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Deaths in August 2015

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The following is a list of notable deaths in August 2015.

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

  • Stephan Beckenbauer, 46, German footballer (Bayern Munich).
  • Cilla Black, 72, British singer ("Anyone Who Had a Heart", "You're My World", "Step Inside Love") and TV presenter (Blind Date, Surprise Surprise, The Moment of Truth), stroke following a fall.
  • Bernard d'Espagnat, 93, French theoretical physicist and philosopher of science.
  • Bob Frankford, 76, Canadian politician.
  • Mates Friesel, 91, American politician, mayor and founder of New Square, New York (since 1961).
  • Hank Izquierdo, 84, Cuban baseball player (Minnesota Twins).
  • Hong Yuanshuo, 67, Chinese football player and coach (Beijing Guoan), colorectal cancer.
  • Vincent Marotta, 91, American entrepreneur, co-creator of Mr. Coffee.
  • Sheperd Paine, 69, American military historian and modeler.
  • Chiara Pierobon, 22, Italian professional cyclist, suspected pulmonary embolism.

    • 2

  • Forrest Bird, 94, American Hall of Fame aviator and inventor.
  • Giovanni Conso, 93, Italian jurist, Minister of Justice (1993–1994).
  • Sammy Cox, 91, Scottish footballer (Rangers, national team).
  • Tyler Drumheller, 63, American CIA agent, pancreatic cancer.
  • Piet Fransen, 79, Dutch footballer (FC Groningen, national team).
  • Phyllis Grosskurth, 91, Canadian biographer.
  • Mahmoud Guinia, 64, Moroccan Gnawa musician.
  • Stephen Huss, 47, Canadian musician (Psyche).
  • Ken Jones, 85, Welsh author and Buddhist activist.
  • Ken Lewis, 74, English singer and songwriter (Can't You Hear My Heartbeat).
  • Robert Lukens, 42, American historian and collection manager (United States Capitol Visitor Center), President of the Chester County Historical Society (since 2011), cancer.
  • Natalia Molchanova, 53, Russian free diver.
  • J. Durward Morsch, 94, American composer.
  • Jacques Navadic, 95, French journalist and broadcasting editor.
  • Adolphe Nshimirimana, Burundian general, Army chief of staff, rocket attack.
  • June Schwarcz, 97, American enamel artist.
  • Jack Spring, 82, American baseball player (Los Angeles Angels), Parkinson's disease.
  • Içami Tiba, 74, Brazilian psychiatrist and writer.

    • 3

  • Hiroyuki Agawa, 94, Japanese writer.
  • Jean Aicardi, 88, French neurologist.
  • Salvatore Cassisa, 93, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Monreale (1978–1997).
  • Robert Conquest, 98, British-born American historian (The Great Terror), pneumonia.
  • Francois Drummer, 76, South African cricketer.
  • Mel Farr, 70, American football player (Detroit Lions).
  • Coleen Gray, 92, American actress (Nightmare Alley, Kiss of Death, The Killing).
  • Chris Hyndman, 49, Canadian TV personality (Steven and Chris).
  • Carol Brown Janeway, 71, British-born American editor and translator (The Reader).
  • Frank Kerns, 82, American college basketball coach (Georgia Southern).
  • Margot Loyola, 96, Chilean folk singer and musician.
  • Cynthia Macdonald, 87, American poet, heart failure.
  • Lynn Manning, 60, American poet, playwright and actor (Seinfeld, 8 Simple Rules), liver cancer.
  • Kevin O'Leary, 95, Australian judge.
  • Johanna Quandt, 89, German businesswoman and billionaire.
  • Giovanni Riggi, 90, American mobster, inspiration for The Sopranos.
  • Arnold Scaasi, 85, Canadian fashion designer.
  • Alf Schwarz, 80, Canadian sociologist.
  • Ambros Seelos, 80, German musician and conductor.

    • 4

  • Takashi Amano, 61, Japanese aquarist and photographer, pneumonia.
  • Ken Barnes, 82, British writer and record producer.
  • Arthur Dorward, 90, Scottish rugby union player.
  • Theo van Els, 79, Dutch linguist.
  • Yosef Goldman, 73, American book dealer and author.
  • Irving Harper, 99, American industrial designer.
  • Achim Hill, 80, German rower, two-time Olympic silver medalist (1960, 1964).
  • Elsie Hillman, 89, American politician and philanthropist.
  • Les Munro, 96, New Zealand pilot, last surviving pilot of Operation Chastise.
  • Gerd Natschinski, 86, German composer.
  • Sam Odaka, 86, Ugandan diplomat and politician, Foreign Minister (1964–1971).
  • Calle Örnemark, 81, Swedish sculptor.
  • John Rudometkin, 75, American basketball player (New York Knicks, San Francisco Warriors).
  • Siegfried Schnabl, 88, German psychotherapist.
  • Billy Sherrill, 78, American record producer (Tammy Wynette, George Jones, Charlie Rich).
  • Lela Swift, 96, American television director (Dark Shadows, Ryan's Hope).
  • Alfred C. Williams, 64, American politician, member of the Louisiana House of Representatives (since 2012).

