Veteran Greek Leftist Politician Dies

Veteran left-wing Greek politician Leonidas Kyrkos, who faced prison and a death sentence because of his politics, has died at 87 after a long illness.

Kyrkos was a medical student who joined the Greek resistance against the Nazi occupation in World War Two.

Greek authorities arrested him after the war, sentencing him to death for belonging to the Communist Party. Just days before Kyrkos and several other prisoners were to stand before a firing squad, an international outcry led the government to back away from the death sentence.

Kyrkos later edited a leftist newspaper, was elected to parliament and spent another five years in jail under the military dictatorship.

In recent years, Kyrkos became a more moderate voice, becoming critical of the far left and urged cooperation with the ruling Socialists.

Final Exits, 15-21 August 2011

Gun Hägglund (March 2, 1932 – August 19, 2011), Swedish television host and translator. Hägglund is sometimes recognized as the first female television news anchor in the world, hosting the Swedish national evening news show Aktuellt in 1958. Source: Filmarkivet.

Obituaries for 15-21 August 2011

15
* Ralph D. Albertazzie, 88, American pilot (Air Force One) and writer.
* Vasilis Andreopoulos, 88, Greek actor and author. (Greek)
* Russell Armstrong, 47, American investment banker and venture capitalist, television personality (The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills), suicide by hanging.
* Nenad Bijedić, 51, Bosnian football manager, cancer. (Turkish)
* Pap Dean, 95, American political cartoonist.
* Mark Fowler, 35, British kickboxer, head injuries.
* Michael Legat, 88, British author and publisher.
* Peter Mair, 60, Irish political scientist.
* Solomon Mujuru, 62, Zimbabwean military officer and politician, injuries from a fire.
* Hugo Perié, 67, Argentine politician, MP (since 2003), Montoneros militant, lung disease. (Spanish)
* Sif Ruud, 95, Swedish actress. (Swedish)
* Rick Rypien, 27, Canadian ice hockey player (Vancouver Canucks), suicide.
* Tōru Shōriki, 92, Japanese baseball team owner (Tokyo Giants), sepsis. (Japanese)
* Betty Thatcher, 67, British lyricist (Renaissance), cancer.

16
* Andrej Bajuk, 67, Slovenian politician and economist, Prime Minister (2000), stroke.
* Mihri Belli, 96, Turkish politician and writer, respiratory failure. (Turkish)
* Creed Black, 86, American newspaper publisher (Lexington Herald-Leader).
* Huw Ceredig, 69, Welsh actor.
* Joel Chin, 35, Jamaican record producer, shot.
* Akiko Futaba, 96, Japanese ryūkōka singer. (Japanese)
* Kampane, 33, American rapper, shot.
* Ahmet Kıbıl, 58, Turkish Olympic alpine skier. (Turkish)
* Frank Munro, 63, Scottish footballer (Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.), heart attack.
* Pete Pihos, 87, American Hall of Fame football player (Philadelphia Eagles), Alzheimer's disease.
* Ramesh Saxena, 66, Indian cricketer, brain haemorrhage.
* Aud Talle, Norwegian social anthropologist.
* Bernard William Schmitt, 82, American Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Wheeling-Charleston (1989–2004).

17
* Augustus Aikhomu, 72, Nigerian admiral and politician, Vice President (1986–1993).
* Claudio Castiglioni, 64, Italian motorcycle entrepreneur (MV Agusta, Cagiva, Ducati, Husqvarna).
* Vasyl Dzharty, 53, Ukrainian politician, Prime Minister of Crimea (since 2010), cancer.
* Gualtiero Jacopetti, 91, Italian documentary film director. (Italian)
* Larry Johnson, 78, American radio personality, pneumonia.
* Michel Mohrt, 97, French writer, member of the Académie française (since 1985). (French)
* Pierre Quinon, 49, French pole vaulter and Olympic champion, suicide.
* Firmin Van Kerrebroeck, 88, Belgian professional cyclo-cross racer. (Dutch)
* Nikita Yemshanov, 28, Russian actor, car accident.

