The following is a list of notable deaths in February 2012.
Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence:
Name, age, country of citizenship and reason for notability, established cause of death, reference (and language of reference, if not English).

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Herb Adams, 83, American baseball player (Chicago White Sox). [1]
Gerlando Alberti, 88, Italian Sicilian Mafioso, cancer. [2] (Italian)
Robert B. Cohen, 86, American businessman, founder of Hudson News, progressive supranuclear palsy. [3]
Don Cornelius, 75, American television host and producer (Soul Train), suicide by gunshot. [4]
Andrij Dobriansky, 81, Polish-born American opera singer, diabetes and heart disease. [5]
Angelo Dundee, 90, American boxing trainer (Muhammad Ali). [6]
Joe Ekins, 88, British World War II soldier. [7]
Fabián Estapé, 88, Spanish economist. [8]
John Harrison, 87, Australian Olympic rower. [9]
Ruth Hausmeister, 99, German actress (Zwei Brüder, The Longest Day). [10] (German)
Ladislav Kuna, 64, Slovak football player and manager. [11] (Slovak)
Robert Lawless, 74, American anthropologist. [12]
Ingolf Mork, 64, Norwegian Olympic ski jumper. [13] (Norwegian)
Ladislao Nerio, 35, Salvadoran football player (C.D. Águila), strangled. [14] (Spanish)
David Peaston, 54, American R&B singer, complications of diabetes. [15]
Lutz Philipp, 71, German Olympic athlete. [16] (German)
Gilbert Poirot, 67, French Olympic ski jumper. [17] (French)
Charlie Spoonhour, 72, American basketball coach (Southwest Missouri State, Saint Louis University), complications from lung disease. [18]
Jerry Steiner, 94, American basketball player (Fort Wayne Pistons). [19]
Andrzej Sztolf, 70, Polish Olympic ski jumper. [20] (Polish)
Wisława Szymborska, 88, Polish poet, Nobel Prize in Literature (1996). [21]
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Joyce Barkhouse, 98, Canadian children's writer (Pit Pony), heart attack. [22]
Paul Consbruch, 81, German Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Paderborn (1980–1999). [23]
Frederick William Danker, 91, American lexicographer and New Testament scholar. [24]
David Edelsten, 78, British writer and army officer. [25]
Elwyn Friedrich, 78, Swiss Olympic ice hockey player, myocardial infarction. [26] (German)
Luis Javier Garrido, 71, Mexican political analyst. [27] (Spanish)
Dorothy Gilman, 88, American spy novelist (The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax), complications of Alzheimer’s disease. [28]
Jorge Glusberg, 79, Argentine author and curator, director of the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes. [29] (Spanish)
Jane Ising, 110, German-born American academic and supercentenarian, wife of Ernst Ising. [30]
Nassib Lahoud, 67, Lebanese politician. [31]
James F. Lloyd, 89, American politician, U.S. Representative from California (1975–1981), stroke. [32]
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Steve Appleton, 51, American businessman (Micron Technology), plane crash. [33]
HIM Damsyik, 82, Indonesian dancer and actor. [34]
Ben Gazzara, 81, American actor (The Big Lebowski, Road House), pancreatic cancer. [35]
Terence Hildner, 49, American general, commander of the 13th Sustainment Command (Expeditionary). [36]
Raj Kanwar, 50, Indian film director and producer, kidney failure. [37]
Karibasavaiah, 52, Indian film actor. [38]
Zalman King, 69, American film director (Wild Orchid) and producer (9½ Weeks), cancer. [39]
Karlo Maquinto, 21, Filipino boxer. [40]
Andrzej Szczeklik, 73, Polish physician and educational administrator (Jagiellonian University Medical College). [41] (Polish)
Toh Chin Chye, 90, Singaporean politician, Deputy Prime Minister (1965–1968) and Minister for Health (1975–1981). [42]
Wilhelm Wachtmeister, 88, Swedish diplomat, Ambassador to the United States (1974–1989). [43]
Sam Youd, 89, British science fiction author (The Tripods, The Sword of the Spirits). [44]
Norton Zinder, 83, American microbiologist, pneumonia. [45]
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István Csurka, 77, Hungarian playwright and politician, Chairman of the Hungarian Justice and Life Party (since 1993). [46] (Hungarian)
Robert Daniel, 75, American politician, U.S. Representative from Virginia (1973–1983). [47]
Mike deGruy, 60, American documentary filmmaker (Trials of Life, The Blue Planet), helicopter crash. [48]
Nigel Doughty, 54, British businessman, owner (since 1999) and chairman (2001–2011) of Nottingham Forest F.C. [49]
Joseph W. Estabrook, 67, American Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of the Military Services (since 2004) and Titular Bishop of Flenucleta. [50]
Harry F. Franke, Jr., 89, American politician. [51]
Jeff Fraza, 34, American professional boxer, struck by train. [52]
Robert Glaser, 91, American cognitive psychologist, complications from Alzheimer's disease. [53]
Florence Green, 110, British supercentenarian, last surviving veteran of World War I. [54]
Fernando Lanhas, 88, Portuguese painter. [55] (Portuguese)
Hubert Leitgeb, 46, Italian Olympic biathlete, two-time world champion, avalanche. [56] (German)
Irene McKinney, 72, American poet, Poet Laureate of West Virginia (since 1994), cancer. [57]
Livio Minelli, 85, Italian boxer. [58]
Wendell Mitchell, 71, American politician, Alabama State Senator (1974–2010), heart failure. [59]
Nicolás Moreno, 88, Mexican landscape painter. [60] (Spanish)
Pierre-Eugène Rouanet, 94, French-born Ivorian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Daloa (1956–1975). [61]
János Sebestyén, 80, Hungarian organist. [62] (Hungarian)
Giovanni Volta, 83, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Pavia (1986–2003). [63]
Andrew Wight, 51, Australian screenwriter and producer (Sanctum), helicopter crash. [64]
Pongphan Wongsuwan, 61, Thai football manager (TOT S.C.). [65]
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Blaine, 74, Canadian editorial cartoonist. [66]
Sam Coppola, 79, American actor (Saturday Night Fever, Fatal Attraction). [67]
Al De Lory, 82, American record producer. [68]
Bill Hinzman, 75, American actor (Night of the Living Dead), cancer. [69]
Ray Honeyford, 77, English headmaster and writer. [70]
William D. Houser, 90, American admiral (WWII, Korea, Korea), Alzheimer’s disease and pneumonia. [71]
Jiang Ying, 92, Chinese opera singer and music teacher. [72]
John Turner Sargent, Sr., 87, American publisher. [73]
Lawrence Zhang Wen-Chang, 92, Chinese Roman Catholic priest, Apostolic Administrator of Kunming, Dali, and Zhaotong (since 2000). [74]
Jo Zwaan, 89, Dutch Olympic athlete. [75] (Dutch)
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Billy Bean, 78, American jazz guitarist. [76]
Peter Breck, 82, American actor (The Big Valley). [77]
Sharada Dwivedi, 69, Indian historian. [78]
Yasuhiro Ishimoto, 90, Japanese photographer, complications following pneumonia and a stroke. [79]
Noel Kelehan, 76, Irish musician (RTÉ Concert Orchestra). [80]
Jay Lambert, 86, American Olympic boxer. [81]
Juan Vicente Lezcano, 74, Paraguayan footballer. [82] (Spanish)
Matthew Mbu, 82, Nigerian politician and diplomat, Foreign Minister (1993). [83]
Władysław Ogrodziński, 93, Polish historian and writer. [84] (Polish)
Nuri Otay, 54, Turkish businessman. [85] (Turkish)
David Rosenhan, 82, American psychologist. [86]
Norma Merrick Sklarek, 85, American architect, heart failure. [87]
Antoni Tàpies, 88, Spanish painter. [88]
István Udvardi, 51, Hungarian Olympic bronze medal-winning (1980) water polo player. [89] (Hungarian)
Janice E. Voss, 55, American astronaut, breast cancer. [90]
David A. Winter, 81, Canadian academic. [91]
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James Baring, 6th Baron Revelstoke, 73, British aristocrat. [92]
Danny Clyburn, 37, American baseball player (Baltimore Orioles, Tampa Bay Devil Rays), shot. [93]
Patricia Stephens Due, 72, American civil rights activist, cancer. [94]
Ann Dummett, 81, British activist. [95]
Devy Erilh, 83, French violinist. [96]
Marie-Louise Haumont, 93, Belgian writer. [97] (French)
Florence Holway, 96, American advocate for rape victims. [98]
Harry Keough, 84, American soccer player and coach. [99]
Sergio Larraín, 81, Chilean photographer. [100]
Phil Shanahan, 84, Irish hurler. [101]
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Theophilus Brown, 92, American painter. [102]
Phil Bruns, 80, American actor (Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman; Barney Miller; The Great Waldo Pepper), natural causes. [103]
Dennis Callahan, 70, American politician, Mayor of Annapolis (1985–1989), heart attack. [104]
John Cunningham, 66, Irish journalist, editor of Connacht Tribune (1984–2007), illness. [105]
Laurent Desjardins, 88, Canadian politician. [106]
John Fairfax, 74, British ocean rower and adventurer. [107]
Giangiacomo Guelfi, 87, Italian opera singer. [108] (Italian)
Robert Hecht, Jr., 92, American antiquities dealer. [109]
Lew Hitch, 82, American basketball player (Minneapolis Lakers, Milwaukee Hawks, Philadelphia Warriors). [110]
Jorge Salvador Lara, 85, Ecuadorian historian and politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs (1966, 1976–1977). [111] (Spanish)
Laurie Main, 89, Australian-born character actor (Welcome to Pooh Corner). [112]
Enrique Moreno, 48, Spanish footballer. [113] (Spanish)
Gunther Plaut, 99, German-born Canadian rabbi and author. [114]
Jimmy Sabater, Sr., 75, American Latin musician. [115]
Allan Segal, 70, British documentary maker, cancer. [116]
Ib Holm Sørensen, Danish computer scientist. [117] (death announced on this date)
Luis Alberto Spinetta, 62, Argentine musician (Almendra, Pescado Rabioso, Invisible), lung cancer. [118]
Wando, 66, Brazilian singer, cardiorespiratory arrest. [119] (Portuguese)
Brayim Younisi, 85, Kurdish writer, novelist and translator. [120] (Arabic)
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Adam Adamowicz, 42, American video game concept artist (The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, Fallout 3), cancer. [121]
Ole Albrechtsen, 87, Danish Olympic fencer. [122] (Danish)
Jill Kinmont Boothe, 75, American alpine skier. [123]
Peggy Crowe, 56, American Olympic speed skater. [124]
Fred Dickson, 74, Canadian lawyer and politician, Senator (since 2009), colon cancer. [125]
O. P. Dutta, 90, Indian film director, complications of pneumonia. [126]
Josh Gifford, 70, British racehorse jockey and trainer, heart attack. [127]
John Hick, 90, English philosopher and theologian. [128]
Barbara Marianowska, 64, British-born Polish politician. [129] (Polish)