    • 5

  • Svetlana Boym, 56, Soviet-born American scholar and author, cancer.
  • Simon Burrows, 86, British Anglican prelate, Bishop of Buckingham (1974–1994).
  • George Cole, 90, English actor (Minder, St Trinian's, Cleopatra).
  • Ana Hatherly, 86, Portuguese writer and artist.
  • Mark Herdman, 83, British diplomat, Governor of the British Virgin Islands (1986–1991).
  • Joyce Ingalls, 65, American actress (Paradise Alley).
  • Arthur Walter James, 103, British journalist, editor of the Times Educational Supplement (1952–1969).
  • Joseph Kainrad, 83, American judge and politician.
  • Kiripi Katembo, 36, Congolese photographer and documentary filmmaker, malaria.
  • James Herbert Laycraft, 91, Canadian lawyer and judge, Chief Justice of the Alberta Court of Appeal (1985–1991).
  • Raphy Leavitt, 66, Puerto Rican composer and orchestra leader, complications of surgery for artificial hip infection.
  • Antti Leppänen, 67, Finnish ice hockey player (Tappara).
  • Tony Millington, 72, Welsh footballer (Swansea City, Peterborough United, national team).
  • Nuri Ok, 72, Turkish judge, Chief Prosecutor of the Court of Cassation (2003–2007).
  • Onell Soto, 82, Cuban-born Anglican prelate, Bishop of the Diocese of Venezuela.
  • Akira Tanno, 89, Japanese photographer.
  • Johnny Tiger, Jr., 75, American artist.
  • Ellen Vogel, 93, Dutch actress (The Knife, Zonder Ernst, Twin Sisters).
  • Herbert Wise, 90, Austrian-born British television, theatre and film director (I, Claudius, Breaking the Code).

    • 6

  • Mircea Dobrescu, 84, Romanian flyweight boxer, Olympic silver medalist (1956).
  • Bradley M. Glass, 84, American politician.
  • Danny Hegan, 72, Northern Irish footballer (Ipswich Town, Wolves, national team), cancer.
  • Ray Hill, 39, American football player (Miami Dolphins), colon cancer.
  • Ulla Lindkvist, 75, Swedish orienteer.
  • Geoff Mardon, 87, New Zealand speedway rider.
  • Frederick R. Payne, Jr., 104, American brigadier general.
  • Amado Pineda, 77, Filipino meteorologist.
  • Orna Porat, 91, German-born Israeli theater actress.
  • Charl Van Den Berg, 33, South African model, Mr Gay World 2010, lymphoma.

    • 7

  • Sólveig Anspach, 54, Icelandic-born French film director (Lulu femme nue), cancer.
  • Trevor Barber, 90, New Zealand cricketer (Wellington, Central Districts, national team).
  • Manuel Contreras, 86, Chilean general, head of Dirección de Inteligencia Nacional, convicted of crimes against humanity, multiple organ failure.
  • Saud al-Dosari, 46, Saudi television presenter (MBC), heart attack.
  • Terrence Evans, 81, American actor (Terminator 2: Judgment Day, Star Trek, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre).
  • Art Finley, 88, American broadcaster.
  • Lee Seng Wee, 85, Singaporean banker, businessman and billionaire.
  • Samuil Lurie, 73, Russian literary historian.
  • Jerome G. Miller, 83, American youth social worker.
  • Bob Morton, 81, American politician.
  • Neville Neville, 65, English cricketer and football club director (Bury F.C.).
  • Frances Oldham Kelsey, 101, Canadian-born American physician, Food and Drug Administration reviewer.
  • Jerry Snell, 56, Canadian actor and musician.
  • Louise Suggs, 91, American Hall of Fame professional golfer, co-founder of LPGA.
  • Uggie, 13, American canine actor (The Artist, Water for Elephants, The Campaign), euthanized.
  • Wei Jianxing, 84, Chinese politician.

    • 8

  • Sir Alec Atkinson, 96, British WWII air force officer and civil servant.
  • Chris Decker, 73, Canadian politician, cancer.
  • David Dill, 60, American politician, member of the Minnesota House of Representatives (since 2003), cancer.
  • Ronald Gordon, 88, British Anglican prelate, Bishop of Portsmouth (1975–1984) and Bishop at Lambeth (1984–1992).
  • Jack Jackson, 90, Canadian ice hockey player (Chicago Black Hawks).
  • Christopher Marshall, 66, British cancer researcher.
  • Ann McGovern, 85, American author, cancer.
  • Gus Mortson, 90, Canadian ice hockey player (Toronto Maple Leafs, Chicago Black Hawks).
  • Mauk Moruk, 60, East Timorese rebel commander.
  • Sean Price, 43, American rapper (Heltah Skeltah, Boot Camp Clik).
  • Susan Sheridan, 68, English actress and voice artist (The Black Cauldron, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Noddy's Toyland Adventures), breast cancer.
  • Abner Shimony, 87, American physicist and philosopher.
  • Sam S. Walker, 90, American army general.
  • Farida Yasmin, 75, Bangladeshi playback singer.

