Deaths in August 2011
Deaths in 2011 : - January- February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December -
The following is a list of notable deaths in August 2011.
August 2011
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- Stan Barstow, 83, English novelist. http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2011/aug/01/stan-barstow-obituary
- Joe Caffie, 80, American baseball player (Cleveland Indians, Cleveland Buckeyes). http://www.vindy.com/news/tributes/2011/aug/07/joe-clifford-caffi/
- Carmela Marie Cristiano, 83, American Roman Catholic nun (Sisters of Charity of Saint Elizabeth); first nun to seek political office in New Jersey. http://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/2011/08/nun_who_once_headed_jersey_cit.html
- Florentina G mez Miranda, 99, Argentine lawyer and women's rights activist. http://m24digital.com/en/2011/08/01/advocate-of-divorce-florentina-gomez-miranda-passed-away/
- Gamini Goonesena, 80, Sri Lankan cricketer. http://www.espncricinfo.com/srilanka/content/story/525680.html
- Chieko N. Okazaki, 84, American Mormon women's leader, first non-Caucasian woman to hold a senior position in the LDS church, heart failure. http://m.sltrib.com/sltrib/news/52320992-78/okazaki-lds-women-church.html.csp
- Ken Payne, 60, American football player (Green Bay Packers). http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSob=c&GSlh=1&GRid=74750262&
- Alex Pitko, 97, American baseball player. http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/azcentral/obituary.aspx?n=alexander-pitko&pid=152867264
- Zhanna Prokhorenko, 71, Russian film actress (Ballad of a Soldier). http://kommersant.ru/doc/1690040 (Russian)
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- Leslie Esdaile Banks, 51, American author (The Vampire Huntress Legend Series), adrenal cancer. http://www.locusmag.com/News/2011/08/l-a-banks-1959-2011/
- Baruj Benacerraf, 90, Venezuelan-born American immunologist, Nobel laureate (1980). http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/03/us/03benacerraf.html
- Ralph Berkowitz, 100, American composer. http://www.peteramescarlin.com/node/197
- DeLois Barrett Campbell, 85, American gospel singer (The Barrett Sisters), pulmonary embolism. http://www.insidebayarea.com/oaklandtribune/ci_18601822
- Meldric Daluz, 90, Indian Olympic gold medal-winning (1952) field hockey player. http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/da/meldric-daluz-1.html
- Al Federoff, 87, American baseball player (Detroit Tigers). http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/eastvalleytribune/obituary.aspx?n=alfred-federoff&pid=152885201
- James M. Flinchum, 94, American journalist. http://www.wyomingnews.com/articles/2011/08/05/news/19local_08-05-11.txt
- Asadullo Gulomov, 58, Tajik politician, Deputy Prime Minister (since 2006). http://kp.ru/daily/25730/2720214/ (Russian)
- Andrey Kapitsa, 80, Russian geographer and explorer, discovered and named Lake Vostok. http://int.rgo.ru/news/andrey-kapitsa-dies-in-moscow/
- Clarence E. Miller, 93, American politician, U.S. Representative from Ohio (1967 1993), pneumonia. http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2011/08/03/Former-Rep-Clarence-Miller-R-Ohio-dies/UPI-55591312418117/
- Attilio Pavesi, 100, Italian Olympic cyclist, oldest living Olympic champion. http://www.gazzetta.it/Ciclismo/03-08-2011/addio-pavesi-802299438328.shtml (Italian)
- Richard Pearson, 93, Welsh actor (The Yellow Rolls-Royce). http://www.guardian.co.uk/stage/2011/aug/02/richard-pearson-obituary
- Venere Pizzinato, 114, Italian supercentenarian, oldest person in Europe and third-oldest living person in the world. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-08-05/europes-oldest-person-dies/2826014/?site=melbourne
- Jos Sanchis Grau, 79, Spanish comic book artist. http://www.ara.cat/cultura/More-Jose-Sanchis-creador-Pumby_0_529147572.html (Valencian)
- James Ford Seale, 76, American murderer, Ku Klux Klan member. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/aug/03/klansman-dies-1964-murders
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- Rudolf Brazda, 98, German concentration camp prisoner, last known survivor of pink triangle homosexual deportation. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/06/world/europe/06brazda.html
- Richard Cates, 85, American lawyer. http://www.jsonline.com/news/wisconsin/127096198.html
- Annette Charles, 63, American actress (Grease), complications of lung cancer. http://www.tmz.com/2011/08/04/cha-cha-dies-dead-grease-annette-charles-cardona-cancer/
- Antonio M. Diaz, 83, Filipino politician, Representative from Zambales (1969 1972, 1992 2001, 2004 2011). http://interaksyon.com/article/9966/zambales-rep-diaz-83
- Jackie Hudson, 76, American nun and peace activist. http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2015886110_hudsonobit11m.html
- Ingrid Luterkort, 101, Swedish actress. http://www.svd.se/kultur/ingrid-luterkort-ar-dod_6367760.svd (Swedish)
- Andrew McDermott, 45, British singer (Threshold), complications of kidney failure. http://www.rocks-magazin.de/neu/meldungen/artikel/andrew_mac_mcdermott_r.i.p (German)
- Simona Monyov , 44, Czech writer, stabbed. http://zpravy.idnes.cz/spisovatelka-simona-monyova-byla-ve-svem-dome-zavrazdena-pmq-/krimi.aspx?c=A110804_113315_brno-zpravy_dmk (Czech)
- Ray Patterson, 89, American basketball executive (Milwaukee Bucks, Houston Rockets). http://www.chron.com/sports/rockets/article/Ex-Rockets-president-Ray-Patterson-dies-at-89-2079891.php
- Nikolai Arnoldovich Petrov, 68, Russian pianist, People's Artist of the USSR, stroke. http://rt.com/art-and-culture/news/petrov-pianist-virtuoso-conservatory/
- Jos Ignacio Rivero, 90, Cuban journalist. http://www.diariodecuba.com/cultura/6202-muere-en-miami-jose-ignacio-rivero-exdirector-del-diario-de-la-marina (Spanish)
- William Sleator, 66, American science fiction writer (Interstellar Pig). http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/07/books/william-sleator-science-fiction-writer-for-young-adults-dies-at-66.html
- Bubba Smith, 66, American football player (Baltimore Colts) and actor (Police Academy). http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2011/08/bubba-smith-nfl-star-police-academy-actor-found-dead-home.html
- Mohsen Koochebaghi Tabrizi, 87, Iranian Shi'ite Muslim marja, heart attack. http://www.tabnak.ir/fa/news/181213/ - - - - - - (Persian)
- Allan Watkins, 89, Welsh cricketer, after short illness. http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/current/story/525932.html
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- Alan Blackshaw, 78, English mountaineer and civil servant, cancer. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/sport-obituaries/8694127/Alan-Blackshaw.html
- Michael Bukht, 69, British radio executive, television personality and chef who worked as Michael Barry. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-14446449
- Naoki Matsuda, 34, Japanese footballer, suspected heart attack. http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/04082011/58/world-football-former-japan-defender-matsuda-dies.html
