Deaths Date 2011 P 3 | History by KabAstro

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Aug 31 Valery Rozhdestvensky, Soviet cosmonaut (Soyuz 23), dies at 72
Sep 2 Felipe Camiroaga, Chilean character animator, Chile (b. 1966)
Sep 2 Roberto Bruce, Chilean journalist (b. 1979)
Sep 4 Lee Roy Selmon, American College-Pro Football HOF defensive end (NFL Defensive Player of the Year 1979; First-team All-Pro 1979, 80, 82; 6× Pro Bowl; TB Buccaneers), dies from a stroke at 56
Sep 6 Wardell Quezergue, American jazz, blues, and funk composer, arranger, record producer, and bandleader, known as the "Creole Beethoven", dies at 81
Sep 7 Brad McCrimmon, Canadian ice hockey defenseman (Stanley Cup 1989 Calgary Flames; NHL All-Star 1988; Plus-Minus Award +48 1989), dies as head coach KHL Lokomotiv Yaroslavl in plane crash at 52
Sep 7 Josef Vašíček, Czech ice hockey center (World C'ship gold 2005; Carolina Hurricanes), dies in Lokomotiv Yaroslavl air disaster at 30
Sep 7 Ruslan Salei, Belarusian ice hockey defenceman (917 NHL games; 48 internationals), dies in Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash at 36

Cliff Robertson (1923-2011)

Sep 10 American actor (Charly, Spider-Man) and spokesman for AT&T, dies at 88

Sep 11 Andy Whitfield, Welsh actor (Spartacus), dies of cancer at 39
Sep 11 Anjali Gupta, Indian Air Force officer (b. 1975)
Sep 11 Christian Bakkerud, Danish racing driver (b. 1984)
Sep 12 Alexander Galimov, Russian ice hockey player (b. 1985)
Sep 12 Frits Castricum, Dutch journalist and politician (PvdA), dies at 64
Sep 13 DJ Mehdi [Favéris-Essadi], French hip hop and electro producer, dies from falling through a skylight at his home at 34
Sep 13 Walter Bonatti, Italian climber (b. 1930)
Sep 14 Rudolf Mössbauer, German physicist (1961 Nobel Prize in Physics for discovery of 'recoilless nuclear resonance fluorescence'), dies at 82
Sep 15 Frances Bay, Canadian-American character actress (Twin Peaks - "Mrs. Tremond"), dies of pneumonia at 92
Sep 17 Charles H. Percy, American businessman and politician (Senator-R-Illinois 1967-85), dies at 91
Sep 17 Colin Madigan, Australian architect (National Gallery of Australia), dies at 90
Sep 18 Kurt Sanderling, German conductor (East Berlin Symphony 1960-77), dies at 98
Sep 19 Ctirad Kohoutek, Czech composer, dies at 82
Sep 19 Johnny Răducanu, Romanian jazz pianist, dies of a heart attack at 79
Sep 19 Thomas Capano, American lawyer and Delaware deputy attorney general who was convicted of murder, dies in prison at 61
Sep 20 Burhanuddin Rabbani, President of Afghanistan from 1992 to 1996. (b. 1940)
Sep 20 Robert Whitaker, British photographer whose work was used on Beatles and Cream album covers, dies at 71
Sep 21 Jun Henmi, Japanese writer and poet (b. 1939)
Sep 21 Pamela Ann Rymer, American federal appellate judge (b. 1941)
Sep 21 Troy Anthony Davis, American high-profile death row inmate and human rights activist (executed) (b. 1968)
Sep 23 Stuart J. Byrne, American sci-fi author (Star Man, God Man), dies at 97
Sep 25 Gusty Spence, Northern Irish loyalist politician and leader of the paramilitary Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF), dies at 78

Sep 25 Kenyan environmentalist and political activist, founder of the Green Belt Movement, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (2004) and Indira Gandhi Peace Prize (2006), dies from ovarian cancer at 71