    • 9

  • Rasim Aliyev, 30, Azerbaijani journalist.
  • Marco Antonio Andino, 60, Honduran politician, MP (since 2006), heart attack.
  • Jean Byrne, 88, American educator, First Lady of New Jersey (1974–1982), babesiosis.
  • Asmund Ekern, 85, Norwegian biologist.
  • Jim Gaffney, 94, American football player (Washington Redskins).
  • Frank Gifford, 84, American Hall of Fame football player (New York Giants) and broadcaster (Monday Night Football).
  • Jack Gold, 85, British film director (The Naked Civil Servant, Aces High, The Medusa Touch).
  • John Henry Holland, 86, American computer scientist.
  • Don Kent, 71, American blues historian and record collector.
  • Pietro Armando Lavini, 88, Italian Capuchin friar and conservationist.
  • Walter Nahún López, 37, Honduran footballer, shot.
  • David Nobbs, 80, British novelist and comedy writer (The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin, The Two Ronnies, Fairly Secret Army).
  • Jonathan Ollivier, 38, British ballet dancer, traffic collision.
  • Fikret Otyam, 88, Turkish painter and journalist, renal failure.
  • Kayyar Kinhanna Rai, 100, Indian independence activist, author, poet and journalist, pneumonia.

    • 10

  • Buddy Baker, 74, American Hall of Fame NASCAR driver and commentator (CBS Sports), lung cancer.
  • Endre Czeizel, 80, Hungarian geneticist, leukemia.
  • Sunil Das, 76, Indian artist.
  • Fred Eckhardt, 89, American beer expert.
  • Herbert Fielding, 92, American politician, member of the South Carolina Senate (1985–1992).
  • Boris Gostev, 87, Russian politician, Minister of Finance of the Soviet Union (1985–1989).
  • Hubert Haenel, 73, French politician and magistrate, member of the Constitutional Council (since 2010).
  • Cleo Hill, 77, American basketball player (St. Louis Hawks).
  • Karst Hoogsteen, 91, Dutch-born American biochemist.
  • Biff Liff, 96, American theatrical agent.
  • Oscar Lukefahr, 76, American Catholic priest and author.
  • Donald P. McInnes, 81, Canadian politician.
  • Knut Osnes, 93, Norwegian football player and manager (Lyn).
  • David Shelley, 57, American blues rock musician, cancer.
  • Edward Thomas, 95, American police officer.
  • Eriek Verpale, 63, Belgian writer.

    • 11

  • Serge Collot, 91, French violist.
  • Eddie Cusic, 89, American blues musician, prostate cancer.
  • Utta Danella, 95, German author. (death announced on this date)
  • Jim Freeman, 101, American football player and coach (Ball State Cardinals).
  • Randy Glasbergen, 58, American cartoonist (The Better Half).
  • Leon R. Hartshorn, 86, American theologian and author.
  • Arturo Macapagal, 72, Filipino Olympic shooter (1972, 1976).
  • William J. Moore, 92, American politician.
  • George A. Murphy, 92, American politician, New York State Senator (1971–1972), Assemblyman (1973–1978) and Supreme Court judge (1978–1997), complications of a stroke.
  • Harald Nielsen, 73, Danish footballer (Bologna, national team).
  • Richard Oriani, 95, El Salvador-born American chemical engineer.
  • Bhalchandra Pendharkar, 93, Indian actor.
  • Nour El-Sherif, 69, Egyptian actor and conspiracy theorist.
  • Richard S. Ross, 91, American cardiologist.
  • Anne Strieber, 68, American author and editor.
  • Magomed Suleimanov, 39, Russian Islamist, Emir of the Caucasus Emirate (2015).
  • Philip Arthur Whitcombe, 92, English cricketer and army officer.
  • Wendell Wood, 65, American environmental activist, co-founder of Oregon Wild.

    • 12

  • Per Hjort Albertsen, 96, Norwegian composer.
  • Jaakko Hintikka, 86, Finnish philosopher and logician.
  • Ali Hassanein, 76, Egyptian actor.
  • Radhey Shyam Kori, 76, Indian politician.
  • Stephen Lewis, 88, British comedy actor (On the Buses, Last of the Summer Wine, Don't Drink the Water).
  • Meshulim Feish Lowy, 94, Hungarian-born Canadian rabbi.
  • Chris Marustik, 54, Welsh footballer (Swansea City, Cardiff City, Newport County, national team).
  • Kim Nelson, 57, Australian artist.
  • John Scott, 59, English organist and choirmaster.
  • Frank Scully, 95, Australian politician.
  • Ihor Yeremeyev, 47, Ukrainian politician, member of the Verkhovna Rada (2002–2005, since 2012), head injury.

