03 May 2011

Final Exits, 29-30 April 2011

Obituaries for 29-30 April 2011

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* Abdul Hameed, 83, Pakistani writer and novelist.
* Waldemar Baszanowski, 75, Polish weightlifter.
* Robert B. Duncan, 90, American politician, U.S. Representative from Oregon (1963–1967; 1975–1981).
* Salim Ghazal, 79, Syrian-born Lebanese Melkite Catholic hierarch, Curial bishop of Antioch for Melkites (2001–2005).
* Garland Gregory, 92, American football player (San Francisco 49ers), after brief illness.
* Jeff Kargola, 27, American Freestyle Motocross rider, racing accident.
* Vladimir Krainev, 67, Russian pianist, People's Artist of the USSR, aortic aneurysm. (Russian)
* Joanna Russ, 74, American science fiction author, following a series of strokes.
* Walter Santoro, 89, Uruguayan politician, former Minister of Industry, natural causes. (Spanish)

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* Ronald D. Asmus, 53, American diplomat and political analyst, cancer.
* Saif al-Arab al-Gaddafi, 29, son of Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, airstrike.
* Richard Holmes, 65, British military historian.
* Matthew Marker, 31, American race car driver, injuries in a racing accident.
* Emilio Navarro, 105, Puerto Rican Negro league baseball player.
* Evald Okas, 95, Estonian painter. (Estonian)
* Ernesto Sabato, 99, Argentine writer (El TĂșnel, On Heroes and Tombs), pneumonia.
* Apostolos Santas, 89, Greek Resistance veteran. (Greek)
* Phoebe Skiani, 51, Greek journalist. (Greek)
* Eddie Turnbull, 88, Scottish football player and manager.

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