02 March 2011

Final Exits, 22-28 February 2011

Eddie Kirkland, 21 November 2002 (Photo: Bobtje Blues)
Obituaries for 22-28 February 2011

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* Brian Bonsor, 84, Scottish composer and music teacher.
* Nicholas Courtney, 81, British actor (Doctor Who).
* T. P. Flanagan, 80, Northern Irish artist.
* Colin Hatch, 38, British convicted child murderer, strangled.
* Ion Hobana, 80, Romanian science fiction author.
* Ron Hudson, 71, American photographer and author.
* Sharief Khan, 59, Guyanese journalist, editor-in-chief (Guyana Chronicle), heart attack.
* Jud McAtee, 91, Canadian-born American ice hockey player.
* James R. McCartney, 90, American politician, Secretary of State of West Virginia (1975–1977).
* Bill Nimmo, 93, American television announcer (The Jackie Gleason Show).
* Justin Tennison, 33, American commercial fisherman (Deadliest Catch). (body found on this date)
* Laila Westersund, 68, Swedish actress. (Swedish)

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* James Damman, 78, American politician, Lieutenant Governor of Michigan (1975–1979), cancer.
* Joseph H. Flom, 87, American corporate lawyer, heart failure.
* Gustav Just, 89, German journalist and politician. (German)
* Jean Lartéguy, 90, French soldier, war correspondent and writer. (Spanish)
* Mullapudi Venkata Ramana, 79, Indian screenwriter and film producer.
* Nirmala Srivastava, 87, Indian spiritual leader, founder of Sahaja Yoga religious movement.
* Lisa Wolfson, 47, American author, pancreatic cancer.
* Mike Zimring, 94, American radio actor and theatrical agent.

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* Yozhef Betsa, 81, Ukrainian Olympic gold medal-winning (1956) footballer. (Russian)
* Jerrold Kessel, 66, South African-born Israeli journalist (CNN), cancer.
* Sergei Nikitich Kovalev, 91, Russian designer of nuclear submarines.
* Anant Pai, 81, Indian educator and comics creator (Amar Chitra Katha).
* Robert Reguly, 80, Canadian journalist (Toronto Star), heart disease.
* Eddie Serrato, 65, American drummer (Question Mark & the Mysterians), heart attack.
* Jens Winther, 50, Danish jazz trumpet player, stroke. (Danish)

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* Nikos Alexiou, 51, Greek visual artist, cancer. (Greek)
* Clare Amory, 35, American musician (Excepter), cancer.
* Valery Bezruchenko, 70, Russian clarinetist and music teacher. (Russian)
* John Thomas Chambers, Jr., 82, American politician, only African-American Mayor of Annapolis (1981), heart attack.
* James Damman, 78, American politician (Lieutenant Governor of Michigan), cancer.
* Bil Dunaway, 87, American owner, editor and publisher of Aspen Times.
* Jonas Ernelind, 34, Swedish handball player, skin neoplasm. (Swedish)
* Aminath Faiza, 82, Maldivian poet and author.
* Peter Hildreth, 82, British hurdler, 1950 European Championships medalist.
* Eneas Perdomo, 80, Venezuelan folk singer. (Spanish)
* Suze Rotolo, 67, American artist, lung cancer.
* Carola Scarpa, 39, Brazilian socialite, multiple organ failure. (Portuguese)

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* Clara Ambrus, 86, American physician and humanitarian, injuries from a fire.
* Kostas Andriopoulos, 26, Greek footballer (PAOK, Veria), leukemia. (Greek)
* Susan Crosland, 84, American journalist, widow of Anthony Crosland.
* Richard F. Daines, 60, American physician, New York State Health Chief (2007–2010).
* Jon Fitch, 60, American politician, Arkansas State Representative (1979–1983) and State Senator (1983–2002), complications of a stroke.
* Eugene Fodor, 60, American violinist, liver disease.
* Greg Goossen, 65, American baseball player (New York Mets).
* Bill Grigsby, 89, American broadcaster, prostate cancer and fall.
* Cynthia Holcomb Hall, 82, American judge, cancer.
* Shawn Lee, 44, American football player (Buccaneers, Dolphins, Chargers, Bears).
* Arnošt Lustig, 84, Czech writer and Holocaust survivor, cancer.
* James A. McClure, 86, American politician, U.S. Representative (1967–1973) and Senator from Idaho (1973–1991).
* Dean Richards, 36, British footballer (Bradford City, Wolverhampton, Southampton, Tottenham).
* Jorge Santoro, 66, Brazilian footballer, heart attack.
* Roch Thériault, 63, Canadian cult leader and convicted murderer, murdered in prison.
* Mark Tulin, 62, American bass player (The Electric Prunes, The Smashing Pumpkins).
* Zhu Guangya, 86, Chinese nuclear physicist, helped develop nation's first atomic bomb.

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* Frank Buckles, 110, American soldier, last living U.S. World War I veteran, natural causes.
* Necmettin Erbakan, 84, Turkish politician, Prime Minister (1996–1997).
* Maurice Guigue, 98, French football referee (1958 FIFA World Cup Final). (French)
* Eddie Kirkland, 88, American blues guitarist, car accident.
* Amparo Muñoz, 56, Spanish actress, Miss Universe 1974. (Spanish)
* Skonk Nicholson, 94, South African teacher and rugby union coach (Maritzburg College, 1948–1982).
* Les Samba, 60, Australian racehorse owner and trainer, shot.
* Moacyr Scliar, 73, Brazilian physician and writer, stroke. (Portuguese)
* Duke Snider, 84, American Baseball Hall of Famer (Dodgers, Mets, Giants).
* Allan Williams, 88, Canadian politician, Attorney General of British Columbia (1979–1983), after long illness.
* A. Frank Willis, 60, Canadian folk singer, cancer.
* Gary Winick, 49, American film director (13 Going on 30, Letters to Juliet), pneumonia.

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* Netiva Ben-Yehuda, 82, Israeli author and radio personality.
* Scott Cary, 87, American baseball player (Washington Senators).
* Harvey Dorfman, 75, American sports psychologist.
* Ernest Eastman, 83, Liberian diplomat, Foreign Minister (1983–1986), Secretary General of the Mano River Union.
* Emmy, 21, Albanian singer, vehicular homicide. (Albanian)
* Annie Girardot, 79, French actress, Alzheimer's disease.
* Peter J. Gomes, 69, American preacher, theologian and author, professor at Harvard Divinity School, brain aneurysm and heart attack.
* Renato Guerreiro, 61, Brazilian civil servant, president of Anatel (1997–2002). (Portuguese)
* Thanasis Pouliadis, 71, Greek entrepreneur, founder of Pouliadis Associates Corporation. (Greek)
* Hazel Rowley, 59, British-born Australian writer, stroke.
* Jane Russell, 89, American actress (The Outlaw, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes), respiratory illness.
* Wally Yonamine, 85, American baseball (Yomiuri Giants, Chunichi Dragons) and football player (San Francisco 49ers), prostate cancer.

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