- Conrad Schnitzler, 74, German musician (Tangerine Dream, Kluster, Eruption, Berlin Express), stomach cancer. http://alteredzones.com/posts/1756/rip-conrad-schnitzler
- Erika Thijs, 51, Belgian politician, Senator (since 1995), cancer. http://www.nieuwsblad.be/Article/Detail.aspx?articleid=DMF20110804_242 (Dutch)
- Sherman White, 82, American basketball player (Long Island University). http://www.northjersey.com/obituaries/127057408_Local_hoops_legend_dies.html
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- Jean-Claude Bajeux, 79, Haitian activist and scholar, lung cancer. http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/jean-claude-bajeux-haitian-human-rights-activist-dies-at-79/2011/08/06/gIQARGT6yI_story.html
- Gerry Davidson, 90, American masters athlete, stroke. http://masterstrack.com/2011/08/19682/
- Erol Erduran, 78, Cypriot educator and writer. http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?storycode=417213
- Dudley E. Faver, 94, American Air Force major general and academic. http://obits.dignitymemorial.com/dignity-memorial/obituary.aspx?n=General+Dudley-Faver&lc=4905&pid=153000578&mid=4769562&locale=en-US
- Marion D. Hanks, 89, American Mormon leader. http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/lifestyle/52335526-80/hanks-lds-church-duff.html.csp?page=1
- Hazel Johnson-Brown, 83, American Army nurse and general, Alzheimer's disease. http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/hazel-johnson-brown-pioneering-black-army-nurse-dies-at-83/2011/08/18/gIQA0E2MOJ_story.html
- Donald Ray Kennard, 74, American politician, member of the Louisiana House of Representatives (1976 2008), brain aneurysm rupture. http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/theadvocate/obituary.aspx?n=donald-ray-kennard&pid=152893161
- Andrzej Lepper, 57, Polish politician, suspected suicide by hanging. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-14424247
- Gary Nixon, 70, American motorcycle racer, complications from a heart attack. http://roadracingworld.com/news/article/?article=45559
- Francesco Quinn, 48, Italian-born American actor (Platoon, The Young and the Restless), son of Anthony Quinn, heart attack. http://malibu.patch.com/articles/malibu-actor-francesco-quinn-dies
- Aziz Shavershian, 22, Australian bodybuilder and model, heart attack. http://www.smh.com.au/executive-style/culture/blogs/all-men-are-liars/zyzz-ripped-from-this-life-too-young-20110811-1ioik.html
- Adi Talmor, 58, Israeli journalist and news presenter, assisted suicide. http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/army-radio-shocked-by-suicide-of-legendary-broadcaster-1.377681
- Stan Willemse, 86, British footballer (Chelsea). http://www.chelseafc.com/page/LatestNews/0,,10268~2410740,00.html
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- Bernadine Healy, 67, American cardiologist, director of the National Institutes of Health (1991 1993), brain cancer. http://clevelandheights.patch.com/articles/dr-bernadine-healy-loop-who-led-national-institutes-of-health-american-red-cross-and-more-died-saturday-at-67
- Fred Imus, 69, American songwriter and radio talk show host, brother of Don Imus. http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/2011/08/06/2011-08-06_fred_imus_songwriter_and_brother_of_don_imus_dies_at_69.html (body found on this date)
- Kuno Kl tzer, 89, German football coach. http://www.spiegel.de/sport/fussball/0,1518,778787,00.html (German)
- Fe del Mundo, 99, Filipino pediatrician, National Scientist of the Philippines, heart attack. http://www.gmanews.tv/story/228669/nation/fe-del-mundo-dame-of-phl-pediatrics-dies-at-99
- Roman Opa ka, 79, French-born Polish painter. http://wyborcza.pl/1,75248,10074309,Zmarl_polski_malarz_Roman_Opalka.html (Polish)
- John W. Ryan, 81, American academic administrator, President of Indiana University (1971 1987). http://www.wishtv.com/dpp/news/indiana/former-iu-president-john-ryan-dies
- Jerry Smith, 80, American football player (San Francisco 49ers) and coach (Denver Broncos). http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/6845670/jerry-smith-former-denver-broncos-interim-head-coach-dies
- John Wood, 81, English actor (WarGames, Chocolat). http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-14461952
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- Joseph Candolfi, 89, Swiss Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Basel (1983 1996). http://www.suedostschweiz.ch/politik/ehemaliger-weihbischof-joseph-candolfi-89-jahrig-gestorben (German)
- Hugh Carey, 92, American politician, Governor of New York (1975 1982) and U.S. Representative (1961 1974). http://www.ny1.com/content/top_stories/144520/former-governor-hugh-carey-dead-at-92
- Rocco Colonna, 77, American politician, Member of the Ohio House of Representatives (1975 1988). http://blog.cleveland.com/newssun/2011/08/news_sun_obituaries_68.html
- Cornelius Elanjikal, 92, Indian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Verapoly (1987 1996). http://thatsmalayalam.oneindia.in/news/2011/08/07/india-arch-bishop-cornelius-elanjikal-obit-aid0031.html (Malayalam)
- Eddie Gibbins, 85, English footballer. http://www.noodls.com/viewNoodl/10970310/tottenham-hotspur-plc/eddie-gibbins
- Marshall Grant, 83, American double bassist (Tennessee Two). http://www.nodepression.com/profiles/blogs/rip-marshall-grant
- F. M. Hardacre, 96, American academic and college football coach. http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/kansascity/obituary.aspx?n=forrest-marion-hardacre&pid=153025103
- Mark Hatfield, 89, American politician, Governor of Oregon (1959 1967) and U.S. Senator (1967 1997). http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2011/08/mark_o_hatfield_former_oregon.html
- Harri Holkeri, 74, Finnish politician, Prime Minister (1987 1991), after long illness. http://yle.fi/uutiset/news/2011/08/ex-pm_harri_holkeri_dies_at_74_2774143.html
- Paul Meier, 87, American mathematician (Kaplan Meier estimator), complications from a stroke. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/13/health/13meier.html
- George Naghi, 59, Romanian businessman, founder of Aldis SRL, boating accident. http://www.nineoclock.ro/aldis-owner-george-naghi-to-be-buried-in-calarasi-today/
- Tom Radney, 79, American politician, member of the Alabama Senate (1967 1971), after long illness. http://www.wsfa.com/story/15224935/fmr-senator-tom-radney-dies-at-age-79
- Ji Traxler, 99, Czech-born Canadian jazz pianist. http://www.ceskenoviny.cz/kultura/zpravy/ve-veku-99-let-zemrel-v-kanade-skladatel-jiri-traxler/672145 (Czech)
- Nancy Wake, 98, New Zealand-born Australian French Resistance leader, chest infection. http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/war-heroine-nancy-wake-dies/story-e6freuy9-1226110701605
- Charles Wyly, 77, American businessman and philanthropist, co-founder of Michaels Stores, automobile accident. http://news.yahoo.com/texas-billionaire-charles-wyly-killed-colo-084619180.html
- Joe Yamanaka, 64, Japanese rock singer, lung cancer. http://www.nikkansports.com/entertainment/news/f-et-tp0-20110807-816916.html (Japanese).