18
* John Abley, 81, Australian football player, cardiac arrest.
* Kamal al-Nairab, 45, Palestinian militant commander (Popular Resistance Committee), air strike.
* Samir Chanda, 51, Indian art film director, cardiac arrest.
* Simon De Jong, 69, Canadian politician, MP for Regina East (1979–1988) and Regina—Qu'Appelle (1988–1997), leukemia.
* Immad Hammad, 39, Palestinian militant leader (Popular Resistance Committee), air strike.
* Johnson, 58, Indian film music composer, cardiac arrest.
* Paul Lockyer, 61, Australian journalist, helicopter crash.
* Scotty Robertson, 81, American basketball coach (New Orleans Jazz, Chicago Bulls, Detroit Pistons), cancer.
* Anatoly Savchenko, 87, Russian animator. (Russian)
* Jerome J. Shestack, 88, American human rights activist and attorney, President of American Bar Association (1997–1998).
* Jean Tabary, 81, French comic strip artist. (French)
* Edie Wasserman, 95, American philantrophist, wife of Lew Wasserman, natural causes.
* Norm Willey, 83, American football player (Philadelphia Eagles).

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* Gil Courtemanche, 68, Canadian journalist and novelist (Un dimanche à la piscine à Kigali), cancer. (French)
* Gun Hägglund, 79, Swedish television personality, after short illness. (Swedish)
* Janusz Kierzkowski, 64, Polish track cyclist, after long illness. (Polish)
* Manolis Pagomenos, 63, Greek footballer, cancer. (Greek)
* Kerima Polotan Tuvera, 85, Filipino author and journalist.
* Brian Pope, 100, English rugby union player.
* Raúl Ruiz, 70, Chilean film director (Three Lives and Only One Death, Time Regained), pulmonary infection.
* Jimmy Sangster, 83, British director and screenwriter (Hammer Films).
* Vilem Sokol, 96, American conductor and music professor, cancer.
* Yevhen Yevseyev, 24, Ukrainian footballer, car accident.

20
* Reza Badiyi, 81, Iranian-born American television director (Mission: Impossible, The Six Million Dollar Man).
* Ross Barbour, 82 , last founding member of The Four Freshmen, lung cancer.
* Jon Egging, 33, British aviator (Red Arrows), air show crash.
* Rafael Halperin, 87, Israeli businessman and professional wrestler.
* Bryan Jensen, 50, American aviator, air show crash.
* José Eduviges Nava, 56, Mexican politician, Mayor of Zacualpan. (Spanish) (body found on this date)
* Nikos Themelis, 64, Greek author, cancer. (Greek)

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* Christine Cole Catley, 88, New Zealand journalist, publisher and author, lung cancer.
* Ines Fančović, 86, Croatian actress. (Croatian)
* Sir Donald Farquharson, 83, British jurist.
* Brian Harrison, 89, Australian-born British politician and businessman.
* Budd Hopkins, 80, American artist and UFO researcher, liver cancer.
* John R. Hubbard, 92, American diplomat, President of University of Southern California (1970–1980), United States Ambassador to India (1988–1989).
* John J. Kelley, 80, American long-distance runner, winner of the 1957 Boston Marathon.
* Ezra Sued, 88, Argentine footballer (Racing Club de Avellaneda), infection. (Spanish)
* Muga Takewaki, 67, Japanese actor, cerebrovascular disease. (Japanese)
* Edith Tiempo, 92, Filipino author, National Artist of the Philippines, myocardial infarction.

Final Exits, 1-7 March 2011

 Novelist and screenwriter Al Morgan's The Great Man (1956), performed here by Julie London and José Ferrer.

Obituaries for 1-7 March 2011

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* Ryan Hawks, 25, American freestyle skier, race crash.
* Leonard Lomell, 91, American World War II highly-decorated veteran, natural causes.
* Mike Lounge, 64, American NASA astronaut (1981–1991), complications from liver cancer.
* Ion Monea, 70, Romanian Olympic silver (1968) and bronze (1960) medal-winning boxer. (Romanian)
* Vjera Žagar Nardelli, 84, Croatian actress. (Croatian)
* Fateh Singh Rathore, 72, Indian wildlife conservationist.
* Blair River, 29, American spokesman (The Heart Attack Grill), pneumonia.
* Hazel Rowley, 59, British-born Australian writer, stroke.

