08 August 2011

Final Exits, 1-7 August 2011

Marshall Grant (left), American bassist (Tennessee Two).
Obituaries for 1-7 August 2011

1
* Viktor Aniskin, 65, Russian journalist. (Russian)
* Stan Barstow, 83, English novelist.
* Gerard Buisman, 59, Dutch troubadour. (Dutch)
* Carmela Marie Cristiano, 83, American Roman Catholic nun (Sisters of Charity of Saint Elizabeth); first nun to seek political office in New Jersey.
* Leo Figueres, 93, French politician. (French)
* Florentina Gómez Miranda, 99, Argentine lawyer and women's rights activist.
* Gamini Goonesena, 80, Sri Lankan cricketer.
* Ivan Mesquita, 79, Brazilian actor. (Portuguese)
* Con Murphy, 51, Irish judge, after short illness.
* Chieko N. Okazaki, 84, American Mormon women's leader, first non-Caucasian woman to hold a senior position in the LDS church, heart failure.
* Zhanna Prokhorenko, 71, Russian film actress (Ballad of a Soldier). (Russian)
* Harald Stender, 86, German footballer. (German)

2
* Leslie Esdaile Banks, 51, American author (The Vampire Huntress Legend Series), adrenal cancer.
* Baruj Benacerraf, 90, Venezuelan-born American immunologist, Nobel laureate (1980).
* Ralph Berkowitz, 100, American composer.
* Tokon Koboshevich Dayyrbekov, 52, Kyrgyz actor. (Russian)
* DeLois Barrett Campbell, 85, American gospel singer (The Barrett Sisters), pulmonary embolism.
* Vittorio Citterich, 81, Italian journalist and news anchor. (Italian)
* Al Federoff, 87, American baseball player (Detroit Tigers).
* James M. Flinchum, 94, American journalist.
* Asadullo Gulomov, 58, Tajik politician, Deputy Prime Minister (2006–2011). (Russian)
* Andrey Kapitsa, 80, Russian geographer and explorer, discovered and named Lake Vostok.
* Nikolay Kutuzov, 85, Russian conductor, People's Artist of the USSR. (Russian)
* Coby van Megen, 78, Dutch table tennis player. (Dutch)
* Clarence E. Miller, 93, American politician, U.S. Representative from Ohio (1967–1993), pneumonia.
* Larry Moyer, 60, American ARCA stock car racer, after long illness.
* Attilio Pavesi, 100, Italian Olympic cyclist, oldest living Olympic champion. (Italian)
* Richard Pearson, 93, Welsh actor.
* Venere Pizzinato, 114, Italian supercentenarian, third-oldest living person in the world.
* Italo Rossi, 80, Brazilian actor. (Portuguese)
* José Sanchis Grau, 79, Spanish comic book artist. (Valencian)
* James Ford Seale, 76, American murderer, Ku Klux Klan member.

3
* Wolf Böhringer, 81, German chess player. (German)
* Rudolf Brazda, 98, German concentration camp prisoner, last known survivor of homosexual deportation.
* Richard Cates, 85, American lawyer.
* Annette Charles, 63, American actress (Grease), cancer.
* Antonio M. Diaz, 83, Filipino politician, Representative from Zambales (1969–1972, 1992–2001, 2004–2011).
* Nicholas Kachurin, 51, Russian magazine editor (Top Gear). (Russian)
* Vladimir Lobashev, 78, Russian nuclear physicist. (Russian)
* Ingrid Luterkort, 101, Swedish actress. (Swedish)
* Andrew McDermott, 45, British singer (Threshold), complications of kidney failure. (German)
* Simona Monyová, 44, Czech writer, stabbed. (Czech)
* Jorge Neri, 67, Mexican composer, liver cancer. (Spanish)
* Ray Patterson, 89, American basketball executive (Milwaukee Bucks, Houston Rockets).
* Nikolay Petrov, 68, Russian pianist, People's Artist of the USSR, stroke.
* William Sleator, 66, American science fiction writer.
* Bubba Smith, 66, American football player (Baltimore Colts) and actor (Police Academy).
* Mohsen Koochebaghi Tabrizi, 87, Iranian Shi'ite Muslim marja, heart attack. (Persian)
* Angel Turconi, 88, Italian footballer. (Italian)
* Jane Walker, 69, British journalist, pancreatic cancer.
* Allan Watkins, 89, Welsh cricketer, after short illness.
* Oleh Yemtsev, 59, Ukrainian entertainer, after long illness. (Russian)

