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Deaths in August 2014

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The following is a list of notable deaths in August 2014.

Contents

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.

    • 1

  • Gretta Bader, 83, American portrait and bust sculptor, heart failure.
  • Valyantsin Byalkevich, 41, Belarusian football player and coach, aneurysm.
  • Godwin Chepkurgor, 45, Kenyan journalist, offered Bill Clinton dowry to marry Chelsea Clinton, injuries sustained in an elephant charge.
  • Chung Eun-yong, 91, South Korean policeman, instigated United States admission of role in No Gun Ri Massacre.
  • Norman Cornish, 94, English artist.
  • Rod de'Ath, 64, Welsh drummer (Rory Gallagher).
  • Catherine Gregg, 96, American philanthropist and environmentalist, First Lady of New Hampshire (1953–1955), restored the Wentworth-Coolidge Mansion.
  • Michael Johns, 35, Australian singer-songwriter (American Idol), blood clot.
  • Jan Roar Leikvoll, 40, Norwegian author.
  • Hossein Maadani, 43, Iranian volleyball player and coach, pancreatic failure.
  • Charles T. Payne, 89, American soldier.
  • Saeed Saleh, 76, Egyptian actor (Madrast Al-Mushaghebeen).
  • James Ditson Service, 88, Canadian politician and lawyer.
  • Mike Smith, 59, British television and radio presenter (BBC Radio 1), complications from heart surgery.

    • 2

  • Wolf-Dieter Ahlenfelder, 70, German Bundesliga referee.
  • Luciano Borgognoni, 62, Italian Olympic cyclist.
  • Brian Buckley, 78, Australian VFL football player (Carlton).
  • Rosetta Hightower, 70, American R&B singer (The Orlons).
  • Ed Joyce, 81, American television executive, President of CBS News (1983–1985).
  • June Krauser, 88, American Hall of Fame swimmer, swimming official and rules writer, Parkinson's disease.
  • Eroni Kumana, 93, Solomon Islander fisherman, rescued John F. Kennedy after PT-109 sinking.
  • Billie Letts, 76, American novelist (Where the Heart Is).
  • Kate O'Hanlon, British nurse.
  • Sir Alan Peacock, 92, British economist.
  • Barbara Prammer, 60, Austrian politician, Minister for Women's Affairs and Consumer Protection (1997–2000), President of the National Council (since 2006), pancreatic cancer.
  • Sue Richards, 56, Canadian artist.
  • James Thompson, 49, American-born Finnish crime writer.
  • Pete van Wieren, 69, American sports broadcaster (Atlanta Braves), cutaneous B-cell lymphoma.
  • Olga Voronets, 88, Russian mezzo-soprano folk singer.

    • 3

  • Peter Arguindegui, 82, American oilman and politician.
  • Daladier Arismendi, 39, Colombian singer, stabbed.
  • George Ashe, 81, Canadian politician, Ontario MPP for Durham West (1977–1987), Mayor of Pickering (1973–1977), Parkinson's disease.
  • Miangul Aurangzeb, 86, Pakistani politician, Governor of Balochistan (1997–1999) and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (1999).
  • Charles Calhoun, Jr., 83, American politician and judge, member of the Texas Senate.
  • Edward Clancy, 90, Australian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Sydney (1983–2001).
  • Tony Clunn, 68, British army officer and archaeologist, rediscovered Kalkriese site of Varus's defeat by Arminius.
  • Cec Creedon, 92, Australian politician.
  • Dorothy Salisbury Davis, 98, American crime fiction writer, recipient of the Grand Master Award (1985).
  • Kenny Drew, Jr., 56, American jazz pianist and composer.
  • Helmut Faeder, 79, German footballer (Hertha BSC, Hertha Zehlendorf).
  • Christian Frémont, 72, French politician, chief of staff (Nicolas Sarkozy), Representative of the French Co-Prince of Andorra (2008–2012).
  • Yvette Giraud, 97, French singer and actress.
  • Wimper Guerrero, 32, Ecuadorian footballer, heart attack.
  • James Nelson Lee, 90, American judge.
  • Jess Marlow, 84, American news broadcaster (KNBC, KCBS), complications from Alzheimer's disease.
  • James McClure, 88, Northern Irish politician, chairman of the Democratic Unionist Party.
  • Richard Newman, 89, Australian cricketer.
  • Steve Post, 70, American radio broadcaster (WNYC), colon and lung cancer.
  • Charles Simeons, 92, British politician, MP for Luton (1970–1974).
  • David Smail, 76, British clinical psychologist.
  • Benedito de Ulhôa Vieira, 93, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Uberaba (1978–1996).
  • Lydia Yu-Jose, 70, Filipino political scientist.

    • 4

  • James Brady, 73, American government official and gun control advocate, White House Press Secretary (1981–1989).
  • Hugh Calkins, 90, American lawyer and educator.
  • Rich Ceisler, 58, American stand-up comedian, Guillain–Barré syndrome.
  • Chester Crandell, 68, American politician, member of the Arizona House of Representatives (2011–2013) and Senate (since 2013), horseriding fall.
  • Irma Elizondo Ramírez, 68, Mexican politician, MP for Coahuila (since 2012), heart attack.
  • George Hilton, 89, American historian, heart failure.
  • Jake Hooker, 61, Israeli-born American pop musician (Arrows), co-writer ("I Love Rock 'n' Roll") and producer.
  • Erich E. Kunhardt, 65, Dominican-born American physicist.
  • Walter Massey, 85, Canadian actor (Arthur, Lassie, The Greatest Game Ever Played).
  • Rodolfo Motta, 70, Argentine football player and coach.
  • Rodrigo Osorio, 48, Salvadoran footballer, traffic collision.
  • Rafael Santa Cruz, 53, Peruvian cajon musician and actor, heart attack.
  • Walter J. Sullivan, 91, American politician, member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives (1951–1953), Mayor of Cambridge, heart failure.
  • Peter A. Vellucci, American politician, member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives.