Joe Moretti, 73, British guitarist, lung cancer. [130]
Oscar Núñez, 83, Argentine actor (Good Life Delivery), cancer. [131]
Don Panciera, 84, American football player (New York Yankees, Detroit Lions, Chicago Cardinals). [132]
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Chuck Baird, 64, American artist. [133]
Geoffrey Cornish, 97, American golf course architect. [134]
R. T. France, 73, British New Testament scholar. [135]
Ronald Fraser, 81, English historian. [136]
Joseph Gaggero, 84, Gibraltarian businessman. [137]
Filippo Giannini, 88, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Rome (1980–1998). [138]
Ed Harrison, 84, Canadian ice hockey player (New York Rangers, Boston Bruins). [139]
Francisco de Guruceaga Iturriza, 84, Venezuelan Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of La Guaira (1973–2001). [140]
Brian Jones, 67, British intelligence analyst. [141]
Gloria Lloyd, 87, American actress (Temptation), daughter of Harold Lloyd. [142]
Lloyd Morrison, 54, New Zealand businessman (Infratil), leukemia. [143]
Wilmot Perkins, 80, Jamaican radio personality. [144]
Ivan Pravilov, 48, Ukrainian ice hockey coach, suspected suicide. [145]
James Riordan, 75, English novelist and academic. [146]
Adolfo Schwelm Cruz, 88, Argentine racing driver. [147]
Jeffrey Zaslow, 53, American author and columnist, car accident. [148]
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Siri Bjerke, 53, Norwegian politician, Minister of the Environment (2000–2001), cancer. [149] (Norwegian)
Gene Crumling, 89, American baseball player (St. Louis Cardinals). [150]
Aharon Davidi, 85, Israeli general. [151] (Hebrew)
Trent Frayne, 93, Canadian sportswriter. [152]
Whitney Houston, 48, American singer ("I Will Always Love You") and actress (The Bodyguard), drowned. [153]
Jeffrey Perry, 63, British stage and screen actor. [154]
John Sperry, 87, Canadian Anglican Bishop of the Arctic (1974–1990). [155]
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Zina Bethune, 66, American actress (Sunrise at Campobello), hit-and-run. [156]
Malcolm Devitt, 75, English footballer. [157]
Denis Flannery, 83, Australian rugby league player. [158]
Adrian Foley, 8th Baron Foley, 88, British musician and aristocrat. [159]
David Kelly, 82, Irish actor (Fawlty Towers, Strumpet City, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory). [160]
Gratia Schimmelpenninck van der Oye, 99, Dutch Olympic alpine skier (1936). [161] (Dutch)
John Severin, 90, American comic book artist (Hulk), co-founder of Mad magazine. [162]
Howard Zimmerman, 85, American professor of chemistry. [163]
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Russell Arms, 92, American singer (Your Hit Parade) and actor (The Man Who Came to Dinner). [164]
Lillian Bassman, 94, American photographer. [165]
Ladislau Biernaski, 74, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of São José dos Pinhais (since 2006), cancer. [166]
Frank Braña, 77, Spanish film actor, respiratory failure. [167] (Spanish)
Al Brenner, 64, American football player (New York Giants, Hamilton Tiger-Cats). [168]
Jodie Christian, 80, American jazz pianist. [169]
Louise Cochrane, 93, American-born British television producer. [170]
Eamon Deacy, 53, Irish footballer, member of Aston Villa championship-winning team (1981), heart attack. [171]
Humayun Faridi, 59, Bangladeshi actor. [172]
Daniel C. Gerould, 84, American playwright and academic. [173]
David Griffiths, 84, British Anglican clergyman, Archdeacon of Berkshire (1987–1992). [174]
Kushimaumi Keita, 46, Japanese sumo wrestler and coach (Tagonoura), ischaemic heart disease. [175] (Japanese)
Anwar Kamal Khan, 64, Pakistani politician, cardiac failure. [176]
Akhlaq Mohammed Khan, 75, Indian poet, lyricist and academic, lung cancer. [177]
Mohamed Lamari, 72, Algerian general, Chief of Staff of the People's National Army (1993–2004), heart attack. [178]
Víctor Manuel Liceaga Ruibal, 77, Mexican politician, Governor of Baja California Sur (1987–1993), respiratory failure. [179] (Spanish)
Severo Lombardoni, 62, Italian music producer. [180] (Italian)
Jim O'Brien, 64, Scottish film and television director. [181]
Leta Peer, 47, Swiss painter and fine art photographer. [182] (German)
Sansón, 87, Spanish football player. [183] (Spanish)
Freddie Solomon, 59, American football player (Miami Dolphins, San Francisco 49ers), colon and liver cancer. [184]
Edward Groesbeck Voss, 82, American botanist and lepidopterist. [185]
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V. S. Acharya, 71, Indian politician. [186]
Mike Bernardo, 42, South African boxer, kickboxer and martial artist. [187]
Zlatko Crnković, 76, Croatian actor, cardiac arrest. [188] (Croatian)
Erwin Fiedor, 68, Polish Olympic ski jumper. [189] (Polish)
Kim Pong-chol, 69, North Korean politician. [190]
Tonmi Lillman, 38, Finnish musician (Ajattara, Sinergy, To/Die/For, Lordi). [191]
Earl Lindley, 78, American football player (Edmonton Eskimos). [192]
Tom McAnearney, 79, Scottish footballer (Sheffield Wednesday, Peterborough United, Aldershot). [193]
Dory Previn, 86, American singer-songwriter (Mythical Kings and Iguanas) and lyricist (Valley of the Dolls, Last Tango in Paris). [194]
Péter Rusorán, 71, Hungarian water polo player and coach, Olympic champion. [195] (Hungarian)
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Charles Anthony, 82, American tenor, kidney failure. [196]
Sir Alan Cottrell, 92, British metallurgist and physicist. [197]
William H. Dabney, 77, American colonel, awarded Navy Cross. [198]
Cyril Domb, 91, British physicist. [199]
Jacques Duby, 89, French actor. [200] (French)
Pola Illéry, 103, Romanian film actress. [201]
Zelda Kaplan, 95, American socialite and philanthropist. [202]
Elyse Knox, 94, American actress and model, mother of Mark Harmon. [203]
Doug McNichol, 81, Canadian football player (Montreal Alouettes, Toronto Argonauts). [204]
Lina Romay, 57, Spanish actress. [205]
Clive Shakespeare, 62, British-born Australian guitarist (Sherbet) and record producer, prostate cancer. [206]
James Whitaker, 71, British journalist, royal editor of the Daily Mirror, cancer. [207]
Gerrit Ybema, 66, Dutch politician, State Secretary for Economic Affairs (1998–2002), lung cancer. [208] (Dutch)
John J. Yeosock, 74, American lieutenant general, lung cancer. [209]
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Duško Antunović, 65, Croatian Olympic water polo player and coach. [210] (Croatian)
Gösta Arvidsson, 86, Swedish Olympic athlete. [211] (Swedish)
Chikage Awashima, 87, Japanese actress (Takarazuka Revue), pancreatic cancer. [212]
Gary Carter, 57, American Hall of Fame baseball player (Montreal Expos, New York Mets), brain tumor. [213]
Shlomo Cohen-Tzidon, 89, Israeli politician. [214]
Sir Baddeley Devesi, 70, Solomon Islander politician, first Governor-General (1978–1988). [215]
Warren Hudson, 49, Canadian football player (Toronto Argonauts, Winnipeg Blue Bombers), brain cancer. [216]
Reidar T. Larsen, 88, Norwegian politician, member of parliament (1973–1977). [217] (Norwegian)
John Macionis, 95, American Olympic silver medal-winning (1936) swimmer. [218]
Kathryn McGee, 91, American disability rights advocate. [219]
Harry McPherson, 82, American lawyer and lobbyist, advisor to Lyndon B. Johnson, cancer. [220]
Geevarghese Mar Osthathios, 93, Indian Orthodox bishop, Senior Metropolitan of the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church. [221]
Anil Ramdas, 54, Surinamese-born Dutch columnist and journalist (NRC Handelsblad). [222]
Ronald Rindestu, 69, Norwegian politician. [223] (Norwegian)
Anthony Shadid, 43, American journalist, asthma. [224]
Ethel Stark, 95, Canadian violinist and conductor. [225]
Gene Vance, 88, American basketball player (Chicago Stags, Tri-Cities Blackhawks, Milwaukee Hawks). [226]
Dick Anthony Williams, 77, American actor (Edward Scissorhands, The Jerk, Homefront), after long illness. [227]
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Nicolaas Govert de Bruijn, 93, Dutch mathematician. [228]
Robert Carr, Baron Carr of Hadley, 95, British politician, MP for Mitcham (1950–1974) & Carshalton (1974–1976); Home Secretary (1972–1974). [229]
Jordan da Costa, 79, Brazilian footballer (Flamengo), diabetes. [230] (Portuguese)
Clarence Dart, 91, American World War II fighter pilot (Tuskegee Airmen). [231]
Michael Davis, 68, American bassist (MC5), liver failure. [232]
Winkie Direko, 82, South African politician, Premier of the Free State (1999–2004), stroke. [233]
Pierre Francisse, 87, Belgian Olympic fencer. [234] (French)
Danny Halloran, 93, Australian footballer (Carlton). [235]
Kurt Lehovec, 93, American physicist. [236]
Ulric Neisser, 83, American psychologist. [237]
Hank Nelson, 74, Australian historian, cancer. [238]
Peter Novick, 77, American historian. [239]
Howie Nunn, 76, American baseball player (St. Louis Cardinals, Cincinnati Reds). [240]
Frank Sanders, 62, American Olympic silver medal-winning (1972) ice hockey player, pancreatic cancer. [241]
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Roald Aas, 83, Norwegian Olympic gold (1960) and bronze (1952) medal-winning speed skater. [242] (Norwegian)
József Breznay, 95, Hungarian painter. [243] (Hungarian)
George Brizan, 69, Grenadian politician, Prime Minister (1995), diabetes. [244]
João Viegas Carrascalão, 65, East Timorese politician. [245] (Portuguese)
Zvezdan Čebinac, 72, Serbian football player and manager. [246]
Rose Cliver, 109, American centenarian, one of the last known survivors of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. [247]
Elizabeth Connell, 65, South African soprano singer, cancer. [248]
Clementina Díaz y de Ovando, 96, Mexican writer and academic. [249]
Linda Estrella, 89, Fillipina actress. [250]
M. R. D. Foot, 92, English military historian. [251]
Ken Goodwin, 78, English comedian (The Comedians), Alzheimer's disease. [252]
Peter Halliday, 87, Welsh actor. [253]
María Amalia Lacroze de Fortabat, 90, Argentine business executive and philanthropist. [254]
Matt Lamb, 79, American painter. [255]
Bertie Messitt, 81, Irish Olympic athlete (1960). [256]
Roger Miner, 77, American federal appellate judge, heart failure. [257]
Cal Murphy, 79, Canadian football coach and general manager (Winnipeg Blue Bombers). [258]
Peter Sharp, 72, New Zealand first class cricketer (Canterbury) and cricket commentator, cancer. [259]
Ric Waite, 78, American cinematographer (Red Dawn, Footloose). [260]
Mohammed Wardi, 79, Sudanese singer and songwriter, kidney complications. [261]