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- Neal Abberley, 67, English cricketer, heart and lung condition. http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2011/aug/08/neal-abberley-warwickshire-ian-bell
- Ray Anderson, 77, American entrepreneur, cancer. http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/08/09/ray-anderson-interface-chairman-and-sustainability-leader-dies-at-77/
- Mike Barrett, 67, American Olympic and professional basketball player (Virginia Squires, San Diego Conquistadors). http://sundaygazettemail.com/Sports/201108091103
- Ruth Brinker, 89, American AIDS and nutrition activist, founder of Project Open Hand, vascular dementia. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/19/us/19brinker.html
- Royal Copeland, 86, Canadian football player (Toronto Argonauts), Alzheimer's disease. http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=373491
- Cem Erman, 64, Turkish actor and composer. http://www.erkekmekani.com/cem-arman-neden-oldu-suleyman-faik-durgun-neden-oldu.html (Turkish)
- Kurt Johansson, 97, Swedish Olympic sport shooter. http://www.sok.se/aktiva/historisktaktiva/kurtjohansson.5.aad0b10833d63e5c800015162.html (Swedish)
- Anastasios Peponis, 87, Greek politician and author, heart problems. http://www.tanea.gr/ellada/article/?aid=4648078 (Greek)
- Federico Richter Fernandez-Prada, 89, Peruvian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Ayacucho/Huamanga (1979 1991). http://www.radioondaazul.com/?c=noticia&id=16346 (Spanish)
- Hind Rostom, 81, Egyptian actress, heart attack. http://www.thedailynewsegypt.com/film/egyptian-screen-legend-seductress-hind-rostom-dies-at-82.html
- Ji ina vorcov , 83, Czech actress and pro-Communist activist. http://www.ceskatelevize.cz/ct24/kultura/132329-zemrela-herecka-a-komunistka-jirina-svorcova/ (Czech)
- Harry Hillel Wellington, 84, American lawyer, Dean of Yale Law School (1975 1985) and New York Law School (1992 2000), brain tumor. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/10/nyregion/harry-h-wellington-former-dean-of-yale-law-school-dies-at-84.html
- Guillermo Zarur, 72, Mexican actor, complications of kidney and heart disease. http://www.tvnotas.com.mx/2011/08/09/C-16008-murio-el-actor-guillermo-zarur.php/ (Spanish)
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- Wendy Babcock, 32, Canadian advocate for the rights of prostitutes, suspected suicide. http://www.thestar.com/news/article/1037824--prostitute-turned-osgoode-law-student-found-dead
- Roberto Busa, 97, Italian Jesuit priest, pioneer in Digital Humanities. http://www.osservatoreromano.va/portal/dt?JSPTabContainer.setSelected=JSPTabContainer%2FDetail&last=false%3D&path=%2Fnews%2Fcultura%2F2011%2F184q11-Lettore-fermati----morto-padre-Busa.html&title=Lettore+fermati!+%C3%83%C2%88+morto+padre+Busa&locale=en#
- Adolphe-Maria Gustave Hardy, 91, French Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Beauvais (1985 1995). http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bhardy.html
- Yoshihiro Hamaguchi, 85, Japanese Olympic swimmer, heart failure. http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/World/27871.asp?q=Passages:-Japanese-Johnny-Weismuller,-Yoshihiro-Hamaguchi,-85
- Jimmy Harris, 76, American football player (University of Oklahoma, Dallas Cowboys, Philadelphia Eagles), natural causes. http://aol.sportingnews.com/ncaa-football/story/2011-08-09/oklahomas-2-time-national-champion-qb-harris-dies?icid=maing-grid7|main5|dl8|sec3_lnk1|85237
- Kolapo Ishola, 77, Nigerian politician, Governor of Oyo State (1991 1993). http://www.vanguardngr.com/2011/08/kolapo-ishola-ex-oyo-gov-dies-at-77/
- Eleanor Josaitis, 79, American activist, co-founder of Focus: HOPE, peritoneal cancer. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/11/us/11josaitis.html
- Julian Kenny, 81, Trinidadian zoologist, environmentalist and politician, Senator (1995 2001). http://www.ctntworld.com/LocalArticles.aspx?id=30250
- Mimi Lee, 91, American chemist, First Lady of Maryland (1977 1979), heart failure. http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2011-08-13/news/bs-md-ob-mathilde-lee-20110812_1_first-lady-canoe-direct-descendant
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- P. C. Alexander, 90, Indian politician, Governor of Tamil Nadu (1988 1990), Maharashtra (1993 2002) and Goa (1996 1998). http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article2342944.ece
- Mora to Chico II, 54, Spanish musician, cancer. http://www.elpais.com/articulo/cultura/Fallece/guitarrista/flamenco/Moraito/Chico/elpepuespand/20110810elpepucul_1/Tes (Spanish)
- Arnaud Desjardins, 86, French philosopher. http://www.ledauphine.com/drome/2011/08/12/arnaud-desjardins-mort-d-un-sage (French)
- Norton Fredrick, 73, Sri Lankan cricketer, illness. http://www.espncricinfo.com/srilanka/content/story/526948.html
- Billy Grammer, 85, American country singer. http://thesouthern.com/news/local/state-and-regional/article_4ad1cd20-c364-11e0-80e9-001cc4c03286.html
- Selwyn Griffith, 83, Welsh poet. http://news.bbc.co.uk/welsh/hi/newsid_9120000/newsid_9126500/9126562.stm (Welsh)
- Old ich Macha , 65, Czech Olympic silver (1968, 1976) and bronze (1972) medal-winning ice hockey player, heart failure. http://praguemonitor.com/2011/08/11/three-times-world-champ-mach%C3%A1%C4%8D-dies
- Babak Masoumi, 39, Iranian futsal player and coach, blood cancer. http://www.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=9005196282 (Farsi)
- Lilia Michel, 85, Mexican actress. http://entretenimiento.starmedia.com/escandalos/muere-actriz-mexicana-lilia-michel.html (Spanish)
- Mark Sinyangwe, 38, Zambian footballer. http://www.lusakatimes.com/2011/08/11/patrick-phiri-pays-tribute-mark-sinyangwe/
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- Agust n Romualdo Alvarez Rodr guez, 88, Spanish-born Venezuelan Roman Catholic prelate, Vicar Apostolic of Machiques (1986 1995). http://revistaecclesia.com/content/view/28230/59
- Don Chandler, 76, American football player (New York Giants, Green Bay Packers). http://www.tulsaworld.com/sportsextra/article.aspx?subjectid=440&articleid=20110811_440_0_Tulsan186848
- George Devol, 99, American inventor, creator of Unimate, the first industrial robot. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/16/business/george-devol-developer-of-robot-arm-dies-at-99.html
- Karen Drambjan, 57, Armenian-born Estonian activist, shot. http://uk.reuters.com/article/2011/08/11/uk-estonia-shooting-idUKTRE77A3AJ20110811
- Ignacio Flores, 58, Mexican football player (Cruz Azul, national team), shot. http://www.mediotiempo.com/futbol/mexico/noticias/2011/08/11/recibe-76-impactos-camioneta-de-nacho-flores (Spanish)
- Mateo Flores, 89, Guatemalan Olympic athlete. http://deportes.terra.com.co/mas-deportes/fallece-leyenda-del-atletismo-guatemalteco-mateo-flores,43dcf132fbab1310VgnVCM4000009bf154d0RCRD.html (Spanish)