    • 13

  • Watban Ibrahim al-Tikriti, 62–63, Iraqi politician, Interior Minister of Iraq (1991–1995), heart attack.
  • Bill Aswad, 93, American politician, member of the Vermont House of Representatives (1995–2012).
  • Steve Brennan, 56, English footballer (Crystal Palace).
  • Bob Fillion, 95, Canadian ice hockey player (Montreal Canadiens).
  • Danford B. Greene, 87, American film editor (MASH, Blazing Saddles, Who's Harry Crumb?).
  • Jan Montyn, 90, Dutch artist.
  • Om Prakash Munjal, 86, Indian chief executive.
  • John A. Nerud, 102, American Thoroughbred horse trainer and owner.
  • Harold Ousley, 86, American jazz saxophonist.
  • Shlomo Smiltiner, 99, Israeli chess player.

    • 14

  • Leo de Bever, 85, Dutch architect.
  • Agustín Cejas, 70, Argentine footballer (Racing Club), Alzheimer's disease.
  • Dickinson R. Debevoise, 91, American judge, U. S. District Court Judge for New Jersey (1979–1994).
  • Bob Farrell, 87, American restaurateur and motivational speaker, founder of Farrell's Ice Cream Parlour.
  • Leo Antony Gleaton, 67, American photographer, oral cancer.
  • Bob Johnston, 83, American record producer (Johnny Cash, Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen).
  • Lavanam, 86, Indian social reformer.
  • Joseph Reid, 97, Canadian politician.
  • Rogelio Ricardo Livieres Plano, 69, Argentinian-born Paraguayan Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Ciudad del Este (2004–2014), diabetes.
  • Karen Stives, 64, American equestrian.
  • Jazz Summers, 71, English music manager (Scissor Sisters, The Verve, Snow Patrol), lung cancer.

    • 15

  • Jean Bikomagu, Burundian military officer, Army Chief of Staff during the Burundian Civil War, shot.
  • Julian Bond, 75, American civil rights activist and politician, chairman of the NAACP (1998–2010), complications of vascular disease.
  • Rafael Chirbes, 66, Spanish writer, lung cancer.
  • Malcolm Craddock, 77, British television producer (Sharpe).
  • Bobby Culpepper, 74, American lawyer and politician.
  • Doc Daugherty, 87, American baseball player (Detroit Tigers).
  • Jorge de la Rúa, 73, Argentine lawyer and politician.
  • John Ewington, 79, British insurance underwriter, Chairman of the Guild of Church Musicians (1978-2014).
  • Guy Garman, 56, American physician and scuba diver, drowned.
  • Hamid Gul, 80, Pakistani army officer, brain haemorrhage.
  • Gordy Holz, 82, American football player (Denver Broncos, New York Jets).
  • Bill Kushner, 84, American poet.
  • Geoff McGivern, 84, Australian footballer (Melbourne F.C.).
  • Manuel Mendívil, 79, Mexican equestrian, Olympic medalist (1980).
  • Ibtihal Salem, 66, Egyptian author.
  • Danny Sembello, 52, American songwriter ("Neutron Dance") and record producer, drowned.
  • Derwyn Shea, 77, Canadian politician.
  • Bud Thomas, 86, American baseball player (St. Louis Browns).

    • 16

  • Jacob Bekenstein, 68, Mexican-born Israeli-American theoretical physicist.
  • Melva Bucksbaum, 82, American art collector, bladder cancer.
  • Alfred Burrows, 63, Indian cricketer.
  • Jon Craig, 73, New Zealand architect.
  • Emma Didlake, 110, American WWII soldier.
  • Joan Fawcett, 78, Canadian politician.
  • Sylvia Hitchcock, 69, American model and beauty queen (Miss Universe 1967), cancer.
  • Anna Kashfi, 80, Indian-born British actress.
  • Shuja Khanzada, 71, Pakistani politician, member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab (2002–2007, since 2008), bombing.
  • Katia Loritz, 82, Swiss-born Spanish actress.
  • Kitty McGeever, 48, British actress (Emmerdale).
  • George Merchant, 89, Scottish footballer (Dundee FC, Falkirk FC).
  • Mile Mrkšić, 68, Serbian Yugoslav military officer and convicted war criminal.
  • David A. Prior, 59, American film director (Zombie Wars, Raw Justice, Deadly Prey).
  • Lenny B. Robinson, 51, American Batman impersonator, traffic collision.
  • Peter W. Schramm, 68, Hungarian-born American political scientist.
  • Draga Stamejčič, 78, Slovenian Yugoslav athlete. (death announced on this date)
  • Goldie Steinberg, 114, American supercentenarian, oldest verified Jewish person.

