DEATHS IN MARCH 2006

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The following is a list of notable deaths in March 2006.

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★ George Leslie Brown, 79, former Lieutenant Governor of Colorado, first Black lieutenant governor in the US [1] [2]

★ Angela Devi, 30, Indian-American big-bust model and performer, suicide by asphyxiation [3] [4]

★ Olive McKean, 90, Silver medalist at the 1936 Berlin Olympics in swimming, swimming coach to Don Schollander and others. [5]

★ Jackie McLean, 73, jazz saxophonist [6]

★ Candice Rialson, 54, actress, liver disease. [7]

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★ Red Hickey, 89, NFL coach of the San Francisco 49ers, inventor of shotgun formation, natural causes. [8]

★ Philip Hyde, 84, American wildlife photographer [9]

★ Manohar Shyam Joshi, 73, Indian Hindi novelist and soap opera writer [10]

★ John McGahern, 71, Irish novelist and playwright, cancer. [11]

★ Gloria Monty, 84, executive producer of the soap opera General Hospital, cancer. [12]

★ Kathleen Pflueger, 90, American collector of porcelain. [13]

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★ Eric Budd, 84, English administrator, the General Secretary (1987–2000) and Vice-Chairman of the Cricket Society (2000–2001) [14]

★ Salvador Elizondo, 73, Mexican writer and member of the Mexican Academy of the Language, of cancer. [15]

★ Henry Farrell, 85, American author and screenwriter (''What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?'', ''Hush… Hush, Sweet Charlotte''). [16]

★ Penny Jay, 80, American country singer/songwriter ("Don't Let Me Cross Over", "Just Over the Line"), long time companion of William Little guitarist (Even Keel) of California, USA. [17]

★ Gretchen Rau, 66, set decorator, winner of 2005 Academy Award for Best Art Direction for ''Memoirs of a Geisha'' from a brain tumer [18]

★ Jacqueline Roumeguere, 78, South African-born French anthropologist. [19]

★ Bob Veith, 81, former Indianapolis 500 racing driver. [20]

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★ Don Alias, 66, American jazz percussionist. [21]

★ Jerry Brudos, 67, imprisoned U.S. serial killer, natural causes [22]

★ Carlos Cat, 75, Uruguayan Minister of Labour (1990-1991) and of Transport (2000-2002). [23]

★ Pro Hart, 77, Australian outback painter, motor neurone disease [24]

★ Bansi Lal, 78, Haryana's four time chief minister, and defence minister of India during Indian Emergency (1975 - 77). [25], [26]

★ Charles Schepens, 94, American ophthalmologist known as "the father of retinal surgery" and a Nazi resistance movement leader [27]

★ Caspar Weinberger, 88, U.S. Secretary of Defense 1981-1987 under Reagan; Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare 1973-1975 under Nixon and Ford.[28]

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★ Al Alquist, 97, former California state senator [29] [30]

★ Wayne Boden, 58, Canadian serial killer and rapist, of natural causes after a lengthy illness [31]

★ Dan Curtis, 77, American television producer (''Dark Shadows'', ''The Winds of War''). [32]

★ Ian Hamilton Finlay, 80, Scottish artist. [33]

★ Ken Kaess, 51, American advertising executive, CEO of DDB Worldwide, cancer [34]

★ Stanisław Lem, 84, Polish science fiction writer, heart failure. [35] [36]

★ Ruari McLean, 88, distinguished British typographer [37]

★ Lyn Nofziger, 81, press secretary for Ronald Reagan [38]

★ Pawel Parniak, 116?, Pole claimed to be oldest living man

★ Ron Schipper, 77, College Football Hall of Fame Coach [39], [40]

★ Bernard Siegan, 81, Ronald Reagan Federal Appellate Court nominee [41]

★ Dr. Rudolf Vrba, 82, Canadian pharmacologist, Auschwitz escapee and contributor to the Auschwitz Protocol, cancer. [42]

★ Peter Wells, 58, guitarist from Australian rock outfit Rose Tattoo, prostate cancer. [43]

★ Neil Williams, 43, international Test cricketer for England.[44]

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★ Angelo d'Arrigo, 44, Italian aviator, air crash. [45]

★ Dr. William A. Barnes, 94, American surgeon, co-inventor of the Barnes-Redo button, a feeding tube device. [46]

★ Anil Biswas, 61, Indian politician, cerebral hemorrhage [47].