    • 5

  • Dmitri Anosov, 77, Russian mathematician.
  • Arvind Apte, 79, Indian cricketer, prostate cancer.
  • Diann Blakely, 57, American poet, lung disorder.
  • Elfriede Brüning, 103, German writer.
  • Marilyn Burns, 65, American actress (The Texas Chain Saw Massacre).
  • Ruth Sacks Caplin, 93, American screenwriter (Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont), heart ailment.
  • Scott Ciencin, 51, American adaption novelist (Godzilla, Kim Possible, Buffy the Vampire Slayer), blood clot.
  • Hans V. Engström, 65, Swedish actor (Rederiet), liver failure.
  • Yakov Yakovlevich Etinger, 84, Russian historian and political activist.
  • Harold J. Greene, 55, American military officer, Army commanding general of NSRDEC, shot.
  • Dave Hereora, 57, New Zealand politician, Labour Party list MP (2002–2008).
  • Edward Leffingwell, 72, American art critic and curator.
  • Khalil Morsi, 67, Egyptian actor.
  • Joe McManemin, 91, New Zealand athletics coach and sports administrator.
  • Angéla Németh, 68, Hungarian javelin thrower, Olympic (1968) and European (1969) champion.
  • Richard Olson, 85, American politician, Mayor of Des Moines, Iowa (1972–1979), traffic collision.
  • Vladimir Orlov, 77, Russian novelist.
  • Chapman Pincher, 100, British journalist and historian.
  • Rodrigo de Triano, 25, English thoroughbred, Cartier Champion Three-year-old Colt (1992), pneumonia.
  • Yoshiki Sasai, 52, Japanese biologist (RIKEN), apparent suicide by hanging.
  • Pran Kumar Sharma, 75, Indian cartoonist (Chacha Chaudhary), colon cancer.
  • Jesse Leonard Steinfeld, 87, American naval officer and physician, Surgeon General (1969–1973), complications from a stroke.
  • Ronnie Stonham, 87, British army officer and broadcasting adviser.
  • Emanuel Tanay, 86, American physician and Holocaust survivor, prostate cancer.

    • 6

  • James L. Adams, 92, American politician, member of the Minnesota House of Representatives (1955–1974).
  • Ralph Bryans, 72, Northern Irish Grand Prix motorcycle racer, World Champion (1965).
  • Aloha Dalire, 64, American hula dancer, first Miss Aloha Hula winner (1971).
  • Imre Bajor, 57, Hungarian actor, brain tumor.
  • Ghaleb Barakat, 86, Jordanian diplomat and politician, Minister of Tourism and Antiquities (1967–1972).
  • Clem Comly, 59, American baseball researcher and author.
  • Julien Fourgeaud, 34, French entrepreneur, base jumping collision.
  • Brent Galloway, 70, American linguist.
  • Ananda W. P. Guruge, 85, Sri Lankan diplomat and academic.
  • John Woodland Hastings, 87, American biochemist, pioneer in antibiotics research, pulmonary fibrosis.
  • Macarthur Job, 88, Australian aviation writer and air safety consultant.
  • Norman Lane, 94, Canadian Olympic sprint canoer.
  • Li Hu, 40, Chinese HIV activist, complications from AIDS.
  • Ken Lucas, 73, American professional wrestler (NWA).
  • Frank Shipway, 79, British conductor.
  • Andrey Stenin, 33, Russian photojournalist.
  • Smita Talwalkar, 59, Indian film actress, producer (Tu Tithe Mee) and director, ovarian cancer.
  • Dharmesh Tiwari, 63, Indian actor (Mahabharat), cardiac arrest.
  • Jimmy Walsh, 83, British footballer.
  • David Weidman, 93, American animation background artist (The Famous Adventures of Mr. Magoo, Wacky Races) and silkscreen artist (Mad Men).

    • 7

  • Claude Bertrand, 97, Canadian neurosurgeon.
  • Dick Collver, 78, Canadian politician.
  • Cristina Deutekom, 82, Dutch coloratura soprano opera singer, fall.
  • Víctor Fayad, 59, Argentine politician, Mayor of Mendoza (since 2007), mediastinum cancer.
  • Walter R. Hanson, 83, American politician, member of the Minnesota House of Representatives (1971–1982).
  • Mary Healy, 60, American zoo executive, CEO and director of the Sacramento Zoo, cerebral aneurysm and heart attack.
  • Mitsuo Higashinaka, 90, Japanese politician, member of the House of Representatives for Osaka's 2nd District (1969–2000), lung cancer.
  • Michael Kerrigan, 61, British television director (Doctor Who, Coronation Street).
  • Suruli Manohar, Indian comic actor, cancer.
  • Perry Moss, 88, American football coach (Montreal Alouettes, Orlando Predators) and player (Green Bay Packers), complications from a neuromuscular disease.
  • Alberto Pérez Zabala, 89, Spanish footballer.
  • Harold Poole, 70, American bodybuilder.
  • Syed Rahim, 85, Indian cricketer.
  • Henry Stone, 93, American record company executive and record producer (TK Records).
  • Ayman Taha, Palestinian militant and spokesman (Hamas)
  • Ekanath K. Thakur, 73, Indian politician and finance executive, MP for Maharashtra (2002–2008), chairman of Saraswat Bank, cancer.
  • Voytek, 89, Polish-born British television director and production designer.
  • Sir Denys Williams, 84, Barbadian judge, member and Chief Judge of the Supreme Court, Acting Governor-General (1995–1996).

