16 February 2011

Final Exits, 8-14 February 2011

Betty Garrett as seen in the trailer for the film Take Me Out to the Ball Game, 1949.
Obituaries for 8-14 February 2011

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* Roza Baglanova, 89, Kazakh singer, People's Artist of the USSR. (Russian)
* Luiz Bueno, 74, Brazilian race car driver, cancer. (Portuguese)
* Cliff Dapper, 91, American baseball player (Brooklyn Dodgers).
* Fred Kirby, 91, American executive (Alleghany Corporation).
* Bradley C. Livezey, 56, American ornithologist, car accident.
* Tony Malinosky, 101, American baseball player (Brooklyn Dodgers).
* Marie-Rose Morel, 38, Belgian politician, cancer. (Dutch)
* Jacobo Morett Estévez, 76, Mexican journalist, radio commentator and writer, cardiac arrest. (Spanish)
* Charles O. Perry, 81, American sculptor, stomach cancer.
* Jorma Ojaharju, 72, Finnish author. (Finnish)
* Jack Popejoy, 63, American news anchor, cancer.
* Angelo Reyes, 65, Filipino general and politician, suicide by gunshot.
* Cesare Rubini, 87, Italian basketball player and coach, water polo player. (German)
* Donald S. Sanford, 92, American film and television writer (Midway).
* Marvin Sease, 64, American blues singer, pneumonia.

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* Miltiadis Evert, 71, Greek politician and minister, Mayor of Athens (1987–1989), after long illness. (Greek)
* Joseph Hamernick, 82, American Jesuit and academic, professor of communications (University of Scranton).
* Leroy Rountree Hassell, Sr., 55, American jurist, Chief Justice of the Virginia Supreme Court (2003–2011).
* David Sánchez Juliao, 65, Colombian author. (Spanish)
* Jimmy Lemi Milla, 62, Southern Sudanese politician, shot.
* Salvador Ojeda, 80, Mexican musician. (Spanish)
* Alicia Pietri de Caldera, 87, Venezuelan First Lady (1969–1974; 1994–1999), widow of President Rafael Caldera.

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* Trevor Bailey, 87, English Test cricketer and BBC radio broadcaster (Test Match Special), house fire.
* Emory Bellard, 83, American football coach, creator of wishbone offense.
* Doug Davis, 66, American football player (Minnesota Vikings).
* Saad El Shazly, 88, Egyptian military leader.
* Joshua Goldberg, 43, American website editor, son of Lucianne Goldberg and brother of Jonah Goldberg, injuries sustained in a fall.
* Michael Harsegor, 86, Israeli historian.
* Bill Justice, 97, American animator, natural causes.
* Blanche Honegger Moyse, 101, American conductor.
* Jon Petrovich, 63, American journalist, executive at CNN, cancer.
* Józef Życiński, 62, Polish Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Lublin (since 1997).

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* Bad News Brown, 33, Canadian rapper and harmonica player, beaten and shot.
* Tom Carnegie, 91, American sports announcer (Indianapolis Motor Speedway).
* Bo Carpelan, 84, Finnish poet and author.
* Joe R. Greenhill, 96, American attorney, Chief Justice of the Texas Supreme Court (1972–1982).
* Gerry Huth, 77, American football player (Giants, Eagles, Vikings).
* Earle Morris, Jr., 82, American politician, Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina (1971–1975).
* Shōichirō Ōkubo, 63, Japanese anime screenwriter (Mermaid Forest, Lupin III), stroke.
* Josef Pirrung, 61, German footballer, cancer. (German)
* Chuck Tanner, 82, American baseball manager (Athletics, Braves, Pirates, White Sox) and player (Braves, Dodgers), after long illness.
* Werner Uhlmann, 82, German mathematician, co-founder of statistical quality control. (German)

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* Peter Alexander, 84, Austrian actor and singer. (German)
* Kevin Barry, Sr., 74, New Zealand boxing coach, after long illness.
* Gino Cimoli, 81, American baseball player (Brooklyn Dodgers, Pittsburgh Pirates).
* Mato Damjanović, 83, Croatian chess grandmaster. (Croatian)
* Betty Garrett, 91, American actress (On the Town, All in the Family, Laverne & Shirley), aortic aneurysm.
* Fedor den Hertog, 64, Dutch cyclist and Olympic medallist, prostate cancer.
* Masahiro Katayama, 56, Japanese animator and art professor, pneumonia.
* Ntinos Kosmopoulos, 83, Greek politician, Mayor of Thessaloniki (1989–1999), cardiac arrest. (Greek)
* Kenneth Mars, 74, American actor (Young Frankenstein, Malcolm in the Middle), pancreatic cancer.
* John Monson, 11th Baron Monson, 78, British aristocrat and politician, head injuries following a fall.
* Saleh Abdul Aziz Al Rajhi, 87, Saudi Arabian businessman. (Arabic)
* Jim Reed, 75, Canadian journalist, lung cancer.
* Frank Whitten, 68, New Zealand actor, cancer.
* Zaharuddin Abu Kassim, 63, Malaysian politician, member of the Pahang State Legislative Assembly, heart attack.

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* Arnfinn Bergmann, 82, Norwegian ski jumper and Olympic champion, after a brief illness. (Norwegian)
* Bustanil Arifin, 85, Indonesian politician.
* Manuel Esperón, 99, Mexican composer and actor, respiratory arrest. (Spanish)
* Oakley Hall III, 60, American playwright, heart attack.
* T. P. McKenna, 81, Irish actor (The Avengers, Doctor Who).
* Inese Jaunzeme, 78, Latvian javelin thrower and Olympic gold medalist (1956 Melbourne). (Latvian)

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* David F. Friedman, 87, American film producer (Blood Feast), heart failure.
* Cecil Kaiser, 94, American Negro league baseball player, injuries from a fall.
* Margaret K. McElderry, 98, American children’s book publisher
* Jigme K. Norbu, 45, American activist for Tibet, nephew of the Dalai Lama, traffic collision.
* Peter Pilkington, Baron Pilkington of Oxenford, 77, British academic and life peer, Chairman of the BCC (1992–1996).
* Sir George Shearing, 91, British-born American jazz pianist, heart failure.
* Muhamed Sherri, 62, Albanian stage actor, after long illness. (Albanian)
* Joanne Siegel, 93, American widow of Superman co-creator Jerry Siegel, model for Lois Lane.

1 comment:

  1. From Larry Wolf:

    "I thought Betty Garrett passed away a few years ago."

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