- Noah Flug, 86, Polish-born Israeli economist, advocate for rights of Holocaust survivors. http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/united-survivors-in-push-for-benefits-1.378230
- Richard Floyd, 80, American politician and lawmaker. http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-richard-floyd-20110814,0,6285825.story
- Clair George, 81, American CIA officer (Iran Contra affair), cardiac arrest. http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/clair-e-george-cia-officer-who-figured-in-iran-contra-scandal-dies-at-81/2011/08/12/gIQAADpzBJ_story.html
- David Holbrook, 88, English writer and academic. http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/2011/sep/01/david-holbrook-obituary
- Jani Lane, 47, American musician (Warrant). http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=161881
- Scott LeDoux, 62, American boxer, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/13/sports/scott-ledoux-gritty-heavyweight-boxing-contender-dies-at-62.html
- Karen Overington, 59, Australian politician, Victorian MLA for Ballarat West (1999 2010). http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-08-11/former-labor-mp-dies/2835266
- Bob Shamansky, 84, American politician, U.S. Representative from Ohio (1981 1983). http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2011/08/14/robert-shamansky-obituary-lawyer-served-term-in-congress.html
- Joe Trimble, 80, American baseball player (Boston Red Sox, Pittsburgh Pirates). http://www.projo.com/sports/billreynolds/projo-20110813-reynolds-woods_08-13-11_P2PNLO_v2.4c5f3.html
- Paul Wilkinson, 74, British academic, expert on the study of terrorism (University of St Andrews). http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-14503770
- Bob Will, 80, American baseball player (Chicago Cubs). http://www.legacy.com/ns/obituary.aspx?n=Robert-Will&pid=153071535&ua=%2FDBe5s%2BKng6SeB8b0thPuA%3D%3D
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- Austin-Emile Burke, 89, Canadian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Halifax (1991 1998).http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bburkea.html
- Geertruida Draaisma, 109, Dutch centenarian, oldest verified person in the Netherlands. http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2011/08/the_netherlands_oldest_residen_1.php
- Ernie Johnson, 87, American baseball player (Boston/Milwaukee Braves, Baltimore Orioles) and broadcaster (Atlanta Braves). http://blogs.ajc.com/atlanta-braves-blog/2011/08/12/legendary-braves-broadcaster-johnson-dies/
- Charles P. Murray, Jr., 89, American Army colonel, Medal of Honor recipient, heart failure. http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/08/12/idUS229779+12-Aug-2011+PRN20110812
- Robert Robinson, 83, English radio and television presenter. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-14514388
- Francisco Solano L pez, 83, Argentine comics artist (El Eternauta), complications from a stroke. http://www.pagina12.com.ar/diario/ultimas/20-174339-2011-08-12.html (Spanish)
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- Robert Breer, 84, American experimental filmmaker. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/art-obituaries/8714483/Robert-Breer.html
- lvaro Lara, 26, Chilean footballer, traffic collision. http://www.cooperativa.cl/ex-jugador-de-rangers-curico-unido-y-la-uc-murio-en-accidente-de-transito/prontus_nots/2011-11-20/104751.html (Spanish)
- Chris Lawrence, 78, British racing driver and engineer, cancer. http://www.classicandsportscar.com/news/general-classic-car-news/morgan-racing-legend-and-monica-creator-chris-lawrence-dies
- Ctirad Ma n, 81, Czech resistance fighter. http://www.ceskenoviny.cz/news/zpravy/czech-resistance-fighter-ctirad-masin-dies-in-united-states/674383
- Tareque Masud, 54, Bangladeshi independent film director, traffic collision. http://bdnews24.com/details.php?cid=2&id=203276&hb=top
- Jes s del Pozo, 65, Spanish fashion designer, pulmonary emphysema. http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/lifestyle/08/15/11/spanish-fashion-designer-jesus-del-pozo-dies-aged-64
- Topi Sorsakoski, 58, Finnish singer, lung cancer. http://www.yle.fi/uutiset/news/2011/08/singer_topi_sorsakoski_dead_at_58_2788849.html
- Ellen Winther, 78, Danish opera singer and actress. http://www.esctoday.com/news/read/17593
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- Albert Brown, 105, American veteran, oldest survivor of Bataan Death March. http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-albert-brown-20110817,0,6539916.story
- Yekaterina Golubeva, 44, Russian actress. http://www.lesinrocks.com/cine/cinema-article/t/68967/date/2011-08-18/article/hommage-katerine-golubeva/ (French)
- Shammi Kapoor, 79, Indian film actor and director, renal failure. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Veteran-film-actor-Shammi-Kapoor-passes-away/articleshow/9598394.cms
- Fritz Korbach, 66, German football player and manager, laryngeal cancer. http://nos.nl/artikel/264357-trainer-korbach-66-overleden.html (Dutch)
- Paul Reeves, 78, New Zealand Anglican archbishop, Primate (1980 1985), Governor-General (1985 1990), cancer. http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/5441812/Sir-Paul-Reeves-dies-aged-78
- Friedrich Schoenfelder, 94, German actor. http://www.bild.de/home/telegramm/home-telegramm/telegramm-15478948,textId=19408150,tabindex=0.bild.html (German)
- Shawn Tompkins, 37, Canadian kickboxer and mixed martial artist, suspected heart attack. http://www.usatoday.com/sports/mma/post/2011/08/report-mma-trainer-tompkins-died-of-heart-attack/415423/1
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- Nenad Bijedi , 51, Bosnian football manager, cancer. http://www.ntvspor.net/haber/spor-toto-super-lig/46029/nejat-biyedici-kaybettik (Turkish)
- Pap Dean, 95, American political cartoonist. http://www.comicsreporter.com/index.php/preston_allen_dean_jr_1915_2011/
- Colin Harvey, 50, British science fiction writer and editor, stroke. http://angryrobotbooks.com/2011/08/colin-harvey-rip/
- Michael Legat, 88, British author and publisher. http://announcements.thetimes.co.uk/obituaries/timesonline-uk/obituary.aspx?page=lifestory&pid=153254956
- Peter Mair, 60, Irish political scientist. http://notices.irishtimes.com/11028925
- Solomon Mujuru, 62, Zimbabwean military officer and politician, injuries from a fire. http://mg.co.za/article/2011-08-16-zimbabwes-general-solomon-mujuru-dies-in-fire
- Hugo Peri , 67, Argentine politician, MP (since 2003), Montoneros militant, lung disease. http://www.pagina12.com.ar/diario/ultimas/20-174543-2011-08-15.html (Spanish)
- Sif Ruud, 95, Swedish actress. http://www.svd.se/kultur/sif-ruud-avliden_6392725.svd (Swedish)
- Rick Rypien, 27, Canadian ice hockey player (Vancouver Canucks), suicide. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/hockey/hundreds-attend-funeral-for-nhler-rick-rypien/article2136233/
