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Deaths in August 2011

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The following is a list of notable deaths in August 2011.

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  • Stan Barstow, 83, English novelist. [1]
  • Joe Caffie, 80, American baseball player (Cleveland Indians, Cleveland Buckeyes). [2]
  • Carmela Marie Cristiano, 83, American Roman Catholic nun (Sisters of Charity of Saint Elizabeth), first nun to seek political office in New Jersey. [3]
  • Florentina Gómez Miranda, 99, Argentine lawyer and women's rights activist. [4]
  • Gamini Goonesena, 80, Sri Lankan cricketer. [5]
  • Chieko N. Okazaki, 84, American Mormon women's leader, first non-Caucasian woman to hold a senior position in the LDS church, heart failure. [6]
  • Ken Payne, 60, American football player (Green Bay Packers). [7]
  • Alex Pitko, 97, American baseball player. [8]
  • Zhanna Prokhorenko, 71, Russian film actress (Ballad of a Soldier). [9]

    • 2

  • Leslie Esdaile Banks, 51, American author (The Vampire Huntress Legend Series), adrenal cancer. [10]
  • Baruj Benacerraf, 90, Venezuelan-born American immunologist, Nobel laureate (1980). [11]
  • Ralph Berkowitz, 100, American composer. [12]
  • DeLois Barrett Campbell, 85, American gospel singer (The Barrett Sisters), pulmonary embolism. [13]
  • Igor Chepusov, 61, Soviet and American producer, script writer and director. [14] (Russian)
  • Meldric Daluz, 90, Indian Olympic gold medal-winning (1952) field hockey player. [15]
  • Al Federoff, 87, American baseball player (Detroit Tigers). [16]
  • James M. Flinchum, 94, American journalist. [17]
  • Asadullo Gulomov, 58, Tajik politician, Deputy Prime Minister (since 2006). [18] (Russian)
  • Andrey Kapitsa, 80, Russian geographer and explorer, discovered and named Lake Vostok. [19]
  • Clarence E. Miller, 93, American politician, U.S. Representative from Ohio (1967–1993), pneumonia. [20]
  • Attilio Pavesi, 100, Italian Olympic cyclist, oldest living Olympic champion. [21] (Italian)
  • Richard Pearson, 93, Welsh actor (The Yellow Rolls-Royce). [22]
  • Venere Pizzinato-Papo, 114, Italian supercentenarian, oldest person in Europe and third-oldest living person in the world. [23]
  • José Sanchis Grau, 79, Spanish comic book artist. [24] (Valencian)
  • James Ford Seale, 76, American murderer, Ku Klux Klan member. [25]

    • 3

  • Rudolf Brazda, 98, German concentration camp prisoner, last known survivor of pink triangle homosexual deportation. [26]
  • Richard Cates, 85, American lawyer. [27]
  • Annette Charles, 63, American actress (Grease), complications of lung cancer. [28]
  • Antonio M. Diaz, 83, Filipino politician, Representative from Zambales (1969–1972, 1992–2001, 2004–2011). [29]
  • Jackie Hudson, 76, American nun and peace activist. [30]
  • Ingrid Luterkort, 101, Swedish actress. [31] (Swedish)
  • Andrew McDermott, 45, British singer (Threshold), complications of kidney failure. [32] (German)
  • Simona Monyová, 44, Czech writer, stabbed. [33] (Czech)
  • Ray Patterson, 89, American basketball executive (Milwaukee Bucks, Houston Rockets). [34]
  • Nikolai Arnoldovich Petrov, 68, Russian pianist, People's Artist of the USSR, stroke. [35]
  • José Ignacio Rivero, 90, Cuban journalist. [36] (Spanish)
  • William Sleator, 66, American science fiction writer (Interstellar Pig). [37]
  • Bubba Smith, 66, American football player (Baltimore Colts) and actor (Police Academy). [38]
  • Mohsen Koochebaghi Tabrizi, 87, Iranian Shi'ite Muslim marja, heart attack. [39] (Persian)
  • Allan Watkins, 89, Welsh cricketer, after short illness. [40]