    • 17

  • Loek Alflen, 81, Dutch wrestler.
  • Butz Aquino, 76, Filipino politician, member of the Senate (1987–1995) and the House of Representatives from Makati's Second District (1998–2007).
  • William B. Bonnor, 94, British physicist and mathematician.
  • Beata Brookes, 84, British politician, MEP for North Wales (1979–1989).
  • Yvonne Craig, 78, American actress (Batman, Star Trek, Olivia), breast cancer.
  • Arsen Dedić, 77, Croatian singer.
  • Mike Gaechter, 75, American football player (Dallas Cowboys).
  • George Gair, 88, New Zealand politician and diplomat, MP for North Shore (1966–1990), Mayor of North Shore (1995–1998), High Commissioner to the UK (1991–1994).
  • Eduardo Guerrero, 87, Argentine rower, Olympic champion (1952), pneumonia.
  • Sandy Kennon, 81, South African footballer (Norwich City).
  • Gerhard Mayer-Vorfelder, 82, German football executive (UEFA, VfB Stuttgart) and politician.
  • László Paskai, 88, Hungarian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Esztergom-Budapest (1987–2002), Cardinal (1988–2015).
  • Bernard Rodrigues, 82, Singaporean politician, co-founder of PAP and NTUC, Member of Parliament for Telok Blangah (1965–1968).
  • Dahd Sfeir, 83, Uruguayan actress.
  • Albert Vërria, 78, Albanian actor.

    • 18

  • Karolyn Ali, 70, American film producer (Tupac: Resurrection).
  • Khaled al-Asaad, 83, Syrian scholar, head of antiquities in Palmyra, beheaded.
  • Nils Bølset, 87, Norwegian diplomat.
  • Hugh Courtenay, 18th Earl of Devon, 73, British landowner and peer.
  • Vladimír Filo, 75, Slovak Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Rožňava (2008–2015).
  • Russell Henderson, 91, Trinidadian-born British jazz musician.
  • Kay McFarland, 80, American judge, Kansas Supreme Court Justice (1977–2009).
  • Rama Messinger, 46, Israeli actress.
  • Suvra Mukherjee, 74, Indian philosopher and dancer, First Lady (since 2012), respiratory failure.
  • Donald Eugene O'Brien, 91, American judge, U. S. District Court Judge for the Southern District of Iowa (1978–1990) and the Northern District, (1978–1992).
  • Charles Read, 57, British mathematician.
  • Edgar Rumney, 78, English footballer (Colchester United).
  • Joe Skibinski, 86, American football player (Green Bay Packers).
  • Roger Smalley, 72, British-born Australian composer.
  • William Jay Smith, 97, American poet.
  • Louis Stokes, 90, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio (1969–1999), lung and brain cancer.
  • Abu Muslim al-Turkmani, Iraqi member of Mujahideen Shura Council, senior deputy commander and primary coordinator of ISIS, airstrike.
  • Bud Yorkin, 89, American film and television director, producer (All in the Family, Maude, Sanford and Son) and actor.

    • 19

  • Nazzal al-Armouti, 91, Jordanian civil servant, diplomat and politician.
  • Paravoor Bharathan, 87, Indian actor.
  • Ole Jacob Frich, 61, Norwegian politician, cancer.
  • Fernand Grosjean, 91, Swiss alpine skier.
  • George Houser, 99, American Methodist minister and civil rights activist.
  • Paul Lokiru Kalanda, 88, Ugandan Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Moroto (1980–1991) and Fort Portal (1991–2003).
  • Antonio Larreta, 92, Uruguayan writer and actor.
  • Sanat Mehta, 90, Indian politician.
  • Russell Poole, 58, American police detective (LAPD), heart attack.
  • Doudou N'Diaye Rose, 85, Senegalese drummer, composer and bandleader.
  • Leonard A. Sawyer, 90, American politician, member of the Washington House of Representatives (1955-1975).
  • Suharno, 55, Indonesian football player and coach.
  • Chitranjan Swaroop, 69, Indian politician.

    • 20

  • Khalid Hassan Abbas, 79, Sudanese army general and politician.
  • Moza Sultan Al Kaabi, 31, Emirati orthopedic surgeon, traffic collision.
  • Lars Amble, 76, Swedish actor and director, cancer.
  • Armin, Prince of Lippe, 91, German nobleman, head of the former reigning family of the Principality of Lippe.
  • Egon Bahr, 93, German politician, co-creator of the Ostpolitik.
  • D. Dudley Bloom, 92, American businessman.
  • Zuzana Brabcová, 56, Czech author.
  • Veronica Brady, 86, Australian nun and academic.
  • Lev Durov, 83, Russian actor.
  • Kenneth Jennings, 90, American choral conductor and composer.
  • Paul Kibblewhite, 74, New Zealand pulp and paper scientist.
  • Lina Morgan, 78, Spanish actress and showgirl.
  • Melody Patterson, 66, American actress (F Troop), multiple organ failure.
  • Daniel Reimold, 34, American journalism professor (Saint Joseph's University), journalist (PBS MediaShift) and blogger.
  • Harry Volkman, 89, American meteorologist, respiratory failure.
  • Frank Wilkes, 93, Australian politician, member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly for Northcote (1957–1988), Leader of the Opposition (1977–1981).