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Georgi Cherkelov, 81, Bulgarian actor, stroke. [262] (Bulgarian)
Robin Corbett, Baron Corbett of Castle Vale, 78, British politician, MP for Hemel Hempstead (1974–1979) and Birmingham Erdington (1983–2001), cancer. [263]
Renato Dulbecco, 97, Italian-born American virologist, Nobel laureate in Physiology or Medicine (1975). [264]
Vito Giacalone, 88, American mobster. [265]
Eric Harris, 56, American football player (Toronto Argonauts, Kansas City Chiefs, Los Angeles Rams), heart attack. [266]
J. Paul Hogan, 92, American research chemist. [267]
Steve Kordek, 100, American pinball machine designer. [268]
Ruth Barcan Marcus, 90, American philosopher and logician. [269]
Walter Schloss, 95, American investor and stock trader, leukemia. [270]
So Man-sul, 84, North Korean Zainichi activist, Chongryon Central Standing Committee chairman. [271]
Frits Staal, 81, Dutch philosopher. [272] (Dutch)
Stasys Stonkus, 80, Lithuanian basketball player. [273] (Lithuanian)
Herman G. Tillman, Jr., 89, American pilot (WWII, Korea, Vietnam), liver failure. [274]
Jaroslav Velinský, 79, Czech science fiction and detective author. [275] (Czech)
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Knut Torbjørn Eggen, 51, Norwegian Olympic football player and coach. [276] (Norwegian)
Asar Eppel, 77, Russian translator, stroke. [277] (Russian)
Sebhat Gebre-Egziabher, 76, Ethiopian author. [278]
Imanuel Geiss, 81, German historian. [279] (German)
Katie Hall, 73, American politician, U.S. Representative from Indiana (1982–1985). [280]
S. N. Lakshmi, 85, Indian actress, cardiac arrest. [281]
Lydia Lamaison, 97, Argentine actress (Muñeca Brava). [282]
Christoffer Schander, 51, Norwegian marine biologist. [283] (Norwegian)
Michael Siegal, 61, British developmental psychologist. [284]
Adrienne Smith, 78, Australian sport administrator. [285]
Edgardo Gabriel Storni, 75, Argentine Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz (1984–2002). [286] (Spanish)
Vitaly Vorotnikov, 86, Soviet politician, Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian SFSR (1988–1990). [287]
Sullivan Walker, 68, Trinidadian actor (The Cosby Show, Earth 2). [288]
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Ranil Abeynaike, 57, Sri Lankan cricketer and commentator, heart attack. [289]
Sarbari Roy Choudhury, 79, Indian sculptor, heart attack. [290]
H. M. Darmstandler, 89, American Air Force officer. [291]
Manuel Franco da Costa de Oliveira Falcão, 89, Portuguese Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Beja (1980–1999). [292]
Emlyn Hooson, Baron Hooson, 86, British politician, MP for Montgomeryshire (1962–1979). [293]
Colin Ireland, 57, British serial killer. [294]
Pierre Juneau, 89, Canadian broadcasting executive and cabinet minister, Minister of Communications (1975), namesake of the Juno Awards. [295]
Fay Kleinman, 99, American painter, complications of a broken hip. [296]
Yusuf Kurçenli, 65, Turkish film director, cancer. [297]
Tom Martinez, 66, American football coach, heart attack. [298]
John Michuki, 79, Kenyan politician, heart attack. [299]
Benjamin Romualdez, 81, Filipino politician and diplomat, Governor of Leyte (1967–1986), cancer. [300]
Leonard Rosoman, 98, British artist. [301]
Barney Rosset, 89, American publisher (Grove Press) and free speech advocate. [302]
Eldor Urazbayev, 71, Russian film director. [303]
John Charles Winter, 88, British church organist. [304]
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Frank Carson, 85, Northern Irish comedian. [305]
Marie Colvin, 56, American reporter (The Sunday Times), shelling. [306]
Nakamura Jakuemon IV, 91, Japanese kabuki actor, pneumonia. [307] (Japanese)
Lyudmila Kasatkina, 86, Russian actress, People's Artist of the USSR. [308] (Russian)
Thabang Lebese, 38, South African footballer, AIDS-related illness. [309]
Lorin Levee, 61, American clarinetist (Los Angeles Philharmonic). [310]
João Mansur, 88, Brazilian politician, Governor of Paraná (1973). [311] (Portuguese)
Robert R. McElroy, 84, American photographer. [312]
Mike Melvoin, 74, American jazz pianist and composer, cancer. [313]
Dmitri Nabokov, 77, American opera singer and translator. [314] (Dutch)
Rémi Ochlik, 28, French photographer, shelling. [315]
Ian Robertson, 89, British admiral. [316]
Cuauhtémoc Sandoval Ramírez, 61, Mexican politician, heart attack. [317] (Spanish)
Enzo Sellerio, 88, Italian photographer, heart attack. [318] (Italian)
Billy Strange, 81, American songwriter ("Limbo Rock") and music arranger. [319]
Sukhbir, 86, Indian writer. [320]
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Cathy Campbell, 78, New Zealand broadcaster, brain tumour. [321]
William Gay, 70, American author. [322]
Grigory Kosykh, 79, Soviet sports shooter. [323] (Russian)
Mariuccia Medici, 102, Swiss-born Italian actress. [324] (Italian)
Stella Nardari-Vecchiato, 113, Italian supercentenarian. [325] (Italian)
William Raggio, 85, American politician, Nevada State Senator (1972–2011), respiratory illness. [326]
David Sayre, 87, American scientist. [327]
Marc Soula, 64, French entomologist. [328]
Bruce Surtees, 74, American cinematographer (Lenny, Dirty Harry, Beverly Hills Cop). [329]
Jan van Borssum Buisman, 92, Dutch painter. [330]
Kazimierz Żygulski, 92, Polish sociologist and politician. [331] (Polish)
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Infanta Maria Adelaide of Portugal, 100, Portuguese royal. [332] (Portuguese)
Agnes Allen, 81, American baseball player (All-American Girls Professional Baseball League). [333]
István Anhalt, 92, Hungarian-born Canadian composer. [334]
Jan Berenstain, 88, American writer and illustrator (Berenstain Bears), stroke. [335]
Benedict Freedman, 92, American novelist and mathematician. [336]
Njenga Karume, 82, Kenyan businessman and politician, cancer. [337]
Theodore Mann, 87, American theatre producer and director. [338]
Terry Mathews, 47, American baseball player (Texas Rangers, Florida Marlins, Baltimore Orioles), heart attack. [339]
Kenneth Price, 77, American ceramics artist, cancer. [340]
Pery Ribeiro, 74, Brazilian singer, myocardial infarction. [341] (Portuguese)
Eliana Tranchesi, 56, Brazilian chief executive (Daslu). [342] (Portuguese)
Jay Ward, 73, American baseball player (Minnesota Twins, Cincinnati Reds). [343]
Oliver Wrong, 87, British medical academic. [344]
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Maurice André, 78, French classical trumpeter. [345]
Dave Cheadle, 60, American baseball player (Atlanta Braves). [346]
Lynn Compton, 90, American soldier, inspiration for Band of Brothers, heart attack. [347]
Dick Davies, 76, American gold-medal winning Olympic basketball player (1964). [348]
Lloyd R. George, 85, American politician, member of the Arkansas House of Representatives (1963–1967; 1973–1997). [349]
Red Holloway, 84, American jazz saxophonist, stroke and kidney failure. [350]
Erland Josephson, 88, Swedish actor and author, leader of the Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm, complications of Parkinson's disease. [351]
Louisiana Red, 79, American blues musician, stroke. [352]
Martha Stewart, 89, American actress. [353]
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Ed Brigadier, 62, American actor. [354]
Richard Carpenter, 82, English television screenwriter. [355]
Árpád Fekete, 90, Hungarian football player and coach. [356] (Spanish)
Georg Holzherr, 85, Swiss Roman Catholic prelate, Abbot Ordinary of Territorial Abbacy of Maria Einsiedeln (1969–2001). [357]
Don Joyce, 82, American football player (Baltimore Colts, Chicago Cardinals, Minnesota Vikings). [358]
Hans Christian Korting, German dermatologist. [359] (German)
Kumar Kashyap Mahasthavir, 85, Nepalese Buddhist monk. [360]
Trayvon Martin, 17, American teenager, shooting. [361]
Berto Poosen, 67, Belgian Olympic volleyball player. [362] (Dutch)
George E. Terwilleger, 71, American politician. [363]
Johannes Vågsnes, 88, Norwegian politician. [364] (Norwegian)
Yvonne Verbeeck, 98, Belgian actress. [365] (Dutch)
Zollie Volchok, 95, American basketball executive. [366]
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Ely Bielutin, 86, Russian artist. [367] (Russian)
Louis Bertorelle, 79, French Olympic basketball player. [368] (French)
Pedro Azabache Bustamante, 94, Peruvian painter. [369]
Vince Dantona, 62, American ventriloquist. [370]
Werner Guballa, 67, German Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Mainz (since 2003). [371]
Anders Kulläng, 68, Swedish rally driver, drowning. [372] (Swedish)
Ma Jiyuan, 91, Chinese military leader. [373] (Chinese)
Sailen Manna, 87, Indian Olympic footballer. [374]
Armand Penverne, 85, French football player. [375]
Tina Strobos, 91, Dutch psychiatrist and humanitarian, protected Jewish refugees during WWII, cancer. [376]
Władysław Tajner, 76, Polish Olympic ski jumper. [377] (Polish)
Helga Vlahović, 67, Croatian journalist, producer and television personality, uterine cancer. [378] (Croatian)
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Bai Jing, 29, Chinese actress, stabbed. [379]
Jaime Graça, 70, Portuguese footballer. [380] (Portuguese)
Jim Green, 68, American-born Canadian politician and activist, lung cancer. [381]
William Hamilton, 87, American theologian. [382]
Peter King, 47, English footballer. [383] (death announced on this date)
Hal Roach, 84, Irish comedian. [384]
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Roland Bautista, 60, American guitarist (Earth, Wind & Fire). [385]
Ertjies Bezuidenhout, 56, South African cyclist. [386]
Dennis Chinnery, 84, British actor (Doctor Who). [387]
Fukuzo Iwasaki, 86, Japanese businessman. [388] (Japanese)
Davy Jones, 66, British actor and musician (The Monkees), heart attack. [389]
Karl Kodat, 69, Austrian international footballer. [390] (German)
Sheldon Moldoff, 91, American comic book artist, kidney failure. [391]
Horacio Morales, 68, Filipino economist and politician, Secretary of Agrarian Reform (1998–2001), heart attack. [392]
P. K. Narayana Panicker, 81, Indian welfare worker, President of the Nair Service Society. [393]
Violet Wood, 112, British supercentenarian, oldest person in the UK. [394]
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The following is a list of notable deaths in January 2012.
Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence:
Name, age, country of citizenship and reason for notability, established cause of death, reference (and language of reference, if not English).
[edit]January 2012