    • 4

  • Alan Blackshaw, 78, English mountaineer and civil servant, cancer. [41]
  • Michael Bukht, 69, British radio executive, television personality and chef who worked as Michael Barry. [42]
  • Mark Duggan, 29, British crime suspect, shot. [43]
  • Naoki Matsuda, 34, Japanese footballer, suspected heart attack. [44]
  • Conrad Schnitzler, 74, German musician (Tangerine Dream, Kluster, Eruption, Berlin Express), stomach cancer. [45]
  • Erika Thijs, 51, Belgian politician, Senator (since 1995), cancer. [46] (Dutch)
  • Sherman White, 82, American basketball player (Long Island University). [47]

    • 5

  • Jean-Claude Bajeux, 79, Haitian activist and scholar, lung cancer. [48]
  • Gerry Davidson, 90, American masters athlete, stroke. [49]
  • Erol Erduran, 78, Cypriot educator and writer. [50]
  • Dudley E. Faver, 94, American Air Force major general and academic. [51]
  • Marion D. Hanks, 89, American Mormon leader. [52]
  • Hazel Johnson-Brown, 83, American Army nurse and general, Alzheimer's disease. [53]
  • Donald Ray Kennard, 74, American politician, member of the Louisiana House of Representatives (1976–2008), brain aneurysm rupture. [54]
  • Andrzej Lepper, 57, Polish politician, suspected suicide by hanging. [55]
  • Gary Nixon, 70, American motorcycle racer, complications from a heart attack. [56]
  • Francesco Quinn, 48, Italian-born American actor (Platoon, Transformers: Dark of the Moon), heart attack. [57]
  • Aziz Shavershian, 22, Australian bodybuilder and model, heart attack. [58]
  • Adi Talmor, 58, Israeli journalist and news presenter, assisted suicide. [59]
  • Stan Willemse, 86, British footballer (Chelsea). [60]

    • 6

  • Bernadine Healy, 67, American cardiologist, director of the National Institutes of Health (1991–1993), brain cancer. [61]
  • Fred Imus, 69, American songwriter and radio talk show host, brother of Don Imus. [62]
  • Kuno Klötzer, 89, German football coach. [63]
  • Fe del Mundo, 99, Filipino pediatrician, National Scientist of the Philippines, heart attack. [64]
  • Roman Opałka, 79, French-born Polish painter. [65] (Polish)
  • John W. Ryan, 81, American academic administrator, President of Indiana University (1971–1987). [66]
  • Jerry Smith, 80, American football player (San Francisco 49ers) and coach (Denver Broncos). [67]
  • John Wood, 81, English actor (WarGames, Chocolat). [68]

    • 7

  • Joseph Candolfi, 89, Swiss Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Basel (1983–1996). [69] (German)
  • Hugh Carey, 92, American politician, Governor of New York (1975–1982) and U.S. Representative (1961–1974). [70]
  • Rocco Colonna, 77, American politician, Member of the Ohio House of Representatives (1975–1988). [71]
  • Charles Coventry, 52, Zimbabwean cricket umpire. [72]
  • Cornelius Elanjikal, 92, Indian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Verapoly (1987–1996). [73] (Malayalam)
  • Eddie Gibbins, 85, English footballer. [74]
  • Marshall Grant, 83, American double bassist (Tennessee Two). [75]
  • F. M. Hardacre, 96, American academic and college football coach. [76]
  • Mark Hatfield, 89, American politician, Governor of Oregon (1959–1967) and U.S. Senator (1967–1997). [77]
  • Harri Holkeri, 74, Finnish politician, Prime Minister (1987–1991), after long illness. [78]
  • Paul Meier, 87, American mathematician (Kaplan–Meier estimator), complications from a stroke. [79]
  • George Naghi, 59, Romanian businessman, founder of Aldis SRL, boating accident. [80]
  • Tom Radney, 79, American politician, member of the Alabama Senate (1967–1971), after long illness. [81]
  • Jiří Traxler, 99, Czech-born Canadian jazz pianist. [82] (Czech)
  • Nancy Wake, 98, New Zealand-born Australian French Resistance leader, chest infection. [83]
  • Charles Wyly, 77, American businessman and philanthropist, co-founder of Michaels Stores, automobile accident. [84]
  • Joe Yamanaka, 64, Japanese rock singer, lung cancer. [85].