★ David Cunliffe-Lister, 2nd Earl of Swinton, 69, British peer, politician & magistrate. [48]

★ Paul Dana, 30, IRL Indy car driver, multiple trauma injuries sustained in accident. [49]

★ Alain Danet, 74, head of Paris' Olympic Games bid, IOC honorary member and ex field hockey player. [50]

★ Ayako Koshino, 92, Japanese fashion designer, mother of Michiko Koshino [51]

★ Manar Maged, 2, Egyptian girl born with two heads, brain infection [52].

★ Ariclê Perez, 62, Brazilian actress. [53]

★ Prince Abdul Rahman Al-Sudairy, 89, uncle of King Fahd of Saudi Arabia, former governor of Al-Jouf [54]

★ Nikki Sudden, 49, British musician, punk-blues icon, and co-founder of Swell Maps. [55]

★ Johhny “Chop” Vasco, 35, Notable Motorcycle builder based in California.

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★ Erma Ora James Byrd, 88, Wife of US Senator Robert Byrd. [56]

★ Bob Carlos Clarke, 55, Irish photographer, suicide.[57][58]

★ Rocío Dúrcal, 61, Spanish singer and actress, uterine cancer. [59]

★ Richard Fleischer, 89, American film director (''Tora! Tora! Tora!'', ''20,000 Leagues Under the Sea'', ''Soylent Green'') [60] [61]

★ Stephen Charles Gleason, 59, Iowa public health director and health care advisor to U.S. President Bill Clinton [62]

★ Danilo Lazović, 56, Serbian actor. [63]

★ Doris Muscatine, 80, travel and food author and writer, complications from a fall [64]

★ Buck Owens, 76, American country music star, heart attack. [65]

★ Alfredo Silipigni, 72, longtime conductor of the New Jersey State Opera [66]

★ Mansfield Sprague, 95, Eisenhower administration official.

★ Tom Toelle, 74, German TV director.

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★ Jörg Bastuck, 36, German rally car co-driver, accident during the 2006 Rally Catalunya. [67]

★ John Glenn Beall, Jr., 78, former Republican United States Senator from Maryland from 1971 - 1977 and United States Representative from 1969 - 1971. [68]

★ Dr. Jaroslava Moserova, 76, Czech senator, ambassador, presidential candidate, doctor, and translator. [69]

★ Lynne Perrie, 74, English actress (''Coronation Street'', ''Kes''), stroke. [70]

★ Norman Pounds, 94, British historian and author.

★ Carl Seiberlich, 82, retired Rear Admiral of US Navy [71]

★ Lin Yud, 49, child trafficker executed by gunshot in Fujian, China. [72]

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★ Adwaita, 255 (approximate age), tortoise claimant for world's oldest animal, reputedly a former pet of General Clive, liver failure. [73]

★ David B. Bleak, 74, Medal of Honor recipient in the Korean War. [74]

★ Sarah Caldwell, 82, longtime conductor of the Opera Company of Boston [75]

★ René-Philippe Dawant, 64, Belgian journalist, heart attack. [76]

★ Desmond Doss, 87, Medal of Honor recipient and conscientious objector. [77]

★ Gerry "Tex" Ehman, 73, Canadian-born retired NHL player and executive, lung cancer. [78]

★ Edythe Gaines, 83, executive director of the New York City Board of Education's Office of Educational Planning and Support [79]

★ John W. Griffin, 78, perennial candidate in Ohio and member of the Ohio State Board of Education.

★ Eloy de la Iglesia, 62, Spanish film director. [80].

★ Pío Leyva, 88, Cuban musician (Buena Vista Social Club), heart attack. [81]

★ Rolf Myller, 79, German born architect and writer of children's and puzzle books. [82]

★ Peter Shand Kydd, 80, English wallpaper heir and stepfather of Diana, Princess of Wales. [83]

★ Cindy Walker, 87, American country-western songwriter, (Dream Baby) for Roy Orbison et al. [84]

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★ Ria Beckers, 67, former political leader of the Dutch political parties Politieke Partij Radicalen and GroenLinks. [85]

★ James Chikerema, 80, Zimbabwean nationalist, co-founder of ZAPU and government co-minister in the internal settlement government of Rhodesia. [86]