    • 21

  • Ton Alblas, 75, Dutch politician, member of the House of Representatives (2002–2003).
  • Colin Beyer, 76, New Zealand lawyer and businessman.
  • Jimmy Evert, 91, American tennis player and coach, Canadian Open champion (1947), pneumonia.
  • Sir Bob Hepple, 81, South African-born British legal scholar, Master of Clare College, Cambridge (1993–2003).
  • Denise Marshall, 53, British equal rights campaigner, cancer.
  • Jimmy Massey, 85, American racing car driver.
  • Sasha Petraske, 42, American cocktail bar entrepreneur.
  • Daniel Rabinovich, 71, Argentine musician and comedian (Les Luthiers).
  • Jere Ratcliffe, 78, American Chief Scout Executive of the Boy Scouts of America (1993–2000).
  • Ruth Sivard, 99, American economist, dementia.
  • Gerry Steinberg, 70, British politician, MP for City of Durham (1987–2005).
  • Toby Sheldon, 35, American television reality star (Botched, My Strange Addiction).
  • Wang Dongxing, 99, Chinese politician, Vice Chairman of the Communist Party (1977–1980).

    • 22

  • Mariem Hassan, 57, Western Saharan singer, bone cancer.
  • Keith K. Hilbig, 73, American Mormon general authority.
  • Ieng Thirith, 83, Cambodian Khmer Rouge politician, Minister of Social Affairs (1975–1979), complications from Alzheimer's disease.
  • Tommy Lowry, 69, English footballer (Crewe Alexandra)
  • Andy Mapple, 52, British water skier.
  • Arthur Morris, 93, Australian Test cricketer.
  • Merl Reagle, 65, American crossword compiler (San Francisco Chronicle), acute pancreatitis.
  • Stephen Rodefer, 74, American poet and painter.
  • William L. Rowe, 84, American philosopher.
  • Jörg Schneider, 80, Swiss actor (Usfahrt Oerlike) and comedian, liver cancer.
  • Marion Boulton Stroud, 76, American museum director (The Fabric Workshop and Museum).
  • Eric Thompson, 95, British racing driver.
  • Charles Tomlinson, 88, English poet and poetry translator.
  • Inez Trueman, 98, Canadian politician.
  • Lou Tsioropoulos, 84, American basketball player (Boston Celtics).
  • Tatu Vanhanen, 86, Finnish political scientist.
  • Jakub Zabłocki, 31, Polish footballer, heart attack.
  • Erika Zuchold, 68, German gymnast.

    • 23

  • Gaston Adjoukoua, 57, Ivorian footballer.
  • Augusta Chiwy, 94, Congolese-born Belgian nurse, volunteer in the Siege of Bastogne.
  • Mark Costello, 59, American politician, Oklahoma Labor Commissioner (since 2011), stabbed.
  • Ricardo García Sainz, 85, Mexican administrator and politician, Federal deputy (1997–2000).
  • Helen Kemp, 97, American singing teacher and choir director.
  • Grover Klemmer, 94, American athlete (California Golden Bears) and track coach (CCSF).
  • Guy Ligier, 85, French rugby union player (national team), racing driver and Formula One team owner (Equipe Ligier).
  • Eugenio Méndez Docurro, 92, Mexican politician and engineer, Secretary of Communications and Transportation (1970–1976).
  • Yosi Piamenta, 63, Israeli musician, cancer.
  • Enrique Reneau, 44, Honduran footballer.
  • Paul Royle, 101, Australian prisoner-of-war, escapee from Stalag Luft III.
  • Michel Varga, 88, Hungarian-born French political activist.

    • 24

  • Niels Henrik Arendt, 64, Danish Church of Denmark prelate, Bishop of Haderslev (1999–2013).
  • Eric Barry, 88, Canadian army officer, Lord Prior of St John (2002-2008).
  • Marcy Borders, 42, American 9/11 survivor, subject of "Dust Lady" photograph, stomach cancer.
  • Charlie Coffey, 81, American football player and coach (Virginia Tech Hokies), cancer.
  • Peter Gatenby, 92, Irish professor of clinical medicine.
  • Cees van Kooten, 67, Dutch footballer (Go Ahead Eagles, national team), esophageal cancer.
  • Alison Magaya, South Sudanese politician and diplomat.
  • Chico Maki, 76, Canadian ice hockey player (Chicago Blackhawks).
  • Marguerite McDonald, 73, Canadian radio and television journalist, cancer.
  • David Michie, 87, French-born British painter.
  • Sándor Nagy, 68, Hungarian politician, MP (1980–1985, 1988–1990, 1994–2006).
  • Venkatesh Nayak, 79, Indian politician, member of the Legislative Assembly for Karnataka (since 2013), train derailment.
  • Bevo Nordmann, 75, American basketball player (Cincinnati Royals, St. Louis Hawks, New York Knicks), cancer.
  • Nathan Rosenberg, 87, American economist.
  • Vardo Rumessen, 73, Estonian musicologist and politician, member of the Riigikogu (1992–1995, 1999–2003).
  • Gerhard Spiegler, 85, Lithuanian-born American academic.
  • Joseph F. Traub, 83, American computer scientist.
  • Justin Wilson, 37, British IndyCar Series driver, head injuries from race collision.
  • Annette Worsley-Taylor, 71, British fashion promoter.