Sep 26 Bob Cassilly, American artist, sculptor, and founder of the St. Louis City Museum, dies in a bulldozer accident at 61
Sep 26 Harry Muskee, Dutch blues-rock vocalist (Cuby & Blizzards), dies of cancer at 70
Sep 27 Dave Hill, American golfer (Vardon Trophy 1969; US Open 1970 runner-up; 13 x PGA Tour titles), dies of emphysema at 74
Sep 27 Johnny "Country" Mathis, American country music songwriter and singer, dies of stroke complications at 80
Sep 27 Wilson Greatbatch, American engineer and inventor (cardiac pacemaker), dies at 92 [1]
Sep 29 Hella Haasse, 'Grande Dame of Dutch Literature' (Oeroeg, The Tea Lords), dies at 93
Sep 29 Sylvia Robinson, American singer (Mickey & Sylvia - "Love Is Strange"; solo - "Pillow Talk"), record producer, and record label executive (Sugar Hill Records), dies of congestive heart failure at 76
Sep 30 Anwar al-Awlaki, American-born terrorist and Islamist militant (b. 1971)
Sep 30 Marv Tarplin, American guitarist and songwriter (The Miracles, 1958-73 - "The Tracks of My Tears"), dies at 70
Oct 1 David Vickerman Bedford, British composer and educator, dies at 74
Oct 1 Johnny Schmitz, American baseball pitcher (MLB All-Star 1946, 48; NL saves leader 1946), dies at 90
Oct 1 Sven Tumba, Swedish ice hockey center, football winger, golfer, golf course designer, dies of a hip infection at 80
Oct 5 Bert Jansch, Scottish folk musician (Pentangle), dies of lung cancer at 67
Oct 5 Charles Napier, American actor (Night Stalker, Rambo), dies at 75
Oct 5 Derrick Bell, American legal scholar and civil rights advocate (b. 1930)

Fred Shuttlesworth (1922-2011)

Oct 5 American civil rights activist, dies at 89

Oct 5 Graham Dilley, English cricket fast bowler (41 Tests, 138 wickets; Kent CCC, Worcestershire CCC), dies from oesophageal cancer at 52

Steve Jobs (1955-2011)

Oct 5 American computer entrepreneur and co-founder of Apple, dies of respiratory arrest related to cancer at 56

Oct 6 Brad Felt, American jazz tuba and euphonium player, composer, and bandleader, dies of pancreatic cancer at 55
Oct 6 Diane Cilento, Australian actress (Agony & Ecstasy, Wicker Man), dies at 79
Oct 7 George Baker, Bulgarian-born British actor (I, Claudius, Goodbye Mr Chips, Curse of the Fly), dies at 80
Oct 7 John Alderson, English police officer, introduced community policing (Chief Constable Devon & Cornwall), dies at 89
Oct 7 Ramiz Alia, Communist leader and first President of Albania (1982-92), dies at 85

Al Davis (1929-2011)

Oct 8 American businessman and NFL executive (owner Oakland Raiders), dies of heart failure at 82

Oct 8 Antonio Iglesias Álvares, Spanish pianist, composer, educator and critic, dies at 93
Oct 8 Mikey Welsh, American bass player (Weezer, 1998-2001 - "Island In The Sun"), dies of a drug overdose at 40
Oct 8 Roger Williams [Louis Jacob Weertz], American popular music pianist ("Born Free"), dies of pancreatic cancer at 87
Oct 9 Mark Kingston, English actor (Intimate Contact), dies at 77
Oct 9 Pavel Karelin, Russian ski jumper (b. 1989)
Oct 10 Jagjit Singh, Indian Musician, Ghazal Maestro, Padma Bhusan awardee (b. 1941)
Oct 12 Dennis Ritchie, American computer scientist (created C programming language, helped developed Unix), dies at 70
Oct 12 Heinz Bennent, German actor (Possession, The Serpent's Egg), dies at 90
Oct 12 Joel "Taz" DiGregorio, American country-rock keyboardist (Charlie Daniels Band), killed in a car accident at 67 [1]
Oct 12 Patricia Breslin, American television and film actress dies at 80
Oct 12 Peter Hammond, British actor and director (The Buccaneers, King of the Castle), dies at 87
Oct 13 Barbara Kent, Canadian born - U.S. silent film actress and WAMPAS Baby Stars (b.1907)
Oct 14 Chuck Ruff, American rock drummer (Edgar Winter Group - "Frankenstein"), dies after a long illness at 60
Oct 14 Reg Alcock, Canadian politician (b. 1948)
Oct 15 Elizabeth "Betty" Driver, British singer and actress (Coronation Street; Pardon the Expression), dies from pneumonia at 91
Oct 15 Matthew G. Martinez, American politician (Rep-D+R-CA, 1982-2001), dies at 82