    • 8

  • Martin V.B. Bostetter, 86, American judge.
  • Luciano Bux, 78, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Oppido Mamertina-Palmi (2000–2011).
  • Edmund Collins, 83, Australian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Darwin (1986–2007).
  • Menahem Golan, 85, Israeli director and producer (Operation Thunderbolt, The Delta Force, Masters of the Universe), recipient of the Israel Prize (1999).
  • Charles Keating, 72, English Emmy Award-winning actor (All My Children, Another World), lung cancer.
  • Viktor Kopyl, 54, Ukrainian footballer (Karpaty Lviv, Volyn Lutsk).
  • Leonardo Legaspi, 78, Filipino Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Caceres (1983–2012), Rector of University of Santo Tomas, lung cancer.
  • Danny Murphy, 58, American actor (There's Something About Mary, Me, Myself and Irene), cancer.
  • J. J. Murphy, 86, Northern Irish actor (Mickybo and Me, Angela's Ashes, Game of Thrones).
  • Arthur Olsen, 100, American politician, member of the Nevada Assembly.
  • Simon Scott, 47, British artist and musician.
  • Peter Sculthorpe, 85, Australian composer (Kakadu).
  • Åke W. Sjöberg, 90, Swedish assyriologist.
  • Michael K. Smith, 48, American politician, member of the Illinois House of Representatives (1995–2011), heart attack.
  • Red Wilson, 85, American baseball player (Detroit Tigers).

    • 9

  • J. F. Ade Ajayi, 85, Nigerian academic and historian of Africa.
  • Andriy Bal, 56, Ukrainian football player (Soviet national team) and coach (national team), blood clot.
  • Arthur G. Cohen, 84, American real estate developer (Crowne Plaza Hotel, Royalton Hotel, One Worldwide Plaza, Olympic Tower).
  • Jerome Ehlers, 55, Australian actor (Quigley Down Under, The Marine, The Great Raid), cancer.
  • Obi Henry Ezeagwuna II, Nigerian royal, traditional leader of Issele-Uku, traffic collision.
  • Gerhard Fischer, 98, German army officer, recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.
  • J. E. Freeman, 68, American actor (Miller's Crossing, Alien: Resurrection, Wild at Heart).
  • Charles Gelatt, 96, American businessman and philanthropist.
  • Trevor Boots Harris, 69, Jamaican entertainment journalist and broadcaster, heart attack.
  • Wayne Ison, 90, American aircraft designer (Team Mini-Max).
  • Merle G. Kearns, 76, American politician, member of the Ohio House of Representatives (2001–2005) and Senate (1991–2000).
  • Alexander Kwapong, 87, Ghanaian academic, Vice Chancellor of the University of Ghana.
  • Dave Lloyd, 77, American football player (Cleveland Browns, Philadelphia Eagles).
  • Khayelihle Mathaba, South African royal and politician, KwaZulu-Natal MLA, chieftain of the eMacambini, traffic collision.
  • Yasuyuki Nakai, 60, Japanese baseball player (Yomiuri Giants), esophageal cancer.
  • Ed Nelson, 85, American actor (Gunsmoke, Murder, She Wrote, Peyton Place), heart failure.
  • George Nicholaw, 86, American radio executive (KNX).
  • Henry Pease, 69, Peruvian politician and political scientist, member of DCC (1992–1995) and Congress (1995–2006), cardiac arrest as a complication from cancer.
  • Stanley Reiter, 89, American economist.
  • Emigdio Vasquez, 75, American muralist and pictorial artist, pneumonia.
  • Myrtle Young, 90, American potato chip collector, heart failure.

    • 10

  • Constantin Alexandru, 60, Romanian wrestler, Olympic silver medalist (1980).
  • Gabriel Acosta Bendek, 83, Colombian politician, Senator (1994–2010), heart attack.
  • Peter Chippindale, 69, British newspaper journalist (The Guardian) and author.
  • Jim Command, 85, American baseball player (Philadelphia Phillies).
  • Graham Gedye, 85, New Zealand cricket player (national team).
  • Frederick Jacob Reagan Heebe, 91, American judge, member (since 1966) and Chief Judge (1972–1992) of the U.S. District Court for Eastern Louisiana.
  • John Kearney, 89, American sculptor.
  • Princess Lalla Fatima Zohra, 85, Moroccan royal.
  • Dotty Lynch, 69, American television journalist and editor (CBS News), melanoma.
  • Metakse, 88, Armenian poet, writer and translator.
  • Dame Kathleen Ollerenshaw, 101, British mathematician and politician, Lord Mayor of Manchester (1975–1976), mentor and advisor to Margaret Thatcher.
  • Ann Rowan, 85, Irish actress (The Riordans, Father Ted).
  • Shree Krishna Shrestha, 47, Nepalese actor, pneumonia.
  • Ima Wells, 77, American politician, member of the New Mexico House of Representatives (1993).
  • Bob Wiesler, 83, American baseball player (New York Yankees, Washington Senators).

    • 11

  • Nadezhda Andreyeva, 55, Russian Soviet alpine skier.
  • Vladimir Beara, 85, Yugoslav football player (national team) and manager, Olympic silver medalist (1952).
  • Djalma Cavalcante, 57, Brazilian football player and coach, heart attack.
  • Armando Círio, 98, Italian-born Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Cascavel (1978–1995).
  • Vol Dooley, 87, American law enforcement officer, sheriff of Bossier Parish, Louisiana.
  • Raymond Gravel, 61, Canadian Québécois Roman Catholic priest and politician, MP for Repentigny (2006–2008), lung cancer.
  • Morkos Hakim, 83, Egyptian Coptic Catholic hierarch, Bishop of Sohag (1982–2003).
  • Sam Hall, 77, American Olympic silver-medalist diver (1960), politician and mercenary, member of the Ohio House of Representatives.
  • Liz Holzman, 61, American animation designer, producer and director (DuckTales, Animaniacs, The Smurfs), cancer.
  • Reshamlal Jangade, 90, Indian politician, MP for Bilaspur (1952–1961, 1989–1991), Madhya Pradesh MLA (1950–1952).
  • Rolf Larsen, 79, American judge, member of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court (1978–1994), only justice ever impeached by Pennsylvania Senate, lung cancer.
  • Marion Milne, 79, American politician, member of the Vermont House of Representatives (1995–2001).
  • Stelio Nardin, 74, Italian footballer (Napoli).
  • Dame Julia Polak, 75, Argentinian-born British pathologist.
  • Pierre Ryckmans, 78, Belgian diplomat, Australian sinologist and author (Chinese Shadows), cancer.
  • Kika Szaszkiewiczowa, 97, Polish artist, writer and blogger.
  • Franca Tamantini, 82, Italian actress.
  • Joe Viskocil, 61, American visual effects artist (Independence Day, Star Wars, Terminator 2: Judgment Day), Oscar winner (1997), complications of liver and kidney failure.
  • Robin Williams, 63, American comedian and actor (Good Will Hunting, Aladdin, Mork & Mindy), Oscar winner (1998), suicide by hanging.

