorsport engineer, (Lotus, BRM).
• Uziah Thompson, 78, Jamaican percussionist, heart attack.
• Bob Warren, 68, American basketball player.
• Arthur Henry White, 90, American business consultant.
• John Wu Shi-zhen, 93, Chinese Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Nanchang (1990–2011).

26

• Christian Bourquin, 59, French politician, President of the Regional Council of Languedoc-Roussillon (since 2010), cancer.
• Carlos de la Madrid Virgen, 74, Mexican politician, Governor of Colima (1991–1997).
• Simon Featherstone, 56, British diplomat, High Commissioner to Malaysia (2010–2014), Ambassador to Switzerland and Liechtenstein (2004–2008).
• Peter Bacon Hales, 63, American historian and photographer, traffic collision.
• Darrell Lynn Judge, 79, American physicist.
• Caroline Kellett, 54, British fashion journalist.
• Sir Douglas Morpeth, 90, British accountant.
• John Joseph Nevins, 82, American Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Venice in Florida (1984–2007).
• Dalton Paranaguá, 87, Brazilian politician, mayor of Londrina (1969–1973).
• Jim Petrie, 82, British cartoonist (Minnie the Minx).
• Chūsei Sone, 76, Japanese film director (Angel Guts: Red Classroom), pneumonia.
• David E. Sorensen, 81, American Latter-day Saints leader.
• Bob Wilson, 88, American basketball player.
• Masakane Yonekura, 80, Japanese actor and stage director, abdominal aortic aneurysm rupture.

27

• Givi Agrba, 77, Abkhazian politician.
• Amadou Balaké, 70, Burkinabé singer.
• Jean-François Beltramini, 66, French footballer.
• Yehezkel Braun, 92, Israeli composer.
• Jim Briscoe, 90, English footballer.
• Al Carrell, 88, American home improvement expert and columnist, pneumonia.
• Frank Corner, 94, New Zealand diplomat.
• Roy Crimmins, 85, English jazz trombonist, composer and arranger.
• Jacques Friedel, 93, French physicist.
• Gábor Gabos, 84, Hungarian pianist.
• Jan Groth, 68, Norwegian singer (Aunt Mary, Just 4 Fun), cancer.
• Bobby Kinloch, 79, Scottish footballer (Hibernian).
• Herbert Lottman, 87, American biographer.
• Richard Luke, 66, Australian rules footballer (South Melbourne).
• Alfredo Chavez Marquez, 92, American federal judge.
• Jimmy Nesbitt, 79, Northern Irish police detective, investigated Shankill Butchers.
• Peret, 79, Spanish singer, guitarist and composer, lung cancer.
• Valeri Petrov, 94, Bulgarian poet, screenwriter (Yo Ho Ho), playwright and translator, stroke.
• Benno Pludra, 88, German children's author.
• Orlando Polmonari, 90, Italian Olympic gymnast (1960).
• Victor J. Stenger, 79, American physicist and author, aortic aneurysm.
• Marjorie Strider, 81, American artist.
• Sandy Wilson, 90, English composer and lyricist (The Boy Friend).
• Xia Peisu, 91, Chinese computer scientist, academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

28

• Ali al-Sayyed, 29, Lebanese soldier, decapitated. (death announced on this date)
• France Anglade, 72, French actress.
• Margaret E. Bailey, 98, American nurse.
• Joe Bethancourt, 68, American folk musician.
• Pierre Brabant, 89, Canadian composer and pianist.
• Yondani Butt, 69, Chinese conductor (music).
• Roberto Cairo, 51, Spanish actor (Cuéntame cómo pasó), lung cancer.
• Roger Clarke, 74, Jamaican politician, Minister of Agriculture (since 2012).
• G. Bradford Cook, 77, American lawyer.
• Glenn Cornick, 67, British bassist (Jethro Tull), heart failure.
• Andrew Cray, 28, American activist and political figure, oral cancer.
• Carlos Alberto Etcheverry, 81, Argentine footballer.
• Hal Finney, 58, American cryptographer and programmer, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
• Mary Featherstonhaugh Frampton, 86, British civil servant.
• Hans Hoets, 93, Dutch World War II resistance fighter.
• Hal Hunter, 82, American football coach (California Vulcans).
• Ivan Ivančić, 76, Croatian Yugoslav Olympic shot putter (1972, 1976) and coach.
• Andrew Kay, 95, American computer pioneer.
• Bill Kerr, 92, South African-born Australian actor and comedian (Hancock's Half Hour).
• Jack Kraft, 93, American college basketball coach (Villanova Wildcats, Rhode Island Rams).
• Patrick le Rolland, 71, French Olympic equestrian.
• Hans Möhr, 98, Swiss Olympic equestrian (1960, 1964).
• David Murphy, 93, American CIA officer, heart failure.
• Norihiro Nakajima, 64, Japanese manga artist, colorectal cancer.
• Alan Reynolds, 88, British artist.
• John Anthony Walker, 77, American naval officer, convicted of spying for the Soviet Union.
• Fernando Zunzunegui, 70, Spanish footballer (Real Madrid).