★ Pierre Clostermann, 85, World War II French Flying Ace. [87]

★ DJ Swing, 39, MOBO award winning British

★ Jacqueline Hopper-Florida grandmother
DJ. [88]

★ Matt Kennedy, 101, Coney Island booster [89]

★ Eugene Landy, 71, American psychologist, famous for treating Brian Wilson, lung cancer [90]

★ Britt Lomond, 80, American actor (''Zorro''), fencer, and World War II veteran. [91]

★ Giuseppe Longoni, 63, Italian footballer, neuronic cerebral illness. [92]

★ Gergely András Molnar, 108, the last Hungarian veteran of the First World War [93]

★ Brian Parkyn, 82, British Labour MP for Bedford 1966-70 [94].

★ Robert Salazar, Jr., 27, American convicted murderer, executed in Texas. [95]

★ Stig Wennerström, 99, Swedish Air Force Colonel convicted of spying for the USSR. [96] [97]

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★ Lord Ackner, 85, British Lord of Appeal. [98]

★ Bob Delegall, 60, American actor and director, prostate cancer. [99]

★ Margaret Ewing, 60, Scottish nationalist politician, breast cancer. [100]

★ James O. Freedman, 70, former president of Dartmouth College and the University of Iowa, non-Hodgkin lymphoma. [101]

★ Bert Isaac, 83, Welsh painter.

★ Philip B. Kundhardt Jr., 78, ''Life Magazine'' managing editor, documentary producer, writer [102]

★ Doris Jones, 92, African-American ballet dancer, co-founder of the Jones-Haywood School of Ballet. [103]

★ Bernard Lacoste, 74, French clothing magnate of Lacoste, unspecified illness. [104]

★ Leslie MacMitchell, 85, American runner, James E. Sullivan Award winner [105]

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★ Bhrigu Kumar Phukan, 49, India politician [106]

★ Gene Scott, 68, American tennis player and publisher of ''Tennis Week''. [107]

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★ Dick Addis, 74, former South Bend, Indiana news weatherman and longtime WNDU-TV personality, natural causes [108]

★ Mohammad Ali, 78, Pakistani actor, cardiac arrest. [109]

★ Anselmo Colzani, 87, Italian operatic baritone [110]

★ Nicholas R. Cozzarelli, 67, molecular and cell biologist, science journal editor, Burkitt's lymphoma. [111] [112] [113]

★ Leon Daniel, 74, American correspondent and editor for United Press International [114]

★ Kevin Payne, 34, professional boxer, injuries sustained during fight. [115]

★ Channing Pollock, 79, magician, complications of cancer.[116]

★ Dr. Richard Root, 68, American epidemiologist, crocodile attack. [117]

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★ Michael Attwell, 63, British actor. [118]

★ Bill Beutel, 75, WABC-TV anchorman, Alzheimer's disease. [119]

★ Nelson Dantas, 78, Brazilian actor, lung cancer. [120]

★ Fernando Gil, 69, Portuguese philosopher and college professor, unknown illness. [121]

★ Anatoli Puzach, 65, former Soviet World Cup footballer & title-winning coach for Dynamo Kiev[122]

★ Stella Snead, 96, British surrealist painter [123]

★ Drexel Sprecher, 92, American prosecutor at the Nuremberg Trials. [124]

★ Belle Zeck, 87, American lawyer, Nuremberg prosecutor [125]

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★ Yuan Baojing, 39 or 40, Chinese multi-millionaire, executed by lethal injection for ordering a contract killing.

★ Lumumba Carson, 49, American hip-hop DJ (as Professor X of the X-Clan), spinal meningitis. [126] [127]

★ Oleg Cassini, 92, fashion designer. [128] [129]

★ Narvin Kimball, 97, American banjo player, founding member of the Preservation Hall Jazz Band and the Gentlemen of Jazz. [130]

★ Ray Meyer, 92, former DePaul basketball coach and member of the Basketball Hall of Fame, natural causes. [131]

★ G. William Miller, 81, United States Secretary of Treasury from 1979 - 1981 under Jimmy Carter, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. [132]

★ Patrick Moody, 39, American convicted murderer, executed in North Carolina. [133]

★ Marc Moret, 82, Swiss pharmaceutical executive, honorary chairman of Novartis. [134] [135] [136]

★ Eric Ottens, 23, College basketball player for Evansville, automobile accident. [137]