2
* Shahbaz Bhatti, 42, Pakistani politician, Minister for Minorities (since 2008), shot.
* Anthony Walter Dayrell Brooke, 98, British heir to the Sarawakan throne.
* Enrique Curiel, 63, Spanish politician, cancer.
* Bernard Cywinski, 70, American architect (Apple Store), partner and founder of Bohlin Cywinski Jackson, cancer.
* John Haines, 86, American poet.
* Vlassis Kaniaris, 83, Greek visual artist, after long illness. (Greek)
* Erling Kroner, 67, Danish trombonist and bandleader, cancer. (Danish)
* Allan Louisy, 94, Saint Lucian politician and judge, Prime Minister (1979–1981).
* David Lynch, 40, American white supremacist, leader of the American Front, shot.
* Ruby Muhammad, 103, American spiritual figure, lung cancer.
* Art Statuto, 85, American football player (Los Angeles Rams).
* Thor Vilhjálmsson, 85, Icelandic author, natural causes. (Icelandic)
* Walter Zacharius, 87, American publisher (Lancer Books, Kensington Books), cancer.

3
* Raymond Buse, Jr., 85, American distiller, horse breeder, and baseball team owner (Cincinnati Reds, Cincinnati Bengals).
* Aldo Clementi, 85, Italian composer.
* May Cutler, 87, Canadian author and publisher, founder of Tundra Books, first female Mayor of Westmount, Quebec (1987–1991).
* Paquito Diaz, 73, Filipino actor, complications from a stroke.
* James L. Elliot, 67, American astronomer, discovered rings of Uranus.
* Lasse Eriksson, 61, Swedish comedian. (Swedish)
* Goga Kapoor, 70, Indian actor.
* Irena Kwiatkowska, 98, Polish actress.
* Al Morgan, 91, American novelist and television producer (The Today Show), after long illness.
* Venkatraman Radhakrishnan, 81, Indian astrophysicist, cardiac complications.
* Višnja Stahuljak, 85, Croatian writer, after long illness. (Croatian)
* James Travers, 62, Canadian journalist, political correspondent (Toronto Star), editor in chief (Ottawa Citizen, 1991–1996), post-surgery complications.

4
* Krishna Prasad Bhattarai, 86, Nepali Prime Minister (1990–1991, 1999–2000), multiple organ failure.
* Frank Chirkinian, 84, American producer (CBS Sports), lung cancer.
* Vivienne Harris, 89, British businesswoman and newspaper publisher, co-founder of the Jewish Telegraph.
* Charles Jarrott, 83, British film and television director (Anne of the Thousand Days), prostate cancer.
* Ed Manning, 68, American basketball player and coach, heart condition.
* Johnny Preston, 71, American pop singer ("Running Bear"), heart failure.
* Mikhail Simonov, 81, Russian aircraft designer, chief designer of the Sukhoi Design Bureau (1983–2011), after long illness.
* Arjun Singh, 80, Indian politician, Minister of Human Resource Development (2004–2009), heart attack.
* Alenush Terian, 90, Iranian astronomer and physicist.
* Simon van der Meer, 85, Dutch physicist and Nobel laureate. (Dutch)

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* Alberto Granado, 88, Argentine-born Cuban biochemist and writer, travel companion of Che Guevara (The Motorcycle Diaries).
* Kim Hill, 44, American inspiration for the Ronald McDonald House, brain cancer.
* Oswald Georg Hirmer, 81, German-born South African Roman Catholic missionary, Bishop of Umtata (1997–2008). (German)
* Lina Ron, 51, Venezuelan political leader, President of Popular Unity, heart attack.

6
* Jean Bartel, 87, American actress, Miss America 1943.
* Rostislav Čtvrtlík, 47, Czech stage, television and voice actor, brain tumor. (Czech)
* Mike DeStefano, 44, American comedian (Last Comic Standing), heart attack.
* Herman Ernest, 59, American R&B and funk drummer, cancer.
* Agnes-Marie Grisebach, 97, German writer. (German)
* Oddmund Jensen, 82, Norwegian Olympic cross-country skier. (Norwegian)
* Ján Popluhár, 75, Slovak footballer (1962 FIFA World Cup).
* Frank Ziegler, 87, American football player (Philadelphia Eagles).

7
* Arnie Carruthers, 81, American jazz pianist, bladder cancer.
* Adrián Escudero, 83, Spanish footballer. (Spanish)
* Samuel Hazard Gillespie, Jr., 100, American lawyer and politician, pancreatic cancer.
* Luiza Melinda, 64, Greek dancer. (Greek)
* Rudy Salud, 72, Filipino sports executive, PBA Commissioner (1988–1992), complications from surgery.