Final Exits, 8-14 May 2011

Guitarist Cornell Dupree in Montreux, Switzerland, 2 July 1976. (Photo: Lioneldecoster)

Obituaries for 8-14 May 2011

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* Huthaifa al-Batawi, Iraqi al-Qaeda leader, shot.
* Moayed al-Saleh, Iraqi brigadier general, head of counter-terrorism in Baghdad, shot.
* Wallace Clark, 84, Northern Irish maritime writer.
* Cornell Dupree, 68, American jazz and R&B guitarist, complications from emphysema.
* Gheorghe Guţiu, 87, Romanian Catholic hierarch, Archbishop of Cluj-Gherla (1994–2002).
* Li Desheng, 95, Chinese People's Liberation Army general. (Chinese)
* Charles McPhee, 49, American radio host, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
* Greg Percival, 86, Australian politician, member of the New South Wales Legislative Council (1977–1978; 1986–1988).
* Soňa Pertlová, 23, Czech chessplayer, cancer.
* Lionel Rose, 62, Australian world champion boxer.
* Hilton Rosemarin, 58, Canadian set decorator (Three Men and a Baby, Cocktail, Jumper), brain cancer.
* Carlos Trillo, 68, Argentine comic book writer (Cybersix). (Spanish)
* Galina Urbanovich, 93, Russian Olympic gold and silver medal-winning (1952) gymnast.
* Arkady Vaksberg, 83, Russian journalist, critic and biographer. (Russian)
* Sir Ronald Waterhouse, 85, British jurist.

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* Gerald Bordman, 79, American playwright (American Musical Theatre) and author, cancer.
* David Cairns, 44, British politician, MP for Greenock and Inverclyde (2001–2005) and Inverclyde (since 2005), acute pancreatitis.
* Robert Ellsworth, 84, American politician and diplomat, U.S. Representative from Kansas (1961–1967), Ambassador to NATO (1969–1971), complications from pneumonia.
* Epiphanios of Vryoula, 76. American Greek Orthodox Archbishop of Spain and Portugal.
* Henry Feffer, 93, American professor and spine surgeon, treated Saddam Hussein, heart failure.
* Dolores Fuller, 88, American actress (Glen or Glenda), and songwriter ("Rock-A-Hula Baby").
* Jeff Gralnick, 72, American television news producer.
* Lidia Gueiler Tejada, 89, Bolivian politician, acting President (1979–1980), after a long illness.
* Manos Loukakis, 60, Greek poet and literary critic, cancer. (Greek)
* Ivo Pešák, 66, Czech singer, dancer and comic performer. (Polish)
* Shailendra Kumar Upadhyaya, 82, Nepali politician, Foreign Minister (1986–1990), altitude sickness.
* Wouter Weylandt, 26, Belgian road bicycle racer, race crash.

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* Omar Ahmad, 46, American entrepreneur and politician, Mayor of San Carlos, California (2007–2011), heart attack.
* Michael Baze, 24, American jockey.
* Bill Bergesch, 89, American baseball executive (New York Yankees, Cincinnati Reds).
* Vasilis Bozikis, 67, Greek photojournalist, cancer. (Greek)
* Mia Amber Davis, 36, American plus-size model and actress (Road Trip), postoperative complications.
* Cleve Dean, 57, American arm wrestling champion, heart attack.
* Bill Gallo, 88, American cartoonist and newspaper columnist, complications from pneumonia.
* Patrick Galvin, 83, Irish writer.
* M. S. Gurupadaswamy, 89, Indian politician and minister, heart attack.
* Héctor Medina, 35, Honduran journalist, shot.
* Zim Ngqawana, 51, South African jazz saxophonist, stroke.
* Burt Reinhardt, 91, American broadcast journalist and former President of CNN, complications from strokes.
* Stanley Wright, 62, American jazz musician.
* Norma Zimmer, 87, American entertainer (The Lawrence Welk Show).

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* Leo Kahn, 94, American entrepreneur, co-founder of Staples, complications from a series of strokes.
* Albert Kanene Obiefuna, 81, Nigerian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Onitsha (1995–2003).
* Reach Sambath, 47, Cambodian journalist, stroke.
* Robert Traylor, 34, American basketball player (Bucks, Cavaliers, Hornets), suspected heart attack. (body found on this date)
* Snooky Young, 92, American jazz trumpeter.

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* Aaron Douglas, 21, American college football player (University of Alabama).
* Daryl Hawks, 38, American sportscaster (WMAQ-TV). (body found on this date)
* Mose Jefferson, 68, American businessman, cancer.
* Jack Jones, 86, American Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter (Los Angeles Times), lung disease.
* Lloyd Knibb, 80, Jamaican drummer (The Skatalites), liver cancer.
* Ron Springs, 54, American football player (Cowboys, Buccaneers), complications from surgery.
* Miyu Uehara, 24, Japanese glamour model, apparent suicide by hanging.

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* Derek Boogaard, 28, Canadian hockey player (Wild, Rangers).
* Pam Gems, 85, British playwright.
* Bernard Greenhouse, 95, American cellist.
* Princess Maria Elisabeth of Orléans-Braganza, 96, German noblewoman. (Portuguese)
* Wallace McCain, 81, Canadian businessman, co-founder of McCain Foods, pancreatic cancer.
* Mel Queen, 69, American baseball player (Reds, Angels) and pitching coach (Blue Jays).
* Jack Richardson, 81, Canadian record producer (The Guess Who).
* Bruce Ricker, 68, American film documentarian and producer (Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser).
* Badal Sarkar, 85, Indian dramatist, colon cancer.
* Piotr Żyżelewicz, 46, Polish drummer (Voo Voo), stroke.

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* Ferial Alibali, 78, Albanian actress. (Albanian)
* Murray Handwerker, 89, American businessman (Nathan's Famous).
* Birgitta Trotzig, 81, Swedish author.
* Ernie Walker, 82, Scottish football administrator.
* Joseph Wershba, 90, American television producer and reporter.