★ Bob Papenbrook, 50, Los Angeles voice actor, lung complications. [138]

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★ Jonathan Delisle, 28, AHL and NHL hockey player, automobile accident. [139]

★ David Feintuch, 61, American science fiction author, following cardiac trouble. [140]

★ Paul Flaherty, 42, web indexing pioneer [141] [142]

★ James Hill, 95,legendary British soldier who commanded the Canadian paratroopers who dropped into France on D-Day, natural causes

★ K. Leroy Irvis, 86, Speaker of Pennsylvania House of Representatives (first African-American Speaker in any U.S. state government), cancer. [143]

★ Coen Ooft, 85, Surinam politician and jurist.

★ Archbishop Romeo Panciroli, 82, Italian Catholic Archbishop, former Director of the Vatican Press Office. [144] [145]

★ Stephen Procuniar, 60, American artist [146]

★ Moira Redmond, 77, English actress, heart attack. [147]

★ Jade Snow Wong, 84, Chinese author and ceramicist, natural causes.[148]

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★ Ken Brewer, 64, Poet Laureate of Utah, pancreatic cancer. [149]

★ Estelle Busch, 91, American actress, helped establish equity-waiver theatres. [150]

★ Humphrey (exact date unknown), c. 17, Chief Mouser to the Cabinet Office, 1989 - 1997. [151]

★ René Lasserre, 93, Paris restaurateur. [152]

★ George Mackey, 90, formerly Landon T. Clay Professor of mathematics, Harvard University. [153]

★ Charles Newman, 67, American novelist (''White Jazz'', '') and editor (''TriQuarterly'') [154]

★ George Rallis, 87, former Prime Minister of Greece, 1980-81, heart failure. [155]

★ Mark Southern, 45, professor of linguistics, Middlebury College

★ Red Storey, 88, former CFL player and NHL referee. [156]

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★ E.S. Anderson, 94, British microbiologist [157]

★ Ann Calvello, 76, roller derby player, liver cancer. [158]

★ Hamish Gray, Baron Gray of Contin, 78, former British Conservative government minister. [159]

★ Lennart Meri, 76, former President of Estonia. [160]

★ Art Michaluk, 82, former AHL hockey player and World War II veteran. [161]

★ Herb Tobman, 81, former president of the Stardust Hotel on the Las Vegas Strip [162]

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★ Robert C. Baker, 84, American agricultural scientist, developed chicken products and processes. [163]

★ Roy Clarke, 80, footballer for Manchester City & Wales. [164]

★ Jimmy Johnstone, 61, Scottish football player, voted Celtic's best ever, motor neurone disease. [165]

★ Tara Rose McAvoy, 18, reigning Miss Deaf Texas, killed by train while walking on tracks. [166] [167]

★ Charles Newman, 67, American novelist and founding editor of ''TriQuarterly''. [168]

★ Dr. James Schwartz, 73, Columbia University neurobiologist .[169]

★ Maureen Stapleton, 80, American actress, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

★ Oscar Stiegler, 102, expert on repair, inspection and construction of naval vessels. [170]

★ Peter Tomarken, 63, American game show host (''Press Your Luck''), plane crash. [171]

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★ Nick Barone, 79, American heavyweight and light heavyweight boxer [172]

★ Joseph Bova, 81, American actor (''Once Upon a Mattress'') [173]

★ Jurij Brězan, 89, Sorbian-German writer.

★ Massimo Della Pergola, 93, Italian journalist who founded Sisal, Totocalcio, and Totip. [174]

★ István Gyulai, 62, Hungarian journalist, General Secretary of the IAAF. [175]

★ Jonatan Johansson, 26, Swedish snowboarder, accident during training. [176]

★ Victor Sokolov, 59, dissident ex-Soviet journalist, and Orthodox priest, lung cancer.

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★ Jean Cuq, 78, French general. Former chief of Staff of the FINUL.

★ John Falotico, 82, NYPD detective who arrested David Berkowitz. [177]

★ General Sir Anthony Farrar-Hockley, 81, British soldier and military historian. [178]

★ Bernie "Boom Boom" Geoffrion, 75, NHL player with the Montreal Canadiens and New York Rangers, stomach cancer. [179]

★ Pauline Gregg, 96, author, historian and biographer.