    • 12

  • Carlos Abella y Ramallo, 80, Spanish diplomat, Ambassador to Kenya (1987–1991) and the Holy See (1996–2004).
  • Lauren Bacall, 89, American actress (Key Largo, The Mirror Has Two Faces, Applause), Tony winner (1970, 1981), stroke.
  • Purdy Crawford, 82, Canadian corporate lawyer and financier, CEO and chairman of Imasco, Allstream Inc. and Canada Trust.
  • Velva Darnell, 75, American country singer.
  • Samuel Olatunde Fadahunsi, 94, Nigerian civil engineer.
  • Jean Favier, 82, French historian, director of National Archives, president of the National Library.
  • Pierino Gelmini, 89, Italian Roman Catholic priest.
  • Javad Heyat, 89, Iranian surgeon and journalist.
  • Futatsuryū Jun'ichi, 64, Japanese sumo wrestler, lung cancer.
  • Newt Hudson, 86, American politician, member of the Georgia House of Representatives (1982–2002).
  • Abel Laudonio, 75, Argentine actor and boxer, Olympic bronze medalist (1960), stroke.
  • Gordon Mackenzie, 77, American baseball player (Kansas City Athletics) and coach.
  • Arlene Martel, 78, American actress (Star Trek, Hogan's Heroes, The Twilight Zone), heart attack.
  • Kongō Masahiro, 65, Japanese sumo wrestler, pneumonia.
  • Lida Moser, 93, American photographer.
  • Frederick Gale Ruffner, Jr., 88, American publisher.
  • Kazimierz Trampisz, 85, Polish footballer.

    • 13

  • Hani Abbadi, Jordanian politician, member of the House of Representatives (1993–1997).
  • Frans Brüggen, 79, Dutch musician.
  • Eduardo Campos, 49, Brazilian politician, Minister of Science and Technology (2004–2005), Governor of Pernambuco (2007–2014), 2014 presidential candidate, plane crash.
  • Columba Domínguez, 85, Mexican actress (Pueblerina).
  • Martino Finotto, 80, Italian racing driver.
  • Edith Flagg, 94, Romanian-born American fashion designer, pioneer in the use of polyester, natural causes.
  • Frank W. Hirschi, 89, American politician, member of the Idaho House of Representatives (1960–1996).
  • Buddy Jones, 77, American bluegrass musician.
  • Alan Landsburg, 81, American screenwriter, film producer (Jaws 3-D), racehorse owner and official, chairman of the California Horse Racing Board.
  • Fanny Morweiser, 74, German writer.
  • Joel J. Nobel, 79, American physician.
  • James J. Schiro, 68, American executive (PricewaterhouseCoopers), multiple myeloma.
  • Dorothy Schwieder, 80, American biographer and historian, lymphoma.
  • Süleyman Seba, 88, Turkish football player and sport executive, president of Beşiktaş J.K., respiratory tract infection.
  • Jack Shallcrass, 91, New Zealand author, educator, and humanist.
  • Robert Bruce Smith, IV, 69, American music expert, writer, historian, and poet, traffic collision.
  • Terence Todman, 88, American diplomat, Ambassador to Chad, Guinea, Costa Rica, Spain, Denmark and Argentina.
  • Kurt Tschenscher, 85, German football referee.
  • Frank Udvari, 90, Canadian Hall of Fame NHL referee.
  • Tom Veen, 72, Dutch politician, member of the States of Gelderland (1974–1981) and Senate of the Netherlands (1979–1983).

    • 14

  • Meredith Bordeaux, 101-102, American politician, member of the Maine House of Representatives (1979–1982). (death announced on this date)
  • Mariana Briski, 48, Argentine actress, breast and lung cancer.
  • Emile Capgras, 88, Martinican politician, President of the Regional Council (1992–1998).
  • Pedro Caino, 58, Argentine Olympic cyclist.
  • John Cinicola, 85, American basketball coach (Duquesne Dukes), cancer.
  • Madeleine Collinson, 62, Maltese actress.
  • Leonard Fein, 80, American Jewish activist, academic, editor (Moment), columnist (Forward) and author, founder of MAZON and Moment.
  • Vernon F. Gallagher, 99, American Roman Catholic priest.
  • Ada Haug Grythe, 79, Norwegian journalist.
  • Géza Gulyás, 85, Hungarian footballer (Ferencváros).
  • Javier Guzmán, 69, Mexican footballer (Cruz Azul, national team), diabetes.
  • George V. Hansen, 83, American politician, member of the U.S. House for Idaho's 2nd district (1965–1969, 1975–1985).
  • Stephen Lee, 58, American actor (The Negotiator, Burlesque, WarGames, Dark Angel), heart attack.
  • George Linton, 57, Barbadian cricket player (national team) and coach.
  • Rick Parashar, 50, American record producer (Pearl Jam, Temple of the Dog, Alice in Chains), blood clot.
  • Mervyn Susser, 92, South African activist and epidemiologist.

