02 January 2012

Final Exits, 29-31 December 2011


 Eva Zeisel, Hungarian industrial designer, potter and centenarian. Photo taken in 2001 by Daniel Wickemeyer.

Obituaries for 29-31 December 2011

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* Paul Antaki, 84, Egyptian Melkite Catholic hierarch, Auxiliary Archbishop of Antioch (1968–2001).
* Rosman García, 32, Venezuelan baseball player (Texas Rangers), traffic collision. (Spanish)
* Leopold Hawelka, 100, Austrian coffee house owner (Café Hawelka).
* Aamir Hayat Khan Rokhri, 55, Pakistani politician, heart attack.
* Svein Krøvel, 65, Norwegian cinematographer. (Norwegian)
* Tyron Perez, 26, Filipino actor (StarStruck), shot.
* Amichand Rajbansi, 69, South African politician, Minister without portfolio (1984–1988), Leader of the Minority Front (since 1994).

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* Ted Beard, 90, American baseball player (Pittsburgh Pirates, Chicago White Sox).
* John Buchanan, 58, American fine arts museum director (De Young), cancer.
* Mike Colalillo, 86, American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient.
* George Daldry, 88, Australian fitness trainer.
* Dezső Garas, 77, Hungarian actor.
* Muhammad Hamidullah Khan, 74, Bangladeshi politician.
* Kim Geun-tae, 64, South Korean politician, Minister of Health and Welfare (2004–2006), pneumonia and kidney failure.
* Ricardo Legorreta, 80, Mexican architect, UIA Gold Medal recipient, cancer. (Spanish)
* Doug Sellars, 50, Canadian television executive (Fox Sports Media Group, CBC Sports), heart attack.
* Vasily Starodubtsev, 80, Russian politician, Governor of Tula Oblast (1997–2005), member of the Gang of Eight (1991).
* Mirko Tremaglia, 85, Italian politician, Minister without portfolio (2001–2006).
* Eva Zeisel, 105, Hungarian-born American ceramic artist and designer.

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* Murray Barnes, 57, Australian footballer (Sydney Hakoah), national captain (1980–1981).
* Rex Jackson, 83, Australian politician and convicted criminal, New South Wales MLA for Bulli (1955–1971) and Heathcote (1971–1986).
* Glenn Lord, 80, American editor.
* Jerzy Kluger, 92, Polish businessman, bronchitis.
* Milton Wong, 72, Canadian businessman and philanthropist, pancreatic cancer.

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