    • 8

  • Neal Abberley, 67, English cricketer, heart and lung condition. [86]
  • Ray Anderson, 77, American entrepreneur, cancer. [87]
  • Mike Barrett, 67, American Olympic and professional basketball player (Virginia Squires, San Diego Conquistadors). [88]
  • Ruth Brinker, 89, American AIDS and nutrition activist, founder of Project Open Hand, vascular dementia. [89]
  • Royal Copeland, 86, Canadian football player (Toronto Argonauts), Alzheimer's disease. [90]
  • Cem Erman, 64, Turkish actor and composer. [91] (Turkish)
  • Kurt Johansson, 97, Swedish Olympic sport shooter. [92] (Swedish)
  • Anastasios Peponis, 87, Greek politician and author, heart problems. [93] (Greek)
  • Federico Richter Fernandez-Prada, 89, Peruvian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Ayacucho/Huamanga (1979–1991). [94] (Spanish)
  • Hind Rostom, 81, Egyptian actress, heart attack. [95]
  • Jiřina Švorcová, 83, Czech actress and pro-Communist activist. [96] (Czech)
  • Harry Hillel Wellington, 84, American lawyer, Dean of Yale Law School (1975–1985) and New York Law School (1992–2000), brain tumor. [97]
  • Guillermo Zarur, 79, Mexican actor, complications of kidney and heart disease. [98] (Spanish)

    • 9

  • Wendy Babcock, 32, Canadian advocate for the rights of prostitutes, suspected suicide. [99]
  • Roberto Busa, 97, Italian Jesuit priest, pioneer in Digital Humanities. [100]
  • Adolphe-Maria Gustave Hardy, 91, French Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Beauvais (1985–1995). [101]
  • Yoshihiro Hamaguchi, 85, Japanese Olympic swimmer, heart failure. [102]
  • Jimmy Harris, 76, American football player (University of Oklahoma, Dallas Cowboys, Philadelphia Eagles), natural causes. [103]
  • Kolapo Ishola, 77, Nigerian politician, Governor of Oyo State (1991–1993). [104]
  • Eleanor Josaitis, 79, American activist, co-founder of Focus: HOPE, peritoneal cancer. [105]
  • Julian Kenny, 81, Trinidadian zoologist, environmentalist and politician, Senator (1995–2001). [106]
  • Mimi Lee, 91, American chemist, First Lady of Maryland (1977–1979), heart failure. [107]
  • Werner W. Wallroth, 81, German film director. [108]

    • 10

  • P. C. Alexander, 90, Indian politician, Governor of Tamil Nadu (1988–1990), Maharashtra (1993–2002) and Goa (1996–1998). [109]
  • Moraíto Chico II, 54, Spanish musician, cancer. [110] (Spanish)
  • Arnaud Desjardins, 86, French philosopher. [111] (French)
  • Norton Fredrick, 73, Sri Lankan cricketer, illness. [112]
  • Billy Grammer, 85, American country singer. [113]
  • Selwyn Griffith, 83, Welsh poet. [114] (Welsh)
  • Oldřich Machač, 65, Czech Olympic silver (1968, 1976) and bronze (1972) medal-winning ice hockey player, heart failure. [115]
  • Babak Masoumi, 39, Iranian futsal player and coach, blood cancer. [116] (Farsi)
  • Lilia Michel, 85, Mexican actress. [117] (Spanish)
  • Mark Sinyangwe, 31, Zambian footballer. [118]