[edit]1
Gary Ablett, 46, English footballer (Liverpool, Everton, Birmingham City), non-Hodgkin lymphoma. [1]
Bob Anderson, 89, British Olympic fencer (1952), film fight director and choreographer (Star Wars, The Lord of the Rings). [2]
Alfredo Battisti, 86, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Udine (1972–2000). [3] (Italian)
Jorge Andrés Boero, 38, Argentine motorcycle racer, Dakar Rally crash. [4]
Elizabeth Brumfiel, 76, American archaeologist. [5]
Anders Frandsen, 51, Danish singer and television presenter. [6] (Danish)
Rebecca Fromer, 84, American historian and writer, co-founder of the Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life. [7]
Kiro Gligorov, 94, Macedonian politician, first democratically elected President (1991–1999). [8]
Jan Groover, 68 American photographer. [9]
Hermann Guggiari, 87, Paraguayan engineer and sculptor. [10] (Spanish)
Frank Horwill, 84, British athletics coach. [11]
Ed Jenkins, 78, American politician, Representative from Georgia (1977–1993). [12]
Alessandro Liberati, 57 Italian medical researcher, cancer. [13] (Italian)
Nay Win Maung, 49, Burmese physician and pro-democracy activist, heart attack. [14]
Fred Milano, 72, American doo-wop singer (The Belmonts, Dion and the Belmonts), lung cancer. [15]
Tommy Mont, 89, American college football coach and NFL player, heart failure. [16]
Marcelle Narbonne, 113, French supercentenarian, oldest person in Europe. [17] (French)
Carlos Soria, 63, Argentine politician, Secretary of Intelligence (2002), Governor of Río Negro (since 2011), shot. [18]
Yafa Yarkoni, 86, Israeli singer. [19]
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Ian Bargh, 76, British-born Canadian jazz pianist, lung cancer. [20]
David W. Barron, 76, British computer scientist. [21]
Ivan Călin, 76, Moldovan politician, Acting President of the Moldovan Parliament (2009). [22] (Russian)
William P. Carey, 81, American businessman (W. P. Carey & Co.) and philanthropist. [23]
Ioan Drăgan, 46, Romanian footballer (FC Brașov), colorectal cancer. [24] (Romanian)
Vivi Friedman, 44, Finnish film director, cancer. [25]
Silvana Gallardo, 58, American actress. [26]
Yoshiro Hayashi, 89, Japanese golfer. [27] (Japanese)
Gordon Hirabayashi, 93, American civil rights activist (Hirabayashi v. United States). [28]
Jim Huber, 67, American sports commentator (CNN, TNT). [29]
Anatoly Kolesov, 73, Russian wrestler, Olympic gold medalist (1964). [30] (Russian)
Howie Koplitz, 73, American baseball player (Detroit Tigers, Washington Senators). [31]
Helmut Müller-Brühl, 78, German conductor. [32] (German)
Larry Reinhardt, 63, American rock guitarist (Iron Butterfly, Captain Beyond), liver cirrhosis. [33]
Alan Rowlands, 83, English pianist. [34]
Ambjørg Sælthun, 89, Norwegian politician. [35] (Norwegian)
Otto Scrinzi, 93, Austrian journalist and politician. [36]
Paulo Rodrigues da Silva, 25, Brazilian footballer, car crash. [37] (Portuguese)
H. Edwin Young, 94, American economist, Chancellor of the University of Wisconsin–Madison (1968–1977). [38]
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Charles W. Bailey, 81, American journalist and novelist (Seven Days in May), Parkinson's disease. [39]
Gene Bartow, 81, American college basketball coach (UAB, UCLA), stomach cancer. [40]
Robert L. Carter, 94, American civil rights activist (Sweatt v. Painter) and judge, complications from a stroke. [41]
Ray Costict, 56, American football player (New England Patriots). [42]
Miguel Couturier, 61, Mexican actor (Miss Bala, Once Upon a Time in Mexico), cancer. [43] (Spanish)
Willi Entenmann, 68, German football player and coach, heart attack. [44] (German)
Juan Escudero, 91, Spanish footballer. [45]
Fong Fei Fei, 60, Taiwanese singer and actress, lung cancer. [46]
Selorm Kuadey, 24, Ukrainian-born English rugby union player (Sale Sharks). [47]
John David Lewis, 56, American political scientist. [48]
Winifred Milius Lubell, 97, American illustrator and writer, heart failure. [49]
Joaquín Martínez, 81, Mexican-born American actor (Jeremiah Johnson, Die Another Day), pancreatic cancer. [50]
Osamu Matsubara, 94, Japanese businessman, chairman of Books Kinokuniya, heart failure. [51] (Japanese)
Stepan Oshchepkov, 77, Russian canoeist, Olympic gold medalist (1964). [52] (Russian)
Josef Škvorecký, 87, Czech writer and publisher, cancer. [53]
Miguel Terekhov, 83, Uruguayan-born American ballet dancer and teacher, complications of lung fibrosis. [54]
Jenny Tomasin, 75, British actress (Upstairs, Downstairs), hypertensive heart disease. [55]
Wylie Vale, 70, American endocrinologist. [56]
Vicar, 77, Chilean cartoonist. [57] (Spanish)
Bob Weston, 64, British guitarist and songwriter (Fleetwood Mac), gastrointestinal hemorrhage. [58] (body found on this date)
Harold Zirin, 82, American astronomer. [59]
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Eve Arnold, 99, American photographer. [60]
Ruben Ayala, 89, American politician, California State Senator (1974–1998), first elected Mayor of Chino, California (1964–1966). [61]
James F. Crow, 95, American geneticist. [62]
Harry Fowler, 85, British character actor. [63]
Gatewood Galbraith, 64, American lawyer and author, complications from chronic emphysema. [64]
Sir Archibald Glenn, 100, Australian industrialist, Chancellor of La Trobe University. [65]
Patricia Mather, 88, Australian zoologist. [66]
Kerry McGregor, 37, British singer and reality contestant (The X Factor), bladder cancer. [67]
Bobby McKenzie, 83, Australian football player. [68]
Kalpana Mohan, 65, Indian actress. [69]
Carmen Naranjo, 83, Costa Rican novelist, poet and essayist, cancer. [70]
Hisako Ōishi, 75, Japanese politician, member of the House of Councillors, respiratory failure. [71]
Rod Robbie, 83, Canadian architect. [72]
Xaver Unsinn, 82, German Olympic ice hockey player and coach. [73] (German)
David Wheeler, 86, American theatrical director. [74]
[edit]5
Richard Alf, 59, American businessman, co-founder and chairman of San Diego Comic-Con International, pancreatic cancer. [75]
Selwyn Baptiste, 75, Trinidadian-born British musician and festival organiser. [76]
Don Carter, 85, American professional bowler, complication from pneumonia and emphysema. [77]
Samson H. Chowdhury, 86, Bangladeshi businessman. [78]
Idwal Fisher, 76, Welsh rugby player. [79]
Thelma Forbes, 101, Canadian politician. [80]
Hikaru Hayashi, 80, Japanese composer. [81] (Japanese)
Frank Ackerman Hill, 92, American U.S. Air Force officer, commander of the 33rd Air Division. [82]
Frederica Sagor Maas, 111, American silent film screenwriter (The Plastic Age), playwright, memoirist and author. [83]
Isaac Díaz Pardo, 91, Spanish artist. [84]
Amit Saigal, 46, Indian rock magazine publisher, concert promoter and musician, drowned. [85]
Alexander Sizonenko, 52, Russian basketball player, world's tallest person (1991). [86] (Russian)
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Louise Gibson Annand, 96, Scottish artist. [87]
James R. Arnold, 88, American space scientist. [88]
Tom Ardolino, 56, American drummer (NRBQ). [89]
Roger Boisjoly, 73, American aerospace engineer, anticipated the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster, cancer. [90]
Gabriel Cadis, 60, Israeli attorney, chairman of the Jaffa Orthodox Church Association, stabbed. [91]
John Celardo, 93, American comic strip artist (Tarzan, Buz Sawyer). [92]
Harry Fearnley, 88, English footballer. [93]
Bob Holness, 83, South African-born British quiz show host and actor (Blockbusters). [94]
Eleftherios Katsaitis, 82, Greek-born British Orthodox hierarch, Auxiliary Bishop of Archdiocese of Great Britain (1987–1994), smothered. [95] (Greek)
W. Francis McBeth, 78, American composer. [96]
Frank James McGarr, 90, American federal district judge. [97]
Basil Payne, 88, Irish poet. [98]
Ellen Pence, 63, American sociologist and social activist, creator of the Duluth Domestic Abuse Intervention Project, breast cancer. [99]
Sybil Plumlee, 100, American teacher and police officer. [100]
Spike Pola, 97, Australian football player. [101]
John Pollock, 87, English author. [102]
Louis Rech, 85, Italian-born Luxembourgian politician, Mayor of Dudelange (1985–1993). [103] (German)
Clive Shell, 64, Welsh international rugby player. [104] (death announced on this date).
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Ibrahim Aslan, 77, Egyptian novelist and short story writer, heart failure. [105]
Tony Blankley, 63, British-born American commentator, newspaper editor and child actor, stomach cancer. [106]
Karen Ramey Burns, 64, American forensic anthropologist. [107]
Milburn E. Calhoun, 72, American book publisher. [108]
Francella Mary Griggs, 91, American nun, advocated for federal recognition of the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians. [109]
George Livingston, 78, American politician, first elected black mayor of Richmond, California (1985–1993), diabetes. [110]
Hideaki Nitani, 81, Japanese actor (Tokyo Drifter), pneumonia. [111]
Charlie Pawsey, 88, English rugby league player. [112]
Henri Puppo, 98, French cyclist. [113] (French)
Herbert Wilf, 80, American mathematician. [114]
[edit]8
Dave Alexander, 73, American blues singer and pianist, suicide by gunshot. [115]
Franz Berger, 71, Austrian Olympic wrestler. [116] (German)
Andrea Bosic, 92, Italian actor. [117] (Italian)
Herb Clarke, 84, American television weatherman (WCAU-TV), NATAS Governor's Award winner (2007), Alzheimer's disease. [118]
Glenn Cox, 80, American baseball player (Kansas City Athletics). [119]
Franz Dorfer, 61, Austrian Olympic boxer (1976). [120] (German)
Gunnar Dyrberg, 90, Danish resistance fighter, head of Holger Danske (1943–1945). [121] (Danish)
Edarem. 79, American television presenter and internet celebrity. [122]
T. J. Hamblin, 68, British haematologist, cancer. [123]
Dmitry Machinsky, 74, Russian archaeologist. [124] (Russian)
John Madin, 87, English architect. [125]
Charles Morris, 85, British politician, MP for Manchester Openshaw (1963–1983). [126]
Clarence Cullam Pope, 81, American prelate, Episcopal Bishop of Fort Worth (1986–1994). [127]
Graham Rathbone, 69, Welsh footballer, dementia. [128]
Bernhard Schrader, 80, German theoretical chemist. [129] (German)
Alexis Weissenberg, 82, Bulgarian-born French pianist. [130]
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Louis Boekhout, 92, Dutch-born Canadian painter. [131]
Ron Caron, 82, Canadian ice hockey administrator, General Manager of the St. Louis Blues (1983–1993, 1996). [132]
Ernie Carson, 74, American jazz musician. [133]
Brian Curvis, 74, Welsh boxer, leukaemia. [134] (death announced on this date).
Alex DeCroce, 75, American politician, New Jersey General Assembly Minority Leader (since 2004). [135]
Bill Dickie, 82, Scottish football administrator. [136]
Ruth Fernández, 92, Puerto Rican contralto and politician, Senator (1973–1981). [137] (Spanish)
Bridie Gallagher, 87, Irish singer. [138]
Augusto Gansser-Biaggi, 101, Swiss geologist. [139]
Christian-Joseph Guyonvarc'h, 85, French philologist. [140] (French)
Koizumi Junsaku, 87, Japanese painter and pottery artist, pneumonia. [141]
Mae Laborde, 102, American actress. [142]
Vern McGrew, 82, American Olympic athlete. [143]
Robert Nelson, 81, American filmmaker, cancer. [144]
John Both Puok, 48, South Sudanese politician. [145]
Salvador A. Rodolfo, Sr., 92, Filipino war hero, leukemia. [146]
William G. Roll, 85, American psychologist and parapsychologist. [147]
Malam Bacai Sanhá, 64, Guinea-Bissauan politician, President (1999–2000; since 2009). [148]
Larry Solway, 83, Canadian radio personality and author. [149]
László Szekeres, 90, Hungarian physician. [150]
Pyotr Vasilevsky, 55, Belarusian football player and coach. [151] (Russian)
Aldo Zenhäusern, 60, Swiss Olympic ice hockey player (1976). [152]
[edit]10
Fred Bateman, 74, American economic historian. [153]
Alfonso de Bourbon, 83, American claimant of Spanish royalty, traffic accident. [154]
Azeem Daultana, 32, Pakistani politician, Member of the National Assembly, road accident. [155]
José Freire de Oliveira Neto, 83, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Mossoró (1984–2004). [156]
Vince Gibson, 78, American college football coach. [157]
Jack Heron, 85, American college basketball coach (Sacramento State University). [158]
Kyra T. Inachin, 43, German historian. [159] (German)
Lila Kaye, 82, British actress. [160]
Jean Pigott, 87, Canadian politician and businesswoman, MP for Ottawa—Carleton (1976–1979). [161]
Cliff Portwood, 74, English footballer and singer, lung disease. [162]
Mary Raftery, 54, Irish journalist (States of Fear). [163]
Takao Sakurai, 70, Japanese boxer, Olympic gold medalist (1964), esophageal cancer. [164] (Japanese)
Syed Shah Mardan Shah-II, 83, Pakistani politician and spiritual leader, heart attack. [165]
Gevork Vartanian, 87, Soviet intelligence agent, Hero of the Soviet Union. [166]
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Mostafa Ahmadi-Roshan, 32, Iranian nuclear scientist, car bomb. [167]