Dan Wheldon (1978-2011)

Oct 16 British race car driver (Indianapolis 500, 2005 & 2011), dies in multi car crash at IndyCar World Championship at Las Vegas, Nevada at 33

Oct 16 Pete Rugolo, American bandleader and arranger (Fugitive), dies at 95
Oct 17 Carl Lindner, Jr., Cincinnati businessman and one of the world's richest people (b. 1919)
Oct 18 Kent Hull, American football center (First-team All-Pro 1990, 91; Pro Bowl 1988, 89, 90; Buffalo Bills), dies from chronic liver disease at 50
Oct 18 Norman Corwin, American screenwriter for radio drama, dies at 101
Oct 20 Barry Feinstein, American portrait photographer and album cover designer (Bob Dylan; Peter, Paul & Mary; Janis Joplin; George Harrison), dies at 80
Oct 20 Moatassem Gaddafi, Son of Moammar Gaddafi and National Security Adviser of Libya (b. 1977)

Muammar Gaddafi (1942-2011)

Oct 20 Libyan revolutionary, political theorist and dictator (1969-2011), beaten to death in captivity by a Misratan militia at about 69

Oct 20 Tone Pavček, Slovenian poet and translator (b. 1928)
Oct 21 Edmundo Ros, Trinidadian-Venezuelan musician and arranger, dies at 100
Oct 22 Karl-Heinz Köper, German conductor, and composer (Tuba-Tabu; Pop Corn Concerto), dies at 84
Oct 22 Sultan bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Saudi Crown Prince (2005-11), dies at 82 or 83
Oct 23 Herbert A. Hauptman, American mathematician whose models for determining the chemical crystal structures vital for life revolutionized chemistry (Nobel 1985), dies at 94
Oct 23 Marco Simoncelli, Italian motorcycle racer (250cc World Championship 2008), dies in a track accident at 24

John McCarthy (1927-2011)

Oct 24 American computer scientist (coined the term "artificial intelligence," created the Lisp programming language), dies at 84

Oct 25 Anna van Beers [Graeve], Dutch actress (A Woman like Eve, Diary of a Hooker), dies at 95
Oct 25 Howard Wolpe, American politician (Rep-D-MI, 1979-93), dies at 71
Oct 27 James Hillman, American psychologist, and educator (C.G. Jung Institute, Zurich), dies from bone cancer at 85
Oct 28 Beryl Davis, British-American cabaret and big band singer (Quintette du Hot Club de France, Glenn Miller's US Army Air Force Orchestra), dies of complications from Alzheimer's disease at 87
Oct 29 Jimmy Savile, British entertainer and suspected sexual predator, dies at 84
Oct 31 Flórián Albert, Hungarian footballer (European Footballer of the Year 1967), dies at 70
Oct 31 Liz Anderson, American country music singer-songwriter (Mama Spank, The Game of Triangles), dies of heart and lung disease at 81
Oct 31 Manfred Mayrhofer, Austrian Indo-European philologist (Indo-Iranian languages), dies at 85
Nov 1 André Hodeir, French classical and jazz violinist, and composer, dies at 90
Nov 1 Dorothy Howell Rodham, Mother of US First Lady, Senator and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, dies at 92
Nov 2 Sickan Carlsson, Swedish actress and singer (b. 1915)
Nov 2 Sid Melton [Sidney Meltzer], American actor (Green Acres, The Danny Thomas Show), dies from pneumonia at 94

Bob Forsch (1950-2011)

Nov 3 American MLB baseball pitcher, 1974-1989 (St. Louis Cardinals, Houston Astros), dies of a thoracic aortic aneurysm at 61

Nov 3 Matty Alou, Dominican baseball outfielder (NL batting champion 1966; MLB All-Star 1968-69; Pittsburgh Pirates), dies of diabetes complications at 72
Nov 4 Andy Rooney, American radio and television writer (b. 1919)
Nov 5 Bhupen Hazarika, Indian singer, composer, lyricist, music director, and filmmaker, dies at 85
Nov 6 Mel Hancock, American politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Missouri), dies at 82

Joe Frazier (1944-2011)