29

• Kurt Bachmann, 78, Filipino Olympic basketball player (1960).
• Jane Baker, 91, British television writer (Doctor Who, Space: 1999, Watt on Earth).
• David Bala, 67, Singaporean comedian and actor, heart disease.
• Michael Banda, 84, Sri Lankan socialist activist.
• Brasse Brännström, 69, Swedish actor (Fem myror är fler än fyra elefanter), heart attack.
• Octavio Brunetti, 39, Argentine tango pianist.
• Jesse Castete, 80, American football player.
• Shamim Farooqui, 70, Indian poet.
• Sir Jasper Hollom, 96, English banker, Chief Cashier of the Bank of England (1962–1966), Deputy Governor of the Bank of England (1970–1980).
• George L. Little, 63, American costume designer (Apocalypse Now, Jarhead, The Hurt Locker).
• Simon Akwali Okafor, 79, Nigerian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Awka (1994–2010).
• Ryūko Seihō, 73, Japanese sumo wrestler and actor, heart attack.
• Eberhard Sengpiel, 73–74, German sound engineer.
• Rosella Towne, 96, American actress (Yes My Darling Daughter).
• Björn Waldegård, 70, Swedish rally driver, world champion (1979), cancer.

30

• Lucien Bahuma, 57, Congolese army officer, heart attack.
• Charles Bowden, 69, American writer.
• Cherlynlavaughn Bradley, 62, American chemist.
• Bipan Chandra, 86, Indian historian.
• Igor Decraene, 18, Belgian cyclist, winner of the UCI Road World Championships – Junior men's time trial (2013), hit by train.
• Shaban Demiraj, 94, Albanian albanologist and linguist.
• Philippe Gurdjian, 69, French car racing promoter (French Grand Prix) and driver (24 Hours of Le Mans).
• Mayumi Inaba, 64, Japanese writer, Tanizaki Prize recipient, pancreatic cancer.
• Shlomo Kalo, 86, Israeli writer.
• Doone Kennedy, 87, Australian politician, first female Lord Mayor of Hobart (1986–1996).
• Victoria Mallory, 65, American singer and actress, pancreatic cancer.
• Kirby McCauley, 72, American literary agent, renal failure.
• Andrew V. McLaglen, 94, British film and television director (McLintock!, Gunsmoke, Rawhide).
• Sir David Mitchell, 86, British politician, MP for Basingstoke (1964–1983) and North West Hampshire (1983–1997).
• Felipe Osterling, 82, Peruvian lawyer and politician, Minister of Justice (1980–1981), Senator (1985–1992).
• Jean-Pierre Perrinelle, 65, French Olympic hurdler.
• Joseph E. Persico, 84, American writer.
• Manuel Pertegaz, 96, Spanish fashion designer.
• Bohumil Prošek, 85, Czech Olympic ice hockey player (1956).
• Ann Zwinger, 89, American natural history author.

31

• Abdul Alim, 83, Bangladeshi politician.
• Ștefan Andrei, 83, Romanian politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs (1978–1985).
• Bapu, 80, Indian film director and cartoonist, cardiac arrest.
• Yves Carcelle, 66, French businessman, kidney cancer.
• Bobbie Clarke, 74, British drummer, cancer.
• Kenneth Clarke, Australian field hockey player.
• Flip Fraser, 62, Jamaican-British journalist and playwright.
• Stan Goldberg, 82, American comic book artist (Archie), stroke.
• Josef Hrnčíř, 93, Czech conductor.
• Lajos Kiss, 80, Hungarian canoer, Olympic bronze medalist (1956).
• María Eugenia Llamas, 70, Mexican actress, cardiac arrest.
• Viktor Radev, 77, Bulgarian Olympic basketball player (1956, 1960).
• Peter Stursberg, 101, Canadian writer and broadcaster.
• Carol Vadnais, 68, Canadian ice hockey player (Boston Bruins, California Golden Seals, New York Rangers), cancer.
• Jonathan Williams, 71, British racing driver.

External links

• List of August 2014 deaths at IMDb