Richard Bruno, 87, American costume designer (Raging Bull, Goodfellas), kidney failure. [168]
Frank Cook, 76, British politician, MP for Stockton North (1983–2010), lung cancer. [169]
Bohumil Golián, 81, Slovak volleyball player, Olympic silver (1964) and bronze (1968) medalist. [170]
Gilles Jacquier, 43, French journalist, 2003 recipient of the Albert Londres Prize, grenade attack. [171]
Edgar Kaiser, 69, Canadian businessman and philanthropist, owner of the Denver Broncos (1981–1984). [172]
V. Madhusudhan Rao, 94, Indian film director. [173]
Chuck Metcalf, 81, American double-bassist. [174]
Wally Osterkorn, 83, American basketball player. [175]
Steven Rawlings, 49, British astrophysicist. [176]
Ivor Rees, 85, Welsh Anglican prelate, Bishop of St David's (1991-1995). [177]
Christoffer Selbekk, 72, Norwegian businessman and ski jumper. [178] (Norwegian)
Colm Tucker, 59, Irish rugby union player. [179]
David Whitaker, 80, English composer and songwriter. [180]
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Bjørn G. Andersen, 87, Norwegian geologist. [181]
John Beech Austin, 94, British aviator. [182]
Sadao Bekku, 89, Japanese composer, pneumonia. [183]
Glenda Dickerson, 66, American theatre director. [184]
Basil Gordon, 80, American mathematician. [185]
Reginald Hill, 75, British crime writer (Dalziel and Pascoe). [186]
Natalee Holloway, 18 (in 2005), American student, missing since 2005. [187] (declared legally dead on this date)
Bill Janklow, 72, American politician, Attorney General (1975–1979) and Governor of South Dakota (1979–1987, 1995–2003); U.S. Representative (2003–2004), brain cancer. [188]
Shiv Kumari of Kotah, 95, Indian Hindu royal. [189]
MS-1, 55, Mexican professional wrestler, car accident. [190] (Spanish)
Charles H. Price II, 80, American businessman and diplomat. [191]
Hannes Råstam, 56, Swedish journalist. [192] (Swedish)
Rosalind Runcie, 79, British pianist, widow of Robert Runcie. [193]
Rubina Shergill, Indian television actress. [194]
Jim Stanley, 76, American football coach (Oklahoma State Cowboys), cancer. [195]
John G. Watkins, 98, American psychologist. [196]
Jorge Wilmot, 83, Mexican potter. [197] (Spanish)
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Anton Blom, 87, Norwegian journalist. [198] (Norwegian)
Rauf Denktaş, 87, Cypriot politician, founder and first president of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, multiple organ failure. [199]
Guido Dessauer, 96, German paper engineer and art collector. [200] (German)
Dilys Elwyn-Edwards, 93, Welsh composer. [201]
Felipe Fernández, 74, Argentine basketball player. [202] (Spanish)
Morgan Jones, 83, American actor (The Blue Angels, The Twilight Zone). [203]
Lefter Küçükandonyadis, 86, Turkish Olympic footballer (Fenerbahçe) and coach, pneumonia. [204] (Turkish)
Oscar Valentín Leal Caal, 41, Guatemalan politician, Congressman (since 2008), shot. [205]
Artie Levine, 86, American boxer. [206]
Armand Mercier, 78, American politician. [207]
Curt Meyer-Clason, 101, German writer and translator. [208] (German)
Miljan Miljanić, 81, Serbian footballer, coach and administrator. [209]
Abdollah Mojtabavi, 87, Iranian wrestler. [210] (Persian)
Richard Threlkeld, 74, American television journalist (CBS News), traffic collision. [211]
William Robert Wright, 76, American biographer and politician, Chairman of the Utah Republican Party (1977–1979), Alzheimer's disease. [212]
Andrzej Krzysztof Wróblewski, 76, Polish journalist. [213] (Polish)
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Janey Buchan, 85, Scottish politician, MEP for Glasgow (1979–1994). [214]
Mircea Ciumara, 68, Romanian politician, Minister of Finance (1996–1997), cancer. [215] (Romanian)
Ekuikui IV, 98, Angolan king of Bailundo, disease. [216]
Dan Evins, 76, American entrepreneur, founder of Cracker Barrel Old Country Store. [217]
Robbie France, 52, British drummer (Skunk Anansie, Diamond Head, UFO), ruptured aorta. [218]
Charles Howard, 87, Australian Roman Catholic leader, Superior General of the Marist Brothers (1985–1993). [219]
Pearse Hutchinson, 84, Irish broadcaster and writer, member of Aosdána. [220]
Arfa Karim, 16, Pakistani student, world's youngest Microsoft Certified Professional (2004–2008), idiopathic epilepsy seizures. [221]
Lasse Kolstad, 90, Norwegian actor. [222] (Norwegian)
Antonio Mistrorigo, 99, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Treviso (1958–1988). [223]
Giampiero Moretti, 71, Italian racing driver, winner of the 24 Hours of Daytona (1998), founder of Momo. [224] (Italian)
Kaoru Nishimoto, 88, Japanese shogi player, pneumonia. [225] (Japanese)
Mila Parély, 94, French actress. [226] (French)
Finn Pedersen, 86, Danish Olympic gold medal-winning (1948) rower. [227] (Danish)
Dame Lesley Strathie, 56, British civil servant, Permanent Secretary to HM Revenue and Customs (2008–2011), cancer. [228]
Txillardegi, 82, Basque writer and politician. [229] (Spanish)
Rosy Varte, 88, French actress. [230] (French).
Zelemkhan Zangiyev, 37, Russian footballer. [231] (Russian)
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Mika Ahola, 37, Finnish enduro rider, motorcycle crash. [232]
Richard Bader, 80, Canadian quantum chemist. [233]
Ed Derwinski, 85, American politician, U.S. Representative from Illinois (1959–1983); United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs (1989–1992), merkel cell carcinoma. [234]
Claes Egnell, 95, Swedish sport shooter and Olympic silver medal-winning (1952) pentathlete. [235] (Swedish)
Manuel Fraga Iribarne, 89, Spanish politician, President of the Xunta of Galicia (1990–2005), founder of the People's Party, heart failure. [236]
Sir Robert Freer, 88, British military officer, Deputy Commander of RAF Strike Command (1978–1980). [237]
Carlo Fruttero, 85, Italian writer. [238] (Italian)
Ben Hana, 54, New Zealand vagrant. [239]
Eisuke Hinode, 70, Japanese politician, member of the House of Councillors, gall bladder cancer. [240]
Eduard Ivanov, 73, Soviet ice hockey player, World and Olympic champion. [241] (Russian)
Samuel Jaskilka, 92, American Marine Corps general, pneumonia. [242]
Matteo La Grua, 97, Italian priest and exorcist. [243] (Italian)
Michael Mussa, 67, American economist, heart failure.[244]
Samuel B. Nunez, Jr., 81, American politician, President of the Louisiana State Senate (1983–1988; 1990–1996). [245]
Ib Spang Olsen, 90, Danish cartoonist and author, recipient of the Hans Christian Andersen Award. [246] (Danish)
Chris Pavlou, 72, Australian football player. [247]
Jerry Poteet, 61, American martial arts instructor. [248]
Rafael Rincón González, 89, Venezuelan musician. [249] (Spanish)
Jack Roberts, 58, American climber, fall. [250]
Hulett C. Smith, 93, American politician, Governor of West Virginia (1965–1969). [251]
Peter Veness, 27, Australian journalist, brain cancer. [252]
Homai Vyarawalla, 98, Indian photojournalist, first Indian woman to work as a photojournalist. [253]
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Joe Bygraves, 80, Jamaican boxer. [254]
Jimmy Castor, 71, American funk and R&B saxophonist ("Troglodyte (Cave Man)"), heart failure. [255]
Mike Current, 66, American football player (Denver Broncos, Miami Dolphins, Tampa Bay Buccaneers), apparent suicide by gunshot. [256]
Sigursteinn Gíslason, 43, Icelandic football player and manager. [257] (Icelandic)
Pierre Goubert, 96, French historian. [258] (French)
Lorna Kesterson, 86, American newspaper editor and journalist (Henderson Home News), Mayor of Henderson, Nevada (1985–1993). [259]
Gustav Leonhardt, 83, Dutch harpsichordist and conductor. [260]
Juan Carlos Pérez López, 66, Spanish footballer. [261] (Spanish)
David Phiri, 74, Zambian businessman, Governor of the Bank of Zambia. [262]
Valentin Rusantsov, 72, Russian hierarch, Primate of the Russian Orthodox Autonomous Church (1996–2012). [263]
Viktor Vitali, 91, German army officer, awarded Knight's Cross. [264]
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Ernie Alexander, 78, American politician, member of the Louisiana House of Representatives (2000–2008). [265]
Mukarram Khan Atif, Pakistani journalist and reporter, shot. [266]
Colin Campbell, 80, Canadian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Antigonish (1986–2002). [267]
F. Elwood Davis, 96, American lawyer. [268]
Aengus Fanning, 69, Irish journalist, editor of the Sunday Independent, cancer. [269]
Julius Meimberg, 95, German air force pilot (Luftwaffe), recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. [270] (Portuguese)
Johnny Otis, 90, American R&B singer-songwriter. [271]
Piet Römer, 83, Dutch actor (Baantjer). [272] (Dutch)
Mohamed Rouicha, 61, Moroccan folk singer. [273] (French)
R. W. Schambach, 85, American evangelist, heart failure. [274]
Marty Springstead, 74, American baseball umpire, heart attack. [275]
Tom Tellefsen, 80, Norwegian actor. [276] (Norwegian)
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Karen Brazell, 73, American academic, professor and translator of Japanese. [277]
Sir Tom Cowie, 89, British entrepreneur. [278]
Thérèse Delpech, 63, French nuclear proliferation expert, apparent heart attack. [279]
Carlos Figueroa, 80, Spanish Olympic equestrian. [280]
Ray Finch, 97, British studio potter. [281]
Mel Goldstein, 66, American television meteorologist (WTNH), multiple myeloma. [282]
Anthony Gonsalves, 84, Indian film music composer. [283]
Georg Lassen, 96, German naval officer, World War II U-boat commander. [284]
Joseph Noiret, 84, French poet. [285] (French)
Yuri Rasovsky, 67, American writer and producer, esophageal cancer. [286]
Giuseppe Vedovato, 99, Italian politician. [287] (Italian)
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Peter Åslin, 49, Swedish ice hockey player, Olympic bronze medal-winner (1988), stroke. [288] (Swedish)
Sarah Burke, 29, Canadian freestyle skier, world champion (2005), cardiac arrest following skiing accident. [289]
Rudi van Dantzig, 78, Dutch choreographer. [290] (Dutch)
Giovanni De Andrea, 83, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Vice-President of Labour Office of the Apostolic See (1989–2007). [291]
Peter de Francia, 90, British artist. [292]
Colonel Stone Johnson, 93, American civil rights activist. [293]
Beverly McDermott, 83, American casting director (Airport 77, Cocoon: The Return, Lenny). [294]
Gene Methvin, 77, American journalist and magazine editor. [295]
Winston Riley, 65, Jamaican reggae musician and producer, complications of shooting. [296]
On Sarig, 85, Israeli children's book author. [297] (Hebrew)
Errol Scorcher, 55, Jamaican reggae disc jockey, ruptured blood vessel. [298]
Richard Sheirer, 65, American public servant, officer-in-charge of the rescue and recovery effort after the September 11 attacks, pulmonary edema. [299]
Gilbert Temmerman, 83, Belgian politician, MP (1971–1989), Mayor of Ghent (1989–1994), Minister of State. [300] (Dutch)
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John F. Baker, Jr., 66, American Medal of Honor recipient. [301]
Billy 'Silver Dollar' Baxter, 85, American film producer. [302]
Larry Butler, 69, American music producer. [303]
Stella Cunliffe, 95, British statistician. [304]
Peter Collins Dorsey, 80, American jurist. [305]
Lucy Faulkner, 87, Northern Irish journalist, widow of Brian Faulkner. [306]
Dolores Guinness, 75, German Baroness and socialite. [307] (French)
Etta James, 73, American blues singer ("At Last"), leukemia. [308]
Nikhat Kazmi, 53, Indian film critic, breast cancer. [309]
Ioannis Kefalogiannis, 79, Greek politician, MP (1958–1964; 1974–2004) and Minister of the Interior (1992–1993). [310] (Greek)
John Levy, 99, American jazz double-bassist and manager. [311]
Marion Mathie, 86, British actress. [312]
Mario Pastega, 95, American businessman and philanthropist. [313]
Jiří Raška, 70, Czech ski jumper, Olympic gold medalist (1968), heart disease. [314]
Margaret Renwick, 88, Canadian politician. [315]
Alejandro Rodriguez, 93, American psychiatrist and academic. [316]
Robert Fortune Sanchez, 77, American Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Santa Fe (1977–1993), Alzheimer's disease. [317]
Dudley Thompson, 95, Jamaican politician and diplomat. [318]
Michael Welsh, 85, English politician, Member of Parliament (1979–1992). [319]
Walter Whitehurst, 77, English footballer. [320]
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Daniel Alba, 71, Mexican Olympic wrestler. [321] (Spanish)
Saud Nasser Al-Saud Al-Sabah, 68, Kuwaiti royal, diplomat and politician. [322]
J. R. Boone, 86, American football player (Chicago Bears). [323]
Roy John Britten, 92, American molecular biologist. [324]
Cliff Chambers, 90, American baseball player. [325]
Vincenzo Consolo, 78, Italian writer. [326]
Emmanuel Cooper, 73, British potter and writer. [327]
Ernie Gregory, 90, English footballer. [328]
Gerre Hancock, 77, American organist. [329]
Troy Herriage, 81, American baseball player (Kansas City Athletics). [330]
Jonathan Idema, 55, American scam artist, complications from AIDS. [331]