    • 11

  • Agustín Romualdo Alvarez Rodríguez, 88, Spanish-born Venezuelan Roman Catholic prelate, Vicar Apostolic of Machiques (1986–1995). [119]
  • Don Chandler, 76, American football player (New York Giants, Green Bay Packers). [120]
  • George Devol, 99, American inventor, creator of Unimate, the first industrial robot. [121]
  • Karen Drambjan, 57, Armenian-born Estonian activist, shot. [122]
  • Ignacio Flores, 58, Mexican football player (Cruz Azul, national team), shot. [123] (Spanish)
  • Mateo Flores, 89, Guatemalan Olympic athlete. [124] (Spanish)
  • Noah Flug, 86, Polish-born Israeli economist, advocate for rights of Holocaust survivors. [125]
  • Richard Floyd, 80, American politician and lawmaker. [126]
  • Clair George, 81, American CIA officer (Iran–Contra affair), cardiac arrest. [127]
  • David Holbrook, 88, English writer and academic. [128]
  • Jani Lane, 47, American musician (Warrant). [129]
  • Scott LeDoux, 62, American boxer, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. [130]
  • Karen Overington, 59, Australian politician, Victorian MLA for Ballarat West (1999–2010). [131]
  • Bob Shamansky, 84, American politician, U.S. Representative from Ohio (1981–1983). [132]
  • Johann Traxler, 52, Austrian Olympic cyclist. [133]
  • Joe Trimble, 80, American baseball player (Boston Red Sox, Pittsburgh Pirates). [134]
  • Paul Wilkinson, 74, British academic, expert on the study of terrorism (University of St Andrews). [135]
  • Bob Will, 80, American baseball player (Chicago Cubs). [136]

    • 12

  • Austin-Emile Burke, 89, Canadian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Halifax (1991–1998). [137]
  • Ernie Johnson, 87, American baseball player (Boston Braves/Milwaukee Braves, Baltimore Orioles) and broadcaster (Atlanta Braves). [138]
  • Karl Kittsteiner, 91, German cyclist and National Champion (1946). [139]
  • Charles P. Murray, Jr., 89, American Army colonel, Medal of Honor recipient, heart failure. [140]
  • Robert Robinson, 83, English radio and television presenter. [141]
  • Francisco Solano López, 83, Argentine comics artist (El Eternauta), complications from a stroke. [142] (Spanish)
  • Pierpaolo Spangaro, 69, Italian Olympic swimmer. [143]

    • 13

  • Robert Breer, 84, American experimental filmmaker. [144]
  • Álvaro Lara, 26, Chilean footballer, traffic collision. [145] (Spanish)
  • Chris Lawrence, 78, British racing driver and engineer, cancer. [146]
  • Ctirad Mašín, 81, Czech resistance fighter. [147]
  • Tareque Masud, 54, Bangladeshi independent film director, traffic collision. [148]
  • Mishuk Munier, 52, Bangladeshi journalist, photography director, media specialist and cinematographer, traffic collision. [149]
  • Jesús del Pozo, 65, Spanish fashion designer, pulmonary emphysema. [150]
  • Topi Sorsakoski, 58, Finnish singer, lung cancer. [151]
  • Ellen Winther, 78, Danish opera singer and actress. [152]

    • 14

  • Fritz Bach, 77, Austrian-born American transplant physician and immunologist. [153]
  • Albert Brown, 105, American World War II veteran, oldest survivor of Bataan Death March. [154]
  • Yekaterina Golubeva, 44, Russian actress. [155] (French)
  • Shammi Kapoor, 79, Indian film actor and director, renal failure. [156]
  • Fritz Korbach, 66, German football player and manager, laryngeal cancer. [157] (Dutch)
  • Paul Reeves, 78, New Zealand Anglican archbishop, Primate (1980–1985), Governor-General (1985–1990), cancer. [158]
  • Friedrich Schoenfelder, 94, German actor. [159] (German)
  • Shawn Tompkins, 37, Canadian kickboxer and mixed martial artist, suspected heart attack. [160]

    • 15

  • Nenad Bijedić, 51, Bosnian football manager, cancer. [161] (Turkish)
  • Pap Dean, 95, American political cartoonist. [162]
  • Colin Harvey, 50, British science fiction writer and editor, stroke. [163]
  • Michael Legat, 88, British author and publisher. [164]
  • Peter Mair, 60, Irish political scientist. [165]
  • Solomon Mujuru, 62, Zimbabwean military officer and politician, injuries from a fire. [166]
  • Wim Peeters, 85, South African Olympic shooter. [167]
  • Hugo Perié, 67, Argentine politician, MP (since 2003), Montoneros militant, lung disease. [168] (Spanish)
  • Sif Ruud, 95, Swedish actress. [169] (Swedish)
  • Rick Rypien, 27, Canadian ice hockey player (Vancouver Canucks), suicide. [170]
  • Tōru Shōriki, 92, Japanese baseball team owner (Tokyo Giants), sepsis. [171] (Japanese)
  • Betty Thatcher, 67, British lyricist (Renaissance), cancer. [172]