Nov 7 American boxer (Olympic gold heavyweight 1964; undisputed world heavyweight champion 1970-73), dies of liver cancer at 67

Nov 8 Bil Keane, American cartoonist (The Family Circus), dies at 89
Nov 8 Ed Macauley, American Basketball Hall of Fame center (7-time NBA All Star), dies of Alzheimer’s disease at 83
Nov 8 Heavy D [Dwight Errington Myers], Jamaican-American rap artist, dies at 44
Nov 8 Mumtaz Hamid Rao, Pakistani journalist, dies at 70
Nov 9 Har Gobind Khorana, Indian-American biochemist (Nobel 1968), dies at 89
Nov 9 Joel J. Tyler, judge who pronounced 'Deep Throat' obscene, dies of a heart attack at 90
Nov 9 Roger Christian, American ice hockey left wing (Olympic gold 1960; Christian Brother's Hockey Sticks), dies at 75
Nov 10 Ivan Martin Jirous, Czech poet (b. 1944)
Nov 10 Peter J. Biondi, American state legislator (New Jersey) and former mayor (b. 1942)
Nov 11 Georges Papy, Belgian mathematician (Numbers Game), dies at 91
Nov 12 Peter Roebuck, English cricketer and journalist, dies at 55
Nov 14 Franz Josef Degenhardt, German poet and author, dies at 79
Nov 15 Dulcie Gray, British singer, actress, author and lepidopterist (Mine Own Executioner), dies at 95
Nov 15 Mark "Moogy" Klingman, American rock musician and songwriter (Utopia), dies of bladder cancer at 61
Nov 15 Oba Chandler, American convicted murderer, dies at 65
Nov 17 Kurt Budke, American basketball coach (b. 1961)
Nov 17 Olin Branstetter, American businessman and politician (b. 1929)
Nov 18 David Langdon, English newspaper and magazine cartoonist (Sunday Mirror), dies at 97 [1]
Nov 18 Walt Hazzard, American basketball player (Olympic gold 1964), dies at 69
Nov 19 Basil D'Oliveira, English cricket all-rounder (44 Tests, 2,484 @ 40.06, 47 wickets), dies form Parkinson's disease at 80
Nov 19 John Neville, English theatre and film actor, dies at 86
Nov 19 Michael Hastings, British playwright, dies at 74

Anne McCaffrey (1926-2011)