Eiko Ishioka, 72, Japanese art director and designer, pancreatic cancer. [332]
Irena Jarocka, 65, Polish singer. [333] (Polish)
John D. Lowry, 79, Canadian film restorer. [334]
Una Mulzac, 88, American bookseller. [335]
Salma Mumtaz, 85, Pakistani actress, diabetes. [336]
Jeffrey Ntuka, 26, South African footballer, stabbed. [337]
Tang Xiaodan, 101, Chinese film director. [338]
Jodie-Anne White, 44, Australian dancer and choreographer, artistic director of the Ballet Theatre of Queensland, cancer. [339]
Slavko Ziherl, 66, Slovenian psychiatrist and politician. [340] (Slovenian)
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Massimo Baistrocchi, 69, Italian diplomat and writer, Ambassador to Namibia (2001–2004), heart attack. [341]
Sarah Cullen, 62, British radio and television journalist. [342]
Jesus Elbinias, 82, Filipino judge. [343]
Earle Gister, 77, American acting teacher. [344]
Rita Gorr, 85, Belgian opera singer. [345]
André Green, 84, French psychoanalyst. [346] (French)
Jim Irwin, 77, American sportscaster (WTMJ), voice of the Green Bay Packers, complications from kidney cancer. [347]
Moisés Kaiman, 97, Polish-born Mexican rabbi. [348] (Spanish)
Sir Simon Marsden, 63, British photographer. [349]
Andy Musser, 74, American sportscaster (Philadelphia Phillies, Philadelphia 76ers). [350]
Joe Paterno, 85, American college football coach (Penn State Nittany Lions), lung cancer. [351]
Pierre Sudreau, 92, French politician, inspired The Little Prince. [352]
Clarence Tillenius, 98, Canadian artist and conservationist. [353]
Dick Tufeld, 85, American voice actor and announcer, voice of Robot B-9 on Lost in Space. [354]
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David Atkinson, 71, British politician, MP for Bournemouth East (1977–2005), bowel cancer. [355]
Wesley E. Brown, 104, American jurist, federal judge for the District Court for Kansas (since 1962). [356]
Anthony Capo, 52, American mobster-turned-informant (DeCavalcante crime family), heart attack. [357]
Marge Carey, 73, British union leader, President of USDAW (1997–2006), motor neurone disease. [358]
Arne Christiansen, 85, Norwegian judge. [359] (Norwegian)
Marcel De Boodt, 85, Belgian academic. [360] (Dutch)
Erik Haaest, 76, Danish journalist and author. [361] (Danish)
Maurice Meisner, 80, American historian. [362]
Miloš Pojar, 71, Czech author and diplomat. [363]
Bingham Ray, 57, American independent film executive, complications from strokes. [364]
Bill Robb, 84, Australian politician, member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Miranda (1978–1984). [365]
Gerhard Schröder, 90, German television executive. [366] (German)
Slacker, British electronic music producer. [367]
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Kurt Adolff, 90, German racing driver. [368]
Theodoros Angelopoulos, 76, Greek film director, hit by motorcycle. [369]
Sukumar Azhikode, 85, Indian writer, critic, and orator, cancer. [370]
James C. Bliss, 78, American electrical engineer and entrepreneur. [371]
James Farentino, 73, American actor (Dynasty, ER, Melrose Place), sequelae from hip fracture. [372]
J. Joseph Garrahy, 81, American politician, Governor of Rhode Island (1977–1985). [373]
Vadim Glowna, 70, German actor and film director. [374] (German)
Arild Haaland, 92, Norwegian philosopher. [375] (Norwegian)
Carolina Isakson Proctor, 81, Colombian First Lady (1986–1990). [376] (Spanish)
Delma Kollar, 114, American supercentenarian, one of the 100 verified oldest people ever and fourth-oldest in world. [377]
Moira Milton, 88, Scottish amateur golfer. [378]
Patricia Neway, 92, American operatic soprano and musical theatre actress (The Sound of Music), Tony Award-winner. [379]
W. Allen Pepper, Jr., 70, American jurist, federal judge for the Northern District of Mississippi (since 1999), heart attack. [380]
Bruce Riutta, 67, American Olympic ice hockey player, complications from heart surgery. [381]
Stig Sæterbakken, 46, Norwegian writer. [382] (Norwegian)
Pierre Sinibaldi, 87, French footballer and manager. [383] (French)
Althea Wynne, 75, British sculptor. [384]
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Sir Alfred Ball, 91, British air marshal. [385]
Paavo Berglund, 82, Finnish conductor. [386]
Josef Brunner, 83, German politician. [387] (German)
Veronica Carstens, 88, German First Lady (1979–1984). [388] (German)
Carlos Escarrá, 57, Venezuelan politician, Attorney General (since 2011), heart attack. [389]
Emil Hossu, 70, Romanian actor, cardiac arrest. [390] (Romanian)
Kazimierz Jasiński, 65, Polish Olympic cyclist, cancer. [391] (Polish)
Jacques Maisonrouge, 87, French businessman, chairman of IBM World Trade Corporation. [392]
Mabel Manzotti, 73, Argentine actress (Besos en la Frente, Vidas robadas), complications from a stroke. [393] (Spanish)
Len McIntyre, 78, British rugby league player. [394]
Andrew MacNaughtan, 47, Canadian photographer. [395]
Merab Megreladze, 55, Georgian football player. [396]
Franco Pacini, 72, Italian astronomer. [397]
Émile Paganon, 95, French skier. [398] (French)
Mark Reale, 56, American heavy metal guitarist (Riot), Crohn's disease. [399]
Nick Santino, 47, American actor, suicide. [400]
Mary Duke Biddle Trent Semans, 91, American heiress and philanthropist. [401]
Robert Sheran, 96, American politician and judge. [402]
Charles Stanmore, 87, Australian Olympic fencer. [403]
Kosta Tsonev, 82, Bulgarian actor. [404]
Jean Wells, 56, American game designer. [405]
Alexander Zhitinsky, 71, Russian writer. [406] (Russian)
Guao Zurenuoc, Papua New Guinean politician. [407]
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Ian Abercrombie, 77, British actor (Seinfeld, Wizards of Waverly Place, Birds of Prey). [408]
Dimitra Arliss, 79, American actress (The Sting, General Hospital, Xanadu), complications from a stroke. [409]
Iggy Arroyo, 60, Filipino politician, Representative from the 5th District of Negros Occidental (since 2004), cardiac arrest. [410]
Alfredo Avelín, 84, Argentine politician, Governor of San Juan (1999–2002), multiple organ failure. [411] (Spanish)
Kandi Barbour, 56, American pornographic actress. [412]
Bud Byerly, 91, American baseball player (St. Louis Cardinals, Cincinnati Reds). [413]
Kartar Singh Duggal, 94, Indian writer. [414]
Alex Eadie, 91, British politician, MP for Midlothian (1966–1992). [415]
M. O. H. Farook, 74, Indian politician and diplomat, Governor of Kerala (since 2011). [416]
Clare Fischer, 83, American composer. [417]
Robert Hegyes, 60, American actor (Welcome Back, Kotter; Cagney & Lacey), heart attack. [418]
Karin, Hereditary Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, 91, German aristocrat. [419]
Seui Laau, 69, American Samoan politician. [420]
Roberto Mieres, 87, Argentine racing driver. [421]
Miguel Nazar Haro, 87, Mexican intelligence chief, head of the Dirección Federal de Seguridad (1978–1982). [422]
Stan Smith, 79, Australian VFL football player. [423]
Colin Tarrant, 59, British actor (The Bill), suicide. [424]
Juan Fremiot Torres Oliver, 86, Puerto Rican Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Ponce (1964–2000). [425] (Spanish)
Robert Turner, 91, Canadian composer. [426]
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Hikmat Mizban Ibrahim al-Azzawi, 80, Iraqi politician, Minister of Finance (1995–2003). [427]
Tom Campbell, 84, Canadian politician, Mayor of Vancouver (1967–1972). [428]
Greg Cook, 65, American football player (Cincinnati Bengals), complications from pneumonia. [429]
Kay Davis, 91, American jazz singer. [430]
Ted Dicks, 83, English composer. [431]
Jeannette Hamby, 78, American politician, Oregon State Senator (1983–1999), stroke complications and cancer. [432]
Deepika Joshi-Shah, 35, Indian singer and voice actress. [433]
James Metcalf, 86, American sculptor. [434]
Richard K. Olney, 64, American physician, pioneer in clinical research on amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. [435]
István Rózsavölgyi, 82, Hungarian runner, Olympic bronze medalist (1960), heart problems. [436] (Hungarian)
Juan Sarrachini, 65, Argentine footballer. [437] (Spanish)
Kazimierz Smoleń, 91, Polish museum director and Holocaust survivor. [438]
Kevin White, 82, American politician, Mayor of Boston (1968–1984). [439]
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Diana Bliss, 57, Australian public relations consultant and theatre producer, wife of Alan Bond. [440]
Joseph Curran, 89, American college basketball coach (Canisius). [441]
Don Fullmer, 72, American boxer, lymphoid leukemia. [442]
Keriman Halis Ece, 98, Turkish beauty pageant queen, pianist and fashion model, Miss Turkey 1932. [443]
Roman Juszkiewicz, 59, Polish astrophysicist. [444] (Polish)
Andrew McMillan, 54, Australian writer and music journalist. [445]
Paul F. O'Rourke, 87, American politician. [446]
Patrick Shovelton, 92, British civil servant and obituarist. [447]
Don Starkell, 79, Canadian adventurist and author. [448]
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Damien Bona, 56, American journalist, writer and film historian, heart attack. [449]
John H. Davis, 82, American author, Alzheimer's disease. [450]
Ranjit Singh Dyal, 83, Indian Army general. [451]
Predrag Dragić, 66, Serbian writer. [452] (Serbian)
Nijaz Duraković, 63, Bosnian author and politician. [453] (Serbian)
Hellen Huisman, 74, Dutch voice actress. [454]
François Migault, 67, French racing driver. [455] (French)
Syed Abu Nasar, 79, Indian professor of electrical engineering.[456]
Kell Osborne, 72, American singer. [457]
Goody Petronelli, 88, American boxing trainer and manager (Marvin Hagler).[458]
John Rich, 86, American television director (All in the Family, Benson, The Dick Van Dyke Show), heart failure. [459]
Oscar Luigi Scalfaro, 93, Italian politician, Minister of the Interior (1983–1987); President (1992–1999) and Lifetime Senator (since 1999). [460]
Gabriel Lawrence Sengol, 83, Indian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Tiruchirapalli (1990–1997). [461]
J. O. Urmson, 96, British philosopher. [462]
Camilla Williams, 92, American opera singer, complications from cancer. [463]
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Eladio Acosta Arteaga, 95, Colombian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Santa Fe de Antioquia (1988–1992). [464]
Frank Aschenbrenner, 86, German-born American football player (Chicago Hornets, Montreal Alouettes). [465]
Don Blenkarn, 81, Canadian politician, MP for Mississauga (1972–1974) and Mississauga South (1979–1993). [466]
Terence Cowley, 83, Australian cricketer. [467]
Klaus Goldschlag, 89, Canadian ambassador. [468]
Helmi Höhle, 87, German Olympic fencer. [469] (German)
George Lambert, 83, American Olympic silver (1956) and bronze (1960) medal-winning modern pentathlete. [470]
Abdelhamid Mehri, 85, Algerian resistance fighter and politician. [471] (French)
Doeschka Meijsing, 64, Dutch novelist. [472]
Al Rio, 49, Brazilian comic book artist, suicide by hanging. [473]
Michael D. Ryan, 66, American jurist, Justice of the Arizona Supreme Court (2002–2010), apparent heart attack. [474]
Idichapuli Selvaraj, 73, Indian actor. [475]
Lawrence J. Shapiro, 79, American physician, homicide. [476]
Frederick Treves, 86, British actor. [477]
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Stefano Angeleri, 85, Italian footballer and coach. [478] (Italian)
Everardus Antonius M. Baaij, 90, Dutch-born South African Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Aliwal (1973–1981). [479]
Mani Ram Bagri, 91, Indian politician. [480]
Rick Behenna, 51, American baseball player (Atlanta Braves, Cleveland Indians), cancer. [481]
Anthony Bevilacqua, 88, Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Philadelphia (1988–2003). [482]
Leslie Carter, 25, American singer and reality star (House of Carters), sister of Nick and Aaron Carter, drug overdose. [483]
H. John Caulfield, 75, American optical physicist. [484]
Felicia Eze, 37, Nigerian Olympic footballer. [485]
Juan Carlos Gené, 82, Argentine actor and playwright. [486] (Spanish)
John Hughes, 66, American drug counselor. [487]
Mikel Japp, 49, Welsh musician and songwriter. [488]
Siddika Kabir, 80, Bangladeshi teacher, television show host and cookbook author. [489]
Petros Karatroupkos, 82, Greek-born Zambian Orthodox hierarch, Bishop of Zambia (2001–2003). [490] (Greek)
Mike Kelley, 57, American artist and musician (Destroy All Monsters), suicide. [491] (body found on this date)
Bob LaPointe, 66, American high school and college football coach. [492]
Peadar Maher, 87, Irish politician, TD for Laois–Offaly (1951–1961). [493]
Clara Nomee, 73, American politician, first female Chairperson of the Crow Nation (1990–2000). [494]
Sid Ottewell, 92, English footballer (Nottingham Forest F.C.). [495]
Antonio Segura, 64, Spanish comics writer. [496] (Spanish)
King Stitt, 71, Jamaican singer, complications from prostate cancer and diabetes. [497]
Dorothea Tanning, 101, American surrealist painter, printmaker and sculptor. [498]