    • 16

  • Andrej Bajuk, 67, Slovenian politician and economist, Prime Minister (2000), stroke. [173]
  • Mihri Belli, 96, Turkish politician and writer, respiratory failure. [174] (Turkish)
  • Creed Black, 86, American newspaper publisher (Lexington Herald-Leader). [175]
  • Huw Ceredig, 69, Welsh actor. [176]
  • Albert Facchiano, 101, American mobster. [177]
  • Akiko Futaba, 96, Japanese ryūkōka singer. [178]
  • Bruno Monti, 81, Italian Olympic cyclist. [179]
  • Frank Munro, 63, Scottish footballer (Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.), heart attack. [180]
  • Pete Pihos, 87, American Hall of Fame football player (Philadelphia Eagles), Alzheimer's disease. [181]
  • Leo Rodríguez, 82, Mexican baseball player. [182]
  • Ramesh Saxena, 66, Indian cricketer, brain haemorrhage. [183]
  • Bernard William Schmitt, 82, American Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Wheeling-Charleston (1989–2004). [184]
  • Aud Talle, 65, Norwegian social anthropologist. [185]

    • 17

  • Augustus Aikhomu, 72, Nigerian admiral and politician, Vice President (1986–1993). [186]
  • Vasyl Dzharty, 53, Ukrainian politician, Prime Minister of Crimea (since 2010), cancer. [187]
  • Gualtiero Jacopetti, 91, Italian documentary film director. [188] (Italian)
  • Michel Mohrt, 97, French writer, member of the Académie française (since 1985). [189] (French)
  • Pierre Quinon, 49, French pole vaulter and Olympic champion, suicide. [190]
  • William Robinson, 72, New Zealand scientist. [191]

    • 18

  • Samir Chanda, 53, Indian art film director, cardiac arrest. [192]
  • Peter George Davis, 87, English Royal Marine officer, [193]
  • Simon De Jong, 69, Canadian politician, MP for Regina East (1979–1988) and Regina—Qu'Appelle (1988–1997), leukemia. [194]
  • Bill Gray, 88, American football player (Washington Redskins). [195]
  • Johnson, 58, Indian film music composer, cardiac arrest. [196]
  • Paul Lockyer, 61, Australian journalist, helicopter crash. [197]
  • Herb Pfuhl, 83, American politician, longest-serving Mayor of Johnstown, Pennsylvania (1971–1977, 1982–1993). [198]
  • Maurice M. Rapport, 91, American neuroscience biochemist. [199]
  • Scotty Robertson, 81, American basketball coach (New Orleans Jazz, Chicago Bulls, Detroit Pistons), cancer. [200]
  • Jerome J. Shestack, 88, American human rights activist and attorney, President of American Bar Association (1997–1998). [201]
  • Jean Tabary, 81, French comic strip artist. [202]
  • Norm Willey, 83, American football player (Philadelphia Eagles). [203]

    • 19

  • John Abley, 81, Australian football player, cardiac arrest. [204]
  • Merv Brooks, 92, Australian footballer. [205]
  • Gil Courtemanche, 68, Canadian journalist and novelist (Un dimanche à la piscine à Kigali), cancer. [206] (French)
  • Gun Hägglund, 79, Swedish television personality, Sweden's first female television news presenter, after short illness. [207] (Swedish)
  • Kerima Polotan Tuvera, 85, Filipino author and journalist. [208]
  • Brian Pope, 100, English rugby union player. [209]
  • Raúl Ruiz, 70, Chilean film director (Three Lives and Only One Death, Time Regained), pulmonary infection. [210]
  • Jimmy Sangster, 83, British director and screenwriter (Hammer Films). [211]
  • Vilem Sokol, 96, American conductor and music professor, cancer. [212]
  • Vladimir Torban, 78, Soviet basketballer, 1956 Olympic silver medalist, two-times European champion. [213] (Russian)
  • Yevhen Yevseyev, 24, Ukrainian footballer, car accident. [214]