    • 15

  • Jay Adams, 53, American skateboarder, heart attack.
  • Licia Albanese, 105, Italian-born American operatic soprano.
  • John Blake, Jr., 67, American jazz violinist, multiple myeloma.
  • James Cama, 56, American martial artist and teacher.
  • James R. Carrigan, 84, American judge, member of the U.S. District Court for Colorado (1979–1995) and the Colorado Supreme Court (1976–1979).
  • Timothy Cathcart, 20, Northern Irish rally driver, race collision.
  • Chen Kuei-miao, 81, Taiwanese politician, member of the Legislative Yuan (1990–1998), co-founder of the New Party.
  • Piet de Ruiter, 75, Dutch politician and editor, member of the House of Representatives (1971–1976).
  • Jan Ekier, 100, Polish pianist, composer and competition judge, Chopin authority, a winner of the Chopin Competition (1937), recipient of the Order of the White Eagle (2010).
  • Barbara Funkhouser, 84, American newspaper journalist and journalism academic, editor of the El Paso Times (1980–1986).
  • James Freeman Gilbert, 83, American geophysicist.
  • Robin Greene, 82, South African cricketer (Gloucestershire).
  • Ken Hawley, 87, British industrial historian.
  • Sulejman Kupusović, 63, Bosnian film director.
  • Jerry Lumpe, 81, American baseball player (Kansas City Athletics, Detroit Tigers, New York Yankees).
  • Amitava Nandy, 71, Indian politician, MP for Dum Dum (2004–2009), cancer.
  • Svein Nymo, 61, Norwegian violinist and composer.
  • Bruno Petroni, 72, Italian footballer.
  • Ferdinando Riva, 84, Swiss footballer.
  • Joseph T. Walsh, 84, American judge, member of the Delaware Supreme Court (1985–2003), cancer.
  • Dare Wilson, 95, British army general (SAS).

    • 16

  • Patrick Aziza, 66, Nigerian military officer and political leader, Military Governor of Kebbi (1991–1992), cancer.
  • Kevin Barry, 78, New Zealand rugby union player (Thames Valley, national team).
  • Liam Flood, 71, Irish bookmaker and poker player.
  • Adrián Gaona, 40, Mexican journalist, murdered. (death announced on this date)
  • David Glass, 77, Israeli politician, member of the Knesset (1977–1981).
  • Raul Goco, 84, Filipino jurist and diplomat, Solicitor General (1992–1996), Ambassador to Canada, pneumonia and renal failure.
  • Mustafa Hussein, 79, Egyptian cartoonist and journalist, cancer.
  • Andy MacMillan, 85, Scottish architect
  • Mike Matarazzo, 48, American bodybuilder, heart problems.
  • Vsevolod Nestayko, 84, Ukrainian children's writer.
  • Shaken Niyazbekov, 75, Kazakhstani artist, designed the national flag.
  • Mario Oriani-Ambrosini, 53, Italian-born South African politician, MP (since 2009), lung cancer.
  • Peter Scholl-Latour, 90, German newspaper and television journalist, Middle East correspondent and author.
  • Fernand St. Germain, 86, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Rhode Island's 1st district (1961–1989).
  • Tsang Shu-ki, 64, Hong Kong economist and social activist (Meeting Point).

    • 17

  • Emilia Castro de Barish, 98, Costa Rican diplomat.
  • Rosalba Rincon Castell, 79, Colombian fencing coach.
  • Dragoljub Čirić, 78, Serbian chess player.
  • Sammy Conn, 52, Scottish footballer (Airdrieonians, Falkirk).
  • Ger van Elk, 73, Dutch artist.
  • Michael A. Hoey, 79, British producer, director and screenwriter (Fame, Falcon Crest).
  • Ricardo Izurieta, 71, Chilean military officer, Army Commander-in-chief (1998–2002).
  • Børre Knudsen, 76, Norwegian minister and pro-life activist.
  • Pierre Lagaillarde, 83, French politician, a founder of the OAS.
  • Wolfgang Leonhard, 93, German historian, last living member of the Ulbricht Group.
  • Rebecca Lepkoff, 98, American photographer.
  • Marie Little, 81, Australian sport administrator.
  • Sophie Masloff, 96, American politician, Mayor of Pittsburgh (1988–1994).
  • Miodrag Pavlović, 85, Serbian poet, writer and critic.
  • David Russell, 75, South African Anglican prelate, Bishop of Grahamstown (1987–2004).
  • Nicholas Russell, 6th Earl Russell, 45, British aristocrat and disability rights campaigner, thrombosis.
  • Joanie Spina, 61, American magician.
  • Eliaba James Surur, 83, Sudanese politician.
  • Dick Teed, 88, American baseball player (Brooklyn Dodgers).
  • Pierre Vassiliu, 76, Swiss-born French singer.

    • 18

  • Suzie d'Auvergne, 71, Saint Lucian barrister and jurist, High Court judge (1990–2004).
  • Ricardo Cabot Boix, 97, Spanish field hockey player.
  • Per Engebretsen, 67, Norwegian civil servant.
  • Gordon Faber, 83, American politician.
  • Sam Galbraith, 68, British politician, MP and MSP for Strathkelvin and Bearsden.
  • James Alexander Gordon, 78, British radio broadcaster (BBC Radio 5 Live).
  • Elmer Gray, 91, American baseball scout.
  • Lawrence N. Guarino, 92, American Air Force colonel, prisoner of war.
  • Hashim Khan, 100, Pakistani squash player, heart failure.
  • Jim Jeffords, 80, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Vermont's at-large district (1975–1989), Senator for Vermont (1989–2007).
  • Levente Lengyel, 81, Hungarian chess player.
  • Hans-Joachim Merker, 84, German physician and anatomist.
  • Jean Nicolay, 76, Belgian footballer, winner of the Belgian Golden Shoe (1963).
  • Paul Nguyên Thanh Hoan, 74, Vietnamese Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Phan Thiêt (2001–2009).
  • Don Pardo, 96, American radio and television announcer (Saturday Night Live, Jeopardy!).
  • Nobuyuki Sekiyama, 80, Japanese politician, member of the House of Representatives for Niigata's 1st district (1983–1996), stomach cancer.
  • Doug Williams, 91, Australian footballer (Carlton).

