11 March 2011

Final Exits, 1-7 March 2011

 Novelist and screenwriter Al Morgan's The Great Man (1956), performed here by Julie London and José Ferrer.
Obituaries for 1-7 March 2011

1
* Ryan Hawks, 25, American freestyle skier, race crash.
* Leonard Lomell, 91, American World War II highly-decorated veteran, natural causes.
* Mike Lounge, 64, American NASA astronaut (1981–1991), complications from liver cancer.
* Ion Monea, 70, Romanian Olympic silver (1968) and bronze (1960) medal-winning boxer. (Romanian)
* Vjera Žagar Nardelli, 84, Croatian actress. (Croatian)
* Fateh Singh Rathore, 72, Indian wildlife conservationist.
* Blair River, 29, American spokesman (The Heart Attack Grill), pneumonia.
* Hazel Rowley, 59, British-born Australian writer, stroke.

2
* Shahbaz Bhatti, 42, Pakistani politician, Minister for Minorities (since 2008), shot.
* Anthony Walter Dayrell Brooke, 98, British heir to the Sarawakan throne.
* Enrique Curiel, 63, Spanish politician, cancer.
* Bernard Cywinski, 70, American architect (Apple Store), partner and founder of Bohlin Cywinski Jackson, cancer.
* John Haines, 86, American poet.
* Vlassis Kaniaris, 83, Greek visual artist, after long illness. (Greek)
* Erling Kroner, 67, Danish trombonist and bandleader, cancer. (Danish)
* Allan Louisy, 94, Saint Lucian politician and judge, Prime Minister (1979–1981).
* David Lynch, 40, American white supremacist, leader of the American Front, shot.
* Ruby Muhammad, 103, American spiritual figure, lung cancer.
* Art Statuto, 85, American football player (Los Angeles Rams).
* Thor Vilhjálmsson, 85, Icelandic author, natural causes. (Icelandic)
* Walter Zacharius, 87, American publisher (Lancer Books, Kensington Books), cancer.

3
* Raymond Buse, Jr., 85, American distiller, horse breeder, and baseball team owner (Cincinnati Reds, Cincinnati Bengals).
* Aldo Clementi, 85, Italian composer.
* May Cutler, 87, Canadian author and publisher, founder of Tundra Books, first female Mayor of Westmount, Quebec (1987–1991).
* Paquito Diaz, 73, Filipino actor, complications from a stroke.
* James L. Elliot, 67, American astronomer, discovered rings of Uranus.
* Lasse Eriksson, 61, Swedish comedian. (Swedish)
* Goga Kapoor, 70, Indian actor.
* Irena Kwiatkowska, 98, Polish actress.
* Al Morgan, 91, American novelist and television producer (The Today Show), after long illness.
* Venkatraman Radhakrishnan, 81, Indian astrophysicist, cardiac complications.
* Višnja Stahuljak, 85, Croatian writer, after long illness. (Croatian)
* James Travers, 62, Canadian journalist, political correspondent (Toronto Star), editor in chief (Ottawa Citizen, 1991–1996), post-surgery complications.

4
* Krishna Prasad Bhattarai, 86, Nepali Prime Minister (1990–1991, 1999–2000), multiple organ failure.
* Frank Chirkinian, 84, American producer (CBS Sports), lung cancer.
* Vivienne Harris, 89, British businesswoman and newspaper publisher, co-founder of the Jewish Telegraph.
* Charles Jarrott, 83, British film and television director (Anne of the Thousand Days), prostate cancer.
* Ed Manning, 68, American basketball player and coach, heart condition.
* Johnny Preston, 71, American pop singer ("Running Bear"), heart failure.
* Mikhail Simonov, 81, Russian aircraft designer, chief designer of the Sukhoi Design Bureau (1983–2011), after long illness.
* Arjun Singh, 80, Indian politician, Minister of Human Resource Development (2004–2009), heart attack.
* Alenush Terian, 90, Iranian astronomer and physicist.
* Simon van der Meer, 85, Dutch physicist and Nobel laureate. (Dutch)

5
* Alberto Granado, 88, Argentine-born Cuban biochemist and writer, travel companion of Che Guevara (The Motorcycle Diaries).
* Kim Hill, 44, American inspiration for the Ronald McDonald House, brain cancer.
* Oswald Georg Hirmer, 81, German-born South African Roman Catholic missionary, Bishop of Umtata (1997–2008). (German)
* Lina Ron, 51, Venezuelan political leader, President of Popular Unity, heart attack.

6
* Jean Bartel, 87, American actress, Miss America 1943.
* Rostislav Čtvrtlík, 47, Czech stage, television and voice actor, brain tumor. (Czech)
* Mike DeStefano, 44, American comedian (Last Comic Standing), heart attack.
* Herman Ernest, 59, American R&B and funk drummer, cancer.
* Agnes-Marie Grisebach, 97, German writer. (German)
* Oddmund Jensen, 82, Norwegian Olympic cross-country skier. (Norwegian)
* Ján Popluhár, 75, Slovak footballer (1962 FIFA World Cup).
* Frank Ziegler, 87, American football player (Philadelphia Eagles).

7
* Arnie Carruthers, 81, American jazz pianist, bladder cancer.
* Adrián Escudero, 83, Spanish footballer. (Spanish)
* Samuel Hazard Gillespie, Jr., 100, American lawyer and politician, pancreatic cancer.
* Luiza Melinda, 64, Greek dancer. (Greek)
* Rudy Salud, 72, Filipino sports executive, PBA Commissioner (1988–1992), complications from surgery.

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