★ Kim Hyung-gon, 48, Korean comedian, heart attack. [180]

★ Slobodan Milošević, 64, former President of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia standing trial for war crimes, heart attack. [181] [182]

★ Glenn Olds, 85, president of Kent State University (1971-1977) [183]

★ Andrall Pearson, 80, former president of PepsiCo. [184]

★ Jesús Miguel Rollán, 37, Spanish former water polo goalkeeper, suicide.
[185]

★ Lindsay Shonteff, 70, British horror film director of the 1960s. [186]

★ Charles M. Tanner, age?, founder of Covenant Players, declining health following massive stroke. [187]

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★ Péter Halász, 62, Hungarian actor and director, liver cancer
[188]

★ Lara Heymann, 18, German professional martial artist and freerunner.

★ Craig Huebing, 77, American actor (''General Hospital'') [189]

★ Mary MacIsaac, 112, Saskatchewan's oldest person.

★ Alberto Migré, 74, Argentine TV screenwriter and producer, heart attack. [190]

★ Hans Oberndorfer, 80, German astronomer and author, cancer.

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★ Dominic Baranello, 83, Democratic leader in New York State. [191]

★ Hanka Bielicka, 90, Polish singer and actress.

★ Dennis Brookes, 90, English cricketer. [192]

★ Péter Halász, 62, Hungarian theatre director, actor, and writer, liver cancer. [193] [194]

★ Doug Hamilton, 43, general manager for the Los Angeles Galaxy soccer team, heart attack aboard aircraft. [195]

★ Colin Ingleby-Mackenzie, 72, English cricketer and insurance executive, brain tumor. [196]

★ Anna Moffo, 73 or 75, American singer and operatic soprano, stroke following decade long battle with breast cancer [197]

★ Nena O'Neill, 82, American writer, co-author of '' (1972) [198]

★ John Profumo, 91, British politician, complications following a stroke. [199]

★ Harry Seidler, 82, leading Australian architect of the Modernism movement. [200]

★ John Wilde, 86, American surrealist painter [201]

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★ Sir Brian Barratt-Boyes, 82, pioneering New Zealand cardiologist, complications during heart valve replacement. [202]

★ Dr. Lawrence Brass, 49, Yale University neurologist [203]

★ Dr. Joseph Burchenal, 93, American oncologist, worked on leukemia treatments [204]

★ Teresa Ciepły, 69, Polish athlete, 1964 Olympic track champion.

★ Giordano Cottur, 91, Italian Giro d'Italia-Champion. [205], [206], [207]

★ John T. Kramer, 68, American legal scholar. [208]

★ George Sassoon, 69, scientist. author and radio amateur, cancer. [209]

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★ Howard Jackson, 54, American martial artist, died of leukemia [210]

★ John Junkin, 76, British actor, lung cancer. [211]

★ Norman Leonard, 92, American lawyer for left-wing causes [212]

★ Ludwik Margules, 72, Mexican theatre director, cancer. [213]

★ John Joseph McFall, 88, former Democratic United States Representative from California (1956 — 1978). [214]

★ Gordon Parks, 93, photographer, film director (''Shaft''), cancer. [215]

★ Jesse "Guitar" Taylor, 55, blues guitarist. [216]

★ Ali Farka Touré, 66, Malian musician, cancer. [217]

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★ Anne Braden, 81, American civil rights activist. [218]

★ Lily Dumont, 94, Classical concert pianist [219]

★ King Floyd, 61, American Soul singer. [220]

★ Mubdar Hatim al-Dulaimi, 55, Major General in the Iraqi Army, shot by a sniper. [221]

★ Margaret Muse, 91, American stage and film actress. [222]

★ Mortimo Planno, 85, Rastafarian philosopher. [223]

★ Kirby Puckett, 45, Hall of Fame MLB player for the Minnesota Twins, stroke complications. [224]

★ Dana Reeve, 45, activist, widow of Christopher Reeve, lung cancer. [225]

★ Hans-Dieter Söling, 76, German biochemist. [226]

★ Simon Ungers, 49, New York-based German architect and artist. [227]

★ Ruth Weiss, 97, (also: Wèi Lùshī 魏璐诗) Austrian-Chinese journalist and member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. [228]

★ Abou Yacoubou, 54, Director of Political Affairs of the Economic Community of West African States. [229]