    • 19

  • Ameyo Adadevoh, 57, Nigerian physician, Ebola virus disease.
  • Samih al-Qasim, 75, Palestinian Druze poet and journalist, cancer.
  • Elaine M. Alphin, 58, American author.
  • Carlos Arango, 86, Columbian footballer.
  • Simin Behbahani, 87, Iranian writer and poet.
  • Richard Dauenhauer, 72, American poet, historian and translator, expert on Tlingit history and language, pancreatic cancer.
  • Linda Dégh, 94, Hungarian-born American folklorist and academic.
  • James Foley, 40, American photojournalist, beheading. (death reported on this date)
  • Yves Fortier, 100, Canadian geologist.
  • Sam Foster, 82, British politician, MLA for Fermanagh and South Tyrone (1998–2003).
  • Hayk Ghazaryan, 83, Armenian historian.
  • Bob Glading, 94, New Zealand golfer, winner of New Zealand Open (1946, 1947).
  • Brian G. Hutton, 79, American actor and director (King Creole, Kelly's Heroes, Where Eagles Dare).
  • Grantland Johnson, 65, American politician.
  • Kåre Kolberg, 78, Norwegian composer.
  • Adyar K. Lakshman, 80, Indian dancer.
  • Geoffrey Leech, 78, British linguist.
  • Candida Lycett Green, 71, British author, pancreatic cancer.
  • Jackie Mayo, 89, American baseball player (Philadelphia Phillies).
  • George Munroe, 92, American basketball player (St. Louis Bombers, Boston Celtics).
  • Dinu Patriciu, 64, Romanian businessman and politician, liver disease.
  • Tom Pevsner, 87, German-born British film producer (GoldenEye, Julia).
  • Henry Plée, 91, French karate master.
  • Odessa Sathyan, 56, Indian documentary filmmaker, pancreatic cancer.
  • David St John Thomas, 84, English publisher and writer.
  • Deborah Sussman, 83, American graphic designer and artist, breast cancer.
  • Walter Thirring, 87, Austrian physicist.
  • Maruxa Vilalta, 81, Mexican playwright and theatre director.
  • Gershon Yankelewitz, c. 105, Belarusian-born American rabbi.

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  • Eric Barber, 72, Irish footballer (Shelbourne).
  • Tamás Beck, 85, Hungarian politician, Minister of Trade (1988–1990).
  • Anton Buslov, 30, Russian blogger and magazine columnist (The New Times).
  • Lois Mai Chan, 80, American librarian, professor and author.
  • Boris Dubin, 67, Russian sociologist and translator.
  • Joseph J. Fauliso, 98, American politician, Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut (1980–1991).
  • Morteza Hosseini Fayaz, 85, Iraqi Twelver Marja'.
  • B. K. S. Iyengar, 95, Indian yogi, founder of Iyengar Yoga, heart attack and renal failure.
  • Buddy MacMaster, 89, Canadian fiddler.
  • Margaret Marks, 96, New Zealand cricketer.
  • Aiko Miyawaki, 84, Japanese sculptor, pancreatic cancer.
  • Rudy Ortiz, 51, Guatemalan military officer, head of the military, helicopter crash.
  • José Luis Saldívar, 60, Mexican football player (Monterrey) and coach (Cruz Azul), cardiac arrest.
  • Sava Stojkov, 89, Serbian painter.
  • Edmund Szoka, 86, American Roman Catholic prelate, cardinal, Archbishop of Detroit (1981–1990), President of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State (1997–2006).
  • Jan Thorstensen, 81, Norwegian Olympic alpine skier (1956).
  • Andrew F. Wissemann, 86, American Episcopal prelate, Bishop of Western Massachusetts.

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  • Raed al Atar, c. 40, Palestinian militant (Hamas), missile strike.
  • Gerry Anderson, 69, British broadcaster (BBC Northern Ireland).
  • Helen Bamber, 89, British psychotherapist.
  • Don Clark, 96, English footballer (Bristol City).
  • Robert E. Connick, 97, American professor emeritus (UC Berkeley).
  • Mohammad Dabbas, Jordanian politician, Minister of Finance (1976–1979).
  • Joan Erbe, 87, American artist.
  • Peter Handrinos, 42, American author.
  • Robert Hansen, 75, American convicted serial killer.
  • Glyn Jenkins, 87, Australian politician, member of the Victorian Legislative Council (1970–1982).
  • John Macklin, 66, British Hispanist.
  • Steven R. Nagel, 67, American astronaut, melanoma.
  • Jean Redpath, 77, Scottish folk singer-songwriter, cancer.
  • Albert Reynolds, 81, Irish politician, Taoiseach (1992–1994).
  • Mary Thomas, 70, American Pima politician, first female Governor of the Gila River Indian Community (1994–2000).
  • Verna Vels, 81, South African screenwriter and programme director.

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  • John Fellows Akers, 79, American businessman, President (1983–1989) and CEO (1985–1993) of IBM.
  • U. R. Ananthamurthy, 81, Indian writer, cardiac arrest and renal failure.
  • Lekhraj Bachani, 85, Indian politician, member of the Rajya Sabha (2000–2006).
  • John Binienda, 67, American politician, member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives (since 1986), diabetes and kidney disease.
  • Jean Sutherland Boggs, 92, Canadian art historian, Director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art (1979–1982).
  • Sir Philip Dowson, 90, British architect.
  • Bohumila Grögerová, 93, Czech poet, recipient of the Magnesia Litera (2009).
  • Jack Harris, 91, Australian golf player.
  • Franz Hillenkamp, 78, German scientist.
  • Richard Holden, 67, American highway patrolman.
  • Peter Hopkirk, 83, British journalist and author (The Great Game).
  • Emmanuel Kriaras, 107, Greek lexicographer and philologist, heart attack.
  • Pete Ladygo, 86, American football player (Pittsburgh Steelers).
  • Noella Leduc, 80, American baseball player (AAGPBL).
  • Helen Mason, 99, New Zealand potter.
  • Nariman Mehta, 94, Indian-born American pharmacologist.
  • Roy Andrew Miller, 89, American linguist.
  • Renato Mori, 79, Italian actor (La Piovra) and voice actor.
  • Douglas Sang Hue, 82, Jamaican cricket umpire.
  • John Satterwhite, 71, American Olympic shooter (1976).
  • Amy Shuman, 89, American baseball player.
  • Adel Smith, 54, Italian Muslim activist.
  • John Sperling, 93, American businessman, founder of the University of Phoenix.
  • John S. Waugh, 85, American chemist and professor (MIT), recipient of the Irving Langmuir Award (1976) and the Wolf Prize in Chemistry (1983).
  • Ed Whitaker, 76, American stock car team owner.