- T ru Sh riki, 92, Japanese baseball team owner (Tokyo Giants), sepsis. http://www.sponichi.co.jp/baseball/news/2011/08/15/kiji/K20110815001418090.html (Japanese)
- Betty Thatcher, 67, British lyricist (Renaissance), cancer. http://renaissancetouring.com/2011/08/betty-thatcher/
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- Andrej Bajuk, 67, Slovenian politician and economist, Prime Minister (2000), stroke. http://www.sta.si/en/vest.php?s=a&id=1665828
- Mihri Belli, 96, Turkish politician and writer, respiratory failure. http://www.bianet.org/bianet/siyaset/132155-mihri-belli-aramizdan-ayrildi (Turkish)
- Creed Black, 86, American newspaper publisher (Lexington Herald-Leader). http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/18/business/media/creed-c-black-newspaper-executive-dies-at-86.html?ref=obituaries
- Huw Ceredig, 69, Welsh actor. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-14548635
- Albert Facchiano, 101, American mobster. http://www.tributes.com/show/92209944
- Akiko Futaba, 96, Japanese ry k ka singer. http://www.sanspo.com/geino/news/110817/gnj1108170502005-n1.htm (Japanese)
- Frank Munro, 63, Scottish footballer (Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.), heart attack. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/scotland/14559724.stm
- Pete Pihos, 87, American Hall of Fame football player (Philadelphia Eagles), Alzheimer's disease. http://content.usatoday.com/communities/thehuddle/post/2011/08/hall-of-fame-wr-pete-pihos-passes-away/1
- Ramesh Saxena, 66, Indian cricketer, brain haemorrhage. http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/story/527816.html
- Bernard William Schmitt, 82, American Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Wheeling-Charleston (1989 2004). http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bschmitt.html
- Aud Talle, 65, Norwegian social anthropologist. http://www.nai.uu.se/press/articles/2011/08/18/151328/index.xml
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- Augustus Aikhomu, 72, Nigerian admiral and politician, Vice President (1986 1993). http://www.thenationonlineng.net/2011/index.php/news/16522-life-and-times-of-an-admiral.html
- Vasyl Dzharty, 53, Ukrainian politician, Prime Minister of Crimea (since 2010), cancer. http://www.kyivpost.com/news/nation/detail/110989/
- Gualtiero Jacopetti, 91, Italian documentary film director. http://affaritaliani.libero.it/culturaspettacoli/addio_al_regista_gualtiero_jacopetti.html (Italian)
- Michel Mohrt, 97, French writer, member of the Acad mie fran aise (since 1985). http://www.lefigaro.fr/flash-actu/2011/08/17/97001-20110817FILWWW00357-info-le-figaro-deces-du-romancier-michel-mohrt.php (French)
- Pierre Quinon, 49, French pole vaulter and Olympic champion, suicide. http://www.ndtv.com/article/sports/former-olympic-champion-pierre-quinon-commits-suicide-177229
- William Robinson, 72, New Zealand scientist. http://www.royalsociety.org.nz/2011/08/18/tribute-to-dr-bill-robinson/
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- Samir Chanda, 51, Indian art film director, cardiac arrest. http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/hindi/article/69926.html
- Peter George Davis, 87, Royal Marine officer, http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/military-obituaries/special-forces-obituaries/8736012/Lieutenant-Colonel-Pug-Davis.html
- Simon De Jong, 69, Canadian politician, MP for Regina East (1979 1988) and Regina Qu'Appelle (1988 1997), leukemia. http://www.leaderpost.com/technology/story.html?id=5290783
- Bill Gray, 88, American football player (Washington Redskins). http://obits.oregonlive.com/obituaries/oregon/obituary.aspx?n=william-robertson-gray&pid=153270485
- Johnson, 58, Indian film music composer, cardiac arrest. http://expressbuzz.com/entertainment/malayalam/music-maestro-johnson-no-more/305552.html
- Paul Lockyer, 61, Australian journalist, helicopter crash. http://blogs.theaustralian.news.com.au/tvinsider/index.php/theaustralian/comments/three_abc_staff_mourned
- Herb Pfuhl, 83, American politician, longest-serving Mayor of Johnstown, Pennsylvania (1971 1977, 1982 1993). http://tribune-democrat.com/local/x2080078605/Former-mayor-Pfuhl-dies
- Maurice M. Rapport, 91, American neuroscience biochemist. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/03/health/03rapport.html
- Scotty Robertson, 81, American basketball coach (New Orleans Jazz, Chicago Bulls, Detroit Pistons), cancer. http://www.usatoday.com/sports/basketball/2011-08-18-scotty-robertson-obit-jazz-bulls-lousiana-tech-pistons_n.htm
- Jerome J. Shestack, 88, American human rights activist and attorney, President of American Bar Association (1997 1998). http://www.humanrightsfirst.org/2011/08/19/statement-of-elisa-massimino-celebrating-the-life-of-human-rights-first-co-founder-jerry-shestack/
- Jean Tabary, 81, French comic strip artist. http://www.leparisien.fr/loisirs-et-spectacles/jean-tabary-le-dessinateur-d-iznogoud-est-mort-19-08-2011-1571626.php (French)
- Norm Willey, 83, American football player (Philadelphia Eagles). http://www.goerie.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20110820/APS/1108200709
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- John Abley, 81, Australian football player, cardiac arrest. http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport/afl/magpies-mourn-defensive-ace-abley/story-e6frenfc-1226118066932
- Merv Brooks, 92, Australian footballer. http://www.afl.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/208/newsid/122552/default.aspx
- Gil Courtemanche, 68, Canadian journalist and novelist (Un dimanche la piscine Kigali), cancer. http://www.radio-canada.ca/nouvelles/arts_et_spectacles/2011/08/19/002-deces-gil-courtemanche.shtml (French)
- Gun H gglund, 79, Swedish television personality, world's first female television news presenter, after short illness. http://www.dn.se/kultur-noje/tv-profilen-gun-hagglund-ar-dod (Swedish)
- Kerima Polotan Tuvera, 85, Filipino author and journalist. http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=718963&publicationSubCategoryId=63
- Brian Pope, 100, English rugby union player. http://www.espnscrum.com/england/rugby/story/146812.html
- Ra l Ruiz, 70, Chilean film director (Three Lives and Only One Death, Time Regained), pulmonary infection. http://www.avclub.com/articles/rip-raoul-ruiz-prolific-and-enigmatic-director,60665/
- Jimmy Sangster, 83, British director and screenwriter (Hammer Films). http://www.britmovie.co.uk/2011/08/19/jimmy-sangster-hammer-writer-and-director-dies-at-83/
- Vilem Sokol, 96, American conductor and music professor, cancer. http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2015969279_sokolobit21m.html
- Yevhen Yevseyev, 24, Ukrainian footballer, car accident. http://un.ua/eng/article/345771.html
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- George C. Axtell, 90, American military officer, United States Marine Corps lieutenant-general. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=75239849