Article by Thom Sanders

Whether we bury, burn, or float them, the dead are honoured differently in every culture. Here are just a few ways in which we pay tribute to the deceased.

Bon Festival - JapanThe Japanese Buddhist custom of honouring the spirits of their ancestors has been taking place for more than 500 years. The festival lasts for 3 days and involves a dance called the "Bon-Odori" which means "Bon dance" which is performed during the heat of summer. It varies depending on the region, but usually involves participants forming a circle around a high wooden scaffold called a "yagura". The scaffold acts as a bandstand for musicians and singers, as the circle of people dance around it.

Some dance movements imitate the movements of coal miners, such as digging, hanging lanterns and pushing carts. Other regions use fans, small towels with colourful designs on, or wooden clappers and straw hats embellished with flowers. The original religious meaning has been diluted with time, so this festival is primarily a celebration of the summertime, though floating lanterns representing the ancestral spirits' return to the world of the dead are still floated down rivers.

Day of the Dead - MexicoThis ritual also celebrates the deaths of ancestors, which originally involved keeping skulls as trophies and displaying them to symbolise death and re-birth in the rituals.

Today, one of the most common customs is to welcome departed spirits with elaborately garnished altars, with a rainbow of colourful flowers, ornaments, frames photos, candles and artwork. Graves of departed relatives are garnished in a similar way and families gather with vigils, while traditional food is provided such as "pan de muerto", or "bread of the dead", containing skeleton figurines. Wooden skulls are worn by many celebrating the Day of the Dead, painted with patterns and colours. Death is embraced rather than feared.

VietnamMost Vietnamese households and businesses have an ancestor altar, regardless of their religion. Before the western influence, they did not celebrate birthdays, but instead celebrated death anniversaries of relatives. Families gathered and held a banquet, burned incense sticks along with "Hell notes", and platters of food were used as offerings on the ancestor altar, surrounded by photos or plaques with names of the decease.

"Kutkot" Ritual - PhilippinesThe "Kutkot" ritual which involves bringing the dead "back to life", is gradually dying out. "Kutkot", a Filipino word for "scratch" or "unearth", involves dressing up the remains of the dead in cloth to make them take on a human appearance again.

Families are obliged to clean the skeleton and wrap the parts in a large cloth, draping it over so it resembles a kind of mannequin, called a "sinakot". The cloth must then be tied in various places to create a human form, similar to an ancient Egyptian mummy, and jewellery is place upon the corpse. Families keep these "kutkot" in huts for about a year, before transferring them to caves where others are housed.

Whilst these practices vary around the world, we all want to honour our dead and pay our respects to those who have passed on.

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Article by Musadiq Rahim

The year 2010 took away many personalities and left people in misery and distress. Many celebrities died in 2010. Some had natural death while others kicked the bucket due to accidents. Well 2010 year is not considered and remembered as one of the best year as many celebrities left their fans. And now we only have their memories and nothing else. Well here is a list of 2010 dead celebrities. This list will help those who are still unknown about the celebrities that left us during 2010.

Tony Curtis:Tony Curtis was a legendary actor who died on 29th September 2010 at the age of 85. He was known for his exceptional acting since he graced the screen in 1950s. He shall always be remembered for his phenomenal acting.

George Steinbrenner:George Steinbrenner suffered a major heart attack and finally kicked the bucket on 13th July 2010.Rue McClanahan:

Rue McClanahan is another celebrity who is included in the list of 2010 dead celebrities. She was Emmy award winner and died due to a stroke on 3rd June 2010.

Dennis Hopper:This legendary actor fought battle with Prostate cancer and finally gave up May 29th 2010. He will always be remembered because of his classic acting.

Gary Coleman:He died at a very young age of 42 on 28th May 2010. His will remain alive in the hearts of his fans.

Simon Monjack:Following 5 months of her husband's demise she was found lifeless at her place on 23rd May 2010. She was very young and died just at the age of 39.

Ronnie James:Member of heavy metal band and song writer Ronnie James lost his life after fighting stomach cancer on 16th May 2010. He shall always be remembered for his powerful voice and great songs.

Bob Fellar:Bob Fellar born on 3rd November 1918 used to play in the USA major baseball league. Due to his great performance and services for baseball he was inducted in Hall of Fame in the year 1962. This great layer of baseball kicked the bucket on 15th December 2010.

Elizabeth Edwards:Elizabeth Edward was the best selling writer. She wrote some classy books that earned her great name. She married to John Edwards who was former US senator. This great writer Elizabeth Edwards left her fans alone on 7th December 2010. However, she will always be remembered.

Some other 2010 dead celebrities are Lena Horne, Dixie Carter, John Forsythe, Corey Haim, Andrew Koeing, Alexander Mcqueen and Casey Johnson.

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Article by Brian Green

Death is the Prescription, how many more?

Prescription drug abuse, which I term medical drug addiction, like all addictions including alcoholism, (addiction to ethyl alcohol), though more widely recognized nowadays, is still not widely understood. And of course, combining the abuse of prescription drugs, (obtained legally or not), with "street drugs", maybe adding alcohol to the mix, though highly dangerous is commonplace too. My substance abuse Professor, James Crossen Ph/D, coined the generic term "Drugoholism" to cover all Chemical Dependency Issues, because though they have surface differences, most of the underlying downward spiraling progression process, towards ultimate destruction and death, is the same. Poly-substance Abuse is the technical term.

According to the Drug Enforcement Administration, nearly 7 million Americans are abusing prescription drugs, more than the numbers who are abusing cocaine, heroin, hallucinogens and ecstasy combined. The DEA says the number of painkiller addicts has nearly doubled from 2000, when 3.8 million Americans were hooked, Prescription and illegal drug overdose is the second leading cause of accidental death in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control. "Nearly all poisoning deaths in the United States are attributed to drugs," according to the CDC, "and most drug poisonings result from the abuse of prescription and illegal drugs." Prescription drug overdoses now kill more people than homicide.

How do we reconcile these facts with the continued over-prescription of these drugs, and the continuing high profile celebrity deaths, only the more visible tip of this massive iceberg? Compare the two following statements. "He was rocketed to stardom, but unable to handle the pressures of money and fame, he turned to drugs." Or, "His career was going downhill, and unable to handle the pain of failure, he turned to drugs." As a young man stated on the phone to me as a "hotline" counselor, "I only drink when I have problems." I replied, "It seems to me that life is full of problems, so that means you will always be drinking!" Appalled silence on the other end, then a small voice, "I never thought about it like that." Really!!

Similarly, "He is drinking because his wife died." What about the majority whose wives have died, who are not? Mistaking effects for causes, and vice-versa, in the self-feeding reciprocating cycles of Drugoholism, is usual rather than an exception. "Often what happens is someone experiences discomfort, anxiety, or pain. They start being treated with medicine, and need more," said Dr. Steven Juergens, an assistant clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Washington and a private addiction specialist in Bellevue, Washington. "They feel better when using the medication and often feel like "they need it,"" "I'm not an addict, I never took a drug to get high," maintained Michael Jackson. Dr. Paul, another Psychiatrist, reports in his hilarious history of personal Drugoholism, titled "Doctor, Addict, Alcoholic," "I never took a pill I didn't have the symptom for." From the book, "Alcoholics Anonymous." Anyone who is in the position of refuting that they have a problem usually has one. By the time any question comes up, some kind of difficulty has usually begun. When was the last time your Sunday Church going, one sherry at Christmas Great Aunt Maude, had to disprove ideas she has might have a problem?

What is missing in most media reportage on celebrity addiction is that THE PERSON is the addict, and more specifically, the person's choices have become dominated by addictive thinking. All chosen behavior is the result of thinking, so addiction is in the addict's head, not in the pill or bottle in their hand. Recently I read on the web another hypnotherapist's statement, "After twenty five years of practice, my observation is that addiction is 10% physical and 90% psychological." Otherwise those leaving incarceration, rehabs, or hospital detoxification units, who are physically sober, would never relapse! Right! One client I was counseling, an early stage milder case, could not "get it" until I said, "You are dependent on changing your mood with a chemical to get through the day." His eyes focused and lit up. "That's me," he exclaimed, and his resistance to recognizing his alcohol abuse evaporated. This was despite being comfortable with the concept of addiction, as applied to his intermittent cocaine binges. A facet of the times perhaps, or it's relative undeniability in his case, as he hated the effects of his cocaine use, while still clinging to the far slower destructive direction of his alcohol consumption.

So the persons chosen response to inner and outer "stress" is the missing link, this is what creates a drugoholic. An addiction to the "quick fix", to the easy way out, ensues. This, apart from any other factors, becomes an ingrained increasing habitual response, including response the real or imaginary stress created by the addiction itself. One of the many self-feeding cycles of addiction, independent of the "host" personality. Part of the cognitive, (thought), behavioral habit apparatus, known as psychological habituation in Drugoholism. And the alterations of cognitive processes and perceptions produced by ongoing use, whether physical, due to chemical toxicity in the brain, or psychological, from the addictive process itself, continues to actually create and additionally amplify perceived stress, as the condition, ( the dis-ease) progresses. So there is an increasing reliance on chemicals for stress relief, and increasing amounts of stress, real or created mentally, to relieve. This process underlies the confusion created by focusing on any combination of chemicals, or circumstances, at any given time.

All of this mentality applies to the withdrawal physiology of the body, when a drugoholic initially attempts to "clean up". So this becomes a major source of the drugoholic's terror at the idea of, or results of withdrawals, rather than the withdrawals themselves. This is irrespective of the fact that with severe physical, (metabolic) dependencies, that may be both physically and psychologically horrendous. The problem is not the initial withdrawals, for a true drugoholic, insurmountable as they might seem. The problem is learning to live a life on an ongoing daily basis without resorting to chemicals to escape/recoil/retreat from inner and outer reality in any way.