★ Francis Zimbeaux, 93, French-born American landscape artist. [230]

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★ Milan Babić, 50, former leader of the Republic of Serbian Krajina who pleaded guilty to war crimes, suicide. [231]

★ Reba Hancock, 72, sister of Johnny Cash. [232]

★ Richard Kuklinski, 70, American mafia hitman, natural causes. [233]

★ Josh Rehm, 27, American Grand-Am racing driver, car accident. [234]

★ John Sandusky, 80, former NFL player and assistant coach, complications from internal bleeding. [235]

★ Rodney Strong, 78, American ballet dancer and vintner. [236]

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★ Caleb Foote, 88, Boalt School of Law Professor, pacifist activist [237]

★ John Reynolds Gardiner, 61, American children's author, pancreatitis [238]

★ Roman Ogaza, 54, Polish football player. [239]

★ David Rose, 95, American courtroom artist. [240]

★ Edgar Valter, 76, Estonian children's book illustrator and cartoonist. [241]

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★ Ivor Cutler, 83, humorist, author, singer, and poet. [242]

★ William Herskovic, 91, escapee from Auschwitz during World War II, cancer. [243]

★ Charlie Hodge, 71, guitarist and backup singer for Elvis Presley and Graceland resident, lung cancer. [244]

★ Lily Lambert McCarthy, 91, an American millionairess and collector of Nelsonia, decorated by the British for her war work, and also a generous benefactress of museums and libraries in England and the United States. [245] [246]

★ Richard VanderVeen, 83, former Democratic United States Representative from Michigan (1973 — 1977), prostate cancer. [247]

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★ Madeleine Cosman, 68, American scholar of medieval Europe [248]

★ Robert Dryfoos, 63, former New York City Councilman. [249]

★ Leopold Gratz, 75, Austrian politician, former Mayor of Vienna. [250]

★ Bill Hays, 67, British director of stage and television. [251]

★ Valter Heuer, 77, Estonian chess champion and chess historian. [252]

★ Marion Higgins, 112, California's oldest person. [253]

★ Phyllis Huffman, 61, award-winning casting director. [254]

★ Willie Kent, 70, blues bassist, cancer. [255]

★ Tommaso Onofri, 1, kidnapped toddler, murdered [256].

★ Harold Ostroff, 82, builder of nonprofit cooperative housing complexes in New York City. [257]

★ Sylvia Schofield, 89, British newspaper columnist, novelist, WWII spy

★ Garrett Scott, 37, American documentary filmmaker (''), cardiac arrest. [258] [259]

★ Peter Snow, ?, New Zealand doctor who discovered "Tapanui flu" (chronic fatigue syndrome). [260]

★ Rachel Mellon Walton, 107, American philanthropist. [261]

★ Jack Wild, 53, British actor (''Oliver!'', ''H.R. Pufnstuf''), oral cancer. [262]

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★ Annette von Aretin, 85, German TV personality.

★ Joëlle Aubron, 46, French member of Action Directe, lung cancer. [263]

★ Harry Browne, 72, American libertarian writer and presidential candidate for the United States Libertarian Party, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. [264]

★ Mack Easley, 89, former Democratic lieutenant governor of New Mexico (1963 — 1966). [265]

★ Alexander Fol, 72, Bulgarian historian of ancient Greece, former Minister of Education. [266]

★ Joseph H. Gardner, 78, American real estate developer. [267]

★ O. Milton Gossett, 80, American advertising executive, former CEO Saatchi & Saatchi Compton Worldwide [268]

★ Edith "Judy" Ingamells, 112, oldest British person. [269]

★ Johnny Jackson, 54, former drummer for The Jackson 5, stabbing. [270]

★ Anna De Lisle Wells, 23, top amateur jockey, suicide by hanging. [271]

★ Peter Osgood, 59, former English footballer, heart attack. [272]

★ John Parkinson, 99, President of the Belfast Titanic Society, former Harland and Wolff shipyard worker, witnessed departure of the RMS Titanic as a child. [273]

★ Pierre Pasquini, 85, former French Minister of Veterans and War Victims. [274]

★ Jan Raniecki, 70, chairman of Polonia Warszawa. [275]

★ Gilbert Steiner, 81, Brookings Institute scholar. [276]

★ Jenny Tamburi, 53, Italian actress 1970s B-movies and casting director TV-series. [277]