08 January 2011

Final Exits, 1-7 January 2011

Obituaries for 1-7 January 2011
Gerry Rafferty performing in the National Stadium on 6 September 1980. (Photographer: Eddie Mallin.)

1
* Nikolay Abramov, 26, Russian footballer. (Russian)
* Sir Robin Carnegie, 84, British general.
* Marin Constantin, 85, Romanian musician, conductor and composer. (Romanian)
* Charles Fambrough, 60, American jazz musician and composer.
* Gil Garfield, 77, American songwriter and musician (The Cheers), cancer.
* David Gurland, 43, American cabaret singer, brain hemorrhage.
* Bruce Halliday, 84, Canadian physician and politician, MP for Oxford (1974–1993).
* Gerd Michael Henneberg, 88, German actor. (German)
* Flemming Jørgensen, 63, Danish actor and musician (Bamses Venner), heart attack. (Danish)
* Verne Langdon, 69, American musician, record producer and make-up artist.
* John Olguin, 89, American-born Mexican museum director.
* Billy Joe Patton, 88, American golfer.
* Albert Raisner, 88, French television presenter and harmonica player. (French)
* Pradeep Vijayakar, 59, Indian sports journalist (The Times of India), cancer.
* Faizal Yusof, 32, Malaysian actor, heart attack.

2
* Anna Anni, 84, Italian costume designer (Otello).
* Jan van Beek, 85, Dutch journalist. (Dutch)
* Kate Ebli, 52, American politician, member of the Michigan House of Representatives (2006–2010).
* Anne Francis, 80, American actress (Honey West, Forbidden Planet, The Twilight Zone), pancreatic cancer.
* Hanna Kraan, 64, Dutch children's author. (Dutch)
* Émile Masson Jr., 95, Belgian cyclist, winner of Paris–Roubaix and La Flèche Wallonne classic cycle races.
* John Osborne, 74, Montserratian politician, Chief Minister (1978–1991; 2001–2006), after long illness.
* Pete Postlethwaite, 64, British actor (In the Name of the Father, The Lost World: Jurassic Park, The Usual Suspects), cancer.
* William R. Ratchford, 76, American politician, Congressman from Connecticut (1979–1985), complications from Parkinson's disease.
* Eliseu Resende, 81, Brazilian senator, intestinal cancer. (Portuguese).
* Miriam Seegar, 103, American silent film actress and interior designer.
* Patricia Smith, 80, American actress (The Spirit of St. Louis, The Bob Newhart Show, The Debbie Reynolds Show), heart failure.
* Letícia Ferreira de Souza, 110, Brazilian supercentenarian. (Portuguese).
* Margot Stevenson, 98, American stage and radio actress (The Shadow).
* Szeto Wah, 79, Hong Kong political activist, lung cancer.
* Robert Trumble, 91, Australian writer and musician.

3
* Ronald Colapinto, 79, Canadian surgeon, liver cancer.
* Jonas Falk, 66, Swedish character actor. (Swedish)
* Geraldo Flach, 65, Brazilian musician and composer, cancer. (Portuguese)
* Fadil Hadžić, 88, Croatian filmmaker, screenwriter, playwright and journalist. (Croatian)
* Jill Haworth, 65, English actress (Exodus, In Harm's Way, Cabaret, The Outer Limits), natural causes.
* Zbigniew Jaremski, 61, Polish Olympic silver medal-winning (1976) athlete. (Polish)
* Raj Kishore Kesari, 51, Indian politician, member of the Bihar Vidhan Sabha, stabbed.
* Suchitra Mitra, 86, Indian singer, cardiac arrest.
* Alfred Proksch, 102, Austrian athlete and graphic designer. (German)
* Yosef Shiloach, 69, Israeli actor.
* Paul Soldner, 89, American ceramicist.
* Stanley Tolliver, 85, American attorney and civil rights advocate.
* Nakamura Tomijyuro V, 81, Japanese Kabuki actor. (Japanese)