- Reza Badiyi, 81, Iranian-born American television director (Mission: Impossible, The Six Million Dollar Man). http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-reza-badiyi-20110822,0,7589597.story
- Ross Barbour, 82, American singer, last founding member of The Four Freshmen, lung cancer. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/24/arts/music/ross-barbour-a-founding-freshman-dies-at-82.html
- Fred Fay, 66, American leader in the disability rights movement. http://articles.latimes.com/2011/sep/04/local/la-me-frederick-fay-20110904
- Charles S. Gubser, 95, American politician, U.S. Representative from California (1953 1974). http://www.habingfamily.com/fh/obituaries/obituary.cfm?o_id=1247976&fh_id=10480
- Rafael Halperin, 87, Israeli businessman and professional wrestler. http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4111460,00.html
- Patricia Hardy, 79, American actress, colon cancer. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/actress-patricia-hardy-dies-at-229496
- Angelo Maria Rivato, 86, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Ponta de Pedras (1967 2002).http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/brivato.html
- Ram Sharan Sharma, 91, Indian historian. http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-08-21/india/29911647_1_rs-sharma-delhi-university-history-professor
- Vernon Stratton, 83, British Olympic sailor. http://www.sail-world.com/Canada/Remembering-past-Olympian-Vernon-Stratton/87633
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- Dame Christine Cole Catley, 88, New Zealand journalist, publisher and author, lung cancer. http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/5481400/Acclaimed-journalist-dies)
- Sir Donald Farquharson, 83, British jurist. http://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/deaths/137548/farquharson
- Brian Harrison, 89, Australian-born British politician and businessman, MP for Maldon (1955 1974). http://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/deaths/137563/harrison
- Budd Hopkins, 80, American artist and UFO researcher, liver cancer. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/25/arts/design/budd-hopkins-abstract-artist-and-ufo-author-dies-at-80.html
- John R. Hubbard, 92, American diplomat, President of University of Southern California (1970 1980), United States Ambassador to India (1988 1989). http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/john-hubbard-us-ambassador-and-usc-president-dies/2011/08/23/gIQAU12QcJ_story.html
- John J. Kelley, 80, American Olympic long-distance runner, winner of the 1957 Boston Marathon. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/22/sports/john-j-kelley-marathon-champion-dies-at-80.html
- Ezra Sued, 88, Argentine footballer (Racing Club de Avellaneda), infection. http://www.clarin.com/deportes/Murio-gloria-Racing-Ezra-Sued_0_540546014.html (Spanish)
- Muga Takewaki, 67, Japanese actor, cerebrovascular disease. http://mdn.mainichi.jp/arts/news/20110822p2g00m0et107000c.html (Japanese)
- Edith Tiempo, 92, Filipino author, National Artist of the Philippines, heart attack. http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/45431/nat%E2%80%99l-artist-for-literature-edith-tiempo-passes-away
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- Atiyah Abd al-Rahman, 40, Libyan-born Afghan Al-Qaeda leader. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/aug/27/al-qaida-two-killed-pakistan
- Abdul Aziz Abdul Ghani, 72, Yemeni politician, Prime Minister (1994 1997). http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/08/22/yemen-death-idUSL5E7JM1RX20110822
- Ray Abruzzese, 73, American football player (Buffalo Bills, New York Jets). http://www.meaningfulfunerals.net/fh/obituaries/obituary.cfm?o_id=1242793&fh_id=13599
- Nickolas Ashford, 70, American R&B singer (Ashford & Simpson) and songwriter ("Ain't No Mountain High Enough"), throat cancer. http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-nick-ashford-20110824,0,1896038.story
- Vicco von B low, 87, German cartoonist and actor. http://www.diogenes.ch/leser/aktuell/news/709 (German)
- John Howard Davies, 72, English television producer and director (Fawlty Towers, The Good Life), former child actor (Oliver Twist), cancer. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/tv-radio-obituaries/8718897/John-Howard-Davies.html
- Kamal el-Shennawi, 89, Egyptian actor. http://egyptianchronicles.blogspot.com/2011/08/rip-kamal-shennawi-1921-2011.html
- Jesper Klein, 66, Danish actor, liver cancer. http://www.b.dk/nationalt/jesper-klein-er-doed (Danish)
- Jack Layton, 61, Canadian politician, Leader of the Official Opposition (2011) and New Democratic Party (2003 2011), cancer. http://www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/Canada/20110822/ndp-leader-jacklayton-obit/
- Jerry Leiber, 78, American songwriter ("Stand By Me", "Hound Dog", "Jailhouse Rock"), cardiopulmonary failure. http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/source-songwriter-jerry-leiber-dies-at-78-20110822
- Samuel Menashe, 85, American poet, natural causes. http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/jacketcopy/2011/08/samuel-menashe.html
- arko Nikoli , 74, Serbian footballer. http://sport.blic.rs/Fudbal/Domaci-fudbal/201989/Preminuo-kapiten-Vosine-sampionske-generacije-Zarko-Nikolic (Serbian)
- Casey Ribicoff, 88, American socialite and philanthropist, lung cancer. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/26/nyregion/casey-ribicoff-widow-of-senator-dies-at-88.html
- Michael Showers, 45, American actor (Treme, Breaking Bad, The Vampire Diaries), drowned. http://www.avclub.com/articles/treme-actor-found-dead-in-the-mississippi-river,60928/
- Thomas Syme, 83, British Olympic ice hockey player. http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/latimes/obituary.aspx?n=thomas-w-syme&pid=153274018
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- Paul Francis Duffy, 79, American-born Zambian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Mongu (1997 2011).http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bduffp.html
- Clare Hodges, 54, British campaigner for the medical use of cannabis, multiple sclerosis. http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2011/sep/20/elizabeth-brice-obituary
- Sybil Jason, 83, American child actress. http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/sybil-jason-child-star-and-screen-rival-to-shirley-temple-dies-at-83/2011/08/26/gIQAJBw7gJ_story.html
- David Lunn-Rockliffe, 86, British businessman co-founder of the River and Rowing Museum, heart failure. http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2011/oct/03/david-lunn-rockliffe
- Frank Potenza, 77, American police officer and actor (Jimmy Kimmel Live!), cancer. http://articles.nydailynews.com/2011-08-23/entertainment/29939634_1_abc-s-jimmy-kimmel-live-frank-sinatra-nephew