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  • Albert Ebossé Bodjongo, 24, Cameroonian footballer (Douala AC, Perak FA, JS Kabylie), head injury from projectile.
  • Jaime Giraldo Ángel, 84, Colombian politician and psychologist, Minister of Justice (1990–1991).
  • Sally Buck, 83, American baseball team part-owner (Philadelphia Phillies).
  • Jack Edwards, 83, Australian football player (North Melbourne).
  • Dursun Ali Eğribaş, 81, Turkish Olympic wrestler (1956).
  • Inga Juuso, 68, Norwegian singer and actress.
  • Annefleur Kalvenhaar, 20, Dutch cross-country cyclist, European Cyclo-cross under-23 champion (2013), race collision.
  • Dan Magill, 93, American college tennis coach and sports information director (Georgia Bulldogs).
  • Hajo Meyer, 90, German-Dutch physicist and Holocaust survivor.
  • William Thomson Newnham, 91, Canadian educationalist, President of Seneca College.
  • Adnan Omran, 57-58, Syrian general, landmine.
  • Ahti Pekkala, 89, Finnish politician, Speaker of the Parliament (1978–1979), Governor of Oulu Province (1986–1991).
  • Jindřich Pokorný, 87, Czech translator.
  • Marcel Rigout, 86, French politician.
  • Philippine de Rothschild, 80, French winemaker.
  • Bobo Sikorski, 87, Canadian football player (BC Lions).
  • Birgitta Stenberg, 82, Swedish author, illustrator and translator, hepatocellular carcinoma.
  • Jaume Vallcorba Plana, 64, Spanish philologist and publisher.
  • Elsa Wiezell, 87, Paraguayan poet.

    • 24

  • Richard Attenborough, 90, English actor and director (Gandhi, The Great Escape, Jurassic Park), Oscar winner (1983).
  • Greg Corbett, 41, American banjo player.
  • Alexander Monteith Currie, 86, British university administrator.
  • Antônio Ermírio de Moraes, 86, Brazilian businessman, CEO of the Votorantim Group, heart failure.
  • Aldo Donati, 66, Italian singer, composer and television personality, cerebral hemorrhage.
  • Bekir Sıtkı Erdoğan, 88, Turkish poet and songwriter.
  • Douglas McCain, 33, American Islamic militant (ISIS).
  • K. Mohan, 89, Indian film producer (Pasamalar).
  • Merton Sandler, 88, British chemical pathologist.
  • Leonid Stadnyk, 44, Ukrainian farmer, world's tallest man claimant, brain haemorrhage.
  • Arthur Wade, 95, Australian politician, member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Newcastle (1968–1988).
  • Eduardo White, 50, Mozambican writer.
  • Enrique Zileri, 83, Peruvian publisher.

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  • Maj-Briht Bergström-Walan, 89, Swedish psychologist.
  • John Brandon, 85, American actor (Dynasty, Scarface).
  • Csaba Csutorás, 76, Hungarian Olympic sprinter (1960, 1964).
  • William Greaves, 87, American documentary filmmaker (Symbiopsychotaxiplasm).
  • Ramón Echarren Istúriz, 84, Spanish Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Canarias (1978–2005).
  • Hildur Krog, 92, Norwegian botanist.
  • Martin Magga, 60, Solomon Islander politician, MP for Temotu Pele (since 2010).
  • Alfredo Martini, 93, Italian cyclist and coach (national team).
  • Marcel Masse, 78, Canadian politician, MP for Frontenac (1984–1993), MNA for Montcalm (1966–1973).
  • Karl Molitor, 94, Swiss alpine skier, Olympic silver and bronze medalist (1948).
  • Lars Mortimer, 68, Swedish comic artist.
  • Nico M. M. Nibbering, 76, Dutch chemist.
  • Carla Rotolo, 73, American folk music researcher.
  • Len Terry, 90, English motorsport engineer, (Lotus, BRM).
  • Uziah Thompson, 78, Jamaican percussionist, heart attack.
  • Bob Warren, 68, American basketball player.
  • Arthur H. White, 90, American business consultant.
  • John Wu Shi-zhen, 93, Chinese Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Nanchang (1990–2011).

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  • Christian Bourquin, 59, French politician, President of the Regional Council of Languedoc-Roussillon (since 2010).
  • Carlos de la Madrid Virgen, 74, Mexican politician, Governor of Colima (1991–1997).
  • Simon Featherstone, 56, British diplomat, High Commissioner to Malaysia (2010–2014), Ambassador to Switzerland and Liechtenstein (2004–2008) .
  • Peter Bacon Hales, 63, American historian and photographer, traffic collision.
  • Caroline Kellett, 54, British fashion journalist.
  • Sir Douglas Morpeth, 90, British accountant.
  • John Joseph Nevins, 82, American Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Venice in Florida (1984–2007).
  • Jim Petrie, 82, British cartoonist (Minnie the Minx).
  • Samuel Sadela, 114?, Nigerian pastor, unverified claimant for world's oldest man.
  • Chūsei Sone, 76, Japanese film director (Angel Guts: Red Classroom), pneumonia.
  • David E. Sorensen, 81, American Latter-day Saints leader.
  • Bob Wilson, 88, American basketball player.
  • Masakane Yonekura, 80, Japanese actor and stage director, abdominal aortic aneurysm rupture.