    • 25

  • Mario Aguiñada Carranza, 73, Salvadoran activist and politician, MP (1991–1994).
  • José María Benegas, 67, Spanish politician, cancer.
  • Gaetano Aldo Donato, 74, American Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Newark (since 2004).
  • James "Red" Duke, 86, American trauma surgeon.
  • Endre Fejes, 91, Hungarian writer.
  • James L. Flanagan, 89, American electrical engineer, heart failure.
  • Colin Fry, 53, British medium and television presenter, lung cancer.
  • Geraint Stanley Jones, 79, Welsh television executive, controller of BBC Wales (1981–1989), chief executive of S4C (1989–1994).
  • Mascarenhas, 78, Angolan footballer.
  • Frank E. Petersen, 83, American military officer, lung cancer.
  • Francis Sejersted, 79, Norwegian history professor, chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee (1991–1999).
  • Ian Smith, 90, South African cricketer.

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  • Georges Abi-Saber, 92, Lebanese-born Canadian Maronite hierarch, Bishop of Latakia (1977–1986) and Saint Maron of Montreal (1990–1996).
  • Amelia Boynton Robinson, 104, American civil rights activist, multiple strokes.
  • Donald Eric Capps, 76, American theologian, traffic collision.
  • Keith Everitt, 92, Canadian politician, MLA for St. Albert (1971–1979).
  • Camellia Johnson, 61, American opera singer.
  • P. J. Kavanagh, 84, English poet and actor.
  • Peter Kern, 66, Austrian actor and filmmaker (The Last Summer of the Rich).
  • Stefanos Manikas, 63, Greek politician, Minister of State (2001–2003), cancer.
  • Owe Nordqvist, 87, Swedish Olympic cyclist.
  • Alison Parker, 24, American news reporter (WDBJ), shot.
  • Carmelo Domênico Recchia, 93, Italian-born Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, last Territorial Abbot of Claraval (1976–1999).
  • Maroun Khoury Sader, 88, Lebanese Maronite hierarch, Archbishop of Tyre (1992–2003).
  • Francisco San Diego, 79, Filipino Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of San Pablo (1995–2003) and Pasig (2003–2010).
  • Győző Soós, 66, Hungarian politician, MP (1994–2006).
  • David M. Stanley, 86, American politician.
  • Adam Ward, 27, American news cameraman (WDBJ) and photojournalist, shot.

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  • Adebowale Adefuye, 68, Nigerian diplomat, Ambassador to the United States (since 2010).
  • Kazi Zafar Ahmed, 76, Bangladeshi politician, Prime Minister (1989-1990).
  • Monique Berlioux, 89, French Olympic swimmer.
  • Matei Boilă, 89, Romanian politician and Greek Catholic priest, Senator (1992–2000).
  • Pascal Chaumeil, 54, French director (Heartbreaker, A Long Way Down, A Perfect Plan).
  • George Cleve, 79, Austrian-born American musical conductor.
  • Darryl Dawkins, 58, American basketball player (Philadelphia 76ers, New Jersey Nets), heart attack.
  • Joan Garriga, 52, Spanish motorcycle racer, traffic collision.
  • James A. Hefner, 76, American educator, President of Tennessee State University (1991–2005), colon cancer.
  • Gino Hollander, 91, American artist, heart attack.
  • Zafar Hussain Mirza, 88, Pakistani judge.
  • Rolf Nitzsche, 84, German Olympic cyclist (1956).
  • Marc Rosenberg, 65, Canadian judge, brain cancer.

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  • Jan Anderson, 83, New Zealand scientist.
  • Al Arbour, 82, Canadian ice hockey player (Chicago Blackhawks, St. Louis Blues) and Hall of Fame coach (New York Islanders).
  • John Buckingham, 72, British chemist.
  • Lindsay Charnock, 60, British jockey.
  • Teresa Gorman, 83, British politician, MP for Billericay (1987-2001).
  • Mark Krasniqi, 94, Kosovan ethnographer and politician.
  • Joan Lind, 62, American rower, two-time Olympic silver medalist (1976, 1984), brain cancer.
  • Paulo Machava, 61, Mozambican journalist, shot.
  • Wally McArthur, 81, Australian rugby league player (Rochdale).
  • Ray Miron, 92, Canadian ice hockey executive (Central Hockey League, Toronto Maple Leafs, Colorado Rockies).
  • Roland Mqwebu, 74, South African actor.
  • Nasser Pourpirar, 75, Iranian writer and revisionist historian.
  • Nelson Shanks, 77, American painter, cancer.
  • Józef Wesołowski, 67, Polish defrocked Roman Catholic prelate, archbishop and Vatican envoy to the Dominican Republic (2008–2013).