- Hasballah M. Saad, 63, Indonesian politician, Human Rights Minister (1999 2000). http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/politics/former-human-rights-minister-dies-at-63/461035
- Peter Terpeluk, Jr., 63, American diplomat, Ambassador to Luxembourg (2002 2005), heart attack. http://www.philly.com/philly/obituaries/128369148.html
- June Wayne, 93, American artist and print maker. http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-june-wayne-20110825,0,1934004,full.story
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- Frank DiLeo, 63, American music industry executive and actor (Goodfellas, Wayne's World), heart complications. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/25/arts/music/frank-dileo-michael-jacksons-manager-dies-at-63.html
- Esther Gordy Edwards, 91, American Motown executive, creator of Hitsville U.S.A.. http://www.detnews.com/article/20110825/OBITUARIES/108250447/Motown-leader--museum-founder-Esther-Gordy-Edwards-dies-at-91
- Seyhan Er z elik, 49, Turkish poet. http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2011/08/seyhan-erozcelik-1962-2011/
- Mike Flanagan, 59, American baseball player (Baltimore Orioles, Toronto Blue Jays), suicide by gunshot. http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20110824&content_id=23719698&vkey=news_bal&c_id=bal
- Jen Gerbovits, 86, Hungarian politician, minister without portfolio (1990 1991), tractor accident. http://index.hu/belfold/2011/08/24/traktorbalesetben_elhunyt_gerbovits_jeno_volt_tarca_nelkuli_miniszter/ (Hungarian)
- Paul Harney, 82, American golfer. http://www.pgatour.com/2011/r/08/25/harney/index.html
- Jack Hayes, 92, American composer and orchestrator (The Color Purple, The Unsinkable Molly Brown), natural causes. http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118041892?categoryid=13&cs=1&cmpid=RSS|News|FilmNews
- Clemente Isnard, 94, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Nova Friburgo (1960 1992). http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bisnard.html
- George Knight, 90, British footballer. http://www.burnleycitizen.co.uk/news/9242412.Burnley___s_last_pre_war_player_laid_to_rest/
- Joyce McDougall, 91, New Zealand-French psychoanalyst. http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2011/oct/24/joyce-mcdougall-obituary?newsfeed=true
- Graeme Moody, 60, New Zealand sports broadcaster, drowned. http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/5503262/Broadcaster-Graeme-Moody-dies-in-surfing-accident
- Alfons Van Brandt, 84, Belgian footballer. http://www.sporza.be/permalink/1.1095344 (Dutch)
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- A. A. Birch, Jr., 78, American lawyer and judge, Chief Justice of the Tennessee Supreme Court. http://www.tntribune.com/?p=131
- Donna Christanello, 69, American professional wrestler, heart attack. http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/2011/08/29/18613276.html
- Jyles Coggins, 90, American politician, Mayor of Raleigh, North Carolina (1975 1977). http://www.newsobserver.com/2011/08/27/1439507/former-raleigh-mayor-coggins-dies.html
- Lazar Mojsov, 90, Macedonian politician, President of the Presidency of Yugoslavia (1987 1988). http://www.novosti.rs/vesti/naslovna/aktuelno.69.html:342801-Sahranjen-Lazar-Mojsov (Serbian)
- Eugene Nida, 96, American linguist and bible translator. http://www.unitedbiblesocieties.org/news/794-eugene-nida-dies/
- Anne Sharp, 94, Scottish coloratura soprano. http://www.scotsman.com/news/obituaries/obituary_anne_sharp_singer_who_performed_at_covent_garden_and_had_parts_created_for_her_by_benjamin_britten_1_1999393
- Ruth Thomas, 84, British writer. http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2011/sep/23/ruth-thomas
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- Aloysius Ambrozic, 81, Slovenian-born Canadian Roman Catholic cardinal, Archbishop of Toronto (1990 2006). http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/story/2011/08/26/toronto-cardinal-ambrozic-dead.html
- George Band, 82, British mountaineer. http://www.thebmc.co.uk/News.aspx?id=4433
- Patrick C. Fischer, 75, American computer scientist and Unabomber target. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/31/us/31fischer.html
- Susan Fromberg Schaeffer, 71, American novelist and educator, complications of a stroke. http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-susan-fromberg-schaeffer-20110901,0,7258527.story
- John McAleese, 61, British SAS soldier involved in the Iranian Embassy Siege. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/military-obituaries/special-forces-obituaries/8728502/John-McAleese.html
- Elvis Reifer, 50, Barbadian cricketer. http://www.nationnews.com/articles/view/elvis-reifer-dies-at-50/
- Donn A. Starry, 86, American army officer, Commanding General, TRADOC (1977 1981). http://www.cantonrep.com/newsnow/x1252551467/Four-star-Gen-Donn-A-Starry-dies
- B. Jeff Stone, 75, American rockabilly singer-songwriter. http://satellite.tmcnet.com/news/2011/08/28/5735976.htm
- Nadine Winter, 87, American politician, member of the Council of the District of Columbia (1975 1991). http://www.afro.com/sections/news/Washington/story.htm?storyid=72287
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- Heribert Barrera i Costa, 94, Spanish politician, President of the Parliament of Catalonia (1980 1984). http://www.diariovasco.com/v/20110828/politica/lider-heribert-barrera-fallece-20110828.html (Spanish)
- Eve Brent, 82, American actress (The Green Mile). http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/eve-brent-prolific-character-actress-230856
- Frank Fanovich, 88, American baseball player (Cincinnati Reds, Philadelphia Athletics). http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/news-journalonline/obituary.aspx?n=frank-j-fanovich&pid=153304846&fhid=3797
- Lykourgos Kallergis, 97, Greek actor, director and politician. http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w_articles_wsite4_1_27/08/2011_403722
- Stetson Kennedy, 94, American folklorist and civil rights activist. http://www.gainesville.com/article/20110827/ARTICLES/110829587/1182?Title=Florida-author-known-for-infiltrating-Klan-dies
- Kim Tai Chung, 68, Korean actor and martial artist, internal stomach bleeding. http://www.cityonfire.com/kim-tai-chung-1943-2011-dead-died-death-jung/
- Nico Minardos, 81, Greek actor (Istanbul, Twelve Hours to Kill, The Twilight Zone), natural causes. http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118043262
- Daniel Morcombe, 13, Australian schoolboy, missing since 2003. http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/queensland/police-confirm-remains-were-daniel-morcombes-20110828-1jg65.html (death confirmed on this date)
- John Parke, 74, Northern Irish footballer (Linfield, Hibernian, Sunderland, Northern Ireland), Alzheimer's disease. http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/sport/football/local/tributes-paid-to-windsor-legend-john-parke-16042292.html