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  • Givi Agrba, 77, Abkhazian politician.
  • Amadou Balaké, 70, Burkinabé singer.
  • Jean-François Beltramini, 66, French footballer.
  • Yehezkel Braun, 92, Israeli composer.
  • Al Carrell, 88, American home improvement expert and columnist, pneumonia.
  • Frank Corner, 94, New Zealand diplomat.
  • Jacques Friedel, 93, French physicist.
  • Gábor Gabos, 84, Hungarian pianist.
  • Jan Groth, 68, Norwegian singer (Aunt Mary, Just 4 Fun), cancer.
  • Bobby Kinloch, 79, Scottish footballer (Hibernian).
  • Herbert Lottman, 87, American biographer.
  • Alfredo Chavez Marquez, 92, American federal judge.
  • Jimmy Nesbitt, 79, Northern Irish police detective, investigated Shankill Butchers.
  • Peret, 79, Spanish singer, guitarist and composer, lung cancer.
  • Valeri Petrov, 94, Bulgarian poet, screenwriter (Yo Ho Ho), playwright and translator, stroke.
  • Orlando Polmonari, 90, Italian Olympic gymnast (1960).
  • Benno Pludra, 88, German children's author.
  • Victor J. Stenger, 79, American physicist and author, aortic aneurysm.
  • Marjorie Strider, 81, American artist.
  • Sandy Wilson, 90, English composer and lyricist (The Boy Friend).

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  • Ali al-Sayyed, 29, Lebanese soldier, decapitated. (death announced on this date)
  • Joe Bethancourt, 68, American folk musician.
  • Pierre Brabant, 89, Canadian composer and pianist.
  • Roberto Cairo, 51, Spanish actor (Cuéntame cómo pasó), lung cancer.
  • Roger Clarke, 74, Jamaican politician, Minister of Agriculture (since 2012).
  • Glenn Cornick, 67, British bassist (Jethro Tull), heart failure.
  • Carlos Alberto Etcheverry, 81, Argentine footballer.
  • Hal Finney, 58, American cryptographer and programmer, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
  • Mary Featherstonhaugh Frampton, 86, British civil servant.
  • Hans Hoets, 93, Dutch World War II resistance fighter.
  • Ivan Ivančić, 76, Croatian Yugoslav shot putter and coach.
  • Andrew Kay, 95, American computer pioneer.
  • Bill Kerr, 92, South African-born Australian actor and comedian (Hancock's Half Hour).
  • Jack Kraft, 93, American college basketball coach (Villanova Wildcats, Rhode Island Rams).
  • Hans Möhr, 98, Swiss Olympic equestrian (1960, 1964).
  • David Murphy, 93, American CIA officer, heart failure.
  • Norihiro Nakajima, 64, Japanese manga artist, colorectal cancer.
  • Alan Reynolds, 88, British artist.
  • John Anthony Walker, 77, American naval officer, convicted of spying for the Soviet Union.
  • Fernando Zunzunegui, 70, Spanish footballer (Real Madrid).

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  • Kurt Bachmann, 78, Filipino Olympic basketball player (1960).
  • David Bala, 67, Singaporean comedian and actor, heart disease.
  • Brasse Brännström, 69, Swedish actor (Fem myror är fler än fyra elefanter), heart attack.
  • Octavio Brunetti, 39, Argentine tango pianist.
  • Shamim Farooqui, 70, Indian poet.
  • Sir Jasper Hollom, 96, English banker, Chief Cashier of the Bank of England (1962–1966), Deputy Governor of the Bank of England (1970–1980).
  • George L. Little, 63, American costume designer (Apocalypse Now, Jarhead, The Hurt Locker).
  • Simon Akwali Okafor, 79, Nigerian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Awka (1994–2010).
  • Ryūko Seihō, 73, Japanese sumo wrestler and actor.
  • Eberhard Sengpiel, German sound engineer.
  • Rosella Towne, 96, American actress (Yes My Darling Daughter).
  • Björn Waldegård, 70, Swedish rally driver, world champion (1979), cancer.

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  • Bud Andrews, 74, American radio personality (KDAV) and producer (Jerry Clower).
  • Charles Bowden, 69, American writer.
  • Bipan Chandra, 86, Indian historian.
  • Igor Decraene, 18, Belgian cyclist, winner of the UCI Road World Championships – Junior men's time trial (2013), hit by train.
  • Philippe Gurdjian, 69, French car racing promoter (French Grand Prix) and driver (24 Hours of Le Mans).
  • Mayumi Inaba, 64, Japanese writer, Tanizaki Prize recipient, pancreatic cancer.
  • Shlomo Kalo, 86, Israeli writer.
  • Doone Kennedy, 87, Australian politician, first female Lord Mayor of Hobart (1986–1996).
  • Victoria Mallory, 65, American singer and actress, pancreatic cancer.
  • Kirby McCauley, 72, American literary agent.
  • Andrew V. McLaglen, 94, British film and television director (McLintock!, Gunsmoke, Rawhide).
  • Sir David Mitchell, 86, British politician, MP for Basingstoke (1964–1983) and North West Hampshire (1983–1997).
  • Felipe Osterling, 82, Peruvian lawyer and politician, Minister of Justice (1980–1981), Senator (1985–1992).
  • Joseph E. Persico, 84, American writer.
  • Manuel Pertegaz, 96, Spanish fashion designer.
  • Bohumil Prošek, 85, Czech Olympic ice hockey player (1956).
  • Ann Zwinger, 89, American natural history author.

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  • Ștefan Andrei, 83, Romanian politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs (1978–1985).
  • Bapu, 80, Indian film director and cartoonist, cardiac arrest.
  • Bobbie Clarke, 74, British drummer, cancer.
  • Samuel Dunbar, 82, American businessman.
  • Stan Goldberg, 82, American comic book artist (Archie), stroke.
  • Josef Hrnčíř, 93, Czech conductor.
  • Simon Mzee Kaukungua, 95, Namibian politician.
  • Lajos Kiss, 80, Hungarian canoer, Olympic bronze medalist (1956).
  • María Eugenia Llamas, 70, Mexican actress, cardiac arrest.
  • Viktor Radev, 77, Bulgarian basketball player.
  • Peter Stursberg, 101, Canadian writer and broadcaster.
  • Carol Vadnais, 68, Canadian ice hockey player (Boston Bruins, California Golden Seals, New York Rangers), cancer.
  • Jonathan Williams, 71, British racing driver.

    • References

    Deaths in August 2014 Wikipedia
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