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  • Endre Alexander Balazs, 95, Hungarian-born American ophthalmologist, stroke.
  • Robin Bilbie, 73, English cricketer (Nottinghamshire).
  • Carlos María Ariz Bolea, 86, Spanish-born Panamanian Roman Catholic prelate, Vicar Apostolic of Darién (1981–1988) and Bishop of Colón-Kuna Yala (1988–2005).
  • William McCormick Blair Jr., 98, American diplomat, Ambassador to Denmark (1961–1964) and the Philippines (1964–1967), hypertension.
  • Wayne Dyer, 75, American self-help author and motivational speaker, leukemia.
  • Milorad Ekmečić, 86, Serbian historian.
  • Joy Golden, 85, American advertising executive.
  • Margaret Hurley, 105, American politician, member of the Washington House of Representatives (1953–1979) and Senate (1979–1984).
  • Kyle Jean-Baptiste, 21, American theater actor (Les Misérables), fall.
  • Graham Leggat, 81, Scottish footballer (Aberdeen, Fulham, national team).
  • Nikolaus Lehnhoff, 76, German opera director.
  • Jean Louvet, 80, Belgian playwright.
  • Luo Lan, 95, Taiwanese writer and radio personality, cardiopulmonary failure.
  • Frankie Rivera, 38, American native rights activist, brain cancer.
  • Ron Searle, 96, British-born Canadian politician, Mayor of Mississauga (1976–1978).
  • Sir Kenneth Stowe, 88, British civil servant.

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  • Brad Anderson, 91, American cartoonist (Marmaduke).
  • Carlos Barrionuevo, 37, Argentine footballer, drowned.
  • Charlie Carlson, 71, American novelist, actor and film producer.
  • Wes Craven, 76, American film director, writer and producer (A Nightmare on Elm Street, Scream, The Hills Have Eyes), brain cancer.
  • Bart Cummings, 87, Australian racehorse trainer, twelve-time winner of the Melbourne Cup.
  • Blondell Cummings, 70, American modern dancer and choreographer.
  • Edward Fadeley, 85, American attorney and politician, heart failure.
  • George Fisher, 90, English footballer (Millwall, Colchester United).
  • Brian Hord, 81, British chartered surveyor and politician, MEP for London West (1979–1984).
  • John Hotop, 85, New Zealand rugby union player (Bush, Manawatu, Canterbury, Otago, national team).
  • Dan Iordăchescu, 85, Romanian baritone.
  • M. M. Kalburgi, 76, Indian writer and academic, shot.
  • Marvin Mandel, 95, American politician, Governor of Maryland (1969–1979), Speaker of the House of Delegates (1964–1969).
  • J. Donald Millar, 81, American physician and public-health official, kidney failure.
  • Joshua Park, 38, American theater actor (The Adventures of Tom Sawyer).
  • Pierfranco Pastore, 88, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Secretary for Social Communications (1984–2003).
  • George Hamilton Pearce, 94, American-born Fijian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Suva (1967–1976).
  • Hugo Rasmussen, 74, Danish jazz musician.
  • Oliver Sacks, 82, British neurologist and author (The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, Awakenings, Hallucinations), liver cancer.
  • Héctor Silva, 75, Uruguayan footballer, heart attack.
  • Natalia Strelchenko, 38, Russian-born Norwegian concert pianist, head and neck injuries.
  • Mikhail Svetin, 84, Ukrainian-born Russian actor.
  • David Williamson, Baron Williamson of Horton, 81, British civil servant and peer, Convenor of the Cross-Bench Peers (2004–2007).

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  • Joy Beverley, 91, British singer (Beverley Sisters), stroke.
  • Barbara Brecht-Schall, 84, German actress.
  • Cipe Lincovsky, 85, Argentine actress (The Girlfriend, Poor Butterfly).
  • Edward Montagu, 3rd Baron Montagu of Beaulieu, 88, British peer, founder of the National Motor Museum.
  • Vera B. Rison, 76, American politician, member of the Michigan House of Representatives (1997-2003).
  • Tom Scott, 84, American football player (Philadelphia Eagles, New York Giants).
  • Willy Stähle, 61, Dutch water skier, Olympic (1972) and world champion (1971).
  • Islam Timurziev, 32, Russian boxer, sepsis.

    • References

    Deaths in August 2015 Wikipedia
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