- Iya Savvina, 75, Russian actress, People's Artist of the USSR. http://kommersant.ru/doc/1760190 (Russian)
- N. F. Simpson, 92, British dramatist. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/theatre-obituaries/8731685/NF-Simpson.html
- Keith Tantlinger, 92, American mechanical engineer and inventor. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/07/business/keith-tantlinger-builder-of-cargo-container-dies-at-92.html
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- Billy Drake, 93, British fighter pilot. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/military-obituaries/air-force-obituaries/8729626/Group-Captain-Billy-Drake.html
- Bernie Gallacher, 44, British footballer (Aston Villa). http://www.avfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10265~2435896,00.html
- Bruno Gamberini, 61, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Campinas (since 2004). http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bgambe.html
- Len Ganley, 68, Northern Irish snooker referee. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/snooker/14704328.stm
- George Green, 59, American songwriter ("Hurts So Good", "Crumblin' Down"), lung cancer. http://www.newswest9.com/story/15367047/mellencamp-songwriter-george-green-dies-at-59
- Leonard Harris, 81, American actor, arts and theater critic (WCBS-TV), complications of pneumonia. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/31/arts/television/leonard-harris-tv-critic-with-star-turn-dies-at-81.html
- Leonidas Kyrkos, 87, Greek politician, after short illness. http://news.in.gr/greece/article/?aid=1231125474 (Greek)
- Dmitri Royster, 87, American hierarch (Orthodox Church in America), Archbishop of the Diocese of the South (1978 2009). http://oca.org/news/headline-news/the-repose-of-his-eminence-archbishop-dmitri
- Tony Sale, 80, British computer scientist. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-14720180
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- Ayala Zacks Abramov, 99, Israeli art patron. http://www.jpost.com/NationalNews/Article.aspx?id=236084
- John Bancroft, 82, British architect. http://m.bdonline.co.uk/news/john-bancroft-(1928-2011)/5024108.article
- David "Honeyboy" Edwards, 96, American blues guitarist and singer, heart failure. http://www.suntimes.com/entertainment/music/7352665-421/chicago-blues-great-honeyboy-edwards-dies-at-95.html
- Khamis Gaddafi, 28, Libyan seventh son of Muammar Gaddafi, commander of the Khamis Brigade, airstrike. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thURLSzjiIE (Arabic)
- R. B. McDowell, 97, Irish historian. http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2011/0831/1224303237246.html
- Mark Ovendale, 37, English footballer (Luton Town, Bournemouth), cancer. http://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/sport/9221636.Cherries__Ovendale_loses_cancer_battle/
- David P. Reynolds, 96, American businessman and Thoroughbred racehorse breeder. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/01/business/david-reynolds-leader-of-metals-company-dies-at-96.html
- Abdullah Senussi, 61/62, Libyan brother-in-law of Muammar Gaddafi, airstrike. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thURLSzjiIE (Arabic)
- Junpei Takiguchi, 80, Japanese voice actor and narrator (Dragon Ball, Yatterman, Mazinger Z), stomach cancer. http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-08-29/voice-actor/narrator-junpei-takiguchi-passes-away
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- Alla Bayanova, 97, Russian singer, People's Artist of Russia, cancer. http://www.izvestia.ru/news/498946 (Russian)
- Faye Blackstone, 96, American rodeo star, cancer. http://www.bradenton.com/2011/08/31/3456822/cowgirl-hall-of-famer-faye-blackstone.html
- Revo J gisalu, 35, Estonian rapper, skin cancer. http://www.epl.ee/news/kultuur/suri-toe-tagi-rappar-revo-jogisalu.d?id=56804872 (Estonian)
- Peggy Lloyd, 98, American stage actress. http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118041995?refCatId=15
- Wambui Otieno, 75, Kenyan politician. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/oct/18/wambui-otieno-obituary
- Cactus Pryor, 88, American broadcaster, Alzheimer's disease. http://www.austin360.com/television/cactus-pryor-austins-original-funnyman-dies-at-88-1807004.html
- Lou Zaeske, 69, American founder of English-only movement, advocate for Czech ethnic causes. http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/theeagle/obituary.aspx?n=Louis-Zaeske&pid=153387503
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- Paul Abisheganaden, 97, Singaporean music conductor and Cultural Medallion recipient. http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_708337.html
- Wade Belak, 35, Canadian ice hockey player (Toronto Maple Leafs, Nashville Predators), suicide. http://www.torontosun.com/2011/08/31/ex-leafs-enforcer-belak-found-dead
- Cal Christensen, 84, American basketball player (Milwaukee Hawks, Rochester Royals), heart failure. http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/toledoblade/obituary.aspx?n=Calvin-Christensen&pid=153496982
- Denis Collins, 58, Australian football player, heart attack. http://www.carltonfc.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/4311/newsid/122418/default.aspx
- Abderrahmane Mahjoub, 82, Moroccan-born French footballer. http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/clubfootball/news/newsid=1502674.html
- Robert Muir, 91, Canadian politician, MP and Senator. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/story/2011/08/31/ns-bob-muir-obit.html
- Dave Petrie, 64, Scottish politician, Member of the Scottish Parliament for Highlands and Islands (2006 2007). http://news.scotsman.com/scotland/Shock-at-death-of-39fighting.6830281.jp
- Valery Rozhdestvensky, 72, Soviet cosmonaut. http://www.polit.ru/news/2011/09/02/space_vr/ (Russian)
- Betty Skelton Erde, 85, American aerobatics pilot and Women Airforce Service Pilots veteran. http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/betty-skelton-fastest-woman-on-earth-dies-at-85/2011/09/03/gIQAyv83zJ_story.html
- Jack Stephens, 78, American basketball player (St. Louis Hawks). http://www.wndu.com/sports/headlines/Former_ND_basketball_All-American_Junior_Stephens_dies_129162668.html
- Radoslav Stojanovi , 81, Serbian politician and law expert (University of Belgrade), co-founder of the Democratic Party. http://www.blic.rs/Vesti/Politika/274425/Preminuo-profesor-Radoslav-Stojanovic-jedan-od-osnivaca-DS (Serbian)
- Peter Twiss, 90, British test pilot. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-14756742
- Rosel Zech, 69, German actress (Veronika Voss, Aim e & Jaguar), cancer. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/veronica-voss-actress-rosel-zech-230235
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