01 September 2011

Final Exits, 29-31 August 2011

David "Honeyboy" Edwards, Delta blues guitarist, 11 February 2008. Photo: Bengt Nyman.
Obituaries for 29-31 August 2011

29
* Mel Batty, 71, British long distance runner, heart attack.
* David "Honeyboy" Edwards, 96, American blues guitarist and singer, heart failure.
* Ben Gautrey, 18, English motorcycle racer, race crash.
* Wayne Hamilton, 20, Northern Irish motorcycle racer, race crash during 2011 Manx Grand Prix.
* Nicolás Mancera, 80, Argentine television host, cardiac arrest. (Spanish)
* R. B. McDowell, 97, Irish historian.
* Mark Ovendale, 37, English footballer (Luton Town, Bournemouth), cancer.
* David P. Reynolds, 96, American businessman and thoroughbred racehorse breeder.
* Junpei Takiguchi, 80, Japanese voice actor and narrator (Dragon Ball, Yatterman, Mazinger Z), stomach cancer.

30
* Alla Bayanova, 97, Russian singer, People's Artist of Russia, cancer. (Russian)
* Faye Blackstone, 96, American rodeo star, cancer.
* Peggy Lloyd, 98, American stage actress.
* Cactus Pryor, 88, American broadcaster, Alzheimer's disease.

31
* Wade Belak, 35, Canadian ice hockey player (Toronto Maple Leafs, Nashville Predators), suicide.
* Denis Collins, 58, Australian rules footballer, heart attack.
* Adam Easton, 71, Scottish motorcycle racer, race crash.
*Abderrahmane Mahjoub, 82, Moroccan-born French footballer.
* Robert Muir, 91, Canadian politician, MP for Cape Breton North and Victoria (1957–1968); Cape Breton—The Sydneys (1968–1979) and Senator (1979–1994).
* Radoslav Stojanović, 81, Serbian law expert and politician, professor at the University of Belgrade, a co-founder of Democratic Party. (Serbian)
* Rosel Zech, 69, German actress. (Veronika Voss, Aimée & Jaguar), cancer.

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