16 October 2011

Final Exits, 8-14 October 2011

George "Mojo" Buford
Obituaries for 8-14 October 2011

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* Al Davis, 82, American football coach and team owner (Oakland Raiders).
* David Hess, 75, American actor (The Last House on the Left), singer and songwriter, heart attack.
* Ovidio de Jesús, 78, Puerto Rican Olympic sprinter (1956, 1960). (Spanish) (death announced on this date)
* Piet Noordijk, 79, Dutch saxophone player.
* Nina Sorokina, 69, Russian ballerina, People's Artist of the USSR. (Russian)
* Mikey Welsh, 40, American artist and musician (Weezer).
* Roger Williams, 87, American pianist, pancreatic cancer.
* Ingvar Wixell, 80, Swedish opera singer. (Swedish)

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* Kei Aoyama, 32, Japanese mangaka, suicide. (Japanese)
* Antonis Christeas, 74, Greek basketball player (AEK Athens) and coach. (Greek)
* Robert Boochever, 94, American federal judge.
* Bill Brown, 69, American disc jockey (WCBS-FM).
* Rob Buckman, 63, British-born Canadian oncologist and comedian.
* Vibeke Mowinckel Falk, 93, Norwegian actress. (Norwegian)
* Chauncey Hardy, 23, American basketball player, heart attack following beating.
* Pavel Karelin, 21, Russian ski jumper, traffic accident. (Russian)
* Edward Loper, Sr., 95, American artist, Alzheimer's disease.
* Manuel Prado Perez-Rosas, 88, Peruvian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Trujillo (1976–1999).
* Ljubo Stipišić, 73, Croatian composer. (Croatian)
* James Worrall, 97, Canadian Olympic athlete (1936) and administrator.

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* Ray Aghayan, 83, Iranian-born American costume designer (Funny Lady, Doctor Dolittle).
* Milton Castellanos Everardo, 91, Mexican politician, President of Chamber of Deputies (1951), Governor of Baja California (1971–1977). (Spanish)
* Albert Rosellini, 101, American politician, Governor of Washington (1957–1965), natural causes.
* Jagjit Singh, 70, Indian musician, brain haemorrhage.
* Otto Tausig, 89, Austrian writer, director and actor. (German)
* Jyohji Yanagi, 63, Japanese blues singer. (Japanese)

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* Amin al-Shami, Yemeni air force colonel, car bomb.
* Kim Brown, 66, British-born Finnish musician, cancer. (Finnish)
* George "Mojo" Buford, 81, American blues harmonica player.
* Cy Buker, 92, American baseball player (Brooklyn Dodgers).
* Ion Diaconescu, 94, Romanian politician, former PNŢCD leader, President of Chamber of Deputies (1996-2000), heart failure. (Romanian)
* Doctor X, 43, Mexican professional wrestler, shot. (Spanish)
* Bob Galvin, 89, American businessman, CEO of Motorola (1959–1986).
* Freddie Gruber, 84, American jazz drummer.
* Nauman Habib, 32, Pakistani cricketer, murdered.
* Henk Hofs, 60, Dutch footballer (Vitesse). (Dutch)
* Keith Holman, 84, Australian rugby league player and referee.
* Frank Kameny, 86, American gay rights activist, natural causes.
* Jose Vasconcelos, 85, Brazilian actor and comedian, respiratory failure. (Portuguese)

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* Heinz Bennent, 90, German actor. (German)
* Patricia Breslin, 80, American actress (The People's Choice, Peyton Place, The Twilight Zone), wife of Art Modell, pancreatitis.
* Joel DiGregorio, 67, American keyboardist (The Charlie Daniels Band), car crash.
* Lambert Giebels, 76, Dutch writer, historian and politician. (Dutch)
* János Herskó, 85, Hungarian film director and actor. (Hungarian)
* Dieudonné Kabongo, 61, Congolese-born Belgian comedian, actor and musician.
* Vic Miles, 79, American reporter and news anchor.
* Dennis Ritchie, 70, American computer scientist, developer of C programming language. (body discovered on this date)
* Dick Thornett, 71, Australian triple international sportsman (water polo, rugby union and rugby league), heart disease.
* Martin White, 102, Irish hurler.

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* Chris Doig, 63, New Zealand opera singer and sports administrator, bowel cancer.
* Pavlina Nikaj, 80, Albanian singer. (Albanian)
* Abdoulaye Seye, 77, Senegalese Olympic bronze medal-winning (1960) athlete. (French)

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* Reg Alcock, 63, Canadian politician, MP for Winnipeg South (1993–2006); President of the Treasury Board (2003–2006), heart attack.
* Leon Cakoff, 63, Brazilian film critic, melanoma. (Portuguese)
* Michael Fitzpatrick, 69, Irish politician, TD for Kildare North (2007–2011), motor neurone disease.
* Adam Hunter, 48, Scottish golfer, leukemia.
* Sue Mengers, 78 or 81, American show business talent agent.
* Laura Pollán, 63, Cuban opposition leader, founder of the Ladies in White, cardiorespiratory arrest.
* Chuck Ruff, 60, American drummer (Edgar Winter, Sammy Hagar), after long illness.

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