How much of Michael Jackson's "weirdness" and reports of him being a "complicated" person, were not due to his personality, but were in fact his response to medical drug addiction I wonder? And the degeneration into, histrionic emotionalism and other forms of narcissistic immaturity, that so often accompanies the overall deterioration of Drugoholism, as exhibited by Anna Nicole Smith too. Even worse, many categories of psychiatric drugs can cause potentially horrendous reactions. Prozac, Paxil, Zoloft, Adderall, Ritalin, Concerta, Xanax, Lithium, Zyprexa and other psychiatric medications may spellbind patients into believing they are improved, when too often they are becoming worse, without the individuals realizing that their medications are semi-permanently deforming their way of thinking and feeling.

There are many reasons for this confusion around Drugoholism. Myth, misinformation, misunderstanding and ignorance, using a true meaning of the word which is, "lacking information", abound. In "The First Session with Substance Abusers." Nicholas A. Cummings, Ph/D, quotes studies that show MD's identify.05% of alcohol/drug problems in those who cross their door, while those well trained in Chemical Dependency identify 100%! Two hundred times more! Psychologists and other allied professions fare not much better in my experience and opinion. The psychology of addiction is a specialized field. Though MD's and clinical psychologists are highly respected and often quoted authorities, unless they have this specialized education, it is more likely to be a case of the blind leading the blind.

The current usual attitude to prescription drugs blinds MD's to what is happening. How many times is a new wonder drug trumpeted abroad? Sleep aids, Barbiturates etc., (Mebaral and Nembutal). Stimulants, ("uppers" such as Dexedrine, Adderall, Ritalin and Concerta). Tranquilizers, (Benzodiazepines such as Valium and Xanax). Painkillers from Oxycontin type opioids on down? These are now the source of endless drug problems. I never tire of reminding people, "The first medical use for Heroin was as a cure for Morphine addiction." So when medical people proclaim the latest painkiller or anti-anxiety medication as non-addictive or non-habit forming, I retort, "Except for those persons with chronic long-term anxiety, or chronic long-term pain." This is in respect of any combination of these factors, plus those induced by the medications themselves, addictive, real or imagined of course.

As Drugoholism is stigmatized, people are loath to attribute a bad "character flaw" to another, especially those idolized and celebrated for other genuine talents. And the ongoing mental, emotional and physical deterioration/degeneration process of Drugoholism is attributed to other sources to excuse the addicts again, in order to avoid personally "denigrating" them. This goes hand-in-hand with the addicts blaming defences. In actuality, the vulnerability to addiction in recent, (2009) studies increasingly reveals a 50% genetic/biochemical basis. There is also another additional constellation of factors that are outside the person's current will power or control, from pre-verbal cellular level infantile trauma, to role modeling from early childhood onwards. And there are many others too. Current psychic pain, "His wife died..." is the last and perhaps least factor, as is blaming it on childhood pain. Again, there are many with severe childhood pain that display no addictive tendencies whatsoever.

Another source of confusion is the actual disinformation put out by the psychiatric-medical-pharmaceutical complex. This has been rigorously documented by the psychiatrist Peter Breggin, MD., dealing with the medical beaurocracy at its highest levels. He reports how the drug manufacturer Eli Lilly was taken to court for offences tantamount to criminal fraud in this regard. In the mid 1990's, his "Toxic Psychiatry." outlined the growing problem of medical addiction. "The commonest drug addict in America is a female in her mid forties, addicted to barbiturates and a benzodiazapine," he stated at the time. The description of negative aspects of commonly prescribed psychiatric medications above, is taken from his website, http://www.breggin.com. He exposes the growing propaganda infused into the medical community, including the FDA, which diminishes, sidesteps or flat out denies the negative effects of commonly prescribed psychoactive drugs.

This is partly responsible for the idea that medical drugs are not as harmful as other drugs, and are legitimate, so those hooked on them are not real addicts. Also a convenient denial for the drugoholic themselves. In fact, being 100% pure, it needs to be stressed they can be worse. Oxycontin from the Doctor is as bad, IF NOT WORSE, than heroin from the dealer. It is similar to the confusion around alcohol, another socially acceptable drug. Many can drink with enjoyment and impunity. But once the ominous earmarks of the addictive process begin to appear, a trained counselor can identify the condition years before the final accelerating deteriorative spiral.

Due to the subconscious nature of much denial, and the stigma and ignorance surrounding this process, those close to the addict are often the most totally blind to the malady. The fact that Elvis Presley obtained FIVE THOUSAND pills from Doctors in his last months was invisible to his personal staff. The obvious obscuring corrupting interlinked interpersonal influences of fame, power, status and money, as the deteriorating celebrity surrounds themselves with yes men, are a special factor for the wealthy and those in the public eye. But how many alcoholics leave a complaining spouse to later marry someone with fewer objections, often an alcoholic themselves.

So now I hope it becomes more evident that addictive processes include prescription drugs in exactly the same way as with illicit ones, and that celebrities are not exempt from the identical states of mind and body that occur in these circumstances. Specific drugs may have different results, but the inexorable addictive process will take its toll in similar ways for the rich and famous, just as the scythe of Drugoholism cuts down the ill-educated poverty stricken ghetto street addict. If this article helps one person, I deem it a success, though I do of course hope for more.

Brian Green, c. 2009. http.http://www.mindmagic123.com

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Article by Paandu Pushpa

Getting dressed up in a witch or even Jack-o-lantern costume, etc brings great pleasure to millions of Halloween party goers every year. Most party goers seem to all have the same goal in mind...to be the talk of the party. When we talk about making a big splash at a party, it's usually done without offending anyone. However, wearing a costume in "Good taste" does not exist for a small group of people. This group of people make it their business to make an offensive impression at some Halloween parties. These are the people that wear offensive costumes.

You might be surprised to know that there are about 5,000 people searching on Google every month using the keywords, "Offensive costumes. And you know what, the more offensive the costumes are, the better. So the next question we should ask is, why would anyone in their right mind want to wear offensive costumes?

Well this is fun and exciting for some people to wear. Some state that they actually make a big "Splash" when they wear offensive costumes. Well that depends on the crowd at the party. You know what, there are also theme parties where everyone wear offensive costumes. And again, the goal for each party goer would be to dress in the most offensive costume they could find at that party.

When snooping around on forums like answer.yahoo you would be surprised to see the amount of questions being asked about this type of costume. You would find questions like, "What are the most offensive costumes ever? Is wearing a costume of a Geisha Girl offensive? Well, let's answer two other popular questions that are often asked also.

1. Are terrorist Bin Laden halloween costumes offensive, especially in New York City?

Although it is Halloween and anyone can dress and be anyone or anything they want to be on this day, Bin Laden Offensive costumes would not do the trick. It is down right dangerous. One poor guy that tried this stunt on Halloween almost got killed. Well certainly New York City, especially in Manhattan is definitely one place that you should never, by all means, wear this costume.

2. Which 2009 celebrity death would be most offensive for a Halloween costume?

In 2009, one of the most popular celebrities in the entire world died. And we all know who that is...Michael Jackson. When visiting a another popular forum, one person answered the above question by stating that wearing an offensive Michael Jackson costume would be a blast and the most offensive ever. Unbelievable!

No one should dress in an offensive costume that disrespects the family of a dead celebrity. Any costume worn should never show disrespect to any human being whether dead or alive. As for Michael Jackson, any costume worn should be in celebration of his life, not the other way around.

It does not matter who the celebrity is, offending in this manner should never even be a second thought. Although it is okay to wear offensive costumes on Halloween, there is also a limit. In conclusion, despite that fact that it is Halloween, some offensive costumes should never, ever be worn.

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Article by Gail Rubin

The Day of the Dead celebrations held on November 1st and 2nd acknowledge the culmination of the life cycle, and that death will come to us all. While it directly follows Halloween, the holiday is not designed to scare or bring sadness.

The Day of the Dead allows the living to honor those who have died - family, friends, ancestors, and pets. While its origins are from ancient Meso-American cultures, which range from Mexico to Honduras and El Salvador, anyone can adopt this annual observance and tailor this colorful celebration to remember their own deceased loved ones.

History

Starting with the Halloween connection, going back about 3,000 years, the ancient Celtic people believed that on October 31st the boundary between the living and the dead dissolved, allowing spirits of the deceased to cross over into the living world. To combat the Druid festival Samhain (pronounced Sow-wen) held this time of year, the Catholic Church moved All Saints' Day - a.k.a. All Hallows' Day - from mid-May to November 1. Halloween comes from abbreviating All Hallows' Even, the evening before the day.

Meanwhile, over in the Western Hemisphere, indigenous peoples such as the Aztec, Maya, Olmec, Toltec and other tribes in Mexico held rituals celebrating the deaths of ancestors during the month of August. It corresponded with a festival dedicated to a goddess called Mictecacihuatl, The Lady of the Dead. When Catholic Spanish Conquistadors came to the New World more than 500 years ago, they tried to eradicate these native rituals that seemed to mock death and symbolized death and rebirth.

The ancient rituals refused to die in the face of forced conversion. So to make the ritual more Christian, the Spaniards moved it to correspond with All Saints' Day and All Souls' Day, November 1 and 2. In Mexico, Dia De Los Muertos as it is known in Spanish, often honors deceased children and infants on the first day, and deceased adults on the second day.

The early Meso-American attitude was that life is a dream, and death is the awakening to real life. The dead are considered to have semi-divine status, given permission to return once a year. They are to be welcomed, not feared.

How Day of the Dead is Celebrated

Today, Day of the Dead celebrations are held in Mexico, parts of Central and Latin America, in the Southwest U.S., and some European countries. In Mexico, the celebrations are elaborate, even more so than Christmas observances. Parades and profuse decorations in homes and cemeteries make this time of year a tourist spectacle.

Families visit cemeteries to clean the graves of loved ones, decorate them with flowers and candles, and commune with the spirits of the departed. Often, they picnic in the cemetery, bringing the deceased's favorite food and drink.

When the Church granted magical curative powers to relics, it was extended to the use of milagros, Spanish for miracles, metal charms in the shape of body parts that need healing. This gave rise to specially shaped Day of the Dead foods, such as sugar skulls and pan de muerto, sweet egg bread baked in the shape of skulls or bones. These can be offerings to the dead or eaten by the living.

Colorful parades are held with people dressed as skeletons, a reminder that in death, we actually continue life. Skull masks and artwork of skeletons doing everyday activities, such as dancing, bicycle riding, and eating and drinking, remind us that the everlasting soul continues on, separate from the body.

The celebration continues in the home, welcoming the dead with respect and devotion. Some families will make an elaborate dinner, set out the food and not eat it until the next day, to let the spirits eat first. They may also make the bed with fresh sheets to allow the spirits to rest after their long journey to earth. And they construct ofrendas, individualized altars with offerings to maintain relations with the dead.

Making an Ofrenda or Altar

You don't have to be Mexican to honor your loved ones with a Day of the Dead altar in your home and welcome their spirits for a visit. Start by setting up a table with photos of the deceased, and their ashes if you have them. Don't forget to include departed pets!

Decorate around the photos with flowers and candles. Set out foods and beverages that they used to enjoy. Play the music they loved. Put art objects they collected or artwork they created on or near the altar. Write messages to them and place the notes next to their photos. Include items from pets' lives, such as toys, leashes, treats, and tags.

Traditional ofrendas have items that represent the four elements of earth, air, fire and water. A glass of water is included, to give the spirits a drink after their long journey. Tissue paper sheets with elaborate cutout designs, called papel picado, represent air, as they move with the gentlest breeze. Flowers and a bowl of salt often represent the earth, and candles provide fire.

Marigolds are the flower of choice for Day of the Dead decorating. Their pungent scent is said to guide souls to earth, and marigolds are often still blooming in late October. Flowers can be arranged in an arch, along with sheets of papel picado, representing the connection from earth to heaven.

Create the altar prior to Halloween, and keep it up for as long as it feels right. Photograph the altar for posterity. Each year presents a new opportunity to remember and honor those who meant so much to us while they lived. Inevitably, there will be new faces to add as the years go by.

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This is one reason why many cultures over the world celebrate death of their loved ones like it is something festive and happy. Death is the ultimate release from the bonds of the tangible world. When people suffering from terminal illnesses, which causes them unbearable pain every living moment of their lives, the ones who are seeing them suffer would pray for their release than trapping them in a body that makes them suffer excruciatingly. Therefore, one can say that death to many may come as a boon. But this is not true under all circumstances.

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