    • 20

  • George C. Axtell, 90, American military officer, United States Marine Corps lieutenant-general. [215]
  • Reza Badiyi, 81, Iranian-born American television director (Mission: Impossible, The Six Million Dollar Man). [216]
  • Ross Barbour, 82, American singer, last founding member of The Four Freshmen, lung cancer. [217]
  • Fred Fay, 66, American leader in the disability rights movement. [218]
  • Charles S. Gubser, 95, American politician, U.S. Representative from California (1953–1974). [219]
  • Rafael Halperin, 87, Israeli businessman and professional wrestler. [220]
  • Patricia Hardy, 79, American actress, colon cancer. [221]
  • Jethu Singh Rajpurohit, 90, Indian politician. [222]
  • Angelo Maria Rivato, 86, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Ponta de Pedras (1967–2002).[223]
  • Ram Sharan Sharma, 91, Indian historian. [224]
  • Vernon Stratton, 83, British Olympic sailor. [225]

    • 21

  • Dame Christine Cole Catley, 88, New Zealand journalist, publisher and author, lung cancer. [226]
  • Sir Donald Farquharson, 83, British jurist. [227]
  • Brian Harrison, 89, Australian-born British politician and businessman, MP for Maldon (1955–1974). [228]
  • Budd Hopkins, 80, American artist and UFO researcher, liver cancer. [229]
  • John R. Hubbard, 92, American diplomat, President of University of Southern California (1970–1980), United States Ambassador to India (1988–1989). [230]
  • John J. Kelley, 80, American Olympic long-distance runner, winner of the 1957 Boston Marathon. [231]
  • Ezra Sued, 88, Argentine footballer (Racing Club de Avellaneda), infection. [232] (Spanish)
  • Muga Takewaki, 67, Japanese actor, cerebrovascular disease. [233] (Japanese)
  • Edith Tiempo, 92, Filipino author, National Artist of the Philippines, heart attack. [234]

    • 22

  • Atiyah Abd al-Rahman, 40, Libyan-born Afghan Al-Qaeda leader. [235]
  • Abdul Aziz Abdul Ghani, 72, Yemeni politician, Prime Minister (1994–1997). [236]
  • Ray Abruzzese, 73, American football player (Buffalo Bills, New York Jets). [237]
  • Nickolas Ashford, 70, American R&B singer (Ashford & Simpson) and songwriter ("Ain't No Mountain High Enough"), throat cancer. [238]
  • Vicco von Bülow, 87, German cartoonist and actor. [239]
  • John Howard Davies, 72, English television producer and director (Fawlty Towers, The Good Life), former child actor (Oliver Twist), cancer. [240]
  • Kamal el-Shennawi, 89, Egyptian actor. [241]
  • Joan Gerber, 76, American voice actress (DuckTales).[242]
  • Jesper Klein, 66, Danish actor, liver cancer. [243]
  • Jack Layton, 61, Canadian politician, Leader of the Official Opposition (2011) and New Democratic Party (2003–2011), cancer. [244]
  • Jerry Leiber, 78, American songwriter ("Stand By Me", "Hound Dog", "Jailhouse Rock"), cardiopulmonary failure. [245]
  • Samuel Menashe, 85, American poet, natural causes. [246]
  • Žarko Nikolić, 74, Serbian footballer. [247] (Serbian)
  • Casey Ribicoff, 88, American socialite and philanthropist, lung cancer. [248]
  • Michael Showers, 45, American actor (Treme, The Vampire Diaries, The Tree of Life), drowned. [249]
  • Thomas Syme, 83, British Olympic ice hockey player. [250]

    • 23

  • J.C. Daniel, 84, Indian naturalist, lung cancer. [251]
  • Paul Francis Duffy, 79, American-born Zambian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Mongu (1997–2011).[252]
  • Rolando Mendoza, 56, Filipino Hostage taker, former Filipino police officer (1981–2008), shot during Manila hostage crisis.[253]
  • Clare Hodges, 54, British campaigner for the medical use of cannabis, multiple sclerosis. [254]
  • Sybil Jason, 83, American child actress. [255]
  • David Lunn-Rockliffe, 86, British businessman co-founder of the River and Rowing Museum, heart failure. [256]
  • Frank Potenza, 77, American police officer and actor (Jimmy Kimmel Live!), cancer. [257]
  • Hasballah M. Saad, 63, Indonesian politician, Human Rights Minister (1999–2000). [258]
  • Peter Terpeluk, Jr., 63, American diplomat, Ambassador to Luxembourg (2002–2005), heart attack. [259]
  • June Wayne, 93, American artist and print maker. [260]
  • Willie Williams, 86, American Negro league baseball player. [261]

