Final Exits, 8-14 March 2011

Jack Hardy performing (as half of The Folk Brothers) at the Falcon Ridge Folk Festival, 25 July 2008. (Photo: Dan Tappan)

Obituaries for 8-14 March 2011

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* Iraj Afshar, 85, Iranian bibliographer and historian.
* Sheekh Cumar Faaruuq, 71, Somali diplomat and religious advocate, heart failure.
* Herb Kawainui Kane, 82, American artist.
* Moses Katjiuongua, 68, Namibian politician.
* Jim Keane, 87, American football player (Chicago Bears).
* St. Clair Lee, 66, American musician (Hues Corporation).
* Sally Meyerhoff, 27, American long-distance runner, traffic accident.
* Bronko Nagurski Jr., 73, American player of Canadian football (Hamilton Tiger-Cats).
* Mike Starr, 44, American bassist (Alice in Chains, Sun Red Sun). (body found on this date)

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* David S. Broder, 81, American journalist (The Washington Post), complications from diabetes.
* Edward A. Burdick, 89, American civil servant.
* Seán Cronin, 91, Irish journalist and republican, Irish Republican Army chief of staff (1957–1958, 1959–1960).
* Armando Goyena, 88, Filipino actor.
* Andrew Hao Jinli, 95, Chinese Roman Catholic underground Bishop of Xiwanzi (since 1984).
* Bob Marcucci, 81, American talent agent, respiratory complications.
* Des Meagher, 67, Australian footballer (Hawthorn).
* Manolis Rasoulis, 65, Greek singer-songwriter, author and journalist. (Greek)
* Inge Sørensen, 86, Danish swimmer and Olympic bronze medalist (1936). (Danish)

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* Johnnie Baston, 37, American murderer, first inmate in U.S. executed by single drug (pentobarbital).
* Armand Bigot, 76, French Olympic equestrian. (French)
* Mario Clavell, 88, Argentine singer, actor and composer, after long illness. (Spanish)
* Günter Gollasch, 88, German clarinetist and bandleader. (German)
* Nick Harbaruk, 67, Polish-born Canadian ice hockey player, bone cancer.
* Baliram Kashyap, 74, Indian politician, MP for Bastar (since 1998), after long illness.
* Gabriel Laderman, 81, American painter, cancer.
* Nancy Merse, 79, American politician, Mayor of Edgewater, New Jersey (since 2003), cancer.
* Danny Paton, 75, Scottish footballer.
* Emmett J. Rice, 91, American economist and banking official, heart failure.
* Jiro Sakagami, 76, Japanese comedian, cerebrovascular disease. (Japanese)
* David Viñas, 83, Argentine dramatist, critic, and novelist. (Spanish)

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* Jorge Cherques, 83, Brazilian actor, natural causes. (Portuguese)
* Rita Guerrero, 47, Mexican actress and singer (Santa Sabina), breast cancer.
* Jack Hardy, 63, American singer/songwriter.
* Hugh Martin, 96, American songwriter ("Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas") and film composer (Meet Me in St. Louis, High Spirits), natural causes.
* Danny Stiles, 87, American radio host.
* Gary Wichard, 60, American sports agent, pancreatic cancer.
* Donny George Youkhanna, 60, Iraqi archaeologist, anthropologist and author, heart attack.

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* Ali Hassan al-Jaber, 56, Qatari photojournalist (Al Jazeera), shot.
* Günter Amendt, 71, German sociologist, sexual liberation activist and author, traffic accident. (German)
* Donald Brenner, 64, Canadian judge, Chief Justice of the British Columbia Supreme Court (2000–2009).
* Derry Brownfield, 79, American broadcaster, heart attack. (body found on this date)
* Olive Dickason, 91, Canadian historian and author.
* Juan García-Santacruz Ortiz, 77, Spanish Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Guadix (1992–2009).
* Shifra Lerer, 95, Argentinian-born American Yiddish theatre actress, stroke.
* Joe Morello, 82, American drummer (The Dave Brubeck Quartet).
* Dietmar Mues, 65, German actor and author, traffic accident. (German)
* John Nettleship, 71, British teacher, inspiration for character of Severus Snape, cancer.
* Mitchell Page, 59, American baseball player (Oakland Athletics), and coach (St. Louis Cardinals, Washington Nationals).
* Nilla Pizzi, 91, Italian singer. (Italian)
* Italo Pizzolante, 82, Venezuelan musician and composer. (Spanish)
* Tawfik Toubi, 88, Israeli Arab politician, last surviving member of the first Knesset.

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* Brian Lanker, 63, American photojournalist, pancreatic cancer.
* Rick Martin, 59, Canadian ice hockey player (Buffalo Sabres, Los Angeles Kings), heart attack.
* Ritchie Pickett, 56, New Zealand country singer.
* Nicholas Smisko, 75, American clergyman, Head of the American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Diocese (since 1984), cancer.
* Melvin Sparks, 64, American jazz and soul guitarist.
* Owsley Stanley, 76, American-born Australian underground LSD chemist and sound engineer (Grateful Dead), traffic accident.
* Leo Steinberg, 90, American art historian and critic.
* Vitaly Vulf, 80, Russian theater critic and television host.

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* Gerald Barry, 63, Irish journalist and broadcaster, illness.
* Todd Cerney, 57, American country musician and producer, cancer.
* Joaquim Germano Pinto Machado Correia da Silva, 80, Portuguese politician, Governor of Macau (1986–1987).
* Bob Greaves, 76, British journalist and broadcaster, cancer.
* Eduard Gushchin, 70, Russian Olympic bronze medal-winning (1968) athlete.
* Ronnie Hammond, 60, American singer (Atlanta Rhythm Section), heart attack.
* Big Jack Johnson, 70, American guitarist and blues singer.
* Giora Leshem, 71, Israeli poet and publisher. (Hebrew)
* Larry Zolf, 76, Canadian journalist and humorist.