Nov 21 American sci-fi author (Dragonflight, Dragondrums), dies at 85

Nov 22 Lana Peters [Svetlana Stalina], Stalin's daughter, dies at 85
Nov 22 Lynn Margulis, American biologist (serial endosymbiotic theory), dies at 73
Nov 22 Paul Motian, American jazz drummer (Bill Evans Trio; Keith Jarrett), composer, and bandleader (Electric Bebop Band), dies of bone marrow cancer at 80
Nov 22 Ray Flockton, Australian cricketer (prolific NSW batsman of 50's), dies at 81
Nov 23 Carlos Moorhead, American politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California), dies at 89
Nov 23 Jim Rathmann, American auto racer (Indianapolis 500, 1960; Race of Two Worlds at Monza, 1958), dies after a seizure at 83
Nov 23 Montserrat Figueras, Catalan soprano and early music advocate (Hespèrion), dies at 69
Nov 23 Oscar Griffin Jr, American journalist and 1963 Pulitzer Prize winner, dies at 78
Nov 24 Fjölnir Stefánsson, Icelandic composer, dies at 81
Nov 24 Tatyana Shchelkanova, Soviet long jumper (Olympic bronze 1964), dies at 74
Nov 25 (Henry) Lee "Shot" Williams, American blues singer ("I Like Your Style"), dies ar 73
Nov 25 Tom Wicker, American journalist and author, dies at 85
Nov 25 Vasiliy Alekseyev, Russian weightlifter (Olympic gold 1972, 76), dies at 69
Nov 27 Gary Speed, Welsh footballer and Wales national football team manager, dies at 42
Nov 27 Ken Russell, British film director (Tommy, Altered States, Gothic), dies at 84
Nov 27 Sultan Khan, Indian classical musician, dies at 71
Nov 28 Andrew Kazdin, classical record producer, dies at 77
Nov 28 Ante Markovic, last Premier of Yugoslavia, dies at 87
Nov 29 Patrice O'Neal, American stand-up comedian, dies from stroke complications at 41
Nov 30 J. Blackfoot [Colbert], American soul singer (The Soul Children"; solo -"Taxi"), dies of pancreatic cancer at 65
Nov 30 Leka, Crown Prince of Albania, referred to as King Leka I by Albanian monarchists (b. 1939)
Nov 30 William L. Waller, American politician and ex-Governor of Mississippi, dies at 85
Dec 1 Arthur Beetson, Australian rugby league front rower (29 Tests; Balmain, Easts, Parramatta; RL "Immortal") and coach (2 Tests Australia, 16 games Queensland), dies of a heart attack at 66
Dec 1 Christa Wolf, German writer in East Germany (Divided Heaven), dies at 82
Dec 1 Ragnhild Hveger, Danish swimmer (Olympic silver 400m freestyle 1936; 44 world records 1938-56), dies at 90
Dec 2 Christopher Logue, British poet (Cold Calls; War Music), playwright, actor, and pacifist, dies at 85
Dec 2 Howard Tate, American soul singer and songwriter ("Ain't Nobody Home"; "Get It While You Can"), dies of complications of multiple myeloma and leukemia at 72
Dec 3 Dharam Devdutt "Dev" Anand, Indian comedian, actor, director and producer, dies at 88
Dec 3 Philip Burrell, influential Jamaican record producer, dies of a heart attack at 57
Dec 3 Sam Loxton, Australian cricket batsman (12 Tests, 1 x 100, HS 101; Victoria; National team selector 1970-81), dies at 90
Dec 4 Hubert Sumlin, American blues guitarist (Howlin' Wolf), dies at 80
Dec 4 Sócrates [Socrates Brasileiro Sampaio de Sousa Vieira de Oliveira], Brazilian soccer midfielder and manager (60 caps, 22 goals Brazil; Corinthians), dies of septic shock at 57
Dec 5 Gennady Logofet, Russian footballer (b. 1942)
Dec 5 Peter Gethin, British racing driver (b. 1940)
Dec 6 Dobie Gray [Lawrence Brown], American musician and singer (Drift Away), dies of cancer at 71

Harry Morgan (1915-2011)

Dec 7 American actor (December Bride; M*A*S*H, 1975-83 - "Col. Sherman Potter"; AfterMASH; Dragnet - "Bill Gannon"), dies in his sleep at 96

Dec 8 Dick Sims, American Hammond B-3 organist (Bob Seger; Eric Clapton), dies of cancer at 60
Dec 8 Minoru Miky, Japanese composer for traditional Japanese instruments, dies at 84
Dec 8 Zelman Cowen, Australian legal scholar (Governor General of Australia 1977-82), dies at 92
Dec 9 Myra Taylor (née Render), American jazz singer ("Spider and the Fly"; Wild Women of Kansas City), songwriter, and actress, dies at 94
Dec 12 John Gardner, English classical composer, dies at 94
Dec 13 Park Tae-joon, South Korean general and founder of steel giant Posco, dies at 84
Dec 13 Russell Hoban, American author (creator of 'Frances' series), dies at 86
Dec 14 Boris Chertok, Soviet & Russian rocket engineer, dies at 99
Dec 15 Andy Carey, American baseball player (third baseman for 1950s New York Yankees), dies at 80
Dec 15 Bob Brookmeyer, American jazz and studio pianist, valve trombone player, arranger, and composer (Stan Getz; Jerry Mulligan), dies of congestive heart failure at 81

Christopher Hitchens (1949-2011)

Dec 15 English author and journalist (Vanity Fair, New Statesman), dies of oesophageal cancer aged 62

Dec 16 Daniel "Dan" Frazer, American actor (Kojak, Take the Money and Run), dies from cardiac arrest at 90
Dec 16 Mark Kopytman, Russian-Israeli composer (Voices of Memory), musicologist, and pedagogue (Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance, 1974-94). dies at 82
Dec 16 Nicol Williamson, Scottish actor (Excalibur), dies of esophageal cancer at 75
Dec 16 Robert Easton [Burke], American actor referred to as "The Man of a Thousand Voices" (Someone Up There Likes Me), dies at 81
Dec 17 Cesária Évora, Cape Verdean morna singer known as "the Barefoot Diva", dies from respiratory failure at 70