    • 24

  • Frank DiLeo, 63, American music industry executive and actor (Goodfellas, Wayne's World), heart complications. [262]
  • Esther Gordy Edwards, 91, American Motown executive, creator of Hitsville U.S.A.. [263]
  • Seyhan Erözçelik, 49, Turkish poet. [264]
  • Mike Flanagan, 59, American baseball player (Baltimore Orioles, Toronto Blue Jays), suicide by gunshot. [265]
  • Frederick A. Fox, 80, American composer and music educator. [266]
  • Jenő Gerbovits, 86, Hungarian politician, minister without portfolio (1990–1991), tractor accident. [267] (Hungarian)
  • Paul Harney, 82, American golfer. [268]
  • Jack Hayes, 92, American composer and orchestrator (The Color Purple, The Unsinkable Molly Brown), natural causes. [269]
  • Clemente Isnard, 94, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Nova Friburgo (1960–1992). [270]
  • George Knight, 90, English footballer (Burnley). [271]
  • Joyce McDougall, 91, New Zealand-French psychoanalyst. [272]
  • Graeme Moody, 60, New Zealand sports broadcaster, drowned. [273]
  • Alfons Van Brandt, 84, Belgian footballer. [274] (Dutch)

    • 25

  • A. A. Birch, Jr., 78, American lawyer and judge, Chief Justice of the Tennessee Supreme Court. [275]
  • Donna Christanello, 69, American professional wrestler, heart attack. [276]
  • Jyles Coggins, 90, American politician, Mayor of Raleigh, North Carolina (1975–1977). [277]
  • Elliott Johnston, 93, Australian jurist, Judge of the Supreme Court of South Australia (1983–1988). [278]
  • Lazar Mojsov, 90, Macedonian politician, President of the Presidency of Yugoslavia (1987–1988). [279] (Serbian)
  • Eugene Nida, 96, American linguist and bible translator. [280]
  • Anne Sharp, 94, Scottish coloratura soprano. [281]
  • Ruth Thomas, 84, British writer. [282]

    • 26

  • Aloysius Ambrozic, 81, Slovenian-born Canadian Roman Catholic cardinal, Archbishop of Toronto (1990–2006). [283]
  • George Band, 82, British mountaineer. [284]
  • C. K. Barrett, 94, British theologian. [285]
  • Patrick C. Fischer, 75, American computer scientist and Unabomber target. [286]
  • Susan Fromberg Schaeffer, 71, American novelist and educator, complications of a stroke. [287]
  • John McAleese, 61, British SAS soldier involved in the Iranian Embassy Siege. [288]
  • Elvis Reifer, 50, Barbadian cricketer. [289]
  • Donn A. Starry, 86, American army officer, Commanding General, TRADOC (1977–1981). [290]
  • B. Jeff Stone, 75, American rockabilly singer-songwriter. [291]
  • Nadine Winter, 87, American politician, member of the Council of the District of Columbia (1975–1991). [292]

    • 27

  • Heribert Barrera, 94, Spanish politician, President of the Parliament of Catalonia (1980–1984). [293] (Spanish)
  • Eve Brent, 82, American actress (The Green Mile, Garfield, Adam-12). [294]
  • Frank Fanovich, 88, American baseball player (Cincinnati Reds, Philadelphia Athletics). [295]
  • Lykourgos Kallergis, 97, Greek actor, director and politician. [296]
  • Stetson Kennedy, 94, American folklorist and civil rights activist. [297]
  • Kim Tai Chung, 68, Korean actor and martial artist, internal stomach bleeding. [298]
  • Nico Minardos, 81, Greek actor (Istanbul, Twelve Hours to Kill, The Twilight Zone), natural causes. [299]
  • John Parke, 74, Northern Irish footballer (Linfield, Hibernian, Sunderland, Northern Ireland), Alzheimer's disease. [300]
  • Iya Savvina, 75, Russian actress, People's Artist of the USSR. [301] (Russian)
  • N. F. Simpson, 92, British dramatist. [302]
  • Keith Tantlinger, 92, American mechanical engineer and inventor. [303]