4
* Hélio Ary, 80, Brazilian actor, Alzheimer's disease. (Portuguese)
* Grady Chapman, 81, American doo-wop singer (The Robins), heart failure.
* Chrysanth, 73, Russian Orthodox Metropolitan of Vyatka-Slobodskoy. (Russian)
* Hadayatullah Hübsch, 64, German journalist. (German)
* Jeff Jacobs, 41, American trumpeter and keyboardist, cancer.
* Mick Karn, 52, Cypriot-born British musician (Japan), cancer.
* Dick King-Smith, 88, British author (The Sheep-Pig, The Water Horse).
* Gustavo Kupinski, 36, Argentine guitarist (Los Piojos), car crash. (Spanish)
* Coen Moulijn, 73, Dutch footballer. (Dutch)
* Ali-Reza Pahlavi, 44, Iranian royal, son of Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, suicide by gunshot.
* Gerry Rafferty, 63, Scottish singer-songwriter (Stealers Wheel), liver failure.
* Eva Strittmatter, 80, German author and poet. (German)
* Salmaan Taseer, 66, Pakistani politician, Governor of Punjab (since 2008), shot.
* Grete Helene Wiseth, 25, Norwegian handball player, car accident. (Norwegian)
* Ahmed Yamani, 86, Palestinian leader, founder of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, stroke.

5
* Nikos Dokas, 76, Greek journalist (Eleftherotypia). (Greek)
* David Hart, 66, British political activist, author and playwright, motor neurone disease.
* Oleksandr Korobchynskyi, 41, Ukrainian politican, Leader of Party of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs of Ukraine, shot. (Polish)
* Lily Marinho, 89, Brazilian television executive (Rede Globo) and UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador, respiratory failure. (Portuguese)
* Malangatana Ngwenya, 74, Mozambican poet and painter, after long illness.
* Agustin Perdices, 76, Filipino politician, Governor of Negros Oriental (since 2010), stomach cancer.
* Assar Rönnlund, 75, Swedish cross-country skier, world and Olympic champion. (Swedish)
* Brian Rust, 88, British jazz discographer and music journalist. (German)
* David G. Trager, 73, American federal judge, pancreatic cancer.
* Keijiro Yamashita, 71, Japanese rockabilly singer. (Japanese)

6
* Ryne Duren, 81, American baseball player (Angels, Phillies, Yankees).
* Gad Granach, 95, German memoirist, son of Alexander Granach.
* Aron Kincaid, 70, American actor (The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini) and voice actor (Batman, The Transformers), heart failure.
* Gary Mason, 48, British boxer, cycling collision.
* Uche Okafor, 43, Nigerian footballer, apparent suicide.
* Jaime Humberto Sánchez Vásquez, Colombian politician, Mayor of Santo Domingo, Antioquia (since 2008), shot. (Spanish)
* Pyotr Sumin, 64, Russian politician, Governor of Chelyabinsk Oblast (1996–2010). (Russian)
* Donald J. Tyson, 80, American businessman, Chairman of Tyson Foods (1967–2001), cancer.
* Vang Pao, 81, Lao Hmong community leader, Major General of Royal Lao Army, Commander of the Secret Army, pneumonia.
* Richard Wiedamann, 78, German musician and composer. (German)

7
* Carlos Castro, 65, Portuguese journalist, bludgeoned.
* Tom Cavanagh, 28, American ice hockey player (San Jose Sharks).
* Bill Johnson, 84, American football player (San Francisco 49ers) and coach (Cincinnati Bengals).
* Phil Kennemore, 57, American bassist (Y&T), lung cancer.
* Krzysztof Kolberger, 60, Polish actor, cancer. (Polish)
* Włodzimierz Ławniczak, 51, Polish journalist, Chairman of Telewizja Polska, after long illness. (Polish)
* Geoff Raymond, Australian newsreader, after sudden illness.
* Hélio Saboya, 80, Brazilian lawyer and jurist, lung cancer. (Portuguese)
* Simona Senoner, 17, Italian ski jumper. (Polish)
* Saúl Vara Rivera, Mexican politician, Mayor of Zaragoza, Coahuila (since 2009), shot. (Spanish) (body found on this date)

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