4
* Henk Alkema, 66, Dutch composer, music arranger and musician. (Dutch)
* Michael Bukht, 69, British radio executive, television personality and chef.
* Vladimir Klipel, 94, Russian writer. (Russian)
* Eugene V. Kolokolnikov, 64, Russian athletics coach. (Russian)
* Naoki Matsuda, 34, Japanese footballer, suspected heart attack.
* Erhard Pumm, 65, German trade unionist. (German)
* Conrad Schnitzler, 74, German musician (Tangerine Dream, Kluster, Eruption, Berlin Express), stomach cancer.
* Piet Stoffelen, 71, Dutch politician. (Dutch)
* Erika Thijs, 51, Belgian politician, cancer. (Dutch)
* Sherman White, 82, American basketball player (Long Island University).

5
* Claudio Díaz, 52, Argentine journalist, thyroid cancer. (Spanish)
* Mark Duggan, 29, British taxi driver, shooting by police triggered 2011 London riots, shot.
* Marion D. Hanks, 89, American Mormon leader.
* Donald Ray Kennard, 74, American politician, member of the Louisiana House of Representatives (1976–2008), brain aneurysm rupture.
* Andrzej Lepper, 57, Polish politician, suspected suicide by hanging.
* Takehiko Maeda, 82, Japanese television writer. (Japanese)
* Jennifer Minetti, 71, German actress. (German)
* Gary Nixon, 70, American motorcycle racer, complications from a heart attack.
* Francesco Quinn, 48, Italian-born American actor (Platoon, The Young and the Restless), son of Anthony Quinn, apparent heart attack.
* Erkki Wessman, 80, Finnish writer. (Finnish)
* Stan Willemse, 86, British footballer (Chelsea).

6
* Marshall Grant, 83, American bassist (Tennessee Two).
* Bernadine Healy, 67, American cardiologist, director of the National Institutes of Health (1991–1993), brain cancer.
* Fred Imus, 69, American radio talk show host, brother of Don Imus. (body found on this date)
* Kuno Klötzer, 89, German football coach. (German)
* Fe del Mundo, 99, Filipino pediatrician, National Scientist of the Philippines, heart attack.
* Roman Opałka, 79, French-born Polish painter. (Polish)
* John W. Ryan, 81, American academic administrator, President of Indiana University (1971–1987).
* Henri Tisot, 74, French actor. (French)
* William Wong, 88, American restaurateur, founder of Kowloon Restaurant.

7
* Joseph Candolfi, 89, Swiss Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Basel (1983–1996). (German)
* Hugh Carey, 92, American politician, Governor of New York (1975–1982) and U.S. Representative (1961–1974).
* Cornelius Elanjikal, 92, Indian Roman-Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Verapoly (1987–1996). (Malayalam)
* Mark Hatfield, 89, American politician, Governor of Oregon (1959–1967) and U.S. Senator (1967–1997).
* Harri Holkeri, 74, Finnish politician, Prime Minister (1987–1991), after long illness.
* Leo Mattioli, 39, Argentine cumbia singer, cardiac arrest.
* Tom Radney, 79, American politician, Alabama state senator, after long illness.
* Jiří Traxler, 99, Czech-born Canadian jazz musician. (Czech)
* Nancy Wake, 98, New Zealand-born Australian French Resistance leader, chest infection.
* Charles Wyly, 77, American billionaire and philanthropist, co-founder of Michaels Stores, automobile accident.
* Joe Yamanaka, 64, Japanese rock singer, lung cancer. (Japanese).

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