    • 28

  • Billy Drake, 93, British fighter pilot. [304]
  • Bernie Gallacher, 44, British footballer (Aston Villa). [305]
  • Bruno Gamberini, 61, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Campinas (since 2004). [306]
  • Len Ganley, 68, Northern Irish snooker referee. [307]
  • George Green, 59, American songwriter ("Hurts So Good", "Crumblin' Down"), lung cancer. [308]
  • Leonard Harris, 81, American actor, arts and theater critic (WCBS-TV), complications of pneumonia. [309]
  • Leonidas Kyrkos, 87, Greek politician, after short illness. [310]
  • Dmitri Royster, 87, American hierarch (Orthodox Church in America), Archbishop of the Diocese of the South (1978–2009). [311]
  • Tony Sale, 80, British computer scientist. [312]

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  • Ayala Zacks Abramov, 99, Israeli art patron. [313]
  • John Bancroft, 82, British architect. [314]
  • David "Honeyboy" Edwards, 96, American blues guitarist and singer, heart failure. [315]
  • Khamis Gaddafi, 28, Libyan seventh son of Muammar Gaddafi, commander of the Khamis Brigade, airstrike. Video on YouTube (Arabic)
  • R. B. McDowell, 97, Irish historian. [316]
  • Mark Ovendale, 37, English footballer (Luton Town, Bournemouth), cancer. [317]
  • David P. Reynolds, 96, American businessman and Thoroughbred racehorse breeder. [318]
  • George Sutor, 67, American basketball player. [319]
  • Junpei Takiguchi, 80, Japanese voice actor and narrator (Dragon Ball, Yatterman, Mazinger Z), stomach cancer. [320]

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  • Alla Bayanova, 97, Russian singer, People's Artist of Russia, cancer. [321] (Russian)
  • Faye Blackstone, 96, American rodeo star, cancer. [322]
  • Ronald N. Hartman, 76, American professor of astronomy, planetarium director (Mt. San Antonio College). [323]
  • Revo Jõgisalu, 35, Estonian rapper, skin cancer. [324] (Estonian)
  • Peggy Lloyd, 98, American stage actress. [325]
  • Wambui Otieno, 75, Kenyan politician. [326]
  • João Carlos Batista Pinheiro, 79, Brazilian footballer.
  • Cactus Pryor, 88, American broadcaster, Alzheimer's disease. [327]
  • Lou Zaeske, 69, American founder of English-only movement, advocate for Czech ethnic causes. [328]

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  • Paul Abisheganaden, 97, Singaporean music conductor and Cultural Medallion recipient. [329]
  • Wade Belak, 35, Canadian ice hockey player (Toronto Maple Leafs, Nashville Predators), suicide. [330]
  • Cal Christensen, 84, American basketball player (Milwaukee Hawks, Rochester Royals), heart failure. [331]
  • Denis Collins, 58, Australian football player, heart attack. [332]
  • Abderrahmane Mahjoub, 82, Moroccan-born French footballer. [333]
  • Robert Muir, 91, Canadian politician, MP and Senator. [334]
  • Dave Petrie, 64, Scottish politician, Member of the Scottish Parliament for Highlands and Islands (2006–2007). [335]
  • Valery Rozhdestvensky, 72, Soviet cosmonaut. [336]
  • Betty Skelton Erde, 85, American aerobatics pilot and Women Airforce Service Pilots veteran. [337]
  • Jack Stephens, 78, American basketball player (St. Louis Hawks). [338]
  • Radoslav Stojanović, 81, Serbian politician and law expert (University of Belgrade), co-founder of the Democratic Party. [339] (Serbian)
  • Peter Twiss, 90, British test pilot. [340]
  • Rosel Zech, 69, German actress (Veronika Voss, Aimée & Jaguar), cancer. [341]

    • References

    Deaths in August 2011 Wikipedia
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